MA331B Steel Mill Products

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
2007

MA331B — STEEL MILL PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Steel wire and related products industry (NAICS 331222) —
Establishments drawing wire from purchased rods, bars, or
wire and which may be engaged in the further manufacture
of products made from wire. This survey will require
quantity and value of shipments of wire shipped as wire
(3312225) and quantity and value of shipments of eight
selected wire products as listed in the item description.

1. Scope of survey
This survey covers all known producers of steel mill
products.
2. Figures to be reported
Companies with more than one establishment
manufacturing the products covered by this survey are
requested to complete a separate report form for each
location. If you have not received a separate form for
each of your establishments, please call the contact
shown on the report form or write to the U.S. Census
Bureau for additional forms.

Cold finishing of steel shapes industry (NAICS 331221) —
Establishments engaged in manufacturing cold rolled
sheet and strip from purchased hot rolled sheet (3312211)
and establishments producing cold drawn steel bar shapes
from purchased hot rolled steel bars (3312213).

a. Quantity and value of shipments

Steel pipe and tubes industry (NAICS 331210) —Establishments engaged in the production of welded or seamless
steel pipe and tubes from purchased material (3312100).

The figures on quantity and value of shipments should
include the physical shipments of all products sold,
transferred to other establishments within your
company, or shipped on consignment, whether for
domestic or export sale. The value represents the net
sales price, f.o.b. plant, to the customer or branch to
which the products are shipped, net of discounts,
allowances, freight charges, and returns. Shipments to
your own branches should be assigned the same value
as comparable sales to unaffiliated customers, i.e., the
value includes an appropriate allocation of company
overhead and profit. Products bought and resold
without further manufacture should not be included in
comments.
Blast furnace and steel mills industry (NAICS 331111)
Establishments engaged in manufacturing the following
products should report: ingot (raw steel) and
semifinished shapes (blooms, billets, slabs, etc.)
(3311113); hot rolled sheet and strip, including tin mill
products (3311115); hot rolled bars and bar shapes,
plates, structural shapes and piling (3311117); wire
made in plants producing wire rods or hot rolled bars
(3311119); pipe and tubes made in plants producing
semifinished shapes or plate (331111B); cold rolled
steel sheet and strip made in plants producing hot
rolled sheet or strip (331111D); cold finished steel bars
and bar shapes made in plants producing hot rolled
bars and bar shapes (331111F); and other steel mill
products, except wire products (331111L).

If you did not produce any of the products listed in the item
description as a final product or as an intermediate step in
the production of your final product and you did not operate
a steel furnace, you are not included in this survey. Please
indicate in the remarks section what products you do
produce and return the form.
b. Columnar structure of report
SECTION IA — STEEL PRODUCTS SHIPPED (Item codes
1100 through 3999)
Columns (1) and (2); Total shipments including interplant
transfers — The figures on quantity and value of shipments
should include the physical shipments of all products sold,
transferred to other establishments within your company,
shipped on consignment, whether for domestic or export
sale. The value represents the net sales price, f.o.b. plant,
to the customer or branch to which the products are
shipped, net of discounts, allowances, freight charges, and
returns. Shipments to your own branches should be
assigned the same value as comparable sales to unaffiliated
customers, i.e., the value includes an appropriate allocation
of company overhead and profit. Products bought and
resold without further manufacture should not be included in
shipments.

USCENSUSBUREAU

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MA331B

DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL EXPLANATIONS — Continued

SECTION IB — IMPORT RECEIPTS (Item code 5999)

b. ALLOY STEEL

Report receipts of all imported steel mill shapes by grade.
Exclude domestic receipts. Receipts of mill shapes
purchased from U.S. steel producing companies are
considered domestic receipts unless the mill shapes were
originally purchased by the U.S. producers from imports
and were resold to secondary producers without further
manufacture. Secondary producers should report the
receipts of these materials as import receipts.

Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel
and containing by weight one or more of the following
elements in proportion shown:
0.3

percent or more of

aluminum

0.0008

percent or more of

boron

0.3

percent or more of

chromium

0.3

percent or more of

cobalt

0.4

percent or more of

copper

0.4

percent or more of

lead

Column (2) — Report carbon steel.

1.65

percent or more of

manganese

Column (3)

— Report alloy steel.

0.08

percent or more of

molybdenum

0.3

percent or more of

nickel

Column (4)

— Report stainless steel.

0.06

percent or more of

niobium

0.6

percent or more of

silicon

Column (1)

— Report the sum of import receipts shown in
columns (2), (3), and (4).

SECTION II — PRODUCTION OF RAW STEEL BY TYPE OF
FURNACE BY GRADE (Item codes 6100–6900) — Report
total production of raw steel by type of furnace and by
grade. If you do not have a steel furnace, please ignore this
section.

Heat Resisting Steel
Alloy steels containing by weight less than 0.3 percent of
carbon and 4 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent of
chromium.

3. Definitions
Tool Steel
Report the items in accordance with the definitions used in
the reports of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).
These definitions should be applied to what is reported as
carbon, alloy, and stainless steel, as well as to the
differentiation among sheet, strip, bars, etc. (Refer to
"Instructions for Reporting Steel Shipment Statistics,"
volume 1, AISI 10 series.)

Alloy steels which contain the following combinations of
elements in the quantity by weight respectively indicated:
(I)
(ii)
(iii)

a. CARBON STEEL
(iv)
All ferrous materials other than alloy and stainless which
are usefully malleable and which contain by weight 2
percent or less of carbon. (In effect, all steel other than that
complying with the definition for alloy or stainless.)

(v)
(vi)

More than 1.2% carbon and more than 10.5%
chromium; or
Not less than 0.3% carbon and 1.25% or more but less
than 10.5% chromium; or
Not less than 0.85% carbon and 1% to 1.8%
inclusive,manganese; or
0.9% to 1.2%, inclusive, chromium and 0.9% to 1.4%,
inclusive, molybdenum; or
Not less than 0.5% carbon and not less than 3.5%
molybdenum; or
not less than 0.5% carbon and not less than
5.5%tungsten

High strength steel (Carbon)
Note: Include valve steel for reporting purposes.
Flat-rolled of a thickness of less than 3 mm (approx. 1/8)
and having a minimum yield point of 275 MPa (approx. 42
KSI) or of a thickness of 3 mm or more and having a
minimum yield point of 355 MPa (approx. 56 KSI).
Note: In all carbon steels small quantities of certain
residual elements, such as copper, nickel, molybdenum,
chromium, etc., are unavoidably retained from raw
materials. Those elements are considered as incidental.

c. STAINLESS STEEL
Alloy steels containing by weight 1.2 percent or less of
carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or
without other elements and a minimum of 50 percent iron.
However, all tool steel and valve steel should be excluded.
Also include any steel of an analysis which falls readily into
one of the grade groups tabulated in tables 1 and 2 of the
STEEL PRODUCTS MANUAL FOR TOOL STEEL dated
September 1988.

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4. Comparability
Data reported in this survey should correspond to data reported in the Economic Census - Manufacturing
Sector form. The sum of values for item codes shown in column (a) should correspond to dollar values
reported under product codes indicated in column (b) below.

Current Industrial Reports
(Form MA331B)

Economic Census Manufacturing Sector

Item codes
(a)

Product codes
(b)

1110 through 1245
2110 through 2241
3110 through 3225

3311113100

1323,1355,1360,1370,1385,
1390,1420,1430,1445,1450,
2321,2333,2375,2391,3335

3311115100

1313 and 1314
1506 through 1546,
2314,2316,2318,2520,2530,
2535, 3320 and 3525

3311117100

1711, 2701 and 3701
1741 through 1771, 2707,
3710 through 3740

3311119100

1601, 2610 and 3601
1636 and 1696
2641 through 2649
3610 through 3660

331111B100

1324,1397,2327,2393,3339
1325, 1396, 2326, 2392, 3338

3312211100
331111D100

1551,2525, and 3550
1550, 2524 and 3540

3312213100
331111F100

1575

331111L100

1783 and 1788

3312221101

1799

3312223101
3312223103

1779

3312227100

1889 and 1890

3312229100

1777

331222B100

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3312225100

3312100100

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
REFERENCE LIST
FORM

MA331B

Product
code

STEEL MILL PRODUCTS
Item
code

Product
code

Item description
Section IA — STEEL
PRODUCTS SHIPPED

Item
code

Item description

33111171A0
33111171B0
331111F110

1521
1546
1550

Ingots

3312213110

1551

Light structurals, under 3"
Concrete reinforcing
Cold finished bars made in hot
bar and bar shapes prod.
mills
Cold finished

331111L100

1575

Rails, wheels, & track accessories

331111B100

1601

1230
1245

Semifinished products
Blooms, billets, sheet bars,
tin mill bars, tube rounds,
and skelp
Wire rods
Slabs

3311117110

1313

Finished products
Plates, cut lengths

3312100110
3312100120
3312100130

1636
1641
1646

3311117120

1314

Plates, in coils

3312100150
3312100160

1651
1666

3311115110

1323

3312211110
331111D110

1324
1325

Sheet:
Hot rolled, including hot
rolled bands
Cold rolled
Cold rolled from hot
sheet and strip
producing mill

33121001A0
33121001B0
33121001F0
33121001G0

1671
1686
1691
1696

3311115120
3311115130
3311115140
3311115150

1355
1360
1370
1385

Sheet and strip:
Galvanized:
Hot dipped
Electrolytic
Electrical
All other metallic coated,
including long ternes

3311119110

1711

3312225110

1741

3312225120

1742

3312225130

1743

3312225140

1744

3312225150
3312225160

1745
1746

CARBON STEEL
3311113110

1110

3311113140

1210

3311113190
3311113150

3311115160
331111D120

1390
1396

3312211120

1397

33111151C0
33111151D0

1420
1430

33111151E0
33111151F0

1445
1450

3311117130
3311117140

1506
1508

33111171E0

1512

3311117190

1516

Strip:
Hot rolled
Cold rolled from hot
sheet and strip prod.
mill
Cold rolled
Tin mill products:
Black plate
Electrolytic and hot
dipped tin plate
Tin free steel
All other tin mill
products, including
short ternes and foil
Structural shapes (heavy):
Wide flange
Standard
Sheet piling and bearing
piles
Bars:
Hot rolled, except
concrete reinforcing

Pipe and tubes:
Hot rolled pipes and tubes
Cold rolled:
Line Pipe:
16" O.D. and under
Over 16" O.D.
Oil country goods
Pressure tubing:
Seamless
Welded
Mechanical tubing:
Seamless
Welded
Structurals
Miscellaneous, including
standard pipe
From hot rolled bars or rods
producing mills
Wire:
Wire from hot rolled bars or rods
producing mills
Wire from purchased bars or
rods
Plain:
Flat wire
Round wire:
Thermally treated:
Under 1.5mm in
diameter
1.5mm or above
Other round wire:
Under 1.5mm in
diameter
1.5mm or above
Other shape wire

3312225170
3312225180
3312225190

1763
1764
1766

33122251A0
33122251B0
33122251C0

1767
1768
1771

Plated or coated with zinc:
Round wire:
Under 1.5mm in diameter
1.5mm or above
Other shape wire, including
flat wire
Other coated wire:
Flat wire
Round wire
Other shape wire

1783
1788

Wire products:
Wire rope, cable, and
strand:
Wire rope and cable
Wire forms and strand

3312221101
3312221201

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REFERENCE LIST — Continued
FORM

MA331B

Product
code

3312223100
3312227100

Item
code

1799
1779

Product
code

Item description

Item
code

Section IA — STEEL
PRODUCTS SHIPPED —
Continued

3312213120

2525

Cold finished

Nails, staples, tacks, spikes,
and brads

33111171F0
33111171G0

2530
2535

Tool steel:
High speed
Other than high speed

331111B140

2610

3312100140

2641

3312100170
33121001C0
33121001H0

2643
2646
2649

33111191D0

2701

33122251D0

2707

Fencing and fence gates

3312229110
3312229112

1889
1890

Woven wire products:
Woven wire netting
Other woven wire
products

331222B100

1777

Other wire products
ALLOY STEEL

3311113120

2110

Ingots
Semifinished products

3311113160

2237

Item description

Blooms, billets, sheet bars,
tube rounds, and skelp

33111131A0

2239

Wire rods

3311113170

2241

Slabs

Pipe and tubes:
Hot rolled pipes and tubes
Cold rolled:
Oil country goods and line
pipe
Pressure tubing
Mechanical tubing
Miscellaneous including
standard and structural
Wire:
From hot rolled bars or rods
producing mills
Wire, plain or coated
STAINLESS STEEL

3311113130

3110

Ingots
Semifinished products

Finished products

3311113180

3220

Blooms, billets, slabs, sheet
bars, tube rounds, and skelp

33111131B0

3225

Wire rods

3311117150

2314

Plates, cut lengths

3311117160

2316

Plates, in coils

3311117170

2318

Structural shapes, 3" and
under

3311117180

3320

Plates and structurals

Sheet:
Hot rolled
Cold rolled from hot sheet
and strip producing mill
Cold rolled

33111151B0
331111D150

3335
3338

3312211150

3339

Sheet and strip:
Hot rolled
Cold rolled from hot sheet and
strip producing mill
Cold rolled

Sheet and Strip:
Galvanized hot dipped
All other metallic coated,
including electrolytic
Strip:

33111171D0
331111F130

3525
3540

3312213130

3550

331111B180

3601

3312100180
3312100190

3610
3620

33121001D0
33121001E0

3630
3640

33121001J0

3660

Finished products

3311115170
331111D130

2321
2326

3312211130

2327

3311115180
3311115190

2333
2375

33111151A0
331111D140

2391
2392

3312211140

2393

33111171C0

2520

331111F120

2524

Hot rolled
Cold rolled from hot sheet
and strip producing mill
Cold rolled
Bars:
Hot rolled, including
structural shapes under
3"
Cold finished bars made
in hot bar and bar
shapes prod. mills

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Bars:
Hot rolled
Cold finished bars made in
hot bar and bar shapes
prod. mill
Cold finished
Pipe and tubes:
From hot rolled bars or rods
producing mills
Cold rolled:
Pressure tubing:
Seamless
Welded
Mechanical tubing:
Seamless
Welded
Pipe and tubes, other

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REFERENCE LIST — Continued
FORM

MA331B

Product
code

Item
code

Item description
Section IA — STEEL
PRODUCTS SHIPPED —
Continued

Product
code

Item
code

XXX

5999

3701

From hot rolled bars or
rods producing mills

33122251E0

3710

Round wire:
Under 0.75mm in
diameter

33122251F0

3720

SECTION IB — IMPORT RECEIPTS
OF STEEL MILL PRODUCTS BY
GRADE
SECTION II — PRODUCTION OF
RAW STEEL BY TYPE OF
FURNACE & GRADE

Wire:
33111191E0

Item description

XXX

6100

Basic oxygen

XXX

6205

Open hearth

XXX

6500

Electric

XXX

6700

Other — Specify

XXX

6900

0.75mm to under 1.5mm
33122251G0

3730
l.5mm and above

33122251H0

3740
Other shape wire,
including flat wire

NOTES:

10/26/07

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TOTAL PRODUCTION OF RAW
STEEL BY TYPE OF FURNACE