The graph shows the breakdown of major steel mill products. The largest category of products are flat products. There is a growing demand for high quality and coated products within this category. Long products, bar, rod, wire, and light structurals, are the next most common product used. Large structurals, pipes and tubing, and semifinished shapes make up the remaining major categories of use

Breakdown of Steel Shipments (1994)

Tubular Goods	Net Tons (1000)
Pipes and Tubing	4,966

Flat Products	Net Tons (1000)
Plates	8,556
Hot Rolled Sheets and Strip	16,366
Cold Rolled Sheet and Strip	13,993
Galvanized and Coated	20,917

Semifinished Shapes	Net Tons (1000)
Ingots, Blooms, Slabs and Billets	2,531

Structurals	Net Tons (1000)
Structurals, Pilings, and Rails	6,573

Wire, Rod, and Bar	Net Tons (1000)
Long Products – Bars Wire Rods, Drawn Wire