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Sales By Product
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Sales By Product [Abstract]  
Sales By Product

Note 14: Sales by Product

The Company derives substantially all of its sales from the distribution of metals. The following table shows the Company's percentage of sales by major product line:

 

     Year Ended December 31,  

Product Line

   2011     2010     2009  
     (Percentage of Sales)  

Carbon Steel Flat

     27     29     28

Carbon Steel Plate

     11        8        6   

Carbon Steel Long

     10        9        8   

Stainless Steel Flat

     18        21        19   

Stainless Steel Plate

     4        4        4   

Stainless Steel Long

     4        3        3   

Aluminum Flat

     15        15        15   

Aluminum Plate

     3        3        4   

Aluminum Long

     4        4        4   

Other

     4        4        9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     100     100     100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

No customer accounted for more than 2 percent of Company sales for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. The top ten customers accounted for less than 11 percent of its sales for the year ended December 31, 2011. A significant majority of the Company's sales are attributable to its U.S. operations and a significant majority of its long-lived assets are located in the United States. The only operations attributed to foreign countries relate to the Company's subsidiaries in Canada, China and Mexico, which in aggregate comprised 14 percent of the Company's sales during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009; Canadian, Chinese and Mexican assets were 15 percent, 15 percent and 17 percent of total Company assets at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.