Sales by Product

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Sales by Product

Note 13: 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	2012			2011			2010
	(Percentage of Sales)
Carbon Steel Flat		25	%		27	%		29	%
Carbon Steel Plate		13			11			8
Carbon Steel Long		15			10			9
Stainless Steel Flat		15			18			21
Stainless Steel Plate		4			4			4
Stainless Steel Long		4			4			3
Aluminum Flat		14			15			15
Aluminum Plate		3			3			3
Aluminum Long		4			4			4
Other		3			4			4
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%

No customer accounted for more than 2 percent of Company sales for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. The top ten customers accounted for less than 10 percent of its sales for the year ended December 31, 2012. 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, Mexico and Brazil, which in aggregate comprised 13 percent of the Company’s sales during the year ended December 31, 2012 and 14 percent during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010; Canadian, Chinese, Mexican and Brazilian assets were 16 percent, 15 percent and 15 percent of total Company assets at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.