SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- S
Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars		Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph	Country	Census Data													License Data
		JUL07	AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08
M	WORLD	9,352	9,641	7,647	7,809	9,908	7,923	8,757	11,164	9,211	8,671	8,327	8,813	9,769	8,236	3,903
M	UNITED KINGDOM	5,226	5,274	4,758	4,040	5,872	4,345	5,533	6,950	5,254	4,878	5,294	5,172	6,221	4,220	765.4
M	SWEDEN	3,232	2,066	2,013	2,702	2,446	2,425	2,182	2,904	2,883	3,022	2,806	2,529	2,857	2,304	1,237
M	ITALY	688.0	1,311	457.3	891.1	1,072	727.0	438.1	732.8	810.7	518.9	80.8	455.2	443.9	1,567	1,725
M	SPAIN	35.2	444.7	65.7	60.1	365.9	292.6	417.7	244.5	109.8	35.4	.	585.8	166.6	83.5	170.8
M	GERMANY	0.05	.	47.2	42.5	90.4	61.7	99.0	.	34.5	87.1	37.3	16.5	8.74	20.9	.
M	CANADA	1.01	.	1.60	.	10.6	0.97	8.05	1.93	6.16	19.4	25.2	18.4	15.4	12.7	0.22
M	TAIWAN	14.9	5.28	6.41	4.32	4.25	1.41	8.40	6.82	1.39	9.82	47.5	7.06	1.85	7.61	0.42
M	CHINA	5.46	3.45	6.04	5.02	2.55	12.5	8.50	12.5	0.16	4.54	3.40	11.7	29.6	19.6	3.64
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	19.8	39.7	20.2	39.3	19.5	59.4	20.0	.	19.6	.	.
M	JAPAN	36.7	3.24	14.9	1.51	8.34	5.77	6.90	2.25	3.48	.	6.53	3.95	1.86	.	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	1.33	3.66	3.34	3.12	4.79	4.77	.	3.21	5.70	2.20	5.10	6.36	.	0.29	.
M	BRAZIL	1.53	.	0.65	0.35	4.30	3.08	2.16	.	.	.	.	6.56	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.13	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	.	.	1.19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	5.71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	0.23	.	0.54	1.35	.	.	0.34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	IRELAND	.	1.25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.04	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	.	20.0	.	2.91	31.4	.	.	11.8	.	.	.	.	.
M	THAILAND	2.20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UKRAINE	106.4	527.9	270.9	35.4	.	.	.	266.6	82.4	17.6	.	.	.	.	.

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: September 11, 2008, with

Licensing data collected through September 11, 2008 and

Final Census data compiled through July 2008

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of census data,including preliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes