SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Rails Standard -- C & A
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													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		JUL07	AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	AUG08	SEP08
M	WORLD	12,856	29,161	24,636	18,377	13,251	7,119	11,695	21,208	21,969	20,281	23,311	12,177	28,244	16,601	17,233	9,196
M	JAPAN	11,251	22,886	14,078	2,707	12,032	796.4	11,320	15,179	21,055	18,957	17,825	11,419	23,059	11,320	11,139	8,091
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	2,149	10,405	9,653	208.0	5,156	.	5,514	16.9	554.3	4,690	88.2	4,687	4,418	4,945	831.3
M	LUXEMBOURG	324.8	879.2	57.0	20.7	86.4	172.2	172.0	154.0	414.4	446.6	60.6	400.3	82.7	639.3	850.3	222.0
M	SPAIN	344.8	1,076	4.71	68.5	185.5	234.3	184.9	352.2	286.7	56.1	104.3	63.0	184.1	145.8	207.2	.
M	GERMANY	90.0	.	19.5	151.0	0.73	.	.	.	18.0	.	.	33.4	108.0	58.6	58.6	.
M	CANADA	709.4	.	.	405.6	.	.	.	5.64	146.0	129.1	124.7	81.5	15.5	.	24.0	30.9
M	CHINA	136.0	1,869	49.6	5,061	.	68.0	17.1	.	.	136.6	.	34.8	58.3	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.44	.	.	55.9	.	.	.	.
M	KOREA	.	283.7	.	157.0	737.6	466.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	44.1	.	.	21.2
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.00	.	.	3.79	18.6	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	16.4	14.9	151.7	.	225.7	.	2.55	25.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	.	5.97	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	505.6	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8.47	.

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: September 23, 2008, with

Licensing data collected through September 23, 2008 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through August 2008

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes