SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Light Shaped -- 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	23,057	14,552	15,324	12,789	20,199	11,185	16,460	11,816	16,408	13,605	12,348	15,978	14,973	11,161	9,363	4,793
M	CANADA	8,321	6,396	7,968	9,044	7,681	6,152	9,866	8,836	6,903	9,126	8,650	8,909	7,900	4,674	4,778	2,248
M	MEXICO	4,445	2,383	4,059	2,031	4,422	4,410	2,861	1,856	2,513	3,811	2,790	2,604	6,962	5,811	3,914	2,197
M	JAPAN	4,487	.	2,710	.	3,017	.	3,554	.	2,767	.	.	2,867	.	.	0.00	.
M	PERU	.	.	.	.	3,298	.	.	.	.	.	.	1,080	.	.	.	.
M	CHINA	584.7	222.2	29.9	448.3	308.4	53.5	160.4	72.5	62.2	16.7	357.3	82.3	106.5	288.8	289.6	178.6
M	TURKEY	820.7	.	.	.	432.2	.	.	151.9	323.5	94.8	.	.	.	384.2	360.0	1.99
M	BRAZIL	3,488	4,980	345.9	980.8	344.8	3.29	.	622.8	3,510	526.5	547.0	345.3	3.90	2.75	5.90	0.04
M	KOREA	353.0	25.5	85.1	260.7	322.7	237.0	.	.	17.3	.	.	90.0	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	22.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.2	.	0.75	.	2.99	.	.	.	.	3.88
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	.	2.16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.09	0.24
M	GERMANY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.45	1.19	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	150.0
M	ITALY	4.28	.	11.1	.	.	.	.	2.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	10.3
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7.26	.
M	SPAIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	308.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00
M	TAIWAN	552.9	544.2	113.0	.	370.6	309.1	.	273.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	.	.	17.0	.	.	.	19.9	.	.	.	.	4.03	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.45	2.45

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