US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- S

Quantity in Metric Tons
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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 9,507 9,660 6,334 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 4,786 4,890 2,908
M TAIWAN 995.1 1,611 454.8 57.7 484.8 942.2 1,547 760.1 1,015 951.5 2,121 2,055 2,112 1,429 1,582 1,159
M CHINA 2,212 2,501 1,877 639.7 1,188 1,095 1,280 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 388.6 70.4
M SOUTH AFRICA 1,614 2,036 1,109 1,208 1,652 313.2 322.0 1,514 896.5 . 980.3 340.9 352.8 974.5 956.3 207.9
M BELGIUM 1,940 1,469 1,528 716.2 1,046 1,473 204.6 1,152 1,060 539.1 436.9 504.6 576.8 260.0 291.8 304.1
M JAPAN 244.1 374.5 152.1 420.8 741.3 119.8 346.4 235.2 469.6 346.4 423.5 396.3 349.1 367.9 390.2 373.2
M GERMANY 563.8 331.6 294.5 478.9 257.9 496.6 482.1 393.6 523.9 350.4 562.2 245.8 207.7 376.3 349.0 316.2
M KOREA 99.7 100.7 237.7 111.7 235.8 184.5 83.0 54.0 123.2 125.7 . 254.1 141.1 387.6 385.1 .
M FRANCE 279.2 433.1 352.3 474.8 632.8 557.1 416.3 232.5 197.8 89.7 210.3 88.1 369.7 135.9 96.5 97.0
M ITALY 1,051 416.8 81.4 29.7 123.5 61.3 49.7 16.0 79.5 48.3 101.7 172.0 315.6 23.9 39.3 .
M SLOVENIA 52.8 38.2 4.09 21.4 . . . 1.28 . 144.0 71.8 162.7 184.6 162.8 162.8 147.3
M SWEDEN 310.9 275.7 45.5 134.8 35.9 37.7 153.3 163.9 413.9 176.8 186.0 161.1 139.4 197.2 197.6 100.0
M BRAZIL 25.1 0.62 12.7 21.9 19.9 . . 1.48 235.5 34.4 142.6 262.5 201.8 2.78 2.98 .
M INDIA . . 108.6 . . . 39.1 120.3 . . . 87.6 113.2 . . .
M FINLAND 8.32 19.2 18.9 23.7 23.5 . 103.2 266.2 38.2 18.4 106.8 23.8 139.1 36.1 . 119.1
M CANADA 30.4 10.7 22.4 34.8 43.9 . 19.4 15.6 13.9 4.03 . 64.3 25.4 6.90 6.59 5.02
M AUSTRIA 2.00 25.6 21.6 13.5 15.0 7.55 6.97 2.84 14.7 5.21 19.7 . 52.6 9.94 17.6 1.61
M UNITED KINGDOM 9.59 11.5 6.15 3.21 1.29 2.86 1.71 17.8 6.26 12.5 4.22 . 6.24 22.6 5.33 2.29
M NETHERLANDS . 2.29 4.90 1.23 66.1 0.33 10.8 5.52 5.41 3.32 2.43 . 2.27 0.72 0.72 5.10
M MEXICO . . . . . . . . 4.21 . . . . . . .
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 .
M SLOVAKIA 67.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M SPAIN . 0.48 . . . . . . 0.87 . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.94 .

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
 
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