US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Stainless Products

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 100,689 96,041 76,037 75,276 73,793 73,415 82,544 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 81,661 92,052 52,972
M CHINA 20,402 16,570 19,241 11,840 13,389 10,898 15,957 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 15,703 20,129 9,237
M TAIWAN 8,147 8,536 6,061 5,740 4,974 8,029 11,088 9,813 11,725 11,843 10,481 9,893 9,672 7,747 8,848 5,206
M MEXICO 9,551 8,508 8,874 9,424 9,644 9,834 10,434 8,384 8,438 8,118 9,077 8,802 9,916 8,574 9,036 5,114
M ITALY 8,250 8,509 2,447 6,316 5,153 5,798 5,955 4,595 5,988 6,088 3,904 5,344 8,281 7,429 8,719 2,806
M UNITED KINGDOM 6,228 6,203 5,963 4,688 6,675 5,278 6,291 8,224 6,223 5,700 6,694 6,153 7,657 4,947 5,027 2,816
M JAPAN 3,818 6,761 4,075 6,051 6,837 5,801 5,530 5,210 4,356 5,343 5,972 5,002 6,909 6,676 6,558 3,871
M SWEDEN 7,083 5,334 4,365 6,881 4,631 4,158 3,952 5,716 5,814 5,911 6,371 5,273 6,143 4,747 4,442 4,018
M INDIA 2,733 3,852 3,017 3,983 3,556 3,319 3,426 4,250 3,637 4,477 4,636 4,846 4,109 5,778 5,630 3,631
M KOREA 3,989 2,460 2,309 2,223 2,372 2,252 3,710 3,173 3,542 3,438 3,406 3,812 3,535 2,904 3,019 1,835
M GERMANY 7,736 7,019 4,066 2,823 2,307 2,902 2,019 4,202 2,910 2,218 3,239 3,399 4,701 2,015 1,941 1,890
M FRANCE 4,341 3,646 2,100 3,031 4,141 3,059 2,921 2,220 3,001 3,456 3,868 3,263 3,687 2,869 3,118 2,153
M CANADA 1,939 2,111 1,846 2,242 2,092 1,353 1,800 1,732 1,972 1,921 1,768 1,989 1,475 1,382 1,486 1,131
M SOUTH AFRICA 4,332 4,164 2,516 2,457 2,031 1,711 1,375 2,348 2,786 426.7 3,217 991.5 1,052 2,603 2,942 707.6
M BRAZIL 2,996 1,355 1,904 1,206 1,021 1,853 2,449 1,341 3,145 2,723 2,533 1,600 1,640 1,260 1,301 1,499
M BELGIUM 4,782 4,421 2,953 2,153 1,281 2,137 969.8 1,762 1,965 1,148 1,264 1,174 1,442 831.0 854.2 743.7
M SPAIN 495.0 995.5 264.2 464.7 1,051 578.8 745.2 663.7 1,679 840.2 979.7 1,601 888.3 848.5 967.9 617.1
M THAILAND 50.7 373.3 255.0 86.2 316.7 564.1 237.4 473.9 546.4 386.1 375.2 519.4 1,394 1,046 1,097 547.7
M FINLAND 799.7 329.0 179.5 347.0 505.9 361.9 1,337 1,297 1,209 1,194 904.7 569.2 1,046 754.7 720.1 646.0
M MALAYSIA 228.9 248.3 429.1 511.0 243.0 94.2 205.4 135.2 206.7 337.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 957.3 532.8
M UKRAINE 153.2 738.8 510.9 311.2 260.3 205.5 33.3 324.0 229.0 382.8 206.8 451.3 326.9 460.6 516.2 424.0
M ROMANIA . 20.2 154.1 . . . 101.1 . . 80.0 139.5 525.2 246.5 340.2 163.5 240.1
M PORTUGAL 231.5 119.0 183.2 189.3 157.1 195.2 205.4 75.8 164.6 222.5 229.0 346.0 230.1 318.4 340.8 72.4
M AUSTRIA 733.2 1,825 1,010 498.9 301.6 1,876 832.0 1,271 332.3 889.6 530.1 222.1 219.3 319.6 1,122 686.1
M SLOVENIA 217.7 137.9 201.0 205.6 111.9 157.1 218.0 48.1 294.5 362.3 179.3 212.4 281.6 206.5 206.5 209.8
M SWITZERLAND 277.1 235.7 191.3 223.8 78.6 134.8 133.8 100.4 173.7 131.9 133.0 147.8 208.8 198.8 270.0 20.2
M INDONESIA 91.2 406.9 82.9 186.8 68.2 42.2 . 21.3 160.4 205.7 45.6 27.2 128.7 318.7 303.4 73.3
M CZECH REPUBLIC 386.2 296.7 52.8 423.8 45.0 314.0 84.3 46.6 43.4 23.4 48.3 73.2 273.6 77.0 75.4 932.5
M BAHRAIN . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 181.3 . . 307.0
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 34.4 84.6 209.0 249.9 34.1 34.3 190.2 44.3 86.1 69.0 190.7 104.0 87.0 51.4 51.4 367.4
M URUGUAY 60.6 83.4 56.3 69.2 145.1 151.4 86.7 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 84.3 71.2
M LATVIA 75.9 87.6 72.1 65.8 46.0 52.2 44.0 35.0 67.2 35.1 17.5 63.8 105.1 69.5 73.1 148.8
M SAUDI ARABIA 202.1 182.5 167.6 150.5 50.5 . 33.6 116.5 66.9 168.4 67.0 83.9 33.2 67.6 67.6 99.7
M HONG KONG 19.4 38.8 . . . 39.2 . 4.46 19.7 40.7 20.1 123.8 23.7 . . .
M SINGAPORE 93.2 90.2 134.3 . 78.4 27.3 22.8 43.1 110.4 118.1 83.0 19.8 37.9 59.3 85.0 48.3
M VIETNAM 1.02 18.9 . 35.5 0.67 . . . . 15.3 12.9 65.0 23.2 3.60 3.60 .
M AUSTRALIA 20.9 53.8 35.5 18.8 25.0 67.7 62.1 6.87 21.1 . 4.79 12.7 40.2 21.4 20.7 .
M NETHERLANDS 38.5 16.9 47.1 11.8 102.7 38.7 25.5 50.3 60.6 53.7 38.8 8.43 42.9 3.67 2.25 123.0
M DENMARK 17.3 20.5 15.5 40.5 11.0 30.2 4.84 5.66 7.43 7.14 20.3 6.68 17.9 14.8 49.3 8.10
M IRELAND 1.26 5.18 0.69 19.6 1.04 2.72 1.66 21.4 0.94 21.9 4.06 18.1 16.0 2.36 0.25 0.32
M SLOVAKIA 86.5 35.7 19.0 18.9 37.2 19.0 19.1 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . .
M RUSSIA . 91.5 . 0.99 . . . . . . . . . 13.8 13.8 .
M NORWAY 17.0 16.4 0.10 4.84 0.07 2.60 0.97 . 0.33 1.11 . 0.20 0.23 . 0.03 .
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03 0.07 0.15
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 4.88
M CHILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5
M ESTONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.41
M GREECE . 6.54 . 3.74 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M ICELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 0.00
M KYRGYZSTAN . . . 17.7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M LITHUANIA . 15.4 . . . . . . . . 8.17 . . . . .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . 0.15 . . . . . . . 18.7
M PHILIPPINES . . . . 0.62 . . . . . . . . . . .
M POLAND 20.9 11.1 17.6 53.6 10.2 36.4 35.3 7.30 32.0 . . . . . 15.1 0.01
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.3 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,760 87.0

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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