SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Wire Rods -- 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													License Data
		JUL07	AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08
M	WORLD	138,325	107,255	89,833	69,791	64,423	63,973	87,139	70,502	75,402	145,798	66,256	107,118	85,280	54,815	32,230
M	CANADA	26,365	23,082	28,358	31,113	35,133	33,053	43,264	38,718	31,372	37,878	37,369	32,246	31,662	28,164	3,122
M	GERMANY	3,266	2,685	3,879	5,764	2,355	1,159	1,606	2,738	11,994	32,113	10,074	28,870	2,517	1,211	3,632
M	CHINA	72,750	44,067	26,662	8,106	820.1	3,066	14,666	1,028	14.8	.	5,481	5,776	15,172	13,700	8,243
M	BRAZIL	7,543	15,679	7,355	7,518	10,380	4,744	14,304	11,607	12,896	16,562	4,668	8,363	10,797	2,619	6,398
M	JAPAN	11,451	12,144	10,099	11,103	10,655	8,596	7,407	9,387	9,054	12,902	7,529	6,481	9,736	7,533	8,188
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	.	.	4,727	.	.	35,766	.	19,960	.	.	46.3
M	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	10,794	5,410	.	.	.	3,555	.	5,602	6,000	.	.	2,731	5,436	.	.
M	MALAYSIA	88.0	.	8,731	615.2	21.1	7,756	.	26.4	.	4,693	3.54	.	6,537	.	.
M	KOREA	1,203	1,530	2,723	2,787	1,998	.	17.8	21.5	3,810	1,352	.	1,033	2,278	95.5	2,580
M	MEXICO	9.07	13.6	18.1	18.1	1,800	1,170	13.6	25.4	10.8	1,071	523.8	1,534	17.9	7.62	.
M	SPAIN	1,075	437.9	129.6	273.2	830.2	.	418.9	.	.	878.9	403.0	81.2	460.4	102.5	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	623.5	39.5	.
M	FINLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	36.7	18.8	19.7	94.5	38.4	38.0	.	18.8
M	UNITED KINGDOM	3,723	2,201	1,818	13.6	374.8	141.7	711.8	1,208	.	2,558	108.8	.	.	1,269	.
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	2,441	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.00	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BELGIUM	16.5	.	.	.	20.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.01	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	108.2	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	ITALY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	70.3	.
M	SWEDEN	37.6	.	57.1	36.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	.	32.3	729.5	.	100.4	119.1	.	.	.	.	.	.

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