US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Cold Finished -- 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
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 SEP08 OCT08
M WORLD 7,645 5,756 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 6,851 5,941 5,868 5,806
M TAIWAN 2,038 2,064 2,013 1,557 1,454 2,013 1,642 1,859 1,932 1,644 1,596 2,074 1,932 1,624 1,922 1,351
M ITALY 2,036 1,013 2,328 1,574 1,767 1,363 1,935 1,751 2,221 1,720 2,027 2,581 1,528 847.4 671.1 1,459
M INDIA 1,121 968.5 1,305 1,143 1,362 952.3 1,586 1,109 1,501 1,640 1,721 1,350 1,751 1,718 1,547 1,055
M GERMANY 769.9 370.6 279.5 561.8 505.1 232.9 484.2 504.9 572.6 437.0 529.1 675.8 445.6 619.9 555.3 696.6
M FRANCE 355.0 101.8 262.9 272.9 379.1 318.8 312.9 465.9 310.8 137.2 549.7 440.0 337.3 94.0 136.9 362.9
M UKRAINE 210.6 239.8 241.2 205.0 185.7 17.3 . 70.3 77.0 36.2 251.9 165.5 92.7 369.2 291.3 41.4
M UNITED KINGDOM 180.9 204.1 71.3 233.5 221.3 209.2 337.6 178.9 177.0 211.2 199.7 130.7 141.5 86.0 77.9 99.4
M SWITZERLAND 65.9 15.5 88.6 15.3 89.4 69.3 71.2 102.9 84.7 65.9 100.7 127.4 101.7 58.2 46.3 58.1
M CHINA 97.9 80.2 91.4 179.3 142.5 108.7 132.9 57.2 124.3 86.2 187.3 122.7 84.1 50.0 55.0 105.1
M LATVIA 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 75.7 148.9 129.6
M SWEDEN 78.2 67.7 71.7 92.8 103.7 112.9 99.9 120.5 137.9 189.4 73.1 91.5 53.1 68.9 62.9 72.7
M SAUDI ARABIA 182.5 167.6 150.5 50.5 . 33.6 116.5 66.9 168.4 67.0 83.9 33.2 67.6 99.7 99.7 .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 84.6 68.0 121.5 34.1 34.3 78.9 44.3 86.1 69.0 53.5 97.9 66.4 45.9 54.0 38.7 76.4
M BRAZIL 14.3 . 26.9 . 22.6 9.23 22.4 14.5 18.5 71.7 278.3 116.1 17.1 2.62 2.62 .
M SLOVENIA 99.6 137.7 96.5 84.2 126.7 139.9 46.9 192.1 127.6 78.2 32.1 21.0 35.8 58.5 58.7 13.0
M CANADA 12.4 34.0 33.3 3.79 21.8 63.7 26.6 21.5 62.5 41.6 24.7 58.8 15.5 1.19 1.52 78.7
M JAPAN 9.11 11.5 5.43 21.0 7.30 44.5 34.9 7.14 18.7 18.1 24.6 6.41 42.2 26.6 28.1 19.2
M CZECH REPUBLIC 60.0 7.53 54.6 27.4 43.9 15.8 13.4 37.1 21.0 42.5 47.5 30.3 26.2 11.9 11.9 5.46
M KOREA 22.2 18.4 8.68 5.10 31.7 14.9 17.2 17.9 2.28 46.0 55.9 19.5 1.58 24.1 29.0 44.3
M AUSTRIA 24.0 64.1 99.8 23.8 53.6 23.5 52.6 62.8 96.1 173.3 63.1 11.2 18.7 10.5 6.62 12.2
M NETHERLANDS 5.77 5.27 1.43 6.08 0.81 4.97 6.04 35.6 1.88 1.27 0.39 27.1 . 10.5 17.9 3.02
M MEXICO 6.12 15.6 6.34 8.83 26.6 3.27 5.09 10.5 6.82 . . . 21.6 12.6 19.9 29.0
M DENMARK 6.24 3.74 1.41 8.29 10.8 2.63 3.90 2.00 1.87 17.6 2.10 12.4 5.01 6.23 2.44 9.46
M RUSSIA 55.4 . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 . . .
M AUSTRALIA . 2.76 . . . . . . . . . 8.57 2.42 . . .
M SPAIN 3.67 4.35 0.67 1.67 2.43 9.38 3.75 0.76 5.99 2.90 0.73 0.97 0.20 6.79 22.7 42.1
M ROMANIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.97 2.97 .
M NORWAY 0.30 . 0.25 . . . . 0.33 . . 0.20 0.23 . 0.23 . 0.03
M BELGIUM . . 0.37 . . . 0.41 . . 1.90 0.92 . . . 0.04 0.02
M ESTONIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.41 .
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.43
M HONG KONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 .
M LITHUANIA 15.4 . . . . . . . . 8.17 . . . . . .
M MALAYSIA . . . . . . . 2.35 . . . . . . . 0.07
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.21 .
M POLAND . 17.6 . . 16.8 26.1 . . . . . . . . . .
M PORTUGAL . . . . 9.68 15.5 . . . . . . . . . .
M SINGAPORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.2
M THAILAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.09 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.64 1.50

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 4, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through November 4, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through September 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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