SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates in Coils -- S
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
		AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	SEP08	OCT08
M	WORLD	3,994	3,061	2,513	761.6	720.6	802.6	3,037	1,437	2,174	2,736	2,522	4,079	1,622	2,271	1,929	1,537
M	GERMANY	965.2	797.7	277.4	170.1	375.7	90.8	1,768	157.7	118.9	744.5	1,079	1,974	107.0	540.4	540.4	83.8
M	SWEDEN	1,810	1,012	1,426	295.9	140.2	152.1	615.5	358.5	598.8	712.1	641.1	628.4	848.7	786.9	757.0	739.0
M	CHINA	258.7	565.5	485.9	286.0	61.3	189.5	548.4	314.6	747.1	583.3	666.7	803.7	302.4	540.9	551.6	599.8
M	BELGIUM	731.0	367.1	257.3	9.40	120.1	319.9	32.3	297.0	257.6	249.4	57.3	296.3	196.8	24.0	24.0	108.3
M	BRAZIL	35.8	90.3	.	.	20.1	.	20.7	82.5	364.8	21.5	11.4	262.1	110.3	.	.	.
M	SOUTH AFRICA	165.4	182.4	24.3	.	.	10.3	.	28.3	20.5	407.3	31.5	.	10.5	322.8	.	0.62
M	FINLAND	22.9	.	17.5	.	.	19.8	36.7	163.2	66.5	12.4	19.0	91.9	46.4	56.6	56.7	.
M	JAPAN	.	.	.	.	2.39	.	.	18.8	.	.	.	19.3	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	3.10	.	.	.	2.90	0.90	3.03	.	.	.	0.77
M	CANADA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.75	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	.	2.57	1.57	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.0	.	.	.	.	.
M	ITALY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.67
M	KOREA	4.33	43.7	22.7	.	0.50	16.8	14.5	16.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.85

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