SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Rails Standard -- 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													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	SEP08	OCT08
M	WORLD	29,161	24,636	18,377	13,251	7,119	11,695	21,208	21,969	20,281	23,311	12,177	28,244	16,699	9,752	15,738	13,058
M	JAPAN	22,886	14,078	2,707	12,032	796.4	11,320	15,179	21,055	18,957	17,825	11,419	23,059	11,331	8,366	8,406	11,186
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	2,149	10,405	9,653	208.0	5,156	.	5,514	16.9	554.3	4,690	88.2	4,687	4,505	842.4	6,963	429.7
M	LUXEMBOURG	879.2	57.0	20.7	86.4	172.2	172.0	154.0	414.4	446.6	60.6	400.3	82.7	639.3	449.7	238.7	980.6
M	SPAIN	1,076	4.71	68.5	185.5	234.3	184.9	352.2	286.7	56.1	104.3	63.0	184.1	145.8	.	.	104.2
M	GERMANY	.	19.5	151.0	0.73	.	.	.	18.0	.	.	33.4	108.0	58.6	58.6	58.6	152.6
M	KOREA	283.7	.	157.0	737.6	466.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	44.1	.	21.2	21.2	.
M	CHINA	1,869	49.6	5,061	.	68.0	17.1	.	.	136.6	.	34.8	58.3	.	3.51	0.07	.
M	CANADA	.	.	405.6	.	.	.	5.64	146.0	129.1	124.7	81.5	15.5	.	10.9	30.9	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.00	.	.	3.79	18.6	.	.	.
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.32
M	AUSTRIA	16.4	14.9	151.7	.	225.7	.	2.55	25.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	5.97	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.8	.
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	505.6	.	.	.	.	.	84.7
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.44	.	.	55.9	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	119.9

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