U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Bulk Steel Wire Nails
Quantities in Metric Tons
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Country Month
  DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09
WORLD 18,035 19,701 13,908 13,313 21,290 26,043 21,733 20,078 20,797 19,474 15,094 10,276 8,723 8,431 6,859
CHINA 11,201 11,354 5,624 6,531 12,712 14,634 10,244 10,616 10,662 10,157 7,628 4,826 4,446 4,261 3,781
TAIWAN 2,128 2,003 1,585 992.1 1,729 2,357 3,674 2,362 2,795 2,767 2,982 2,793 2,435 1,517 967.9
KOREA 1,472 1,629 1,350 1,364 2,695 3,967 2,908 2,600 3,285 2,920 1,766 939.4 642.8 800.7 537.5
MEXICO 789.1 1,551 1,844 1,556 1,477 990.4 1,652 1,354 1,210 880.9 1,008 694.2 457.2 800.8 516.3
CANADA 1,286 1,985 2,723 1,739 1,486 2,000 1,993 1,340 1,472 1,106 828.3 514.9 352.8 580.8 682.4
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 295.3 195.5 235.6 257.8 314.4 363.0 265.4 468.9 290.6 343.3 178.3 56.02 56.87 125.4 158.8
JAPAN 48.52 89.37 39.23 60.84 9.24 61.46 43.33 87.05 43.85 40.65 37.06 39.54 91.80 56.08 20.79
POLAND 229.8 135.2 91.29 76.23 125.5 197.0 164.6 144.4 107.8 49.07 89.73 54.68 65.20 39.26 63.09
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 32.83 . . . . . 0.14 54.77 109.5 130.5 142.0 140.1 28.54 82.68 27.93
VIETNAM . 60.94 . 32.66 . 60.96 32.66 16.33 227.5 117.4 39.19 19.60 . 77.86 19.50
AUSTRIA 54.00 47.35 54.77 37.68 98.17 70.92 113.0 87.97 84.87 41.15 27.14 61.77 33.38 13.43 46.80
INDONESIA 285.4 470.5 242.8 466.9 154.6 485.7 422.4 468.3 274.4 737.6 39.19 . 58.84 . .
MALAYSIA 132.9 66.25 35.15 90.76 56.98 50.87 50.44 296.6 103.6 91.41 106.0 25.47 15.21 16.48 18.00
COLOMBIA . . . . . . . . . 12.79 26.29 13.75 10.29 14.03 13.20
UNITED KINGDOM 4.76 21.89 15.85 1.36 89.75 51.76 24.10 72.81 9.73 35.11 51.71 39.18 20.69 8.23 0.96
RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.20 .
GERMANY 1.66 31.08 1.41 4.24 1.32 1.11 . 0.17 0.17 31.94 35.39 30.90 5.69 2.54 0.39
NEW ZEALAND . . . 2.36 4.48 1.05 4.62 3.96 . . 7.62 . . 7.70 .
LIECHTENSTEIN 1.97 2.48 2.78 2.97 3.46 3.21 4.18 3.47 2.32 2.48 2.18 2.76 2.85 0.92 2.30
INDIA 1.20 5.64 1.68 2.01 4.72 . 2.89 . . 4.82 0.89 3.24 . 4.92 .
ITALY 5.35 13.36 48.01 73.17 55.27 61.38 73.91 6.70 . 0.24 0.50 4.11 0.70 0.84 1.03
DENMARK . 0.65 . 0.35 . 338.7 . 0.45 . . . . . . 0.79
SWITZERLAND 0.11 . 0.07 0.16 0.19 0.21 0.22 . . . . 0.08 0.18 0.02 0.08
BRAZIL . 2.41 0.70 1.51 . . . . . . . . . . .
FINLAND . . . . . 0.03 . . . . . . . . .
HONDURAS . . . . 156.8 176.4 . . . . . . . . .
HONG KONG 63.77 15.54 . . . 9.07 . . . . 1.29 . . . .
SWEDEN . . 12.39 . . 3.22 . . . 4.19 . 16.57 . . .
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO . . . . . . . . 20.72 . . . . . .
TURKEY . 20.47 . 19.59 117.4 159.1 58.84 93.69 98.06 . 98.07 . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: April 10, 2009, with
Census data collected through February 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE months reported
 
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