US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Stainless Products

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
  FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 MAR09 APR09
M WORLD 86,741 88,480 91,279 91,098 87,186 95,947 83,871 71,084 79,481 73,708 59,968 62,400 43,412 50,858 57,892 43,628
M CHINA 18,894 17,349 22,702 19,751 19,826 19,241 16,688 11,405 14,788 17,674 11,430 12,600 7,736 10,939 10,764 3,649
M TAIWAN 9,813 11,725 11,843 10,481 9,893 9,672 8,100 7,416 11,630 7,674 4,253 5,709 3,277 3,580 3,644 4,565
M MEXICO 8,384 8,438 8,118 9,077 8,802 9,916 8,612 6,804 3,690 3,406 3,039 3,082 4,839 4,750 5,259 4,398
M JAPAN 5,210 4,356 5,343 5,972 5,002 6,909 6,855 5,855 6,744 5,558 9,074 7,627 3,175 3,963 4,116 4,398
M UNITED KINGDOM 8,224 6,223 5,700 6,694 6,153 7,657 4,948 4,417 6,707 4,517 3,978 3,687 5,213 3,701 3,671 3,615
M SWEDEN 5,716 5,814 5,911 6,371 5,273 6,143 4,747 5,008 6,710 4,820 3,627 3,500 3,860 3,108 3,437 3,678
M ITALY 4,595 5,988 6,088 3,904 5,344 8,281 7,510 3,299 4,214 6,498 4,807 3,597 1,894 4,503 4,468 3,874
M INDIA 4,250 3,637 4,477 4,636 4,846 4,109 5,794 4,575 3,975 4,911 2,543 4,266 1,794 3,263 3,034 2,213
M KOREA 3,173 3,542 3,438 3,406 3,812 3,535 2,905 2,969 4,156 2,932 2,393 3,435 1,904 2,226 1,831 2,038
M FRANCE 2,220 3,001 3,456 3,868 3,263 3,687 2,869 3,165 2,987 2,760 2,375 2,595 1,494 1,832 1,820 1,656
M GERMANY 4,202 2,910 2,218 3,239 3,399 4,701 2,085 2,920 2,706 2,289 2,456 2,494 1,958 1,269 1,335 1,872
M BRAZIL 1,341 3,145 2,723 2,533 1,600 1,640 1,260 1,503 1,605 1,112 1,737 1,273 617.0 529.6 4,592 979.0
M CANADA 1,732 1,972 1,921 1,768 1,989 1,475 1,423 1,847 1,629 1,312 945.4 1,232 1,080 1,308 1,215 941.8
M SOUTH AFRICA 2,348 2,786 426.7 3,217 991.5 1,052 2,879 1,780 1,652 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 346.8 185.5
M BELGIUM 1,762 1,965 1,148 1,264 1,174 1,442 831.0 939.5 731.0 1,030 1,102 1,593 1,126 994.4 1,322 1,316
M SPAIN 663.7 1,679 840.2 979.7 1,601 888.3 916.7 886.5 1,367 1,196 1,327 971.0 1,027 1,089 1,021 952.0
M FINLAND 1,297 1,209 1,194 904.7 569.2 1,046 754.7 660.4 808.2 685.0 270.2 355.3 579.1 482.3 549.2 507.7
M MALAYSIA 135.2 206.7 337.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 685.2 786.2 935.0 939.2 1,098 295.2 646.7 596.0 193.1
M THAILAND 473.9 546.4 386.1 375.2 519.4 1,394 1,099 670.0 363.1 875.8 510.8 131.3 35.7 289.9 326.8 92.6
M AUSTRIA 1,271 332.3 889.6 530.1 222.1 219.3 326.6 219.8 344.0 375.1 372.6 305.5 214.4 256.2 358.6 175.2
M UKRAINE 324.0 229.0 382.8 206.8 451.3 326.9 460.6 714.6 481.2 156.2 441.0 63.6 112.0 129.4 130.0 91.5
M SLOVENIA 48.1 294.5 362.3 179.3 212.4 281.6 206.5 333.0 178.2 339.1 303.3 292.5 177.2 339.5 383.7 261.8
M PORTUGAL 75.8 164.6 222.5 229.0 346.0 230.1 341.0 72.4 227.4 182.6 142.0 227.1 164.0 134.0 110.9 158.2
M CZECH REPUBLIC 46.6 43.4 23.4 48.3 73.2 273.6 77.0 1,103 14.8 200.2 40.4 11.1 9.67 383.5 307.6 350.5
M ROMANIA . . 80.0 139.5 525.2 246.5 340.2 288.4 175.9 92.3 58.2 75.9 28.5 145.9 145.9 15.8
M SWITZERLAND 100.4 173.7 131.9 133.0 147.8 208.8 198.8 66.1 220.8 150.7 133.5 93.2 37.0 177.8 179.5 140.9
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 44.3 86.1 69.0 190.7 104.0 87.0 51.4 384.6 120.5 68.7 117.7 85.3 51.1 53.1 70.0 51.5
M INDONESIA 21.3 160.4 205.7 45.6 27.2 128.7 318.7 33.2 154.8 96.1 144.5 97.2 19.7 16.3 16.3 .
M SAUDI ARABIA 116.5 66.9 168.4 67.0 83.9 33.2 67.6 99.7 16.7 51.0 201.2 67.8 116.8 83.3 83.3 272.0
M URUGUAY 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 102.9 97.3 87.2 80.9 38.4 11.1 . . 1.33
M BAHRAIN . . . . 162.4 181.3 . 421.1 . . . . . . 0.00 .
M LATVIA 35.0 67.2 35.1 17.5 63.8 105.1 69.5 75.7 70.2 78.8 . 49.7 17.7 33.3 50.9 35.3
M VIETNAM . . 15.3 12.9 65.0 23.2 3.60 . 55.1 157.7 153.0 112.2 55.9 34.3 34.3 0.00
M SINGAPORE 43.1 110.4 118.1 83.0 19.8 37.9 77.8 44.5 38.4 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . 27.0 20.3
M HONG KONG 4.46 19.7 40.7 20.1 123.8 23.7 . 29.7 . . . . 262.6 . 39.6 36.2
M NETHERLANDS 50.3 60.6 53.7 38.8 8.43 42.9 3.72 26.5 5.73 128.2 28.6 3.78 20.5 35.7 35.5 140.3
M CHILE . . . . . . . 153.0 . . 135.6 . . . . .
M IRELAND 21.4 0.94 21.9 4.06 18.1 16.0 2.36 76.4 5.98 4.22 2.27 18.6 8.39 32.0 2.71 4.35
M AUSTRALIA 6.87 21.1 . 4.79 12.7 40.2 21.4 . . 1.95 4.52 8.50 1.11 68.5 0.07 7.34
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 46.1 26.4 79.8 82.9 80.5
M DENMARK 5.66 7.43 7.14 20.3 6.68 17.9 14.8 14.2 9.51 10.2 3.88 14.8 3.38 11.4 2.98 40.0
M POLAND 7.30 32.0 . . . . . . . . 72.1 13.4 . 16.2 18.0 0.00
M SLOVAKIA 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . . . . . . 4.73 .
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . 9.99 . 29.9 . . 2.78 . . 49.5
M RUSSIA . . . . . . 13.8 . . . . . . . 0.63 0.00
M NORWAY . 0.33 1.11 . 0.20 0.23 . 3.70 . 1.56 0.24 0.20 2.52 . . .
M LITHUANIA . . . 8.17 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M COLOMBIA . . . . . . . . 6.06 . . . . . 1.43 .
M NEW ZEALAND 0.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.76 5.14 0.00
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . 0.03 0.15 . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . 0.00 0.00
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,443 564.2

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 5, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through May 5, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through March 2009
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
Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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