SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- 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
		FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08	DEC08	JAN09	FEB09	MAR09	MAR09	APR09
M	WORLD	57,764	109,505	80,532	67,699	88,141	95,766	96,490	101,784	87,568	118,283	71,250	102,194	65,313	33,576	35,262	27,655
M	CANADA	33,546	37,984	34,852	34,859	33,617	35,683	29,656	23,638	24,357	14,221	14,308	15,528	13,109	10,970	11,067	8,118
M	UKRAINE	10.3	7,949	16,820	8.32	15,503	24,734	38,517	15.2	34,021	31,836	14,255	14,606	.	.	11.8	0.69
M	THAILAND	.	20,280	40.1	24.4	5,039	4.48	.	39,412	4,223	16,909	.	2,562	7,977	.	.	.
M	RUSSIA	.	5,810	2,821	6,276	959.8	12,089	2,124	10,685	6,925	14,403	8,075	7,317	.	.	.	.
M	SWEDEN	4,326	10,391	2,407	8,639	5,208	3,985	6,371	3,359	2,854	6,192	5,089	4,099	8,513	3,745	3,707	5,038
M	JAPAN	3,343	2,842	3,895	3,278	2,571	4,032	3,700	4,137	1,736	5,308	5,214	4,724	3,292	3,555	3,536	2,091
M	KOREA	1,887	1,310	7,791	1,945	2,939	1,259	3,605	8,814	744.5	2,463	3,718	1,019	6,549	1,321	1,298	1,502
M	GERMANY	4,397	3,293	2,522	3,196	3,677	2,558	2,180	3,933	5,083	1,979	3,646	4,528	1,932	2,065	1,765	2,859
M	CHINA	605.6	5,212	642.6	2,391	8,955	263.0	3,506	3,471	703.2	7,803	2,889	244.3	778.1	542.0	544.3	23.7
M	AUSTRIA	58.2	5,069	2,295	805.0	2,556	3,221	1,554	89.0	1,949	171.4	651.8	3,346	533.0	2,347	2,357	3,782
M	FRANCE	1,682	1,309	1,518	1,177	878.2	2,040	2,057	969.9	1,220	1,311	1,836	872.2	3,628	2,232	2,153	1,645
M	MALAYSIA	.	.	.	.	.	31.6	.	.	.	.	3,058	16,149	.	2,239	2,239	.
M	BRAZIL	2,515	1,060	14.5	201.9	300.6	2,847	292.6	382.8	926.7	2,343	.	4,545	5.94	2,962	2,962	385.5
M	TURKEY	.	.	3.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	182.6	.	10,062	6,334	.	128.1	.
M	FINLAND	1,075	803.0	353.9	2,673	1,132	1,035	490.0	805.9	860.5	.	1,625	1,774	1,532	241.1	1,498	129.4
M	BELGIUM	884.3	1,892	2,293	1,077	1,250	1,268	791.8	520.9	742.7	131.1	389.5	1,103	871.6	83.5	61.7	679.4
M	SOUTH AFRICA	423.0	2,631	506.1	75.1	2,041	83.5	143.3	.	36.9	30.6	636.8	1,193	2,798	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	1,875	686.7	664.9	405.7	151.5	45.0	196.2	25.3	.	5.79	2,195	4,248	36.8	27.9	27.9	3.26
M	ROMANIA	.	97.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9,284	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	40.9	38.9	176.0	133.1	225.9	91.1	192.3	5.76	2.03	6.24	6.69	3,034	2,465	851.1	640.3	105.3
M	UNITED KINGDOM	982.0	383.2	727.1	258.8	716.2	66.2	236.9	1,229	537.4	42.6	156.0	129.6	.	137.4	137.4	.
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	16.5	.	.	18.1	207.7	310.8	3,120	143.8	784.4	.	.	457.9
M	ITALY	34.4	.	.	.	.	56.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	4,126	.	.	.
M	BULGARIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2,987	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	74.1	178.8	82.2	21.3	18.0	194.8	119.3	19.2	155.8	349.9	198.1	159.1	42.4	116.7	114.6	54.8
M	POLAND	.	.	.	.	.	172.4	.	.	270.3	.	170.4	527.7	.	136.3	136.3	205.1
M	NORWAY	.	250.8	.	249.7	.	.	.	218.2	.	.	.	235.0	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVAKIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	752.1	23.3	4.17	.	5.76	.	.	.	.	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	28.8	9.78	.	380.7	.	.	8.00	1.73	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.8
M	INDONESIA	.	.	86.0	.	.	.	.	.	2.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	7.68	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.20	.	37.2	.	.	0.14	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	28.7	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	45.9
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	844.0	509.5

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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