US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Cold Finished -- 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 14,414 17,421 25,654 14,414 16,537 17,131 13,436 13,578 23,710 12,395 13,130 15,579 22,101 10,095 10,327 11,507
M CANADA 4,487 5,630 7,123 5,987 5,800 5,122 3,943 3,888 3,717 3,223 2,166 3,149 3,166 3,093 2,531 1,824
M GERMANY 3,184 3,486 2,520 1,770 2,108 2,580 2,753 2,909 2,426 2,044 1,671 2,073 1,576 1,981 1,954 1,830
M RUSSIA 5.02 . 9,498 694.9 . 1,324 . 84.4 7,446 . 4,239 526.7 9,096 10.1 10.1 3,682
M FRANCE 2,213 2,022 1,920 943.7 2,330 2,757 1,023 1,059 2,881 642.3 1,459 3,585 2,085 2,206 2,171 1,800
M UNITED KINGDOM 1,112 1,283 971.6 1,532 1,159 1,398 1,556 1,167 1,733 1,830 1,255 897.2 1,572 1,121 1,169 814.8
M CHINA 775.5 1,533 526.3 538.1 1,329 607.2 609.3 2,736 2,914 1,086 455.5 631.4 2,940 931.9 935.8 360.5
M SPAIN 870.4 1,281 1,080 943.4 1,971 557.6 2,399 191.4 1,058 1,638 927.8 420.5 996.7 126.5 96.7 135.5
M UKRAINE . . 17.5 . . 697.3 . . 570.0 1,110 15.7 3,797 . . 4.61 .
M JAPAN 506.3 680.1 690.4 637.7 744.3 682.1 491.5 374.6 138.2 120.6 154.5 84.2 249.2 74.8 90.1 132.2
M KOREA 453.0 768.1 462.1 652.6 303.8 362.3 223.2 620.7 234.6 168.9 116.9 52.3 45.4 113.4 79.7 17.7
M ITALY 507.7 490.3 402.1 468.1 434.6 382.1 90.7 179.5 334.5 282.1 99.7 295.6 188.6 297.9 322.0 164.2
M SOUTH AFRICA . 120.2 226.3 . 47.4 208.8 . 73.5 . . 419.7 3.78 18.6 . 1.47 0.65
M MEXICO 83.5 1.00 35.8 14.5 146.6 213.9 132.1 182.0 127.5 14.2 7.76 1.96 30.1 30.6 45.1 16.2
M SWEDEN 55.6 35.9 46.6 81.8 98.5 96.0 5.45 . 12.3 107.3 18.8 17.8 20.8 29.3 31.0 27.4
M NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . 19.0 20.0 40.0 80.0 20.0 60.0 40.0 . 6.00
M TAIWAN 33.2 49.0 19.8 29.3 16.4 7.28 35.5 15.6 19.8 6.55 1.44 4.20 18.9 13.5 2.83 2.88
M ROMANIA 17.7 16.6 . 1.02 . 8.48 35.9 34.8 0.28 16.7 19.9 12.7 17.4 0.88 0.88 1.24
M MALAYSIA 79.2 . . 59.8 . . . . 39.8 . . . . . . 18.3
M BELGIUM . . . . . 90.6 86.3 . . . . . . . . .
M BRAZIL 0.91 12.4 23.0 . . 1.37 . . 7.95 55.2 21.1 0.68 1.18 21.8 22.1 3.53
M INDIA 6.00 7.01 7.76 11.3 17.0 15.6 25.4 16.7 3.63 1.42 . 3.55 3.57 1.73 . 15.5
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3.97 . 51.8 . . 7.28 7.90 5.91 21.5 . . . . . . .
M SWITZERLAND 19.5 . . 18.8 22.6 4.87 . 11.6 . 0.61 . 0.61 2.83 . 0.00 0.00
M AUSTRIA . 1.14 13.5 29.2 5.37 6.26 . 7.10 . 5.46 . . 5.63 . 0.00 6.94
M CZECH REPUBLIC . 1.60 . . . . 16.1 . . . . . . . . .
M AUSTRALIA . . 17.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 . 0.00 0.00
M IRELAND . . . . . . . 0.18 0.18 . . . . . . 0.33
M DENMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M NORWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M SLOVAKIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M SLOVENIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.37 1.15
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856.4 643.1

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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