SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Hot rolled -- 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	81,710	100,034	105,722	82,213	124,677	127,992	151,140	98,197	155,874	109,481	74,942	94,119	60,818	40,274	39,358	31,917
M	CANADA	38,831	47,506	51,266	48,826	48,536	47,307	34,887	31,297	37,323	26,958	27,620	20,805	15,822	16,055	16,106	13,069
M	CHINA	16,089	7,106	3,617	3,636	25,461	34,508	72,038	32,641	75,223	45,218	14,462	8,940	8,350	1,922	284.7	1,886
M	JAPAN	10,430	15,671	18,744	12,406	15,737	15,314	14,786	12,352	10,717	14,618	8,879	11,467	10,324	7,939	7,822	1,601
M	UNITED KINGDOM	2,122	10,683	11,668	1,621	15,386	13,535	14,112	1,532	13,577	8,444	3,210	2,720	256.0	4,055	3,961	4,136
M	MEXICO	3,344	2,971	5,222	6,122	4,596	5,643	3,583	5,111	4,919	2,145	3,724	6,941	4,078	3,249	3,313	2,371
M	TURKEY	4,397	980.8	1,615	71.6	483.6	160.4	407.0	352.0	413.2	387.1	484.5	25,636	13,601	72.2	1,022	1,432
M	KOREA	360.5	4,236	2,778	818.1	2,357	1,743	3,255	2,501	2,889	3,551	613.2	6,360	237.4	2,511	2,367	355.0
M	GERMANY	936.4	890.2	4,679	1,137	3,639	4,031	106.5	3,185	3,517	408.2	2,226	2,318	821.5	1,088	909.1	1,900
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	228.2	4,535	1,172	2,010	3,571	3.92	1,374	2,165	1,400	1.74	5,857	250.2	4,161	6.58	11.9	33.5
M	BRAZIL	2,441	1,678	444.1	2,277	492.7	3,088	2,877	4,430	311.7	2,559	619.2	1,515	322.2	401.8	383.5	43.5
M	SPAIN	41.7	828.7	2,061	391.6	830.3	363.8	1,542	94.5	1,534	2,901	619.0	628.0	1,555	1,008	1,285	222.0
M	ITALY	7.69	27.7	11.6	591.9	226.2	584.7	261.3	652.8	1,394	207.0	74.9	4,302	28.5	162.7	162.7	3,666
M	SWEDEN	776.6	993.9	747.5	666.1	827.0	722.3	348.5	540.1	663.1	618.9	519.4	203.2	500.5	173.4	141.0	169.1
M	INDIA	460.7	650.6	452.1	833.9	407.1	433.5	405.3	181.2	349.5	259.0	822.7	191.7	119.6	177.4	147.5	213.1
M	RUSSIA	106.1	1.07	172.3	8.52	.	.	.	4.89	229.8	248.8	4,435	2.21	4.76	180.7	182.0	.
M	FRANCE	246.3	199.9	114.8	42.5	305.7	287.0	261.2	160.7	418.3	90.7	186.2	1,204	203.2	316.5	256.1	324.2
M	UKRAINE	.	.	.	56.1	578.9	.	101.7	416.5	320.7	593.0	390.2	116.7	103.0	93.4	112.3	27.9
M	NETHERLANDS	39.2	723.5	251.3	160.9	542.8	122.8	385.1	75.5	55.1	5.34	.	19.2	191.7	149.2	143.5	131.0
M	TAIWAN	532.6	98.5	342.5	147.7	35.0	.	114.7	83.2	394.6	124.7	102.9	81.8	41.0	478.6	457.1	179.1
M	SOUTH AFRICA	43.9	76.4	150.8	104.8	120.6	37.1	212.2	239.4	120.2	76.4	64.3	329.9	.	123.7	123.7	84.1
M	ARGENTINA	150.7	75.4	97.3	168.8	101.3	2.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.02	.
M	FINLAND	50.7	58.1	72.2	21.4	16.4	39.0	38.5	37.2	18.1	30.8	.	.	.	19.1	19.1	0.00
M	PERU	.	.	.	.	302.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	14.7	18.0	13.0	15.3	29.2	35.9	24.0	6.54	22.2	12.2	14.0	19.7	29.7	17.3	24.2	6.80
M	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	.	5.62	.	58.3	90.0	.	.	90.0	10.0	.	.	.	.	13.0	15.0	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	10.5	23.7	17.6	.	.	5.33	21.8	13.0	14.9	8.84	63.1	11.3	56.8	56.8	7.93
M	SWITZERLAND	5.86	.	.	.	.	22.3	9.64	.	23.6	.	4.02	.	.	.	.	.
M	ISRAEL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	52.7	.	.	.
M	ROMANIA	42.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5.20	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	2.53	.	.	1.01	4.07	.	2.54	10.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MALAYSIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	6.86	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NORWAY	.	3.08	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	VENEZUELA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.20	.	.	.	.	.
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.2
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	48.0	37.0

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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