US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Structural Shapes Heavy -- 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 92,913 57,137 61,638 72,447 43,429 45,762 36,403 38,521 30,568 25,395 36,487 97,864 37,247 15,959 15,103 18,568
M CANADA 9,453 13,904 15,015 14,058 11,212 8,978 9,987 8,520 6,780 4,773 4,447 4,098 2,700 2,431 2,308 1,586
M MEXICO 9,854 6,892 8,546 7,645 8,934 11,387 8,309 6,608 4,781 2,807 1,676 5,378 4,417 4,644 4,604 4,017
M LUXEMBOURG 10,360 8,757 4,978 6,576 5,470 7,726 6,152 8,685 5,820 3,450 2,306 8,375 987.1 702.0 710.4 2,773
M UNITED KINGDOM 6,252 208.7 12,348 5,361 7,263 4,469 5,698 4,593 8,148 7,524 3,777 7,167 143.7 4,102 3,634 3,271
M KOREA 370.1 733.5 5,403 4,287 873.5 7,509 152.0 3,086 2,721 4,213 1,858 21,168 15,476 2,161 1,997 529.8
M TAIWAN 23,933 28.0 5.43 20,053 7.22 87.1 64.0 73.9 9.78 28.9 2,733 18,279 62.2 378.8 382.2 58.2
M SPAIN 23,149 9,460 1,805 9.88 3,029 21.4 366.3 1,952 6.22 444.7 49.5 2,827 11,371 32.4 35.7 175.6
M GERMANY 5,035 3,015 1,155 824.2 1,255 1,458 1,398 1,593 985.7 886.1 4,382 21,588 908.5 920.8 917.0 490.5
M RUSSIA 11.1 5,878 4,882 6,552 . . . . . . 14,814 . . . . .
M NORWAY . 3,266 311.3 2,932 3,280 671.6 831.9 1,812 856.5 . . 1,302 240.7 . . .
M JAPAN 413.4 1,228 2,766 2,351 893.1 3,137 914.9 1,130 2.90 391.2 263.8 212.5 201.9 . 0.60 .
M TURKEY 2,489 161.9 2,396 . . . 2,049 . . 397.4 . . 457.3 . 155.9 209.5
M BRAZIL 1,204 3,364 1,653 1,170 471.0 12.1 17.7 4.67 9.44 2.02 4.37 . 9.05 . 0.87 1.52
M SOUTH AFRICA 56.1 . 154.1 118.6 22.4 98.9 59.0 13.9 113.2 25.6 . 3,965 82.3 61.3 62.5 366.5
M POLAND 10.2 0.46 3.00 9.01 2.98 1.64 . 150.3 15.9 0.57 17.7 3,375 16.0 3.17 7.65 4,438
M ITALY 29.1 8.30 19.3 398.5 567.7 25.6 . 35.4 15.1 8.07 . 29.3 47.7 518.0 49.3 36.5
M CHINA 135.9 77.1 45.7 19.4 73.9 48.8 368.4 133.5 260.1 231.7 24.1 84.4 118.9 1.03 88.0 78.9
M NETHERLANDS 116.2 116.5 76.3 0.50 . 97.1 . . 4.92 192.9 97.3 . . . 0.24 0.14
M VIETNAM . . 15.0 76.0 15.4 30.9 28.9 31.2 32.2 16.1 28.7 11.2 4.52 . . 183.1
M AUSTRIA . 13.0 16.3 . 36.5 . . 80.7 . . . . . . . 9.06
M FRANCE 37.8 3.61 3.92 . . . 3.64 . 4.48 . 3.05 . . 2.48 4.21 4.59
M BELGIUM . . 19.5 . 19.2 . . . . . . . . . . 105.1
M PANAMA . 18.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M UKRAINE . . 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.06
M AUSTRALIA . . 2.07 . . . . 7.66 . . . . . . . .
M SWEDEN . . 0.41 . . . . 6.15 . . . . . . . .
M DENMARK . . 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M INDIA . . . . . . . . . . 0.69 . 1.24 . . 0.13
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144.1 230.5

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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