US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- S

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 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 5,190 4,511 4,338 4,527 3,132 4,428 1,935 1,120 1,062 1,202
M TAIWAN 760.1 1,015 951.5 2,121 2,055 2,112 1,567 1,340 1,374 1,232 110.1 71.2 1.94 14.9 23.5 0.78
M CHINA 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 141.1 889.5 1,409 1,030 1,560 653.1 69.7 62.8 17.5
M SOUTH AFRICA 1,514 896.5 . 980.3 340.9 352.8 1,194 524.0 459.2 339.9 304.6 662.4 68.1 346.8 346.8 139.0
M BELGIUM 1,152 1,060 539.1 436.9 504.6 576.8 260.0 383.4 312.9 429.7 555.7 1,010 253.4 98.9 99.1 370.5
M JAPAN 235.2 469.6 346.4 423.5 396.3 349.1 367.9 387.1 320.1 249.6 265.6 271.9 78.0 52.3 52.3 108.7
M GERMANY 393.6 523.9 350.4 562.2 245.8 207.7 418.8 435.4 96.4 192.1 230.7 107.2 298.0 88.4 25.6 174.8
M SWEDEN 163.9 413.9 176.8 186.0 161.1 139.4 197.2 506.0 281.5 290.8 172.0 123.3 170.1 113.4 114.2 25.9
M FRANCE 232.5 197.8 89.7 210.3 88.1 369.7 135.9 335.4 164.3 203.3 158.6 381.9 111.5 46.4 40.5 72.8
M SLOVENIA 1.28 . 144.0 71.8 162.7 184.6 162.8 270.7 147.5 115.4 123.5 88.8 100.0 169.0 169.0 103.3
M KOREA 54.0 123.2 125.7 . 254.1 141.1 387.6 0.84 107.5 44.0 143.6 . 187.6 9.13 9.15 43.4
M ITALY 16.0 79.5 48.3 101.7 172.0 315.6 23.9 85.4 40.1 7.45 4.25 92.7 2.17 51.7 54.3 105.7
M BRAZIL 1.48 235.5 34.4 142.6 262.5 201.8 2.78 2.33 41.5 1.61 3.62 3.17 . . 0.75 0.01
M FINLAND 266.2 38.2 18.4 106.8 23.8 139.1 36.1 65.1 . . . 22.8 . 39.6 44.2 17.4
M INDIA 120.3 . . . 87.6 113.2 . . . . . . . . . .
M CANADA 15.6 13.9 4.03 . 64.3 25.4 6.90 16.4 80.2 5.07 7.02 10.7 0.70 11.2 5.11 0.31
M AUSTRIA 2.84 14.7 5.21 19.7 . 52.6 13.4 1.44 . . 12.6 11.5 10.2 2.70 2.70 2.44
M UNITED KINGDOM 17.8 6.26 12.5 4.22 . 6.24 22.6 11.8 22.6 4.17 1.81 7.45 0.65 6.17 0.43 5.02
M NETHERLANDS 5.52 5.41 3.32 2.43 . 2.27 0.72 3.76 . 1.32 . 0.43 . . . 1.72
M SPAIN . 0.87 . . . . . . . 0.54 7.76 1.03 . . . .
M MEXICO . 4.21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 12.6

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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