SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Wire Drawn -- 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	3,057	3,214	3,674	3,971	3,312	3,202	3,844	3,085	3,236	3,052	2,216	2,612	1,943	2,096	2,042	2,221
M	INDIA	1,246	1,065	1,273	1,281	963.0	806.9	1,563	1,082	1,102	1,235	699.3	928.7	604.0	726.7	754.7	775.2
M	KOREA	470.1	571.2	736.6	1,010	661.8	836.2	719.9	748.9	880.7	761.0	502.7	651.4	483.0	508.9	361.0	624.9
M	CHINA	315.1	363.3	402.0	449.9	523.3	474.6	513.1	458.8	347.7	325.3	340.7	403.0	207.5	155.6	167.8	253.7
M	TAIWAN	150.8	217.3	349.3	192.6	256.5	240.5	294.8	161.9	263.2	146.1	134.9	136.8	102.9	125.5	160.9	99.2
M	CANADA	204.3	153.4	180.2	234.8	211.6	124.7	90.6	128.4	146.4	127.6	89.0	84.9	67.1	75.8	80.3	49.2
M	ITALY	126.5	177.6	128.1	155.5	174.2	116.7	131.3	84.3	103.5	90.1	88.6	77.9	87.1	90.8	86.3	81.9
M	JAPAN	140.7	154.4	169.5	107.0	112.1	153.8	107.3	141.6	84.9	52.3	103.9	65.7	123.7	114.1	96.4	81.0
M	SWEDEN	177.5	161.7	138.3	200.7	113.7	93.5	83.3	81.9	126.7	71.4	51.6	29.0	117.7	53.3	42.7	29.8
M	GERMANY	109.2	105.1	106.4	139.3	114.2	115.5	66.2	34.7	23.7	5.69	26.1	32.1	3.52	17.0	56.7	66.8
M	SWITZERLAND	23.4	43.2	23.0	53.9	31.3	58.3	83.6	5.85	35.6	79.8	67.1	25.1	4.69	82.2	78.2	37.4
M	FRANCE	35.9	36.5	22.6	3.87	35.7	28.5	41.6	18.3	21.8	45.6	6.40	42.6	50.0	45.1	47.3	50.1
M	UNITED KINGDOM	19.1	63.0	9.13	30.7	28.0	21.8	14.6	26.4	36.2	13.5	17.0	26.4	14.6	33.1	33.6	6.82
M	THAILAND	21.8	27.8	86.3	30.5	17.4	43.5	30.3	36.2	0.52	14.5	.	16.3	.	20.6	20.5	16.4
M	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	.	.	.	.	6.07	20.6	5.58	17.3	43.5	34.3	68.0	63.5	51.1	28.6	40.1	34.3
M	IRELAND	0.43	0.15	4.28	4.06	0.11	15.3	2.33	52.9	1.10	4.20	2.27	4.56	8.39	6.95	2.68	4.29
M	HONG KONG	.	19.7	21.0	20.1	39.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	6.87	21.1	.	4.79	2.64	31.6	19.0	.	.	1.95	3.01	7.92	.	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	6.36	4.44	3.57	9.77	3.81	5.98	9.30	2.33	4.29	4.75	5.58	4.70	4.06	6.65	5.11	6.69
M	BELGIUM	2.39	6.62	3.32	7.37	9.57	2.70	9.83	0.23	10.4	6.31	1.54	2.59	1.74	1.62	1.62	0.54
M	BRAZIL	.	0.54	8.99	.	.	.	46.3	.	.	.	0.61	.	4.32	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	0.05	20.1	0.69	18.8	1.19	.	0.95	.	0.86	1.27	1.06	0.34	4.75	.	1.60	1.04
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	12.9	.	6.31	3.60	.	.	4.67	.	3.48	.	.	0.00	.
M	NETHERLANDS	0.05	0.05	5.50	1.90	3.69	4.66	2.22	0.60	0.06	0.71	5.56	1.45	2.75	0.81	0.02	0.00
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	0.59	.	0.72	0.30	.	.	.	0.50	23.5	.	0.80	.	2.40	2.40	1.15
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	2.08	.	4.08	1.97	1.84	1.62	1.38	2.64	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	1.35	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	FINLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.01	.	.	0.03	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MALAYSIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	.	.	.	.	.
M	ISRAEL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.	.	0.00	0.00
M	PORTUGAL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.04	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.48	0.50

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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