SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets Hot Rolled -- 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	2,044	4,220	2,813	3,861	2,273	2,095	3,123	2,285	2,737	2,229	1,762	2,115	1,336	1,234	1,249	755.2
M	JAPAN	1,007	1,076	1,483	1,643	1,426	1,242	1,384	1,076	1,705	1,138	1,410	1,423	803.0	716.8	716.9	443.9
M	SOUTH AFRICA	537.2	1,356	311.9	1,528	397.8	131.7	1,154	615.5	548.2	661.0	82.8	204.2	30.5	.	.	21.4
M	CHINA	12.6	355.8	543.0	221.5	266.8	434.3	491.7	449.3	216.0	189.5	141.6	92.8	27.0	122.2	121.9	7.33
M	GERMANY	108.9	323.9	256.5	152.7	21.6	14.3	.	74.4	2.09	.	2.10	0.31	5.65	.	0.00	.
M	ITALY	29.3	107.9	48.0	133.0	59.0	20.4	12.0	8.46	35.2	5.31	.	70.1	61.7	250.4	249.9	60.2
M	SPAIN	.	791.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	11.3	24.8	.	.	.	46.5	.	.	15.8	.	48.8	43.2	296.9	51.8	46.8	69.6
M	CANADA	12.1	41.1	89.0	2.13	54.8	.	.	27.2	.	47.4	19.4	62.0	76.6	62.1	75.8	19.2
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	64.8	.	30.7	30.1	6.27	.	108.1	22.2	187.4	11.3	.	.	.
M	FINLAND	127.7	44.9	.	46.8	19.7	11.4	.	.	23.5	.	.	.	22.6	28.6	28.6	60.1
M	THAILAND	121.6	.	.	.	.	84.2	28.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	63.2
M	BELGIUM	14.6	72.7	36.4	.	0.99	14.2	.	1.06	77.6	.	.	2.24	.	.	.	0.19
M	SWEDEN	15.9	.	0.56	40.7	2.87	12.1	.	18.9	35.4	61.7	.	22.8	.	.	0.01	.
M	TAIWAN	4.70	4.74	41.8	2.26	.	6.52	3.99	1.39	75.6	17.7	15.8	6.00	0.57	1.84	3.37	2.01
M	UNITED KINGDOM	14.1	.	.	.	.	29.7	10.7	.	.	.	16.9	.	.	.	.	6.89
M	INDIA	23.0	.	2.26	.	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00
M	KOREA	.	.	.	24.2	.	7.54	4.80	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	3.27	4.36	.	0.73	4.42	1.87	3.49	2.08	2.30	.	1.94	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	.	15.0	.	.	.	2.13	.	3.68	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	.	.	.	4.80	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.76	5.14	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.76
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.14
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.66	.

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