US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Flat Products -- 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 47,883 47,959 48,018 48,745 44,609 48,873 40,541 33,589 35,614 27,459 20,034 23,536 15,352 15,559 16,578 15,682
M CHINA 15,494 13,192 18,180 13,524 14,704 15,565 12,627 7,539 9,178 7,725 4,769 5,684 2,173 1,827 1,706 1,438
M MEXICO 8,278 8,321 7,963 8,953 8,660 9,770 8,503 6,663 3,574 3,340 2,965 3,039 4,759 4,703 5,181 4,327
M TAIWAN 5,479 6,652 5,834 5,691 4,615 4,676 3,016 2,545 6,069 3,407 948.5 1,340 298.7 628.9 726.5 1,176
M JAPAN 2,355 2,216 2,479 2,635 2,208 2,446 2,373 2,047 2,463 1,927 1,922 2,186 1,087 1,010 928.7 787.2
M FRANCE 1,505 1,344 2,232 2,384 1,801 1,977 1,438 2,596 1,720 1,818 1,564 1,990 900.4 927.0 1,088 797.2
M SWEDEN 1,616 1,294 1,579 2,076 1,948 1,563 1,667 1,975 2,367 1,811 970.6 802.2 1,332 791.3 1,106 1,515
M BRAZIL 1,318 3,129 2,680 2,462 1,298 1,486 1,176 1,248 1,550 1,112 1,733 1,273 565.0 529.6 557.8 804.0
M GERMANY 3,083 1,391 1,063 2,234 1,773 3,356 1,218 1,697 1,538 1,146 766.0 967.8 726.9 376.7 367.4 552.3
M SOUTH AFRICA 2,348 2,786 426.7 3,217 991.5 1,052 2,879 1,780 1,652 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 346.8 160.4
M KOREA 1,449 1,250 1,036 1,303 1,810 1,261 1,326 1,196 2,317 1,021 1,172 1,873 917.9 1,238 977.0 706.8
M BELGIUM 1,759 1,958 1,145 1,254 1,163 1,439 821.1 939.2 718.4 1,024 1,084 1,590 1,107 992.8 1,320 1,312
M FINLAND 1,257 1,062 1,126 743.3 491.9 1,036 754.7 660.4 748.1 660.1 251.2 355.3 579.1 482.3 493.2 422.6
M INDIA 482.5 363.8 795.9 883.1 768.5 629.8 301.2 425.2 389.0 171.6 251.1 130.4 235.6 271.1 234.8 262.3
M ITALY 222.0 1,134 347.7 427.5 605.3 659.7 532.4 242.8 166.1 164.6 51.0 253.4 138.8 521.6 521.7 1,003
M THAILAND 307.9 393.2 136.3 294.0 186.2 721.2 723.2 284.2 108.4 272.9 205.7 56.0 18.7 269.3 306.2 76.2
M SPAIN 199.0 886.9 212.8 77.5 261.6 104.0 130.2 330.4 164.6 39.4 7.76 1.03 . 34.0 18.9 .
M ROMANIA . . 80.0 139.5 525.2 246.5 340.2 285.4 175.9 92.3 58.2 74.1 . 145.9 145.9 15.8
M SLOVENIA 1.28 98.6 171.6 75.0 173.4 189.4 162.8 270.7 147.5 116.3 123.5 88.8 100.0 187.2 231.3 107.9
M CANADA 65.4 200.9 170.6 60.7 216.5 93.8 35.7 58.4 139.4 62.5 116.6 138.0 135.5 163.5 118.4 79.4
M INDONESIA 21.3 160.4 205.7 45.6 27.2 128.7 318.7 33.2 154.8 96.1 144.5 97.2 19.7 16.3 16.3 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 178.3 62.2 57.8 82.5 63.7 187.1 96.5 114.9 236.1 122.3 69.4 77.0 68.8 34.1 31.0 43.5
M AUSTRIA 452.4 29.7 57.5 25.9 22.7 54.5 36.1 59.8 19.9 41.5 31.0 13.1 31.5 37.6 29.9 25.5
M BAHRAIN . . . . 162.4 181.3 . 421.1 . . . . . . 0.00 .
M CHILE . . . . . . . 134.3 . . 135.6 . . . . .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . 137.2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M SINGAPORE . . 20.2 . . . 56.8 33.9 . . . . . . . .
M SWITZERLAND 0.32 22.2 . 8.36 12.4 12.9 2.73 . 4.43 . 0.81 . 11.2 11.9 11.9 0.12
M HONG KONG . . . . 49.1 23.7 . . . . . . . . . .
M VIETNAM . . . . 65.0 . . . . . . . . . . .
M NETHERLANDS 5.52 5.41 3.32 5.33 0.90 5.31 0.72 3.76 0.67 1.32 . 0.43 . . . 1.72
M MALAYSIA . 0.30 7.99 . . . . . 0.34 . 21.9 . . . . .
M DENMARK . . . 1.14 . 0.63 . . 2.01 . 0.68 . . 6.99 0.18 0.36
M COLOMBIA . . . . . . . . 6.06 . . . . . 1.43 .
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14 . .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.76 5.14 0.00
M AUSTRALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.76
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.09 0.14
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 63.1

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.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data