SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Flat Products -- 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	640,995	694,875	703,576	752,707	687,528	740,667	691,877	885,617	827,635	687,451	505,555	579,397	569,573	507,669	538,253	425,993
M	CANADA	267,761	283,148	300,670	283,893	253,544	255,821	203,952	227,562	203,281	141,660	122,171	143,936	166,138	194,275	201,606	95,231
M	KOREA	89,484	77,959	100,016	111,424	95,769	120,919	72,156	124,922	66,145	92,687	39,764	75,868	72,501	48,697	49,183	45,481
M	CHINA	34,057	47,862	24,090	81,098	70,886	57,986	70,938	87,381	120,959	54,098	46,660	31,851	27,150	25,370	21,093	10,207
M	AUSTRALIA	55,469	26,914	42,136	54,373	49,142	47,684	56,701	68,889	63,079	322.6	39,631	24,748	24,224	17,765	32,229	10,380
M	MEXICO	28,768	32,092	27,869	22,061	20,681	27,818	28,179	31,658	46,476	34,304	48,827	73,950	65,705	54,530	53,922	39,226
M	NETHERLANDS	25,010	18,225	52,851	19,536	26,222	26,597	39,008	31,230	98,915	56,055	9,330	14,209	10,524	4,978	9,930	24,894
M	JAPAN	20,284	22,551	35,541	20,026	23,732	27,906	35,453	23,994	22,322	35,104	27,739	30,586	24,252	26,127	24,293	17,398
M	TAIWAN	8,331	29,350	14,003	10,330	34,398	21,967	27,883	44,156	28,382	23,108	17,713	33,266	24,327	27,461	20,832	19,891
M	GERMANY	29,426	21,224	28,083	22,010	30,066	27,514	17,978	31,207	22,444	22,315	25,249	18,861	11,182	10,693	10,215	14,421
M	INDIA	771.9	30,996	370.2	43,941	147.0	22,336	16,280	49,640	8,993	13,408	39,300	6,767	10,634	22,317	24,553	21,937
M	TURKEY	16.5	.	3.00	7.50	.	.	4.89	44,067	43,589	77,636	10.9	10,062	25,785	15.8	256.5	4,291
M	UKRAINE	16.6	7,949	16,859	8.46	15,503	24,734	38,517	15.2	34,151	31,836	14,255	14,606	.	.	14.0	1.00
M	SWEDEN	15,016	16,670	6,625	15,019	16,178	9,465	16,407	8,361	6,315	23,367	15,026	17,749	15,680	8,184	8,071	14,809
M	BRAZIL	23,653	9,635	5,821	10,927	5,767	10,148	1,293	2,032	14,582	3,314	9,548	16,309	46,033	19,570	19,340	24,850
M	RUSSIA	1,269	7,556	4,445	7,399	1,987	22,506	28,470	30,586	9,881	18,328	23,261	12,450	1,178	3,784	3,884	17,722
M	FRANCE	10,593	5,299	13,072	12,030	9,690	11,460	12,283	13,760	9,749	11,583	5,348	11,766	11,079	9,841	9,458	14,693
M	THAILAND	229.1	20,384	148.9	42.0	5,055	41.1	5,302	48,404	4,273	26,375	341.5	2,562	8,011	169.1	153.9	124.6
M	BELGIUM	5,915	7,295	12,298	12,590	7,631	4,696	2,270	2,749	6,900	3,072	5,471	2,142	1,707	9,833	9,903	18,751
M	NEW ZEALAND	15,175	10,841	6,890	11,964	2,929	6,053	2,091	3,529	5,529	289.2	811.5	4,155	563.3	6,548	6,578	7,834
M	AUSTRIA	817.5	6,109	2,750	1,967	4,931	4,858	2,616	2,584	3,746	1,259	2,723	3,663	1,348	3,925	3,825	4,844
M	UNITED KINGDOM	2,017	5,122	3,476	3,200	4,018	2,588	2,809	2,672	2,822	2,327	3,170	2,334	1,411	4,429	3,343	2,186
M	FINLAND	1,546	830.4	470.3	3,140	1,881	1,502	501.0	1,149	1,332	131.6	2,790	6,615	11,842	248.5	11,857	129.4
M	MALAYSIA	195.4	.	.	8.36	.	31.6	.	41.1	.	.	3,058	16,149	.	6,794	6,794	.
M	SPAIN	3,144	2,567	1,462	1,515	1,575	1,393	1,163	1,199	1,124	732.1	734.9	1,081	824.1	1,573	1,508	495.2
M	LUXEMBOURG	179.2	856.1	1,728	1,511	1,041	1,998	385.4	1,197	1,151	901.7	84.8	1,578	30.1	57.2	57.0	210.4
M	SOUTH AFRICA	423.0	2,631	506.1	75.1	2,041	83.5	637.7	.	36.9	30.6	636.8	1,193	2,798	.	.	1,899
M	COLOMBIA	867.4	.	887.7	1,335	1,601	1,309	1,283	521.1	801.8	144.4	1,201	.	.	.	.	632.1
M	ROMANIA	.	97.2	.	.	17.0	25.2	.	.	.	9,284	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NORWAY	.	250.8	.	867.9	398.4	205.6	5,401	218.2	.	.	.	235.0	.	.	.	.
M	ITALY	310.5	183.8	228.8	213.2	211.9	174.6	81.3	239.5	207.9	118.9	158.9	84.0	4,147	57.3	22.6	63.4
M	BULGARIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2,987	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	.	.	457.0	1,512	.	106.8	60.9	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	.	.	19.4	.	19.3	269.7	165.3	18.6	288.9	122.9	352.5	527.7	59.8	253.6	195.8	361.9
M	SLOVAKIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	989.8	39.7	4.17	.	7.88	.	.	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	52.0	96.9	89.6	55.8	25.6	102.7	56.3	37.7	52.5	37.9	73.4	45.4	17.2	87.5	1,099	0.01
M	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	56.7	111.9	50.3	68.0	27.6	79.2	.	.	11.9	9.84	.	16.0	113.3	70.7	58.0	13.4
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	11.3	41.0	14.1	1.45	380.7	1.06	.	8.79	1.73	0.68	.	.	3.75	.	0.25	15.8
M	GREECE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	374.3	.	.	.	.	.	3,160
M	VENEZUELA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	23.1	.	.	.	294.8	.	.	24.3
M	INDONESIA	.	.	86.0	.	.	148.9	.	.	2.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	32.7
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	219.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	45.9
M	COSTA RICA	119.4	.	.	58.9	.	.	.	.	.	8.75	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SERBIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	152.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	CHILE	.	.	.	.	.	14.7	.	26.7	5.67	.	35.0	20.9	.	7.93	7.93	.
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	2.03	.	4.86	.	47.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	6,383
M	PERU	.	.	.	.	19.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	HONG KONG	.	15.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	5.88	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	HUNGARY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.82	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.43	0.42	.	.	0.50	0.00	4.45
M	ISRAEL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.32	.	.	0.03	.
M	PORTUGAL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	16.0	.
M	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3,943	3,339
M	URUGUAY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	0.81

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