US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Steel Mill Products

Quantity in Metric Tons
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Same Table - Average Unit Value

'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Country Census Data Preliminary
Census Data
License Data
  NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09 DEC09 DEC09 JAN10
M WORLD 2,183,803 1,874,759 2,148,659 1,441,355 1,396,705 1,115,594 939,062 782,093 899,397 884,631 1,099,006 1,475,030 1,249,178 1,266,392 1,248,896 1,394,611
M CANADA 301,766 243,537 256,484 274,364 313,586 248,018 230,256 257,517 273,193 282,793 419,258 479,621 403,248 437,156 428,031 426,089
M MEXICO 119,844 111,857 169,970 176,292 115,557 131,072 100,686 112,339 154,079 106,150 100,589 147,650 104,892 165,914 126,344 182,774
M KOREA 210,279 102,086 235,614 137,540 122,411 64,150 106,800 36,338 68,242 78,350 58,261 101,950 95,822 94,337 114,090 126,270
M JAPAN 134,515 105,511 134,749 90,757 131,891 111,080 55,853 53,454 114,607 63,133 85,661 82,807 91,406 93,177 91,073 86,376
M BRAZIL 34,085 101,281 39,550 60,127 43,411 28,410 15,944 41,906 7,343 90,699 72,286 71,256 103,660 79,110 85,306 26,624
M NETHERLANDS 56,713 10,761 14,413 11,055 5,513 31,833 23,502 18,306 18,922 24,575 21,120 89,720 66,017 14,824 14,733 19,077
M RUSSIA 101,369 116,637 197,812 61,061 16,226 21,584 8,180 2,314 5,352 25,390 558.2 71,002 81,780 603.3 597.8 85,858
M CHINA 546,709 441,165 396,119 246,987 177,688 90,525 135,974 40,167 26,938 28,483 38,097 50,762 55,444 42,640 40,830 61,820
M ITALY 18,020 21,023 34,719 14,659 14,383 16,088 14,136 17,627 12,736 25,893 36,162 44,288 41,149 46,439 35,400 47,042
M GERMANY 66,309 75,824 93,034 31,087 49,753 45,392 19,678 29,752 23,055 20,281 28,208 41,228 29,537 38,784 33,677 33,634
M TURKEY 141,579 65,505 101,720 61,075 81,219 23,995 23,563 1,892 29,308 13,199 10,341 62,993 747.8 35,862 25,389 16,955
M AUSTRALIA 1,060 40,811 24,793 24,247 17,918 19,204 15,106 528.4 17,052 14,080 31,505 44,934 25,201 23,995 24,015 60,972
M INDIA 83,521 111,787 73,047 68,075 75,517 71,462 25,622 30,192 39,041 7,792 35,746 47,294 17,372 26,204 52,426 15,710
M UNITED KINGDOM 27,341 18,750 20,416 9,821 19,909 15,989 9,430 18,163 13,396 10,425 27,093 17,251 19,507 22,448 24,763 35,957
M TAIWAN 40,575 34,851 70,055 32,112 34,713 30,716 29,777 10,466 22,527 14,179 38,369 16,698 18,911 17,908 19,765 26,796
M LUXEMBOURG 10,956 12,008 15,025 1,461 2,468 8,019 959.7 11,452 3,438 8,828 13,907 22,146 5,927 18,219 18,323 22,307
M SWEDEN 30,097 20,756 22,270 21,136 11,913 18,403 7,781 11,513 10,304 3,330 5,767 9,999 7,108 20,233 21,347 13,162
M BELGIUM 11,076 8,580 5,089 3,437 11,009 20,601 3,880 5,634 3,912 4,098 6,387 5,048 7,195 19,492 19,438 7,710
M FRANCE 24,052 15,582 27,277 26,672 20,511 20,589 8,040 29,595 6,386 5,024 12,383 3,503 13,680 12,299 8,242 10,743
M SPAIN 22,882 13,163 16,561 22,622 9,796 12,945 6,516 6,657 6,912 4,014 15,549 8,332 4,409 9,809 9,459 7,355
M CZECH REPUBLIC 11,650 20,833 13,316 5,799 9,225 9,032 14,986 761.5 7,707 2,117 788.0 11,885 3,230 6,841 1,276 9,880
M VENEZUELA 562.5 586.0 4,496 1,160 75.4 5,100 14,163 10,658 696.2 6,014 5,115 377.3 21,077 422.8 520.4 4,485
M AUSTRIA 14,781 17,281 14,867 14,787 19,182 15,791 9,728 4,962 7,962 4,700 9,739 8,969 2,988 9,694 8,959 11,169
M ARGENTINA 14,572 18,636 15,750 1,169 10,576 8,594 6,397 6,694 2,344 7,617 352.3 10,451 2,037 2,653 2,635 6,823
M FINLAND 1,022 3,176 7,037 12,548 11,496 804.7 719.2 1,674 1,862 1,783 10,843 1,404 5,503 2,434 2,640 2,224
M SOUTH AFRICA 4,922 9,713 7,956 4,939 1,308 3,270 392.7 1,445 1,208 386.2 735.6 2,315 379.3 5,215 5,197 4,651
M COLOMBIA 7,909 10,239 2,131 2,933 956.4 1,910 1,202 1,501 2,410 2,302 1,010 1,773 2,753 2,737 3,902 4,244
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,137 1,971 1,897 739.8 276.6 2,491 981.7 1,528 1,505 893.3 1,037 2,933 3,058 1,206 1,217 1,744
M NEW ZEALAND 306.3 811.5 4,174 563.3 6,548 14,075 8,313 2,646 3,880 2,175 182.5 1,465 1,911 2,435 2,439 3,959
M VIETNAM 3,281 3,615 1,672 618.1 3,184 2,758 2,870 1,675 1,833 1,633 2,126 2,028 1,710 1,833 1,797 2,110
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1,918 2,229 2,458 2,423 3,274 2,962 5,279 6,169 3,057 3,594 2,911 1,935 1,282 1,896 1,669 1,466
M POLAND 1,005 893.4 3,916 82.5 290.4 4,740 32.8 255.0 614.2 1,717 325.3 3,152 107.7 307.3 6,565 2,128
M OMAN 3,506 4,461 6,137 2,574 . . 142.5 1,290 824.1 276.9 2,474 664.7 1,690 1,148 1,148 823.3
M ROMANIA 17,382 7,557 18,279 3,272 3,409 97.7 953.7 2.94 1,674 17.8 100.1 1,840 156.4 1,479 1,477 1,914
M GREECE 26,382 11,588 10,824 138.6 24,022 5,038 13,470 18.3 . 19.4 . . 3,330 38.8 38.8 5,806
M ISRAEL 260.8 335.2 275.2 601.5 151.7 1,306 683.8 78.4 624.3 747.6 346.5 736.6 1,055 918.0 885.2 929.3
M NORWAY 1.56 0.24 1,543 243.2 20.8 . 1,883 1,203 5.83 1,707 10.2 1,716 4.55 700.9 711.1 1.45
M SWITZERLAND 1,744 492.0 443.7 270.1 623.5 1,413 440.2 459.8 556.0 621.3 598.5 664.3 855.5 546.0 747.9 703.1
M MALAYSIA 2,673 8,780 28,744 814.4 8,150 598.9 5,586 1,538 571.1 1,301 504.7 420.1 631.8 832.3 956.1 643.0
M SLOVENIA 791.3 838.4 1,112 412.0 575.1 748.5 370.6 312.8 746.4 190.5 456.0 345.6 545.6 812.2 753.2 611.8
M BELARUS 110.0 764.8 772.2 53.0 1,219 274.9 1,010 . 1,293 278.0 166.5 111.0 167.3 1,172 854.7 1,922
M THAILAND 29,099 11,731 22,210 8,276 13,929 2,036 2,264 263.5 203.0 272.8 388.8 615.8 214.4 242.7 245.7 1,978
M INDONESIA 435.8 173.4 117.5 179.7 1,365 536.5 4,445 528.7 51.4 39.3 78.5 207.9 439.8 370.4 633.8 143.0
M UKRAINE 47,798 64,520 28,713 1,079 750.6 263.0 496.5 249.8 248.0 12,974 274.5 234.6 361.8 93.6 174.3 3,679
M SLOVAKIA 776.8 132.7 356.4 16.5 188.7 49.2 215.9 39.6 198.1 105.1 18.9 44.4 179.6 333.8 1,006 244.9
M PORTUGAL 182.6 142.0 227.1 164.0 134.0 158.2 64.1 62.2 62.4 169.0 173.1 41.0 93.9 289.2 281.0 175.8
M MOZAMBIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.9 . 170.0 .
M ECUADOR . 20.8 . . . . . . . . 20.6 21.0 21.8 133.3 113.2 .
M SAUDI ARABIA 79.5 206.5 67.8 116.8 83.3 235.1 132.7 94.4 108.9 71.1 33.7 50.5 16.7 50.7 50.7 65.5
M SINGAPORE 20.7 80.1 204.0 403.8 1.18 253.0 101.0 3.23 . 18.5 160.6 33.7 43.4 38.2 30.9 22.4
M CHILE 51.8 170.6 20.9 . 7.93 8.68 26.0 . 85.3 19.5 106.6 58.3 . . . .
M SYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 . . .
M GUATEMALA 6.28 157.8 . 1.63 172.7 18.5 . 5.22 42.9 . . . 36.1 12.6 13.0 53.4
M IRELAND 17.5 39.6 45.2 30.7 32.0 30.0 7.24 21.6 13.4 7.12 25.9 1.53 10.7 29.4 1.28 0.89
M DENMARK 10.6 5.09 14.8 3.38 11.9 2.18 2.15 21.5 1.50 4.60 6.65 18.6 11.8 7.04 37.5 10.0
M PHILIPPINES 122.6 . . . . 37.3 . . . 0.48 0.38 19.0 . . 3.82 2.17
M HUNGARY . . . . . . 3.14 . . . . . 2.08 . 0.01 0.19
M HONG KONG 59.1 10.8 57.5 262.6 25.4 36.2 . . 18.9 39.5 9.60 . 0.88 0.19 35.9 117.8
M COSTA RICA 368.4 154.4 . . . . . . 132.7 85.1 362.0 0.05 0.37 . . .
M BULGARIA 2,987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . 1.27 . . . . .
M GABON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M LATVIA 78.8 . 49.7 17.7 33.3 52.7 . . . . . . . . . .
M PAKISTAN 2,878 820.3 . 49.3 . . . 100.2 97.3 . 262.7 . . . . 0.45
M PERU 57.6 18.2 . . . 775.8 . . . . . . . . . 470.1
M SERBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,442 6,148
M URUGUAY 87.2 80.9 38.4 11.1 . 1.33 . . . . . . . . . 13.2

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 2, 2010, with
Licensing data collected through February 2, 2010 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through December 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including preliminary 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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