US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- 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 License Data
  SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09
M WORLD 101,784 87,568 118,283 71,250 102,194 65,313 33,825 23,726 24,895 23,776 20,968 23,128 33,703 32,541 8,407
M CANADA 23,638 24,357 14,221 14,308 15,528 13,109 10,970 7,709 8,831 12,189 13,552 17,501 28,197 22,852 3,627
M SWEDEN 3,359 2,854 6,192 5,089 4,099 8,513 3,745 4,886 1,026 4,208 1,948 1,619 1,128 2,071 150.0
M AUSTRIA 89.0 1,949 171.4 651.8 3,346 533.0 2,347 863.6 4,643 765.8 277.8 145.6 2,443 1,337 0.95
M JAPAN 4,137 1,736 5,308 5,214 4,724 3,292 3,555 2,060 1,255 263.2 1,903 90.5 401.2 715.0 510.1
M FINLAND 805.9 860.5 . 1,625 1,774 1,532 489.8 129.4 361.6 751.4 728.0 1,072 369.9 347.2 1,303
M BELGIUM 520.9 742.7 131.1 389.5 1,103 871.6 84.7 670.1 57.9 1,346 298.1 1,210 296.4 554.1 58.9
M GERMANY 3,933 5,083 1,979 3,646 4,528 1,932 2,065 2,908 1,880 510.9 690.9 706.6 377.8 1,178 1,366
M AUSTRALIA 25.3 . 5.79 2,195 4,248 36.8 27.9 3.26 21.7 54.5 627.1 290.9 18.9 586.2 330.1
M FRANCE 969.9 1,220 1,311 1,836 872.2 3,628 2,232 1,652 368.9 805.4 380.3 119.9 393.7 68.6 8.73
M KOREA 8,814 744.5 2,463 3,718 1,019 6,549 1,321 1,488 512.2 209.7 153.8 15.0 38.9 411.0 313.8
M NORWAY 218.2 . . . 235.0 . . . 258.5 222.5 . 196.8 . 19.4 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 1,229 537.4 42.6 156.0 129.6 . 137.4 . 11.6 41.0 114.7 . . 263.9 130.9
M POLAND . 270.3 . 170.4 527.7 . 136.3 205.1 . . 100.7 . . . .
M SPAIN 19.2 155.8 349.9 198.1 159.1 42.4 116.7 53.1 2.76 29.1 63.6 32.4 . 0.89 36.6
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . 56.1 57.3 21.6 . . .
M TAIWAN 18.1 207.7 310.8 3,120 143.8 784.4 . 457.1 437.9 . . 62.7 15.8 . .
M MEXICO 5.76 2.03 6.24 6.69 3,034 2,465 851.1 103.4 101.5 167.4 7.93 42.1 . 7.36 211.0
M ITALY . . . . . 4,126 . . . . 28.5 . . . 1.48
M CHINA 3,471 703.2 7,803 2,889 244.3 778.1 542.0 22.1 187.9 0.68 25.0 . . 2.00 103.5
M BRAZIL 382.8 926.7 2,343 . 4,545 5.94 2,962 385.5 8.15 2,128 . . 11.0 472.4 .
M THAILAND 39,412 4,223 16,909 . 2,562 7,977 . . . . 10.5 . . . .
M UKRAINE 15.2 34,021 31,836 14,255 14,606 . . 0.43 . 24.4 . . 8.91 0.15 .
M BULGARIA . . 2,987 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CZECH REPUBLIC 8.00 1.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M INDIA . . 6.20 . 37.2 . . . . . . . . . .
M INDONESIA . 2.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M MALAYSIA . . . 3,058 16,149 . 2,239 . 4,874 . . . . . .
M ROMANIA . . 9,284 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M RUSSIA 10,685 6,925 14,403 8,075 7,317 . . . . . . . . 8.76 .
M SLOVAKIA 23.3 4.17 . 5.76 . . . . . . . . . . .
M SOUTH AFRICA . 36.9 30.6 636.8 1,193 2,798 . . . . . . . 1,498 129.8
M TURKEY . . 182.6 . 10,062 6,334 . 128.1 52.7 . . . . 7.54 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5 122.6

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 17, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through November 17, 2009 and
Final Census data compiled through September 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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