SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Rails All Other -- 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	3,093	2,865	1,263	18,365	2,956	1,913	968.4	2,022	783.1	652.8	425.4	2,683	7,572	3,835	121.2
M	CHINA	459.7	2.56	154.4	15,880	.	258.8	186.4	313.2	240.0	202.3	.	1,469	7,056	3,360	33.6
M	CANADA	1,509	1,604	502.1	609.2	456.1	407.2	207.3	509.8	167.6	215.6	166.9	182.7	303.4	22.2	.
M	LUXEMBOURG	224.7	153.5	68.3	238.3	.	55.2	40.8	235.0	24.0	6.00	.	439.8	.	104.7	.
M	JAPAN	571.7	41.1	9.56	22.6	1,018	1,094	224.7	629.9	263.2	146.1	100.1	169.9	159.5	270.2	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	16.6	.	1,593	1,481	52.6	16.7	.	5.57	68.5	.	328.1	9.73	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	461.3	.	.	.	.	248.2	17.2	14.1	106.2	39.8	.	.	.
M	KOREA	204.1	768.2	57.5	.	.	42.3	254.9	.	64.4	.	49.2	53.3	.	63.4	87.2
M	SPAIN	40.8	210.0	10.5	21.6	.	.	21.5	.	.	.	.	.	39.0	.	.
M	GERMANY	66.4	67.8	.	.	.	.	15.7	3.01	.	.	2.92	.	4.17	14.5	0.42
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	.	.	2.47	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	82.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	15.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.90	.	.	.	.	.	.

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