SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Wire Rods -- 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
		NOV08	DEC08	JAN09	FEB09	MAR09	APR09	MAY09	JUN09	JUL09	AUG09	SEP09	OCT09	NOV09	DEC09	DEC09	JAN10
M	WORLD	96,663	93,443	78,378	38,822	35,857	27,365	25,390	42,371	33,350	68,685	70,224	111,598	58,359	89,690	90,557	69,935
M	CANADA	20,658	19,887	13,546	22,851	16,903	15,218	12,726	18,866	23,544	22,732	29,549	36,100	32,154	31,081	32,308	32,181
M	TURKEY	20,377	35,221	33,410	.	.	259.2	.	.	341.9	.	.	39,124	.	14,908	14,908	.
M	ITALY	5,035	.	.	.	.	.	.	72.8	.	19,436	8,956	11,164	.	17,348	7,946	.
M	BRAZIL	9,783	8,473	4,969	6,202	6,551	1,835	1,758	3,010	.	9,180	8,367	4,792	14,563	3,867	9,198	5,830
M	JAPAN	12,717	8,248	7,420	6,892	3,368	2,288	8,575	3,006	7,104	2,039	192.6	6,056	3,657	9,851	8,812	4,596
M	MEXICO	79.6	684.7	462.6	1,091	1,237	439.7	335.9	1,690	434.0	1,799	811.6	1,629	4,286	6,447	11,198	5,641
M	GERMANY	3,914	2,800	3,661	701.4	2,156	570.1	9.70	429.0	719.4	1,208	1,462	4,590	1,889	1,824	1,822	1,405
M	SPAIN	3,214	.	372.6	13.2	.	311.1	323.6	1,049	.	960.3	5,628	5,377	519.2	2,307	2,307	741.2
M	UNITED KINGDOM	2,231	2,667	1,863	36.7	.	100.9	208.1	3,731	1,017	1,376	10,661	2,613	912.2	1,915	1,915	12,004
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	34.0	100.5	31.1	115.4	79.9	50.6	137.4	85.2	50.2
M	RUSSIA	9,760	.	.	.	.	63.8	97.9	17.1	.	.	.	.	236.2	.	.	.
M	CHINA	7,534	4,819	6,091	14.5	.	1,299	19.9	.	14.8	45.1	.	52.8	88.9	.	53.4	15.8
M	BELGIUM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	18.4	.	.	17.0	.	.	.	66.6
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	422.2
M	FINLAND	29.7	54.7	17.7	36.3	36.3	15.0	14.7	33.0	55.2	.	17.7	.	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	.	3,965	1,436	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.08	.
M	KOREA	1,326	2,325	736.6	208.0	5,602	76.7	1,282	5.79	.	3,985	.	.	.	.	.	2,549
M	LUXEMBOURG	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.90
M	MALAYSIA	.	3,382	.	.	.	19.4	38.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	910.9	.	13.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	VENEZUELA	.	.	4,389	760.2	.	4,867	.	10,425	.	5,890	4,459	.	.	.	.	4,428

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