US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Stainless Products

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 73,708 59,968 62,400 43,412 47,233 42,042 40,019 40,520 42,296 38,378 43,312 51,621 52,497 55,336 55,587 57,238
M MEXICO 3,406 3,039 3,082 4,839 4,750 4,919 5,539 6,973 7,308 7,586 6,778 7,785 7,652 8,025 8,049 9,008
M CHINA 17,674 11,430 12,600 7,736 7,292 3,002 3,093 1,934 1,880 1,983 4,667 5,879 5,494 5,014 4,602 4,896
M TAIWAN 7,674 4,253 5,709 3,277 3,580 4,449 4,078 4,921 5,424 4,278 5,978 6,340 5,582 4,356 5,186 6,070
M SWEDEN 4,820 3,627 3,500 3,860 3,108 3,871 3,824 3,164 3,320 972.8 3,284 4,768 4,257 5,300 5,980 3,837
M ITALY 6,498 4,807 3,597 1,894 4,503 3,675 2,943 3,120 3,762 3,459 3,053 3,981 4,316 4,816 3,905 3,308
M JAPAN 5,558 9,074 7,627 3,175 3,963 4,540 2,631 1,870 2,856 1,835 2,007 2,899 6,116 3,907 3,443 6,484
M UNITED KINGDOM 4,517 3,978 3,687 5,213 3,701 3,000 4,277 3,549 3,082 4,175 2,911 3,433 3,191 4,935 4,899 2,950
M INDIA 4,911 2,543 4,266 1,794 3,263 2,301 2,823 1,709 1,953 1,702 2,707 2,765 2,934 3,218 3,544 2,954
M GERMANY 2,289 2,456 2,494 1,958 1,291 1,845 1,795 3,173 2,132 3,087 2,959 2,630 2,547 2,177 2,245 2,578
M KOREA 2,932 2,393 3,435 1,904 2,226 1,520 1,754 2,142 2,161 1,691 2,248 1,960 1,986 1,716 1,808 2,894
M BELGIUM 1,030 1,102 1,593 1,126 994.4 1,629 1,155 968.3 1,061 566.7 1,426 1,287 1,433 2,302 2,090 1,376
M BRAZIL 1,112 1,737 1,273 617.0 529.6 813.2 812.7 1,307 733.7 1,657 906.8 1,676 1,514 1,525 1,508 744.1
M FRANCE 2,760 2,375 2,595 1,494 1,832 1,693 2,022 1,024 2,065 1,353 1,250 1,189 1,511 1,792 1,544 1,646
M CANADA 1,312 945.4 1,232 1,080 1,308 1,047 907.6 1,127 946.5 1,346 1,409 1,492 1,452 1,180 1,187 1,190
M FINLAND 685.0 270.2 355.3 579.1 482.3 435.3 82.7 601.7 799.2 430.3 257.2 769.7 558.8 729.3 745.8 1,375
M SOUTH AFRICA 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 160.4 31.9 182.8 251.5 69.9 93.6 628.3 118.5 993.7 970.7 1,174
M AUSTRIA 375.1 372.6 305.5 214.4 256.4 246.3 278.1 265.8 488.1 321.5 156.5 221.7 428.2 617.7 568.1 1,956
M CZECH REPUBLIC 200.2 40.4 11.1 9.67 383.5 365.4 27.1 80.9 411.3 113.7 62.7 245.3 182.7 344.1 468.8 490.1
M SPAIN 1,196 1,327 971.0 1,027 1,089 1,025 671.8 1,290 430.0 517.1 128.4 175.2 154.4 288.0 366.2 458.6
M MALAYSIA 935.0 939.2 1,098 295.2 646.7 213.4 239.4 220.5 141.2 149.4 191.8 139.5 223.4 230.0 249.6 261.9
M SLOVENIA 339.1 303.3 292.5 177.2 339.5 261.6 158.6 148.2 291.9 53.4 159.4 114.1 56.9 393.7 351.8 185.6
M SWITZERLAND 150.7 133.5 93.2 37.0 177.8 130.7 116.8 41.6 51.7 160.0 24.5 225.1 165.7 158.9 257.6 78.7
M TURKEY . 28.0 46.1 26.4 79.8 80.2 92.0 114.4 175.7 201.0 93.9 49.9 70.8 404.3 327.9 143.2
M INDONESIA 96.1 144.5 97.2 19.7 16.3 . 19.7 18.9 7.36 19.3 . 187.9 110.2 122.5 143.2 143.0
M THAILAND 875.8 510.8 131.3 35.7 289.9 83.7 88.7 101.4 122.7 99.4 52.1 248.5 16.2 126.0 108.3 175.1
M UKRAINE 156.2 441.0 63.6 112.0 129.4 91.4 58.2 83.9 114.3 128.9 142.8 212.4 62.3 75.1 93.0 57.0
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 68.7 117.7 85.3 51.1 53.1 67.9 85.7 51.3 105.0 107.4 53.3 51.7 106.0 160.0 124.2 106.3
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 93.9 130.4 94.3 97.5
M VIETNAM 157.7 153.0 112.2 55.9 34.3 . 108.1 87.9 8.78 20.2 21.3 37.6 53.8 138.9 98.1 158.9
M SAUDI ARABIA 51.0 201.2 67.8 116.8 83.3 234.4 111.4 66.1 102.1 66.6 33.7 50.5 16.7 50.7 50.7 65.5
M SINGAPORE 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . 20.3 61.9 3.23 . 18.4 21.6 18.4 43.4 38.2 19.8 21.6
M ROMANIA 92.3 58.2 75.9 28.5 145.9 . 18.9 . . . . 68.7 . 19.6 17.5 .
M IRELAND 4.22 2.27 18.6 8.39 32.0 30.0 7.24 21.6 13.4 6.25 25.9 1.53 4.73 27.0 1.22 0.89
M DENMARK 10.2 3.88 14.8 3.38 11.4 1.78 2.15 21.5 1.50 4.60 6.26 4.76 8.43 7.04 37.3 6.45
M NETHERLANDS 128.2 28.6 3.78 20.5 35.7 22.5 29.7 40.5 21.5 1.06 10.9 8.96 3.91 7.23 12.4 28.2
M AUSTRALIA 1.95 4.52 8.50 1.11 68.5 . . 23.8 . . . . 18.5 . . .
M POLAND . 72.1 13.4 . 16.2 . . . . . . 17.7 . 0.08 1.27 0.64
M COLOMBIA . . . . . 1.43 . . . . . 10.4 . . 2.33 .
M NORWAY 1.56 0.24 0.20 2.52 . . 2.11 3.99 5.83 22.9 . . 4.55 0.69 10.9 0.11
M ARGENTINA 29.9 . . 2.78 . 46.0 . 0.45 . . . . 1.29 1.78 1.78 .
M HUNGARY . . . . . . 3.14 . . . . . 2.08 . . .
M HONG KONG . . . 262.6 . . . . . . 9.60 . 0.88 0.19 0.19 79.1
M ISRAEL . . 0.00 . . . . . 0.01 . . . 0.14 . 0.00 .
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 . . . .
M CHILE . 135.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . 1.27 . . . . .
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04 .
M GABON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M LATVIA 78.8 . 49.7 17.7 33.3 52.7 . . . . . . . . . .
M LUXEMBOURG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.11
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . 0.76 . . . . . . . . . . 0.89
M SLOVAKIA . . . . . . . . . 0.22 . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466.3 218.0
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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