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 License Data
  SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09
M WORLD 71,084 79,481 73,708 59,968 62,400 43,412 47,233 42,042 40,019 40,520 42,296 38,378 43,312 55,758 31,484
M MEXICO 6,804 3,690 3,406 3,039 3,082 4,839 4,750 4,919 5,539 6,973 7,308 7,586 6,778 10,256 3,130
M TAIWAN 7,416 11,630 7,674 4,253 5,709 3,277 3,580 4,449 4,078 4,921 5,424 4,278 5,978 7,063 4,198
M ITALY 3,299 4,214 6,498 4,807 3,597 1,894 4,503 3,675 2,943 3,120 3,762 3,459 3,053 4,325 3,525
M UNITED KINGDOM 4,417 6,707 4,517 3,978 3,687 5,213 3,701 3,000 4,277 3,549 3,082 4,175 2,911 3,412 1,761
M CHINA 11,405 14,788 17,674 11,430 12,600 7,736 7,292 3,002 3,093 1,934 1,880 1,983 4,667 5,394 3,210
M GERMANY 2,920 2,706 2,289 2,456 2,494 1,958 1,291 1,845 1,795 3,173 2,132 3,087 2,959 2,755 884.6
M SWEDEN 5,008 6,710 4,820 3,627 3,500 3,860 3,108 3,871 3,824 3,164 3,320 972.8 3,284 4,742 2,343
M JAPAN 5,855 6,744 5,558 9,074 7,627 3,175 3,963 4,540 2,631 1,870 2,856 1,835 2,007 2,936 5,498
M INDIA 4,575 3,975 4,911 2,543 4,266 1,794 3,263 2,301 2,823 1,709 1,953 1,702 2,707 2,613 1,584
M KOREA 2,969 4,156 2,932 2,393 3,435 1,904 2,226 1,520 1,754 2,142 2,161 1,691 2,248 2,065 1,266
M FRANCE 3,165 2,987 2,760 2,375 2,595 1,494 1,832 1,693 2,022 1,024 2,065 1,353 1,250 1,139 815.9
M CANADA 1,847 1,629 1,312 945.4 1,232 1,080 1,308 1,047 907.6 1,127 946.5 1,346 1,409 1,593 549.7
M BRAZIL 1,503 1,605 1,112 1,737 1,273 617.0 529.6 813.2 812.7 1,307 733.7 1,657 906.8 1,722 227.3
M BELGIUM 939.5 731.0 1,030 1,102 1,593 1,126 994.4 1,629 1,155 968.3 1,061 566.7 1,426 1,296 426.2
M FINLAND 660.4 808.2 685.0 270.2 355.3 579.1 482.3 435.3 82.7 601.7 799.2 430.3 257.2 823.2 534.3
M SPAIN 886.5 1,367 1,196 1,327 971.0 1,027 1,089 1,025 671.8 1,290 430.0 517.1 128.4 188.4 123.4
M AUSTRIA 219.8 344.0 375.1 372.6 305.5 214.4 256.4 246.3 278.1 265.8 488.1 321.5 156.5 191.7 301.3
M CZECH REPUBLIC 1,103 14.8 200.2 40.4 11.1 9.67 383.5 365.4 27.1 80.9 411.3 113.7 62.7 280.8 75.0
M SLOVENIA 333.0 178.2 339.1 303.3 292.5 177.2 339.5 261.6 158.6 148.2 291.9 53.4 159.4 114.1 24.9
M MALAYSIA 685.2 786.2 935.0 939.2 1,098 295.2 646.7 213.4 239.4 220.5 141.2 149.4 191.8 175.4 74.2
M TURKEY . . . 28.0 46.1 26.4 79.8 80.2 92.0 114.4 175.7 201.0 93.9 49.7 135.1
M SOUTH AFRICA 1,780 1,652 1,282 668.1 1,502 142.6 346.8 160.4 31.9 182.8 251.5 69.9 93.6 632.6 59.5
M PORTUGAL 72.4 227.4 182.6 142.0 227.1 164.0 134.0 158.2 64.1 62.2 62.4 169.0 173.1 36.4 93.9
M UKRAINE 714.6 481.2 156.2 441.0 63.6 112.0 129.4 91.4 58.2 83.9 114.3 128.9 142.8 153.7 7.53
M THAILAND 670.0 363.1 875.8 510.8 131.3 35.7 289.9 83.7 88.7 101.4 122.7 99.4 52.1 252.7 .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 384.6 120.5 68.7 117.7 85.3 51.1 53.1 67.9 85.7 51.3 105.0 107.4 53.3 53.3 53.4
M SWITZERLAND 66.1 220.8 150.7 133.5 93.2 37.0 177.8 130.7 116.8 41.6 51.7 160.0 24.5 567.1 104.0
M SAUDI ARABIA 99.7 16.7 51.0 201.2 67.8 116.8 83.3 234.4 111.4 66.1 102.1 66.6 33.7 50.5 .
M VIETNAM . 55.1 157.7 153.0 112.2 55.9 34.3 . 108.1 87.9 8.78 20.2 21.3 55.6 36.1
M IRELAND 76.4 5.98 4.22 2.27 18.6 8.39 32.0 30.0 7.24 21.6 13.4 6.25 25.9 1.75 1.02
M SINGAPORE 44.5 38.4 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . 20.3 61.9 3.23 . 18.4 21.6 18.5 .
M NETHERLANDS 26.5 5.73 128.2 28.6 3.78 20.5 35.7 22.5 29.7 40.5 21.5 1.06 10.9 12.0 1.34
M NORWAY 3.70 . 1.56 0.24 0.20 2.52 . . 2.11 3.99 5.83 22.9 . 9.12 8.28
M INDONESIA 33.2 154.8 96.1 144.5 97.2 19.7 16.3 . 19.7 18.9 7.36 19.3 . 182.6 164.7
M DENMARK 14.2 9.51 10.2 3.88 14.8 3.38 11.4 1.78 2.15 21.5 1.50 4.60 6.26 11.1 17.6
M HONG KONG 29.7 . . . . 262.6 . . . . . . 9.60 . 0.23
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.27 0.49 .
M SLOVAKIA . . . . . . . . . . . 0.22 . 1.53 .
M ISRAEL . . . . 0.00 . . . . . 0.01 . . 0.02 .
M ARGENTINA 9.99 . 29.9 . . 2.78 . 46.0 . 0.45 . . . . .
M AUSTRALIA . . 1.95 4.52 8.50 1.11 68.5 . . 23.8 . . . . 18.3
M BAHRAIN 421.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CHILE 153.0 . . 135.6 . . . . . . . . . . .
M COLOMBIA . 6.06 . . . . . 1.43 . . . . . 10.4 .
M COSTA RICA 0.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 .
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2
M HUNGARY . . . . . . . . 3.14 . . . . 0.06 2.08
M ICELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08
M LATVIA 75.7 70.2 78.8 . 49.7 17.7 33.3 52.7 . . . . . . .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . 0.76 . . . . . . . 0.04
M POLAND . . . 72.1 13.4 . 16.2 . . . . . . 18.0 .
M ROMANIA 288.4 175.9 92.3 58.2 75.9 28.5 145.9 . 18.9 . . . . 68.7 0.02
M UGANDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.84
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477.9 201.4
M URUGUAY 102.9 97.3 87.2 80.9 38.4 11.1 . 1.33 . . . . . . 0.00

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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