US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets Cold Rolled -- S

Quantity in Metric Tons
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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 16,366 11,992 13,994 9,495 10,374 11,268 10,960 13,520 13,647 13,722 14,821 17,252 16,065 17,304 17,379 18,044
M MEXICO 2,801 2,575 2,455 4,239 3,974 4,429 4,882 6,410 6,641 7,044 5,980 6,937 6,493 6,985 6,988 7,634
M CHINA 5,768 3,477 3,921 1,387 1,468 870.6 1,061 542.7 423.7 730.4 1,290 1,443 2,551 2,591 2,191 3,119
M TAIWAN 2,065 668.0 1,031 230.8 396.0 914.3 1,311 1,441 1,162 1,338 2,063 2,421 1,306 970.6 1,306 1,490
M BRAZIL 1,006 1,680 1,207 268.1 477.7 733.6 715.7 1,128 485.3 1,500 900.9 1,676 943.8 1,398 1,405 705.2
M GERMANY 625.6 181.1 533.9 295.8 149.1 337.5 495.0 1,044 782.5 1,411 1,638 887.2 1,494 840.4 830.8 1,396
M SWEDEN 543.6 364.0 280.3 437.1 397.7 570.9 262.3 560.0 727.4 59.3 636.1 519.9 842.8 1,352 1,418 753.3
M FRANCE 1,171 1,172 1,259 572.1 657.6 571.3 637.6 401.8 748.3 268.6 278.3 512.0 627.3 742.2 679.5 571.1
M BELGIUM 482.2 408.5 553.2 853.4 828.2 1,164 670.6 423.3 655.1 181.1 699.8 420.0 441.8 763.3 649.7 374.5
M FINLAND 417.6 106.6 252.6 322.1 203.2 100.7 43.4 184.8 375.6 355.7 124.7 544.9 355.6 317.8 299.5 624.6
M KOREA 464.3 475.8 1,417 440.2 837.4 405.5 355.5 664.6 669.3 240.5 559.7 465.2 375.8 333.5 308.1 383.6
M ITALY 143.2 41.9 89.6 74.7 216.4 822.6 315.9 295.7 356.5 235.3 243.9 519.7 162.5 324.8 298.6 148.3
M SOUTH AFRICA 234.8 247.0 567.2 41.3 . . 24.9 135.0 191.7 69.7 60.2 222.6 100.4 178.9 176.2 274.0
M INDIA 16.6 76.2 26.7 148.1 202.8 176.7 17.2 62.0 216.4 88.0 151.3 206.2 95.0 66.5 91.9 .
M INDONESIA 96.1 144.5 97.2 19.7 16.3 . 17.9 18.9 . 18.4 . 173.1 110.2 70.4 91.4 84.5
M JAPAN 71.9 32.8 171.7 30.1 40.7 55.5 57.4 7.87 9.16 74.2 69.5 77.1 73.6 156.6 163.0 62.4
M THAILAND 272.9 205.7 56.0 18.7 269.3 . 37.5 75.3 89.3 17.4 . 128.0 . 52.0 52.4 103.2
M CANADA 10.0 68.2 57.3 47.0 76.2 66.7 28.5 74.5 34.3 36.1 107.6 38.5 26.7 26.0 16.1 19.2
M VIETNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.7 60.5 19.6 39.9
M AUSTRIA 6.84 1.02 . . 0.22 . . 1.76 16.3 . 0.70 11.2 . 55.9 1.38 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 46.8 28.4 16.3 57.5 23.9 46.7 15.6 46.4 61.2 12.9 13.5 10.7 34.8 12.7 11.7 6.77
M SWITZERLAND . . . 11.2 11.9 . 9.46 . . 38.9 2.86 21.1 9.67 . . 8.79
M COLOMBIA . . . . . 1.43 . . . . . 10.4 . . . .
M NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . 3.81 0.52 3.70 2.20 0.72
M DENMARK . 0.68 . . . . . . . . . . 0.77 . . 0.02
M HONG KONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.88
M ROMANIA 81.2 34.8 . . 92.3 . . . . . . . . . . .
M SPAIN 38.9 . . . 34.0 . . . . . . . . . . .
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376.1 155.8

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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