US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- S

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 4,511 4,338 4,527 3,132 4,428 1,935 1,120 1,236 1,106 1,741 2,046 1,798 4,368 5,787 2,659
M TAIWAN 1,340 1,374 1,232 110.1 71.2 1.94 14.9 0.78 . 147.0 865.5 389.7 1,025 2,252 1,161
M CHINA 141.1 889.5 1,409 1,030 1,560 653.1 69.7 16.3 136.5 35.2 58.6 8.31 1,443 1,452 433.7
M BELGIUM 383.4 312.9 429.7 555.7 1,010 253.4 98.9 370.4 288.8 467.4 301.5 345.0 659.0 851.1 295.1
M GERMANY 435.4 96.4 192.1 230.7 107.2 298.0 88.4 168.2 71.5 270.3 208.2 444.1 377.9 289.8 46.9
M ITALY 85.4 40.1 7.45 4.25 92.7 2.17 51.7 104.2 25.2 63.6 66.4 307.7 299.7 160.5 137.9
M JAPAN 387.1 320.1 249.6 265.6 271.9 78.0 52.3 108.8 124.4 267.9 266.8 122.0 110.8 84.2 214.6
M SLOVENIA 270.7 147.5 115.4 123.5 88.8 100.0 169.0 102.9 86.3 64.5 103.3 22.0 106.8 42.7 19.1
M SWEDEN 506.0 281.5 290.8 172.0 123.3 170.1 113.4 17.2 140.1 139.2 3.67 . 191.3 276.1 133.3
M FRANCE 335.4 164.3 203.3 158.6 381.9 111.5 46.4 164.3 139.8 20.6 12.5 77.0 65.0 57.9 34.7
M KOREA 0.84 107.5 44.0 143.6 . 187.6 9.13 . 79.5 98.2 65.5 35.0 . 45.8 .
M CANADA 16.4 80.2 5.07 7.02 10.7 0.70 11.2 13.9 10.6 8.98 37.0 23.6 13.2 1.58 17.1
M FINLAND 65.1 . . . 22.8 . 39.6 16.8 . 87.1 10.0 . 45.4 . 66.4
M SOUTH AFRICA 524.0 459.2 339.9 304.6 662.4 68.1 346.8 139.0 . 31.5 36.2 . 16.3 243.2 .
M AUSTRIA 1.44 . . 12.6 11.5 10.2 2.70 . . 8.04 3.52 20.0 5.67 11.3 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 11.8 22.6 4.17 1.81 7.45 0.65 6.17 11.7 3.04 30.3 7.07 3.15 . 0.86 2.43
M NETHERLANDS 3.76 . 1.32 . 0.43 . . 1.72 . 1.11 0.22 . 6.44 1.18 0.01
M BRAZIL 2.33 41.5 1.61 3.62 3.17 . . . . . . . 1.01 1.01 63.9
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.49 .
M MEXICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15 .
M ROMANIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02
M SLOVAKIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04 .
M SPAIN . . 0.54 7.76 1.03 . . . . . . . . 4.29 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 32.3

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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