SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- 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													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08	DEC08	JAN09	FEB09	MAR09	APR09	MAY09	MAY09	JUN09
M	WORLD	8,671	8,327	8,813	9,769	7,593	6,550	9,982	7,354	7,728	6,542	7,057	4,879	4,586	4,733	5,262	4,839
M	UNITED KINGDOM	4,878	5,294	5,172	6,221	4,220	3,431	5,654	3,726	3,500	3,280	4,604	3,020	2,506	3,473	3,824	2,166
M	SWEDEN	3,022	2,806	2,529	2,857	2,165	1,703	3,059	2,239	2,103	2,191	1,908	1,585	1,375	1,092	1,089	1,194
M	ITALY	518.9	80.8	455.2	443.9	1,078	976.1	440.0	932.1	1,247	701.7	70.2	123.5	409.9	88.0	261.2	304.1
M	SPAIN	35.4	.	585.8	166.6	71.6	182.7	436.4	122.3	686.9	96.4	407.8	90.0	206.7	.	.	768.6
M	CANADA	19.4	25.2	18.4	15.4	11.1	0.83	0.94	1.53	2.73	8.22	30.2	25.5	37.3	1.94	0.04	3.03
M	SLOVENIA	11.8	.	.	.	.	.	3.82	129.0	113.9	85.1	.	.	16.7	47.3	47.3	.
M	GERMANY	87.1	37.3	16.5	8.74	24.6	163.4	48.5	25.9	32.5	138.3	19.6	11.3	.	10.2	10.2	5.32
M	TAIWAN	9.82	47.5	7.06	1.85	1.45	10.9	11.2	1.08	.	3.13	7.56	1.91	11.1	3.68	0.07	10.0
M	JAPAN	.	6.53	3.95	1.86	.	3.45	0.53	0.71	.	0.53	1.37	5.80	7.35	1.52	0.00	0.00
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.59	4.19	4.19	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	12.9	.	.	.	.
M	CHINA	4.54	3.40	11.7	29.6	19.2	4.63	9.34	4.09	26.5	36.2	7.48	2.13	5.13	2.39	2.39	3.53
M	SOUTH AFRICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	7.05	7.05	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	2.20	5.10	6.36	.	1.91	.	8.55	4.55	2.92	.	0.37	1.20	0.13	0.79	0.19	0.20
M	BRAZIL	.	.	6.56	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	383.1
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	40.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	59.4	20.0	.	19.6	.	19.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	4.04	.	.	.	.	.	.	116.5	1.70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	2.13	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.49	.	.	.	.	.	15.5	0.12
M	UKRAINE	17.6	.	.	.	.	53.9	308.7	10.6	6.70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: June 30, 2009, with

Licensing data collected through June 30, 2009 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through May 2009

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes

Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data