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
		JUN07	JUL07	AUG07	SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	JUL08	AUG08
M	WORLD	10,930	9,352	9,641	7,647	7,809	9,908	7,923	8,757	11,164	9,211	8,671	8,327	8,813	9,769	10,323	8,199
M	UNITED KINGDOM	6,458	5,226	5,274	4,758	4,040	5,872	4,345	5,533	6,950	5,254	4,878	5,294	5,172	6,221	6,085	4,220
M	SWEDEN	3,610	3,232	2,066	2,013	2,702	2,446	2,425	2,182	2,904	2,883	3,022	2,806	2,529	2,857	2,578	2,304
M	ITALY	536.5	688.0	1,311	457.3	891.1	1,072	727.0	438.1	732.8	810.7	518.9	80.8	455.2	443.9	1,378	1,545
M	SPAIN	19.8	35.2	444.7	65.7	60.1	365.9	292.6	417.7	244.5	109.8	35.4	.	585.8	166.6	216.7	71.6
M	GERMANY	26.3	0.05	.	47.2	42.5	90.4	61.7	99.0	.	34.5	87.1	37.3	16.5	8.74	.	20.9
M	CANADA	0.63	1.01	.	1.60	.	10.6	0.97	8.05	1.93	6.16	19.4	25.2	18.4	15.4	15.6	9.11
M	TAIWAN	4.68	14.9	5.28	6.41	4.32	4.25	1.41	8.40	6.82	1.39	9.82	47.5	7.06	1.85	0.01	7.61
M	CHINA	11.7	5.46	3.45	6.04	5.02	2.55	12.5	8.50	12.5	0.16	4.54	3.40	11.7	29.6	28.9	19.6
M	MEXICO	20.0	.	.	.	.	19.8	39.7	20.2	39.3	19.5	59.4	20.0	.	19.6	19.6	.
M	JAPAN	7.40	36.7	3.24	14.9	1.51	8.34	5.77	6.90	2.25	3.48	.	6.53	3.95	1.86	0.02	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	1.33	3.66	3.34	3.12	4.79	4.77	.	3.21	5.70	2.20	5.10	6.36	.	.	0.29
M	BRAZIL	4.93	1.53	.	0.65	0.35	4.30	3.08	2.16	.	.	.	.	6.56	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.13	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	.	.	.	1.19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.14	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	.	5.71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	0.45	0.23	.	0.54	1.35	.	.	0.34	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	.
M	IRELAND	.	.	1.25	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.04	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	.	.	20.0	.	2.91	31.4	.	.	11.8	.	.	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.08	.
M	THAILAND	.	2.20	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UKRAINE	229.4	106.4	527.9	270.9	35.4	.	.	.	266.6	82.4	17.6	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	.

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: September 2, 2008, with

Licensing data collected through September 2, 2008 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through July 2008

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