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
		NOV08	DEC08	JAN09	FEB09	MAR09	APR09	MAY09	JUN09	JUL09	AUG09	SEP09	OCT09	NOV09	DEC09	DEC09	JAN10
M	WORLD	7,354	7,728	6,542	7,057	4,879	4,586	5,066	5,527	4,300	4,611	3,881	5,009	4,213	6,734	6,438	4,214
M	UNITED KINGDOM	3,726	3,500	3,280	4,604	3,020	2,506	3,807	3,188	2,629	3,801	2,409	2,664	2,649	4,143	3,934	2,505
M	SWEDEN	2,239	2,103	2,191	1,908	1,585	1,375	1,092	1,128	1,132	538.4	1,229	2,102	992.3	1,862	2,210	1,287
M	ITALY	932.1	1,247	701.7	70.2	123.5	409.9	88.0	400.9	336.6	178.5	154.2	183.5	472.2	582.1	105.4	273.4
M	SPAIN	122.3	686.9	96.4	407.8	90.0	206.7	.	768.5	59.0	45.7	.	38.4	39.0	19.6	19.6	29.4
M	SLOVENIA	129.0	113.9	85.1	.	.	16.7	47.3	.	117.9	.	23.9	.	.	67.6	67.6	25.0
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	20.0	.	39.4	38.6	8.66	20.0	18.9	20.0	38.8
M	CHINA	4.09	26.5	36.2	7.48	2.13	5.13	2.39	2.98	2.17	3.76	11.5	4.01	14.4	6.94	9.10	13.9
M	CANADA	1.53	2.73	8.22	30.2	25.5	37.3	1.94	.	0.61	0.63	0.90	.	6.82	13.6	13.9	0.40
M	TAIWAN	1.08	.	3.13	7.56	1.91	11.1	3.68	11.6	2.63	2.30	8.07	3.72	0.53	8.07	8.36	0.02
M	GERMANY	25.9	32.5	138.3	19.6	11.3	.	10.2	5.32	9.76	.	.	.	7.95	.	.	0.08
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	.	9.59	4.19	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.66	6.66	.
M	INDIA	40.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.61	1.46	1.37	.
M	NORWAY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.55	.	10.7	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	4.55	2.92	.	0.37	1.20	0.13	0.79	0.79	0.64	0.84	1.15	1.36	.	2.08	0.21	0.11
M	JAPAN	0.71	.	0.53	1.37	5.80	7.35	1.52	.	.	.	1.53	3.23	.	.	0.00	.
M	IRELAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.56	0.94	0.00	.
M	BELGIUM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.62	.	.	41.1
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	12.9	.	.	.	.	0.16	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	NETHERLANDS	116.5	1.70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SOUTH AFRICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	7.05	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	.	2.49	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	30.1	.
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.30	.
M	UKRAINE	10.6	6.70	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8.78	.	2.40	.	.	.	.	.

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