SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Stainless Products
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
		SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	OCT08	NOV08
M	WORLD	76,037	75,276	73,793	73,415	82,544	86,741	88,480	91,279	91,098	87,186	95,947	83,871	71,084	78,812	79,228	79,971
M	CHINA	19,241	11,840	13,389	10,898	15,957	18,894	17,349	22,702	19,751	19,826	19,241	16,688	11,405	14,237	14,210	24,664
M	TAIWAN	6,061	5,740	4,974	8,029	11,088	9,813	11,725	11,843	10,481	9,893	9,672	8,100	7,416	11,529	10,795	7,700
M	JAPAN	4,075	6,051	6,837	5,801	5,530	5,210	4,356	5,343	5,972	5,002	6,909	6,855	5,855	6,715	5,860	6,267
M	MEXICO	8,874	9,424	9,644	9,834	10,434	8,384	8,438	8,118	9,077	8,802	9,916	8,612	6,804	3,690	3,706	2,270
M	UNITED KINGDOM	5,963	4,688	6,675	5,278	6,291	8,224	6,223	5,700	6,694	6,153	7,657	4,948	4,417	8,029	5,513	3,951
M	SWEDEN	4,365	6,881	4,631	4,158	3,952	5,716	5,814	5,911	6,371	5,273	6,143	4,747	5,008	6,601	6,802	4,239
M	ITALY	2,447	6,316	5,153	5,798	5,955	4,595	5,988	6,088	3,904	5,344	8,281	7,510	3,299	4,144	4,879	6,603
M	INDIA	3,017	3,983	3,556	3,319	3,426	4,250	3,637	4,477	4,636	4,846	4,109	5,794	4,575	3,957	3,809	3,557
M	KOREA	2,309	2,223	2,372	2,252	3,710	3,173	3,542	3,438	3,406	3,812	3,535	2,905	2,969	4,127	3,970	2,610
M	FRANCE	2,100	3,031	4,141	3,059	2,921	2,220	3,001	3,456	3,868	3,263	3,687	2,869	3,165	2,917	3,083	2,118
M	GERMANY	4,066	2,823	2,307	2,902	2,019	4,202	2,910	2,218	3,239	3,399	4,701	2,085	2,920	2,692	2,791	1,721
M	SOUTH AFRICA	2,516	2,457	2,031	1,711	1,375	2,348	2,786	426.7	3,217	991.5	1,052	2,879	1,780	1,439	1,257	1,127
M	CANADA	1,846	2,242	2,092	1,353	1,800	1,732	1,972	1,921	1,768	1,989	1,475	1,423	1,847	1,611	1,821	928.4
M	BRAZIL	1,904	1,206	1,021	1,853	2,449	1,341	3,145	2,723	2,533	1,600	1,640	1,260	1,503	892.5	1,841	820.7
M	SPAIN	264.2	464.7	1,051	578.8	745.2	663.7	1,679	840.2	979.7	1,601	888.3	916.7	886.5	1,367	1,276	1,190
M	BELGIUM	2,953	2,153	1,281	2,137	969.8	1,762	1,965	1,148	1,264	1,174	1,442	831.0	939.5	730.4	857.2	862.8
M	MALAYSIA	429.1	511.0	243.0	94.2	205.4	135.2	206.7	337.9	568.8	352.5	536.3	918.9	685.2	786.2	684.9	783.9
M	FINLAND	179.5	347.0	505.9	361.9	1,337	1,297	1,209	1,194	904.7	569.2	1,046	754.7	660.4	799.4	842.7	719.9
M	THAILAND	255.0	86.2	316.7	564.1	237.4	473.9	546.4	386.1	375.2	519.4	1,394	1,099	670.0	363.1	393.6	842.1
M	UKRAINE	510.9	311.2	260.3	205.5	33.3	324.0	229.0	382.8	206.8	451.3	326.9	460.6	714.6	481.2	458.7	149.7
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	52.8	423.8	45.0	314.0	84.3	46.6	43.4	23.4	48.3	73.2	273.6	77.0	1,103	14.8	28.6	51.8
M	AUSTRIA	1,010	498.9	301.6	1,876	832.0	1,271	332.3	889.6	530.1	222.1	219.3	326.6	219.8	344.0	926.9	847.3
M	ROMANIA	154.1	.	.	.	101.1	.	.	80.0	139.5	525.2	246.5	340.2	288.4	175.9	175.9	92.3
M	SLOVENIA	201.0	205.6	111.9	157.1	218.0	48.1	294.5	362.3	179.3	212.4	281.6	206.5	333.0	167.3	180.3	314.3
M	PORTUGAL	183.2	189.3	157.1	195.2	205.4	75.8	164.6	222.5	229.0	346.0	230.1	341.0	72.4	227.4	228.0	162.6
M	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	209.0	249.9	34.1	34.3	190.2	44.3	86.1	69.0	190.7	104.0	87.0	51.4	384.6	120.5	119.9	68.7
M	INDONESIA	82.9	186.8	68.2	42.2	.	21.3	160.4	205.7	45.6	27.2	128.7	318.7	33.2	154.8	336.6	82.2
M	SWITZERLAND	191.3	223.8	78.6	134.8	133.8	100.4	173.7	131.9	133.0	147.8	208.8	198.8	66.1	220.8	107.0	123.4
M	BAHRAIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	162.4	181.3	.	421.1	.	.	.
M	URUGUAY	56.3	69.2	145.1	151.4	86.7	57.2	90.4	155.4	83.0	75.7	89.9	74.0	102.9	68.4	74.5	106.6
M	LATVIA	72.1	65.8	46.0	52.2	44.0	35.0	67.2	35.1	17.5	63.8	105.1	69.5	75.7	70.2	129.6	63.5
M	SAUDI ARABIA	167.6	150.5	50.5	.	33.6	116.5	66.9	168.4	67.0	83.9	33.2	67.6	99.7	16.7	.	67.7
M	SINGAPORE	134.3	.	78.4	27.3	22.8	43.1	110.4	118.1	83.0	19.8	37.9	77.8	44.5	38.4	56.6	20.7
M	CHILE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	153.0	.	.	21.7
M	IRELAND	0.69	19.6	1.04	2.72	1.66	21.4	0.94	21.9	4.06	18.1	16.0	2.36	76.4	5.98	0.23	0.06
M	VIETNAM	.	35.5	0.67	.	.	.	.	15.3	12.9	65.0	23.2	3.60	.	55.1	203.8	82.7
M	DENMARK	15.5	40.5	11.0	30.2	4.84	5.66	7.43	7.14	20.3	6.68	17.9	14.8	14.2	9.51	30.2	2.37
M	NETHERLANDS	47.1	11.8	102.7	38.7	25.5	50.3	60.6	53.7	38.8	8.43	42.9	3.72	26.5	5.73	5.02	127.9
M	HONG KONG	.	.	.	39.2	.	4.46	19.7	40.7	20.1	123.8	23.7	.	29.7	.	.	1.82
M	AUSTRALIA	35.5	18.8	25.0	67.7	62.1	6.87	21.1	.	4.79	12.7	40.2	21.4	.	.	.	5.45
M	RUSSIA	.	0.99	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13.8	.	.	.	1.09
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.99	.	0.00	.
M	NORWAY	0.10	4.84	0.07	2.60	0.97	.	0.33	1.11	.	0.20	0.23	.	3.70	.	0.03	0.80
M	COSTA RICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	0.15	.	.	.
M	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.91
M	ECUADOR	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.28	.
M	GEORGIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	GREECE	.	3.74	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	ISRAEL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.01
M	KYRGYZSTAN	.	17.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	LIECHTENSTEIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.56
M	LITHUANIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8.17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	PHILIPPINES	.	.	0.62	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	17.6	53.6	10.2	36.4	35.3	7.30	32.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.08	0.04
M	SLOVAKIA	19.0	18.9	37.2	19.0	19.1	19.1	19.0	18.4	19.1	19.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SYRIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.07	.
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	691.8
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1,764	3,900

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: November 25, 2008, with

Licensing data collected through November 25, 2008 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through October 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

To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.

Link to Annual Summary of Census Data