US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Flat Products -- 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
  SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 OCT08 NOV08
M WORLD 37,847 33,287 33,747 35,458 42,520 47,883 47,959 48,018 48,745 44,609 48,873 40,541 33,589 34,190 34,181 22,896
M CHINA 11,327 7,021 8,660 6,507 10,580 15,494 13,192 18,180 13,524 14,704 15,565 12,627 7,539 8,697 7,972 5,999
M MEXICO 8,738 9,114 9,535 9,615 10,337 8,278 8,321 7,963 8,953 8,660 9,770 8,503 6,663 3,574 3,581 2,198
M TAIWAN 1,430 796.9 1,289 3,601 5,809 5,479 6,652 5,834 5,691 4,615 4,676 3,016 2,545 6,069 5,580 3,618
M JAPAN 2,004 1,760 3,263 2,715 1,969 2,355 2,216 2,479 2,635 2,208 2,446 2,373 2,047 2,478 2,744 1,522
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 SWEDEN 1,613 2,927 1,155 658.4 866.3 1,616 1,294 1,579 2,076 1,948 1,563 1,667 1,975 2,355 2,401 1,746
M FRANCE 1,060 1,729 2,054 1,978 1,352 1,505 1,344 2,232 2,384 1,801 1,977 1,438 2,596 1,720 1,882 1,302
M KOREA 791.8 901.7 1,123 991.2 2,189 1,449 1,250 1,036 1,303 1,810 1,261 1,326 1,196 2,317 1,999 954.5
M GERMANY 1,783 1,712 908.3 1,537 1,118 3,083 1,391 1,063 2,234 1,773 3,356 1,218 1,697 1,536 1,592 810.2
M BRAZIL 1,901 1,107 967.3 1,798 2,376 1,318 3,129 2,680 2,462 1,298 1,486 1,176 1,248 837.4 1,783 820.7
M BELGIUM 2,951 2,115 1,269 2,086 952.6 1,759 1,958 1,145 1,254 1,163 1,439 821.1 939.2 718.4 846.6 857.3
M FINLAND 152.3 313.3 461.5 242.4 1,177 1,257 1,062 1,126 743.3 491.9 1,036 754.7 660.4 748.1 644.7 658.9
M THAILAND . 38.1 75.9 297.3 81.1 307.9 393.2 136.3 294.0 186.2 721.2 723.2 284.2 108.4 71.3 322.5
M INDIA 328.5 335.4 171.9 360.7 395.0 482.5 363.8 795.9 883.1 768.5 629.8 301.2 425.2 389.0 329.1 248.7
M ITALY 586.2 216.5 281.1 558.5 1,499 222.0 1,134 347.7 427.5 605.3 659.7 532.4 242.8 166.1 161.3 169.7
M ROMANIA 154.1 . . . 101.1 . . 80.0 139.5 525.2 246.5 340.2 285.4 175.9 175.9 92.3
M SPAIN 64.3 159.8 45.2 16.8 26.4 199.0 886.9 212.8 77.5 261.6 104.0 130.2 330.4 164.6 75.5 45.8
M SLOVENIA 63.3 83.7 27.7 27.5 46.5 1.28 98.6 171.6 75.0 173.4 189.4 162.8 270.7 136.6 167.2 95.8
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 UNITED KINGDOM 147.7 130.8 88.2 158.8 135.9 178.3 62.2 57.8 82.5 63.7 187.1 96.5 114.9 236.1 198.6 117.1
M BAHRAIN . . . . . . . . . 162.4 181.3 . 421.1 . . .
M CANADA 63.1 102.5 148.6 18.8 88.3 65.4 200.9 170.6 60.7 216.5 93.8 35.7 58.4 139.4 93.6 7.69
M CHILE . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.3 . . 21.7
M AUSTRIA 57.3 23.2 19.4 532.1 26.2 452.4 29.7 57.5 25.9 22.7 54.5 36.1 59.8 19.9 42.4 30.1
M SINGAPORE . . . . . . . 20.2 . . . 56.8 33.9 . . .
M SWITZERLAND 13.7 10.0 9.86 . . 0.32 22.2 . 8.36 12.4 12.9 2.73 . 4.43 4.43 0.00
M NETHERLANDS 13.2 1.23 90.9 0.33 13.9 5.52 5.41 3.32 5.33 0.90 5.31 0.72 3.76 0.67 0.78 1.77
M DENMARK . 1.96 . 1.32 0.06 . . . 1.14 . 0.63 . . 2.01 2.16 0.12
M MALAYSIA . . . . . . 0.30 7.99 . . . . . 0.34 . .
M AUSTRALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.57
M CZECH REPUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.8 .
M HONG KONG . . . . . . . . . 49.1 23.7 . . . . .
M KYRGYZSTAN . 17.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . 137.2 . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162.4 16.5
M VIETNAM . 19.5 . . . . . . . 65.0 . . . . 53.3 21.5

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