U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Other Steel Wire Nails and Staples
Quantities in Metric Tons
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Country Month
  JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09
WORLD 4,809 5,767 4,931 3,563 2,917 2,907 2,249 1,678 1,999 1,818 1,877 2,227 2,299 2,951 2,955
CHINA 2,868 3,745 3,007 1,825 1,977 1,597 1,459 1,226 946.2 1,173 1,379 1,646 1,588 2,002 2,141
KOREA 1,360 1,383 1,149 1,131 457.0 592.5 392.1 112.9 572.8 91.68 84.65 248.5 324.7 195.7 177.0
TAIWAN 85.28 121.0 138.5 167.4 111.2 104.2 52.23 39.74 150.5 184.8 128.1 75.69 165.2 253.9 254.6
MALAYSIA 0.83 . 20.74 . 6.15 41.47 . 74.74 . 112.9 6.66 . 52.42 216.6 109.5
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . 14.39 . . . . . . . . . . . 112.5 128.6
GERMANY 60.60 80.06 26.61 10.74 24.37 57.47 24.00 49.49 91.69 71.73 41.53 51.49 37.29 63.66 39.56
LIECHTENSTEIN 59.12 81.35 77.38 41.76 51.28 68.44 39.77 52.33 26.89 10.23 53.87 63.75 26.60 40.02 38.34
CANADA 107.2 106.7 154.9 89.92 96.26 90.12 98.65 83.25 64.45 68.66 110.3 63.06 46.35 22.46 8.58
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 30.33 10.99 11.17 10.11 13.33 12.17 16.18 16.46 6.41 37.04 . 23.42 13.25 8.70 16.76
ITALY 201.2 151.3 290.4 142.6 86.32 1.34 40.84 14.57 21.12 24.80 3.55 15.89 16.49 4.00 2.43
UNITED KINGDOM 0.00 . . 0.18 0.01 0.11 0.00 0.02 . 0.56 0.26 0.01 0.12 16.00 6.20
JAPAN 8.50 24.27 7.54 18.27 9.56 6.08 7.92 . 12.68 8.68 9.23 6.35 7.08 4.85 7.42
SWEDEN . 8.29 . 6.08 . 8.32 . 6.35 . . 4.72 15.95 7.32 . 7.88
MEXICO . . 2.92 10.43 0.55 5.77 11.88 0.03 3.45 2.38 25.23 . 6.08 1.29 7.71
VIETNAM . . 38.10 77.42 56.28 290.2 99.54 . 96.96 20.94 19.61 . 4.29 4.36 2.53
BRAZIL 0.79 11.24 . 1.60 0.66 0.80 0.62 . 0.37 . 6.07 4.49 2.92 1.58 2.03
COLOMBIA 19.21 26.04 3.88 3.07 12.88 . . . 1.25 4.71 3.44 . . . 2.39
FRANCE 0.51 1.86 1.50 1.38 2.83 2.32 2.46 0.67 0.14 0.33 0.98 11.06 0.80 1.15 .
AUSTRALIA . . 1.06 . . 0.27 . . . 1.56 0.44 . . . 1.60
AUSTRIA 7.29 0.71 . 19.01 11.22 0.07 3.76 0.25 . . . . . 1.37 .
INDIA . . . 3.25 . . . . 4.47 4.54 . 0.82 . 0.36 .
ECUADOR . . . . . . . . . . 0.25 . . . 0.35
SWITZERLAND . . 0.02 0.01 . 0.04 . 0.22 0.00 0.01 . 0.02 0.06 . .
NETHERLANDS . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . 0.00 . . 0.00
ARGENTINA . . . . . . . 0.67 . . . . . . .
CZECH REPUBLIC . . 0.39 3.02 0.01 . . . . . . . . . .
DENMARK . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 . . .
FINLAND . . . . . 0.09 . . . . . . . . .
HONG KONG . . . . 0.12 . . . . . . 0.19 . . .
KYRGYZSTAN . 0.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NEW ZEALAND . . . . . 27.92 . . . . . . . . .
PERU . 0.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POLAND . 0.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . 0.28 . . .
THAILAND . 0.16 0.02 . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . .
TURKEY 0.41 0.38 . 1.11 . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 16, 2009, with
Census data collected through September 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE months reported
 
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