U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Other Steel Wire Nails and Staples
Quantities in Metric Tons
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Same Table - Average Unit Value

Country Month
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08
WORLD 5,500 5,155 6,141 4,841 3,393 4,141 3,365 2,810 4,146 4,913 4,957 4,809 5,767 4,931 3,563
CHINA 4,494 4,297 5,051 3,943 2,590 3,113 2,392 1,814 2,702 3,638 2,973 2,868 3,745 3,007 1,825
KOREA 334.8 394.8 292.4 268.5 383.2 280.5 463.0 408.0 930.3 748.1 1,403 1,360 1,383 1,149 1,131
ITALY 43.80 37.15 18.50 1.25 38.74 115.0 21.10 2.00 3.89 19.90 19.57 201.2 151.3 290.4 142.6
TAIWAN 35.89 54.75 78.53 84.18 37.53 123.0 84.54 72.72 118.2 148.5 131.1 85.28 121.0 138.5 167.4
CANADA 164.6 122.1 172.6 136.4 60.69 156.6 140.9 179.0 131.3 128.6 113.0 107.2 106.7 154.9 89.92
LIECHTENSTEIN 115.1 81.54 78.35 51.80 74.36 55.17 70.95 62.83 99.33 66.66 79.45 59.12 81.35 77.38 41.76
GERMANY 91.60 28.02 195.5 106.6 108.3 130.7 77.19 81.76 57.95 95.03 108.3 60.60 80.06 26.61 10.74
VIETNAM . . . . 20.48 17.89 17.89 . . . . . . 38.10 77.42
JAPAN 21.24 21.58 5.37 21.75 4.95 27.75 4.10 20.76 3.21 2.53 21.18 8.50 24.27 7.54 18.27
COLOMBIA 24.45 36.75 7.36 11.44 35.78 10.65 9.25 33.80 11.75 21.30 26.59 19.21 26.04 3.88 3.07
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 24.99 . 20.74 8.34 1.98 . 12.57 15.50 10.75 7.99 . 30.33 10.99 11.17 10.11
MALAYSIA 7.87 31.10 72.91 93.30 28.17 32.30 31.64 31.57 49.71 31.71 34.22 0.83 . 20.74 .
AUSTRIA 11.01 . 11.39 7.44 7.44 10.12 0.95 34.90 . . . 7.29 0.71 . 19.01
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 79.91 28.21 62.33 87.31 . 16.13 17.37 34.74 . . . . 14.39 . .
SWEDEN . 0.30 18.84 . . 5.77 . 8.82 7.19 . 8.00 . 8.29 . 6.08
MEXICO . 3.07 3.24 14.77 . 4.72 14.62 . 5.55 . 1.81 . . 2.92 10.43
BRAZIL . . . 1.46 0.00 0.62 2.68 6.40 . . 14.38 0.79 11.24 . 1.60
FRANCE 2.80 . 2.80 0.12 0.24 0.42 1.94 2.75 2.42 3.70 1.10 0.51 1.86 1.50 1.38
CZECH REPUBLIC . . . . . 37.62 . 0.01 0.34 0.51 . . . 0.39 3.02
INDIA . 16.53 34.70 . 1.04 . . . 4.54 . . . . . 3.25
TURKEY . 1.98 . . . . . . 0.63 . 0.22 0.41 0.38 . 1.11
AUSTRALIA 1.78 . . . . 0.00 1.67 . 0.57 . . . . 1.06 .
PERU . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.82 . .
UNITED KINGDOM . . . . . 0.09 0.11 . 0.38 0.30 1.11 0.00 . . 0.18
THAILAND . . . . . . . . 0.21 . . . 0.16 0.02 .
POLAND 41.88 . 2.30 1.17 . 2.30 . . . . . . 0.07 . .
KYRGYZSTAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 . .
SWITZERLAND 0.13 0.34 0.12 0.04 . 0.01 0.01 0.02 3.03 0.02 . . . 0.02 0.01
NETHERLANDS . . 11.72 1.75 . . . . 0.67 . . . . . 0.00
BELGIUM . . . . . . 0.02 . . . . . . . .
HONG KONG 3.97 . . . 0.02 . 0.35 0.30 . . 0.12 . . . .
HUNGARY . . . . . . . 0.05 . . . . . . .
ISRAEL . . . . . . . . 0.01 . . . . . .
NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . 2.00 . 2.20 . . . .
PANAMA . . . . . . 0.81 . . . . . . . .
PHILIPPINES . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SINGAPORE . . . . . . . . 0.07 . . . . . .
VENEZUELA . . . . . . . . . . 18.90 . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: December 12, 2008, with
Census data collected through October 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume exported during last THREE months reported
 
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