U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Steel wire rope & cable
Quantities in Metric Tons
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Country Month
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08
WORLD 13,272 12,382 13,693 12,937 11,424 13,539 12,045 13,199 12,864 14,756 12,006 13,207 12,291 14,170 13,142
CHINA 3,125 3,169 3,176 3,182 2,905 3,321 3,303 2,382 2,564 3,246 2,968 3,790 4,211 4,263 4,133
KOREA 3,744 4,207 4,340 4,887 4,045 4,531 3,631 3,918 5,019 4,061 3,397 4,254 3,598 3,605 3,866
MALAYSIA 1,142 425.0 1,197 389.5 557.1 1,139 721.8 344.1 467.5 741.5 706.2 714.3 352.2 1,069 926.4
CANADA 604.2 781.9 821.5 709.0 453.0 655.8 686.4 586.3 835.5 782.0 445.0 511.7 869.7 693.0 545.3
MEXICO 780.5 811.7 842.3 692.3 476.5 453.9 572.4 678.6 473.9 610.2 574.8 756.3 491.9 831.3 672.5
GERMANY 521.6 492.7 399.0 279.5 497.5 441.6 438.3 481.2 663.3 1,001 656.8 651.3 324.4 410.5 555.1
INDIA 416.0 184.5 98.60 291.1 783.0 209.7 521.3 2,124 134.5 214.7 200.6 401.1 245.0 694.6 256.7
THAILAND 238.1 137.3 177.2 88.45 131.5 215.3 194.4 137.0 57.19 116.9 61.28 167.6 176.6 618.6 235.7
SPAIN 402.0 421.8 422.5 390.4 287.2 203.4 660.1 370.6 361.7 196.1 400.1 68.63 182.1 245.5 378.8
UNITED KINGDOM 127.7 85.15 186.7 88.48 38.19 543.0 120.5 83.82 80.76 239.1 145.9 126.0 101.7 258.9 222.5
COLOMBIA 63.58 103.8 103.8 217.6 19.19 45.62 . 95.10 22.58 70.45 198.8 174.5 146.1 172.7 211.4
INDONESIA 117.0 99.35 159.0 234.1 157.5 138.8 74.52 239.5 112.9 204.8 206.7 79.73 184.5 112.6 220.3
FRANCE 532.0 309.6 553.8 511.2 290.9 391.0 175.8 374.0 393.3 185.4 237.9 282.2 234.1 87.84 142.0
SOUTH AFRICA 175.7 162.8 0.86 156.5 117.2 129.9 46.35 167.7 41.96 64.02 109.3 77.74 160.6 234.9 35.98
ITALY 125.2 45.80 147.2 207.6 18.15 118.6 17.52 71.06 196.4 75.12 266.4 442.0 233.3 31.95 142.5
TAIWAN 63.78 119.2 74.60 157.3 64.65 126.4 135.0 129.5 197.7 311.9 124.8 103.9 75.22 117.1 118.0
NETHERLANDS 48.47 5.21 30.19 36.92 35.73 47.86 235.0 8.73 645.2 1,659 699.6 82.62 169.3 20.09 20.81
JAPAN 100.9 40.27 71.50 50.33 69.11 45.12 48.64 32.22 33.70 66.84 76.40 68.97 25.09 47.11 119.4
AUSTRALIA 0.00 57.70 . 0.00 . 93.50 13.78 . 0.52 103.0 38.30 29.91 87.00 104.1 .
SWITZERLAND 57.72 79.55 91.99 73.62 18.07 7.21 0.34 366.0 93.62 165.7 68.69 111.1 88.45 63.34 36.17
PORTUGAL 50.01 0.86 22.68 3.96 55.73 1.65 69.37 130.4 23.84 31.53 67.90 44.56 34.72 69.27 75.39
TURKEY 95.60 108.2 76.43 31.85 70.14 20.70 125.7 45.25 15.95 25.55 59.82 18.87 39.52 91.43 6.80
SLOVAKIA 69.45 31.10 71.83 51.89 66.78 79.84 18.12 70.08 16.33 49.02 48.97 32.75 32.69 17.74 65.36
ROMANIA 63.90 . 26.44 . . 30.25 . 15.71 16.04 60.72 27.93 . 72.70 28.44 .
AUSTRIA 34.62 45.52 33.81 11.01 66.21 34.82 42.59 69.62 22.71 90.02 80.50 30.45 40.20 27.40 32.08
SINGAPORE 82.56 9.50 . 18.00 9.50 19.03 9.79 0.39 . 5.41 0.01 . . 89.49 0.67
BRAZIL 34.49 15.92 33.27 26.30 16.08 64.33 15.99 0.30 47.96 109.4 15.98 18.94 8.70 41.25 35.29
PHILIPPINES 17.98 20.36 0.98 3.18 2.60 0.10 7.93 29.45 10.93 18.55 1.84 2.04 17.95 7.49 45.19
ISRAEL 86.46 54.54 83.24 74.95 38.50 108.9 . 95.01 15.62 121.6 16.23 102.8 49.23 17.74 .
FINLAND 7.88 10.55 20.05 13.29 4.01 13.82 12.55 10.48 17.13 8.33 7.91 19.25 9.79 17.33 10.56
DENMARK 5.34 . 1.20 1.14 0.49 0.54 1.73 1.81 0.07 . 1.86 . . 20.88 13.36
CZECH REPUBLIC 16.51 17.43 0.98 16.82 16.13 279.9 95.24 112.8 162.0 19.16 39.76 34.28 . 33.44 .
ARGENTINA . . 17.59 . . . . . 37.48 . 17.54 . 18.71 . 0.14
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . 102.1 . . . . . 15.10 . . 15.10 .
LITHUANIA . . . . 2.25 . . . 4.29 4.20 2.79 . 4.56 . 10.16
PAKISTAN 4.95 . . 0.57 0.48 . 3.82 0.35 3.54 2.71 0.61 1.38 5.64 6.06 .
CHILE 0.45 3.65 13.68 9.11 4.29 . 24.44 21.89 25.14 2.72 14.08 2.62 . 1.16 3.86
BELGIUM 10.96 1.47 15.79 5.81 2.30 . 13.85 3.70 8.21 12.01 4.23 3.74 . 2.68 0.73
HONG KONG . 0.25 0.02 8.26 0.50 0.08 3.56 0.07 . 19.61 . 0.10 . . 2.48
VENEZUELA . . . . . . . . . 20.45 . . . 2.00 .
COSTA RICA 0.22 0.35 0.26 0.27 0.35 0.37 0.45 0.40 0.26 0.45 0.60 0.54 0.47 0.49 0.89
NORWAY 0.04 . 0.60 . 0.88 0.27 2.41 1.66 . 18.47 0.30 0.19 . . 0.49
POLAND 10.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.06 0.19
SWEDEN 0.22 0.16 0.08 0.10 0.82 . 0.10 0.57 0.06 0.48 0.23 0.75 0.20 0.00 .
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES . . 0.04 . . 0.11 0.13 0.18 0.10 0.18 0.01 . . 0.09 0.04
VIETNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04
IRELAND . 0.03 . . 0.22 0.27 0.54 . . . . 0.00 . 0.00 0.02
BARBADOS . . . . . . . . 0.25 . . . . . .
BELARUS 269.1 278.4 372.8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 12.11 . . 17.88 . . . . 4.87 . . . . . .
GREECE 12.21 44.87 . . . 26.50 . . 35.25 19.89 . . . . .
HUNGARY 1.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RUSSIA 0.02 . . . . 0.04 . . . . . . . . .
SRI LANKA . . . . . . . . . . 0.13 . . . .
TUNISIA . . 7.54 . . . . . . . . . . . .

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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