U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Steel wire rope & cable
Quantities in Metric Tons
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Same Table - Average Unit Value

Country Month
  SEP10 OCT10 NOV10 DEC10 JAN11 FEB11 MAR11 APR11 MAY11 JUN11 JUL11 AUG11 SEP11 OCT11 NOV11
WORLD 13,398 13,664 13,400 13,515 12,852 10,471 11,638 23.12 12,944 13,342 13,912 14,646 12,572 11,827 13,203
KOREA 3,545 3,830 3,676 3,702 4,044 2,283 3,540 . 3,717 3,530 4,559 3,873 3,212 3,263 3,762
CHINA 3,707 4,127 4,006 4,557 3,556 3,631 2,569 22.51 3,683 4,371 3,466 4,264 3,154 2,919 3,665
CANADA 1,776 1,980 2,299 1,731 2,273 1,960 1,872 0.49 2,173 1,846 2,200 1,783 2,258 1,816 1,988
MALAYSIA 1,582 779.5 1,020 871.4 752.6 535.7 759.8 . 797.3 758.6 896.9 1,051 789.8 521.6 599.2
MEXICO 377.0 366.0 400.4 432.0 272.4 360.1 413.2 . 463.7 380.7 613.5 1,174 780.8 594.3 498.5
GERMANY 265.1 421.9 277.2 398.0 249.4 228.2 421.8 . 311.9 378.0 224.2 243.1 255.7 326.7 337.5
COLOMBIA 86.56 169.9 126.5 167.4 22.79 36.54 48.59 . 154.4 257.5 101.3 162.6 402.3 328.3 176.3
SPAIN 176.8 118.9 1.53 21.63 17.95 106.6 190.4 . 164.9 60.81 10.38 437.6 192.1 242.7 274.7
INDIA 433.3 539.2 298.5 435.6 623.7 228.1 219.1 . 190.8 211.7 318.5 169.5 136.3 196.2 207.1
TAIWAN 131.9 117.5 198.5 114.3 124.3 93.98 167.6 . 194.5 102.5 181.5 273.5 215.8 177.0 142.3
UNITED KINGDOM 156.6 262.7 135.9 206.2 33.57 52.81 186.3 . 145.2 423.0 171.7 129.5 296.0 80.05 122.6
INDONESIA 148.4 109.6 22.56 125.9 107.0 81.19 125.1 . 224.3 88.87 127.6 149.3 120.8 74.58 279.6
THAILAND 155.8 138.0 189.1 127.5 19.03 172.9 169.9 . 84.36 95.54 158.7 150.6 70.48 245.1 103.1
SOUTH AFRICA 133.5 67.62 40.75 . 17.19 65.68 165.7 . 4.71 3.18 132.9 . 0.09 149.9 194.3
ITALY 172.9 149.9 162.5 255.4 166.7 73.52 51.92 . 29.51 165.5 35.49 41.87 101.5 145.8 94.02
PORTUGAL 10.58 61.10 105.9 52.22 131.7 98.15 113.5 . 75.82 22.94 182.2 50.92 9.55 107.1 138.3
BRAZIL 97.17 29.86 13.07 . 0.82 21.42 0.50 . 39.69 41.86 0.41 43.45 49.01 110.1 86.21
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 16.29 . . 19.41 17.89 . . . . 27.00 55.00 51.25 68.55 51.68 68.97
SWITZERLAND 60.87 122.5 35.62 27.03 16.58 10.65 25.76 . 37.23 29.87 64.26 31.61 78.62 63.16 29.27
SLOVAKIA . 112.9 19.08 56.94 46.28 19.05 66.96 . 3.28 88.51 56.58 47.76 14.92 96.75 38.17
NETHERLANDS 13.98 . 0.51 24.04 3.41 8.43 5.58 . 21.76 34.78 13.61 12.30 102.2 19.20 4.36
AUSTRIA 23.97 26.77 32.29 30.32 . 41.24 59.82 . 55.97 63.64 92.92 37.43 2.69 48.72 58.91
TURKEY 49.85 16.65 91.50 . 49.99 66.90 99.69 . 1.59 32.56 48.86 18.04 48.00 46.11 3.21
JAPAN 47.00 53.93 44.22 11.78 23.18 25.36 52.44 . 14.02 13.46 23.49 27.59 21.37 30.57 30.10
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC . . . . 39.48 109.6 89.86 . 61.44 41.65 . 40.42 20.08 11.26 50.42
AUSTRALIA 87.14 0.30 44.32 21.96 20.78 27.00 0.22 . 48.59 56.88 0.36 18.98 . 1.33 78.58
FRANCE 16.02 33.46 34.51 22.00 46.09 4.54 73.56 . 51.65 101.3 56.92 128.3 53.91 7.35 17.51
CZECH REPUBLIC 34.44 0.15 17.37 35.48 0.35 17.75 22.51 . 17.97 17.47 67.81 20.68 . 53.94 18.36
ARGENTINA . . 16.41 . 18.76 25.31 . . 11.89 . . 44.89 . 33.84 38.01
ISRAEL 8.09 . 25.50 . . 18.72 0.00 . 0.01 . 2.61 30.43 20.42 29.44 .
VIETNAM . . 0.42 . . . . . . 0.42 . . . . 39.08
GREECE 15.06 . 6.80 . 19.56 3.00 69.38 . 54.89 16.95 . 36.73 37.68 . .
NORWAY 0.01 . 5.76 . 3.35 . . . 0.23 9.33 0.39 0.14 36.52 0.10 .
FINLAND 0.04 . 3.30 13.14 18.59 16.69 27.10 . 17.23 23.69 13.58 22.81 1.99 15.45 14.75
PHILIPPINES 4.40 7.29 2.59 5.34 5.74 4.22 6.96 . 9.46 2.43 1.31 2.16 8.66 8.93 5.82
DENMARK 4.16 12.07 1.59 0.48 66.98 4.15 5.47 . 10.44 11.89 0.17 . 2.14 4.48 9.37
SERBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.09
LITHUANIA 14.29 1.34 . . . . . . . 1.34 11.94 . . . 9.72
CHILE . 3.80 6.10 17.09 16.83 . 2.72 . 2.82 5.44 . 2.62 6.05 . 2.72
PAKISTAN 2.60 1.24 0.27 2.51 2.42 5.12 7.14 . 5.84 . 5.37 . 2.49 2.41 .
COSTA RICA 0.70 0.13 6.78 11.19 5.05 20.01 0.12 0.12 3.75 0.62 3.70 4.21 0.61 0.57 1.07
POLAND . . 0.17 0.17 . 0.15 0.18 . 0.16 2.16 0.02 0.07 0.05 1.56 0.58
HONG KONG 1.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.03 .
SWEDEN 0.47 . 0.37 1.02 . 0.37 2.13 . 1.50 1.19 1.43 0.08 0.47 0.80 0.08
HUNGARY . . . . . . 0.03 . . . 2.23 . . . 0.13
IRELAND 0.01 0.02 0.09 0.01 0.04 . 0.01 . 0.09 0.52 0.03 . 0.01 0.01 0.06
BELGIUM . 2.59 0.36 17.18 18.62 12.70 5.56 . 57.50 21.30 4.09 7.56 0.01 . 0.05
CROATIA . . . . . 0.03 . . 0.02 . . 0.16 . . .
ESTONIA . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . .
KYRGYZSTAN 5.61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES . . . . . . 0.04 . . . . . . . .
ROMANIA 30.02 . . . . . . . 0.88 . . 0.05 . . .
SINGAPORE 6.35 . 30.59 0.33 . 0.01 . . . . 4.56 62.48 . . .
SLOVENIA . . . . . 0.91 0.93 . . . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: January 17, 2012, with
Census data collected through November 2011
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months reported
 
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