U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Steel wire strand
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 32,991 36,552 23,938 30,175 14,663 12,756 12,354 12,448 14,548 11,829 13,574 16,231 11,860 12,195 13,698
CHINA 23,657 28,347 16,743 22,716 8,726 6,352 6,545 6,571 7,104 5,044 6,754 9,526 3,955 3,713 3,478
KOREA 2,682 2,761 2,287 2,468 2,136 1,930 1,890 2,166 3,941 2,683 1,814 2,035 2,043 1,974 2,820
SOUTH AFRICA 217.2 . 0.12 . . 217.1 . . . 0.03 . . 912.5 943.3 1,119
PORTUGAL 697.2 53.43 155.3 88.22 0.05 . . 4.61 16.27 399.1 141.4 315.2 221.6 723.2 984.2
TAIWAN 12.28 11.92 5.87 2.50 6.85 20.39 13.07 6.27 104.6 49.93 378.3 103.7 345.7 669.0 805.0
ITALY 204.1 407.9 116.8 120.9 78.92 188.7 248.5 71.76 491.2 473.2 57.78 379.2 582.4 582.6 642.7
THAILAND 735.3 375.1 604.4 605.7 373.0 322.0 530.7 613.4 398.1 279.0 461.1 542.4 466.2 570.3 747.6
MEXICO 164.4 78.85 73.69 112.4 286.4 302.8 58.98 152.8 280.3 183.9 390.8 369.6 466.0 645.6 392.7
CANADA 1,667 1,705 1,594 1,613 1,261 1,496 1,755 1,462 603.1 788.9 622.1 882.1 635.1 352.0 322.4
JAPAN 825.5 989.0 628.6 686.5 423.9 378.1 352.9 238.3 342.8 287.5 364.2 179.2 330.1 251.9 351.5
SPAIN 0.01 0.09 103.5 0.01 147.8 48.18 34.96 0.08 . 133.3 . 0.08 2.84 286.8 631.8
ROMANIA 165.8 198.9 335.3 165.8 198.9 135.4 66.30 132.6 265.2 165.8 132.6 470.4 298.4 298.4 248.6
NETHERLANDS 0.48 . . 3.87 14.80 8.25 35.83 327.3 . 294.4 862.9 674.4 714.4 28.68 0.37
SWITZERLAND 78.09 94.72 99.78 86.76 103.2 133.5 18.11 4.11 101.6 233.8 234.1 89.27 306.9 194.6 132.6
MALAYSIA 158.3 455.4 281.6 162.6 196.2 . 21.50 . 16.07 . 30.90 46.17 64.96 105.6 367.3
FRANCE 154.4 102.6 102.4 163.7 213.7 255.0 86.21 91.36 166.0 31.03 91.78 165.6 163.8 152.8 166.4
TURKEY 351.0 82.22 161.2 290.5 17.92 . 139.7 66.11 . 79.08 84.83 33.63 71.79 87.93 163.7
SAUDI ARABIA . . . . . . . . . . . 24.22 . 287.3 .
BRAZIL 226.8 135.6 88.15 71.12 87.54 149.8 90.72 106.0 213.9 134.3 88.81 37.32 77.78 81.27 85.44
ISRAEL 19.19 19.16 18.12 56.43 37.38 96.77 19.72 . 88.62 72.65 18.34 35.11 18.18 68.82 89.93
SLOVAKIA 220.9 73.86 19.09 169.3 38.17 56.18 75.50 . 113.6 . 16.77 50.30 . 63.72 64.86
GERMANY 26.08 55.97 12.14 5.98 17.16 18.27 24.60 9.37 59.07 22.26 148.2 123.7 59.89 55.88 4.01
UNITED KINGDOM 9.51 224.0 47.71 177.0 77.90 261.6 20.17 171.9 40.43 21.44 15.99 2.92 54.17 12.82 22.65
COLOMBIA 14.45 . 28.19 57.31 14.45 32.69 . 28.77 13.14 54.85 60.80 . . 25.35 16.12
BELGIUM 468.6 133.8 139.0 139.8 86.58 4.58 . 5.00 118.3 43.93 86.45 . 29.33 2.70 .
BELARUS . . . . . . . . . . . 1.47 21.46 . .
GREECE . . . 9.76 . . . 3.53 . . 9.70 . . . 16.76
CHILE 2.36 . . . . 0.96 1.31 2.28 . . . . 2.32 . 12.64
SINGAPORE 1.75 4.69 134.5 3.26 0.27 1.81 12.68 15.78 20.50 11.08 19.41 5.59 10.01 1.69 2.31
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3.41 . 7.98 . . . . 19.14 . 21.39 . 28.25 . . 7.56
HONG KONG . . 9.03 . . . . 0.07 . 0.03 . . . 5.66 .
LITHUANIA . . . . . 16.78 14.04 . . . . 12.11 . 5.01 .
DENMARK . . 4.50 18.13 . 3.81 1.68 0.44 0.48 4.83 1.62 . 1.32 1.32 0.29
INDIA 0.82 56.24 34.14 0.99 0.05 73.07 6.38 0.24 11.44 . 0.24 1.84 2.15 0.73 0.04
NEW ZEALAND . 0.83 . 2.57 . 0.03 . 3.37 . . 3.11 . . 2.32 .
LUXEMBOURG . . . . 36.49 34.11 16.96 . . . . . . . 1.67
POLAND . . . 0.20 . 0.38 . . . 0.30 . . 0.93 0.00 .
IRELAND . . . 0.00 . . . 0.83 0.21 0.46 . 1.32 0.75 . .
PHILIPPINES 161.3 123.9 45.83 28.68 21.27 57.57 184.3 0.73 33.49 4.41 6.49 . . 0.41 .
NORWAY 0.64 . . 0.52 . . . 142.0 0.96 303.2 671.4 0.03 0.19 0.18 .
AUSTRALIA 0.16 0.20 0.36 2.18 0.80 0.32 0.72 0.27 0.06 0.69 0.12 0.45 . 0.24 0.08
SWEDEN 0.26 0.01 9.31 0.23 3.92 0.24 0.09 0.09 0.77 0.04 0.04 . . 0.07 0.12
VIETNAM . . 0.12 0.05 . . 0.09 . . 0.04 0.05 . 0.03 . 0.00
FINLAND . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . 0.01
GEORGIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 .
ARGENTINA . . . . . . . . . . 1.93 51.52 . . .
AUSTRIA 48.99 43.50 44.53 71.46 14.30 71.35 43.22 . . . . 0.03 . . .
COSTA RICA . . . 0.00 . . . . . . 0.10 . . . .
INDONESIA 15.98 10.95 2.58 73.17 29.67 69.10 45.44 31.17 3.02 6.23 2.61 . . . .
PANAMA . 6.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SWAZILAND . . . . 12.41 . . . . . . . . . .
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . 0.39 . . . . . 0.53 0.21 0.58 0.03 0.02 . . .
VENEZUELA . . . . . 19.97 . . . . . 43.03 . . .

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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