U.S. Imports of Select Downstream Steel Products
Steel wire strand
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 22,741 24,152 28,618 22,789 21,314 27,436 24,155 31,284 29,102 33,767 36,666 32,991 36,552 23,938 30,175
CHINA 12,045 16,799 20,054 12,285 13,428 18,699 15,130 21,613 20,685 23,838 27,990 23,657 28,347 16,743 22,716
KOREA 4,357 2,884 2,825 2,538 2,904 2,744 2,606 3,044 2,609 3,306 2,646 2,682 2,761 2,287 2,468
CANADA 1,641 1,774 1,864 1,617 1,628 1,740 1,671 1,608 1,725 1,894 1,564 1,667 1,705 1,594 1,613
JAPAN 1,315 799.3 964.5 883.1 590.4 1,078 705.3 923.0 843.3 803.5 887.5 825.5 989.0 628.6 686.5
THAILAND 604.4 452.9 491.1 548.4 433.8 566.1 433.8 683.5 237.7 439.4 611.3 735.3 375.1 604.4 605.7
MALAYSIA 330.7 124.4 409.4 430.3 538.4 436.0 505.4 296.9 499.8 304.2 465.4 158.3 455.4 281.6 162.6
ROMANIA 133.3 174.8 99.96 99.96 299.9 99.96 132.6 364.7 165.8 298.4 265.2 165.8 198.9 335.3 165.8
ITALY 557.8 150.9 168.7 268.0 167.6 136.8 347.2 110.8 541.8 523.8 209.7 204.1 407.9 116.8 120.9
TURKEY 55.54 36.24 352.2 72.26 17.85 90.01 290.1 255.2 182.1 197.6 416.8 351.0 82.22 161.2 290.5
UNITED KINGDOM 69.09 33.92 7.90 78.56 119.4 216.2 72.56 51.10 85.76 306.8 321.0 9.51 224.0 47.71 177.0
BELGIUM 28.26 21.66 84.38 126.6 19.81 0.29 0.30 17.70 0.19 172.2 117.3 468.6 133.8 139.0 139.8
FRANCE 277.0 190.3 222.9 165.1 150.1 185.6 113.1 232.3 166.8 462.0 180.3 154.4 102.6 102.4 163.7
PORTUGAL 59.23 0.04 194.2 278.5 26.12 163.0 577.3 935.1 496.1 139.1 57.48 697.2 53.43 155.3 88.22
BRAZIL 168.2 19.54 132.4 117.0 143.5 220.1 23.68 176.9 28.04 89.44 74.19 226.8 135.6 88.15 71.12
SWITZERLAND 199.3 98.61 150.1 87.87 117.7 231.8 192.3 172.9 116.2 234.8 83.76 78.09 94.72 99.78 86.76
MEXICO 241.9 162.2 182.7 245.9 344.0 79.55 148.2 238.9 240.7 176.3 249.0 164.4 78.85 73.69 112.4
SLOVAKIA 81.76 38.19 152.5 147.1 257.0 183.2 109.7 128.2 199.9 272.2 160.9 220.9 73.86 19.09 169.3
PHILIPPINES 0.97 13.45 . 64.43 49.60 198.7 42.27 190.2 109.3 146.1 145.8 161.3 123.9 45.83 28.68
AUSTRIA . 14.34 14.46 36.89 . 14.45 43.06 57.64 28.76 43.12 43.21 48.99 43.50 44.53 71.46
SINGAPORE 3.03 2.27 8.97 . 10.93 15.62 23.56 24.35 14.48 3.75 0.50 1.75 4.69 134.5 3.26
SPAIN 17.12 0.40 28.98 . . 2.34 63.47 50.73 0.13 0.09 . 0.01 0.09 103.5 0.01
ISRAEL 18.47 19.75 . 18.98 0.35 . 68.72 19.35 . . 19.21 19.19 19.16 18.12 56.43
INDIA 3.07 2.11 0.74 857.5 0.50 1.22 12.71 0.49 1.33 18.05 16.50 0.82 56.24 34.14 0.99
INDONESIA . . . . . . 4.12 . 5.65 28.23 24.54 15.98 10.95 2.58 73.17
COLOMBIA 37.06 14.35 . . 16.01 . . 13.73 . . 29.51 14.45 . 28.19 57.31
GERMANY 180.5 94.01 93.00 200.1 11.35 22.58 25.19 37.12 8.63 19.29 36.83 26.08 55.97 12.14 5.98
DENMARK 6.65 . 9.68 11.43 5.60 8.82 . . 10.90 0.48 . . . 4.50 18.13
TAIWAN 81.07 108.4 7.39 22.27 32.14 10.28 14.51 10.45 9.88 20.76 2.98 12.28 11.92 5.87 2.50
GREECE . . 1.02 4.77 . . . . . . . . . . 9.76
SWEDEN . 18.99 1.78 0.19 0.23 22.99 0.02 0.08 4.04 0.07 0.35 0.26 0.01 9.31 0.23
HONG KONG . 0.02 0.02 . 0.28 0.14 . . . . . . . 9.03 .
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 9.40 . . . . 20.13 8.32 19.78 22.64 20.48 . 3.41 . 7.98 .
PANAMA . . 42.70 . . . . . . . . . 6.30 . .
NETHERLANDS 1.81 0.00 0.25 1,299 0.00 . 774.0 0.20 . . 44.28 0.48 . . 3.87
NEW ZEALAND 0.69 . 0.14 . . . 2.25 . 5.66 0.96 1.19 . 0.83 . 2.57
AUSTRALIA . . 35.68 0.13 0.08 15.70 0.23 1.07 25.08 1.50 0.31 0.16 0.20 0.36 2.18
NORWAY . 0.29 13.40 1.22 0.76 231.6 0.24 0.89 1.01 . . 0.64 . . 0.52
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . 0.01 0.01 0.01 13.36 . . 0.32 . . 0.39 . .
POLAND . . . . . . . . . . 0.19 . . . 0.20
VIETNAM . . . . . . . . . 0.44 0.47 . . 0.12 0.05
SOUTH AFRICA 215.8 . 0.12 278.3 0.03 . . . . . . 217.2 . 0.12 .
COSTA RICA . . . . 0.00 0.00 . . . . . . . . 0.00
IRELAND . 0.00 . . . . . . 0.03 6.00 . . . . 0.00
ARGENTINA . 99.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BELIZE . . . . . . . . . . 0.28 . . . .
CHILE . 2.95 3.27 4.99 . . . . . . . 2.36 . . .
CZECH REPUBLIC 0.28 . 0.08 0.14 1.13 1.76 . . 1.40 . . . . . .
FINLAND . . . 0.00 0.01 0.18 . . . . . . . . .
LITHUANIA . . . . . . . 5.80 10.55 . . . . . .
VENEZUELA . . . . . . . . 19.79 . . . . . .

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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