| US Imports of Steel Mill Products | |||
| FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A |
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| Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton | |||
| Same Table - Metric Tons |
Same Table - US Dollars |
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| 'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products | |||
| Graph | Country | Census Data | Preliminary Census Data |
License Data | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT07 | NOV07 | DEC07 | JAN08 | FEB08 | MAR08 | APR08 | MAY08 | JUN08 | JUL08 | AUG08 | SEP08 | OCT08 | NOV08 | NOV08 | DEC08 | ||
| M | WORLD | $1,175 | $1,089 | $944 | $1,090 | $1,439 | $1,265 | $1,411 | $1,510 | $1,482 | $1,392 | $1,498 | $1,430 | $1,703 | $1,574 | $1,557 | $1,576 |
| M | UKRAINE | $877 | $909 | $898 | $1,053 | $2,843 | $1,576 | $1,198 | $3,294 | $1,361 | $704 | $1,266 | $2,387 | $1,457 | $1,540 | $1,518 | $981 |
| M | CANADA | $1,008 | $984 | $969 | $1,020 | $1,128 | $1,163 | $1,224 | $1,366 | $1,468 | $1,560 | $1,571 | $1,677 | $1,738 | $1,683 | $1,665 | $1,377 |
| M | THAILAND | . | . | $660 | . | . | $657 | $1,198 | $1,029 | $1,042 | $1,029 | . | $1,140 | $1,347 | $1,362 | $1,362 | . |
| M | RUSSIA | . | $632 | . | $699 | . | $739 | $680 | $874 | $1,060 | $1,160 | $1,256 | $1,317 | $1,286 | $1,383 | $1,362 | $1,382 |
| M | SWEDEN | $2,002 | $1,776 | $1,755 | $1,925 | $2,150 | $1,905 | $1,963 | $1,802 | $1,987 | $2,039 | $2,141 | $2,261 | $2,211 | $2,158 | $2,158 | $2,148 |
| M | KOREA | $753 | $751 | $749 | $738 | $810 | $777 | $747 | $975 | $887 | $846 | $1,088 | $1,246 | $1,357 | $1,337 | $1,389 | $1,387 |
| M | CHINA | $798 | $869 | $1,370 | $1,027 | $1,404 | $927 | $1,250 | $1,109 | $949 | $1,692 | $1,239 | $1,353 | $1,466 | $1,467 | $1,475 | $1,819 |
| M | JAPAN | $1,226 | $1,412 | $1,226 | $1,244 | $1,218 | $1,231 | $1,260 | $1,282 | $1,348 | $1,369 | $1,362 | $1,509 | $1,626 | $1,506 | $1,520 | $1,756 |
| M | GERMANY | $2,217 | $2,241 | $1,868 | $2,012 | $2,368 | $2,776 | $2,043 | $2,148 | $2,367 | $3,587 | $2,269 | $2,227 | $2,596 | $2,149 | $2,097 | $2,233 |
| M | ROMANIA | $837 | $770 | $754 | $734 | . | $1,005 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,309 | $1,316 | . |
| M | BRAZIL | $1,033 | $1,241 | $1,357 | $1,180 | $1,463 | $1,636 | $1,417 | $1,125 | $1,409 | $1,448 | $1,264 | $1,604 | $2,354 | $1,857 | $1,930 | $1,762 |
| M | FRANCE | $3,582 | $1,819 | $2,295 | $2,581 | $3,223 | $2,987 | $3,163 | $4,352 | $4,490 | $2,661 | $1,983 | $2,298 | $5,186 | $5,368 | $4,949 | $5,383 |
| M | BULGARIA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,355 | $1,336 | . |
| M | AUSTRIA | $1,003 | $1,192 | $1,243 | $1,548 | $1,092 | $1,586 | $3,808 | $3,648 | $1,286 | $1,394 | $1,563 | $1,774 | $1,751 | $2,856 | $3,288 | $1,780 |
| M | UNITED KINGDOM | $1,355 | $1,258 | $1,280 | $1,269 | $1,350 | $1,402 | $1,551 | $1,672 | $1,489 | $1,263 | $2,157 | $1,265 | $1,277 | $1,541 | $1,619 | $3,583 |
| M | FINLAND | $1,650 | $1,623 | . | . | $1,964 | $2,001 | $1,783 | $1,415 | $1,941 | $2,038 | $2,059 | $2,150 | $1,797 | . | $1,811 | $1,529 |
| M | BELGIUM | $5,458 | $2,220 | $2,683 | $4,794 | $5,051 | $3,322 | $4,631 | $4,068 | $5,316 | $3,399 | $4,729 | $3,411 | $3,741 | $3,398 | $2,722 | $3,076 |
| M | SPAIN | $2,102 | $11,470 | . | . | $2,089 | $2,606 | $2,689 | $2,879 | $1,615 | $2,288 | $2,749 | $2,723 | $2,790 | $1,783 | $2,930 | $2,510 |
| M | TAIWAN | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $2,771 | . | . | $2,315 | $1,138 | $1,156 | $1,144 | $3,654 |
| M | POLAND | $600 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $2,594 | . | . | $2,243 | . | . | $2,068 |
| M | NORWAY | . | $1,088 | . | . | . | $1,111 | . | $1,050 | . | . | . | $1,446 | . | . | . | . |
| M | TURKEY | . | . | . | . | . | . | $700 | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,287 | $1,287 | $1,270 |
| M | SOUTH AFRICA | $4,908 | $934 | $893 | $908 | $1,148 | $883 | $976 | $1,399 | $1,004 | $1,387 | $1,689 | . | $1,379 | $1,376 | $1,376 | $1,195 |
| M | AUSTRALIA | $2,232 | $796 | $714 | $709 | $694 | $849 | $918 | $1,114 | $1,134 | $3,427 | $3,771 | $4,216 | . | $5,158 | $5,158 | $1,231 |
| M | SLOVAKIA | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,269 | $1,265 | $1,205 | . | . | $955 |
| M | MEXICO | $865 | $830 | $1,047 | $722 | $801 | $793 | $426 | $1,094 | $775 | $1,034 | $1,248 | $1,062 | $1,015 | $1,193 | $1,193 | $1,239 |
| M | CZECH REPUBLIC | . | $618 | $1,091 | . | . | $1,447 | $330 | . | $687 | . | . | $1,889 | $1,205 | . | . | . |
| M | INDIA | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,417 | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,824 | $1,902 | $1,225 |
| M | INDONESIA | $1,500 | . | . | . | . | . | $1,417 | . | . | . | . | . | $1,600 | . | . | . |
| M | DENMARK | $1,576 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| M | EGYPT | $750 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| M | ISRAEL | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $10,172 |
| M | ITALY | $1,053 | . | . | . | $1,162 | . | . | . | . | $1,294 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| M | MALAYSIA | . | $555 | $615 | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,279 | . | . | . | . | . | $1,171 |
| M | NETHERLANDS | $330 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $2,815 |
| M | NEW ZEALAND | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,119 | . |
| M | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $6,941 | . |
| M | UNITED STATES | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | $1,464 | $911 |
| SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration |
| Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with |
| Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and |
| Preliminary Census data compiled through November 2008 |
| Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data |
| Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes |
| Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data |
| To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page. |
| Link to Annual Summary of Census Data |