US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- C & A

Average Unit Value in US$ per Metric Ton
Same Table - Metric Tons

Same Table - US Dollars

'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
 
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