US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Carbon and Alloy Products

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Country Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09 DEC09 DEC09 JAN10
M WORLD 2,110,094 1,814,790 2,086,259 1,397,943 1,349,472 1,073,551 899,043 741,573 857,101 846,253 1,055,693 1,423,409 1,196,681 1,211,055 1,193,309 1,337,372
M CANADA 300,453 242,592 255,251 273,283 312,277 246,971 229,348 256,390 272,247 281,446 417,849 478,128 401,796 435,975 426,843 424,899
M MEXICO 116,437 108,817 166,888 171,452 110,806 126,152 95,147 105,366 146,771 98,564 93,810 139,864 97,239 157,889 118,295 173,765
M KOREA 207,347 99,693 232,179 135,636 120,185 62,630 105,046 34,196 66,080 76,659 56,012 99,989 93,836 92,620 112,282 123,376
M JAPAN 128,956 96,436 127,121 87,581 127,928 106,540 53,222 51,584 111,750 61,298 83,653 79,908 85,290 89,269 87,630 79,891
M BRAZIL 32,972 99,543 38,276 59,510 42,881 27,596 15,131 40,598 6,609 89,041 71,379 69,580 102,146 77,584 83,798 25,880
M NETHERLANDS 56,585 10,732 14,409 11,035 5,477 31,811 23,473 18,266 18,901 24,574 21,109 89,711 66,013 14,816 14,720 19,049
M RUSSIA 101,369 116,637 197,812 61,061 16,226 21,584 8,180 2,314 5,352 25,390 558.2 71,002 81,780 603.3 597.8 85,858
M CHINA 529,035 429,735 383,519 239,250 170,396 87,522 132,881 38,233 25,058 26,499 33,429 44,883 49,949 37,626 36,227 56,924
M ITALY 11,522 16,215 31,122 12,765 9,880 12,413 11,192 14,507 8,974 22,434 33,108 40,306 36,833 41,622 31,494 43,733
M GERMANY 64,019 73,368 90,540 29,128 48,462 43,547 17,883 26,579 20,923 17,194 25,249 38,597 26,989 36,606 31,432 31,055
M TURKEY 141,579 65,477 101,674 61,049 81,140 23,915 23,471 1,778 29,133 12,998 10,247 62,944 677.0 35,458 25,061 16,811
M AUSTRALIA 1,058 40,806 24,784 24,246 17,850 19,204 15,106 504.6 17,052 14,080 31,505 44,934 25,182 23,995 24,015 60,972
M INDIA 78,610 109,244 68,780 66,280 72,253 69,160 22,799 28,483 37,088 6,089 33,039 44,528 14,437 22,986 48,881 12,756
M UNITED KINGDOM 22,823 14,772 16,728 4,607 16,208 12,989 5,153 14,614 10,314 6,250 24,181 13,817 16,316 17,512 19,863 33,007
M LUXEMBOURG 10,956 12,008 15,025 1,461 2,468 8,019 959.7 11,452 3,438 8,828 13,907 22,146 5,927 18,219 18,323 22,307
M TAIWAN 32,901 30,597 64,346 28,835 31,133 26,266 25,698 5,544 17,102 9,900 32,391 10,357 13,329 13,552 14,579 20,726
M BELGIUM 10,045 7,478 3,496 2,310 10,014 18,971 2,725 4,665 2,850 3,532 4,960 3,760 5,762 17,189 17,348 6,333
M FRANCE 21,291 13,207 24,682 25,177 18,679 18,895 6,017 28,571 4,321 3,671 11,132 2,314 12,168 10,506 6,698 9,096
M SWEDEN 25,276 17,128 18,769 17,275 8,805 14,531 3,957 8,349 6,983 2,358 2,482 5,231 2,851 14,932 15,367 9,324
M SPAIN 21,686 11,835 15,590 21,594 8,706 11,920 5,844 5,366 6,482 3,497 15,420 8,156 4,254 9,521 9,093 6,897
M VENEZUELA 562.5 586.0 4,496 1,160 75.4 5,100 14,163 10,658 696.2 6,014 5,115 377.3 21,077 422.8 520.4 4,485
M CZECH REPUBLIC 11,449 20,792 13,305 5,790 8,841 8,667 14,959 680.6 7,296 2,003 725.2 11,639 3,047 6,497 807.7 9,390
M AUSTRIA 14,405 16,909 14,562 14,573 18,925 15,544 9,450 4,696 7,474 4,379 9,582 8,748 2,559 9,076 8,391 9,212
M ARGENTINA 14,542 18,636 15,750 1,166 10,576 8,548 6,397 6,694 2,344 7,617 352.3 10,451 2,036 2,651 2,634 6,823
M FINLAND 337.6 2,906 6,682 11,969 11,014 369.3 636.5 1,072 1,063 1,352 10,586 634.9 4,944 1,705 1,894 849.6
M COLOMBIA 7,909 10,239 2,131 2,933 956.4 1,909 1,202 1,501 2,410 2,302 1,010 1,763 2,753 2,737 3,899 4,244
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,068 1,853 1,812 688.7 223.4 2,423 895.9 1,477 1,400 785.9 984.5 2,881 2,952 1,046 1,093 1,637
M SOUTH AFRICA 3,640 9,045 6,453 4,796 961.2 3,110 360.7 1,262 956.6 316.3 641.9 1,686 260.7 4,222 4,227 3,477
M NEW ZEALAND 306.3 811.5 4,174 563.3 6,548 14,075 8,313 2,646 3,880 2,175 182.5 1,465 1,911 2,435 2,439 3,958
M VIETNAM 3,123 3,462 1,560 562.1 3,149 2,758 2,762 1,587 1,825 1,612 2,105 1,990 1,656 1,694 1,699 1,951
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1,918 2,229 2,458 2,423 3,274 2,962 5,279 6,169 3,057 3,594 2,911 1,935 1,282 1,896 1,669 1,466
M POLAND 1,005 821.2 3,903 82.5 274.1 4,740 32.8 255.0 614.2 1,717 325.3 3,134 107.7 307.3 6,563 2,128
M OMAN 3,506 4,461 6,137 2,574 . . 142.5 1,290 824.1 276.9 2,474 664.7 1,690 1,148 1,148 823.3
M ROMANIA 17,290 7,499 18,203 3,244 3,263 97.7 934.8 2.94 1,674 17.8 100.1 1,771 156.4 1,460 1,460 1,914
M GREECE 26,382 11,588 10,824 138.6 24,022 5,038 13,470 18.3 . 19.4 . . 3,330 38.8 38.8 5,806
M ISRAEL 260.8 335.2 275.2 601.5 151.7 1,306 683.8 78.4 624.3 747.6 346.5 736.6 1,055 918.0 885.2 929.3
M NORWAY . . 1,542 240.7 20.8 . 1,881 1,199 . 1,684 10.2 1,716 . 700.2 700.2 1.33
M SWITZERLAND 1,593 358.4 350.5 233.1 445.7 1,283 323.4 418.1 504.2 461.2 574.0 439.2 689.7 387.1 490.2 624.3
M BELARUS 110.0 764.8 772.2 53.0 1,219 274.9 1,010 . 1,293 278.0 166.5 111.0 167.3 1,172 854.7 1,922
M MALAYSIA 1,738 7,841 27,646 519.2 7,503 385.5 5,347 1,317 429.9 1,152 312.9 280.5 408.3 602.2 706.5 381.1
M SLOVENIA 452.1 535.0 820.4 234.7 235.5 486.9 212.0 164.6 454.5 137.1 296.6 231.4 488.6 418.5 401.4 426.2
M THAILAND 28,224 11,220 22,079 8,240 13,639 1,953 2,176 162.1 80.2 173.3 336.7 367.2 198.1 116.7 137.3 1,802
M INDONESIA 339.7 28.9 20.2 160.0 1,349 536.5 4,425 509.8 44.0 19.9 78.5 19.9 329.6 247.9 490.5 .
M SLOVAKIA 776.8 132.7 356.4 16.5 188.7 49.2 215.9 39.6 198.1 104.9 18.9 44.4 179.6 333.8 1,006 244.9
M UKRAINE 47,642 64,079 28,649 967.2 621.2 171.5 438.2 165.9 133.7 12,845 131.7 22.2 299.5 18.4 81.2 3,622
M MOZAMBIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.9 . 170.0 .
M ECUADOR . 20.8 . . . . . . . . 20.6 21.0 21.8 133.3 113.2 .
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.7 186.7 78.2
M CHILE 51.8 35.0 20.9 . 7.93 8.68 26.0 . 85.3 19.5 106.6 58.3 . . . .
M SYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.3 . . .
M GUATEMALA 6.28 157.8 . 1.63 172.7 18.5 . 5.22 42.9 . . . 36.1 12.6 13.0 53.4
M PHILIPPINES 122.6 . . . . 37.3 . . . 0.48 0.38 19.0 . . 3.82 2.17
M DENMARK 0.43 1.21 . . 0.50 0.39 . . . . 0.38 13.8 3.41 . 0.26 3.58
M SINGAPORE . 58.6 184.1 388.7 1.18 232.6 39.0 . . 0.16 138.9 15.3 . . 11.0 0.83
M IRELAND 13.3 37.4 26.6 22.3 . . . . . 0.87 . . 5.98 2.40 0.05 .
M COSTA RICA 368.4 154.4 . . . . . . 132.7 85.1 362.0 . 0.37 . . .
M BULGARIA 2,987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M HONG KONG 59.1 10.8 57.5 . 25.4 36.2 . . 18.9 39.5 . . . . 35.7 38.6
M HUNGARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 0.19
M PAKISTAN 2,878 820.3 . 49.3 . . . 100.2 97.3 . 262.7 . . . . 0.45
M PERU 57.6 18.2 . . . 775.8 . . . . . . . . . 470.1
M SAUDI ARABIA 28.5 5.21 . . . 0.72 21.3 28.3 6.76 4.51 . . . . . .
M SERBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,976 5,930

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 2, 2010, with
Licensing data collected through February 2, 2010 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through December 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including preliminary 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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