SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Light Shaped -- C & A
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													License Data
		SEP07	OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08
M	WORLD	15,324	12,789	20,199	11,185	16,460	11,816	16,408	13,605	12,348	15,978	14,973	11,293	9,647	8,277	1,948
M	CANADA	7,968	9,044	7,681	6,152	9,866	8,836	6,903	9,126	8,650	8,909	7,900	4,800	6,206	4,881	1,467
M	MEXICO	4,059	2,031	4,422	4,410	2,861	1,856	2,513	3,811	2,790	2,604	6,962	5,811	3,067	3,348	425.5
M	CHINA	29.9	448.3	308.4	53.5	160.4	72.5	62.2	16.7	357.3	82.3	106.5	288.8	259.6	17.1	35.6
M	TURKEY	.	.	432.2	.	.	151.9	323.5	94.8	.	.	.	384.2	1.99	.	.
M	KOREA	85.1	260.7	322.7	237.0	.	.	17.3	.	.	90.0	.	.	100.9	.	.
M	BRAZIL	345.9	980.8	344.8	3.29	.	622.8	3,510	526.5	547.0	345.3	3.90	2.75	.	14.4	15.7
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.53	.	.	.
M	ITALY	11.1	.	.	.	.	2.75	.	.	.	.	.	.	5.71	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	18.2	.	0.75	.	2.99	.	.	.	3.88	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.61	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	22.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	2.16	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.18	.
M	GERMANY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.45	1.19	.	.	.	.	0.39	.
M	JAPAN	2,710	.	3,017	.	3,554	.	2,767	.	.	2,867	.	.	.	.	.
M	PERU	.	.	3,298	.	.	.	.	.	.	1,080	.	.	.	.	2.23
M	SPAIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	308.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	113.0	.	370.6	309.1	.	273.6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	17.0	.	.	.	19.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.1	2.41

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: November 18, 2008, with

Licensing data collected through November 18, 2008 and

Final Census data compiled through September 2008

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