SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Rails Standard -- 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	24,636	18,377	13,251	7,119	11,695	21,208	21,969	20,281	23,311	12,177	28,244	16,699	9,752	13,112	7,954
M	JAPAN	14,078	2,707	12,032	796.4	11,320	15,179	21,055	18,957	17,825	11,419	23,059	11,331	8,366	11,240	2,801
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	10,405	9,653	208.0	5,156	.	5,514	16.9	554.3	4,690	88.2	4,687	4,505	842.4	429.7	4,792
M	LUXEMBOURG	57.0	20.7	86.4	172.2	172.0	154.0	414.4	446.6	60.6	400.3	82.7	639.3	449.7	980.6	179.7
M	SPAIN	4.71	68.5	185.5	234.3	184.9	352.2	286.7	56.1	104.3	63.0	184.1	145.8	.	104.2	.
M	GERMANY	19.5	151.0	0.73	.	.	.	18.0	.	.	33.4	108.0	58.6	58.6	152.6	19.5
M	KOREA	.	157.0	737.6	466.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	44.1	.	21.2	.	66.9
M	CHINA	49.6	5,061	.	68.0	17.1	.	.	136.6	.	34.8	58.3	.	3.51	.	.
M	CANADA	.	405.6	.	.	.	5.64	146.0	129.1	124.7	81.5	15.5	.	10.9	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.00	.	.	3.79	18.6	.	.	.
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.32	.
M	AUSTRIA	14.9	151.7	.	225.7	.	2.55	25.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BELGIUM	5.97	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MEXICO	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	505.6	.	.	.	.	84.7	94.6
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.44	.	.	55.9	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	119.9	0.01

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