SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Wire Rods -- 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	89,833	69,791	64,423	63,973	87,139	70,502	75,402	145,798	66,256	107,118	85,280	70,449	87,637	129,728	44,195
M	CANADA	28,358	31,113	35,133	33,053	43,264	38,718	31,372	37,878	37,369	32,246	31,662	30,141	31,736	24,613	5,983
M	CHINA	26,662	8,106	820.1	3,066	14,666	1,028	14.8	.	5,481	5,776	15,172	23,878	12,592	57,607	3,199
M	JAPAN	10,099	11,103	10,655	8,596	7,407	9,387	9,054	12,902	7,529	6,481	9,736	7,553	8,247	11,490	3,842
M	BRAZIL	7,355	7,518	10,380	4,744	14,304	11,607	12,896	16,562	4,668	8,363	10,797	2,619	11,452	15,987	4,973
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	4,727	.	.	35,766	.	19,960	.	.	18,510	14,179	12,507
M	GERMANY	3,879	5,764	2,355	1,159	1,606	2,738	11,994	32,113	10,074	28,870	2,517	4,439	1,868	2,128	3,669
M	MALAYSIA	8,731	615.2	21.1	7,756	.	26.4	.	4,693	3.54	.	6,537	.	105.0	.	.
M	KOREA	2,723	2,787	1,998	.	17.8	21.5	3,810	1,352	.	1,033	2,278	412.2	3,070	153.4	.
M	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	.	.	.	3,555	.	5,602	6,000	.	.	2,731	5,436	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	1,818	13.6	374.8	141.7	711.8	1,208	.	2,558	108.8	.	.	1,181	.	1,316	1,614
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	623.5	102.6	36.3	883.3	65.7
M	SPAIN	129.6	273.2	830.2	.	418.9	.	.	878.9	403.0	81.2	460.4	102.5	.	.	3,214
M	FINLAND	.	.	.	.	.	36.7	18.8	19.7	94.5	38.4	38.0	17.2	18.0	.	29.7
M	MEXICO	18.1	18.1	1,800	1,170	13.6	25.4	10.8	1,071	523.8	1,534	17.9	.	.	1,308	59.0
M	ARGENTINA	.	2,441	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	.	20.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	108.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	ITALY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5,035
M	SWEDEN	57.1	36.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	19.2	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	32.3	729.5	.	100.4	119.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	40.9	.

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