SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets Hot Rolled -- S
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	2,298	1,579	1,838	2,059	1,381	2,044	4,220	2,813	3,861	2,273	2,095	3,123	2,285	2,525	1,702
M	JAPAN	1,255	471.1	847.9	698.3	893.6	1,007	1,076	1,483	1,643	1,426	1,242	1,384	1,076	1,690	943.5
M	SOUTH AFRICA	600.0	804.9	207.2	926.6	129.0	537.2	1,356	311.9	1,528	397.8	131.7	1,154	615.5	450.5	588.5
M	CHINA	180.4	49.5	576.4	82.5	76.6	12.6	355.8	543.0	221.5	266.8	434.3	491.7	449.3	98.8	1.91
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	99.7	.	121.6	.	.	.	.	84.2	28.4	.	.	.
M	GERMANY	25.3	17.7	54.6	163.0	205.6	108.9	323.9	256.5	152.7	21.6	14.3	.	74.4	0.70	2.17
M	FRANCE	.	.	10.9	10.5	.	.	.	.	64.8	.	30.7	30.1	6.27	.	108.1
M	BRAZIL	179.3	.	20.4	.	.	11.3	24.8	.	.	.	46.5	.	.	15.8	.
M	ITALY	0.43	39.9	69.4	25.6	12.2	29.3	107.9	48.0	133.0	59.0	20.4	12.0	8.46	35.2	5.55
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	7.77	.	.	.	14.1	.	.	.	.	29.7	10.7	.	.	.
M	SWEDEN	.	20.5	.	19.4	.	15.9	.	0.56	40.7	2.87	12.1	.	18.9	35.4	38.0
M	CANADA	2.22	.	.	2.59	0.46	12.1	41.1	89.0	2.13	54.8	.	.	27.2	20.7	4.43
M	BELGIUM	31.4	74.5	9.08	0.24	.	14.6	72.7	36.4	.	0.99	14.2	.	1.06	77.6	.
M	KOREA	.	29.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24.2	.	7.54	4.80	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	.	17.6	35.9	5.49	28.9	4.70	4.74	41.8	2.26	.	6.52	3.99	1.39	74.9	5.57
M	FINLAND	.	45.4	.	.	34.6	127.7	44.9	.	46.8	19.7	11.4	.	.	23.5	.
M	AUSTRIA	24.1	1.48	4.37	7.81	.	3.27	4.36	.	0.73	4.42	1.87	3.49	2.08	1.60	.
M	MEXICO	.	.	0.73	.	.	.	15.0	.	.	.	2.13	.	3.68	0.00	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.80	.	.	.	.
M	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.76
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	23.0	.	2.26	.	18.2	.	.	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	.	.	0.88	16.8	.	.	791.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.

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