SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates in Coils -- 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	3,061	2,513	761.6	720.6	802.6	3,037	1,437	2,174	2,736	2,522	4,079	1,622	2,273	1,537	814.2
M	GERMANY	797.7	277.4	170.1	375.7	90.8	1,768	157.7	118.9	744.5	1,079	1,974	107.0	540.4	83.8	83.0
M	SWEDEN	1,012	1,426	295.9	140.2	152.1	615.5	358.5	598.8	712.1	641.1	628.4	848.7	788.6	739.0	337.6
M	CHINA	565.5	485.9	286.0	61.3	189.5	548.4	314.6	747.1	583.3	666.7	803.7	302.4	540.9	599.8	210.1
M	BELGIUM	367.1	257.3	9.40	120.1	319.9	32.3	297.0	257.6	249.4	57.3	296.3	196.8	24.0	108.3	112.3
M	BRAZIL	90.3	.	.	20.1	.	20.7	82.5	364.8	21.5	11.4	262.1	110.3	.	.	53.6
M	SOUTH AFRICA	182.4	24.3	.	.	10.3	.	28.3	20.5	407.3	31.5	.	10.5	322.8	0.62	17.4
M	FINLAND	.	17.5	.	.	19.8	36.7	163.2	66.5	12.4	19.0	91.9	46.4	56.6	.	.
M	JAPAN	.	.	.	2.39	.	.	18.8	.	.	.	19.3	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	3.10	.	.	.	2.90	0.90	3.03	.	.	0.77	.
M	CANADA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.75	.	.	.	.	.	0.00
M	FRANCE	2.57	1.57	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.0	.	.	.	.	.
M	ITALY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.67	.
M	KOREA	43.7	22.7	.	0.50	16.8	14.5	16.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.85	.

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