SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- 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	7,647	7,809	9,908	7,923	8,757	11,164	9,211	8,671	8,327	8,813	9,769	7,593	6,550	9,501	4,848
M	UNITED KINGDOM	4,758	4,040	5,872	4,345	5,533	6,950	5,254	4,878	5,294	5,172	6,221	4,220	3,431	4,502	2,228
M	SWEDEN	2,013	2,702	2,446	2,425	2,182	2,904	2,883	3,022	2,806	2,529	2,857	2,165	1,703	3,113	1,288
M	ITALY	457.3	891.1	1,072	727.0	438.1	732.8	810.7	518.9	80.8	455.2	443.9	1,078	976.1	566.8	891.5
M	SPAIN	65.7	60.1	365.9	292.6	417.7	244.5	109.8	35.4	.	585.8	166.6	71.6	182.7	436.4	122.3
M	GERMANY	47.2	42.5	90.4	61.7	99.0	.	34.5	87.1	37.3	16.5	8.74	24.6	163.4	19.8	15.1
M	UKRAINE	270.9	35.4	.	.	.	266.6	82.4	17.6	.	.	.	.	53.9	308.7	10.6
M	CHINA	6.04	5.02	2.55	12.5	8.50	12.5	0.16	4.54	3.40	11.7	29.6	19.2	4.63	28.9	1.61
M	MEXICO	.	.	19.8	39.7	20.2	39.3	19.5	59.4	20.0	.	19.6	.	19.4	.	.
M	CANADA	1.60	.	10.6	0.97	8.05	1.93	6.16	19.4	25.2	18.4	15.4	11.1	0.83	0.00	0.02
M	TAIWAN	6.41	4.32	4.25	1.41	8.40	6.82	1.39	9.82	47.5	7.06	1.85	1.45	10.9	11.6	.
M	JAPAN	14.9	1.51	8.34	5.77	6.90	2.25	3.48	.	6.53	3.95	1.86	.	3.45	0.00	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.13	.	.	.	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	3.34	3.12	4.79	4.77	.	3.21	5.70	2.20	5.10	6.36	.	1.91	.	0.44	0.33
M	BELGIUM	.	1.19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	0.65	0.35	4.30	3.08	2.16	.	.	.	.	6.56	.	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	5.71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	0.54	1.35	.	.	0.34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	40.8
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.04	.	.	.	.	.	.	116.5
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	20.0	.	2.91	31.4	.	.	11.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	132.9
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	513.3	.

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