SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped -- 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													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08	NOV08	DEC08
M	WORLD	144,116	101,445	85,992	135,159	102,648	151,644	104,324	197,727	123,255	147,047	132,566	179,810	157,402	108,790	107,948	113,856
M	CHINA	41,998	21,060	13,862	27,228	16,150	32,522	12,657	64,524	37,747	32,636	49,014	38,346	68,246	20,406	20,416	25,002
M	CANADA	42,096	42,962	33,577	42,272	45,025	48,476	48,090	49,118	40,467	39,219	34,165	43,881	37,884	27,446	28,032	22,325
M	INDIA	10,525	247.4	10,670	17,491	19.1	30,669	76.1	42,578	58.7	22,055	14,569	42,936	8,660	12,446	13,673	36,524
M	TAIWAN	12,531	6,219	8,831	10,584	4,785	19,072	5,922	7,637	17,188	6,101	12,069	20,618	10,935	11,346	12,648	5,222
M	KOREA	16,530	10,650	2,165	13,752	11,535	5,160	13,593	18,595	7,392	19,236	9,830	6,276	11,677	9,539	9,718	1,616
M	MEXICO	5,088	7,177	5,077	8,500	7,458	5,748	7,187	5,588	5,099	4,036	4,152	5,906	11,275	6,571	7,211	7,625
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8,845	.	9,465	3,968	.
M	NETHERLANDS	1,026	1,919	2,104	619.6	394.1	947.5	1,664	1,374	2,121	2,100	769.8	1,974	2,840	2,539	2,809	741.6
M	JAPAN	667.8	923.7	1,803	1,347	3,272	1,444	8,287	661.8	3,046	5,689	2,931	729.3	1,632	4,570	4,838	1,352
M	GERMANY	2,669	3,953	3,218	781.5	1,026	1,126	1,039	949.7	3,151	2,073	467.5	2,892	1,317	2,492	2,492	5,041
M	FRANCE	.	138.2	1,155	803.7	3,386	1,580	1,004	1,800	2,627	4,606	746.5	4,556	147.4	457.6	439.4	4,753
M	SPAIN	3,147	2,020	1,549	2,217	3,008	2,369	1,125	1,409	1,345	1,195	1,018	1,168	966.2	378.8	399.7	479.2
M	AUSTRIA	597.8	471.5	408.7	259.9	290.6	402.1	213.2	380.1	294.7	644.2	646.0	615.2	422.2	391.2	413.0	468.2
M	COLOMBIA	.	2,240	.	738.7	844.6	.	887.7	1,335	1,577	1,309	1,283	521.1	781.4	124.5	124.5	1,201
M	AUSTRALIA	370.6	227.4	35.5	1,752	1,405	1,553	1,600	272.8	944.3	4,863	128.1	24.1	173.4	273.9	273.9	215.9
M	SWEDEN	82.2	90.8	42.4	50.8	43.0	63.4	6.99	20.1	40.5	100.5	27.2	25.1	256.0	133.5	103.3	1.63
M	BELGIUM	.	.	.	.	400.5	12.2	.	.	.	.	.	413.5	.	.	.	18.7
M	ITALY	60.9	6.96	.	11.5	56.1	10.2	94.9	48.3	76.7	90.5	56.7	78.4	95.9	73.1	54.2	80.0
M	FINLAND	.	.	160.8	87.4	352.9	.	.	47.8	72.8	.	.	.	22.4	131.6	131.6	929.9
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.03	.	4.86	.	47.8	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	4,640	259.2	1,328	6,652	3,072	468.1	760.9	1,324	.	719.7	189.9	.	20.7	.	.	.
M	COSTA RICA	.	.	.	.	119.4	.	.	58.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	EGYPT	20.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDONESIA	917.0	873.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	148.9	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	LUXEMBOURG	978.1	.	.	.	.	.	106.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	47.8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	RUSSIA	119.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	219.1	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SOUTH AFRICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	494.3	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	3.21	.	7.60	.	15.7	5.02	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	197.8	254.8

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with

Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through November 2008

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes

Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data

To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.

Link to Annual Summary of Census Data