US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Hot rolled -- 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 95,817 90,528 81,913 105,327 81,710 100,034 105,722 82,213 124,677 127,992 151,140 98,197 155,874 97,385 77,836 77,171
M CHINA 4,729 13,138 13,857 8,557 16,089 7,106 3,617 3,636 25,461 34,508 72,038 32,641 75,223 34,990 18,063 14,999
M CANADA 47,975 38,353 28,915 47,655 38,831 47,506 51,266 48,826 48,536 47,307 34,887 31,297 37,323 26,823 26,845 27,257
M JAPAN 10,511 11,041 15,818 16,640 10,430 15,671 18,744 12,406 15,737 15,314 14,786 12,352 10,717 12,891 12,407 8,665
M UNITED KINGDOM 12,263 10,922 9,198 11,077 2,122 10,683 11,668 1,621 15,386 13,535 14,112 1,532 13,577 8,444 8,325 3,212
M MEXICO 4,223 4,494 4,603 4,892 3,344 2,971 5,222 6,122 4,596 5,643 3,583 5,111 4,919 2,145 2,074 3,714
M KOREA 2,315 555.3 1,699 7,930 360.5 4,236 2,778 818.1 2,357 1,743 3,255 2,501 2,889 3,551 3,535 616.5
M BRAZIL 5,139 240.5 211.2 334.1 2,441 1,678 444.1 2,277 492.7 3,088 2,877 4,430 311.7 2,559 2,571 619.9
M GERMANY 1,987 1,042 4,239 394.1 936.4 890.2 4,679 1,137 3,639 4,031 106.5 3,185 3,517 408.2 479.2 2,241
M SPAIN 1,149 856.0 7.02 848.2 41.7 828.7 2,061 391.6 830.3 363.8 1,542 94.5 1,534 2,897 651.2 2,969
M CZECH REPUBLIC 1,750 1,976 419.3 3,752 228.2 4,535 1,172 2,010 3,571 3.92 1,374 2,165 1,400 1.74 15.1 6,065
M ITALY 309.1 11.6 2.35 183.8 7.69 27.7 11.6 591.9 226.2 584.7 261.3 652.8 1,394 207.0 210.0 69.2
M SWEDEN 678.4 634.9 688.0 560.5 776.6 993.9 747.5 666.1 827.0 722.3 348.5 540.1 663.1 618.9 774.6 401.2
M UKRAINE 141.9 109.0 . 487.3 . . . 56.1 578.9 . 101.7 416.5 320.7 593.0 618.6 363.0
M TURKEY 156.1 4,470 212.8 . 4,397 980.8 1,615 71.6 483.6 160.4 407.0 352.0 413.2 387.1 398.1 445.7
M INDIA 508.1 425.2 246.5 316.1 460.7 650.6 452.1 833.9 407.1 433.5 405.3 181.2 349.5 259.0 239.2 823.1
M FRANCE 23.1 209.6 143.7 233.1 246.3 199.9 114.8 42.5 305.7 287.0 261.2 160.7 418.3 87.6 20.5 53.9
M TAIWAN 1,071 872.6 1,279 497.8 532.6 98.5 342.5 147.7 35.0 . 114.7 83.2 394.6 124.7 120.8 85.3
M RUSSIA 2.61 2.45 . . 106.1 1.07 172.3 8.52 . . . 4.89 229.8 248.8 248.8 4,435
M SOUTH AFRICA 102.2 133.7 61.3 242.7 43.9 76.4 150.8 104.8 120.6 37.1 212.2 239.4 120.2 76.4 76.4 64.3
M NETHERLANDS . 98.7 133.0 101.2 39.2 723.5 251.3 160.9 542.8 122.8 385.1 75.5 55.1 5.34 30.8 .
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 30.0 . . . . 5.62 . 58.3 90.0 . . 90.0 10.0 . . .
M FINLAND 56.3 158.6 115.3 88.3 50.7 58.1 72.2 21.4 16.4 39.0 38.5 37.2 18.1 30.8 1.15 .
M SLOVENIA . 19.7 29.4 . . 10.5 23.7 17.6 . . 5.33 21.8 13.0 14.9 18.2 .
M AUSTRIA 23.2 16.7 20.3 25.6 14.7 18.0 13.0 15.3 29.2 35.9 24.0 6.54 22.2 12.2 12.2 14.9
M SWITZERLAND 629.2 7.64 4.78 0.84 5.86 . . . . 22.3 9.64 . 23.6 . . 0.11
M MALAYSIA 19.4 . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 . . . .
M AUSTRALIA 18.7 . 5.04 3.54 . 2.53 . . 1.01 4.07 . 2.54 10.8 . . .
M ROMANIA . . . . 42.7 . . . . . . . . 5.20 5.20 .
M ARGENTINA . . . 503.3 150.7 75.4 97.3 168.8 101.3 2.00 . . . . . 0.25
M BELGIUM . 162.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.2 3.16
M DENMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.10 .
M HONG KONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3
M NORWAY . . . . . 3.08 . . . . . . . . . .
M PERU . 573.2 . . . . . . 302.4 . . . . . . .
M POLAND . . . . 6.86 . . . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.1 33.3

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