US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- 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 96,319 75,175 104,851 87,199 57,764 109,505 80,532 67,699 88,141 95,766 96,490 101,784 87,568 117,975 125,185 74,262
M UKRAINE 22,811 1,038 223.1 10,122 10.3 7,949 16,820 8.32 15,503 24,734 38,517 15.2 34,021 31,836 37,888 9,771
M CANADA 25,802 26,682 27,466 29,518 33,546 37,984 34,852 34,859 33,617 35,683 29,656 23,638 24,357 14,221 14,481 13,940
M THAILAND . . 16,165 . . 20,280 40.1 24.4 5,039 4.48 . 39,412 4,223 16,909 16,909 .
M RUSSIA . 973.0 . 7,585 . 5,810 2,821 6,276 959.8 12,089 2,124 10,685 6,925 14,403 16,486 5,320
M SWEDEN 4,697 3,850 4,676 3,713 4,326 10,391 2,407 8,639 5,208 3,985 6,371 3,359 2,854 6,192 4,633 5,098
M KOREA 9,943 4,777 2,684 6,134 1,887 1,310 7,791 1,945 2,939 1,259 3,605 8,814 744.5 2,463 2,315 3,239
M CHINA 1,457 10,897 249.6 977.2 605.6 5,212 642.6 2,391 8,955 263.0 3,506 3,471 703.2 7,803 7,918 2,686
M JAPAN 2,831 1,495 3,319 3,760 3,343 2,842 3,895 3,278 2,571 4,032 3,700 4,137 1,736 5,308 3,262 5,055
M GERMANY 6,772 2,917 3,672 981.9 4,397 3,293 2,522 3,196 3,677 2,558 2,180 3,933 5,083 1,868 2,624 4,298
M ROMANIA 15,407 3,671 6,062 9,185 . 97.2 . . . . . . . 9,284 6,567 .
M BRAZIL 314.8 2,046 1,543 1,670 2,515 1,060 14.5 201.9 300.6 2,847 292.6 382.8 926.7 2,343 2,343 983.8
M FRANCE 1,396 1,603 1,111 1,061 1,682 1,309 1,518 1,177 878.2 2,040 2,057 969.9 1,220 1,311 1,600 1,675
M BULGARIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,987 3,031 .
M AUSTRIA 761.2 2,961 1,159 740.0 58.2 5,069 2,295 805.0 2,556 3,221 1,554 89.0 1,949 161.1 180.7 651.8
M UNITED KINGDOM 248.1 1,582 1,895 1,764 982.0 383.2 727.1 258.8 716.2 66.2 236.9 1,229 537.4 42.6 44.8 406.9
M FINLAND 416.3 455.1 . . 1,075 803.0 353.9 2,673 1,132 1,035 490.0 805.9 860.5 . 591.1 1,736
M BELGIUM 1,640 1,974 2,013 1,599 884.3 1,892 2,293 1,077 1,250 1,268 791.8 520.9 742.7 131.1 230.8 286.9
M SPAIN 118.8 0.23 . . 74.1 178.8 82.2 21.3 18.0 194.8 119.3 19.2 155.8 349.9 87.1 180.2
M TAIWAN . . . . . . . . 16.5 . . 18.1 207.7 124.5 3,689 15.6
M POLAND 903.9 . . . . . . . . 172.4 . . 270.3 . . 170.4
M NORWAY . 121.8 . . . 250.8 . 249.7 . . . 218.2 . . . .
M TURKEY . . . . . . 3.00 . . . . . . 182.6 182.6 10,118
M SOUTH AFRICA 18.1 3,958 2,939 6,004 423.0 2,631 506.1 75.1 2,041 83.5 143.3 . 36.9 30.6 30.6 636.8
M AUSTRALIA 202.4 1,661 1,070 2,234 1,875 686.7 664.9 405.7 151.5 45.0 196.2 25.3 . 5.79 5.79 4,657
M SLOVAKIA . . . . . . . . . . 752.1 23.3 4.17 . . 5.76
M MEXICO 20.2 20.3 34.6 144.9 40.9 38.9 176.0 133.1 225.9 91.1 192.3 5.76 2.03 6.24 6.24 6.56
M CZECH REPUBLIC . 227.8 1,033 . . 28.8 9.78 . 380.7 . . 8.00 1.73 . . .
M INDIA . . . . . . 7.68 . . . . . . 6.20 6.29 37.2
M INDONESIA 43.2 . . . . . 86.0 . . . . . 2.00 . . .
M DENMARK 7.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M EGYPT 21.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.0
M ITALY 35.0 . . . 34.4 . . . . 56.6 . . . . . .
M MALAYSIA . 2,259 27,529 . . . . . . 31.6 . . . . . 3,058
M NETHERLANDS 447.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.85 .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 79.0

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.
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