SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Rails All Other -- 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	2,177	17,442	16,023	1,980	8,578	16,301	1,646	4,269	2,271	4,426	13,175	3,093	2,865	976.2	6,405	13,092
M	CANADA	465.9	81.6	318.2	851.3	471.6	184.3	347.2	577.7	470.4	546.7	1,161	1,509	1,604	502.1	508.2	465.1
M	KOREA	506.2	112.9	373.8	318.4	845.5	49.8	74.2	1,654	814.6	8.11	616.2	204.1	768.2	57.5	58.3	.
M	JAPAN	4.04	.	15.0	11.7	885.9	301.1	142.1	1,124	11.6	134.5	1,018	571.7	41.1	9.56	14.5	23.0
M	CHINA	308.6	17,021	14,201	391.0	5,470	15,208	102.6	412.2	103.2	843.0	10,025	459.7	2.56	154.4	5,243	10,791
M	LUXEMBOURG	103.9	.	74.4	5.35	367.2	.	399.6	20.4	69.7	132.5	.	224.7	153.5	3.35	109.2	197.5
M	SPAIN	150.1	94.1	53.2	.	.	21.4	487.8	.	71.3	.	61.3	40.8	210.0	10.5	10.5	21.6
M	AUSTRIA	638.0	132.1	977.3	38.3	27.9	.	68.7	75.3	66.2	.	.	.	.	238.6	238.6	.
M	GERMANY	.	.	9.47	.	.	.	21.3	.	2.20	.	.	66.4	67.8	.	0.00	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	.	.	364.2	509.8	514.6	2.57	399.4	662.3	.	88.9	.	16.6	.	.	1,593
M	POLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	203.2	15.7	.	.	222.6	.
M	CHILE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.31	.
M	FRANCE	.	.	.	.	.	21.4	.	.	.	2,761	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.76	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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