SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Reinforcing -- 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	55,408	60,888	49,804	115,313	108,264	110,462	157,383	51,307	60,723	79,308	75,503	52,870	34,294	19,982	20,837	16,082
M	MEXICO	26,019	27,440	42,464	44,737	51,315	56,451	31,286	40,136	38,161	35,029	37,617	14,069	15,289	4,867	5,736	12,907
M	TURKEY	.	20,494	.	58,211	50,769	25,855	90,460	4,976	.	17,641	21.9	18,970	.	13,191	13,191	878.9
M	JAPAN	4,032	5,914	.	5,353	.	21,931	25,329	1,768	16,622	13,696	35,293	15,237	16,430	.	.	.
M	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	4,863	3,220	1,602	5,594	4,695	5,376	8,332	2,453	3,827	9,867	1,994	4,220	1,594	1,218	1,412	1,740
M	GERMANY	18.1	144.5	568.7	35.0	671.1	586.6	514.6	131.7	177.6	474.2	238.1	240.7	526.0	147.0	446.6	489.5
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	518.8	.	.
M	BELGIUM	.	432.0	59.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	388.6	.	.	.
M	CHINA	183.0	.	2.38	.	3.80	.	.	31.6	.	.	.	39.6	39.6	39.6	39.6	39.6
M	AUSTRALIA	.	98.8	176.2	17.0	36.0	.	.	.	.	37.3	.	37.6	.	.	0.06	.
M	CANADA	519.3	486.2	1,511	1,197	773.1	36.7	1,376	1,490	93.0	94.6	314.4	28.0	8.00	.	0.44	7.13
M	TAIWAN	1,228	1,995	.	7.13	.	6.66	.	.	16.1	.	11.7	9.53	16.9	.	.	.
M	ITALY	.	.	5.42	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13.1	.	.	.	.
M	COLOMBIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3.47	.	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	4,176	.	1,914	.	.	.	.	.	11.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	21.3	21.3	.	42.7	.	.	84.2	21.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	LUXEMBOURG	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	876.3	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	MALAYSIA	8,087	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	PANAMA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1,173	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	6,097	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	145.6	641.3	117.6	117.6	.	217.6	.	32.7	314.3	47.9	11.5	.	.	.	10.0	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.
M	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	16.0	.	1,380	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	263.9	1,498	369.4	.	.	.	.	.	19.5
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.00	.

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