SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Structural Shapes Heavy -- 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	61,582	53,693	44,340	111,800	92,913	57,137	61,638	72,447	43,429	45,762	36,403	38,521	30,568	25,040	24,791	38,236
M	UNITED KINGDOM	6,994	7,434	2,690	10,594	6,252	208.7	12,348	5,361	7,263	4,469	5,698	4,593	8,148	7,524	7,520	4,311
M	CANADA	12,496	11,729	14,823	17,239	9,453	13,904	15,015	14,058	11,212	8,978	9,987	8,520	6,780	4,773	4,728	4,233
M	LUXEMBOURG	11,788	3,488	7,257	5,963	10,360	8,757	4,978	6,576	5,470	7,726	6,152	8,685	5,820	3,450	3,643	2,897
M	MEXICO	5,062	5,170	5,474	7,181	9,854	6,892	8,546	7,645	8,934	11,387	8,309	6,608	4,781	2,807	2,308	1,749
M	KOREA	4,135	1,701	129.4	21,362	370.1	733.5	5,403	4,287	873.5	7,509	152.0	3,086	2,721	3,974	3,807	1,839
M	GERMANY	2,985	1,074	6,164	18,074	5,035	3,015	1,155	824.2	1,255	1,458	1,398	1,593	985.7	886.1	880.4	4,684
M	NORWAY	1,494	1,692	.	1,944	.	3,266	311.3	2,932	3,280	671.6	831.9	1,812	856.5	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	89.8	2.70	3.10	7,581	23,149	9,460	1,805	9.88	3,029	21.4	366.3	1,952	6.22	444.7	448.4	160.1
M	JAPAN	758.5	717.3	20.0	1,845	413.4	1,228	2,766	2,351	893.1	3,137	914.9	1,130	2.90	391.2	391.3	262.1
M	CHINA	1,838	16,786	751.8	247.2	135.9	77.1	45.7	19.4	73.9	48.8	368.4	133.5	260.1	188.8	212.9	43.5
M	TURKEY	254.5	44.3	.	.	2,489	161.9	2,396	.	.	.	2,049	.	.	397.4	397.4	.
M	POLAND	56.7	.	3,397	93.5	10.2	0.46	3.00	9.01	2.98	1.64	.	150.3	15.9	0.57	0.57	18.3
M	SOUTH AFRICA	27.5	.	.	61.7	56.1	.	154.1	118.6	22.4	98.9	59.0	13.9	113.2	25.6	13.9	0.99
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	19.4	97.2	116.2	116.5	76.3	0.50	.	97.1	.	.	4.92	120.6	129.7	80.3
M	TAIWAN	12,246	119.1	746.8	16,378	23,933	28.0	5.43	20,053	7.22	87.1	64.0	73.9	9.78	28.9	17.4	2,734
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	.	13.0	16.3	.	36.5	.	.	80.7	.	.	25.4	.
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	.	.	15.0	76.0	15.4	30.9	28.9	31.2	32.2	16.1	16.7	28.7
M	ITALY	516.4	3,176	921.4	190.4	29.1	8.30	19.3	398.5	567.7	25.6	.	35.4	15.1	8.07	17.6	2.00
M	BRAZIL	798.7	368.8	1,820	2,856	1,204	3,364	1,653	1,170	471.0	12.1	17.7	4.67	9.44	2.02	4.87	3.96
M	AUSTRALIA	13.7	.	36.0	12.6	.	.	2.07	.	.	.	.	7.66	.	.	.	.
M	SWEDEN	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.41	.	.	.	.	6.15	.	.	.	.
M	FRANCE	17.7	.	72.8	73.5	37.8	3.61	3.92	.	.	.	3.64	.	4.48	.	.	3.05
M	BELGIUM	.	.	6.86	.	.	.	19.5	.	19.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.22
M	BULGARIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.08	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.90
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	.	.	3.00	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	0.41	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.79	.
M	MALAYSIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.08
M	PANAMA	.	.	.	.	.	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	PERU	.	184.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	RUSSIA	4.49	1.45	4.81	.	11.1	5,878	4,882	6,552	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14,814
M	SWITZERLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.00	.
M	UKRAINE	.	.	.	.	.	.	10.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	215.0	365.9

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