US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Tool Steel -- 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 11,715 17,017 13,925 15,537 12,528 13,997 15,026 12,755 11,703 12,294 9,803 11,769 10,976 9,917 10,259 10,754
M JAPAN 2,358 3,243 3,496 4,124 3,279 3,341 5,325 3,936 2,855 3,937 3,793 4,346 3,071 2,226 2,389 4,023
M CHINA 848.4 1,155 1,041 1,266 1,430 1,456 1,580 1,778 1,748 1,339 1,054 1,453 1,546 1,656 1,670 968.7
M GERMANY 1,629 2,422 1,333 1,225 1,535 1,582 1,994 1,368 1,309 1,281 1,088 994.6 1,420 1,648 1,647 1,834
M SWEDEN 1,163 1,521 906.5 1,235 1,592 1,277 1,191 981.4 939.1 790.7 425.4 953.3 1,348 794.8 963.7 1,035
M TAIWAN 696.7 697.7 823.0 1,219 584.7 874.9 1,096 653.1 679.0 807.5 520.6 688.6 610.6 517.2 467.9 185.7
M BRAZIL 916.4 975.4 803.9 1,125 705.9 739.5 670.9 633.9 886.1 796.4 763.7 803.7 504.3 461.5 491.0 427.8
M CANADA 519.2 415.7 481.8 575.5 719.2 507.6 489.0 317.1 487.0 598.0 337.4 394.5 471.1 437.5 448.9 311.3
M RUSSIA 645.7 358.2 379.2 228.1 . 540.4 175.6 229.1 162.8 313.1 111.8 561.7 125.5 535.3 492.3 132.6
M SLOVENIA 460.6 556.0 806.6 406.2 358.7 1,040 567.8 613.5 429.9 484.7 458.6 207.2 433.5 404.6 423.4 455.4
M AUSTRIA 704.3 570.5 572.2 607.1 611.8 506.4 510.5 820.3 606.2 338.8 276.7 231.6 410.3 400.1 426.7 634.3
M FRANCE 398.5 3,682 752.2 2,427 471.5 497.0 463.4 212.3 289.2 398.0 274.7 149.6 137.3 336.2 339.7 178.9
M NETHERLANDS 384.1 138.8 192.3 50.2 371.7 289.8 233.7 55.5 115.7 25.9 . 83.4 341.7 . . 114.8
M KOREA 375.6 232.0 397.8 381.1 197.0 344.3 363.0 271.0 382.5 309.7 200.2 249.7 63.7 75.9 87.4 110.4
M POLAND 105.0 . 450.4 60.9 17.4 . 21.4 329.0 58.5 18.1 . 360.8 17.9 . . 0.02
M SPAIN 103.3 571.3 4.38 22.5 28.1 156.5 69.2 164.9 86.4 145.6 131.2 77.6 45.7 182.7 203.0 114.4
M MEXICO 57.4 94.6 85.5 68.2 58.0 118.2 62.6 67.1 86.4 84.7 91.4 104.3 88.2 84.2 85.2 106.0
M UNITED KINGDOM 70.0 116.2 56.9 107.5 379.3 91.4 79.4 18.5 132.9 72.3 26.2 58.9 140.1 65.9 77.2 89.8
M TURKEY 3.65 . . . . 50.4 15.7 . . . 136.4 . 106.2 55.9 . .
M SWITZERLAND 30.7 18.0 . 72.5 37.8 27.2 24.2 38.7 70.9 39.6 37.3 42.4 36.5 . 0.00 1.90
M ITALY 130.8 3.29 749.8 20.3 0.51 286.5 24.0 220.9 306.2 471.2 70.2 . 36.5 15.6 16.3 22.2
M INDIA 0.81 . . 6.84 . 59.1 17.9 3.39 3.18 3.28 2.84 3.35 19.1 11.0 13.5 4.55
M CZECH REPUBLIC 37.4 19.6 . 25.9 16.7 19.2 12.2 22.5 43.7 21.3 2.45 3.58 1.38 6.47 6.70 0.08
M AUSTRALIA . . 15.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M BELGIUM . . 54.3 31.6 . . . . . . . . . . 0.13 0.24
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15 .
M ROMANIA . . . 7.31 . . 1.94 1.63 . . . . . . . .
M THAILAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M UKRAINE 75.7 224.9 521.7 240.1 130.6 189.3 34.4 17.1 22.9 17.1 . . . . . 0.27
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.71 1.09
M VIETNAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
 
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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