SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR All Stainless Products
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	75,276	73,793	73,415	82,544	86,741	88,480	91,279	91,098	87,186	95,947	83,871	71,084	79,481	73,141	78,808	68,000
M	CHINA	11,840	13,389	10,898	15,957	18,894	17,349	22,702	19,751	19,826	19,241	16,688	11,405	14,788	18,329	15,941	18,140
M	TAIWAN	5,740	4,974	8,029	11,088	9,813	11,725	11,843	10,481	9,893	9,672	8,100	7,416	11,630	7,471	8,178	4,081
M	JAPAN	6,051	6,837	5,801	5,530	5,210	4,356	5,343	5,972	5,002	6,909	6,855	5,855	6,744	5,557	6,698	6,584
M	SWEDEN	6,881	4,631	4,158	3,952	5,716	5,814	5,911	6,371	5,273	6,143	4,747	5,008	6,710	4,774	4,934	4,172
M	UNITED KINGDOM	4,688	6,675	5,278	6,291	8,224	6,223	5,700	6,694	6,153	7,657	4,948	4,417	6,707	4,503	4,598	3,718
M	ITALY	6,316	5,153	5,798	5,955	4,595	5,988	6,088	3,904	5,344	8,281	7,510	3,299	4,214	6,463	6,773	4,984
M	MEXICO	9,424	9,644	9,834	10,434	8,384	8,438	8,118	9,077	8,802	9,916	8,612	6,804	3,690	3,407	3,429	3,174
M	INDIA	3,983	3,556	3,319	3,426	4,250	3,637	4,477	4,636	4,846	4,109	5,794	4,575	3,975	4,911	4,028	2,678
M	KOREA	2,223	2,372	2,252	3,710	3,173	3,542	3,438	3,406	3,812	3,535	2,905	2,969	4,156	2,932	3,181	2,063
M	FRANCE	3,031	4,141	3,059	2,921	2,220	3,001	3,456	3,868	3,263	3,687	2,869	3,165	2,987	2,760	2,586	3,112
M	GERMANY	2,823	2,307	2,902	2,019	4,202	2,910	2,218	3,239	3,399	4,701	2,085	2,920	2,706	2,184	2,057	2,599
M	CANADA	2,242	2,092	1,353	1,800	1,732	1,972	1,921	1,768	1,989	1,475	1,423	1,847	1,629	1,312	1,413	1,008
M	SOUTH AFRICA	2,457	2,031	1,711	1,375	2,348	2,786	426.7	3,217	991.5	1,052	2,879	1,780	1,652	1,217	1,295	1,088
M	BRAZIL	1,206	1,021	1,853	2,449	1,341	3,145	2,723	2,533	1,600	1,640	1,260	1,503	1,605	932.0	881.4	2,303
M	SPAIN	464.7	1,051	578.8	745.2	663.7	1,679	840.2	979.7	1,601	888.3	916.7	886.5	1,367	887.1	1,219	1,280
M	BELGIUM	2,153	1,281	2,137	969.8	1,762	1,965	1,148	1,264	1,174	1,442	831.0	939.5	731.0	1,030	1,059	1,293
M	MALAYSIA	511.0	243.0	94.2	205.4	135.2	206.7	337.9	568.8	352.5	536.3	918.9	685.2	786.2	898.3	964.6	994.7
M	FINLAND	347.0	505.9	361.9	1,337	1,297	1,209	1,194	904.7	569.2	1,046	754.7	660.4	808.2	685.0	741.1	403.6
M	THAILAND	86.2	316.7	564.1	237.4	473.9	546.4	386.1	375.2	519.4	1,394	1,099	670.0	363.1	875.8	857.8	462.4
M	UKRAINE	311.2	260.3	205.5	33.3	324.0	229.0	382.8	206.8	451.3	326.9	460.6	714.6	481.2	156.2	166.6	396.2
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	423.8	45.0	314.0	84.3	46.6	43.4	23.4	48.3	73.2	273.6	77.0	1,103	14.8	50.6	208.5	38.4
M	AUSTRIA	498.9	301.6	1,876	832.0	1,271	332.3	889.6	530.1	222.1	219.3	326.6	219.8	344.0	374.7	1,444	283.5
M	SLOVENIA	205.6	111.9	157.1	218.0	48.1	294.5	362.3	179.3	212.4	281.6	206.5	333.0	178.2	339.1	314.3	303.3
M	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	249.9	34.1	34.3	190.2	44.3	86.1	69.0	190.7	104.0	87.0	51.4	384.6	120.5	68.7	68.7	119.8
M	ROMANIA	.	.	.	101.1	.	.	80.0	139.5	525.2	246.5	340.2	288.4	175.9	92.3	92.3	58.2
M	PORTUGAL	189.3	157.1	195.2	205.4	75.8	164.6	222.5	229.0	346.0	230.1	341.0	72.4	227.4	182.6	182.7	176.1
M	SWITZERLAND	223.8	78.6	134.8	133.8	100.4	173.7	131.9	133.0	147.8	208.8	198.8	66.1	220.8	150.7	150.2	125.3
M	BAHRAIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	162.4	181.3	.	421.1	.	.	.	.
M	URUGUAY	69.2	145.1	151.4	86.7	57.2	90.4	155.4	83.0	75.7	89.9	74.0	102.9	97.3	87.2	138.0	57.5
M	INDONESIA	186.8	68.2	42.2	.	21.3	160.4	205.7	45.6	27.2	128.7	318.7	33.2	154.8	96.1	82.2	306.6
M	LATVIA	65.8	46.0	52.2	44.0	35.0	67.2	35.1	17.5	63.8	105.1	69.5	75.7	70.2	78.8	63.5	.
M	SAUDI ARABIA	150.5	50.5	.	33.6	116.5	66.9	168.4	67.0	83.9	33.2	67.6	99.7	16.7	51.0	134.2	136.6
M	NETHERLANDS	11.8	102.7	38.7	25.5	50.3	60.6	53.7	38.8	8.43	42.9	3.72	26.5	5.73	128.2	128.0	13.4
M	CHILE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	153.0	.	.	21.7	135.6
M	VIETNAM	35.5	0.67	.	.	.	.	15.3	12.9	65.0	23.2	3.60	.	55.1	80.2	82.7	254.8
M	SINGAPORE	.	78.4	27.3	22.8	43.1	110.4	118.1	83.0	19.8	37.9	77.8	44.5	38.4	20.7	20.9	22.1
M	IRELAND	19.6	1.04	2.72	1.66	21.4	0.94	21.9	4.06	18.1	16.0	2.36	76.4	5.98	4.22	0.16	0.16
M	ARGENTINA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	9.99	.	29.9	29.9	137.0
M	DENMARK	40.5	11.0	30.2	4.84	5.66	7.43	7.14	20.3	6.68	17.9	14.8	14.2	9.51	10.2	17.6	35.3
M	HONG KONG	.	.	39.2	.	4.46	19.7	40.7	20.1	123.8	23.7	.	29.7	.	.	1.82	8.77
M	COLOMBIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.06	.	.	.
M	NORWAY	4.84	0.07	2.60	0.97	.	0.33	1.11	.	0.20	0.23	.	3.70	.	1.56	0.80	0.19
M	AUSTRALIA	18.8	25.0	67.7	62.1	6.87	21.1	.	4.79	12.7	40.2	21.4	.	.	1.95	5.50	13.6
M	COSTA RICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	0.15	.	.	.	.
M	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.91	.
M	GREECE	3.74	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	ISRAEL	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	0.06
M	KYRGYZSTAN	17.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	LIECHTENSTEIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.56	.
M	LITHUANIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	8.17	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.55
M	PHILIPPINES	.	0.62	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	POLAND	53.6	10.2	36.4	35.3	7.30	32.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.04	85.6
M	RUSSIA	0.99	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13.8	.	.	.	1.09	.
M	SLOVAKIA	18.9	37.2	19.0	19.1	19.1	19.0	18.4	19.1	19.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TUNISIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.01
M	TURKEY	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	691.8	19.8
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3,917	1,125

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