US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Bars-Cold Finished -- S

Quantity in Metric Tons
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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 7,428 6,158 6,673 5,929 7,033 6,847 7,776 6,811 8,014 8,277 6,851 6,134 6,081 6,281 6,739 5,697
M ITALY 2,328 1,574 1,767 1,363 1,935 1,751 2,221 1,720 2,027 2,581 1,528 847.4 1,583 2,278 2,317 1,725
M TAIWAN 2,013 1,557 1,454 2,013 1,642 1,859 1,932 1,644 1,596 2,074 1,932 1,801 1,538 1,248 1,390 734.1
M INDIA 1,305 1,143 1,362 952.3 1,586 1,109 1,501 1,640 1,721 1,350 1,751 1,718 1,145 1,216 1,409 980.7
M GERMANY 279.5 561.8 505.1 232.9 484.2 504.9 572.6 437.0 529.1 675.8 445.6 619.9 642.4 634.4 616.2 1,037
M FRANCE 262.9 272.9 379.1 318.8 312.9 465.9 310.8 137.2 549.7 440.0 337.3 94.0 358.4 257.2 215.7 293.8
M UKRAINE 241.2 205.0 185.7 17.3 . 70.3 77.0 36.2 251.9 165.5 92.7 369.2 73.1 33.0 35.2 125.0
M UNITED KINGDOM 71.3 233.5 221.3 209.2 337.6 178.9 177.0 211.2 199.7 130.7 141.5 92.0 98.1 86.8 91.3 112.5
M CHINA 91.4 179.3 142.5 108.7 132.9 57.2 124.3 86.2 187.3 122.7 84.1 50.0 136.9 78.0 125.8 65.8
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 SWEDEN 71.7 92.8 103.7 112.9 99.9 120.5 137.9 189.4 73.1 91.5 53.1 68.9 78.6 72.3 77.3 91.6
M SWITZERLAND 88.6 15.3 89.4 69.3 71.2 102.9 84.7 65.9 100.7 127.4 101.7 58.2 60.3 65.6 66.6 44.4
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 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 121.5 34.1 34.3 78.9 44.3 86.1 69.0 53.5 97.9 66.4 45.9 54.0 77.0 34.4 34.4 51.4
M SLOVENIA 96.5 84.2 126.7 139.9 46.9 192.1 127.6 78.2 32.1 21.0 35.8 58.5 26.8 47.7 39.5 65.8
M KOREA 8.68 5.10 31.7 14.9 17.2 17.9 2.28 46.0 55.9 19.5 1.58 24.1 49.2 1.36 1.36 22.1
M JAPAN 5.43 21.0 7.30 44.5 34.9 7.14 18.7 18.1 24.6 6.41 42.2 32.4 24.0 4.17 3.53 1.88
M AUSTRIA 99.8 23.8 53.6 23.5 52.6 62.8 96.1 173.3 63.1 11.2 18.7 10.5 8.07 31.5 37.5 65.2
M SPAIN 0.67 1.67 2.43 9.38 3.75 0.76 5.99 2.90 0.73 0.97 0.20 6.79 38.3 2.08 0.50 0.43
M MEXICO 6.34 8.83 26.6 3.27 5.09 10.5 6.82 . . . 21.6 12.6 21.9 12.5 39.8 10.7
M CANADA 33.3 3.79 21.8 63.7 26.6 21.5 62.5 41.6 24.7 58.8 15.5 2.43 20.3 22.4 15.1 37.6
M CZECH REPUBLIC 54.6 27.4 43.9 15.8 13.4 37.1 21.0 42.5 47.5 30.3 26.2 11.9 5.45 12.7 12.7 38.0
M DENMARK 1.41 8.29 10.8 2.63 3.90 2.00 1.87 17.6 2.10 12.4 5.01 6.23 5.02 7.32 0.92 19.7
M NETHERLANDS 1.43 6.08 0.81 4.97 6.04 35.6 1.88 1.27 0.39 27.1 . 13.2 1.65 2.03 2.33 0.74
M ROMANIA . . . . . . . . . . . 2.97 . . . .
M BRAZIL 26.9 . 22.6 9.23 22.4 14.5 18.5 71.7 278.3 116.1 17.1 2.62 . . . .
M NORWAY 0.25 . . . . 0.33 . . 0.20 0.23 . 0.23 . 1.56 0.80 0.19
M AUSTRALIA . . . . . . . . . 8.57 2.42 . . . 0.01 0.01
M BELGIUM 0.37 . . . 0.41 . . 1.90 0.92 . . . . . . 14.0
M IRELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.12
M LITHUANIA . . . . . . . 8.17 . . . . . . . .
M MALAYSIA . . . . . 2.35 . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.55
M POLAND . . 16.8 26.1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M PORTUGAL . . 9.68 15.5 . . . . . . . . . . 0.19 0.31
M RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 . . . . .
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.5
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.29 0.26

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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