SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets Cold Rolled -- S
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	21,089	21,608	24,426	31,398	33,553	32,750	35,159	32,194	30,156	32,181	26,450	21,154	24,022	16,116	16,250	12,137
M	CHINA	5,822	6,566	5,263	8,988	14,386	11,615	14,897	11,816	12,827	13,325	11,077	6,328	7,271	5,752	5,524	2,939
M	MEXICO	8,088	8,631	8,627	9,169	7,220	7,014	6,977	7,533	7,065	7,766	6,888	5,844	3,203	2,801	2,791	2,605
M	TAIWAN	538.9	649.6	2,540	4,015	4,449	5,475	4,607	3,366	2,363	2,299	1,333	1,081	4,404	2,003	2,305	479.3
M	FRANCE	907.5	1,139	1,251	672.1	1,120	1,104	1,929	1,582	1,554	1,355	1,097	1,846	1,088	1,171	998.3	1,468
M	BRAZIL	1,085	926.9	1,778	2,360	1,284	2,786	2,281	2,297	1,024	976.1	1,063	1,246	1,493	861.0	791.3	1,695
M	KOREA	337.9	526.4	518.3	1,822	767.7	656.8	493.3	960.3	1,279	909.2	533.0	765.7	1,686	464.3	562.3	339.7
M	GERMANY	764.7	307.1	385.7	187.7	666.8	268.6	270.3	659.1	329.6	891.1	569.8	539.2	1,305	625.6	626.2	378.6
M	SWEDEN	1,141	539.7	304.9	308.4	615.8	346.5	547.8	868.0	615.0	549.2	423.4	482.2	1,024	543.6	597.4	478.0
M	BELGIUM	904.2	149.8	366.8	403.2	552.3	428.9	287.2	513.2	564.3	523.3	335.1	527.3	237.7	482.2	486.5	423.8
M	FINLAND	170.2	295.8	69.1	428.2	542.7	339.9	865.8	353.0	221.4	621.7	295.2	185.6	558.4	417.6	434.1	184.2
M	SOUTH AFRICA	419.8	171.9	471.4	913.7	296.6	504.7	92.5	301.0	221.1	568.2	519.6	317.7	607.7	208.0	158.1	337.3
M	THAILAND	38.1	75.9	161.1	81.1	100.7	393.2	136.3	294.0	169.2	637.0	694.7	284.2	108.4	272.9	338.2	190.3
M	SPAIN	86.6	44.3	.	22.4	167.0	85.7	212.8	65.6	222.5	104.0	86.2	330.4	164.6	38.9	38.9	.
M	INDIA	173.1	36.2	243.4	244.7	225.1	287.2	754.0	829.0	523.5	403.9	193.9	295.3	219.1	16.6	100.5	94.3
M	ROMANIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	80.0	139.5	392.5	197.4	278.6	239.3	152.9	81.2	81.2	34.8
M	BAHRAIN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	162.4	181.3	.	421.1	.	.	.	.
M	JAPAN	340.2	1,323	1,415	275.0	538.3	154.4	174.8	152.1	78.9	251.9	163.6	206.4	115.0	71.9	72.7	28.3
M	ITALY	63.2	69.3	452.1	1,431	130.8	943.5	212.1	190.3	347.5	319.6	474.6	105.6	85.2	143.2	147.4	28.1
M	INDONESIA	74.6	68.2	42.2	.	21.3	160.4	205.7	45.6	.	128.7	318.7	33.2	154.8	96.1	82.2	306.6
M	UNITED KINGDOM	66.3	10.8	28.1	8.27	11.5	15.9	21.9	26.0	41.3	67.7	16.0	25.6	73.3	46.8	47.9	20.3
M	CANADA	36.1	40.4	9.83	62.0	28.0	144.7	76.8	48.3	88.6	67.6	22.3	12.9	57.1	10.0	2.02	30.5
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	20.2	.	.	.	56.8	33.9	.	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	495.9	3.20	426.5	0.22	13.7	5.49	1.69	.	5.34	.	0.23	6.84	0.28	.
M	COLOMBIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6.06	.	.	.
M	SWITZERLAND	10.0	9.86	.	.	0.32	22.2	.	8.36	12.4	12.9	2.73	.	4.43	.	.	.
M	AUSTRALIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.57	.
M	CHILE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.7	.
M	DENMARK	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1.14	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.02
M	HONG KONG	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	49.1	23.7	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NETHERLANDS	.	24.7	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.44
M	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	137.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14.8	73.1
M	VIETNAM	19.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	21.5	.

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