US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Plates Cut Lengths -- 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 4,393 6,569 5,291 5,066 5,466 6,006 4,497 6,085 5,686 5,780 5,190 4,511 4,338 4,402 4,681 3,376
M TAIWAN 57.7 484.8 942.2 1,547 760.1 1,015 951.5 2,121 2,055 2,112 1,567 1,340 1,374 1,108 1,356 90.8
M CHINA 639.7 1,188 1,095 1,280 512.3 906.5 1,646 715.6 866.9 489.7 390.8 141.1 889.5 1,409 1,395 634.8
M SOUTH AFRICA 1,208 1,652 313.2 322.0 1,514 896.5 . 980.3 340.9 352.8 1,194 524.0 459.2 339.9 392.2 569.7
M BELGIUM 716.2 1,046 1,473 204.6 1,152 1,060 539.1 436.9 504.6 576.8 260.0 383.4 312.9 429.7 409.4 730.1
M SWEDEN 134.8 35.9 37.7 153.3 163.9 413.9 176.8 186.0 161.1 139.4 197.2 506.0 281.5 290.8 364.9 190.8
M JAPAN 420.8 741.3 119.8 346.4 235.2 469.6 346.4 423.5 396.3 349.1 367.9 387.1 320.1 249.6 202.0 254.2
M GERMANY 478.9 257.9 496.6 482.1 393.6 523.9 350.4 562.2 245.8 207.7 418.8 435.4 96.4 191.0 155.7 239.4
M FRANCE 474.8 632.8 557.1 416.3 232.5 197.8 89.7 210.3 88.1 369.7 135.9 335.4 164.3 203.3 224.5 360.8
M SLOVENIA 21.4 . . . 1.28 . 144.0 71.8 162.7 184.6 162.8 270.7 147.5 115.4 94.9 123.5
M KOREA 111.7 235.8 184.5 83.0 54.0 123.2 125.7 . 254.1 141.1 387.6 0.84 107.5 44.0 44.0 152.7
M ITALY 29.7 123.5 61.3 49.7 16.0 79.5 48.3 101.7 172.0 315.6 23.9 85.4 40.1 7.45 7.67 4.26
M CANADA 34.8 43.9 . 19.4 15.6 13.9 4.03 . 64.3 25.4 6.90 16.4 80.2 5.07 2.12 4.86
M FINLAND 23.7 23.5 . 103.2 266.2 38.2 18.4 106.8 23.8 139.1 36.1 65.1 . . . .
M BRAZIL 21.9 19.9 . . 1.48 235.5 34.4 142.6 262.5 201.8 2.78 2.33 41.5 1.61 1.61 4.00
M UNITED KINGDOM 3.21 1.29 2.86 1.71 17.8 6.26 12.5 4.22 . 6.24 22.6 11.8 22.6 4.17 5.74 4.31
M NETHERLANDS 1.23 66.1 0.33 10.8 5.52 5.41 3.32 2.43 . 2.27 0.72 3.76 . 1.32 1.77 .
M AUSTRIA 13.5 15.0 7.55 6.97 2.84 14.7 5.21 19.7 . 52.6 13.4 1.44 . . 9.33 7.47
M SPAIN . . . . . 0.87 . . . . . . . 0.54 7.60 0.86
M INDIA . . . 39.1 120.3 . . . 87.6 113.2 . . . . . .
M MEXICO . . . . . 4.21 . . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.74 3.35

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