SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Blooms, Billets and Slabs -- 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													License Data
		MAR12	APR12	MAY12	JUN12	JUL12	AUG12	SEP12	OCT12	NOV12	DEC12	JAN13	FEB13	MAR13	APR13	MAY13
M	WORLD	11,389	9,291	15,093	11,090	11,575	8,105	9,695	13,025	21,360	18,216	6,229	8,357	9,067	25,475	11,466
M	UNITED KINGDOM	6,819	5,444	5,578	4,264	4,520	4,886	3,739	3,124	4,301	3,931	3,336	4,145	4,044	4,033	2,427
M	SWEDEN	3,044	2,312	1,979	2,278	2,354	2,130	1,431	1,358	1,210	1,045	927.3	2,220	2,694	1,631	1,435
M	SPAIN	189.5	125.8	132.7	142.3	90.3	121.8	21.1	63.3	404.1	1,062	419.5	1,359	462.8	4.75	55.9
M	NORWAY	20.6	207.4	78.2	52.0	0.89	.	.	93.8	240.5	.	1,199	118.9	360.2	.	2.86
M	ITALY	1,223	969.4	1,042	468.9	1,053	462.1	92.6	8,093	15,075	7,777	141.0	245.6	1,087	490.1	894.5
M	GERMANY	0.90	97.6	6,156	3,751	3,439	440.9	4,288	.	41.8	4,266	36.9	151.1	220.4	197.4	150.0
M	CANADA	.	61.8	0.49	64.0	32.2	55.9	59.8	228.5	36.4	124.6	19.1	65.3	83.7	0.01	.
M	SLOVENIA	32.5	.	98.1	.	.	.	.	.	31.6	.	29.2	.	70.7	.	.
M	MEXICO	.	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	19.0	.	.	99.7	.	.	.	.
M	CHINA	13.0	52.6	25.6	30.6	26.6	6.40	4.32	9.08	13.1	6.43	8.57	38.9	9.56	14.6	14.6
M	UKRAINE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	17.7	.	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	.	5.46	5.46	.	5.46	16.3	.	.	5.46	.	9.10	.	.
M	JAPAN	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.43	11.1	2.13	0.05	0.00
M	FRANCE	2.85	1.20	1.15	.	3.95	.	2.48	15.8	2.31	2.16	2.20	1.37	3.36	1.24	.
M	SWITZERLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.07	.	.	.	.
M	INDIA	.	.	.	0.59	45.9	0.45	0.60	.	.	.	.	.	0.37	18.6	.
M	AUSTRIA	.	.	.	.	0.13	.	.	2.28	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	42.3	.	.	.	.	.	49.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	.	.	.	31.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	IRELAND	.	.	.	.	0.19	.	.	.	2.37	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	KOREA	.	0.47	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.13	.
M	SOUTH AFRICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.63	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	0.71	.	0.71	0.81	1.42	0.71	.	0.71	.	.	.	.	.	0.03	.
M	UNITED STATES	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	19,082	6,485
M	VIETNAM	.	.	.	.	0.86	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: May 21, 2013, with

Licensing data collected through May 21, 2013 and

Final Census data compiled through March 2013

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of census data,including preliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes

Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data