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													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08	NOV08	DEC08
M	WORLD	7,809	9,908	7,923	8,757	11,164	9,211	8,671	8,327	8,813	9,769	7,593	6,550	9,982	7,317	7,686	8,670
M	UNITED KINGDOM	4,040	5,872	4,345	5,533	6,950	5,254	4,878	5,294	5,172	6,221	4,220	3,431	5,654	3,726	3,839	3,174
M	SWEDEN	2,702	2,446	2,425	2,182	2,904	2,883	3,022	2,806	2,529	2,857	2,165	1,703	3,059	2,201	2,264	2,404
M	ITALY	891.1	1,072	727.0	438.1	732.8	810.7	518.9	80.8	455.2	443.9	1,078	976.1	440.0	932.1	1,141	1,665
M	SPAIN	60.1	365.9	292.6	417.7	244.5	109.8	35.4	.	585.8	166.6	71.6	182.7	436.4	122.3	122.3	637.0
M	UKRAINE	35.4	.	.	.	266.6	82.4	17.6	.	.	.	.	53.9	308.7	10.6	10.6	6.70
M	GERMANY	42.5	90.4	61.7	99.0	.	34.5	87.1	37.3	16.5	8.74	24.6	163.4	48.5	25.9	15.1	30.6
M	SLOVENIA	20.0	.	2.91	31.4	.	.	11.8	.	.	.	.	.	3.82	129.0	132.9	113.9
M	NETHERLANDS	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.04	.	.	.	.	.	.	116.5	116.5	2.06
M	INDIA	1.35	.	.	0.34	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.06	40.8	40.8	.
M	TAIWAN	4.32	4.25	1.41	8.40	6.82	1.39	9.82	47.5	7.06	1.85	1.45	10.9	11.2	1.08	0.05	.
M	MEXICO	.	19.8	39.7	20.2	39.3	19.5	59.4	20.0	.	19.6	.	19.4	.	.	.	.
M	CHINA	5.02	2.55	12.5	8.50	12.5	0.16	4.54	3.40	11.7	29.6	19.2	4.63	9.34	4.09	2.35	31.8
M	CZECH REPUBLIC	3.12	4.79	4.77	.	3.21	5.70	2.20	5.10	6.36	.	1.91	.	8.55	4.55	0.53	0.25
M	JAPAN	1.51	8.34	5.77	6.90	2.25	3.48	.	6.53	3.95	1.86	.	3.45	0.53	0.71	.	0.00
M	CANADA	.	10.6	0.97	8.05	1.93	6.16	19.4	25.2	18.4	15.4	11.1	0.83	0.94	1.53	0.02	1.83
M	BELGIUM	1.19	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	0.35	4.30	3.08	2.16	.	.	.	.	6.56	.	.	.	.	.	.	599.6
M	FRANCE	.	5.71	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	NEW ZEALAND	.	.	.	.	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SINGAPORE	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2.13	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SOUTH AFRICA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.77
M	SWITZERLAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.17
M	TUNISIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.01

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