US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Wire Drawn -- 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 3,638 3,137 2,941 3,054 3,057 3,214 3,674 3,971 3,312 3,202 3,844 3,085 3,236 3,046 2,960 2,163
M INDIA 1,304 1,236 781.6 1,240 1,246 1,065 1,273 1,281 963.0 806.9 1,563 1,082 1,102 1,235 1,167 727.1
M KOREA 662.2 552.8 645.3 495.6 470.1 571.2 736.6 1,010 661.8 836.2 719.9 748.9 880.7 761.0 743.3 463.3
M CHINA 393.9 420.9 434.0 296.9 315.1 363.3 402.0 449.9 523.3 474.6 513.1 458.8 347.7 325.3 352.4 297.9
M TAIWAN 360.9 145.0 139.1 254.6 150.8 217.3 349.3 192.6 256.5 240.5 294.8 161.9 263.2 146.1 149.7 123.5
M CANADA 132.7 120.1 122.8 151.1 204.3 153.4 180.2 234.8 211.6 124.7 90.6 128.4 146.4 127.6 133.9 91.0
M SWEDEN 153.4 168.0 127.9 173.9 177.5 161.7 138.3 200.7 113.7 93.5 83.3 81.9 126.7 71.4 72.5 49.2
M ITALY 178.5 97.5 137.3 97.9 126.5 177.6 128.1 155.5 174.2 116.7 131.3 84.3 103.5 90.1 70.7 88.4
M JAPAN 53.9 140.6 201.4 71.2 140.7 154.4 169.5 107.0 112.1 153.8 107.3 141.6 84.9 51.1 36.8 110.2
M SWITZERLAND 90.1 40.9 22.3 58.1 23.4 43.2 23.0 53.9 31.3 58.3 83.6 5.85 35.6 79.8 80.5 80.5
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . 6.07 20.6 5.58 17.3 43.5 34.3 34.3 68.4
M FRANCE 139.8 93.6 47.5 45.7 35.9 36.5 22.6 3.87 35.7 28.5 41.6 18.3 21.8 45.6 42.9 6.81
M UNITED KINGDOM 16.4 28.1 51.0 10.6 19.1 63.0 9.13 30.7 28.0 21.8 14.6 26.4 36.2 13.5 12.0 17.6
M GERMANY 63.7 46.7 92.3 98.3 109.2 105.1 106.4 139.3 114.2 115.5 66.2 34.7 23.7 5.69 4.73 25.9
M IRELAND 0.47 0.26 0.08 0.21 0.43 0.15 4.28 4.06 0.11 15.3 2.33 52.9 1.10 4.20 0.05 0.03
M THAILAND 11.6 0.08 14.7 . 21.8 27.8 86.3 30.5 17.4 43.5 30.3 36.2 0.52 14.5 14.5 .
M CZECH REPUBLIC 4.38 . . . . 0.59 . 0.72 0.30 . . . 0.50 19.1 21.3 .
M BELGIUM 11.5 11.7 8.35 1.53 2.39 6.62 3.32 7.37 9.57 2.70 9.83 0.23 10.4 6.31 5.42 6.85
M SPAIN 1.04 3.48 4.77 4.06 6.36 4.44 3.57 9.77 3.81 5.98 9.30 2.33 4.29 4.75 5.25 3.91
M DENMARK . . . . . . . . 2.08 . 4.08 1.97 1.84 1.62 0.00 0.00
M VIETNAM 15.9 0.67 . . . . . 12.9 . 6.31 3.60 . . 4.67 4.67 .
M MEXICO 0.51 0.39 1.48 0.21 0.05 20.1 0.69 18.8 1.19 . 0.95 . 0.86 1.27 1.27 0.21
M AUSTRALIA 18.8 24.6 67.7 51.9 6.87 21.1 . 4.79 2.64 31.6 19.0 . . 1.95 0.22 0.01
M NETHERLANDS 1.17 5.10 2.02 1.08 0.05 0.05 5.50 1.90 3.69 4.66 2.22 0.60 0.06 0.71 0.15 0.09
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 . . 0.03 0.03 .
M AUSTRIA . . . . . . 1.35 . . . . . . . . .
M BRAZIL 22.5 . . . . 0.54 8.99 . . . 46.3 . . . 0.00 0.62
M HONG KONG . . 39.2 . . 19.7 21.0 20.1 39.5 . . . . . 1.82 .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03 0.01
M MALAYSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.31 .
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M UKRAINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.57 1.49

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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