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U.S. Imports of Steel Products
Overall Trends By Source Country
Quantity
Annual + Year-To-Date Data from January-September, 2009
Source 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 YTD 2008 YTD 2009 % Change YTD % change 2004-2008
In Short Tons
Canada 5,194,328 5,830,878 5,817,657 5,998,605 6,142,029 5,161,677 2,409,697 -53.3% 18.2%
China 1,510,558 2,385,694 4,588,970 4,398,544 4,797,753 3,069,312 1,725,039 -43.8% 217.6%
Mexico 4,154,201 4,001,809 3,614,447 2,998,386 2,972,264 2,399,411 1,151,407 -52.0% -28.5%
Korea 1,691,329 1,910,573 2,766,951 1,928,903 2,153,400 1,707,566 914,796 -46.4% 27.3%
Japan 1,257,986 1,231,334 1,813,728 1,444,909 1,458,827 1,125,178 794,700 -29.4% 16.0%
Ukraine 477,805 646,867 1,761,228 1,247,764 1,352,321 1,031,470 45,112 -95.6% 183.0%
India 977,809 719,033 1,153,475 878,293 1,250,064 989,752 435,562 -56.0% 27.8%
Russia 2,120,495 1,397,038 3,295,429 1,170,193 1,108,575 803,033 346,244 -56.9% -47.7%
Brazil 2,996,762 2,134,134 2,262,364 1,765,318 1,082,979 878,564 221,809 -74.8% -63.9%
Germany 1,248,343 1,282,763 1,230,402 1,170,274 1,076,345 835,569 366,618 -56.1% -13.8%
Turkey 1,393,276 948,995 1,994,170 518,903 680,606 443,634 329,229 -25.8% -51.2%
Australia 643,773 588,151 1,159,098 797,238 673,736 557,745 149,950 -73.1% 4.7%
Taiwan 739,774 632,713 1,386,210 1,047,125 647,423 507,847 295,211 -41.9% -12.5%
Italy 428,195 444,039 871,188 710,576 419,292 349,961 191,237 -45.4% -2.1%
Netherlands 463,525 532,628 653,212 530,094 417,780 264,863 163,477 -38.3% -9.9%
United Kingdom 591,194 646,516 492,243 502,639 373,979 289,036 140,262 -51.5% -36.7%
France 578,134 581,811 509,460 424,512 286,366 227,698 165,015 -27.5% -50.5%
Sweden 226,433 298,389 257,443 277,963 255,401 187,352 109,184 -41.7% 12.8%
Spain 340,546 373,669 407,896 203,707 255,209 201,574 110,775 -45.0% -25.1%
Thailand 232,076 284,426 576,396 389,177 251,116 193,782 68,503 -64.6% 8.2%
Austria 215,315 260,700 293,716 251,830 250,814 195,066 116,507 -40.3% 16.5%
Luxembourg 204,224 178,539 227,185 262,239 203,713 162,137 74,248 -54.2% -0.3%
Greece 73,107 36,065 79,075 224,790 165,977 111,872 55,670 -50.2% 127.0%
Czech Republic 174,290 122,303 233,903 159,502 151,483 98,454 72,321 -26.5% -13.1%
Argentina 274,138 194,775 80,446 84,185 142,616 65,840 50,924 -22.7% -48.0%
Romania 355,462 229,217 175,556 120,977 107,146 68,719 34,274 -50.1% -69.9%
Colombia 85,808 109,084 111,871 88,557 96,956 74,503 12,071 -83.8% 13.0%
Vietnam 3,905 13,387 33,949 73,153 96,546 63,424 55,892 -11.9% 2,372.6%
Malaysia 256,396 228,694 639,953 331,448 88,086 57,839 71,665 23.9% -65.6%
Belgium 242,550 259,350 224,272 111,169 82,185 58,814 35,589 -39.5% -66.1%
Poland 110,627 119,047 111,998 32,439 81,268 76,054 17,984 -76.4% -26.5%
United Arab Em 90,485 97,327 99,761 56,942 73,607 60,947 51,065 -16.2% -18.7%
South Africa 311,683 224,416 292,155 108,665 70,401 52,767 25,720 -51.3% -77.4%
Dominican Rep 119,491 64,295 112,608 89,377 69,460 62,270 36,788 -40.9% -41.9%
New Zealand 102,578 60,816 134,186 120,923 68,622 61,196 39,646 -35.2% -33.1%
Indonesia 46,426 18,329 37,286 25,902 61,173 37,724 53,537 41.9% 31.8%
Venezuela 291,912 384,327 141,027 145,533 42,562 36,763 7,673 -79.1% -85.4%
Norway 29,640 16,523 93,432 35,529 29,811 28,805 8,378 -70.9% 0.6%
Oman 32,806 16,506 16,112 6,446 24,404 11,498 15,124 31.5% -25.6%
Switzerland 15,901 19,751 20,674 32,493 21,570 16,715 8,536 -48.9% 35.7%
Finland 79,952 61,458 63,331 17,116 21,495 16,342 44,389 171.6% -73.1%
Denmark 4,711 13,104 28,382 50,890 11,517 10,104 7,811 -22.7% 144.5%
Pakistan 1,463 0 1,181 5 10,404 6,099 580 -90.5% 611.3%
Slovak Republic 18,107 16,969 61,600 13,844 10,393 8,373 2,012 -76.0% -42.6%
Slovenia 11,681 12,639 12,000 11,167 9,964 7,367 5,310 -27.9% -14.7%
Philippines 30,320 16,510 7,667 11,103 8,102 5,966 4,856 -18.6% -73.3%
Portugal 11,210 4,540 6,684 5,243 7,520 6,349 5,438 -14.4% -32.9%
Belarus 23,718 33,692 10,184 6,856 5,299 3,468 5,612 61.8% -77.7%
Bulgaria 261,966 103,319 231,374 3,208 3,343 39 3 -91.5% -98.7%
Israel 8,813 6,862 7,374 4,084 2,857 1,507 7,351 387.7% -67.6%
Hong Kong 1,070 6,024 40,740 37,006 2,318 1,769 1,845 4.3% 116.5%
Chile 18,738 14,018 9,236 2,506 1,873 1,670 457 -72.6% -90.0%
Peru 1,450 89 4,492 4,545 1,699 1,592 882 -44.6% 17.2%
Panama 33 132 1,491 3,470 1,462 1,440 4 -99.7% 4,290.2%
Singapore 15,829 2,944 25,455 74,684 1,459 1,280 1,469 14.8% -90.8%
Uruguay 3,567 0 295 971 1,224 931 56 -94.0% -65.7%
Saudi Arabia 24,237 2,467 35,901 2,349 1,209 876 2,679 205.9% -95.0%
Latvia 124,087 39,153 792 1,221 1,171 894 474 -47.0% -99.1%
Guatemala 13,869 4,262 2,014 108 1,157 964 284 -70.6% -91.7%
Ecuador 1,561 1,038 276 807 455 428 23 -94.6% -70.9%
Honduras 2,976 823 61 1 432 432 3 -99.3% -85.5%
Hungary 19,645 7,272 7,259 1,100 384 357 29 -91.9% -98.0%
Estonia 55,809 12,499 0 255 370 313 194 -38.1% -99.3%
Ireland 315 228 242 287 355 271 321 18.4% 12.4%
Costa Rica 6,663 9,632 3,387 5,846 336 245 678 176.4% -95.0%
Serbia Pre-2009 0 0 0 137 257 257 0 -100.0% N/A
Nicaragua 89 0 0 11 222 175 0 -100.0% 149.5%
Liechtenstein 170 377 279 176 134 106 73 -30.6% -21.2%
Lithuania 4,595 6,204 2,202 60 98 63 80 26.6% -97.9%
El Salvador 219 51 47 36 86 67 13 -80.1% -60.9%
Croatia 5 95 12 36 64 41 81 97.9% 1,204.0%
Cameroon 60 0 22 134 54 4 0 -100.0% -9.5%
Sierra Leone 0 0 1 0 33 0 7 N/A N/A
Trin & Tobago 23,074 8,812 2,118 1,574 23 23 0 -100.0% -99.9%
Algeria 92 44 102 0 19 19 0 -100.0% -79.0%
Morocco 15,441 0 3,264 1 12 3 0 -100.0% -99.9%
Georgia 12 0 14 0 9 0 0 N/A -25.3%
Syria 1 0 0 0 8 8 0 -100.0% 575.5%
Egypt 452,212 174,692 737,994 10,413 5 1 1 -23.4% -100.0%
Armenia 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 N/A N/A
Kyrgystan 2 64 185 57 1 1 0 -100.0% -51.7%
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100.0% N/A
Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100.0% N/A
Cote d`Ivoire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Guadeloupe 1 2 0 52 0 0 0 -95.9% -81.1%
Afghanistan 0 0 0 14 0 0 5 N/A N/A
Bahamas 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bangladesh 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Vatican City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Tunisia 8 1 0 30 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Tonga 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Tokelau Is 20 151 21 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Sri Lanka 42 0 0 3 0 0 1 N/A -100.0%
Somalia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 N/A N/A
Serbia/Monteneg 92,155 18 16 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Senegal 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Sao Tome & Prin 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Qatar 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Suriname 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
St Lucia Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
St Kitts-Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Netherlands Ant 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Montserrat Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Montenegro 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Monaco 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Moldova 0 5,199 14,002 1,264 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Mauritius 0 13 0 0 0 0 20 N/A N/A
Paraguay 10,737 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Palau 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Norfolk Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Nigeria 3 25 0 21 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Niger 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Marshall Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Malta 0 2 0 58 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Macedonia 10,633 0 14,811 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Macao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Liberia 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Kiribati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Kenya 81 31 86 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Kazakhstan 59,816 1,386 37,357 43,481 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Iran 17 11 0 9 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Iceland 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Haiti 0 21 0 18 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Guyana 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Gabon 174 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Fr S & Ant land 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Faroe Islands 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Falkland Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Eq Guinea 1,157 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Dominica Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Cape Verde 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Br Indian O Ter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Br Virgin Is 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bosnia-Hercegov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Belize 24 4 37 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Cook Is 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Congo (ROC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cocos Is 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cen African Rep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cayman Is 548 4,730 2 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bahrain 23 24 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Aruba 64 43 2 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Antigua Barbuda 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Anguilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Total: 31,716,702 30,096,693 41,145,220 31,081,508 29,691,688 22,706,278 11,070,502 -51.2% -6.4%
Source: Compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.