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U.S. Imports of Steel Products
Detail by steel product group

A- Carbon and Alloy Flat Products

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 2,252,023 2,828,046 2,741,520 3,533,835 4,134,484 3,508,258 1,617,338 -53.9% 83.6%
Mexico 3,110,184 2,891,510 2,548,140 1,952,578 1,669,091 1,293,573 584,893 -54.8% -46.3%
Ukraine 313,332 456,652 1,622,624 1,178,494 1,233,198 962,340 27,814 -97.1% 293.6%
Korea 1,061,261 1,177,470 1,878,771 1,139,687 1,180,270 961,356 540,659 -43.8% 11.2%
Brazil 2,757,041 1,898,860 2,031,966 1,537,925 930,331 759,805 314,738 -58.6% -66.3%
Russia 2,288,482 1,363,273 3,173,267 1,037,067 915,089 710,134 276,898 -61.0% -60.0%
China 324,601 344,994 1,356,302 761,171 826,356 581,955 168,216 -71.1% 154.6%
Australia 632,065 577,931 1,151,501 852,274 693,477 579,903 179,088 -69.1% 9.7%
India 777,001 419,587 931,550 304,307 537,007 435,420 110,940 -74.5% -30.9%
Japan 365,467 305,488 831,646 538,395 497,931 379,918 399,383 5.1% 36.2%
Netherlands 484,507 549,719 709,236 576,121 463,712 282,603 183,641 -35.0% -4.3%
Germany 507,182 498,680 556,094 473,081 333,122 255,035 99,647 -60.9% -34.3%
Taiwan 653,554 390,870 1,077,350 391,886 307,962 231,679 202,389 -12.6% -52.9%
Turkey 296,677 130,630 572,733 8,516 182,250 48,611 44,695 -8.1% -38.6%
Sweden 116,682 187,506 160,779 185,053 178,394 129,110 83,769 -35.1% 52.9%
France 407,971 435,611 352,333 285,050 143,859 114,448 73,434 -35.8% -64.7%
Thailand 146,591 177,336 423,587 244,412 121,991 87,830 14,540 -83.4% -16.8%
Belgium 338,803 294,421 264,778 89,212 93,879 70,624 54,654 -22.6% -72.3%
New Zealand 110,358 70,403 143,719 129,184 73,087 65,778 46,851 -28.8% -33.8%
Poland 21,893 4,835 7,639 1,438 62,888 62,046 1,789 -97.1% 187.3%
United Kingdom 87,386 247,200 136,756 48,838 41,930 32,757 28,580 -12.8% -52.0%
Austria 35,399 50,412 65,059 57,662 40,059 31,540 24,636 -21.9% 13.2%
Spain 61,313 99,046 102,173 66,427 20,963 18,106 13,713 -24.3% -65.8%
Romania 131,503 51,915 17,559 57,419 20,514 10,279 0 -100.0% -84.4%
Italy 236,444 198,139 639,838 308,850 19,268 18,644 5,922 -68.2% -91.9%
Finland 49,522 37,017 37,211 8,514 16,936 12,247 47,293 286.2% -65.8%
South Africa 226,729 133,903 208,161 70,518 14,448 13,672 6,495 -52.5% -93.6%
Luxembourg 32,025 23,066 33,167 56,448 13,783 11,427 2,527 -77.9% -57.0%
Colombia 11,974 15,086 18,833 12,030 11,787 9,420 5,515 -41.5% -1.6%
Norway 847 3,906 27,066 9,373 8,093 8,093 1,006 -87.6% 855.2%
Malaysia 216,025 193,417 539,599 169,793 3,755 383 30,664 7,911.0% -98.3%
Bulgaria 43,758 9,629 43,218 3,188 3,293 0 0 N/A -92.5%
Vietnam 0 43 36 0 2,356 2,171 384 -82.3% N/A
Slovak Republic 1,129 4,172 52,452 1,814 1,148 1,135 0 -100.0% 1.7%
Switzerland 1,466 1,710 2,701 1,633 828 648 1,477 128.1% -43.5%
Czech Republic 36,275 19,338 52,193 4,095 613 610 87 -85.7% -98.3%
Dominican Rep 830 517 516 400 564 540 574 6.4% -32.1%
Greece 6,629 0 23,812 0 413 0 3,483 N/A -93.8%
Indonesia 38,760 11,249 42,032 23,456 261 259 0 -100.0% -99.3%
Singapore 1,073 0 242 721 242 242 0 -100.0% -77.5%
Costa Rica 848 436 1,687 154 206 197 0 -100.0% -75.7%
Serbia Pre-2009 0 0 0 101 168 168 0 -100.0% N/A
Chile 13,723 13,755 4,002 0 91 46 125 174.1% -99.3%
Argentina 175,545 105,119 79,178 2,148 60 8 26,514 348,553.9% -100.0%
Venezuela 194,627 297,149 69,382 99,353 26 0 15,753 N/A -100.0%
Peru 30 0 45 52 21 21 0 -100.0% -27.8%
Hong Kong 6 0 2,754 271 17 17 0 -100.0% 187.4%
Slovenia 104 0 0 5 6 6 19 191.2% -93.8%
Hungary 18,091 6,483 5,713 1,021 2 2 0 -100.0% -100.0%
Denmark 12 17 24 20 1 0 1 N/A -92.2%
Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Antigua Barbuda 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
El Salvador 10,288 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Serbia/Monteneg 92,155 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Saudi Arabia 40,281 0 34,015 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Portugal 0 20 21 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Philippines 1,708 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Pakistan 0 0 329 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Norfolk Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Netherlands Ant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Morocco 15,441 0 3,264 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Montserrat Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Macedonia 10,633 0 14,778 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Liechtenstein 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Latvia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Kyrgystan 0 0 115 11 0 0 0 N/A N/A
United Arab Em 0 0 2,616 0 0 0 129 N/A N/A
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Trin & Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Tokelau Is 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Kenya 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Kazakhstan 59,816 1,386 37,335 49,343 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Israel 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Ireland 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Iran 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Guatemala 1,774 174 546 108 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Estonia 55,797 12,499 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Egypt 425,491 165,726 685,802 4,891 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Dominica Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cayman Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bosnia-Hercegov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Belarus 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Total: 19,301,214 16,706,390 25,519,852 16,278,346 14,800,227 11,693,059 5,240,272 -55.2% -23.3%
Source: Compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.