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U.S. Imports of Steel Products
Overall Trends By Source Country
Quantity
Annual + Year-To-Date Data from January-June
Source 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 YTD 2000 YTD 2001 % Change YTD % change 1996-2000
In Short Tons
Canada 4,626,656 4,633,383 4,831,995 4,940,501 5,169,564 2,836,306 2,333,724 -17.7% 11.7%
Brazil 2,756,588 2,806,811 2,705,122 3,651,937 3,404,666 1,895,669 1,036,892 -45.3% 23.5%
Mexico 2,836,702 3,154,460 3,111,734 3,545,349 3,175,835 1,800,936 1,462,383 -18.8% 12.0%
Korea 1,461,038 1,692,703 3,516,698 3,112,957 2,905,665 1,669,884 1,295,320 -22.4% 98.9%
Japan 1,855,853 2,371,724 6,457,694 2,936,958 1,978,267 1,056,679 880,341 -16.7% 6.6%
Germany 2,494,880 2,246,889 1,614,225 1,598,418 1,883,111 841,665 800,581 -4.9% -24.5%
China 558,923 570,233 724,133 914,862 1,690,399 686,530 492,736 -28.2% 202.4%
Russia 1,662,535 3,308,099 5,237,131 1,215,864 1,524,272 619,333 723,292 16.8% -8.3%
Taiwan 121,338 199,747 499,782 937,276 1,288,485 820,555 282,611 -65.6% 961.9%
Ukraine 781,961 439,672 718,966 593,594 1,184,289 674,727 80,808 -88.0% 51.5%
India 86,504 213,003 316,027 559,155 999,144 644,236 134,210 -79.2% 1,055.0%
France 1,241,005 1,017,166 1,030,007 1,146,353 941,621 416,014 410,143 -1.4% -24.1%
Netherlands 973,276 768,147 800,587 861,194 864,842 435,041 276,999 -36.3% -11.1%
Australia 546,251 437,217 940,981 936,457 813,225 493,601 292,498 -40.7% 48.9%
United Kingdom 866,789 629,907 933,759 582,892 631,509 345,228 266,120 -22.9% -27.1%
Spain 361,387 417,808 449,302 478,367 620,671 305,274 279,584 -8.4% 71.7%
South Africa 328,766 296,448 579,292 521,931 565,945 318,075 236,117 -25.8% 72.1%
Thailand 95,828 73,799 149,285 207,292 536,013 211,073 104,092 -50.7% 459.3%
Italy 499,163 564,162 500,531 341,077 495,603 245,648 329,267 34.0% -0.7%
Turkey 271,570 396,253 391,881 251,749 489,988 258,668 342,294 32.3% 80.4%
Belgium 905,244 452,633 421,308 513,855 471,134 231,616 194,516 -16.0% -48.0%
Romania 49,904 164,206 242,526 425,340 463,122 288,168 113,306 -60.7% 828.0%
Argentina 106,113 157,690 166,795 484,409 425,117 151,825 224,177 47.7% 300.6%
Venezuela 586,397 390,175 473,823 385,673 388,533 223,098 111,339 -50.1% -33.7%
Indonesia 68,853 118,174 391,474 482,611 338,890 219,725 59,791 -72.8% 392.2%
Poland 86,852 129,666 143,365 130,341 332,852 232,454 87,949 -62.2% 283.2%
Latvia 9,018 112,324 175,958 375,531 253,632 156,902 20 -100.0% 2,712.6%
Luxembourg 154,215 174,370 293,854 200,108 253,517 130,332 137,277 5.3% 64.4%
Kazakhstan 3,818 22,588 149,265 131,694 219,678 172,380 17,236 -90.0% 5,654.4%
Moldova 5,522 42,178 204,426 183,822 202,132 146,594 0 -100.0% 3,560.3%
Sweden 273,858 261,425 238,210 196,597 185,516 102,199 120,279 17.7% -32.3%
Austria 96,403 128,332 143,481 91,811 183,660 96,556 122,852 27.2% 90.5%
Finland 202,791 167,141 200,183 224,979 171,646 91,106 49,260 -45.9% -15.4%
Slovak Republic 81,795 171,324 162,963 125,948 152,156 144,575 6,441 -95.5% 86.0%
Malaysia 58,737 40,982 60,254 97,875 143,752 81,315 54,943 -32.4% 144.7%
Belarus 959 927 19,906 77,150 109,382 42,282 6,746 -84.0% 11,307.8%
New Zealand 106,309 136,758 95,725 134,752 103,920 54,649 48,375 -11.5% -2.2%
Czech Republic 88,653 115,347 91,619 58,008 95,408 44,346 107,402 142.2% 7.6%
Macedonia 9,969 43,385 61,601 40,261 94,610 58,869 5,673 -90.4% 849.1%
Norway 31,082 22,178 30,432 44,454 93,914 58,277 23,730 -59.3% 202.1%
Greece 120,078 59,396 50,904 52,937 65,687 37,888 15,242 -59.8% -45.3%
Liechtenstein 2 224 92 195 57,842 34,239 128 -99.6% 2,675,777.4%
Colombia 11,373 24,361 28,798 40,040 56,263 27,350 23,356 -14.6% 394.7%
United Arab Em 13,411 20,788 36,008 31,008 53,148 22,693 19,050 -16.1% 296.3%
Chile 16,797 25,841 40,669 45,184 48,963 20,551 8,434 -59.0% 191.5%
Bulgaria 18,550 66,480 30,626 22,777 33,700 10,817 27,332 152.7% 81.7%
Hungary 23,249 17,670 34,268 36,381 31,549 18,866 15,119 -19.9% 35.7%
Portugal 13,225 19,358 39,267 10,816 27,263 13,859 8,591 -38.0% 106.2%
Ireland 5,329 796 3,875 1,507 20,542 12,373 933 -92.5% 285.5%
Switzerland 28,054 24,698 48,671 14,646 12,469 5,168 7,134 38.1% -55.6%
Lithuania 4,591 1,560 62,930 5,957 12,201 9,069 2,007 -77.9% 165.8%
Israel 8,847 9,684 4,154 5,987 11,909 4,687 4,594 -2.0% 34.6%
Trin & Tobago 10,959 33,551 8,295 7,900 10,760 5,836 16,102 175.9% -1.8%
Philippines 5,496 12,599 19,765 5,957 10,181 8,434 1,486 -82.4% 85.2%
Egypt 3,100 16,378 18,202 267 9,706 5,627 35,739 535.2% 213.1%
Guatemala 0 5,183 7,109 8,817 8,471 5,151 5,637 9.4% N/A
Slovenia 42,304 8,616 7,463 7,989 7,289 3,638 3,949 8.6% -82.8%
Pakistan 0 174 2,271 2,966 6,728 3,785 2,612 -31.0% N/A
Honduras 3,570 4,543 5,216 4,163 6,369 3,961 2,176 -45.1% 78.4%
Dominican Rep 5,610 5,718 6,951 6,992 6,342 3,043 2,520 -17.2% 13.0%
Croatia 9,685 3,536 11,241 460 5,269 315 0 -100.0% -45.6%
Tunisia 17,427 22,080 218 7,879 4,609 4,598 0 -100.0% -73.6%
Oman 0 0 0 0 4,553 1,808 6,616 266.0% N/A
Denmark 6,988 5,477 5,426 4,568 4,538 2,867 1,799 -37.3% -35.1%
Ecuador 407 643 511 2,872 1,865 737 1,172 59.0% 358.1%
Algeria 14 0 1,697 597 1,808 355 75,066 21,065.8% 12,547.1%
El Salvador 0 0 0 308 1,746 0 108 N/A N/A
Vietnam 0 0 399 2,530 1,664 714 363 -49.2% 1,160,953.8%
Georgia 21 0 0 0 1,645 0 1 N/A 7,919.5%
Saudi Arabia 3,679 5,075 2,113 4,914 1,624 292 12,551 4,195.3% -55.9%
Singapore 1,210 1,693 1,353 12,216 1,578 844 6,161 629.9% 30.3%
Hong Kong 396 555 1,044 4,146 1,411 759 254 -66.6% 256.4%
Peru 0 27 555 6,886 1,337 171 357 108.8% N/A
Macao 2,735 1,397 2,604 2,682 1,214 647 368 -43.1% -55.6%
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 609 605 0 -100.0% N/A
Costa Rica 0 311 259 23 510 15 28 86.6% 122,227.2%
Kenya 0 136 80 121 421 379 0 -100.0% N/A
Serbia/Monteneg 0 0 0 16 313 0 158 N/A N/A
Bosnia-Hercegov 0 0 0 0 294 294 0 -100.0% N/A
Cyprus 19 0 9,269 0 248 0 248 N/A 1,205.7%
Iran 0 0 0 0 236 0 0 N/A N/A
Sri Lanka 0 66 20 0 72 0 73 N/A N/A
Estonia 2,150 20 556 113 42 0 112 N/A -98.1%
Belize 4 0 0 11 38 18 0 -100.0% 813.6%
Burma (Myanmar) 0 0 0 17 22 0 22 N/A N/A
Cote d`Ivoire 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 N/A N/A
Malta 0 0 5 43 11 11 0 -100.0% N/A
Haiti 21 0 2 19 10 10 0 -100.0% -54.4%
Dominica Is 0 2 0 33 5 0 12 N/A 3,438.8%
Albania 0 0 0 15 5 5 0 -100.0% N/A
Jordan 110 6 12 1 3 0 0 N/A -97.5%
Syria 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 N/A N/A
Panama 36 33 11 0 2 2 22 832.3% -93.3%
Bolivia 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -50.9% N/A
Netherlands Ant 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -87.5%
Niger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -100.0% N/A
Antigua Barbuda 8 0 7 21 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 N/A N/A
Cameroon 0 699 0 19 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cen African Rep 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Gabon 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Guyana 11 884 1 51 0 0 2 N/A -100.0%
Tokelau Is 0 920 266 0 0 0 85 N/A N/A
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A N/A
Sao Tome & Prin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 N/A N/A
San Marino 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Paraguay 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Norfolk Is 610 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
New Caledonia 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Nepal 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Montserrat Is 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
St Lucia Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Sierra Leone 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Monaco 0 0 23 0 0 0 4 N/A -100.0%
Mauritius 42 0 0 42 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Mali 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Kyrgystan 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Kuwait 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Kiribati 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Jamaica 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Guinea 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Falkland Is 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Cayman Is 1,247 0 2,218 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Br Virgin Is 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Bahrain 29 0 24 0 0 0 0 N/A -100.0%
Bangladesh 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A
Aruba 0 20 0 0 0 0 20 N/A N/A
Total: 27,734,904 29,490,682 39,771,931 34,102,591 36,380,792 19,574,894 13,859,073 -29.2% 31.2%
Source: Compiled by the U.S. International Trade Commission from official statistics of the U.S. Department of Commerce.