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Preliminary: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products
January 2010
 

  

     The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that preliminary 
January steel imports were $1.4 billion (1.5 million metric 
tons) compared to the preliminary December totals of $1.3 
billion (1.3 million metric tons).     
	
     The January change in steel imports based on metric 
tonnage reflected increases primarily in blooms, bullets, and 
slabs; and oil country goods.  Monthly increases occurred 
primarily with Canada and Russia.  A decrease occurred 
primarily with Brazil.
   

     
    The annual final statistics through December 2009 showed 
steel imports of 14.7 million metric tons compared to 29.0 
million metric tons through December 2008. The largest 
commodity decreases were in blooms, billets, and slabs; and 
oil country goods.  The largest country decreases were with 
China and Canada.  

 

Notes:

The data in this report are preliminary and subject to revisions.

Analysis of recent months for steel product imports indicates 
the value of preliminary data should equal about 96 percent of 
the final value reported in the regular monthly trade statistics 
report.  Preliminary data reported for individual steel 
categories and at the individual country of origin level have 
been less consistently predictive of the final data reported in 
the regular monthly trade statistics. For further details visit 
the Foreign Trade Division web site at: www.census.gov/trade. 
On the web site you can access product by country and country 
by product tables.

The next release is March 23, 2010.