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			10:00 A.M. EDT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2012			
						
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Preliminary: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products						
		November 2012				
						
     The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that preliminary November steel imports were $2.5 billion (2.4 million metric tons) 
compared to the preliminary October totals of $2.6 billion (2.3 million metric tons).  The November change in steel imports 
based on metric tonnage reflected increases primarily in blooms, billets, and slabs, and plates in coils; decreases were 
reflected primarily in oil country goods and plates cut lengths.  Decreases occurred primarily with Korea and Japan. 
Increases occurred primarily with Russia and Brazil.

The year to date final statistics through October 2012 showed steel imports of 25.7 million metric tons compared with 22.1 million 
metric tons through October 2011. The largest commodity increases occurred primarily in oil country goods and blooms, billets, and slabs. 
The largest country increases occurred primarily with Brazil and Korea; Decreases occurred primarily with Australia and Mexico.		
						
						
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 website, 
you can access product by country and country by product tables.						
						
The next release is January 23, 2013.