US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Stainless Pipe & Tubing -- S

Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars

Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph Country Census Data Preliminary
Census Data		 License Data
  NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 APR09 MAY09 JUN09 JUL09 AUG09 SEP09 OCT09 NOV09 DEC09 DEC09 JAN10
M WORLD 10,841 9,568 9,988 6,542 7,844 7,166 6,040 6,243 6,209 5,576 5,829 6,627 6,271 6,950 7,281 7,012
M TAIWAN 2,168 1,987 1,922 1,001 1,163 1,153 1,168 1,467 1,585 1,123 1,338 1,247 1,360 1,517 1,651 1,650
M CANADA 1,040 683.2 888.3 761.0 1,025 681.7 663.8 783.0 715.3 976.6 989.6 1,112 1,147 850.7 853.2 839.0
M CHINA 1,204 1,454 1,831 1,381 641.5 1,209 647.1 981.7 653.3 925.5 779.2 1,167 764.9 1,143 1,054 725.0
M KOREA 1,148 695.5 891.9 487.0 444.1 349.5 621.2 392.1 489.9 400.0 735.0 522.5 756.9 642.3 672.2 1,208
M GERMANY 285.9 310.3 330.4 337.5 249.2 576.5 410.8 492.1 286.4 353.0 152.7 991.0 48.0 53.8 63.6 37.9
M JAPAN 765.3 994.2 972.6 447.4 612.8 818.6 252.4 346.5 316.2 248.2 435.9 324.9 400.1 333.0 435.6 498.8
M FRANCE 512.0 383.9 154.1 296.8 545.7 353.3 579.1 261.3 272.6 189.1 415.8 181.3 283.3 316.1 300.2 207.5
M MALAYSIA 935.0 917.3 1,098 295.2 646.7 213.4 239.4 220.5 141.2 149.4 191.8 139.5 223.4 230.0 249.5 261.8
M CZECH REPUBLIC 159.4 0.12 . 9.30 352.8 351.8 . 35.6 386.0 21.7 40.5 178.0 104.8 301.1 427.8 222.4
M MEXICO 52.1 65.9 31.1 42.1 40.8 43.5 37.5 28.9 24.5 44.2 39.6 66.3 368.4 111.1 98.8 120.7
M TURKEY . 28.0 46.1 26.4 79.8 80.2 92.0 114.4 175.7 201.0 93.9 49.9 70.8 404.3 325.5 128.0
M AUSTRIA 175.1 169.7 189.3 68.3 113.6 145.4 130.1 183.7 288.7 156.7 26.3 5.17 232.4 257.9 258.7 78.9
M SPAIN 1,027 626.8 866.4 593.5 956.9 775.6 648.9 502.5 358.5 441.7 93.6 109.4 108.9 255.9 316.6 366.2
M SWEDEN 165.7 192.5 205.3 196.2 449.8 150.5 168.9 171.3 259.6 100.3 54.3 187.0 149.3 131.9 98.3 199.3
M ITALY 196.6 61.3 185.5 56.5 112.4 65.3 62.9 86.9 198.6 65.8 270.8 71.8 116.0 96.4 76.7 144.0
M VIETNAM 113.1 153.0 89.8 55.9 34.3 . 108.1 79.9 . 17.3 18.9 37.6 36.0 78.4 78.4 119.0
M UKRAINE 68.7 204.9 45.8 46.8 59.2 56.8 40.6 53.9 8.89 49.0 74.5 80.5 28.5 36.3 36.1 13.6
M UNITED KINGDOM 10.1 9.06 23.0 7.68 36.5 12.4 23.6 23.0 30.8 22.7 26.2 52.3 20.0 39.0 17.2 7.28
M INDIA 47.6 188.9 84.0 117.5 176.7 20.8 39.3 8.51 . 14.9 8.26 26.7 17.6 37.9 74.1 25.2
M SINGAPORE 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . 20.3 61.9 3.23 . 18.4 21.6 18.4 24.2 38.2 19.8 21.6
M SWITZERLAND 4.91 4.04 1.00 2.19 5.23 10.7 4.17 0.73 14.1 32.1 4.87 28.7 3.94 13.9 28.0 5.24
M THAILAND 588.3 305.0 58.9 17.0 . . . . . 20.8 . 27.1 . 18.5 . .
M FINLAND 24.8 18.9 . . . 13.3 . . . . 1.16 . . 17.3 97.9 94.2
M IRELAND 0.01 . 14.0 . 25.0 0.02 2.64 . . . 14.7 0.00 . 16.1 0.04 0.06
M DENMARK 1.31 . . 0.71 1.66 0.79 0.28 0.25 0.59 1.23 1.26 1.02 1.98 6.34 6.44 6.43
M BRAZIL . . . . . 12.1 33.1 2.81 . 2.35 . . 2.96 . 0.00 0.07
M BELGIUM . . . . . 1.87 0.71 . . . . . 0.30 1.36 0.11 0.01
M NETHERLANDS 7.18 10.8 0.39 0.51 0.75 . . 1.99 1.93 0.04 0.36 . . 0.41 0.71 0.49
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 . . . .
M HONG KONG . . . 262.6 . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . .
M ARGENTINA 29.9 . . 2.78 . 46.0 . . . . . . . . . .
M AUSTRALIA . . . . 68.5 . . . . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M NORWAY . 0.06 0.20 0.82 . . 2.11 . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.9 16.7
M URUGUAY 87.2 80.9 38.4 11.1 . 1.33 . . . . . . . . . 13.2

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: February 2, 2010, with
Licensing data collected through February 2, 2010 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through December 2009
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including preliminary data
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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