US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Pipe and Tube -- 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
  SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 OCT08 NOV08
M WORLD 17,802 16,527 15,061 14,042 15,224 11,534 13,512 14,770 16,429 15,482 15,674 16,309 15,499 17,197 18,862 25,025
M JAPAN 1,861 4,168 3,349 2,855 3,328 2,526 1,929 2,493 2,894 2,421 4,204 4,261 3,458 4,094 3,014 4,675
M CHINA 6,941 4,135 3,817 3,612 4,674 2,781 3,574 3,174 5,180 4,094 2,644 3,343 3,001 4,696 5,406 7,548
M TAIWAN 1,571 1,505 1,437 1,744 1,571 1,450 1,647 2,194 2,250 2,360 1,828 1,929 2,072 2,427 2,517 1,950
M CANADA 1,562 1,965 1,802 1,181 1,465 1,416 1,576 1,487 1,400 1,513 1,179 1,254 1,587 1,262 1,330 779.8
M KOREA 785.2 644.0 688.1 583.7 1,009 1,236 1,702 1,662 1,045 1,283 1,417 857.2 999.3 907.1 1,062 1,005
M MALAYSIA 429.1 511.0 243.0 94.2 205.4 135.2 204.0 329.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 685.2 785.9 684.9 783.9
M SPAIN 128.9 243.0 634.9 256.4 287.6 209.5 676.9 582.3 889.5 749.2 610.6 705.3 364.2 724.1 696.9 1,018
M FRANCE 690.8 493.9 1,294 341.9 687.8 228.1 694.4 507.1 865.2 473.0 571.3 608.0 204.0 558.1 532.5 476.5
M INDIA 272.6 333.4 99.5 21.7 7.21 34.1 0.09 3.08 41.4 36.9 26.9 851.7 88.6 316.2 296.3 62.8
M CZECH REPUBLIC 42.0 361.6 12.8 265.2 68.4 30.0 . 0.20 . 18.9 243.3 48.9 1,091 0.30 0.34 28.5
M THAILAND 204.3 36.3 240.6 252.0 156.3 144.1 125.3 163.3 50.7 315.8 629.7 346.0 349.5 254.2 322.2 505.0
M SWEDEN 76.3 492.7 157.7 197.0 163.5 270.6 175.3 301.0 356.2 234.6 292.1 249.8 217.2 203.3 204.6 157.6
M GERMANY 1,631 343.1 405.9 558.8 281.9 244.6 564.7 272.2 146.4 802.7 276.6 145.5 168.8 199.5 184.0 172.2
M ITALY 118.2 398.0 178.8 374.4 98.1 14.1 58.1 236.7 65.9 272.2 650.0 363.0 45.3 59.6 107.8 197.3
M AUSTRIA 788.8 170.4 168.2 1,148 670.5 443.7 119.0 666.3 174.9 44.1 113.5 112.7 104.4 202.4 773.1 729.6
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 141.0 128.4 . . 111.2 . . . . . . . 313.2 . . .
M MEXICO 120.0 303.1 80.0 151.2 73.6 61.1 66.3 87.5 85.8 141.3 126.3 86.9 108.1 92.5 94.0 33.2
M BRAZIL . 0.30 0.84 . 3.54 0.56 0.63 15.1 . 7.12 . . 249.6 . 0.72 .
M URUGUAY 56.3 69.2 145.1 151.4 86.7 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 102.9 68.4 74.5 106.6
M UKRAINE 0.11 34.5 55.2 19.8 15.9 17.9 . 132.4 31.5 38.3 69.7 73.8 149.1 . 14.9 60.0
M UNITED KINGDOM 133.1 31.9 70.7 22.2 17.0 94.9 19.6 39.3 28.7 60.9 89.0 43.0 49.5 70.6 75.4 16.1
M SWITZERLAND 52.7 30.1 12.4 18.5 4.16 4.42 4.16 23.1 4.85 2.34 4.81 7.54 2.00 119.4 2.08 2.37
M SINGAPORE 134.3 . 78.4 27.3 22.8 43.1 110.4 97.8 83.0 19.8 35.8 20.9 10.6 38.4 18.3 20.7
M VIETNAM . . . . . . . 15.3 . . 16.9 . . 55.1 150.4 56.4
M FINLAND 27.1 33.6 44.4 119.5 160.1 40.2 147.0 67.2 161.3 77.2 10.4 . . 51.3 197.5 61.0
M HONG KONG . . . . . 4.46 . 19.6 . 35.0 . . 29.7 . . .
M IRELAND 0.58 19.1 0.78 2.63 1.45 21.0 0.79 17.6 0.00 18.0 0.64 0.03 23.4 4.87 0.00 0.01
M DENMARK 10.5 37.1 2.80 18.0 2.14 1.75 5.42 5.27 1.53 2.50 4.88 5.77 6.05 0.62 17.5 1.32
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99 . 0.00 .
M NETHERLANDS 1.51 4.97 0.22 0.00 2.06 1.81 . 0.88 0.16 1.35 0.79 . 2.01 3.33 0.71 6.60
M NORWAY 0.10 4.58 0.07 2.60 0.97 . . 1.11 . . . . 3.47 . 0.00 .
M RUSSIA . 0.99 . . . . . . . . . 0.69 . . . 0.78
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03 0.15 . . .
M AUSTRALIA 1.11 . 0.44 . 10.2 . 0.03 . . 10.1 . . . . . 0.64
M BELGIUM . 3.66 . 2.66 15.6 . . 0.10 . 0.21 0.10 . . . . 0.00
M BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.91
M GREECE . 3.74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M LIECHTENSTEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.56
M PHILIPPINES . . 0.62 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08 0.04
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M SLOVAKIA 19.0 18.9 37.2 19.0 19.1 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . . .
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M SYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07 .
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691.8
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,080 3,874

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 25, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through November 25, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through October 2008
Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data
Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes
 
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data