US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Line Pipe -- C & A

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
  OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 NOV08 DEC08
M WORLD 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 169,805 253,012 257,104 201,034 226,032 205,847
M CHINA 26,735 49,143 14,282 44,108 37,287 21,995 23,312 31,988 43,557 31,755 42,404 51,071 58,432 48,224 52,712 46,125
M INDIA 52,690 53,410 24,982 60,472 66,822 55,728 62,088 43,812 31,325 40,303 13,129 67,375 40,912 717.0 16,337 47,035
M KOREA 24,641 16,256 18,881 36,839 16,704 18,494 32,380 18,176 16,796 36,417 25,474 25,292 28,552 48,103 49,796 26,157
M MEXICO 7,554 6,039 5,175 9,395 11,001 12,592 12,493 16,489 17,188 18,479 15,229 16,677 23,048 11,702 9,978 14,099
M JAPAN 25,063 7,218 14,988 14,197 4,317 8,941 12,808 17,528 10,911 14,837 23,755 8,176 19,436 21,153 11,304 7,085
M TURKEY . . . . 3,224 . . . 10,888 10,317 6,722 15,043 10,872 16,300 16,300 16,900
M GERMANY 18,772 23,808 7,530 19,312 22,496 4,680 38,359 15,104 13,610 25,056 10,967 18,271 11,663 4,386 3,729 2,067
M GREECE 22,761 13,958 22,836 20,666 21,512 . . 16,422 24,259 10,133 . 7,844 10,971 13,781 25,607 11,551
M UKRAINE 1,845 61.8 41.1 5,509 . 4,701 5,011 86.6 8,415 9,452 9,389 4,413 11,713 5,504 2,392 5,092
M CANADA 21,369 47,708 39,102 35,198 33,046 55,239 40,029 35,865 30,939 11,979 3,037 1,963 7,399 8,238 8,253 6,466
M ITALY 20,542 18,005 24,041 15,876 35,921 39,138 2,457 37,063 22,552 16,415 5,477 7,898 7,763 1,118 607.8 6,608
M ARGENTINA 6,597 9,641 149.5 27.1 4,349 199.2 4,093 2,949 683.5 2,828 1,604 3,181 9,137 4,383 4,383 3,621
M CZECH REPUBLIC 505.5 124.8 2,691 2,137 14.6 7,188 3,689 2,187 3,499 2,791 2,863 4,293 3,762 2,675 1,678 4,838
M TAIWAN 2,163 1,964 1,666 2,310 863.5 2,662 2,909 1,075 4,766 3,093 3,392 5,181 2,283 2,661 4,675 2,687
M RUSSIA 5,356 . . 521.2 . 1,897 3,495 . . 7,241 . 731.2 4,002 5,179 7,489 .
M ROMANIA 3,713 3,642 . 2,327 561.2 6,479 1,684 . 2,823 3,329 . 1,953 1,715 2,146 4,341 81.4
M SOUTH AFRICA . 833.7 412.6 2,358 . 3,087 2,002 . 314.6 2,128 . 4,603 11.6 1,146 90.0 2,333
M BRAZIL 494.7 269.6 3.17 1,116 1,111 2,099 4,205 737.7 4,842 1,442 624.7 3,512 1,262 225.4 225.4 13.1
M POLAND 183.9 400.4 194.6 367.0 . 112.7 341.8 757.4 1,854 926.4 . 518.2 2,150 446.0 446.0 368.4
M UNITED KINGDOM 7,671 18,237 18,615 2,549 380.7 110.6 214.3 327.9 3,174 . . 2,445 258.1 9.00 0.07 191.6
M FRANCE 380.1 550.2 335.8 428.2 262.3 1,140 3,791 2,196 3,024 1,789 1,176 2.12 139.1 1,933 2,100 34.4
M AUSTRIA . 1,324 464.2 766.4 504.1 660.8 . 1,314 655.3 2,624 620.6 830.5 638.3 515.4 . 1,900
M THAILAND . . . . 2,736 692.4 . 173.7 291.8 482.4 232.0 776.4 944.7 . . 352.3
M SLOVAKIA . 307.4 245.7 746.4 47.4 108.0 60.1 168.0 181.0 412.6 21.1 588.6 28.3 136.7 316.6 144.8
M SPAIN . 101.1 4.90 . . . . 8.23 474.3 1,269 839.1 365.9 . 87.5 166.0 85.8
M SWITZERLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.4 241.4 .
M NETHERLANDS . . . . . 0.25 . . 169.2 10.6 . . 3.43 16.0 26.5 .
M AUSTRALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.21 .
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,820 .
M GUATEMALA . . . . . . . . . 1.76 . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . 44.4 . . . . . . . . . . .
M NORWAY . . . . . . . . . . 2,843 . . . . .
M SINGAPORE . . . . . 8.55 16.2 12.5 . . . . . . . .
M SWEDEN . . . 7.89 8.61 . 23.5 . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 1.51
M VENEZUELA 1,363 4,489 . 150.4 . 352.4 123.0 202.8 . 403.9 . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through November 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
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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