US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Mechanical Tubing -- 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 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 48,172 45,717 50,212 50,986 47,526
M CHINA 8,082 9,531 4,471 7,404 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,886 12,294 7,236 12,597 12,032 14,125
M MEXICO 16,164 15,098 12,318 15,256 17,920 18,796 23,347 18,170 16,480 16,396 6,354 7,320 7,770 6,641 6,534 7,647
M CANADA 7,931 6,344 5,623 6,756 6,732 7,358 7,532 7,771 8,522 5,510 5,703 5,740 4,879 3,803 3,908 3,282
M GERMANY 1,412 1,043 1,754 2,054 975.6 3,383 2,010 1,887 2,825 4,818 3,139 2,739 6,035 4,512 5,383 5,320
M ROMANIA 752.1 2,104 1,755 2,736 . 2,783 1,706 3.74 3,439 2,386 . 4,344 3,166 2,060 3,640 1.83
M JAPAN 2,571 5,132 2,678 4,069 1,945 3,430 3,154 3,410 3,058 2,123 2,713 2,584 2,061 3,407 3,285 2,733
M ARGENTINA 416.2 1,690 780.6 35.2 575.6 141.5 1,565 2,421 1,245 2,276 1,163 1,431 2,109 3,401 3,410 2,559
M INDIA 757.1 978.2 709.3 791.2 1,051 1,098 1,340 944.7 591.4 1,177 1,073 1,953 2,603 1,327 1,271 1,565
M SPAIN 60.1 1,306 210.2 1,172 44.8 656.7 572.7 590.9 1,412 1,625 626.2 2,239 945.0 2,300 2,822 791.5
M ITALY 719.2 491.8 1,584 1,214 1,066 1,797 1,129 852.9 1,696 1,807 1,414 1,332 2,663 1,319 681.7 5,499
M RUSSIA 1,205 0.74 1.03 0.77 0.62 752.0 412.8 190.4 . 1,254 133.6 . 885.9 3,324 2,143 1,318
M THAILAND 12.9 . . . . . . . 365.3 . 588.1 2,071 39.3 802.9 802.9 246.0
M KOREA 1,359 5,143 269.3 1,048 563.0 677.4 630.4 538.7 727.5 568.2 692.6 1,155 824.0 318.7 358.9 513.0
M SWITZERLAND 640.1 656.8 359.7 524.2 269.4 396.6 505.5 907.3 559.7 480.8 956.6 394.2 502.7 800.3 752.5 44.2
M FRANCE 1,047 972.5 1,226 922.3 845.0 1,124 1,113 1,186 449.7 1,035 414.1 728.3 375.6 589.3 652.3 342.1
M BRAZIL 115.3 381.5 . 570.9 123.8 1,437 1,790 770.5 636.8 126.1 106.7 397.4 225.7 901.8 880.8 123.6
M MALAYSIA . . . 61.0 . . . 141.5 69.2 221.5 269.9 . 1,023 226.5 279.6 186.7
M TAIWAN 173.6 222.5 169.7 286.5 155.5 149.1 199.1 156.5 202.5 141.2 257.5 172.9 420.1 641.8 513.0 59.1
M SWEDEN 437.4 631.0 433.1 503.8 504.0 711.4 458.9 502.3 354.7 322.0 273.9 460.9 408.9 172.6 300.6 437.3
M COSTA RICA . . 40.3 . . . . 20.4 41.9 188.9 316.0 150.4 167.3 359.7 378.6 187.2
M BELARUS . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.3 . . .
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 239.3 223.2 165.8 133.3 .
M COLOMBIA 14.9 137.6 . 2.85 14.4 23.1 81.0 . 64.6 80.3 65.4 35.0 331.2 21.9 . .
M UKRAINE 91.3 381.8 39.7 28.3 66.4 978.8 30.6 8.20 430.8 111.9 286.9 127.2 7.51 45.9 70.2 0.04
M UNITED KINGDOM 35.1 0.59 78.6 8.46 21.5 10.0 93.8 20.1 8.24 13.2 51.1 36.4 15.0 107.5 206.1 98.8
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 47.5 28.2 64.3 202.8 453.9 70.4 99.3 118.8 70.3 136.7 66.5 90.8 14.3 32.1 29.4 33.2
M AUSTRALIA . . 78.7 . . 103.2 4.87 63.2 32.0 64.7 13.5 45.6 . 81.7 47.7 .
M AUSTRIA 76.0 301.5 66.0 92.8 37.6 149.5 202.7 184.4 51.6 94.7 78.9 13.2 26.1 69.7 69.2 22.5
M NETHERLANDS 0.49 . 0.85 . 20.7 16.9 6.07 18.6 4.46 53.0 5.45 32.3 38.0 32.0 14.6 20.4
M HONG KONG 76.0 . . . 108.5 . 22.0 . . 79.6 65.3 . 26.3 24.5 32.9 19.1
M TURKEY 1,472 51.0 33.5 . 38.8 104.6 20.9 . . . . . . 42.7 42.7 59.2
M VIETNAM . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 20.6 . 20.4 22.7 53.0
M BELGIUM 85.6 57.5 24.9 21.0 29.7 31.4 11.8 38.0 . 14.5 26.0 15.4 14.2 10.0 10.0 .
M SAUDI ARABIA 15.4 2.36 . . 15.3 7.10 . . 9.47 21.3 3.55 . . 28.5 27.3 1.56
M IRELAND . 2.27 . . . . . . . . . . . 13.3 0.01 0.00
M ISRAEL . . . . . . 2.59 . . . . 2.71 . 4.07 0.12 0.06
M SLOVAKIA . 0.51 . . . . 18.1 . . . 8.34 . 3.01 . 0.36 1.20
M DENMARK . 0.23 . . . . . . 3.20 . 2.27 0.36 . . 0.00 0.01
M CZECH REPUBLIC 70.5 34.5 34.0 63.7 59.8 34.8 . . . . . . . . 0.46 .
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.24
M NORWAY . . . . 2.91 . 0.15 . . . . . . . . .
M PHILIPPINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 3.25
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.52
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02
M SINGAPORE . . . . 2.28 . . . . . 82.7 . . . . 21.2
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 16.8
M VENEZUELA . . . . . . 103.2 . . . . . . . 158.8 187.4

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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