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
  OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 NOV08 DEC08
M WORLD 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 10,345 10,707 10,167 11,228 9,209
M TAIWAN 1,505 1,437 1,743 1,571 1,450 1,645 2,194 2,249 2,359 1,828 1,929 2,070 2,427 2,168 2,110 2,130
M CHINA 3,871 2,946 2,519 3,741 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,952 1,352 1,856 1,190 1,148 1,250
M CANADA 1,770 1,614 1,118 1,459 1,401 1,557 1,453 1,395 1,414 1,147 1,213 1,528 1,278 1,040 1,088 684.3
M KOREA 636.3 680.2 583.7 954.1 1,213 1,643 1,661 1,006 1,279 1,417 857.2 999.3 909.2 1,148 1,250 555.5
M MALAYSIA 511.0 243.0 94.2 205.4 135.2 204.0 329.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 685.2 785.9 898.3 957.2 994.7
M JAPAN 757.5 1,071 646.4 517.0 468.2 661.5 674.6 610.0 890.0 1,064 825.4 629.4 588.9 765.3 980.8 703.0
M SPAIN 243.0 634.9 256.4 287.6 201.0 676.9 580.2 885.0 749.2 610.6 705.3 364.2 723.3 718.5 1,044 634.2
M FRANCE 493.9 664.4 341.9 687.8 228.1 694.4 503.0 865.2 473.0 571.3 608.0 204.0 627.8 512.0 553.9 311.2
M THAILAND 36.3 240.6 252.0 156.3 144.1 125.3 163.3 50.7 315.8 629.7 346.0 349.5 254.2 588.3 505.0 272.0
M CZECH REPUBLIC 361.6 12.8 265.2 68.4 30.0 . 0.20 . 18.9 243.3 48.8 1,091 0.30 14.1 173.8 0.12
M SWEDEN 492.7 157.7 195.2 163.5 258.8 174.3 301.0 355.8 234.4 292.1 249.8 217.2 203.3 165.7 164.8 189.9
M GERMANY 335.4 405.0 557.7 246.2 227.0 564.3 178.4 144.4 210.3 276.6 145.5 165.5 202.0 189.5 177.4 246.7
M AUSTRIA 169.3 168.2 34.3 264.8 138.9 114.5 169.0 132.8 44.1 113.5 112.7 104.4 202.2 175.1 215.9 137.1
M URUGUAY 69.2 145.1 151.4 86.7 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 102.9 97.3 87.2 138.0 57.5
M ITALY 186.8 178.7 374.3 98.1 14.1 45.1 236.5 64.3 269.4 523.4 363.0 45.2 56.1 161.9 188.7 30.7
M MEXICO 80.6 77.9 105.4 73.6 61.1 63.8 87.5 85.8 141.3 106.8 86.9 107.6 92.5 52.1 47.2 150.5
M INDIA 301.5 99.5 20.3 6.13 . 0.09 3.08 40.3 36.2 23.0 151.6 84.7 98.3 47.6 185.1 245.4
M UKRAINE 34.5 55.2 19.8 15.9 17.9 . 132.4 31.5 38.3 69.7 73.8 149.1 . 68.7 76.8 196.0
M VIETNAM . . . . . . 15.3 . . 16.9 . . 55.1 75.5 56.4 254.8
M SWITZERLAND 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 4.91 3.04 0.16
M FINLAND 33.6 44.4 119.5 160.1 40.2 147.0 67.2 161.3 77.2 10.4 . . 60.1 24.8 61.7 57.3
M SINGAPORE . 78.4 27.3 22.8 43.1 110.4 97.8 83.0 19.8 35.8 20.9 . 38.4 20.7 20.9 22.1
M UNITED KINGDOM 17.1 12.5 5.02 12.4 14.5 8.98 12.9 15.2 24.5 27.3 27.1 17.5 21.1 10.1 11.5 17.5
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99 . 29.9 29.9 .
M HONG KONG . . . . 4.46 . 19.6 . 35.0 . . 29.7 . . . 8.77
M IRELAND 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 0.01 0.01 0.00
M NETHERLANDS 4.97 0.22 0.00 2.06 1.81 . 0.88 0.16 1.35 0.79 . 2.01 3.33 7.18 6.60 0.04
M DENMARK 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 1.31 16.3 15.5
M NORWAY 1.63 0.07 2.60 . . . 1.11 . . . . 3.47 . . . .
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . 0.03 0.15 . . . .
M AUSTRALIA . 0.44 . 10.2 . 0.03 . . 10.1 . . . . . 0.68 13.5
M BELGIUM 3.66 . 2.66 15.6 . . 0.10 . 0.21 0.10 . . . . 0.00 0.33
M BRAZIL 0.30 0.84 . 3.54 0.56 0.63 15.1 . 7.12 . . . . . . .
M BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.91 .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 0.05
M LIECHTENSTEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.56 .
M PHILIPPINES . 0.62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04 0.06
M RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.78 .
M SLOVAKIA 18.9 37.2 19.0 19.1 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . . . .
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.8
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 8.22

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
 
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