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
  JUL07 AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 AUG08 SEP08
M WORLD 63,777 47,602 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,677 32,579 36,062
M MEXICO 14,247 15,495 13,110 16,164 15,098 12,318 15,256 17,920 18,796 23,347 18,170 16,480 16,396 6,324 6,497 5,074
M CANADA 7,760 7,500 7,099 7,931 6,344 5,623 6,756 6,732 7,358 7,532 7,771 8,522 5,510 5,683 5,927 3,629
M CHINA 24,963 9,190 14,367 8,082 9,531 4,471 7,404 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,849 5,445 7,976
M GERMANY 770.9 1,892 954.1 1,412 1,043 1,754 2,054 975.6 3,383 2,010 1,887 2,825 4,818 3,127 2,868 1,569
M JAPAN 2,893 3,110 2,139 2,571 5,132 2,678 4,069 1,945 3,430 3,154 3,410 3,058 2,123 2,713 2,505 2,193
M ROMANIA 1,667 40.7 10.4 752.1 2,104 1,755 2,736 . 2,783 1,706 3.74 3,439 2,386 . . 4,345
M ITALY 1,106 833.6 850.2 719.2 491.8 1,584 1,214 1,066 1,797 1,129 852.9 1,696 1,807 1,404 1,428 1,251
M ARGENTINA 230.2 133.7 966.3 416.2 1,690 780.6 35.2 575.6 141.5 1,565 2,421 1,245 2,276 1,163 1,189 1,376
M SPAIN 25.2 1,904 148.8 60.1 1,306 210.2 1,172 44.8 656.7 572.7 590.9 1,412 1,625 626.2 606.7 2,224
M INDIA 962.5 2,306 1,368 757.1 978.2 709.3 791.2 1,051 1,098 1,340 944.7 591.4 1,177 1,021 1,170 1,036
M SWITZERLAND 757.6 447.1 417.6 640.1 656.8 359.7 524.2 269.4 396.6 505.5 907.3 559.7 480.8 956.6 937.1 279.5
M KOREA 798.6 684.1 1,665 1,359 5,143 269.3 1,048 563.0 677.4 630.4 538.7 727.5 568.2 692.6 656.5 1,013
M FRANCE 607.7 1,626 662.7 1,047 972.5 1,226 922.3 845.0 1,124 1,113 1,186 449.7 1,035 393.3 319.9 466.9
M RUSSIA 2,434 338.4 0.69 1,205 0.74 1.03 0.77 0.62 752.0 412.8 190.4 . 1,254 133.6 133.7 0.30
M THAILAND 1,051 728.0 927.8 12.9 . . . . . . . 365.3 . 588.1 588.1 1,924
M SWEDEN 357.7 321.9 300.4 437.4 631.0 433.1 503.8 504.0 711.4 458.9 502.3 354.7 322.0 273.9 268.0 324.1
M BRAZIL 501.5 25.9 247.7 115.3 381.5 . 570.9 123.8 1,437 1,790 770.5 636.8 126.1 106.7 13.7 246.8
M UKRAINE 4.71 105.7 3.71 91.3 381.8 39.7 28.3 66.4 978.8 30.6 8.20 430.8 111.9 286.9 285.6 107.8
M TAIWAN 204.8 229.9 479.6 173.6 222.5 169.7 286.5 155.5 149.1 199.1 156.5 202.5 141.2 257.5 390.6 228.0
M MALAYSIA . . . . . . 61.0 . . . 141.5 69.2 221.5 269.9 269.9 .
M COSTA RICA . . . . . 40.3 . . . . 20.4 41.9 188.9 316.0 319.4 112.2
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 28.8 61.7 167.1 47.5 28.2 64.3 202.8 453.9 70.4 99.3 118.8 70.3 136.7 66.5 73.7 92.9
M AUSTRIA 99.9 146.8 35.3 76.0 301.5 66.0 92.8 37.6 149.5 202.7 184.4 51.6 94.7 78.9 65.1 16.2
M COLOMBIA 90.2 264.8 97.0 14.9 137.6 . 2.85 14.4 23.1 81.0 . 64.6 80.3 65.4 274.7 213.1
M HONG KONG . . 61.1 76.0 . . . 108.5 . 22.0 . . 79.6 65.3 . .
M AUSTRALIA 103.5 33.6 17.5 . . 78.7 . . 103.2 4.87 63.2 32.0 64.7 13.5 15.2 23.8
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 . 239.3
M UNITED KINGDOM 0.16 18.4 13.4 35.1 0.59 78.6 8.46 21.5 10.0 93.8 20.1 8.24 13.2 50.7 26.3 0.91
M NETHERLANDS 1.42 24.4 77.3 0.49 . 0.85 . 20.7 16.9 6.07 18.6 4.46 53.0 5.45 7.08 23.3
M BELGIUM 6.66 78.7 18.4 85.6 57.5 24.9 21.0 29.7 31.4 11.8 38.0 . 14.5 26.0 26.0 15.4
M SAUDI ARABIA 12.8 17.5 21.1 15.4 2.36 . . 15.3 7.10 . . 9.47 21.3 3.55 . .
M SLOVAKIA 0.22 . 43.4 . 0.51 . . . . 18.1 . . . 8.34 8.78 0.19
M DENMARK . . . . 0.23 . . . . . . 3.20 . 2.27 136.0 5.45
M VIETNAM . 2.97 . . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 . 20.6
M CZECH REPUBLIC 34.8 . 35.9 70.5 34.5 34.0 63.7 59.8 34.8 . . . . . . .
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M IRELAND 9.85 . . . 2.27 . . . . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . 2.59 . . . . . .
M NORWAY . . . . . . . 2.91 . 0.15 . . . . 0.01 .
M PHILIPPINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.26 0.60
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M SINGAPORE . . . . . . . 2.28 . . . . . . 94.7 .
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.08 .
M TURKEY 2,041 37.1 90.9 1,472 51.0 33.5 . 38.8 104.6 20.9 . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.7 27.0
M VENEZUELA . . . . . . . . . 103.2 . . . . . .

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: September 23, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through September 23, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through August 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
 
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