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
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 SEP08 OCT08
M WORLD 204,477 198,356 250,407 277,497 196,646 277,392 263,219 248,313 255,591 244,650 257,202 255,925 169,805 252,105 222,932 242,568
M CHINA 27,142 38,381 26,735 49,143 14,282 44,108 37,287 21,995 23,312 31,988 43,557 31,755 42,404 50,566 45,125 50,554
M INDIA 33,870 45,436 52,690 53,410 24,982 60,472 66,822 55,728 62,088 43,812 31,325 40,303 13,129 67,375 53,431 26,850
M KOREA 13,926 25,731 24,641 16,256 18,881 36,839 16,704 18,494 32,380 18,176 16,796 36,417 25,474 25,292 16,950 30,349
M GERMANY 17,862 9,895 18,772 23,808 7,530 19,312 22,496 4,680 38,359 15,104 13,610 25,056 10,967 18,271 17,501 11,121
M MEXICO 6,158 6,303 7,554 6,039 5,175 9,395 11,001 12,592 12,493 16,489 17,188 18,479 15,229 16,612 16,372 23,041
M JAPAN 19,580 1,652 25,063 7,218 14,988 14,197 4,317 8,941 12,808 17,528 10,911 14,837 23,755 8,170 10,362 27,928
M TURKEY . . . . . . 3,224 . . . 10,888 10,317 6,722 15,043 15,045 10,872
M ITALY 11,899 22,706 20,542 18,005 24,041 15,876 35,921 39,138 2,457 37,063 22,552 16,415 5,477 7,898 6,361 7,953
M UKRAINE 96.1 81.7 1,845 61.8 41.1 5,509 . 4,701 5,011 86.6 8,415 9,452 9,389 4,413 842.9 12,499
M GREECE 23,308 11,069 22,761 13,958 22,836 20,666 21,512 . . 16,422 24,259 10,133 . 7,844 7,844 10,971
M CANADA 24,450 23,832 21,369 47,708 39,102 35,198 33,046 55,239 40,029 35,865 30,939 11,979 3,037 1,963 1,834 6,891
M TAIWAN 2,358 5,071 2,163 1,964 1,666 2,310 863.5 2,662 2,909 1,075 4,766 3,093 3,392 5,181 5,532 1,670
M CZECH REPUBLIC 962.2 2,616 505.5 124.8 2,691 2,137 14.6 7,188 3,689 2,187 3,499 2,791 2,863 4,293 4,294 2,932
M RUSSIA 1,884 . 5,356 . . 521.2 . 1,897 3,495 . . 7,241 . 731.2 691.3 3,825
M ARGENTINA . 4,173 6,597 9,641 149.5 27.1 4,349 199.2 4,093 2,949 683.5 2,828 1,604 3,181 3,594 9,037
M SOUTH AFRICA 748.8 437.8 . 833.7 412.6 2,358 . 3,087 2,002 . 314.6 2,128 . 4,603 4,560 .
M BRAZIL 1,306 227.6 494.7 269.6 3.17 1,116 1,111 2,099 4,205 737.7 4,842 1,442 624.7 3,512 1,502 1,178
M ROMANIA . 9.84 3,713 3,642 . 2,327 561.2 6,479 1,684 . 2,823 3,329 . 1,953 1,953 1,713
M AUSTRIA 0.13 . . 1,324 464.2 766.4 504.1 660.8 . 1,314 655.3 2,624 620.6 498.5 38.1 .
M FRANCE 367.1 52.9 380.1 550.2 335.8 428.2 262.3 1,140 3,791 2,196 3,024 1,789 1,176 2.12 357.7 1.21
M NORWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843 . . .
M SPAIN 137.1 . . 101.1 4.90 . . . . 8.23 474.3 1,269 839.1 365.9 365.9 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 17,521 66.8 7,671 18,237 18,615 2,549 380.7 110.6 214.3 327.9 3,174 . . 2,445 2,443 12.6
M THAILAND . . . . . . 2,736 692.4 . 173.7 291.8 482.4 232.0 776.4 776.4 944.7
M POLAND 218.3 174.6 183.9 400.4 194.6 367.0 . 112.7 341.8 757.4 1,854 926.4 . 518.2 518.2 2,150
M SLOVAKIA 337.3 413.2 . 307.4 245.7 746.4 47.4 108.0 60.1 168.0 181.0 412.6 21.1 588.6 588.6 28.3
M VENEZUELA 254.3 . 1,363 4,489 . 150.4 . 352.4 123.0 202.8 . 403.9 . . . .
M NETHERLANDS 9.95 0.43 . . . . . 0.25 . . 169.2 10.6 . . . 14.3
M GUATEMALA . . . . . . . . . . . 1.76 . . . 0.20
M AUSTRALIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.6
M BELGIUM . 20.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,278 .
M HONG KONG 58.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757.2 .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . 44.4 . . . . . . . . .
M SINGAPORE . . . . . . . 8.55 16.2 12.5 . . . . . .
M SWEDEN . . . . . 7.89 8.61 . 23.5 . . . . . . .
M SWITZERLAND 17.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.88 7.11

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: November 4, 2008, with
Licensing data collected through November 4, 2008 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through September 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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