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
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 SEP08 OCT08
M WORLD 14,176 12,871 12,024 11,025 9,495 10,858 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 12,676 10,538 10,704
M CHINA 4,364 5,497 3,871 2,946 2,519 3,741 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,952 3,686 1,464 1,928
M TAIWAN 2,308 1,571 1,505 1,437 1,743 1,571 1,450 1,645 2,194 2,249 2,359 1,828 1,929 2,070 1,953 2,360
M CANADA 1,630 1,529 1,770 1,614 1,118 1,459 1,401 1,557 1,453 1,395 1,414 1,147 1,213 1,526 1,528 1,169
M KOREA 800.9 768.2 636.3 680.2 583.7 954.1 1,213 1,643 1,661 1,006 1,279 1,417 857.2 998.7 828.2 1,048
M JAPAN 1,239 754.9 757.5 1,071 646.4 517.0 468.2 661.5 674.6 610.0 890.0 1,064 825.4 629.4 727.2 688.4
M MALAYSIA 237.2 429.1 511.0 243.0 94.2 205.4 135.2 204.0 329.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 685.2 682.7 684.9
M SPAIN 540.9 128.9 243.0 634.9 256.4 287.6 201.0 676.9 580.2 885.0 749.2 610.6 705.3 364.2 391.8 694.2
M CZECH REPUBLIC 233.0 42.0 361.6 12.8 265.2 68.4 30.0 . 0.20 . 18.9 243.3 48.8 1,091 1,091 0.34
M FRANCE 842.7 690.8 493.9 664.4 341.9 687.8 228.1 694.4 503.0 865.2 473.0 571.3 608.0 203.9 248.3 531.6
M THAILAND 295.1 204.3 36.3 240.6 252.0 156.3 144.1 125.3 163.3 50.7 315.8 629.7 346.0 349.5 333.2 322.2
M ITALY 282.1 101.7 186.8 178.7 374.3 98.1 14.1 45.1 236.5 64.3 269.4 523.4 363.0 45.1 175.9 67.1
M SWEDEN 173.7 75.9 492.7 157.7 195.2 163.5 258.8 174.3 301.0 355.8 234.4 292.1 249.8 217.2 217.7 203.0
M GERMANY 383.3 165.8 335.4 405.0 557.7 246.2 227.0 564.3 178.4 144.4 210.3 276.6 145.5 165.4 109.2 178.3
M AUSTRIA 180.3 129.1 169.3 168.2 34.3 264.8 138.9 114.5 169.0 132.8 44.1 113.5 112.7 104.4 161.9 134.5
M MEXICO 102.7 107.7 80.6 77.9 105.4 73.6 61.1 63.8 87.5 85.8 141.3 106.8 86.9 107.6 112.7 89.5
M UKRAINE 0.27 0.11 34.5 55.2 19.8 15.9 17.9 . 132.4 31.5 38.3 69.7 73.8 149.1 125.5 14.9
M URUGUAY 83.4 56.3 69.2 145.1 151.4 86.7 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 102.9 150.9 74.5
M INDIA 166.6 272.6 301.5 99.5 20.3 6.13 . 0.09 3.08 40.3 36.2 23.0 151.6 84.7 108.0 91.0
M UNITED KINGDOM 20.4 112.8 17.1 12.5 5.02 12.4 14.5 8.98 12.9 15.2 24.5 27.3 27.1 17.5 15.3 29.7
M SINGAPORE 90.2 118.4 . 78.4 27.3 22.8 43.1 110.4 97.8 83.0 19.8 35.8 20.9 . 20.1 18.3
M HONG KONG . . . . . . 4.46 . 19.6 . 35.0 . . 29.7 . .
M IRELAND 2.07 0.58 19.1 0.78 2.63 1.45 21.0 0.79 17.6 0.00 18.0 0.64 0.03 23.4 0.04 0.00
M VIETNAM . . . . . . . . 15.3 . . 16.9 . . . 131.8
M DENMARK 10.8 10.5 37.1 2.80 18.0 2.14 1.75 5.42 5.27 1.53 2.50 4.88 5.77 6.05 6.05 17.5
M SWITZERLAND 26.6 52.7 30.1 12.4 18.5 4.16 4.42 4.16 23.1 4.85 2.34 4.81 7.54 2.00 4.03 2.08
M FINLAND 81.4 27.1 33.6 44.4 119.5 160.1 40.2 147.0 67.2 161.3 77.2 10.4 . . 25.3 197.5
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.99 4.88 .
M NORWAY . 0.10 1.63 0.07 2.60 . . . 1.11 . . . . 3.47 3.39 .
M NETHERLANDS 6.64 1.51 4.97 0.22 0.00 2.06 1.81 . 0.88 0.16 1.35 0.79 . 2.01 2.28 0.71
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.03 0.15 0.15 .
M BELGIUM 1.15 . 3.66 . 2.66 15.6 . . 0.10 . 0.21 0.10 . . 0.00 .
M AUSTRALIA . 1.11 . 0.44 . 10.2 . 0.03 . . 10.1 . . . 0.04 .
M BRAZIL . . 0.30 0.84 . 3.54 0.56 0.63 15.1 . 7.12 . . . . 0.00
M CHILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.63 .
M PHILIPPINES . . . 0.62 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.01 0.08
M RUSSIA 36.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M SLOVAKIA 35.7 19.0 18.9 37.2 19.0 19.1 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . .
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M SYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.06 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 25.1

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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