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
  AUG07 SEP07 OCT07 NOV07 DEC07 JAN08 FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 SEP08 OCT08
M WORLD 47,602 46,400 45,845 52,728 34,811 45,828 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 46,759 51,916 45,140
M MEXICO 15,495 13,110 16,164 15,098 12,318 15,256 17,920 18,796 23,347 18,170 16,480 16,396 6,354 7,320 7,425 7,435
M CHINA 9,190 14,367 8,082 9,531 4,471 7,404 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,886 12,294 14,822 5,973
M CANADA 7,500 7,099 7,931 6,344 5,623 6,756 6,732 7,358 7,532 7,771 8,522 5,510 5,703 5,740 5,866 4,493
M GERMANY 1,892 954.1 1,412 1,043 1,754 2,054 975.6 3,383 2,010 1,887 2,825 4,818 3,139 2,737 2,959 5,498
M JAPAN 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 2,582 2,681 2,467
M ROMANIA 40.7 10.4 752.1 2,104 1,755 2,736 . 2,783 1,706 3.74 3,439 2,386 . 4,344 4,345 3,168
M ARGENTINA 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 1,431 1,436 2,134
M ITALY 833.6 850.2 719.2 491.8 1,584 1,214 1,066 1,797 1,129 852.9 1,696 1,807 1,414 1,324 1,317 2,480
M INDIA 2,306 1,368 757.1 978.2 709.3 791.2 1,051 1,098 1,340 944.7 591.4 1,177 1,073 1,953 2,010 2,279
M SPAIN 1,904 148.8 60.1 1,306 210.2 1,172 44.8 656.7 572.7 590.9 1,412 1,625 626.2 853.6 2,237 886.9
M THAILAND 728.0 927.8 12.9 . . . . . . . 365.3 . 588.1 2,071 2,071 9.22
M KOREA 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 1,155 1,068 818.1
M FRANCE 1,626 662.7 1,047 972.5 1,226 922.3 845.0 1,124 1,113 1,186 449.7 1,035 414.1 716.2 715.1 227.4
M SWITZERLAND 447.1 417.6 640.1 656.8 359.7 524.2 269.4 396.6 505.5 907.3 559.7 480.8 956.6 394.2 393.0 431.3
M RUSSIA 338.4 0.69 1,205 0.74 1.03 0.77 0.62 752.0 412.8 190.4 . 1,254 133.6 . 0.30 2,830
M SWEDEN 321.9 300.4 437.4 631.0 433.1 503.8 504.0 711.4 458.9 502.3 354.7 322.0 273.9 460.9 446.9 414.3
M COSTA RICA . . . . 40.3 . . . . 20.4 41.9 188.9 316.0 150.4 112.2 167.3
M BRAZIL 25.9 247.7 115.3 381.5 . 570.9 123.8 1,437 1,790 770.5 636.8 126.1 106.7 397.4 279.3 220.5
M TAIWAN 229.9 479.6 173.6 222.5 169.7 286.5 155.5 149.1 199.1 156.5 202.5 141.2 257.5 172.9 244.5 413.3
M UKRAINE 105.7 3.71 91.3 381.8 39.7 28.3 66.4 978.8 30.6 8.20 430.8 111.9 286.9 127.2 123.0 10.8
M MALAYSIA . . . . . 61.0 . . . 141.5 69.2 221.5 269.9 . 493.2 530.1
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.6 239.3 239.3 316.9
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 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 90.8 113.0 3.83
M AUSTRIA 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 13.2 28.5 18.5
M COLOMBIA 264.8 97.0 14.9 137.6 . 2.85 14.4 23.1 81.0 . 64.6 80.3 65.4 35.0 218.1 331.2
M HONG KONG . 61.1 76.0 . . . 108.5 . 22.0 . . 79.6 65.3 . . .
M AUSTRALIA 33.6 17.5 . . 78.7 . . 103.2 4.87 63.2 32.0 64.7 13.5 45.6 45.6 33.1
M UNITED KINGDOM 18.4 13.4 35.1 0.59 78.6 8.46 21.5 10.0 93.8 20.1 8.24 13.2 51.1 36.4 35.1 0.67
M NETHERLANDS 24.4 77.3 0.49 . 0.85 . 20.7 16.9 6.07 18.6 4.46 53.0 5.45 32.3 23.3 3.89
M SINGAPORE . . . . . . 2.28 . . . . . 82.7 . 9.76 20.5
M BELGIUM 78.7 18.4 85.6 57.5 24.9 21.0 29.7 31.4 11.8 38.0 . 14.5 26.0 15.4 43.8 0.05
M SAUDI ARABIA 17.5 21.1 15.4 2.36 . . 15.3 7.10 . . 9.47 21.3 3.55 . . 4.86
M VIETNAM 2.97 . . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 20.6 26.8 .
M SLOVAKIA . 43.4 . 0.51 . . . . 18.1 . . . 8.34 . 0.22 4.29
M DENMARK . . . 0.23 . . . . . . 3.20 . 2.27 0.36 5.45 0.00
M BELARUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676.1
M CZECH REPUBLIC . 35.9 70.5 34.5 34.0 63.7 59.8 34.8 . . . . . . . 0.20
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21
M INDONESIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.1
M IRELAND . . . 2.27 . . . . . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . 2.59 . . . . . 0.02 .
M NORWAY . . . . . . 2.91 . 0.15 . . . . . . .
M PHILIPPINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.89 2.98
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.07
M TURKEY 37.1 90.9 1,472 51.0 33.5 . 38.8 104.6 20.9 . . . . . . .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.0 777.7
M VENEZUELA . . . . . . . . 103.2 . . . . . . .

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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