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
  FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 MAR09 APR09
M WORLD 8,675 11,281 11,602 10,943 10,845 10,838 10,724 10,345 10,707 10,841 9,568 9,988 6,542 11,491 13,205 7,863
M CHINA 2,476 2,723 2,483 2,089 1,723 1,192 1,952 1,352 1,856 1,204 1,454 1,831 1,381 4,288 6,439 834.5
M TAIWAN 1,450 1,645 2,194 2,249 2,359 1,828 1,929 2,070 2,427 2,168 1,987 1,922 1,001 1,163 1,098 1,186
M CANADA 1,401 1,557 1,453 1,395 1,414 1,147 1,213 1,528 1,278 1,040 683.2 888.3 761.0 1,025 968.2 704.8
M KOREA 1,213 1,643 1,661 1,006 1,279 1,417 857.2 999.3 909.2 1,148 695.5 891.9 487.0 444.1 447.0 705.2
M JAPAN 468.2 661.5 674.6 610.0 890.0 1,064 825.4 629.4 588.9 765.3 994.2 972.6 447.4 612.8 606.3 747.6
M SPAIN 201.0 676.9 580.2 885.0 749.2 610.6 705.3 364.2 723.3 1,027 626.8 866.4 593.5 956.9 861.7 744.3
M MALAYSIA 135.2 204.0 329.9 568.8 352.5 536.3 918.9 685.2 785.9 935.0 917.3 1,098 295.2 646.7 596.0 193.1
M FRANCE 228.1 694.4 503.0 865.2 473.0 571.3 608.0 204.0 627.8 512.0 383.9 154.1 296.8 545.7 338.4 493.1
M GERMANY 227.0 564.3 178.4 144.4 210.3 276.6 145.5 165.5 202.0 285.9 310.3 330.4 337.5 249.2 293.7 446.3
M SWEDEN 258.8 174.3 301.0 355.8 234.4 292.1 249.8 217.2 203.3 165.7 192.5 205.3 196.2 449.8 504.7 170.7
M THAILAND 144.1 125.3 163.3 50.7 315.8 629.7 346.0 349.5 254.2 588.3 305.0 58.9 17.0 . . .
M ITALY 14.1 45.1 236.5 64.3 269.4 523.4 363.0 45.2 56.1 196.6 61.3 185.5 56.5 112.4 116.4 60.4
M CZECH REPUBLIC 30.0 . 0.20 . 18.9 243.3 48.8 1,091 0.30 159.4 0.12 . 9.30 352.8 277.8 336.9
M AUSTRIA 138.9 114.5 169.0 132.8 44.1 113.5 112.7 104.4 202.2 175.1 169.7 189.3 68.3 113.6 238.0 104.4
M MEXICO 61.1 63.8 87.5 85.8 141.3 106.8 86.9 107.6 92.5 52.1 65.9 31.1 42.1 40.8 41.7 39.0
M INDIA . 0.09 3.08 40.3 36.2 23.0 151.6 84.7 98.3 47.6 188.9 84.0 117.5 176.7 97.7 17.5
M URUGUAY 57.2 90.4 155.4 83.0 75.7 89.9 74.0 102.9 97.3 87.2 80.9 38.4 11.1 . . 1.33
M UKRAINE 17.9 . 132.4 31.5 38.3 69.7 73.8 149.1 . 68.7 204.9 45.8 46.8 59.2 59.9 56.9
M FINLAND 40.2 147.0 67.2 161.3 77.2 10.4 . . 60.1 24.8 18.9 . . . 55.9 85.0
M VIETNAM . . 15.3 . . 16.9 . . 55.1 113.1 153.0 89.8 55.9 34.3 34.3 .
M SINGAPORE 43.1 110.4 97.8 83.0 19.8 35.8 20.9 . 38.4 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . . 20.3
M HONG KONG 4.46 . 19.6 . 35.0 . . 29.7 . . . . 262.6 . 0.00 .
M UNITED KINGDOM 14.5 8.98 12.9 15.2 24.5 27.3 27.1 17.5 21.1 10.1 9.06 23.0 7.68 36.5 29.0 23.7
M SWITZERLAND 4.42 4.16 23.1 4.85 2.34 4.81 7.54 2.00 119.4 4.91 4.04 1.00 2.19 5.23 3.29 10.3
M TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . 28.0 46.1 26.4 79.8 79.9 80.4
M IRELAND 21.0 0.79 17.6 0.00 18.0 0.64 0.03 23.4 4.87 0.01 . 14.0 . 25.0 0.02 0.03
M SLOVAKIA 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . . . . . . 4.73 .
M AUSTRALIA . 0.03 . . 10.1 . . . . . . . . 68.5 . 6.58
M ARGENTINA . . . . . . . 9.99 . 29.9 . . 2.78 . . 49.5
M DENMARK 1.75 5.42 5.27 1.53 2.50 4.88 5.77 6.05 0.62 1.31 . . 0.71 1.66 1.67 0.01
M NETHERLANDS 1.81 . 0.88 0.16 1.35 0.79 . 2.01 3.33 7.18 10.8 0.39 0.51 0.75 1.27 116.4
M BRAZIL 0.56 0.63 15.1 . 7.12 . . . . . . . . . 0 173.6
M NORWAY . . 1.11 . . . . 3.47 . . 0.06 0.20 0.82 . . .
M BELGIUM . . 0.10 . 0.21 0.10 . . . . . . . . 0.11 2.60
M COSTA RICA . . . . . . 0.03 0.15 . . . . . . . .
M ISRAEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 .
M RUSSIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 450.5

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration
Table last modified on: May 5, 2009, with
Licensing data collected through May 5, 2009 and
Preliminary Census data compiled through March 2009
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
To see License Data at HTS 6-digit level click on chart title at the top of the page.
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