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
  FEB08 MAR08 APR08 MAY08 JUN08 JUL08 AUG08 SEP08 OCT08 NOV08 DEC08 JAN09 FEB09 MAR09 MAR09 APR09
M WORLD 36,619 50,568 50,759 44,290 47,248 46,276 33,944 48,172 45,717 50,455 50,719 45,257 26,347 38,361 36,275 26,439
M MEXICO 17,920 18,796 23,347 18,170 16,480 16,396 6,354 7,320 7,770 6,641 7,236 8,189 7,136 9,409 9,727 7,526
M CHINA 2,972 4,342 2,587 3,370 3,891 3,144 6,886 12,294 7,236 12,597 13,435 8,541 5,444 5,632 3,931 3,992
M CANADA 6,732 7,358 7,532 7,771 8,522 5,510 5,703 5,740 4,879 3,834 3,253 3,245 3,399 4,196 4,375 3,833
M GERMANY 975.6 3,383 2,010 1,887 2,825 4,818 3,139 2,739 6,035 4,512 6,351 4,721 1,190 2,961 2,947 2,837
M JAPAN 1,945 3,430 3,154 3,410 3,058 2,123 2,713 2,584 2,061 3,407 3,490 2,808 1,885 2,558 2,542 3,039
M ITALY 1,066 1,797 1,129 852.9 1,696 1,807 1,414 1,332 2,663 1,319 5,568 3,111 2,571 2,242 2,244 1,121
M ROMANIA . 2,783 1,706 3.74 3,439 2,386 . 4,344 3,166 2,060 1,578 2,829 348.7 2,341 2,339 2.14
M ARGENTINA 575.6 141.5 1,565 2,421 1,245 2,276 1,163 1,431 2,109 3,401 2,553 2,492 143.7 626.3 386.2 126.5
M INDIA 1,051 1,098 1,340 944.7 591.4 1,177 1,073 1,953 2,603 1,327 1,717 1,278 856.0 974.0 950.7 457.9
M RUSSIA 0.62 752.0 412.8 190.4 . 1,254 133.6 . 885.9 3,324 2,219 1,211 727.0 3,140 3,143 .
M SPAIN 44.8 656.7 572.7 590.9 1,412 1,625 626.2 2,239 945.0 2,491 1,130 606.6 27.0 833.3 380.4 646.6
M FRANCE 845.0 1,124 1,113 1,186 449.7 1,035 414.1 728.3 375.6 610.9 530.3 1,119 1,781 1,718 1,587 986.8
M KOREA 563.0 677.4 630.4 538.7 727.5 568.2 692.6 1,155 824.0 318.7 461.5 256.6 70.8 735.8 710.6 275.1
M BRAZIL 123.8 1,437 1,790 770.5 636.8 126.1 106.7 397.4 225.7 901.8 37.8 1,132 33.8 92.1 38.6 79.4
M SWITZERLAND 269.4 396.6 505.5 907.3 559.7 480.8 956.6 394.2 502.7 800.3 44.1 159.0 76.6 195.1 195.1 174.2
M THAILAND . . . . 365.3 . 588.1 2,071 39.3 802.9 . 2,298 . . . .
M SWEDEN 504.0 711.4 458.9 502.3 354.7 322.0 273.9 460.9 408.9 172.6 417.4 308.6 322.7 68.3 129.1 179.0
M TAIWAN 155.5 149.1 199.1 156.5 202.5 141.2 257.5 172.9 420.1 641.8 41.5 155.3 26.8 6.82 15.6 91.3
M MALAYSIA . . . 141.5 69.2 221.5 269.9 . 1,023 226.5 168.7 209.8 81.6 34.7 35.1 .
M UKRAINE 66.4 978.8 30.6 8.20 430.8 111.9 286.9 127.2 7.51 45.9 21.2 40.9 40.3 54.0 54.0 1.10
M COSTA RICA . . . 20.4 41.9 188.9 316.0 150.4 167.3 359.7 154.4 . . . . .
M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 453.9 70.4 99.3 118.8 70.3 136.7 66.5 90.8 14.3 32.1 29.9 65.3 59.7 74.3 82.8 137.3
M AUSTRIA 37.6 149.5 202.7 184.4 51.6 94.7 78.9 13.2 26.1 69.7 19.7 0.04 52.3 31.5 26.5 9.62
M UNITED KINGDOM 21.5 10.0 93.8 20.1 8.24 13.2 51.1 36.4 15.0 107.5 129.9 138.5 13.9 136.2 73.9 78.2
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . 98.6 239.3 223.2 165.8 . . . . . .
M COLOMBIA 14.4 23.1 81.0 . 64.6 80.3 65.4 35.0 331.2 21.9 . . . . . 11.8
M BELARUS . . . . . . . . 675.3 . . . . . . .
M AUSTRALIA . 103.2 4.87 63.2 32.0 64.7 13.5 45.6 . 81.7 . 2.03 . 43.3 43.3 .
M VIETNAM . . 2.97 . . . 2.97 20.6 . 20.4 23.3 242.9 1.85 96.2 23.7 462.7
M HONG KONG 108.5 . 22.0 . . 79.6 65.3 . 26.3 24.5 . 19.1 . 16.0 40.3 23.6
M NETHERLANDS 20.7 16.9 6.07 18.6 4.46 53.0 5.45 32.3 38.0 32.0 19.8 . 30.2 0.14 0.47 3.04
M TURKEY 38.8 104.6 20.9 . . . . . . 42.7 44.0 24.3 . 0.65 0.66 4.29
M BELGIUM 29.7 31.4 11.8 38.0 . 14.5 26.0 15.4 14.2 10.0 . 14.8 . 0.03 0.64 5.27
M GUATEMALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.8 148.7 20.6
M VENEZUELA . . 103.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M CZECH REPUBLIC 59.8 34.8 . . . . . . . . . . . 4.52 4.89 .
M IRELAND . . . . . . . . . 13.3 34.7 26.6 22.3 . 0.01 .
M SAUDI ARABIA 15.3 7.10 . . 9.47 21.3 3.55 . . 28.5 5.21 . . . . 8.10
M SINGAPORE 2.28 . . . . . 82.7 . . . . . . . 31.2 9.67
M SLOVAKIA . . 18.1 . . . 8.34 . 3.01 . . . 0.54 . 0.30 0.24
M ISRAEL . . 2.59 . . . . 2.71 . 4.07 0.06 0.13 . . 0.00 .
M NORWAY 2.91 . 0.15 . . . . . . . . 5.74 . . 0.00 .
M DENMARK . . . . 3.20 . 2.27 0.36 . . . . . . 0.00 0.01
M POLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.18 . .
M CHILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.34
M FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 .
M HUNGARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 .
M NEW ZEALAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 0.03
M PHILIPPINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.46 2.33
M PORTUGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.04 .
M SOUTH AFRICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.05 .
M SYRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 .
M UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.0 289.8

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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