US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Pipe and Tube -- 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 11,534 13,512 14,770 16,429 15,482 15,674 16,309 15,499 17,457 22,368 20,564 20,356 12,166 18,420 24,544 12,060
M CHINA 2,781 3,574 3,174 5,180 4,094 2,644 3,343 3,001 4,742 8,702 6,069 6,246 5,235 8,886 8,800 1,818
M JAPAN 2,526 1,929 2,493 2,894 2,421 4,204 4,261 3,458 4,140 3,543 7,016 5,242 1,898 2,830 3,089 3,509
M TAIWAN 1,450 1,647 2,194 2,250 2,360 1,828 1,929 2,072 2,427 2,168 1,987 1,922 1,001 1,165 1,098 1,186
M CANADA 1,416 1,576 1,487 1,400 1,513 1,179 1,254 1,587 1,280 1,070 683.5 957.0 763.0 1,029 984.2 707.7
M KOREA 1,236 1,702 1,662 1,045 1,283 1,417 857.2 999.3 909.2 1,148 695.5 891.9 487.0 446.8 461.1 705.2
M SPAIN 209.5 676.9 582.3 889.5 749.2 610.6 705.3 364.2 724.1 1,027 626.8 867.2 593.5 958.7 862.0 778.7
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 228.1 694.4 507.1 865.2 473.0 571.3 608.0 204.0 627.8 513.4 477.0 158.4 296.8 545.7 338.4 493.1
M GERMANY 244.6 564.7 272.2 146.4 802.7 276.6 145.5 168.8 202.6 285.9 466.9 792.1 341.0 269.2 295.6 664.0
M INDIA 34.1 0.09 3.08 41.4 36.9 26.9 851.7 88.6 316.2 1,259 246.4 1,204 354.3 181.9 97.8 27.0
M SWEDEN 270.6 175.3 301.0 356.2 234.6 292.1 249.8 217.2 203.3 165.7 192.5 205.3 196.2 455.9 510.7 180.8
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 AUSTRIA 443.7 119.0 666.3 174.9 44.1 113.5 112.7 104.4 202.4 175.1 170.4 189.3 68.3 113.6 238.1 104.5
M ITALY 14.1 58.1 236.7 65.9 272.2 650.0 363.0 45.3 96.7 196.7 74.9 185.6 56.5 144.5 148.7 148.9
M CZECH REPUBLIC 30.0 . 0.20 . 18.9 243.3 48.9 1,091 0.30 159.4 0.12 . 9.30 352.8 277.8 336.9
M MEXICO 61.1 66.3 87.5 85.8 141.3 126.3 86.9 108.1 92.5 52.5 70.2 32.5 42.1 41.6 47.9 44.2
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 UNITED KINGDOM 94.9 19.6 39.3 28.7 60.9 89.0 43.0 49.5 70.6 17.6 41.1 48.3 54.0 76.0 64.2 46.3
M FINLAND 40.2 147.0 67.2 161.3 77.2 10.4 . . 60.1 24.8 18.9 . . . 55.9 85.1
M SINGAPORE 43.1 110.4 97.8 83.0 19.8 35.8 20.9 10.6 38.4 20.7 21.4 19.8 15.0 . . 20.3
M VIETNAM . . 15.3 . . 16.9 . . 55.1 113.1 153.0 89.8 55.9 34.3 34.3 .
M HONG KONG 4.46 . 19.6 . 35.0 . . 29.7 . . . . 262.6 . 39.6 36.2
M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES . . . . . . . 313.2 . . . . . . . .
M BRAZIL 0.56 0.63 15.1 . 7.12 . . 249.6 . . . . . . 4,034 173.6
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 0.06
M SLOVAKIA 19.1 19.0 18.4 19.1 19.1 . . . . . . . . . 4.73 .
M AUSTRALIA . 0.03 . . 10.1 . . . . . . . . 68.5 0.07 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 ROMANIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.5 . . .
M NORWAY . . 1.11 . . . . 3.47 . . 0.06 0.20 2.52 . . .
M RUSSIA . . . . . . 0.69 . . . . . . . 0.00 0.00
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 UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318 474.7

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.
Link to Annual Summary of Census Data