Welded tube, circular prices by country (HS 730630)
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Welded circular tube (HS 730630) was declared at a median 1,297 USD per tonne on import and 1,384 on export in 2024, up 4.4 % against 2023, in 33 markets.
This page follows the six-digit code for welded circular tube in non-alloy steel rather than the whole of chapter 7306, because that chapter also carries stainless and precision tube, whose prices would lift the average past the point of usefulness. What remains is water pipe, scaffold tube and structural round.
- 1,297 USD/tmedian import unit value, 2024
- 33reporting markets
- HS 730630customs heading
Median import unit value in other units: 1,297 USD/t · 1.30 USD/kg · 0.588 USD/lb
Border values on the import side
What each market paid for welded tube, circular, 2024
| Country | Tonnes | USD/tonne | Value (USD m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 950,467 | 1,312 | 1,247.3 |
| Kazakhstan | 329,577 | 316 | 104.3 |
| Canada | 282,145 | 1,683 | 474.7 |
| Spain | 190,257 | 1,212 | 230.5 |
| Poland | 183,840 | 1,493 | 274.4 |
| Netherlands | 154,514 | 1,182 | 182.6 |
| Mexico | 152,350 | 2,454 | 373.8 |
| Australia | 137,261 | 977 | 134.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 135,477 | 985 | 133.4 |
| United Kingdom | 126,143 | 1,434 | 180.9 |
| Romania | 113,582 | 1,138 | 129.2 |
| Italy | 107,536 | 1,297 | 139.5 |
| South Africa | 45,491 | 1,347 | 61.3 |
| Türkiye | 38,574 | 1,663 | 64.1 |
| Morocco | 32,117 | 1,666 | 53.5 |
| Oman | 28,231 | 1,002 | 28.3 |
| Uzbekistan | 23,762 | 1,405 | 33.4 |
| Nigeria | 23,456 | 871 | 20.4 |
| Qatar | 21,705 | 985 | 21.4 |
| Egypt | 19,436 | 1,367 | 26.6 |
| Iraq | 14,948 | 1,077 | 16.1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,691 | 2,374 | 25.4 |
| Algeria | 8,713 | 1,386 | 12.1 |
| Tunisia | 8,245 | 1,366 | 11.3 |
| Kuwait | 6,974 | 1,386 | 9.7 |
| Jordan | 6,503 | 853 | 5.5 |
| Tanzania | 6,360 | 1,178 | 7.5 |
| Ghana | 5,558 | 974 | 5.4 |
| Bahrain | 4,742 | 1,490 | 7.1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 3,024 | 978 | 3.0 |
| Senegal | 2,885 | 830 | 2.4 |
| Lebanon | 1,291 | 1,366 | 1.8 |
| Kenya | 985 | 1,042 | 1.0 |
Computed from the reporter's own declarations. A CIF basis means the further the supplier, the higher the figure looks.
What each exporter received
What each exporter received for welded tube, circular, 2024
| Country | Tonnes | USD/tonne | Value (USD m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | 1,141,405 | 956 | 1,091.4 |
| Italy | 896,597 | 1,395 | 1,250.9 |
| Spain | 446,911 | 1,394 | 623.1 |
| Germany | 409,708 | 2,092 | 857.1 |
| Oman | 236,244 | 950 | 224.4 |
| Mexico | 197,926 | 1,373 | 271.7 |
| Canada | 171,891 | 1,484 | 255.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 136,896 | 1,060 | 145.1 |
| Poland | 130,109 | 1,306 | 169.9 |
| Netherlands | 75,798 | 1,854 | 140.6 |
| United Kingdom | 58,417 | 1,479 | 86.4 |
| Romania | 52,672 | 1,086 | 57.2 |
| Algeria | 25,664 | 1,401 | 36.0 |
| Kazakhstan | 18,675 | 644 | 12.0 |
| Tunisia | 12,818 | 1,419 | 18.2 |
| South Africa | 10,590 | 1,782 | 18.9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,892 | 1,254 | 11.2 |
| Uzbekistan | 1,981 | 970 | 1.9 |
| Kenya | 1,751 | 940 | 1.6 |
| Senegal | 1,713 | 1,070 | 1.8 |
| Lebanon | 1,639 | 1,419 | 2.3 |
| Tanzania | 1,511 | 839 | 1.3 |
| Morocco | 1,067 | 2,240 | 2.4 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 798 | 752 | 0.6 |
| Bahrain | 661 | 1,653 | 1.1 |
| Egypt | 255 | 1,469 | 0.4 |
| Australia | 175 | 8,429 | 1.5 |
| Ghana | 138 | 665 | 0.1 |
| Jordan | 89 | 1,371 | 0.1 |
| Kuwait | 18 | 1,401 | 0.0 |
On the export side the declared basis is FOB, so nothing beyond the ship's rail is included.
Reading the welded tube, circular numbers
- From Kazakhstan at 316 USD per tonne to Mexico at 2,454, a 677 % range. Diameter and wall carry most of it: thin-wall small-bore tube costs far more per tonne than heavy structural round.
- Welded round tube crossed into the reporting markets at 3,176,840 tonnes in welded tube, circular of 2024, 4,022 million dollars, with Germany at 30 %.
- Australia shows 7,452 USD per tonne more on export than import, which for tube means a mill buying strip and selling finished pipe.
What sits inside HS 730630
This six-digit code is used here instead of the whole 7306 chapter because the chapter also holds stainless and precision tube, which would lift the average beyond recognition.
- Tube price is strip price plus a forming and welding conversion, usually 120 to 200 USD per tonne depending on size and mill.
- Water pipe to EN 10255 and structural tube to EN 10219 report identically but are tested differently; the first is pressure tested, the second is not.
- Galvanized tube — hot-dip after welding — adds the zinc cost and a further conversion charge, and that version dominates in plumbing markets.
- Small diameters below 21 mm and large diameters above 219 mm both price above the middle of the range, for opposite reasons.
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Welded tube, circular unit values by year
Median customs unit value for HS 730630 by year, USD per tonne
| Year | Import median | Export median | Export change | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,101 | 980 | — | 17 |
| 2021 | 1,231 | 1,453 | +48.3 % | 16 |
| 2022 | 1,454 | 1,381 | -5 % | 14 |
| 2023 | 1,490 | 1,326 | -4 % | 24 |
| 2024 | 1,297 | 1,384 | +4.4 % | 28 |
Pipe follows its coil substrate with a short lag. When the coil line falls and this one holds, tube mills are keeping the conversion margin rather than passing the fall on.
Which markets moved, and when
Export unit value by market and year, USD per tonne (HS 730630)
| Market | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 535 | 926 | 687 | 666 | 644 |
| Romania | 708 | — | 1,332 | 1,129 | 1,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | 980 | 1,197 | — | 1,545 | 1,254 |
| Egypt | 1,197 | 1,566 | — | — | 1,469 |
Blank cells mean the market reported no export of this heading that year, or the declared mass was too small to give a meaningful unit value.
Questions about welded tube, circular prices
What does welded steel pipe cost per tonne?
Median customs unit value for HS 730630 in 2024 was 1,297 USD per tonne imported and 1,384 exported across 33 markets. Pipe is bought by the metre but declared by weight, so a thin-wall large-diameter line and a thick-wall small bore average together here.
Which way are welded pipe prices heading?
The median export unit value went up by +4.4 % between 2023 and 2024. Welded pipe follows its coil substrate with a short lag; when coil falls and pipe does not, tube mills are holding margin.
Why do markets differ by 316 to 2,454 per tonne?
Diameter and wall, coating, and end finish. Kazakhstan is likely importing plain black water pipe; Mexico pays for galvanized, threaded or certified line pipe. Test certification and hydrostatic testing also sit in the higher numbers.
Does this include seamless pipe?
No. HS 730630 is welded circular tube. Seamless pipe has its own headings and normally prices well above welded for the same dimension.
What is inside HS 730630?
Tubes and pipes of circular cross-section, welded, of iron or non-alloy steel, other than line pipe and casing. Hollow sections of square or rectangular section are HS 730661.