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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 45,710 146.422 312.18 132.832 344.12 Mexico 1,035,389 1,913.654 541.05 1,736.039 596.41 Sweden 237,310 65.223 3,638.40 59.170 4,010.65 United Kingdom 462,345 64.608 7,156.08 58.612 7,888.23 Belgium 2,157,765 2,370.811 910.14 2,150.765 1,003.25 Federal Republic of Germany 42,020 17.940 2,342.24 16.275 2,581.87 Italy 1,362,426 922.024 1,477.65 836.447 1,628.83 Taiwan 2,338 4.975 469.87 4.514 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,345,303 5,505.662 970.87 4,994.654 1,070.20 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,614,968 13,822.995 406.20 12,540.014 447.76 Mexico 70,698,793 162,233.953 435.78 147,176.208 480.37 Venezuela 14,257,370 33,066.050 431.18 29,997.025 475.29 Brazil 106,018,304 257,438.985 411.82 233,544.785 453.95 Sweden 10,362,656 3,480.616 2,977.25 3,157.563 3,281.85 Finland 1,959,895 5,647.161 347.06 5,123.020 382.57 United Kingdom 13,677,041 6,629.673 2,063.00 6,014.340 2,274.07 Belgium 8,250,041 23,478.751 351.38 21,299.571 387.33 France 4,759,631 848.874 5,606.99 770.086 6,180.65 Federal Republic of Germany 5,754,458 11,823.417 486.70 10,726.027 536.49 Czech Republic 5,236 3.607 1,451.27 3.273 1,599.76 Russia 15,295,278 31,768.261 481.46 28,819.690 530.72 Ukraine 5,160,867 11,905.353 433.49 10,800.358 477.84 Spain 3,978,264 1,390.873 2,860.26 1,261.780 3,152.90 Italy 2,564,178 1,034.935 2,477.62 938.878 2,731.11 China 9,894,868 23,954.939 413.06 21,731.562 455.32 Taiwan 5,811 0.278 20,836.57 0.253 22,968.38 Japan 9,914 7.657 1,294.64 6.947 1,427.09 Egypt 172,069 267.146 644.10 242.351 710.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 278,439,642 588,803.533 472.89 534,153.731 521.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,484,087 26,128.772 554.33 23,703.630 611.05 Mexico 133,061 292.579 454.79 265.424 501.31 Trinidad and Tobago 7,664,108 18,674.360 410.41 16,941.100 452.40 Venezuela 475,934 1,093.728 435.15 992.214 479.67 Brazil 5,724,022 9,402.541 608.77 8,529.845 671.06 Argentina 1,043,441 2,486.466 419.65 2,255.685 462.58 Sweden 1,166,343 341.492 3,415.43 309.797 3,764.86 Finland 52,141 182.784 285.26 165.819 314.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 4,282,860 7,155.899 598.51 6,491.725 659.74 France 74,892 32.015 2,339.24 29.044 2,578.57 Federal Republic of Germany 10,624,295 18,794.855 565.28 17,050.411 623.11 Poland 2,425,089 6,651.807 364.58 6,034.420 401.88 Spain 2,973,825 6,246.344 476.09 5,666.590 524.80 Italy 3,143,216 6,059.054 518.76 5,496.683 571.84 Turkey 14,148,490 37,051.767 381.86 33,612.808 420.93 India 52,436 19.367 2,707.41 17.570 2,984.41 Thailand 96,567 132.140 730.79 119.876 805.56 China 34,030,729 84,397.180 403.22 76,563.856 444.48 Korea, South 281,562 114.965 2,449.10 104.295 2,699.67 Taiwan 2,017,766 711.423 2,836.24 645.393 3,126.41 Japan 5,186,611 7,345.689 706.08 6,663.899 778.31 Egypt 3,285,562 8,344.957 393.72 7,570.420 434.00 South Africa 80,846 173.756 465.28 157.629 512.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,447,883 241,833.952 469.11 219,388.133 517.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,334,532 10,638.590 595.43 9,651.170 656.35 Mexico 1,391,532 2,775.409 501.38 2,517.810 552.68 Brazil 1,358,069 2,787.028 487.28 2,528.350 537.14 Norway 298,387 423.076 705.28 383.809 777.44 United Kingdom 4,490,935 6,746.566 665.66 6,120.384 733.77 Luxembourg 2,258,743 2,944.184 767.19 2,670.920 845.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,676,843 2,067.141 811.19 1,875.280 894.18 Austria 78,625 10.254 7,667.14 9.303 8,451.57 Poland 8,142,097 17,592.894 462.81 15,960.010 510.16 Spain 962,415 2,613.129 368.30 2,370.592 405.98 Italy 211,365 46.146 4,580.35 41.863 5,048.97 Turkey 291,187 569.971 510.88 517.070 563.15 India 495,447 139.218 3,558.77 126.297 3,922.87 Korea, South 333,706 805.918 414.07 731.117 456.43 Japan 305,296 558.490 546.65 506.654 602.57 South Africa 11,653 24.502 475.59 22.228 524.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,640,832 50,742.524 564.43 46,032.857 622.18 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,145,870 1,381.592 829.38 1,253.360 914.24 United Kingdom 54,942 71.114 772.59 64.514 851.63 Luxembourg 7,260,193 9,619.566 754.73 8,726.726 831.95 China 33,220 19.643 1,691.17 17.820 1,864.20 Japan 3,134 4.763 657.98 4.321 725.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,497,359 11,096.679 765.76 10,066.741 844.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 18,941,923 21,391.515 885.49 19,406.062 976.08 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Brazil 5,694,184 4,280.314 1,330.32 3,883.037 1,466.43 Sweden 4,449,846 2,776.518 1,602.67 2,518.816 1,766.64 Finland 1,007,038 668.284 1,506.90 606.258 1,661.07 United Kingdom 268,521 307.231 874.00 278.716 963.42 Netherlands 594,561 457.456 1,299.71 414.998 1,432.68 Belgium 5,886,740 2,806.403 2,097.61 2,545.927 2,312.22 Luxembourg 36,685 45.316 809.54 41.110 892.36 France 5,008,647 1,046.057 4,788.12 948.968 5,277.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,056,940 2,727.453 1,487.45 2,474.305 1,639.63 Austria 2,471,090 2,298.214 1,075.22 2,084.906 1,185.23 Czech Republic 686,974 906.990 757.42 822.808 834.91 Slovakia 137,872 237.465 580.60 215.425 640.00 Poland 1,520,223 1,274.292 1,192.99 1,156.019 1,315.05 Ukraine 15,399,883 16,688.435 922.79 15,139.498 1,017.20 Italy 250,351 96.809 2,586.02 87.824 2,850.60 Romania 902,225 1,075.171 839.15 975.379 925.00 Malaysia 351,508 653.901 537.55 593.210 592.55 Indonesia 29,718 51.110 581.44 46.367 640.93 China 1,024,382 1,791.695 571.74 1,625.399 630.23 Korea, South 3,871,827 5,887.779 657.60 5,341.305 724.88 Taiwan 1,417,930 362.798 3,908.32 329.125 4,308.18 Japan 3,290,940 3,072.141 1,071.22 2,787.001 1,180.82 Australia 253,758 108.055 2,348.41 98.026 2,588.68 New Zealand 11,983 24.077 497.68 21.843 548.60 Egypt 3,059 3.870 790.40 3.511 871.26 South Africa 1,499,586 1,913.589 783.65 1,735.980 863.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,076,394 72,973.366 1,083.63 66,200.343 1,194.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,782,677 25,619.919 537.97 23,242.007 593.01 Mexico 1,684,097 3,970.617 424.14 3,602.085 467.53 Sweden 5,692,917 3,557.715 1,600.16 3,227.506 1,763.87 Finland 65,798 27.083 2,429.42 24.570 2,677.98 Netherlands 4,485,530 9,127.049 491.45 8,279.922 541.74 Belgium 1,688,717 620.191 2,722.90 562.628 3,001.48 France 7,006,922 12,101.912 578.99 10,978.673 638.23 Federal Republic of Germany 11,071,875 4,821.761 2,296.23 4,374.230 2,531.16 Spain 36,079 57.628 626.06 52.280 690.11 Italy 2,543,157 5,435.071 467.92 4,930.615 515.79 Turkey 7,956 11.048 720.10 10.023 793.77 Malaysia 213,941 415.607 514.77 377.033 567.43 China 8,909 17.901 497.67 16.240 548.58 Taiwan 144,756 39.940 3,624.33 36.233 3,995.14 Japan 1,659,830 2,469.806 672.05 2,240.571 740.81 New Zealand 261,613 474.776 551.02 430.710 607.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 128,907 55.625 2,317.39 50.463 2,554.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,483,681 68,823.657 733.52 62,435.789 808.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 100,618 157.478 638.93 142.862 704.30 France 13,057 23.987 544.33 21.761 600.02 Austria 1,090,327 807.178 1,350.79 732.260 1,488.99 Czech Republic 437,212 652.414 670.14 591.861 738.71 Spain 137,313 190.045 722.53 172.406 796.45 Korea, South 155,976 191.600 814.07 173.817 897.36 Japan 9,742,301 14,343.175 679.23 13,011.914 748.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,676,804 16,365.880 713.48 14,846.881 786.48 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 283,718 358.630 791.12 325.344 872.06 Spain 539,380 665.634 810.32 603.854 893.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 823,098 1,024.265 803.60 929.198 885.82 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 175,183 612.151 286.18 555.335 315.45 Australia 326,938 510.755 640.11 463.350 705.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 502,121 1,122.907 447.16 1,018.685 492.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 29,957,851 50,720.229 590.65 46,012.631 651.08 Mexico 6,606,327 13,977.760 472.63 12,680.415 520.99 Dominican Republic 22,050 49.603 444.52 45.000 490.00 Trinidad and Tobago 181,775 449.445 404.44 407.730 445.82 Brazil 1,407,518 2,182.619 644.88 1,980.040 710.85 Argentina 617,311 885.023 697.51 802.880 768.87 Sweden 2,208,379 632.985 3,488.83 574.235 3,845.78 United Kingdom 7,612,083 9,297.883 818.69 8,434.900 902.45 Netherlands 218,582 163.520 1,336.73 148.343 1,473.49 Belgium 5,309 1.539 3,447.56 1.397 3,800.29 Luxembourg 28,508 33.948 839.73 30.798 925.64 France 1,152,003 921.016 1,250.80 835.532 1,378.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,552,856 1,907.333 1,338.44 1,730.304 1,475.38 Austria 3,067,242 813.395 3,770.91 737.900 4,156.72 Czech Republic 6,115,076 6,101.256 1,002.27 5,534.968 1,104.81 Switzerland 22,939 20.043 1,144.47 18.183 1,261.56 Latvia 2,184,992 6,239.742 350.17 5,660.601 386.00 Belarus 8,317 11.475 724.79 10.410 798.94 Ukraine 306,726 227.795 1,346.49 206.653 1,484.26 Spain 2,079,143 1,229.765 1,690.68 1,115.625 1,863.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal 382,534 112.679 3,394.89 102.221 3,742.23 Italy 11,004,451 2,931.113 3,754.36 2,659.062 4,138.47 Romania 13,651 14.481 942.68 13.137 1,039.13 Bulgaria 189,383 474.453 399.16 430.417 440.00 Turkey 1,504,343 3,434.248 438.04 3,115.499 482.86 India 572,599 385.567 1,485.08 349.781 1,637.02 Malaysia 11,840 20.257 584.48 18.377 644.28 China 2,455,818 3,353.365 732.34 3,042.123 807.27 Korea, South 3,672,830 4,368.726 840.71 3,963.243 926.72 Taiwan 637,394 215.147 2,962.58 195.179 3,265.69 Japan 9,174,569 12,887.640 711.89 11,691.474 784.72 South Africa 1,002,519 1,819.172 551.09 1,650.326 607.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,976,918 125,883.237 770.37 114,199.384 849.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,312,845 4,212.714 549.02 3,821.711 605.19 Mexico 2,727,637 6,036.085 451.89 5,475.846 498.12 Brazil 767,558 1,859.396 412.80 1,686.817 455.03 United Kingdom 19,062 3.212 5,934.37 2.914 6,541.52 Italy 641,134 403.516 1,588.87 366.064 1,751.43 Bulgaria 1,707,989 4,278.943 399.16 3,881.793 440.00 Turkey 905,950 2,306.420 392.79 2,092.350 432.98 India 810,304 286.726 2,826.05 260.114 3,115.19 Korea, South 76,896 184.740 416.24 167.594 458.82 Taiwan 15,832 1.666 9,499.04 1.512 10,470.90 Japan 1,696,395 4,230.190 401.02 3,837.565 442.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,681,602 23,803.612 490.75 21,594.280 540.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 4,658,286 11,783.481 395.32 10,689.798 435.77 Mexico 12,087,449 30,393.776 397.69 27,572.778 438.38 Dominican Republic 727,583 1,697.697 428.57 1,540.126 472.42 Brazil 6,796,000 18,915.203 359.29 17,159.589 396.05 Argentina 1,131,249 1,635.243 691.79 1,483.468 762.57 Federal Republic of Germany 9,639,770 25,381.793 379.79 23,025.982 418.65 Italy 84,250 177.355 475.04 160.894 523.64 Bulgaria 252,526 681.425 370.58 618.179 408.50 Turkey 23,857,661 63,110.189 378.03 57,252.617 416.71 Malaysia 7,779 13.830 562.44 12.547 619.99 China 13,906 22.318 623.07 20.247 686.82 Japan 5,955,840 15,969.490 372.95 14,487.282 411.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,212,299 169,781.806 384.09 154,023.507 423.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,885,698 6,008.832 1,145.93 5,451.123 1,263.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 118,795 157.367 754.89 142.761 832.13 Colombia 446,640 774.974 576.33 703.045 635.29 Brazil 329,309 121.893 2,701.61 110.580 2,978.02 Sweden 3,057,440 918.441 3,328.95 833.196 3,669.53 Norway 41,237 1.130 36,461.59 1.026 40,192.01 United Kingdom 5,091,772 3,555.999 1,431.88 3,225.949 1,578.38 Netherlands 9,363 1.736 5,393.00 1.575 5,944.76 Belgium 10,937 2.134 5,124.94 1.936 5,649.28 France 4,067,803 1,676.222 2,426.77 1,520.644 2,675.05 Federal Republic of Germany 6,322,188 3,760.369 1,681.27 3,411.351 1,853.28 Austria 338,988 99.465 3,408.08 90.234 3,756.77 Czech Republic 81,036 14.054 5,765.85 12.750 6,355.76 Switzerland 555,263 141.974 3,911.01 128.797 4,311.15 Latvia 727,170 206.553 3,520.50 187.382 3,880.68 Lithuania 143,532 41.798 3,433.90 37.919 3,785.23 Poland 644,756 395.747 1,629.21 359.016 1,795.90 Russia 2,473,882 3,140.676 787.69 2,849.175 868.28 Ukraine 1,567,744 1,670.750 938.35 1,515.680 1,034.35 Spain 675,874 678.062 996.77 615.128 1,098.75 Italy 9,920,943 2,430.915 4,081.16 2,205.290 4,498.70 Slovenia 154,375 79.127 1,950.97 71.783 2,150.58 Romania 1,893,978 2,386.548 793.61 2,165.041 874.80 Saudi Arabia 476,799 206.531 2,308.61 187.362 2,544.80 United Arab Emirates 218,744 124.059 1,763.22 112.545 1,943.61 India 3,837,130 1,372.444 2,795.84 1,245.061 3,081.88 China 2,475,658 945.294 2,618.93 857.557 2,886.87 Korea, South 629,547 761.583 826.63 690.897 911.20 Taiwan 5,500,581 1,849.747 2,973.69 1,678.063 3,277.93 Japan 578,890 393.823 1,469.92 357.271 1,620.31 Australia 208,969 49.971 4,181.80 45.333 4,609.64 South Africa 8,526 9.156 931.10 8.307 1,026.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,493,567 33,977.388 1,750.98 30,823.777 1,930.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,854,304 1,234.000 1,502.68 1,119.467 1,656.42 Mexico 169,764 113.142 1,500.45 102.641 1,653.96 Colombia 178,733 74.017 2,414.72 67.148 2,661.78 Brazil 3,362,094 988.926 3,399.74 897.139 3,747.57 Sweden 3,986,951 1,200.923 3,319.90 1,089.460 3,659.57 United Kingdom 903,434 145.312 6,217.20 131.825 6,853.28 Netherlands 1,102,602 779.913 1,413.75 707.526 1,558.39 Belgium 563,351 242.725 2,320.94 220.197 2,558.40 France 2,872,344 1,165.926 2,463.57 1,057.711 2,715.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,611,114 1,780.492 2,589.80 1,615.236 2,854.76 Austria 4,458,709 781.778 5,703.29 709.218 6,286.80 Czech Republic 16,639 4.129 4,029.54 3.746 4,441.80 Poland 154,888 96.407 1,606.61 87.459 1,770.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,067,652 440.883 2,421.62 399.963 2,669.38 Ukraine 417,306 109.619 3,806.87 99.445 4,196.35 Spain 52,485 17.125 3,064.73 15.536 3,378.28 Italy 458,807 324.167 1,415.34 294.080 1,560.14 Slovenia 3,854,811 1,225.066 3,146.61 1,111.362 3,468.55 India 19,166 18.532 1,034.21 16.812 1,140.02 China 4,953,470 1,526.586 3,244.80 1,384.896 3,576.78 Korea, South 276,381 192.257 1,437.56 174.413 1,584.64 Taiwan 2,113,020 725.200 2,913.70 657.891 3,211.81 Japan 4,821,146 4,466.361 1,079.43 4,051.816 1,189.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,269,171 17,653.496 2,394.38 16,014.987 2,639.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,695,303 29,243.514 810.28 26,529.278 893.18 Mexico 3,770,801 3,893.262 968.55 3,531.909 1,067.64 Dominican Republic 247,862 624.093 397.16 566.168 437.79 Colombia 876,469 984.410 890.35 893.042 981.44 Venezuela 750,357 597.420 1,255.99 541.971 1,384.50 Ecuador 19,833 18.026 1,100.24 16.353 1,212.80 Chile 1,232,671 1,720.539 716.44 1,560.848 789.74 Brazil 16,402 12.302 1,333.18 11.161 1,469.58 Argentina 332,843 59.556 5,588.67 54.029 6,160.45 Sweden 97,345 42.970 2,265.40 38.982 2,497.18 United Kingdom 13,468 1.528 8,808.92 1.387 9,710.17 Netherlands 3,711 0.464 7,996.59 0.421 8,814.73 France 98,393 79.587 1,236.28 72.201 1,362.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,191,802 1,503.001 1,458.28 1,363.500 1,607.48 Ukraine 576,394 861.768 668.85 781.783 737.28 Spain 2,063,358 1,053.384 1,958.79 955.615 2,159.19 Italy 787,685 367.399 2,143.95 333.299 2,363.30 Romania 3,249,983 5,326.041 610.21 4,831.705 672.64 Turkey 2,535,421 4,012.467 631.89 3,640.050 696.53 United Arab Emirates 30,231 34.065 887.43 30.904 978.22 Oman 651,458 1,026.772 634.47 931.473 699.38 India 1,099,430 1,241.244 885.75 1,126.038 976.37 Indonesia 761,469 1,328.152 573.33 1,204.880 631.99 China 18,885,496 30,884.932 611.48 28,018.347 674.04 Korea, South 973,371 1,169.883 832.02 1,061.301 917.15 Taiwan 47,950 75.051 638.89 68.086 704.26 Japan 4,952,825 4,604.409 1,075.67 4,177.051 1,185.72 South Africa 32,493 67.580 480.80 61.308 530.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,994,824 90,833.832 770.58 82,403.090 849.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 14,259,752 11,923.830 1,195.90 10,817.120 1,318.26 Mexico 1,877,169 1,919.057 978.17 1,740.940 1,078.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 3,408,324 2,760.424 1,234.71 2,504.216 1,361.03 Venezuela 9,179,713 10,420.400 880.94 9,453.231 971.07 Brazil 2,456,023 2,019.794 1,215.98 1,832.327 1,340.38 Argentina 130,079 91.740 1,417.89 83.226 1,562.96 United Kingdom 610,496 508.429 1,200.75 461.240 1,323.60 France 676,921 432.636 1,564.64 392.481 1,724.72 Federal Republic of Germany 12,148,693 9,369.655 1,296.60 8,500.011 1,429.26 Austria 19,042,196 15,752.080 1,208.87 14,290.051 1,332.55 Czech Republic 1,205,689 1,163.771 1,036.02 1,055.756 1,142.01 Russia 5,707,006 7,885.993 723.69 7,154.055 797.73 Ukraine 106,320 70.961 1,498.28 64.375 1,651.57 Spain 4,627,772 3,815.002 1,213.05 3,460.913 1,337.15 Italy 3,180 0.724 4,390.94 0.657 4,840.18 Romania 2,717,913 2,150.382 1,263.92 1,950.795 1,393.23 Turkey 4,550,648 6,555.333 694.19 5,946.900 765.21 India 1,997,697 1,798.723 1,110.62 1,631.775 1,224.25 China 24,675,784 31,930.719 772.79 28,967.070 851.86 Korea, South 7,445,438 8,861.966 840.16 8,039.443 926.11 Taiwan 875,945 1,131.814 773.93 1,026.765 853.11 Japan 8,990,258 2,933.127 3,065.08 2,660.889 3,378.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,693,016 123,496.570 1,025.88 112,034.236 1,130.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 15,708,435 14,662.620 1,071.33 13,301.709 1,180.93 Brazil 699,134 807.899 865.37 732.914 953.91 United Kingdom 16,874 25.149 670.96 22.815 739.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,251,348 1,457.076 2,231.42 1,321.838 2,459.72 Czech Republic 611,214 658.167 928.66 597.080 1,023.67 Italy 5,082,922 3,642.838 1,395.32 3,304.728 1,538.08 Romania 977,312 1,302.443 750.37 1,181.557 827.14 China 643,219 821.417 783.06 745.178 863.17 Korea, South 1,235,448 1,638.395 754.06 1,486.328 831.21 Taiwan 169,109 239.246 706.84 217.041 779.16 Japan 7,447,090 8,757.404 850.38 7,944.586 937.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,842,105 34,012.659 1,053.79 30,855.774 1,161.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 71,373 51.240 1,392.89 46.485 1,535.40 Mexico 8,314,793 7,664.457 1,084.85 6,953.081 1,195.84 Brazil 3,935,469 5,128.637 767.35 4,652.623 845.86 France 2,396,553 2,080.520 1,151.90 1,887.417 1,269.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,438,792 849.870 1,692.95 770.990 1,866.16 Austria 1,738,370 1,683.258 1,032.74 1,527.027 1,138.40 Czech Republic 2,370,445 2,632.127 900.58 2,387.827 992.72 Slovakia 877,142 923.127 950.19 837.447 1,047.40 Russia 2,012,331 2,608.431 771.47 2,366.330 850.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 4,489,868 5,094.242 881.36 4,621.420 971.53 Spain 47,533 38.250 1,242.69 34.700 1,369.83 Italy 17,407,247 12,781.182 1,361.94 11,594.897 1,501.29 Romania 1,044,447 1,150.347 907.94 1,043.578 1,000.83 Turkey 193,850 312.560 620.20 283.550 683.65 China 927,426 1,258.161 737.13 1,141.385 812.54 Korea, South 575,655 761.653 755.80 690.961 833.12 Japan 6,557,697 6,122.896 1,071.01 5,554.600 1,180.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,398,991 51,140.967 1,063.71 46,394.318 1,172.54 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 309,524 185.701 1,666.78 168.466 1,837.31 Mexico 1,153,711 1,337.128 862.83 1,213.023 951.10 Brazil 3,398,069 5,238.220 648.71 4,752.035 715.08 Sweden 85,092 6.720 12,661.01 6.097 13,956.37 Federal Republic of Germany 261,468 256.115 1,020.90 232.344 1,125.35 Turkey 2,235,110 3,479.499 642.37 3,156.550 708.09 China 532,124 863.353 616.35 783.221 679.40 Korea, South 2,725,302 3,642.329 748.23 3,304.267 824.78 Taiwan 27,338 38.816 704.28 35.214 776.34 South Africa 1,427,295 2,042.171 698.91 1,852.627 770.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,155,033 17,090.057 711.23 15,503.844 784.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,885,021 9,249.747 1,068.68 8,391.232 1,178.02 Mexico 17,805,441 19,817.770 898.46 17,978.384 990.38 Guatemala 38,832 51.807 749.54 46.999 826.23 Dominican Republic 235,087 410.834 572.22 372.703 630.76 Colombia 935,375 917.080 1,019.95 831.962 1,124.30 Brazil 906,134 795.373 1,139.26 721.551 1,255.81 Argentina 1,241,397 334.047 3,716.23 303.043 4,096.44 Sweden 903,155 658.833 1,370.84 597.684 1,511.09 Norway 2,451 0.114 21,379.91 0.104 23,567.31 Denmark 13,323 1.087 12,245.62 0.987 13,498.48 United Kingdom 255,513 172.031 1,485.27 156.064 1,637.23 Netherlands 6,769 2.724 2,484.12 2.472 2,738.27 Belgium 39,556 23.572 1,678.03 21.385 1,849.71 France 937,979 709.616 1,321.81 643.753 1,457.05 Federal Republic of Germany 5,017,132 2,991.150 1,677.33 2,713.527 1,848.93 Austria 169,262 67.298 2,515.10 61.052 2,772.42 Czech Republic 638,400 139.114 4,589.01 126.203 5,058.52 Slovakia 19,967 5.943 3,359.38 5.392 3,703.08 Switzerland 1,999,350 812.394 2,461.06 736.992 2,712.85 Poland 2,330 0.228 10,211.31 0.207 11,256.04 Ukraine 29,133 35.241 826.66 31.971 911.23 Spain 1,721,424 1,038.072 1,658.29 941.724 1,827.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 2,969,423 1,932.026 1,536.95 1,752.705 1,694.19 Romania 31,383 23.672 1,325.74 21.475 1,461.37 Turkey 1,188,844 2,050.186 579.87 1,859.898 639.20 Saudi Arabia 120,102 72.565 1,655.09 65.830 1,824.43 India 1,739,676 1,305.742 1,332.33 1,184.550 1,468.64 China 5,392,865 7,153.967 753.83 6,489.972 830.95 Korea, South 1,268,049 1,487.963 852.20 1,349.858 939.39 Taiwan 38,097 21.280 1,790.26 19.305 1,973.43 Japan 6,300,995 2,953.622 2,133.31 2,679.482 2,351.57 Australia 78,272 91.280 857.49 82.808 945.22 New Zealand 10,987 1.412 7,780.83 1.281 8,576.89 Morocco 4,394 0.016 265,744.72 0.015 292,933.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,946,118 55,327.822 1,119.62 50,192.570 1,234.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 10,184 7.438 1,369.11 6.748 1,509.19 Mexico 625,452 308.488 2,027.47 279.856 2,234.91 Chile 158,020 212.449 743.80 192.731 819.90 Brazil 325,372 213.161 1,526.41 193.377 1,682.58 Argentina 120,322 99.535 1,208.84 90.297 1,332.51 Sweden 256,298 196.394 1,305.02 178.166 1,438.53 Netherlands 99,830 76.482 1,305.26 69.384 1,438.80 France 2,665,575 1,478.095 1,803.38 1,340.906 1,987.89 Federal Republic of Germany 8,197,466 3,075.907 2,665.06 2,790.417 2,937.72 Czech Republic 72,239 79.090 913.37 71.750 1,006.82 Slovakia 18,033 9.895 1,822.35 8.977 2,008.80 Spain 689,914 277.655 2,484.78 251.885 2,739.00 Italy 1,620,876 797.440 2,032.60 723.426 2,240.56 India 18,720 18.959 987.35 17.200 1,088.37 China 18,807 14.525 1,294.79 13.177 1,427.26 Korea, South 128,498 166.949 769.68 151.454 848.43 Japan 645,786 193.661 3,334.61 175.687 3,675.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,671,392 7,226.131 2,168.71 6,555.438 2,390.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,104,895 1,287.246 5,519.45 1,167.771 6,084.15 Mexico 235,424 74.153 3,174.82 67.271 3,499.64 Sweden 1,390,038 217.074 6,403.50 196.927 7,058.65 Finland 214,660 78.501 2,734.48 71.215 3,014.25 Denmark 8,829 0.744 11,865.98 0.675 13,080.00 United Kingdom 198,122 36.282 5,460.53 32.915 6,019.20 Ireland 4,104 0.001 3,723,087.22 0.001 4,104,000.00 Netherlands 3,569 0.165 21,584.96 0.150 23,793.33 Belgium 8,494 0.885 9,596.05 0.803 10,577.83 France 3,185,537 428.970 7,426.00 389.156 8,185.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,253,673 113.015 11,092.93 102.526 12,227.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,923,116 275.737 6,974.44 250.145 7,688.00 Czech Republic 54,311 7.367 7,371.35 6.684 8,125.52 Switzerland 3,108 1.050 2,958.58 0.953 3,261.28 Ukraine 224,356 45.133 4,970.99 40.944 5,479.58 Spain 6,794,355 769.016 8,835.13 697.640 9,739.06 Italy 1,375,192 188.793 7,284.09 171.271 8,029.33 India 148,738 25.482 5,836.95 23.117 6,434.14 Thailand 476,318 122.624 3,884.37 111.243 4,281.78 Malaysia 1,084,959 309.740 3,502.80 280.992 3,861.17 Singapore 990,891 298.157 3,323.38 270.484 3,663.40 China 7,164,597 1,872.368 3,826.49 1,698.585 4,217.98 Korea, South 4,056,499 1,092.877 3,711.76 991.442 4,091.51 Hong Kong 8,354 1.503 5,556.18 1.364 6,124.63 Taiwan 6,408,208 1,783.062 3,593.93 1,617.568 3,961.63 Japan 4,251,250 777.228 5,469.76 705.090 6,029.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,571,597 9,807.186 4,952.65 8,896.932 5,459.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,545,731 560.668 2,756.94 508.630 3,039.01 Mexico 400,957 216.450 1,852.42 196.361 2,041.94 Brazil 8,977 3.532 2,540.97 3.205 2,800.94 Sweden 121,732 28.380 4,289.34 25.746 4,728.19 Denmark 4,625 0.292 15,832.95 0.265 17,452.83 United Kingdom 145,230 6.678 21,744.59 6.059 23,969.30 France 9,032 5.221 1,729.72 4.737 1,906.69 Federal Republic of Germany 94,326 14.602 6,459.66 13.247 7,120.56 Hungary 5,741 0.109 52,607.57 0.099 57,989.90 Vietnam 68,805 66.286 1,038.00 60.134 1,144.19 China 24,989 15.922 1,569.38 14.445 1,729.94 Japan 89,563 18.851 4,750.92 17.102 5,236.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,519,708 936.997 2,689.13 850.030 2,964.26 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 17,736,352 21,984.502 806.77 19,944.011 889.31 Mexico 5,216,497 4,104.813 1,270.82 3,723.825 1,400.84 Finland 459,705 155.905 2,948.62 141.435 3,250.29 United Kingdom 82,930 76.583 1,082.88 69.475 1,193.67 Belgium 24,531 14.637 1,675.89 13.279 1,847.35 France 2,848 1.567 1,816.92 1.422 2,002.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,048,853 318.595 3,292.12 289.025 3,628.94 Austria 202,590 127.932 1,583.58 116.058 1,745.59 Switzerland 5,968 0.554 10,763.58 0.503 11,864.81 Spain 27,339 21.040 1,299.33 19.088 1,432.26 Italy 166,138 71.480 2,324.24 64.846 2,562.04 Turkey 4,391,472 7,445.141 589.84 6,754.121 650.19 Malaysia 2,233 0.727 3,069.31 0.660 3,383.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 738,335 1,253.587 588.98 1,137.236 649.24 Korea, South 1,167,684 1,812.985 644.07 1,644.713 709.96 Taiwan 562,474 158.240 3,554.56 143.553 3,918.23 Japan 532,675 431.786 1,233.65 391.710 1,359.87 Australia 16,554 21.937 754.61 19.901 831.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,385,178 38,002.018 852.20 34,474.861 939.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 180,038 194.118 927.47 176.101 1,022.36 Mexico 55,160 44.272 1,245.93 40.163 1,373.40 Switzerland 5,740 9.734 589.65 8.831 649.98 Japan 3,886 4.680 830.27 4.246 915.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 244,824 252.805 968.43 229.341 1,067.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,192,467 16,116.803 880.60 14,620.922 970.70 Mexico 9,181,058 10,668.833 860.55 9,678.606 948.59 Dominican Republic 356,191 492.684 722.96 446.956 796.93 Trinidad and Tobago 31,653 33.848 935.13 30.707 1,030.81 Venezuela 805,234 1,026.501 784.44 931.227 864.70 Ecuador 79,555 121.308 655.81 110.049 722.91 Chile 111,631 115.985 962.46 105.220 1,060.93 Brazil 521,475 769.009 678.11 697.634 747.49 Argentina 121,849 218.149 558.56 197.902 615.70 Sweden 1,849,984 456.620 4,051.47 414.239 4,465.98 Denmark 63,379 1.019 62,158.35 0.925 68,517.84 United Kingdom 647,228 337.174 1,919.56 305.880 2,115.95 Netherlands 72,950 62.926 1,159.29 57.086 1,277.90 Belgium 1,130,334 846.401 1,335.46 767.843 1,472.09 Luxembourg 83,480 32.985 2,530.80 29.924 2,789.73 France 1,171,720 419.383 2,793.91 380.458 3,079.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,970,023 777.207 2,534.75 705.071 2,794.08 Austria 564,186 180.786 3,120.73 164.007 3,440.01 Czech Republic 117,842 125.854 936.34 114.173 1,032.14 Switzerland 724,812 159.379 4,547.70 144.587 5,012.98 Poland 716,410 718.657 996.87 651.955 1,098.86 Russia 211,089 527.995 399.79 478.990 440.70 Belarus 222,457 230.880 963.52 209.451 1,062.10 Ukraine 11,208 15.156 739.47 13.750 815.13 Moldova 287,326 360.063 797.99 326.644 879.63 Spain 745,088 639.263 1,165.54 579.930 1,284.79 Italy 3,200,511 2,297.100 1,393.28 2,083.895 1,535.83 Greece 1,473,395 1,500.319 982.05 1,361.067 1,082.53 Turkey 173,278 185.136 935.95 167.953 1,031.71 Israel 184,038 261.739 703.13 237.446 775.07 United Arab Emirates 291,372 392.917 741.56 356.449 817.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,845,789 1,150.853 2,472.76 1,044.037 2,725.75 Thailand 513,134 374.448 1,370.37 339.694 1,510.58 Malaysia 2,002 1.726 1,159.76 1.566 1,278.42 Indonesia 96,693 31.067 3,112.35 28.184 3,430.78 China 10,094,970 13,335.377 757.01 12,097.654 834.46 Korea, South 6,610,595 4,448.624 1,485.99 4,035.725 1,638.02 Hong Kong 6,041 1.586 3,808.41 1.439 4,198.05 Taiwan 2,337,409 1,469.954 1,590.12 1,333.521 1,752.81 Japan 6,293,844 4,962.024 1,268.40 4,501.474 1,398.17 Australia 147,966 189.768 779.72 172.155 859.49 New Zealand 20,740 18.739 1,106.77 17.000 1,220.00 Egypt 503,139 713.794 704.88 647.544 777.00 South Africa 812,386 1,276.727 636.30 1,158.228 701.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,597,931 68,066.786 1,051.88 61,749.167 1,159.50 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 54,535 114.526 476.18 103.897 524.89 Chile 539,351 874.683 616.62 793.500 679.71 Belgium 23,519 30.401 773.61 27.580 852.76 Federal Republic of Germany 150,111 103.717 1,447.31 94.091 1,595.38 Russia 6,120 3.373 1,814.37 3.060 2,000.00 Japan 1,443,893 1,294.000 1,115.84 1,173.898 1,230.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,217,529 2,420.703 916.07 2,196.026 1,009.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,198,440 8,390.719 738.73 7,611.935 814.31 Brazil 1,267,723 1,455.253 871.14 1,320.184 960.26 United Kingdom 13,253 16.766 790.46 15.210 871.33 Netherlands 4,126,367 5,113.889 806.89 4,639.244 889.45 Belgium 67,414 85.054 792.60 77.160 873.69 France 6,128,684 9,235.232 663.62 8,378.064 731.52 Federal Republic of Germany 671,850 759.024 885.15 688.576 975.71 China 356,025 440.907 807.48 399.985 890.10 Korea, South 153,760 209.174 735.08 189.760 810.29 Japan 1,556,522 1,902.018 818.35 1,725.483 902.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,540,038 27,608.041 743.99 25,045.601 820.11 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,925,150 2,757.361 1,060.85 2,501.437 1,169.39 United Kingdom 83,592 102.294 817.17 92.800 900.78 Netherlands 402,805 548.958 733.76 498.007 808.83 France 1,919,050 2,288.030 838.73 2,075.667 924.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,370,404 1,648.297 831.41 1,495.311 916.47 Japan 813,585 986.820 824.45 895.229 908.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,514,586 8,331.763 901.92 7,558.451 994.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,675,653 42,379.405 511.47 38,445.961 563.80 Mexico 8,749,667 19,908.081 439.50 18,060.313 484.47 Brazil 196,132 212.753 921.87 193.007 1,016.19 Sweden 5,231,212 10,079.453 519.00 9,143.929 572.10 Finland 15,473 12.175 1,270.88 11.045 1,400.91 Netherlands 12,589,530 26,312.907 478.45 23,870.675 527.41 Belgium 880,876 1,469.412 599.47 1,333.029 660.81 France 5,966,845 10,048.966 593.78 9,116.272 654.53 Federal Republic of Germany 131,608 174.728 753.21 158.511 830.28 Austria 1,440,043 2,035.512 707.46 1,846.586 779.84 Slovakia 223,036 380.814 585.68 345.469 645.60 Spain 104,924 77.387 1,355.82 70.205 1,494.54 Italy 7,372,153 15,132.816 487.16 13,728.264 537.01 Malaysia 644,886 1,146.676 562.40 1,040.248 619.93 China 51,355 21.222 2,419.80 19.253 2,667.38 Korea, South 904,401 1,435.670 629.95 1,302.419 694.40 Taiwan 41,182 13.669 3,012.64 12.401 3,320.86 Japan 3,154,065 4,513.610 698.79 4,094.680 770.28 Australia 28,427,345 55,460.656 512.57 50,313.075 565.01 New Zealand 1,734,616 3,143.039 551.89 2,851.318 608.36 South Africa 300,075 244.765 1,225.97 222.048 1,351.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,835,077 194,203.727 514.07 176,178.708 566.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,018,765 22,595.610 620.42 20,498.399 683.90 Mexico 28,474,856 18,260.634 1,559.36 16,565.774 1,718.90 Dominican Republic 20,550 64.104 320.57 58.155 353.37 Chile 61,062 99.130 615.97 89.930 678.99 Brazil 18,215,582 29,366.670 620.28 26,641.003 683.74 Argentina 700,952 1,375.072 509.76 1,247.445 561.91 Sweden 3,806,075 2,892.351 1,315.91 2,623.898 1,450.54 Finland 1,230,458 415.251 2,963.16 376.710 3,266.33 United Kingdom 823,745 605.403 1,360.65 549.213 1,499.86 Netherlands 1,702,481 2,844.013 598.62 2,580.046 659.86 Belgium 9,483,594 13,866.080 683.94 12,579.100 753.92 Luxembourg 241,010 332.038 725.85 301.220 800.11 France 2,890,035 1,881.588 1,535.95 1,706.949 1,693.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,878,427 1,947.128 1,478.29 1,766.406 1,629.54 Austria 38,206 49.934 765.12 45.300 843.40 Spain 28,781 17.158 1,677.35 15.566 1,848.97 Italy 625,884 263.663 2,373.79 239.192 2,616.66 India 645,415 228.370 2,826.18 207.174 3,115.33 China 13,052,832 6,934.458 1,882.31 6,290.837 2,074.90 Korea, South 5,124,774 6,071.926 844.01 5,508.361 930.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong 136,883 46.230 2,960.85 41.940 3,263.78 Taiwan 4,541,951 1,673.198 2,714.53 1,517.901 2,992.26 Japan 5,296,468 6,283.981 842.85 5,700.734 929.09 Australia 53,066 14.193 3,738.79 12.876 4,121.31 New Zealand 145,322 235.905 616.02 214.010 679.04 South Africa 2,385,386 1,061.109 2,248.01 962.623 2,478.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,622,560 119,425.213 976.53 108,340.762 1,076.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,747,745 36,807.170 645.19 33,390.913 711.20 Mexico 10,792,430 12,457.860 866.31 11,301.584 954.95 Venezuela 14,054 10.758 1,306.31 9.760 1,439.96 Brazil 5,079,912 7,842.422 647.75 7,114.528 714.02 Argentina 4,675,977 7,042.613 663.95 6,388.953 731.88 Sweden 27,311 24.529 1,113.38 22.253 1,227.30 Finland 352,254 437.782 804.63 397.150 886.95 Netherlands 439,395 681.424 644.82 618.178 710.79 Belgium 3,215,602 3,740.862 859.59 3,393.654 947.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,631,432 3,525.637 462.73 3,198.405 510.08 Austria 474,101 439.988 1,077.53 399.151 1,187.77 Russia 26,596 20.359 1,306.31 18.470 1,439.96 Spain 2,365,600 3,980.533 594.29 3,611.080 655.09 Italy 1,592,922 2,572.560 619.20 2,333.788 682.55 India 1,313,475 1,852.569 709.00 1,680.623 781.54 China 670,963 923.937 726.20 838.182 800.50 Korea, South 12,150,099 14,481.676 839.00 13,137.560 924.84 Taiwan 18,033,527 20,695.747 871.36 18,774.872 960.51 Japan 338,158 409.453 825.88 371.450 910.37 South Africa 3,774,008 5,185.568 727.79 4,704.270 802.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,715,561 123,133.456 736.73 111,704.824 812.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 730,567 656.183 1,113.36 595.280 1,227.27 Mexico 26,364 20.484 1,287.04 18.583 1,418.72 Brazil 533,195 797.128 668.89 723.143 737.33 Belgium 633,926 910.420 696.30 825.920 767.54 Federal Republic of Germany 2,749,431 4,427.101 621.05 4,016.200 684.59 Thailand 36,322 45.836 792.43 41.582 873.50 Korea, South 377,218 456.466 826.39 414.100 910.93 Taiwan 448,691 478.419 937.86 434.015 1,033.81 Japan 238,739 295.958 806.66 268.489 889.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,774,453 8,087.999 713.95 7,337.312 787.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,341,476 6,939.557 1,057.92 6,295.462 1,166.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 7,429,013 8,133.393 913.40 7,378.493 1,006.85 Chile 856,767 1,196.988 715.77 1,085.890 789.00 Brazil 3,512,713 4,943.415 710.58 4,484.592 783.28 United Kingdom 537,805 681.367 789.30 618.126 870.06 Belgium 764,840 699.967 1,092.68 635.000 1,204.47 Luxembourg 2,730,998 3,666.622 744.83 3,326.305 821.03 France 63,171 17.752 3,558.38 16.105 3,922.45 Federal Republic of Germany 318,398 174.148 1,828.31 157.985 2,015.37 Austria 1,348,416 360.628 3,739.07 327.157 4,121.62 Italy 17,899 3.545 5,049.04 3.216 5,565.61 Korea, South 2,133,793 2,480.987 860.06 2,250.715 948.05 Taiwan 1,935,759 2,048.840 944.81 1,858.677 1,041.47 Japan 1,022,921 679.774 1,504.80 616.681 1,658.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,013,969 32,026.989 937.15 29,054.404 1,033.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 321,041 406.231 790.29 368.527 871.15 United Kingdom 672,406 269.650 2,493.62 244.623 2,748.74 France 573,913 504.208 1,138.25 457.410 1,254.70 Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,519 1,573.873 905.74 1,427.794 998.41 Russia 5,754,089 3,075.853 1,870.73 2,790.368 2,062.13 Romania 4,425 2.602 1,700.25 2.361 1,874.21 Korea, South 524,822 485.439 1,081.13 440.383 1,191.74 Japan 854,019 974.196 876.64 883.776 966.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,130,234 7,292.054 1,389.22 6,615.242 1,531.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,907,471 5,323.312 546.18 4,829.229 602.06 Mexico 396,769 512.011 774.92 464.489 854.21 Finland 90,068 37.511 2,401.07 34.030 2,646.72 Netherlands 56,165 19.844 2,830.20 18.003 3,119.76 Federal Republic of Germany 213,163 234.937 907.32 213.132 1,000.15 Russia 2,415 1.946 1,240.57 1.766 1,367.50 Italy 3,387 0.143 23,635.66 0.130 26,053.85 Slovenia 60,961 44.836 1,359.63 40.675 1,498.73 Turkey 136,150 311.367 437.26 282.468 482.00 Malaysia 288,834 596.840 483.94 541.445 533.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,155,383 7,082.752 586.69 6,425.367 646.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,771,608 3,733.151 1,010.30 3,386.659 1,113.67 Mexico 2,849,712 1,404.583 2,028.87 1,274.217 2,236.44 Brazil 23,884 21.743 1,098.46 19.725 1,210.85 Sweden 4,362,805 792.829 5,502.83 719.243 6,065.83 Finland 284,168 109.371 2,598.20 99.220 2,864.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,590,396 740.941 2,146.45 672.171 2,366.06 Netherlands 23,885 0.596 40,051.97 0.541 44,149.72 Belgium 394,875 94.411 4,182.47 85.649 4,610.39 France 2,494,980 564.074 4,423.14 511.720 4,875.67 Federal Republic of Germany 6,030,866 3,781.602 1,594.79 3,430.613 1,757.96 Austria 849,677 150.790 5,634.81 136.795 6,211.32 Switzerland 303,148 148.535 2,040.92 134.749 2,249.72 Russia 5,838 3.217 1,814.37 2.919 2,000.00 Italy 163,994 95.017 1,725.94 86.198 1,902.53 India 1,983,413 628.861 3,153.97 570.494 3,476.66 Indonesia 392,147 95.817 4,092.65 86.924 4,511.38 China 70,546 91.005 775.18 82.559 854.49 Korea, South 1,434,389 1,367.229 1,049.12 1,240.330 1,156.46 Taiwan 254,316 110.256 2,306.59 100.023 2,542.58 Japan 5,303,359 955.684 5,549.28 866.983 6,117.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,588,006 14,889.721 2,188.62 13,507.732 2,412.54 GRAND TOTAL 1,804,694,787 2,470,088.225 730.62 2,240,826.977 805.37 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 45,710 146.422 312.18 132.832 344.12 Mexico 1,035,389 1,913.654 541.05 1,736.039 596.41 Belgium 2,157,765 2,370.811 910.14 2,150.765 1,003.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,238,864 4,430.888 730.97 4,019.636 805.76 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 962,301 980.899 981.04 889.857 1,081.41 Mexico 6,554,709 10,030.806 653.46 9,099.797 720.31 Brazil 17,745,964 40,300.036 440.35 36,559.588 485.40 Finland 204,955 568.362 360.61 515.610 397.50 United Kingdom 129,899 103.854 1,250.78 94.215 1,378.75 France 4,754,304 848.017 5,606.37 769.309 6,179.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,122,532 1,636.267 686.03 1,484.397 756.22 Russia 506,268 527.555 959.65 478.590 1,057.83 Ukraine 387,477 341.044 1,136.15 309.390 1,252.39 Italy 449,456 267.234 1,681.88 242.431 1,853.95 Japan 5,640 7.539 748.03 6.840 824.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,823,505 55,611.616 590.23 50,450.024 650.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,194,720 2,234.354 534.70 2,026.973 589.41 United Kingdom 2,962,061 4,541.009 652.29 4,119.536 719.03 Austria 78,625 10.254 7,667.14 9.303 8,451.57 Spain 896,738 2,503.341 358.22 2,270.994 394.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,132,144 9,288.960 552.50 8,426.806 609.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,465,248 9,824.288 1,065.24 8,912.447 1,174.23 Brazil 5,449,641 3,885.781 1,402.46 3,525.123 1,545.94 Sweden 3,637,262 2,568.844 1,415.91 2,330.417 1,560.78 Finland 829,367 594.635 1,394.75 539.444 1,537.45 United Kingdom 268,521 307.231 874.00 278.716 963.42 Netherlands 594,561 457.456 1,299.71 414.998 1,432.68 Belgium 1,015,892 491.109 2,068.57 445.527 2,280.20 Luxembourg 36,685 45.316 809.54 41.110 892.36 France 846,163 475.706 1,778.75 431.554 1,960.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,443,655 2,017.051 1,211.50 1,829.839 1,335.45 Austria 739,003 426.438 1,732.96 386.859 1,910.26 Poland 1,520,223 1,274.292 1,192.99 1,156.019 1,315.05 Ukraine 7,244,058 5,465.804 1,325.34 4,958.496 1,460.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 902,225 1,075.171 839.15 975.379 925.00 China 1,024,382 1,791.695 571.74 1,625.399 630.23 Japan 2,264,200 2,274.813 995.33 2,063.677 1,097.17 Australia 210,495 91.660 2,296.46 83.153 2,531.42 South Africa 91,549 69.589 1,315.55 63.131 1,450.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,583,130 33,136.888 1,194.53 30,061.288 1,316.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,820,295 3,241.980 561.48 2,941.076 618.92 Sweden 1,919,617 2,463.791 779.13 2,235.115 858.84 Netherlands 1,734,934 3,192.787 543.39 2,896.449 598.99 France 1,034,969 1,546.277 669.33 1,402.760 737.81 Federal Republic of Germany 196,024 122.521 1,599.91 111.150 1,763.60 Japan 1,521,985 2,317.570 656.72 2,102.465 723.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,227,824 12,884.929 638.56 11,689.015 703.89 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 437,212 652.414 670.14 591.861 738.71 Korea, South 118,792 165.694 716.93 150.316 790.28 Japan 190,190 284.289 669.00 257.903 737.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 746,194 1,102.399 676.88 1,000.080 746.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,052,726 28,073.269 607.44 25,467.649 669.58 Mexico 5,303,034 11,585.065 457.75 10,509.798 504.58 Trinidad and Tobago 181,775 449.445 404.44 407.730 445.82 Brazil 269,011 126.872 2,120.32 115.097 2,337.25 Sweden 2,107,077 605.341 3,480.81 549.157 3,836.93 United Kingdom 873,937 745.891 1,171.67 676.662 1,291.54 Netherlands 212,558 160.163 1,327.13 145.298 1,462.91 France 316,982 91.194 3,475.90 82.730 3,831.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,974,434 1,297.749 1,521.43 1,177.299 1,677.09 Austria 435,001 101.192 4,298.76 91.800 4,738.57 Czech Republic 5,410,760 5,051.113 1,071.20 4,582.294 1,180.80 Switzerland 2,532 0.001 2,296,992.41 0.001 2,532,000.00 Latvia 2,184,992 6,239.742 350.17 5,660.601 386.00 Ukraine 306,726 227.795 1,346.49 206.653 1,484.26 Spain 2,079,143 1,229.765 1,690.68 1,115.625 1,863.66 Italy 7,954,863 2,120.716 3,751.03 1,923.882 4,134.80 Romania 13,651 14.481 942.68 13.137 1,039.13 China 1,137,421 1,285.181 885.03 1,165.897 975.58 Korea, South 2,991,426 3,631.962 823.64 3,294.862 907.91 Japan 7,351,439 10,070.468 730.00 9,135.778 804.69 South Africa 728,223 1,309.634 556.05 1,188.081 612.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 58,887,711 74,417.049 791.32 67,510.031 872.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 119,579 158.144 756.14 143.466 833.50 Mexico 644,762 1,319.007 488.82 1,196.584 538.84 Italy 254,943 320.529 795.38 290.780 876.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,019,284 1,797.681 567.00 1,630.830 625.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,413,910 960.639 1,471.84 871.478 1,622.43 Colombia 446,640 774.974 576.33 703.045 635.29 Brazil 31,776 12.941 2,455.43 11.740 2,706.64 Sweden 295,767 144.420 2,047.96 131.016 2,257.49 United Kingdom 2,850,905 1,919.680 1,485.09 1,741.505 1,637.04 France 1,678,485 1,017.789 1,649.15 923.323 1,817.87 Federal Republic of Germany 331,394 174.802 1,895.82 158.578 2,089.79 Poland 640,390 393.260 1,628.41 356.760 1,795.02 Russia 1,712,359 1,916.367 893.54 1,738.500 984.96 Ukraine 135,781 150.487 902.27 136.520 994.59 Italy 117,237 39.345 2,979.65 35.694 3,284.50 Romania 1,561,461 1,829.428 853.52 1,659.630 940.85 China 9,638 7.500 1,285.05 6.804 1,416.52 Korea, South 75,857 58.002 1,307.82 52.619 1,441.63 Taiwan 94,513 37.268 2,536.03 33.809 2,795.50 Japan 315,189 201.412 1,564.90 182.718 1,725.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,711,302 9,638.319 1,215.08 8,743.739 1,339.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,854,304 1,234.000 1,502.68 1,119.467 1,656.42 Mexico 169,764 113.142 1,500.45 102.641 1,653.96 Colombia 178,733 74.017 2,414.72 67.148 2,661.78 Brazil 3,362,094 988.926 3,399.74 897.139 3,747.57 Sweden 3,986,951 1,200.923 3,319.90 1,089.460 3,659.57 United Kingdom 903,434 145.312 6,217.20 131.825 6,853.28 Netherlands 1,102,602 779.913 1,413.75 707.526 1,558.39 Belgium 563,351 242.725 2,320.94 220.197 2,558.40 France 2,872,344 1,165.926 2,463.57 1,057.711 2,715.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,611,114 1,780.492 2,589.80 1,615.236 2,854.76 Austria 4,458,709 781.778 5,703.29 709.218 6,286.80 Czech Republic 16,639 4.129 4,029.54 3.746 4,441.80 Poland 154,888 96.407 1,606.61 87.459 1,770.98 Russia 1,067,652 440.883 2,421.62 399.963 2,669.38 Ukraine 417,306 109.619 3,806.87 99.445 4,196.35 Spain 52,485 17.125 3,064.73 15.536 3,378.28 Italy 458,807 324.167 1,415.34 294.080 1,560.14 Slovenia 3,854,811 1,225.066 3,146.61 1,111.362 3,468.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 19,166 18.532 1,034.21 16.812 1,140.02 China 4,953,470 1,526.586 3,244.80 1,384.896 3,576.78 Korea, South 276,381 192.257 1,437.56 174.413 1,584.64 Taiwan 2,113,020 725.200 2,913.70 657.891 3,211.81 Japan 4,821,146 4,466.361 1,079.43 4,051.816 1,189.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,269,171 17,653.496 2,394.38 16,014.987 2,639.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 343,504 56.538 6,075.56 51.291 6,697.16 Mexico 38,189 25.295 1,509.70 22.948 1,664.15 Argentina 332,843 59.556 5,588.67 54.029 6,160.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,340,214 950.894 1,409.42 862.637 1,553.62 Spain 470,865 180.506 2,608.57 163.753 2,875.46 Italy 651,694 228.683 2,849.77 207.458 3,141.33 India 42,280 18.340 2,305.31 16.638 2,541.17 China 350,838 330.891 1,060.28 300.180 1,168.76 Japan 1,092,562 428.785 2,548.04 388.988 2,808.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,662,989 2,279.493 2,045.63 2,067.922 2,254.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 8,560,882 6,337.347 1,350.86 5,749.147 1,489.07 Argentina 2,701 2.289 1,179.73 2.077 1,300.43 United Kingdom 132,714 11.040 12,020.38 10.016 13,250.20 France 676,921 432.636 1,564.64 392.481 1,724.72 Federal Republic of Germany 8,999,336 6,069.099 1,482.81 5,505.796 1,634.52 Austria 8,524,858 8,480.099 1,005.28 7,693.019 1,108.13 Spain 3,471,178 2,735.103 1,269.12 2,481.245 1,398.97 Italy 3,180 0.724 4,390.94 0.657 4,840.18 Romania 1,747,877 1,229.392 1,421.74 1,115.286 1,567.20 India 114,771 141.123 813.27 128.025 896.47 China 1,519,313 1,940.441 782.97 1,760.339 863.08 Japan 8,973,059 2,931.879 3,060.51 2,659.757 3,373.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,726,790 30,311.177 1,409.61 27,497.845 1,553.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 15,578,657 14,555.746 1,070.28 13,204.755 1,179.78 Czech Republic 48,185 43.287 1,113.13 39.270 1,227.02 Italy 10,204 4.145 2,461.29 3.761 2,713.11 China 23,840 43.799 544.30 39.734 599.99 Japan 70,406 195.779 359.62 177.608 396.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,731,292 14,842.758 1,059.86 13,465.128 1,168.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 35,505 17.865 1,987.39 16.207 2,190.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 11,330 12.243 925.40 11.107 1,020.08 Federal Republic of Germany 9,558 15.930 599.98 14.452 661.36 Italy 3,255 1.998 1,628.73 1.813 1,795.37 Japan 25,184 7.592 3,316.86 6.888 3,656.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,832 55.630 1,524.92 50.467 1,680.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 200,562 76.511 2,621.33 69.410 2,889.53 Sweden 85,092 6.720 12,661.01 6.097 13,956.37 Federal Republic of Germany 5,530 0.771 7,166.76 0.700 7,900.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 291,184 84.003 3,466.32 76.207 3,820.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,535,173 1,316.808 1,165.83 1,194.589 1,285.11 Mexico 3,583,181 2,242.811 1,597.63 2,034.645 1,761.08 Guatemala 38,832 51.807 749.54 46.999 826.23 Brazil 80,051 72.209 1,108.60 65.507 1,222.02 Argentina 1,132,267 263.156 4,302.63 238.732 4,742.84 Sweden 858,988 638.541 1,345.24 579.275 1,482.87 Norway 2,451 0.114 21,379.91 0.104 23,567.31 United Kingdom 255,513 172.031 1,485.27 156.064 1,637.23 France 498,993 320.771 1,555.60 290.999 1,714.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,751,032 1,758.647 1,564.29 1,595.419 1,724.33 Czech Republic 638,400 139.114 4,589.01 126.203 5,058.52 Switzerland 164,921 83.753 1,969.12 75.980 2,170.58 Spain 547,486 254.702 2,149.51 231.062 2,369.43 Italy 1,835,293 1,027.703 1,785.82 932.317 1,968.53 Saudi Arabia 120,102 72.565 1,655.09 65.830 1,824.43 India 998,978 787.645 1,268.31 714.540 1,398.07 China 569,140 496.071 1,147.29 450.029 1,264.67 Korea, South 34,539 3.619 9,541.19 3.284 10,517.36 Taiwan 26,106 17.289 1,509.91 15.685 1,664.39 Japan 2,552,171 1,405.103 1,816.36 1,274.689 2,002.19 Morocco 4,394 0.016 265,744.72 0.015 292,933.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,228,011 11,124.486 1,638.55 10,091.967 1,806.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 75,455 62.000 1,217.00 56.246 1,341.52 Sweden 256,298 196.394 1,305.02 178.166 1,438.53 France 1,842,328 864.286 2,131.62 784.068 2,349.70 Federal Republic of Germany 6,560,041 2,159.943 3,037.14 1,959.468 3,347.87 Italy 448,591 105.031 4,271.01 95.283 4,707.99 China 3,568 0.537 6,632.86 0.488 7,311.48 Japan 499,319 134.041 3,725.12 121.600 4,106.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 9,685,600 3,522.235 2,749.84 3,195.319 3,031.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 617,626 140.320 4,401.53 127.297 4,851.85 Mexico 18,161 16.006 1,134.59 14.521 1,250.67 Brazil 8,977 3.532 2,540.97 3.205 2,800.94 Sweden 48,120 4.154 11,582.31 3.769 12,767.31 Denmark 4,625 0.292 15,832.95 0.265 17,452.83 United Kingdom 145,230 6.678 21,744.59 6.059 23,969.30 France 6,358 3.747 1,696.44 3.400 1,870.00 Federal Republic of Germany 89,432 14.277 6,264.00 12.952 6,904.88 Hungary 5,741 0.109 52,607.57 0.099 57,989.90 China 24,989 15.922 1,569.38 14.445 1,729.94 Japan 13,584 2.948 4,606.80 2.675 5,078.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 982,843 207.991 4,725.39 188.687 5,208.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 603,734 500.512 1,206.23 454.057 1,329.64 Mexico 47,906 99.774 480.14 90.514 529.27 Finland 459,705 155.905 2,948.62 141.435 3,250.29 United Kingdom 5,481 4.914 1,115.36 4.458 1,229.48 Federal Republic of Germany 268,389 42.664 6,290.62 38.705 6,934.22 Italy 137,241 55.522 2,471.82 50.369 2,724.71 Malaysia 2,233 0.727 3,069.31 0.660 3,383.33 China 64,408 21.556 2,987.83 19.556 3,293.52 Taiwan 562,474 158.240 3,554.56 143.553 3,918.23 Japan 305,935 128.834 2,374.63 116.877 2,617.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,457,506 1,168.652 2,102.85 1,060.184 2,318.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 8,638 7.874 1,096.90 7.144 1,209.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,638 7.874 1,096.90 7.144 1,209.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 462,951 504.290 918.02 457.485 1,011.95 Mexico 1,452,211 1,228.542 1,182.06 1,114.515 1,303.00 Venezuela 14,970 18.937 790.49 17.180 871.36 Sweden 67,841 57.904 1,171.60 52.530 1,291.47 United Kingdom 31,694 1.082 29,279.35 0.982 32,274.95 France 20,608 1.599 12,884.40 1.451 14,202.62 Federal Republic of Germany 297,393 38.978 7,629.61 35.361 8,410.20 Austria 200,807 36.098 5,562.75 32.748 6,131.89 Czech Republic 54,309 56.517 960.92 51.272 1,059.23 Poland 159,236 107.059 1,487.36 97.123 1,639.53 Italy 2,402,353 1,726.193 1,391.71 1,565.977 1,534.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 138,464 133.359 1,038.27 120.982 1,144.50 Thailand 43,785 39.683 1,103.36 36.000 1,216.25 China 701,512 676.543 1,036.91 613.750 1,142.99 Korea, South 2,140,719 1,784.087 1,199.90 1,618.497 1,322.66 Taiwan 223,678 191.004 1,171.06 173.276 1,290.88 Japan 2,810,357 2,096.912 1,340.24 1,902.288 1,477.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,222,888 8,698.795 1,290.17 7,891.417 1,422.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,973,797 5,524.783 538.26 5,012.001 593.34 Sweden 2,398,416 3,682.183 651.36 3,340.422 718.00 Finland 15,473 12.175 1,270.88 11.045 1,400.91 Netherlands 296,607 532.969 556.52 483.502 613.46 Belgium 222,460 373.959 594.88 339.250 655.74 France 1,265,757 1,644.560 769.66 1,491.921 848.41 Austria 243,707 321.125 758.92 291.320 836.56 Japan 2,551,860 3,806.198 670.45 3,452.926 739.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,968,077 15,897.955 627.00 14,422.387 691.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,195,852 3,152.671 696.51 2,860.056 767.77 Dominican Republic 20,550 64.104 320.57 58.155 353.37 Sweden 33,183 14.711 2,255.59 13.346 2,486.36 United Kingdom 561,640 573.022 980.14 519.837 1,080.42 Netherlands 235,931 373.542 631.60 338.872 696.22 Belgium 21,762 33.025 658.95 29.960 726.37 Luxembourg 61,427 80.964 758.69 73.450 836.31 France 966,973 829.563 1,165.64 752.568 1,284.90 Federal Republic of Germany 549,983 677.556 811.72 614.669 894.76 Korea, South 1,033,674 1,403.837 736.32 1,273.540 811.65 Japan 2,676,064 3,386.041 790.32 3,071.766 871.18 Australia 53,066 14.193 3,738.79 12.876 4,121.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,410,105 10,603.234 793.16 9,619.095 874.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,364,371 6,179.663 706.25 5,606.098 778.50 Brazil 67,495 112.290 601.08 101.868 662.57 Finland 65,924 78.120 843.87 70.870 930.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,349,475 2,931.237 460.38 2,659.175 507.48 Spain 1,856,582 3,114.299 596.15 2,825.246 657.14 Japan 324,735 386.999 839.11 351.080 924.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,028,582 12,802.611 627.11 11,614.337 691.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 602,229 511.887 1,176.49 464.377 1,296.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,245,207 1,936.573 643.00 1,756.830 708.78 Japan 44,742 51.433 869.89 46.660 958.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,892,178 2,499.894 756.90 2,267.867 834.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 321,041 406.231 790.29 368.527 871.15 United Kingdom 672,406 269.650 2,493.62 244.623 2,748.74 France 573,913 504.208 1,138.25 457.410 1,254.70 Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,519 1,573.873 905.74 1,427.794 998.41 Russia 5,754,089 3,075.853 1,870.73 2,790.368 2,062.13 Romania 4,425 2.602 1,700.25 2.361 1,874.21 Korea, South 524,822 485.439 1,081.13 440.383 1,191.74 Japan 854,019 974.196 876.64 883.776 966.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,130,234 7,292.054 1,389.22 6,615.242 1,531.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 429,180 966.107 444.24 876.438 489.69 Federal Republic of Germany 9,183 0.119 77,135.92 0.108 85,027.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 438,363 966.226 453.69 876.546 500.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,043,632 490.277 2,128.66 444.772 2,346.44 Sweden 673,108 167.644 4,015.08 152.085 4,425.87 Finland 19,832 5.798 3,420.40 5.260 3,770.34 United Kingdom 70,810 25.970 2,726.56 23.560 3,005.52 France 764,020 70.121 10,895.69 63.613 12,010.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,685,033 2,094.031 1,282.23 1,899.674 1,413.42 Austria 481,632 80.755 5,964.09 73.260 6,574.28 Italy 24,159 21.825 1,106.90 19.800 1,220.15 Japan 716,869 58.808 12,189.93 53.350 13,437.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,479,095 3,015.232 2,148.79 2,735.374 2,368.63 GRAND TOTAL 355,068,336 345,342.540 1,028.16 313,289.571 1,133.36 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Taiwan 2,338 4.975 469.87 4.514 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,338 4.975 469.87 4.514 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,652,667 12,842.096 362.30 11,650.157 399.37 Mexico 64,144,084 152,203.146 421.44 138,076.411 464.55 Venezuela 14,248,410 33,065.639 430.91 29,996.652 475.00 Brazil 88,272,340 217,138.949 406.52 196,985.197 448.12 Finland 1,754,940 5,078.798 345.54 4,607.410 380.90 United Kingdom 473,242 945.072 500.75 857.356 551.98 Belgium 8,250,041 23,478.751 351.38 21,299.571 387.33 Federal Republic of Germany 4,555,308 10,171.369 447.86 9,227.314 493.68 Russia 14,789,010 31,240.706 473.39 28,341.100 521.82 Ukraine 4,773,390 11,564.309 412.77 10,490.968 455.00 Italy 70,999 107.938 657.77 97.920 725.07 China 9,851,306 23,943.186 411.45 21,720.900 453.54 Egypt 172,069 267.146 644.10 242.351 710.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 216,007,806 522,047.111 413.77 473,593.307 456.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,484,087 26,128.772 554.33 23,703.630 611.05 Mexico 133,061 292.579 454.79 265.424 501.31 Trinidad and Tobago 7,664,108 18,674.360 410.41 16,941.100 452.40 Venezuela 475,934 1,093.728 435.15 992.214 479.67 Brazil 5,724,022 9,402.541 608.77 8,529.845 671.06 Argentina 1,043,441 2,486.466 419.65 2,255.685 462.58 Finland 52,141 182.784 285.26 165.819 314.45 United Kingdom 3,241,308 6,755.912 479.77 6,128.862 528.86 France 6,556 14.748 444.51 13.380 489.99 Federal Republic of Germany 10,549,876 18,749.163 562.69 17,008.960 620.25 Poland 2,425,089 6,651.807 364.58 6,034.420 401.88 Spain 2,973,825 6,246.344 476.09 5,666.590 524.80 Italy 2,301,834 5,638.526 408.23 5,115.187 450.00 Turkey 14,148,490 37,051.767 381.86 33,612.808 420.93 Thailand 96,567 132.140 730.79 119.876 805.56 China 33,216,475 83,923.013 395.80 76,133.699 436.29 Japan 5,161,196 7,336.523 703.49 6,655.584 775.47 Egypt 3,285,562 8,344.957 393.72 7,570.420 434.00 South Africa 80,846 173.756 465.28 157.629 512.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,064,418 239,279.896 447.44 217,071.132 493.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,139,812 8,404.236 611.57 7,624.197 674.14 Mexico 1,391,532 2,775.409 501.38 2,517.810 552.68 Brazil 1,358,069 2,787.028 487.28 2,528.350 537.14 Norway 298,387 423.076 705.28 383.809 777.44 United Kingdom 1,517,057 2,204.593 688.13 1,999.974 758.54 Luxembourg 2,258,743 2,944.184 767.19 2,670.920 845.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,622,605 2,060.461 787.50 1,869.220 868.07 Poland 8,142,097 17,592.894 462.81 15,960.010 510.16 Spain 65,677 109.787 598.22 99.598 659.42 Italy 6,149 12.552 489.88 11.387 540.00 Turkey 291,187 569.971 510.88 517.070 563.15 Korea, South 333,706 805.918 414.07 731.117 456.43 Japan 305,296 558.490 546.65 506.654 602.57 South Africa 11,653 24.502 475.59 22.228 524.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,741,970 41,273.107 551.01 37,442.344 607.39 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,145,870 1,381.592 829.38 1,253.360 914.24 United Kingdom 54,942 71.114 772.59 64.514 851.63 Luxembourg 7,260,193 9,619.566 754.73 8,726.726 831.95 China 33,220 19.643 1,691.17 17.820 1,864.20 Japan 3,134 4.763 657.98 4.321 725.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,497,359 11,096.679 765.76 10,066.741 844.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,476,675 11,567.227 732.82 10,493.615 807.79 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Brazil 244,543 394.532 619.83 357.914 683.25 Belgium 1,018,855 1,452.666 701.37 1,317.837 773.13 France 119,361 167.088 714.36 151.580 787.45 Federal Republic of Germany 50,315 34.884 1,442.32 31.647 1,589.88 Austria 1,624,550 1,843.212 881.37 1,672.135 971.54 Czech Republic 686,974 906.990 757.42 822.808 834.91 Slovakia 137,872 237.465 580.60 215.425 640.00 Ukraine 8,155,825 11,222.630 726.73 10,181.002 801.08 Malaysia 351,508 653.901 537.55 593.210 592.55 Indonesia 29,718 51.110 581.44 46.367 640.93 Korea, South 3,473,682 5,761.268 602.94 5,226.536 664.62 Japan 590,164 642.412 918.67 582.787 1,012.66 Australia 43,263 16.394 2,638.85 14.873 2,908.83 New Zealand 11,983 24.077 497.68 21.843 548.60 Egypt 3,059 3.870 790.40 3.511 871.26 South Africa 884,303 1,573.881 561.86 1,427.802 619.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 25,910,650 36,574.030 708.44 33,179.412 780.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,962,382 22,377.939 534.56 20,300.931 589.25 Mexico 1,684,097 3,970.617 424.14 3,602.085 467.53 Netherlands 2,750,596 5,934.261 463.51 5,383.473 510.93 France 5,971,953 10,555.634 565.76 9,575.913 623.64 Federal Republic of Germany 608,268 1,003.494 606.15 910.355 668.17 Spain 36,079 57.628 626.06 52.280 690.11 Italy 2,538,618 5,434.605 467.12 4,930.193 514.91 Turkey 7,956 11.048 720.10 10.023 793.77 Malaysia 213,941 415.607 514.77 377.033 567.43 China 8,909 17.901 497.67 16.240 548.58 Japan 137,845 152.235 905.47 138.106 998.11 New Zealand 261,613 474.776 551.02 430.710 607.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,182,257 50,405.752 519.43 45,727.342 572.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 100,618 157.478 638.93 142.862 704.30 France 13,057 23.987 544.33 21.761 600.02 Austria 1,090,327 807.178 1,350.79 732.260 1,488.99 Spain 137,313 190.045 722.53 172.406 796.45 Korea, South 37,184 25.905 1,435.38 23.501 1,582.23 Japan 9,552,111 14,058.886 679.44 12,754.011 748.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,930,610 15,263.481 716.13 13,846.801 789.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 283,718 358.630 791.12 325.344 872.06 Spain 539,380 665.634 810.32 603.854 893.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 823,098 1,024.265 803.60 929.198 885.82 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 175,183 612.151 286.18 555.335 315.45 Australia 326,938 510.755 640.11 463.350 705.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 502,121 1,122.907 447.16 1,018.685 492.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,850,426 22,635.654 567.71 20,534.726 625.79 Mexico 1,303,293 2,392.694 544.70 2,170.617 600.43 Dominican Republic 22,050 49.603 444.52 45.000 490.00 Brazil 1,096,920 2,053.983 534.05 1,863.343 588.68 Argentina 617,311 885.023 697.51 802.880 768.87 Sweden 25,808 18.948 1,361.99 17.190 1,501.34 United Kingdom 6,439,786 8,507.590 756.95 7,717.958 834.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 6,024 3.356 1,794.71 3.045 1,978.33 Luxembourg 28,508 33.948 839.73 30.798 925.64 France 612,316 790.369 774.72 717.011 853.98 Federal Republic of Germany 317,389 544.492 582.91 493.955 642.55 Czech Republic 704,316 1,050.143 670.69 952.674 739.30 Switzerland 20,407 20.042 1,018.20 18.182 1,122.37 Belarus 8,317 11.475 724.79 10.410 798.94 Bulgaria 189,383 474.453 399.16 430.417 440.00 Turkey 1,504,343 3,434.248 438.04 3,115.499 482.86 India 193,416 259.356 745.75 235.284 822.05 Malaysia 11,840 20.257 584.48 18.377 644.28 China 1,221,253 2,031.570 601.14 1,843.010 662.64 Korea, South 254,107 555.035 457.82 503.520 504.66 Japan 1,762,571 2,797.701 630.01 2,538.033 694.46 South Africa 274,296 509.537 538.32 462.245 593.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,464,080 49,079.486 600.33 44,524.174 661.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,193,266 4,054.569 540.94 3,678.245 596.28 Mexico 2,082,875 4,717.077 441.56 4,279.262 486.74 Brazil 767,558 1,859.396 412.80 1,686.817 455.03 Bulgaria 1,707,989 4,278.943 399.16 3,881.793 440.00 Turkey 905,950 2,306.420 392.79 2,092.350 432.98 Korea, South 76,896 184.740 416.24 167.594 458.82 Japan 1,688,478 4,230.061 399.16 3,837.448 440.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,423,012 21,631.209 435.62 19,623.509 480.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 4,658,286 11,783.481 395.32 10,689.798 435.77 Mexico 12,087,449 30,393.776 397.69 27,572.778 438.38 Dominican Republic 727,583 1,697.697 428.57 1,540.126 472.42 Brazil 6,796,000 18,915.203 359.29 17,159.589 396.05 Argentina 1,131,249 1,635.243 691.79 1,483.468 762.57 Federal Republic of Germany 9,639,770 25,381.793 379.79 23,025.982 418.65 Italy 84,250 177.355 475.04 160.894 523.64 Bulgaria 252,526 681.425 370.58 618.179 408.50 Turkey 23,857,661 63,110.189 378.03 57,252.617 416.71 Malaysia 7,779 13.830 562.44 12.547 619.99 China 13,906 22.318 623.07 20.247 686.82 Japan 5,955,840 15,969.490 372.95 14,487.282 411.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,212,299 169,781.806 384.09 154,023.507 423.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,086,193 4,942.910 1,028.99 4,484.134 1,134.26 Mexico 109,458 153.082 715.03 138.874 788.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 33,710 37.284 904.13 33.824 996.63 United Kingdom 1,438,991 1,388.980 1,036.01 1,260.062 1,142.00 France 190,402 131.068 1,452.70 118.903 1,601.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,795,713 2,394.428 1,167.59 2,172.190 1,287.05 Austria 91,012 50.431 1,804.65 45.751 1,989.29 Switzerland 22,621 11.375 1,988.51 10.320 2,191.96 Russia 761,523 1,224.309 622.00 1,110.675 685.64 Ukraine 873,553 1,357.154 643.67 1,231.190 709.52 Spain 675,874 678.062 996.77 615.128 1,098.75 Italy 275,061 251.959 1,091.69 228.574 1,203.38 Romania 332,517 557.120 596.85 505.411 657.91 India 11,147 9.280 1,201.14 8.419 1,324.03 China 185,306 344.465 537.95 312.494 592.99 Korea, South 380,467 650.478 584.90 590.104 644.75 Taiwan 87,970 114.190 770.38 103.592 849.20 Japan 194,832 174.487 1,116.60 158.292 1,230.84 South Africa 8,526 9.156 931.10 8.307 1,026.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,554,876 14,480.226 936.10 13,136.244 1,031.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,351,799 29,186.976 800.08 26,477.987 881.93 Mexico 3,732,612 3,867.966 965.01 3,508.961 1,063.74 Dominican Republic 247,862 624.093 397.16 566.168 437.79 Colombia 876,469 984.410 890.35 893.042 981.44 Venezuela 750,357 597.420 1,255.99 541.971 1,384.50 Ecuador 19,833 18.026 1,100.24 16.353 1,212.80 Chile 1,232,671 1,720.539 716.44 1,560.848 789.74 Brazil 16,402 12.302 1,333.18 11.161 1,469.58 Sweden 97,345 42.970 2,265.40 38.982 2,497.18 United Kingdom 13,468 1.528 8,808.92 1.387 9,710.17 Netherlands 3,711 0.464 7,996.59 0.421 8,814.73 France 98,393 79.587 1,236.28 72.201 1,362.77 Federal Republic of Germany 851,588 552.106 1,542.43 500.863 1,700.24 Ukraine 576,394 861.768 668.85 781.783 737.28 Spain 1,592,493 872.878 1,824.42 791.862 2,011.07 Italy 135,991 138.715 980.36 125.841 1,080.66 Romania 3,249,983 5,326.041 610.21 4,831.705 672.64 Turkey 2,535,421 4,012.467 631.89 3,640.050 696.53 United Arab Emirates 30,231 34.065 887.43 30.904 978.22 Oman 651,458 1,026.772 634.47 931.473 699.38 India 1,057,150 1,222.903 864.46 1,109.400 952.90 Indonesia 761,469 1,328.152 573.33 1,204.880 631.99 China 18,534,658 30,554.040 606.62 27,718.167 668.68 Korea, South 973,371 1,169.883 832.02 1,061.301 917.15 Taiwan 47,950 75.051 638.89 68.086 704.26 Japan 3,860,263 4,175.623 924.48 3,788.063 1,019.06 South Africa 32,493 67.580 480.80 61.308 530.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 65,331,835 88,554.339 737.76 80,335.168 813.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,698,870 5,586.482 1,020.12 5,067.973 1,124.49 Mexico 1,877,169 1,919.057 978.17 1,740.940 1,078.25 Colombia 3,408,324 2,760.424 1,234.71 2,504.216 1,361.03 Venezuela 9,179,713 10,420.400 880.94 9,453.231 971.07 Brazil 2,456,023 2,019.794 1,215.98 1,832.327 1,340.38 Argentina 127,378 89.451 1,423.99 81.149 1,569.68 United Kingdom 477,782 497.389 960.58 451.224 1,058.86 Federal Republic of Germany 3,149,357 3,300.556 954.19 2,994.215 1,051.81 Austria 10,517,338 7,271.980 1,446.28 6,597.032 1,594.25 Czech Republic 1,205,689 1,163.771 1,036.02 1,055.756 1,142.01 Russia 5,707,006 7,885.993 723.69 7,154.055 797.73 Ukraine 106,320 70.961 1,498.28 64.375 1,651.57 Spain 1,156,594 1,079.898 1,071.02 979.668 1,180.60 Romania 970,036 920.990 1,053.25 835.509 1,161.01 Turkey 4,550,648 6,555.333 694.19 5,946.900 765.21 India 1,882,926 1,657.600 1,135.93 1,503.750 1,252.15 China 23,156,471 29,990.278 772.13 27,206.731 851.13 Korea, South 7,445,438 8,861.966 840.16 8,039.443 926.11 Taiwan 875,945 1,131.814 773.93 1,026.765 853.11 Japan 17,199 1.247 13,783.28 1.132 15,193.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,966,226 93,185.393 901.07 84,536.391 993.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 129,778 106.873 1,214.31 96.954 1,338.55 Brazil 699,134 807.899 865.37 732.914 953.91 United Kingdom 16,874 25.149 670.96 22.815 739.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,251,348 1,457.076 2,231.42 1,321.838 2,459.72 Czech Republic 563,029 614.880 915.67 557.810 1,009.36 Italy 5,072,718 3,638.692 1,394.10 3,300.967 1,536.74 Romania 977,312 1,302.443 750.37 1,181.557 827.14 China 619,379 777.618 796.51 705.444 878.00 Korea, South 1,235,448 1,638.395 754.06 1,486.328 831.21 Taiwan 169,109 239.246 706.84 217.041 779.16 Japan 7,376,684 8,561.625 861.60 7,766.978 949.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,110,813 19,169.900 1,049.08 17,390.646 1,156.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 35,868 33.375 1,074.67 30.278 1,184.62 Mexico 8,314,793 7,664.457 1,084.85 6,953.081 1,195.84 Brazil 3,924,139 5,116.394 766.97 4,641.516 845.44 France 2,396,553 2,080.520 1,151.90 1,887.417 1,269.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,429,234 833.940 1,713.83 756.538 1,889.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,738,370 1,683.258 1,032.74 1,527.027 1,138.40 Czech Republic 2,370,445 2,632.127 900.58 2,387.827 992.72 Slovakia 877,142 923.127 950.19 837.447 1,047.40 Russia 2,012,331 2,608.431 771.47 2,366.330 850.40 Ukraine 4,489,868 5,094.242 881.36 4,621.420 971.53 Spain 47,533 38.250 1,242.69 34.700 1,369.83 Italy 17,403,992 12,779.184 1,361.90 11,593.084 1,501.24 Romania 1,044,447 1,150.347 907.94 1,043.578 1,000.83 Turkey 193,850 312.560 620.20 283.550 683.65 China 927,426 1,258.161 737.13 1,141.385 812.54 Korea, South 575,655 761.653 755.80 690.961 833.12 Japan 6,532,513 6,115.303 1,068.22 5,547.712 1,177.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,314,159 51,085.336 1,063.20 46,343.851 1,171.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 108,962 109.190 997.91 99.056 1,100.00 Mexico 1,153,711 1,337.128 862.83 1,213.023 951.10 Brazil 3,398,069 5,238.220 648.71 4,752.035 715.08 Federal Republic of Germany 255,938 255.343 1,002.33 231.644 1,104.88 Turkey 2,235,110 3,479.499 642.37 3,156.550 708.09 China 532,124 863.353 616.35 783.221 679.40 Korea, South 2,725,302 3,642.329 748.23 3,304.267 824.78 Taiwan 27,338 38.816 704.28 35.214 776.34 South Africa 1,427,295 2,042.171 698.91 1,852.627 770.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,863,849 17,006.053 697.63 15,427.637 769.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,349,848 7,932.938 1,052.55 7,196.643 1,160.24 Mexico 14,222,260 17,574.958 809.23 15,943.739 892.03 Dominican Republic 235,087 410.834 572.22 372.703 630.76 Colombia 935,375 917.080 1,019.95 831.962 1,124.30 Brazil 826,083 723.164 1,142.32 656.044 1,259.19 Argentina 109,130 70.890 1,539.41 64.311 1,696.91 Sweden 44,167 20.292 2,176.52 18.409 2,399.21 Denmark 13,323 1.087 12,245.62 0.987 13,498.48 Netherlands 6,769 2.724 2,484.12 2.472 2,738.27 Belgium 39,556 23.572 1,678.03 21.385 1,849.71 France 438,986 388.844 1,128.95 352.754 1,244.45 Federal Republic of Germany 2,266,100 1,232.502 1,838.62 1,118.108 2,026.73 Austria 169,262 67.298 2,515.10 61.052 2,772.42 Slovakia 19,967 5.943 3,359.38 5.392 3,703.08 Switzerland 1,834,429 728.640 2,517.60 661.012 2,775.18 Poland 2,330 0.228 10,211.31 0.207 11,256.04 Ukraine 29,133 35.241 826.66 31.971 911.23 Spain 1,173,938 783.370 1,498.57 710.662 1,651.89 Italy 1,134,130 904.322 1,254.12 820.388 1,382.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 31,383 23.672 1,325.74 21.475 1,461.37 Turkey 1,188,844 2,050.186 579.87 1,859.898 639.20 India 740,698 518.097 1,429.65 470.010 1,575.92 China 4,823,725 6,657.895 724.51 6,039.943 798.64 Korea, South 1,233,510 1,484.343 831.01 1,346.574 916.04 Taiwan 11,991 3.990 3,004.99 3.620 3,312.43 Japan 3,748,824 1,548.518 2,420.91 1,404.793 2,668.60 Australia 78,272 91.280 857.49 82.808 945.22 New Zealand 10,987 1.412 7,780.83 1.281 8,576.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,718,107 44,203.335 989.02 40,100.603 1,090.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 10,184 7.438 1,369.11 6.748 1,509.19 Mexico 625,452 308.488 2,027.47 279.856 2,234.91 Chile 158,020 212.449 743.80 192.731 819.90 Brazil 325,372 213.161 1,526.41 193.377 1,682.58 Argentina 44,867 37.534 1,195.34 34.051 1,317.64 Netherlands 99,830 76.482 1,305.26 69.384 1,438.80 France 823,247 613.808 1,341.21 556.838 1,478.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,637,425 915.964 1,787.65 830.949 1,970.55 Czech Republic 72,239 79.090 913.37 71.750 1,006.82 Slovakia 18,033 9.895 1,822.35 8.977 2,008.80 Spain 689,914 277.655 2,484.78 251.885 2,739.00 Italy 1,172,285 692.408 1,693.05 628.143 1,866.27 India 18,720 18.959 987.35 17.200 1,088.37 China 15,239 13.987 1,089.49 12.689 1,200.96 Korea, South 128,498 166.949 769.68 151.454 848.43 Japan 146,467 59.620 2,456.65 54.087 2,707.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,985,792 3,703.896 1,616.08 3,360.119 1,781.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 928,105 420.347 2,207.95 381.333 2,433.84 Mexico 382,796 200.444 1,909.74 181.840 2,105.13 Sweden 73,612 24.225 3,038.62 21.977 3,349.50 France 2,674 1.473 1,814.37 1.337 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,894 0.325 15,050.05 0.295 16,589.83 Vietnam 68,805 66.286 1,038.00 60.134 1,144.19 Japan 75,979 15.903 4,777.64 14.427 5,266.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,536,865 729.005 2,108.17 661.343 2,323.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 17,132,618 21,483.990 797.46 19,489.954 879.05 Mexico 5,168,591 4,005.038 1,290.52 3,633.311 1,422.56 United Kingdom 77,449 71.668 1,080.65 65.017 1,191.21 Belgium 24,531 14.637 1,675.89 13.279 1,847.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,848 1.567 1,816.92 1.422 2,002.81 Federal Republic of Germany 780,464 275.930 2,828.48 250.320 3,117.87 Austria 202,590 127.932 1,583.58 116.058 1,745.59 Switzerland 5,968 0.554 10,763.58 0.503 11,864.81 Spain 27,339 21.040 1,299.33 19.088 1,432.26 Italy 28,897 15.958 1,810.80 14.477 1,996.06 Turkey 4,391,472 7,445.141 589.84 6,754.121 650.19 China 673,927 1,232.030 547.00 1,117.680 602.97 Korea, South 1,167,684 1,812.985 644.07 1,644.713 709.96 Japan 226,740 302.951 748.44 274.833 825.01 Australia 16,554 21.937 754.61 19.901 831.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,927,672 36,833.366 812.52 33,414.677 895.64 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 171,400 186.243 920.30 168.957 1,014.46 Mexico 55,160 44.272 1,245.93 40.163 1,373.40 Switzerland 5,740 9.734 589.65 8.831 649.98 Japan 3,886 4.680 830.27 4.246 915.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 236,186 244.930 964.30 222.197 1,062.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,670,149 15,600.009 876.29 14,152.095 965.95 Mexico 7,728,847 9,440.291 818.71 8,564.091 902.47 Dominican Republic 356,191 492.684 722.96 446.956 796.93 Trinidad and Tobago 31,653 33.848 935.13 30.707 1,030.81 Venezuela 790,264 1,007.564 784.33 914.047 864.58 Ecuador 79,555 121.308 655.81 110.049 722.91 Chile 111,631 115.985 962.46 105.220 1,060.93 Brazil 521,475 769.009 678.11 697.634 747.49 Argentina 121,849 218.149 558.56 197.902 615.70 Sweden 348,160 165.958 2,097.87 150.555 2,312.51 United Kingdom 502,977 316.162 1,590.88 286.818 1,753.65 Netherlands 72,950 62.926 1,159.29 57.086 1,277.90 Belgium 1,071,117 842.381 1,271.53 764.196 1,401.63 Luxembourg 80,821 32.532 2,484.32 29.513 2,738.49 France 413,741 270.000 1,532.37 244.940 1,689.15 Federal Republic of Germany 854,944 591.495 1,445.39 536.596 1,593.27 Austria 363,379 144.688 2,511.46 131.259 2,768.41 Czech Republic 63,533 69.336 916.30 62.901 1,010.05 Poland 557,174 611.597 911.01 554.832 1,004.22 Russia 211,089 527.995 399.79 478.990 440.70 Belarus 222,457 230.880 963.52 209.451 1,062.10 Ukraine 11,208 15.156 739.47 13.750 815.13 Moldova 287,326 360.063 797.99 326.644 879.63 Spain 444,213 580.389 765.37 526.521 843.68 Italy 710,175 555.184 1,279.17 503.655 1,410.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece 1,473,395 1,500.319 982.05 1,361.067 1,082.53 Turkey 34,814 51.776 672.39 46.971 741.18 Israel 184,038 261.739 703.13 237.446 775.07 United Arab Emirates 291,372 392.917 741.56 356.449 817.43 India 184,833 251.411 735.18 228.077 810.40 Thailand 215,373 239.242 900.23 217.037 992.33 Malaysia 2,002 1.726 1,159.76 1.566 1,278.42 Indonesia 96,693 31.067 3,112.35 28.184 3,430.78 China 7,206,878 11,907.774 605.22 10,802.554 667.15 Korea, South 2,074,011 2,033.760 1,019.79 1,844.997 1,124.13 Hong Kong 6,041 1.586 3,808.41 1.439 4,198.05 Taiwan 834,461 979.048 852.32 888.178 939.52 Japan 2,784,359 2,773.788 1,003.81 2,516.339 1,106.51 Australia 138,299 189.765 728.79 172.152 803.35 New Zealand 20,740 18.739 1,106.77 17.000 1,220.00 Egypt 503,139 713.794 704.88 647.544 777.00 South Africa 812,386 1,276.727 636.30 1,158.228 701.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,489,712 55,800.786 833.14 50,621.636 918.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 54,535 114.526 476.18 103.897 524.89 Chile 539,351 874.683 616.62 793.500 679.71 Belgium 23,519 30.401 773.61 27.580 852.76 Federal Republic of Germany 150,111 103.717 1,447.31 94.091 1,595.38 Russia 6,120 3.373 1,814.37 3.060 2,000.00 Japan 1,443,893 1,294.000 1,115.84 1,173.898 1,230.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,217,529 2,420.703 916.07 2,196.026 1,009.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,198,440 8,390.719 738.73 7,611.935 814.31 Brazil 1,267,723 1,455.253 871.14 1,320.184 960.26 United Kingdom 13,253 16.766 790.46 15.210 871.33 Netherlands 4,126,367 5,113.889 806.89 4,639.244 889.45 Belgium 67,414 85.054 792.60 77.160 873.69 France 6,128,684 9,235.232 663.62 8,378.064 731.52 Federal Republic of Germany 671,850 759.024 885.15 688.576 975.71 China 356,025 440.907 807.48 399.985 890.10 Korea, South 153,760 209.174 735.08 189.760 810.29 Japan 1,556,522 1,902.018 818.35 1,725.483 902.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,540,038 27,608.041 743.99 25,045.601 820.11 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,925,150 2,757.361 1,060.85 2,501.437 1,169.39 United Kingdom 83,592 102.294 817.17 92.800 900.78 Netherlands 402,805 548.958 733.76 498.007 808.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,919,050 2,288.030 838.73 2,075.667 924.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,370,404 1,648.297 831.41 1,495.311 916.47 Japan 813,585 986.820 824.45 895.229 908.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,514,586 8,331.763 901.92 7,558.451 994.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,696,618 36,852.721 507.33 33,432.236 559.24 Mexico 8,749,667 19,908.081 439.50 18,060.313 484.47 Sweden 2,832,796 6,397.269 442.81 5,803.507 488.12 Netherlands 12,292,923 25,779.938 476.84 23,387.173 525.63 Belgium 558,409 1,049.818 531.91 952.380 586.33 France 4,701,088 8,404.405 559.36 7,624.351 616.59 Federal Republic of Germany 99,872 160.332 622.91 145.451 686.64 Austria 1,153,319 1,711.977 673.68 1,553.080 742.60 Slovakia 223,036 380.814 585.68 345.469 645.60 Spain 30,180 54.663 552.10 49.590 608.59 Italy 7,318,709 15,108.918 484.40 13,706.584 533.96 Malaysia 644,886 1,146.676 562.40 1,040.248 619.93 Korea, South 904,401 1,435.670 629.95 1,302.419 694.40 Japan 163,543 277.517 589.31 251.760 649.60 Australia 28,427,345 55,460.656 512.57 50,313.075 565.01 New Zealand 1,734,616 3,143.039 551.89 2,851.318 608.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,531,408 177,272.502 499.41 160,818.954 550.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,753,061 19,416.508 605.31 17,614.365 667.24 Mexico 4,760,606 8,523.984 558.50 7,732.831 615.64 Chile 61,062 99.130 615.97 89.930 678.99 Brazil 14,382,484 27,798.682 517.38 25,218.548 570.31 Argentina 700,952 1,375.072 509.76 1,247.445 561.91 Sweden 1,224,625 2,228.237 549.59 2,021.424 605.82 United Kingdom 5,098 6.243 816.53 5.664 900.07 Netherlands 1,466,550 2,470.470 593.63 2,241.174 654.37 Belgium 7,590,566 13,289.637 571.16 12,056.160 629.60 Luxembourg 179,583 251.073 715.26 227.770 788.44 France 288,951 438.660 658.71 397.946 726.11 Federal Republic of Germany 277,715 456.776 607.99 414.381 670.19 Austria 38,206 49.934 765.12 45.300 843.40 Spain 4,056 6.256 648.26 5.676 714.59 India 27,702 23.862 1,160.89 21.648 1,279.66 China 1,052,571 1,750.111 601.43 1,587.675 662.96 Korea, South 2,938,004 4,259.827 689.70 3,864.452 760.26 Taiwan 115,790 191.647 604.18 173.860 666.00 Japan 2,031,754 2,668.157 761.48 2,420.512 839.39 New Zealand 145,322 235.905 616.02 214.010 679.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 49,044,658 85,540.183 573.35 77,600.771 632.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,383,374 30,627.507 632.87 27,784.815 697.62 Mexico 10,792,430 12,457.860 866.31 11,301.584 954.95 Venezuela 14,054 10.758 1,306.31 9.760 1,439.96 Brazil 5,012,417 7,730.132 648.43 7,012.660 714.77 Argentina 4,675,977 7,042.613 663.95 6,388.953 731.88 Sweden 27,311 24.529 1,113.38 22.253 1,227.30 Finland 286,330 359.662 796.11 326.280 877.56 Netherlands 439,395 681.424 644.82 618.178 710.79 Belgium 3,215,602 3,740.862 859.59 3,393.654 947.53 Federal Republic of Germany 281,957 594.399 474.36 539.230 522.89 Austria 474,101 439.988 1,077.53 399.151 1,187.77 Russia 26,596 20.359 1,306.31 18.470 1,439.96 Spain 509,018 866.233 587.62 785.834 647.74 Italy 1,592,922 2,572.560 619.20 2,333.788 682.55 India 1,313,475 1,852.569 709.00 1,680.623 781.54 China 670,963 923.937 726.20 838.182 800.50 Korea, South 12,150,099 14,481.676 839.00 13,137.560 924.84 Taiwan 18,033,527 20,695.747 871.36 18,774.872 960.51 Japan 13,423 22.454 597.80 20.370 658.96 South Africa 3,774,008 5,185.568 727.79 4,704.270 802.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,686,979 110,330.844 749.45 100,090.487 826.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 128,338 144.295 889.41 130.903 980.41 Mexico 26,364 20.484 1,287.04 18.583 1,418.72 Brazil 533,195 797.128 668.89 723.143 737.33 Belgium 633,926 910.420 696.30 825.920 767.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,504,224 2,490.528 603.98 2,259.370 665.77 Thailand 36,322 45.836 792.43 41.582 873.50 Korea, South 377,218 456.466 826.39 414.100 910.93 Taiwan 448,691 478.419 937.86 434.015 1,033.81 Japan 193,997 244.524 793.36 221.829 874.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,882,275 5,588.104 694.74 5,069.445 765.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,341,476 6,939.557 1,057.92 6,295.462 1,166.15 Mexico 7,429,013 8,133.393 913.40 7,378.493 1,006.85 Chile 856,767 1,196.988 715.77 1,085.890 789.00 Brazil 3,512,713 4,943.415 710.58 4,484.592 783.28 United Kingdom 537,805 681.367 789.30 618.126 870.06 Belgium 764,840 699.967 1,092.68 635.000 1,204.47 Luxembourg 2,730,998 3,666.622 744.83 3,326.305 821.03 France 63,171 17.752 3,558.38 16.105 3,922.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 318,398 174.148 1,828.31 157.985 2,015.37 Austria 1,348,416 360.628 3,739.07 327.157 4,121.62 Italy 17,899 3.545 5,049.04 3.216 5,565.61 Korea, South 2,133,793 2,480.987 860.06 2,250.715 948.05 Taiwan 1,935,759 2,048.840 944.81 1,858.677 1,041.47 Japan 1,022,921 679.774 1,504.80 616.681 1,658.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,013,969 32,026.989 937.15 29,054.404 1,033.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,478,291 4,357.205 568.78 3,952.791 626.97 Mexico 396,769 512.011 774.92 464.489 854.21 Federal Republic of Germany 195,745 231.502 845.54 210.016 932.05 Russia 2,415 1.946 1,240.57 1.766 1,367.50 Italy 3,387 0.143 23,635.66 0.130 26,053.85 Turkey 136,150 311.367 437.26 282.468 482.00 Malaysia 288,834 596.840 483.94 541.445 533.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,501,591 6,011.017 582.53 5,453.105 642.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,527,998 3,186.692 793.30 2,890.920 874.46 Mexico 285,512 340.301 839.00 308.716 924.84 Brazil 23,884 21.743 1,098.46 19.725 1,210.85 Sweden 970,833 232.067 4,183.41 210.528 4,611.42 United Kingdom 1,511,555 714.799 2,114.66 648.455 2,331.01 France 92,434 45.009 2,053.65 40.832 2,263.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,531,051 1,507.052 1,679.47 1,367.175 1,851.30 Austria 368,045 70.035 5,255.13 63.535 5,792.79 Switzerland 303,148 148.535 2,040.92 134.749 2,249.72 Russia 5,838 3.217 1,814.37 2.919 2,000.00 Italy 132,655 72.658 1,825.72 65.915 2,012.52 India 112,160 112.757 994.70 102.292 1,096.47 China 70,546 91.005 775.18 82.559 854.49 Korea, South 1,434,389 1,367.229 1,049.12 1,240.330 1,156.46 Taiwan 60,337 26.369 2,288.14 23.922 2,522.24 Japan 657,527 425.547 1,545.13 386.050 1,703.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,087,912 8,365.021 1,325.51 7,588.622 1,461.12 GRAND TOTAL 1,198,819,055 2,047,076.453 585.62 1,857,077.043 645.54 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 237,310 65.223 3,638.40 59.170 4,010.65 United Kingdom 462,345 64.608 7,156.08 58.612 7,888.23 Federal Republic of Germany 42,020 17.940 2,342.24 16.275 2,581.87 Italy 1,362,426 922.024 1,477.65 836.447 1,628.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,104,101 1,069.797 1,966.82 970.504 2,168.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Venezuela 8,960 0.411 21,791.90 0.373 24,021.45 Sweden 10,362,656 3,480.616 2,977.25 3,157.563 3,281.85 United Kingdom 13,073,900 5,580.745 2,342.68 5,062.769 2,582.36 France 5,327 0.856 6,219.53 0.777 6,855.86 Federal Republic of Germany 76,618 15.780 4,855.18 14.316 5,351.91 Czech Republic 5,236 3.607 1,451.27 3.273 1,599.76 Spain 3,978,264 1,390.873 2,860.26 1,261.780 3,152.90 Italy 2,043,723 659.762 3,097.66 598.527 3,414.59 China 43,562 11.752 3,706.51 10.662 4,085.73 Taiwan 5,811 0.278 20,836.57 0.253 22,968.38 Japan 4,274 0.117 36,236.53 0.107 39,943.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,608,331 11,144.805 2,656.69 10,110.400 2,928.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,166,343 341.492 3,415.43 309.797 3,764.86 United Kingdom 1,041,552 399.987 2,603.96 362.863 2,870.37 France 68,336 17.266 3,957.70 15.664 4,362.61 Federal Republic of Germany 74,419 45.691 1,628.71 41.451 1,795.35 Italy 841,382 420.527 2,000.78 381.496 2,205.48 India 52,436 19.367 2,707.41 17.570 2,984.41 China 814,254 474.166 1,717.23 430.157 1,892.92 Korea, South 281,562 114.965 2,449.10 104.295 2,699.67 Taiwan 2,017,766 711.423 2,836.24 645.393 3,126.41 Japan 25,415 9.165 2,772.83 8.315 3,056.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,383,465 2,554.055 2,499.34 2,317.001 2,755.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 11,817 0.963 12,265.68 0.874 13,520.59 Federal Republic of Germany 54,238 6.680 8,119.46 6.060 8,950.17 Italy 205,216 33.594 6,108.70 30.476 6,733.69 India 495,447 139.218 3,558.77 126.297 3,922.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 766,718 180.456 4,248.78 163.707 4,683.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Sweden 812,584 207.674 3,912.78 188.399 4,313.10 Finland 177,671 73.649 2,412.38 66.814 2,659.19 Belgium 3,851,993 862.627 4,465.42 782.563 4,922.28 France 4,043,123 403.262 10,026.02 365.834 11,051.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,562,970 675.517 2,313.74 612.819 2,550.46 Austria 107,537 28.563 3,764.89 25.912 4,150.08 Italy 250,351 96.809 2,586.02 87.824 2,850.60 Korea, South 398,145 126.511 3,147.11 114.769 3,469.10 Taiwan 1,417,930 362.798 3,908.32 329.125 4,308.18 Japan 436,576 154.915 2,818.16 140.537 3,106.48 South Africa 523,734 270.118 1,938.91 245.047 2,137.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,582,614 3,262.447 4,163.32 2,959.643 4,589.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 3,773,300 1,093.923 3,449.33 992.391 3,802.23 Finland 65,798 27.083 2,429.42 24.570 2,677.98 Belgium 1,688,717 620.191 2,722.90 562.628 3,001.48 Federal Republic of Germany 10,267,583 3,695.745 2,778.22 3,352.725 3,062.46 Italy 4,539 0.465 9,757.61 0.422 10,755.92 Taiwan 144,756 39.940 3,624.33 36.233 3,995.14 South Africa 128,907 55.625 2,317.39 50.463 2,554.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,073,600 5,532.975 2,905.06 5,019.432 3,202.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 54,699 11.305 4,838.35 10.256 5,333.37 Brazil 41,587 1.763 23,579.44 1.600 25,991.88 Sweden 75,494 8.695 8,682.43 7.888 9,570.74 United Kingdom 298,360 44.401 6,719.66 40.280 7,407.15 Belgium 5,309 1.539 3,447.56 1.397 3,800.29 France 222,705 39.452 5,644.84 35.791 6,222.37 Federal Republic of Germany 261,033 65.091 4,010.25 59.050 4,420.54 Austria 2,632,241 712.203 3,695.91 646.100 4,074.05 Portugal 382,534 112.679 3,394.89 102.221 3,742.23 Italy 3,049,588 810.397 3,763.08 735.180 4,148.08 India 379,183 126.211 3,004.35 114.497 3,311.73 China 97,144 36.614 2,653.17 33.216 2,924.61 Korea, South 427,297 181.728 2,351.30 164.861 2,591.86 Taiwan 637,394 215.147 2,962.58 195.179 3,265.69 Japan 60,559 19.470 3,110.36 17.663 3,428.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,625,127 2,386.700 3,613.83 2,165.179 3,983.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 19,062 3.212 5,934.37 2.914 6,541.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 386,191 82.986 4,653.67 75.284 5,129.79 India 810,304 286.726 2,826.05 260.114 3,115.19 Taiwan 15,832 1.666 9,499.04 1.512 10,470.90 Japan 7,917 0.128 61,386.18 0.117 67,666.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,239,306 374.720 3,307.28 339.941 3,645.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 385,595 105.282 3,662.47 95.511 4,037.18 Mexico 9,337 4.284 2,179.16 3.887 2,402.11 Brazil 263,823 71.667 3,681.19 65.016 4,057.82 Sweden 2,761,673 774.020 3,567.96 702.180 3,933.00 Norway 41,237 1.130 36,461.59 1.026 40,192.01 United Kingdom 801,876 247.338 3,242.02 224.382 3,573.71 Netherlands 9,363 1.736 5,393.00 1.575 5,944.76 Belgium 10,937 2.134 5,124.94 1.936 5,649.28 France 2,198,916 527.365 4,169.62 478.418 4,596.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,195,081 1,191.138 2,682.38 1,080.583 2,956.81 Austria 247,976 49.034 5,057.22 44.483 5,574.62 Czech Republic 81,036 14.054 5,765.85 12.750 6,355.76 Switzerland 532,642 130.598 4,078.47 118.477 4,495.74 Latvia 727,170 206.553 3,520.50 187.382 3,880.68 Lithuania 143,532 41.798 3,433.90 37.919 3,785.23 Poland 4,366 2.486 1,755.66 2.256 1,935.28 Ukraine 558,410 163.108 3,423.54 147.970 3,773.81 Italy 9,528,645 2,139.609 4,453.45 1,941.022 4,909.09 Slovenia 154,375 79.127 1,950.97 71.783 2,150.58 Saudi Arabia 476,799 206.531 2,308.61 187.362 2,544.80 United Arab Emirates 218,744 124.059 1,763.22 112.545 1,943.61 India 3,825,983 1,363.164 2,806.69 1,236.642 3,093.85 China 2,280,714 593.328 3,843.93 538.259 4,237.21 Korea, South 173,223 53.102 3,262.04 48.174 3,595.78 Taiwan 5,318,098 1,698.288 3,131.45 1,540.662 3,451.83 Japan 68,869 17.924 3,842.13 16.261 4,235.23 Australia 208,969 49.971 4,181.80 45.333 4,609.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,227,389 9,858.842 3,471.75 8,943.794 3,826.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,104,895 1,287.246 5,519.45 1,167.771 6,084.15 Mexico 235,424 74.153 3,174.82 67.271 3,499.64 Sweden 1,390,038 217.074 6,403.50 196.927 7,058.65 Finland 214,660 78.501 2,734.48 71.215 3,014.25 Denmark 8,829 0.744 11,865.98 0.675 13,080.00 United Kingdom 198,122 36.282 5,460.53 32.915 6,019.20 Ireland 4,104 0.001 3,723,087.22 0.001 4,104,000.00 Netherlands 3,569 0.165 21,584.96 0.150 23,793.33 Belgium 8,494 0.885 9,596.05 0.803 10,577.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,185,537 428.970 7,426.00 389.156 8,185.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,253,673 113.015 11,092.93 102.526 12,227.85 Austria 1,923,116 275.737 6,974.44 250.145 7,688.00 Czech Republic 54,311 7.367 7,371.35 6.684 8,125.52 Switzerland 3,108 1.050 2,958.58 0.953 3,261.28 Ukraine 224,356 45.133 4,970.99 40.944 5,479.58 Spain 6,794,355 769.016 8,835.13 697.640 9,739.06 Italy 1,375,192 188.793 7,284.09 171.271 8,029.33 India 148,738 25.482 5,836.95 23.117 6,434.14 Thailand 476,318 122.624 3,884.37 111.243 4,281.78 Malaysia 1,084,959 309.740 3,502.80 280.992 3,861.17 Singapore 990,891 298.157 3,323.38 270.484 3,663.40 China 7,164,597 1,872.368 3,826.49 1,698.585 4,217.98 Korea, South 4,056,499 1,092.877 3,711.76 991.442 4,091.51 Hong Kong 8,354 1.503 5,556.18 1.364 6,124.63 Taiwan 6,408,208 1,783.062 3,593.93 1,617.568 3,961.63 Japan 4,251,250 777.228 5,469.76 705.090 6,029.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,571,597 9,807.186 4,952.65 8,896.932 5,459.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 59,367 12.502 4,748.44 11.342 5,234.26 Sweden 1,433,983 232.757 6,160.85 211.154 6,791.17 Denmark 63,379 1.019 62,158.35 0.925 68,517.84 United Kingdom 112,557 19.929 5,647.68 18.080 6,225.50 Belgium 59,217 4.020 14,730.13 3.647 16,237.18 Luxembourg 2,659 0.453 5,869.11 0.411 6,469.59 France 737,371 147.783 4,989.53 134.067 5,500.02 Federal Republic of Germany 817,686 146.733 5,572.61 133.114 6,142.75 Switzerland 724,812 159.379 4,547.70 144.587 5,012.98 Spain 300,875 58.873 5,110.55 53.409 5,633.41 Italy 87,983 15.722 5,596.08 14.263 6,168.62 India 2,660,956 899.441 2,958.45 815.960 3,261.14 Thailand 253,976 95.522 2,658.80 86.657 2,930.82 China 2,186,580 751.059 2,911.33 681.350 3,209.19 Korea, South 2,395,865 630.776 3,798.28 572.231 4,186.88 Taiwan 1,279,270 299.902 4,265.62 272.067 4,702.04 Japan 699,128 91.323 7,655.54 82.847 8,438.78 Australia 9,667 0.003 2,923,252.45 0.003 3,222,333.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,885,331 3,567.204 3,892.50 3,236.114 4,290.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 5,238 1.900 2,756.28 1.724 3,038.28 Brazil 196,132 212.753 921.87 193.007 1,016.19 Belgium 100,007 45.634 2,191.47 41.399 2,415.69 Federal Republic of Germany 31,736 14.396 2,204.47 13.060 2,430.02 Austria 43,017 2.409 17,851.96 2.186 19,678.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 74,744 22.724 3,289.19 20.615 3,625.71 Italy 53,444 23.898 2,236.33 21.680 2,465.13 China 51,355 21.222 2,419.80 19.253 2,667.38 Taiwan 41,182 13.669 3,012.64 12.401 3,320.86 Japan 438,662 429.894 1,020.39 389.994 1,124.79 South Africa 300,075 244.765 1,225.97 222.048 1,351.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,335,592 1,033.269 1,292.59 937.367 1,424.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 69,852 26.431 2,642.78 23.978 2,913.17 Mexico 23,714,250 9,736.650 2,435.57 8,832.943 2,684.75 Brazil 3,833,098 1,567.987 2,444.60 1,422.455 2,694.71 Sweden 2,548,267 649.402 3,924.02 589.128 4,325.49 Finland 1,230,458 415.251 2,963.16 376.710 3,266.33 United Kingdom 257,007 26.137 9,832.70 23.712 10,838.69 Belgium 1,871,266 543.417 3,443.52 492.980 3,795.83 France 1,634,111 613.364 2,664.18 556.435 2,936.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,050,729 812.795 2,523.06 737.356 2,781.19 Spain 24,725 10.901 2,267.96 9.890 2,500.00 Italy 625,884 263.663 2,373.79 239.192 2,616.66 India 617,713 204.507 3,020.49 185.526 3,329.52 China 12,000,261 5,184.347 2,314.71 4,703.162 2,551.53 Korea, South 1,153,096 408.261 2,824.40 370.369 3,113.37 Hong Kong 136,883 46.230 2,960.85 41.940 3,263.78 Taiwan 4,426,161 1,481.551 2,987.52 1,344.041 3,293.17 Japan 588,650 229.783 2,561.76 208.456 2,823.86 South Africa 2,385,386 1,061.109 2,248.01 962.623 2,478.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,167,797 23,281.795 2,541.38 21,120.896 2,801.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 90,068 37.511 2,401.07 34.030 2,646.72 Netherlands 56,165 19.844 2,830.20 18.003 3,119.76 Federal Republic of Germany 8,235 3.315 2,483.60 3.008 2,737.70 Slovenia 60,961 44.836 1,359.63 40.675 1,498.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 215,429 105.508 2,041.81 95.716 2,250.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 199,978 56.181 3,559.50 50.967 3,923.68 Mexico 2,564,200 1,064.282 2,409.32 965.501 2,655.82 Sweden 2,718,864 393.117 6,916.17 356.630 7,623.77 Finland 264,336 103.573 2,552.17 93.960 2,813.28 United Kingdom 8,031 0.171 46,702.58 0.156 51,480.77 Netherlands 23,885 0.596 40,051.97 0.541 44,149.72 Belgium 394,875 94.411 4,182.47 85.649 4,610.39 France 1,638,526 448.943 3,649.74 407.275 4,023.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/08/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 814,782 180.518 4,513.56 163.764 4,975.34 Italy 7,180 0.532 13,485.69 0.483 14,865.42 India 1,871,253 516.104 3,625.73 468.202 3,996.68 Indonesia 392,147 95.817 4,092.65 86.924 4,511.38 Taiwan 193,979 83.886 2,312.39 76.101 2,548.97 Japan 3,928,963 471.329 8,335.92 427.583 9,188.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,020,999 3,509.467 4,280.14 3,183.736 4,718.04 GRAND TOTAL 250,807,396 77,669.232 3,229.17 70,460.362 3,559.55