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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,087,364 2,963.362 366.94 2,688.318 404.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 24,216,667 29,550.300 819.51 26,807.589 903.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 37,669,817 73,458.627 512.80 66,640.565 565.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,269,798 29,089.495 593.68 26,389.554 654.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 46,510,859 63,420.628 733.37 57,534.242 808.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 12,164,806 15,047.553 808.42 13,650.915 891.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 42,060,126 72,487.942 580.24 65,759.974 639.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,573,946 7,581.524 999.00 6,877.845 1,101.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,937,968 86,414.703 832.47 78,394.121 917.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,305,253 1,562.703 4,674.75 1,417.661 5,153.03 Stainless Steel Bar 734,177 140.217 5,236.00 127.203 5,771.70 Stainless Steel Wire 172,391 37.367 4,613.43 33.899 5,085.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 270,167,808 385,566.134 700.70 349,779.811 772.39 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 82,529,128 202,047.458 408.46 183,294.423 450.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,274 20.896 539.52 18.957 594.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,148,124 23,852.411 425.45 21,638.550 468.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,833,288 17,127.578 515.73 15,537.882 568.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,806,509 20,485.315 869.23 18,583.971 958.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 12,410 13.959 888.99 12.664 979.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,979,645 27,972.659 499.76 25,376.377 550.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 302,648 601.469 503.18 545.644 554.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,600,561 26,911.848 839.80 24,414.025 925.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,840,917 1,344.496 2,113.00 1,219.707 2,329.18 Stainless Steel Bar 10,861 5.703 1,904.32 5.174 2,099.15 Stainless Steel Wire 6,051 1.523 3,972.05 1.382 4,378.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 165,341,151 336,317.047 491.62 305,101.779 541.92 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 797,247 1,185.360 672.58 1,075.341 741.39 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,355,131 3,158.995 428.98 2,865.793 472.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 242,152 559.153 433.07 507.256 477.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,602,525 3,732.120 429.39 3,385.724 473.32 Trinidad and Tobago IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 25,689 43.524 590.22 39.485 650.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 760,732 1,182.677 643.23 1,072.907 709.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,121,216 4,376.536 713.17 3,970.328 786.14 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,856 23.309 508.63 21.146 560.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 537,846 513.601 1,047.20 465.932 1,154.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,579 0.951 6,915.84 0.863 7,623.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 627,565 648.804 967.26 588.586 1,066.22 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 774,021 1,257.503 615.52 1,140.788 678.50 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 180,423 187.624 961.62 170.210 1,060.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 12,639,056 22,656.030 557.87 20,553.211 614.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,090,803 11,311.767 626.85 10,261.866 690.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,971,365 2,326.828 847.23 2,110.864 933.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 447,663 488.302 916.77 442.981 1,010.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 226,961 90.747 2,501.01 82.325 2,756.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,919,353 2,490.840 770.56 2,259.653 849.40 Stainless Steel Bar 145,363 43.670 3,328.65 39.617 3,669.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,982,235 45,959.394 587.09 41,693.673 647.15 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,414,785 10,262.980 625.04 9,310.422 688.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,170,907 2,481.177 471.92 2,250.887 520.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 347,937 690.485 503.90 626.398 555.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,792,144 25,151.034 508.61 22,816.641 560.65 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,696,207 5,546.101 1,387.68 5,031.340 1,529.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,904,447 3,694.055 786.25 3,351.192 866.69 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,938,124 4,836.663 814.22 4,387.749 897.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 633,033 204.464 3,096.06 185.487 3,412.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,091,960 292.164 3,737.49 265.047 4,119.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 471,156 387.884 1,214.68 351.883 1,338.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,200 6.375 1,913.50 5.784 2,109.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 166,333 5.659 29,391.27 5.134 32,398.32 Stainless Steel Bar 765,717 139.933 5,471.99 126.946 6,031.83 Stainless Steel Rod 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 Stainless Steel Wire 1,203,500 166.468 7,229.58 151.018 7,969.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,378,091 15,397.258 1,258.54 13,968.162 1,387.30 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,845 0.561 13,982.06 0.509 15,412.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,604,589 1,989.870 806.38 1,805.181 888.88 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,475,109 1,134.049 1,300.74 1,028.793 1,433.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,202,434 550.372 2,184.76 499.290 2,408.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 17,071 0.932 18,305.62 0.846 20,178.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,181,612 2,384.889 1,334.07 2,163.536 1,470.56 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,482 1.074 6,961.60 0.975 7,673.85 Stainless Steel Wire 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,045 20.234 10,973.84 18.356 12,096.59 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 13,852,009 43,875.083 315.71 39,802.817 348.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 195,479 246.896 791.74 223.981 872.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 167,519 226.290 740.28 205.287 816.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,116,068 472.190 2,363.60 428.364 2,605.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,141,610 2,259.786 947.70 2,050.044 1,044.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,598,687 8,266.762 798.22 7,499.483 879.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,949,171 3,040.388 1,298.90 2,758.195 1,431.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,397,501 1,425.874 980.10 1,293.532 1,080.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 273,422 39.203 6,974.39 35.565 7,687.95 Stainless Steel Bar 964,095 116.587 8,269.32 105.766 9,115.36 Stainless Steel Rod 1,199,428 464.561 2,581.85 421.443 2,846.00 Stainless Steel Wire 313,649 62.947 4,982.71 57.105 5,492.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,253,568 60,605.305 532.19 54,980.224 586.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 52,823 9.721 5,433.75 8.819 5,989.68 Stainless Steel Wire 2,249 0.565 3,977.11 0.513 4,384.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,072 10.286 5,353.67 9.332 5,901.41 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,187,522 9,642.732 434.27 8,747.742 478.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,170,125 1,956.877 597.96 1,775.250 659.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 786,135 1,005.749 781.64 912.401 861.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,807,204 2,037.883 886.80 1,848.737 977.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 847,094 568.174 1,490.91 515.439 1,643.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,997 0.974 11,285.42 0.884 12,440.05 Stainless Steel Bar 198,385 38.085 5,208.88 34.551 5,741.80 Stainless Steel Wire 6,947 0.877 7,917.35 0.796 8,727.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,014,409 15,251.354 591.06 13,835.800 651.53 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,939,467 4,681.446 1,482.33 4,246.938 1,633.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 313,887 566.463 554.12 513.887 610.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 607,082 968.854 626.60 878.930 690.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,774,605 1,767.223 1,004.18 1,603.199 1,106.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 78,152 70.465 1,109.09 63.925 1,222.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 37,732 18.161 2,077.56 16.476 2,290.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 170,258 63.085 2,698.86 57.230 2,974.98 Stainless Steel Bar 24,916 6.304 3,952.34 5.719 4,356.71 Stainless Steel Wire 24,789 1.652 15,002.14 1.499 16,537.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,970,888 8,143.656 1,224.37 7,387.803 1,349.64 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,075,120 2,925.536 709.31 2,654.003 781.88 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,380,884 593.823 2,325.41 538.708 2,563.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,013,966 19,022.122 579.01 17,256.584 638.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,143,016 390.371 2,928.02 354.139 3,227.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,461,934 3,580.842 966.79 3,248.487 1,065.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,901,045 8,796.608 670.83 7,980.151 739.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,356,063 1,056.289 1,283.80 958.250 1,415.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,419,884 2,294.556 1,490.43 2,081.587 1,642.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 40,040 10.810 3,703.85 9.807 4,082.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 807,725 334.739 2,412.99 303.671 2,659.87 Stainless Steel Bar 2,525,678 610.862 4,134.61 554.165 4,557.63 Stainless Steel Rod 839,931 256.972 3,268.56 233.122 3,602.97 Stainless Steel Wire 519,255 113.157 4,588.77 102.655 5,058.25 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 32,409,421 37,061.157 874.48 33,621.326 963.95 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 835,296 801.556 1,042.09 727.160 1,148.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,716,842 4,005.188 1,177.68 3,633.447 1,298.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,927,521 3,192.245 603.81 2,895.957 665.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,699,496 4,286.674 1,329.58 3,888.807 1,465.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,301,053 19,029.869 646.41 17,263.612 712.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,224,399 10,688.768 582.33 9,696.690 641.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,927,079 4,353.119 902.13 3,949.085 994.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,039,328 3,649.588 1,106.79 3,310.852 1,220.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,397,233 1,286.018 1,864.07 1,166.657 2,054.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,147,933 269.867 4,253.69 244.820 4,688.89 Stainless Steel Bar 2,813,351 999.858 2,813.75 907.057 3,101.63 Stainless Steel Rod 374,074 85.767 4,361.49 77.807 4,807.72 Stainless Steel Wire 623,562 114.874 5,428.22 104.212 5,983.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,057,986 58,841.157 833.74 53,379.815 919.04 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,859,253 1,742.146 1,067.22 1,580.449 1,176.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,501,375 2,031.939 738.89 1,843.345 814.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 556,715 94.224 5,908.39 85.479 6,512.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,015,299 1,075.797 2,802.85 975.947 3,089.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 790,411 181.645 4,351.40 164.786 4,796.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 215,105 122.082 1,761.97 110.751 1,942.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 441,102 119.879 3,679.54 108.753 4,056.00 Stainless Steel Bar 2,029,685 468.382 4,333.39 424.910 4,776.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,408,945 5,836.097 1,783.55 5,294.420 1,966.02 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 199,548 187.065 1,066.73 169.703 1,175.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 29,758 0.207 143,595.80 0.188 158,287.23 Stainless Steel Bar 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Stainless Steel Wire 6,674 1.212 5,504.14 1.100 6,067.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,713 208.395 1,582.15 189.053 1,744.02 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 418,453 164.533 2,543.27 149.262 2,803.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,510 2.491 3,817.40 2.260 4,207.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 20,938 12.835 1,631.28 11.644 1,798.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,042,312 800.455 2,551.44 726.161 2,812.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 113,428 10.023 11,316.42 9.093 12,474.21 Stainless Steel Bar 1,018,914 233.424 4,365.07 211.759 4,811.67 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Wire 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,080,236 1,310.678 3,113.07 1,189.028 3,431.57 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 Stainless Steel Bar 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,775,642 11,992.197 398.23 10,879.142 438.97 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 31,608 11.904 2,655.03 10.800 2,926.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 727,115 445.547 1,631.96 404.194 1,798.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 15,574 17.631 883.31 15.995 973.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 774,297 475.083 1,629.81 430.989 1,796.56 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 43,650,269 101,619.428 429.55 92,187.621 473.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,305,252 11,804.791 449.42 10,709.130 495.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 814,520 1,028.963 791.59 933.460 872.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,001,491 2,466.630 811.43 2,237.690 894.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 720,492 1,110.200 648.97 1,007.157 715.37 Stainless Steel Bar 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,722,229 119,851.190 448.24 108,727.202 494.10 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 52,098 48.737 1,068.95 44.214 1,178.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 274,765 364.004 754.84 330.219 832.07 Stainless Steel Bar 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,091,072 706.838 1,543.60 641.233 1,701.52 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 873,073 1,599.559 545.82 1,451.096 601.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,806,249 4,882.509 574.76 4,429.339 633.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,870,829 17,425.593 509.07 15,808.237 561.15 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,281,072 1,170.309 1,094.64 1,061.687 1,206.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,865 11.981 1,824.97 10.869 2,011.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 564,830 309.302 1,826.14 280.595 2,012.97 Stainless Steel Bar 125,897 13.910 9,050.79 12.619 9,976.78 Stainless Steel Wire 336,453 80.899 4,158.89 73.391 4,584.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,983,361 25,566.804 586.05 23,193.821 646.01 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,471 1.190 9,635.48 1.080 10,621.30 Stainless Steel Bar 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 288,158 78.990 3,648.01 71.659 4,021.24 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 313,230 651.465 480.81 591.000 530.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 37,029 34.985 1,058.42 31.738 1,166.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 177,878 162.045 1,097.71 147.005 1,210.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,403,694 1,461.031 960.76 1,325.426 1,059.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 497,634 401.106 1,240.65 363.878 1,367.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 720,148 470.948 1,529.15 427.237 1,685.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,917,840 786.124 3,711.68 713.160 4,091.42 Stainless Steel Bar 8,081,989 1,816.599 4,448.97 1,647.992 4,904.14 Stainless Steel Rod 1,586,467 707.044 2,243.80 641.420 2,473.37 Stainless Steel Wire 776,731 206.720 3,757.39 187.534 4,141.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,512,640 6,698.071 2,465.28 6,076.390 2,717.51 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,274,421 12,040.831 604.15 10,923.262 665.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 19,686 19.667 1,000.94 17.842 1,103.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 67,365 19.327 3,485.37 17.534 3,841.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,612,522 2,816.622 572.50 2,555.198 631.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 302,326 142.262 2,125.13 129.058 2,342.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,609,018 30,687.197 508.65 27,838.965 560.69 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 182,268 366.382 497.48 332.377 548.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,580,583 3,712.883 425.70 3,368.272 469.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,357,660 17,152.367 603.86 15,560.370 665.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,746,822 41,818.123 472.21 37,936.774 520.52 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 171,479 89.126 1,924.00 80.854 2,120.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 598,199 169.010 3,539.41 153.324 3,901.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 769,678 258.136 2,981.66 234.178 3,286.72 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates Stainless Steel Bar 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 628,197 822.146 764.09 745.839 842.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,944,947 30,316.328 657.89 27,502.518 725.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 133,178 169.213 787.04 153.508 867.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,051,882 2,626.763 781.14 2,382.960 861.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,135,003 2,340.911 1,339.22 2,123.640 1,476.24 Stainless Steel Bar 6,156,610 1,970.986 3,123.62 1,788.049 3,443.20 Stainless Steel Wire 2,482,961 822.533 3,018.67 746.190 3,327.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,532,778 39,068.882 883.89 35,442.704 974.33 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,091,897 9,349.667 544.61 8,481.878 600.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 44,042 12.170 3,618.72 11.041 3,988.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,031,670 576.945 1,788.16 523.396 1,971.11 Stainless Steel Wire 139,743 56.609 2,468.56 51.355 2,721.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,823,635 29,202.588 644.59 26,492.150 710.54 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 86,978 54.953 1,582.76 49.853 1,744.69 Stainless Steel Wire 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 245,519 111.043 2,211.02 100.737 2,437.23 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,250,819 7,880.983 539.38 7,149.510 594.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,377,458 1,015.519 1,356.41 921.264 1,495.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,767,770 9,172.593 628.80 8,321.239 693.14 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 208,408 27.498 7,578.95 24.946 8,354.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,221 53.977 4,116.88 48.968 4,538.09 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,480,327 2,669.364 554.56 2,421.607 611.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,829,330 7,628.931 633.03 6,920.852 697.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,445,428 1,456.987 992.07 1,321.757 1,093.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 343,009 592.031 579.38 537.082 638.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,726 9.301 1,045.66 8.438 1,152.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 23,662,310 39,866.061 593.55 36,165.893 654.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,652,353 3,469.581 1,917.34 3,147.552 2,113.50 Stainless Steel Bar 1,654,399 533.322 3,102.06 483.822 3,419.44 Stainless Steel Rod 773,800 496.117 1,559.71 450.070 1,719.29 Stainless Steel Wire 2,358,675 670.383 3,518.40 608.162 3,878.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,209,357 57,392.081 752.88 52,065.235 829.91 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,673,351 1,977.542 846.18 1,793.997 932.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 28,470,779 60,420.664 471.21 54,812.720 519.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,753,705 2,493.361 703.35 2,261.940 775.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,232,724 21,056.189 865.91 19,101.859 954.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,611,885 4,007.642 901.25 3,635.673 993.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 203,489 187.768 1,083.72 170.341 1,194.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,819,480 14,139.280 765.21 12,826.943 843.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,620,759 867.879 3,019.73 787.327 3,328.68 Stainless Steel Bar 551,213 209.202 2,634.84 189.785 2,904.41 Stainless Steel Rod 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Stainless Steel Wire 3,100,519 799.414 3,878.49 725.217 4,275.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,504,223 106,396.767 672.05 96,521.551 740.81 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 Stainless Steel Bar 6,098 0.595 10,244.47 0.540 11,292.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,819 12.138 3,115.59 11.012 3,434.34 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 184,710 152.067 1,214.66 137.953 1,338.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 21,834,175 25,749.173 847.96 23,359.264 934.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 116,234 24.276 4,787.98 22.023 5,277.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 96,475 83.220 1,159.28 75.496 1,277.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 18,037 8.185 2,203.46 7.426 2,428.90 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,719,336 972.064 1,768.75 881.842 1,949.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,463,297 421.062 3,475.25 381.982 3,830.80 Stainless Steel Bar 8,668,819 2,664.139 3,253.89 2,416.867 3,586.80 Stainless Steel Rod 3,762,441 1,194.652 3,149.40 1,083.771 3,471.62 Stainless Steel Wire 1,259,055 284.608 4,423.81 258.193 4,876.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,347,849 31,752.902 1,239.19 28,805.757 1,365.97 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,076,931 2,112.234 983.29 1,916.187 1,083.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,177,517 6,122.026 682.37 5,553.811 752.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 9,332,302 11,540.775 808.64 10,469.618 891.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,310,376 3,667.775 1,175.20 3,327.351 1,295.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,299,480 2,848.818 807.17 2,584.405 889.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,004,516 17,616.541 794.96 15,981.462 876.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 392,372 273.518 1,434.53 248.132 1,581.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,850,285 15,582.199 1,081.38 14,135.938 1,192.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,267,005 472.845 4,794.39 428.958 5,284.91 Stainless Steel Bar 46,447 11.360 4,088.49 10.306 4,506.79 Stainless Steel Wire 821,082 106.980 7,675.07 97.051 8,460.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,635,821 74,465.429 827.71 67,553.920 912.39 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,849,577 15,672.788 437.04 14,218.119 481.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 35,875 68.287 525.36 61.949 579.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 32,760 43.629 750.87 39.580 827.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 274,679 34.212 8,028.63 31.037 8,850.05 Stainless Steel Wire 48,646 16.731 2,907.37 15.179 3,204.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,279,769 15,868.605 458.75 14,395.761 505.69 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,856,896 3,528.370 526.28 3,200.885 580.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,037 0.876 4,606.67 0.795 5,077.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,228,853 4,175.610 533.78 3,788.051 588.39 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 32,048 103.767 308.85 94.136 340.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,048 103.767 308.85 94.136 340.44 South Africa Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 310,765 168.739 1,841.68 153.078 2,030.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,840,525 2,925.112 629.22 2,653.618 693.59 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,259,483 3,238.836 697.62 2,938.224 769.00 GRAND TOTAL 1,073,599,927 1,625,872.423 660.32 1,474,967.067 727.88