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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 Brazil 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 United Kingdom 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 Belgium 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 Austria 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 Italy 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 India 96,682 97.765 988.92 88.691 1,090.10 China 47,297 7.580 6,239.22 6.877 6,877.56 Taiwan 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,719,468 4,001.302 1,179.48 3,629.922 1,300.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,638,894 9,330.102 390.02 8,464.129 429.92 Mexico 82,531,828 202,049.319 408.47 183,296.111 450.27 Costa Rica 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Brazil 1,019,251 840.574 1,212.56 762.557 1,336.62 Sweden 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 United Kingdom 23,734,413 48,498.137 489.39 43,996.783 539.46 Belgium 285,677 428.604 666.53 388.824 734.72 France 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 Federal Republic of Germany 14,389,283 27,575.648 521.81 25,016.215 575.20 Russia 44,939,410 103,341.646 434.86 93,749.991 479.35 Belarus 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 Ukraine 89,202 45.415 1,964.14 41.200 2,165.10 Spain 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 Italy 6,351,141 2,426.069 2,617.87 2,200.894 2,885.71 India 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 China 184,920 178.759 1,034.46 162.168 1,140.30 Taiwan 8,290 1.850 4,479.19 1.679 4,937.46 Japan 12,582 0.844 14,901.05 0.766 16,425.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 190,710,569 401,343.652 475.18 364,092.940 523.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 Mexico 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 Venezuela 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 Brazil 9,029,393 14,480.620 623.55 13,136.602 687.35 Argentina 1,074,511 2,939.409 365.55 2,666.588 402.95 Sweden 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 United Kingdom 5,746,840 10,479.722 548.38 9,507.047 604.48 Belgium 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 Federal Republic of Germany 5,929,886 14,036.596 422.46 12,733.790 465.68 Czech Republic 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 Poland 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 Russia 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 Spain 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 Italy 2,905,448 4,049.406 717.50 3,673.561 790.91 Turkey 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 Thailand 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 Malaysia 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 Indonesia 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 China 14,731,497 35,859.628 410.81 32,531.317 452.84 Korea, South 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Taiwan 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 Japan 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 South Africa 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,991,412 172,739.250 515.18 156,706.456 567.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,955,107 11,836.072 587.62 10,737.507 647.74 Mexico 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 Brazil 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 Argentina 215,870 616.435 350.19 559.221 386.02 Sweden 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 Norway 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 United Kingdom 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 Netherlands 72,129 2.943 24,507.25 2.670 27,014.61 Luxembourg 4,725,288 7,787.380 606.79 7,064.595 668.87 France 88,091 42.969 2,050.10 38.981 2,259.84 Federal Republic of Germany 1,100,450 1,278.077 861.02 1,159.453 949.11 Switzerland 4,626 0.001 4,196,637.79 0.001 4,626,000.00 Poland 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 Russia 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 Spain 4,124,195 11,474.070 359.44 10,409.105 396.21 Italy 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 Turkey 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 India 610,146 173.079 3,525.24 157.015 3,885.91 Korea, South 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 Japan 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,058,274 48,705.854 535.01 44,185.220 589.75 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 United Kingdom 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 Luxembourg 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 Federal Republic of Germany 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,775,611 11,665.596 752.26 10,582.854 829.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 24,122,172 29,499.038 817.73 26,761.085 901.39 Mexico 11,274 20.896 539.52 18.957 594.71 Brazil 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 Sweden 7,222,545 4,985.456 1,448.72 4,522.731 1,596.94 Norway 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 Finland 2,068,472 1,321.549 1,565.19 1,198.890 1,725.32 United Kingdom 366,440 265.227 1,381.61 240.610 1,522.96 Belgium 10,200,356 4,392.035 2,322.47 3,984.389 2,560.08 France 5,365,673 1,172.100 4,577.83 1,063.312 5,046.19 Federal Republic of Germany 7,013,137 4,938.678 1,420.04 4,480.295 1,565.33 Austria 2,127,460 1,791.668 1,187.42 1,625.375 1,308.90 Russia 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Spain 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Italy 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 Romania 7,274,421 12,040.831 604.15 10,923.262 665.96 Turkey 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Thailand 5,091,897 9,349.667 544.61 8,481.878 600.33 Malaysia 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Indonesia 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 Korea, South 1,119,699 1,801.162 621.65 1,633.988 685.26 Taiwan 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 Japan 2,464,683 2,236.832 1,101.86 2,029.221 1,214.60 Australia 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 New Zealand 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 South Africa 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,367,993 75,550.883 1,024.05 68,538.628 1,128.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,479,587 30,436.316 508.59 27,611.370 560.62 Mexico 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 Sweden 2,065,624 625.247 3,303.69 567.215 3,641.69 Netherlands 395,885 1,011.877 391.24 917.960 431.27 Belgium 2,263,856 953.428 2,374.44 864.936 2,617.37 France 3,992,578 7,418.432 538.20 6,729.891 593.26 Federal Republic of Germany 10,085,647 5,413.701 1,862.99 4,911.229 2,053.59 Russia 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 Spain 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 Italy 11,629 2.231 5,212.28 2.024 5,745.55 Turkey 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 Malaysia 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 China 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 Japan 604,170 933.142 647.46 846.533 713.70 New Zealand 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 South Africa 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,950,924 64,325.750 667.71 58,355.356 736.02 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 Luxembourg 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 France 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 Federal Republic of Germany 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 Austria 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 Spain 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 Japan 10,975,843 16,465.476 666.60 14,937.233 734.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,514,558 17,875.778 700.08 16,216.638 771.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 Spain 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 China 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 Korea, South 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 Japan 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,358,525 1,759.982 771.90 1,596.630 850.87 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 Brazil 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 India 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 China 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 Australia 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 583,607 1,256.829 464.35 1,140.177 511.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,737,005 58,561.095 576.10 53,125.747 635.04 Mexico 6,696,136 14,237.893 470.30 12,916.403 518.42 Trinidad and Tobago 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 Brazil 381,825 319.490 1,195.11 289.837 1,317.38 Argentina 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 Sweden 1,118,020 271.188 4,122.67 246.018 4,544.46 United Kingdom 6,068,158 7,630.161 795.29 6,921.968 876.65 Netherlands 539,458 280.055 1,926.26 254.062 2,123.33 Belgium 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 France 1,015,565 462.573 2,195.47 419.640 2,420.09 Federal Republic of Germany 3,038,578 3,459.685 878.28 3,138.575 968.14 Austria 2,010,739 479.921 4,189.72 435.378 4,618.38 Czech Republic 199,548 187.065 1,066.73 169.703 1,175.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 Latvia 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 Poland 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 Russia 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Belarus 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine 52,098 48.737 1,068.95 44.214 1,178.31 Spain 4,807,729 6,108.209 787.09 5,541.276 867.62 Portugal 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy 1,036,937 357.447 2,900.95 324.271 3,197.75 Romania 19,686 19.667 1,000.94 17.842 1,103.35 Turkey 1,284,947 2,951.554 435.35 2,677.606 479.89 India 718,754 355.989 2,019.03 322.948 2,225.60 China 1,376,756 1,240.533 1,109.81 1,125.393 1,223.36 Korea, South 3,736,356 3,883.422 962.13 3,522.983 1,060.57 Taiwan 991,120 238.570 4,154.40 216.428 4,579.44 Japan 8,765,892 12,177.422 719.85 11,047.175 793.50 South Africa 310,765 168.739 1,841.68 153.078 2,030.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,437,762 127,304.505 655.42 115,488.737 722.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,061,810 9,996.199 506.37 9,068.402 558.18 Mexico 3,283,015 6,951.057 472.30 6,305.895 520.63 Brazil 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 Sweden 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 Belgium 10,781 2.243 4,806.07 2.035 5,297.79 Switzerland 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 Spain 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 Italy 755,875 639.568 1,181.85 580.207 1,302.77 Turkey 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 India 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 China 21,039 22.542 933.31 20.450 1,028.80 Korea, South 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 Japan 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,178,978 18,805.681 541.27 17,060.232 596.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Mexico 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Dominican Republic 1,355,131 3,158.995 428.98 2,865.793 472.86 Brazil 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Argentina 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Romania 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Turkey 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Thailand 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 China 9,726 9.301 1,045.66 8.438 1,152.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 18,037 8.185 2,203.46 7.426 2,428.90 Japan 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,945,821 90,528.532 374.97 82,126.126 413.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,280,243 7,717.339 1,072.94 7,001.055 1,182.71 Mexico 175,396 515.512 340.24 467.665 375.05 Colombia 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Brazil 360,322 129.712 2,777.86 117.673 3,062.06 Sweden 600,525 156.948 3,826.26 142.381 4,217.73 United Kingdom 4,418,492 2,966.529 1,489.45 2,691.191 1,641.84 Netherlands 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 Belgium 83,854 72.252 1,160.58 65.546 1,279.32 France 5,731,426 2,863.048 2,001.86 2,597.315 2,206.67 Federal Republic of Germany 6,300,972 4,523.139 1,393.05 4,103.324 1,535.58 Austria 362,506 111.203 3,259.85 100.882 3,593.37 Czech Republic 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Switzerland 956,495 233.186 4,101.85 211.543 4,521.52 Latvia 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 Poland 727,115 445.547 1,631.96 404.194 1,798.93 Russia 2,069,503 2,514.866 822.91 2,281.449 907.10 Ukraine 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 Spain 1,131,361 1,047.801 1,079.75 950.550 1,190.22 Italy 7,485,014 1,962.956 3,813.13 1,780.765 4,203.26 Slovenia 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Romania 67,365 19.327 3,485.37 17.534 3,841.96 Saudi Arabia 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 India 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 China 1,817,919 1,038.306 1,750.85 941.936 1,929.98 Korea, South 362,954 230.861 1,572.17 209.434 1,733.02 Taiwan 7,939,867 2,544.027 3,120.98 2,307.904 3,440.29 Japan 392,372 273.518 1,434.53 248.132 1,581.30 South Africa 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,394,133 31,784.941 1,742.78 28,834.822 1,921.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 844,454 544.972 1,549.53 494.391 1,708.07 Mexico 216,477 134.060 1,614.77 121.618 1,779.98 Colombia 280,832 54.325 5,169.46 49.283 5,698.35 Brazil 4,266,805 1,053.961 4,048.35 956.138 4,462.54 Sweden 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 United Kingdom 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 Netherlands 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 Belgium 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 France 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,317,217 1,543.678 2,796.71 1,400.402 3,082.84 Austria 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 Czech Republic 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 Poland 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 Russia 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 Ukraine 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 Spain 363,906 222.358 1,636.58 201.720 1,804.02 Italy 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 Slovenia 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 China 7,658,148 2,701.848 2,834.41 2,451.076 3,124.40 Korea, South 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 Taiwan 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 Japan 6,332,223 5,612.098 1,128.32 5,091.212 1,243.76 Australia 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,297,787 18,835.044 2,351.88 17,086.870 2,592.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,820,745 35,864.561 775.72 32,535.792 855.08 Mexico 5,632,088 7,066.218 797.04 6,410.367 878.59 Guatemala 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 Dominican Republic 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 Colombia 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 Venezuela 562,059 538.274 1,044.19 488.315 1,151.02 Ecuador 145,814 132.072 1,104.05 119.814 1,217.00 Chile 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 Brazil 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 Argentina 553,194 558.008 991.37 506.217 1,092.80 Sweden 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 United Kingdom 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 Netherlands 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 France 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,475,778 1,738.520 1,424.07 1,577.160 1,569.77 Slovakia 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 Switzerland 12,954 3.254 3,980.92 2.952 4,388.21 Ukraine 482,695 647.518 745.45 587.419 821.72 Spain 938,187 569.865 1,646.33 516.973 1,814.77 Italy 317,999 204.090 1,558.13 185.148 1,717.54 Romania 3,315,885 3,837.448 864.09 3,481.276 952.49 Turkey 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 Oman 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India 1,582,953 2,318.376 682.79 2,103.196 752.64 Thailand 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 China 19,621,585 33,532.216 585.16 30,419.924 645.02 Korea, South 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 Taiwan 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 Japan 1,828,695 1,181.452 1,547.84 1,071.796 1,706.20 South Africa 2,659,383 3,966.404 670.48 3,598.263 739.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 92,492,191 128,731.971 718.49 116,783.712 792.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 9,055,258 7,615.143 1,189.11 6,908.344 1,310.77 Mexico 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 Colombia 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 Venezuela 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 Brazil 7,427,640 7,756.813 957.56 7,036.865 1,055.53 Argentina 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 Sweden 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 Norway 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 Denmark 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 United Kingdom 654,934 437.363 1,497.46 396.770 1,650.66 France 1,348,991 800.171 1,685.88 725.904 1,858.36 Federal Republic of Germany 27,630,472 21,357.761 1,293.70 19,375.441 1,426.06 Austria 26,780,172 21,378.667 1,252.66 19,394.406 1,380.82 Russia 9,101,406 11,188.002 813.50 10,149.588 896.73 Ukraine 2,771,161 2,659.571 1,041.96 2,412.723 1,148.56 Spain 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 Italy 12,163 3.802 3,198.29 3.450 3,525.51 Romania 5,119,576 4,253.901 1,203.50 3,859.076 1,326.63 Turkey 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 India 1,377,533 1,304.644 1,055.87 1,183.554 1,163.90 Indonesia 433,891 239.366 1,812.66 217.150 1,998.12 China 52,935,510 59,380.103 891.47 53,868.739 982.68 Korea, South 23,895,800 28,622.417 834.86 25,965.828 920.28 Taiwan 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 Japan 16,522,292 5,288.063 3,124.45 4,797.252 3,444.12 South Africa 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 211,397,466 199,756.749 1,058.27 181,216.326 1,166.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 Argentina 150,446 338.152 444.91 306.767 490.42 United Kingdom 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 Federal Republic of Germany 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 Poland 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 Russia 720,492 1,110.200 648.97 1,007.157 715.37 Italy 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 China 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 Korea, South 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 Taiwan 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 Japan 13,080,630 13,125.917 996.55 11,907.635 1,098.51 South Africa 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,892,896 37,846.304 921.96 34,333.600 1,016.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 323,320 192.439 1,680.11 174.578 1,852.01 Mexico 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 Brazil 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 Argentina 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 United Kingdom 59,508 13.664 4,355.01 12.396 4,800.58 France 901,434 802.834 1,122.81 728.319 1,237.69 Federal Republic of Germany 3,776,063 2,249.993 1,678.26 2,041.160 1,849.96 Austria 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 Czech Republic 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 Slovakia 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 Poland 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 Russia 2,924,242 3,699.295 790.49 3,355.945 871.36 Ukraine 3,519,208 3,496.139 1,006.60 3,171.645 1,109.58 Italy 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 Romania 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 Turkey 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 China 4,639,756 6,306.894 735.66 5,721.520 810.93 Korea, South 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 Taiwan 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 Australia 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,151,136 31,337.353 930.24 28,428.777 1,025.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 739,869 400.778 1,846.08 363.580 2,034.96 Mexico 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 Brazil 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 United Kingdom 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 Netherlands 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 Russia 119,767 165.025 725.75 149.709 800.00 Turkey 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 China 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 Korea, South 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 Taiwan 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 Japan 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 South Africa 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,689,783 18,605.301 735.80 16,878.450 811.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,759,519 11,322.241 1,038.62 10,271.368 1,144.88 Mexico 14,883,928 18,477.663 805.51 16,762.659 887.92 Dominican Republic 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 Colombia 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 Brazil 2,532,889 2,555.910 990.99 2,318.684 1,092.38 Argentina 1,346,011 849.504 1,584.47 770.658 1,746.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 314,513 189.681 1,658.11 172.076 1,827.76 Finland 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 United Kingdom 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 Netherlands 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 Belgium 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 France 1,154,429 683.408 1,689.22 619.978 1,862.05 Federal Republic of Germany 7,174,281 4,161.017 1,724.16 3,774.813 1,900.57 Austria 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 Czech Republic 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 Slovakia 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 Switzerland 2,038,903 804.603 2,534.05 729.924 2,793.31 Poland 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 Russia 763,086 1,044.167 730.81 947.253 805.58 Ukraine 214,621 221.975 966.87 201.373 1,065.79 Spain 1,334,499 850.484 1,569.10 771.547 1,729.64 Italy 2,241,453 1,282.915 1,747.16 1,163.842 1,925.91 Romania 1,209,759 849.635 1,423.86 770.777 1,569.53 Turkey 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 Israel 30,000 1.851 16,199.73 1.680 17,857.14 Saudi Arabia 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 India 1,578,003 1,180.227 1,337.03 1,070.685 1,473.83 China 5,112,457 5,496.823 930.07 4,986.636 1,025.23 Korea, South 2,880,297 3,654.311 788.19 3,315.137 868.83 Hong Kong 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 Taiwan 513,414 480.527 1,068.44 435.927 1,177.75 Japan 7,280,086 3,415.717 2,131.35 3,098.688 2,349.41 Australia 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,640,935 60,924.173 1,110.25 55,269.496 1,223.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 Mexico 611,848 319.040 1,917.77 289.429 2,113.98 Brazil 270,866 172.083 1,574.03 156.112 1,735.07 Argentina 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 Sweden 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 United Kingdom 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 France 1,848,247 956.893 1,931.51 868.079 2,129.12 Federal Republic of Germany 6,954,098 3,357.813 2,071.02 3,046.158 2,282.91 Slovakia 1,713,924 1,039.586 1,648.66 943.097 1,817.34 Poland 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 Russia 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 Ukraine 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 Spain 541,158 203.701 2,656.62 184.795 2,928.42 Italy 2,015,739 881.083 2,287.79 799.306 2,521.86 Croatia 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 Romania 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 India 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 127,654 76.473 1,669.25 69.376 1,840.03 Japan 819,137 407.306 2,011.11 369.502 2,216.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,489,886 8,792.994 1,989.07 7,976.873 2,192.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 Mexico 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 Brazil 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 Argentina 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 Sweden 1,286,702 150.264 8,562.90 136.318 9,438.97 Finland 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 Denmark 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 United Kingdom 142,195 13.660 10,408.87 12.393 11,473.82 Ireland 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 Netherlands 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 France 7,069,188 1,001.553 7,058.23 908.594 7,780.36 Federal Republic of Germany 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 Austria 1,750,933 217.560 8,048.01 197.368 8,871.41 Czech Republic 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 Switzerland 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 Spain 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 Italy 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 India 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 Thailand 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 Malaysia 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 Singapore 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 China 8,219,347 2,185.455 3,760.93 1,982.612 4,145.72 Korea, South 5,272,702 1,325.805 3,976.98 1,202.751 4,383.87 Hong Kong 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 Taiwan 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 Japan 11,991,254 2,479.559 4,836.04 2,249.419 5,330.82 Australia 17,705 2.229 7,939.55 2.023 8,751.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,280,703 12,890.098 5,219.56 11,693.704 5,753.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,394,643 843.390 2,839.31 765.111 3,129.80 Mexico 384,409 218.185 1,761.84 197.935 1,942.10 Denmark 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 United Kingdom 171,410 10.043 17,067.34 9.111 18,813.52 Belgium 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 France 36,238 2.902 12,485.59 2.633 13,763.01 Federal Republic of Germany 163,144 116.900 1,395.58 106.050 1,538.37 Hungary 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 Italy 34,874 13.731 2,539.71 12.457 2,799.55 India 41,560 32.674 1,271.93 29.642 1,402.06 China 43,446 8.068 5,384.37 7.320 5,935.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 Japan 349,205 114.375 3,053.14 103.760 3,365.51 South Africa 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,719,620 1,374.056 2,707.04 1,246.523 2,984.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,322,108 28,078.016 759.39 25,471.955 837.08 Mexico 5,491,550 4,064.232 1,351.19 3,687.011 1,489.43 Brazil 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 Finland 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 United Kingdom 5,327 2.770 1,923.03 2.513 2,119.78 Belgium 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 Federal Republic of Germany 297,183 164.772 1,803.60 149.479 1,988.13 Austria 116,232 69.562 1,670.90 63.106 1,841.85 Switzerland 23,958 5.745 4,170.06 5.212 4,596.70 Ukraine 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 Italy 143,487 45.989 3,119.99 41.721 3,439.20 Romania 84,268 302.474 278.60 274.400 307.10 Turkey 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 China 2,395,112 3,881.399 617.07 3,521.147 680.21 Korea, South 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 Taiwan 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 Japan 178,575 130.295 1,370.54 118.202 1,510.76 Australia 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 South Africa 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,967,816 46,207.688 800.04 41,918.922 881.89 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 158,619 166.691 951.57 151.220 1,048.93 Mexico 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 China 193,223 230.516 838.22 209.121 923.98 Korea, South 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 Japan 524,376 684.402 766.18 620.880 844.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,056,966 1,252.436 843.93 1,136.192 930.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,055,340 20,218.146 843.57 18,341.599 929.87 Mexico 9,051,377 10,143.291 892.35 9,201.842 983.65 Dominican Republic 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 Trinidad and Tobago 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 Colombia 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 Venezuela 716,447 888.354 806.49 805.902 889.00 Ecuador 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 Chile 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 Brazil 709,940 979.073 725.11 888.201 799.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 Sweden 1,415,244 240.399 5,887.05 218.087 6,489.36 Denmark 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 United Kingdom 739,648 372.263 1,986.89 337.712 2,190.17 Ireland 7,709 4.726 1,630.94 4.288 1,797.81 Netherlands 109,501 71.129 1,539.45 64.528 1,696.95 Belgium 766,753 545.210 1,406.34 494.607 1,550.23 Luxembourg 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 France 1,631,097 671.167 2,430.24 608.873 2,678.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,257,023 1,146.489 1,968.64 1,040.078 2,170.05 Austria 548,263 117.784 4,654.81 106.852 5,131.05 Czech Republic 101,361 78.582 1,289.86 71.289 1,421.83 Switzerland 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 Poland 901,192 906.555 994.08 822.414 1,095.79 Russia 148,988 442.983 336.33 401.868 370.74 Belarus 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 Ukraine 22,704 35.529 639.01 32.232 704.39 Moldova 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 Spain 394,667 159.003 2,482.12 144.246 2,736.07 Italy 3,979,802 2,825.026 1,408.77 2,562.822 1,552.90 Greece 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Turkey 166,050 165.461 1,003.56 150.104 1,106.23 Israel 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 India 2,944,553 1,479.708 1,989.96 1,342.369 2,193.55 Thailand 278,820 182.801 1,525.26 165.835 1,681.31 Vietnam 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 Malaysia 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 Indonesia 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 China 8,866,161 10,010.119 885.72 9,081.030 976.34 Korea, South 7,078,293 4,094.741 1,728.63 3,714.688 1,905.49 Taiwan 2,201,666 1,229.156 1,791.20 1,115.072 1,974.46 Japan 7,157,687 6,140.572 1,165.64 5,570.635 1,284.90 Australia 151,056 159.944 944.43 145.099 1,041.05 Egypt 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 South Africa 2,173,634 4,705.014 461.98 4,268.319 509.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,087,408 72,838.668 1,044.60 66,078.147 1,151.48 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 Venezuela 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Brazil 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 Belgium 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 Federal Republic of Germany 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 Japan 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,190,992 2,995.875 1,065.13 2,717.813 1,174.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 Mexico 12,410 13.959 888.99 12.664 979.94 Brazil 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 Netherlands 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 France 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 Thailand 44,042 12.170 3,618.72 11.041 3,988.95 Taiwan 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Japan 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,814,840 34,432.002 691.65 31,236.196 762.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,598,428 2,297.132 1,131.16 2,083.924 1,246.89 Brazil 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 United Kingdom 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 Netherlands 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 France 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 Japan 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,920,111 7,648.773 904.73 6,938.853 997.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,884,217 36,933.395 511.30 33,505.422 563.62 Mexico 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 Venezuela 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 Sweden 3,428,907 4,244.392 807.87 3,850.449 890.52 Finland 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 United Kingdom 241,816 20.565 11,758.15 18.657 12,961.14 Netherlands 3,791,637 8,630.854 439.31 7,829.782 484.26 Belgium 2,011,086 1,950.649 1,030.98 1,769.600 1,136.46 France 7,021,388 11,603.689 605.10 10,526.693 667.01 Federal Republic of Germany 966,027 1,018.075 948.88 923.583 1,045.96 Austria 1,550,255 2,015.091 769.32 1,828.061 848.03 Russia 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 Spain 860,689 1,502.967 572.66 1,363.470 631.25 Italy 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 Turkey 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 Malaysia 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 China 167,935 65.545 2,562.11 59.462 2,824.24 Korea, South 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 Taiwan 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 Japan 4,657,058 6,169.980 754.79 5,597.314 832.02 Australia 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 New Zealand 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 Egypt 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,172,530 179,527.921 518.99 162,865.037 572.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,581,751 27,837.860 595.65 25,254.089 656.60 Mexico 32,635,267 26,965.939 1,210.24 24,463.096 1,334.06 Dominican Republic 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Colombia 83,964 47.741 1,758.74 43.310 1,938.67 Chile 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Brazil 18,112,494 26,889.963 673.58 24,394.171 742.49 Argentina 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Sweden 4,595,379 4,899.464 937.93 4,444.721 1,033.90 Finland 3,411,854 1,274.758 2,676.47 1,156.442 2,950.30 United Kingdom 1,236,245 1,104.691 1,119.09 1,002.160 1,233.58 Netherlands 1,523,477 2,156.380 706.50 1,956.236 778.78 Belgium 4,129,896 2,000.325 2,064.61 1,814.665 2,275.84 Luxembourg 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 France 5,918,067 4,783.333 1,237.23 4,339.368 1,363.81 Federal Republic of Germany 5,839,947 3,314.589 1,761.89 3,006.946 1,942.15 Italy 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 India 360,615 573.242 629.08 520.037 693.44 Thailand 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 Indonesia 54,451 21.446 2,538.91 19.456 2,798.67 China 13,315,037 7,989.448 1,666.58 7,247.908 1,837.09 Korea, South 4,290,602 4,107.443 1,044.59 3,726.211 1,151.47 Hong Kong 267,841 92.573 2,893.29 83.981 3,189.30 Taiwan 3,844,320 1,615.052 2,380.31 1,465.151 2,623.84 Japan 6,733,157 8,367.665 804.66 7,591.021 886.99 New Zealand 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 South Africa 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 128,694,562 133,009.696 967.56 120,664.401 1,066.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 34,416,899 52,456.138 656.11 47,587.421 723.24 Mexico 11,588,190 13,490.617 858.98 12,238.486 946.86 Guatemala 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Colombia 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Brazil 1,892,445 2,874.257 658.41 2,607.483 725.77 Argentina 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 Sweden 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 Finland 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Netherlands 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 Belgium 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 France 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,296,348 8,552.425 502.35 7,758.632 553.75 Austria 445,066 391.493 1,136.84 355.157 1,253.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Kazakhstan 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain 2,806,249 4,882.509 574.76 4,429.339 633.56 India 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 China 4,696,627 7,443.432 630.98 6,752.570 695.53 Korea, South 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 Taiwan 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 Japan 851,971 889.569 957.73 807.004 1,055.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,638,967 173,445.080 707.08 157,346.774 779.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,155,035 927.539 1,245.27 841.450 1,372.67 Argentina 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 Belgium 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 Federal Republic of Germany 5,436,459 8,470.221 641.83 7,684.058 707.50 Thailand 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 China 77,084 116.106 663.91 105.330 731.83 Korea, South 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 Taiwan 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 Japan 1,129,263 1,282.871 880.26 1,163.802 970.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,895,304 13,810.156 716.52 12,528.367 789.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,152,825 6,699.377 1,067.68 6,077.575 1,176.92 Mexico 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 Brazil 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 United Kingdom 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 Netherlands 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 Belgium 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 Luxembourg 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 France 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 Federal Republic of Germany 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 Austria 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 Italy 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 Korea, South 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 Taiwan 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 Japan 1,293,050 945.598 1,367.44 857.833 1,507.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,447,346 32,018.492 950.93 29,046.696 1,048.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 Sweden 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 United Kingdom 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 Russia 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 China 4,896 5.621 870.90 5.100 960.00 Japan 885,528 1,077.158 822.10 977.182 906.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,687,802 5,953.201 1,459.35 5,400.655 1,608.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,404,508 6,141.087 554.38 5,571.102 611.10 Mexico 717,707 964.318 744.26 874.815 820.41 Venezuela 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 Finland 652,239 292.992 2,226.13 265.798 2,453.89 United Kingdom 169,955 226.433 750.57 205.417 827.37 Federal Republic of Germany 347,545 226.203 1,536.43 205.208 1,693.62 Austria 24,046 21.206 1,133.91 19.238 1,249.92 Spain 36,510 6.721 5,431.51 6.098 5,987.21 Turkey 67,098 166.683 402.55 151.213 443.73 Malaysia 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 Japan 45,880 12.503 3,669.37 11.343 4,044.79 Australia 302,079 458.207 659.26 415.679 726.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,918,682 8,805.997 672.12 7,988.669 740.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,899,075 4,668.632 1,049.36 4,235.313 1,156.72 Mexico 3,291,828 1,718.716 1,915.28 1,559.194 2,111.24 Chile 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 Brazil 307,155 275.984 1,112.94 250.369 1,226.81 Sweden 3,438,452 657.811 5,227.11 596.757 5,761.90 Finland 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 United Kingdom 1,368,661 528.531 2,589.55 479.476 2,854.49 Netherlands 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 Belgium 839,554 174.511 4,810.89 158.314 5,303.09 France 2,472,746 597.577 4,137.95 542.113 4,561.31 Federal Republic of Germany 6,470,208 3,815.445 1,695.79 3,461.315 1,869.29 Austria 647,120 111.020 5,828.84 100.716 6,425.20 Switzerland 418,453 164.533 2,543.27 149.262 2,803.48 Italy 54,027 41.718 1,295.05 37.846 1,427.55 India 1,801,758 787.910 2,286.75 714.781 2,520.71 Indonesia 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 China 123,288 119.283 1,033.57 108.212 1,139.32 Korea, South 987,545 827.647 1,193.20 750.829 1,315.27 Taiwan 582,915 239.804 2,430.79 217.547 2,679.49 Japan 4,104,907 1,129.247 3,635.08 1,024.436 4,006.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,413,142 16,338.611 2,045.04 14,822.143 2,254.27 GRAND TOTAL 1,799,946,506 2,315,027.194 777.51 2,100,157.935 857.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 Brazil 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 Belgium 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 Austria 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 India 45,239 12.566 3,600.01 11.400 3,968.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,043,999 2,703.868 755.95 2,452.909 833.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 444,520 304.404 1,460.29 276.151 1,609.70 Mexico 12,545,978 24,815.666 505.57 22,512.400 557.29 Brazil 553,339 239.455 2,310.83 217.230 2,547.25 United Kingdom 39,462 21.290 1,853.54 19.314 2,043.18 France 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 Federal Republic of Germany 3,828,635 5,877.742 651.38 5,332.200 718.02 Russia 418,560 354.999 1,179.04 322.050 1,299.67 Ukraine 89,202 45.415 1,964.14 41.200 2,165.10 Italy 3,580,314 611.456 5,855.39 554.704 6,454.46 Taiwan 5,800 0.135 42,777.83 0.123 47,154.47 Japan 3,948 0.542 7,279.61 0.492 8,024.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,571,838 32,532.288 724.57 29,512.804 798.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,324,259 2,617.999 505.83 2,375.010 557.58 Netherlands 67,689 2.942 23,007.29 2.669 25,361.18 Luxembourg 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 France 19,235 0.308 62,320.37 0.280 68,696.43 Federal Republic of Germany 111,360 167.648 664.25 152.088 732.21 Spain 4,022,902 11,287.901 356.39 10,240.215 392.85 Italy 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,969,546 16,104.547 432.77 14,609.804 477.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,683,086 11,908.544 981.07 10,803.253 1,081.44 Mexico 3,274 0.481 6,796.62 0.437 7,491.99 Sweden 7,151,272 4,961.271 1,441.42 4,500.791 1,588.89 Finland 1,475,109 1,134.049 1,300.74 1,028.793 1,433.82 United Kingdom 164,865 224.518 734.30 203.680 809.43 Belgium 4,851,041 2,360.218 2,055.34 2,141.155 2,265.62 France 979,145 522.856 1,872.68 474.328 2,064.28 Federal Republic of Germany 4,691,287 3,956.462 1,185.73 3,589.243 1,307.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 575,574 464.296 1,239.67 421.203 1,366.50 Russia 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Spain 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Japan 1,700,856 1,696.267 1,002.71 1,538.828 1,105.29 Australia 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,424,062 27,336.133 1,222.71 24,798.930 1,347.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,553,999 4,507.722 566.58 4,089.338 624.55 Sweden 26,975 36.574 737.53 33.180 812.99 Netherlands 22,961 44.930 511.04 40.760 563.32 France 869,384 1,326.473 655.41 1,203.357 722.47 Federal Republic of Germany 346,083 339.669 1,018.88 308.143 1,123.12 Japan 549,602 830.637 661.66 753.542 729.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,369,004 7,086.007 616.57 6,428.320 679.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 Japan 322,106 457.667 703.80 415.189 775.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 360,519 486.305 741.34 441.169 817.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,668,193 30,746.534 607.16 27,892.795 669.28 Mexico 4,823,705 10,765.708 448.06 9,766.489 493.90 Brazil 308,124 159.884 1,927.16 145.045 2,124.33 Sweden 1,069,701 268.350 3,986.20 243.444 4,394.03 United Kingdom 599,690 230.147 2,605.68 208.786 2,872.27 Netherlands 366,268 250.259 1,463.55 227.032 1,613.29 France 552,924 288.658 1,915.49 261.867 2,111.47 Federal Republic of Germany 845,768 637.473 1,326.75 578.306 1,462.49 Austria 216,014 52.813 4,090.10 47.912 4,508.56 Czech Republic 195,892 183.955 1,064.89 166.882 1,173.84 Latvia 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 Russia 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Ukraine 39,619 38.106 1,039.68 34.570 1,146.05 Spain 4,451,592 5,458.561 815.52 4,951.925 898.96 Italy 282,452 143.793 1,964.29 130.447 2,165.26 Romania 19,686 19.667 1,000.94 17.842 1,103.35 Turkey 138,044 106.075 1,301.38 96.230 1,434.52 China 1,076,452 981.815 1,096.39 890.688 1,208.56 Korea, South 3,304,590 3,626.415 911.26 3,289.830 1,004.49 Taiwan 101,569 18.113 5,607.47 16.432 6,181.17 Japan 6,574,251 9,005.695 730.01 8,169.832 804.70 South Africa 192,058 62.979 3,049.54 57.134 3,361.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 48,041,614 74,856.383 641.78 67,908.588 707.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 464,977 913.367 509.08 828.593 561.16 Mexico 884,415 1,844.193 479.57 1,673.025 528.63 Italy 444,352 568.505 781.61 515.740 861.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,793,744 3,326.066 539.30 3,017.358 594.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,735,456 1,364.920 1,271.47 1,238.235 1,401.56 Colombia 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Brazil 211,032 72.889 2,895.24 66.124 3,191.46 Sweden 49,106 26.402 1,859.90 23.952 2,050.18 United Kingdom 1,732,740 1,118.070 1,549.76 1,014.297 1,708.32 Belgium 31,332 20.861 1,501.92 18.925 1,655.59 France 3,093,177 2,021.999 1,529.76 1,834.328 1,686.27 Federal Republic of Germany 309,375 144.568 2,140.00 131.150 2,358.94 Poland 715,113 437.242 1,635.51 396.660 1,802.84 Russia 1,481,838 1,662.059 891.57 1,507.795 982.78 Spain 489,322 391.658 1,249.36 355.307 1,377.18 Italy 121,653 79.436 1,531.44 72.064 1,688.12 Romania 17,795 5.105 3,485.18 4.632 3,841.75 China 50,772 33.400 1,520.12 30.300 1,675.64 Korea, South 146,896 111.521 1,317.19 101.171 1,451.96 Taiwan 39,976 16.825 2,375.89 15.264 2,618.97 Japan 265,762 192.324 1,381.84 174.474 1,523.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,788,730 8,011.960 1,346.58 7,268.330 1,484.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 844,454 544.972 1,549.53 494.391 1,708.07 Mexico 216,477 134.060 1,614.77 121.618 1,779.98 Colombia 280,832 54.325 5,169.46 49.283 5,698.35 Brazil 4,266,805 1,053.961 4,048.35 956.138 4,462.54 Sweden 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 United Kingdom 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 Netherlands 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 Belgium 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 France 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,317,217 1,543.678 2,796.71 1,400.402 3,082.84 Austria 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 Czech Republic 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 Poland 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 Russia 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 Ukraine 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 Spain 363,906 222.358 1,636.58 201.720 1,804.02 Italy 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 China 7,658,148 2,701.848 2,834.41 2,451.076 3,124.40 Korea, South 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 Taiwan 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 Japan 6,332,223 5,612.098 1,128.32 5,091.212 1,243.76 Australia 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,297,787 18,835.044 2,351.88 17,086.870 2,592.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 404,058 70.266 5,750.34 63.745 6,338.66 Mexico 96,787 58.601 1,651.63 53.162 1,820.60 Argentina 139,401 32.848 4,243.71 29.800 4,677.89 Sweden 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 Federal Republic of Germany 804,142 466.330 1,724.40 423.048 1,900.83 Spain 235,220 133.796 1,758.05 121.378 1,937.91 Italy 67,734 35.642 1,900.39 32.334 2,094.82 Romania 258,747 189.535 1,365.16 171.944 1,504.83 India 22,134 2.867 7,719.97 2.601 8,509.80 Japan 930,286 302.532 3,074.99 274.453 3,389.60 South Africa 532,921 718.889 741.31 652.166 817.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,498,724 2,011.378 1,739.47 1,824.692 1,917.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,912,687 3,706.522 1,325.42 3,362.502 1,461.02 Brazil 286,832 224.634 1,276.88 203.785 1,407.52 Argentina 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 United Kingdom 259,982 27.273 9,532.45 24.742 10,507.72 France 425,682 191.683 2,220.76 173.892 2,447.97 Federal Republic of Germany 11,007,050 6,708.211 1,640.83 6,085.589 1,808.71 Austria 9,497,045 9,512.830 998.34 8,629.897 1,100.48 Russia 3,314,122 3,562.292 930.33 3,231.658 1,025.52 Spain 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 Italy 5,905 0.284 20,763.28 0.258 22,887.60 Romania 2,372,705 1,847.487 1,284.29 1,676.013 1,415.68 India 870,189 770.211 1,129.81 698.724 1,245.40 China 9,621,366 9,244.481 1,040.77 8,386.455 1,147.25 Japan 16,200,902 4,713.715 3,436.97 4,276.212 3,788.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,610,782 41,077.153 1,451.19 37,264.577 1,599.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 Italy 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 Japan 2,499,675 2,053.123 1,217.50 1,862.563 1,342.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,089,443 13,262.785 986.93 12,031.800 1,087.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 258,990 127.019 2,038.98 115.230 2,247.59 United Kingdom 6,408 10.680 599.98 9.689 661.37 France 10,422 13.264 785.73 12.033 866.12 Federal Republic of Germany 9,376 14.204 660.08 12.886 727.61 China 180,709 273.172 661.52 247.818 729.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 465,905 438.340 1,062.88 397.656 1,171.63 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 702,856 372.506 1,886.83 337.932 2,079.87 United Kingdom 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 704,870 372.555 1,891.99 337.977 2,085.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,988,547 2,166.096 918.03 1,965.050 1,011.96 Mexico 1,859,414 1,300.895 1,429.33 1,180.153 1,575.57 Brazil 74,611 68.194 1,094.09 61.865 1,206.03 Argentina 744,820 333.095 2,236.06 302.179 2,464.83 Sweden 269,265 181.853 1,480.67 164.975 1,632.16 United Kingdom 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 France 652,199 386.116 1,689.13 350.279 1,861.94 Federal Republic of Germany 3,762,335 2,251.445 1,671.07 2,042.478 1,842.04 Czech Republic 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 Switzerland 130,272 84.916 1,534.12 77.035 1,691.08 Russia 13,791 16.474 837.14 14.945 922.78 Spain 348,117 240.873 1,445.23 218.517 1,593.09 Italy 1,634,053 887.915 1,840.32 805.504 2,028.61 Romania 207,191 156.702 1,322.19 142.158 1,457.47 Saudi Arabia 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 India 797,395 632.813 1,260.08 574.079 1,389.00 China 1,063,773 690.425 1,540.75 626.344 1,698.38 Korea, South 29,800 31.705 939.89 28.763 1,036.05 Hong Kong 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 Taiwan 71,019 39.725 1,787.76 36.038 1,970.67 Japan 3,853,650 1,992.120 1,934.45 1,807.222 2,132.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,395,583 11,993.119 1,533.84 10,879.978 1,690.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 3,674 0.699 5,248.82 0.635 5,785.83 Sweden 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 United Kingdom 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 France 1,299,526 607.123 2,140.47 550.773 2,359.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,044 1,884.485 2,426.15 1,709.577 2,674.37 Slovakia 79,196 22.689 3,490.35 20.584 3,847.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 118,786 34.836 3,409.83 31.603 3,758.69 Italy 494,890 133.042 3,719.79 120.694 4,100.37 China 4,796 0.709 6,755.99 0.644 7,447.20 Japan 579,824 186.263 3,112.93 168.975 3,431.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,441,495 3,050.534 2,439.41 2,767.399 2,688.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,131,912 309.379 3,658.66 280.664 4,032.98 Mexico 11,652 1.176 9,906.77 1.067 10,920.34 Denmark 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 United Kingdom 136,457 6.154 22,172.98 5.583 24,441.52 Belgium 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 France 2,349 0.924 2,539.90 0.839 2,799.76 Federal Republic of Germany 89,078 9.094 9,795.18 8.250 10,797.33 Hungary 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 Italy 16,718 4.422 3,780.24 4.012 4,167.00 India 2,451 1.323 1,851.38 1.201 2,040.80 China 5,141 4.638 1,108.33 4.208 1,221.72 Taiwan 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 Japan 2,686 0.240 11,177.52 0.218 12,321.10 South Africa 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,499,135 351.136 4,269.38 318.546 4,706.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,043,974 789.421 1,322.46 716.151 1,457.76 Mexico 13,250 46.176 286.94 41.891 316.30 Finland 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 United Kingdom 2,899 2.179 1,330.26 1.977 1,466.36 Federal Republic of Germany 31,750 19.267 1,647.87 17.479 1,816.47 Italy 137,140 42.920 3,195.20 38.937 3,522.10 China 134,231 48.391 2,773.86 43.900 3,057.65 Taiwan 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 Japan 135,139 69.994 1,930.71 63.498 2,128.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,140,853 1,616.315 1,943.22 1,466.297 2,142.03 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 88,400 79.224 1,115.82 71.871 1,229.98 Japan 221,264 272.270 812.66 247.000 895.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 309,664 351.495 880.99 318.871 971.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 370,266 397.138 932.33 360.278 1,027.72 Mexico 1,612,653 1,388.350 1,161.56 1,259.491 1,280.40 Venezuela 14,970 18.937 790.49 17.180 871.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 41,635 38.927 1,069.57 35.314 1,178.99 Sweden 39,053 26.475 1,475.07 24.018 1,625.99 United Kingdom 24,110 2.060 11,702.64 1.869 12,899.95 Netherlands 26,701 1.543 17,301.96 1.400 19,072.14 France 193,458 18.319 10,560.33 16.619 11,640.77 Federal Republic of Germany 204,290 20.947 9,752.61 19.003 10,750.41 Austria 250,205 39.032 6,410.12 35.410 7,065.94 Czech Republic 37,123 37.778 982.65 34.272 1,083.19 Poland 163,824 105.523 1,552.49 95.729 1,711.33 Italy 2,521,186 2,020.961 1,247.52 1,833.386 1,375.15 Turkey 76,270 67.462 1,130.55 61.201 1,246.22 India 8,627 0.113 75,983.35 0.103 83,757.28 Thailand 18,279 16.975 1,076.78 15.400 1,186.95 China 1,141,222 949.339 1,202.12 861.227 1,325.11 Korea, South 2,247,424 1,799.162 1,249.15 1,632.173 1,376.95 Taiwan 152,799 149.202 1,024.11 135.354 1,128.88 Japan 3,119,881 2,376.277 1,312.93 2,155.723 1,447.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,263,976 9,474.528 1,294.42 8,595.150 1,426.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,469,234 2,557.586 574.46 2,320.204 633.23 Sweden 2,309,438 2,917.678 791.53 2,646.874 872.52 Netherlands 229,949 412.472 557.49 374.189 614.53 Belgium 22,897 16.299 1,404.73 14.787 1,548.45 France 2,994,553 3,911.174 765.64 3,548.159 843.97 Austria 814,613 1,022.983 796.31 928.035 877.78 Japan 3,306,746 4,800.022 688.90 4,354.508 759.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,147,430 15,638.217 712.83 14,186.756 785.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,920,104 2,836.129 677.02 2,572.894 746.28 Mexico 15,273 20.057 761.46 18.196 839.36 Dominican Republic 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Brazil 1,522,528 2,664.252 571.47 2,416.970 629.93 Sweden 226,108 326.372 692.79 296.080 763.67 United Kingdom 1,168,131 1,098.957 1,062.94 996.958 1,171.70 Netherlands 822,074 1,081.898 759.84 981.482 837.58 France 3,208,222 3,364.354 953.59 3,052.092 1,051.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,283,771 1,401.634 915.91 1,271.542 1,009.62 Korea, South 688,201 967.432 711.37 877.640 784.15 Japan 4,242,499 5,542.522 765.45 5,028.093 843.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,102,153 19,317.583 781.78 17,524.622 861.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,763,244 8,025.396 718.13 7,280.519 791.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 740,046 1,136.038 651.43 1,030.597 718.08 France 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,802,742 7,603.412 500.14 6,897.702 551.31 Spain 2,227,604 3,908.785 569.90 3,545.992 628.20 Japan 780,916 793.260 984.44 719.634 1,085.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,502,819 21,660.845 623.37 19,650.394 687.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,049,905 814.028 1,289.77 738.474 1,421.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,216,638 3,307.792 670.13 3,000.780 738.69 China 6,000 10.175 589.66 9.231 649.98 Japan 456,386 495.215 921.59 449.252 1,015.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,728,929 4,627.211 805.87 4,197.737 888.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 Sweden 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 United Kingdom 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 Russia 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 Romania 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 China 4,896 5.621 870.90 5.100 960.00 Japan 885,528 1,077.158 822.10 977.182 906.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,687,802 5,953.201 1,459.35 5,400.655 1,608.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 148,607 362.423 410.04 328.785 451.99 Federal Republic of Germany 25,075 24.482 1,024.21 22.210 1,129.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 173,682 386.905 448.90 350.995 494.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,443,922 664.273 2,173.69 602.619 2,396.08 Mexico 5,630 0.213 26,327.07 0.194 29,020.62 Brazil 71,958 53.629 1,341.76 48.652 1,479.03 Sweden 561,419 145.919 3,847.46 132.376 4,241.09 United Kingdom 106,370 37.479 2,838.07 34.001 3,128.44 Belgium 220,952 51.885 4,258.43 47.070 4,694.12 France 810,436 79.306 10,218.99 71.946 11,264.50 Federal Republic of Germany 3,044,570 1,777.605 1,712.74 1,612.617 1,887.97 Austria 199,184 32.100 6,205.03 29.121 6,839.88 Switzerland 198,883 57.186 3,477.78 51.879 3,833.59 Italy 6,945 6.062 1,145.53 5.500 1,262.73 China 4,188 0.875 4,785.00 0.794 5,274.56 Japan 183,714 69.627 2,638.53 63.165 2,908.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,858,171 2,976.166 2,304.36 2,699.934 2,540.13 GRAND TOTAL 355,282,259 345,838.080 1,027.31 313,739.118 1,132.41 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A India 51,443 85.198 603.80 77.291 665.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,443 85.198 603.80 77.291 665.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,140,934 9,000.782 348.96 8,165.375 384.67 Mexico 69,983,150 177,231.792 394.87 160,782.023 435.27 Brazil 388,270 590.441 657.59 535.640 724.87 United Kingdom 14,352,919 44,980.790 319.09 40,805.898 351.74 Belgium 285,677 428.604 666.53 388.824 734.72 Federal Republic of Germany 9,323,951 21,311.043 437.52 19,333.059 482.28 Russia 44,520,850 102,986.647 432.30 93,427.941 476.53 Belarus 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 Italy 313,230 651.465 480.81 591.000 530.00 China 67,672 154.841 437.04 140.470 481.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,787,490 360,446.771 398.91 326,991.903 439.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 Mexico 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 Venezuela 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 Brazil 9,029,393 14,480.620 623.55 13,136.602 687.35 Argentina 1,074,511 2,939.409 365.55 2,666.588 402.95 United Kingdom 4,578,158 10,026.885 456.59 9,096.240 503.30 Belgium 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 Federal Republic of Germany 5,555,812 13,950.829 398.24 12,655.983 438.99 Czech Republic 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 Poland 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 Russia 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 Spain 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 Italy 1,318,981 3,342.362 394.63 3,032.141 435.00 Turkey 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 Thailand 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 Malaysia 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 Indonesia 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 China 13,957,697 35,363.511 394.69 32,081.247 435.07 Japan 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 South Africa 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,700,605 169,216.544 471.00 153,510.710 519.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,630,848 9,218.072 610.85 8,362.497 673.35 Mexico 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 Brazil 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 Argentina 215,870 616.435 350.19 559.221 386.02 Norway 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 United Kingdom 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 Netherlands 4,440 0.001 4,027,901.38 0.001 4,440,000.00 Luxembourg 3,844,210 6,438.039 597.11 5,840.493 658.20 France 68,856 42.660 1,614.04 38.701 1,779.18 Federal Republic of Germany 989,090 1,110.429 890.73 1,007.365 981.86 Switzerland 4,626 0.001 4,196,637.79 0.001 4,626,000.00 Poland 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 Russia 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 Spain 101,293 186.169 544.09 168.890 599.76 Turkey 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 Korea, South 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 Japan 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,476,318 32,427.949 569.77 29,418.149 628.06 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 United Kingdom 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 Luxembourg 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 Federal Republic of Germany 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,775,611 11,665.596 752.26 10,582.854 829.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,439,086 17,590.493 707.15 15,957.832 779.50 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Norway 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 United Kingdom 5,224 17.449 299.38 15.830 330.01 Belgium 683,683 813.642 840.27 738.124 926.24 France 401,739 70.966 5,660.94 64.380 6,240.12 Federal Republic of Germany 25,555 48.726 524.46 44.204 578.12 Austria 1,283,679 1,277.849 1,004.56 1,159.246 1,107.34 Romania 7,274,421 12,040.831 604.15 10,923.262 665.96 Turkey 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Thailand 5,091,897 9,349.667 544.61 8,481.878 600.33 Malaysia 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Indonesia 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 Korea, South 1,018,984 1,767.916 576.38 1,603.827 635.35 Japan 376,075 415.966 904.10 377.359 996.60 New Zealand 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,048,261 44,166.457 657.70 40,067.148 724.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,921,588 25,927.685 498.37 23,521.207 549.36 Mexico 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 Netherlands 372,924 966.947 385.67 877.200 425.13 Belgium 126,175 248.372 508.01 225.320 559.98 France 3,123,194 6,091.959 512.67 5,526.534 565.13 Federal Republic of Germany 999,127 2,052.256 486.84 1,861.776 536.65 Russia 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 Spain 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 Turkey 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 Malaysia 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 Japan 54,568 102.505 532.34 92.991 586.81 New Zealand 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 Egypt 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,497,721 52,855.736 482.40 47,949.931 531.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 France 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 Federal Republic of Germany 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 Austria 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 Spain 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 Japan 10,653,737 16,007.808 665.53 14,522.044 733.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,154,039 17,389.473 698.93 15,775.469 770.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 Spain 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 China 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 Korea, South 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 Japan 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,358,525 1,759.982 771.90 1,596.630 850.87 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 Brazil 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 India 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 China 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 Australia 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 583,607 1,256.829 464.35 1,140.177 511.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,059,152 27,813.653 541.43 25,232.129 596.82 Mexico 1,872,431 3,472.184 539.27 3,149.914 594.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 61,699 154.900 398.31 140.523 439.07 Argentina 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 United Kingdom 5,326,234 7,371.242 722.57 6,687.081 796.50 France 154,341 141.405 1,091.48 128.281 1,203.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,797,308 2,719.230 660.96 2,466.845 728.59 Czech Republic 3,656 3.109 1,175.71 2.821 1,295.99 Poland 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 Belarus 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine 12,479 10.630 1,173.87 9.644 1,293.97 Spain 356,137 649.648 548.20 589.351 604.29 Italy 19,600 30.895 634.40 28.028 699.30 Turkey 1,146,903 2,845.479 403.06 2,581.376 444.30 India 133,178 169.213 787.04 153.508 867.56 China 126,904 173.599 731.02 157.487 805.81 Korea, South 40,018 90.897 440.25 82.461 485.30 Japan 2,148,053 3,160.413 679.67 2,867.080 749.21 South Africa 118,707 105.760 1,122.42 95.944 1,237.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,346,925 50,793.233 577.77 46,078.859 636.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,589,633 9,078.863 505.53 8,236.209 557.25 Mexico 2,398,600 5,106.863 469.68 4,632.870 517.74 Brazil 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 Switzerland 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 Italy 9,851 13.702 718.90 12.431 792.45 Turkey 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 China 14,950 20.613 725.26 18.700 799.47 Korea, South 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,414,809 15,194.743 487.99 13,784.443 537.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Mexico 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Dominican Republic 1,355,131 3,158.995 428.98 2,865.793 472.86 Brazil 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Argentina 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Romania 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Turkey 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Thailand 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 China 9,726 9.301 1,045.66 8.438 1,152.64 Taiwan 18,037 8.185 2,203.46 7.426 2,428.90 Japan 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,945,821 90,528.532 374.97 82,126.126 413.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,845,596 6,218.783 939.99 5,641.587 1,036.16 Mexico 164,535 509.808 322.74 462.491 355.76 Brazil 15,929 17.858 891.95 16.201 983.21 United Kingdom 1,866,938 1,749.801 1,066.94 1,587.394 1,176.10 Belgium 46,820 49.603 943.88 45.000 1,040.44 France 308,674 253.828 1,216.08 230.269 1,340.49 Federal Republic of Germany 3,729,953 3,505.020 1,064.17 3,179.702 1,173.05 Austria 127,546 69.928 1,823.95 63.438 2,010.56 Switzerland 20,938 12.835 1,631.28 11.644 1,798.18 Poland 12,002 8.304 1,445.19 7.534 1,593.04 Russia 519,653 804.571 645.88 729.895 711.96 Spain 630,422 652.972 965.46 592.367 1,064.24 Italy 375,981 321.669 1,168.84 291.814 1,288.43 Romania 49,570 14.222 3,485.44 12.902 3,842.04 China 292,237 558.631 523.13 506.782 576.65 Korea, South 56,593 76.246 742.23 69.170 818.17 Taiwan 56,499 66.394 850.96 60.232 938.02 Japan 126,610 81.194 1,559.35 73.658 1,718.89 South Africa 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,354,689 15,116.660 949.59 13,713.608 1,046.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,416,687 35,794.294 765.95 32,472.047 844.32 Mexico 5,535,301 7,007.617 789.90 6,357.205 870.71 Guatemala 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 Dominican Republic 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 Colombia 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 Venezuela 562,059 538.274 1,044.19 488.315 1,151.02 Ecuador 145,814 132.072 1,104.05 119.814 1,217.00 Chile 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 Brazil 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 Argentina 413,793 525.159 787.94 476.417 868.55 United Kingdom 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 Netherlands 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 France 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,671,636 1,272.190 1,313.98 1,154.112 1,448.42 Slovakia 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 Switzerland 12,954 3.254 3,980.92 2.952 4,388.21 Ukraine 482,695 647.518 745.45 587.419 821.72 Spain 702,967 436.068 1,612.06 395.595 1,776.99 Italy 250,265 168.448 1,485.71 152.814 1,637.71 Romania 3,057,138 3,647.913 838.05 3,309.332 923.79 Turkey 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 Oman 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India 1,560,819 2,315.508 674.07 2,100.595 743.04 Thailand 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 19,621,585 33,532.216 585.16 30,419.924 645.02 Korea, South 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 Taiwan 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 Japan 898,409 878.919 1,022.17 797.343 1,126.75 South Africa 2,126,462 3,247.515 654.80 2,946.097 721.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,993,467 126,720.593 702.28 114,959.020 774.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,142,571 3,908.620 1,059.85 3,545.842 1,168.29 Mexico 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 Colombia 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 Venezuela 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 Brazil 7,140,808 7,532.179 948.04 6,833.080 1,045.04 Sweden 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 Norway 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 Denmark 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 United Kingdom 394,952 410.090 963.08 372.028 1,061.62 France 923,309 608.488 1,517.38 552.012 1,672.62 Federal Republic of Germany 16,623,422 14,649.550 1,134.74 13,289.852 1,250.84 Austria 17,283,127 11,865.836 1,456.55 10,764.509 1,605.57 Russia 5,787,284 7,625.710 758.92 6,917.930 836.56 Ukraine 2,771,161 2,659.571 1,041.96 2,412.723 1,148.56 Italy 6,258 3.518 1,778.56 3.192 1,960.53 Romania 2,746,871 2,406.414 1,141.48 2,183.063 1,258.26 Turkey 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 India 507,344 534.433 949.31 484.830 1,046.44 Indonesia 433,891 239.366 1,812.66 217.150 1,998.12 China 43,314,144 50,135.621 863.94 45,482.284 952.33 Korea, South 23,895,800 28,622.417 834.86 25,965.828 920.28 Taiwan 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 Japan 321,390 574.348 559.57 521.040 616.82 South Africa 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 151,786,684 158,679.596 956.56 143,951.749 1,054.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Argentina 150,446 338.152 444.91 306.767 490.42 United Kingdom 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 Federal Republic of Germany 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 Poland 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 Russia 720,492 1,110.200 648.97 1,007.157 715.37 China 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 Korea, South 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 Taiwan 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 Japan 10,580,955 11,072.793 955.58 10,045.072 1,053.35 South Africa 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 21,803,453 24,583.519 886.91 22,301.800 977.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 64,330 65.419 983.34 59.348 1,083.95 Mexico 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 Brazil 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 Argentina 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 United Kingdom 53,100 2.983 17,795.17 2.707 19,615.81 France 891,012 789.569 1,128.48 716.286 1,243.93 Federal Republic of Germany 3,766,687 2,235.788 1,684.72 2,028.274 1,857.09 Austria 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 Czech Republic 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 Slovakia 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 Poland 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 Russia 2,924,242 3,699.295 790.49 3,355.945 871.36 Ukraine 3,519,208 3,496.139 1,006.60 3,171.645 1,109.58 Italy 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 Romania 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 Turkey 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 China 4,459,047 6,033.721 739.02 5,473.702 814.63 Korea, South 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 Taiwan 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 Australia 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,685,231 30,899.013 928.35 28,031.121 1,023.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 37,013 28.272 1,309.17 25.648 1,443.11 Mexico 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 Brazil 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 Netherlands 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 Russia 119,767 165.025 725.75 149.709 800.00 Turkey 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 China 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 Korea, South 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 Taiwan 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 Japan 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 South Africa 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,984,913 18,232.745 712.18 16,540.473 785.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,770,972 9,156.145 1,067.15 8,306.318 1,176.33 Mexico 13,024,514 17,176.767 758.26 15,582.506 835.84 Dominican Republic 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 Colombia 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 Brazil 2,458,278 2,487.716 988.17 2,256.819 1,089.27 Argentina 601,191 516.409 1,164.17 468.479 1,283.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 45,248 7.827 5,780.64 7.101 6,372.06 Finland 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 Netherlands 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 Belgium 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 France 502,230 297.292 1,689.35 269.699 1,862.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,411,946 1,909.571 1,786.76 1,732.335 1,969.56 Austria 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 Slovakia 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 Switzerland 1,908,631 719.686 2,652.03 652.889 2,923.36 Poland 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 Russia 749,295 1,027.693 729.10 932.308 803.70 Ukraine 214,621 221.975 966.87 201.373 1,065.79 Spain 986,382 609.611 1,618.05 553.030 1,783.60 Italy 607,400 394.999 1,537.72 358.338 1,695.05 Romania 1,002,568 692.933 1,446.85 628.619 1,594.87 Turkey 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 Israel 30,000 1.851 16,199.73 1.680 17,857.14 India 780,608 547.414 1,425.99 496.606 1,571.89 China 4,048,684 4,806.397 842.35 4,360.292 928.54 Korea, South 2,850,497 3,622.606 786.86 3,286.374 867.37 Taiwan 442,395 440.802 1,003.61 399.889 1,106.29 Japan 3,426,436 1,423.597 2,406.89 1,291.466 2,653.14 Australia 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,245,352 48,931.053 1,006.42 44,389.518 1,109.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 Mexico 608,174 318.340 1,910.45 288.794 2,105.91 Brazil 270,866 172.083 1,574.03 156.112 1,735.07 Argentina 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 France 548,721 349.769 1,568.81 317.306 1,729.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,382,054 1,473.327 1,616.78 1,336.581 1,782.20 Slovakia 1,634,728 1,016.896 1,607.57 922.513 1,772.04 Poland 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 Russia 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 Ukraine 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 Spain 422,372 168.865 2,501.24 153.192 2,757.14 Italy 1,520,849 748.041 2,033.11 678.612 2,241.12 Croatia 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 Romania 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 India 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 China 122,858 75.764 1,621.59 68.732 1,787.49 Japan 239,313 221.043 1,082.65 200.527 1,193.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,048,391 5,742.460 1,749.84 5,209.474 1,928.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,262,731 534.011 2,364.61 484.447 2,606.54 Mexico 372,757 217.009 1,717.70 196.868 1,893.44 United Kingdom 34,953 3.888 8,987.77 3.528 9,907.31 France 33,889 1.977 17,136.90 1.794 18,890.19 Federal Republic of Germany 74,066 107.806 687.03 97.800 757.32 Italy 18,156 9.309 1,950.37 8.445 2,149.91 India 39,109 31.350 1,247.46 28.441 1,375.09 China 38,305 3.430 11,166.36 3.112 12,308.80 Japan 346,519 114.135 3,036.03 103.542 3,346.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,220,485 1,022.919 2,170.73 927.977 2,392.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,278,134 27,288.595 743.10 24,755.804 819.13 Mexico 5,478,300 4,018.055 1,363.42 3,645.120 1,502.91 Brazil 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 United Kingdom 2,428 0.590 4,109.41 0.536 4,529.85 Belgium 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 Federal Republic of Germany 265,433 145.505 1,824.22 132.000 2,010.86 Austria 116,232 69.562 1,670.90 63.106 1,841.85 Switzerland 23,958 5.745 4,170.06 5.212 4,596.70 Ukraine 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 Italy 6,347 3.068 2,068.21 2.784 2,279.81 Romania 84,268 302.474 278.60 274.400 307.10 Turkey 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 China 2,260,881 3,833.007 589.85 3,477.247 650.19 Korea, South 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 Japan 43,436 60.300 720.32 54.704 794.02 Australia 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 South Africa 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,826,963 44,591.373 758.60 40,452.625 836.21 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 70,219 87.467 802.80 79.349 884.94 Mexico 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 China 193,223 230.516 838.22 209.121 923.98 Korea, South 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 Japan 303,112 412.132 735.47 373.880 810.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 747,302 900.941 829.47 817.321 914.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,512,683 19,783.640 834.66 17,947.422 920.06 Mexico 7,432,673 8,753.417 849.12 7,940.969 935.99 Dominican Republic 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 Trinidad and Tobago 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 Colombia 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 701,477 869.416 806.84 788.722 889.38 Ecuador 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 Chile 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 Brazil 668,305 940.146 710.85 852.887 783.58 Argentina 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 Sweden 172,691 47.455 3,639.00 43.051 4,011.31 United Kingdom 401,889 307.255 1,307.99 278.738 1,441.82 Ireland 5,460 4.161 1,312.11 3.775 1,446.36 Netherlands 75,853 68.709 1,103.97 62.332 1,216.92 Belgium 741,964 543.558 1,365.01 493.108 1,504.67 Luxembourg 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 France 918,384 539.690 1,701.69 489.599 1,875.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,429,171 1,010.668 1,414.09 916.863 1,558.76 Austria 298,058 78.751 3,784.80 71.442 4,172.03 Czech Republic 57,564 39.591 1,453.94 35.917 1,602.70 Poland 737,368 801.032 920.52 726.685 1,014.70 Russia 148,988 442.983 336.33 401.868 370.74 Belarus 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 Ukraine 22,704 35.529 639.01 32.232 704.39 Moldova 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 Spain 58,214 78.104 745.34 70.855 821.59 Italy 681,885 597.344 1,141.53 541.902 1,258.32 Greece 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Turkey 89,780 97.998 916.13 88.903 1,009.86 Israel 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 India 452,965 657.061 689.38 596.076 759.91 Thailand 120,798 109.216 1,106.04 99.080 1,219.20 Malaysia 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 Indonesia 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 China 5,366,264 8,390.395 639.57 7,611.641 705.01 Korea, South 1,730,350 1,496.164 1,156.52 1,357.298 1,274.85 Taiwan 789,812 795.344 993.04 721.525 1,094.64 Japan 3,216,724 3,657.314 879.53 3,317.861 969.52 Australia 102,410 143.212 715.09 129.920 788.25 Egypt 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 South Africa 2,173,634 4,705.014 461.98 4,268.319 509.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,875,506 59,669.452 819.10 54,131.232 902.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 Venezuela 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Brazil 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 Belgium 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 Federal Republic of Germany 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 Japan 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,190,992 2,995.875 1,065.13 2,717.813 1,174.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 Mexico 12,410 13.959 888.99 12.664 979.94 Brazil 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 Netherlands 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 France 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 Thailand 44,042 12.170 3,618.72 11.041 3,988.95 Taiwan 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Japan 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,814,840 34,432.002 691.65 31,236.196 762.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,598,428 2,297.132 1,131.16 2,083.924 1,246.89 Brazil 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 United Kingdom 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 Netherlands 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 France 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 Japan 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,920,111 7,648.773 904.73 6,938.853 997.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,414,983 34,375.808 506.61 31,185.218 558.44 Mexico 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 Venezuela 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 Sweden 1,112,969 1,324.632 840.21 1,201.687 926.17 Finland 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 United Kingdom 25,390 4.928 5,151.74 4.471 5,678.82 Netherlands 3,561,688 8,218.382 433.38 7,455.593 477.72 Belgium 1,569,558 1,809.376 867.46 1,641.439 956.21 France 4,026,835 7,692.514 523.47 6,978.534 577.03 Federal Republic of Germany 382,507 592.439 645.65 537.452 711.70 Austria 662,716 987.750 670.93 896.072 739.58 Russia 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 Spain 819,756 1,492.216 549.35 1,353.716 605.56 Turkey 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 Malaysia 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 Korea, South 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 Japan 264,306 387.671 681.78 351.690 751.53 Australia 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 New Zealand 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 Egypt 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,612,484 161,697.101 486.17 146,689.184 535.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,567,588 24,968.833 583.43 22,651.351 643.12 Mexico 8,719,083 16,989.792 513.20 15,412.885 565.70 Colombia 25,689 43.524 590.22 39.485 650.60 Chile 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Brazil 12,378,835 22,399.663 552.63 20,320.639 609.18 Argentina 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Sweden 2,682,361 4,169.744 643.29 3,782.730 709.11 Netherlands 599,113 1,058.937 565.77 960.652 623.65 Belgium 416,841 718.927 579.81 652.200 639.13 Luxembourg 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 France 235,200 299.244 785.98 271.470 866.39 Federal Republic of Germany 137,359 183.629 748.02 166.586 824.55 India 360,615 573.242 629.08 520.037 693.44 China 1,451,700 2,625.505 552.92 2,381.819 609.49 Korea, South 1,373,032 2,220.543 618.33 2,014.444 681.59 Taiwan 65,197 107.124 608.61 97.182 670.88 Japan 1,491,382 2,305.923 646.76 2,091.899 712.93 New Zealand 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,790,172 86,985.565 560.90 78,912.000 618.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,653,655 44,430.742 644.91 40,306.903 710.89 Mexico 11,588,190 13,490.617 858.98 12,238.486 946.86 Guatemala 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Colombia 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Brazil 1,152,399 1,738.218 662.98 1,576.886 730.81 Argentina 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 Sweden 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 Finland 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Netherlands 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 Belgium 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 Federal Republic of Germany 493,606 949.012 520.13 860.930 573.34 Austria 445,066 391.493 1,136.84 355.157 1,253.15 Russia 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Kazakhstan 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain 578,645 973.723 594.26 883.347 655.06 India 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 China 4,696,627 7,443.432 630.98 6,752.570 695.53 Korea, South 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 Taiwan 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 Japan 71,055 96.308 737.78 87.370 813.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 109,136,148 151,784.235 719.02 137,696.381 792.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 105,130 113.511 926.16 102.976 1,020.92 Argentina 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 Belgium 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,219,821 5,162.428 623.70 4,683.278 687.51 Thailand 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 China 71,084 105.930 671.04 96.099 739.70 Korea, South 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 Taiwan 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 Japan 672,877 787.656 854.28 714.550 941.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,166,375 9,182.945 671.50 8,330.630 740.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,152,825 6,699.377 1,067.68 6,077.575 1,176.92 Mexico 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 Brazil 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 United Kingdom 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 Netherlands 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 Belgium 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 Luxembourg 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 France 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 Federal Republic of Germany 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 Austria 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 Italy 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 Korea, South 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 Taiwan 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 Japan 1,293,050 945.598 1,367.44 857.833 1,507.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,447,346 32,018.492 950.93 29,046.696 1,048.22 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,255,901 5,778.663 563.43 5,242.317 621.08 Mexico 717,707 964.318 744.26 874.815 820.41 Venezuela 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 United Kingdom 167,519 226.290 740.28 205.287 816.02 Federal Republic of Germany 174,729 183.398 952.73 166.376 1,050.21 Austria 24,046 21.206 1,133.91 19.238 1,249.92 Turkey 67,098 166.683 402.55 151.213 443.73 Malaysia 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 Japan 2,295 1.190 1,927.77 1.080 2,125.00 Australia 302,079 458.207 659.26 415.679 726.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,862,489 8,089.599 601.08 7,338.763 662.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,075,357 3,883.610 791.88 3,523.153 872.90 Mexico 386,654 422.152 915.91 382.970 1,009.62 Chile 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 235,197 222.354 1,057.76 201.717 1,165.98 Sweden 831,660 201.991 4,117.29 183.244 4,538.54 United Kingdom 1,091,134 461.349 2,365.09 418.529 2,607.07 France 100,874 17.039 5,920.00 15.458 6,525.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,863,577 1,908.574 1,500.37 1,731.430 1,653.88 Austria 372,366 65.427 5,691.26 59.355 6,273.54 Switzerland 219,570 107.346 2,045.44 97.383 2,254.71 Italy 37,029 34.985 1,058.42 31.738 1,166.71 India 473,726 453.801 1,043.91 411.682 1,150.71 China 75,162 106.754 704.06 96.846 776.10 Korea, South 803,861 772.330 1,040.82 700.647 1,147.31 Taiwan 123,985 47.927 2,586.93 43.479 2,851.61 Japan 923,803 690.650 1,337.58 626.548 1,474.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,617,034 9,398.896 1,236.00 8,526.538 1,362.46 GRAND TOTAL 1,177,271,602 1,887,110.865 623.85 1,711,958.662 687.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 Italy 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 China 47,297 7.580 6,239.22 6.877 6,877.56 Taiwan 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,624,026 1,212.235 2,164.62 1,099.722 2,386.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 53,440 24.915 2,144.85 22.603 2,364.29 Mexico 2,700 1.860 1,451.07 1.688 1,599.53 Costa Rica 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Brazil 77,642 10.678 7,271.15 9.687 8,015.07 Sweden 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 United Kingdom 9,342,032 3,496.057 2,672.16 3,171.571 2,945.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,236,697 386.862 3,196.73 350.956 3,523.80 Spain 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 Italy 2,457,597 1,163.147 2,112.89 1,055.190 2,329.06 India 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 China 117,248 23.917 4,902.09 21.698 5,403.63 Taiwan 2,490 1.715 1,451.73 1.556 1,600.26 Japan 8,634 0.302 28,586.26 0.274 31,510.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,351,241 8,364.592 2,791.68 7,588.233 3,077.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 United Kingdom 1,168,682 452.837 2,580.80 410.807 2,844.84 France 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 Federal Republic of Germany 374,074 85.767 4,361.49 77.807 4,807.72 Italy 1,586,467 707.044 2,243.80 641.420 2,473.37 China 773,800 496.117 1,559.71 450.070 1,719.29 Korea, South 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Taiwan 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,290,807 3,522.705 2,637.41 3,195.746 2,907.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Sweden 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 India 610,146 173.079 3,525.24 157.015 3,885.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 612,410 173.357 3,532.65 157.267 3,894.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 Sweden 71,273 24.184 2,947.03 21.940 3,248.54 Finland 593,363 187.499 3,164.61 170.097 3,488.38 United Kingdom 196,351 23.258 8,442.02 21.100 9,305.73 Belgium 4,665,632 1,218.174 3,830.02 1,105.110 4,221.87 France 3,984,789 578.276 6,890.80 524.604 7,595.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,296,295 933.489 2,459.90 846.848 2,711.58 Austria 268,207 49.522 5,415.87 44.926 5,969.97 Italy 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 Korea, South 100,715 33.246 3,029.31 30.161 3,339.25 Taiwan 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 Japan 387,752 124.598 3,112.01 113.034 3,430.40 South Africa 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,895,670 4,048.292 3,679.49 3,672.550 4,055.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,000 0.909 4,398.47 0.825 4,848.48 Sweden 2,038,649 588.672 3,463.13 534.035 3,817.44 Belgium 2,137,681 705.055 3,031.93 639.616 3,342.13 Federal Republic of Germany 8,740,437 3,021.776 2,892.48 2,741.310 3,188.42 Italy 11,629 2.231 5,212.28 2.024 5,745.55 China 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 South Africa 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,084,199 4,384.006 2,984.53 3,977.105 3,289.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 9,660 0.907 10,648.13 0.823 11,737.55 Trinidad and Tobago 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 Brazil 12,002 4.705 2,550.49 4.269 2,811.43 Sweden 48,319 2.837 17,029.63 2.574 18,771.95 United Kingdom 142,234 28.771 4,943.59 26.101 5,449.37 Netherlands 173,190 29.795 5,812.63 27.030 6,407.33 Belgium 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 France 308,300 32.509 9,483.42 29.492 10,453.68 Federal Republic of Germany 395,502 102.982 3,840.49 93.424 4,233.41 Austria 1,794,725 427.108 4,202.04 387.466 4,631.95 Switzerland 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 Portugal 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy 734,885 182.758 4,021.07 165.796 4,432.47 India 585,576 186.775 3,135.19 169.440 3,455.95 China 173,400 85.118 2,037.17 77.218 2,245.59 Korea, South 391,748 166.109 2,358.37 150.692 2,599.66 Taiwan 889,551 220.457 4,035.02 199.996 4,447.84 Japan 43,588 11.313 3,852.91 10.263 4,247.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,049,223 1,654.888 3,655.37 1,501.290 4,029.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,200 3.968 1,814.37 3.600 2,000.00 Sweden 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 Belgium 10,781 2.243 4,806.07 2.035 5,297.79 Spain 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 Italy 301,672 57.359 5,259.29 52.036 5,797.37 India 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 China 6,089 1.929 3,156.49 1.750 3,479.43 Japan 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 970,425 284.871 3,406.54 258.431 3,755.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 699,191 133.636 5,232.04 121.233 5,767.33 Mexico 10,861 5.703 1,904.32 5.174 2,099.15 Brazil 133,361 38.964 3,422.63 35.348 3,772.80 Sweden 551,419 130.545 4,223.96 118.429 4,656.11 United Kingdom 818,814 98.656 8,299.62 89.500 9,148.76 Netherlands 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 Belgium 5,702 1.786 3,191.10 1.621 3,517.58 France 2,329,575 587.220 3,967.12 532.718 4,373.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,261,644 873.550 2,589.02 792.472 2,853.91 Austria 234,960 41.274 5,692.56 37.444 6,274.97 Czech Republic 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Switzerland 935,557 220.350 4,245.76 199.899 4,680.15 Latvia 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 Russia 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 Ukraine 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 Spain 11,617 3.170 3,664.38 2.876 4,039.29 Italy 6,987,380 1,561.850 4,473.78 1,416.887 4,931.50 Slovenia 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Saudi Arabia 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 India 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 China 1,474,910 446.275 3,304.94 404.854 3,643.07 Korea, South 159,465 43.092 3,700.52 39.093 4,079.12 Taiwan 7,843,392 2,460.807 3,187.32 2,232.408 3,513.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,250,714 8,656.320 3,494.64 7,852.884 3,852.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 Mexico 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 Brazil 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 Argentina 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 Sweden 1,286,702 150.264 8,562.90 136.318 9,438.97 Finland 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 United Kingdom 142,195 13.660 10,408.87 12.393 11,473.82 Ireland 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 Netherlands 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 France 7,069,188 1,001.553 7,058.23 908.594 7,780.36 Federal Republic of Germany 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 Austria 1,750,933 217.560 8,048.01 197.368 8,871.41 Czech Republic 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 Switzerland 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 Spain 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 Italy 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 India 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 Thailand 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 Malaysia 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 Singapore 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 China 8,219,347 2,185.455 3,760.93 1,982.612 4,145.72 Korea, South 5,272,702 1,325.805 3,976.98 1,202.751 4,383.87 Hong Kong 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 Taiwan 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 Japan 11,991,254 2,479.559 4,836.04 2,249.419 5,330.82 Australia 17,705 2.229 7,939.55 2.023 8,751.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,280,703 12,890.098 5,219.56 11,693.704 5,753.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 172,391 37.367 4,613.43 33.899 5,085.43 Mexico 6,051 1.523 3,972.05 1.382 4,378.44 Sweden 1,203,500 166.468 7,229.58 151.018 7,969.25 Denmark 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 United Kingdom 313,649 62.947 4,982.71 57.105 5,492.50 Ireland 2,249 0.565 3,977.11 0.513 4,384.02 Netherlands 6,947 0.877 7,917.35 0.796 8,727.39 Belgium 24,789 1.652 15,002.14 1.499 16,537.02 France 519,255 113.157 4,588.77 102.655 5,058.25 Federal Republic of Germany 623,562 114.874 5,428.22 104.212 5,983.59 Czech Republic 6,674 1.212 5,504.14 1.100 6,067.27 Switzerland 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 Spain 336,453 80.899 4,158.89 73.391 4,584.39 Italy 776,731 206.720 3,757.39 187.534 4,141.81 India 2,482,961 822.533 3,018.67 746.190 3,327.52 Thailand 139,743 56.609 2,468.56 51.355 2,721.12 Vietnam 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 China 2,358,675 670.383 3,518.40 608.162 3,878.37 Korea, South 3,100,519 799.414 3,878.49 725.217 4,275.30 Taiwan 1,259,055 284.608 4,423.81 258.193 4,876.41 Japan 821,082 106.980 7,675.07 97.051 8,460.31 Australia 48,646 16.731 2,907.37 15.179 3,204.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 14,947,926 3,694.687 4,045.79 3,351.765 4,459.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Sweden 6,500 2.081 3,123.25 1.888 3,442.80 United Kingdom 216,426 15.637 13,840.29 14.186 15,256.31 Belgium 418,631 124.973 3,349.76 113.374 3,692.48 Federal Republic of Germany 583,520 425.636 1,370.94 386.131 1,511.20 Austria 72,926 4.358 16,731.76 3.954 18,443.60 Spain 40,933 10.751 3,807.03 9.754 4,196.53 Italy 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 China 167,935 65.545 2,562.11 59.462 2,824.24 Taiwan 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 Japan 1,086,006 982.286 1,105.59 891.116 1,218.70 South Africa 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,412,616 2,192.603 1,556.42 1,989.097 1,715.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 94,059 32.897 2,859.16 29.844 3,151.69 Mexico 23,900,911 9,956.089 2,400.63 9,032.015 2,646.24 Colombia 58,275 4.216 13,821.23 3.825 15,235.29 Brazil 4,211,131 1,826.046 2,306.15 1,656.562 2,542.09 Sweden 1,686,910 403.347 4,182.27 365.911 4,610.16 Finland 3,411,854 1,274.758 2,676.47 1,156.442 2,950.30 United Kingdom 68,114 5.734 11,878.51 5.202 13,093.81 Netherlands 102,290 15.544 6,580.34 14.102 7,253.58 Belgium 3,713,055 1,281.397 2,897.66 1,162.465 3,194.12 France 2,474,645 1,119.734 2,210.03 1,015.806 2,436.14 Federal Republic of Germany 4,418,817 1,729.325 2,555.23 1,568.818 2,816.65 Italy 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 Thailand 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 Indonesia 54,451 21.446 2,538.91 19.456 2,798.67 China 11,863,337 5,363.943 2,211.68 4,866.089 2,437.96 Korea, South 2,229,369 919.467 2,424.63 834.127 2,672.70 Hong Kong 267,841 92.573 2,893.29 83.981 3,189.30 Taiwan 3,779,123 1,507.927 2,506.17 1,367.969 2,762.58 Japan 999,276 519.220 1,924.57 471.029 2,121.47 South Africa 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,802,237 26,706.547 2,426.46 24,227.779 2,674.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 652,239 292.992 2,226.13 265.798 2,453.89 United Kingdom 2,436 0.143 16,999.25 0.130 18,738.46 Federal Republic of Germany 147,741 18.322 8,063.31 16.622 8,888.28 Spain 36,510 6.721 5,431.51 6.098 5,987.21 Japan 43,585 11.313 3,852.64 10.263 4,246.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 882,511 329.492 2,678.39 298.911 2,952.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 379,796 120.748 3,145.35 109.541 3,467.16 Mexico 2,899,544 1,296.350 2,236.70 1,176.030 2,465.54 Sweden 2,045,373 309.900 6,600.10 281.137 7,275.36 Finland 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 United Kingdom 171,157 29.702 5,762.30 26.946 6,351.85 Netherlands 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 Belgium 618,602 122.625 5,044.64 111.244 5,560.77 France 1,561,436 501.230 3,115.20 454.709 3,433.92 Federal Republic of Germany 562,061 129.265 4,348.10 117.268 4,792.96 Austria 75,570 13.492 5,600.98 12.240 6,174.02 Italy 10,053 0.670 14,999.89 0.608 16,534.54 India 1,328,032 334.109 3,974.84 303.099 4,381.51 Indonesia 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 China 43,938 11.653 3,770.33 10.572 4,156.07 Korea, South 183,684 55.316 3,320.62 50.182 3,660.36 Taiwan 458,930 191.877 2,391.79 174.068 2,636.50 Japan 2,997,390 368.968 8,123.69 334.723 8,954.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,937,937 3,963.547 3,768.83 3,595.671 4,154.42 GRAND TOTAL 267,392,645 82,078.247 3,257.78 74,460.155 3,591.08