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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,638,894 9,330.102 390.02 8,464.129 429.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,955,107 11,836.072 587.62 10,737.507 647.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,122,172 29,499.038 817.73 26,761.085 901.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,479,587 30,436.316 508.59 27,611.370 560.62 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,737,005 58,561.095 576.10 53,125.747 635.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,061,810 9,996.199 506.37 9,068.402 558.18 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,280,243 7,717.339 1,072.94 7,001.055 1,182.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 844,454 544.972 1,549.53 494.391 1,708.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,820,745 35,864.561 775.72 32,535.792 855.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,055,258 7,615.143 1,189.11 6,908.344 1,310.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 323,320 192.439 1,680.11 174.578 1,852.01 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 739,869 400.778 1,846.08 363.580 2,034.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,759,519 11,322.241 1,038.62 10,271.368 1,144.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,394,643 843.390 2,839.31 765.111 3,129.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,322,108 28,078.016 759.39 25,471.955 837.08 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 158,619 166.691 951.57 151.220 1,048.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,055,340 20,218.146 843.57 18,341.599 929.87 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,598,428 2,297.132 1,131.16 2,083.924 1,246.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,884,217 36,933.395 511.30 33,505.422 563.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,581,751 27,837.860 595.65 25,254.089 656.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,416,899 52,456.138 656.11 47,587.421 723.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,155,035 927.539 1,245.27 841.450 1,372.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,152,825 6,699.377 1,067.68 6,077.575 1,176.92 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,404,508 6,141.087 554.38 5,571.102 611.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,899,075 4,668.632 1,049.36 4,235.313 1,156.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,872,860 461,576.875 703.83 418,735.616 775.84 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 82,531,828 202,049.319 408.47 183,296.111 450.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,274 20.896 539.52 18.957 594.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,696,136 14,237.893 470.30 12,916.403 518.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,283,015 6,951.057 472.30 6,305.895 520.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 175,396 515.512 340.24 467.665 375.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 216,477 134.060 1,614.77 121.618 1,779.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,632,088 7,066.218 797.04 6,410.367 878.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,883,928 18,477.663 805.51 16,762.659 887.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 611,848 319.040 1,917.77 289.429 2,113.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 384,409 218.185 1,761.84 197.935 1,942.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,491,550 4,064.232 1,351.19 3,687.011 1,489.43 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,051,377 10,143.291 892.35 9,201.842 983.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,410 13.959 888.99 12.664 979.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,635,267 26,965.939 1,210.24 24,463.096 1,334.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,588,190 13,490.617 858.98 12,238.486 946.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 717,707 964.318 744.26 874.815 820.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,291,828 1,718.716 1,915.28 1,559.194 2,111.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 208,873,005 365,886.383 570.87 331,926.637 629.27 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 797,247 1,185.360 672.58 1,075.341 741.39 Costa Rica BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,355,131 3,158.995 428.98 2,865.793 472.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,007,141 4,285.797 468.32 3,888.011 516.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,200 91.324 670.14 82.848 738.70 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 280,832 54.325 5,169.46 49.283 5,698.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 83,964 47.741 1,758.74 43.310 1,938.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,196,782 11,360.397 1,073.62 10,305.982 1,183.47 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 562,059 538.274 1,044.19 488.315 1,151.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 716,447 888.354 806.49 805.902 889.00 BLACK PLATE...........................28 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,781,123 14,320.154 683.03 12,991.029 752.91 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 145,814 132.072 1,104.05 119.814 1,217.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,777 297.424 846.52 269.819 933.13 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,090,229 1,686.650 646.39 1,530.104 712.52 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,019,251 840.574 1,212.56 762.557 1,336.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,029,393 14,480.620 623.55 13,136.602 687.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 381,825 319.490 1,195.11 289.837 1,317.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 360,322 129.712 2,777.86 117.673 3,062.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,266,805 1,053.961 4,048.35 956.138 4,462.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,427,640 7,756.813 957.56 7,036.865 1,055.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,532,889 2,555.910 990.99 2,318.684 1,092.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 270,866 172.083 1,574.03 156.112 1,735.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 709,940 979.073 725.11 888.201 799.30 BLACK PLATE...........................28 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,112,494 26,889.963 673.58 24,394.171 742.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,892,445 2,874.257 658.41 2,607.483 725.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 307,155 275.984 1,112.94 250.369 1,226.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,324,484 83,601.203 721.57 75,841.757 795.40 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,074,511 2,939.409 365.55 2,666.588 402.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 215,870 616.435 350.19 559.221 386.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 553,194 558.008 991.37 506.217 1,092.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 150,446 338.152 444.91 306.767 490.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,346,011 849.504 1,584.47 770.658 1,746.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,801,692 33,493.986 621.06 30,385.242 684.60 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,222,545 4,985.456 1,448.72 4,522.731 1,596.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,065,624 625.247 3,303.69 567.215 3,641.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,118,020 271.188 4,122.67 246.018 4,544.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 600,525 156.948 3,826.26 142.381 4,217.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 314,513 189.681 1,658.11 172.076 1,827.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,286,702 150.264 8,562.90 136.318 9,438.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,415,244 240.399 5,887.05 218.087 6,489.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,428,907 4,244.392 807.87 3,850.449 890.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,595,379 4,899.464 937.93 4,444.721 1,033.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,438,452 657.811 5,227.11 596.757 5,761.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,597,398 21,871.120 1,719.04 19,841.152 1,894.92 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,631,120 2,019.072 807.86 1,831.672 890.51 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,068,472 1,321.549 1,565.19 1,198.890 1,725.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,411,854 1,274.758 2,676.47 1,156.442 2,950.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 652,239 292.992 2,226.13 265.798 2,453.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,136,613 4,582.591 1,993.77 4,157.258 2,197.75 Denmark OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 486,440 187.274 2,597.46 169.893 2,863.21 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,734,413 48,498.137 489.39 43,996.783 539.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,746,840 10,479.722 548.38 9,507.047 604.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 366,440 265.227 1,381.61 240.610 1,522.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,068,158 7,630.161 795.29 6,921.968 876.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,418,492 2,966.529 1,489.45 2,691.191 1,641.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 654,934 437.363 1,497.46 396.770 1,650.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 59,508 13.664 4,355.01 12.396 4,800.58 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 142,195 13.660 10,408.87 12.393 11,473.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 171,410 10.043 17,067.34 9.111 18,813.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,327 2.770 1,923.03 2.513 2,119.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,648 372.263 1,986.89 337.712 2,190.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 241,816 20.565 11,758.15 18.657 12,961.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,236,245 1,104.691 1,119.09 1,002.160 1,233.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 169,955 226.433 750.57 205.417 827.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,368,661 528.531 2,589.55 479.476 2,854.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,856,446 77,047.364 660.07 69,896.213 727.60 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,709 4.726 1,630.94 4.288 1,797.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,273 4.747 5,533.89 4.307 6,100.07 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 72,129 2.943 24,507.25 2.670 27,014.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 395,885 1,011.877 391.24 917.960 431.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 539,458 280.055 1,926.26 254.062 2,123.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 109,501 71.129 1,539.45 64.528 1,696.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,791,637 8,630.854 439.31 7,829.782 484.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,523,477 2,156.380 706.50 1,956.236 778.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,457,109 16,639.156 628.46 15,094.793 692.76 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 285,677 428.604 666.53 388.824 734.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,200,356 4,392.035 2,322.47 3,984.389 2,560.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,263,856 953.428 2,374.44 864.936 2,617.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,781 2.243 4,806.07 2.035 5,297.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,854 72.252 1,160.58 65.546 1,279.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 766,753 545.210 1,406.34 494.607 1,550.23 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,011,086 1,950.649 1,030.98 1,769.600 1,136.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,129,896 2,000.325 2,064.61 1,814.665 2,275.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 839,554 174.511 4,810.89 158.314 5,303.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,352,274 13,860.714 1,684.78 12,574.232 1,857.15 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,725,288 7,787.380 606.79 7,064.595 668.87 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,716,233 19,746.804 694.61 17,914.005 765.67 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,091 42.969 2,050.10 38.981 2,259.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,365,673 1,172.100 4,577.83 1,063.312 5,046.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,992,578 7,418.432 538.20 6,729.891 593.26 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,015,565 462.573 2,195.47 419.640 2,420.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,731,426 2,863.048 2,001.86 2,597.315 2,206.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,348,991 800.171 1,685.88 725.904 1,858.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 901,434 802.834 1,122.81 728.319 1,237.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,154,429 683.408 1,689.22 619.978 1,862.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,848,247 956.893 1,931.51 868.079 2,129.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,069,188 1,001.553 7,058.23 908.594 7,780.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 36,238 2.902 12,485.59 2.633 13,763.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,631,097 671.167 2,430.24 608.873 2,678.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,021,388 11,603.689 605.10 10,526.693 667.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,918,067 4,783.333 1,237.23 4,339.368 1,363.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,472,746 597.577 4,137.95 542.113 4,561.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,849,536 44,695.933 1,294.29 40,547.480 1,426.71 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,389,283 27,575.648 521.81 25,016.215 575.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,929,886 14,036.596 422.46 12,733.790 465.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,100,450 1,278.077 861.02 1,159.453 949.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,013,137 4,938.678 1,420.04 4,480.295 1,565.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,085,647 5,413.701 1,862.99 4,911.229 2,053.59 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,038,578 3,459.685 878.28 3,138.575 968.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,300,972 4,523.139 1,393.05 4,103.324 1,535.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,317,217 1,543.678 2,796.71 1,400.402 3,082.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,475,778 1,738.520 1,424.07 1,577.160 1,569.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,630,472 21,357.761 1,293.70 19,375.441 1,426.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,776,063 2,249.993 1,678.26 2,041.160 1,849.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,174,281 4,161.017 1,724.16 3,774.813 1,900.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,954,098 3,357.813 2,071.02 3,046.158 2,282.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 163,144 116.900 1,395.58 106.050 1,538.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 297,183 164.772 1,803.60 149.479 1,988.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,257,023 1,146.489 1,968.64 1,040.078 2,170.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 966,027 1,018.075 948.88 923.583 1,045.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,839,947 3,314.589 1,761.89 3,006.946 1,942.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,296,348 8,552.425 502.35 7,758.632 553.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,436,459 8,470.221 641.83 7,684.058 707.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 347,545 226.203 1,536.43 205.208 1,693.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,470,208 3,815.445 1,695.79 3,461.315 1,869.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,298,819 142,559.312 998.17 129,327.669 1,100.30 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,127,460 1,791.668 1,187.42 1,625.375 1,308.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,010,739 479.921 4,189.72 435.378 4,618.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 362,506 111.203 3,259.85 100.882 3,593.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,780,172 21,378.667 1,252.66 19,394.406 1,380.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,750,933 217.560 8,048.01 197.368 8,871.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 116,232 69.562 1,670.90 63.106 1,841.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 548,263 117.784 4,654.81 106.852 5,131.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,550,255 2,015.091 769.32 1,828.061 848.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 445,066 391.493 1,136.84 355.157 1,253.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,046 21.206 1,133.91 19.238 1,249.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 647,120 111.020 5,828.84 100.716 6,425.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,565,744 31,343.396 1,517.57 28,434.259 1,672.83 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 199,548 187.065 1,066.73 169.703 1,175.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 101,361 78.582 1,289.86 71.289 1,421.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,374,255 1,698.738 1,397.66 1,541.070 1,540.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,713,924 1,039.586 1,648.66 943.097 1,817.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,858,459 1,897.770 1,506.22 1,721.629 1,660.32 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,626 0.001 4,196,637.79 0.001 4,626,000.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 956,495 233.186 4,101.85 211.543 4,521.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,954 3.254 3,980.92 2.952 4,388.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,038,903 804.603 2,534.05 729.924 2,793.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,958 5.745 4,170.06 5.212 4,596.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 418,453 164.533 2,543.27 149.262 2,803.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,170,326 1,411.356 2,954.84 1,280.361 3,257.15 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,775,642 11,992.197 398.23 10,879.142 438.97 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 727,115 445.547 1,631.96 404.194 1,798.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 901,192 906.555 994.08 822.414 1,095.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,644,775 5,300.580 687.62 4,808.607 757.97 Russia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 44,939,410 103,341.646 434.86 93,749.991 479.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,069,503 2,514.866 822.91 2,281.449 907.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,101,406 11,188.002 813.50 10,149.588 896.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 720,492 1,110.200 648.97 1,007.157 715.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,924,242 3,699.295 790.49 3,355.945 871.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 119,767 165.025 725.75 149.709 800.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 763,086 1,044.167 730.81 947.253 805.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 148,988 442.983 336.33 401.868 370.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,313,658 149,007.590 512.15 135,177.450 564.54 Belarus BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,540,923 3,219.591 478.61 2,920.765 527.58 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 89,202 45.415 1,964.14 41.200 2,165.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 52,098 48.737 1,068.95 44.214 1,178.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 482,695 647.518 745.45 587.419 821.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,771,161 2,659.571 1,041.96 2,412.723 1,148.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,519,208 3,496.139 1,006.60 3,171.645 1,109.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 214,621 221.975 966.87 201.373 1,065.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,704 35.529 639.01 32.232 704.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,455,984 7,545.516 1,120.66 6,845.179 1,235.32 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,124,195 11,474.070 359.44 10,409.105 396.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,807,729 6,108.209 787.09 5,541.276 867.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,131,361 1,047.801 1,079.75 950.550 1,190.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 363,906 222.358 1,636.58 201.720 1,804.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 938,187 569.865 1,646.33 516.973 1,814.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,334,499 850.484 1,569.10 771.547 1,729.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 541,158 203.701 2,656.62 184.795 2,928.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 394,667 159.003 2,482.12 144.246 2,736.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 860,689 1,502.967 572.66 1,363.470 631.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,806,249 4,882.509 574.76 4,429.339 633.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 36,510 6.721 5,431.51 6.098 5,987.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,033,464 32,607.071 951.74 29,580.646 1,049.11 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,351,141 2,426.069 2,617.87 2,200.894 2,885.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,905,448 4,049.406 717.50 3,673.561 790.91 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,629 2.231 5,212.28 2.024 5,745.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,036,937 357.447 2,900.95 324.271 3,197.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 755,875 639.568 1,181.85 580.207 1,302.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,485,014 1,962.956 3,813.13 1,780.765 4,203.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 317,999 204.090 1,558.13 185.148 1,717.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,163 3.802 3,198.29 3.450 3,525.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,241,453 1,282.915 1,747.16 1,163.842 1,925.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,015,739 881.083 2,287.79 799.306 2,521.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 34,874 13.731 2,539.71 12.457 2,799.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 143,487 45.989 3,119.99 41.721 3,439.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,979,802 2,825.026 1,408.77 2,562.822 1,552.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 54,027 41.718 1,295.05 37.846 1,427.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,132,970 17,969.166 1,843.88 16,301.358 2,032.53 Croatia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,722,676 873.518 3,116.91 792.443 3,435.80 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,274,421 12,040.831 604.15 10,923.262 665.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,686 19.667 1,000.94 17.842 1,103.35 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,365 19.327 3,485.37 17.534 3,841.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,315,885 3,837.448 864.09 3,481.276 952.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,119,576 4,253.901 1,203.50 3,859.076 1,326.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,209,759 849.635 1,423.86 770.777 1,569.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 84,268 302.474 278.60 274.400 307.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,613,076 37,131.656 635.93 33,685.282 700.99 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,284,947 2,951.554 435.35 2,677.606 479.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 166,050 165.461 1,003.56 150.104 1,106.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 67,098 166.683 402.55 151.213 443.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,843,508 62,845.084 490.79 57,012.118 541.00 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 30,000 1.851 16,199.73 1.680 17,857.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 372,903 500.072 745.70 453.658 821.99 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 319,337 135.027 2,364.98 122.495 2,606.94 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 96,682 97.765 988.92 88.691 1,090.10 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 610,146 173.079 3,525.24 157.015 3,885.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 718,754 355.989 2,019.03 322.948 2,225.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,582,953 2,318.376 682.79 2,103.196 752.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,377,533 1,304.644 1,055.87 1,183.554 1,163.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,578,003 1,180.227 1,337.03 1,070.685 1,473.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 41,560 32.674 1,271.93 29.642 1,402.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,944,553 1,479.708 1,989.96 1,342.369 2,193.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 360,615 573.242 629.08 520.037 693.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,801,758 787.910 2,286.75 714.781 2,520.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,099,643 40,179.518 898.46 36,450.256 990.38 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,091,897 9,349.667 544.61 8,481.878 600.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 278,820 182.801 1,525.26 165.835 1,681.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 44,042 12.170 3,618.72 11.041 3,988.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,573,394 29,219.447 635.65 26,507.444 700.69 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,066,660 19,672.001 511.73 17,846.145 564.08 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,891 239.366 1,812.66 217.150 1,998.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,451 21.446 2,538.91 19.456 2,798.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,307,908 753.548 1,735.67 683.608 1,913.24 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 47,297 7.580 6,239.22 6.877 6,877.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 184,920 178.759 1,034.46 162.168 1,140.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,731,497 35,859.628 410.81 32,531.317 452.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,376,756 1,240.533 1,109.81 1,125.393 1,223.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,039 22.542 933.31 20.450 1,028.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,726 9.301 1,045.66 8.438 1,152.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,817,919 1,038.306 1,750.85 941.936 1,929.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 7,658,148 2,701.848 2,834.41 2,451.076 3,124.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,621,585 33,532.216 585.16 30,419.924 645.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 52,935,510 59,380.103 891.47 53,868.739 982.68 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,639,756 6,306.894 735.66 5,721.520 810.93 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,112,457 5,496.823 930.07 4,986.636 1,025.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 127,654 76.473 1,669.25 69.376 1,840.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,219,347 2,185.455 3,760.93 1,982.612 4,145.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 43,446 8.068 5,384.37 7.320 5,935.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,395,112 3,881.399 617.07 3,521.147 680.21 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 193,223 230.516 838.22 209.121 923.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,866,161 10,010.119 885.72 9,081.030 976.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 167,935 65.545 2,562.11 59.462 2,824.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,315,037 7,989.448 1,666.58 7,247.908 1,837.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,696,627 7,443.432 630.98 6,752.570 695.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 77,084 116.106 663.91 105.330 731.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,896 5.621 870.90 5.100 960.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 123,288 119.283 1,033.57 108.212 1,139.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,907,973 185,830.649 817.45 168,582.777 901.09 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,119,699 1,801.162 621.65 1,633.988 685.26 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,736,356 3,883.422 962.13 3,522.983 1,060.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 362,954 230.861 1,572.17 209.434 1,733.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,895,800 28,622.417 834.86 25,965.828 920.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,880,297 3,654.311 788.19 3,315.137 868.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,272,702 1,325.805 3,976.98 1,202.751 4,383.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,078,293 4,094.741 1,728.63 3,714.688 1,905.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,290,602 4,107.443 1,044.59 3,726.211 1,151.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 987,545 827.647 1,193.20 750.829 1,315.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,118,056 148,930.914 746.10 135,107.891 822.44 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 267,841 92.573 2,893.29 83.981 3,189.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 311,936 106.072 2,940.79 96.227 3,241.67 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,290 1.850 4,479.19 1.679 4,937.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 991,120 238.570 4,154.40 216.428 4,579.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,037 8.185 2,203.46 7.426 2,428.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,939,867 2,544.027 3,120.98 2,307.904 3,440.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 513,414 480.527 1,068.44 435.927 1,177.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,201,666 1,229.156 1,791.20 1,115.072 1,974.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,844,320 1,615.052 2,380.31 1,465.151 2,623.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 582,915 239.804 2,430.79 217.547 2,679.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,891,657 39,951.425 1,398.99 36,243.334 1,542.12 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,582 0.844 14,901.05 0.766 16,425.59 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,464,683 2,236.832 1,101.86 2,029.221 1,214.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 604,170 933.142 647.46 846.533 713.70 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,975,843 16,465.476 666.60 14,937.233 734.80 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,765,892 12,177.422 719.85 11,047.175 793.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 392,372 273.518 1,434.53 248.132 1,581.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,332,223 5,612.098 1,128.32 5,091.212 1,243.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,828,695 1,181.452 1,547.84 1,071.796 1,706.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,522,292 5,288.063 3,124.45 4,797.252 3,444.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,080,630 13,125.917 996.55 11,907.635 1,098.51 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,280,086 3,415.717 2,131.35 3,098.688 2,349.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 819,137 407.306 2,011.11 369.502 2,216.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,991,254 2,479.559 4,836.04 2,249.419 5,330.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 349,205 114.375 3,053.14 103.760 3,365.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 178,575 130.295 1,370.54 118.202 1,510.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 524,376 684.402 766.18 620.880 844.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,157,687 6,140.572 1,165.64 5,570.635 1,284.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,657,058 6,169.980 754.79 5,597.314 832.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,733,157 8,367.665 804.66 7,591.021 886.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 851,971 889.569 957.73 807.004 1,055.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,129,263 1,282.871 880.26 1,163.802 970.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,293,050 945.598 1,367.44 857.833 1,507.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 885,528 1,077.158 822.10 977.182 906.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 45,880 12.503 3,669.37 11.343 4,044.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,104,907 1,129.247 3,635.08 1,024.436 4,006.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 128,823,103 123,271.809 1,045.03 111,830.336 1,151.95 Australia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 17,705 2.229 7,939.55 2.023 8,751.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 151,056 159.944 944.43 145.099 1,041.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 302,079 458.207 659.26 415.679 726.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,200,019 16,092.662 447.41 14,599.022 493.19 New Zealand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,224,816 4,174.733 532.92 3,787.256 587.45 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 309,641 477.365 648.65 433.059 715.01 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 310,765 168.739 1,841.68 153.078 2,030.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,659,383 3,966.404 670.48 3,598.263 739.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,173,634 4,705.014 461.98 4,268.319 509.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,508,082 15,066.545 631.07 13,668.144 695.64 GRAND TOTAL 1,799,946,506 2,315,027.194 777.51 2,100,157.936 857.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 444,520 304.404 1,460.29 276.151 1,609.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,324,259 2,617.999 505.83 2,375.010 557.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,683,086 11,908.544 981.07 10,803.253 1,081.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,553,999 4,507.722 566.58 4,089.338 624.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,668,193 30,746.534 607.16 27,892.795 669.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 464,977 913.367 509.08 828.593 561.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,735,456 1,364.920 1,271.47 1,238.235 1,401.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 844,454 544.972 1,549.53 494.391 1,708.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 404,058 70.266 5,750.34 63.745 6,338.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,912,687 3,706.522 1,325.42 3,362.502 1,461.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 258,990 127.019 2,038.98 115.230 2,247.59 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 702,856 372.506 1,886.83 337.932 2,079.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,988,547 2,166.096 918.03 1,965.050 1,011.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,131,912 309.379 3,658.66 280.664 4,032.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,043,974 789.421 1,322.46 716.151 1,457.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 88,400 79.224 1,115.82 71.871 1,229.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 370,266 397.138 932.33 360.278 1,027.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,469,234 2,557.586 574.46 2,320.204 633.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,920,104 2,836.129 677.02 2,572.894 746.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,763,244 8,025.396 718.13 7,280.519 791.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,049,905 814.028 1,289.77 738.474 1,421.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 148,607 362.423 410.04 328.785 451.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,443,922 664.273 2,173.69 602.619 2,396.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,001,071 87,423.195 812.15 79,309.011 895.25 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,545,978 24,815.666 505.57 22,512.400 557.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,274 0.481 6,796.62 0.437 7,491.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,823,705 10,765.708 448.06 9,766.489 493.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 884,415 1,844.193 479.57 1,673.025 528.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 216,477 134.060 1,614.77 121.618 1,779.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 96,787 58.601 1,651.63 53.162 1,820.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,859,414 1,300.895 1,429.33 1,180.153 1,575.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,674 0.699 5,248.82 0.635 5,785.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,652 1.176 9,906.77 1.067 10,920.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,250 46.176 286.94 41.891 316.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,612,653 1,388.350 1,161.56 1,259.491 1,280.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,273 20.057 761.46 18.196 839.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,630 0.213 26,327.07 0.194 29,020.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,186,780 41,809.243 554.59 37,928.718 611.33 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 280,832 54.325 5,169.46 49.283 5,698.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 578,217 366.997 1,575.53 332.935 1,736.73 Venezuela WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,970 18.937 790.49 17.180 871.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,970 18.937 790.49 17.180 871.36 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 553,339 239.455 2,310.83 217.230 2,547.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 308,124 159.884 1,927.16 145.045 2,124.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 211,032 72.889 2,895.24 66.124 3,191.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,266,805 1,053.961 4,048.35 956.138 4,462.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 286,832 224.634 1,276.88 203.785 1,407.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 74,611 68.194 1,094.09 61.865 1,206.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,635 38.927 1,069.57 35.314 1,178.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,522,528 2,664.252 571.47 2,416.970 629.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 740,046 1,136.038 651.43 1,030.597 718.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 71,958 53.629 1,341.76 48.652 1,479.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,092,322 5,713.740 1,416.29 5,183.420 1,561.19 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 139,401 32.848 4,243.71 29.800 4,677.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 744,820 333.095 2,236.06 302.179 2,464.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,544,424 802.363 1,924.84 727.892 2,121.78 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,151,272 4,961.271 1,441.42 4,500.791 1,588.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 26,975 36.574 737.53 33.180 812.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,069,701 268.350 3,986.20 243.444 4,394.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,106 26.402 1,859.90 23.952 2,050.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 269,265 181.853 1,480.67 164.975 1,632.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,053 26.475 1,475.07 24.018 1,625.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,309,438 2,917.678 791.53 2,646.874 872.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 226,108 326.372 692.79 296.080 763.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 561,419 145.919 3,847.46 132.376 4,241.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,891,412 9,887.247 1,404.98 8,969.563 1,548.73 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,475,109 1,134.049 1,300.74 1,028.793 1,433.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,980,342 1,377.041 1,438.11 1,249.231 1,585.25 Denmark PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,791 13.007 6,518.74 11.800 7,185.68 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,462 21.290 1,853.54 19.314 2,043.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 164,865 224.518 734.30 203.680 809.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 599,690 230.147 2,605.68 208.786 2,872.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,732,740 1,118.070 1,549.76 1,014.297 1,708.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 259,982 27.273 9,532.45 24.742 10,507.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,408 10.680 599.98 9.689 661.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 136,457 6.154 22,172.98 5.583 24,441.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,899 2.179 1,330.26 1.977 1,466.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,110 2.060 11,702.64 1.869 12,899.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,168,131 1,098.957 1,062.94 996.958 1,171.70 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 106,370 37.479 2,838.07 34.001 3,128.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,324,912 3,720.385 1,700.07 3,375.078 1,874.00 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 67,689 2.942 23,007.29 2.669 25,361.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,961 44.930 511.04 40.760 563.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 366,268 250.259 1,463.55 227.032 1,613.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,701 1.543 17,301.96 1.400 19,072.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 229,949 412.472 557.49 374.189 614.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 822,074 1,081.898 759.84 981.482 837.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,005,863 2,150.308 932.83 1,950.728 1,028.26 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,851,041 2,360.218 2,055.34 2,141.155 2,265.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,332 20.861 1,501.92 18.925 1,655.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,897 16.299 1,404.73 14.787 1,548.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 220,952 51.885 4,258.43 47.070 4,694.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,096,962 3,800.822 1,604.12 3,448.049 1,768.24 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,235 0.308 62,320.37 0.280 68,696.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 979,145 522.856 1,872.68 474.328 2,064.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 869,384 1,326.473 655.41 1,203.357 722.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 552,924 288.658 1,915.49 261.867 2,111.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,093,177 2,021.999 1,529.76 1,834.328 1,686.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 425,682 191.683 2,220.76 173.892 2,447.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 10,422 13.264 785.73 12.033 866.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 652,199 386.116 1,689.13 350.279 1,861.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,299,526 607.123 2,140.47 550.773 2,359.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,349 0.924 2,539.90 0.839 2,799.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 193,458 18.319 10,560.33 16.619 11,640.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,994,553 3,911.174 765.64 3,548.159 843.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,208,222 3,364.354 953.59 3,052.092 1,051.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 810,436 79.306 10,218.99 71.946 11,264.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,559,208 14,354.469 1,432.25 13,022.159 1,578.79 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,828,635 5,877.742 651.38 5,332.200 718.02 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 111,360 167.648 664.25 152.088 732.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,691,287 3,956.462 1,185.73 3,589.243 1,307.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 346,083 339.669 1,018.88 308.143 1,123.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 845,768 637.473 1,326.75 578.306 1,462.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 309,375 144.568 2,140.00 131.150 2,358.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,317,217 1,543.678 2,796.71 1,400.402 3,082.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 804,142 466.330 1,724.40 423.048 1,900.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,007,050 6,708.211 1,640.83 6,085.589 1,808.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,376 14.204 660.08 12.886 727.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,762,335 2,251.445 1,671.07 2,042.478 1,842.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,572,044 1,884.485 2,426.15 1,709.577 2,674.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 89,078 9.094 9,795.18 8.250 10,797.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,750 19.267 1,647.87 17.479 1,816.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 204,290 20.947 9,752.61 19.003 10,750.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,283,771 1,401.634 915.91 1,271.542 1,009.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,802,742 7,603.412 500.14 6,897.702 551.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,216,638 3,307.792 670.13 3,000.780 738.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,075 24.482 1,024.21 22.210 1,129.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,044,570 1,777.605 1,712.74 1,612.617 1,887.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,600,780 39,874.001 1,193.78 36,173.096 1,315.92 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 575,574 464.296 1,239.67 421.203 1,366.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 216,014 52.813 4,090.10 47.912 4,508.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,497,045 9,512.830 998.34 8,629.897 1,100.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 250,205 39.032 6,410.12 35.410 7,065.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 814,613 1,022.983 796.31 928.035 877.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 199,184 32.100 6,205.03 29.121 6,839.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,813,561 11,907.434 1,412.02 10,802.246 1,556.49 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 195,892 183.955 1,064.89 166.882 1,173.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,123 37.778 982.65 34.272 1,083.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 634,766 308.887 2,055.01 280.218 2,265.26 Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 79,196 22.689 3,490.35 20.584 3,847.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,196 22.689 3,490.35 20.584 3,847.45 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,275 0.047 90,191.07 0.043 99,418.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 130,272 84.916 1,534.12 77.035 1,691.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 198,883 57.186 3,477.78 51.879 3,833.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,155 142.103 2,316.31 128.914 2,553.29 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 715,113 437.242 1,635.51 396.660 1,802.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 163,824 105.523 1,552.49 95.729 1,711.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,007,039 587.176 1,715.05 532.678 1,890.52 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 418,560 354.999 1,179.04 322.050 1,299.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,481,838 1,662.059 891.57 1,507.795 982.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,314,122 3,562.292 930.33 3,231.658 1,025.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,791 16.474 837.14 14.945 922.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,282,010 9,204.831 1,225.66 8,350.485 1,351.06 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 89,202 45.415 1,964.14 41.200 2,165.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,619 38.106 1,039.68 34.570 1,146.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 646,341 149.926 4,311.05 136.011 4,752.12 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,022,902 11,287.901 356.39 10,240.215 392.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,451,592 5,458.561 815.52 4,951.925 898.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 489,322 391.658 1,249.36 355.307 1,377.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 363,906 222.358 1,636.58 201.720 1,804.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 235,220 133.796 1,758.05 121.378 1,937.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 348,117 240.873 1,445.23 218.517 1,593.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 118,786 34.836 3,409.83 31.603 3,758.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,227,604 3,908.785 569.90 3,545.992 628.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,536,654 21,882.617 572.90 19,851.582 631.52 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,580,314 611.456 5,855.39 554.704 6,454.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 282,452 143.793 1,964.29 130.447 2,165.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 444,352 568.505 781.61 515.740 861.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,653 79.436 1,531.44 72.064 1,688.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 67,734 35.642 1,900.39 32.334 2,094.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,905 0.284 20,763.28 0.258 22,887.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,634,053 887.915 1,840.32 805.504 2,028.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 494,890 133.042 3,719.79 120.694 4,100.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,718 4.422 3,780.24 4.012 4,167.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 137,140 42.920 3,195.20 38.937 3,522.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,521,186 2,020.961 1,247.52 1,833.386 1,375.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,945 6.062 1,145.53 5.500 1,262.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,016,820 5,246.598 1,909.20 4,759.635 2,104.54 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,686 19.667 1,000.94 17.842 1,103.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 17,795 5.105 3,485.18 4.632 3,841.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 258,747 189.535 1,365.16 171.944 1,504.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,372,705 1,847.487 1,284.29 1,676.013 1,415.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 207,191 156.702 1,322.19 142.158 1,457.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,880,761 2,221.226 1,296.92 2,015.063 1,429.61 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 138,044 106.075 1,301.38 96.230 1,434.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,270 67.462 1,130.55 61.201 1,246.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 214,314 173.537 1,234.97 157.431 1,361.32 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 45,239 12.566 3,600.01 11.400 3,968.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,134 2.867 7,719.97 2.601 8,509.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 870,189 770.211 1,129.81 698.724 1,245.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 797,395 632.813 1,260.08 574.079 1,389.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,451 1.323 1,851.38 1.201 2,040.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,627 0.113 75,983.35 0.103 83,757.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,746,035 1,419.895 1,229.69 1,288.108 1,355.50 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,279 16.975 1,076.78 15.400 1,186.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,279 16.975 1,076.78 15.400 1,186.95 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,076,452 981.815 1,096.39 890.688 1,208.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,772 33.400 1,520.12 30.300 1,675.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 7,658,148 2,701.848 2,834.41 2,451.076 3,124.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,621,366 9,244.481 1,040.77 8,386.455 1,147.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 180,709 273.172 661.52 247.818 729.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,063,773 690.425 1,540.75 626.344 1,698.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,796 0.709 6,755.99 0.644 7,447.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,141 4.638 1,108.33 4.208 1,221.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 134,231 48.391 2,773.86 43.900 3,057.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,141,222 949.339 1,202.12 861.227 1,325.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,000 10.175 589.66 9.231 649.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,896 5.621 870.90 5.100 960.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,188 0.875 4,785.00 0.794 5,274.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,951,694 14,944.895 1,401.93 13,557.785 1,545.36 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,304,590 3,626.415 911.26 3,289.830 1,004.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 146,896 111.521 1,317.19 101.171 1,451.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 29,800 31.705 939.89 28.763 1,036.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,247,424 1,799.162 1,249.15 1,632.173 1,376.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 688,201 967.432 711.37 877.640 784.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,164,781 7,396.353 968.69 6,709.861 1,067.80 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,721 11.543 2,747.98 10.472 3,029.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,800 0.135 42,777.83 0.123 47,154.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 101,569 18.113 5,607.47 16.432 6,181.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 39,976 16.825 2,375.89 15.264 2,618.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 71,019 39.725 1,787.76 36.038 1,970.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,799 149.202 1,024.11 135.354 1,128.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,251,420 1,438.336 2,955.79 1,304.837 3,258.20 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,948 0.542 7,279.61 0.492 8,024.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,700,856 1,696.267 1,002.71 1,538.828 1,105.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 549,602 830.637 661.66 753.542 729.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 322,106 457.667 703.80 415.189 775.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,574,251 9,005.695 730.01 8,169.832 804.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 265,762 192.324 1,381.84 174.474 1,523.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,332,223 5,612.098 1,128.32 5,091.212 1,243.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 930,286 302.532 3,074.99 274.453 3,389.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,200,902 4,713.715 3,436.97 4,276.212 3,788.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,499,675 2,053.123 1,217.50 1,862.563 1,342.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,853,650 1,992.120 1,934.45 1,807.222 2,132.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 579,824 186.263 3,112.93 168.975 3,431.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,686 0.240 11,177.52 0.218 12,321.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 135,139 69.994 1,930.71 63.498 2,128.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 221,264 272.270 812.66 247.000 895.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,119,881 2,376.277 1,312.93 2,155.723 1,447.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,306,746 4,800.022 688.90 4,354.508 759.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,242,499 5,542.522 765.45 5,028.093 843.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 780,916 793.260 984.44 719.634 1,085.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 456,386 495.215 921.59 449.252 1,015.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 885,528 1,077.158 822.10 977.182 906.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 183,714 69.627 2,638.53 63.165 2,908.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,147,844 42,539.578 1,249.37 38,591.267 1,377.20 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,434 108.125 762.39 98.090 840.39 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 192,058 62.979 3,049.54 57.134 3,361.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 532,921 718.889 741.31 652.166 817.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 729,079 781.876 932.47 709.307 1,027.88 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,140,934 9,000.782 348.96 8,165.375 384.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,630,848 9,218.072 610.85 8,362.497 673.35 STEEL PILING...........................5 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,439,086 17,590.493 707.15 15,957.832 779.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,921,588 25,927.685 498.37 23,521.207 549.36 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,059,152 27,813.653 541.43 25,232.129 596.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,589,633 9,078.863 505.53 8,236.209 557.25 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,845,596 6,218.783 939.99 5,641.587 1,036.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,416,687 35,794.294 765.95 32,472.047 844.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,142,571 3,908.620 1,059.85 3,545.842 1,168.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 64,330 65.419 983.34 59.348 1,083.95 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 37,013 28.272 1,309.17 25.648 1,443.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,770,972 9,156.145 1,067.15 8,306.318 1,176.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,262,731 534.011 2,364.61 484.447 2,606.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,278,134 27,288.595 743.10 24,755.804 819.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 70,219 87.467 802.80 79.349 884.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,512,683 19,783.640 834.66 17,947.422 920.06 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,598,428 2,297.132 1,131.16 2,083.924 1,246.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,414,983 34,375.808 506.61 31,185.218 558.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,567,588 24,968.833 583.43 22,651.351 643.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,653,655 44,430.742 644.91 40,306.903 710.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 105,130 113.511 926.16 102.976 1,020.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,152,825 6,699.377 1,067.68 6,077.575 1,176.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,255,901 5,778.663 563.43 5,242.317 621.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,075,357 3,883.610 791.88 3,523.153 872.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 243,698,775 372,306.898 654.56 337,751.231 721.53 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,983,150 177,231.792 394.87 160,782.023 435.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,872,431 3,472.184 539.27 3,149.914 594.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,398,600 5,106.863 469.68 4,632.870 517.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 164,535 509.808 322.74 462.491 355.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,535,301 7,007.617 789.90 6,357.205 870.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,024,514 17,176.767 758.26 15,582.506 835.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 608,174 318.340 1,910.45 288.794 2,105.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 372,757 217.009 1,717.70 196.868 1,893.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,478,300 4,018.055 1,363.42 3,645.120 1,502.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,432,673 8,753.417 849.12 7,940.969 935.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,410 13.959 888.99 12.664 979.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,719,083 16,989.792 513.20 15,412.885 565.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,588,190 13,490.617 858.98 12,238.486 946.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 717,707 964.318 744.26 874.815 820.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 386,654 422.152 915.91 382.970 1,009.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,646,546 312,759.978 507.25 283,731.160 559.14 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 797,247 1,185.360 672.58 1,075.341 741.39 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,355,131 3,158.995 428.98 2,865.793 472.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,001,899 4,271.825 468.63 3,875.336 516.57 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,689 43.524 590.22 39.485 650.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 11,560,290 10,989.183 1,051.97 9,969.222 1,159.60 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 562,059 538.274 1,044.19 488.315 1,151.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 701,477 869.416 806.84 788.722 889.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,766,153 14,301.216 682.89 12,973.849 752.76 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 145,814 132.072 1,104.05 119.814 1,217.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,777 297.424 846.52 269.819 933.13 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,090,229 1,686.650 646.39 1,530.104 712.52 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 388,270 590.441 657.59 535.640 724.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,029,393 14,480.620 623.55 13,136.602 687.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,699 154.900 398.31 140.523 439.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,929 17.858 891.95 16.201 983.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,140,808 7,532.179 948.04 6,833.080 1,045.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,458,278 2,487.716 988.17 2,256.819 1,089.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 270,866 172.083 1,574.03 156.112 1,735.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 668,305 940.146 710.85 852.887 783.58 BLACK PLATE...........................28 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,378,835 22,399.663 552.63 20,320.639 609.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,152,399 1,738.218 662.98 1,576.886 730.81 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 235,197 222.354 1,057.76 201.717 1,165.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,784,410 76,005.613 628.70 68,951.152 693.02 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,074,511 2,939.409 365.55 2,666.588 402.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 215,870 616.435 350.19 559.221 386.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 413,793 525.159 787.94 476.417 868.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 150,446 338.152 444.91 306.767 490.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 601,191 516.409 1,164.17 468.479 1,283.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,242,833 32,680.877 588.81 29,647.602 649.05 Sweden OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,248 7.827 5,780.64 7.101 6,372.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,691 47.455 3,639.00 43.051 4,011.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,112,969 1,324.632 840.21 1,201.687 926.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,682,361 4,169.744 643.29 3,782.730 709.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 831,660 201.991 4,117.29 183.244 4,538.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,658,683 7,657.999 869.51 6,947.222 958.47 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,631,120 2,019.072 807.86 1,831.672 890.51 Finland MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,184,199 1,006.915 1,176.07 913.459 1,296.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,352,919 44,980.790 319.09 40,805.898 351.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,578,158 10,026.885 456.59 9,096.240 503.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,224 17.449 299.38 15.830 330.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,326,234 7,371.242 722.57 6,687.081 796.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,866,938 1,749.801 1,066.94 1,587.394 1,176.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 394,952 410.090 963.08 372.028 1,061.62 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 53,100 2.983 17,795.17 2.707 19,615.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 34,953 3.888 8,987.77 3.528 9,907.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,428 0.590 4,109.41 0.536 4,529.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 401,889 307.255 1,307.99 278.738 1,441.82 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,390 4.928 5,151.74 4.471 5,678.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 167,519 226.290 740.28 205.287 816.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,091,134 461.349 2,365.09 418.529 2,607.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,377,132 69,013.862 454.65 62,608.341 501.17 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,460 4.161 1,312.11 3.775 1,446.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,460 4.161 1,312.11 3.775 1,446.36 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,440 0.001 4,027,901.38 0.001 4,440,000.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 372,924 966.947 385.67 877.200 425.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,853 68.709 1,103.97 62.332 1,216.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,561,688 8,218.382 433.38 7,455.593 477.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 599,113 1,058.937 565.77 960.652 623.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,092,703 14,430.063 560.82 13,090.737 618.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 285,677 428.604 666.53 388.824 734.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 683,683 813.642 840.27 738.124 926.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 126,175 248.372 508.01 225.320 559.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,820 49.603 943.88 45.000 1,040.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 741,964 543.558 1,365.01 493.108 1,504.67 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,569,558 1,809.376 867.46 1,641.439 956.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 416,841 718.927 579.81 652.200 639.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,652,006 6,599.707 856.40 5,987.156 944.02 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,844,210 6,438.039 597.11 5,840.493 658.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,835,155 18,397.463 697.66 16,689.903 769.04 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 68,856 42.660 1,614.04 38.701 1,779.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 401,739 70.966 5,660.94 64.380 6,240.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,123,194 6,091.959 512.67 5,526.534 565.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 154,341 141.405 1,091.48 128.281 1,203.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,674 253.828 1,216.08 230.269 1,340.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 923,309 608.488 1,517.38 552.012 1,672.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 891,012 789.569 1,128.48 716.286 1,243.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 502,230 297.292 1,689.35 269.699 1,862.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 548,721 349.769 1,568.81 317.306 1,729.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 33,889 1.977 17,136.90 1.794 18,890.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 918,384 539.690 1,701.69 489.599 1,875.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,026,835 7,692.514 523.47 6,978.534 577.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 235,200 299.244 785.98 271.470 866.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 100,874 17.039 5,920.00 15.458 6,525.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,315,406 26,159.676 700.14 23,731.666 771.77 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,323,951 21,311.043 437.52 19,333.059 482.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,555,812 13,950.829 398.24 12,655.983 438.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 989,090 1,110.429 890.73 1,007.365 981.86 STEEL PILING...........................5 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,555 48.726 524.46 44.204 578.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 999,127 2,052.256 486.84 1,861.776 536.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,797,308 2,719.230 660.96 2,466.845 728.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,729,953 3,505.020 1,064.17 3,179.702 1,173.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,671,636 1,272.190 1,313.98 1,154.112 1,448.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,623,422 14,649.550 1,134.74 13,289.852 1,250.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,766,687 2,235.788 1,684.72 2,028.274 1,857.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,411,946 1,909.571 1,786.76 1,732.335 1,969.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,382,054 1,473.327 1,616.78 1,336.581 1,782.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 74,066 107.806 687.03 97.800 757.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,433 145.505 1,824.22 132.000 2,010.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,429,171 1,010.668 1,414.09 916.863 1,558.76 BLACK PLATE...........................28 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 382,507 592.439 645.65 537.452 711.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 137,359 183.629 748.02 166.586 824.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 493,606 949.012 520.13 860.930 573.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,219,821 5,162.428 623.70 4,683.278 687.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 174,729 183.398 952.73 166.376 1,050.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,863,577 1,908.574 1,500.37 1,731.430 1,653.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,237,456 94,526.529 732.47 85,753.049 807.41 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,283,679 1,277.849 1,004.56 1,159.246 1,107.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 127,546 69.928 1,823.95 63.438 2,010.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,283,127 11,865.836 1,456.55 10,764.509 1,605.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 116,232 69.562 1,670.90 63.106 1,841.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 298,058 78.751 3,784.80 71.442 4,172.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 662,716 987.750 670.93 896.072 739.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 445,066 391.493 1,136.84 355.157 1,253.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,046 21.206 1,133.91 19.238 1,249.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 372,366 65.427 5,691.26 59.355 6,273.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,554,862 18,682.644 1,421.37 16,948.615 1,566.79 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,656 3.109 1,175.71 2.821 1,295.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,564 39.591 1,453.94 35.917 1,602.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,483,657 1,358.055 1,092.49 1,232.008 1,204.26 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,634,728 1,016.896 1,607.57 922.513 1,772.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,779,263 1,875.080 1,482.21 1,701.045 1,633.86 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,626 0.001 4,196,637.79 0.001 4,626,000.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,938 12.835 1,631.28 11.644 1,798.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,954 3.254 3,980.92 2.952 4,388.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,908,631 719.686 2,652.03 652.889 2,923.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,958 5.745 4,170.06 5.212 4,596.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 219,570 107.346 2,045.44 97.383 2,254.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,195,561 851.358 2,578.89 772.340 2,842.74 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,002 8.304 1,445.19 7.534 1,593.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 737,368 801.032 920.52 726.685 1,014.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,637,736 4,713.403 559.62 4,275.929 616.88 Russia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 44,520,850 102,986.647 432.30 93,427.941 476.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 519,653 804.571 645.88 729.895 711.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,787,284 7,625.710 758.92 6,917.930 836.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 720,492 1,110.200 648.97 1,007.157 715.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,924,242 3,699.295 790.49 3,355.945 871.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 119,767 165.025 725.75 149.709 800.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 749,295 1,027.693 729.10 932.308 803.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 148,988 442.983 336.33 401.868 370.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,963,636 139,754.522 464.84 126,783.206 512.40 Belarus BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,540,923 3,219.591 478.61 2,920.765 527.58 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,479 10.630 1,173.87 9.644 1,293.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 482,695 647.518 745.45 587.419 821.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,771,161 2,659.571 1,041.96 2,412.723 1,148.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,519,208 3,496.139 1,006.60 3,171.645 1,109.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 214,621 221.975 966.87 201.373 1,065.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,704 35.529 639.01 32.232 704.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,045,434 7,101.493 992.11 6,442.368 1,093.61 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 955,242 1,209.247 789.95 1,097.011 870.77 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 101,293 186.169 544.09 168.890 599.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 356,137 649.648 548.20 589.351 604.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 630,422 652.972 965.46 592.367 1,064.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 702,967 436.068 1,612.06 395.595 1,776.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 986,382 609.611 1,618.05 553.030 1,783.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 422,372 168.865 2,501.24 153.192 2,757.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,214 78.104 745.34 70.855 821.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 819,756 1,492.216 549.35 1,353.716 605.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 578,645 973.723 594.26 883.347 655.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,622,440 8,630.460 767.33 7,829.424 845.84 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 313,230 651.465 480.81 591.000 530.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,318,981 3,342.362 394.63 3,032.141 435.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,600 30.895 634.40 28.028 699.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,851 13.702 718.90 12.431 792.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 375,981 321.669 1,168.84 291.814 1,288.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 250,265 168.448 1,485.71 152.814 1,637.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,258 3.518 1,778.56 3.192 1,960.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 607,400 394.999 1,537.72 358.338 1,695.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,520,849 748.041 2,033.11 678.612 2,241.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 18,156 9.309 1,950.37 8.445 2,149.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,347 3.068 2,068.21 2.784 2,279.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 681,885 597.344 1,141.53 541.902 1,258.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 37,029 34.985 1,058.42 31.738 1,166.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,746,939 6,885.763 834.61 6,246.661 920.00 Croatia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,794 89.375 1,698.39 81.080 1,872.15 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,274,421 12,040.831 604.15 10,923.262 665.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,570 14.222 3,485.44 12.902 3,842.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,057,138 3,647.913 838.05 3,309.332 923.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,746,871 2,406.414 1,141.48 2,183.063 1,258.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,002,568 692.933 1,446.85 628.619 1,594.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 84,268 302.474 278.60 274.400 307.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,732,315 34,910.430 593.87 31,670.219 654.63 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,146,903 2,845.479 403.06 2,581.376 444.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 89,780 97.998 916.13 88.903 1,009.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 67,098 166.683 402.55 151.213 443.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,629,194 62,671.546 488.73 56,854.687 538.73 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 30,000 1.851 16,199.73 1.680 17,857.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 372,903 500.072 745.70 453.658 821.99 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 51,443 85.198 603.80 77.291 665.58 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 133,178 169.213 787.04 153.508 867.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,560,819 2,315.508 674.07 2,100.595 743.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 507,344 534.433 949.31 484.830 1,046.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 780,608 547.414 1,425.99 496.606 1,571.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 39,109 31.350 1,247.46 28.441 1,375.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 452,965 657.061 689.38 596.076 759.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 360,615 573.242 629.08 520.037 693.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 473,726 453.801 1,043.91 411.682 1,150.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,257,891 35,710.213 679.30 32,395.770 748.80 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,091,897 9,349.667 544.61 8,481.878 600.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,798 109.216 1,106.04 99.080 1,219.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 44,042 12.170 3,618.72 11.041 3,988.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,057,316 29,055.489 621.48 26,358.704 685.06 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,465,005 19,476.967 485.96 17,669.213 535.68 Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,891 239.366 1,812.66 217.150 1,998.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 725,651 610.831 1,187.97 554.137 1,309.52 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 67,672 154.841 437.04 140.470 481.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,957,697 35,363.511 394.69 32,081.247 435.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 126,904 173.599 731.02 157.487 805.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,950 20.613 725.26 18.700 799.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,726 9.301 1,045.66 8.438 1,152.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 292,237 558.631 523.13 506.782 576.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,621,585 33,532.216 585.16 30,419.924 645.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 43,314,144 50,135.621 863.94 45,482.284 952.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,459,047 6,033.721 739.02 5,473.702 814.63 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,048,684 4,806.397 842.35 4,360.292 928.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 122,858 75.764 1,621.59 68.732 1,787.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 38,305 3.430 11,166.36 3.112 12,308.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,260,881 3,833.007 589.85 3,477.247 650.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 193,223 230.516 838.22 209.121 923.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,366,264 8,390.395 639.57 7,611.641 705.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,451,700 2,625.505 552.92 2,381.819 609.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,696,627 7,443.432 630.98 6,752.570 695.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 71,084 105.930 671.04 96.099 739.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 75,162 106.754 704.06 96.846 776.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,574,183 161,475.315 653.81 146,487.983 720.70 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,018,984 1,767.916 576.38 1,603.827 635.35 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,018 90.897 440.25 82.461 485.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,593 76.246 742.23 69.170 818.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,895,800 28,622.417 834.86 25,965.828 920.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,850,497 3,622.606 786.86 3,286.374 867.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,730,350 1,496.164 1,156.52 1,357.298 1,274.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,373,032 2,220.543 618.33 2,014.444 681.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 803,861 772.330 1,040.82 700.647 1,147.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,048,754 137,954.285 667.24 125,150.058 735.51 Taiwan BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,037 8.185 2,203.46 7.426 2,428.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,499 66.394 850.96 60.232 938.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 442,395 440.802 1,003.61 399.889 1,106.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 789,812 795.344 993.04 721.525 1,094.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 65,197 107.124 608.61 97.182 670.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 123,985 47.927 2,586.93 43.479 2,851.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,855,125 30,409.093 850.24 27,586.673 937.23 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 376,075 415.966 904.10 377.359 996.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 54,568 102.505 532.34 92.991 586.81 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,653,737 16,007.808 665.53 14,522.044 733.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,148,053 3,160.413 679.67 2,867.080 749.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 126,610 81.194 1,559.35 73.658 1,718.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 898,409 878.919 1,022.17 797.343 1,126.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 321,390 574.348 559.57 521.040 616.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 10,580,955 11,072.793 955.58 10,045.072 1,053.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,426,436 1,423.597 2,406.89 1,291.466 2,653.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 239,313 221.043 1,082.65 200.527 1,193.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 346,519 114.135 3,036.03 103.542 3,346.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 43,436 60.300 720.32 54.704 794.02 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 303,112 412.132 735.47 373.880 810.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,216,724 3,657.314 879.53 3,317.861 969.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 264,306 387.671 681.78 351.690 751.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,491,382 2,305.923 646.76 2,091.899 712.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 71,055 96.308 737.78 87.370 813.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 672,877 787.656 854.28 714.550 941.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,293,050 945.598 1,367.44 857.833 1,507.34 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,295 1.190 1,927.77 1.080 2,125.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 923,803 690.650 1,337.58 626.548 1,474.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,293,833 76,127.641 752.60 69,061.854 829.60 Australia RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 102,410 143.212 715.09 129.920 788.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 302,079 458.207 659.26 415.679 726.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,051,234 15,965.574 441.65 14,483.730 486.84 New Zealand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,224,816 4,174.733 532.92 3,787.256 587.45 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 309,641 477.365 648.65 433.059 715.01 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 118,707 105.760 1,122.42 95.944 1,237.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,126,462 3,247.515 654.80 2,946.097 721.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,173,634 4,705.014 461.98 4,268.319 509.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,669,192 13,555.359 565.77 12,297.219 623.65 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 53,440 24.915 2,144.85 22.603 2,364.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,000 0.909 4,398.47 0.825 4,848.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,660 0.907 10,648.13 0.823 11,737.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,200 3.968 1,814.37 3.600 2,000.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 699,191 133.636 5,232.04 121.233 5,767.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,391 37.367 4,613.43 33.899 5,085.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 94,059 32.897 2,859.16 29.844 3,151.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 379,796 120.748 3,145.35 109.541 3,467.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,173,014 1,846.782 5,508.51 1,675.373 6,072.09 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,700 1.860 1,451.07 1.688 1,599.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,861 5.703 1,904.32 5.174 2,099.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,051 1.523 3,972.05 1.382 4,378.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,900,911 9,956.089 2,400.63 9,032.015 2,646.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,899,544 1,296.350 2,236.70 1,176.030 2,465.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,039,679 11,317.161 2,389.26 10,266.759 2,633.71 Costa Rica BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,694 85.997 635.99 78.016 701.06 Colombia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 58,275 4.216 13,821.23 3.825 15,235.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,275 4.216 13,821.23 3.825 15,235.29 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 77,642 10.678 7,271.15 9.687 8,015.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,002 4.705 2,550.49 4.269 2,811.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,361 38.964 3,422.63 35.348 3,772.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,211,131 1,826.046 2,306.15 1,656.562 2,542.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,447,752 1,881.848 2,363.50 1,707.185 2,605.31 Argentina STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 71,273 24.184 2,947.03 21.940 3,248.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,038,649 588.672 3,463.13 534.035 3,817.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,319 2.837 17,029.63 2.574 18,771.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 551,419 130.545 4,223.96 118.429 4,656.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,286,702 150.264 8,562.90 136.318 9,438.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,203,500 166.468 7,229.58 151.018 7,969.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,500 2.081 3,123.25 1.888 3,442.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,686,910 403.347 4,182.27 365.911 4,610.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,045,373 309.900 6,600.10 281.137 7,275.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,047,303 4,325.872 3,940.78 3,924.367 4,343.96 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 593,363 187.499 3,164.61 170.097 3,488.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,411,854 1,274.758 2,676.47 1,156.442 2,950.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 652,239 292.992 2,226.13 265.798 2,453.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,972,072 2,198.634 2,716.26 1,994.568 2,994.17 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,994 6.716 20,545.89 6.093 22,647.96 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,342,032 3,496.057 2,672.16 3,171.571 2,945.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,168,682 452.837 2,580.80 410.807 2,844.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 196,351 23.258 8,442.02 21.100 9,305.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 142,234 28.771 4,943.59 26.101 5,449.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 818,814 98.656 8,299.62 89.500 9,148.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 142,195 13.660 10,408.87 12.393 11,473.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 313,649 62.947 4,982.71 57.105 5,492.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 216,426 15.637 13,840.29 14.186 15,256.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 68,114 5.734 11,878.51 5.202 13,093.81 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,436 0.143 16,999.25 0.130 18,738.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 171,157 29.702 5,762.30 26.946 6,351.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,154,402 4,313.115 3,049.86 3,912.794 3,361.89 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,249 0.565 3,977.11 0.513 4,384.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,813 0.586 35,491.06 0.532 39,122.18 Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 173,190 29.795 5,812.63 27.030 6,407.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,947 0.877 7,917.35 0.796 8,727.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 102,290 15.544 6,580.34 14.102 7,253.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,543 58.784 6,099.33 53.328 6,723.35 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,665,632 1,218.174 3,830.02 1,105.110 4,221.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,137,681 705.055 3,031.93 639.616 3,342.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,781 2.243 4,806.07 2.035 5,297.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,702 1.786 3,191.10 1.621 3,517.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,789 1.652 15,002.14 1.499 16,537.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 418,631 124.973 3,349.76 113.374 3,692.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,713,055 1,281.397 2,897.66 1,162.465 3,194.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 618,602 122.625 5,044.64 111.244 5,560.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,603,306 3,460.183 3,353.38 3,139.027 3,696.47 France WIRE RODS..............................3 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,984,789 578.276 6,890.80 524.604 7,595.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 308,300 32.509 9,483.42 29.492 10,453.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,329,575 587.220 3,967.12 532.718 4,373.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,069,188 1,001.553 7,058.23 908.594 7,780.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 519,255 113.157 4,588.77 102.655 5,058.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,474,645 1,119.734 2,210.03 1,015.806 2,436.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,561,436 501.230 3,115.20 454.709 3,433.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,974,922 4,181.787 4,537.51 3,793.655 5,001.75 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,236,697 386.862 3,196.73 350.956 3,523.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 374,074 85.767 4,361.49 77.807 4,807.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,296,295 933.489 2,459.90 846.848 2,711.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,740,437 3,021.776 2,892.48 2,741.310 3,188.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 395,502 102.982 3,840.49 93.424 4,233.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,261,644 873.550 2,589.02 792.472 2,853.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 623,562 114.874 5,428.22 104.212 5,983.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 583,520 425.636 1,370.94 386.131 1,511.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,418,817 1,729.325 2,555.23 1,568.818 2,816.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 147,741 18.322 8,063.31 16.622 8,888.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 562,061 129.265 4,348.10 117.268 4,792.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,460,583 8,158.781 3,120.64 7,401.524 3,439.91 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 268,207 49.522 5,415.87 44.926 5,969.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,794,725 427.108 4,202.04 387.466 4,631.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 234,960 41.274 5,692.56 37.444 6,274.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,750,933 217.560 8,048.01 197.368 8,871.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,926 4.358 16,731.76 3.954 18,443.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 75,570 13.492 5,600.98 12.240 6,174.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,197,321 753.317 5,571.78 683.398 6,141.84 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,674 1.212 5,504.14 1.100 6,067.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,832 31.795 8,046.28 28.844 8,869.50 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 935,557 220.350 4,245.76 199.899 4,680.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,645,610 417.893 3,937.87 379.107 4,340.75 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,617 3.170 3,664.38 2.876 4,039.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 336,453 80.899 4,158.89 73.391 4,584.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,933 10.751 3,807.03 9.754 4,196.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 36,510 6.721 5,431.51 6.098 5,987.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,874,370 2,093.994 5,670.68 1,899.640 6,250.85 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,457,597 1,163.147 2,112.89 1,055.190 2,329.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,586,467 707.044 2,243.80 641.420 2,473.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,629 2.231 5,212.28 2.024 5,745.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 734,885 182.758 4,021.07 165.796 4,432.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 301,672 57.359 5,259.29 52.036 5,797.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,987,380 1,561.850 4,473.78 1,416.887 4,931.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 776,731 206.720 3,757.39 187.534 4,141.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 10,053 0.670 14,999.89 0.608 16,534.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,369,211 5,836.805 2,975.81 5,295.062 3,280.27 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 610,146 173.079 3,525.24 157.015 3,885.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 585,576 186.775 3,135.19 169.440 3,455.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,482,961 822.533 3,018.67 746.190 3,327.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,328,032 334.109 3,974.84 303.099 4,381.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,095,717 3,049.408 3,310.71 2,766.378 3,649.44 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 139,743 56.609 2,468.56 51.355 2,721.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 497,799 146.982 3,386.80 133.340 3,733.31 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,541 56.089 2,826.55 50.884 3,115.73 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,451 21.446 2,538.91 19.456 2,798.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 582,257 142.717 4,079.79 129.471 4,497.20 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 47,297 7.580 6,239.22 6.877 6,877.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 117,248 23.917 4,902.09 21.698 5,403.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 773,800 496.117 1,559.71 450.070 1,719.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 173,400 85.118 2,037.17 77.218 2,245.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,089 1.929 3,156.49 1.750 3,479.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,474,910 446.275 3,304.94 404.854 3,643.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,219,347 2,185.455 3,760.93 1,982.612 4,145.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,358,675 670.383 3,518.40 608.162 3,878.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 167,935 65.545 2,562.11 59.462 2,824.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,863,337 5,363.943 2,211.68 4,866.089 2,437.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 43,938 11.653 3,770.33 10.572 4,156.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,382,096 9,410.438 2,697.23 8,537.009 2,973.18 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 100,715 33.246 3,029.31 30.161 3,339.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 391,748 166.109 2,358.37 150.692 2,599.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 159,465 43.092 3,700.52 39.093 4,079.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,272,702 1,325.805 3,976.98 1,202.751 4,383.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,100,519 799.414 3,878.49 725.217 4,275.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,229,369 919.467 2,424.63 834.127 2,672.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 183,684 55.316 3,320.62 50.182 3,660.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,904,521 3,580.275 3,325.03 3,247.972 3,665.22 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 267,841 92.573 2,893.29 83.981 3,189.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 280,215 94.528 2,964.34 85.755 3,267.62 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,490 1.715 1,451.73 1.556 1,600.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 889,551 220.457 4,035.02 199.996 4,447.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,843,392 2,460.807 3,187.32 2,232.408 3,513.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,259,055 284.608 4,423.81 258.193 4,876.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,779,123 1,507.927 2,506.17 1,367.969 2,762.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 458,930 191.877 2,391.79 174.068 2,636.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,785,112 8,103.996 3,181.78 7,351.824 3,507.31 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,634 0.302 28,586.26 0.274 31,510.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,752 124.598 3,112.01 113.034 3,430.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,588 11.313 3,852.91 10.263 4,247.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,991,254 2,479.559 4,836.04 2,249.419 5,330.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 821,082 106.980 7,675.07 97.051 8,460.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,086,006 982.286 1,105.59 891.116 1,218.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 999,276 519.220 1,924.57 471.029 2,121.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 43,585 11.313 3,852.64 10.263 4,246.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,997,390 368.968 8,123.69 334.723 8,954.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,381,426 4,604.590 3,991.98 4,177.215 4,400.40 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 17,705 2.229 7,939.55 2.023 8,751.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 48,646 16.731 2,907.37 15.179 3,204.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,351 18.961 3,499.16 17.202 3,857.17 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,109,811 729.308 1,521.73 661.618 1,677.42 GRAND TOTAL 267,392,645 82,078.247 3,257.78 74,460.155 3,591.08