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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,087,364 2,963.362 366.94 2,688.318 404.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 24,216,667 29,550.300 819.51 26,807.589 903.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 37,651,197 73,425.653 512.78 66,610.651 565.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,230,219 29,025.041 593.63 26,331.082 654.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 46,462,723 63,381.313 733.07 57,498.576 808.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 12,126,207 15,032.103 806.69 13,636.899 889.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 42,039,785 72,456.414 580.21 65,731.372 639.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,525,822 7,537.414 998.46 6,837.829 1,100.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,895,236 86,414.044 831.99 78,393.524 917.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,278,835 1,544.817 4,711.78 1,401.435 5,193.84 Stainless Steel Bar 734,177 140.217 5,236.00 127.203 5,771.70 Stainless Steel Wire 172,391 37.367 4,613.43 33.899 5,085.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,885,259 385,319.757 700.42 349,556.302 772.08 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 82,529,128 200,693.124 411.22 182,065.791 453.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,274 20.896 539.52 18.957 594.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,026,563 23,681.000 423.40 21,483.048 466.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,831,004 17,127.366 515.61 15,537.690 568.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,495,662 20,041.224 872.98 18,181.098 962.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,553 7.371 889.01 6.687 979.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,979,645 27,972.659 499.76 25,376.377 550.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 302,648 601.469 503.18 545.644 554.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,588,160 26,888.739 840.06 24,393.061 926.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,840,917 1,344.496 2,113.00 1,219.707 2,329.18 Stainless Steel Bar 10,861 5.703 1,904.32 5.174 2,099.15 Stainless Steel Wire 6,051 0.024 249,517.11 0.022 275,045.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 164,888,201 334,315.801 493.21 303,286.279 543.67 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 797,247 1,185.360 672.58 1,075.341 741.39 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,339,681 3,125.856 428.58 2,835.730 472.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 242,152 559.153 433.07 507.256 477.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,587,075 3,698.982 429.06 3,355.661 472.95 Trinidad and Tobago IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 27,268 34.189 797.56 31.016 879.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,268 34.189 797.56 31.016 879.16 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 760,732 1,182.677 643.23 1,072.907 709.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,095,527 4,333.011 714.41 3,930.843 787.50 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,856 23.309 508.63 21.146 560.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 537,846 513.601 1,047.20 465.932 1,154.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,579 0.951 6,915.84 0.863 7,623.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 627,565 648.804 967.26 588.586 1,066.22 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 774,021 1,257.503 615.52 1,140.788 678.50 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 180,423 187.624 961.62 170.210 1,060.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 12,639,056 22,656.030 557.87 20,553.211 614.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,090,803 11,311.767 626.85 10,261.866 690.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,971,365 2,326.828 847.23 2,110.864 933.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 447,663 488.302 916.77 442.981 1,010.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 226,961 90.747 2,501.01 82.325 2,756.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,919,353 2,490.840 770.56 2,259.653 849.40 Stainless Steel Bar 145,363 43.670 3,328.65 39.617 3,669.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,982,235 45,959.394 587.09 41,693.673 647.15 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,414,785 10,262.980 625.04 9,310.422 688.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 978,680 1,922.090 509.17 1,743.692 561.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 197,491 352.332 560.52 319.631 617.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,449,471 24,253.795 513.30 22,002.679 565.82 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,696,207 5,546.101 1,387.68 5,031.340 1,529.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,904,447 3,694.055 786.25 3,351.192 866.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,938,124 4,836.663 814.22 4,387.749 897.53 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 633,033 204.464 3,096.06 185.487 3,412.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,091,960 292.164 3,737.49 265.047 4,119.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 471,156 387.884 1,214.68 351.883 1,338.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,200 6.375 1,913.50 5.784 2,109.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 166,333 5.659 29,391.27 5.134 32,398.32 Stainless Steel Bar 765,717 139.933 5,471.99 126.946 6,031.83 Stainless Steel Rod 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 Stainless Steel Wire 1,203,500 166.468 7,229.58 151.018 7,969.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,378,091 15,397.258 1,258.54 13,968.162 1,387.30 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,845 0.561 13,982.06 0.509 15,412.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,604,589 1,989.870 806.38 1,805.181 888.88 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,475,109 1,134.049 1,300.74 1,028.793 1,433.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,202,434 550.372 2,184.76 499.290 2,408.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 17,071 0.932 18,305.62 0.846 20,178.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,181,612 2,384.889 1,334.07 2,163.536 1,470.56 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 49,560 8.708 5,691.15 7.900 6,273.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,482 1.074 6,961.60 0.975 7,673.85 Stainless Steel Wire 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,814 15.935 11,723.50 14.456 12,922.94 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,478,709 4,683.685 315.71 4,248.969 348.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 195,479 246.896 791.74 223.981 872.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 64,662 97.246 664.93 88.221 732.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,116,068 472.190 2,363.60 428.364 2,605.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,141,610 2,259.786 947.70 2,050.044 1,044.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,547,086 8,241.482 794.41 7,476.549 875.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,949,171 3,040.388 1,298.90 2,758.195 1,431.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,429,451 1,425.874 1,002.51 1,293.532 1,105.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 273,422 39.203 6,974.39 35.565 7,687.95 Stainless Steel Bar 964,095 116.587 8,269.32 105.766 9,115.36 Stainless Steel Rod 1,199,428 464.561 2,581.85 421.443 2,846.00 Stainless Steel Wire 1,176,985 62.708 18,769.22 56.888 20,689.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,621,096 21,259.345 969.98 19,286.159 1,069.22 Ireland IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 52,823 9.721 5,433.75 8.819 5,989.68 Stainless Steel Wire 2,249 0.002 1,020,129.53 0.002 1,124,500.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,072 9.723 5,663.81 8.821 6,243.28 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,187,522 9,642.732 434.27 8,747.742 478.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,019,646 1,754.863 581.04 1,591.986 640.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 786,135 1,005.749 781.64 912.401 861.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,807,204 2,037.883 886.80 1,848.737 977.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 847,094 568.174 1,490.91 515.439 1,643.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,997 0.974 11,285.42 0.884 12,440.05 Stainless Steel Bar 198,385 38.085 5,208.88 34.551 5,741.80 Stainless Steel Wire 6,947 0.877 7,917.35 0.796 8,727.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,863,930 15,049.340 588.99 13,652.536 649.25 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,939,467 4,681.446 1,482.33 4,246.938 1,633.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 313,887 566.463 554.12 513.887 610.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 607,082 968.854 626.60 878.930 690.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,774,605 1,767.223 1,004.18 1,603.199 1,106.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 46,820 49.603 943.88 45.000 1,040.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 37,732 18.161 2,077.56 16.476 2,290.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 170,258 63.085 2,698.86 57.230 2,974.98 Stainless Steel Bar 14,135 4.060 3,480.74 3.684 3,836.86 Stainless Steel Wire 24,789 1.652 15,002.14 1.499 16,537.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,928,775 8,120.552 1,222.67 7,366.843 1,347.77 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,075,120 2,925.536 709.31 2,654.003 781.88 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,380,884 593.823 2,325.41 538.708 2,563.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,013,966 19,022.122 579.01 17,256.584 638.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,186,546 390.371 3,039.53 354.139 3,350.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,461,934 3,580.842 966.79 3,248.487 1,065.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,901,045 8,796.608 670.83 7,980.151 739.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,356,063 1,056.289 1,283.80 958.250 1,415.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,419,884 2,294.556 1,490.43 2,081.587 1,642.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 40,040 10.810 3,703.85 9.807 4,082.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 807,725 334.739 2,412.99 303.671 2,659.87 Stainless Steel Bar 2,525,678 610.862 4,134.61 554.165 4,557.63 Stainless Steel Rod 839,931 256.972 3,268.56 233.122 3,602.97 Stainless Steel Wire 519,255 113.157 4,588.77 102.655 5,058.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,452,951 37,061.157 875.66 33,621.326 965.25 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 835,296 801.556 1,042.09 727.160 1,148.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,716,842 4,005.188 1,177.68 3,633.447 1,298.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,927,521 3,192.245 603.81 2,895.957 665.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,679,761 4,279.983 1,327.05 3,882.737 1,462.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,301,053 19,029.869 646.41 17,263.612 712.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,224,399 10,688.768 582.33 9,696.690 641.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,927,079 4,597.832 854.12 4,171.085 941.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,039,328 3,649.588 1,106.79 3,310.852 1,220.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,397,233 1,286.018 1,864.07 1,166.657 2,054.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,147,933 269.867 4,253.69 244.820 4,688.89 Stainless Steel Bar 2,813,351 999.858 2,813.75 907.057 3,101.63 Stainless Steel Rod 374,074 85.767 4,361.49 77.807 4,807.72 Stainless Steel Wire 623,562 114.874 5,428.22 104.212 5,983.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,038,251 59,079.179 830.04 53,595.745 914.97 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 619,020 507.851 1,218.90 460.715 1,343.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,477,329 2,010.733 734.72 1,824.107 809.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 556,715 94.224 5,908.39 85.479 6,512.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,993,873 1,054.284 2,839.72 956.431 3,130.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 645,859 164.651 3,922.59 149.369 4,323.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 209,601 120.846 1,734.44 109.630 1,911.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 441,102 119.879 3,679.54 108.753 4,056.00 Stainless Steel Bar 2,003,583 466.746 4,292.66 423.425 4,731.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,947,082 4,539.216 1,971.06 4,117.909 2,172.72 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 199,548 187.065 1,066.73 169.703 1,175.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 29,758 0.207 143,595.80 0.188 158,287.23 Stainless Steel Bar 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Stainless Steel Wire 6,674 1.212 5,504.14 1.100 6,067.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,713 208.395 1,582.15 189.053 1,744.02 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 418,453 164.533 2,543.27 149.262 2,803.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 20,938 12.835 1,631.28 11.644 1,798.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,018,354 794.710 2,539.74 720.949 2,799.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 113,428 10.023 11,316.42 9.093 12,474.21 Stainless Steel Bar 863,819 206.476 4,183.63 187.312 4,611.66 Stainless Steel Wire 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,896,557 1,277.984 3,048.99 1,159.368 3,360.93 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,775,642 11,992.197 398.23 10,879.142 438.97 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 31,608 11.904 2,655.03 10.800 2,926.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 727,115 445.547 1,631.96 404.194 1,798.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 15,574 17.631 883.31 15.995 973.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 774,297 475.083 1,629.81 430.989 1,796.56 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 43,650,269 101,619.428 429.55 92,187.621 473.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,305,252 11,804.791 449.42 10,709.130 495.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 814,520 1,028.963 791.59 933.460 872.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,001,491 2,466.630 811.43 2,237.690 894.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 395,659 667.900 592.39 605.909 653.00 Stainless Steel Bar 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,397,396 119,408.890 447.18 108,325.954 492.93 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 36,985 35.033 1,055.70 31.782 1,163.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 174,735 223.602 781.45 202.849 861.40 Stainless Steel Bar 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 975,929 552.732 1,765.64 501.431 1,946.29 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 841,279 1,537.172 547.29 1,394.500 603.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,806,249 4,882.509 574.76 4,429.339 633.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,864,012 17,417.070 508.93 15,800.505 561.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,281,072 1,170.309 1,094.64 1,061.687 1,206.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,865 11.981 1,824.97 10.869 2,011.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 564,830 309.302 1,826.14 280.595 2,012.97 Stainless Steel Bar 125,897 13.910 9,050.79 12.619 9,976.78 Stainless Steel Wire 336,453 80.899 4,158.89 73.391 4,584.39 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,944,750 25,495.894 586.16 23,129.493 646.13 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,471 1.190 9,635.48 1.080 10,621.30 Stainless Steel Bar 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 288,158 78.990 3,648.01 71.659 4,021.24 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 313,230 651.465 480.81 591.000 530.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 37,029 34.985 1,058.42 31.738 1,166.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 177,878 162.045 1,097.71 147.005 1,210.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,403,694 1,461.031 960.76 1,325.426 1,059.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 497,634 401.106 1,240.65 363.878 1,367.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 699,773 467.138 1,498.00 423.781 1,651.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,903,109 783.316 3,706.18 710.613 4,085.36 Stainless Steel Bar 7,953,599 1,791.506 4,439.61 1,625.228 4,893.84 Stainless Steel Rod 1,472,297 695.407 2,117.17 630.863 2,333.78 Stainless Steel Wire 776,731 206.720 3,757.39 187.534 4,141.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,234,974 6,654.724 2,439.62 6,037.066 2,689.22 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,703,095 11,106.413 603.53 10,075.572 665.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,302 15.013 952.61 13.620 1,050.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 67,365 19.327 3,485.37 17.534 3,841.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,466,624 2,427.611 604.14 2,202.293 665.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 302,326 142.262 2,125.13 129.058 2,342.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,886,410 29,359.114 507.05 26,634.148 558.92 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 115,170 199.699 576.72 181.164 635.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,580,583 3,712.883 425.70 3,368.272 469.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,357,660 17,152.367 603.86 15,560.370 665.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,679,724 41,651.439 472.49 37,785.561 520.83 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 171,479 89.126 1,924.00 80.854 2,120.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 598,199 169.010 3,539.41 153.324 3,901.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 769,678 258.136 2,981.66 234.178 3,286.72 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates Stainless Steel Bar 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 597,642 772.020 774.13 700.365 853.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,944,947 30,316.328 657.89 27,502.518 725.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 133,178 169.213 787.04 153.508 867.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,034,297 2,615.056 777.92 2,372.340 857.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,135,003 2,340.911 1,339.22 2,123.640 1,476.24 Stainless Steel Bar 6,140,197 1,980.740 3,099.95 1,796.898 3,417.11 Stainless Steel Wire 2,482,961 822.533 3,018.67 746.190 3,327.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,468,225 39,016.803 883.42 35,395.459 973.80 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,036,556 3,828.460 531.95 3,473.122 586.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 22,021 6.186 3,559.72 5.612 3,923.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,031,670 576.945 1,788.16 523.396 1,971.11 Stainless Steel Wire 139,743 56.609 2,468.56 51.355 2,721.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,746,273 23,675.397 665.09 21,477.965 733.14 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 86,978 54.953 1,582.76 49.853 1,744.69 Stainless Steel Wire 105,871 37.279 2,839.96 33.819 3,130.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 192,849 92.232 2,090.90 83.672 2,304.82 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,250,819 7,880.983 539.38 7,149.510 594.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,377,458 1,015.519 1,356.41 921.264 1,495.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,767,770 9,172.593 628.80 8,321.239 693.14 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 208,408 27.498 7,578.95 24.946 8,354.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,221 53.977 4,116.88 48.968 4,538.09 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,475,431 2,663.742 553.89 2,416.507 610.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,755,471 7,524.387 632.01 6,826.011 696.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,303,768 1,311.752 993.91 1,190.002 1,095.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 343,009 592.031 579.38 537.082 638.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 23,234,656 39,206.132 592.63 35,567.215 653.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,652,353 3,469.581 1,917.34 3,147.552 2,113.50 Stainless Steel Bar 1,654,399 533.322 3,102.06 483.822 3,419.44 Stainless Steel Rod 773,800 496.117 1,559.71 450.070 1,719.29 Stainless Steel Wire 2,358,675 670.383 3,518.40 608.162 3,878.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,551,562 56,467.449 753.56 51,226.423 830.66 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,673,351 1,977.542 846.18 1,793.997 932.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 28,470,779 60,420.664 471.21 54,812.720 519.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,750,678 2,491.126 702.77 2,259.913 774.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,232,724 21,056.189 865.91 19,101.859 954.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,526,400 3,946.536 893.54 3,580.239 984.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 203,489 187.768 1,083.72 170.341 1,194.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,819,480 14,139.280 765.21 12,826.943 843.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,620,759 867.879 3,019.73 787.327 3,328.68 Stainless Steel Bar 548,416 208.400 2,631.55 189.058 2,900.78 Stainless Steel Rod 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Stainless Steel Wire 3,100,519 799.414 3,878.49 725.217 4,275.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,412,914 106,332.626 671.60 96,463.363 740.31 Hong Kong Stainless Steel Bar 6,098 0.595 10,244.47 0.540 11,292.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,098 0.595 10,244.47 0.540 11,292.59 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 159,686 145.907 1,094.43 132.365 1,206.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 21,834,175 25,749.173 847.96 23,359.264 934.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 116,234 24.276 4,787.98 22.023 5,277.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 96,475 83.220 1,159.28 75.496 1,277.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,719,336 972.064 1,768.75 881.842 1,949.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,463,297 421.062 3,475.25 381.982 3,830.80 Stainless Steel Bar 8,650,820 2,659.755 3,252.49 2,412.890 3,585.25 Stainless Steel Rod 3,762,441 1,194.652 3,149.40 1,083.771 3,471.62 Stainless Steel Wire 1,199,325 270.061 4,440.93 244.996 4,895.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,227,059 31,719.626 1,236.68 28,775.569 1,363.21 Japan IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,060,926 2,092.458 984.93 1,898.247 1,085.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,101,401 6,042.219 678.79 5,481.411 748.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 9,275,543 11,516.195 805.43 10,447.320 887.84 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,166,177 3,483.516 1,195.97 3,160.194 1,318.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,299,480 2,848.818 807.17 2,584.405 889.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,004,516 17,616.541 794.96 15,981.462 876.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 392,372 273.518 1,434.53 248.132 1,581.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,850,285 15,582.199 1,081.38 14,135.938 1,192.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,267,005 472.845 4,794.39 428.958 5,284.91 Stainless Steel Bar 46,447 11.360 4,088.49 10.306 4,506.79 Stainless Steel Wire 821,082 106.980 7,675.07 97.051 8,460.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,342,742 74,157.008 827.20 67,274.125 911.83 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,802,260 15,617.686 435.55 14,168.131 480.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 35,875 68.287 525.36 61.949 579.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 32,760 43.629 750.87 39.580 827.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 274,679 34.212 8,028.63 31.037 8,850.05 Stainless Steel Wire 48,646 16.731 2,907.37 15.179 3,204.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,232,452 15,813.503 457.36 14,345.773 504.15 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,856,896 3,528.370 526.28 3,200.885 580.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,037 0.876 4,606.67 0.795 5,077.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,228,853 4,175.610 533.78 3,788.051 588.39 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 32,048 103.767 308.85 94.136 340.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,048 103.767 308.85 94.136 340.44 South Africa Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 310,765 168.739 1,841.68 153.078 2,030.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,642,230 2,634.725 623.30 2,390.183 687.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,061,188 2,948.449 699.08 2,674.789 770.60 GRAND TOTAL 1,052,786,023 1,572,440.534 669.52 1,426,494.459 738.02