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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 Brazil 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 United Kingdom 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 Belgium 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 Austria 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 Italy 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 India 14,048 3.980 3,529.25 3.611 3,890.34 China 7,570 10.471 722.88 9.500 796.84 Taiwan 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,597,107 3,910.409 1,175.61 3,547.465 1,295.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,638,894 9,330.102 390.02 8,464.129 429.92 Mexico 82,531,828 200,694.984 411.23 182,067.479 453.30 Costa Rica 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Brazil 1,019,251 793.927 1,283.81 720.239 1,415.16 Sweden 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 United Kingdom 11,296,219 9,219.939 1,225.19 8,364.191 1,350.55 Belgium 224,948 316.142 711.54 286.800 784.34 France 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 Federal Republic of Germany 13,975,112 27,393.209 510.17 24,850.709 562.36 Russia 44,939,410 103,341.646 434.86 93,749.991 479.35 Belarus 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 Ukraine 38,109 19.698 1,934.63 17.870 2,132.57 Spain 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 Italy 6,229,186 2,414.607 2,579.79 2,190.496 2,843.73 India 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 China 138,129 99.456 1,388.85 90.225 1,530.94 Taiwan 8,290 1.850 4,479.19 1.679 4,937.46 Japan 12,582 0.844 14,901.05 0.766 16,425.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 177,577,636 360,253.088 492.92 326,816.197 543.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 Mexico 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 Venezuela 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 Brazil 6,215,983 9,781.754 635.47 8,873.861 700.48 Argentina 307,174 1,045.582 293.78 948.537 323.84 Sweden 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 United Kingdom 5,746,840 10,479.722 548.38 9,507.047 604.48 Belgium 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 Federal Republic of Germany 5,929,886 14,036.596 422.46 12,733.790 465.68 Czech Republic 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 Poland 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 Russia 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 Spain 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 Italy 2,791,278 4,037.769 691.29 3,663.004 762.02 Turkey 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 Thailand 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 Malaysia 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 Indonesia 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 China 14,731,497 35,859.628 410.81 32,531.317 452.84 Korea, South 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Taiwan 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 Japan 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 South Africa 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,296,495 166,134.920 513.42 150,715.107 565.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,955,107 11,836.072 587.62 10,737.507 647.74 Mexico 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 Brazil 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 Argentina 23,643 57.348 412.27 52.026 454.45 Sweden 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 Norway 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 United Kingdom 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 Netherlands 72,129 2.943 24,507.25 2.670 27,014.61 Luxembourg 4,725,288 7,787.380 606.79 7,064.595 668.87 France 88,091 42.969 2,050.10 38.981 2,259.84 Federal Republic of Germany 1,100,450 1,522.790 722.65 1,381.453 796.59 Poland 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 Russia 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 Spain 4,124,195 11,474.070 359.44 10,409.105 396.21 Italy 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 Turkey 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 India 593,733 182.833 3,247.39 165.864 3,579.64 Korea, South 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 Japan 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,845,008 48,401.233 533.97 43,908.873 588.61 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 United Kingdom 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 Luxembourg 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 Federal Republic of Germany 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,775,611 11,665.596 752.26 10,582.854 829.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 24,122,172 29,499.038 817.73 26,761.085 901.39 Mexico 11,274 20.896 539.52 18.957 594.71 Brazil 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 Sweden 7,222,545 4,985.456 1,448.72 4,522.731 1,596.94 Norway 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 Finland 2,068,472 1,321.549 1,565.19 1,198.890 1,725.32 United Kingdom 170,089 241.968 702.94 219.510 774.86 Belgium 10,200,356 4,392.035 2,322.47 3,984.389 2,560.08 France 5,365,673 1,172.100 4,577.83 1,063.312 5,046.19 Federal Republic of Germany 7,013,137 4,938.678 1,420.04 4,480.295 1,565.33 Austria 887,227 557.373 1,591.80 505.641 1,754.66 Russia 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Spain 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Italy 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 Romania 6,703,095 11,106.413 603.53 10,075.572 665.28 Turkey 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Thailand 2,036,556 3,828.460 531.95 3,473.122 586.38 Malaysia 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Indonesia 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 Korea, South 1,119,699 1,801.162 621.65 1,633.988 685.26 Taiwan 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 Japan 2,448,678 2,217.057 1,104.47 2,011.281 1,217.47 Australia 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 New Zealand 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 South Africa 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,288,737 67,817.929 1,065.92 61,523.408 1,174.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,460,967 30,403.342 508.53 27,581.456 560.56 Mexico 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 Sweden 2,065,624 625.247 3,303.69 567.215 3,641.69 Netherlands 395,885 1,011.877 391.24 917.960 431.27 Belgium 2,263,856 953.428 2,374.44 864.936 2,617.37 France 3,992,578 7,418.432 538.20 6,729.891 593.26 Federal Republic of Germany 10,085,647 5,413.701 1,862.99 4,911.229 2,053.59 Russia 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 Spain 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 Turkey 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 Malaysia 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 China 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 Japan 604,170 933.142 647.46 846.533 713.70 New Zealand 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 Egypt 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 South Africa 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 42,920,675 64,290.545 667.60 58,323.418 735.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 Luxembourg 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 France 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 Federal Republic of Germany 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 Austria 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 Spain 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 Japan 10,975,843 16,465.476 666.60 14,937.233 734.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,514,558 17,875.778 700.08 16,216.638 771.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 Spain 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 China 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 Korea, South 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 Japan 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,358,525 1,759.982 771.90 1,596.630 850.87 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 Brazil 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 India 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 China 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 Australia 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 583,607 1,256.829 464.35 1,140.177 511.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,716,664 58,529.567 576.06 53,097.145 635.00 Mexico 6,696,136 14,237.893 470.30 12,916.403 518.42 Trinidad and Tobago 27,268 34.189 797.56 31.016 879.16 Brazil 381,825 319.490 1,195.11 289.837 1,317.38 Argentina 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 Sweden 1,118,020 271.188 4,122.67 246.018 4,544.46 United Kingdom 6,016,557 7,604.881 791.14 6,899.034 872.09 Netherlands 539,458 280.055 1,926.26 254.062 2,123.33 Belgium 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 France 1,015,565 462.573 2,195.47 419.640 2,420.09 Federal Republic of Germany 3,038,578 3,459.685 878.28 3,138.575 968.14 Austria 1,984,637 478.285 4,149.49 433.893 4,574.02 Czech Republic 199,548 187.065 1,066.73 169.703 1,175.87 Switzerland 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 Latvia 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 Russia 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Belarus 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine 36,985 35.033 1,055.70 31.782 1,163.71 Spain 4,800,912 6,099.686 787.08 5,533.544 867.60 Portugal 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy 923,333 330.524 2,793.54 299.847 3,079.35 Romania 14,302 15.013 952.61 13.620 1,050.07 Turkey 1,284,947 2,951.554 435.35 2,677.606 479.89 India 718,754 355.989 2,019.03 322.948 2,225.60 China 1,333,080 1,203.001 1,108.13 1,091.345 1,221.50 Korea, South 3,650,871 3,822.317 955.15 3,467.549 1,052.87 Taiwan 991,120 238.570 4,154.40 216.428 4,579.44 Japan 8,765,892 12,177.422 719.85 11,047.175 793.50 South Africa 310,765 168.739 1,841.68 153.078 2,030.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,042,213 127,041.810 653.66 115,250.424 720.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,061,810 9,996.199 506.37 9,068.402 558.18 Mexico 3,283,015 6,951.057 472.30 6,305.895 520.63 Brazil 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 Sweden 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 Switzerland 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 Spain 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 Italy 731,698 634.743 1,152.75 575.830 1,270.68 Turkey 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 India 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 China 21,039 22.542 933.31 20.450 1,028.80 Korea, South 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 Japan 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,144,020 18,798.613 539.62 17,053.820 594.82 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Mexico 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Dominican Republic 1,339,681 3,125.856 428.58 2,835.730 472.43 Brazil 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Argentina 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Romania 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Turkey 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Thailand 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 Japan 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,902,608 90,477.906 374.71 82,080.199 413.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,232,119 7,673.229 1,072.84 6,961.039 1,182.60 Mexico 175,396 515.512 340.24 467.665 375.05 Colombia 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Brazil 360,322 129.712 2,777.86 117.673 3,062.06 Sweden 600,525 156.948 3,826.26 142.381 4,217.73 United Kingdom 4,418,492 2,966.529 1,489.45 2,691.191 1,641.84 Netherlands 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 Belgium 52,522 51.390 1,022.01 46.621 1,126.57 France 5,731,426 2,863.048 2,001.86 2,597.315 2,206.67 Federal Republic of Germany 6,300,972 4,523.139 1,393.05 4,103.324 1,535.58 Austria 362,506 111.203 3,259.85 100.882 3,593.37 Czech Republic 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Switzerland 878,028 212.644 4,129.09 192.908 4,551.54 Latvia 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 Poland 727,115 445.547 1,631.96 404.194 1,798.93 Russia 2,069,503 2,514.866 822.91 2,281.449 907.10 Ukraine 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 Spain 1,131,361 1,047.801 1,079.75 950.550 1,190.22 Italy 7,494,405 1,969.611 3,805.02 1,786.802 4,194.31 Slovenia 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Romania 67,365 19.327 3,485.37 17.534 3,841.96 Saudi Arabia 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 India 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 China 1,817,919 1,038.306 1,750.85 941.936 1,929.98 Korea, South 360,157 230.060 1,565.49 208.707 1,725.66 Taiwan 7,921,868 2,539.644 3,119.28 2,303.927 3,438.42 Japan 392,372 273.518 1,434.53 248.132 1,581.30 South Africa 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,224,805 31,700.897 1,742.06 28,758.579 1,920.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 836,904 544.585 1,536.77 494.040 1,694.00 Mexico 177,400 112.920 1,571.01 102.440 1,731.75 Colombia 184,262 21.017 8,766.97 19.067 9,663.92 Brazil 4,087,488 1,039.378 3,932.63 942.909 4,334.98 Sweden 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 United Kingdom 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 Netherlands 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 Belgium 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 France 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,232,634 1,392.132 3,040.40 1,262.922 3,351.46 Austria 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 Czech Republic 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 Poland 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 Russia 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 Spain 360,649 218.684 1,649.18 198.387 1,817.91 Italy 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 Slovenia 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 China 7,560,164 2,594.144 2,914.32 2,353.369 3,212.49 Korea, South 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 Taiwan 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 Japan 6,100,810 5,572.270 1,094.85 5,055.080 1,206.87 Australia 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,558,036 18,462.875 2,359.22 16,749.244 2,600.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,820,745 35,864.561 775.72 32,535.792 855.08 Mexico 5,564,487 7,010.940 793.69 6,360.220 874.89 Guatemala 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 Dominican Republic 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 Colombia 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 Venezuela 537,846 513.601 1,047.20 465.932 1,154.34 Ecuador 73,468 65.729 1,117.73 59.629 1,232.09 Chile 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 Brazil 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 Argentina 553,194 558.008 991.37 506.217 1,092.80 Sweden 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 United Kingdom 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 Netherlands 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 France 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,475,778 1,738.520 1,424.07 1,577.160 1,569.77 Slovakia 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 Ukraine 382,665 507.117 754.59 460.049 831.79 Spain 938,187 569.865 1,646.33 516.973 1,814.77 Italy 297,624 200.281 1,486.03 181.692 1,638.07 Romania 3,163,363 3,642.985 868.34 3,304.862 957.18 Turkey 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 Oman 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India 1,582,953 2,318.376 682.79 2,103.196 752.64 Thailand 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 China 19,376,924 33,076.148 585.83 30,006.186 645.76 Korea, South 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 Taiwan 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 Japan 1,828,695 1,181.452 1,547.84 1,071.796 1,706.20 South Africa 2,461,088 3,676.017 669.50 3,334.828 738.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,599,194 127,497.294 718.44 115,663.633 791.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 9,055,258 7,615.143 1,189.11 6,908.344 1,310.77 Mexico 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 Venezuela 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 Brazil 4,351,349 4,290.927 1,014.08 3,892.665 1,117.83 Argentina 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 Sweden 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 Norway 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 Denmark 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 United Kingdom 654,934 437.363 1,497.46 396.770 1,650.66 France 1,138,805 746.079 1,526.39 676.832 1,682.55 Federal Republic of Germany 27,391,402 21,159.931 1,294.49 19,195.972 1,426.93 Austria 26,737,726 21,356.527 1,251.97 19,374.321 1,380.06 Russia 4,906,015 6,652.062 737.52 6,034.651 812.97 Spain 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 Italy 12,163 3.802 3,198.29 3.450 3,525.51 Romania 4,534,196 3,630.467 1,248.93 3,293.506 1,376.71 Turkey 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 India 660,151 603.187 1,094.44 547.203 1,206.41 China 51,470,101 57,891.770 889.07 52,518.546 980.04 Korea, South 23,828,368 28,560.475 834.31 25,909.635 919.67 Taiwan 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 Japan 16,522,292 5,288.063 3,124.45 4,797.252 3,444.12 South Africa 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,593,427 185,706.756 1,064.01 168,470.383 1,172.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 United Kingdom 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 Federal Republic of Germany 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 Poland 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 Russia 395,659 667.900 592.39 605.909 653.00 Italy 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 China 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 Korea, South 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 Taiwan 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 Japan 13,080,630 13,125.917 996.55 11,907.635 1,098.51 South Africa 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,417,617 37,065.852 928.55 33,625.585 1,023.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 323,320 192.439 1,680.11 174.578 1,852.01 Mexico 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 Brazil 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 Argentina 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 United Kingdom 59,508 13.664 4,355.01 12.396 4,800.58 France 891,012 789.569 1,128.48 716.286 1,243.93 Federal Republic of Germany 3,776,063 2,249.993 1,678.26 2,041.160 1,849.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 Czech Republic 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 Slovakia 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 Poland 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 Russia 2,107,718 2,689.238 783.76 2,439.637 863.95 Ukraine 3,423,071 3,388.248 1,010.28 3,073.768 1,113.64 Italy 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 Romania 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 Turkey 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 China 4,479,207 6,050.587 740.29 5,489.002 816.03 Korea, South 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 Taiwan 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 Australia 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,067,504 29,949.835 937.15 27,170.041 1,033.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 739,869 400.778 1,846.08 363.580 2,034.96 Mexico 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 Brazil 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 United Kingdom 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 Netherlands 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 Turkey 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 China 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 Korea, South 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 Taiwan 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 Japan 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 South Africa 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,570,016 18,440.275 735.89 16,728.741 811.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,759,519 11,322.241 1,038.62 10,271.368 1,144.88 Mexico 14,879,824 18,474.511 805.42 16,759.800 887.83 Dominican Republic 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 Colombia 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 Brazil 2,532,889 2,555.910 990.99 2,318.684 1,092.38 Argentina 1,346,011 849.504 1,584.47 770.658 1,746.57 Sweden 314,513 189.681 1,658.11 172.076 1,827.76 Finland 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 United Kingdom 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 Netherlands 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 Belgium 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 France 1,154,429 683.408 1,689.22 619.978 1,862.05 Federal Republic of Germany 7,174,281 4,161.017 1,724.16 3,774.813 1,900.57 Austria 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 Czech Republic 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 Slovakia 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 2,038,903 804.603 2,534.05 729.924 2,793.31 Poland 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 Russia 13,791 16.474 837.14 14.945 922.78 Ukraine 99,901 116.021 861.06 105.253 949.15 Spain 1,334,499 850.484 1,569.10 771.547 1,729.64 Italy 2,217,202 1,272.159 1,742.86 1,154.084 1,921.18 Romania 1,209,759 849.635 1,423.86 770.777 1,569.53 Turkey 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 Israel 30,000 0.185 161,997.32 0.168 178,571.43 Saudi Arabia 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 India 1,560,418 1,168.521 1,335.38 1,060.065 1,472.00 China 4,796,389 5,136.297 933.82 4,659.572 1,029.36 Korea, South 2,880,297 3,654.311 788.19 3,315.137 868.83 Taiwan 513,414 480.527 1,068.44 435.927 1,177.75 Japan 7,197,725 3,337.452 2,156.65 3,027.687 2,377.30 Australia 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,300,830 59,312.909 1,117.81 53,807.782 1,232.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 Mexico 611,848 319.040 1,917.77 289.429 2,113.98 Brazil 211,370 130.886 1,614.91 118.738 1,780.14 Argentina 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 Sweden 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 United Kingdom 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 France 1,848,247 956.893 1,931.51 868.079 2,129.12 Federal Republic of Germany 6,954,098 3,357.813 2,071.02 3,046.158 2,282.91 Slovakia 1,321,450 737.804 1,791.06 669.325 1,974.30 Poland 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 Russia 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 Ukraine 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 Spain 535,459 199.879 2,678.90 181.328 2,952.99 Italy 2,015,739 881.083 2,287.79 799.306 2,521.86 Romania 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 India 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 China 127,654 76.473 1,669.25 69.376 1,840.03 Japan 819,137 407.306 2,011.11 369.502 2,216.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,880,423 8,356.818 2,019.96 7,581.180 2,226.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 Mexico 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 Brazil 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 Argentina 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 Sweden 1,281,132 150.165 8,531.46 136.228 9,404.32 Finland 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 United Kingdom 132,165 10.269 12,870.13 9.316 14,186.88 Ireland 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 Netherlands 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 France 7,035,716 1,001.501 7,025.17 908.547 7,743.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 Austria 1,746,643 216.537 8,066.22 196.440 8,891.48 Czech Republic 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 Switzerland 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 Spain 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 Italy 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 India 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 Thailand 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 Malaysia 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 Singapore 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 China 8,095,303 2,164.094 3,740.73 1,963.234 4,123.45 Korea, South 5,109,262 1,316.207 3,881.80 1,194.044 4,278.96 Hong Kong 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 Taiwan 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 Japan 11,973,003 2,478.820 4,830.12 2,248.749 5,324.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,903,901 12,851.605 5,205.88 11,658.784 5,738.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,394,643 843.390 2,839.31 765.111 3,129.80 Mexico 384,409 218.185 1,761.84 197.935 1,942.10 Denmark 49,560 8.708 5,691.15 7.900 6,273.42 United Kingdom 203,360 10.043 20,248.62 9.111 22,320.27 Belgium 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 France 36,238 2.902 12,485.59 2.633 13,763.01 Federal Republic of Germany 163,144 116.900 1,395.58 106.050 1,538.37 Italy 34,874 13.731 2,539.71 12.457 2,799.55 India 41,560 32.674 1,271.93 29.642 1,402.06 China 43,446 8.068 5,384.37 7.320 5,935.25 Taiwan 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 Japan 349,205 114.375 3,053.14 103.760 3,365.51 South Africa 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,712,064 1,369.709 2,710.11 1,242.580 2,987.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,279,376 28,077.358 757.88 25,471.358 835.42 Mexico 5,491,550 4,064.232 1,351.19 3,687.011 1,489.43 Brazil 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 Finland 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 United Kingdom 5,327 2.770 1,923.03 2.513 2,119.78 Belgium 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 Federal Republic of Germany 297,183 164.772 1,803.60 149.479 1,988.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 110,728 68.326 1,620.57 61.985 1,786.37 Ukraine 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 Italy 111,757 43.167 2,588.91 39.161 2,853.78 Turkey 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 China 2,395,112 3,881.399 617.07 3,521.147 680.21 Korea, South 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 Taiwan 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 Japan 178,575 130.295 1,370.54 118.202 1,510.76 Australia 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 South Africa 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,779,624 45,894.753 801.39 41,635.032 883.38 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 158,619 166.691 951.57 151.220 1,048.93 Mexico 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 China 13,034 18.956 687.58 17.197 757.92 Korea, South 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 Japan 524,376 684.402 766.18 620.880 844.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 876,777 1,040.877 842.34 944.268 928.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,055,340 20,218.146 843.57 18,341.599 929.87 Mexico 9,027,043 10,121.774 891.84 9,182.322 983.09 Dominican Republic 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 Trinidad and Tobago 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 Colombia 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 Venezuela 716,447 888.354 806.49 805.902 889.00 Ecuador 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 Chile 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 Brazil 709,940 979.073 725.11 888.201 799.30 Argentina 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 Sweden 1,415,244 240.399 5,887.05 218.087 6,489.36 Denmark 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 United Kingdom 1,602,984 372.024 4,308.81 337.495 4,749.65 Ireland 7,709 4.163 1,851.60 3.777 2,041.04 Netherlands 109,501 71.129 1,539.45 64.528 1,696.95 Belgium 766,753 545.210 1,406.34 494.607 1,550.23 Luxembourg 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 France 1,631,097 671.167 2,430.24 608.873 2,678.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,257,023 1,146.489 1,968.64 1,040.078 2,170.05 Austria 442,946 102.597 4,317.31 93.075 4,759.02 Czech Republic 101,361 78.582 1,289.86 71.289 1,421.83 Switzerland 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 Poland 901,192 906.555 994.08 822.414 1,095.79 Russia 132,950 398.455 333.66 361.473 367.80 Belarus 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Moldova 946,073 1,201.204 787.60 1,089.715 868.18 Spain 394,667 159.003 2,482.12 144.246 2,736.07 Italy 3,979,802 2,825.026 1,408.77 2,562.822 1,552.90 Greece 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Turkey 50,810 43.356 1,171.92 39.332 1,291.82 Israel 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 India 2,928,639 1,457.681 2,009.11 1,322.387 2,214.66 Thailand 278,820 182.801 1,525.26 165.835 1,681.31 Vietnam 105,871 37.279 2,839.96 33.819 3,130.52 Malaysia 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 Indonesia 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 China 8,817,186 9,968.580 884.50 9,043.347 974.99 Korea, South 7,063,380 4,083.224 1,729.85 3,704.240 1,906.84 Taiwan 2,141,936 1,214.608 1,763.48 1,101.875 1,943.90 Japan 7,040,026 6,026.379 1,168.20 5,467.041 1,287.72 Australia 151,056 159.944 944.43 145.099 1,041.05 Egypt 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 South Africa 2,116,861 4,650.241 455.22 4,218.629 501.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,291,306 72,313.550 1,055.01 65,601.768 1,162.95 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 Venezuela 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Brazil 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 Belgium 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 Federal Republic of Germany 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 Japan 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,190,992 2,995.875 1,065.13 2,717.813 1,174.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 Mexico 6,553 7.371 889.01 6.687 979.96 Brazil 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 Netherlands 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 France 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 Thailand 22,021 6.186 3,559.72 5.612 3,923.91 Taiwan 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Japan 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,786,962 34,419.429 691.09 31,224.790 761.80 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,559,829 2,281.682 1,121.90 2,069.908 1,236.69 Brazil 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 United Kingdom 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 France 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 Japan 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,881,512 7,633.323 901.51 6,924.837 993.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,884,217 36,933.395 511.30 33,505.422 563.62 Mexico 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 Venezuela 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 Sweden 3,422,407 4,242.311 806.73 3,848.561 889.27 Finland 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 United Kingdom 25,390 4.928 5,151.74 4.471 5,678.82 Netherlands 3,791,637 8,630.854 439.31 7,829.782 484.26 Belgium 2,011,086 1,950.649 1,030.98 1,769.600 1,136.46 France 7,021,388 11,603.689 605.10 10,526.693 667.01 Federal Republic of Germany 966,027 1,018.075 948.88 923.583 1,045.96 Austria 1,550,255 2,015.091 769.32 1,828.061 848.03 Russia 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 Spain 828,895 1,440.581 575.39 1,306.874 634.26 Italy 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 Turkey 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 Malaysia 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 China 109,128 43.270 2,522.02 39.254 2,780.05 Korea, South 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 Taiwan 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 Japan 4,197,454 5,655.273 742.22 5,130.379 818.16 Australia 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 New Zealand 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 Egypt 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 South Africa 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,399,399 178,910.833 516.46 162,305.224 569.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,542,172 27,773.405 595.61 25,195.617 656.55 Mexico 32,635,267 26,965.939 1,210.24 24,463.096 1,334.06 Dominican Republic 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Colombia 58,275 4.216 13,821.23 3.825 15,235.29 Chile 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Brazil 18,112,494 26,889.963 673.58 24,394.171 742.49 Argentina 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Sweden 4,593,325 4,898.958 937.61 4,444.262 1,033.54 Finland 3,359,156 1,263.790 2,658.00 1,146.492 2,929.94 United Kingdom 1,236,245 1,104.691 1,119.09 1,002.160 1,233.58 Netherlands 1,372,998 1,954.366 702.53 1,772.972 774.40 Belgium 4,129,896 2,000.325 2,064.61 1,814.665 2,275.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 France 5,918,067 4,783.333 1,237.23 4,339.368 1,363.81 Federal Republic of Germany 5,833,155 3,311.395 1,761.54 3,004.048 1,941.76 Italy 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 India 343,148 532.454 644.46 483.035 710.40 Thailand 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 China 13,055,259 7,875.118 1,657.79 7,144.189 1,827.40 Korea, South 4,290,602 4,107.443 1,044.59 3,726.211 1,151.47 Taiwan 3,844,320 1,615.052 2,380.31 1,465.151 2,623.84 Japan 6,733,157 8,367.665 804.66 7,591.021 886.99 New Zealand 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 South Africa 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,817,734 132,415.897 965.27 120,125.715 1,064.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 34,402,447 52,437.774 656.06 47,570.761 723.18 Mexico 11,277,343 13,046.526 864.39 11,835.613 952.83 Guatemala 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Colombia 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Brazil 1,892,445 2,874.257 658.41 2,607.483 725.77 Argentina 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 Sweden 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 Finland 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Netherlands 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 Belgium 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 France 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,296,348 8,552.425 502.35 7,758.632 553.75 Austria 423,640 369.980 1,145.03 335.641 1,262.18 Russia 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Kazakhstan 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain 2,806,249 4,882.509 574.76 4,429.339 633.56 India 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 China 4,639,807 7,360.758 630.34 6,677.570 694.83 Korea, South 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 Taiwan 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 Japan 851,971 889.569 957.73 807.004 1,055.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,235,422 172,878.439 707.06 156,832.725 779.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,155,035 927.539 1,245.27 841.450 1,372.67 Argentina 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 Belgium 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 Federal Republic of Germany 5,436,459 8,470.221 641.83 7,684.058 707.50 Thailand 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 China 77,084 116.106 663.91 105.330 731.83 Korea, South 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 Japan 1,129,263 1,282.871 880.26 1,163.802 970.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,895,304 13,810.156 716.52 12,528.367 789.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,119,141 6,678.427 1,065.99 6,058.569 1,175.05 Mexico 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 Brazil 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 United Kingdom 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 Netherlands 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 Belgium 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 Luxembourg 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 France 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 Federal Republic of Germany 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 Austria 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 Italy 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 Korea, South 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 Taiwan 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 Japan 1,180,399 804.809 1,466.68 730.111 1,616.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,301,011 31,856.752 951.16 28,899.968 1,048.48 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 Sweden 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 United Kingdom 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 Russia 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 Romania 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 Japan 882,528 1,074.690 821.19 974.943 905.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,679,906 5,945.111 1,460.01 5,393.316 1,609.38 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,404,508 6,141.087 554.38 5,571.102 611.10 Mexico 596,146 792.906 751.85 719.313 828.77 Venezuela 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 Finland 652,239 253.355 2,574.41 229.840 2,837.80 United Kingdom 67,098 97.390 688.96 88.351 759.45 Federal Republic of Germany 347,545 226.203 1,536.43 205.208 1,693.62 Malaysia 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 Japan 45,880 12.503 3,669.37 11.343 4,044.79 Australia 254,762 403.105 632.00 365.691 696.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,519,293 8,216.191 671.76 7,453.606 740.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 4,899,075 4,668.632 1,049.36 4,235.313 1,156.72 Mexico 3,289,544 1,718.505 1,914.19 1,559.002 2,110.03 Chile 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 Brazil 307,155 275.984 1,112.94 250.369 1,226.81 Sweden 3,438,452 657.811 5,227.11 596.757 5,761.90 Finland 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 United Kingdom 1,250,265 507.435 2,463.89 460.338 2,715.97 Netherlands 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 Belgium 839,554 174.511 4,810.89 158.314 5,303.09 France 2,516,276 597.577 4,210.80 542.113 4,641.61 Federal Republic of Germany 6,439,055 3,806.373 1,691.65 3,453.085 1,864.73 Austria 584,060 99.511 5,869.29 90.275 6,469.79 Switzerland 418,453 164.533 2,543.27 149.262 2,803.48 Italy 54,027 41.718 1,295.05 37.846 1,427.55 India 1,788,670 778.572 2,297.37 706.309 2,532.42 Indonesia 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 China 100,237 95.152 1,053.43 86.321 1,161.21 Korea, South 984,518 825.412 1,192.76 748.802 1,314.79 Taiwan 555,718 232.905 2,386.03 211.288 2,630.14 Japan 4,019,600 1,063.666 3,779.01 964.942 4,165.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,090,109 16,188.538 2,044.05 14,685.999 2,253.17 GRAND TOTAL 1,754,419,968 2,234,919.206 785.00 2,027,485.170 865.32 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,094,598 1,432.960 763.87 1,299.960 842.02 Brazil 15,412 1.873 8,224.43 1.700 9,065.88 Belgium 780,619 1,246.008 626.50 1,130.360 690.59 Austria 108,131 10.459 10,337.74 9.489 11,395.41 India 14,048 3.980 3,529.25 3.611 3,890.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,012,808 2,695.282 746.79 2,445.120 823.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 444,520 304.404 1,460.29 276.151 1,609.70 Mexico 12,545,978 23,461.331 534.75 21,283.768 589.46 Brazil 553,339 192.807 2,869.91 174.912 3,163.53 United Kingdom 39,462 21.290 1,853.54 19.314 2,043.18 France 2,062,080 261.181 7,895.20 236.940 8,702.96 Federal Republic of Germany 3,822,155 5,858.945 652.36 5,315.147 719.11 Russia 418,560 354.999 1,179.04 322.050 1,299.67 Ukraine 38,109 19.698 1,934.63 17.870 2,132.57 Italy 3,580,314 610.910 5,860.62 554.209 6,460.22 Taiwan 5,800 0.135 42,777.83 0.123 47,154.47 Japan 3,948 0.542 7,279.61 0.492 8,024.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,514,265 31,086.246 756.42 28,200.976 833.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,324,259 2,617.999 505.83 2,375.010 557.58 Netherlands 67,689 2.942 23,007.29 2.669 25,361.18 Luxembourg 881,078 1,349.341 652.97 1,224.102 719.77 France 19,235 0.308 62,320.37 0.280 68,696.43 Federal Republic of Germany 111,360 167.648 664.25 152.088 732.21 Spain 4,022,902 11,287.901 356.39 10,240.215 392.85 Italy 543,023 678.406 800.44 615.440 882.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,969,546 16,104.547 432.77 14,609.804 477.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,683,086 11,908.544 981.07 10,803.253 1,081.44 Mexico 3,274 0.481 6,796.62 0.437 7,491.99 Sweden 7,151,272 4,961.271 1,441.42 4,500.791 1,588.89 Finland 1,475,109 1,134.049 1,300.74 1,028.793 1,433.82 United Kingdom 164,865 224.518 734.30 203.680 809.43 Belgium 4,851,041 2,360.218 2,055.34 2,141.155 2,265.62 France 979,145 522.856 1,872.68 474.328 2,064.28 Federal Republic of Germany 4,691,287 3,956.462 1,185.73 3,589.243 1,307.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 575,574 464.296 1,239.67 421.203 1,366.50 Russia 7,228 1.470 4,915.39 1.334 5,418.29 Spain 103,093 72.739 1,417.29 65.988 1,562.30 Japan 1,700,856 1,696.267 1,002.71 1,538.828 1,105.29 Australia 38,232 32.955 1,160.10 29.897 1,278.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,424,062 27,336.133 1,222.71 24,798.930 1,347.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,553,999 4,507.722 566.58 4,089.338 624.55 Sweden 26,975 36.574 737.53 33.180 812.99 Netherlands 22,961 44.930 511.04 40.760 563.32 France 869,384 1,326.473 655.41 1,203.357 722.47 Federal Republic of Germany 346,083 339.669 1,018.88 308.143 1,123.12 Japan 549,602 830.637 661.66 753.542 729.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,369,004 7,086.007 616.57 6,428.320 679.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,413 28.638 1,341.33 25.980 1,478.56 Japan 322,106 457.667 703.80 415.189 775.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 360,519 486.305 741.34 441.169 817.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,647,852 30,715.006 607.13 27,864.193 669.24 Mexico 4,823,705 10,765.708 448.06 9,766.489 493.90 Brazil 308,124 159.884 1,927.16 145.045 2,124.33 Sweden 1,069,701 268.350 3,986.20 243.444 4,394.03 United Kingdom 548,089 204.866 2,675.34 185.852 2,949.06 Netherlands 366,268 250.259 1,463.55 227.032 1,613.29 France 552,924 288.658 1,915.49 261.867 2,111.47 Federal Republic of Germany 845,768 637.473 1,326.75 578.306 1,462.49 Austria 216,014 52.813 4,090.10 47.912 4,508.56 Czech Republic 195,892 183.955 1,064.89 166.882 1,173.84 Latvia 4,211,820 11,808.747 356.67 10,712.719 393.16 Russia 3,202 2.624 1,219.99 2.381 1,344.81 Ukraine 24,506 24.402 1,004.22 22.138 1,106.97 Spain 4,444,775 5,450.038 815.55 4,944.193 898.99 Italy 282,452 143.793 1,964.29 130.447 2,165.26 Romania 14,302 15.013 952.61 13.620 1,050.07 Turkey 138,044 106.075 1,301.38 96.230 1,434.52 China 1,032,776 944.283 1,093.71 856.640 1,205.61 Korea, South 3,219,105 3,565.310 902.90 3,234.396 995.27 Taiwan 101,569 18.113 5,607.47 16.432 6,181.17 Japan 6,574,251 9,005.695 730.01 8,169.832 804.70 South Africa 192,058 62.979 3,049.54 57.134 3,361.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 47,813,197 74,674.056 640.29 67,743.184 705.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 464,977 913.367 509.08 828.593 561.16 Mexico 884,415 1,844.193 479.57 1,673.025 528.63 Italy 444,352 568.505 781.61 515.740 861.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,793,744 3,326.066 539.30 3,017.358 594.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,735,456 1,364.920 1,271.47 1,238.235 1,401.56 Colombia 297,385 312.672 951.11 283.652 1,048.41 Brazil 211,032 72.889 2,895.24 66.124 3,191.46 Sweden 49,106 26.402 1,859.90 23.952 2,050.18 United Kingdom 1,732,740 1,118.070 1,549.76 1,014.297 1,708.32 France 3,093,177 2,021.999 1,529.76 1,834.328 1,686.27 Federal Republic of Germany 309,375 144.568 2,140.00 131.150 2,358.94 Poland 715,113 437.242 1,635.51 396.660 1,802.84 Russia 1,481,838 1,662.059 891.57 1,507.795 982.78 Spain 489,322 391.658 1,249.36 355.307 1,377.18 Italy 121,653 79.436 1,531.44 72.064 1,688.12 Romania 17,795 5.105 3,485.18 4.632 3,841.75 China 50,772 33.400 1,520.12 30.300 1,675.64 Korea, South 146,896 111.521 1,317.19 101.171 1,451.96 Taiwan 39,976 16.825 2,375.89 15.264 2,618.97 Japan 265,762 192.324 1,381.84 174.474 1,523.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,757,398 7,991.098 1,346.17 7,249.405 1,483.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 836,904 544.585 1,536.77 494.040 1,694.00 Mexico 177,400 112.920 1,571.01 102.440 1,731.75 Colombia 184,262 21.017 8,766.97 19.067 9,663.92 Brazil 4,087,488 1,039.378 3,932.63 942.909 4,334.98 Sweden 1,693,366 675.952 2,505.16 613.214 2,761.46 United Kingdom 1,013,070 301.342 3,361.86 273.373 3,705.82 Netherlands 470,221 356.262 1,319.87 323.196 1,454.91 Belgium 185,159 105.303 1,758.33 95.530 1,938.23 France 3,198,149 1,166.770 2,741.03 1,058.477 3,021.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,232,634 1,392.132 3,040.40 1,262.922 3,351.46 Austria 5,152,795 772.917 6,666.68 701.179 7,348.76 Czech Republic 112,279 27.691 4,054.69 25.121 4,469.53 Poland 128,102 44.411 2,884.47 40.289 3,179.58 Russia 1,268,156 802.053 1,581.14 727.611 1,742.90 Ukraine 517,520 66.404 7,793.47 60.241 8,590.83 Spain 360,649 218.684 1,649.18 198.387 1,817.91 Italy 98,186 9.650 10,173.94 8.755 11,214.85 Slovenia 2,648,193 844.810 3,134.66 766.399 3,455.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 7,560,164 2,594.144 2,914.32 2,353.369 3,212.49 Korea, South 747,870 860.115 869.50 780.284 958.46 Taiwan 2,740,457 858.885 3,190.71 779.168 3,517.16 Japan 6,100,810 5,572.270 1,094.85 5,055.080 1,206.87 Australia 44,202 75.169 588.03 68.193 648.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,558,036 18,462.875 2,359.22 16,749.244 2,600.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 404,058 70.266 5,750.34 63.745 6,338.66 Mexico 41,587 26.432 1,573.34 23.979 1,734.31 Argentina 139,401 32.848 4,243.71 29.800 4,677.89 Sweden 7,294 0.067 108,475.53 0.061 119,573.77 Federal Republic of Germany 804,142 466.330 1,724.40 423.048 1,900.83 Spain 235,220 133.796 1,758.05 121.378 1,937.91 Italy 67,734 35.642 1,900.39 32.334 2,094.82 Romania 258,747 189.535 1,365.16 171.944 1,504.83 India 22,134 2.867 7,719.97 2.601 8,509.80 Japan 930,286 302.532 3,074.99 274.453 3,389.60 South Africa 532,921 718.889 741.31 652.166 817.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,443,524 1,979.209 1,739.85 1,795.509 1,917.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,912,687 3,706.522 1,325.42 3,362.502 1,461.02 Brazil 286,832 224.634 1,276.88 203.785 1,407.52 Argentina 660,203 436.419 1,512.77 395.913 1,667.55 United Kingdom 259,982 27.273 9,532.45 24.742 10,507.72 France 215,496 137.590 1,566.21 124.820 1,726.45 Federal Republic of Germany 10,767,980 6,510.381 1,653.97 5,906.120 1,823.19 Austria 9,454,599 9,490.690 996.20 8,609.812 1,098.12 Russia 129,250 118.416 1,091.48 107.426 1,203.15 Spain 176,112 131.105 1,343.28 118.937 1,480.72 Italy 5,905 0.284 20,763.28 0.258 22,887.60 Romania 1,810,042 1,247.122 1,451.37 1,131.371 1,599.87 India 416,389 336.915 1,235.88 305.645 1,362.33 China 8,549,273 8,232.529 1,038.47 7,468.427 1,144.72 Japan 16,200,902 4,713.715 3,436.97 4,276.212 3,788.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,845,652 35,313.602 1,524.79 32,035.970 1,680.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,527,499 11,185.565 941.17 10,147.377 1,037.46 Italy 62,269 24.096 2,584.15 21.860 2,848.54 Japan 2,499,675 2,053.123 1,217.50 1,862.563 1,342.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,089,443 13,262.785 986.93 12,031.800 1,087.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 258,990 127.019 2,038.98 115.230 2,247.59 United Kingdom 6,408 10.680 599.98 9.689 661.37 Federal Republic of Germany 9,376 14.204 660.08 12.886 727.61 China 20,160 16.865 1,195.35 15.300 1,317.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 294,934 168.769 1,747.56 153.105 1,926.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 702,856 372.506 1,886.83 337.932 2,079.87 United Kingdom 2,014 0.049 40,601.57 0.045 44,755.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 704,870 372.555 1,891.99 337.977 2,085.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,988,547 2,166.096 918.03 1,965.050 1,011.96 Mexico 1,859,414 1,300.895 1,429.33 1,180.153 1,575.57 Brazil 74,611 68.194 1,094.09 61.865 1,206.03 Argentina 744,820 333.095 2,236.06 302.179 2,464.83 Sweden 269,265 181.853 1,480.67 164.975 1,632.16 United Kingdom 568,445 455.952 1,246.72 413.633 1,374.27 France 652,199 386.116 1,689.13 350.279 1,861.94 Federal Republic of Germany 3,762,335 2,251.445 1,671.07 2,042.478 1,842.04 Czech Republic 289,472 59.461 4,868.19 53.943 5,366.26 Switzerland 130,272 84.916 1,534.12 77.035 1,691.08 Russia 13,791 16.474 837.14 14.945 922.78 Spain 348,117 240.873 1,445.23 218.517 1,593.09 Italy 1,614,759 878.162 1,838.79 796.656 2,026.92 Romania 207,191 156.702 1,322.19 142.158 1,457.47 Saudi Arabia 5,693 4.790 1,188.36 4.346 1,309.94 India 797,395 632.813 1,260.08 574.079 1,389.00 China 1,035,927 668.584 1,549.43 606.530 1,707.96 Korea, South 29,800 31.705 939.89 28.763 1,036.05 Taiwan 71,019 39.725 1,787.76 36.038 1,970.67 Japan 3,771,289 1,913.855 1,970.52 1,736.221 2,172.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,234,361 11,871.716 1,535.95 10,769.843 1,693.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 3,674 0.699 5,248.82 0.635 5,785.83 Sweden 271,603 180.370 1,505.81 163.629 1,659.87 United Kingdom 17,156 0.314 54,609.35 0.285 60,196.49 France 1,299,526 607.123 2,140.47 550.773 2,359.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,044 1,884.485 2,426.15 1,709.577 2,674.37 Spain 118,786 34.836 3,409.83 31.603 3,758.69 Italy 494,890 133.042 3,719.79 120.694 4,100.37 China 4,796 0.709 6,755.99 0.644 7,447.20 Japan 579,824 186.263 3,112.93 168.975 3,431.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,362,299 3,027.844 2,431.53 2,746.815 2,680.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,131,912 309.379 3,658.66 280.664 4,032.98 Mexico 11,652 1.176 9,906.77 1.067 10,920.34 Denmark 49,560 8.708 5,691.15 7.900 6,273.42 United Kingdom 136,457 6.154 22,172.98 5.583 24,441.52 Belgium 4,962 0.244 20,276.81 0.222 22,351.35 France 2,349 0.924 2,539.90 0.839 2,799.76 Federal Republic of Germany 89,078 9.094 9,795.18 8.250 10,797.33 Italy 16,718 4.422 3,780.24 4.012 4,167.00 India 2,451 1.323 1,851.38 1.201 2,040.80 China 5,141 4.638 1,108.33 4.208 1,221.72 Taiwan 2,563 0.476 5,382.21 0.432 5,932.87 Japan 2,686 0.240 11,177.52 0.218 12,321.10 South Africa 4,100 0.007 531,351.21 0.007 585,714.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,459,629 346.790 4,208.97 314.603 4,639.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,001,242 788.763 1,269.38 715.554 1,399.25 Mexico 13,250 46.176 286.94 41.891 316.30 Finland 505,233 242.991 2,079.22 220.438 2,291.95 United Kingdom 2,899 2.179 1,330.26 1.977 1,466.36 Federal Republic of Germany 31,750 19.267 1,647.87 17.479 1,816.47 Italy 105,410 40.098 2,628.76 36.377 2,897.71 China 134,231 48.391 2,773.86 43.900 3,057.65 Taiwan 1,137,237 354.972 3,203.73 322.026 3,531.51 Japan 135,139 69.994 1,930.71 63.498 2,128.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,066,391 1,612.835 1,901.24 1,463.140 2,095.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 88,400 79.224 1,115.82 71.871 1,229.98 Japan 221,264 272.270 812.66 247.000 895.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 309,664 351.495 880.99 318.871 971.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 370,266 397.138 932.33 360.278 1,027.72 Mexico 1,588,319 1,368.332 1,160.77 1,241.331 1,279.53 Venezuela 14,970 18.937 790.49 17.180 871.36 Brazil 41,635 38.927 1,069.57 35.314 1,178.99 Sweden 39,053 26.475 1,475.07 24.018 1,625.99 United Kingdom 24,110 2.060 11,702.64 1.869 12,899.95 Netherlands 26,701 1.543 17,301.96 1.400 19,072.14 France 193,458 18.319 10,560.33 16.619 11,640.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 204,290 20.947 9,752.61 19.003 10,750.41 Austria 250,205 39.032 6,410.12 35.410 7,065.94 Czech Republic 37,123 37.778 982.65 34.272 1,083.19 Poland 163,824 105.523 1,552.49 95.729 1,711.33 Italy 2,521,186 2,020.961 1,247.52 1,833.386 1,375.15 Turkey 50,810 43.356 1,171.92 39.332 1,291.82 India 8,627 0.113 75,983.35 0.103 83,757.28 Thailand 18,279 16.975 1,076.78 15.400 1,186.95 China 1,101,731 914.967 1,204.12 830.045 1,327.31 Korea, South 2,232,511 1,787.645 1,248.86 1,621.725 1,376.63 Taiwan 152,799 149.202 1,024.11 135.354 1,128.88 Japan 3,076,220 2,361.097 1,302.88 2,141.952 1,436.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,116,117 9,369.334 1,293.17 8,499.720 1,425.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,469,234 2,557.586 574.46 2,320.204 633.23 Sweden 2,309,438 2,917.678 791.53 2,646.874 872.52 Netherlands 229,949 412.472 557.49 374.189 614.53 Belgium 22,897 16.299 1,404.73 14.787 1,548.45 France 2,994,553 3,911.174 765.64 3,548.159 843.97 Austria 814,613 1,022.983 796.31 928.035 877.78 Japan 3,306,746 4,800.022 688.90 4,354.508 759.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,147,430 15,638.217 712.83 14,186.756 785.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,920,104 2,836.129 677.02 2,572.894 746.28 Mexico 15,273 20.057 761.46 18.196 839.36 Dominican Republic 5,242 13.971 375.18 12.675 413.57 Brazil 1,522,528 2,664.252 571.47 2,416.970 629.93 Sweden 226,108 326.372 692.79 296.080 763.67 United Kingdom 1,168,131 1,098.957 1,062.94 996.958 1,171.70 Netherlands 822,074 1,081.898 759.84 981.482 837.58 France 3,208,222 3,364.354 953.59 3,052.092 1,051.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,283,771 1,401.634 915.91 1,271.542 1,009.62 Korea, South 688,201 967.432 711.37 877.640 784.15 Japan 4,242,499 5,542.522 765.45 5,028.093 843.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,102,153 19,317.583 781.78 17,524.622 861.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,763,244 8,025.396 718.13 7,280.519 791.60 Brazil 740,046 1,136.038 651.43 1,030.597 718.08 France 188,267 193.951 970.69 175.950 1,070.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,802,742 7,603.412 500.14 6,897.702 551.31 Spain 2,227,604 3,908.785 569.90 3,545.992 628.20 Japan 780,916 793.260 984.44 719.634 1,085.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,502,819 21,660.845 623.37 19,650.394 687.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,049,905 814.028 1,289.77 738.474 1,421.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,216,638 3,307.792 670.13 3,000.780 738.69 China 6,000 10.175 589.66 9.231 649.98 Japan 456,386 495.215 921.59 449.252 1,015.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,728,929 4,627.211 805.87 4,197.737 888.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 19,509 23.115 843.98 20.970 930.33 Sweden 216,812 139.959 1,549.11 126.969 1,707.60 United Kingdom 483,113 183.916 2,626.81 166.846 2,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,298,194 1,717.844 1,337.84 1,558.403 1,474.71 Russia 4,775,113 2,802.858 1,703.66 2,542.711 1,877.96 Romania 4,637 2.727 1,700.33 2.474 1,874.29 Japan 882,528 1,074.690 821.19 974.943 905.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,679,906 5,945.111 1,460.01 5,393.316 1,609.38 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 148,607 362.423 410.04 328.785 451.99 Federal Republic of Germany 25,075 24.482 1,024.21 22.210 1,129.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 173,682 386.905 448.90 350.995 494.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,443,922 664.273 2,173.69 602.619 2,396.08 Mexico 3,346 0.002 1,517,720.50 0.002 1,673,000.00 Brazil 71,958 53.629 1,341.76 48.652 1,479.03 Sweden 561,419 145.919 3,847.46 132.376 4,241.09 United Kingdom 106,370 37.479 2,838.07 34.001 3,128.44 Belgium 220,952 51.885 4,258.43 47.070 4,694.12 France 853,966 79.306 10,767.87 71.946 11,869.54 Federal Republic of Germany 3,031,627 1,774.108 1,708.82 1,609.445 1,883.65 Austria 199,184 32.100 6,205.03 29.121 6,839.88 Switzerland 198,883 57.186 3,477.78 51.879 3,833.59 Italy 6,945 6.062 1,145.53 5.500 1,262.73 China 4,188 0.875 4,785.00 0.794 5,274.56 Japan 129,955 47.516 2,734.96 43.106 3,014.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,832,715 2,950.347 2,315.90 2,676.511 2,552.84 GRAND TOTAL 347,667,097 337,451.782 1,030.27 306,131.194 1,135.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 7,570 10.471 722.88 9.500 796.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,570 10.471 722.88 9.500 796.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,140,934 9,000.782 348.96 8,165.375 384.67 Mexico 69,983,150 177,231.792 394.87 160,782.023 435.27 Brazil 388,270 590.441 657.59 535.640 724.87 United Kingdom 1,914,725 5,702.592 335.76 5,173.306 370.12 Belgium 224,948 316.142 711.54 286.800 784.34 Federal Republic of Germany 9,323,951 21,311.043 437.52 19,333.059 482.28 Russia 44,520,850 102,986.647 432.30 93,427.941 476.53 Belarus 1,410,837 3,110.361 453.59 2,821.673 500.00 Italy 313,230 651.465 480.81 591.000 530.00 China 36,897 81.964 450.16 74.357 496.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,257,792 320,983.234 408.92 291,191.174 450.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,322,051 29,567.236 518.21 26,822.953 571.23 Mexico 217,259 383.639 566.31 348.032 624.25 Venezuela 2,622,190 6,403.251 409.51 5,808.934 451.41 Brazil 6,215,983 9,781.754 635.47 8,873.861 700.48 Argentina 307,174 1,045.582 293.78 948.537 323.84 United Kingdom 4,578,158 10,026.885 456.59 9,096.240 503.30 Belgium 4,624 4.440 1,041.42 4.028 1,147.96 Federal Republic of Germany 5,555,812 13,950.829 398.24 12,655.983 438.99 Czech Republic 1,337,044 1,202.885 1,111.53 1,091.240 1,225.25 Poland 1,282,020 3,403.870 376.64 3,087.940 415.17 Russia 2,861,334 8,103.268 353.11 7,351.164 389.24 Spain 1,236,441 2,441.380 506.45 2,214.784 558.27 Italy 1,318,981 3,342.362 394.63 3,032.141 435.00 Turkey 4,427,034 11,833.418 374.11 10,735.100 412.39 Thailand 284,296 377.238 753.62 342.225 830.73 Malaysia 5,067,564 11,310.907 448.02 10,261.086 493.86 Indonesia 233,243 333.396 699.60 302.452 771.17 China 13,957,697 35,363.511 394.69 32,081.247 435.07 Japan 8,428,713 11,555.524 729.41 10,482.998 804.04 South Africa 862,240 2,192.466 393.27 1,988.973 433.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,119,858 162,623.851 468.07 147,529.918 515.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,630,848 9,218.072 610.85 8,362.497 673.35 Mexico 1,645,659 3,257.245 505.23 2,954.924 556.92 Brazil 3,117,140 7,474.842 417.02 6,781.065 459.68 Argentina 23,643 57.348 412.27 52.026 454.45 Norway 1,498,767 1,867.570 802.52 1,694.232 884.63 United Kingdom 658,202 662.547 993.44 601.053 1,095.08 Netherlands 4,440 0.001 4,027,901.38 0.001 4,440,000.00 Luxembourg 3,844,210 6,438.039 597.11 5,840.493 658.20 France 68,856 42.660 1,614.04 38.701 1,779.18 Federal Republic of Germany 989,090 1,355.142 729.88 1,229.365 804.55 Poland 52,624 41.640 1,263.76 37.776 1,393.05 Russia 22,474 43.253 519.59 39.239 572.75 Spain 101,293 186.169 544.09 168.890 599.76 Turkey 6,919 17.807 388.54 16.155 428.29 Korea, South 582,697 1,381.751 421.71 1,253.504 464.85 Japan 32,603 69.480 469.24 63.032 517.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,279,465 32,113.574 569.21 29,132.953 627.45 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 783,053 927.572 844.20 841.480 930.57 United Kingdom 94,643 129.857 728.82 117.805 803.39 Luxembourg 7,604,776 10,187.861 746.45 9,242.275 822.83 Federal Republic of Germany 293,139 420.304 697.44 381.294 768.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,775,611 11,665.596 752.26 10,582.854 829.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,439,086 17,590.493 707.15 15,957.832 779.50 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Norway 97,977 121.739 804.81 110.440 887.15 United Kingdom 5,224 17.449 299.38 15.830 330.01 Belgium 683,683 813.642 840.27 738.124 926.24 France 401,739 70.966 5,660.94 64.380 6,240.12 Federal Republic of Germany 25,555 48.726 524.46 44.204 578.12 Austria 43,446 43.554 997.51 39.512 1,099.56 Romania 6,703,095 11,106.413 603.53 10,075.572 665.28 Turkey 149,115 258.092 577.76 234.138 636.87 Thailand 2,036,556 3,828.460 531.95 3,473.122 586.38 Malaysia 139,493 276.090 505.24 250.465 556.94 Indonesia 13,813 26.479 521.64 24.022 575.01 Korea, South 1,018,984 1,767.916 576.38 1,603.827 635.35 Japan 360,070 396.191 908.83 359.419 1,001.81 New Zealand 39,520 70.130 563.52 63.621 621.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,165,356 36,456.762 662.85 33,073.028 730.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 12,902,968 25,894.710 498.29 23,491.293 549.27 Mexico 2,594,640 6,384.449 406.40 5,791.877 447.98 Netherlands 372,924 966.947 385.67 877.200 425.13 Belgium 126,175 248.372 508.01 225.320 559.98 France 3,123,194 6,091.959 512.67 5,526.534 565.13 Federal Republic of Germany 999,127 2,052.256 486.84 1,861.776 536.65 Russia 3,479,567 7,640.778 455.39 6,931.600 501.99 Spain 53,317 107.343 496.70 97.380 547.51 Turkey 8,745 24.461 357.50 22.191 394.08 Malaysia 1,150,939 2,141.386 537.47 1,942.634 592.46 Japan 54,568 102.505 532.34 92.991 586.81 New Zealand 598,341 1,146.535 521.87 1,040.120 575.26 Egypt 14,596 21.055 693.22 19.101 764.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,479,101 52,822.761 482.35 47,920.017 531.70 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 138,308 167.535 825.54 151.986 910.00 France 62,018 111.698 555.23 101.331 612.03 Federal Republic of Germany 19,924 1.441 13,818.62 1.308 15,232.42 Austria 1,061,990 786.157 1,350.86 713.190 1,489.07 Spain 218,062 314.831 692.63 285.610 763.50 Japan 10,653,737 16,007.808 665.53 14,522.044 733.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,154,039 17,389.473 698.93 15,775.469 770.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 193,156 244.037 791.50 221.387 872.48 Spain 458,432 519.526 882.40 471.307 972.68 China 66,018 85.114 775.63 77.215 854.99 Korea, South 320,079 493.464 648.64 447.664 715.00 Japan 320,840 417.838 767.86 379.057 846.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,358,525 1,759.982 771.90 1,596.630 850.87 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 452,552 1,083.237 417.78 982.697 460.52 Brazil 12,747 19.068 668.47 17.299 736.86 India 61,197 73.534 832.23 66.709 917.37 China 24,417 29.762 820.40 27.000 904.33 Australia 32,694 51.226 638.22 46.472 703.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 583,607 1,256.829 464.35 1,140.177 511.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,059,152 27,813.653 541.43 25,232.129 596.82 Mexico 1,872,431 3,472.184 539.27 3,149.914 594.44 Brazil 61,699 154.900 398.31 140.523 439.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 955,037 1,864.742 512.16 1,691.666 564.55 United Kingdom 5,326,234 7,371.242 722.57 6,687.081 796.50 France 154,341 141.405 1,091.48 128.281 1,203.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,797,308 2,719.230 660.96 2,466.845 728.59 Czech Republic 3,656 3.109 1,175.71 2.821 1,295.99 Poland 2,993 1.769 1,691.72 1.605 1,864.80 Belarus 12,095 14.456 836.63 13.115 922.23 Ukraine 12,479 10.630 1,173.87 9.644 1,293.97 Spain 356,137 649.648 548.20 589.351 604.29 Italy 19,600 30.895 634.40 28.028 699.30 Turkey 1,146,903 2,845.479 403.06 2,581.376 444.30 India 133,178 169.213 787.04 153.508 867.56 China 126,904 173.599 731.02 157.487 805.81 Korea, South 40,018 90.897 440.25 82.461 485.30 Japan 2,148,053 3,160.413 679.67 2,867.080 749.21 South Africa 118,707 105.760 1,122.42 95.944 1,237.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,346,925 50,793.233 577.77 46,078.859 636.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,589,633 9,078.863 505.53 8,236.209 557.25 Mexico 2,398,600 5,106.863 469.68 4,632.870 517.74 Brazil 72,239 171.280 421.76 155.383 464.91 Switzerland 4,884 2.490 1,961.35 2.259 2,162.02 Italy 9,851 13.702 718.90 12.431 792.45 Turkey 288,717 743.520 388.31 674.511 428.04 China 14,950 20.613 725.26 18.700 799.47 Korea, South 35,935 57.408 625.95 52.080 690.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,414,809 15,194.743 487.99 13,784.443 537.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,464,636 3,811.707 384.25 3,457.924 423.56 Mexico 6,259,735 15,931.726 392.91 14,453.023 433.11 Dominican Republic 1,339,681 3,125.856 428.58 2,835.730 472.43 Brazil 2,361,248 6,363.581 371.06 5,772.946 409.02 Argentina 1,545,326 4,994.487 309.41 4,530.924 341.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,819 6,077.759 334.14 5,513.652 368.33 Romania 6,332,698 15,648.485 404.68 14,196.071 446.09 Turkey 7,477,196 20,328.397 367.82 18,441.617 405.45 Thailand 33,761 85.551 394.63 77.611 435.00 Japan 5,057,508 14,110.353 358.43 12,800.701 395.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,902,608 90,477.906 374.71 82,080.199 413.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,797,472 6,174.673 938.91 5,601.571 1,034.97 Mexico 164,535 509.808 322.74 462.491 355.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 15,929 17.858 891.95 16.201 983.21 United Kingdom 1,866,938 1,749.801 1,066.94 1,587.394 1,176.10 Belgium 46,820 49.603 943.88 45.000 1,040.44 France 308,674 253.828 1,216.08 230.269 1,340.49 Federal Republic of Germany 3,729,953 3,505.020 1,064.17 3,179.702 1,173.05 Austria 127,546 69.928 1,823.95 63.438 2,010.56 Switzerland 20,938 12.835 1,631.28 11.644 1,798.18 Poland 12,002 8.304 1,445.19 7.534 1,593.04 Russia 519,653 804.571 645.88 729.895 711.96 Spain 630,422 652.972 965.46 592.367 1,064.24 Italy 375,981 321.669 1,168.84 291.814 1,288.43 Romania 49,570 14.222 3,485.44 12.902 3,842.04 China 292,237 558.631 523.13 506.782 576.65 Korea, South 56,593 76.246 742.23 69.170 818.17 Taiwan 56,499 66.394 850.96 60.232 938.02 Japan 126,610 81.194 1,559.35 73.658 1,718.89 South Africa 108,193 144.984 746.24 131.528 822.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,306,565 15,072.550 949.18 13,673.592 1,046.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,416,687 35,794.294 765.95 32,472.047 844.32 Mexico 5,522,900 6,984.508 790.74 6,336.241 871.64 Guatemala 767,428 1,168.461 656.78 1,060.011 723.98 Dominican Republic 134,840 379.258 355.54 344.058 391.91 Colombia 794,604 1,182.812 671.79 1,073.030 740.52 Venezuela 537,846 513.601 1,047.20 465.932 1,154.34 Ecuador 73,468 65.729 1,117.73 59.629 1,232.09 Chile 211,466 347.480 608.57 315.229 670.83 Brazil 152,571 107.529 1,418.88 97.549 1,564.04 Argentina 413,793 525.159 787.94 476.417 868.55 United Kingdom 2,494 0.058 42,689.04 0.053 47,056.60 Netherlands 990,552 1,246.772 794.49 1,131.053 875.78 France 53,134 37.645 1,411.45 34.151 1,555.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,671,636 1,272.190 1,313.98 1,154.112 1,448.42 Slovakia 590,549 300.809 1,963.20 272.890 2,164.06 Ukraine 382,665 507.117 754.59 460.049 831.79 Spain 702,967 436.068 1,612.06 395.595 1,776.99 Italy 229,890 164.638 1,396.33 149.358 1,539.19 Romania 2,904,616 3,453.449 841.08 3,132.918 927.13 Turkey 5,170,871 8,485.975 609.34 7,698.350 671.69 Oman 1,274,460 2,162.157 589.44 1,961.477 649.75 India 1,560,819 2,315.508 674.07 2,100.595 743.04 Thailand 12,465,033 18,999.670 656.07 17,236.216 723.19 China 19,376,924 33,076.148 585.83 30,006.186 645.76 Korea, South 1,876,625 2,068.966 907.04 1,876.935 999.83 Taiwan 50,256 86.022 584.22 78.038 643.99 Japan 898,409 878.919 1,022.17 797.343 1,126.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,928,167 2,957.127 652.04 2,682.662 718.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,155,670 125,518.085 702.33 113,868.124 774.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,142,571 3,908.620 1,059.85 3,545.842 1,168.29 Mexico 1,404,195 1,424.073 986.04 1,291.898 1,086.92 Colombia 8,442,082 6,641.873 1,271.04 6,025.408 1,401.08 Venezuela 5,797,287 6,356.021 912.09 5,766.087 1,005.41 Brazil 4,064,517 4,066.293 999.56 3,688.880 1,101.83 Sweden 1,745,990 1,848.396 944.60 1,676.838 1,041.24 Norway 34,376 29.762 1,155.01 27.000 1,273.19 Denmark 263,655 167.551 1,573.58 152.000 1,734.57 United Kingdom 394,952 410.090 963.08 372.028 1,061.62 France 923,309 608.488 1,517.38 552.012 1,672.62 Federal Republic of Germany 16,623,422 14,649.550 1,134.74 13,289.852 1,250.84 Austria 17,283,127 11,865.836 1,456.55 10,764.509 1,605.57 Russia 4,776,765 6,533.645 731.10 5,927.225 805.90 Italy 6,258 3.518 1,778.56 3.192 1,960.53 Romania 2,724,154 2,383.345 1,143.00 2,162.135 1,259.94 Turkey 5,975,181 8,211.654 727.65 7,449.490 802.09 India 243,762 266.272 915.46 241.558 1,009.12 China 42,920,828 49,659.241 864.31 45,050.119 952.74 Korea, South 23,828,368 28,560.475 834.31 25,909.635 919.67 Taiwan 1,523,834 1,900.353 801.87 1,723.972 883.91 Japan 321,390 574.348 559.57 521.040 616.82 South Africa 307,752 323.741 950.61 293.693 1,047.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,747,775 150,393.154 955.81 136,434.413 1,053.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A United Kingdom 1,343,982 1,414.927 949.86 1,283.601 1,047.04 Federal Republic of Germany 885,262 569.113 1,555.51 516.291 1,714.66 Poland 335,731 287.536 1,167.61 260.849 1,287.07 Russia 395,659 667.900 592.39 605.909 653.00 China 1,651,359 1,777.655 928.95 1,612.662 1,024.00 Korea, South 5,828,362 7,579.531 768.96 6,876.037 847.63 Taiwan 44,490 63.607 699.44 57.704 771.00 Japan 10,580,955 11,072.793 955.58 10,045.072 1,053.35 South Africa 262,374 370.001 709.12 335.660 781.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,328,174 23,803.066 896.03 21,593.785 987.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 64,330 65.419 983.34 59.348 1,083.95 Mexico 3,668,358 4,378.560 837.80 3,972.164 923.52 Brazil 2,022,724 1,942.265 1,041.43 1,761.994 1,147.97 Argentina 2,938,294 3,229.761 909.76 2,929.991 1,002.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 53,100 2.983 17,795.17 2.707 19,615.81 France 891,012 789.569 1,128.48 716.286 1,243.93 Federal Republic of Germany 3,766,687 2,235.788 1,684.72 2,028.274 1,857.09 Austria 2,007,714 2,078.910 965.75 1,885.956 1,064.56 Czech Republic 85,393 112.468 759.26 102.030 836.94 Slovakia 509,806 528.886 963.92 479.798 1,062.54 Poland 26,572 22.096 1,202.52 20.046 1,325.55 Russia 2,107,718 2,689.238 783.76 2,439.637 863.95 Ukraine 3,423,071 3,388.248 1,010.28 3,073.768 1,113.64 Italy 410,174 409.968 1,000.50 371.917 1,102.86 Romania 13,390 17.628 759.58 15.992 837.29 Turkey 392,536 606.326 647.40 550.050 713.64 China 4,459,047 6,033.721 739.02 5,473.702 814.63 Korea, South 699,000 927.885 753.33 841.764 830.40 Taiwan 199,851 266.619 749.57 241.873 826.26 Australia 33,793 54.717 617.59 49.639 680.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,772,570 29,781.065 932.56 27,016.936 1,027.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 37,013 28.272 1,309.17 25.648 1,443.11 Mexico 1,637,009 1,953.190 838.12 1,771.905 923.87 Brazil 2,159 2.323 929.13 2.108 1,024.19 Netherlands 143,400 9.920 14,454.48 9.000 15,933.33 Turkey 135,885 210.100 646.76 190.600 712.93 China 3,643,639 5,979.588 609.35 5,424.593 671.69 Korea, South 4,106,029 5,533.770 741.99 5,020.154 817.91 Taiwan 485,796 681.070 713.28 617.857 786.26 Japan 994,920 1,297.931 766.54 1,177.464 844.97 South Africa 1,679,296 2,371.550 708.10 2,151.435 780.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,865,146 18,067.719 712.05 16,390.764 784.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,770,972 9,156.145 1,067.15 8,306.318 1,176.33 Mexico 13,020,410 17,173.616 758.16 15,579.647 835.73 Dominican Republic 107,312 179.894 596.53 163.198 657.56 Colombia 184,387 229.009 805.15 207.754 887.53 Brazil 2,458,278 2,487.716 988.17 2,256.819 1,089.27 Argentina 601,191 516.409 1,164.17 468.479 1,283.28 Sweden 45,248 7.827 5,780.64 7.101 6,372.06 Finland 697,201 307.381 2,268.19 278.852 2,500.25 Netherlands 2,456 0.718 3,417.25 0.652 3,766.87 Belgium 26,385 14.427 1,828.86 13.088 2,015.97 France 502,230 297.292 1,689.35 269.699 1,862.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,411,946 1,909.571 1,786.76 1,732.335 1,969.56 Austria 123,768 64.734 1,911.94 58.726 2,107.55 Slovakia 44,180 28.488 1,550.82 25.844 1,709.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 1,908,631 719.686 2,652.03 652.889 2,923.36 Poland 2,796 0.274 10,186.70 0.249 11,228.92 Ukraine 99,901 116.021 861.06 105.253 949.15 Spain 986,382 609.611 1,618.05 553.030 1,783.60 Italy 602,443 393.996 1,529.06 357.428 1,685.49 Romania 1,002,568 692.933 1,446.85 628.619 1,594.87 Turkey 1,165,110 2,005.302 581.01 1,819.180 640.46 Israel 30,000 0.185 161,997.32 0.168 178,571.43 India 763,023 535.707 1,424.33 485.986 1,570.05 China 3,760,462 4,467.712 841.70 4,053.042 927.81 Korea, South 2,850,497 3,622.606 786.86 3,286.374 867.37 Taiwan 442,395 440.802 1,003.61 399.889 1,106.29 Japan 3,426,436 1,423.597 2,406.89 1,291.466 2,653.14 Australia 29,861 39.522 755.55 35.854 832.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,066,469 47,441.193 1,013.18 43,037.939 1,116.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,643 73.133 1,020.63 66.346 1,125.06 Mexico 608,174 318.340 1,910.45 288.794 2,105.91 Brazil 211,370 130.886 1,614.91 118.738 1,780.14 Argentina 1,464,682 390.114 3,754.49 353.906 4,138.62 France 548,721 349.769 1,568.81 317.306 1,729.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,382,054 1,473.327 1,616.78 1,336.581 1,782.20 Slovakia 1,321,450 737.804 1,791.06 669.325 1,974.30 Poland 185,630 146.877 1,263.84 133.245 1,393.15 Russia 132,242 172.236 767.79 156.250 846.35 Ukraine 19,990 29.038 688.40 26.343 758.84 Spain 416,673 165.043 2,524.63 149.725 2,782.92 Italy 1,520,849 748.041 2,033.11 678.612 2,241.12 Romania 171,391 139.528 1,228.36 126.578 1,354.03 India 98,084 158.023 620.69 143.357 684.19 China 122,858 75.764 1,621.59 68.732 1,787.49 Japan 239,313 221.043 1,082.65 200.527 1,193.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,518,124 5,328.973 1,786.11 4,834.365 1,968.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,262,731 534.011 2,364.61 484.447 2,606.54 Mexico 372,757 217.009 1,717.70 196.868 1,893.44 United Kingdom 66,903 3.888 17,203.34 3.528 18,963.44 France 33,889 1.977 17,136.90 1.794 18,890.19 Federal Republic of Germany 74,066 107.806 687.03 97.800 757.32 Italy 18,156 9.309 1,950.37 8.445 2,149.91 India 39,109 31.350 1,247.46 28.441 1,375.09 China 38,305 3.430 11,166.36 3.112 12,308.80 Japan 346,519 114.135 3,036.03 103.542 3,346.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,252,435 1,022.919 2,201.97 927.977 2,427.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,278,134 27,288.595 743.10 24,755.804 819.13 Mexico 5,478,300 4,018.055 1,363.42 3,645.120 1,502.91 Brazil 643,342 1,108.067 580.60 1,005.222 640.00 United Kingdom 2,428 0.590 4,109.41 0.536 4,529.85 Belgium 6,385 3.489 1,829.56 3.166 2,016.74 Federal Republic of Germany 265,433 145.505 1,824.22 132.000 2,010.86 Austria 110,728 68.326 1,620.57 61.985 1,786.37 Ukraine 2,576 1.090 2,362.90 0.989 2,604.65 Italy 6,347 3.068 2,068.21 2.784 2,279.81 Turkey 4,021,679 6,661.089 603.76 6,042.840 665.53 China 2,260,881 3,833.007 589.85 3,477.247 650.19 Korea, South 560,131 992.299 564.48 900.199 622.23 Japan 43,436 60.300 720.32 54.704 794.02 Australia 2,899 4.107 705.83 3.726 778.05 South Africa 30,534 94.324 323.71 85.570 356.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,713,233 44,281.918 761.33 40,171.892 839.22 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 70,219 87.467 802.80 79.349 884.94 Mexico 156,468 140.276 1,115.42 127.257 1,229.54 China 13,034 18.956 687.58 17.197 757.92 Korea, South 24,280 30.549 794.78 27.714 876.09 Japan 303,112 412.132 735.47 373.880 810.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 567,113 689.381 822.64 625.397 906.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,512,683 19,783.640 834.66 17,947.422 920.06 Mexico 7,432,673 8,753.417 849.12 7,940.969 935.99 Dominican Republic 404,616 553.676 730.78 502.287 805.55 Trinidad and Tobago 6,506 5.326 1,221.47 4.832 1,346.44 Colombia 76,118 54.300 1,401.78 49.261 1,545.20 Venezuela 701,477 869.416 806.84 788.722 889.38 Ecuador 105,963 165.352 640.83 150.005 706.40 Chile 316,208 429.147 736.83 389.316 812.21 Brazil 668,305 940.146 710.85 852.887 783.58 Argentina 155,709 281.321 553.49 255.211 610.12 Sweden 172,691 47.455 3,639.00 43.051 4,011.31 United Kingdom 401,889 307.255 1,307.99 278.738 1,441.82 Ireland 5,460 4.161 1,312.11 3.775 1,446.36 Netherlands 75,853 68.709 1,103.97 62.332 1,216.92 Belgium 741,964 543.558 1,365.01 493.108 1,504.67 Luxembourg 53,819 27.831 1,933.77 25.248 2,131.61 France 918,384 539.690 1,701.69 489.599 1,875.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,429,171 1,010.668 1,414.09 916.863 1,558.76 Austria 192,741 63.564 3,032.20 57.665 3,342.43 Czech Republic 57,564 39.591 1,453.94 35.917 1,602.70 Poland 737,368 801.032 920.52 726.685 1,014.70 Russia 132,950 398.455 333.66 361.473 367.80 Belarus 117,991 94.773 1,244.98 85.977 1,372.36 Moldova 946,073 1,201.204 787.60 1,089.715 868.18 Spain 58,214 78.104 745.34 70.855 821.59 Italy 681,885 597.344 1,141.53 541.902 1,258.32 Greece 902,937 962.899 937.73 873.528 1,033.67 Israel 342,903 498.220 688.26 451.978 758.67 India 437,051 635.034 688.23 576.094 758.65 Thailand 120,798 109.216 1,106.04 99.080 1,219.20 Malaysia 7,129 8.986 793.34 8.152 874.51 Indonesia 44,704 11.588 3,857.59 10.513 4,252.26 China 5,356,780 8,383.229 638.99 7,605.140 704.36 Korea, South 1,730,350 1,496.164 1,156.52 1,357.298 1,274.85 Taiwan 789,812 795.344 993.04 721.525 1,094.64 Japan 3,142,724 3,558.301 883.21 3,228.038 973.57 Australia 102,410 143.212 715.09 129.920 788.25 Egypt 277,593 373.598 743.02 338.923 819.04 South Africa 2,116,861 4,650.241 455.22 4,218.629 501.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,476,327 59,285.187 817.68 53,782.633 901.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,418 51.106 575.62 46.363 634.51 Venezuela 71,284 110.942 642.53 100.645 708.27 Brazil 7,681 16.455 466.78 14.928 514.54 Belgium 190,241 249.926 761.19 226.730 839.06 Federal Republic of Germany 186,704 137.223 1,360.58 124.487 1,499.79 Japan 2,705,664 2,430.220 1,113.34 2,204.660 1,227.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,190,992 2,995.875 1,065.13 2,717.813 1,174.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,566,378 12,750.421 750.28 11,566.991 827.04 Mexico 6,553 7.371 889.01 6.687 979.96 Brazil 1,200,553 1,396.263 859.83 1,266.669 947.80 Netherlands 1,668,342 1,867.161 893.52 1,693.861 984.93 France 5,746,277 8,633.552 665.58 7,832.229 733.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,168,739 9,336.483 553.61 8,469.918 610.25 Thailand 22,021 6.186 3,559.72 5.612 3,923.91 Taiwan 225,270 199.452 1,129.44 180.940 1,245.00 Japan 182,829 222.537 821.56 201.883 905.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,786,962 34,419.429 691.09 31,224.790 761.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,559,829 2,281.682 1,121.90 2,069.908 1,236.69 Brazil 770,812 930.565 828.33 844.195 913.07 United Kingdom 84,930 108.734 781.08 98.642 860.99 Netherlands 138,862 170.721 813.38 154.876 896.60 France 154,768 163.056 949.17 147.922 1,046.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,055,660 1,352.284 780.65 1,226.772 860.52 Japan 2,116,651 2,626.280 805.95 2,382.522 888.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,881,512 7,633.323 901.51 6,924.837 993.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,414,983 34,375.808 506.61 31,185.218 558.44 Mexico 6,835,777 16,503.643 414.20 14,971.858 456.58 Venezuela 7,988 16.439 485.89 14.914 535.60 Sweden 1,112,969 1,324.632 840.21 1,201.687 926.17 Finland 94,617 185.802 509.23 168.557 561.34 United Kingdom 25,390 4.928 5,151.74 4.471 5,678.82 Netherlands 3,561,688 8,218.382 433.38 7,455.593 477.72 Belgium 1,569,558 1,809.376 867.46 1,641.439 956.21 France 4,026,835 7,692.514 523.47 6,978.534 577.03 Federal Republic of Germany 382,507 592.439 645.65 537.452 711.70 Austria 662,716 987.750 670.93 896.072 739.58 Russia 1,825,685 4,164.012 438.44 3,777.530 483.30 Spain 787,962 1,429.829 551.09 1,297.120 607.47 Turkey 106,425 175.237 607.32 158.973 669.45 Malaysia 2,952,633 5,456.825 541.09 4,950.350 596.45 Korea, South 29,125,146 60,630.290 480.37 55,002.890 529.52 Japan 188,190 307.864 611.28 279.290 673.82 Australia 6,547,498 15,214.581 430.34 13,802.440 474.37 New Zealand 1,258,555 2,381.835 528.40 2,160.765 582.46 Egypt 17,452 82.711 211.00 75.035 232.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,504,574 161,554.907 485.93 146,560.188 535.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,528,009 24,904.379 583.35 22,592.879 643.03 Mexico 8,719,083 16,989.792 513.20 15,412.885 565.70 Chile 559,476 907.422 616.56 823.200 679.64 Brazil 12,378,835 22,399.663 552.63 20,320.639 609.18 Argentina 3,313,189 6,721.903 492.89 6,098.010 543.32 Sweden 2,682,361 4,169.744 643.29 3,782.730 709.11 Netherlands 448,634 856.923 523.54 777.388 577.10 Belgium 416,841 718.927 579.81 652.200 639.13 Luxembourg 85,112 115.368 737.74 104.661 813.22 France 235,200 299.244 785.98 271.470 866.39 Federal Republic of Germany 130,567 180.435 723.62 163.688 797.66 India 343,148 532.454 644.46 483.035 710.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,451,700 2,625.505 552.92 2,381.819 609.49 Korea, South 1,373,032 2,220.543 618.33 2,014.444 681.59 Taiwan 65,197 107.124 608.61 97.182 670.88 Japan 1,491,382 2,305.923 646.76 2,091.899 712.93 New Zealand 328,400 576.233 569.91 522.750 628.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,550,166 86,631.590 560.42 78,590.879 617.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,639,203 44,412.378 644.85 40,290.243 710.82 Mexico 11,277,343 13,046.526 864.39 11,835.613 952.83 Guatemala 29,819 16.898 1,764.60 15.330 1,945.14 Colombia 2,037,410 2,837.661 717.99 2,574.284 791.45 Brazil 1,152,399 1,738.218 662.98 1,576.886 730.81 Argentina 5,342,267 8,632.260 618.87 7,831.057 682.19 Sweden 67,764 57.949 1,169.36 52.571 1,289.00 Finland 392,381 513.732 763.79 466.050 841.93 Netherlands 454,858 758.704 599.52 688.285 660.86 Belgium 839,360 959.043 875.21 870.030 964.75 Federal Republic of Germany 493,606 949.012 520.13 860.930 573.34 Austria 423,640 369.980 1,145.03 335.641 1,262.18 Russia 1,151,763 1,768.845 651.14 1,604.670 717.76 Kazakhstan 50,025 66.532 751.89 60.357 828.82 Spain 578,645 973.723 594.26 883.347 655.06 India 19,738,803 30,111.430 655.53 27,316.638 722.59 China 4,639,807 7,360.758 630.34 6,677.570 694.83 Korea, South 15,122,800 17,212.550 878.59 15,614.968 968.48 Taiwan 16,229,655 19,335.077 839.39 17,540.492 925.27 Japan 71,055 96.308 737.78 87.370 813.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,732,603 151,217.593 719.05 137,182.332 792.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 105,130 113.511 926.16 102.976 1,020.92 Argentina 1,072,518 1,630.720 657.70 1,479.365 724.99 Belgium 278,054 389.374 714.10 353.235 787.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,219,821 5,162.428 623.70 4,683.278 687.51 Thailand 17,489 121.974 143.38 110.653 158.05 China 71,084 105.930 671.04 96.099 739.70 Korea, South 404,547 504.990 801.10 458.120 883.06 Taiwan 324,855 366.357 886.72 332.354 977.44 Japan 672,877 787.656 854.28 714.550 941.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,166,375 9,182.945 671.50 8,330.630 740.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,119,141 6,678.427 1,065.99 6,058.569 1,175.05 Mexico 5,924,967 6,690.059 885.64 6,069.122 976.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 3,621,215 5,737.184 631.18 5,204.688 695.76 United Kingdom 892,043 1,134.189 786.50 1,028.920 866.97 Netherlands 80,215 63.087 1,271.49 57.232 1,401.58 Belgium 436,239 366.919 1,188.92 332.864 1,310.56 Luxembourg 1,108,930 1,460.826 759.11 1,325.240 836.78 France 61,951 17.317 3,577.40 15.710 3,943.41 Federal Republic of Germany 280,399 150.491 1,863.22 136.524 2,053.84 Austria 2,555,398 681.000 3,752.42 617.793 4,136.33 Italy 170,933 155.982 1,095.85 141.505 1,207.96 Korea, South 1,593,988 1,871.702 851.62 1,697.980 938.76 Taiwan 5,275,193 6,044.753 872.69 5,483.710 961.98 Japan 1,180,399 804.809 1,466.68 730.111 1,616.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,301,011 31,856.752 951.16 28,899.968 1,048.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,255,901 5,778.663 563.43 5,242.317 621.08 Mexico 596,146 792.906 751.85 719.313 828.77 Venezuela 3,868 6.869 563.06 6.232 620.67 United Kingdom 64,662 97.246 664.93 88.221 732.95 Federal Republic of Germany 174,729 183.398 952.73 166.376 1,050.21 Malaysia 147,247 282.771 520.73 256.526 574.00 Japan 2,295 1.190 1,927.77 1.080 2,125.00 Australia 254,762 403.105 632.00 365.691 696.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,499,610 7,546.152 596.28 6,845.756 657.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,075,357 3,883.610 791.88 3,523.153 872.90 Mexico 386,654 422.152 915.91 382.970 1,009.62 Chile 3,079 2.600 1,184.07 2.359 1,305.21 Brazil 235,197 222.354 1,057.76 201.717 1,165.98 Sweden 831,660 201.991 4,117.29 183.244 4,538.54 United Kingdom 1,091,134 461.349 2,365.09 418.529 2,607.07 France 100,874 17.039 5,920.00 15.458 6,525.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,863,577 1,908.574 1,500.37 1,731.430 1,653.88 Austria 372,366 65.427 5,691.26 59.355 6,273.54 Switzerland 219,570 107.346 2,045.44 97.383 2,254.71 Italy 37,029 34.985 1,058.42 31.738 1,166.71 India 460,638 444.462 1,036.39 403.210 1,142.43 China 58,123 84.883 684.74 77.005 754.80 Korea, South 800,834 770.096 1,039.91 698.620 1,146.31 Taiwan 98,961 41.767 2,369.32 37.891 2,611.73 Japan 892,255 647.181 1,378.68 587.113 1,519.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,527,308 9,315.823 1,237.39 8,451.175 1,363.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,141,755,980 1,816,588.031 628.52 1,647,981.405 692.82 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 572,312 85.707 6,677.46 77.753 7,360.64 Italy 1,907,691 1,080.478 1,765.60 980.194 1,946.24 Taiwan 96,726 38.468 2,514.42 34.898 2,771.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,576,729 1,204.655 2,138.98 1,092.845 2,357.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 53,440 24.915 2,144.85 22.603 2,364.29 Mexico 2,700 1.860 1,451.07 1.688 1,599.53 Costa Rica 3,714 2.558 1,451.65 2.321 1,600.17 Brazil 77,642 10.678 7,271.15 9.687 8,015.07 Sweden 7,588,315 2,427.373 3,126.14 2,202.077 3,445.98 United Kingdom 9,342,032 3,496.057 2,672.16 3,171.571 2,945.55 Federal Republic of Germany 829,006 223.221 3,713.83 202.503 4,093.80 Spain 2,455,342 824.624 2,977.53 748.087 3,282.16 Italy 2,335,642 1,152.231 2,027.06 1,045.287 2,234.45 India 5,390 0.578 9,313.77 0.525 10,266.67 China 101,232 17.491 5,787.51 15.868 6,379.63 Taiwan 2,490 1.715 1,451.73 1.556 1,600.26 Japan 8,634 0.302 28,586.26 0.274 31,510.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,805,579 8,183.608 2,786.74 7,424.047 3,071.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 495,414 117.486 4,216.77 106.582 4,648.20 United Kingdom 1,168,682 452.837 2,580.80 410.807 2,844.84 France 727,734 248.104 2,933.17 225.077 3,233.27 Federal Republic of Germany 374,074 85.767 4,361.49 77.807 4,807.72 Italy 1,472,297 695.407 2,117.17 630.863 2,333.78 China 773,800 496.117 1,559.71 450.070 1,719.29 Korea, South 466,319 237.822 1,960.79 215.749 2,161.40 Taiwan 3,698,317 1,177.526 3,140.75 1,068.234 3,462.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,176,637 3,511.068 2,613.63 3,185.189 2,881.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Sweden 2,264 0.277 8,150.27 0.252 8,984.13 India 593,733 182.833 3,247.39 165.864 3,579.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 595,997 183.111 3,254.83 166.116 3,587.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 6,153 1.189 5,173.22 1.079 5,702.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 71,273 24.184 2,947.03 21.940 3,248.54 Finland 593,363 187.499 3,164.61 170.097 3,488.38 Belgium 4,665,632 1,218.174 3,830.02 1,105.110 4,221.87 France 3,984,789 578.276 6,890.80 524.604 7,595.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,296,295 933.489 2,459.90 846.848 2,711.58 Austria 268,207 49.522 5,415.87 44.926 5,969.97 Italy 425,047 208.898 2,034.70 189.510 2,242.87 Korea, South 100,715 33.246 3,029.31 30.161 3,339.25 Taiwan 1,787,844 576.403 3,101.72 522.905 3,419.06 Japan 387,752 124.598 3,112.01 113.034 3,430.40 South Africa 112,249 89.547 1,253.52 81.236 1,381.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,699,319 4,025.033 3,651.97 3,651.450 4,025.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,000 0.909 4,398.47 0.825 4,848.48 Sweden 2,038,649 588.672 3,463.13 534.035 3,817.44 Belgium 2,137,681 705.055 3,031.93 639.616 3,342.13 Federal Republic of Germany 8,740,437 3,021.776 2,892.48 2,741.310 3,188.42 China 136,120 52.519 2,591.79 47.645 2,856.96 South Africa 15,683 12.841 1,221.23 11.650 1,346.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,072,570 4,381.775 2,983.40 3,975.081 3,288.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 9,660 0.907 10,648.13 0.823 11,737.55 Trinidad and Tobago 27,268 34.189 797.56 31.016 879.16 Brazil 12,002 4.705 2,550.49 4.269 2,811.43 Sweden 48,319 2.837 17,029.63 2.574 18,771.95 United Kingdom 142,234 28.771 4,943.59 26.101 5,449.37 Netherlands 173,190 29.795 5,812.63 27.030 6,407.33 Belgium 8,433 2.274 3,708.33 2.063 4,087.74 France 308,300 32.509 9,483.42 29.492 10,453.68 Federal Republic of Germany 395,502 102.982 3,840.49 93.424 4,233.41 Austria 1,768,623 425.471 4,156.86 385.981 4,582.15 Switzerland 6,729 6.666 1,009.33 6.048 1,112.60 Portugal 276,687 77.800 3,556.39 70.579 3,920.25 Italy 621,281 155.835 3,986.76 141.372 4,394.65 India 585,576 186.775 3,135.19 169.440 3,455.95 China 173,400 85.118 2,037.17 77.218 2,245.59 Korea, South 391,748 166.109 2,358.37 150.692 2,599.66 Taiwan 889,551 220.457 4,035.02 199.996 4,447.84 Japan 43,588 11.313 3,852.91 10.263 4,247.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,882,091 1,574.520 3,735.80 1,428.381 4,118.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,200 3.968 1,814.37 3.600 2,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 22,665 2.431 9,320.65 2.206 10,274.25 Spain 27,673 7.605 3,638.34 6.900 4,010.58 Italy 277,495 52.535 5,282.09 47.659 5,822.51 India 591,486 209.285 2,826.21 189.861 3,115.36 China 6,089 1.929 3,156.49 1.750 3,479.43 Japan 2,859 0.047 60,317.25 0.043 66,488.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 935,467 277.803 3,367.37 252.019 3,711.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 699,191 133.636 5,232.04 121.233 5,767.33 Mexico 10,861 5.703 1,904.32 5.174 2,099.15 Brazil 133,361 38.964 3,422.63 35.348 3,772.80 Sweden 551,419 130.545 4,223.96 118.429 4,656.11 United Kingdom 818,814 98.656 8,299.62 89.500 9,148.76 Netherlands 25,195 8.290 3,039.03 7.521 3,349.95 Belgium 5,702 1.786 3,191.10 1.621 3,517.58 France 2,329,575 587.220 3,967.12 532.718 4,373.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,261,644 873.550 2,589.02 792.472 2,853.91 Austria 234,960 41.274 5,692.56 37.444 6,274.97 Czech Republic 93,733 19.909 4,707.85 18.062 5,189.51 Switzerland 857,090 199.809 4,289.54 181.264 4,728.41 Latvia 563,822 183.449 3,073.44 166.423 3,387.89 Russia 68,012 48.236 1,409.98 43.759 1,554.24 Ukraine 764,209 294.096 2,598.50 266.800 2,864.35 Spain 11,617 3.170 3,664.38 2.876 4,039.29 Italy 6,996,771 1,568.504 4,460.79 1,422.924 4,917.18 Slovenia 74,483 28.708 2,594.45 26.044 2,859.89 Saudi Arabia 313,644 130.236 2,408.26 118.149 2,654.65 United Arab Emirates 168,582 56.612 2,977.82 51.358 3,282.49 India 3,721,186 1,239.892 3,001.22 1,124.812 3,308.27 China 1,474,910 446.275 3,304.94 404.854 3,643.07 Korea, South 156,668 42.291 3,704.50 38.366 4,083.51 Taiwan 7,825,393 2,456.424 3,185.68 2,228.431 3,511.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,160,842 8,637.248 3,491.95 7,835.582 3,849.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,753,277 1,491.432 5,869.04 1,353.005 6,469.51 Mexico 219,612 55.633 3,947.47 50.470 4,351.34 Brazil 7,463 0.264 28,209.67 0.240 31,095.83 Argentina 14,435 10.745 1,343.37 9.748 1,480.82 Sweden 1,281,132 150.165 8,531.46 136.228 9,404.32 Finland 249,264 89.839 2,774.55 81.501 3,058.42 Denmark 8,222 0.564 14,568.12 0.512 16,058.59 United Kingdom 132,165 10.269 12,870.13 9.316 14,186.88 Ireland 18,564 0.020 886,367.49 0.019 977,052.63 Netherlands 41,708 1.455 28,664.30 1.320 31,596.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 7,035,716 1,001.501 7,025.17 908.547 7,743.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,820,233 336.927 11,338.43 305.656 12,498.47 Austria 1,746,643 216.537 8,066.22 196.440 8,891.48 Czech Republic 155,425 10.672 14,563.03 9.682 16,052.98 Switzerland 246,643 103.960 2,372.48 94.311 2,615.21 Spain 8,965,842 1,160.219 7,727.71 1,052.534 8,518.34 Italy 999,705 144.080 6,938.50 130.708 7,648.38 India 770,940 83.153 9,271.24 75.436 10,219.79 Thailand 240,045 51.053 4,701.83 46.315 5,182.88 Malaysia 601,655 195.034 3,084.87 176.932 3,400.49 Singapore 453,860 139.196 3,260.57 126.277 3,594.16 China 8,095,303 2,164.094 3,740.73 1,963.234 4,123.45 Korea, South 5,109,262 1,316.207 3,881.80 1,194.044 4,278.96 Hong Kong 12,374 1.955 6,327.79 1.774 6,975.20 Taiwan 5,951,410 1,637.798 3,633.79 1,485.786 4,005.56 Japan 11,973,003 2,478.820 4,830.12 2,248.749 5,324.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,903,901 12,851.605 5,205.88 11,658.784 5,738.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 172,391 37.367 4,613.43 33.899 5,085.43 Mexico 6,051 0.024 249,517.11 0.022 275,045.45 Sweden 1,203,500 166.468 7,229.58 151.018 7,969.25 Denmark 129,772 6.151 21,094.29 5.581 23,252.46 United Kingdom 1,176,985 62.708 18,769.22 56.888 20,689.51 Ireland 2,249 0.002 1,020,129.53 0.002 1,124,500.00 Netherlands 6,947 0.877 7,917.35 0.796 8,727.39 Belgium 24,789 1.652 15,002.14 1.499 16,537.02 France 519,255 113.157 4,588.77 102.655 5,058.25 Federal Republic of Germany 623,562 114.874 5,428.22 104.212 5,983.59 Czech Republic 6,674 1.212 5,504.14 1.100 6,067.27 Switzerland 456,681 86.916 5,254.27 78.849 5,791.84 Spain 336,453 80.899 4,158.89 73.391 4,584.39 Italy 776,731 206.720 3,757.39 187.534 4,141.81 India 2,482,961 822.533 3,018.67 746.190 3,327.52 Thailand 139,743 56.609 2,468.56 51.355 2,721.12 Vietnam 105,871 37.279 2,839.96 33.819 3,130.52 China 2,358,675 670.383 3,518.40 608.162 3,878.37 Korea, South 3,100,519 799.414 3,878.49 725.217 4,275.30 Taiwan 1,199,325 270.061 4,440.93 244.996 4,895.28 Japan 821,082 106.980 7,675.07 97.051 8,460.31 Australia 48,646 16.731 2,907.37 15.179 3,204.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,698,862 3,659.027 4,290.45 3,319.415 4,729.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Belgium 418,631 124.973 3,349.76 113.374 3,692.48 Federal Republic of Germany 583,520 425.636 1,370.94 386.131 1,511.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 72,926 4.358 16,731.76 3.954 18,443.60 Spain 40,933 10.751 3,807.03 9.754 4,196.53 Italy 107,934 70.424 1,532.62 63.888 1,689.43 China 109,128 43.270 2,522.02 39.254 2,780.05 Taiwan 18,274 6.405 2,852.85 5.811 3,144.73 Japan 702,518 547.386 1,283.40 496.581 1,414.71 South Africa 693,531 484.502 1,431.43 439.533 1,577.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,747,395 1,717.709 1,599.45 1,558.280 1,763.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 94,059 32.897 2,859.16 29.844 3,151.69 Mexico 23,900,911 9,956.089 2,400.63 9,032.015 2,646.24 Colombia 58,275 4.216 13,821.23 3.825 15,235.29 Brazil 4,211,131 1,826.046 2,306.15 1,656.562 2,542.09 Sweden 1,684,856 402.841 4,182.43 365.452 4,610.33 Finland 3,359,156 1,263.790 2,658.00 1,146.492 2,929.94 United Kingdom 68,114 5.734 11,878.51 5.202 13,093.81 Netherlands 102,290 15.544 6,580.34 14.102 7,253.58 Belgium 3,713,055 1,281.397 2,897.66 1,162.465 3,194.12 France 2,474,645 1,119.734 2,210.03 1,015.806 2,436.14 Federal Republic of Germany 4,418,817 1,729.325 2,555.23 1,568.818 2,816.65 Italy 1,062,420 451.139 2,354.97 409.267 2,595.91 Thailand 118,011 39.319 3,001.34 35.670 3,308.41 China 11,603,559 5,249.612 2,210.36 4,762.370 2,436.51 Korea, South 2,229,369 919.467 2,424.63 834.127 2,672.70 Taiwan 3,779,123 1,507.927 2,506.17 1,367.969 2,762.58 Japan 999,276 519.220 1,924.57 471.029 2,121.47 South Africa 288,348 142.417 2,024.67 129.199 2,231.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,165,415 26,466.723 2,424.38 24,010.214 2,672.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 652,239 253.355 2,574.41 229.840 2,837.80 United Kingdom 2,436 0.143 16,999.25 0.130 18,738.46 Federal Republic of Germany 147,741 18.322 8,063.31 16.622 8,888.28 Japan 43,585 11.313 3,852.64 10.263 4,246.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 846,001 283.134 2,987.99 256.855 3,293.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 379,796 120.748 3,145.35 109.541 3,467.16 Mexico 2,899,544 1,296.350 2,236.70 1,176.030 2,465.54 Sweden 2,045,373 309.900 6,600.10 281.137 7,275.36 Finland 1,065,352 353.544 3,013.35 320.730 3,321.65 United Kingdom 52,761 8.606 6,130.12 7.808 6,757.30 Netherlands 9,213 2.820 3,266.08 2.559 3,600.23 Belgium 618,602 122.625 5,044.64 111.244 5,560.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/09/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,561,436 501.230 3,115.20 454.709 3,433.92 Federal Republic of Germany 543,851 123.690 4,396.88 112.210 4,846.72 Austria 12,510 1.983 6,308.44 1.799 6,953.86 Italy 10,053 0.670 14,999.89 0.608 16,534.54 India 1,328,032 334.109 3,974.84 303.099 4,381.51 Indonesia 527,806 121.270 4,352.29 110.015 4,797.58 China 37,926 9.393 4,037.30 8.522 4,450.36 Korea, South 183,684 55.316 3,320.62 50.182 3,660.36 Taiwan 456,757 191.137 2,389.68 173.397 2,634.17 Japan 2,997,390 368.968 8,123.69 334.723 8,954.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,730,086 3,922.367 3,755.41 3,558.313 4,139.63 GRAND TOTAL 264,996,891 80,879.392 3,276.45 73,372.571 3,611.66