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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 732,588 926.613 790.61 840.610 871.50 Brazil 5,042 0.945 5,331.03 0.858 5,876.46 United Kingdom 487,080 73.252 6,649.29 66.454 7,329.58 Belgium 455,138 666.236 683.15 604.400 753.04 Federal Republic of Germany 654,327 595.962 1,097.93 540.648 1,210.26 Austria 104,300 37.941 2,748.97 34.420 3,030.21 Slovakia 5,048 0.200 25,161.92 0.182 27,736.26 Italy 1,559,570 582.812 2,675.94 528.719 2,949.71 India 6,732 1.696 3,968.27 1.539 4,374.27 China 2,440 0.564 4,323.30 0.512 4,765.63 Taiwan 47,899 18.781 2,550.37 17.038 2,811.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,060,164 2,905.008 1,397.64 2,635.380 1,540.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 18,237,488 49,713.553 366.85 45,099.390 404.38 Mexico 47,717,920 118,820.205 401.60 107,791.908 442.69 Venezuela 3,829,010 11,084.298 345.44 10,055.509 380.79 Brazil 3,434,967 5,312.898 646.53 4,819.782 712.68 Sweden 6,827,286 2,337.214 2,921.12 2,120.286 3,219.98 United Kingdom 26,041,392 48,403.168 538.01 43,910.628 593.05 Belgium 275,915 502.280 549.32 455.661 605.53 Federal Republic of Germany 10,559,576 23,016.652 458.78 20,880.362 505.72 Russia 30,726,367 91,137.428 337.14 82,678.508 371.64 Ukraine 12,916,177 43,657.008 295.86 39,604.983 326.13 Spain 63,846 12.913 4,944.10 11.715 5,449.94 Italy 2,831,060 1,092.203 2,592.06 990.831 2,857.26 Malaysia 14,160 3.176 4,457.23 2.882 4,913.25 China 138,462 169.772 815.57 154.015 899.02 Taiwan 15,069 0.584 25,793.15 0.530 28,432.08 Japan 4,380 0.162 27,030.41 0.147 29,795.92 Australia 21,360,070 80,471.953 265.43 73,002.949 292.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 184,993,145 475,735.476 388.86 431,580.086 428.64 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,440,057 21,748.148 526.02 19,729.594 579.84 Mexico 15,328 24.668 621.36 22.379 684.93 Trinidad and Tobago 2,938,261 7,487.304 392.43 6,792.370 432.58 Venezuela 3,362,610 8,589.557 391.48 7,792.318 431.53 Brazil 7,687,209 13,222.973 581.35 11,995.683 640.83 Argentina 986,682 2,227.588 442.94 2,020.835 488.25 Sweden 1,030,204 267.674 3,848.72 242.830 4,242.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 23,488 82.339 285.26 74.697 314.44 United Kingdom 2,514,452 2,721.533 923.91 2,468.934 1,018.44 Luxembourg 402,449 423.696 949.85 384.371 1,047.03 France 74,705 22.386 3,337.01 20.309 3,678.42 Federal Republic of Germany 6,264,086 10,650.879 588.13 9,662.318 648.30 Austria 11,799 3.309 3,565.58 3.002 3,930.38 Belarus 1,682,768 5,689.839 295.75 5,161.737 326.01 Italy 1,927,351 4,055.769 475.21 3,679.333 523.83 Turkey 12,856,829 37,778.215 340.32 34,271.830 375.14 Malaysia 4,996,475 13,051.666 382.82 11,840.276 421.99 China 12,847,814 36,137.390 355.53 32,783.298 391.90 Korea, South 2,120,915 2,455.893 863.60 2,227.950 951.96 Taiwan 2,274,239 743.526 3,058.72 674.516 3,371.66 Japan 7,187,542 9,689.706 741.77 8,790.356 817.66 New Zealand 1,910,730 5,564.647 343.37 5,048.165 378.50 Egypt 2,520,794 6,721.341 375.04 6,097.500 413.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,076,787 189,360.055 459.85 171,784.601 506.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,016,752 15,049.074 599.16 13,652.295 660.46 Mexico 2,530,787 4,844.885 522.36 4,395.207 575.81 Brazil 4,224,002 11,701.579 360.98 10,615.497 397.91 Argentina 22,159 52.977 418.28 48.060 461.07 Sweden 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 United Kingdom 4,445,651 7,510.164 591.95 6,813.109 652.51 Netherlands 209,241 173.613 1,205.21 157.500 1,328.51 Belgium 14,734 13.300 1,107.78 12.066 1,221.12 Luxembourg 2,956,995 4,025.164 734.63 3,651.569 809.79 France 32,042 2.722 11,768.43 2.470 12,972.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,487,190 2,281.558 651.83 2,069.796 718.52 Poland 153,896 87.869 1,751.41 79.714 1,930.60 Spain 219,038 184.014 1,190.33 166.935 1,312.12 Italy 146,594 190.329 770.21 172.664 849.01 Turkey 250,601 603.936 414.95 547.882 457.40 India 182,871 59.387 3,079.31 53.875 3,394.36 China 235,250 483.215 486.84 438.366 536.65 Korea, South 508,412 1,096.845 463.52 995.042 510.95 South Africa 403,197 822.820 490.02 746.450 540.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,046,010 49,191.115 549.81 44,625.442 606.07 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,459,701 1,695.992 860.68 1,538.579 948.73 United Kingdom 90,153 128.794 699.98 116.840 771.59 Luxembourg 1,360,156 1,883.327 722.21 1,708.526 796.10 Federal Republic of Germany 472,291 711.461 663.83 645.427 731.75 India 13,575 20.630 658.00 18.716 725.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,395,876 4,440.205 764.80 4,028.088 843.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,551,975 27,091.507 832.44 24,577.009 917.60 Mexico 12,035 20.496 587.18 18.594 647.25 Brazil 21,908 16.288 1,344.97 14.777 1,482.57 Sweden 2,709,813 1,660.876 1,631.56 1,506.722 1,798.48 Finland 1,261,351 478.628 2,635.34 434.205 2,904.97 United Kingdom 783,754 729.708 1,074.06 661.981 1,183.95 Belgium 5,592,898 2,749.133 2,034.42 2,493.973 2,242.57 France 1,289,995 640.971 2,012.56 581.480 2,218.47 Federal Republic of Germany 5,238,464 3,410.307 1,536.07 3,093.780 1,693.22 Austria 525,244 455.030 1,154.30 412.797 1,272.40 Slovakia 398,541 767.967 518.96 696.689 572.05 Switzerland 28,078 3.990 7,036.45 3.620 7,756.35 Poland 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 Ukraine 12,658,183 11,649.284 1,086.61 10,568.056 1,197.78 Spain 159,492 80.529 1,980.55 73.055 2,183.18 Italy 948,694 413.395 2,294.88 375.026 2,529.68 Romania 8,644,144 15,735.377 549.34 14,274.898 605.55 Thailand 2,291,848 4,396.782 521.26 3,988.695 574.59 Malaysia 9,039,275 20,883.357 432.85 18,945.069 477.13 Indonesia 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 China 2,151,058 3,339.881 644.05 3,029.890 709.95 Korea, South 257,540 141.866 1,815.37 128.699 2,001.10 Taiwan 1,105,237 562.076 1,966.35 509.907 2,167.53 Japan 3,620,130 2,754.073 1,314.46 2,498.454 1,448.95 South Africa 4,021,775 4,575.363 879.01 4,150.701 968.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,402,673 102,663.839 831.87 93,135.095 916.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,302,561 28,683.450 498.63 26,021.196 549.65 Mexico 2,376,004 6,214.624 382.32 5,637.814 421.44 Venezuela 2,365,886 5,859.885 403.74 5,316.000 445.05 Sweden 1,244,264 395.521 3,145.88 358.811 3,467.74 Finland 111,607 44.445 2,511.12 40.320 2,768.03 United Kingdom 2,210 0.001 2,004,878.84 0.001 2,210,000.00 Netherlands 12,643,865 30,132.316 419.61 27,335.585 462.54 Belgium 369,043 214.106 1,723.64 194.234 1,899.99 France 2,762,390 4,777.680 578.19 4,334.240 637.34 Federal Republic of Germany 9,368,496 5,130.197 1,826.15 4,654.038 2,012.98 Russia 1,876,577 4,482.437 418.65 4,066.400 461.48 Spain 337,441 675.055 499.87 612.400 551.01 Malaysia 26,395 54.805 481.61 49.719 530.88 China 35,753 14.301 2,499.97 12.974 2,755.74 Taiwan 355,574 169.041 2,103.47 153.352 2,318.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,179,099 4,909.517 647.54 4,453.841 713.79 New Zealand 408,909 798.117 512.34 724.040 564.76 South Africa 558,545 184.845 3,021.69 167.689 3,330.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,324,619 92,740.349 564.21 84,132.654 621.93 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 7,248 5.980 1,212.03 5.425 1,336.04 Luxembourg 237,360 296.569 800.35 269.043 882.24 France 145,723 215.615 675.85 195.603 744.99 Federal Republic of Germany 39,826 5.751 6,924.02 5.218 7,632.43 Austria 1,110,495 798.927 1,389.98 724.775 1,532.19 Czech Republic 10,512 18.856 557.48 17.106 614.52 Spain 49,936 76.533 652.47 69.430 719.23 Korea, South 60,705 91.525 663.25 83.031 731.11 Japan 4,361,062 6,418.724 679.43 5,822.971 748.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,022,867 7,928.484 759.65 7,192.602 837.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 241,687 325.727 741.99 295.495 817.91 Austria 123,046 148.695 827.51 134.894 912.17 Spain 40,012 49.193 813.35 44.628 896.57 Korea, South 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 Japan 443,514 545.947 812.38 495.275 895.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 855,379 1,073.563 796.77 973.921 878.28 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 426,528 897.622 475.18 814.310 523.79 India 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 China 64,987 95.962 677.21 87.056 746.50 Australia 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 628,975 1,218.561 516.16 1,105.461 568.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,183,260 56,339.350 588.99 51,110.213 649.25 Mexico 6,297,364 13,201.277 477.03 11,976.001 525.83 Brazil 873,501 1,351.640 646.25 1,226.188 712.37 Argentina 303,232 637.844 475.40 578.643 524.04 Sweden 1,401,838 361.507 3,877.76 327.954 4,274.50 United Kingdom 3,503,101 4,070.098 860.69 3,692.332 948.75 Ireland 19,655 1.427 13,768.90 1.295 15,177.61 Netherlands 4,343 0.824 5,267.25 0.748 5,806.15 Belgium 7,877 1.999 3,939.30 1.814 4,342.34 France 815,328 210.260 3,877.71 190.745 4,274.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,928,914 1,049.725 1,837.54 952.295 2,025.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 2,193,894 579.939 3,782.97 526.112 4,170.01 Czech Republic 22,702 15.066 1,506.80 13.668 1,660.96 Latvia 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 Ukraine 3,282,514 1,117.493 2,937.39 1,013.773 3,237.92 Spain 786,249 564.826 1,392.02 512.402 1,534.44 Portugal 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 Italy 1,792,959 1,033.068 1,735.57 937.184 1,913.13 Romania 3,480 2.001 1,738.44 1.816 1,916.30 Bulgaria 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 Turkey 2,795,203 2,257.538 1,238.16 2,048.005 1,364.84 India 506,146 309.672 1,634.46 280.930 1,801.68 China 1,715,537 2,037.220 842.10 1,848.136 928.25 Korea, South 1,348,806 1,287.579 1,047.55 1,168.073 1,154.73 Taiwan 854,912 146.712 5,827.14 133.095 6,423.32 Japan 8,581,112 10,368.443 827.62 9,406.096 912.29 South Africa 315,549 585.760 538.70 531.393 593.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,882,953 106,866.907 710.07 96,948.055 782.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,269,343 9,396.518 560.78 8,524.381 618.15 Mexico 3,950,394 8,164.454 483.85 7,406.671 533.36 Brazil 725,413 1,721.103 421.48 1,561.359 464.60 United Kingdom 18,878 3.175 5,944.41 2.881 6,552.59 Austria 48,143 7.004 6,873.56 6.354 7,576.80 Italy 408,164 140.921 2,896.39 127.842 3,192.72 India 895,423 318.606 2,810.44 289.035 3,097.97 China 55,869 76.799 727.47 69.671 801.90 Korea, South 76,062 173.604 438.13 157.491 482.96 Japan 10,937 1.183 9,238.25 1.074 10,183.43 Australia 15,872 25.160 630.84 22.825 695.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,474,498 20,028.532 572.91 18,169.584 631.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 554,623 1,298.299 427.19 1,177.798 470.90 Mexico 3,869,593 11,485.198 336.92 10,419.200 371.39 Dominican Republic 733,166 1,779.860 411.92 1,614.663 454.07 Venezuela 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 Brazil 3,959,795 12,641.577 313.24 11,468.249 345.28 United Kingdom 61,284 212.150 288.87 192.460 318.42 Belgium 234,158 165.346 1,416.16 150.000 1,561.05 Federal Republic of Germany 17,112 20.727 825.56 18.804 910.02 Bulgaria 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 China 4,865 17.876 272.15 16.217 299.99 Japan 3,318,783 9,840.750 337.25 8,927.381 371.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,620,462 52,330.879 336.71 47,473.789 371.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,957,118 6,815.512 1,167.50 6,182.931 1,286.95 Mexico 294,665 378.184 779.16 343.083 858.87 Colombia 52,576 55.253 951.54 50.125 1,048.90 Brazil 469,294 950.373 493.80 862.165 544.32 Sweden 1,528,015 460.457 3,318.47 417.720 3,657.99 Norway 56,919 5.357 10,624.70 4.860 11,711.73 United Kingdom 3,337,031 2,327.161 1,433.95 2,111.166 1,580.66 Netherlands 16,059 11.020 1,457.14 9.998 1,606.22 Belgium 48,017 35.313 1,359.73 32.036 1,498.85 France 2,277,175 997.903 2,281.96 905.283 2,515.43 Federal Republic of Germany 6,173,786 4,518.512 1,366.33 4,099.127 1,506.12 Austria 209,253 95.740 2,185.64 86.854 2,409.25 Czech Republic 54,568 11.023 4,950.33 10.000 5,456.80 Switzerland 1,069,664 232.851 4,593.77 211.239 5,063.76 Latvia 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 Poland 632,213 377.570 1,674.43 342.526 1,845.74 Russia 3,447,338 4,371.290 788.63 3,965.569 869.32 Ukraine 11,858,304 14,602.658 812.06 13,247.313 895.15 Spain 404,413 359.336 1,125.44 325.985 1,240.59 Italy 5,312,654 1,268.941 4,186.68 1,151.165 4,615.02 Slovenia 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 United Arab Emirates 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 India 4,236,050 1,479.690 2,862.79 1,342.353 3,155.69 China 2,219,542 904.091 2,455.00 820.178 2,706.17 Korea, South 260,355 217.282 1,198.24 197.115 1,320.83 Taiwan 4,475,288 1,454.216 3,077.46 1,319.243 3,392.32 Japan 524,738 380.359 1,379.59 345.056 1,520.73 Egypt 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 South Africa 207,489 269.763 769.15 244.725 847.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,020,527 42,891.215 1,352.74 38,910.267 1,491.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,225,904 802.490 1,527.63 728.007 1,683.92 Mexico 174,351 110.224 1,581.78 99.994 1,743.61 Colombia 107,651 12.278 8,767.34 11.139 9,664.33 Brazil 3,374,090 782.428 4,312.33 709.807 4,753.53 Sweden 2,378,099 1,133.553 2,097.91 1,028.343 2,312.55 United Kingdom 450,832 93.365 4,828.67 84.700 5,322.69 Netherlands 399,975 282.406 1,416.31 256.195 1,561.21 France 1,548,923 690.005 2,244.80 625.963 2,474.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,248,935 1,609.536 2,639.85 1,460.147 2,909.94 Austria 2,609,203 468.206 5,572.76 424.750 6,142.91 Czech Republic 10,514 2.589 4,060.51 2.349 4,475.95 Poland 245,463 86.058 2,852.28 78.071 3,144.10 Russia 1,331,892 1,006.251 1,323.62 912.856 1,459.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 304,062 208.912 1,455.45 189.522 1,604.36 Italy 831,409 579.220 1,435.39 525.460 1,582.25 Slovenia 1,432,241 480.683 2,979.59 436.069 3,284.44 China 5,960,402 1,806.275 3,299.83 1,638.626 3,637.44 Korea, South 342,491 273.860 1,250.60 248.442 1,378.56 Taiwan 2,778,048 849.732 3,269.32 770.865 3,603.81 Japan 5,167,926 4,326.694 1,194.43 3,925.112 1,316.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,922,411 15,604.774 2,237.93 14,156.417 2,466.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,883,255 39,940.630 773.23 36,233.541 852.34 Mexico 5,765,204 7,839.083 735.44 7,111.499 810.69 Dominican Republic 146,699 357.429 410.43 324.255 452.42 Colombia 2,412,365 3,552.454 679.07 3,222.733 748.55 Venezuela 539,026 405.176 1,330.35 367.570 1,466.46 Ecuador 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 Chile 173,092 195.924 883.46 177.740 973.85 Argentina 1,210,161 800.014 1,512.67 725.761 1,667.44 Sweden 52,521 36.821 1,426.36 33.404 1,572.30 United Kingdom 104,371 39.679 2,630.32 35.997 2,899.44 Netherlands 3,320 1.061 3,127.57 0.963 3,447.56 France 69,260 47.620 1,454.40 43.201 1,603.20 Federal Republic of Germany 712,667 398.257 1,789.46 361.293 1,972.55 Czech Republic 76,184 67.161 1,134.34 60.928 1,250.39 Switzerland 12,860 3.254 3,952.03 2.952 4,356.37 Russia 1,055,260 1,494.170 706.25 1,355.489 778.51 Ukraine 677,101 917.703 737.82 832.527 813.31 Spain 1,799,093 1,143.179 1,573.76 1,037.075 1,734.78 Italy 718,060 370.928 1,935.84 336.501 2,133.90 Romania 912,289 1,507.674 605.10 1,367.740 667.00 Turkey 1,081,323 1,733.848 623.65 1,572.921 687.46 United Arab Emirates 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 Oman 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 India 705,288 816.877 863.40 741.059 951.73 Thailand 4,874,143 7,397.262 658.91 6,710.686 726.33 Malaysia 15,610 22.462 694.92 20.378 766.02 China 19,502,491 33,813.170 576.77 30,674.801 635.78 Korea, South 2,315,944 2,642.301 876.49 2,397.056 966.16 Taiwan 171,226 235.672 726.54 213.799 800.87 Japan 3,702,447 2,309.590 1,603.07 2,095.226 1,767.09 South Africa 1,649,829 1,949.247 846.39 1,768.328 932.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,747,453 110,233.865 741.58 100,002.509 817.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,798,178 11,112.817 1,151.66 10,081.381 1,269.49 Mexico 1,279,670 1,469.539 870.80 1,333.144 959.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 8,287,664 6,344.625 1,306.25 5,755.749 1,439.89 Venezuela 2,668,060 2,941.023 907.19 2,668.052 1,000.00 Brazil 5,351,793 5,699.601 938.98 5,170.593 1,035.04 Sweden 1,081,983 1,137.597 951.11 1,032.011 1,048.42 United Kingdom 62,781 2.938 21,363.08 2.666 23,548.76 France 763,126 1,118.426 682.32 1,014.620 752.13 Federal Republic of Germany 7,495,348 8,321.297 900.74 7,548.956 992.90 Austria 11,443,190 9,674.272 1,182.85 8,776.355 1,303.87 Russia 2,262,538 3,183.251 710.76 2,887.798 783.48 Ukraine 7,546,290 7,332.170 1,029.20 6,651.635 1,134.50 Spain 4,068,799 3,354.940 1,212.78 3,043.552 1,336.86 Romania 867,943 854.147 1,016.15 774.870 1,120.11 India 2,800,497 2,344.184 1,194.66 2,126.609 1,316.88 Malaysia 12,180 0.508 23,968.58 0.461 26,420.82 Singapore 704,489 1,032.093 682.58 936.300 752.42 Indonesia 454,672 282.500 1,609.46 256.280 1,774.12 China 39,558,222 45,065.054 877.80 40,882.341 967.61 Korea, South 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 Hong Kong 300,295 336.059 893.58 304.868 985.00 Japan 19,166,274 5,420.411 3,535.94 4,917.316 3,897.71 South Africa 1,503,724 1,640.210 916.79 1,487.974 1,010.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,363,095 129,455.461 1,076.53 117,440.052 1,186.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,010,094 9,155.657 874.88 8,305.875 964.39 Mexico 2,473 6.613 373.91 6.000 412.17 Brazil 210,342 341.543 615.86 309.843 678.87 United Kingdom 94,805 128.871 735.66 116.910 810.92 France 87,437 185.708 470.83 168.472 519.00 Federal Republic of Germany 174,938 128.114 1,365.48 116.224 1,505.18 Czech Republic 163,144 155.657 1,048.10 141.210 1,155.33 Italy 436,049 271.592 1,605.52 246.385 1,769.79 Romania 2,082,703 2,611.655 797.46 2,369.255 879.05 China 4,955 2.181 2,271.40 1.979 2,503.79 Korea, South 1,623,597 2,154.471 753.59 1,954.504 830.70 Taiwan 15,454 22.110 698.95 20.058 770.47 Japan 12,375,254 12,192.276 1,015.01 11,060.650 1,118.85 South Africa 531,841 764.754 695.44 693.774 766.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,813,086 28,121.209 917.92 25,511.139 1,011.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 Mexico 4,243,098 5,077.309 835.70 4,606.059 921.20 Brazil 3,043,287 3,796.007 801.71 3,443.681 883.73 Argentina 866,175 734.026 1,180.03 665.898 1,300.76 France 20,956 13.872 1,510.61 12.585 1,665.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 169,948 134.118 1,267.15 121.670 1,396.79 Austria 381,751 380.723 1,002.70 345.387 1,105.28 Czech Republic 384,717 357.617 1,075.78 324.425 1,185.84 Slovakia 379,482 407.883 930.37 370.026 1,025.55 Poland 3,674 2.067 1,776.65 1.876 1,958.42 Russia 3,492,976 4,842.863 721.26 4,393.373 795.06 Ukraine 402,801 115.416 3,489.98 104.704 3,847.05 Spain 386,478 309.007 1,250.71 280.327 1,378.67 Italy 2,748,887 2,118.814 1,297.37 1,922.157 1,430.11 Romania 714,235 788.912 905.34 715.690 997.97 Turkey 141,810 280.317 505.89 254.300 557.65 China 4,150,623 5,383.971 770.92 4,884.258 849.80 Korea, South 735,480 1,072.624 685.68 973.069 755.84 Taiwan 6,406 7.874 813.47 7.144 896.70 Japan 5,994,805 4,756.579 1,260.32 4,315.098 1,389.26 South Africa 153,298 206.794 741.31 187.601 817.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,816,268 31,255.330 921.96 28,354.367 1,016.29 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 411,308 197.491 2,082.67 179.161 2,295.75 Mexico 1,517,750 1,874.508 809.68 1,700.526 892.52 Brazil 1,971,153 2,654.457 742.58 2,408.084 818.56 Turkey 212,845 425.271 500.49 385.800 551.70 China 2,735,474 3,939.172 694.43 3,573.558 765.48 Korea, South 4,596,597 6,789.410 677.02 6,159.251 746.29 Taiwan 210,090 324.008 648.41 293.936 714.75 South Africa 3,803,765 5,442.095 698.95 4,936.987 770.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,458,982 21,646.415 714.16 19,637.303 787.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,671,496 11,356.710 1,027.72 10,302.637 1,132.86 Mexico 15,871,250 18,385.056 863.27 16,678.647 951.59 Dominican Republic 265,215 544.779 486.83 494.216 536.64 Colombia 698,242 791.839 881.80 718.345 972.01 Venezuela 26,160 2.621 9,979.80 2.378 11,000.84 Brazil 1,320,138 1,035.160 1,275.30 939.082 1,405.78 Argentina 1,266,867 799.384 1,584.80 725.190 1,746.94 Sweden 1,001,347 670.633 1,493.14 608.389 1,645.90 Finland 720,703 312.936 2,303.04 283.891 2,538.66 Denmark 24,308 2.315 10,495.88 2.101 11,569.73 United Kingdom 401,101 310.171 1,293.16 281.383 1,425.46 Netherlands 2,033 0.550 3,696.01 0.499 4,074.15 Belgium 48,180 25.640 1,879.03 23.261 2,071.28 France 591,371 377.099 1,568.21 342.099 1,728.65 Federal Republic of Germany 4,069,262 2,272.416 1,790.72 2,061.502 1,973.93 Austria 261,298 107.475 2,431.24 97.500 2,679.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 467,207 100.525 4,647.66 91.195 5,123.16 Slovakia 2,558 0.660 3,874.09 0.599 4,270.45 Switzerland 1,652,999 673.275 2,455.16 610.785 2,706.35 Ukraine 887,266 1,097.978 808.09 996.070 890.77 Spain 2,240,161 1,531.632 1,462.60 1,389.474 1,612.24 Italy 2,256,287 1,198.356 1,882.82 1,087.131 2,075.45 Romania 769,741 865.342 889.52 785.026 980.53 Turkey 711,368 1,499.005 474.56 1,359.875 523.11 Saudi Arabia 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 India 2,148,855 1,586.656 1,354.33 1,439.391 1,492.89 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 4,280,543 5,414.870 790.52 4,912.289 871.39 Korea, South 836,672 998.225 838.16 905.575 923.91 Taiwan 43,160 23.791 1,814.12 21.583 1,999.72 Japan 8,454,661 3,682.767 2,295.74 3,340.951 2,530.62 Australia 79,239 97.959 808.90 88.867 891.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,093,272 55,781.173 1,131.09 50,603.844 1,246.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,295 65.451 1,135.11 59.377 1,251.24 Mexico 419,017 294.059 1,424.94 266.766 1,570.73 Brazil 134,732 81.638 1,650.35 74.061 1,819.20 Argentina 25,359 9.555 2,653.74 8.669 2,925.25 Sweden 254,068 183.298 1,386.09 166.286 1,527.90 United Kingdom 4,336 0.004 983,388.54 0.004 1,084,000.00 Netherlands 311,212 203.664 1,528.07 184.761 1,684.40 France 1,297,259 747.232 1,736.09 677.878 1,913.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,810,266 1,347.911 2,084.90 1,222.805 2,298.21 Slovakia 170,278 144.675 1,176.97 131.247 1,297.39 Spain 1,173,283 473.733 2,476.67 429.764 2,730.06 Italy 974,110 444.553 2,191.21 403.292 2,415.40 Romania 254,435 198.643 1,280.87 180.206 1,411.91 China 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 Korea, South 563,850 363.062 1,553.04 329.365 1,711.93 Japan 1,050,633 473.450 2,219.10 429.507 2,446.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,348,386 6,245.146 1,657.03 5,665.503 1,826.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,999,883 1,460.653 6,161.55 1,325.083 6,791.94 Mexico 177,816 44.517 3,994.26 40.386 4,402.91 Costa Rica 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 Sweden 1,261,604 142.732 8,838.93 129.485 9,743.24 Finland 139,272 52.137 2,671.26 47.298 2,944.56 Denmark 11,571 1.572 7,356.02 1.427 8,108.62 United Kingdom 198,923 25.322 7,855.65 22.972 8,659.37 Ireland 14,539 3.282 4,429.00 2.978 4,882.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 23,742 3.470 6,841.93 3.148 7,541.93 France 2,206,078 310.676 7,100.89 281.841 7,827.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,721,009 259.512 10,485.07 235.426 11,557.81 Austria 699,750 100.086 6,991.45 90.797 7,706.75 Czech Republic 579,306 41.544 13,944.06 37.689 15,370.69 Slovakia 15,712 28.117 558.79 25.508 615.96 Switzerland 7,774 0.260 29,883.29 0.236 32,940.68 Ukraine 550,561 99.911 5,510.50 90.638 6,074.28 Spain 238,921 19.628 12,171.93 17.807 13,417.25 Italy 1,735,107 176.648 9,822.36 160.253 10,827.30 India 115,643 28.684 4,031.57 26.022 4,444.05 Thailand 50,348 15.103 3,333.45 13.702 3,674.50 Malaysia 1,139,246 353.318 3,224.42 320.525 3,554.31 Singapore 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 China 8,583,158 2,182.820 3,932.14 1,980.222 4,334.44 Korea, South 7,124,073 1,950.539 3,652.36 1,769.500 4,026.04 Hong Kong 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 Taiwan 5,520,845 1,626.597 3,394.11 1,475.625 3,741.36 Japan 8,729,809 1,667.931 5,233.91 1,513.122 5,769.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,304,840 10,714.672 4,788.28 9,720.190 5,278.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,593,545 977.373 2,653.59 886.659 2,925.08 Mexico 385,911 212.874 1,812.85 193.117 1,998.33 Trinidad and Tobago 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 Denmark 76,712 4.712 16,278.82 4.275 17,944.33 United Kingdom 44,990 1.350 33,317.76 1.225 36,726.53 Ireland 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 Netherlands 3,329 3.703 898.82 3.360 990.77 France 2,119 1.168 1,813.51 1.060 1,999.06 Federal Republic of Germany 10,340 4.434 2,331.67 4.023 2,570.22 Hungary 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 Italy 6,057 3.338 1,814.07 3.029 1,999.67 India 49,774 30.815 1,615.25 27.955 1,780.50 China 9,300 9.335 996.20 8.469 1,098.12 Korea, South 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 Taiwan 12,237 5.442 2,248.58 4.937 2,478.63 Japan 277,694 76.322 3,638.41 69.239 4,010.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,514,749 1,343.453 2,616.20 1,218.761 2,883.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,618,716 29,605.868 763.99 26,858.000 842.16 Mexico 5,472,939 4,620.148 1,184.58 4,191.329 1,305.78 Finland 283,396 90.101 3,145.29 81.739 3,467.08 Belgium 24,506 13.656 1,794.45 12.389 1,978.05 France 5,427 5.982 907.18 5.427 1,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 501,787 285.143 1,759.77 258.678 1,939.81 Austria 194,893 148.586 1,311.65 134.795 1,445.85 Switzerland 9,830 2.663 3,691.07 2.416 4,068.71 Italy 15,875 13.287 1,194.75 12.054 1,316.99 Turkey 1,220,865 2,538.252 480.99 2,302.665 530.20 China 492,876 714.187 690.12 647.900 760.73 Korea, South 1,048,921 1,939.394 540.85 1,759.390 596.18 Taiwan 461,074 157.139 2,934.16 142.555 3,234.36 Japan 273,154 156.554 1,744.78 142.024 1,923.29 Australia 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,637,230 40,311.838 809.62 36,570.295 892.45 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 177,097 221.407 799.87 200.858 881.70 Mexico 44,023 35.106 1,253.99 31.848 1,382.28 China 130,109 152.760 851.72 138.582 938.86 Korea, South 74,945 97.500 768.66 88.451 847.31 Japan 319,717 376.572 849.02 341.621 935.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 745,891 883.347 844.39 801.360 930.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,211,621 19,090.751 849.19 17,318.843 936.07 Mexico 8,936,371 10,893.386 820.35 9,882.317 904.28 Dominican Republic 235,578 314.029 750.18 284.883 826.93 Trinidad and Tobago 22,376 20.242 1,105.38 18.364 1,218.47 Venezuela 654,877 807.665 810.83 732.702 893.78 Chile 88,433 89.326 989.99 81.036 1,091.28 Brazil 367,576 570.533 644.27 517.579 710.18 Argentina 143,899 262.742 547.68 238.356 603.71 Sweden 1,628,820 347.366 4,689.05 315.126 5,168.79 Norway 11,644 0.544 21,383.12 0.494 23,570.85 Denmark 78,183 6.066 12,888.69 5.503 14,207.34 United Kingdom 649,361 340.114 1,909.24 308.547 2,104.58 Ireland 4,638 0.003 1,402,508.00 0.003 1,546,000.00 Netherlands 37,989 26.312 1,443.78 23.870 1,591.50 Belgium 768,208 593.509 1,294.35 538.423 1,426.77 Luxembourg 136,987 42.497 3,223.42 38.553 3,553.21 France 709,458 333.589 2,126.74 302.627 2,344.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,816,879 942.101 1,928.54 854.660 2,125.85 Austria 946,060 166.996 5,665.14 151.497 6,244.74 Czech Republic 95,094 58.705 1,619.84 53.257 1,785.57 Switzerland 133,850 22.095 6,057.71 20.045 6,677.48 Poland 364,405 357.252 1,020.02 324.094 1,124.38 Russia 63,239 176.288 358.73 159.926 395.43 Belarus 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 Ukraine 17,349 24.527 707.33 22.251 779.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Moldova 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 Spain 308,185 190.187 1,620.43 172.535 1,786.22 Italy 1,865,780 1,245.231 1,498.34 1,129.655 1,651.64 Greece 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 Turkey 172,513 170.507 1,011.76 154.682 1,115.28 Israel 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 India 2,461,678 1,129.499 2,179.44 1,024.665 2,402.42 Thailand 506,177 369.100 1,371.38 334.842 1,511.69 Vietnam 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 Malaysia 24,885 25.452 977.71 23.090 1,077.74 Indonesia 19,749 4.635 4,260.64 4.205 4,696.55 China 7,824,693 8,919.523 877.25 8,091.658 967.01 Korea, South 5,327,990 3,301.188 1,613.96 2,994.789 1,779.09 Taiwan 2,033,811 1,206.785 1,685.31 1,094.778 1,857.74 Japan 5,399,766 4,754.907 1,135.62 4,313.581 1,251.81 Australia 98,449 42.069 2,340.14 38.165 2,579.56 Egypt 255,051 322.251 791.46 292.342 872.44 South Africa 1,306,452 2,125.396 614.69 1,928.128 677.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,212,040 61,106.663 1,034.45 55,435.048 1,140.29 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 14,345 15.032 954.28 13.637 1,051.92 Chile 315,048 527.092 597.71 478.170 658.86 Belgium 95,735 137.270 697.42 124.530 768.77 Federal Republic of Germany 90,841 72.235 1,257.57 65.531 1,386.23 China 262,309 491.151 534.07 445.565 588.71 Japan 667,097 828.538 805.15 751.638 887.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,445,375 2,071.320 697.80 1,879.071 769.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,318,752 9,834.306 744.21 8,921.535 820.35 Brazil 1,106,789 1,271.915 870.17 1,153.863 959.20 United Kingdom 3,649 3.913 932.48 3.550 1,027.89 Netherlands 6,493,716 9,245.834 702.34 8,387.682 774.20 Belgium 72,893 84.966 857.91 77.080 945.68 France 4,585,783 6,657.095 688.86 6,039.217 759.33 Federal Republic of Germany 4,139,888 7,140.285 579.79 6,477.560 639.11 Taiwan 20,092 19.043 1,055.06 17.276 1,163.00 Japan 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,426,695 36,327.033 699.94 32,955.340 771.55 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,017,399 2,333.116 864.68 2,116.568 953.15 United Kingdom 52,079 68.420 761.16 62.070 839.04 Netherlands 730,007 1,115.355 654.51 1,011.834 721.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,668,598 1,928.549 865.21 1,749.551 953.73 Federal Republic of Germany 715,396 926.869 771.84 840.842 850.81 Korea, South 264,297 297.271 889.08 269.680 980.04 Japan 842,610 985.834 854.72 894.334 942.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,290,386 7,655.416 821.69 6,944.879 905.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,666,170 52,478.804 489.08 47,607.984 539.11 Mexico 6,313,133 15,906.034 396.90 14,429.716 437.51 Venezuela 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 Brazil 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 Sweden 456,284 448.727 1,016.84 407.079 1,120.87 Finland 49,554 40.002 1,238.76 36.290 1,365.50 Netherlands 15,492,748 35,062.922 441.86 31,808.557 487.06 Belgium 627,650 1,177.849 532.88 1,068.527 587.40 France 5,352,670 8,218.209 651.32 7,455.436 717.96 Federal Republic of Germany 620,907 770.579 805.77 699.058 888.21 Austria 1,848,939 2,692.476 686.71 2,442.574 756.96 Slovakia 168,675 323.596 521.25 293.562 574.58 Russia 9,565,218 21,470.560 445.50 19,477.770 491.08 Spain 977,532 1,872.683 522.00 1,698.870 575.40 Italy 281,566 99.406 2,832.47 90.180 3,122.27 Malaysia 87,179 167.251 521.25 151.728 574.57 Korea, South 26,618,336 60,545.985 439.64 54,926.410 484.62 Japan 4,487,342 6,603.209 679.57 5,990.333 749.10 Australia 6,382,775 14,845.924 429.93 13,468.000 473.92 New Zealand 1,361,614 2,611.153 521.46 2,368.799 574.81 South Africa 2,374,341 1,157.362 2,051.51 1,049.942 2,261.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,869,213 234,724.001 476.60 212,938.092 525.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,530,769 27,241.765 606.82 24,713.321 668.90 Mexico 28,050,541 22,530.461 1,245.01 20,439.297 1,372.38 Dominican Republic 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 Venezuela 741,887 1,771.484 418.79 1,607.064 461.64 Chile 221,751 427.641 518.54 387.950 571.60 Brazil 9,382,141 15,027.964 624.31 13,633.144 688.19 Sweden 1,580,863 735.492 2,149.39 667.228 2,369.30 Finland 4,847,868 2,101.736 2,306.60 1,906.664 2,542.59 United Kingdom 904,796 629.231 1,437.94 570.829 1,585.06 Netherlands 5,020,489 7,807.258 643.05 7,082.628 708.85 Belgium 4,843,000 5,150.046 940.38 4,672.045 1,036.59 Luxembourg 208,980 276.360 756.19 250.710 833.55 France 2,695,501 1,732.184 1,556.13 1,571.412 1,715.34 Federal Republic of Germany 4,282,305 2,246.053 1,906.59 2,037.586 2,101.66 Switzerland 17,135 2.942 5,824.13 2.669 6,420.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 12,197,393 25,034.265 487.23 22,710.710 537.08 Spain 122,230 50.667 2,412.38 45.965 2,659.20 Italy 205,827 96.093 2,141.93 87.175 2,361.08 India 182,754 61.945 2,950.24 56.196 3,252.08 Thailand 547,588 200.071 2,736.96 181.502 3,016.98 China 14,414,779 12,414.041 1,161.17 11,261.832 1,279.97 Korea, South 6,474,159 5,531.990 1,170.31 5,018.539 1,290.05 Taiwan 5,091,028 2,137.436 2,381.84 1,939.050 2,625.53 Japan 4,257,957 3,308.295 1,287.05 3,001.236 1,418.73 Australia 13,180 1.410 9,341.17 1.280 10,296.88 New Zealand 607,400 1,173.707 517.51 1,064.770 570.45 South Africa 1,309,938 1,561.581 838.85 1,416.643 924.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 124,813,249 139,390.162 895.42 126,452.664 987.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,201,005 48,878.410 658.80 44,341.760 726.20 Mexico 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 Brazil 725,914 1,108.778 654.70 1,005.867 721.68 Sweden 53,721 28.276 1,899.85 25.652 2,094.22 Finland 168,800 284.252 593.84 257.870 654.59 Netherlands 2,215,378 3,819.184 580.07 3,464.707 639.41 Belgium 257,173 267.376 961.84 242.560 1,060.24 France 28,674 30.467 941.12 27.640 1,037.41 Federal Republic of Germany 4,300,242 9,664.218 444.97 8,767.234 490.49 Austria 442,840 395.093 1,120.85 358.423 1,235.52 Kazakhstan 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 Spain 2,597,511 4,622.416 561.94 4,193.387 619.43 Turkey 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 India 5,358,550 9,837.279 544.72 8,924.232 600.45 China 6,814,811 12,230.521 557.20 11,095.346 614.20 Korea, South 16,886,468 20,025.520 843.25 18,166.852 929.52 Taiwan 11,911,463 14,437.910 825.01 13,097.856 909.42 Japan 409,985 365.821 1,120.72 331.868 1,235.39 South Africa 9,627,215 16,605.396 579.76 15,064.167 639.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,503,545 156,515.937 674.08 141,988.909 743.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 996,444 808.746 1,232.08 733.683 1,358.14 Belgium 534,057 768.398 695.03 697.080 766.13 Luxembourg 100,909 120.736 835.78 109.530 921.29 Federal Republic of Germany 8,947,617 14,169.074 631.49 12,853.972 696.10 China 21,562 20.927 1,030.33 18.985 1,135.74 Korea, South 422,692 508.242 831.67 461.070 916.76 Taiwan 508,653 627.281 810.89 569.060 893.85 Japan 792,554 889.214 891.30 806.682 982.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,324,488 17,912.622 688.03 16,250.062 758.43 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,424,162 6,703.272 1,107.54 6,081.108 1,220.86 Mexico 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 Brazil 4,593,024 8,733.704 525.90 7,923.086 579.70 Netherlands 470,887 526.718 894.00 477.831 985.47 Belgium 301,037 248.863 1,209.65 225.765 1,333.41 Luxembourg 2,063,919 2,729.966 756.02 2,476.585 833.37 Federal Republic of Germany 179,619 78.309 2,293.71 71.041 2,528.39 Austria 441,408 128.485 3,435.47 116.560 3,786.96 Italy 957,066 1,041.672 918.78 944.990 1,012.78 China 194,644 281.654 691.07 255.513 761.78 Korea, South 1,418,101 1,585.003 894.70 1,437.891 986.24 Taiwan 2,037,017 2,691.832 756.74 2,441.990 834.16 Japan 374,259 273.238 1,369.71 247.878 1,509.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,231,159 30,687.989 822.18 27,839.684 906.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 25,571 20.959 1,220.03 19.014 1,344.85 Mexico 4,839 35.215 137.41 31.947 151.47 Sweden 434,952 407.017 1,068.63 369.240 1,177.97 United Kingdom 598,459 218.241 2,742.19 197.985 3,022.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,840,748 1,944.817 1,460.68 1,764.309 1,610.12 Austria 618,153 636.386 971.35 577.320 1,070.73 Russia 1,805,718 1,272.731 1,418.77 1,154.603 1,563.93 Romania 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 China 20,794 23.876 870.91 21.660 960.02 Japan 1,029,860 1,215.679 847.15 1,102.846 933.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,381,341 5,776.245 1,277.88 5,240.123 1,408.62 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,282,427 5,745.165 571.34 5,211.928 629.79 Mexico 417,098 544.632 765.83 494.082 844.19 Finland 2,431,870 821.377 2,960.72 745.141 3,263.64 United Kingdom 56,310 89.014 632.59 80.753 697.31 Federal Republic of Germany 722,967 717.873 1,007.10 651.244 1,110.13 Austria 3,325 3.691 900.68 3.349 992.83 Italy 12,393 17.140 723.01 15.550 796.98 Malaysia 13,644 21.552 633.06 19.552 697.83 Japan 53,747 13.709 3,920.44 12.437 4,321.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,993,781 7,974.157 877.06 7,234.036 966.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,191,155 4,469.828 937.65 4,054.961 1,033.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,546,118 1,303.902 1,952.69 1,182.881 2,152.47 Chile 8,592 7.043 1,219.80 6.390 1,344.60 Brazil 127,047 128.559 988.24 116.627 1,089.34 Sweden 2,320,239 447.640 5,183.26 406.093 5,713.57 Finland 628,249 225.186 2,789.90 204.286 3,075.34 United Kingdom 1,503,576 687.180 2,188.04 623.400 2,411.90 Netherlands 3,416 0.220 15,494.72 0.200 17,080.00 Belgium 169,102 60.235 2,807.33 54.645 3,094.56 France 1,480,970 307.679 4,813.36 279.122 5,305.82 Federal Republic of Germany 5,916,095 3,344.846 1,768.72 3,034.395 1,949.68 Austria 1,031,584 200.431 5,146.83 181.828 5,673.41 Switzerland 406,868 170.073 2,392.31 154.288 2,637.07 Italy 132,767 67.457 1,968.17 61.196 2,169.54 India 941,390 469.586 2,004.72 426.002 2,209.83 Indonesia 218,971 61.342 3,569.65 55.649 3,934.86 China 315,427 235.221 1,340.98 213.389 1,478.18 Korea, South 1,046,306 991.473 1,055.30 899.450 1,163.27 Taiwan 291,994 118.801 2,457.83 107.775 2,709.29 Japan 3,381,412 779.109 4,340.10 706.796 4,784.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,661,278 14,075.820 1,894.12 12,769.373 2,087.91 GRAND TOTAL 1,619,723,148 2,315,188.254 699.61 2,100,304.047 771.19 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 732,588 926.613 790.61 840.610 871.50 Brazil 5,042 0.945 5,331.03 0.858 5,876.46 Belgium 448,477 652.061 687.78 591.540 758.15 Federal Republic of Germany 478,881 521.503 918.27 473.100 1,012.22 Austria 104,300 37.941 2,748.97 34.420 3,030.21 Slovakia 5,048 0.200 25,161.92 0.182 27,736.26 India 6,732 1.696 3,968.27 1.539 4,374.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,781,068 2,140.962 831.90 1,942.249 917.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,920,501 18,743.118 369.23 17,003.476 407.01 Mexico 19,500,750 37,070.360 526.05 33,629.675 579.87 Brazil 881,851 1,327.182 664.45 1,204.000 732.43 United Kingdom 88,991 34.877 2,551.56 31.640 2,812.61 Belgium 2,588 7.507 344.71 6.811 379.97 Federal Republic of Germany 2,365,114 3,713.414 636.91 3,368.754 702.07 Ukraine 117,745 60.505 1,946.01 54.890 2,145.11 Italy 58,700 15.553 3,774.04 14.110 4,160.17 China 29,188 3.967 7,357.30 3.599 8,110.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,965,428 60,976.487 491.43 55,316.955 541.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,112,996 2,025.775 549.42 1,837.753 605.63 United Kingdom 2,818,561 5,202.032 541.82 4,719.206 597.25 Italy 121,981 187.128 651.86 169.760 718.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,053,538 7,414.936 546.67 6,726.719 602.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,952,092 11,927.028 1,002.10 10,820.021 1,104.63 Sweden 2,384,253 1,623.205 1,468.85 1,472.548 1,619.13 Finland 98,278 70.346 1,397.06 63.817 1,540.00 United Kingdom 783,754 729.708 1,074.06 661.981 1,183.95 Belgium 664,128 333.434 1,991.78 302.487 2,195.56 France 296,773 156.486 1,896.48 141.962 2,090.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,224,436 2,485.377 1,297.36 2,254.697 1,430.10 Austria 227,538 161.868 1,405.69 146.845 1,549.51 Poland 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 Ukraine 9,348,024 7,284.259 1,283.32 6,608.171 1,414.62 Spain 159,492 80.529 1,980.55 73.055 2,183.18 China 2,151,058 3,339.881 644.05 3,029.890 709.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,291,939 2,637.790 1,247.99 2,392.964 1,375.67 South Africa 70,213 12.354 5,683.10 11.208 6,264.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,717,313 30,898.445 1,123.59 28,030.606 1,238.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,090,986 3,541.005 590.51 3,212.347 650.92 Netherlands 5,211,534 11,469.418 454.39 10,404.884 500.87 France 1,534,490 2,691.610 570.10 2,441.789 628.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,007,647 937.180 1,075.19 850.196 1,185.19 Japan 2,889,132 4,519.160 639.31 4,099.715 704.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,733,789 23,158.375 549.86 21,008.931 606.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 7,248 5.980 1,212.03 5.425 1,336.04 Czech Republic 10,512 18.856 557.48 17.106 614.52 Spain 5,774 11.313 510.39 10.263 562.60 Japan 245,834 551.766 445.54 500.554 491.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 269,368 587.915 458.17 533.348 505.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,200,912 30,450.201 597.73 27,623.966 658.88 Mexico 4,158,011 9,183.540 452.77 8,331.170 499.09 Brazil 326,893 96.657 3,381.98 87.686 3,728.00 Sweden 1,328,240 346.054 3,838.24 313.935 4,230.94 United Kingdom 957,887 679.740 1,409.20 616.650 1,553.37 France 504,271 186.407 2,705.21 169.106 2,981.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,500,596 908.047 1,652.55 823.767 1,821.63 Austria 366,039 78.512 4,662.20 71.225 5,139.19 Czech Republic 22,702 15.066 1,506.80 13.668 1,660.96 Latvia 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 Ukraine 8,768 4.954 1,769.57 4.495 1,950.61 Spain 781,287 563.975 1,385.32 511.630 1,527.05 Italy 367,480 335.572 1,095.08 304.426 1,207.12 Romania 3,480 2.001 1,738.44 1.816 1,916.30 Bulgaria 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 Turkey 2,302,800 1,908.629 1,206.52 1,731.480 1,329.96 China 1,175,912 1,276.901 920.91 1,158.386 1,015.13 Korea, South 910,440 1,005.676 905.30 912.335 997.92 Taiwan 260,186 46.477 5,598.07 42.164 6,170.81 Japan 6,861,203 8,310.960 825.56 7,539.579 910.02 South Africa 39,825 46.308 860.00 42.010 947.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,392,693 64,775.637 669.89 58,763.486 738.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 373,530 624.712 597.92 566.730 659.10 Mexico 949,609 1,878.192 505.60 1,703.868 557.33 Austria 48,143 7.004 6,873.56 6.354 7,576.80 China 15,018 13.422 1,118.84 12.177 1,233.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,386,300 2,523.332 549.39 2,289.129 605.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,628,191 1,633.126 1,609.30 1,481.548 1,773.95 Mexico 2,186 2.248 972.11 2.040 1,071.57 Colombia 52,576 55.253 951.54 50.125 1,048.90 Brazil 23,384 10.876 2,149.96 9.867 2,369.92 Sweden 131,533 71.479 1,840.15 64.845 2,028.42 United Kingdom 1,080,163 816.889 1,322.29 741.070 1,457.57 Belgium 33,203 31.946 1,039.35 28.981 1,145.68 France 900,486 590.700 1,524.44 535.875 1,680.40 Federal Republic of Germany 523,682 231.962 2,257.61 210.433 2,488.59 Poland 626,332 375.513 1,667.94 340.660 1,838.58 Russia 2,110,850 2,377.728 887.76 2,157.040 978.59 Ukraine 5,538,513 6,473.086 855.62 5,872.287 943.16 Spain 91,227 57.745 1,579.81 52.386 1,741.44 Italy 91,393 49.972 1,828.88 45.334 2,015.99 Korea, South 156,821 130.951 1,197.55 118.797 1,320.08 Taiwan 116,370 50.710 2,294.78 46.004 2,529.56 Japan 343,472 259.603 1,323.07 235.508 1,458.43 South Africa 39,956 21.437 1,863.82 19.448 2,054.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,490,338 13,241.233 1,094.33 12,012.248 1,206.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,225,904 802.490 1,527.63 728.007 1,683.92 Mexico 174,351 110.224 1,581.78 99.994 1,743.61 Colombia 107,651 12.278 8,767.34 11.139 9,664.33 Brazil 3,374,090 782.428 4,312.33 709.807 4,753.53 Sweden 2,378,099 1,133.553 2,097.91 1,028.343 2,312.55 United Kingdom 450,832 93.365 4,828.67 84.700 5,322.69 Netherlands 399,975 282.406 1,416.31 256.195 1,561.21 France 1,548,923 690.005 2,244.80 625.963 2,474.46 Federal Republic of Germany 4,248,935 1,609.536 2,639.85 1,460.147 2,909.94 Austria 2,609,203 468.206 5,572.76 424.750 6,142.91 Czech Republic 10,514 2.589 4,060.51 2.349 4,475.95 Poland 245,463 86.058 2,852.28 78.071 3,144.10 Russia 1,331,892 1,006.251 1,323.62 912.856 1,459.04 Ukraine 304,062 208.912 1,455.45 189.522 1,604.36 Italy 831,409 579.220 1,435.39 525.460 1,582.25 Slovenia 1,432,241 480.683 2,979.59 436.069 3,284.44 China 5,960,402 1,806.275 3,299.83 1,638.626 3,637.44 Korea, South 342,491 273.860 1,250.60 248.442 1,378.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,778,048 849.732 3,269.32 770.865 3,603.81 Japan 5,167,926 4,326.694 1,194.43 3,925.112 1,316.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,922,411 15,604.774 2,237.93 14,156.417 2,466.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 434,588 154.486 2,813.11 140.148 3,100.92 Mexico 23,042 19.775 1,165.18 17.940 1,284.39 Argentina 738,708 224.578 3,289.31 203.734 3,625.85 United Kingdom 104,371 39.679 2,630.32 35.997 2,899.44 Federal Republic of Germany 158,973 113.789 1,397.08 103.228 1,540.02 Spain 93,436 44.269 2,110.60 40.161 2,326.54 Italy 271,946 142.869 1,903.46 129.609 2,098.20 India 90,355 23.266 3,883.48 21.107 4,280.81 Japan 2,014,185 625.726 3,218.95 567.650 3,548.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,929,604 1,388.442 2,830.22 1,259.574 3,119.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,728,924 4,568.201 1,254.09 4,144.204 1,382.39 Mexico 110,980 149.958 740.07 136.040 815.79 Brazil 551,200 379.713 1,451.62 344.470 1,600.14 United Kingdom 62,781 2.938 21,363.08 2.666 23,548.76 Federal Republic of Germany 437,430 531.722 822.67 482.371 906.83 Austria 5,853,959 5,917.550 989.25 5,368.313 1,090.47 Russia 128,654 163.007 789.25 147.878 870.00 Spain 3,204,897 2,585.022 1,239.79 2,345.094 1,366.64 Singapore 704,489 1,032.093 682.58 936.300 752.42 China 3,492,691 3,502.966 997.07 3,177.839 1,099.08 Japan 18,074,353 5,104.289 3,541.01 4,630.535 3,903.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,350,358 23,937.466 1,602.11 21,715.710 1,766.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,010,094 9,155.657 874.88 8,305.875 964.39 Federal Republic of Germany 12,950 21.583 600.00 19.580 661.39 Italy 7,100 11.833 600.00 10.735 661.39 Japan 5,665,806 4,843.110 1,169.87 4,393.597 1,289.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,695,950 14,032.184 976.04 12,729.787 1,075.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Japan 267,145 150.795 1,771.58 136.799 1,952.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 267,145 150.795 1,771.58 136.799 1,952.83 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 392,340 150.341 2,609.65 136.388 2,876.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 392,340 150.341 2,609.65 136.388 2,876.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,059,951 1,942.184 1,060.64 1,761.921 1,169.15 Mexico 4,008,297 2,521.589 1,589.59 2,287.548 1,752.22 Venezuela 26,160 2.621 9,979.80 2.378 11,000.84 Brazil 719,922 487.545 1,476.63 442.294 1,627.70 Argentina 786,045 383.837 2,047.86 348.212 2,257.37 Sweden 956,157 657.226 1,454.84 596.226 1,603.68 United Kingdom 393,926 309.542 1,272.61 280.812 1,402.81 France 387,255 224.964 1,721.41 204.084 1,897.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,461,340 991.783 1,473.45 899.731 1,624.20 Czech Republic 467,207 100.525 4,647.66 91.195 5,123.16 Switzerland 176,126 102.306 1,721.55 92.811 1,897.68 Spain 690,369 401.500 1,719.47 364.235 1,895.39 Italy 1,323,685 566.052 2,338.45 513.514 2,577.70 Romania 614,229 635.704 966.22 576.702 1,065.07 Saudi Arabia 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 India 972,233 769.632 1,263.24 698.199 1,392.49 China 62,341 60.840 1,024.66 55.194 1,129.49 Korea, South 5,069 1.083 4,678.05 0.983 5,156.66 Taiwan 26,260 17.393 1,509.77 15.779 1,664.24 Japan 6,516,770 2,860.234 2,278.40 2,594.762 2,511.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,670,776 13,048.631 1,660.77 11,837.523 1,830.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 6,543 1.693 3,864.40 1.536 4,259.77 Sweden 254,068 183.298 1,386.09 166.286 1,527.90 United Kingdom 4,336 0.004 983,388.54 0.004 1,084,000.00 France 758,918 342.404 2,216.44 310.624 2,443.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,075,375 902.907 2,298.55 819.104 2,533.71 Spain 84,497 54.931 1,538.23 49.833 1,695.60 Italy 224,692 39.762 5,650.84 36.072 6,228.99 Japan 815,236 264.685 3,080.01 240.119 3,395.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,223,665 1,789.687 2,360.00 1,623.578 2,601.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,214,316 326.052 3,724.30 295.790 4,105.33 Mexico 3,263 0.633 5,148.08 0.575 5,674.78 Trinidad and Tobago 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 Denmark 76,712 4.712 16,278.82 4.275 17,944.33 United Kingdom 44,990 1.350 33,317.76 1.225 36,726.53 Ireland 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 Federal Republic of Germany 8,018 4.153 1,930.42 3.768 2,127.92 Hungary 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 26,881 12.504 2,149.69 11.344 2,369.62 China 9,300 9.335 996.20 8.469 1,098.12 Taiwan 12,237 5.442 2,248.58 4.937 2,478.63 Japan 22,827 7.932 2,877.75 7.196 3,172.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,449,603 378.546 3,829.39 343.412 4,221.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 510,951 385.080 1,326.87 349.339 1,462.62 Mexico 6,011 23.093 260.29 20.950 286.92 Finland 283,396 90.101 3,145.29 81.739 3,467.08 France 5,427 5.982 907.18 5.427 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 63,548 28.085 2,262.64 25.479 2,494.13 China 63,719 21.328 2,987.49 19.349 3,293.14 Korea, South 16,817 19.586 858.58 17.769 946.42 Taiwan 461,074 157.139 2,934.16 142.555 3,234.36 Japan 273,154 156.554 1,744.78 142.024 1,923.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,684,097 886.953 1,898.74 804.631 2,093.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 15,409 18.692 824.32 16.958 908.66 Japan 319,717 376.572 849.02 341.621 935.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 335,126 395.265 847.85 358.579 934.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 383,499 370.960 1,033.80 336.530 1,139.57 Mexico 1,560,067 1,293.007 1,206.54 1,172.997 1,329.98 Venezuela 15,807 19.841 796.66 18.000 878.17 Brazil 26,406 38.999 677.08 35.380 746.35 Sweden 18,898 7.190 2,628.24 6.523 2,897.13 United Kingdom 157,001 8.262 19,000.66 7.496 20,944.64 France 13,017 2.108 6,172.94 1.913 6,804.50 Federal Republic of Germany 144,162 21.674 6,651.15 19.663 7,331.64 Austria 109,571 23.869 4,590.43 21.654 5,060.08 Poland 32,067 21.202 1,512.38 19.235 1,667.12 Spain 2,767 0.519 5,329.47 0.471 5,874.73 Italy 1,232,314 955.586 1,289.59 866.894 1,421.53 Turkey 137,259 127.792 1,074.08 115.931 1,183.97 China 1,069,503 1,051.795 1,016.84 954.173 1,120.87 Korea, South 1,719,531 1,433.872 1,199.22 1,300.788 1,321.91 Taiwan 210,582 235.654 893.61 213.782 985.03 Japan 2,332,749 1,723.575 1,353.44 1,563.602 1,491.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,165,200 7,335.914 1,249.36 6,655.032 1,377.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,092,444 3,786.204 552.65 3,434.788 609.19 Brazil 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 Sweden 273,159 361.542 755.54 327.986 832.84 Finland 49,554 40.002 1,238.76 36.290 1,365.50 Netherlands 1,240,034 2,499.336 496.15 2,267.361 546.91 Belgium 92,601 211.048 438.77 191.460 483.66 France 2,753,049 3,480.437 791.01 3,157.401 871.94 Austria 780,280 1,033.387 755.07 937.474 832.32 Japan 4,265,818 6,428.181 663.61 5,831.550 731.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,554,472 17,857.722 647.03 16,200.258 713.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,397,688 3,338.028 718.29 3,028.209 791.78 Dominican Republic 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 Sweden 17,356 21.450 809.10 19.460 891.88 United Kingdom 575,220 591.276 972.84 536.397 1,072.38 Netherlands 2,506,516 2,980.954 840.84 2,704.277 926.87 Belgium 97,979 161.532 606.56 146.540 668.62 France 572,983 523.236 1,095.08 474.672 1,207.11 Federal Republic of Germany 883,136 905.542 975.26 821.495 1,075.04 Korea, South 836,019 1,324.569 631.16 1,201.630 695.74 Japan 1,378,264 1,200.809 1,147.78 1,089.356 1,265.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,326,151 11,185.430 833.78 10,147.255 919.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,946,315 10,888.560 729.79 9,877.939 804.45 Brazil 494,444 762.777 648.22 691.980 714.54 Netherlands 23,644 45.024 525.13 40.846 578.86 France 28,674 30.467 941.12 27.640 1,037.41 Federal Republic of Germany 3,665,091 8,160.678 449.12 7,403.245 495.07 Spain 1,858,547 3,348.569 555.03 3,037.772 611.81 China 198,762 325.512 610.61 295.300 673.08 Japan 389,689 351.377 1,109.03 318.764 1,222.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,605,166 23,912.968 610.76 21,693.486 673.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 910,042 735.536 1,237.25 667.268 1,363.83 Federal Republic of Germany 4,156,466 6,388.189 650.65 5,795.270 717.22 Japan 709,056 784.120 904.27 711.342 996.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,775,564 7,907.846 730.36 7,173.880 805.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 25,571 20.959 1,220.03 19.014 1,344.85 Mexico 4,839 35.215 137.41 31.947 151.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 434,952 407.017 1,068.63 369.240 1,177.97 United Kingdom 598,459 218.241 2,742.19 197.985 3,022.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,840,748 1,944.817 1,460.68 1,764.309 1,610.12 Austria 618,153 636.386 971.35 577.320 1,070.73 Russia 1,805,718 1,272.731 1,418.77 1,154.603 1,563.93 Romania 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 China 20,794 23.876 870.91 21.660 960.02 Japan 1,029,860 1,215.679 847.15 1,102.846 933.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,381,341 5,776.245 1,277.88 5,240.123 1,408.62 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 114,494 274.765 416.70 249.263 459.33 Federal Republic of Germany 326,923 312.870 1,044.92 283.831 1,151.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 441,417 587.635 751.17 533.094 828.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 993,610 436.400 2,276.83 395.896 2,509.78 Mexico 4,475 0.002 2,029,826.43 0.002 2,237,500.00 Brazil 22,345 1.940 11,517.64 1.760 12,696.02 Sweden 397,843 108.641 3,661.98 98.558 4,036.64 United Kingdom 102,010 38.212 2,669.53 34.666 2,942.65 France 692,728 63.073 10,982.93 57.219 12,106.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,755,328 1,705.323 1,615.72 1,547.044 1,781.03 Austria 692,789 122.606 5,650.50 111.227 6,228.60 Switzerland 154,151 38.365 4,017.91 34.805 4,428.99 Italy 3,700 0.231 15,983.74 0.210 17,619.05 Japan 70,249 16.329 4,301.93 14.814 4,742.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,889,228 2,531.127 2,326.72 2,296.201 2,564.77 GRAND TOTAL 327,849,449 354,575.306 924.63 321,665.398 1,019.23 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Belgium 6,661 14.175 469.89 12.860 517.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,661 14.175 469.89 12.860 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,316,987 30,970.435 365.41 28,095.914 402.80 Mexico 28,217,170 81,749.845 345.16 74,162.233 380.48 Venezuela 3,829,010 11,084.298 345.44 10,055.509 380.79 Brazil 2,548,256 3,985.076 639.45 3,615.202 704.87 United Kingdom 14,181,139 43,709.275 324.44 39,652.399 357.64 Belgium 273,327 494.772 552.43 448.850 608.95 Federal Republic of Germany 8,064,704 19,269.503 418.52 17,481.004 461.34 Russia 30,726,367 91,137.428 337.14 82,678.508 371.64 Ukraine 12,798,432 43,596.502 293.57 39,550.093 323.60 China 50,330 147.296 341.69 133.625 376.65 Australia 21,360,070 80,471.953 265.43 73,002.949 292.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 133,365,792 406,616.387 327.99 368,876.286 361.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,440,057 21,748.148 526.02 19,729.594 579.84 Mexico 15,328 24.668 621.36 22.379 684.93 Trinidad and Tobago 2,938,261 7,487.304 392.43 6,792.370 432.58 Venezuela 3,362,610 8,589.557 391.48 7,792.318 431.53 Brazil 7,687,209 13,222.973 581.35 11,995.683 640.83 Argentina 986,682 2,227.588 442.94 2,020.835 488.25 Sweden 30,750 21.301 1,443.59 19.324 1,591.29 Finland 23,488 82.339 285.26 74.697 314.44 United Kingdom 1,639,876 2,394.909 684.73 2,172.626 754.79 Luxembourg 402,449 423.696 949.85 384.371 1,047.03 Federal Republic of Germany 5,753,037 10,538.818 545.89 9,560.658 601.74 Belarus 1,682,768 5,689.839 295.75 5,161.737 326.01 Italy 1,746,425 3,956.574 441.40 3,589.345 486.56 Turkey 12,856,829 37,778.215 340.32 34,271.830 375.14 Malaysia 4,996,475 13,051.666 382.82 11,840.276 421.99 China 12,504,927 35,949.784 347.84 32,613.105 383.43 Korea, South 1,484,369 2,181.648 680.39 1,979.159 750.00 Japan 7,090,188 9,648.433 734.85 8,752.914 810.04 New Zealand 1,910,730 5,564.647 343.37 5,048.165 378.50 Egypt 2,520,794 6,721.341 375.04 6,097.500 413.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,073,252 187,303.457 432.84 169,918.886 477.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,903,756 13,023.299 606.89 11,814.542 668.99 Mexico 2,530,787 4,844.885 522.36 4,395.207 575.81 Brazil 4,224,002 11,701.579 360.98 10,615.497 397.91 Argentina 22,159 52.977 418.28 48.060 461.07 Sweden 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 United Kingdom 1,627,090 2,308.132 704.94 2,093.903 777.06 Netherlands 209,241 173.613 1,205.21 157.500 1,328.51 Belgium 14,734 13.300 1,107.78 12.066 1,221.12 Luxembourg 2,956,995 4,025.164 734.63 3,651.569 809.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,487,190 2,281.558 651.83 2,069.796 718.52 Poland 153,896 87.869 1,751.41 79.714 1,930.60 Spain 219,038 184.014 1,190.33 166.935 1,312.12 Turkey 250,601 603.936 414.95 547.882 457.40 China 235,250 483.215 486.84 438.366 536.65 Korea, South 508,412 1,096.845 463.52 995.042 510.95 South Africa 403,197 822.820 490.02 746.450 540.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,752,946 41,710.868 545.49 37,839.474 601.30 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,459,701 1,695.992 860.68 1,538.579 948.73 United Kingdom 90,153 128.794 699.98 116.840 771.59 Luxembourg 1,360,156 1,883.327 722.21 1,708.526 796.10 Federal Republic of Germany 472,291 711.461 663.83 645.427 731.75 India 13,575 20.630 658.00 18.716 725.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,395,876 4,440.205 764.80 4,028.088 843.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,580,828 15,160.146 697.94 13,753.057 769.34 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Brazil 3,680 12.676 290.30 11.500 320.00 Belgium 1,206,398 1,535.442 785.70 1,392.930 866.09 France 374,186 345.215 1,083.92 313.174 1,194.82 Federal Republic of Germany 13,039 15.260 854.43 13.844 941.85 Austria 283,985 290.185 978.63 263.252 1,078.76 Slovakia 398,541 767.967 518.96 696.689 572.05 Ukraine 3,310,159 4,365.024 758.34 3,959.885 835.92 Italy 28,735 33.488 858.06 30.380 945.85 Romania 8,644,144 15,735.377 549.34 14,274.898 605.55 Thailand 2,291,848 4,396.782 521.26 3,988.695 574.59 Malaysia 9,039,275 20,883.357 432.85 18,945.069 477.13 Indonesia 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 Korea, South 34,010 60.179 565.14 54.594 622.96 Japan 2,623 4.984 526.22 4.522 580.05 South Africa 2,837,456 3,837.540 739.39 3,481.359 815.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 39,082,813 67,514.813 578.88 61,248.426 638.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,211,575 25,142.445 485.70 22,808.849 535.39 Mexico 2,376,004 6,214.624 382.32 5,637.814 421.44 Venezuela 2,365,886 5,859.885 403.74 5,316.000 445.05 Netherlands 7,432,331 18,662.897 398.24 16,930.701 438.99 Belgium 34,509 79.487 434.14 72.110 478.56 France 1,140,142 2,067.612 551.43 1,875.707 607.85 Federal Republic of Germany 829,079 1,356.318 611.27 1,230.432 673.81 Russia 1,876,577 4,482.437 418.65 4,066.400 461.48 Spain 337,441 675.055 499.87 612.400 551.01 Malaysia 26,395 54.805 481.61 49.719 530.88 Japan 289,967 390.356 742.83 354.126 818.82 New Zealand 408,909 798.117 512.34 724.040 564.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,328,815 65,784.044 445.83 59,678.298 491.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 237,360 296.569 800.35 269.043 882.24 France 145,723 215.615 675.85 195.603 744.99 Federal Republic of Germany 39,826 5.751 6,924.02 5.218 7,632.43 Austria 1,110,495 798.927 1,389.98 724.775 1,532.19 Spain 44,162 65.220 677.12 59.167 746.40 Korea, South 60,705 91.525 663.25 83.031 731.11 Japan 4,115,228 5,866.958 701.42 5,322.417 773.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,753,499 7,340.568 783.79 6,659.254 863.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 241,687 325.727 741.99 295.495 817.91 Austria 123,046 148.695 827.51 134.894 912.17 Spain 40,012 49.193 813.35 44.628 896.57 Korea, South 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 Japan 443,514 545.947 812.38 495.275 895.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 855,379 1,073.563 796.77 973.921 878.28 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 426,528 897.622 475.18 814.310 523.79 India 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 China 64,987 95.962 677.21 87.056 746.50 Australia 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 628,975 1,218.561 516.16 1,105.461 568.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,964,877 25,882.247 578.19 23,479.987 637.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,139,353 4,017.737 532.48 3,644.831 586.96 Brazil 516,501 1,238.972 416.88 1,123.977 459.53 Argentina 303,232 637.844 475.40 578.643 524.04 United Kingdom 2,333,853 3,311.080 704.86 3,003.763 776.98 Federal Republic of Germany 15,271 16.781 909.99 15.224 1,003.09 Ukraine 170,784 235.980 723.72 214.078 797.77 Italy 183,732 377.166 487.14 342.160 536.98 Turkey 492,403 348.908 1,411.26 316.525 1,555.65 India 128,650 181.021 710.69 164.220 783.40 China 436,876 722.399 604.76 655.350 666.63 Korea, South 47,840 114.879 416.44 104.217 459.04 Japan 1,594,753 2,024.128 787.87 1,836.259 868.48 South Africa 275,724 539.452 511.12 489.383 563.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,603,849 39,648.602 595.33 35,968.617 656.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,895,813 8,771.806 558.13 7,957.651 615.23 Mexico 3,000,785 6,286.262 477.36 5,702.803 526.19 Brazil 725,413 1,721.103 421.48 1,561.359 464.60 China 40,851 63.376 644.58 57.494 710.53 Korea, South 72,489 173.054 418.88 156.992 461.74 Australia 15,872 25.160 630.84 22.825 695.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,751,223 17,040.762 513.55 15,459.124 566.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 554,623 1,298.299 427.19 1,177.798 470.90 Mexico 3,869,593 11,485.198 336.92 10,419.200 371.39 Dominican Republic 733,166 1,779.860 411.92 1,614.663 454.07 Venezuela 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 Brazil 3,959,795 12,641.577 313.24 11,468.249 345.28 United Kingdom 61,284 212.150 288.87 192.460 318.42 Belgium 234,158 165.346 1,416.16 150.000 1,561.05 Federal Republic of Germany 17,112 20.727 825.56 18.804 910.02 Bulgaria 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 China 4,865 17.876 272.15 16.217 299.99 Japan 3,318,783 9,840.750 337.25 8,927.381 371.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,620,462 52,330.879 336.71 47,473.789 371.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,155,721 5,166.868 997.84 4,687.306 1,099.93 Mexico 277,180 369.116 750.93 334.857 827.76 Brazil 414,737 936.866 442.69 849.911 487.98 Sweden 2,469 0.013 186,653.31 0.012 205,750.00 United Kingdom 1,501,697 1,345.943 1,115.72 1,221.020 1,229.87 Netherlands 16,059 11.020 1,457.14 9.998 1,606.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 83,652 77.648 1,077.31 70.442 1,187.53 Federal Republic of Germany 4,197,191 3,786.543 1,108.45 3,435.095 1,221.86 Austria 131,148 70.213 1,867.84 63.697 2,058.94 Switzerland 26,758 10.930 2,448.01 9.916 2,698.47 Russia 1,277,247 1,966.401 649.54 1,783.890 715.99 Ukraine 6,135,346 8,069.871 760.28 7,320.866 838.06 Spain 310,082 301.140 1,029.69 273.190 1,135.04 Italy 102,157 113.191 902.51 102.686 994.85 India 75,080 15.172 4,948.52 13.764 5,454.81 China 238,791 289.074 826.05 262.244 910.57 Korea, South 103,534 86.330 1,199.27 78.318 1,321.97 Taiwan 42,639 56.819 750.43 51.546 827.20 Japan 117,263 105.003 1,116.75 95.258 1,231.00 Egypt 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 South Africa 167,533 248.325 674.65 225.277 743.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,395,119 23,047.982 884.90 20,908.784 975.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,448,667 39,786.144 765.31 36,093.393 843.61 Mexico 5,742,162 7,819.308 734.36 7,093.559 809.49 Dominican Republic 146,699 357.429 410.43 324.255 452.42 Colombia 2,412,365 3,552.454 679.07 3,222.733 748.55 Venezuela 539,026 405.176 1,330.35 367.570 1,466.46 Ecuador 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 Chile 173,092 195.924 883.46 177.740 973.85 Argentina 471,453 575.436 819.30 522.027 903.12 Sweden 52,521 36.821 1,426.36 33.404 1,572.30 Netherlands 3,320 1.061 3,127.57 0.963 3,447.56 France 69,260 47.620 1,454.40 43.201 1,603.20 Federal Republic of Germany 553,694 284.467 1,946.42 258.065 2,145.56 Czech Republic 76,184 67.161 1,134.34 60.928 1,250.39 Switzerland 12,860 3.254 3,952.03 2.952 4,356.37 Russia 1,055,260 1,494.170 706.25 1,355.489 778.51 Ukraine 677,101 917.703 737.82 832.527 813.31 Spain 1,705,657 1,098.909 1,552.14 996.914 1,710.94 Italy 446,114 228.059 1,956.13 206.892 2,156.27 Romania 912,289 1,507.674 605.10 1,367.740 667.00 Turkey 1,081,323 1,733.848 623.65 1,572.921 687.46 United Arab Emirates 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 Oman 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 India 614,933 793.611 774.85 719.952 854.13 Thailand 4,874,143 7,397.262 658.91 6,710.686 726.33 Malaysia 15,610 22.462 694.92 20.378 766.02 China 19,502,491 33,813.170 576.77 30,674.801 635.78 Korea, South 2,315,944 2,642.301 876.49 2,397.056 966.16 Taiwan 171,226 235.672 726.54 213.799 800.87 Japan 1,688,262 1,683.863 1,002.61 1,527.576 1,105.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,649,829 1,949.247 846.39 1,768.328 932.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,817,849 108,845.423 714.94 98,742.935 788.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,069,254 6,544.615 1,080.16 5,937.177 1,190.68 Mexico 1,168,690 1,319.580 885.65 1,197.104 976.26 Colombia 8,287,664 6,344.625 1,306.25 5,755.749 1,439.89 Venezuela 2,668,060 2,941.023 907.19 2,668.052 1,000.00 Brazil 4,800,593 5,319.888 902.39 4,826.123 994.71 Sweden 1,081,983 1,137.597 951.11 1,032.011 1,048.42 France 763,126 1,118.426 682.32 1,014.620 752.13 Federal Republic of Germany 7,057,918 7,789.574 906.07 7,066.585 998.77 Austria 5,589,231 3,756.722 1,487.79 3,408.042 1,640.01 Russia 2,133,884 3,020.243 706.53 2,739.920 778.81 Ukraine 7,546,290 7,332.170 1,029.20 6,651.635 1,134.50 Spain 863,902 769.917 1,122.07 698.458 1,236.87 Romania 867,943 854.147 1,016.15 774.870 1,120.11 India 2,800,497 2,344.184 1,194.66 2,126.609 1,316.88 Malaysia 12,180 0.508 23,968.58 0.461 26,420.82 Indonesia 454,672 282.500 1,609.46 256.280 1,774.12 China 36,065,531 41,562.087 867.75 37,704.502 956.53 Korea, South 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 Hong Kong 300,295 336.059 893.58 304.868 985.00 Japan 1,091,921 316.121 3,454.11 286.781 3,807.51 South Africa 1,503,724 1,640.210 916.79 1,487.974 1,010.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 101,012,737 105,517.995 957.30 95,724.342 1,055.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 2,473 6.613 373.91 6.000 412.17 Brazil 210,342 341.543 615.86 309.843 678.87 United Kingdom 94,805 128.871 735.66 116.910 810.92 France 87,437 185.708 470.83 168.472 519.00 Federal Republic of Germany 161,988 106.531 1,520.56 96.644 1,676.13 Czech Republic 163,144 155.657 1,048.10 141.210 1,155.33 Italy 428,949 259.759 1,651.33 235.650 1,820.28 Romania 2,082,703 2,611.655 797.46 2,369.255 879.05 China 4,955 2.181 2,271.40 1.979 2,503.79 Korea, South 1,623,597 2,154.471 753.59 1,954.504 830.70 Taiwan 15,454 22.110 698.95 20.058 770.47 Japan 6,709,448 7,349.165 912.95 6,667.053 1,006.36 South Africa 531,841 764.754 695.44 693.774 766.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,117,136 14,089.024 860.04 12,781.352 948.03 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,243,098 5,077.309 835.70 4,606.059 921.20 Brazil 3,043,287 3,796.007 801.71 3,443.681 883.73 Argentina 866,175 734.026 1,180.03 665.898 1,300.76 France 20,956 13.872 1,510.61 12.585 1,665.16 Federal Republic of Germany 169,948 134.118 1,267.15 121.670 1,396.79 Austria 381,751 380.723 1,002.70 345.387 1,105.28 Czech Republic 384,717 357.617 1,075.78 324.425 1,185.84 Slovakia 379,482 407.883 930.37 370.026 1,025.55 Poland 3,674 2.067 1,776.65 1.876 1,958.42 Russia 3,492,976 4,842.863 721.26 4,393.373 795.06 Ukraine 402,801 115.416 3,489.98 104.704 3,847.05 Spain 386,478 309.007 1,250.71 280.327 1,378.67 Italy 2,748,887 2,118.814 1,297.37 1,922.157 1,430.11 Romania 714,235 788.912 905.34 715.690 997.97 Turkey 141,810 280.317 505.89 254.300 557.65 China 4,150,623 5,383.971 770.92 4,884.258 849.80 Korea, South 735,480 1,072.624 685.68 973.069 755.84 Taiwan 6,406 7.874 813.47 7.144 896.70 Japan 5,727,660 4,605.784 1,243.58 4,178.299 1,370.81 South Africa 153,298 206.794 741.31 187.601 817.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,549,123 31,104.535 917.84 28,217.568 1,011.75 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 18,968 47.149 402.30 42.773 443.46 Mexico 1,517,750 1,874.508 809.68 1,700.526 892.52 Brazil 1,971,153 2,654.457 742.58 2,408.084 818.56 Turkey 212,845 425.271 500.49 385.800 551.70 China 2,735,474 3,939.172 694.43 3,573.558 765.48 Korea, South 4,596,597 6,789.410 677.02 6,159.251 746.29 Taiwan 210,090 324.008 648.41 293.936 714.75 South Africa 3,803,765 5,442.095 698.95 4,936.987 770.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,066,642 21,496.073 700.90 19,500.915 772.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,611,545 9,414.525 1,020.93 8,540.716 1,125.38 Mexico 11,862,953 15,863.466 747.82 14,391.099 824.33 Dominican Republic 265,215 544.779 486.83 494.216 536.64 Colombia 698,242 791.839 881.80 718.345 972.01 Brazil 600,216 547.614 1,096.05 496.788 1,208.19 Argentina 480,822 415.546 1,157.08 376.978 1,275.46 Sweden 45,190 13.407 3,370.52 12.163 3,715.37 Finland 720,703 312.936 2,303.04 283.891 2,538.66 Denmark 24,308 2.315 10,495.88 2.101 11,569.73 United Kingdom 7,175 0.629 11,399.39 0.571 12,565.67 Netherlands 2,033 0.550 3,696.01 0.499 4,074.15 Belgium 48,180 25.640 1,879.03 23.261 2,071.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 204,116 152.135 1,341.67 138.015 1,478.94 Federal Republic of Germany 2,607,922 1,280.632 2,036.43 1,161.771 2,244.78 Austria 261,298 107.475 2,431.24 97.500 2,679.98 Slovakia 2,558 0.660 3,874.09 0.599 4,270.45 Switzerland 1,476,873 570.968 2,586.61 517.974 2,851.25 Ukraine 887,266 1,097.978 808.09 996.070 890.77 Spain 1,549,792 1,130.132 1,371.34 1,025.239 1,511.64 Italy 932,602 632.304 1,474.93 573.617 1,625.83 Romania 155,512 229.637 677.21 208.324 746.49 Turkey 711,368 1,499.005 474.56 1,359.875 523.11 India 1,176,622 817.024 1,440.13 741.192 1,587.47 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 4,218,202 5,354.029 787.86 4,857.095 868.46 Korea, South 831,603 997.141 833.99 904.592 919.31 Taiwan 16,900 6.397 2,641.53 5.804 2,911.78 Japan 1,937,891 822.532 2,356.01 746.189 2,597.05 Australia 79,239 97.959 808.90 88.867 891.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,422,496 42,732.542 969.34 38,766.321 1,068.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 74,295 65.451 1,135.11 59.377 1,251.24 Mexico 419,017 294.059 1,424.94 266.766 1,570.73 Brazil 134,732 81.638 1,650.35 74.061 1,819.20 Argentina 18,816 7.862 2,393.05 7.133 2,637.88 Netherlands 311,212 203.664 1,528.07 184.761 1,684.40 France 538,341 404.828 1,329.80 367.254 1,465.85 Federal Republic of Germany 734,891 445.004 1,651.43 403.701 1,820.38 Slovakia 170,278 144.675 1,176.97 131.247 1,297.39 Spain 1,088,786 418.802 2,599.76 379.931 2,865.75 Italy 749,418 404.790 1,851.37 367.220 2,040.79 Romania 254,435 198.643 1,280.87 180.206 1,411.91 China 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 Korea, South 563,850 363.062 1,553.04 329.365 1,711.93 Japan 235,397 208.764 1,127.57 189.388 1,242.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,124,721 4,455.458 1,374.66 4,041.925 1,515.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,379,229 651.321 2,117.59 590.869 2,334.24 Mexico 382,648 212.241 1,802.89 192.542 1,987.35 Netherlands 3,329 3.703 898.82 3.360 990.77 France 2,119 1.168 1,813.51 1.060 1,999.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,322 0.281 8,260.72 0.255 9,105.88 Italy 6,057 3.338 1,814.07 3.029 1,999.67 India 22,893 18.310 1,250.27 16.611 1,378.18 Korea, South 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 Japan 254,867 68.390 3,726.63 62.043 4,107.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,065,146 964.906 2,140.25 875.349 2,359.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,107,765 29,220.788 756.58 26,508.661 833.98 Mexico 5,466,928 4,597.054 1,189.22 4,170.379 1,310.89 Belgium 24,506 13.656 1,794.45 12.389 1,978.05 Federal Republic of Germany 438,239 257.057 1,704.83 233.199 1,879.25 Austria 194,893 148.586 1,311.65 134.795 1,445.85 Switzerland 9,830 2.663 3,691.07 2.416 4,068.71 Italy 15,875 13.287 1,194.75 12.054 1,316.99 Turkey 1,220,865 2,538.252 480.99 2,302.665 530.20 China 429,157 692.858 619.40 628.551 682.77 Korea, South 1,032,104 1,919.807 537.61 1,741.621 592.61 Australia 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,953,133 39,424.884 785.12 35,765.664 865.44 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 161,688 202.714 797.61 183.900 879.22 Mexico 44,023 35.106 1,253.99 31.848 1,382.28 China 130,109 152.760 851.72 138.582 938.86 Korea, South 74,945 97.500 768.66 88.451 847.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 410,765 488.082 841.59 442.781 927.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,590,226 18,658.918 835.54 16,927.091 921.02 Mexico 7,321,604 9,589.303 763.52 8,699.272 841.63 Dominican Republic 235,578 314.029 750.18 284.883 826.93 Trinidad and Tobago 22,376 20.242 1,105.38 18.364 1,218.47 Venezuela 639,070 787.823 811.18 714.702 894.18 Chile 88,433 89.326 989.99 81.036 1,091.28 Brazil 341,170 531.533 641.86 482.199 707.53 Argentina 143,899 262.742 547.68 238.356 603.71 Sweden 204,041 88.040 2,317.58 79.869 2,554.70 United Kingdom 357,225 307.657 1,161.11 279.102 1,279.91 Netherlands 14,506 23.252 623.86 21.094 687.68 Belgium 747,538 592.326 1,262.04 537.350 1,391.16 Luxembourg 136,987 42.497 3,223.42 38.553 3,553.21 France 562,929 304.241 1,850.27 276.003 2,039.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,042,341 762.734 1,366.58 691.941 1,506.40 Austria 734,490 128.157 5,731.13 116.263 6,317.49 Czech Republic 72,758 55.872 1,302.21 50.687 1,435.44 Switzerland 2,192 0.025 86,458.67 0.023 95,304.35 Poland 332,338 336.049 988.96 304.859 1,090.14 Russia 63,239 176.288 358.73 159.926 395.43 Belarus 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 17,349 24.527 707.33 22.251 779.70 Moldova 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 Spain 108,853 150.411 723.70 136.451 797.74 Italy 232,762 181.185 1,284.66 164.369 1,416.09 Greece 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 Turkey 35,254 42.715 825.32 38.751 909.76 Israel 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 India 305,925 451.103 678.17 409.234 747.56 Thailand 270,701 291.361 929.09 264.319 1,024.15 Malaysia 24,885 25.452 977.71 23.090 1,077.74 Indonesia 19,749 4.635 4,260.64 4.205 4,696.55 China 4,639,713 7,227.685 641.94 6,556.848 707.61 Korea, South 1,502,921 1,330.920 1,129.23 1,207.391 1,244.77 Taiwan 535,652 644.032 831.72 584.257 916.81 Japan 2,549,660 2,956.452 862.41 2,682.049 950.64 Australia 15,741 19.789 795.41 17.953 876.79 Egypt 255,051 322.251 791.46 292.342 872.44 South Africa 1,306,452 2,125.396 614.69 1,928.128 677.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,904,861 50,663.436 827.12 45,961.109 911.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 14,345 15.032 954.28 13.637 1,051.92 Chile 315,048 527.092 597.71 478.170 658.86 Belgium 95,735 137.270 697.42 124.530 768.77 Federal Republic of Germany 90,841 72.235 1,257.57 65.531 1,386.23 China 262,309 491.151 534.07 445.565 588.71 Japan 667,097 828.538 805.15 751.638 887.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,445,375 2,071.320 697.80 1,879.071 769.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,318,752 9,834.306 744.21 8,921.535 820.35 Brazil 1,106,789 1,271.915 870.17 1,153.863 959.20 United Kingdom 3,649 3.913 932.48 3.550 1,027.89 Netherlands 6,493,716 9,245.834 702.34 8,387.682 774.20 Belgium 72,893 84.966 857.91 77.080 945.68 France 4,585,783 6,657.095 688.86 6,039.217 759.33 Federal Republic of Germany 4,139,888 7,140.285 579.79 6,477.560 639.11 Taiwan 20,092 19.043 1,055.06 17.276 1,163.00 Japan 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,426,695 36,327.033 699.94 32,955.340 771.55 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,017,399 2,333.116 864.68 2,116.568 953.15 United Kingdom 52,079 68.420 761.16 62.070 839.04 Netherlands 730,007 1,115.355 654.51 1,011.834 721.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,668,598 1,928.549 865.21 1,749.551 953.73 Federal Republic of Germany 715,396 926.869 771.84 840.842 850.81 Korea, South 264,297 297.271 889.08 269.680 980.04 Japan 842,610 985.834 854.72 894.334 942.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,290,386 7,655.416 821.69 6,944.879 905.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,508,931 48,656.894 483.16 44,140.805 532.59 Mexico 6,313,133 15,906.034 396.90 14,429.716 437.51 Venezuela 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 Sweden 183,125 87.185 2,100.42 79.093 2,315.31 Netherlands 14,252,714 32,563.585 437.69 29,541.196 482.47 Belgium 402,985 928.884 433.84 842.670 478.22 France 2,587,103 4,737.134 546.13 4,297.457 602.01 Federal Republic of Germany 509,672 736.999 691.55 668.595 762.30 Austria 1,068,659 1,659.088 644.12 1,505.100 710.03 Slovakia 168,675 323.596 521.25 293.562 574.58 Russia 9,565,218 21,470.560 445.50 19,477.770 491.08 Spain 977,532 1,872.683 522.00 1,698.870 575.40 Malaysia 87,179 167.251 521.25 151.728 574.57 Korea, South 26,618,336 60,545.985 439.64 54,926.410 484.62 Japan 11,211 18.110 619.02 16.430 682.35 Australia 6,382,775 14,845.924 429.93 13,468.000 473.92 New Zealand 1,361,614 2,611.153 521.46 2,368.799 574.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,127,909 215,344.754 451.03 195,357.530 497.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,895,079 23,821.778 583.29 21,610.760 642.97 Mexico 5,859,543 12,525.894 467.79 11,363.304 515.65 Venezuela 741,887 1,771.484 418.79 1,607.064 461.64 Chile 221,751 427.641 518.54 387.950 571.60 Brazil 7,118,866 14,025.326 507.57 12,723.566 559.50 Sweden 326,882 460.512 709.82 417.770 782.44 Netherlands 2,481,128 4,820.665 514.69 4,373.235 567.34 Belgium 2,075,118 4,066.226 510.33 3,688.820 562.54 Luxembourg 208,980 276.360 756.19 250.710 833.55 France 289,722 462.264 626.75 419.359 690.87 Federal Republic of Germany 96,631 99.840 967.85 90.574 1,066.87 Russia 12,197,393 25,034.265 487.23 22,710.710 537.08 China 3,251,302 6,443.159 504.61 5,845.138 556.24 Korea, South 1,520,074 2,345.452 648.09 2,127.759 714.40 Taiwan 4,268 7.655 557.50 6.945 614.54 Japan 1,374,629 1,753.012 784.15 1,590.307 864.38 New Zealand 607,400 1,173.707 517.51 1,064.770 570.45 South Africa 537,555 1,147.230 468.57 1,040.750 516.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 52,808,208 100,662.479 524.61 91,319.491 578.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,254,690 37,989.850 638.45 34,463.822 703.77 Mexico 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 Brazil 231,470 346.001 668.99 313.887 737.43 Sweden 53,721 28.276 1,899.85 25.652 2,094.22 Finland 168,800 284.252 593.84 257.870 654.59 Netherlands 2,191,734 3,774.159 580.72 3,423.861 640.14 Belgium 257,173 267.376 961.84 242.560 1,060.24 Federal Republic of Germany 635,151 1,503.540 422.44 1,363.989 465.66 Austria 442,840 395.093 1,120.85 358.423 1,235.52 Kazakhstan 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 Spain 738,964 1,273.847 580.10 1,155.615 639.46 Turkey 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 India 5,358,550 9,837.279 544.72 8,924.232 600.45 China 6,616,049 11,905.009 555.74 10,800.046 612.59 Korea, South 16,886,468 20,025.520 843.25 18,166.852 929.52 Taiwan 11,911,463 14,437.910 825.01 13,097.856 909.42 Japan 20,296 14.444 1,405.08 13.104 1,548.84 South Africa 9,627,215 16,605.396 579.76 15,064.167 639.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,898,379 132,602.969 685.49 120,295.424 755.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 86,402 73.209 1,180.19 66.415 1,300.94 Belgium 534,057 768.398 695.03 697.080 766.13 Luxembourg 100,909 120.736 835.78 109.530 921.29 Federal Republic of Germany 4,791,151 7,780.884 615.76 7,058.702 678.76 China 21,562 20.927 1,030.33 18.985 1,135.74 Korea, South 422,692 508.242 831.67 461.070 916.76 Taiwan 508,653 627.281 810.89 569.060 893.85 Japan 83,498 105.094 794.51 95.340 875.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,548,924 10,004.775 654.58 9,076.182 721.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,424,162 6,703.272 1,107.54 6,081.108 1,220.86 Mexico 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 Brazil 4,593,024 8,733.704 525.90 7,923.086 579.70 Netherlands 470,887 526.718 894.00 477.831 985.47 Belgium 301,037 248.863 1,209.65 225.765 1,333.41 Luxembourg 2,063,919 2,729.966 756.02 2,476.585 833.37 Federal Republic of Germany 179,619 78.309 2,293.71 71.041 2,528.39 Austria 441,408 128.485 3,435.47 116.560 3,786.96 Italy 957,066 1,041.672 918.78 944.990 1,012.78 China 194,644 281.654 691.07 255.513 761.78 Korea, South 1,418,101 1,585.003 894.70 1,437.891 986.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,037,017 2,691.832 756.74 2,441.990 834.16 Japan 374,259 273.238 1,369.71 247.878 1,509.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,231,159 30,687.989 822.18 27,839.684 906.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,167,933 5,470.400 579.10 4,962.665 638.35 Mexico 417,098 544.632 765.83 494.082 844.19 United Kingdom 56,310 89.014 632.59 80.753 697.31 Federal Republic of Germany 389,755 402.481 968.38 365.125 1,067.46 Austria 3,325 3.691 900.68 3.349 992.83 Italy 12,393 17.140 723.01 15.550 796.98 Malaysia 13,644 21.552 633.06 19.552 697.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,060,458 6,548.913 620.02 5,941.076 683.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,026,120 3,982.155 759.92 3,612.552 837.67 Mexico 238,153 277.982 856.72 252.182 944.37 Chile 8,592 7.043 1,219.80 6.390 1,344.60 Brazil 104,702 126.619 826.90 114.867 911.51 Sweden 720,930 183.227 3,934.62 166.221 4,337.18 United Kingdom 1,401,566 648.967 2,159.68 588.734 2,380.64 France 61,046 26.083 2,340.36 23.663 2,579.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,846,690 1,570.006 1,813.17 1,424.286 1,998.68 Austria 333,614 76.629 4,353.61 69.517 4,799.03 Switzerland 252,717 131.707 1,918.78 119.483 2,115.09 Italy 126,032 67.039 1,879.97 60.817 2,072.32 India 430,779 356.733 1,207.57 323.623 1,331.11 China 124,371 156.034 797.07 141.552 878.62 Korea, South 831,909 845.673 983.72 767.182 1,084.37 Taiwan 121,588 47.964 2,534.94 43.513 2,794.29 Japan 611,808 483.306 1,265.88 438.448 1,395.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,240,617 8,987.174 1,250.74 8,153.030 1,378.70 GRAND TOTAL 1,065,137,380 1,885,760.064 564.83 1,710,733.236 622.62 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 487,080 73.252 6,649.29 66.454 7,329.58 Federal Republic of Germany 175,446 74.458 2,356.28 67.548 2,597.35 Italy 1,559,570 582.812 2,675.94 528.719 2,949.71 China 2,440 0.564 4,323.30 0.512 4,765.63 Taiwan 47,899 18.781 2,550.37 17.038 2,811.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,272,435 749.870 3,030.44 680.271 3,340.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Brazil 4,860 0.639 7,601.58 0.580 8,379.31 Sweden 6,827,286 2,337.214 2,921.12 2,120.286 3,219.98 United Kingdom 11,771,262 4,659.015 2,526.56 4,226.589 2,785.05 Federal Republic of Germany 129,758 33.735 3,846.38 30.604 4,239.90 Spain 63,846 12.913 4,944.10 11.715 5,449.94 Italy 2,772,360 1,076.650 2,574.99 976.721 2,838.44 Malaysia 14,160 3.176 4,457.23 2.882 4,913.25 China 58,944 18.508 3,184.63 16.791 3,510.45 Taiwan 15,069 0.584 25,793.15 0.530 28,432.08 Japan 4,380 0.162 27,030.41 0.147 29,795.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,661,925 8,142.600 2,660.32 7,386.845 2,932.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 999,454 246.373 4,056.67 223.506 4,471.71 United Kingdom 874,576 326.623 2,677.63 296.308 2,951.58 France 74,705 22.386 3,337.01 20.309 3,678.42 Federal Republic of Germany 511,049 112.060 4,560.46 101.660 5,027.04 Austria 11,799 3.309 3,565.58 3.002 3,930.38 Italy 180,926 99.194 1,823.95 89.988 2,010.56 China 342,887 187.605 1,827.70 170.193 2,014.70 Korea, South 636,546 274.245 2,321.08 248.791 2,558.56 Taiwan 2,274,239 743.526 3,058.72 674.516 3,371.66 Japan 97,354 41.272 2,358.80 37.442 2,600.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,003,535 2,056.598 2,919.16 1,865.715 3,217.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 32,042 2.722 11,768.43 2.470 12,972.47 Italy 24,613 3.201 7,688.89 2.904 8,475.55 India 182,871 59.387 3,079.31 53.875 3,394.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 239,526 65.310 3,667.48 59.249 4,042.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 19,055 4.333 4,397.46 3.931 4,847.37 Mexico 4,035 0.081 49,466.10 0.074 54,527.03 Brazil 18,228 3.612 5,046.13 3.277 5,562.40 Sweden 325,560 37.670 8,642.33 34.174 9,526.54 Finland 1,163,073 408.282 2,848.69 370.388 3,140.15 Belgium 3,722,372 880.257 4,228.73 798.556 4,661.38 France 619,036 139.270 4,444.85 126.344 4,899.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,000,989 909.670 2,199.69 825.239 2,424.74 Austria 13,721 2.976 4,610.18 2.700 5,081.85 Switzerland 28,078 3.990 7,036.45 3.620 7,756.35 Italy 919,959 379.907 2,421.54 344.646 2,669.29 Korea, South 223,530 81.686 2,736.43 74.105 3,016.40 Taiwan 1,105,237 562.076 1,966.35 509.907 2,167.53 Japan 325,568 111.298 2,925.19 100.968 3,224.47 South Africa 1,114,106 725.468 1,535.71 658.134 1,692.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,602,547 4,250.580 2,729.64 3,856.063 3,008.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 1,244,264 395.521 3,145.88 358.811 3,467.74 Finland 111,607 44.445 2,511.12 40.320 2,768.03 United Kingdom 2,210 0.001 2,004,878.84 0.001 2,210,000.00 Belgium 334,534 134.618 2,485.05 122.124 2,739.30 France 87,758 18.457 4,754.70 16.744 5,241.16 Federal Republic of Germany 7,531,770 2,836.698 2,655.12 2,573.410 2,926.77 China 35,753 14.301 2,499.97 12.974 2,755.74 Taiwan 355,574 169.041 2,103.47 153.352 2,318.68 South Africa 558,545 184.845 3,021.69 167.689 3,330.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,262,015 3,797.929 2,702.00 3,445.425 2,978.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,471 6.900 2,531.86 6.260 2,790.89 Brazil 30,107 16.011 1,880.39 14.525 2,072.77 Sweden 73,598 15.453 4,762.61 14.019 5,249.88 United Kingdom 211,361 79.277 2,666.10 71.919 2,938.88 Ireland 19,655 1.427 13,768.90 1.295 15,177.61 Netherlands 4,343 0.824 5,267.25 0.748 5,806.15 Belgium 7,877 1.999 3,939.30 1.814 4,342.34 France 311,057 23.852 13,040.63 21.639 14,374.83 Federal Republic of Germany 413,047 124.896 3,307.12 113.304 3,645.48 Austria 1,827,855 501.426 3,645.31 454.887 4,018.26 Ukraine 3,102,962 876.557 3,539.94 795.200 3,902.12 Spain 4,962 0.850 5,830.90 0.772 6,427.46 Portugal 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 Italy 1,241,747 320.329 3,876.47 290.598 4,273.07 India 377,496 128.650 2,934.27 116.710 3,234.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 102,749 37.919 2,709.66 34.400 2,986.89 Korea, South 390,526 167.023 2,338.15 151.521 2,577.37 Taiwan 594,726 100.234 5,933.36 90.931 6,540.41 Japan 125,156 33.353 3,752.38 30.258 4,136.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,886,411 2,442.668 3,637.99 2,215.952 4,010.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 18,878 3.175 5,944.41 2.881 6,552.59 Italy 408,164 140.921 2,896.39 127.842 3,192.72 India 895,423 318.606 2,810.44 289.035 3,097.97 Korea, South 3,573 0.550 6,495.74 0.499 7,160.32 Japan 10,937 1.183 9,238.25 1.074 10,183.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,336,975 464.437 2,878.70 421.331 3,173.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 173,206 15.517 11,162.17 14.077 12,304.18 Mexico 15,299 6.818 2,243.62 6.186 2,473.17 Brazil 31,173 2.631 11,847.37 2.387 13,059.49 Sweden 1,394,013 388.964 3,583.91 352.863 3,950.58 Norway 56,919 5.357 10,624.70 4.860 11,711.73 United Kingdom 755,171 164.328 4,595.51 149.076 5,065.68 Belgium 14,814 3.367 4,399.03 3.055 4,849.10 France 1,293,037 329.553 3,923.60 298.966 4,325.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,452,913 500.007 2,905.78 453.599 3,203.08 Austria 78,105 25.526 3,059.80 23.157 3,372.85 Czech Republic 54,568 11.023 4,950.33 10.000 5,456.80 Switzerland 1,042,906 221.920 4,699.46 201.323 5,180.26 Latvia 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 Poland 5,881 2.056 2,859.14 1.866 3,151.66 Russia 59,241 27.159 2,181.20 24.639 2,404.36 Ukraine 184,445 59.701 3,089.47 54.160 3,405.56 Spain 3,104 0.450 6,884.85 0.409 7,589.24 Italy 5,119,104 1,105.777 4,629.41 1,003.145 5,103.05 Slovenia 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 United Arab Emirates 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 India 4,160,970 1,464.518 2,841.19 1,328.589 3,131.87 China 1,980,751 615.016 3,220.65 557.934 3,550.15 Taiwan 4,316,279 1,346.685 3,205.11 1,221.693 3,533.03 Japan 64,003 15.752 4,063.16 14.290 4,478.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,135,070 6,601.999 3,504.25 5,989.235 3,862.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,999,883 1,460.653 6,161.55 1,325.083 6,791.94 Mexico 177,816 44.517 3,994.26 40.386 4,402.91 Costa Rica 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,261,604 142.732 8,838.93 129.485 9,743.24 Finland 139,272 52.137 2,671.26 47.298 2,944.56 Denmark 11,571 1.572 7,356.02 1.427 8,108.62 United Kingdom 198,923 25.322 7,855.65 22.972 8,659.37 Ireland 14,539 3.282 4,429.00 2.978 4,882.14 Belgium 23,742 3.470 6,841.93 3.148 7,541.93 France 2,206,078 310.676 7,100.89 281.841 7,827.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,721,009 259.512 10,485.07 235.426 11,557.81 Austria 699,750 100.086 6,991.45 90.797 7,706.75 Czech Republic 579,306 41.544 13,944.06 37.689 15,370.69 Slovakia 15,712 28.117 558.79 25.508 615.96 Switzerland 7,774 0.260 29,883.29 0.236 32,940.68 Ukraine 550,561 99.911 5,510.50 90.638 6,074.28 Spain 238,921 19.628 12,171.93 17.807 13,417.25 Italy 1,735,107 176.648 9,822.36 160.253 10,827.30 India 115,643 28.684 4,031.57 26.022 4,444.05 Thailand 50,348 15.103 3,333.45 13.702 3,674.50 Malaysia 1,139,246 353.318 3,224.42 320.525 3,554.31 Singapore 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 China 8,583,158 2,182.820 3,932.14 1,980.222 4,334.44 Korea, South 7,124,073 1,950.539 3,652.36 1,769.500 4,026.04 Hong Kong 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 Taiwan 5,520,845 1,626.597 3,394.11 1,475.625 3,741.36 Japan 8,729,809 1,667.931 5,233.91 1,513.122 5,769.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,304,840 10,714.672 4,788.28 9,720.190 5,278.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 237,896 60.871 3,908.15 55.222 4,307.99 Mexico 54,700 11.076 4,938.60 10.048 5,443.87 Sweden 1,405,881 252.136 5,575.88 228.734 6,146.36 Norway 11,644 0.544 21,383.12 0.494 23,570.85 Denmark 78,183 6.066 12,888.69 5.503 14,207.34 United Kingdom 135,135 24.194 5,585.33 21.949 6,156.77 Ireland 4,638 0.003 1,402,508.00 0.003 1,546,000.00 Netherlands 23,483 3.060 7,674.14 2.776 8,459.29 Belgium 20,670 1.182 17,475.78 1.073 19,263.75 France 133,512 27.239 4,901.46 24.711 5,402.94 Federal Republic of Germany 630,376 157.692 3,997.51 143.056 4,406.50 Austria 101,999 14.969 6,813.84 13.580 7,510.97 Czech Republic 22,336 2.832 7,884.39 2.570 8,691.05 Switzerland 131,658 22.070 5,965.35 20.022 6,575.67 Spain 196,565 39.256 5,007.18 35.613 5,519.47 Italy 400,704 108.458 3,694.53 98.392 4,072.53 India 2,155,753 678.396 3,177.72 615.431 3,502.83 Thailand 235,476 77.738 3,029.09 70.523 3,339.00 Vietnam 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 China 2,115,477 640.042 3,305.21 580.637 3,643.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,105,538 536.395 3,925.35 486.610 4,326.95 Taiwan 1,287,577 327.098 3,936.36 296.739 4,339.09 Japan 517,357 74.879 6,909.15 67.930 7,616.03 Australia 82,708 22.279 3,712.22 20.212 4,092.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,141,979 3,107.312 3,907.55 2,818.907 4,307.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 64,795 35.704 1,814.73 32.391 2,000.40 Belgium 132,064 37.916 3,483.05 34.397 3,839.40 France 12,518 0.637 19,647.30 0.578 21,657.44 Federal Republic of Germany 111,235 33.579 3,312.57 30.463 3,651.48 Italy 281,566 99.406 2,832.47 90.180 3,122.27 Japan 210,313 156.917 1,340.28 142.353 1,477.40 South Africa 2,374,341 1,157.362 2,051.51 1,049.942 2,261.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,186,832 1,521.524 2,094.50 1,380.304 2,308.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 238,002 81.959 2,903.91 74.352 3,201.02 Mexico 22,190,998 10,004.566 2,218.09 9,075.993 2,445.02 Brazil 2,263,275 1,002.637 2,257.32 909.578 2,488.27 Sweden 1,236,625 253.529 4,877.64 229.998 5,376.68 Finland 4,847,868 2,101.736 2,306.60 1,906.664 2,542.59 United Kingdom 329,576 37.954 8,683.39 34.432 9,571.79 Netherlands 32,845 5.639 5,824.18 5.116 6,420.05 Belgium 2,669,903 922.287 2,894.87 836.685 3,191.05 France 1,832,796 746.684 2,454.58 677.381 2,705.71 Federal Republic of Germany 3,302,538 1,240.669 2,661.90 1,125.517 2,934.24 Switzerland 17,135 2.942 5,824.13 2.669 6,420.01 Spain 122,230 50.667 2,412.38 45.965 2,659.20 Italy 205,827 96.093 2,141.93 87.175 2,361.08 India 182,754 61.945 2,950.24 56.196 3,252.08 Thailand 547,588 200.071 2,736.96 181.502 3,016.98 China 11,163,477 5,970.881 1,869.65 5,416.694 2,060.94 Korea, South 4,118,066 1,861.968 2,211.67 1,689.150 2,437.95 Taiwan 5,086,760 2,129.780 2,388.40 1,932.105 2,632.76 Japan 1,505,064 354.473 4,245.91 321.573 4,680.32 Australia 13,180 1.410 9,341.17 1.280 10,296.88 South Africa 772,383 414.350 1,864.08 375.893 2,054.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,678,890 27,542.252 2,275.74 24,985.918 2,508.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 2,431,870 821.377 2,960.72 745.141 3,263.64 Federal Republic of Germany 6,289 2.522 2,493.57 2.288 2,748.69 Japan 53,747 13.709 3,920.44 12.437 4,321.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,491,906 837.608 2,975.02 759.866 3,279.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 171,425 51.271 3,343.46 46.513 3,685.53 Mexico 2,303,490 1,025.917 2,245.30 930.697 2,475.02 Sweden 1,201,466 155.771 7,712.98 141.314 8,502.10 Finland 628,249 225.186 2,789.90 204.286 3,075.34 Netherlands 3,416 0.220 15,494.72 0.200 17,080.00 Belgium 169,102 60.235 2,807.33 54.645 3,094.56 France 727,196 218.522 3,327.79 198.240 3,668.26 Federal Republic of Germany 314,077 69.517 4,517.97 63.065 4,980.21 Austria 5,181 1.194 4,335.91 1.084 4,779.52 Italy 3,035 0.186 16,291.75 0.169 17,958.58 India 510,611 112.853 4,524.55 102.379 4,987.46 Indonesia 218,971 61.342 3,569.65 55.649 3,934.86 China 191,056 79.186 2,412.73 71.837 2,659.58 Korea, South 214,397 145.800 1,470.48 132.268 1,620.93 Taiwan 170,406 70.836 2,405.62 64.262 2,651.74 Japan 2,699,355 279.473 9,658.72 253.534 10,646.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,531,433 2,557.518 3,726.83 2,320.142 4,108.12 GRAND TOTAL 226,736,319 74,852.883 3,029.09 67,905.413 3,339.00