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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,836,884 12,569.346 384.82 11,402.723 424.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 22,336,023 26,893.864 830.52 24,397.710 915.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 42,709,281 85,960.480 496.85 77,982.058 547.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,108,151 28,556.814 599.09 25,906.314 660.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 43,534,780 58,956.946 738.42 53,484.856 813.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 9,309,457 12,145.834 766.47 11,018.519 844.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 41,670,355 69,019.071 603.75 62,613.066 665.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,655,157 6,675.173 1,146.81 6,055.617 1,264.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 554,623 1,298.299 427.19 1,177.798 470.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 73,915,570 89,595.495 824.99 81,279.689 909.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,135,998 1,305.217 4,701.13 1,184.074 5,182.11 Stainless Steel Bar 196,375 22.746 8,633.31 20.635 9,516.60 Stainless Steel Wire 237,896 60.871 3,908.15 55.222 4,307.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 270,200,550 393,060.162 687.43 356,578.282 757.76 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 47,618,215 118,578.921 401.57 107,573.018 442.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,009,271 22,509.879 400.24 20,420.625 441.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,939,003 12,635.093 470.04 11,462.367 518.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,206,638 19,420.850 834.50 17,618.304 919.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,567,087 28,259.185 515.48 25,636.309 568.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 357,932 437.768 817.63 397.137 901.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,869,593 11,485.198 336.92 10,419.200 371.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,999,330 27,025.262 814.03 24,516.913 897.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,909,698 1,246.449 2,334.39 1,130.760 2,573.22 Stainless Steel Bar 15,299 6.818 2,243.62 6.186 2,473.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 122,500,066 241,625.842 506.98 219,199.339 558.85 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 717,866 1,746.722 410.98 1,584.600 453.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 390,394 881.019 443.12 799.248 488.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,169,250 2,765.772 422.76 2,509.067 466.01 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 Colombia Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 52,576 55.253 951.54 50.125 1,048.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,279,068 3,475.895 655.68 3,153.280 722.76 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,331,644 3,531.148 660.31 3,203.405 727.86 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,829,010 11,084.298 345.44 10,055.509 380.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,494,933 14,073.567 390.44 12,767.329 430.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 741,887 1,771.484 418.79 1,607.064 461.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 539,026 405.176 1,330.35 367.570 1,466.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 25,796 19.115 1,349.50 17.341 1,487.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,561,613 36,081.124 375.86 32,732.255 414.32 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 536,799 954.733 562.25 866.120 619.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,592 7.043 1,219.80 6.390 1,344.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 173,092 195.924 883.46 177.740 973.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 718,483 1,157.702 620.61 1,050.250 684.11 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,680 12.676 290.30 11.500 320.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,162,759 14,061.319 509.39 12,756.218 561.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 537,100 809.472 663.52 734.341 731.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,106,789 1,271.915 870.17 1,153.863 959.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,825,025 3,679.457 496.00 3,337.949 546.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 64,131 62.030 1,033.86 56.273 1,139.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,184,108 7,187.342 303.88 6,520.249 334.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 235,266 361.808 650.25 328.227 716.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 42,724 3.841 11,121.54 3.485 12,259.40 Stainless Steel Bar 61,280 18.642 3,287.15 16.912 3,623.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,230,395 27,486.086 481.35 24,934.965 530.60 Argentina Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 138,708 242.350 572.34 219.857 630.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 247,609 396.408 624.63 359.616 688.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 386,317 638.759 604.79 579.473 666.67 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,384,253 1,623.205 1,468.85 1,472.548 1,619.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 410,576 426.243 963.24 386.682 1,061.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,476,355 1,070.510 1,379.11 971.151 1,520.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 425,620 131.743 3,230.66 119.516 3,561.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,345,818 367.907 3,658.04 333.760 4,032.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 902,506 747.265 1,207.74 677.908 1,331.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 39,487 36.231 1,089.84 32.869 1,201.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 115,232 11.999 9,602.86 10.886 10,585.34 Stainless Steel Bar 1,492,538 401.841 3,714.24 364.545 4,094.25 Stainless Steel Rod 1,038,027 250.679 4,140.85 227.413 4,564.50 Stainless Steel Wire 1,388,501 250.353 5,546.16 227.117 6,113.59 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 11,018,913 5,317.983 2,072.01 4,824.395 2,284.00 Norway Stainless Steel Bar 49,336 1.916 25,737.14 1.739 28,370.33 Stainless Steel Wire 11,644 0.544 21,383.12 0.494 23,570.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,980 2.461 24,773.91 2.233 27,308.55 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 98,278 70.346 1,397.06 63.817 1,540.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 168,800 284.252 593.84 257.870 654.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,004,099 403.037 2,491.33 365.630 2,746.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,649 0.401 34,016.95 0.364 37,497.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,284,826 758.038 1,694.94 687.681 1,868.35 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 101,020 7.028 14,373.25 6.376 15,843.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 23,889 1.662 14,371.18 1.508 15,841.51 Stainless Steel Bar 11,810 0.361 32,664.19 0.328 36,006.10 Stainless Steel Wire 78,183 6.066 12,888.69 5.503 14,207.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 214,902 15.118 14,214.79 13.715 15,669.12 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 492,657 1,613.449 305.34 1,463.697 336.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 783,754 729.708 1,074.06 661.981 1,183.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 42,341 66.995 632.00 60.777 696.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,401,566 648.967 2,159.68 588.734 2,380.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 677,230 629.489 1,075.84 571.063 1,185.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 55,728 72.333 770.43 65.620 849.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,139,274 10,764.217 663.24 9,765.137 731.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,644,655 2,198.124 1,203.14 1,994.106 1,326.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 101,980 129.500 787.49 117.481 868.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 535,163 86.982 6,152.55 78.909 6,782.03 Stainless Steel Bar 924,151 197.918 4,669.34 179.549 5,147.07 Stainless Steel Rod 1,033,370 384.357 2,688.57 348.683 2,963.64 Stainless Steel Wire 135,135 24.194 5,585.33 21.949 6,156.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,967,004 17,546.240 910.00 15,917.686 1,003.10 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 57,564 16.273 3,537.30 14.763 3,899.21 Stainless Steel Bar 19,655 1.427 13,768.90 1.295 15,177.61 Stainless Steel Wire 4,638 0.003 1,402,508.00 0.003 1,546,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,486 23.852 4,254.66 21.639 4,689.96 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 28,136,613 65,195.238 431.57 59,144.142 475.73 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,337,491 4,386.723 532.86 3,979.570 587.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,059,461 5,395.253 752.41 4,894.493 829.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,223,723 10,361.189 697.19 9,399.516 768.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 478,832 375.794 1,274.19 340.915 1,404.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 16,059 11.020 1,457.14 9.998 1,606.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,649 4.765 1,395.30 4.323 1,538.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,739 0.030 121,141.60 0.028 133,535.71 Stainless Steel Bar 4,343 0.824 5,267.25 0.748 5,806.15 Stainless Steel Wire 23,483 3.060 7,674.14 2.776 8,459.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,290,393 85,733.901 493.28 77,776.509 543.74 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,870,526 1,868.876 1,000.88 1,695.417 1,103.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 530,095 1,219.420 434.71 1,106.240 479.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,226,765 4,322.955 515.10 3,921.720 567.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,134,334 1,326.713 855.00 1,203.575 942.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 72,893 84.966 857.91 77.080 945.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,848 7.945 861.88 7.208 950.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 33,203 31.946 1,039.35 28.981 1,145.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 234,158 165.346 1,416.16 150.000 1,561.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 65,106 36.248 1,796.11 32.884 1,979.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,772 0.450 12,802.62 0.409 14,112.47 Stainless Steel Bar 22,691 5.367 4,227.75 4.869 4,660.30 Stainless Steel Wire 20,670 1.182 17,475.78 1.073 19,263.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,223,061 9,071.419 686.01 8,229.456 756.19 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 208,980 276.360 756.19 250.710 833.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,164,828 2,850.703 759.40 2,586.115 837.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 460,963 651.553 707.48 591.080 779.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,834,771 3,778.617 750.21 3,427.905 826.97 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 673,428 507.749 1,326.30 460.623 1,461.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,012,315 12,970.746 617.72 11,766.867 680.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 979,251 532.861 1,837.72 483.404 2,025.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 634,719 561.944 1,129.50 509.788 1,245.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,254,381 8,585.644 728.47 7,788.768 803.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,061,011 748.308 1,417.88 678.854 1,562.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 993,968 675.184 1,472.14 612.517 1,622.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 140,867 211.023 667.54 191.437 735.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 94,776 22.185 4,272.05 20.126 4,709.13 Stainless Steel Bar 1,528,757 347.808 4,395.39 315.527 4,845.09 Stainless Steel Rod 232,248 34.937 6,647.48 31.695 7,327.59 Stainless Steel Wire 133,512 27.239 4,901.46 24.711 5,402.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,739,233 25,225.634 822.15 22,884.317 906.26 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 483,546 525.361 920.41 476.600 1,014.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,237,475 2,500.637 1,294.66 2,268.541 1,427.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,063,076 3,548.899 863.11 3,219.508 951.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,670,228 4,123.295 1,375.17 3,740.592 1,515.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 14,813,277 25,055.260 591.22 22,729.756 651.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,855,284 8,067.155 601.86 7,318.402 663.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,518,786 1,720.367 1,464.10 1,560.692 1,613.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,509,136 3,866.423 1,166.23 3,507.561 1,285.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 17,112 20.727 825.56 18.804 910.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,990,196 1,011.867 1,966.85 917.951 2,168.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,578,382 314.064 5,025.65 284.915 5,539.83 Stainless Steel Bar 2,122,086 654.362 3,242.98 593.628 3,574.77 Stainless Steel Rod 511,049 112.060 4,560.46 101.660 5,027.04 Stainless Steel Wire 630,376 157.692 3,997.51 143.056 4,406.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,000,009 51,678.176 890.12 46,881.666 981.19 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 511,523 452.054 1,131.55 410.097 1,247.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,852,264 2,696.167 687.00 2,445.923 757.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,234,128 424.151 2,909.64 384.784 3,207.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 884,248 523.578 1,688.85 474.983 1,861.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 561,853 158.997 3,533.73 144.240 3,895.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 292,569 208.506 1,403.16 189.154 1,546.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 136,069 40.059 3,396.71 36.341 3,744.23 Stainless Steel Bar 1,716,204 449.064 3,821.73 407.385 4,212.73 Stainless Steel Rod 11,799 3.309 3,565.58 3.002 3,930.38 Stainless Steel Wire 101,999 14.969 6,813.84 13.580 7,510.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,302,656 4,970.859 1,469.09 4,509.489 1,619.40 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 22,702 15.066 1,506.80 13.668 1,660.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 76,184 67.161 1,134.34 60.928 1,250.39 Stainless Steel Bar 54,568 11.023 4,950.33 10.000 5,456.80 Stainless Steel Wire 22,336 2.832 7,884.39 2.570 8,691.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 175,790 96.084 1,829.54 87.166 2,016.73 Slovakia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 398,541 767.967 518.96 696.689 572.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 168,675 323.596 521.25 293.562 574.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,500 0.636 3,930.61 0.577 4,332.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 569,716 1,092.200 521.62 990.828 574.99 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 Switzerland IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 402,191 165.871 2,424.72 150.476 2,672.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,677 4.202 1,113.04 3.812 1,226.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 25,338 6.771 3,741.86 6.143 4,124.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 26,758 10.930 2,448.01 9.916 2,698.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,652,110 667.267 2,475.93 605.335 2,729.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 114,174 12.426 9,188.05 11.273 10,128.09 Stainless Steel Bar 1,105,985 231.085 4,786.05 209.637 5,275.71 Stainless Steel Wire 112,843 17.334 6,509.57 15.726 7,175.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,444,076 1,115.889 3,086.40 1,012.318 3,402.17 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 Stainless Steel Bar 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,643,937 8,244.779 441.97 7,479.540 487.19 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 96,085 36.101 2,661.50 32.751 2,933.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 626,332 375.513 1,667.94 340.660 1,838.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 12,248 1.166 10,502.08 1.058 11,576.56 Stainless Steel Bar 5,881 2.056 2,859.14 1.866 3,151.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 805,881 471.011 1,710.96 427.295 1,886.01 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 30,640,621 90,979.897 336.78 82,535.598 371.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,441,795 25,952.997 440.87 23,544.170 485.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 12,305,245 25,178.370 488.72 22,841.440 538.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,388,097 4,344.130 779.93 3,940.930 859.72 Stainless Steel Bar 59,241 27.159 2,181.20 24.639 2,404.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,834,999 146,482.556 394.83 132,886.777 435.22 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,798,432 43,596.502 293.57 39,550.093 323.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,437,111 8,374.876 1,007.43 7,597.562 1,110.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 179,552 240.935 745.23 218.573 821.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 11,673,859 14,542.957 802.72 13,193.153 884.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 23,690 24.756 956.91 22.459 1,054.81 Stainless Steel Bar 1,750,033 544.232 3,215.60 493.720 3,544.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,862,677 67,324.261 517.83 61,075.560 570.81 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 159,492 80.529 1,980.55 73.055 2,183.18 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,314,973 2,547.738 516.13 2,311.270 568.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,544,652 4,533.544 561.29 4,112.764 618.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 852,103 630.972 1,350.46 572.409 1,488.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 401,309 358.886 1,118.21 325.576 1,232.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 173,492 80.185 2,163.64 72.743 2,385.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 477,043 161.720 2,949.81 146.710 3,251.61 Stainless Steel Bar 14,571 1.492 9,762.62 1.354 10,761.45 Stainless Steel Wire 196,565 39.256 5,007.18 35.613 5,519.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,134,200 8,434.326 727.29 7,651.494 801.70 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,996 1.714 9,915.44 1.555 10,929.90 Stainless Steel Bar 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,712 7.393 6,318.24 6.707 6,964.66 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 28,735 33.488 858.06 30.380 945.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 129,732 67.270 1,928.51 61.027 2,125.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 957,066 1,041.672 918.78 944.990 1,012.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 687,250 917.523 749.03 832.364 825.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 191,199 158.845 1,203.68 144.102 1,326.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 368,190 238.192 1,545.76 216.085 1,703.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,214,674 482.246 4,592.41 437.487 5,062.26 Stainless Steel Bar 6,464,267 1,483.309 4,358.00 1,345.636 4,803.87 Stainless Steel Rod 180,926 99.194 1,823.95 89.988 2,010.56 Stainless Steel Wire 400,704 108.458 3,694.53 98.392 4,072.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,622,743 4,630.203 2,510.20 4,200.451 2,767.02 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,644,144 15,735.377 549.34 14,274.898 605.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,026,478 4,249.128 712.26 3,854.746 785.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 454,369 329.116 1,380.57 298.570 1,521.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,127,238 20,314.944 596.96 18,429.413 658.04 Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,350,246 7,455.254 315.25 6,763.295 347.50 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,045,804 2,861.474 1,064.42 2,595.887 1,173.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,988,727 5,748.829 519.88 5,215.252 573.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 15,394 2.259 6,812.30 2.050 7,509.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,216,218 8,856.808 701.86 8,034.764 773.67 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 463,887 151.492 3,062.11 137.432 3,375.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 463,887 151.492 3,062.11 137.432 3,375.39 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 Stainless Steel Bar 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 422,734 127.988 3,302.91 116.109 3,640.84 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 299,081 216.368 1,382.28 196.286 1,523.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,530,018 8,492.566 533.41 7,704.329 587.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 203,730 196.193 1,038.41 177.984 1,144.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,470,581 1,319.270 1,114.69 1,196.822 1,228.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,161,389 2,440.084 1,295.61 2,213.608 1,428.16 Stainless Steel Bar 5,782,252 2,002.144 2,888.03 1,816.315 3,183.51 Stainless Steel Wire 2,155,753 678.396 3,177.72 615.431 3,502.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,602,804 15,345.023 1,147.13 13,920.775 1,264.50 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,121,081 2,158.482 519.38 1,958.143 572.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,874,143 7,397.262 658.91 6,710.686 726.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 726,773 409.885 1,773.11 371.842 1,954.52 Stainless Steel Wire 235,476 77.738 3,029.09 70.523 3,339.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,957,473 10,043.369 692.74 9,111.194 763.62 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 Stainless Steel Wire 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,863 22.100 2,663.46 20.049 2,935.96 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,039,275 20,883.357 432.85 18,945.069 477.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 127,218 243.609 522.22 220.999 575.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,812 0.825 3,405.88 0.749 3,754.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,610 22.462 694.92 20.378 766.02 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,019,236 717.873 1,419.80 651.244 1,565.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,204,151 21,868.129 466.62 19,838.439 514.36 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,763 0.031 305,408.52 0.029 336,655.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,763 0.031 305,408.52 0.029 336,655.17 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,151,058 3,339.881 644.05 3,029.890 709.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,577,689 7,007.680 510.54 6,357.263 562.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,077,718 12,594.945 561.95 11,425.946 619.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,809,816 2,259.323 801.04 2,049.624 883.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 172,422 260.556 661.75 236.373 729.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 4,865 17.876 272.15 16.217 299.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,817,352 37,681.713 578.99 34,184.285 638.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,229,789 3,142.508 1,982.43 2,850.837 2,185.25 Stainless Steel Bar 1,867,914 585.163 3,192.12 530.852 3,518.71 Stainless Steel Rod 342,887 187.605 1,827.70 170.193 2,014.70 Stainless Steel Wire 2,090,968 632.653 3,305.07 573.934 3,643.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,142,478 67,709.909 696.24 61,425.414 767.48 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 34,010 60.179 565.14 54.594 622.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 26,618,336 60,545.985 439.64 54,926.410 484.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,879,505 2,651.354 708.88 2,405.269 781.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 20,020,177 23,961.703 835.51 21,737.698 920.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 264,297 297.271 889.08 269.680 980.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,362,425 1,579.170 862.75 1,432.600 951.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 190,245 174.014 1,093.27 157.863 1,205.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,610,541 7,812.866 718.12 7,087.715 791.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,495,881 963.492 2,590.45 874.066 2,855.48 Stainless Steel Bar 394,099 167.573 2,351.80 152.020 2,592.42 Stainless Steel Rod 636,546 274.245 2,321.08 248.791 2,558.56 Stainless Steel Wire 2,105,538 536.395 3,925.35 486.610 4,326.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,611,600 99,024.252 622.19 89,833.316 685.84 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 122,668 53.620 2,287.69 48.644 2,521.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 14,445,435 17,738.680 814.35 16,092.265 897.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 397,898 183.119 2,172.89 166.123 2,395.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 159,009 107.530 1,478.73 97.550 1,630.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 688,322 438.233 1,570.67 397.559 1,731.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,036,018 293.664 3,527.90 266.408 3,888.84 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 4,810,892 1,428.354 3,368.14 1,295.782 3,712.73 Stainless Steel Rod 2,187,335 725.287 3,015.82 657.970 3,324.37 Stainless Steel Wire 1,227,932 313.383 3,918.30 284.297 4,319.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,075,509 21,281.875 1,178.26 19,306.598 1,298.81 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,294,562 2,642.775 1,246.63 2,397.486 1,374.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,456,128 11,355.810 656.59 10,301.821 723.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,359,146 5,061.847 861.18 4,592.032 949.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,187,830 1,770.407 1,235.78 1,606.087 1,362.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,527,743 3,055.507 827.27 2,771.911 911.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,307,998 14,203.728 796.13 12,885.409 877.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 460,735 364.607 1,263.65 330.766 1,392.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,318,783 9,840.750 337.25 8,927.381 371.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,415,723 15,070.008 1,089.30 13,671.286 1,200.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,502,151 254.591 5,900.23 230.962 6,503.89 Stainless Steel Bar 205,379 51.382 3,997.10 46.613 4,406.05 Stainless Steel Rod 97,354 41.272 2,358.80 37.442 2,600.13 Stainless Steel Wire 514,365 74.708 6,885.00 67.774 7,589.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,647,897 63,787.397 841.04 57,866.970 927.09 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 21,360,070 80,471.953 265.43 73,002.949 292.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,382,775 14,845.924 429.93 13,468.000 473.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 92,210 118.830 775.98 107.801 855.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 351,339 24.545 14,313.98 22.267 15,778.46 Stainless Steel Bar 8,268 1.709 4,835.98 1.551 5,330.75 Stainless Steel Wire 82,708 22.279 3,712.22 20.212 4,092.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,277,370 95,485.243 296.14 86,622.780 326.44 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,770,523 3,409.270 519.33 3,092.839 572.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 607,400 1,173.707 517.51 1,064.770 570.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,377,923 4,582.978 518.86 4,157.609 571.94 Egypt Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,907,669 3,849.895 755.26 3,492.567 832.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 537,555 1,147.230 468.57 1,040.750 516.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,627,215 16,605.396 579.76 15,064.167 639.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 315,549 585.760 538.70 531.393 593.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 167,533 248.325 674.65 225.277 743.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,619,038 1,878.539 861.86 1,704.183 950.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,197 0.550 25,810.23 0.499 28,450.90 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 15,188,756 24,315.697 624.65 22,058.836 688.56 GRAND TOTAL 987,213,299 1,608,985.583 613.56 1,459,647.579 676.34