!R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 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 448,477 652.061 687.78 591.540 758.15 Federal Republic of Germany 175,446 74.458 2,356.28 67.548 2,597.35 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 3,574,622 2,369.329 1,508.71 2,149.420 1,663.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 17,520,517 48,034.067 364.75 43,575.785 402.07 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 2,638,850 4,117.035 640.96 3,734.913 706.54 Sweden 6,519,776 2,268.036 2,874.63 2,057.529 3,168.74 United Kingdom 12,293,459 6,486.568 1,895.22 5,884.518 2,089.12 Belgium 275,915 502.280 549.32 455.661 605.53 Federal Republic of Germany 10,551,240 22,997.045 458.81 20,862.575 505.75 Russia 30,726,367 91,137.428 337.14 82,678.508 371.64 Ukraine 12,902,446 43,650.096 295.59 39,598.713 325.83 Spain 63,846 12.913 4,944.10 11.715 5,449.94 Italy 2,711,888 1,010.101 2,684.77 916.349 2,959.45 Malaysia 9,610 0.041 229,422.31 0.038 252,894.74 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 169,278,825 430,762.593 392.97 390,781.362 433.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,309,149 21,471.435 526.71 19,478.564 580.59 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 23,488 19.674 1,193.86 17.848 1,316.00 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 9,020,263 24,578.070 367.00 22,296.857 404.55 Korea, South 2,120,915 2,455.893 863.60 2,227.950 951.96 Taiwan 2,187,335 725.287 3,015.82 657.970 3,324.37 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 83,031,424 177,443.118 467.93 160,973.735 515.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,828,131 14,751.837 598.44 13,382.646 659.67 Mexico 2,493,889 4,772.774 522.52 4,329.789 575.98 Brazil 1,773,402 4,775.107 371.38 4,331.906 409.38 Sweden 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 United Kingdom 4,179,289 7,158.459 583.83 6,494.047 643.56 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 113,951 97.745 1,165.80 88.673 1,285.07 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 29,574 67.216 439.98 60.978 484.99 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 23,770,607 40,988.345 579.94 37,184.012 639.27 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,426,509 1,657.195 860.80 1,503.383 948.87 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,349,109 4,380.777 764.50 3,974.176 842.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,329,059 26,884.019 830.57 24,388.779 915.55 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 2,651,069 1,650.964 1,605.77 1,497.730 1,770.06 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 Poland 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 Ukraine 8,437,111 8,374.876 1,007.43 7,597.562 1,110.50 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 1,121,081 2,158.482 519.38 1,958.143 572.52 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 79,701,096 96,929.741 822.26 87,933.207 906.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,204,988 28,519.502 498.08 25,872.465 549.04 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 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 370,738 136.700 2,712.04 124.013 2,989.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 52,039,239 92,528.257 562.41 83,940.247 619.96 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 201,728 1,338.506 150.71 1,214.273 166.13 Spain 44,162 65.220 677.12 59.167 746.40 Korea, South 60,705 91.525 663.25 83.031 731.11 Japan 4,354,187 6,387.837 681.64 5,794.950 751.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,201,434 9,205.933 673.63 8,351.485 742.55 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 310,674 1,241.702 250.20 1,126.454 275.80 India 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 China 22,987 24.895 923.33 22.585 1,017.80 Australia 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 471,121 1,491.574 315.85 1,353.134 348.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 32,957,195 55,951.364 589.03 50,758.238 649.30 Mexico 5,883,449 12,179.188 483.07 11,048.777 532.50 Brazil 742,025 1,082.753 685.31 982.258 755.43 Argentina 138,708 242.350 572.34 219.857 630.90 Sweden 1,401,838 361.507 3,877.76 327.954 4,274.50 United Kingdom 3,436,641 4,048.296 848.91 3,672.554 935.76 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 Austria 1,995,873 500.341 3,989.02 453.902 4,397.15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 1,745,140 725.467 2,405.54 658.133 2,651.65 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 1,719,439 1,009.227 1,703.72 915.556 1,878.03 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 1,654,884 1,977.559 836.83 1,794.012 922.45 Korea, South 1,345,366 1,284.313 1,047.54 1,165.110 1,154.71 Taiwan 772,165 132.140 5,843.51 119.876 6,441.36 Japan 7,426,161 10,249.444 724.54 9,298.142 798.67 South Africa 315,549 585.760 538.70 531.393 593.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,766,327 104,076.686 689.55 94,416.808 760.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,178,245 9,228.587 561.11 8,372.036 618.52 Mexico 3,877,547 8,026.196 483.11 7,281.245 532.54 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 44,918 54.649 821.93 49.577 906.02 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,283,730 19,675.032 573.51 17,848.894 632.18 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 717,866 1,746.722 410.98 1,584.600 453.03 Venezuela 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 Brazil 2,184,108 7,187.342 303.88 6,520.249 334.97 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 15,768,191 46,631.355 338.15 42,303.266 372.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,828,363 6,690.690 1,170.04 6,069.694 1,289.75 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,528,015 460.457 3,318.47 417.720 3,657.99 Norway 49,336 1.916 25,737.14 1.739 28,370.33 United Kingdom 3,321,016 2,318.345 1,432.49 2,103.168 1,579.05 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 6,105,115 4,458.085 1,369.45 4,044.308 1,509.56 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 5,056,813 1,205.862 4,193.53 1,093.940 4,622.57 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 4,117,311 1,440.422 2,858.40 1,306.730 3,150.85 China 2,003,956 836.318 2,396.16 758.696 2,641.32 Korea, South 260,355 217.282 1,198.24 197.115 1,320.83 Taiwan 4,457,922 1,450.222 3,073.96 1,315.620 3,388.46 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 167,533 248.325 674.65 225.277 743.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,152,015 42,498.157 1,344.81 38,553.691 1,482.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,194,921 774.821 1,542.19 702.906 1,699.97 Mexico 135,862 89.178 1,523.49 80.901 1,679.36 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 2,311,860 1,130.891 2,044.28 1,025.928 2,253.43 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 4,236,630 1,608.753 2,633.49 1,459.437 2,902.92 Austria 2,414,897 450.814 5,356.74 408.972 5,904.80 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 5,716,454 1,624.028 3,519.92 1,473.294 3,880.05 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 5,167,926 4,326.694 1,194.43 3,925.112 1,316.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,336,141 15,352.974 2,236.45 13,927.988 2,465.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,695,664 39,601.125 775.12 35,925.547 854.42 Mexico 5,683,203 7,709.700 737.15 6,994.125 812.57 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 585,240 634.413 922.49 575.530 1,016.87 Sweden 52,521 36.821 1,426.36 33.404 1,572.30 United Kingdom 104,371 21.026 4,963.76 19.075 5,471.61 Netherlands 3,320 1.061 3,127.57 0.963 3,447.56 France 50,410 40.838 1,234.38 37.048 1,360.67 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 687,166 809.831 848.53 734.667 935.34 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 19,487,140 33,799.085 576.56 30,662.023 635.55 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 3,296,729 2,178.289 1,513.45 1,976.112 1,668.29 South Africa 1,353,461 1,505.286 899.14 1,365.573 991.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,098,531 108,977.547 735.00 98,862.796 810.20 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 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 1,560,464 1,631.321 956.56 1,479.910 1,054.43 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 5,343,267 5,866.739 910.77 5,322.218 1,003.95 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 6,463,203 6,225.255 1,038.22 5,647.458 1,144.44 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 1,277,690 1,085.722 1,176.81 984.951 1,297.21 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 36,847,023 41,747.510 882.62 37,872.715 972.92 Korea, South 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 Japan 14,537,383 4,412.441 3,294.63 4,002.901 3,631.71 South Africa 486,256 537.829 904.11 487.911 996.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,451,449 113,771.198 1,067.51 103,211.524 1,176.72 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 172,231 127.255 1,353.43 115.444 1,491.90 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 265,577 373.253 711.52 338.610 784.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,544,115 27,728.848 921.21 25,155.195 1,015.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 Mexico 4,064,834 4,936.812 823.37 4,478.602 907.61 Brazil 2,064,841 2,331.965 885.45 2,115.524 976.04 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 90,407 83.410 1,083.88 75.669 1,194.77 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,731.226 1,267.07 4,292.098 1,396.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,217,185 29,094.170 935.49 26,393.795 1,031.20 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 389,161 189.672 2,051.75 172.068 2,261.67 Mexico 1,500,310 1,851.944 810.13 1,680.056 893.01 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 3,731,665 5,336.135 699.32 4,840.862 770.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,347,295 21,510.072 713.49 19,513.615 786.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,510,386 11,185.300 1,029.06 10,147.137 1,134.35 Mexico 13,300,187 16,630.208 799.76 15,086.676 881.58 Dominican Republic 243,695 523.590 465.43 474.993 513.05 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 1,010,168 738.351 1,368.14 669.821 1,508.12 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 573,531 374.733 1,530.50 339.953 1,687.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,062,202 2,270.022 1,789.50 2,059.330 1,972.58 Austria 97,676 59.920 1,630.09 54.359 1,796.87 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 1,804,219 1,157.973 1,558.08 1,050.496 1,717.49 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,022,342 1,464.939 1,380.50 1,328.971 1,521.74 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 4,268,655 5,405.635 789.67 4,903.911 870.46 Korea, South 806,147 977.832 824.42 887.075 908.77 Taiwan 43,160 23.791 1,814.12 21.583 1,999.72 Japan 7,607,821 3,355.464 2,267.29 3,044.027 2,499.26 Australia 79,239 97.959 808.90 88.867 891.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,426,524 53,201.348 1,098.22 48,263.465 1,210.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 59,008 62.513 943.93 56.711 1,040.50 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 Spain 1,139,748 460.686 2,474.02 417.928 2,727.14 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 India 27,510 14.638 1,879.27 13.280 2,071.54 China 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 Korea, South 241,751 244.349 989.37 221.670 1,090.59 Japan 1,050,633 473.450 2,219.10 429.507 2,446.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,834,697 5,980.410 1,644.49 5,425.339 1,812.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,895,810 1,445.383 6,154.64 1,311.230 6,784.32 Mexico 131,870 38.912 3,388.87 35.301 3,735.59 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 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 685,774 98.564 6,957.63 89.416 7,669.48 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 357,757 57.320 6,241.38 52.000 6,879.94 Spain 226,384 18.237 12,412.94 16.545 13,682.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 8,382,661 2,139.458 3,918.12 1,940.885 4,318.99 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 8,631,519 1,659.115 5,202.48 1,505.125 5,734.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,636,717 10,596.115 4,778.80 9,612.637 5,267.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,541,732 959.264 2,649.67 870.230 2,920.76 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 148,519 273.926 542.19 248.502 597.66 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 3,602,155 1,589.934 2,265.60 1,442.365 2,497.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,243,545 29,091.877 764.60 26,391.715 842.82 Mexico 5,430,769 4,546.425 1,194.51 4,124.449 1,316.73 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 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 1,196,036 2,515.976 475.38 2,282.456 524.01 China 492,876 714.187 690.12 647.900 760.73 Korea, South 1,036,112 1,918.136 540.17 1,740.105 595.43 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,182,251 39,680.590 811.03 35,997.636 894.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 116,601 140.898 827.55 127.821 912.22 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 Japan 319,717 376.572 849.02 341.621 935.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 685,395 802.838 853.71 728.323 941.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,029,366 18,864.183 849.72 17,113.304 936.66 Mexico 8,797,654 10,800.016 814.60 9,797.613 897.94 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 364,881 568.479 641.85 515.716 707.52 Argentina 143,899 262.742 547.68 238.356 603.71 Sweden 1,611,440 345.584 4,662.94 313.509 5,140.01 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 34,126 19.761 1,726.93 17.927 1,903.61 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 1,811,832 941.091 1,925.25 853.744 2,122.22 Austria 916,234 163.194 5,614.35 148.048 6,188.76 Czech Republic 43,599 20.845 2,091.50 18.911 2,305.48 Switzerland 115,035 17.360 6,626.33 15.749 7,304.27 Poland 364,405 357.252 1,020.02 324.094 1,124.38 Belarus 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 Ukraine 17,349 24.527 707.33 22.251 779.70 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 130,465 142.949 912.66 129.682 1,006.04 Israel 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 India 2,454,719 1,123.737 2,184.42 1,019.438 2,407.91 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 19,749 4.635 4,260.64 4.205 4,696.55 China 7,696,213 8,774.667 877.09 7,960.247 966.83 Korea, South 5,221,307 3,204.048 1,629.60 2,906.665 1,796.32 Taiwan 1,974,166 1,193.070 1,654.69 1,082.336 1,823.99 Japan 5,212,519 4,509.687 1,155.85 4,091.121 1,274.11 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 1,284,514 2,081.576 617.09 1,888.375 680.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,145,708 59,974.572 1,036.20 54,408.032 1,142.22 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 7,292,058 9,812.718 743.12 8,901.951 819.15 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 Japan 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,379,909 36,286.402 699.43 32,918.480 770.99 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 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 25,361,808 51,815.844 489.46 47,006.557 539.54 Mexico 6,264,566 15,794.712 396.62 14,328.726 437.20 Venezuela 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 Sweden 410,576 426.243 963.24 386.682 1,061.79 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 111,421,022 233,887.232 476.39 212,178.988 525.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,399,243 27,012.414 607.10 24,505.257 669.21 Mexico 28,024,638 22,477.473 1,246.79 20,391.227 1,374.35 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 9,363,405 14,984.098 624.89 13,593.349 688.82 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 4,388,378 6,587.895 666.13 5,976.440 734.28 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 2,688,648 1,729.867 1,554.25 1,569.310 1,713.27 Federal Republic of Germany 4,016,067 2,150.090 1,867.86 1,950.530 2,058.96 Switzerland 17,135 2.942 5,824.13 2.669 6,420.01 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 14,323,875 12,370.179 1,157.94 11,222.041 1,276.41 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 123,640,978 137,702.451 897.89 124,921.598 989.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,114,473 48,724.704 659.10 44,202.320 726.53 Mexico 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 Brazil 503,332 779.032 646.10 706.727 712.20 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 1,570,532 2,673.002 587.55 2,424.908 647.67 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 2,544,652 4,533.544 561.29 4,112.764 618.72 Turkey 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 India 4,417,420 8,373.972 527.52 7,596.742 581.49 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 103,555,596 153,334.125 675.36 139,102.417 744.46 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 8,858,367 14,127.186 627.04 12,815.972 691.20 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 493,767 606.937 813.54 550.605 896.77 Japan 792,554 889.214 891.30 806.682 982.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,220,352 17,850.391 684.60 16,193.607 754.64 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,365,990 6,661.726 1,105.72 6,043.418 1,218.85 Mexico 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 20,579,963 21,912.738 939.18 19,878.908 1,035.27 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 207,725 224.915 923.57 204.040 1,018.06 Russia 1,665,399 1,152.425 1,445.13 1,045.463 1,592.98 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 6,830,594 5,244.468 1,302.44 4,757.703 1,435.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,233,299 5,675.015 569.74 5,148.289 628.03 Mexico 368,701 500.542 736.60 454.085 811.96 Finland 2,431,870 821.377 2,960.72 745.141 3,263.64 United Kingdom 42,341 66.995 632.00 60.777 696.66 Federal Republic of Germany 722,967 520.922 1,387.86 472.573 1,529.85 Austria 3,325 3.691 900.68 3.349 992.83 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 6,869,894 7,623.806 901.11 6,916.203 993.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,161,863 4,424.367 940.67 4,013.720 1,036.91 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 96,397 110.298 873.97 100.061 963.38 Sweden 2,294,295 442.466 5,185.24 401.399 5,715.75 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 1,449,787 297.360 4,875.52 269.761 5,374.34 Federal Republic of Germany 5,611,890 3,130.328 1,792.75 2,839.787 1,976.17 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 922,290 447.816 2,059.53 406.252 2,270.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 281,041 190.522 1,475.11 172.839 1,626.03 Korea, South 966,577 926.199 1,043.60 840.234 1,150.37 Taiwan 278,125 107.857 2,578.63 97.847 2,842.45 Japan 3,362,752 753.397 4,463.45 683.471 4,920.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,855,289 13,552.346 1,907.81 12,294.485 2,103.00 GRAND TOTAL 1,543,840,640 2,195,435.789 703.20 1,991,666.407 775.15 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 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 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 1,302,187 1,619.459 804.09 1,469.149 886.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,869,843 18,660.190 368.16 16,928.245 405.82 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 104,014 53.594 1,940.76 48.620 2,139.33 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 29,901,039 60,886.648 491.09 55,235.454 541.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,025,290 1,871.252 547.92 1,697.572 603.97 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 3,965,832 7,260.413 546.23 6,586.538 602.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,899,446 11,886.450 1,001.09 10,783.210 1,103.52 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 5,126,952 4,009.851 1,278.59 3,637.677 1,409.40 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 Japan 3,291,939 2,637.790 1,247.99 2,392.964 1,375.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 70,213 12.354 5,683.10 11.208 6,264.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,443,595 27,583.459 1,103.69 25,023.301 1,216.61 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 201,728 1,338.506 150.71 1,214.273 166.13 Japan 238,959 520.878 458.76 472.533 505.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 447,935 1,865.364 240.13 1,692.231 264.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,172,377 30,408.522 597.61 27,586.155 658.75 Mexico 3,757,348 8,184.450 459.08 7,424.811 506.05 Brazil 316,314 86.434 3,659.58 78.412 4,034.00 Sweden 1,328,240 346.054 3,838.24 313.935 4,230.94 United Kingdom 891,427 657.938 1,354.88 596.872 1,493.50 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 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 1,115,259 1,217.240 916.22 1,104.262 1,009.96 Korea, South 907,000 1,002.410 904.82 909.372 997.39 Taiwan 260,186 46.477 5,598.07 42.164 6,170.81 Japan 5,706,252 8,191.961 696.57 7,431.625 767.83 South Africa 39,825 46.308 860.00 42.010 947.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,663,932 63,518.915 655.93 57,623.407 723.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 370,214 619.672 597.43 562.158 658.56 Mexico 876,762 1,739.933 503.91 1,578.442 555.46 Austria 48,143 7.004 6,873.56 6.354 7,576.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 15,018 13.422 1,118.84 12.177 1,233.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,310,137 2,380.033 550.47 2,159.131 606.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,615,552 1,624.933 1,609.64 1,474.115 1,774.32 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 1,064,148 808.073 1,316.90 733.072 1,451.63 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,421,728 13,202.785 1,092.32 11,977.369 1,204.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,194,921 774.821 1,542.19 702.906 1,699.97 Mexico 135,862 89.178 1,523.49 80.901 1,679.36 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 2,311,860 1,130.891 2,044.28 1,025.928 2,253.43 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 4,236,630 1,608.753 2,633.49 1,459.437 2,902.92 Austria 2,414,897 450.814 5,356.74 408.972 5,904.80 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 5,716,454 1,624.028 3,519.92 1,473.294 3,880.05 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 34,336,141 15,352.974 2,236.45 13,927.988 2,465.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 434,588 77.529 5,605.42 70.334 6,178.92 Argentina 113,787 58.976 1,929.35 53.503 2,126.74 United Kingdom 104,371 21.026 4,963.76 19.075 5,471.61 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 72,233 16.220 4,453.19 14.715 4,908.80 Japan 1,608,467 494.426 3,253.20 448.536 3,586.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,857,801 969.108 2,948.90 879.161 3,250.60 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 209,913 163.799 1,281.53 148.596 1,412.64 United Kingdom 62,781 2.938 21,363.08 2.666 23,548.76 Federal Republic of Germany 268,534 275.986 973.00 250.371 1,072.54 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 China 3,492,691 3,502.966 997.07 3,177.839 1,099.08 Japan 13,448,656 4,099.054 3,280.92 3,718.601 3,616.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,509,989 21,428.487 1,517.14 19,439.602 1,672.36 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 267,145 125.441 2,129.63 113.799 2,347.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 267,145 125.441 2,129.63 113.799 2,347.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 370,193 142.523 2,597.42 129.295 2,863.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 370,193 142.523 2,597.42 129.295 2,863.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,055,561 1,942.060 1,058.44 1,761.808 1,166.73 Mexico 2,030,808 1,297.687 1,564.94 1,177.243 1,725.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 529,346 322.804 1,639.84 292.843 1,807.61 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 369,415 222.598 1,659.56 201.938 1,829.35 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 871,617 525.668 1,658.11 476.879 1,827.75 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 5,669,930 2,532.932 2,238.48 2,297.838 2,467.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,115,450 11,393.520 1,589.98 10,336.031 1,752.65 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 50,962 41.884 1,216.73 37.997 1,341.21 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 4,190,130 1,776.640 2,358.46 1,611.742 2,599.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,205,287 322.498 3,737.34 292.566 4,119.71 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 India 26,881 12.504 2,149.69 11.344 2,369.62 China 148,519 273.926 542.19 248.502 597.66 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 1,579,793 639.583 2,470.03 580.221 2,722.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,494,229 1,231.161 1,213.67 1,116.891 1,337.85 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 95,211 100.234 949.88 90.931 1,047.07 China 1,035,003 1,032.038 1,002.87 936.250 1,105.48 Korea, South 1,612,848 1,336.732 1,206.56 1,212.664 1,330.00 Taiwan 210,582 235.654 893.61 213.782 985.03 Japan 2,239,265 1,655.153 1,352.91 1,501.530 1,491.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,822,647 7,061.191 1,249.46 6,405.807 1,377.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 11,504,918 17,817.719 645.70 16,163.968 711.76 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 2,483,544 2,939.523 844.88 2,666.692 931.32 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 854,729 904.370 945.11 820.431 1,041.80 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 9,274,772 11,142.827 832.35 10,108.606 917.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,898,861 10,820.959 729.96 9,816.612 804.64 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 1,811,554 3,276.457 552.90 2,972.353 609.47 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 14,510,719 23,773.254 610.38 21,566.740 672.83 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 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 207,725 224.915 923.57 204.040 1,018.06 Russia 1,665,399 1,152.425 1,445.13 1,045.463 1,592.98 Romania 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 China 20,794 23.876 870.91 21.660 960.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,029,860 1,215.679 847.15 1,102.846 933.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,830,594 5,244.468 1,302.44 4,757.703 1,435.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 114,494 274.765 416.70 249.263 459.33 Federal Republic of Germany 326,923 115.919 2,820.27 105.160 3,108.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 441,417 390.684 1,129.86 354.423 1,245.45 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 371,899 103.467 3,594.36 93.864 3,962.10 United Kingdom 102,010 38.212 2,669.53 34.666 2,942.65 France 635,589 61.002 10,418.98 55.341 11,484.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,694,446 1,629.952 1,653.08 1,478.668 1,822.21 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 5,745,263 2,448.511 2,346.43 2,221.253 2,586.50 GRAND TOTAL 309,037,883 344,404.645 897.31 312,438.727 989.12 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,650,674 29,373.876 362.59 26,647.540 399.69 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 1,752,139 2,789.213 628.18 2,530.333 692.45 United Kingdom 582,593 1,826.423 318.98 1,656.904 351.62 Belgium 273,327 494.772 552.43 448.850 608.95 Federal Republic of Germany 8,056,368 19,249.896 418.51 17,463.217 461.33 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 118,296,480 361,921.507 326.86 328,329.761 360.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,309,149 21,471.435 526.71 19,478.564 580.59 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 19.674 1,193.86 17.848 1,316.00 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 8,677,376 24,390.465 355.77 22,126.664 392.17 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 77,114,793 175,404.759 439.64 159,124.566 484.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,802,841 12,880.585 605.78 11,685.074 667.76 Mexico 2,493,889 4,772.774 522.52 4,329.789 575.98 Brazil 1,773,402 4,775.107 371.38 4,331.906 409.38 Sweden 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,360,728 1,956.426 695.52 1,774.841 766.68 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 113,951 97.745 1,165.80 88.673 1,285.07 Turkey 250,601 603.936 414.95 547.882 457.40 China 29,574 67.216 439.98 60.978 484.99 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 19,565,249 33,662.621 581.22 30,538.225 640.68 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,426,509 1,657.195 860.80 1,503.383 948.87 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,349,109 4,380.777 764.50 3,974.176 842.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,410,558 14,993.235 694.35 13,601.638 765.39 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 1,121,081 2,158.482 519.38 1,958.143 572.52 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,741,776 65,109.603 579.67 59,066.455 638.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,114,002 24,978.497 484.98 22,660.118 534.60 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 29,231,242 65,620.096 445.46 59,529.567 491.04 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 310,674 1,241.702 250.20 1,126.454 275.80 India 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 China 22,987 24.895 923.33 22.585 1,017.80 Australia 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 471,121 1,491.574 315.85 1,353.134 348.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,767,347 25,535.941 578.30 23,165.823 637.46 Mexico 2,126,101 3,994.737 532.23 3,623.966 586.68 Brazil 395,604 980.308 403.55 889.321 444.84 Argentina 138,708 242.350 572.34 219.857 630.90 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 23,107,646 38,625.138 598.25 35,040.146 659.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,808,031 8,608.914 558.49 7,809.878 615.63 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 29,900 41.226 725.26 37.400 799.47 Korea, South 72,489 173.054 418.88 156.992 461.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,636,618 16,830.560 513.15 15,268.432 565.65 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 717,866 1,746.722 410.98 1,584.600 453.03 Venezuela 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 Brazil 2,184,108 7,187.342 303.88 6,520.249 334.97 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 15,768,191 46,631.355 338.15 42,303.266 372.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,039,605 5,050.240 997.89 4,581.502 1,099.99 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 France 83,652 77.648 1,077.31 70.442 1,187.53 Federal Republic of Germany 4,128,520 3,726.115 1,108.00 3,380.276 1,221.36 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 20,210,332 22,870.926 883.67 20,748.161 974.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,261,076 39,523.595 765.65 35,855.213 843.98 Mexico 5,683,203 7,709.700 737.15 6,994.125 812.57 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 50,410 40.838 1,234.38 37.048 1,360.67 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 19,487,140 33,799.085 576.56 30,662.023 635.55 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 South Africa 1,353,461 1,505.286 899.14 1,365.573 991.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,240,730 108,008.438 715.14 97,983.635 788.30 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,350,551 1,467.522 920.29 1,331.314 1,014.45 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 5,074,733 5,590.752 907.70 5,071.847 1,000.57 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 6,463,203 6,225.255 1,038.22 5,647.458 1,144.44 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 1,277,690 1,085.722 1,176.81 984.951 1,297.21 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 33,354,332 38,244.543 872.13 34,694.876 961.36 Korea, South 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 Japan 1,088,727 313.387 3,474.07 284.300 3,829.50 South Africa 486,256 537.829 904.11 487.911 996.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,941,460 92,342.711 963.17 83,771.922 1,061.71 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 159,281 105.671 1,507.32 95.864 1,661.53 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 265,577 373.253 711.52 338.610 784.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,848,165 13,696.663 865.04 12,425.408 953.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 Mexico 4,064,834 4,936.812 823.37 4,478.602 907.61 Brazil 2,064,841 2,331.965 885.45 2,115.524 976.04 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 90,407 83.410 1,083.88 75.669 1,194.77 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,950,040 28,968.728 930.31 26,279.996 1,025.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 18,968 47.149 402.30 42.773 443.46 Mexico 1,500,310 1,851.944 810.13 1,680.056 893.01 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 3,731,665 5,336.135 699.32 4,840.862 770.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,977,102 21,367.549 700.93 19,384.320 772.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,454,825 9,243.240 1,022.89 8,385.329 1,127.54 Mexico 11,269,379 15,332.520 735.00 13,909.433 810.20 Dominican Republic 243,695 523.590 465.43 474.993 513.05 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 France 204,116 152.135 1,341.67 138.015 1,478.94 Federal Republic of Germany 2,600,862 1,278.238 2,034.72 1,159.599 2,242.90 Austria 97,676 59.920 1,630.09 54.359 1,796.87 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 1,050,109 695.306 1,510.28 630.772 1,664.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 4,206,314 5,344.794 786.99 4,848.717 867.51 Korea, South 801,078 976.748 820.15 886.092 904.06 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 40,311,074 41,807.827 964.20 37,927.434 1,062.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 59,008 62.513 943.93 56.711 1,040.50 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 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 India 27,510 14.638 1,879.27 13.280 2,071.54 China 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 Korea, South 241,751 244.349 989.37 221.670 1,090.59 Japan 235,397 208.764 1,127.57 189.388 1,242.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,644,567 4,203.769 1,342.74 3,813.597 1,480.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,336,445 636.765 2,098.80 577.664 2,313.53 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,022,362 950.350 2,128.02 862.144 2,345.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,732,594 28,706.797 757.05 26,042.376 834.51 Mexico 5,424,758 4,523.332 1,199.28 4,103.499 1,321.98 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 1,196,036 2,515.976 475.38 2,282.456 524.01 China 429,157 692.858 619.40 628.551 682.77 Korea, South 1,019,295 1,898.549 536.88 1,722.336 591.81 Australia 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,498,154 38,793.636 786.16 35,193.005 866.60 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 101,192 122.205 828.05 110.863 912.77 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 350,269 407.572 859.40 369.744 947.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,407,971 18,432.350 835.92 16,721.552 921.44 Mexico 7,303,425 9,568.855 763.25 8,680.722 841.34 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 338,475 529.479 639.26 480.336 704.66 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 10,643 16.701 637.26 15.151 702.46 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 1,037,294 761.724 1,361.77 691.025 1,501.09 Austria 704,664 124.356 5,666.50 112.814 6,246.25 Czech Republic 21,263 18.012 1,180.43 16.341 1,301.21 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 Belarus 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 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 298,966 445.341 671.32 404.007 740.00 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 4,570,242 7,109.975 642.79 6,450.063 708.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,458,889 2,779.826 884.55 2,521.817 975.05 Australia 15,741 19.789 795.41 17.953 876.79 Egypt 255,051 322.251 791.46 292.342 872.44 South Africa 1,284,514 2,081.576 617.09 1,888.375 680.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,359,123 49,844.938 829.76 45,218.580 914.65 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 7,292,058 9,812.718 743.12 8,901.951 819.15 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 Japan 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,379,909 36,286.402 699.43 32,918.480 770.99 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 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 23,204,569 47,993.935 483.49 43,539.378 532.96 Mexico 6,264,566 15,794.712 396.62 14,328.726 437.20 Venezuela 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 Sweden 137,417 64.701 2,123.87 58.696 2,341.16 Netherlands 14,252,714 32,563.585 437.69 29,541.196 482.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 96,729,272 214,547.988 450.85 194,634.716 496.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,763,553 23,592.427 583.39 21,402.696 643.08 Mexico 5,833,640 12,472.906 467.70 11,315.234 515.56 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 7,100,130 13,981.460 507.82 12,683.771 559.78 Sweden 326,882 460.512 709.82 417.770 782.44 Netherlands 1,871,989 3,642.732 513.90 3,304.632 566.47 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 68,995 71.058 970.96 64.463 1,070.30 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,995,268 99,129.558 524.52 89,928.848 578.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,215,612 37,903.745 638.87 34,385.709 704.23 Mexico 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 Brazil 8,888 16.255 546.76 14.747 602.70 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 1,546,888 2,627.977 588.62 2,384.062 648.85 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 733,098 1,257.087 583.17 1,140.411 642.84 Turkey 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 India 4,417,420 8,373.972 527.52 7,596.742 581.49 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 89,044,877 129,560.870 687.28 117,535.678 757.60 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 4,701,901 7,738.997 607.56 7,020.702 669.72 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 493,767 606.937 813.54 550.605 896.77 Japan 83,498 105.094 794.51 95.340 875.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,444,788 9,942.544 648.20 9,019.727 714.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,365,990 6,661.726 1,105.72 6,043.418 1,218.85 Mexico 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 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 20,579,963 21,912.738 939.18 19,878.908 1,035.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,118,805 5,400.250 577.53 4,899.026 636.62 Mexico 368,701 500.542 736.60 454.085 811.96 United Kingdom 42,341 66.995 632.00 60.777 696.66 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 Malaysia 13,644 21.552 633.06 19.552 697.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,936,571 6,395.513 615.52 5,801.914 678.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,996,828 3,936.695 761.25 3,571.311 839.14 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 74,052 108.358 683.40 98.301 753.32 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 87,002 17.835 4,878.05 16.180 5,377.13 Federal Republic of Germany 2,603,367 1,430.859 1,819.44 1,298.054 2,005.59 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 411,679 334.962 1,229.03 303.873 1,354.77 China 89,985 111.335 808.23 101.002 890.92 Korea, South 816,328 824.269 990.37 747.765 1,091.69 Taiwan 121,588 47.964 2,534.94 43.513 2,794.29 Japan 593,148 457.594 1,296.23 415.123 1,428.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,875,581 8,662.473 1,255.48 7,858.466 1,383.93 GRAND TOTAL 1,012,966,471 1,777,520.068 569.88 1,612,539.535 628.18 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 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 6,519,776 2,268.036 2,874.63 2,057.529 3,168.74 United Kingdom 11,621,875 4,625.268 2,512.69 4,195.974 2,769.77 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 2,653,188 994.547 2,667.73 902.239 2,940.67 Malaysia 9,610 0.041 229,422.31 0.038 252,894.74 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 21,081,306 7,954.438 2,650.26 7,216.147 2,921.41 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 2,187,335 725.287 3,015.82 657.970 3,324.37 Japan 97,354 41.272 2,358.80 37.442 2,600.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,916,631 2,038.359 2,902.64 1,849.169 3,199.62 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 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 266,816 27.758 9,612.08 25.182 10,595.50 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 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 11,515,725 4,236.678 2,718.10 3,843.451 2,996.19 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 370,738 136.700 2,712.04 124.013 2,989.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,074,208 3,749.785 2,686.61 3,401.749 2,961.48 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 1,629,834 421.829 3,863.73 382.677 4,259.03 Ukraine 1,565,588 484.531 3,231.14 439.560 3,561.72 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 1,168,227 296.488 3,940.21 268.970 4,343.34 India 377,496 128.650 2,934.27 116.710 3,234.48 China 102,749 37.919 2,709.66 34.400 2,986.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 390,526 167.023 2,338.15 151.521 2,577.37 Taiwan 511,979 85.662 5,976.68 77.712 6,588.16 Japan 125,156 33.353 3,752.38 30.258 4,136.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,994,749 1,932.632 3,619.29 1,753.255 3,989.58 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 49,336 1.916 25,737.14 1.739 28,370.33 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 4,863,263 1,042.698 4,664.11 945.920 5,141.30 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 4,042,231 1,425.250 2,836.15 1,292.966 3,126.32 China 1,765,165 547.244 3,225.55 496.452 3,555.56 Taiwan 4,298,913 1,342.691 3,201.71 1,218.070 3,529.28 Japan 64,003 15.752 4,063.16 14.290 4,478.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,519,955 6,424.445 3,505.35 5,828.161 3,863.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,895,810 1,445.383 6,154.64 1,311.230 6,784.32 Mexico 131,870 38.912 3,388.87 35.301 3,735.59 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 685,774 98.564 6,957.63 89.416 7,669.48 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 357,757 57.320 6,241.38 52.000 6,879.94 Spain 226,384 18.237 12,412.94 16.545 13,682.93 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 8,382,661 2,139.458 3,918.12 1,940.885 4,318.99 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 8,631,519 1,659.115 5,202.48 1,505.125 5,734.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,636,717 10,596.115 4,778.80 9,612.637 5,267.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 237,896 60.871 3,908.15 55.222 4,307.99 Sweden 1,388,501 250.353 5,546.16 227.117 6,113.59 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 112,843 17.334 6,509.57 15.726 7,175.57 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 2,090,968 632.653 3,305.07 573.934 3,643.22 Korea, South 2,105,538 536.395 3,925.35 486.610 4,326.95 Taiwan 1,227,932 313.383 3,918.30 284.297 4,319.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 514,365 74.708 6,885.00 67.774 7,589.41 Australia 82,708 22.279 3,712.22 20.212 4,092.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,963,938 3,068.442 3,899.03 2,783.645 4,297.94 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 1,825,943 744.367 2,453.01 675.279 2,703.98 Federal Republic of Germany 3,092,343 1,174.662 2,632.54 1,065.636 2,901.88 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 11,072,573 5,927.019 1,868.15 5,376.903 2,059.28 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 62,370,938 27,430.065 2,273.82 24,884.144 2,506.45 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,491,906 837.608 2,975.02 759.866 3,279.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 China 191,056 79.186 2,412.73 71.837 2,659.58 Korea, South 150,249 101.929 1,474.05 92.469 1,624.86 Taiwan 156,537 59.892 2,613.61 54.334 2,881.01 Japan 2,699,355 279.473 9,658.72 253.534 10,646.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,234,445 2,441.360 3,782.50 2,214.766 4,169.49 GRAND TOTAL 221,836,286 73,511.075 3,017.73 66,688.145 3,326.47