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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,520,517 48,034.067 364.75 43,575.785 402.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,309,149 21,471.435 526.71 19,478.564 580.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,828,131 14,751.837 598.44 13,382.646 659.67 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,426,509 1,657.195 860.80 1,503.383 948.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,329,059 26,884.019 830.57 24,388.779 915.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,204,988 28,519.502 498.08 25,872.465 549.04 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,248 5.980 1,212.03 5.425 1,336.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 241,687 325.727 741.99 295.495 817.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 310,674 1,241.702 250.20 1,126.454 275.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,957,195 55,951.364 589.03 50,758.238 649.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,178,245 9,228.587 561.11 8,372.036 618.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 554,623 1,298.299 427.19 1,177.798 470.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,828,363 6,690.690 1,170.04 6,069.694 1,289.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,194,921 774.821 1,542.19 702.906 1,699.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,695,664 39,601.125 775.12 35,925.547 854.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,798,178 11,112.817 1,151.66 10,081.381 1,269.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,010,094 9,155.657 874.88 8,305.875 964.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 389,161 189.672 2,051.75 172.068 2,261.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,510,386 11,185.300 1,029.06 10,147.137 1,134.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 59,008 62.513 943.93 56.711 1,040.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,895,810 1,445.383 6,154.64 1,311.230 6,784.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,541,732 959.264 2,649.67 870.230 2,920.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,243,545 29,091.877 764.60 26,391.715 842.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 116,601 140.898 827.55 127.821 912.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,029,366 18,864.183 849.72 17,113.304 936.66 BLACK PLATE...........................28 14,345 15.032 954.28 13.637 1,051.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,292,058 9,812.718 743.12 8,901.951 819.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,017,399 2,333.116 864.68 2,116.568 953.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,361,808 51,815.844 489.46 47,006.557 539.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,399,243 27,012.414 607.10 24,505.257 669.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,114,473 48,724.704 659.10 44,202.320 726.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 996,444 808.746 1,232.08 733.683 1,358.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,365,990 6,661.726 1,105.72 6,043.418 1,218.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 25,571 20.959 1,220.03 19.014 1,344.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,233,299 5,675.015 569.74 5,148.289 628.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,161,863 4,424.367 940.67 4,013.720 1,036.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 336,558,728 496,417.095 677.98 450,342.140 747.34 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 732,588 926.613 790.61 840.610 871.50 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,717,920 118,820.205 401.60 107,791.908 442.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 15,328 24.668 621.36 22.379 684.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,493,889 4,772.774 522.52 4,329.789 575.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,035 20.496 587.18 18.594 647.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,376,004 6,214.624 382.32 5,637.814 421.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,883,449 12,179.188 483.07 11,048.777 532.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,877,547 8,026.196 483.11 7,281.245 532.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,869,593 11,485.198 336.92 10,419.200 371.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 294,665 378.184 779.16 343.083 858.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 135,862 89.178 1,523.49 80.901 1,679.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,683,203 7,709.700 737.15 6,994.125 812.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,279,670 1,469.539 870.80 1,333.144 959.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,473 6.613 373.91 6.000 412.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,064,834 4,936.812 823.37 4,478.602 907.61 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,500,310 1,851.944 810.13 1,680.056 893.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,300,187 16,630.208 799.76 15,086.676 881.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 419,017 294.059 1,424.94 266.766 1,570.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 131,870 38.912 3,388.87 35.301 3,735.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 385,911 212.874 1,812.85 193.117 1,998.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,430,769 4,546.425 1,194.51 4,124.449 1,316.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 44,023 35.106 1,253.99 31.848 1,382.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,797,654 10,800.016 814.60 9,797.613 897.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,264,566 15,794.712 396.62 14,328.726 437.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,024,638 22,477.473 1,246.79 20,391.227 1,374.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,839 35.215 137.41 31.947 151.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 368,701 500.542 736.60 454.085 811.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,546,118 1,303.902 1,952.69 1,182.881 2,152.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 161,722,197 270,851.226 597.09 245,712.169 658.18 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 717,866 1,746.722 410.98 1,584.600 453.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 146,699 357.429 410.43 324.255 452.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 243,695 523.590 465.43 474.993 513.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,578 314.029 750.18 284.883 826.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,404,828 3,079.801 456.14 2,793.950 502.81 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,938,261 7,487.304 392.43 6,792.370 432.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,376 20.242 1,105.38 18.364 1,218.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,966,637 7,507.648 395.15 6,810.826 435.58 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,576 55.253 951.54 50.125 1,048.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 107,651 12.278 8,767.34 11.139 9,664.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,412,365 3,552.454 679.07 3,222.733 748.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,287,664 6,344.625 1,306.25 5,755.749 1,439.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 698,242 791.839 881.80 718.345 972.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,558,498 10,756.451 1,074.56 9,758.091 1,184.50 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,829,010 11,084.298 345.44 10,055.509 380.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,362,610 8,589.557 391.48 7,792.318 431.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,365,886 5,859.885 403.74 5,316.000 445.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 539,026 405.176 1,330.35 367.570 1,466.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,668,060 2,941.023 907.19 2,668.052 1,000.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,160 2.621 9,979.80 2.378 11,000.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 654,877 807.665 810.83 732.702 893.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 741,887 1,771.484 418.79 1,607.064 461.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,247,524 48,402.877 418.31 43,910.364 461.11 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 173,092 195.924 883.46 177.740 973.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,433 89.326 989.99 81.036 1,091.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 315,048 527.092 597.71 478.170 658.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 221,751 427.641 518.54 387.950 571.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,592 7.043 1,219.80 6.390 1,344.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 806,916 1,247.029 647.07 1,131.286 713.27 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,042 0.945 5,331.03 0.858 5,876.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,638,850 4,117.035 640.96 3,734.913 706.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,687,209 13,222.973 581.35 11,995.683 640.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,773,402 4,775.107 371.38 4,331.906 409.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,908 16.288 1,344.97 14.777 1,482.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 742,025 1,082.753 685.31 982.258 755.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 725,413 1,721.103 421.48 1,561.359 464.60 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,184,108 7,187.342 303.88 6,520.249 334.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 469,294 950.373 493.80 862.165 544.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,374,090 782.428 4,312.33 709.807 4,753.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,560,464 1,631.321 956.56 1,479.910 1,054.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 210,342 341.543 615.86 309.843 678.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,064,841 2,331.965 885.45 2,115.524 976.04 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,971,153 2,654.457 742.58 2,408.084 818.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,320,138 1,035.160 1,275.30 939.082 1,405.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 134,732 81.638 1,650.35 74.061 1,819.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,881 568.479 641.85 515.716 707.52 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,106,789 1,271.915 870.17 1,153.863 959.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,363,405 14,984.098 624.89 13,593.349 688.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 503,332 779.032 646.10 706.727 712.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 96,397 110.298 873.97 100.061 963.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,325,348 59,663.842 642.35 54,126.143 708.07 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 986,682 2,227.588 442.94 2,020.835 488.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 138,708 242.350 572.34 219.857 630.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 585,240 634.413 922.49 575.530 1,016.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 866,175 734.026 1,180.03 665.898 1,300.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,010,168 738.351 1,368.14 669.821 1,508.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 25,359 9.555 2,653.74 8.669 2,925.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 143,899 262.742 547.68 238.356 603.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,756,231 4,849.028 774.64 4,398.966 853.89 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,519,776 2,268.036 2,874.63 2,057.529 3,168.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,030,204 267.674 3,848.72 242.830 4,242.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,651,069 1,650.964 1,605.77 1,497.730 1,770.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,244,264 395.521 3,145.88 358.811 3,467.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,401,838 361.507 3,877.76 327.954 4,274.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,528,015 460.457 3,318.47 417.720 3,657.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,311,860 1,130.891 2,044.28 1,025.928 2,253.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,521 36.821 1,426.36 33.404 1,572.30 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,081,983 1,137.597 951.11 1,032.011 1,048.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,001,347 670.633 1,493.14 608.389 1,645.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 254,068 183.298 1,386.09 166.286 1,527.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,261,604 142.732 8,838.93 129.485 9,743.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,611,440 345.584 4,662.94 313.509 5,140.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 410,576 426.243 963.24 386.682 1,061.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,580,863 735.492 2,149.39 667.228 2,369.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 53,721 28.276 1,899.85 25.652 2,094.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 434,952 407.017 1,068.63 369.240 1,177.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,294,295 442.466 5,185.24 401.399 5,715.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,730,994 11,098.874 2,408.44 10,068.732 2,654.85 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,336 1.916 25,737.14 1.739 28,370.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,644 0.544 21,383.12 0.494 23,570.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,980 2.461 24,773.91 2.233 27,308.55 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 23,488 19.674 1,193.86 17.848 1,316.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,261,351 478.628 2,635.34 434.205 2,904.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 111,607 44.445 2,511.12 40.320 2,768.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 720,703 312.936 2,303.04 283.891 2,538.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 139,272 52.137 2,671.26 47.298 2,944.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 283,396 90.101 3,145.29 81.739 3,467.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,847,868 2,101.736 2,306.60 1,906.664 2,542.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 168,800 284.252 593.84 257.870 654.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,431,870 821.377 2,960.72 745.141 3,263.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 628,249 225.186 2,789.90 204.286 3,075.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,616,604 4,430.476 2,396.27 4,019.262 2,641.43 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,308 2.315 10,495.88 2.101 11,569.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,571 1.572 7,356.02 1.427 8,108.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 76,712 4.712 16,278.82 4.275 17,944.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,183 6.066 12,888.69 5.503 14,207.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 190,774 14.667 13,006.71 13.306 14,337.44 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 487,080 73.252 6,649.29 66.454 7,329.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,293,459 6,486.568 1,895.22 5,884.518 2,089.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,514,452 2,721.533 923.91 2,468.934 1,018.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,179,289 7,158.459 583.83 6,494.047 643.56 STEEL PILING...........................5 90,153 128.794 699.98 116.840 771.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 783,754 729.708 1,074.06 661.981 1,183.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,210 0.001 2,004,878.84 0.001 2,210,000.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,436,641 4,048.296 848.91 3,672.554 935.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,878 3.175 5,944.41 2.881 6,552.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,321,016 2,318.345 1,432.49 2,103.168 1,579.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 450,832 93.365 4,828.67 84.700 5,322.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,371 21.026 4,963.76 19.075 5,471.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 62,781 2.938 21,363.08 2.666 23,548.76 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 94,805 128.871 735.66 116.910 810.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 401,101 310.171 1,293.16 281.383 1,425.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,336 0.004 983,388.54 0.004 1,084,000.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 198,923 25.322 7,855.65 22.972 8,659.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 44,990 1.350 33,317.76 1.225 36,726.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 649,361 340.114 1,909.24 308.547 2,104.58 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,649 3.913 932.48 3.550 1,027.89 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 52,079 68.420 761.16 62.070 839.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 904,796 629.231 1,437.94 570.829 1,585.06 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 598,459 218.241 2,742.19 197.985 3,022.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 42,341 66.995 632.00 60.777 696.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,503,576 687.180 2,188.04 623.400 2,411.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,243,332 26,265.283 1,227.60 23,827.471 1,353.20 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,655 1.427 13,768.90 1.295 15,177.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,539 3.282 4,429.00 2.978 4,882.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,638 0.003 1,402,508.00 0.003 1,546,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,461 10.862 5,382.07 9.854 5,932.72 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 209,241 173.613 1,205.21 157.500 1,328.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,643,865 30,132.316 419.61 27,335.585 462.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,343 0.824 5,267.25 0.748 5,806.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,059 11.020 1,457.14 9.998 1,606.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 399,975 282.406 1,416.31 256.195 1,561.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,320 1.061 3,127.57 0.963 3,447.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,033 0.550 3,696.01 0.499 4,074.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 311,212 203.664 1,528.07 184.761 1,684.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,329 3.703 898.82 3.360 990.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,126 19.761 1,726.93 17.927 1,903.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,493,716 9,245.834 702.34 8,387.682 774.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 730,007 1,115.355 654.51 1,011.834 721.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,492,748 35,062.922 441.86 31,808.557 487.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,388,378 6,587.895 666.13 5,976.440 734.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,570,532 2,673.002 587.55 2,424.908 647.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 470,887 526.718 894.00 477.831 985.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,416 0.220 15,494.72 0.200 17,080.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,777,187 86,040.871 497.17 78,054.988 548.04 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 448,477 652.061 687.78 591.540 758.15 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 275,915 502.280 549.32 455.661 605.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,734 13.300 1,107.78 12.066 1,221.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,592,898 2,749.133 2,034.42 2,493.973 2,242.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 369,043 214.106 1,723.64 194.234 1,899.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,877 1.999 3,939.30 1.814 4,342.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 234,158 165.346 1,416.16 150.000 1,561.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,017 35.313 1,359.73 32.036 1,498.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,180 25.640 1,879.03 23.261 2,071.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,742 3.470 6,841.93 3.148 7,541.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,506 13.656 1,794.45 12.389 1,978.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 768,208 593.509 1,294.35 538.423 1,426.77 BLACK PLATE...........................28 95,735 137.270 697.42 124.530 768.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 72,893 84.966 857.91 77.080 945.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 627,650 1,177.849 532.88 1,068.527 587.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,843,000 5,150.046 940.38 4,672.045 1,036.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 257,173 267.376 961.84 242.560 1,060.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 534,057 768.398 695.03 697.080 766.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 301,037 248.863 1,209.65 225.765 1,333.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 169,102 60.235 2,807.33 54.645 3,094.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,756,402 12,864.825 1,147.03 11,670.777 1,264.39 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 402,449 423.696 949.85 384.371 1,047.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,956,995 4,025.164 734.63 3,651.569 809.79 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,360,156 1,883.327 722.21 1,708.526 796.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 237,360 296.569 800.35 269.043 882.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,987 42.497 3,223.42 38.553 3,553.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 208,980 276.360 756.19 250.710 833.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 100,909 120.736 835.78 109.530 921.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,063,919 2,729.966 756.02 2,476.585 833.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,467,755 9,798.317 762.15 8,888.887 840.12 France WIRE RODS..............................3 74,705 22.386 3,337.01 20.309 3,678.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,042 2.722 11,768.43 2.470 12,972.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,289,995 640.971 2,012.56 581.480 2,218.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,762,390 4,777.680 578.19 4,334.240 637.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 145,723 215.615 675.85 195.603 744.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 815,328 210.260 3,877.71 190.745 4,274.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,277,175 997.903 2,281.96 905.283 2,515.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,548,923 690.005 2,244.80 625.963 2,474.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 50,410 40.838 1,234.38 37.048 1,360.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 763,126 1,118.426 682.32 1,014.620 752.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 87,437 185.708 470.83 168.472 519.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 20,956 13.872 1,510.61 12.585 1,665.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 573,531 374.733 1,530.50 339.953 1,687.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,297,259 747.232 1,736.09 677.878 1,913.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,206,078 310.676 7,100.89 281.841 7,827.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,119 1.168 1,813.51 1.060 1,999.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,427 5.982 907.18 5.427 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 709,458 333.589 2,126.74 302.627 2,344.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,585,783 6,657.095 688.86 6,039.217 759.33 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,668,598 1,928.549 865.21 1,749.551 953.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,352,670 8,218.209 651.32 7,455.436 717.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,688,648 1,729.867 1,554.25 1,569.310 1,713.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,674 30.467 941.12 27.640 1,037.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,449,787 297.360 4,875.52 269.761 5,374.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,436,242 29,551.325 1,029.95 26,808.519 1,135.32 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 175,446 74.458 2,356.28 67.548 2,597.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,551,240 22,997.045 458.81 20,862.575 505.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,264,086 10,650.879 588.13 9,662.318 648.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,487,190 2,281.558 651.83 2,069.796 718.52 STEEL PILING...........................5 472,291 711.461 663.83 645.427 731.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,238,464 3,410.307 1,536.07 3,093.780 1,693.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,368,496 5,130.197 1,826.15 4,654.038 2,012.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 39,826 5.751 6,924.02 5.218 7,632.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,928,914 1,049.725 1,837.54 952.295 2,025.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,112 20.727 825.56 18.804 910.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,105,115 4,458.085 1,369.45 4,044.308 1,509.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,236,630 1,608.753 2,633.49 1,459.437 2,902.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 712,667 398.257 1,789.46 361.293 1,972.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,343,267 5,866.739 910.77 5,322.218 1,003.95 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 172,231 127.255 1,353.43 115.444 1,491.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 169,948 134.118 1,267.15 121.670 1,396.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,062,202 2,270.022 1,789.50 2,059.330 1,972.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,810,266 1,347.911 2,084.90 1,222.805 2,298.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,721,009 259.512 10,485.07 235.426 11,557.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,340 4.434 2,331.67 4.023 2,570.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 501,787 285.143 1,759.77 258.678 1,939.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,811,832 941.091 1,925.25 853.744 2,122.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 90,841 72.235 1,257.57 65.531 1,386.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,139,888 7,140.285 579.79 6,477.560 639.11 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 715,396 926.869 771.84 840.842 850.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 620,907 770.579 805.77 699.058 888.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,016,067 2,150.090 1,867.86 1,950.530 2,058.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,300,242 9,664.218 444.97 8,767.234 490.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,858,367 14,127.186 627.04 12,815.972 691.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,619 78.309 2,293.71 71.041 2,528.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,840,748 1,944.817 1,460.68 1,764.309 1,610.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 722,967 520.922 1,387.86 472.573 1,529.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,611,890 3,130.328 1,792.75 2,839.787 1,976.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,297,291 104,559.282 920.98 94,854.612 1,015.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 104,300 37.941 2,748.97 34.420 3,030.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,799 3.309 3,565.58 3.002 3,930.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 525,244 455.030 1,154.30 412.797 1,272.40 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,110,495 798.927 1,389.98 724.775 1,532.19 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 123,046 148.695 827.51 134.894 912.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,995,873 500.341 3,989.02 453.902 4,397.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 48,143 7.004 6,873.56 6.354 7,576.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 209,253 95.740 2,185.64 86.854 2,409.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,414,897 450.814 5,356.74 408.972 5,904.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,443,190 9,674.272 1,182.85 8,776.355 1,303.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 381,751 380.723 1,002.70 345.387 1,105.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 97,676 59.920 1,630.09 54.359 1,796.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 685,774 98.564 6,957.63 89.416 7,669.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 194,893 148.586 1,311.65 134.795 1,445.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 916,234 163.194 5,614.35 148.048 6,188.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,848,939 2,692.476 686.71 2,442.574 756.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 442,840 395.093 1,120.85 358.423 1,235.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 441,408 128.485 3,435.47 116.560 3,786.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 207,725 224.915 923.57 204.040 1,018.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,325 3.691 900.68 3.349 992.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,031,584 200.431 5,146.83 181.828 5,673.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,238,389 16,668.159 1,454.17 15,121.104 1,602.95 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 201,728 1,338.506 150.71 1,214.273 166.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,702 15.066 1,506.80 13.668 1,660.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,568 11.023 4,950.33 10.000 5,456.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 10,514 2.589 4,060.51 2.349 4,475.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 76,184 67.161 1,134.34 60.928 1,250.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 163,144 155.657 1,048.10 141.210 1,155.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,717 357.617 1,075.78 324.425 1,185.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 467,207 100.525 4,647.66 91.195 5,123.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 579,306 41.544 13,944.06 37.689 15,370.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,599 20.845 2,091.50 18.911 2,305.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,003,669 2,110.537 949.36 1,914.648 1,046.49 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,048 0.200 25,161.92 0.182 27,736.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 398,541 767.967 518.96 696.689 572.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 90,407 83.410 1,083.88 75.669 1,194.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,558 0.660 3,874.09 0.599 4,270.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,712 28.117 558.79 25.508 615.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 168,675 323.596 521.25 293.562 574.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 680,941 1,203.953 565.59 1,092.209 623.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,069,664 232.851 4,593.77 211.239 5,063.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,860 3.254 3,952.03 2.952 4,356.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,652,999 673.275 2,455.16 610.785 2,706.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,774 0.260 29,883.29 0.236 32,940.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,830 2.663 3,691.07 2.416 4,068.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,035 17.360 6,626.33 15.749 7,304.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,135 2.942 5,824.13 2.669 6,420.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 406,868 170.073 2,392.31 154.288 2,637.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,292,165 1,102.679 2,985.61 1,000.334 3,291.07 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,643,937 8,244.779 441.97 7,479.540 487.19 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 153,896 87.869 1,751.41 79.714 1,930.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 632,213 377.570 1,674.43 342.526 1,845.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 245,463 86.058 2,852.28 78.071 3,144.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,674 2.067 1,776.65 1.876 1,958.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,405 357.252 1,020.02 324.094 1,124.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,464,986 966.992 1,514.99 877.241 1,669.99 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,726,367 91,137.428 337.14 82,678.508 371.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,876,577 4,482.437 418.65 4,066.400 461.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,447,338 4,371.290 788.63 3,965.569 869.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,331,892 1,006.251 1,323.62 912.856 1,459.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,055,260 1,494.170 706.25 1,355.489 778.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,262,538 3,183.251 710.76 2,887.798 783.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,492,976 4,842.863 721.26 4,393.373 795.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,565,218 21,470.560 445.50 19,477.770 491.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,197,393 25,034.265 487.23 22,710.710 537.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,665,399 1,152.425 1,445.13 1,045.463 1,592.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,620,958 158,174.944 427.51 143,493.936 471.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 1,682,768 5,689.839 295.75 5,161.737 326.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,737,239 5,728.326 303.27 5,196.652 334.30 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,902,446 43,650.096 295.59 39,598.713 325.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,437,111 8,374.876 1,007.43 7,597.562 1,110.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,745,140 725.467 2,405.54 658.133 2,651.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,858,304 14,602.658 812.06 13,247.313 895.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 304,062 208.912 1,455.45 189.522 1,604.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 677,101 917.703 737.82 832.527 813.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,463,203 6,225.255 1,038.22 5,647.458 1,144.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 402,801 115.416 3,489.98 104.704 3,847.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 887,266 1,097.978 808.09 996.070 890.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 357,757 57.320 6,241.38 52.000 6,879.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,349 24.527 707.33 22.251 779.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,052,540 76,000.213 579.64 68,946.253 638.94 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 63,846 12.913 4,944.10 11.715 5,449.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 113,951 97.745 1,165.80 88.673 1,285.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 159,492 80.529 1,980.55 73.055 2,183.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 337,441 675.055 499.87 612.400 551.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,162 65.220 677.12 59.167 746.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 40,012 49.193 813.35 44.628 896.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 786,249 564.826 1,392.02 512.402 1,534.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 404,413 359.336 1,125.44 325.985 1,240.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,799,093 1,143.179 1,573.76 1,037.075 1,734.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,068,799 3,354.940 1,212.78 3,043.552 1,336.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 386,478 309.007 1,250.71 280.327 1,378.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,240,161 1,531.632 1,462.60 1,389.474 1,612.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,139,748 460.686 2,474.02 417.928 2,727.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 226,384 18.237 12,412.94 16.545 13,682.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 308,185 190.187 1,620.43 172.535 1,786.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 977,532 1,872.683 522.00 1,698.870 575.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 122,230 50.667 2,412.38 45.965 2,659.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,544,652 4,533.544 561.29 4,112.764 618.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,762,828 15,369.588 1,025.59 13,943.060 1,130.51 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,559,570 582.812 2,675.94 528.719 2,949.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,711,888 1,010.101 2,684.77 916.349 2,959.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,927,351 4,055.769 475.21 3,679.333 523.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 146,594 190.329 770.21 172.664 849.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 948,694 413.395 2,294.88 375.026 2,529.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,719,439 1,009.227 1,703.72 915.556 1,878.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 408,164 140.921 2,896.39 127.842 3,192.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,056,813 1,205.862 4,193.53 1,093.940 4,622.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 831,409 579.220 1,435.39 525.460 1,582.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 718,060 370.928 1,935.84 336.501 2,133.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 436,049 271.592 1,605.52 246.385 1,769.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,748,887 2,118.814 1,297.37 1,922.157 1,430.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,804,219 1,157.973 1,558.08 1,050.496 1,717.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 974,110 444.553 2,191.21 403.292 2,415.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,735,107 176.648 9,822.36 160.253 10,827.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,057 3.338 1,814.07 3.029 1,999.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,875 13.287 1,194.75 12.054 1,316.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,865,780 1,245.231 1,498.34 1,129.655 1,651.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 281,566 99.406 2,832.47 90.180 3,122.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 205,827 96.093 2,141.93 87.175 2,361.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 957,066 1,041.672 918.78 944.990 1,012.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 132,767 67.457 1,968.17 61.196 2,169.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,191,292 16,294.638 1,668.73 14,782.252 1,839.46 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,432,241 480.683 2,979.59 436.069 3,284.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,473,034 502.983 2,928.59 456.299 3,228.22 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,644,144 15,735.377 549.34 14,274.898 605.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 912,289 1,507.674 605.10 1,367.740 667.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 867,943 854.147 1,016.15 774.870 1,120.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,082,703 2,611.655 797.46 2,369.255 879.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 714,235 788.912 905.34 715.690 997.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 769,741 865.342 889.52 785.026 980.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 254,435 198.643 1,280.87 180.206 1,411.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,247,737 22,563.075 631.46 20,468.884 696.07 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,350,246 7,455.254 315.25 6,763.295 347.50 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 12,856,829 37,778.215 340.32 34,271.830 375.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,601 603.936 414.95 547.882 457.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,795,203 2,257.538 1,238.16 2,048.005 1,364.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,081,323 1,733.848 623.65 1,572.921 687.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 141,810 280.317 505.89 254.300 557.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 212,845 425.271 500.49 385.800 551.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 711,368 1,499.005 474.56 1,359.875 523.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,196,036 2,515.976 475.38 2,282.456 524.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 130,465 142.949 912.66 129.682 1,006.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,542,773 47,481.303 411.59 43,074.326 453.70 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 422,734 127.988 3,302.91 116.109 3,640.84 Oman IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,732 1.696 3,968.27 1.539 4,374.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,871 59.387 3,079.31 53.875 3,394.36 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 506,146 309.672 1,634.46 280.930 1,801.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 895,423 318.606 2,810.44 289.035 3,097.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,117,311 1,440.422 2,858.40 1,306.730 3,150.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 687,166 809.831 848.53 734.667 935.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,277,690 1,085.722 1,176.81 984.951 1,297.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,022,342 1,464.939 1,380.50 1,328.971 1,521.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,510 14.638 1,879.27 13.280 2,071.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,643 28.684 4,031.57 26.022 4,444.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 49,774 30.815 1,615.25 27.955 1,780.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,454,719 1,123.737 2,184.42 1,019.438 2,407.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 182,754 61.945 2,950.24 56.196 3,252.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,417,420 8,373.972 527.52 7,596.742 581.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 922,290 447.816 2,059.53 406.252 2,270.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,880,700 15,592.561 1,146.75 14,145.338 1,264.07 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,121,081 2,158.482 519.38 1,958.143 572.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,874,143 7,397.262 658.91 6,710.686 726.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 50,348 15.103 3,333.45 13.702 3,674.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 506,177 369.100 1,371.38 334.842 1,511.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 547,588 200.071 2,736.96 181.502 3,016.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,099,337 10,140.021 700.13 9,198.875 771.76 Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,863 22.100 2,663.46 20.049 2,935.96 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,610 0.041 229,422.31 0.038 252,894.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,996,475 13,051.666 382.82 11,840.276 421.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,039,275 20,883.357 432.85 18,945.069 477.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 26,395 54.805 481.61 49.719 530.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,610 22.462 694.92 20.378 766.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,180 0.508 23,968.58 0.461 26,420.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,139,246 353.318 3,224.42 320.525 3,554.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 87,179 167.251 521.25 151.728 574.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,644 21.552 633.06 19.552 697.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,364,499 34,580.417 444.31 31,370.836 489.77 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 454,672 282.500 1,609.46 256.280 1,774.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,749 4.635 4,260.64 4.205 4,696.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 500,327 337.905 1,480.67 306.543 1,632.16 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,440 0.564 4,323.30 0.512 4,765.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 138,462 169.772 815.57 154.015 899.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,020,263 24,578.070 367.00 22,296.857 404.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 29,574 67.216 439.98 60.978 484.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,151,058 3,339.881 644.05 3,029.890 709.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,753 14.301 2,499.97 12.974 2,755.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 22,987 24.895 923.33 22.585 1,017.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,654,884 1,977.559 836.83 1,794.012 922.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 44,918 54.649 821.93 49.577 906.02 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,865 17.876 272.15 16.217 299.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,003,956 836.318 2,396.16 758.696 2,641.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,716,454 1,624.028 3,519.92 1,473.294 3,880.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,487,140 33,799.085 576.56 30,662.023 635.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,847,023 41,747.510 882.62 37,872.715 972.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,955 2.181 2,271.40 1.979 2,503.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,150,623 5,383.971 770.92 4,884.258 849.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,735,474 3,939.172 694.43 3,573.558 765.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,268,655 5,405.635 789.67 4,903.911 870.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,382,661 2,139.458 3,918.12 1,940.885 4,318.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 148,519 273.926 542.19 248.502 597.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 492,876 714.187 690.12 647.900 760.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 130,109 152.760 851.72 138.582 938.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,696,213 8,774.667 877.09 7,960.247 966.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 262,309 491.151 534.07 445.565 588.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,323,875 12,370.179 1,157.94 11,222.041 1,276.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,814,811 12,230.521 557.20 11,095.346 614.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 21,562 20.927 1,030.33 18.985 1,135.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 194,644 281.654 691.07 255.513 761.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 20,794 23.876 870.91 21.660 960.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 281,041 190.522 1,475.11 172.839 1,626.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,920,151 161,860.735 790.31 146,837.631 871.17 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 2,120,915 2,455.893 863.60 2,227.950 951.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 508,412 1,096.845 463.52 995.042 510.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 257,540 141.866 1,815.37 128.699 2,001.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 60,705 91.525 663.25 83.031 731.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,345,366 1,284.313 1,047.54 1,165.110 1,154.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 76,062 173.604 438.13 157.491 482.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 260,355 217.282 1,198.24 197.115 1,320.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 342,491 273.860 1,250.60 248.442 1,378.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,315,944 2,642.301 876.49 2,397.056 966.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,623,597 2,154.471 753.59 1,954.504 830.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 735,480 1,072.624 685.68 973.069 755.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,596,597 6,789.410 677.02 6,159.251 746.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 806,147 977.832 824.42 887.075 908.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 241,751 244.349 989.37 221.670 1,090.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,124,073 1,950.539 3,652.36 1,769.500 4,026.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,036,112 1,918.136 540.17 1,740.105 595.43 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 74,945 97.500 768.66 88.451 847.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,221,307 3,204.048 1,629.60 2,906.665 1,796.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 264,297 297.271 889.08 269.680 980.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,618,336 60,545.985 439.64 54,926.410 484.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,474,159 5,531.990 1,170.31 5,018.539 1,290.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,886,468 20,025.520 843.25 18,166.852 929.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 422,692 508.242 831.67 461.070 916.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,418,101 1,585.003 894.70 1,437.891 986.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 966,577 926.199 1,043.60 840.234 1,150.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,702,610 127,004.560 714.17 115,216.632 787.24 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 47,899 18.781 2,550.37 17.038 2,811.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,069 0.584 25,793.15 0.530 28,432.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,187,335 725.287 3,015.82 657.970 3,324.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,105,237 562.076 1,966.35 509.907 2,167.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 355,574 169.041 2,103.47 153.352 2,318.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 772,165 132.140 5,843.51 119.876 6,441.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,457,922 1,450.222 3,073.96 1,315.620 3,388.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,778,048 849.732 3,269.32 770.865 3,603.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 171,226 235.672 726.54 213.799 800.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,454 22.110 698.95 20.058 770.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,406 7.874 813.47 7.144 896.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 210,090 324.008 648.41 293.936 714.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,160 23.791 1,814.12 21.583 1,999.72 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,520,845 1,626.597 3,394.11 1,475.625 3,741.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 12,237 5.442 2,248.58 4.937 2,478.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 461,074 157.139 2,934.16 142.555 3,234.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,974,166 1,193.070 1,654.69 1,082.336 1,823.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,091,028 2,137.436 2,381.84 1,939.050 2,625.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,911,463 14,437.910 825.01 13,097.856 909.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,767 606.937 813.54 550.605 896.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,037,017 2,691.832 756.74 2,441.990 834.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 278,125 107.857 2,578.63 97.847 2,842.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,945,307 27,485.550 1,453.32 24,934.479 1,602.01 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,380 0.162 27,030.41 0.147 29,795.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,187,542 9,689.706 741.77 8,790.356 817.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,620,130 2,754.073 1,314.46 2,498.454 1,448.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,179,099 4,909.517 647.54 4,453.841 713.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,354,187 6,387.837 681.64 5,794.950 751.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 443,514 545.947 812.38 495.275 895.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,426,161 10,249.444 724.54 9,298.142 798.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,937 1.183 9,238.25 1.074 10,183.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,318,783 9,840.750 337.25 8,927.381 371.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 524,738 380.359 1,379.59 345.056 1,520.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,167,926 4,326.694 1,194.43 3,925.112 1,316.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,296,729 2,178.289 1,513.45 1,976.112 1,668.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,537,383 4,412.441 3,294.63 4,002.901 3,631.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,375,254 12,192.276 1,015.01 11,060.650 1,118.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,994,805 4,731.226 1,267.07 4,292.098 1,396.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,607,821 3,355.464 2,267.29 3,044.027 2,499.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,050,633 473.450 2,219.10 429.507 2,446.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,631,519 1,659.115 5,202.48 1,505.125 5,734.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 277,694 76.322 3,638.41 69.239 4,010.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 273,154 156.554 1,744.78 142.024 1,923.29 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 319,717 376.572 849.02 341.621 935.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,212,519 4,509.687 1,155.85 4,091.121 1,274.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 667,097 828.538 805.15 751.638 887.52 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 842,610 985.834 854.72 894.334 942.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,487,342 6,603.209 679.57 5,990.333 749.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,257,957 3,308.295 1,287.05 3,001.236 1,418.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 409,985 365.821 1,120.72 331.868 1,235.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 792,554 889.214 891.30 806.682 982.49 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 374,259 273.238 1,369.71 247.878 1,509.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,029,860 1,215.679 847.15 1,102.846 933.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 53,747 13.709 3,920.44 12.437 4,321.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,362,752 753.397 4,463.45 683.471 4,920.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,777,921 100,513.691 1,122.02 91,184.513 1,236.81 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,360,070 80,471.953 265.43 73,002.949 292.59 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 79,239 97.959 808.90 88.867 891.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,449 42.069 2,340.14 38.165 2,579.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,382,775 14,845.924 429.93 13,468.000 473.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,180 1.410 9,341.17 1.280 10,296.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,069,235 95,684.491 293.35 86,803.535 323.37 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 1,910,730 5,564.647 343.37 5,048.165 378.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 408,909 798.117 512.34 724.040 564.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,361,614 2,611.153 521.46 2,368.799 574.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 607,400 1,173.707 517.51 1,064.770 570.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,288,653 10,147.625 422.63 9,205.774 465.87 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 2,520,794 6,721.341 375.04 6,097.500 413.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 255,051 322.251 791.46 292.342 872.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,794,680 7,065.078 395.56 6,409.333 436.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 403,197 822.820 490.02 746.450 540.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,021,775 4,575.363 879.01 4,150.701 968.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 370,738 136.700 2,712.04 124.013 2,989.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 315,549 585.760 538.70 531.393 593.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 167,533 248.325 674.65 225.277 743.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,353,461 1,505.286 899.14 1,365.573 991.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 486,256 537.829 904.11 487.911 996.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 265,577 373.253 711.52 338.610 784.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,731,665 5,336.135 699.32 4,840.862 770.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,284,514 2,081.576 617.09 1,888.375 680.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,374,341 1,157.362 2,051.51 1,049.942 2,261.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,309,938 1,561.581 838.85 1,416.643 924.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,627,215 16,605.396 579.76 15,064.167 639.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,711,759 35,527.392 723.72 32,229.917 797.76 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,869,843 18,660.190 368.16 16,928.245 405.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,025,290 1,871.252 547.92 1,697.572 603.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,899,446 11,886.450 1,001.09 10,783.210 1,103.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,090,986 3,541.005 590.51 3,212.347 650.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,248 5.980 1,212.03 5.425 1,336.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,172,377 30,408.522 597.61 27,586.155 658.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 370,214 619.672 597.43 562.158 658.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,615,552 1,624.933 1,609.64 1,474.115 1,774.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,194,921 774.821 1,542.19 702.906 1,699.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 434,588 77.529 5,605.42 70.334 6,178.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,728,924 4,568.201 1,254.09 4,144.204 1,382.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,010,094 9,155.657 874.88 8,305.875 964.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 370,193 142.523 2,597.42 129.295 2,863.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,055,561 1,942.060 1,058.44 1,761.808 1,166.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,205,287 322.498 3,737.34 292.566 4,119.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 510,951 385.080 1,326.87 349.339 1,462.62 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,409 18.692 824.32 16.958 908.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 383,499 370.960 1,033.80 336.530 1,139.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,092,444 3,786.204 552.65 3,434.788 609.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,397,688 3,338.028 718.29 3,028.209 791.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,898,861 10,820.959 729.96 9,816.612 804.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 910,042 735.536 1,237.25 667.268 1,363.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 25,571 20.959 1,220.03 19.014 1,344.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 114,494 274.765 416.70 249.263 459.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 993,610 436.400 2,276.83 395.896 2,509.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,393,093 105,788.888 731.58 95,970.092 806.43 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 732,588 926.613 790.61 840.610 871.50 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,500,750 37,070.360 526.05 33,629.675 579.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,757,348 8,184.450 459.08 7,424.811 506.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 876,762 1,739.933 503.91 1,578.442 555.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,186 2.248 972.11 2.040 1,071.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 135,862 89.178 1,523.49 80.901 1,679.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 110,980 149.958 740.07 136.040 815.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,030,808 1,297.687 1,564.94 1,177.243 1,725.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,263 0.633 5,148.08 0.575 5,674.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,011 23.093 260.29 20.950 286.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,494,229 1,231.161 1,213.67 1,116.891 1,337.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,839 35.215 137.41 31.947 151.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,475 0.002 2,029,826.43 0.002 2,237,500.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 28,660,101 50,750.538 564.73 46,040.127 622.50 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,990 138.030 441.86 125.219 487.07 Trinidad and Tobago PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,000 0.101 59,164.24 0.092 65,217.39 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,576 55.253 951.54 50.125 1,048.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 107,651 12.278 8,767.34 11.139 9,664.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 160,227 67.531 2,372.61 61.264 2,615.35 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,160 2.621 9,979.80 2.378 11,000.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,807 19.841 796.66 18.000 878.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,967 22.462 1,868.28 20.378 2,059.43 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,042 0.945 5,331.03 0.858 5,876.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 881,851 1,327.182 664.45 1,204.000 732.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 316,314 86.434 3,659.58 78.412 4,034.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,384 10.876 2,149.96 9.867 2,369.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,374,090 782.428 4,312.33 709.807 4,753.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 209,913 163.799 1,281.53 148.596 1,412.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 719,922 487.545 1,476.63 442.294 1,627.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,406 38.999 677.08 35.380 746.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,533 17.579 428.51 15.948 472.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 494,444 762.777 648.22 691.980 714.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,345 1.940 11,517.64 1.760 12,696.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,081,244 3,680.508 1,652.28 3,338.902 1,821.33 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,787 58.976 1,929.35 53.503 2,126.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 529,346 322.804 1,639.84 292.843 1,807.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,543 1.693 3,864.40 1.536 4,259.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 649,676 383.474 1,694.18 347.882 1,867.52 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,384,253 1,623.205 1,468.85 1,472.548 1,619.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,328,240 346.054 3,838.24 313.935 4,230.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 131,533 71.479 1,840.15 64.845 2,028.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,311,860 1,130.891 2,044.28 1,025.928 2,253.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 956,157 657.226 1,454.84 596.226 1,603.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 254,068 183.298 1,386.09 166.286 1,527.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,898 7.190 2,628.24 6.523 2,897.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 273,159 361.542 755.54 327.986 832.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,356 21.450 809.10 19.460 891.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 434,952 407.017 1,068.63 369.240 1,177.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 371,899 103.467 3,594.36 93.864 3,962.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,482,375 4,912.824 1,726.58 4,456.841 1,903.23 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 98,278 70.346 1,397.06 63.817 1,540.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 283,396 90.101 3,145.29 81.739 3,467.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 381,674 160.447 2,378.80 145.556 2,622.18 Denmark PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 76,712 4.712 16,278.82 4.275 17,944.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,712 4.712 16,278.82 4.275 17,944.33 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 88,991 34.877 2,551.56 31.640 2,812.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,818,561 5,202.032 541.82 4,719.206 597.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 783,754 729.708 1,074.06 661.981 1,183.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 891,427 657.938 1,354.88 596.872 1,493.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,064,148 808.073 1,316.90 733.072 1,451.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 450,832 93.365 4,828.67 84.700 5,322.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,371 21.026 4,963.76 19.075 5,471.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 62,781 2.938 21,363.08 2.666 23,548.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 393,926 309.542 1,272.61 280.812 1,402.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,336 0.004 983,388.54 0.004 1,084,000.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 44,990 1.350 33,317.76 1.225 36,726.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 157,001 8.262 19,000.66 7.496 20,944.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 575,220 591.276 972.84 536.397 1,072.38 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 598,459 218.241 2,742.19 197.985 3,022.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 102,010 38.212 2,669.53 34.666 2,942.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,140,807 8,716.851 933.92 7,907.797 1,029.47 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,629 6.148 3,192.39 5.578 3,519.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,211,534 11,469.418 454.39 10,404.884 500.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 399,975 282.406 1,416.31 256.195 1,561.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,240,034 2,499.336 496.15 2,267.361 546.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,483,544 2,939.523 844.88 2,666.692 931.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,644 45.024 525.13 40.846 578.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,358,731 17,235.710 542.98 15,635.978 598.54 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 448,477 652.061 687.78 591.540 758.15 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,588 7.507 344.71 6.811 379.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 664,128 333.434 1,991.78 302.487 2,195.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,203 31.946 1,039.35 28.981 1,145.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 92,601 211.048 438.77 191.460 483.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,979 161.532 606.56 146.540 668.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,338,976 1,397.530 958.10 1,267.819 1,056.13 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 296,773 156.486 1,896.48 141.962 2,090.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,534,490 2,691.610 570.10 2,441.789 628.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 504,271 186.407 2,705.21 169.106 2,981.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 900,486 590.700 1,524.44 535.875 1,680.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,548,923 690.005 2,244.80 625.963 2,474.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 369,415 222.598 1,659.56 201.938 1,829.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 758,918 342.404 2,216.44 310.624 2,443.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,427 5.982 907.18 5.427 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,017 2.108 6,172.94 1.913 6,804.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,753,049 3,480.437 791.01 3,157.401 871.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 572,983 523.236 1,095.08 474.672 1,207.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,674 30.467 941.12 27.640 1,037.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 635,589 61.002 10,418.98 55.341 11,484.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,922,015 8,983.449 1,104.48 8,149.651 1,217.48 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,365,114 3,713.414 636.91 3,368.754 702.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,224,436 2,485.377 1,297.36 2,254.697 1,430.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,007,647 937.180 1,075.19 850.196 1,185.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,500,596 908.047 1,652.55 823.767 1,821.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 523,682 231.962 2,257.61 210.433 2,488.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,236,630 1,608.753 2,633.49 1,459.437 2,902.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 158,973 113.789 1,397.08 103.228 1,540.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 268,534 275.986 973.00 250.371 1,072.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,950 21.583 600.00 19.580 661.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,461,340 991.783 1,473.45 899.731 1,624.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,075,375 902.907 2,298.55 819.104 2,533.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,018 4.153 1,930.42 3.768 2,127.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,548 28.085 2,262.64 25.479 2,494.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 144,162 21.674 6,651.15 19.663 7,331.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 854,729 904.370 945.11 820.431 1,041.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,665,091 8,160.678 449.12 7,403.245 495.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,156,466 6,388.189 650.65 5,795.270 717.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,840,748 1,944.817 1,460.68 1,764.309 1,610.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 326,923 115.919 2,820.27 105.160 3,108.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,694,446 1,629.952 1,653.08 1,478.668 1,822.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,589,408 31,388.626 1,006.40 28,475.291 1,109.36 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 104,300 37.941 2,748.97 34.420 3,030.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 227,538 161.868 1,405.69 146.845 1,549.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 366,039 78.512 4,662.20 71.225 5,139.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 48,143 7.004 6,873.56 6.354 7,576.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,414,897 450.814 5,356.74 408.972 5,904.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,853,959 5,917.550 989.25 5,368.313 1,090.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 109,571 23.869 4,590.43 21.654 5,060.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 780,280 1,033.387 755.07 937.474 832.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 207,725 224.915 923.57 204.040 1,018.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 692,789 122.606 5,650.50 111.227 6,228.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,805,241 8,058.471 1,340.85 7,310.524 1,478.04 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 201,728 1,338.506 150.71 1,214.273 166.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,702 15.066 1,506.80 13.668 1,660.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 10,514 2.589 4,060.51 2.349 4,475.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 467,207 100.525 4,647.66 91.195 5,123.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 702,151 1,456.687 482.02 1,321.485 531.33 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,048 0.200 25,161.92 0.182 27,736.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,048 0.200 25,161.92 0.182 27,736.26 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,430 0.179 30,220.95 0.163 33,312.88 Switzerland MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 176,126 102.306 1,721.55 92.811 1,897.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,151 38.365 4,017.91 34.805 4,428.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 330,277 140.672 2,347.84 127.616 2,588.05 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,901,637 8,016.305 361.97 7,272.272 399.00 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 65,335 56.173 1,163.09 50.960 1,282.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 626,332 375.513 1,667.94 340.660 1,838.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 245,463 86.058 2,852.28 78.071 3,144.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,067 21.202 1,512.38 19.235 1,667.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 969,197 538.948 1,798.31 488.926 1,982.30 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,110,850 2,377.728 887.76 2,157.040 978.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,331,892 1,006.251 1,323.62 912.856 1,459.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 128,654 163.007 789.25 147.878 870.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,665,399 1,152.425 1,445.13 1,045.463 1,592.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,236,795 4,699.413 1,114.35 4,263.237 1,228.36 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 104,014 53.594 1,940.76 48.620 2,139.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,126,952 4,009.851 1,278.59 3,637.677 1,409.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,768 4.954 1,769.57 4.495 1,950.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,538,513 6,473.086 855.62 5,872.287 943.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 304,062 208.912 1,455.45 189.522 1,604.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,082,309 10,750.399 1,030.87 9,752.601 1,136.34 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 159,492 80.529 1,980.55 73.055 2,183.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 781,287 563.975 1,385.32 511.630 1,527.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 91,227 57.745 1,579.81 52.386 1,741.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 93,436 44.269 2,110.60 40.161 2,326.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,204,897 2,585.022 1,239.79 2,345.094 1,366.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 690,369 401.500 1,719.47 364.235 1,895.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 50,962 41.884 1,216.73 37.997 1,341.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,767 0.519 5,329.47 0.471 5,874.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,811,554 3,276.457 552.90 2,972.353 609.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,885,991 7,051.904 976.47 6,397.382 1,076.38 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,700 15.553 3,774.04 14.110 4,160.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 121,981 187.128 651.86 169.760 718.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 367,480 335.572 1,095.08 304.426 1,207.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 91,393 49.972 1,828.88 45.334 2,015.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 831,409 579.220 1,435.39 525.460 1,582.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 271,946 142.869 1,903.46 129.609 2,098.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,100 11.833 600.00 10.735 661.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 871,617 525.668 1,658.11 476.879 1,827.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 224,692 39.762 5,650.84 36.072 6,228.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,232,314 955.586 1,289.59 866.894 1,421.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,700 0.231 15,983.74 0.210 17,619.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,082,332 2,843.399 1,435.72 2,579.489 1,582.61 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,432,241 480.683 2,979.59 436.069 3,284.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,432,241 480.683 2,979.59 436.069 3,284.44 Romania MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 614,229 635.704 966.22 576.702 1,065.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,247 1.321 1,700.12 1.199 1,874.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 616,476 637.026 967.74 577.901 1,066.75 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 414,124 1,313.646 315.25 1,191.720 347.50 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,302,800 1,908.629 1,206.52 1,731.480 1,329.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,211 100.234 949.88 90.931 1,047.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,398,011 2,008.863 1,193.72 1,822.411 1,315.85 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,434 12.062 1,445.30 10.943 1,593.16 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,732 1.696 3,968.27 1.539 4,374.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 72,233 16.220 4,453.19 14.715 4,908.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 972,233 769.632 1,263.24 698.199 1,392.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 26,881 12.504 2,149.69 11.344 2,369.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,078,079 800.054 1,347.51 725.797 1,485.37 China IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,188 3.967 7,357.30 3.599 8,110.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,151,058 3,339.881 644.05 3,029.890 709.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,115,259 1,217.240 916.22 1,104.262 1,009.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,018 13.422 1,118.84 12.177 1,233.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,716,454 1,624.028 3,519.92 1,473.294 3,880.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,492,691 3,502.966 997.07 3,177.839 1,099.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 62,341 60.840 1,024.66 55.194 1,129.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 148,519 273.926 542.19 248.502 597.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,719 21.328 2,987.49 19.349 3,293.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,035,003 1,032.038 1,002.87 936.250 1,105.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 198,762 325.512 610.61 295.300 673.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 20,794 23.876 870.91 21.660 960.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,048,806 11,439.029 1,228.15 10,377.316 1,353.80 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 907,000 1,002.410 904.82 909.372 997.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,821 130.951 1,197.55 118.797 1,320.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 342,491 273.860 1,250.60 248.442 1,378.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,069 1.083 4,678.05 0.983 5,156.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,817 19.586 858.58 17.769 946.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,612,848 1,336.732 1,206.56 1,212.664 1,330.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 836,019 1,324.569 631.16 1,201.630 695.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,877,065 4,089.195 948.12 3,709.657 1,045.13 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,186 46.477 5,598.07 42.164 6,170.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 116,370 50.710 2,294.78 46.004 2,529.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,778,048 849.732 3,269.32 770.865 3,603.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,260 17.393 1,509.77 15.779 1,664.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 12,237 5.442 2,248.58 4.937 2,478.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 461,074 157.139 2,934.16 142.555 3,234.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 210,582 235.654 893.61 213.782 985.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,864,757 1,362.551 2,836.41 1,236.086 3,126.61 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,291,939 2,637.790 1,247.99 2,392.964 1,375.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,889,132 4,519.160 639.31 4,099.715 704.72 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 238,959 520.878 458.76 472.533 505.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,706,252 8,191.961 696.57 7,431.625 767.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 343,472 259.603 1,323.07 235.508 1,458.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,167,926 4,326.694 1,194.43 3,925.112 1,316.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,608,467 494.426 3,253.20 448.536 3,586.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,448,656 4,099.054 3,280.92 3,718.601 3,616.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,665,806 4,843.110 1,169.87 4,393.597 1,289.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 267,145 125.441 2,129.63 113.799 2,347.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,669,930 2,532.932 2,238.48 2,297.838 2,467.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 815,236 264.685 3,080.01 240.119 3,395.13 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,827 7.932 2,877.75 7.196 3,172.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 273,154 156.554 1,744.78 142.024 1,923.29 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 319,717 376.572 849.02 341.621 935.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,239,265 1,655.153 1,352.91 1,501.530 1,491.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,265,818 6,428.181 663.61 5,831.550 731.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,378,264 1,200.809 1,147.78 1,089.356 1,265.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 389,689 351.377 1,109.03 318.764 1,222.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 709,056 784.120 904.27 711.342 996.79 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,029,860 1,215.679 847.15 1,102.846 933.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 70,249 16.329 4,301.93 14.814 4,742.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,810,819 45,008.449 1,240.01 40,830.990 1,366.87 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,213 12.354 5,683.10 11.208 6,264.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,825 46.308 860.00 42.010 947.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,038 58.662 1,875.77 53.218 2,067.68 GRAND TOTAL 309,037,883 344,404.645 897.31 312,438.726 989.12 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,650,674 29,373.876 362.59 26,647.540 399.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,309,149 21,471.435 526.71 19,478.564 580.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,802,841 12,880.585 605.78 11,685.074 667.76 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,426,509 1,657.195 860.80 1,503.383 948.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,410,558 14,993.235 694.35 13,601.638 765.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,114,002 24,978.497 484.98 22,660.118 534.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 241,687 325.727 741.99 295.495 817.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 310,674 1,241.702 250.20 1,126.454 275.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,767,347 25,535.941 578.30 23,165.823 637.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,808,031 8,608.914 558.49 7,809.878 615.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 554,623 1,298.299 427.19 1,177.798 470.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,039,605 5,050.240 997.89 4,581.502 1,099.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,261,076 39,523.595 765.65 35,855.213 843.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,069,254 6,544.615 1,080.16 5,937.177 1,190.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 395,381 468.525 843.88 425.039 930.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 18,968 47.149 402.30 42.773 443.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,454,825 9,243.240 1,022.89 8,385.329 1,127.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 59,008 62.513 943.93 56.711 1,040.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,336,445 636.765 2,098.80 577.664 2,313.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,732,594 28,706.797 757.05 26,042.376 834.51 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 101,192 122.205 828.05 110.863 912.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,407,971 18,432.350 835.92 16,721.552 921.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 14,345 15.032 954.28 13.637 1,051.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,292,058 9,812.718 743.12 8,901.951 819.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,017,399 2,333.116 864.68 2,116.568 953.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,204,569 47,993.935 483.49 43,539.378 532.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,763,553 23,592.427 583.39 21,402.696 643.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,215,612 37,903.745 638.87 34,385.709 704.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 86,402 73.209 1,180.19 66.415 1,300.94 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,365,990 6,661.726 1,105.72 6,043.418 1,218.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,118,805 5,400.250 577.53 4,899.026 636.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,996,828 3,936.695 761.25 3,571.311 839.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 249,347,975 388,926.265 641.12 352,828.072 706.71 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,217,170 81,749.845 345.16 74,162.233 380.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,328 24.668 621.36 22.379 684.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,493,889 4,772.774 522.52 4,329.789 575.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,376,004 6,214.624 382.32 5,637.814 421.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,126,101 3,994.737 532.23 3,623.966 586.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,000,785 6,286.262 477.36 5,702.803 526.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,869,593 11,485.198 336.92 10,419.200 371.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 277,180 369.116 750.93 334.857 827.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,683,203 7,709.700 737.15 6,994.125 812.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,168,690 1,319.580 885.65 1,197.104 976.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,473 6.613 373.91 6.000 412.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,064,834 4,936.812 823.37 4,478.602 907.61 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,500,310 1,851.944 810.13 1,680.056 893.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,269,379 15,332.520 735.00 13,909.433 810.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 419,017 294.059 1,424.94 266.766 1,570.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 382,648 212.241 1,802.89 192.542 1,987.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,424,758 4,523.332 1,199.28 4,103.499 1,321.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 44,023 35.106 1,253.99 31.848 1,382.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,303,425 9,568.855 763.25 8,680.722 841.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,264,566 15,794.712 396.62 14,328.726 437.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,833,640 12,472.906 467.70 11,315.234 515.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,288,518 13,604.568 829.76 12,341.860 914.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,776,016 5,665.267 843.03 5,139.446 929.29 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 368,701 500.542 736.60 454.085 811.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 238,153 277.982 856.72 252.182 944.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,416,404 209,024.390 518.68 189,623.791 571.74 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 717,866 1,746.722 410.98 1,584.600 453.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 146,699 357.429 410.43 324.255 452.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 243,695 523.590 465.43 474.993 513.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,578 314.029 750.18 284.883 826.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,343,838 2,941.771 456.81 2,668.731 503.55 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,938,261 7,487.304 392.43 6,792.370 432.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,376 20.242 1,105.38 18.364 1,218.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,960,637 7,507.547 394.35 6,810.734 434.70 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,412,365 3,552.454 679.07 3,222.733 748.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,287,664 6,344.625 1,306.25 5,755.749 1,439.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 698,242 791.839 881.80 718.345 972.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,398,271 10,688.919 1,066.36 9,696.827 1,175.46 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,829,010 11,084.298 345.44 10,055.509 380.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,362,610 8,589.557 391.48 7,792.318 431.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,365,886 5,859.885 403.74 5,316.000 445.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,930,961 8,727.483 335.83 7,917.442 370.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 539,026 405.176 1,330.35 367.570 1,466.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,668,060 2,941.023 907.19 2,668.052 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 639,070 787.823 811.18 714.702 894.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,129,047 8,213.681 380.96 7,451.329 419.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 741,887 1,771.484 418.79 1,607.064 461.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,205,557 48,380.414 417.64 43,889.986 460.37 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,547 21.861 1,122.87 19.832 1,237.75 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 173,092 195.924 883.46 177.740 973.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,433 89.326 989.99 81.036 1,091.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 315,048 527.092 597.71 478.170 658.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 221,751 427.641 518.54 387.950 571.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,592 7.043 1,219.80 6.390 1,344.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 806,916 1,247.029 647.07 1,131.286 713.27 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,752,139 2,789.213 628.18 2,530.333 692.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,687,209 13,222.973 581.35 11,995.683 640.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,773,402 4,775.107 371.38 4,331.906 409.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,680 12.676 290.30 11.500 320.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 395,604 980.308 403.55 889.321 444.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 725,413 1,721.103 421.48 1,561.359 464.60 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,184,108 7,187.342 303.88 6,520.249 334.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 414,737 936.866 442.69 849.911 487.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,350,551 1,467.522 920.29 1,331.314 1,014.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 210,342 341.543 615.86 309.843 678.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,064,841 2,331.965 885.45 2,115.524 976.04 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,971,153 2,654.457 742.58 2,408.084 818.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 600,216 547.614 1,096.05 496.788 1,208.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 134,732 81.638 1,650.35 74.061 1,819.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 338,475 529.479 639.26 480.336 704.66 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,106,789 1,271.915 870.17 1,153.863 959.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,100,130 13,981.460 507.82 12,683.771 559.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,888 16.255 546.76 14.747 602.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,052 108.358 683.40 98.301 753.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,896,461 54,957.802 543.99 49,856.894 599.65 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 986,682 2,227.588 442.94 2,020.835 488.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 138,708 242.350 572.34 219.857 630.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 471,453 575.436 819.30 522.027 903.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 866,175 734.026 1,180.03 665.898 1,300.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 480,822 415.546 1,157.08 376.978 1,275.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 18,816 7.862 2,393.05 7.133 2,637.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 143,899 262.742 547.68 238.356 603.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,106,555 4,465.554 695.67 4,051.084 766.85 Sweden WIRE RODS..............................3 30,750 21.301 1,443.59 19.324 1,591.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,598 7.655 861.86 6.945 950.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,469 0.013 186,653.31 0.012 205,750.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,521 36.821 1,426.36 33.404 1,572.30 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,081,983 1,137.597 951.11 1,032.011 1,048.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,190 13.407 3,370.52 12.163 3,715.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 204,041 88.040 2,317.58 79.869 2,554.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 137,417 64.701 2,123.87 58.696 2,341.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 326,882 460.512 709.82 417.770 782.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 53,721 28.276 1,899.85 25.652 2,094.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 720,930 183.227 3,934.62 166.221 4,337.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,662,502 2,041.553 1,304.15 1,852.067 1,437.58 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 23,488 19.674 1,193.86 17.848 1,316.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 720,703 312.936 2,303.04 283.891 2,538.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 168,800 284.252 593.84 257.870 654.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 912,991 616.863 1,480.05 559.609 1,631.48 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,308 2.315 10,495.88 2.101 11,569.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,308 2.315 10,495.88 2.101 11,569.73 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 582,593 1,826.423 318.98 1,656.904 351.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,639,876 2,394.909 684.73 2,172.626 754.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,360,728 1,956.426 695.52 1,774.841 766.68 STEEL PILING...........................5 90,153 128.794 699.98 116.840 771.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,333,853 3,311.080 704.86 3,003.763 776.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,501,697 1,345.943 1,115.72 1,221.020 1,229.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 94,805 128.871 735.66 116.910 810.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,175 0.629 11,399.39 0.571 12,565.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 357,225 307.657 1,161.11 279.102 1,279.91 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,649 3.913 932.48 3.550 1,027.89 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 52,079 68.420 761.16 62.070 839.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 42,341 66.995 632.00 60.777 696.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,401,566 648.967 2,159.68 588.734 2,380.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,467,740 12,189.033 776.74 11,057.708 856.21 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 209,241 173.613 1,205.21 157.500 1,328.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,432,331 18,662.897 398.24 16,930.701 438.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,059 11.020 1,457.14 9.998 1,606.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,320 1.061 3,127.57 0.963 3,447.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,033 0.550 3,696.01 0.499 4,074.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 311,212 203.664 1,528.07 184.761 1,684.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,329 3.703 898.82 3.360 990.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,643 16.701 637.26 15.151 702.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,493,716 9,245.834 702.34 8,387.682 774.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 730,007 1,115.355 654.51 1,011.834 721.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,252,714 32,563.585 437.69 29,541.196 482.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,871,989 3,642.732 513.90 3,304.632 566.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,546,888 2,627.977 588.62 2,384.062 648.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 470,887 526.718 894.00 477.831 985.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,354,369 68,795.416 484.83 62,410.170 534.44 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 273,327 494.772 552.43 448.850 608.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,734 13.300 1,107.78 12.066 1,221.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,206,398 1,535.442 785.70 1,392.930 866.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 34,509 79.487 434.14 72.110 478.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 234,158 165.346 1,416.16 150.000 1,561.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,180 25.640 1,879.03 23.261 2,071.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,506 13.656 1,794.45 12.389 1,978.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 747,538 592.326 1,262.04 537.350 1,391.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 95,735 137.270 697.42 124.530 768.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 72,893 84.966 857.91 77.080 945.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 402,985 928.884 433.84 842.670 478.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,075,118 4,066.226 510.33 3,688.820 562.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 257,173 267.376 961.84 242.560 1,060.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 534,057 768.398 695.03 697.080 766.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 301,037 248.863 1,209.65 225.765 1,333.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,322,348 9,421.960 671.02 8,547.461 739.68 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 402,449 423.696 949.85 384.371 1,047.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,956,995 4,025.164 734.63 3,651.569 809.79 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,360,156 1,883.327 722.21 1,708.526 796.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 237,360 296.569 800.35 269.043 882.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,987 42.497 3,223.42 38.553 3,553.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 208,980 276.360 756.19 250.710 833.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 100,909 120.736 835.78 109.530 921.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,063,919 2,729.966 756.02 2,476.585 833.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,467,755 9,798.317 762.15 8,888.887 840.12 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 374,186 345.215 1,083.92 313.174 1,194.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,140,142 2,067.612 551.43 1,875.707 607.85 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 145,723 215.615 675.85 195.603 744.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,652 77.648 1,077.31 70.442 1,187.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 50,410 40.838 1,234.38 37.048 1,360.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 763,126 1,118.426 682.32 1,014.620 752.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 87,437 185.708 470.83 168.472 519.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 20,956 13.872 1,510.61 12.585 1,665.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 204,116 152.135 1,341.67 138.015 1,478.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 538,341 404.828 1,329.80 367.254 1,465.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,119 1.168 1,813.51 1.060 1,999.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 562,929 304.241 1,850.27 276.003 2,039.58 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,585,783 6,657.095 688.86 6,039.217 759.33 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,668,598 1,928.549 865.21 1,749.551 953.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,587,103 4,737.134 546.13 4,297.457 602.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 289,722 462.264 626.75 419.359 690.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 87,002 17.835 4,878.05 16.180 5,377.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,191,345 18,730.189 704.28 16,991.747 776.34 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,056,368 19,249.896 418.51 17,463.217 461.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,753,037 10,538.818 545.89 9,560.658 601.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,487,190 2,281.558 651.83 2,069.796 718.52 STEEL PILING...........................5 472,291 711.461 663.83 645.427 731.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,039 15.260 854.43 13.844 941.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 829,079 1,356.318 611.27 1,230.432 673.81 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 39,826 5.751 6,924.02 5.218 7,632.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,271 16.781 909.99 15.224 1,003.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,112 20.727 825.56 18.804 910.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,128,520 3,726.115 1,108.00 3,380.276 1,221.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 553,694 284.467 1,946.42 258.065 2,145.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,074,733 5,590.752 907.70 5,071.847 1,000.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 159,281 105.671 1,507.32 95.864 1,661.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 169,948 134.118 1,267.15 121.670 1,396.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,600,862 1,278.238 2,034.72 1,159.599 2,242.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 734,891 445.004 1,651.43 403.701 1,820.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,322 0.281 8,260.72 0.255 9,105.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 438,239 257.057 1,704.83 233.199 1,879.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,037,294 761.724 1,361.77 691.025 1,501.09 BLACK PLATE...........................28 90,841 72.235 1,257.57 65.531 1,386.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,139,888 7,140.285 579.79 6,477.560 639.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 715,396 926.869 771.84 840.842 850.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 509,672 736.999 691.55 668.595 762.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 68,995 71.058 970.96 64.463 1,070.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 635,151 1,503.540 422.44 1,363.989 465.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,701,901 7,738.997 607.56 7,020.702 669.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,619 78.309 2,293.71 71.041 2,528.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 389,755 402.481 968.38 365.125 1,067.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,603,367 1,430.859 1,819.44 1,298.054 2,005.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,617,582 66,881.642 682.06 60,674.023 751.85 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 283,985 290.185 978.63 263.252 1,078.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,110,495 798.927 1,389.98 724.775 1,532.19 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 123,046 148.695 827.51 134.894 912.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 131,148 70.213 1,867.84 63.697 2,058.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,589,231 3,756.722 1,487.79 3,408.042 1,640.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 381,751 380.723 1,002.70 345.387 1,105.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 97,676 59.920 1,630.09 54.359 1,796.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 194,893 148.586 1,311.65 134.795 1,445.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 704,664 124.356 5,666.50 112.814 6,246.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,068,659 1,659.088 644.12 1,505.100 710.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 442,840 395.093 1,120.85 358.423 1,235.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 441,408 128.485 3,435.47 116.560 3,786.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,325 3.691 900.68 3.349 992.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 333,614 76.629 4,353.61 69.517 4,799.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,906,735 8,041.319 1,356.34 7,294.964 1,495.10 Czech Republic STANDARD PIPE.........................18 76,184 67.161 1,134.34 60.928 1,250.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 163,144 155.657 1,048.10 141.210 1,155.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,717 357.617 1,075.78 324.425 1,185.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,263 18.012 1,180.43 16.341 1,301.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 645,308 598.449 1,078.30 542.904 1,188.62 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 398,541 767.967 518.96 696.689 572.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 90,407 83.410 1,083.88 75.669 1,194.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,558 0.660 3,874.09 0.599 4,270.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 168,675 323.596 521.25 293.562 574.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 660,181 1,175.635 561.55 1,066.519 619.01 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,758 10.930 2,448.01 9.916 2,698.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,860 3.254 3,952.03 2.952 4,356.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,476,873 570.968 2,586.61 517.974 2,851.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,830 2.663 3,691.07 2.416 4,068.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,192 0.025 86,458.67 0.023 95,304.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 252,717 131.707 1,918.78 119.483 2,115.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,781,230 719.548 2,475.48 652.764 2,728.75 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 153,896 87.869 1,751.41 79.714 1,930.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,674 2.067 1,776.65 1.876 1,958.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 332,338 336.049 988.96 304.859 1,090.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 489,908 425.986 1,150.05 386.449 1,267.72 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,726,367 91,137.428 337.14 82,678.508 371.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,876,577 4,482.437 418.65 4,066.400 461.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,277,247 1,966.401 649.54 1,783.890 715.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,055,260 1,494.170 706.25 1,355.489 778.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,133,884 3,020.243 706.53 2,739.920 778.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,492,976 4,842.863 721.26 4,393.373 795.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,565,218 21,470.560 445.50 19,477.770 491.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,197,393 25,034.265 487.23 22,710.710 537.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,324,922 153,448.371 406.16 139,206.060 447.72 Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 1,682,768 5,689.839 295.75 5,161.737 326.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,471 38.487 1,415.30 34.915 1,560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,737,239 5,728.326 303.27 5,196.652 334.30 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,798,432 43,596.502 293.57 39,550.093 323.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,310,159 4,365.024 758.34 3,959.885 835.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 170,784 235.980 723.72 214.078 797.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,135,346 8,069.871 760.28 7,320.866 838.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 677,101 917.703 737.82 832.527 813.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,463,203 6,225.255 1,038.22 5,647.458 1,144.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 402,801 115.416 3,489.98 104.704 3,847.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 887,266 1,097.978 808.09 996.070 890.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,349 24.527 707.33 22.251 779.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,862,441 64,648.260 477.39 58,647.932 526.23 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 48,984 66.197 739.97 60.053 815.68 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 550,686 722.164 762.55 655.137 840.57 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 113,951 97.745 1,165.80 88.673 1,285.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 337,441 675.055 499.87 612.400 551.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,162 65.220 677.12 59.167 746.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 40,012 49.193 813.35 44.628 896.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 310,082 301.140 1,029.69 273.190 1,135.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,705,657 1,098.909 1,552.14 996.914 1,710.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 863,902 769.917 1,122.07 698.458 1,236.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 386,478 309.007 1,250.71 280.327 1,378.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,549,792 1,130.132 1,371.34 1,025.239 1,511.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,088,786 418.802 2,599.76 379.931 2,865.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,853 150.411 723.70 136.451 797.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 977,532 1,872.683 522.00 1,698.870 575.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 733,098 1,257.087 583.17 1,140.411 642.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,259,746 8,195.306 1,007.86 7,434.659 1,110.98 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 1,746,425 3,956.574 441.40 3,589.345 486.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 28,735 33.488 858.06 30.380 945.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 183,732 377.166 487.14 342.160 536.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 102,157 113.191 902.51 102.686 994.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 446,114 228.059 1,956.13 206.892 2,156.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 428,949 259.759 1,651.33 235.650 1,820.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,748,887 2,118.814 1,297.37 1,922.157 1,430.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 932,602 632.304 1,474.93 573.617 1,625.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 749,418 404.790 1,851.37 367.220 2,040.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,057 3.338 1,814.07 3.029 1,999.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,875 13.287 1,194.75 12.054 1,316.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,762 181.185 1,284.66 164.369 1,416.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 957,066 1,041.672 918.78 944.990 1,012.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 126,032 67.039 1,879.97 60.817 2,072.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,704,811 9,430.674 923.03 8,555.366 1,017.47 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 491,613 536.176 916.89 486.411 1,010.69 Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,644,144 15,735.377 549.34 14,274.898 605.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 912,289 1,507.674 605.10 1,367.740 667.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 867,943 854.147 1,016.15 774.870 1,120.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,082,703 2,611.655 797.46 2,369.255 879.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 714,235 788.912 905.34 715.690 997.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 155,512 229.637 677.21 208.324 746.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 254,435 198.643 1,280.87 180.206 1,411.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,631,261 21,926.049 621.69 19,890.983 685.30 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,936,122 6,141.608 315.25 5,571.575 347.50 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 12,856,829 37,778.215 340.32 34,271.830 375.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,601 603.936 414.95 547.882 457.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 492,403 348.908 1,411.26 316.525 1,555.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,081,323 1,733.848 623.65 1,572.921 687.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 141,810 280.317 505.89 254.300 557.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 212,845 425.271 500.49 385.800 551.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 711,368 1,499.005 474.56 1,359.875 523.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,196,036 2,515.976 475.38 2,282.456 524.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,254 42.715 825.32 38.751 909.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 166,293 244.244 680.85 221.575 750.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,144,762 45,472.439 377.04 41,251.915 415.61 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 334,483 497.621 672.16 451.435 740.93 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 326,659 88.896 3,674.58 80.646 4,050.53 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,158 84.445 653.18 76.608 720.00 India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,909 20.673 721.15 18.755 794.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 128,650 181.021 710.69 164.220 783.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 614,933 793.611 774.85 719.952 854.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,277,690 1,085.722 1,176.81 984.951 1,297.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,050,109 695.306 1,510.28 630.772 1,664.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,510 14.638 1,879.27 13.280 2,071.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,893 18.310 1,250.27 16.611 1,378.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 298,966 445.341 671.32 404.007 740.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,417,420 8,373.972 527.52 7,596.742 581.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 411,679 334.962 1,229.03 303.873 1,354.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,339,839 11,978.733 696.22 10,866.927 767.45 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,121,081 2,158.482 519.38 1,958.143 572.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,874,143 7,397.262 658.91 6,710.686 726.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 270,701 291.361 929.09 264.319 1,024.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,265,925 9,847.107 636.32 8,933.148 701.42 Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,996,475 13,051.666 382.82 11,840.276 421.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,039,275 20,883.357 432.85 18,945.069 477.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 26,395 54.805 481.61 49.719 530.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,610 22.462 694.92 20.378 766.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,180 0.508 23,968.58 0.461 26,420.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,885 25.452 977.71 23.090 1,077.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 87,179 167.251 521.25 151.728 574.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,644 21.552 633.06 19.552 697.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,215,643 34,227.057 415.33 31,050.273 457.83 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,906 50.770 510.26 46.058 562.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 454,672 282.500 1,609.46 256.280 1,774.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,749 4.635 4,260.64 4.205 4,696.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 500,327 337.905 1,480.67 306.543 1,632.16 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 50,330 147.296 341.69 133.625 376.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,677,376 24,390.465 355.77 22,126.664 392.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 29,574 67.216 439.98 60.978 484.99 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 22,987 24.895 923.33 22.585 1,017.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 436,876 722.399 604.76 655.350 666.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,900 41.226 725.26 37.400 799.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,865 17.876 272.15 16.217 299.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 238,791 289.074 826.05 262.244 910.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,487,140 33,799.085 576.56 30,662.023 635.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 33,354,332 38,244.543 872.13 34,694.876 961.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,955 2.181 2,271.40 1.979 2,503.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,150,623 5,383.971 770.92 4,884.258 849.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,735,474 3,939.172 694.43 3,573.558 765.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,206,314 5,344.794 786.99 4,848.717 867.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 831,253 1,214.212 684.60 1,101.515 754.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 429,157 692.858 619.40 628.551 682.77 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 130,109 152.760 851.72 138.582 938.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,570,242 7,109.975 642.79 6,450.063 708.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 262,309 491.151 534.07 445.565 588.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,251,302 6,443.159 504.61 5,845.138 556.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,616,049 11,905.009 555.74 10,800.046 612.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 21,562 20.927 1,030.33 18.985 1,135.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 194,644 281.654 691.07 255.513 761.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 89,985 111.335 808.23 101.002 890.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,826,149 140,837.243 637.80 127,765.434 703.06 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 1,484,369 2,181.648 680.39 1,979.159 750.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 508,412 1,096.845 463.52 995.042 510.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,010 60.179 565.14 54.594 622.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 60,705 91.525 663.25 83.031 731.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 47,840 114.879 416.44 104.217 459.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 72,489 173.054 418.88 156.992 461.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 103,534 86.330 1,199.27 78.318 1,321.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,315,944 2,642.301 876.49 2,397.056 966.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,885,379 10,787.789 823.65 9,786.521 907.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,623,597 2,154.471 753.59 1,954.504 830.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 735,480 1,072.624 685.68 973.069 755.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,596,597 6,789.410 677.02 6,159.251 746.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 801,078 976.748 820.15 886.092 904.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 241,751 244.349 989.37 221.670 1,090.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,019,295 1,898.549 536.88 1,722.336 591.81 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 74,945 97.500 768.66 88.451 847.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,502,921 1,330.920 1,129.23 1,207.391 1,244.77 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 264,297 297.271 889.08 269.680 980.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,618,336 60,545.985 439.64 54,926.410 484.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,520,074 2,345.452 648.09 2,127.759 714.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,886,468 20,025.520 843.25 18,166.852 929.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 422,692 508.242 831.67 461.070 916.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,418,101 1,585.003 894.70 1,437.891 986.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 816,328 824.269 990.37 747.765 1,091.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,073,444 117,941.026 611.10 106,994.330 673.62 Taiwan BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,639 56.819 750.43 51.546 827.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 171,226 235.672 726.54 213.799 800.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,454 22.110 698.95 20.058 770.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,406 7.874 813.47 7.144 896.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 210,090 324.008 648.41 293.936 714.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,900 6.397 2,641.53 5.804 2,911.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 535,652 644.032 831.72 584.257 916.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,268 7.655 557.50 6.945 614.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,911,463 14,437.910 825.01 13,097.856 909.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,767 606.937 813.54 550.605 896.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,037,017 2,691.832 756.74 2,441.990 834.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 121,588 47.964 2,534.94 43.513 2,794.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,566,470 19,089.218 815.46 17,317.453 898.89 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 7,090,188 9,648.433 734.85 8,752.914 810.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,623 4.984 526.22 4.522 580.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 289,967 390.356 742.83 354.126 818.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,115,228 5,866.958 701.42 5,322.417 773.19 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 443,514 545.947 812.38 495.275 895.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,594,753 2,024.128 787.87 1,836.259 868.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,318,783 9,840.750 337.25 8,927.381 371.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 117,263 105.003 1,116.75 95.258 1,231.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,688,262 1,683.863 1,002.61 1,527.576 1,105.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,088,727 313.387 3,474.07 284.300 3,829.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,709,448 7,349.165 912.95 6,667.053 1,006.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,727,660 4,605.784 1,243.58 4,178.299 1,370.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,937,891 822.532 2,356.01 746.189 2,597.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 235,397 208.764 1,127.57 189.388 1,242.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 254,867 68.390 3,726.63 62.043 4,107.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,458,889 2,779.826 884.55 2,521.817 975.05 BLACK PLATE...........................28 667,097 828.538 805.15 751.638 887.52 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,685,133 2,069.673 814.20 1,877.577 897.50 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 842,610 985.834 854.72 894.334 942.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,211 18.110 619.02 16.430 682.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,374,629 1,753.012 784.15 1,590.307 864.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,296 14.444 1,405.08 13.104 1,548.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 83,498 105.094 794.51 95.340 875.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 374,259 273.238 1,369.71 247.878 1,509.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 593,148 457.594 1,296.23 415.123 1,428.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,725,341 52,763.822 809.75 47,866.548 892.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,360,070 80,471.953 265.43 73,002.949 292.59 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 122,551 204.302 599.85 185.340 661.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 79,239 97.959 808.90 88.867 891.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,971 20.871 621.48 18.934 685.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,741 19.789 795.41 17.953 876.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,382,775 14,845.924 429.93 13,468.000 473.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,973,347 95,660.800 292.42 86,782.043 322.34 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 1,910,730 5,564.647 343.37 5,048.165 378.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 408,909 798.117 512.34 724.040 564.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,361,614 2,611.153 521.46 2,368.799 574.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 607,400 1,173.707 517.51 1,064.770 570.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,288,653 10,147.625 422.63 9,205.774 465.87 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 2,520,794 6,721.341 375.04 6,097.500 413.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,835 21.485 876.65 19.491 966.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 255,051 322.251 791.46 292.342 872.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,794,680 7,065.078 395.56 6,409.333 436.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 403,197 822.820 490.02 746.450 540.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,837,456 3,837.540 739.39 3,481.359 815.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 275,724 539.452 511.12 489.383 563.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 167,533 248.325 674.65 225.277 743.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,353,461 1,505.286 899.14 1,365.573 991.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 486,256 537.829 904.11 487.911 996.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 265,577 373.253 711.52 338.610 784.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,731,665 5,336.135 699.32 4,840.862 770.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,284,514 2,081.576 617.09 1,888.375 680.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 537,555 1,147.230 468.57 1,040.750 516.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,627,215 16,605.396 579.76 15,064.167 639.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,970,153 33,034.846 634.79 29,968.717 699.73 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,055 4.333 4,397.46 3.931 4,847.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,471 6.900 2,531.86 6.260 2,790.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 173,206 15.517 11,162.17 14.077 12,304.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,895,810 1,445.383 6,154.64 1,311.230 6,784.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 237,896 60.871 3,908.15 55.222 4,307.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,795 35.704 1,814.73 32.391 2,000.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 238,002 81.959 2,903.91 74.352 3,201.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 171,425 51.271 3,343.46 46.513 3,685.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,817,660 1,701.941 5,768.51 1,543.976 6,358.69 Mexico PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,035 0.081 49,466.10 0.074 54,527.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,299 6.818 2,243.62 6.186 2,473.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 131,870 38.912 3,388.87 35.301 3,735.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,190,998 10,004.566 2,218.09 9,075.993 2,445.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,303,490 1,025.917 2,245.30 930.697 2,475.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,645,692 11,076.297 2,225.08 10,048.251 2,452.73 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,288 0.110 57,043.79 0.100 62,880.00 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,860 0.639 7,601.58 0.580 8,379.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 18,228 3.612 5,046.13 3.277 5,562.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,107 16.011 1,880.39 14.525 2,072.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,173 2.631 11,847.37 2.387 13,059.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,263,275 1,002.637 2,257.32 909.578 2,488.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,347,643 1,025.531 2,289.20 930.347 2,523.41 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,519,776 2,268.036 2,874.63 2,057.529 3,168.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 999,454 246.373 4,056.67 223.506 4,471.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 266,816 27.758 9,612.08 25.182 10,595.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,244,264 395.521 3,145.88 358.811 3,467.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 73,598 15.453 4,762.61 14.019 5,249.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,394,013 388.964 3,583.91 352.863 3,950.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,261,604 142.732 8,838.93 129.485 9,743.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,388,501 250.353 5,546.16 227.117 6,113.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,236,625 253.529 4,877.64 229.998 5,376.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,201,466 155.771 7,712.98 141.314 8,502.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,586,117 4,144.495 3,760.68 3,759.824 4,145.44 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,336 1.916 25,737.14 1.739 28,370.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,644 0.544 21,383.12 0.494 23,570.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,980 2.461 24,773.91 2.233 27,308.55 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,163,073 408.282 2,848.69 370.388 3,140.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 111,607 44.445 2,511.12 40.320 2,768.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 139,272 52.137 2,671.26 47.298 2,944.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,847,868 2,101.736 2,306.60 1,906.664 2,542.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,431,870 821.377 2,960.72 745.141 3,263.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 628,249 225.186 2,789.90 204.286 3,075.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,321,939 3,653.165 2,551.74 3,314.097 2,812.81 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,571 1.572 7,356.02 1.427 8,108.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,183 6.066 12,888.69 5.503 14,207.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,754 7.639 11,749.42 6.930 12,951.52 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 487,080 73.252 6,649.29 66.454 7,329.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,621,875 4,625.268 2,512.69 4,195.974 2,769.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 874,576 326.623 2,677.63 296.308 2,951.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,210 0.001 2,004,878.84 0.001 2,210,000.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 211,361 79.277 2,666.10 71.919 2,938.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,878 3.175 5,944.41 2.881 6,552.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 755,171 164.328 4,595.51 149.076 5,065.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 198,923 25.322 7,855.65 22.972 8,659.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,135 24.194 5,585.33 21.949 6,156.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 329,576 37.954 8,683.39 34.432 9,571.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,634,785 5,359.398 2,730.68 4,861.966 3,010.05 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,655 1.427 13,768.90 1.295 15,177.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,539 3.282 4,429.00 2.978 4,882.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,638 0.003 1,402,508.00 0.003 1,546,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,832 4.713 8,238.50 4.276 9,081.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,343 0.824 5,267.25 0.748 5,806.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,483 3.060 7,674.14 2.776 8,459.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,845 5.639 5,824.18 5.116 6,420.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,416 0.220 15,494.72 0.200 17,080.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,087 9.744 6,576.78 8.840 7,249.66 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,722,372 880.257 4,228.73 798.556 4,661.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 334,534 134.618 2,485.05 122.124 2,739.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,877 1.999 3,939.30 1.814 4,342.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,814 3.367 4,399.03 3.055 4,849.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,742 3.470 6,841.93 3.148 7,541.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,670 1.182 17,475.78 1.073 19,263.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,064 37.916 3,483.05 34.397 3,839.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,669,903 922.287 2,894.87 836.685 3,191.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 169,102 60.235 2,807.33 54.645 3,094.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,095,078 2,045.334 3,468.91 1,855.497 3,823.82 France WIRE RODS..............................3 74,705 22.386 3,337.01 20.309 3,678.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,042 2.722 11,768.43 2.470 12,972.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 619,036 139.270 4,444.85 126.344 4,899.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 87,758 18.457 4,754.70 16.744 5,241.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 311,057 23.852 13,040.63 21.639 14,374.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,293,037 329.553 3,923.60 298.966 4,325.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,206,078 310.676 7,100.89 281.841 7,827.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 133,512 27.239 4,901.46 24.711 5,402.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,518 0.637 19,647.30 0.578 21,657.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,825,943 744.367 2,453.01 675.279 2,703.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 727,196 218.522 3,327.79 198.240 3,668.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,322,882 1,837.685 3,984.84 1,667.121 4,392.53 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 175,446 74.458 2,356.28 67.548 2,597.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 129,758 33.735 3,846.38 30.604 4,239.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 511,049 112.060 4,560.46 101.660 5,027.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,000,989 909.670 2,199.69 825.239 2,424.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,531,770 2,836.698 2,655.12 2,573.410 2,926.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 413,047 124.896 3,307.12 113.304 3,645.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,452,913 500.007 2,905.78 453.599 3,203.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,721,009 259.512 10,485.07 235.426 11,557.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 630,376 157.692 3,997.51 143.056 4,406.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 111,235 33.579 3,312.57 30.463 3,651.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,092,343 1,174.662 2,632.54 1,065.636 2,901.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,289 2.522 2,493.57 2.288 2,748.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 314,077 69.517 4,517.97 63.065 4,980.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,090,301 6,289.012 3,035.50 5,705.298 3,346.07 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 11,799 3.309 3,565.58 3.002 3,930.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,721 2.976 4,610.18 2.700 5,081.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,629,834 421.829 3,863.73 382.677 4,259.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,105 25.526 3,059.80 23.157 3,372.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 685,774 98.564 6,957.63 89.416 7,669.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 101,999 14.969 6,813.84 13.580 7,510.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,181 1.194 4,335.91 1.084 4,779.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,526,413 568.369 4,445.02 515.616 4,899.80 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,568 11.023 4,950.33 10.000 5,456.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 579,306 41.544 13,944.06 37.689 15,370.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,336 2.832 7,884.39 2.570 8,691.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 656,210 55.401 11,844.72 50.259 13,056.57 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,712 28.117 558.79 25.508 615.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,712 28.117 558.79 25.508 615.96 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,042,906 221.920 4,699.46 201.323 5,180.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,774 0.260 29,883.29 0.236 32,940.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,843 17.334 6,509.57 15.726 7,175.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,135 2.942 5,824.13 2.669 6,420.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,180,658 242.457 4,869.54 219.954 5,367.75 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 742,300 228.473 3,248.95 207.268 3,581.35 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,881 2.056 2,859.14 1.866 3,151.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,881 2.056 2,859.14 1.866 3,151.66 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 59,241 27.159 2,181.20 24.639 2,404.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 59,241 27.159 2,181.20 24.639 2,404.36 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,565,588 484.531 3,231.14 439.560 3,561.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 184,445 59.701 3,089.47 54.160 3,405.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 357,757 57.320 6,241.38 52.000 6,879.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,107,790 601.553 3,503.91 545.720 3,862.40 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 63,846 12.913 4,944.10 11.715 5,449.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,962 0.850 5,830.90 0.772 6,427.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,104 0.450 6,884.85 0.409 7,589.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 226,384 18.237 12,412.94 16.545 13,682.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,565 39.256 5,007.18 35.613 5,519.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 122,230 50.667 2,412.38 45.965 2,659.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 617,091 122.377 5,042.52 111.019 5,558.43 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,716 5.679 5,232.51 5.152 5,767.86 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,559,570 582.812 2,675.94 528.719 2,949.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,653,188 994.547 2,667.73 902.239 2,940.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 180,926 99.194 1,823.95 89.988 2,010.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 24,613 3.201 7,688.89 2.904 8,475.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 919,959 379.907 2,421.54 344.646 2,669.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,168,227 296.488 3,940.21 268.970 4,343.34 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 408,164 140.921 2,896.39 127.842 3,192.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,863,263 1,042.698 4,664.11 945.920 5,141.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,735,107 176.648 9,822.36 160.253 10,827.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 400,704 108.458 3,694.53 98.392 4,072.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 281,566 99.406 2,832.47 90.180 3,122.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 205,827 96.093 2,141.93 87.175 2,361.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,035 0.186 16,291.75 0.169 17,958.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,404,149 4,020.565 3,582.62 3,647.397 3,949.16 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,793 22.299 1,829.30 20.230 2,016.46 United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,075 39.091 2,457.71 35.463 2,709.16 India STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,871 59.387 3,079.31 53.875 3,394.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 377,496 128.650 2,934.27 116.710 3,234.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 895,423 318.606 2,810.44 289.035 3,097.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,042,231 1,425.250 2,836.15 1,292.966 3,126.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,643 28.684 4,031.57 26.022 4,444.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,155,753 678.396 3,177.72 615.431 3,502.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 182,754 61.945 2,950.24 56.196 3,252.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 510,611 112.853 4,524.55 102.379 4,987.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,462,782 2,813.774 3,007.63 2,552.614 3,315.34 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 50,348 15.103 3,333.45 13.702 3,674.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,476 77.738 3,029.09 70.523 3,339.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 547,588 200.071 2,736.96 181.502 3,016.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 833,412 292.913 2,845.25 265.727 3,136.35 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,713 18.826 2,799.96 17.079 3,086.42 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,610 0.041 229,422.31 0.038 252,894.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,139,246 353.318 3,224.42 320.525 3,554.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,148,856 353.360 3,251.23 320.563 3,583.87 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 306,110 91.433 3,347.90 82.947 3,690.43 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,440 0.564 4,323.30 0.512 4,765.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,944 18.508 3,184.63 16.791 3,510.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 342,887 187.605 1,827.70 170.193 2,014.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,753 14.301 2,499.97 12.974 2,755.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 102,749 37.919 2,709.66 34.400 2,986.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,765,165 547.244 3,225.55 496.452 3,555.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,382,661 2,139.458 3,918.12 1,940.885 4,318.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,090,968 632.653 3,305.07 573.934 3,643.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,072,573 5,927.019 1,868.15 5,376.903 2,059.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 191,056 79.186 2,412.73 71.837 2,659.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,045,196 9,584.462 2,508.77 8,694.881 2,765.44 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 636,546 274.245 2,321.08 248.791 2,558.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 223,530 81.686 2,736.43 74.105 3,016.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 390,526 167.023 2,338.15 151.521 2,577.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,573 0.550 6,495.74 0.499 7,160.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,124,073 1,950.539 3,652.36 1,769.500 4,026.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,105,538 536.395 3,925.35 486.610 4,326.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,118,066 1,861.968 2,211.67 1,689.150 2,437.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 150,249 101.929 1,474.05 92.469 1,624.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,752,101 4,974.338 2,965.64 4,512.645 3,269.06 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,752 28.057 5,266.11 25.453 5,804.90 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 47,899 18.781 2,550.37 17.038 2,811.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,069 0.584 25,793.15 0.530 28,432.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,187,335 725.287 3,015.82 657.970 3,324.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,105,237 562.076 1,966.35 509.907 2,167.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 355,574 169.041 2,103.47 153.352 2,318.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 511,979 85.662 5,976.68 77.712 6,588.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,298,913 1,342.691 3,201.71 1,218.070 3,529.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,520,845 1,626.597 3,394.11 1,475.625 3,741.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,227,932 313.383 3,918.30 284.297 4,319.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,086,760 2,129.780 2,388.40 1,932.105 2,632.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 156,537 59.892 2,613.61 54.334 2,881.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,514,080 7,033.780 2,916.51 6,380.940 3,214.90 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,380 0.162 27,030.41 0.147 29,795.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 97,354 41.272 2,358.80 37.442 2,600.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 325,568 111.298 2,925.19 100.968 3,224.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,156 33.353 3,752.38 30.258 4,136.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,937 1.183 9,238.25 1.074 10,183.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 64,003 15.752 4,063.16 14.290 4,478.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,631,519 1,659.115 5,202.48 1,505.125 5,734.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 514,365 74.708 6,885.00 67.774 7,589.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 210,313 156.917 1,340.28 142.353 1,477.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,505,064 354.473 4,245.91 321.573 4,680.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 53,747 13.709 3,920.44 12.437 4,321.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,699,355 279.473 9,658.72 253.534 10,646.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,241,761 2,741.419 5,195.03 2,486.975 5,726.54 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,708 22.279 3,712.22 20.212 4,092.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,180 1.410 9,341.17 1.280 10,296.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,888 23.690 4,047.47 21.492 4,461.57 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,114,106 725.468 1,535.71 658.134 1,692.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 370,738 136.700 2,712.04 124.013 2,989.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,374,341 1,157.362 2,051.51 1,049.942 2,261.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 772,383 414.350 1,864.08 375.893 2,054.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,631,568 2,433.882 1,902.95 2,207.982 2,097.65 GRAND TOTAL 221,836,286 73,511.075 3,017.73 66,688.145 3,326.47