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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 47,776 83.528 571.97 75.776 630.49 Mexico 602,780 728.484 827.44 660.870 912.10 Sweden 216,925 54.944 3,948.06 49.845 4,351.99 United Kingdom 747,945 102.764 7,278.28 93.226 8,022.92 Belgium 1,495,108 1,881.524 794.63 1,706.891 875.92 France 70,189 46.804 1,499.63 42.460 1,653.06 Federal Republic of Germany 181,714 44.059 4,124.30 39.970 4,546.26 Austria 37,865 3.024 12,518.43 2.744 13,799.20 Italy 2,842,540 1,119.521 2,539.07 1,015.613 2,798.84 Taiwan 46,407 19.243 2,411.62 17.457 2,658.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,289,249 4,083.899 1,540.01 3,704.852 1,697.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 31,334,021 85,039.629 368.46 77,146.676 406.16 Mexico 84,391,259 204,924.695 411.82 185,904.609 453.95 Brazil 34,996,694 111,068.800 315.09 100,759.949 347.33 Sweden 8,339,051 2,717.433 3,068.72 2,465.215 3,382.69 Finland 1,829,917 5,562.514 328.97 5,046.230 362.63 United Kingdom 30,028,750 59,701.977 502.98 54,160.738 554.44 Belgium 444,012 864.123 513.83 783.920 566.40 France 3,390,207 456.952 7,419.18 414.540 8,178.24 Federal Republic of Germany 3,263,475 1,718.046 1,899.53 1,558.586 2,093.87 Austria 51,119 35.217 1,451.51 31.949 1,600.02 Czech Republic 3,806 2.622 1,451.34 2.379 1,599.83 Russia 29,067,134 84,439.094 344.24 76,601.880 379.46 Ukraine 13,767,059 46,427.672 296.53 42,118.488 326.86 Spain 1,046,330 350.044 2,989.14 317.555 3,294.96 Italy 2,949,829 1,176.285 2,507.75 1,067.109 2,764.32 Malaysia 23,264 14.764 1,575.69 13.394 1,736.90 China 148,883 9.307 15,995.31 8.444 17,631.81 Taiwan 52,516 1.957 26,825.30 1.776 29,569.82 Japan 58,006 3.075 18,860.99 2.790 20,790.68 Australia 32,636,651 121,716.760 268.14 110,419.619 295.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 277,821,983 726,230.977 382.55 658,825.846 421.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,627,375 21,491.459 587.55 19,496.730 647.67 Mexico 405,118 888.485 455.96 806.021 502.61 Dominican Republic 16,159 29.147 554.39 26.442 611.11 Trinidad and Tobago 10,375 19.952 519.97 18.101 573.17 Venezuela 2,124,549 5,448.467 389.94 4,942.768 429.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 10,217,183 17,723.455 576.48 16,078.453 635.46 Argentina 6,951,448 17,470.886 397.89 15,849.326 438.60 Sweden 1,272,824 391.406 3,251.92 355.078 3,584.63 Finland 24,453 25.004 977.93 22.684 1,077.98 United Kingdom 1,661,348 1,777.205 934.81 1,612.254 1,030.45 France 175,888 63.775 2,757.93 57.856 3,040.10 Federal Republic of Germany 11,726,688 33,365.816 351.46 30,268.968 387.42 Austria 4,030 1.128 3,570.27 1.024 3,935.55 Spain 365,123 514.779 709.28 467.000 781.85 Italy 4,250,529 9,404.154 451.98 8,531.308 498.23 Turkey 11,799,718 34,891.218 338.19 31,652.790 372.79 China 7,872,529 18,244.295 431.51 16,550.951 475.65 Korea, South 571,157 288.805 1,977.65 262.000 2,179.99 Taiwan 1,557,577 830.449 1,875.58 753.371 2,067.48 Japan 7,270,523 9,414.471 772.27 8,540.667 851.28 South Africa 5,678,810 14,699.154 386.34 13,334.852 425.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,583,404 186,983.520 463.05 169,628.644 510.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,986,463 11,117.638 628.41 10,085.755 692.71 Mexico 2,326,742 4,331.835 537.13 3,929.776 592.08 Brazil 1,759,698 5,201.185 338.33 4,718.437 372.94 Argentina 32,006 86.597 369.59 78.560 407.41 Norway 248,683 293.485 847.34 266.246 934.03 United Kingdom 2,086,019 3,018.668 691.04 2,738.491 761.74 Netherlands 4,419 4.001 1,104.37 3.630 1,217.36 Luxembourg 2,054,937 2,737.673 750.61 2,483.576 827.41 France 16,553 2.290 7,226.48 2.078 7,965.83 Federal Republic of Germany 997,397 1,039.987 959.05 943.461 1,057.17 Poland 560,921 1,216.576 461.07 1,103.660 508.24 Spain 3,944,212 8,718.462 452.40 7,909.258 498.68 Italy 1,014,040 1,202.400 843.35 1,090.800 929.63 India 264,748 75.471 3,507.90 68.467 3,866.80 Korea, South 102,171 202.362 504.89 183.580 556.55 South Africa 434,831 886.344 490.59 804.078 540.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,833,840 40,134.981 568.93 36,409.853 627.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,851,931 2,377.355 778.99 2,156.701 858.69 Luxembourg 7,531,416 9,666.026 779.16 8,768.874 858.88 Federal Republic of Germany 85,498 22.646 3,775.25 20.545 4,161.50 Taiwan 5,470 8.313 657.96 7.542 725.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,474,315 12,074.342 784.67 10,953.662 864.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 25,532,579 32,003.893 797.80 29,033.452 879.42 Mexico 16,828 3.635 4,628.90 3.298 5,102.49 Brazil 5,318,962 3,976.402 1,337.63 3,607.333 1,474.49 Sweden 9,243,113 5,733.616 1,612.09 5,201.451 1,777.03 Finland 1,163,998 1,460.287 797.10 1,324.751 878.65 United Kingdom 523,637 397.496 1,317.34 360.603 1,452.11 Belgium 5,926,947 2,265.719 2,615.92 2,055.427 2,883.56 France 1,892,311 592.465 3,193.96 537.476 3,520.74 Federal Republic of Germany 10,028,242 5,488.118 1,827.26 4,978.739 2,014.21 Austria 1,652,391 1,728.551 955.94 1,568.116 1,053.74 Czech Republic 3,061,657 7,470.226 409.85 6,776.877 451.78 Poland 385,542 303.099 1,272.00 274.967 1,402.14 Russia 1,805,418 1,558.123 1,158.71 1,413.506 1,277.26 Ukraine 8,447,416 9,133.883 924.84 8,286.122 1,019.47 Spain 327,678 185.696 1,764.59 168.461 1,945.13 Italy 445,930 208.224 2,141.58 188.898 2,360.69 Romania 3,377 3.008 1,122.60 2.729 1,237.45 Thailand 2,632,664 5,174.113 508.81 4,693.878 560.87 Malaysia 145,272 279.797 519.20 253.828 572.32 Indonesia 13,969 24.541 569.19 22.264 627.43 China 2,133 5.878 362.84 5.333 399.96 Korea, South 1,579,867 2,469.869 639.66 2,240.629 705.10 Taiwan 2,170,430 972.936 2,230.80 882.633 2,459.04 Japan 2,793,584 2,380.244 1,173.65 2,159.322 1,293.73 Australia 482,833 770.563 626.60 699.044 690.70 South Africa 6,125,619 7,055.698 868.18 6,400.824 957.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,722,397 91,646.093 1,000.83 83,139.961 1,103.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,386,655 24,671.198 542.60 22,381.341 598.12 Mexico 3,292,699 8,263.684 398.45 7,496.691 439.22 Venezuela 3,044,824 7,517.066 405.05 6,819.370 446.50 Brazil 63,755 63.686 1,001.08 57.775 1,103.50 Sweden 4,090,706 6,031.899 678.18 5,472.049 747.56 Netherlands 7,325,563 16,881.590 433.94 15,314.726 478.33 Belgium 1,808,544 2,397.969 754.20 2,175.402 831.36 France 5,453,772 11,607.057 469.87 10,529.748 517.94 Federal Republic of Germany 1,509,319 2,521.503 598.58 2,287.470 659.82 Russia 1,663,831 4,133.776 402.50 3,750.100 443.68 Malaysia 96,013 199.363 481.60 180.860 530.87 China 22,348 10.890 2,052.00 9.880 2,261.94 Korea, South 42,316 12.147 3,483.52 11.020 3,839.93 Japan 2,238,759 3,296.432 679.15 2,990.474 748.63 New Zealand 217,938 505.034 431.53 458.160 475.68 South Africa 174,198 81.108 2,147.73 73.580 2,367.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,431,240 88,194.410 503.79 80,008.646 555.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Austria 1,637,244 1,212.737 1,350.04 1,100.177 1,488.16 Czech Republic 142,064 206.291 688.65 187.145 759.11 Spain 213,864 288.020 742.53 261.288 818.50 Korea, South 12,440 4.279 2,907.10 3.882 3,204.53 Japan 789,555 1,177.466 670.55 1,068.180 739.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,795,167 2,888.795 967.59 2,620.672 1,066.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 337,273 464.522 726.06 421.408 800.35 Luxembourg 171,880 214.424 801.59 194.523 883.60 Federal Republic of Germany 192,918 35.551 5,426.40 32.252 5,981.58 Austria 122,503 154.840 791.16 140.469 872.10 Spain 20,431 24.147 846.10 21.906 932.67 China 183,754 195.825 938.36 177.650 1,034.36 Korea, South 556,565 871.757 638.44 790.845 703.76 Australia 6,188 4.550 1,359.90 4.128 1,499.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,591,512 1,965.620 809.67 1,783.181 892.51 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 209,980 365.297 574.82 331.392 633.63 India 14,909 20.585 724.24 18.675 798.34 Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 229,557 393.780 582.96 357.232 642.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,819,272 57,702.182 620.76 52,346.554 684.27 Mexico 4,917,916 9,746.194 504.60 8,841.601 556.22 Brazil 502,531 1,046.109 480.38 949.015 529.53 Argentina 1,756,555 3,212.588 546.77 2,914.412 602.71 Sweden 2,316,535 617.685 3,750.35 560.355 4,134.05 Finland 3,042 0.734 4,143.63 0.666 4,567.57 United Kingdom 14,685,017 20,207.177 726.72 18,331.648 801.07 Netherlands 503,841 221.239 2,277.36 200.705 2,510.36 France 2,790,705 1,587.059 1,758.41 1,439.757 1,938.32 Federal Republic of Germany 4,292,181 5,575.732 769.80 5,058.221 848.56 Austria 1,367,486 252.501 5,415.74 229.066 5,969.83 Czech Republic 424,035 393.830 1,076.69 357.277 1,186.85 Russia 13,853 13.587 1,019.57 12.326 1,123.88 Ukraine 507,368 142.098 3,570.53 128.910 3,935.83 Spain 1,271,548 669.748 1,898.54 607.586 2,092.79 Portugal 894,595 260.544 3,433.56 236.362 3,784.85 Italy 1,202,979 314.101 3,829.91 284.948 4,221.75 Turkey 829,353 846.267 980.01 767.721 1,080.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 850,176 595.613 1,427.39 540.332 1,573.43 China 2,524,860 1,767.287 1,428.66 1,603.257 1,574.83 Korea, South 1,138,007 1,432.903 794.20 1,299.909 875.45 Taiwan 1,308,849 316.955 4,129.44 287.537 4,551.93 Japan 10,451,265 13,020.644 802.67 11,812.133 884.79 South Africa 272,311 633.406 429.91 574.617 473.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,644,280 120,576.195 751.76 109,384.915 828.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,147,534 12,639.330 565.50 11,466.211 623.36 Mexico 4,501,630 9,219.874 488.25 8,364.132 538.21 Brazil 1,821,438 5,466.618 333.19 4,959.234 367.28 Argentina 365,945 1,092.984 334.81 991.539 369.07 Belgium 47,783 17.455 2,737.48 15.835 3,017.56 Federal Republic of Germany 25,166 19.148 1,314.27 17.371 1,448.74 Austria 9,522 1.270 7,491.95 1.153 8,258.46 Italy 1,397,327 524.142 2,665.93 475.494 2,938.68 India 973,725 358.015 2,719.79 324.786 2,998.05 China 85,039 120.610 705.07 109.416 777.21 Korea, South 122,552 335.470 365.31 304.334 402.69 Taiwan 15,927 1.628 9,782.49 1.477 10,783.34 Japan 3,026 0.051 58,407.27 0.047 64,382.98 Australia 9,498 12.236 776.19 11.101 855.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,526,112 29,808.837 554.40 27,042.130 611.12 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,264,801 2,823.066 448.02 2,561.044 493.86 Mexico 5,257,934 14,321.684 367.13 12,992.417 404.69 Dominican Republic 1,157,472 2,839.344 407.65 2,575.811 449.36 Venezuela 3,748,694 11,019.269 340.19 9,996.516 375.00 Brazil 7,578,739 23,064.717 328.59 20,923.966 362.20 Argentina 2,908,684 9,155.345 317.70 8,305.592 350.21 Federal Republic of Germany 71,833 263.941 272.15 239.444 300.00 India 24,242 47.166 513.96 42.789 566.55 China 6,814 25.036 272.16 22.713 300.00 Taiwan 2,480,004 6,969.372 355.84 6,322.510 392.25 Japan 4,317,312 12,224.490 353.17 11,089.874 389.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,816,529 82,753.436 348.22 75,072.676 383.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,938,605 7,031.813 1,128.96 6,379.156 1,244.46 Mexico 169,439 261.362 648.29 237.104 714.62 Colombia 35,497 36.789 964.86 33.375 1,063.58 Brazil 290,280 121.056 2,397.88 109.821 2,643.21 Sweden 908,421 228.243 3,980.05 207.059 4,387.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 3,604 0.270 13,344.88 0.245 14,710.20 United Kingdom 4,562,670 2,511.713 1,816.56 2,278.589 2,002.41 Netherlands 153,028 31.302 4,888.71 28.397 5,388.88 France 4,018,662 1,975.186 2,034.57 1,791.860 2,242.73 Federal Republic of Germany 7,319,154 5,397.215 1,356.10 4,896.273 1,494.84 Austria 204,554 73.301 2,790.58 66.498 3,076.09 Czech Republic 100,313 27.486 3,649.59 24.935 4,022.98 Switzerland 715,565 208.970 3,424.24 189.575 3,774.57 Latvia 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 Poland 142,194 74.694 1,903.67 67.762 2,098.43 Russia 7,043,403 10,083.460 698.51 9,147.564 769.98 Ukraine 7,723,309 10,373.012 744.56 9,410.241 820.73 Spain 517,671 633.158 817.60 574.392 901.25 Portugal 34,609 7.966 4,344.37 7.227 4,788.85 Italy 6,602,537 2,066.918 3,194.39 1,875.077 3,521.21 Slovenia 196,749 99.344 1,980.47 90.124 2,183.09 Romania 1,323,487 1,705.897 775.83 1,547.565 855.21 Saudi Arabia 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 United Arab Emirates 207,767 97.824 2,123.87 88.745 2,341.17 India 3,555,720 1,196.084 2,972.80 1,085.070 3,276.95 China 1,239,966 586.243 2,115.11 531.831 2,331.50 Korea, South 152,169 101.855 1,493.97 92.402 1,646.82 Taiwan 6,926,139 2,300.061 3,011.28 2,086.581 3,319.37 Japan 800,386 354.988 2,254.68 322.040 2,485.36 South Africa 2,332 2.513 927.88 2.280 1,022.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,749,462 47,833.806 1,332.73 43,394.112 1,469.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,236,172 741.557 1,666.99 672.730 1,837.55 Mexico 141,034 92.289 1,528.16 83.724 1,684.51 Colombia 194,555 37.347 5,209.33 33.881 5,742.30 Brazil 3,905,025 949.369 4,113.28 861.254 4,534.12 Sweden 3,563,931 899.029 3,964.20 815.586 4,369.78 United Kingdom 900,580 205.708 4,377.93 186.616 4,825.85 Netherlands 399,549 302.819 1,319.43 274.713 1,454.42 Belgium 186,053 106.041 1,754.53 96.199 1,934.04 France 2,835,100 1,473.196 1,924.45 1,336.462 2,121.35 Federal Republic of Germany 5,137,730 1,683.429 3,051.94 1,527.182 3,364.19 Austria 5,333,302 1,162.389 4,588.22 1,054.502 5,057.65 Czech Republic 37,070 8.933 4,149.72 8.104 4,574.28 Switzerland 13,236 0.738 17,921.64 0.670 19,755.22 Poland 793,218 324.532 2,444.19 294.411 2,694.25 Russia 1,193,620 568.817 2,098.42 516.023 2,313.11 Ukraine 425,939 135.925 3,133.61 123.310 3,454.21 Spain 151,812 62.911 2,413.12 57.072 2,660.01 Italy 112,676 128.085 879.70 116.197 969.70 Slovenia 3,011,325 1,036.115 2,906.36 939.948 3,203.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 13,469 14.703 916.03 13.339 1,009.75 China 6,125,306 2,106.600 2,907.67 1,911.076 3,205.16 Korea, South 478,564 300.881 1,590.54 272.955 1,753.27 Taiwan 2,250,462 537.012 4,190.70 487.170 4,619.46 Japan 5,571,558 4,704.328 1,184.35 4,267.696 1,305.52 South Africa 101,764 86.624 1,174.78 78.584 1,294.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,113,050 17,669.388 2,496.58 16,029.404 2,752.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 28,641,565 35,979.876 796.04 32,640.403 877.49 Mexico 5,675,507 7,024.843 807.92 6,372.833 890.58 Dominican Republic 107,454 259.158 414.63 235.105 457.05 Colombia 1,232,906 1,702.320 724.25 1,544.320 798.35 Venezuela 197,085 131.027 1,504.15 118.866 1,658.04 Ecuador 99,252 88.248 1,124.68 80.058 1,239.75 Peru 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 Chile 227,124 375.266 605.23 340.436 667.16 Brazil 42,351 23.330 1,815.27 21.165 2,000.99 Argentina 930,979 1,025.719 907.64 930.517 1,000.50 Sweden 87,589 80.389 1,089.56 72.928 1,201.03 Norway 3,857 0.396 9,719.48 0.360 10,713.89 United Kingdom 94,728 19.042 4,974.58 17.275 5,483.53 Netherlands 642,929 831.543 773.18 754.364 852.28 France 147,147 113.034 1,301.79 102.543 1,434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,420,750 1,476.621 1,639.38 1,339.569 1,807.11 Czech Republic 3,020 1.201 2,513.49 1.090 2,770.64 Slovakia 41,400 3.611 11,464.43 3.276 12,637.36 Switzerland 14,078 1.964 7,166.86 1.782 7,900.11 Ukraine 506,506 621.999 814.32 564.269 897.63 Spain 2,381,733 1,419.897 1,677.40 1,288.110 1,849.01 Italy 1,069,314 485.318 2,203.32 440.274 2,428.75 Romania 2,552,074 3,712.961 687.34 3,368.343 757.66 Turkey 1,635,834 2,765.814 591.45 2,509.105 651.96 United Arab Emirates 80,410 110.675 726.54 100.403 800.87 Oman 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 India 3,751,279 6,561.095 571.75 5,952.127 630.24 China 17,929,977 32,446.664 552.60 29,435.127 609.14 Korea, South 1,830,083 2,158.184 847.97 1,957.873 934.73 Taiwan 384,517 661.000 581.72 599.650 641.24 Japan 3,176,830 3,454.563 919.60 3,133.928 1,013.69 South Africa 2,471,345 4,660.457 530.28 4,227.897 584.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,924,409 109,203.813 722.73 99,068.061 796.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 13,309,027 10,891.480 1,221.97 9,880.588 1,346.99 Mexico 1,190,169 1,315.538 904.70 1,193.437 997.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 5,223,556 4,697.657 1,111.95 4,261.644 1,225.71 Venezuela 4,446,529 4,935.664 900.90 4,477.561 993.07 Brazil 3,225,098 3,058.351 1,054.52 2,774.491 1,162.41 Argentina 939,971 779.401 1,206.02 707.061 1,329.41 Sweden 1,638,830 1,825.219 897.88 1,655.812 989.74 United Kingdom 51,673 2.387 21,642.18 2.166 23,856.42 France 962,201 674.690 1,426.14 612.069 1,572.05 Federal Republic of Germany 21,121,149 18,313.933 1,153.28 16,614.126 1,271.28 Austria 10,018,090 7,217.460 1,388.04 6,547.572 1,530.05 Czech Republic 3,431,276 3,010.356 1,139.82 2,730.950 1,256.44 Russia 4,040,012 5,001.257 807.80 4,537.066 890.45 Ukraine 7,405,127 6,441.894 1,149.53 5,843.990 1,267.14 Spain 1,459,676 1,143.754 1,276.21 1,037.597 1,406.79 Italy 3,514 0.177 19,800.30 0.161 21,826.09 Romania 1,760,500 1,218.271 1,445.08 1,105.198 1,592.93 Turkey 4,531,346 6,701.135 676.21 6,079.170 745.39 Israel 3,303 8.090 408.23 7.340 450.00 India 2,507,024 2,263.154 1,107.76 2,053.100 1,221.09 China 35,707,557 39,187.518 911.20 35,550.329 1,004.42 Korea, South 18,445,686 22,992.242 802.26 20,858.217 884.34 Taiwan 367,056 496.454 739.35 450.376 815.00 Japan 12,101,415 3,169.657 3,817.89 2,875.466 4,208.51 South Africa 1,003,386 1,064.178 942.87 965.407 1,039.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 154,893,171 146,409.932 1,057.94 132,820.894 1,166.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 11,533,554 12,845.364 897.88 11,653.122 989.74 United Kingdom 612,391 865.759 707.35 785.404 779.71 Federal Republic of Germany 449,201 293.177 1,532.18 265.966 1,688.94 Czech Republic 1,086,999 1,093.106 994.41 991.650 1,096.15 Poland 840,768 745.716 1,127.46 676.503 1,242.81 Italy 1,056,479 897.469 1,177.18 814.171 1,297.61 Romania 1,842,831 2,419.045 761.80 2,194.522 839.74 India 18,524,979 15,908.226 1,164.49 14,431.704 1,283.63 China 653,317 729.629 895.41 661.909 987.02 Korea, South 1,339,315 1,903.992 703.42 1,727.273 775.39 Taiwan 63,152 88.679 712.13 80.449 784.99 Japan 9,281,644 8,660.177 1,071.76 7,856.383 1,181.41 South Africa 39,430 55.417 711.51 50.274 784.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,324,060 46,505.762 1,017.60 42,189.330 1,121.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 62,966 26.959 2,335.60 24.457 2,574.56 Mexico 3,337,639 3,958.327 843.19 3,590.935 929.46 Venezuela 713,600 1,109.460 643.20 1,006.486 709.00 Brazil 2,053,285 2,224.329 923.10 2,017.878 1,017.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 1,659,353 1,710.017 970.37 1,551.302 1,069.65 Denmark 2,676 0.792 3,376.39 0.719 3,721.84 United Kingdom 145,000 3.086 46,979.22 2.800 51,785.71 France 194,086 166.456 1,165.99 151.007 1,285.28 Federal Republic of Germany 81,869 71.818 1,139.94 65.153 1,256.57 Austria 1,403,760 1,257.902 1,115.95 1,141.150 1,230.13 Czech Republic 4,412,415 4,981.521 885.76 4,519.162 976.38 Slovakia 85,571 85.521 1,000.58 77.584 1,102.95 Poland 922,580 832.866 1,107.72 755.564 1,221.05 Russia 2,223,308 2,796.835 794.94 2,537.247 876.27 Italy 3,177,676 2,313.481 1,373.55 2,098.756 1,514.08 Turkey 1,094,182 2,208.369 495.47 2,003.400 546.16 China 1,822,860 2,416.846 754.23 2,192.527 831.40 Korea, South 1,247,107 1,664.606 749.19 1,510.106 825.84 Taiwan 576,053 1,062.092 542.38 963.514 597.87 Japan 13,387,950 12,258.684 1,092.12 11,120.895 1,203.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,603,936 41,149.977 938.13 37,330.642 1,034.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 547,235 273.428 2,001.38 248.050 2,206.15 Mexico 1,643,630 1,976.956 831.39 1,793.465 916.46 Brazil 590,598 870.165 678.72 789.401 748.16 Turkey 316,124 599.326 527.47 543.700 581.43 China 1,720,523 2,768.038 621.57 2,511.123 685.16 Korea, South 2,024,313 3,193.534 633.88 2,897.127 698.73 Japan 1,972,489 3,370.988 585.14 3,058.110 645.00 South Africa 732,513 967.697 756.96 877.881 834.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,547,425 14,020.135 680.98 12,718.857 750.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,813,380 12,819.386 1,077.54 11,629.555 1,187.78 Mexico 14,960,407 19,686.916 759.92 17,859.675 837.66 Dominican Republic 154,155 340.579 452.63 308.969 498.93 Colombia 729,263 964.709 755.94 875.170 833.28 Brazil 1,055,914 915.912 1,152.85 830.902 1,270.80 Argentina 1,159,493 763.963 1,517.73 693.056 1,673.01 Sweden 1,061,689 721.130 1,472.26 654.199 1,622.88 Denmark 35,443 21.463 1,651.35 19.471 1,820.30 United Kingdom 397,266 332.530 1,194.67 301.667 1,316.90 Netherlands 556,302 302.895 1,836.62 274.782 2,024.52 Belgium 25,311 7.210 3,510.44 6.541 3,869.59 France 1,365,478 977.476 1,396.94 886.752 1,539.86 Federal Republic of Germany 6,255,144 3,897.491 1,604.92 3,535.746 1,769.12 Austria 193,001 84.741 2,277.53 76.876 2,510.55 Czech Republic 384,486 80.016 4,805.07 72.590 5,296.68 Slovakia 8,202 1.827 4,487.78 1.658 4,946.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 1,490,064 579.773 2,570.08 525.962 2,833.03 Ukraine 8,641 6.694 1,290.79 6.073 1,422.86 Spain 2,100,412 1,565.194 1,341.95 1,419.921 1,479.25 Italy 1,259,066 661.439 1,903.52 600.048 2,098.28 Romania 158,195 157.283 1,005.80 142.685 1,108.70 Turkey 1,357,040 2,369.991 572.59 2,150.021 631.18 India 2,134,609 1,568.740 1,360.72 1,423.138 1,499.93 Malaysia 65,020 99.171 655.63 89.967 722.71 China 5,495,836 6,915.299 794.74 6,273.456 876.05 Korea, South 749,666 1,007.794 743.87 914.256 819.97 Taiwan 12,992 2.411 5,386.72 2.188 5,937.84 Japan 7,831,387 4,099.845 1,910.17 3,719.318 2,105.60 Australia 224,687 286.544 784.13 259.949 864.35 South Africa 211,160 336.764 627.03 305.508 691.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,253,709 61,575.201 1,059.74 55,860.099 1,168.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 86,860 65.072 1,334.81 59.033 1,471.38 Mexico 252,267 165.208 1,526.96 149.875 1,683.18 Brazil 257,122 166.951 1,540.10 151.456 1,697.67 Argentina 39,167 18.659 2,098.99 16.928 2,313.74 Sweden 291,518 228.968 1,273.18 207.717 1,403.44 Netherlands 145,503 74.935 1,941.72 67.980 2,140.38 France 1,581,110 860.267 1,837.93 780.422 2,025.97 Federal Republic of Germany 5,084,844 2,919.220 1,741.85 2,648.273 1,920.06 Czech Republic 258,815 251.950 1,027.24 228.566 1,132.34 Slovakia 906,250 516.450 1,754.77 468.516 1,934.30 Poland 360,052 292.990 1,228.88 265.797 1,354.61 Spain 92,285 40.788 2,262.51 37.003 2,493.99 Italy 1,200,165 475.808 2,522.37 431.646 2,780.44 Romania 513,353 306.941 1,672.48 278.453 1,843.59 India 59,506 60.045 991.02 54.472 1,092.41 China 267,137 324.855 822.33 294.704 906.46 Korea, South 70,435 85.981 819.19 78.001 903.00 Japan 448,120 274.465 1,632.70 248.991 1,799.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,914,509 7,129.563 1,671.14 6,467.833 1,842.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,848,255 1,732.505 6,261.60 1,571.703 6,902.23 Mexico 302,656 90.066 3,360.36 81.707 3,704.16 Brazil 408,486 89.837 4,546.96 81.499 5,012.16 Sweden 1,896,466 239.435 7,920.58 217.212 8,730.94 Finland 254,475 95.165 2,674.02 86.333 2,947.60 Denmark 33,158 2.541 13,044.42 2.306 14,379.01 United Kingdom 608,261 27.443 22,164.41 24.896 24,432.08 Ireland 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 9,349 0.927 10,084.75 0.841 11,116.53 Belgium 7,950 0.073 107,643.59 0.067 118,656.72 France 3,076,009 515.535 5,966.63 467.686 6,577.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,130,263 195.038 10,922.27 176.936 12,039.74 Austria 1,890,835 228.810 8,263.78 207.573 9,109.25 Czech Republic 1,323,282 90.091 14,688.14 81.730 16,190.90 Switzerland 239,574 43.566 5,499.02 39.523 6,061.63 Spain 5,964,900 615.952 9,684.02 558.783 10,674.81 Italy 2,131,847 220.507 9,667.92 200.041 10,657.05 India 397,029 63.451 6,257.23 57.562 6,897.41 Thailand 271,380 69.507 3,904.34 63.056 4,303.79 Malaysia 839,686 301.346 2,786.45 273.377 3,071.53 Singapore 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 China 6,744,932 1,773.944 3,802.22 1,609.296 4,191.23 Korea, South 7,474,545 1,926.320 3,880.22 1,747.529 4,277.21 Hong Kong 70,324 22.825 3,080.93 20.707 3,396.15 Taiwan 4,630,571 1,496.407 3,094.46 1,357.518 3,411.06 Japan 7,360,172 877.971 8,383.15 796.483 9,240.84 Australia 3,073 1.007 3,050.09 0.914 3,362.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,099,654 10,769.014 5,487.94 9,769.488 6,049.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,723,019 866.558 3,142.34 786.129 3,463.83 Mexico 465,856 264.505 1,761.24 239.955 1,941.43 Trinidad and Tobago 3,000 1.180 2,541.13 1.071 2,801.12 Brazil 6,400 2.518 2,540.91 2.285 2,800.88 United Kingdom 236,976 14.450 16,399.50 13.109 18,077.35 France 7,750 3.906 1,983.83 3.544 2,186.79 Federal Republic of Germany 47,057 18.266 2,576.15 16.571 2,839.72 Italy 2,757 0.109 25,263.73 0.099 27,848.48 China 43,636 66.145 659.70 60.006 727.19 Korea, South 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 Japan 365,584 124.962 2,925.55 113.364 3,224.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,913,717 1,368.753 2,859.33 1,241.713 3,151.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,288,229 24,969.757 812.51 22,652.189 895.64 Mexico 5,297,408 4,704.388 1,126.06 4,267.751 1,241.26 Finland 597,815 235.176 2,541.98 213.349 2,802.05 Netherlands 2,215 1.493 1,482.96 1.355 1,634.69 Belgium 28,982 17.901 1,618.97 16.240 1,784.61 Federal Republic of Germany 50,896 27.245 1,868.03 24.717 2,059.15 Austria 80,408 48.512 1,657.46 44.010 1,827.04 Italy 35,227 20.068 1,755.32 18.206 1,934.91 Turkey 1,016,800 2,152.697 472.34 1,952.895 520.66 China 538,659 794.712 677.80 720.951 747.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,344,872 4,504.300 520.59 4,086.234 573.85 Taiwan 1,028,772 350.430 2,935.74 317.905 3,236.10 Japan 397,151 375.947 1,056.40 341.054 1,164.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,707,434 38,202.633 829.98 34,656.856 914.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 1,775,201 1,825.864 972.25 1,656.397 1,071.72 Mexico 133,530 124.479 1,072.71 112.926 1,182.46 Korea, South 207,535 468.910 442.59 425.389 487.87 Japan 567,204 673.719 841.90 611.188 928.04 South Africa 540,214 746.683 723.48 677.380 797.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,223,684 3,839.657 839.58 3,483.280 925.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,346,311 19,992.535 867.64 18,136.928 956.41 Mexico 9,291,553 10,837.517 857.35 9,831.633 945.07 Dominican Republic 367,846 503.368 730.77 456.648 805.54 Trinidad and Tobago 22,356 24.028 930.41 21.798 1,025.60 Colombia 57,601 39.437 1,460.57 35.777 1,610.00 Venezuela 279,017 390.516 714.48 354.271 787.58 Ecuador 16,101 19.841 811.48 18.000 894.50 Chile 106,215 111.542 952.23 101.190 1,049.66 Brazil 617,723 946.619 652.56 858.759 719.32 Argentina 188,979 346.922 544.73 314.723 600.46 Sweden 2,303,622 498.936 4,617.06 452.628 5,089.44 Denmark 135,602 3.173 42,728.76 2.879 47,100.38 United Kingdom 825,251 353.610 2,333.79 320.790 2,572.56 Netherlands 78,448 2.487 31,531.61 2.257 34,757.64 Belgium 924,838 707.387 1,307.40 641.731 1,441.16 Luxembourg 108,577 39.686 2,735.87 36.003 3,015.78 France 1,150,136 458.324 2,509.44 415.785 2,766.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,918,431 838.484 2,287.97 760.661 2,522.06 Austria 475,372 108.179 4,394.28 98.139 4,843.86 Czech Republic 27,662 5.715 4,839.84 5.185 5,335.00 Switzerland 293,194 84.839 3,455.87 76.965 3,809.45 Poland 479,646 464.859 1,031.81 421.714 1,137.37 Russia 5,064 6.028 840.00 5.469 925.95 Belarus 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 Ukraine 8,560 8.207 1,042.91 7.446 1,149.61 Moldova 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 Spain 277,978 196.601 1,413.92 178.354 1,558.57 Italy 1,882,821 1,356.256 1,388.25 1,230.376 1,530.28 Greece 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 Turkey 97,657 121.329 804.89 110.068 887.24 Israel 12,356 21.363 578.36 19.381 637.53 India 2,966,369 1,441.968 2,057.17 1,308.132 2,267.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 229,005 70.801 3,234.47 64.230 3,565.39 Malaysia 20,612 25.877 796.51 23.476 878.00 Indonesia 115,203 31.393 3,669.61 28.480 4,045.05 China 7,893,182 9,446.740 835.55 8,569.941 921.03 Korea, South 6,701,944 4,358.286 1,537.75 3,953.772 1,695.08 Hong Kong 33,031 7.212 4,579.74 6.543 5,048.30 Taiwan 2,362,881 1,358.232 1,739.67 1,232.168 1,917.66 Japan 6,641,190 5,725.748 1,159.88 5,194.313 1,278.55 Australia 39,403 15.856 2,484.94 14.385 2,739.17 Egypt 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 Liberia 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 South Africa 916,983 1,598.045 573.82 1,449.723 632.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,484,864 65,249.538 1,064.91 59,193.402 1,173.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 20,796 24.627 844.41 22.342 930.80 Mexico 45,711 84.686 539.77 76.826 594.99 United Kingdom 8,663 16.392 528.47 14.871 582.54 Belgium 24,860 46.947 529.53 42.590 583.71 Federal Republic of Germany 84,685 52.472 1,613.90 47.602 1,779.02 China 96,731 199.678 484.43 181.145 534.00 Japan 2,751,762 2,410.638 1,141.51 2,186.895 1,258.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,033,208 2,835.442 1,069.75 2,572.271 1,179.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,758,090 8,458.105 799.01 7,673.066 880.75 Brazil 984,115 1,132.388 869.06 1,027.286 957.98 Norway 157,294 242.508 648.61 220.000 714.97 Netherlands 9,980,097 14,144.193 705.60 12,831.400 777.79 Belgium 6,587 7.837 840.45 7.110 926.44 France 649,439 976.521 665.05 885.886 733.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,759,863 6,623.082 567.69 6,008.361 625.77 India 3,625 5.708 634.98 5.179 699.94 Japan 315,088 368.850 854.24 334.616 941.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,614,198 31,959.197 707.60 28,992.904 779.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,308,989 2,504.191 922.05 2,271.765 1,016.39 Brazil 391,676 500.611 782.40 454.147 862.44 United Kingdom 6,655 9.242 720.01 8.385 793.68 Netherlands 133,328 203.674 654.61 184.770 721.59 France 836,059 945.965 883.82 858.166 974.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,579,294 1,989.960 793.63 1,805.262 874.83 Japan 2,238,758 2,631.816 850.65 2,387.544 937.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,494,759 8,785.461 853.09 7,970.039 940.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,750,595 47,418.603 500.87 43,017.445 552.12 Mexico 6,896,356 16,352.712 421.73 14,834.935 464.87 Venezuela 6,169,306 15,955.628 386.65 14,474.707 426.21 Sweden 8,169,710 20,609.956 396.40 18,697.043 436.95 Finland 319,890 164.016 1,950.36 148.793 2,149.90 Netherlands 13,982,163 32,463.971 430.70 29,450.828 474.76 Belgium 6,880,863 17,449.559 394.33 15,829.979 434.67 France 11,249,886 24,255.348 463.81 22,004.088 511.26 Federal Republic of Germany 789,627 1,165.286 677.63 1,057.130 746.95 Austria 1,855,681 2,922.871 634.88 2,651.585 699.84 Czech Republic 2,750,831 7,863.401 349.83 7,133.560 385.62 Poland 9,694 1.845 5,253.44 1.674 5,790.92 Russia 1,573,605 3,769.683 417.44 3,419.800 460.15 Spain 145,686 306.183 475.81 277.765 524.49 Italy 102,479 46.852 2,187.26 42.504 2,411.04 Malaysia 85,333 163.010 523.48 147.881 577.04 China 116,006 56.227 2,063.14 51.009 2,274.23 Korea, South 29,449,770 63,762.435 461.87 57,844.325 509.12 Japan 6,545,340 8,361.680 782.78 7,585.591 862.86 Australia 13,428,662 35,855.729 374.52 32,527.780 412.84 New Zealand 839,492 1,869.750 448.99 1,696.210 494.92 South Africa 341,253 234.624 1,454.46 212.848 1,603.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,452,228 301,049.380 449.93 273,107.480 495.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,800,809 28,653.555 621.24 25,994.076 684.80 Mexico 28,140,945 25,300.490 1,112.27 22,952.225 1,226.07 Dominican Republic 54,663 145.089 376.75 131.623 415.30 Colombia 45,882 81.730 561.38 74.145 618.81 Venezuela 1,308,295 2,712.493 482.32 2,460.733 531.67 Brazil 11,538,892 15,507.404 744.09 14,068.085 820.22 Argentina 278,596 544.293 511.85 493.775 564.22 Sweden 2,214,808 857.392 2,583.19 777.814 2,847.48 Finland 3,545,996 1,293.216 2,742.00 1,173.187 3,022.53 United Kingdom 1,851,033 1,745.061 1,060.73 1,583.094 1,169.25 Netherlands 1,958,704 3,423.634 572.11 3,105.870 630.65 Belgium 7,924,358 13,168.708 601.76 11,946.455 663.32 Luxembourg 50,566 64.694 781.61 58.690 861.58 France 2,873,183 2,846.256 1,009.46 2,582.081 1,112.74 Federal Republic of Germany 4,352,553 2,494.379 1,744.94 2,262.864 1,923.47 Russia 145,761 338.073 431.15 306.695 475.26 Spain 106,310 64.702 1,643.06 58.697 1,811.17 Italy 528,712 253.853 2,082.75 230.292 2,295.83 India 935,049 1,903.958 491.11 1,727.243 541.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 203,810 76.240 2,673.26 69.164 2,946.76 China 12,285,922 9,394.868 1,307.73 8,522.884 1,441.52 Korea, South 8,852,812 11,403.338 776.34 10,344.938 855.76 Hong Kong 394,351 137.213 2,874.00 124.478 3,168.04 Taiwan 5,256,916 2,387.235 2,202.09 2,165.664 2,427.39 Japan 5,520,247 6,260.834 881.71 5,679.735 971.92 New Zealand 291,501 619.024 470.90 561.570 519.08 South Africa 3,283,230 5,819.000 564.23 5,278.910 621.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,743,904 137,496.748 885.43 124,734.987 976.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 31,637,971 47,453.854 666.71 43,049.425 734.92 Mexico 8,898,069 10,964.128 811.56 9,946.493 894.59 Colombia 231,985 457.406 507.18 414.952 559.06 Brazil 2,447,532 3,950.447 619.56 3,583.787 682.95 Argentina 2,609,382 4,588.303 568.70 4,162.440 626.89 Sweden 22,519 8.882 2,535.23 8.058 2,794.61 Netherlands 2,195,428 4,012.011 547.21 3,639.637 603.20 Belgium 497,843 819.083 607.81 743.060 669.99 France 65,748 76.015 864.93 68.960 953.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,576,656 7,619.528 469.41 6,912.322 517.43 Austria 406,073 382.624 1,061.28 347.111 1,169.86 Spain 2,793,081 4,526.535 617.05 4,106.405 680.18 Italy 989,801 1,103.027 897.35 1,000.650 989.16 India 16,508,883 30,889.196 534.45 28,022.216 589.14 China 2,199,912 3,409.221 645.28 3,092.795 711.30 Korea, South 23,029,500 29,929.216 769.47 27,151.336 848.19 Taiwan 11,392,425 14,626.861 778.87 13,269.269 858.56 Japan 1,557,792 2,384.441 653.32 2,163.130 720.16 South Africa 2,474,313 4,874.057 507.65 4,421.672 559.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,534,913 172,074.845 659.80 156,103.718 727.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,666,482 1,382.702 1,205.24 1,254.367 1,328.54 Argentina 1,046,267 1,896.134 551.79 1,720.145 608.24 Belgium 909,971 1,429.129 636.73 1,296.485 701.88 Federal Republic of Germany 4,704,001 7,394.711 636.13 6,708.371 701.21 Italy 10,437 8.267 1,262.44 7.500 1,391.60 Thailand 435,655 576.828 755.26 523.290 832.53 China 6,321 8.884 711.45 8.060 784.24 Korea, South 1,056,485 1,269.319 832.32 1,151.508 917.48 Taiwan 216,389 222.214 973.78 201.590 1,073.41 Japan 618,143 659.889 936.74 598.642 1,032.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,670,151 14,848.082 718.62 13,469.958 792.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,332,506 6,376.795 1,149.87 5,784.933 1,267.52 Mexico 7,160,935 8,494.740 842.98 7,706.301 929.23 Venezuela 195,825 251.034 780.07 227.735 859.88 Chile 690,938 1,153.981 598.74 1,046.875 660.00 Brazil 79,737 139.213 572.77 126.292 631.37 Argentina 364,970 530.566 687.89 481.322 758.27 United Kingdom 241,752 356.872 677.42 323.749 746.73 Netherlands 68,228 56.654 1,204.28 51.396 1,327.50 Belgium 1,048,394 1,223.493 856.89 1,109.935 944.55 Luxembourg 407,790 548.432 743.56 497.530 819.63 France 26,478 5.493 4,819.51 4.984 5,312.60 Federal Republic of Germany 252,301 99.244 2,542.22 90.033 2,802.32 Korea, South 3,921,401 5,076.978 772.39 4,605.759 851.41 Taiwan 2,700,664 3,964.032 681.29 3,596.111 751.00 Japan 775,256 463.959 1,670.96 420.897 1,841.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,267,175 28,741.493 879.12 26,073.852 969.06 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 705,903 635.940 1,110.01 576.916 1,223.58 United Kingdom 156,588 59.517 2,630.98 53.993 2,900.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,412,113 644.484 2,191.07 584.667 2,415.24 Russia 2,452,007 1,996.610 1,228.08 1,811.295 1,353.73 Romania 13,921 8.943 1,556.63 8.113 1,715.89 Japan 856,041 944.891 905.97 857.191 998.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,596,573 4,290.387 1,304.44 3,892.175 1,437.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,107,204 7,734.594 531.02 7,016.708 585.35 Mexico 543,499 721.420 753.37 654.462 830.45 Finland 494,685 207.775 2,380.86 188.491 2,624.45 Federal Republic of Germany 430,403 424.943 1,012.85 385.502 1,116.47 Austria 10,945 1.677 6,523.74 1.522 7,191.20 Spain 30,701 11.446 2,682.15 10.384 2,956.57 Slovenia 120,353 50.016 2,406.28 45.374 2,652.47 Malaysia 124,557 258.630 481.60 234.626 530.87 Taiwan 21,783 27.537 791.02 24.982 871.95 Japan 88,485 39.638 2,232.33 35.959 2,460.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,972,615 9,477.681 630.18 8,598.010 694.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 5,261,651 5,045.899 1,042.76 4,577.564 1,149.44 Mexico 2,897,776 1,556.363 1,861.89 1,411.910 2,052.38 Brazil 50,503 62.115 813.05 56.350 896.24 Sweden 3,879,368 715.399 5,422.66 649.000 5,977.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 532,017 241.341 2,204.42 218.941 2,429.96 Denmark 10,540 2.203 4,783.26 1.999 5,272.64 United Kingdom 1,659,043 739.610 2,243.13 670.964 2,472.63 Belgium 131,257 35.589 3,688.11 32.286 4,065.45 France 1,779,714 268.898 6,618.53 243.941 7,295.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,776,919 3,515.100 1,643.46 3,188.846 1,811.60 Austria 1,171,263 237.380 4,934.12 215.348 5,438.93 Switzerland 265,363 85.852 3,090.92 77.884 3,407.16 Italy 226,787 127.351 1,780.80 115.531 1,963.00 India 1,341,836 551.683 2,432.26 500.479 2,681.10 Indonesia 199,875 85.340 2,342.08 77.420 2,581.70 China 189,978 239.326 793.80 217.113 875.02 Korea, South 1,043,565 1,150.941 906.71 1,044.117 999.47 Taiwan 235,659 100.712 2,339.91 91.365 2,579.31 Japan 3,119,061 711.566 4,383.38 645.522 4,831.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,772,175 15,472.676 1,924.18 14,036.580 2,121.04 GRAND TOTAL 1,842,664,568 2,725,693.466 676.04 2,472,708.215 745.20 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 27,259 60.999 446.87 55.338 492.59 Mexico 602,780 728.484 827.44 660.870 912.10 United Kingdom 5,382 0.089 60,277.40 0.081 66,444.44 Belgium 1,495,108 1,881.524 794.63 1,706.891 875.92 Federal Republic of Germany 181,714 44.059 4,124.30 39.970 4,546.26 Austria 37,865 3.024 12,518.43 2.744 13,799.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,350,108 2,718.182 864.59 2,465.894 953.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,289,782 21,594.479 383.88 19,590.188 423.16 Mexico 15,141,195 28,746.167 526.72 26,078.092 580.61 United Kingdom 393,777 101.914 3,863.81 92.455 4,259.12 France 3,390,207 456.952 7,419.18 414.540 8,178.24 Federal Republic of Germany 2,837,963 1,613.229 1,759.18 1,463.498 1,939.16 Russia 162,812 143.388 1,135.46 130.080 1,251.63 Ukraine 445,736 293.115 1,520.68 265.910 1,676.27 Italy 723,957 337.439 2,145.44 306.120 2,364.95 Taiwan 5,700 0.586 9,719.84 0.532 10,714.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,391,129 53,287.273 589.09 48,341.415 649.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 418,892 756.821 553.49 686.577 610.12 United Kingdom 1,236,872 1,877.049 658.94 1,702.831 726.36 Luxembourg 159,063 229.489 693.12 208.189 764.03 Spain 3,589,362 8,353.663 429.68 7,578.318 473.64 Italy 874,983 1,179.979 741.52 1,070.460 817.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,279,172 12,397.002 506.51 11,246.375 558.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,682,652 12,345.653 1,027.30 11,199.792 1,132.40 Mexico 16,828 3.635 4,628.90 3.298 5,102.49 Brazil 5,318,962 3,976.402 1,337.63 3,607.333 1,474.49 Sweden 8,155,360 5,429.945 1,501.92 4,925.965 1,655.59 Finland 1,027,025 1,391.082 738.29 1,261.969 813.83 United Kingdom 495,560 394.442 1,256.36 357.832 1,384.90 Belgium 2,482,078 1,310.183 1,894.45 1,188.579 2,088.27 France 983,531 400.406 2,456.33 363.243 2,707.64 Federal Republic of Germany 8,438,886 4,913.558 1,717.47 4,457.507 1,893.19 Austria 310,744 234.296 1,326.29 212.550 1,461.98 Poland 385,542 303.099 1,272.00 274.967 1,402.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,805,418 1,558.123 1,158.71 1,413.506 1,277.26 Ukraine 2,914,363 2,148.679 1,356.35 1,949.250 1,495.12 Spain 327,678 185.696 1,764.59 168.461 1,945.13 Japan 2,293,753 2,165.215 1,059.36 1,964.251 1,167.75 Australia 6,201 0.965 6,421.75 0.876 7,078.77 South Africa 384,012 111.175 3,454.10 100.857 3,807.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,028,593 36,872.563 1,302.56 33,450.236 1,435.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,945,232 3,100.713 627.35 2,812.921 691.53 Netherlands 4,130,853 9,085.851 454.65 8,242.548 501.16 France 618,549 1,013.605 610.25 919.528 672.68 Japan 2,181,329 3,246.190 671.97 2,944.895 740.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,875,963 16,446.361 539.69 14,919.892 594.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Austria 293,123 220.563 1,328.97 200.092 1,464.94 Czech Republic 142,064 206.291 688.65 187.145 759.11 Japan 786,574 1,175.321 669.24 1,066.234 737.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,221,761 1,602.177 762.56 1,453.471 840.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,886,592 31,844.092 624.50 28,888.483 688.39 Mexico 3,647,858 7,606.535 479.57 6,900.535 528.63 Brazil 152,117 115.550 1,316.45 104.826 1,451.14 Sweden 2,102,438 560.226 3,752.84 508.229 4,136.79 United Kingdom 688,270 532.891 1,291.58 483.431 1,423.72 Netherlands 321,844 172.660 1,864.03 156.635 2,054.74 France 614,737 164.063 3,746.94 148.836 4,130.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,445,338 1,696.846 851.78 1,539.354 938.93 Austria 374,453 63.517 5,895.29 57.622 6,498.44 Czech Republic 414,310 392.338 1,056.00 355.924 1,164.04 Russia 3,673 2.880 1,275.20 2.613 1,405.66 Spain 1,271,548 669.748 1,898.54 607.586 2,092.79 Italy 11,533 4.702 2,452.55 4.266 2,703.47 Turkey 786,881 799.231 984.55 725.051 1,085.28 China 1,640,221 1,601.663 1,024.07 1,453.005 1,128.85 Korea, South 577,326 839.863 687.40 761.912 757.73 Taiwan 30,882 10.282 3,003.40 9.328 3,310.68 Japan 8,479,508 10,713.864 791.45 9,719.457 872.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,449,529 57,790.961 734.54 52,427.093 809.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 372,451 628.684 592.43 570.333 653.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 902,999 1,757.245 513.87 1,594.147 566.45 Austria 9,522 1.270 7,491.95 1.153 8,258.46 China 35,020 37.460 934.84 33.984 1,030.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,319,992 2,424.662 544.40 2,199.617 600.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,777,404 2,145.922 1,294.27 1,946.749 1,426.69 Colombia 35,497 36.789 964.86 33.375 1,063.58 Brazil 130,113 38.726 3,359.80 35.132 3,703.55 United Kingdom 1,668,209 801.509 2,081.34 727.117 2,294.28 Netherlands 114,000 8.073 14,120.57 7.324 15,565.26 France 1,460,857 1,192.054 1,225.50 1,081.414 1,350.88 Federal Republic of Germany 494,748 262.610 1,883.96 238.236 2,076.71 Poland 103,694 62.820 1,650.63 56.990 1,819.51 Russia 3,758,378 4,187.381 897.55 3,798.730 989.38 Ukraine 3,707,433 4,215.293 879.52 3,824.051 969.50 Italy 688,992 469.075 1,468.83 425.538 1,619.11 Romania 1,303,402 1,698.502 767.38 1,540.856 845.89 Korea, South 72,745 58.986 1,233.24 53.512 1,359.41 Taiwan 159,872 69.377 2,304.39 62.938 2,540.15 Japan 389,555 133.421 2,919.73 121.038 3,218.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,864,899 15,380.545 1,096.51 13,953.000 1,208.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,236,172 741.557 1,666.99 672.730 1,837.55 Mexico 141,034 92.289 1,528.16 83.724 1,684.51 Colombia 194,555 37.347 5,209.33 33.881 5,742.30 Brazil 3,905,025 949.369 4,113.28 861.254 4,534.12 Sweden 3,563,931 899.029 3,964.20 815.586 4,369.78 United Kingdom 900,580 205.708 4,377.93 186.616 4,825.85 Netherlands 399,549 302.819 1,319.43 274.713 1,454.42 Belgium 186,053 106.041 1,754.53 96.199 1,934.04 France 2,835,100 1,473.196 1,924.45 1,336.462 2,121.35 Federal Republic of Germany 5,137,730 1,683.429 3,051.94 1,527.182 3,364.19 Austria 5,333,302 1,162.389 4,588.22 1,054.502 5,057.65 Czech Republic 37,070 8.933 4,149.72 8.104 4,574.28 Switzerland 13,236 0.738 17,921.64 0.670 19,755.22 Poland 793,218 324.532 2,444.19 294.411 2,694.25 Russia 1,193,620 568.817 2,098.42 516.023 2,313.11 Ukraine 425,939 135.925 3,133.61 123.310 3,454.21 Spain 151,812 62.911 2,413.12 57.072 2,660.01 Italy 112,676 128.085 879.70 116.197 969.70 Slovenia 3,011,325 1,036.115 2,906.36 939.948 3,203.71 India 13,469 14.703 916.03 13.339 1,009.75 China 6,125,306 2,106.600 2,907.67 1,911.076 3,205.16 Korea, South 478,564 300.881 1,590.54 272.955 1,753.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,250,462 537.012 4,190.70 487.170 4,619.46 Japan 5,571,558 4,704.328 1,184.35 4,267.696 1,305.52 South Africa 101,764 86.624 1,174.78 78.584 1,294.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,113,050 17,669.388 2,496.58 16,029.404 2,752.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 196,769 28.423 6,922.86 25.785 7,631.14 Argentina 239,739 119.490 2,006.34 108.400 2,211.61 United Kingdom 94,728 19.042 4,974.58 17.275 5,483.53 Federal Republic of Germany 651,010 432.864 1,503.96 392.688 1,657.83 Spain 596,769 93.630 6,373.67 84.940 7,025.77 Italy 488,648 247.571 1,973.77 224.593 2,175.70 India 29,234 7.312 3,997.69 6.634 4,406.69 Japan 109,269 42.218 2,588.18 38.300 2,852.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,406,166 990.553 2,429.11 898.615 2,677.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,690,129 5,152.495 1,492.51 4,674.267 1,645.21 Colombia 950,488 1,047.902 907.04 950.641 999.84 United Kingdom 51,673 2.387 21,642.18 2.166 23,856.42 France 962,201 674.690 1,426.14 612.069 1,572.05 Federal Republic of Germany 7,177,355 5,253.863 1,366.11 4,766.226 1,505.88 Austria 1,694,982 1,703.315 995.11 1,545.222 1,096.92 Czech Republic 1,385,337 1,213.077 1,142.00 1,100.486 1,258.84 Russia 1,508,823 1,353.113 1,115.08 1,227.524 1,229.16 Spain 1,438,466 1,124.588 1,279.10 1,020.210 1,409.97 Italy 3,514 0.177 19,800.30 0.161 21,826.09 Romania 1,751,475 1,211.223 1,446.04 1,098.804 1,593.98 India 538,978 436.493 1,234.79 395.980 1,361.12 China 8,838,945 8,430.536 1,048.44 7,648.056 1,155.71 Japan 10,336,587 2,713.722 3,809.01 2,461.848 4,198.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,328,953 30,317.586 1,462.15 27,503.660 1,611.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 11,533,554 12,845.364 897.88 11,653.122 989.74 China 20,650 12.897 1,601.14 11.700 1,764.96 Japan 1,451,462 1,126.945 1,287.96 1,022.348 1,419.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,005,666 13,985.207 929.96 12,687.170 1,025.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 24,000 3.076 7,800.95 2.791 8,599.07 Mexico 2,800 4.667 599.93 4.234 661.31 Brazil 5,100 6.490 785.78 5.888 866.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,442 5.736 600.03 5.204 661.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 50,864 8.818 5,767.88 8.000 6,358.00 China 38,507 25.820 1,491.33 23.424 1,643.91 Taiwan 16,012 19.178 834.91 17.398 920.34 Japan 9,990 2.417 4,132.59 2.193 4,555.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,715 76.204 1,977.76 69.132 2,180.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 547,235 273.428 2,001.38 248.050 2,206.15 South Africa 434,910 532.892 816.13 483.432 899.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 982,145 806.320 1,218.06 731.482 1,342.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,239,723 3,028.180 1,069.86 2,747.120 1,179.32 Mexico 748,731 405.458 1,846.63 367.826 2,035.56 Brazil 39,052 37.564 1,039.60 34.078 1,145.96 Argentina 885,961 552.645 1,603.13 501.352 1,767.14 Sweden 954,237 660.568 1,444.57 599.258 1,592.36 United Kingdom 380,740 330.423 1,152.28 299.755 1,270.17 Netherlands 2,475 2.738 903.90 2.484 996.38 France 540,279 333.470 1,620.17 302.519 1,785.93 Federal Republic of Germany 3,651,393 2,174.353 1,679.30 1,972.541 1,851.11 Czech Republic 384,486 80.016 4,805.07 72.590 5,296.68 Switzerland 147,272 72.871 2,020.98 66.108 2,227.75 Spain 62,953 36.508 1,724.34 33.120 1,900.75 Italy 630,301 282.366 2,232.21 256.159 2,460.59 India 1,228,807 953.801 1,288.33 865.274 1,420.14 China 636,300 546.698 1,163.89 495.957 1,282.97 Korea, South 21,602 15.706 1,375.33 14.249 1,516.04 Japan 5,062,722 2,802.893 1,806.25 2,542.743 1,991.05 South Africa 2,669 1.257 2,122.07 1.141 2,339.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,619,703 12,317.525 1,511.64 11,174.274 1,666.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 291,518 228.968 1,273.18 207.717 1,403.44 France 962,528 382.888 2,513.86 347.351 2,771.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,355,540 520.380 2,604.90 472.081 2,871.41 Italy 296,945 71.479 4,154.28 64.845 4,579.30 India 19,620 18.976 1,033.92 17.215 1,139.70 Japan 99,415 25.409 3,912.53 23.051 4,312.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,025,566 1,248.102 2,424.13 1,132.260 2,672.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,066,590 265.344 4,019.63 240.717 4,430.89 Trinidad and Tobago 3,000 1.180 2,541.13 1.071 2,801.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 6,400 2.518 2,540.91 2.285 2,800.88 United Kingdom 233,782 14.432 16,198.24 13.093 17,855.50 France 7,750 3.906 1,983.83 3.544 2,186.79 Federal Republic of Germany 44,738 17.877 2,502.51 16.218 2,758.54 Italy 2,757 0.109 25,263.73 0.099 27,848.48 China 41,200 63.885 644.90 57.956 710.88 Japan 21,177 3.711 5,705.81 3.367 6,289.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,427,394 372.966 3,827.13 338.350 4,218.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 859,928 669.865 1,283.73 607.692 1,415.07 Mexico 28,748 74.774 384.46 67.834 423.80 Finland 597,815 235.176 2,541.98 213.349 2,802.05 Federal Republic of Germany 50,896 27.245 1,868.03 24.717 2,059.15 Italy 21,852 8.379 2,607.71 7.602 2,874.51 China 216,468 162.293 1,333.81 147.230 1,470.27 Taiwan 1,028,772 350.430 2,935.74 317.905 3,236.10 Japan 303,683 246.718 1,230.89 223.819 1,356.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,108,162 1,774.883 1,751.19 1,610.148 1,930.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 18,834 21.361 881.67 19.379 971.88 Japan 562,773 664.988 846.29 603.268 932.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 581,607 686.350 847.39 622.647 934.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 278,362 276.175 1,007.92 250.542 1,111.04 Mexico 1,755,679 1,522.836 1,152.90 1,381.494 1,270.86 Brazil 24,349 19.351 1,258.28 17.555 1,387.01 Sweden 177,493 91.869 1,932.00 83.343 2,129.67 United Kingdom 160,200 5.693 28,137.66 5.165 31,016.46 Netherlands 26,652 1.541 17,294.92 1.398 19,064.38 France 78,659 6.129 12,831.91 5.561 14,144.76 Federal Republic of Germany 76,474 38.486 1,987.06 34.914 2,190.35 Austria 208,067 59.122 3,519.26 53.635 3,879.31 Poland 64,164 42.425 1,512.38 38.488 1,667.12 Italy 1,271,274 1,089.558 1,166.78 988.431 1,286.15 Turkey 43,252 43.267 999.63 39.252 1,101.91 China 742,914 659.662 1,126.20 598.436 1,241.43 Korea, South 2,269,818 2,016.857 1,125.42 1,829.663 1,240.57 Taiwan 94,124 93.528 1,006.36 84.848 1,109.32 Japan 2,879,018 2,151.621 1,338.07 1,951.919 1,474.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,150,499 8,118.128 1,250.35 7,364.644 1,378.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,440,963 2,372.309 607.41 2,152.124 669.55 Sweden 1,201,252 2,022.147 594.05 1,834.462 654.83 Finland 29,315 42.929 682.86 38.945 752.73 Netherlands 839,634 1,736.140 483.62 1,575.001 533.10 France 1,565,063 2,151.127 727.55 1,951.471 801.99 Federal Republic of Germany 54,369 22.619 2,403.64 20.520 2,649.56 Austria 433,869 585.790 740.66 531.420 816.43 Poland 9,694 1.845 5,253.44 1.674 5,790.92 Japan 5,541,166 7,393.925 749.42 6,707.658 826.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,115,325 16,328.835 680.72 14,813.275 750.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,384,503 1,941.831 712.99 1,761.600 785.93 Dominican Republic 54,663 145.089 376.75 131.623 415.30 Brazil 45,779 100.685 454.68 91.340 501.19 Sweden 207,854 249.467 833.19 226.313 918.44 United Kingdom 1,692,555 1,729.187 978.82 1,568.693 1,078.96 Netherlands 669,767 1,079.920 620.20 979.688 683.65 Belgium 434,035 447.778 969.31 406.218 1,068.48 Luxembourg 50,566 64.694 781.61 58.690 861.58 France 1,332,682 1,800.391 740.22 1,633.288 815.95 Federal Republic of Germany 816,306 862.443 946.50 782.396 1,043.34 Korea, South 454,509 690.796 657.95 626.680 725.26 Japan 2,961,333 3,613.426 819.54 3,278.046 903.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,104,552 12,725.712 794.03 11,544.575 875.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,203,066 8,289.298 748.32 7,519.927 824.88 Brazil 505,962 766.838 659.80 695.664 727.31 Netherlands 240,152 420.326 571.35 381.314 629.80 France 65,748 76.015 864.93 68.960 953.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,179,917 6,732.210 472.34 6,107.360 520.67 Spain 2,177,726 3,542.797 614.69 3,213.973 677.58 Japan 485,884 496.316 978.98 450.251 1,079.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,858,455 20,323.802 632.68 18,437.449 697.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,257,084 1,001.369 1,255.37 908.427 1,383.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,702,839 4,197.291 643.95 3,807.720 709.83 Italy 10,437 8.267 1,262.44 7.500 1,391.60 Japan 353,384 368.883 957.98 334.646 1,055.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,323,744 5,575.812 775.45 5,058.293 854.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 705,903 635.940 1,110.01 576.916 1,223.58 United Kingdom 156,588 59.517 2,630.98 53.993 2,900.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,412,113 644.484 2,191.07 584.667 2,415.24 Russia 2,452,007 1,996.610 1,228.08 1,811.295 1,353.73 Romania 13,921 8.943 1,556.63 8.113 1,715.89 Japan 856,041 944.891 905.97 857.191 998.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,596,573 4,290.387 1,304.44 3,892.175 1,437.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 419,377 1,094.642 383.12 993.043 422.32 Federal Republic of Germany 87,436 80.367 1,087.96 72.908 1,199.26 Spain 30,701 11.446 2,682.15 10.384 2,956.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 537,514 1,186.455 453.04 1,076.335 499.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,455,366 631.463 2,304.75 572.854 2,540.55 Sweden 717,505 167.896 4,273.50 152.313 4,710.73 United Kingdom 133,530 49.461 2,699.66 44.871 2,975.86 France 1,324,635 119.489 11,085.79 108.399 12,219.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,894,358 2,124.178 1,362.58 1,927.023 1,501.98 Austria 646,604 109.725 5,892.94 99.541 6,495.86 Italy 21,357 19.841 1,076.37 18.000 1,186.50 China 4,188 1.190 3,517.86 1.080 3,877.78 Japan 169,467 39.154 4,328.21 35.520 4,771.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,367,010 3,262.400 2,258.16 2,959.601 2,489.19 GRAND TOTAL 352,583,945 350,976.353 1,004.58 318,400.482 1,107.36 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 13,515 19.874 680.01 18.030 749.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,515 19.874 680.01 18.030 749.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 22,994,142 63,428.873 362.52 57,541.722 399.61 Mexico 69,245,345 176,177.799 393.04 159,825.856 433.25 Brazil 34,931,996 111,061.262 314.53 100,753.111 346.71 Finland 1,829,917 5,562.514 328.97 5,046.230 362.63 United Kingdom 19,039,965 55,154.812 345.21 50,035.618 380.53 Belgium 444,012 864.123 513.83 783.920 566.40 Federal Republic of Germany 22,298 59.461 375.00 53.943 413.36 Russia 28,904,322 84,295.706 342.89 76,471.800 377.97 Ukraine 13,321,323 46,134.557 288.75 41,852.578 318.29 Italy 19,313 23.699 814.91 21.500 898.28 Australia 32,636,651 121,716.760 268.14 110,419.619 295.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 223,389,284 664,479.571 336.19 602,805.897 370.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,624,987 21,491.355 587.44 19,496.635 647.55 Mexico 405,118 888.485 455.96 806.021 502.61 Dominican Republic 16,159 29.147 554.39 26.442 611.11 Trinidad and Tobago 10,375 19.952 519.97 18.101 573.17 Venezuela 2,124,549 5,448.467 389.94 4,942.768 429.83 Brazil 10,217,183 17,723.455 576.48 16,078.453 635.46 Argentina 6,951,448 17,470.886 397.89 15,849.326 438.60 Sweden 23,126 19.189 1,205.17 17.408 1,328.47 Finland 24,453 25.004 977.93 22.684 1,077.98 United Kingdom 1,067,558 1,547.194 690.00 1,403.592 760.59 Federal Republic of Germany 11,591,212 33,326.040 347.81 30,232.884 383.40 Spain 365,123 514.779 709.28 467.000 781.85 Italy 3,534,978 9,101.184 388.41 8,256.458 428.15 Turkey 11,799,718 34,891.218 338.19 31,652.790 372.79 China 7,324,905 17,957.974 407.89 16,291.205 449.62 Taiwan 94,691 274.027 345.55 248.594 380.91 Japan 7,202,749 9,386.383 767.36 8,515.186 845.87 South Africa 5,678,810 14,699.154 386.34 13,334.852 425.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,057,142 184,813.902 438.59 167,660.399 483.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,567,571 10,360.817 633.89 9,399.178 698.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,326,742 4,331.835 537.13 3,929.776 592.08 Brazil 1,759,698 5,201.185 338.33 4,718.437 372.94 Argentina 32,006 86.597 369.59 78.560 407.41 Norway 248,683 293.485 847.34 266.246 934.03 United Kingdom 849,147 1,141.619 743.81 1,035.660 819.91 Netherlands 4,419 4.001 1,104.37 3.630 1,217.36 Luxembourg 1,895,874 2,508.184 755.88 2,275.387 833.21 Federal Republic of Germany 997,397 1,039.987 959.05 943.461 1,057.17 Poland 560,921 1,216.576 461.07 1,103.660 508.24 Spain 354,850 364.798 972.73 330.940 1,072.25 Italy 65,405 10.692 6,116.95 9.700 6,742.78 Korea, South 102,171 202.362 504.89 183.580 556.55 South Africa 434,831 886.344 490.59 804.078 540.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,199,715 27,648.487 585.92 25,082.293 645.86 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,851,931 2,377.355 778.99 2,156.701 858.69 Luxembourg 7,531,416 9,666.026 779.16 8,768.874 858.88 Federal Republic of Germany 85,498 22.646 3,775.25 20.545 4,161.50 Taiwan 5,470 8.313 657.96 7.542 725.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,474,315 12,074.342 784.67 10,953.662 864.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,849,927 19,658.239 653.67 17,833.660 720.54 Belgium 30,794 84.862 362.87 76.986 399.99 France 12,155 18.906 642.89 17.152 708.66 Federal Republic of Germany 4,597 15.355 299.38 13.930 330.01 Austria 1,280,511 1,479.204 865.68 1,341.912 954.24 Czech Republic 3,061,657 7,470.226 409.85 6,776.877 451.78 Ukraine 5,533,053 6,985.203 792.11 6,336.872 873.15 Romania 3,377 3.008 1,122.60 2.729 1,237.45 Thailand 2,632,664 5,174.113 508.81 4,693.878 560.87 Malaysia 145,272 279.797 519.20 253.828 572.32 Indonesia 13,969 24.541 569.19 22.264 627.43 China 2,133 5.878 362.84 5.333 399.96 Korea, South 1,318,791 2,372.900 555.77 2,152.660 612.63 Australia 476,632 769.598 619.33 698.168 682.69 South Africa 4,321,250 6,103.063 708.05 5,536.608 780.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,686,782 50,444.900 628.15 45,762.857 692.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,441,423 21,570.484 530.42 19,568.420 584.69 Mexico 3,292,699 8,263.684 398.45 7,496.691 439.22 Venezuela 3,044,824 7,517.066 405.05 6,819.370 446.50 Sweden 1,635,806 5,219.012 313.43 4,734.610 345.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 3,194,710 7,795.739 409.80 7,072.178 451.73 Belgium 778,606 1,999.184 389.46 1,813.630 429.31 France 4,835,223 10,593.451 456.44 9,610.220 503.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,310,706 2,423.551 540.82 2,198.610 596.15 Russia 1,663,831 4,133.776 402.50 3,750.100 443.68 Malaysia 96,013 199.363 481.60 180.860 530.87 Japan 57,430 50.242 1,143.06 45.579 1,260.01 New Zealand 217,938 505.034 431.53 458.160 475.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,569,209 70,270.593 449.25 63,748.428 495.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Austria 1,344,121 992.173 1,354.72 900.085 1,493.33 Spain 213,864 288.020 742.53 261.288 818.50 Korea, South 12,440 4.279 2,907.10 3.882 3,204.53 Japan 2,981 2.145 1,389.68 1.946 1,531.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,573,406 1,286.618 1,222.90 1,167.201 1,348.02 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 337,273 464.522 726.06 421.408 800.35 Luxembourg 171,880 214.424 801.59 194.523 883.60 Federal Republic of Germany 192,918 35.551 5,426.40 32.252 5,981.58 Austria 122,503 154.840 791.16 140.469 872.10 Spain 20,431 24.147 846.10 21.906 932.67 China 183,754 195.825 938.36 177.650 1,034.36 Korea, South 556,565 871.757 638.44 790.845 703.76 Australia 6,188 4.550 1,359.90 4.128 1,499.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,591,512 1,965.620 809.67 1,783.181 892.51 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 209,980 365.297 574.82 331.392 633.63 India 14,909 20.585 724.24 18.675 798.34 Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 229,557 393.780 582.96 357.232 642.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,909,952 25,854.293 615.37 23,454.627 678.33 Mexico 1,270,058 2,139.658 593.58 1,941.066 654.31 Brazil 306,496 914.710 335.07 829.812 369.36 Argentina 1,756,555 3,212.588 546.77 2,914.412 602.71 United Kingdom 13,718,760 19,615.182 699.39 17,794.599 770.95 France 922,758 1,304.083 707.59 1,183.045 779.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,565,569 3,786.085 677.63 3,434.680 746.96 Czech Republic 9,725 1.491 6,520.60 1.353 7,187.73 Russia 10,180 10.706 950.80 9.713 1,048.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 42,472 47.035 902.98 42.670 995.36 India 280,360 404.932 692.36 367.349 763.20 China 630,143 69.626 9,050.35 63.164 9,976.30 Korea, South 190,098 427.465 444.71 387.790 490.21 Japan 1,847,194 2,293.578 805.38 2,080.700 887.78 South Africa 272,311 633.406 429.91 574.617 473.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,732,631 60,714.845 654.41 55,079.597 721.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,775,083 12,010.646 564.09 10,895.878 621.80 Mexico 3,598,631 7,462.628 482.22 6,769.985 531.56 Brazil 1,821,438 5,466.618 333.19 4,959.234 367.28 Argentina 365,945 1,092.984 334.81 991.539 369.07 Federal Republic of Germany 25,166 19.148 1,314.27 17.371 1,448.74 Italy 2,126 5.326 399.15 4.832 439.98 China 50,019 83.149 601.55 75.432 663.10 Korea, South 122,552 335.470 365.31 304.334 402.69 Australia 9,498 12.236 776.19 11.101 855.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,770,458 26,488.209 482.12 24,029.706 531.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,264,801 2,823.066 448.02 2,561.044 493.86 Mexico 5,257,934 14,321.684 367.13 12,992.417 404.69 Dominican Republic 1,157,472 2,839.344 407.65 2,575.811 449.36 Venezuela 3,748,694 11,019.269 340.19 9,996.516 375.00 Brazil 7,578,739 23,064.717 328.59 20,923.966 362.20 Argentina 2,908,684 9,155.345 317.70 8,305.592 350.21 Federal Republic of Germany 71,833 263.941 272.15 239.444 300.00 India 24,242 47.166 513.96 42.789 566.55 China 6,814 25.036 272.16 22.713 300.00 Taiwan 2,480,004 6,969.372 355.84 6,322.510 392.25 Japan 4,317,312 12,224.490 353.17 11,089.874 389.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,816,529 82,753.436 348.22 75,072.676 383.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,968,429 4,834.430 1,027.72 4,385.723 1,132.86 Mexico 162,405 257.303 631.18 233.422 695.76 Brazil 23,294 42.775 544.57 38.805 600.28 United Kingdom 1,698,395 1,538.480 1,103.94 1,395.686 1,216.89 Netherlands 30,854 21.313 1,447.65 19.335 1,595.76 France 268,683 237.302 1,132.24 215.277 1,248.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,262,146 4,606.078 1,142.44 4,178.565 1,259.32 Austria 83,329 45.296 1,839.65 41.092 2,027.86 Switzerland 27,015 31.444 859.13 28.526 947.03 Russia 3,251,345 5,874.408 553.48 5,329.175 610.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 4,015,876 6,157.718 652.17 5,586.190 718.89 Spain 515,180 632.870 814.04 574.131 897.32 Italy 201,247 221.787 907.39 201.202 1,000.22 Romania 20,085 7.395 2,715.88 6.709 2,993.74 China 214,590 317.378 676.13 287.921 745.31 Korea, South 26,935 21.449 1,255.72 19.459 1,384.19 Taiwan 85,215 113.556 750.42 103.017 827.19 Japan 284,879 190.467 1,495.69 172.789 1,648.71 South Africa 2,332 2.513 927.88 2.280 1,022.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,142,234 25,153.969 840.51 22,819.304 926.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 28,444,796 35,951.453 791.20 32,614.618 872.15 Mexico 5,675,507 7,024.843 807.92 6,372.833 890.58 Dominican Republic 107,454 259.158 414.63 235.105 457.05 Colombia 1,232,906 1,702.320 724.25 1,544.320 798.35 Venezuela 197,085 131.027 1,504.15 118.866 1,658.04 Ecuador 99,252 88.248 1,124.68 80.058 1,239.75 Peru 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 Chile 227,124 375.266 605.23 340.436 667.16 Brazil 42,351 23.330 1,815.27 21.165 2,000.99 Argentina 691,240 906.228 762.77 822.117 840.80 Sweden 87,589 80.389 1,089.56 72.928 1,201.03 Norway 3,857 0.396 9,719.48 0.360 10,713.89 Netherlands 642,929 831.543 773.18 754.364 852.28 France 147,147 113.034 1,301.79 102.543 1,434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,769,740 1,043.757 1,695.55 946.881 1,869.02 Czech Republic 3,020 1.201 2,513.49 1.090 2,770.64 Slovakia 41,400 3.611 11,464.43 3.276 12,637.36 Switzerland 14,078 1.964 7,166.86 1.782 7,900.11 Ukraine 506,506 621.999 814.32 564.269 897.63 Spain 1,784,964 1,326.267 1,345.86 1,203.170 1,483.55 Italy 580,666 237.747 2,442.36 215.681 2,692.24 Romania 2,552,074 3,712.961 687.34 3,368.343 757.66 Turkey 1,635,834 2,765.814 591.45 2,509.105 651.96 United Arab Emirates 80,410 110.675 726.54 100.403 800.87 Oman 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 India 3,722,045 6,553.782 567.92 5,945.493 626.03 China 17,929,977 32,446.664 552.60 29,435.127 609.14 Korea, South 1,830,083 2,158.184 847.97 1,957.873 934.73 Taiwan 384,517 661.000 581.72 599.650 641.24 Japan 3,067,561 3,412.344 898.96 3,095.628 990.93 South Africa 2,471,345 4,660.457 530.28 4,227.897 584.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,518,243 108,213.260 707.11 98,169.446 779.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,618,898 5,738.984 979.08 5,206.321 1,079.25 Mexico 1,190,169 1,315.538 904.70 1,193.437 997.26 Colombia 4,273,068 3,649.755 1,170.78 3,311.003 1,290.57 Venezuela 4,446,529 4,935.664 900.90 4,477.561 993.07 Brazil 3,225,098 3,058.351 1,054.52 2,774.491 1,162.41 Argentina 939,971 779.401 1,206.02 707.061 1,329.41 Sweden 1,638,830 1,825.219 897.88 1,655.812 989.74 Federal Republic of Germany 13,943,794 13,060.070 1,067.67 11,847.900 1,176.90 Austria 8,323,108 5,514.145 1,509.41 5,002.350 1,663.84 Czech Republic 2,045,939 1,797.278 1,138.35 1,630.464 1,254.82 Russia 2,531,189 3,648.144 693.83 3,309.542 764.82 Ukraine 7,405,127 6,441.894 1,149.53 5,843.990 1,267.14 Spain 21,210 19.165 1,106.65 17.387 1,219.88 Romania 9,025 7.048 1,280.47 6.394 1,411.48 Turkey 4,531,346 6,701.135 676.21 6,079.170 745.39 Israel 3,303 8.090 408.23 7.340 450.00 India 1,968,046 1,826.661 1,077.40 1,657.120 1,187.63 China 26,868,612 30,756.982 873.58 27,902.273 962.95 Korea, South 18,445,686 22,992.242 802.26 20,858.217 884.34 Taiwan 367,056 496.454 739.35 450.376 815.00 Japan 1,764,828 455.935 3,870.78 413.618 4,266.81 South Africa 1,003,386 1,064.178 942.87 965.407 1,039.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,564,218 116,092.345 952.38 105,317.234 1,049.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A United Kingdom 612,391 865.759 707.35 785.404 779.71 Federal Republic of Germany 449,201 293.177 1,532.18 265.966 1,688.94 Czech Republic 1,086,999 1,093.106 994.41 991.650 1,096.15 Poland 840,768 745.716 1,127.46 676.503 1,242.81 Italy 1,056,479 897.469 1,177.18 814.171 1,297.61 Romania 1,842,831 2,419.045 761.80 2,194.522 839.74 India 18,524,979 15,908.226 1,164.49 14,431.704 1,283.63 China 632,667 716.732 882.71 650.209 973.02 Korea, South 1,339,315 1,903.992 703.42 1,727.273 775.39 Taiwan 63,152 88.679 712.13 80.449 784.99 Japan 7,830,182 7,533.231 1,039.42 6,834.035 1,145.76 South Africa 39,430 55.417 711.51 50.274 784.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,318,394 32,520.555 1,055.28 29,502.160 1,163.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 38,966 23.882 1,631.56 21.666 1,798.49 Mexico 3,334,839 3,953.659 843.48 3,586.701 929.78 Venezuela 713,600 1,109.460 643.20 1,006.486 709.00 Brazil 2,048,185 2,217.838 923.50 2,011.990 1,017.99 Argentina 1,659,353 1,710.017 970.37 1,551.302 1,069.65 Denmark 2,676 0.792 3,376.39 0.719 3,721.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 145,000 3.086 46,979.22 2.800 51,785.71 France 194,086 166.456 1,165.99 151.007 1,285.28 Federal Republic of Germany 78,427 66.082 1,186.81 59.949 1,308.23 Austria 1,403,760 1,257.902 1,115.95 1,141.150 1,230.13 Czech Republic 4,412,415 4,981.521 885.76 4,519.162 976.38 Slovakia 85,571 85.521 1,000.58 77.584 1,102.95 Poland 922,580 832.866 1,107.72 755.564 1,221.05 Russia 2,223,308 2,796.835 794.94 2,537.247 876.27 Italy 3,126,812 2,304.663 1,356.73 2,090.756 1,495.54 Turkey 1,094,182 2,208.369 495.47 2,003.400 546.16 China 1,784,353 2,391.026 746.27 2,169.103 822.62 Korea, South 1,247,107 1,664.606 749.19 1,510.106 825.84 Taiwan 560,041 1,042.914 537.00 946.116 591.94 Japan 13,377,960 12,256.267 1,091.52 11,118.702 1,203.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,453,221 41,073.772 936.20 37,261.510 1,031.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 1,643,630 1,976.956 831.39 1,793.465 916.46 Brazil 590,598 870.165 678.72 789.401 748.16 Turkey 316,124 599.326 527.47 543.700 581.43 China 1,720,523 2,768.038 621.57 2,511.123 685.16 Korea, South 2,024,313 3,193.534 633.88 2,897.127 698.73 Japan 1,972,489 3,370.988 585.14 3,058.110 645.00 South Africa 297,603 434.805 684.45 394.449 754.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,565,280 13,213.815 648.21 11,987.375 714.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,573,657 9,791.205 1,079.91 8,882.435 1,190.40 Mexico 14,211,676 19,281.457 737.06 17,491.849 812.47 Dominican Republic 154,155 340.579 452.63 308.969 498.93 Colombia 729,263 964.709 755.94 875.170 833.28 Brazil 1,016,862 878.347 1,157.70 796.824 1,276.14 Argentina 273,532 211.317 1,294.41 191.704 1,426.85 Sweden 107,452 60.562 1,774.25 54.941 1,955.77 Denmark 35,443 21.463 1,651.35 19.471 1,820.30 United Kingdom 16,526 2.107 7,841.08 1.912 8,643.31 Netherlands 553,827 300.157 1,845.12 272.298 2,033.90 Belgium 25,311 7.210 3,510.44 6.541 3,869.59 France 825,199 644.006 1,281.35 584.233 1,412.45 Federal Republic of Germany 2,603,751 1,723.138 1,511.05 1,563.205 1,665.65 Austria 193,001 84.741 2,277.53 76.876 2,510.55 Slovakia 8,202 1.827 4,487.78 1.658 4,946.92 Switzerland 1,342,792 506.902 2,649.02 459.854 2,920.04 Ukraine 8,641 6.694 1,290.79 6.073 1,422.86 Spain 2,037,459 1,528.685 1,332.82 1,386.801 1,469.18 Italy 628,765 379.072 1,658.69 343.889 1,828.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 158,195 157.283 1,005.80 142.685 1,108.70 Turkey 1,357,040 2,369.991 572.59 2,150.021 631.18 India 905,802 614.939 1,472.99 557.864 1,623.70 Malaysia 65,020 99.171 655.63 89.967 722.71 China 4,859,536 6,368.600 763.05 5,777.499 841.11 Korea, South 728,064 992.087 733.87 900.007 808.95 Taiwan 12,992 2.411 5,386.72 2.188 5,937.84 Japan 2,768,665 1,296.951 2,134.75 1,176.575 2,353.16 Australia 224,687 286.544 784.13 259.949 864.35 South Africa 208,491 335.507 621.42 304.367 685.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,634,006 49,257.676 946.74 44,685.825 1,043.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 86,860 65.072 1,334.81 59.033 1,471.38 Mexico 252,267 165.208 1,526.96 149.875 1,683.18 Brazil 257,122 166.951 1,540.10 151.456 1,697.67 Argentina 39,167 18.659 2,098.99 16.928 2,313.74 Netherlands 145,503 74.935 1,941.72 67.980 2,140.38 France 618,582 477.378 1,295.79 433.071 1,428.36 Federal Republic of Germany 3,729,304 2,398.840 1,554.63 2,176.192 1,713.68 Czech Republic 258,815 251.950 1,027.24 228.566 1,132.34 Slovakia 906,250 516.450 1,754.77 468.516 1,934.30 Poland 360,052 292.990 1,228.88 265.797 1,354.61 Spain 92,285 40.788 2,262.51 37.003 2,493.99 Italy 903,220 404.328 2,233.88 366.801 2,462.43 Romania 513,353 306.941 1,672.48 278.453 1,843.59 India 39,886 41.068 971.20 37.257 1,070.56 China 267,137 324.855 822.33 294.704 906.46 Korea, South 70,435 85.981 819.19 78.001 903.00 Japan 348,705 249.056 1,400.11 225.940 1,543.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,888,943 5,881.460 1,511.35 5,335.573 1,665.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,656,429 601.213 2,755.14 545.412 3,037.02 Mexico 465,856 264.505 1,761.24 239.955 1,941.43 United Kingdom 3,194 0.017 181,096.80 0.016 199,625.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,319 0.389 5,959.67 0.353 6,569.41 China 2,436 2.259 1,078.00 2.050 1,188.29 Korea, South 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 Japan 344,407 121.250 2,840.45 109.997 3,131.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,486,323 995.786 2,496.84 903.363 2,752.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,428,301 24,299.891 799.52 22,044.497 881.32 Mexico 5,268,660 4,629.614 1,138.03 4,199.917 1,254.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 2,215 1.493 1,482.96 1.355 1,634.69 Belgium 28,982 17.901 1,618.97 16.240 1,784.61 Austria 80,408 48.512 1,657.46 44.010 1,827.04 Italy 13,375 11.688 1,144.25 10.604 1,261.32 Turkey 1,016,800 2,152.697 472.34 1,952.895 520.66 China 322,191 632.418 509.46 573.721 561.58 Korea, South 2,344,872 4,504.300 520.59 4,086.234 573.85 Japan 93,468 129.229 723.27 117.235 797.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,599,272 36,427.749 785.10 33,046.708 865.42 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 1,756,367 1,804.502 973.32 1,637.018 1,072.91 Mexico 133,530 124.479 1,072.71 112.926 1,182.46 Korea, South 207,535 468.910 442.59 425.389 487.87 Japan 4,431 8.730 507.54 7.920 559.47 South Africa 540,214 746.683 723.48 677.380 797.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,642,077 3,153.307 837.87 2,860.633 923.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,930,053 19,696.310 859.55 17,868.197 947.50 Mexico 7,535,874 9,314.681 809.03 8,450.139 891.80 Dominican Republic 367,846 503.368 730.77 456.648 805.54 Trinidad and Tobago 22,356 24.028 930.41 21.798 1,025.60 Colombia 57,601 39.437 1,460.57 35.777 1,610.00 Venezuela 279,017 390.516 714.48 354.271 787.58 Ecuador 16,101 19.841 811.48 18.000 894.50 Chile 106,215 111.542 952.23 101.190 1,049.66 Brazil 589,456 926.583 636.16 840.583 701.25 Argentina 188,979 346.922 544.73 314.723 600.46 Sweden 361,338 146.739 2,462.44 133.120 2,714.38 United Kingdom 429,227 288.921 1,485.62 262.105 1,637.61 Belgium 897,715 705.299 1,272.81 639.837 1,403.04 Luxembourg 108,577 39.686 2,735.87 36.003 3,015.78 France 599,194 362.160 1,654.50 328.547 1,823.77 Federal Republic of Germany 764,143 533.035 1,433.57 483.562 1,580.24 Austria 264,665 48.543 5,452.11 44.038 6,009.92 Poland 415,482 422.434 983.54 383.226 1,084.17 Russia 5,064 6.028 840.00 5.469 925.95 Belarus 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 Ukraine 8,560 8.207 1,042.91 7.446 1,149.61 Moldova 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 Spain 131,536 177.905 739.36 161.393 815.00 Italy 207,811 177.383 1,171.53 160.920 1,291.39 Greece 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 Turkey 54,405 78.061 696.95 70.816 768.26 Israel 12,356 21.363 578.36 19.381 637.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 359,019 526.381 682.05 477.525 751.83 Thailand 47,427 13.899 3,412.25 12.609 3,761.36 Malaysia 20,612 25.877 796.51 23.476 878.00 Indonesia 115,203 31.393 3,669.61 28.480 4,045.05 China 5,377,476 8,246.814 652.07 7,481.386 718.78 Korea, South 1,498,933 1,561.378 960.01 1,416.459 1,058.23 Hong Kong 33,031 7.212 4,579.74 6.543 5,048.30 Taiwan 799,481 945.636 845.44 857.867 931.94 Japan 3,052,181 3,464.292 881.04 3,142.754 971.18 Australia 16,325 10.048 1,624.59 9.116 1,790.81 Egypt 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 Liberia 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 South Africa 916,983 1,598.045 573.82 1,449.723 632.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,856,386 53,501.555 838.41 48,535.808 924.19 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 20,796 24.627 844.41 22.342 930.80 Mexico 45,711 84.686 539.77 76.826 594.99 United Kingdom 8,663 16.392 528.47 14.871 582.54 Belgium 24,860 46.947 529.53 42.590 583.71 Federal Republic of Germany 84,685 52.472 1,613.90 47.602 1,779.02 China 96,731 199.678 484.43 181.145 534.00 Japan 2,751,762 2,410.638 1,141.51 2,186.895 1,258.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,033,208 2,835.442 1,069.75 2,572.271 1,179.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,758,090 8,458.105 799.01 7,673.066 880.75 Brazil 984,115 1,132.388 869.06 1,027.286 957.98 Norway 157,294 242.508 648.61 220.000 714.97 Netherlands 9,980,097 14,144.193 705.60 12,831.400 777.79 Belgium 6,587 7.837 840.45 7.110 926.44 France 649,439 976.521 665.05 885.886 733.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,759,863 6,623.082 567.69 6,008.361 625.77 India 3,625 5.708 634.98 5.179 699.94 Japan 315,088 368.850 854.24 334.616 941.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,614,198 31,959.197 707.60 28,992.904 779.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,308,989 2,504.191 922.05 2,271.765 1,016.39 Brazil 391,676 500.611 782.40 454.147 862.44 United Kingdom 6,655 9.242 720.01 8.385 793.68 Netherlands 133,328 203.674 654.61 184.770 721.59 France 836,059 945.965 883.82 858.166 974.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,579,294 1,989.960 793.63 1,805.262 874.83 Japan 2,238,758 2,631.816 850.65 2,387.544 937.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,494,759 8,785.461 853.09 7,970.039 940.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 22,232,021 45,019.921 493.83 40,841.397 544.35 Mexico 6,896,356 16,352.712 421.73 14,834.935 464.87 Venezuela 6,169,306 15,955.628 386.65 14,474.707 426.21 Sweden 6,860,578 18,540.594 370.03 16,819.749 407.89 Netherlands 13,142,529 30,727.830 427.71 27,875.827 471.47 Belgium 6,816,302 17,421.858 391.25 15,804.849 431.28 France 9,684,823 22,104.220 438.14 20,052.617 482.97 Federal Republic of Germany 640,051 1,105.325 579.06 1,002.735 638.31 Austria 1,295,809 2,329.359 556.29 2,113.160 613.21 Czech Republic 2,750,831 7,863.401 349.83 7,133.560 385.62 Russia 1,573,605 3,769.683 417.44 3,419.800 460.15 Spain 145,686 306.183 475.81 277.765 524.49 Malaysia 85,333 163.010 523.48 147.881 577.04 Korea, South 29,449,770 63,762.435 461.87 57,844.325 509.12 Japan 161,963 246.860 656.09 223.948 723.22 Australia 13,428,662 35,855.729 374.52 32,527.780 412.84 New Zealand 839,492 1,869.750 448.99 1,696.210 494.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,173,117 283,394.507 431.11 257,091.245 475.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,223,830 26,638.480 609.04 24,166.030 671.35 Mexico 7,772,898 16,133.543 481.78 14,636.109 531.08 Colombia 45,882 81.730 561.38 74.145 618.81 Venezuela 1,308,295 2,712.493 482.32 2,460.733 531.67 Brazil 5,943,312 12,984.622 457.72 11,779.455 504.55 Argentina 278,596 544.293 511.85 493.775 564.22 Sweden 124,899 175.565 711.41 159.270 784.20 Netherlands 1,288,937 2,343.713 549.95 2,126.182 606.22 Belgium 5,748,969 12,095.052 475.32 10,972.450 523.95 France 342,467 516.620 662.90 468.670 730.72 Federal Republic of Germany 251,831 239.690 1,050.65 217.444 1,158.14 Russia 145,761 338.073 431.15 306.695 475.26 India 935,049 1,903.958 491.11 1,727.243 541.35 China 1,957,240 4,485.659 436.33 4,069.323 480.97 Korea, South 6,183,550 9,671.214 639.38 8,773.581 704.79 Japan 1,702,496 2,240.649 759.82 2,032.684 837.56 New Zealand 291,501 619.024 470.90 561.570 519.08 South Africa 2,083,100 5,358.201 388.77 4,860.880 428.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,628,613 99,082.589 531.16 89,886.239 585.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,434,905 39,164.556 649.44 35,529.498 715.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 8,898,069 10,964.128 811.56 9,946.493 894.59 Colombia 231,985 457.406 507.18 414.952 559.06 Brazil 1,941,570 3,183.609 609.86 2,888.123 672.26 Argentina 2,609,382 4,588.303 568.70 4,162.440 626.89 Sweden 22,519 8.882 2,535.23 8.058 2,794.61 Netherlands 1,955,276 3,591.685 544.39 3,258.323 600.09 Belgium 497,843 819.083 607.81 743.060 669.99 Federal Republic of Germany 396,739 887.318 447.12 804.962 492.87 Austria 406,073 382.624 1,061.28 347.111 1,169.86 Spain 615,355 983.737 625.53 892.432 689.53 Italy 989,801 1,103.027 897.35 1,000.650 989.16 India 16,508,883 30,889.196 534.45 28,022.216 589.14 China 2,199,912 3,409.221 645.28 3,092.795 711.30 Korea, South 23,029,500 29,929.216 769.47 27,151.336 848.19 Taiwan 11,392,425 14,626.861 778.87 13,269.269 858.56 Japan 1,071,908 1,888.125 567.71 1,712.879 625.79 South Africa 2,474,313 4,874.057 507.65 4,421.672 559.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,676,458 151,751.042 663.43 137,666.269 731.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 409,398 381.333 1,073.60 345.940 1,183.44 Argentina 1,046,267 1,896.134 551.79 1,720.145 608.24 Belgium 909,971 1,429.129 636.73 1,296.485 701.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,001,162 3,197.419 625.87 2,900.651 689.90 Thailand 435,655 576.828 755.26 523.290 832.53 China 6,321 8.884 711.45 8.060 784.24 Korea, South 1,056,485 1,269.319 832.32 1,151.508 917.48 Taiwan 216,389 222.214 973.78 201.590 1,073.41 Japan 264,759 291.005 909.81 263.996 1,002.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,346,407 9,272.270 684.45 8,411.665 754.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,332,506 6,376.795 1,149.87 5,784.933 1,267.52 Mexico 7,160,935 8,494.740 842.98 7,706.301 929.23 Venezuela 195,825 251.034 780.07 227.735 859.88 Chile 690,938 1,153.981 598.74 1,046.875 660.00 Brazil 79,737 139.213 572.77 126.292 631.37 Argentina 364,970 530.566 687.89 481.322 758.27 United Kingdom 241,752 356.872 677.42 323.749 746.73 Netherlands 68,228 56.654 1,204.28 51.396 1,327.50 Belgium 1,048,394 1,223.493 856.89 1,109.935 944.55 Luxembourg 407,790 548.432 743.56 497.530 819.63 France 26,478 5.493 4,819.51 4.984 5,312.60 Federal Republic of Germany 252,301 99.244 2,542.22 90.033 2,802.32 Korea, South 3,921,401 5,076.978 772.39 4,605.759 851.41 Taiwan 2,700,664 3,964.032 681.29 3,596.111 751.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 775,256 463.959 1,670.96 420.897 1,841.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,267,175 28,741.493 879.12 26,073.852 969.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,628,904 6,635.652 546.88 6,019.764 602.83 Mexico 543,499 721.420 753.37 654.462 830.45 Federal Republic of Germany 338,322 343.424 985.14 311.550 1,085.93 Malaysia 124,557 258.630 481.60 234.626 530.87 Taiwan 21,783 27.537 791.02 24.982 871.95 Japan 14,440 13.264 1,088.65 12.033 1,200.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,671,505 7,999.930 583.94 7,257.417 643.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,482,831 4,313.793 807.37 3,913.409 889.97 Mexico 539,104 595.117 905.88 539.882 998.56 Brazil 50,503 62.115 813.05 56.350 896.24 Sweden 1,224,574 287.913 4,253.27 261.191 4,688.42 United Kingdom 1,404,156 667.593 2,103.31 605.631 2,318.50 France 130,463 27.248 4,787.98 24.719 5,277.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,476,527 1,308.252 1,893.00 1,186.827 2,086.68 Austria 464,243 126.407 3,672.59 114.675 4,048.34 Switzerland 265,363 85.852 3,090.92 77.884 3,407.16 Italy 190,106 104.912 1,812.04 95.175 1,997.44 India 258,443 271.823 950.78 246.594 1,048.05 Indonesia 35,597 21.762 1,635.67 19.743 1,803.02 China 185,790 238.135 780.19 216.033 860.01 Korea, South 961,180 1,131.323 849.61 1,026.320 936.53 Taiwan 78,007 26.358 2,959.47 23.912 3,262.25 Japan 459,023 353.643 1,297.98 320.820 1,430.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,205,910 9,622.254 1,268.51 8,729.165 1,398.29 GRAND TOTAL 1,258,884,002 2,302,283.628 546.80 2,088,597.164 602.74 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 7,002 2.654 2,637.92 2.408 2,907.81 Sweden 216,925 54.944 3,948.06 49.845 4,351.99 United Kingdom 742,563 102.674 7,232.19 93.145 7,972.12 France 70,189 46.804 1,499.63 42.460 1,653.06 Italy 2,842,540 1,119.521 2,539.07 1,015.613 2,798.84 Taiwan 46,407 19.243 2,411.62 17.457 2,658.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,925,626 1,345.842 2,916.85 1,220.928 3,215.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 50,097 16.276 3,077.83 14.766 3,392.73 Mexico 4,719 0.728 6,476.56 0.661 7,139.18 Brazil 64,698 7.537 8,583.37 6.838 9,461.54 Sweden 8,339,051 2,717.433 3,068.72 2,465.215 3,382.69 United Kingdom 10,595,008 4,445.250 2,383.44 4,032.665 2,627.30 Federal Republic of Germany 403,214 45.354 8,890.26 41.145 9,799.83 Austria 51,119 35.217 1,451.51 31.949 1,600.02 Czech Republic 3,806 2.622 1,451.34 2.379 1,599.83 Spain 1,046,330 350.044 2,989.14 317.555 3,294.96 Italy 2,206,559 815.146 2,706.95 739.489 2,983.90 Malaysia 23,264 14.764 1,575.69 13.394 1,736.90 China 148,883 9.307 15,995.31 8.444 17,631.81 Taiwan 46,816 1.371 34,140.49 1.244 37,633.44 Japan 58,006 3.075 18,860.99 2.790 20,790.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,041,570 8,464.132 2,722.26 7,678.534 3,000.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 2,388 0.104 22,803.77 0.095 25,136.84 Sweden 1,249,698 372.217 3,357.44 337.670 3,700.94 United Kingdom 593,790 230.010 2,581.58 208.662 2,845.70 France 175,888 63.775 2,757.93 57.856 3,040.10 Federal Republic of Germany 135,476 39.775 3,405.99 36.084 3,754.46 Austria 4,030 1.128 3,570.27 1.024 3,935.55 Italy 715,551 302.970 2,361.79 274.850 2,603.42 China 547,624 286.320 1,912.62 259.746 2,108.31 Korea, South 571,157 288.805 1,977.65 262.000 2,179.99 Taiwan 1,462,886 556.421 2,629.10 504.777 2,898.08 Japan 67,774 28.087 2,412.92 25.481 2,659.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,526,262 2,169.618 2,547.11 1,968.245 2,807.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 16,553 2.290 7,226.48 2.078 7,965.83 Italy 73,652 11.728 6,279.70 10.640 6,922.18 India 264,748 75.471 3,507.90 68.467 3,866.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 354,953 89.491 3,966.35 81.185 4,372.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Sweden 1,087,753 303.671 3,582.01 275.486 3,948.49 Finland 136,973 69.205 1,979.23 62.782 2,181.72 United Kingdom 28,077 3.054 9,192.00 2.771 10,132.44 Belgium 3,414,075 870.673 3,921.19 789.862 4,322.37 France 896,625 173.152 5,178.25 157.081 5,708.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,584,759 559.204 2,833.95 507.302 3,123.90 Austria 61,136 15.050 4,061.94 13.654 4,477.52 Italy 445,930 208.224 2,141.58 188.898 2,360.69 Korea, South 261,076 96.969 2,692.36 87.969 2,967.82 Taiwan 2,170,430 972.936 2,230.80 882.633 2,459.04 Japan 499,831 215.028 2,324.48 195.071 2,562.30 South Africa 1,420,357 841.459 1,687.97 763.359 1,860.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,007,022 4,328.629 2,773.86 3,926.868 3,057.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 63,755 63.686 1,001.08 57.775 1,103.50 Sweden 2,454,900 812.887 3,019.98 737.439 3,328.95 Belgium 1,029,938 398.785 2,582.69 361.772 2,846.93 Federal Republic of Germany 198,613 97.951 2,027.67 88.860 2,235.12 China 22,348 10.890 2,052.00 9.880 2,261.94 Korea, South 42,316 12.147 3,483.52 11.020 3,839.93 South Africa 174,198 81.108 2,147.73 73.580 2,367.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,986,068 1,477.456 2,697.93 1,340.326 2,973.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 22,728 3.796 5,986.79 3.444 6,599.30 Brazil 43,918 15.847 2,771.21 14.377 3,054.74 Sweden 214,097 57.459 3,726.08 52.126 4,107.30 Finland 3,042 0.734 4,143.63 0.666 4,567.57 United Kingdom 277,987 59.103 4,703.38 53.618 5,184.58 Netherlands 181,997 48.578 3,746.42 44.070 4,129.73 France 1,253,210 118.912 10,538.89 107.876 11,617.13 Federal Republic of Germany 281,274 92.800 3,030.96 84.187 3,341.06 Austria 993,033 188.984 5,254.57 171.444 5,792.17 Ukraine 507,368 142.098 3,570.53 128.910 3,935.83 Portugal 894,595 260.544 3,433.56 236.362 3,784.85 Italy 1,191,446 309.398 3,850.84 280.682 4,244.83 India 569,816 190.681 2,988.32 172.983 3,294.06 China 254,496 95.998 2,651.05 87.088 2,922.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 370,583 165.574 2,238.16 150.207 2,467.15 Taiwan 1,277,967 306.672 4,167.20 278.209 4,593.55 Japan 124,563 13.201 9,435.68 11.976 10,401.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,462,120 2,070.388 4,087.21 1,878.225 4,505.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Belgium 47,783 17.455 2,737.48 15.835 3,017.56 Italy 1,395,201 518.815 2,689.20 470.662 2,964.34 India 973,725 358.015 2,719.79 324.786 2,998.05 Taiwan 15,927 1.628 9,782.49 1.477 10,783.34 Japan 3,026 0.051 58,407.27 0.047 64,382.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,435,662 895.966 2,718.48 812.807 2,996.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 192,772 51.460 3,746.03 46.684 4,129.29 Mexico 7,034 4.058 1,733.06 3.682 1,910.37 Brazil 136,873 39.555 3,460.29 35.884 3,814.32 Sweden 908,421 228.243 3,980.05 207.059 4,387.26 Norway 3,604 0.270 13,344.88 0.245 14,710.20 United Kingdom 1,196,066 171.724 6,965.02 155.786 7,677.62 Netherlands 8,174 1.915 4,266.59 1.738 4,703.11 France 2,289,122 545.830 4,193.84 495.169 4,622.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,562,260 528.527 2,955.87 479.472 3,258.29 Austria 121,225 28.005 4,328.64 25.406 4,771.51 Czech Republic 100,313 27.486 3,649.59 24.935 4,022.98 Switzerland 688,550 177.526 3,878.58 161.049 4,275.41 Latvia 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 Poland 38,500 11.874 3,242.35 10.772 3,574.08 Russia 33,680 21.670 1,554.20 19.659 1,713.21 Spain 2,491 0.287 8,658.23 0.261 9,544.06 Portugal 34,609 7.966 4,344.37 7.227 4,788.85 Italy 5,712,298 1,376.055 4,151.21 1,248.337 4,575.93 Slovenia 196,749 99.344 1,980.47 90.124 2,183.09 Saudi Arabia 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 United Arab Emirates 207,767 97.824 2,123.87 88.745 2,341.17 India 3,555,720 1,196.084 2,972.80 1,085.070 3,276.95 China 1,025,376 268.864 3,813.73 243.910 4,203.91 Korea, South 52,489 21.419 2,450.58 19.431 2,701.30 Taiwan 6,681,052 2,117.127 3,155.72 1,920.626 3,478.58 Japan 125,952 31.099 4,049.97 28.213 4,464.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,742,329 7,299.291 3,526.69 6,621.808 3,887.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,848,255 1,732.505 6,261.60 1,571.703 6,902.23 Mexico 302,656 90.066 3,360.36 81.707 3,704.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 408,486 89.837 4,546.96 81.499 5,012.16 Sweden 1,896,466 239.435 7,920.58 217.212 8,730.94 Finland 254,475 95.165 2,674.02 86.333 2,947.60 Denmark 33,158 2.541 13,044.42 2.306 14,379.01 United Kingdom 608,261 27.443 22,164.41 24.896 24,432.08 Ireland 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 Netherlands 9,349 0.927 10,084.75 0.841 11,116.53 Belgium 7,950 0.073 107,643.59 0.067 118,656.72 France 3,076,009 515.535 5,966.63 467.686 6,577.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,130,263 195.038 10,922.27 176.936 12,039.74 Austria 1,890,835 228.810 8,263.78 207.573 9,109.25 Czech Republic 1,323,282 90.091 14,688.14 81.730 16,190.90 Switzerland 239,574 43.566 5,499.02 39.523 6,061.63 Spain 5,964,900 615.952 9,684.02 558.783 10,674.81 Italy 2,131,847 220.507 9,667.92 200.041 10,657.05 India 397,029 63.451 6,257.23 57.562 6,897.41 Thailand 271,380 69.507 3,904.34 63.056 4,303.79 Malaysia 839,686 301.346 2,786.45 273.377 3,071.53 Singapore 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 China 6,744,932 1,773.944 3,802.22 1,609.296 4,191.23 Korea, South 7,474,545 1,926.320 3,880.22 1,747.529 4,277.21 Hong Kong 70,324 22.825 3,080.93 20.707 3,396.15 Taiwan 4,630,571 1,496.407 3,094.46 1,357.518 3,411.06 Japan 7,360,172 877.971 8,383.15 796.483 9,240.84 Australia 3,073 1.007 3,050.09 0.914 3,362.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,099,654 10,769.014 5,487.94 9,769.488 6,049.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 137,896 20.049 6,877.63 18.189 7,581.29 Brazil 3,918 0.684 5,723.59 0.621 6,309.18 Sweden 1,764,791 260.327 6,779.12 236.165 7,472.70 Denmark 135,602 3.173 42,728.76 2.879 47,100.38 United Kingdom 235,824 58.995 3,997.31 53.520 4,406.28 Netherlands 51,796 0.946 54,701.46 0.859 60,298.02 Belgium 27,123 2.087 12,991.33 1.894 14,320.49 France 472,283 90.033 5,245.64 81.677 5,782.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,077,814 266.963 4,037.31 242.185 4,450.37 Austria 2,640 0.513 5,139.42 0.466 5,665.24 Czech Republic 27,662 5.715 4,839.84 5.185 5,335.00 Switzerland 293,194 84.839 3,455.87 76.965 3,809.45 Spain 146,442 18.696 7,832.67 16.961 8,634.04 Italy 403,736 89.314 4,520.37 81.025 4,982.86 India 2,607,350 915.587 2,847.74 830.607 3,139.09 Thailand 181,578 56.902 3,191.04 51.621 3,517.52 China 1,772,792 540.263 3,281.35 490.119 3,617.06 Korea, South 2,933,193 780.050 3,760.26 707.650 4,144.98 Taiwan 1,469,276 319.067 4,604.91 289.453 5,076.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 709,991 109.834 6,464.20 99.640 7,125.56 Australia 23,078 5.808 3,973.43 5.269 4,379.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,477,979 3,629.855 3,988.58 3,292.950 4,396.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 77,611 26.372 2,942.84 23.925 3,243.93 Sweden 107,880 47.214 2,284.91 42.832 2,518.68 Finland 290,575 121.086 2,399.73 109.848 2,645.25 Belgium 64,561 27.701 2,330.63 25.130 2,569.08 Federal Republic of Germany 95,207 37.340 2,549.68 33.875 2,810.54 Austria 126,003 7.721 16,318.06 7.005 17,987.58 Italy 102,479 46.852 2,187.26 42.504 2,411.04 China 116,006 56.227 2,063.14 51.009 2,274.23 Japan 842,211 720.894 1,168.29 653.985 1,287.81 South Africa 341,253 234.624 1,454.46 212.848 1,603.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,163,786 1,326.037 1,631.77 1,202.961 1,798.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 192,476 73.244 2,627.87 66.446 2,896.73 Mexico 20,368,047 9,166.946 2,221.90 8,316.116 2,449.23 Brazil 5,549,801 2,422.096 2,291.32 2,197.290 2,525.75 Sweden 1,882,055 432.360 4,352.98 392.231 4,798.33 Finland 3,545,996 1,293.216 2,742.00 1,173.187 3,022.53 United Kingdom 158,478 15.874 9,983.26 14.401 11,004.65 Belgium 1,741,354 625.877 2,782.26 567.787 3,066.91 France 1,198,034 529.244 2,263.67 480.123 2,495.26 Federal Republic of Germany 3,284,416 1,392.245 2,359.08 1,263.024 2,600.44 Spain 106,310 64.702 1,643.06 58.697 1,811.17 Italy 528,712 253.853 2,082.75 230.292 2,295.83 Thailand 203,810 76.240 2,673.26 69.164 2,946.76 China 10,328,682 4,909.209 2,103.94 4,453.561 2,319.20 Korea, South 2,214,753 1,041.327 2,126.85 944.677 2,344.46 Hong Kong 394,351 137.213 2,874.00 124.478 3,168.04 Taiwan 5,256,916 2,387.235 2,202.09 2,165.664 2,427.39 Japan 856,418 406.758 2,105.47 369.005 2,320.88 South Africa 1,200,130 460.799 2,604.45 418.030 2,870.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,010,739 25,688.446 2,297.17 23,304.173 2,532.20 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 58,923 4.300 13,702.66 3.901 15,104.59 Finland 494,685 207.775 2,380.86 188.491 2,624.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,645 1.150 4,036.28 1.044 4,449.23 Austria 10,945 1.677 6,523.74 1.522 7,191.20 Slovenia 120,353 50.016 2,406.28 45.374 2,652.47 Japan 74,045 26.373 2,807.51 23.926 3,094.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 763,596 291.294 2,621.39 264.258 2,889.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 323,454 100.642 3,213.90 91.301 3,542.72 Mexico 2,358,672 961.246 2,453.77 872.028 2,704.81 Sweden 1,937,289 259.589 7,462.88 235.496 8,226.42 Finland 532,017 241.341 2,204.42 218.941 2,429.96 Denmark 10,540 2.203 4,783.26 1.999 5,272.64 United Kingdom 121,357 22.555 5,380.38 20.462 5,930.85 Belgium 131,257 35.589 3,688.11 32.286 4,065.45 France 324,616 122.161 2,657.27 110.823 2,929.14 Federal Republic of Germany 406,034 82.668 4,911.57 74.996 5,414.08 Austria 60,416 1.247 48,417.39 1.132 53,371.02 Italy 15,324 2.597 5,900.55 2.356 6,504.24 India 1,083,393 279.860 3,871.19 253.885 4,267.26 Indonesia 164,278 63.577 2,583.88 57.677 2,848.24 Korea, South 82,385 19.617 4,199.50 17.797 4,629.15 Taiwan 157,652 74.354 2,120.28 67.453 2,337.21 Japan 2,490,571 318.768 7,813.10 289.182 8,612.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,199,255 2,588.021 3,940.95 2,347.814 4,344.15 GRAND TOTAL 231,196,621 72,433.484 3,191.85 65,710.570 3,518.41