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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 47,776 83.528 571.97 75.776 630.49 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,334,021 85,039.629 368.46 77,146.676 406.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,627,375 21,491.459 587.55 19,496.730 647.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,986,463 11,117.638 628.41 10,085.755 692.71 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,851,931 2,377.355 778.99 2,156.701 858.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,532,579 32,003.893 797.80 29,033.452 879.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,386,655 24,671.198 542.60 22,381.341 598.12 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 337,273 464.522 726.06 421.408 800.35 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 209,980 365.297 574.82 331.392 633.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,819,272 57,702.182 620.76 52,346.554 684.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,147,534 12,639.330 565.50 11,466.211 623.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,264,801 2,823.066 448.02 2,561.044 493.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,938,605 7,031.813 1,128.96 6,379.156 1,244.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,236,172 741.557 1,666.99 672.730 1,837.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,641,565 35,979.876 796.04 32,640.403 877.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,309,027 10,891.480 1,221.97 9,880.588 1,346.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,533,554 12,845.364 897.88 11,653.122 989.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 62,966 26.959 2,335.60 24.457 2,574.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 547,235 273.428 2,001.38 248.050 2,206.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,813,380 12,819.386 1,077.54 11,629.555 1,187.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 86,860 65.072 1,334.81 59.033 1,471.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,848,255 1,732.505 6,261.60 1,571.703 6,902.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,723,019 866.558 3,142.34 786.129 3,463.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,288,229 24,969.757 812.51 22,652.189 895.64 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,775,201 1,825.864 972.25 1,656.397 1,071.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,346,311 19,992.535 867.64 18,136.928 956.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 20,796 24.627 844.41 22.342 930.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,758,090 8,458.105 799.01 7,673.066 880.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,308,989 2,504.191 922.05 2,271.765 1,016.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,750,595 47,418.603 500.87 43,017.445 552.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,800,809 28,653.555 621.24 25,994.076 684.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,637,971 47,453.854 666.71 43,049.425 734.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,666,482 1,382.702 1,205.24 1,254.367 1,328.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,332,506 6,376.795 1,149.87 5,784.933 1,267.52 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,107,204 7,734.594 531.02 7,016.708 585.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,261,651 5,045.899 1,042.76 4,577.564 1,149.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 367,341,132 535,894.194 685.47 486,155.172 755.60 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 602,780 728.484 827.44 660.870 912.10 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 84,391,259 204,924.695 411.82 185,904.609 453.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 405,118 888.485 455.96 806.021 502.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,326,742 4,331.835 537.13 3,929.776 592.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,828 3.635 4,628.90 3.298 5,102.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,292,699 8,263.684 398.45 7,496.691 439.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,917,916 9,746.194 504.60 8,841.601 556.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,501,630 9,219.874 488.25 8,364.132 538.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,257,934 14,321.684 367.13 12,992.417 404.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 169,439 261.362 648.29 237.104 714.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 141,034 92.289 1,528.16 83.724 1,684.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,675,507 7,024.843 807.92 6,372.833 890.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,190,169 1,315.538 904.70 1,193.437 997.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,337,639 3,958.327 843.19 3,590.935 929.46 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,643,630 1,976.956 831.39 1,793.465 916.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,960,407 19,686.916 759.92 17,859.675 837.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 252,267 165.208 1,526.96 149.875 1,683.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 302,656 90.066 3,360.36 81.707 3,704.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 465,856 264.505 1,761.24 239.955 1,941.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,297,408 4,704.388 1,126.06 4,267.751 1,241.26 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 133,530 124.479 1,072.71 112.926 1,182.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,291,553 10,837.517 857.35 9,831.633 945.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 45,711 84.686 539.77 76.826 594.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,896,356 16,352.712 421.73 14,834.935 464.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,140,945 25,300.490 1,112.27 22,952.225 1,226.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,898,069 10,964.128 811.56 9,946.493 894.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,160,935 8,494.740 842.98 7,706.301 929.23 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 543,499 721.420 753.37 654.462 830.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,897,776 1,556.363 1,861.89 1,411.910 2,052.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 203,157,292 366,405.516 554.46 332,397.587 611.19 Dominican Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 16,159 29.147 554.39 26.442 611.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,157,472 2,839.344 407.65 2,575.811 449.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 107,454 259.158 414.63 235.105 457.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 154,155 340.579 452.63 308.969 498.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 367,846 503.368 730.77 456.648 805.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,663 145.089 376.75 131.623 415.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,857,749 4,116.688 451.27 3,734.598 497.44 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 10,375 19.952 519.97 18.101 573.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,000 1.180 2,541.13 1.071 2,801.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,356 24.028 930.41 21.798 1,025.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,731 45.161 791.18 40.970 872.13 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,497 36.789 964.86 33.375 1,063.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 194,555 37.347 5,209.33 33.881 5,742.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,232,906 1,702.320 724.25 1,544.320 798.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,223,556 4,697.657 1,111.95 4,261.644 1,225.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 729,263 964.709 755.94 875.170 833.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,601 39.437 1,460.57 35.777 1,610.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 45,882 81.730 561.38 74.145 618.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 231,985 457.406 507.18 414.952 559.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,751,245 8,017.398 966.80 7,273.264 1,065.72 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,124,549 5,448.467 389.94 4,942.768 429.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,044,824 7,517.066 405.05 6,819.370 446.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,748,694 11,019.269 340.19 9,996.516 375.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 197,085 131.027 1,504.15 118.866 1,658.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,446,529 4,935.664 900.90 4,477.561 993.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 713,600 1,109.460 643.20 1,006.486 709.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,017 390.516 714.48 354.271 787.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,169,306 15,955.628 386.65 14,474.707 426.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,308,295 2,712.493 482.32 2,460.733 531.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 195,825 251.034 780.07 227.735 859.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,227,724 49,470.629 449.31 44,879.013 495.28 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,252 88.248 1,124.68 80.058 1,239.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,101 19.841 811.48 18.000 894.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,353 108.090 1,067.19 98.058 1,176.38 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 227,124 375.266 605.23 340.436 667.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 106,215 111.542 952.23 101.190 1,049.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 690,938 1,153.981 598.74 1,046.875 660.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,024,277 1,640.791 624.26 1,488.501 688.13 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 34,996,694 111,068.800 315.09 100,759.949 347.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,217,183 17,723.455 576.48 16,078.453 635.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,759,698 5,201.185 338.33 4,718.437 372.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,318,962 3,976.402 1,337.63 3,607.333 1,474.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 63,755 63.686 1,001.08 57.775 1,103.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 502,531 1,046.109 480.38 949.015 529.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,821,438 5,466.618 333.19 4,959.234 367.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,578,739 23,064.717 328.59 20,923.966 362.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 290,280 121.056 2,397.88 109.821 2,643.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,905,025 949.369 4,113.28 861.254 4,534.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,351 23.330 1,815.27 21.165 2,000.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,225,098 3,058.351 1,054.52 2,774.491 1,162.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,053,285 2,224.329 923.10 2,017.878 1,017.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 590,598 870.165 678.72 789.401 748.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,055,914 915.912 1,152.85 830.902 1,270.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 257,122 166.951 1,540.10 151.456 1,697.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 408,486 89.837 4,546.96 81.499 5,012.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,400 2.518 2,540.91 2.285 2,800.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 617,723 946.619 652.56 858.759 719.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 984,115 1,132.388 869.06 1,027.286 957.98 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 391,676 500.611 782.40 454.147 862.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,538,892 15,507.404 744.09 14,068.085 820.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,447,532 3,950.447 619.56 3,583.787 682.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 79,737 139.213 572.77 126.292 631.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,503 62.115 813.05 56.350 896.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,203,737 198,271.599 454.95 179,869.020 501.50 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 6,951,448 17,470.886 397.89 15,849.326 438.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,006 86.597 369.59 78.560 407.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,756,555 3,212.588 546.77 2,914.412 602.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 365,945 1,092.984 334.81 991.539 369.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,908,684 9,155.345 317.70 8,305.592 350.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 930,979 1,025.719 907.64 930.517 1,000.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 939,971 779.401 1,206.02 707.061 1,329.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,659,353 1,710.017 970.37 1,551.302 1,069.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,159,493 763.963 1,517.73 693.056 1,673.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,167 18.659 2,098.99 16.928 2,313.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,979 346.922 544.73 314.723 600.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 278,596 544.293 511.85 493.775 564.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,609,382 4,588.303 568.70 4,162.440 626.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,046,267 1,896.134 551.79 1,720.145 608.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 364,970 530.566 687.89 481.322 758.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,231,795 43,222.383 491.22 39,210.698 541.48 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 216,925 54.944 3,948.06 49.845 4,351.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,339,051 2,717.433 3,068.72 2,465.215 3,382.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,272,824 391.406 3,251.92 355.078 3,584.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,243,113 5,733.616 1,612.09 5,201.451 1,777.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,090,706 6,031.899 678.18 5,472.049 747.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,316,535 617.685 3,750.35 560.355 4,134.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 908,421 228.243 3,980.05 207.059 4,387.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,563,931 899.029 3,964.20 815.586 4,369.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 87,589 80.389 1,089.56 72.928 1,201.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,638,830 1,825.219 897.88 1,655.812 989.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,061,689 721.130 1,472.26 654.199 1,622.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 291,518 228.968 1,273.18 207.717 1,403.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,896,466 239.435 7,920.58 217.212 8,730.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,303,622 498.936 4,617.06 452.628 5,089.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,169,710 20,609.956 396.40 18,697.043 436.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,214,808 857.392 2,583.19 777.814 2,847.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,519 8.882 2,535.23 8.058 2,794.61 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 705,903 635.940 1,110.01 576.916 1,223.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,879,368 715.399 5,422.66 649.000 5,977.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,223,528 43,095.912 1,211.80 39,095.965 1,335.78 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 248,683 293.485 847.34 266.246 934.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,604 0.270 13,344.88 0.245 14,710.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,857 0.396 9,719.48 0.360 10,713.89 TIN PLATE.............................29 157,294 242.508 648.61 220.000 714.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 413,438 536.661 770.39 486.851 849.21 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,829,917 5,562.514 328.97 5,046.230 362.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 24,453 25.004 977.93 22.684 1,077.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,163,998 1,460.287 797.10 1,324.751 878.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,042 0.734 4,143.63 0.666 4,567.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 254,475 95.165 2,674.02 86.333 2,947.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 597,815 235.176 2,541.98 213.349 2,802.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 319,890 164.016 1,950.36 148.793 2,149.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,545,996 1,293.216 2,742.00 1,173.187 3,022.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 494,685 207.775 2,380.86 188.491 2,624.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,017 241.341 2,204.42 218.941 2,429.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,766,288 9,285.234 944.11 8,423.425 1,040.70 Denmark LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,676 0.792 3,376.39 0.719 3,721.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,443 21.463 1,651.35 19.471 1,820.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 33,158 2.541 13,044.42 2.306 14,379.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,602 3.173 42,728.76 2.879 47,100.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 10,540 2.203 4,783.26 1.999 5,272.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 217,419 30.174 7,205.35 27.374 7,942.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 747,945 102.764 7,278.28 93.226 8,022.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,028,750 59,701.977 502.98 54,160.738 554.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,661,348 1,777.205 934.81 1,612.254 1,030.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,086,019 3,018.668 691.04 2,738.491 761.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 523,637 397.496 1,317.34 360.603 1,452.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,685,017 20,207.177 726.72 18,331.648 801.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,562,670 2,511.713 1,816.56 2,278.589 2,002.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 900,580 205.708 4,377.93 186.616 4,825.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 94,728 19.042 4,974.58 17.275 5,483.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,673 2.387 21,642.18 2.166 23,856.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 612,391 865.759 707.35 785.404 779.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 145,000 3.086 46,979.22 2.800 51,785.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 397,266 332.530 1,194.67 301.667 1,316.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 608,261 27.443 22,164.41 24.896 24,432.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 236,976 14.450 16,399.50 13.109 18,077.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 825,251 353.610 2,333.79 320.790 2,572.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 8,663 16.392 528.47 14.871 582.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 6,655 9.242 720.01 8.385 793.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,851,033 1,745.061 1,060.73 1,583.094 1,169.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 241,752 356.872 677.42 323.749 746.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 156,588 59.517 2,630.98 53.993 2,900.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,659,043 739.610 2,243.13 670.964 2,472.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,091,246 92,467.719 671.49 83,885.328 740.19 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,419 4.001 1,104.37 3.630 1,217.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,325,563 16,881.590 433.94 15,314.726 478.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 503,841 221.239 2,277.36 200.705 2,510.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,028 31.302 4,888.71 28.397 5,388.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 399,549 302.819 1,319.43 274.713 1,454.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 642,929 831.543 773.18 754.364 852.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 556,302 302.895 1,836.62 274.782 2,024.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 145,503 74.935 1,941.72 67.980 2,140.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,349 0.927 10,084.75 0.841 11,116.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,215 1.493 1,482.96 1.355 1,634.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,448 2.487 31,531.61 2.257 34,757.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,980,097 14,144.193 705.60 12,831.400 777.79 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 133,328 203.674 654.61 184.770 721.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,982,163 32,463.971 430.70 29,450.828 474.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,958,704 3,423.634 572.11 3,105.870 630.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,195,428 4,012.011 547.21 3,639.637 603.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 68,228 56.654 1,204.28 51.396 1,327.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,139,094 72,959.375 522.74 66,187.651 576.23 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,495,108 1,881.524 794.63 1,706.891 875.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 444,012 864.123 513.83 783.920 566.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,926,947 2,265.719 2,615.92 2,055.427 2,883.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,808,544 2,397.969 754.20 2,175.402 831.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 47,783 17.455 2,737.48 15.835 3,017.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 186,053 106.041 1,754.53 96.199 1,934.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,311 7.210 3,510.44 6.541 3,869.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,950 0.073 107,643.59 0.067 118,656.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,982 17.901 1,618.97 16.240 1,784.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 924,838 707.387 1,307.40 641.731 1,441.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,860 46.947 529.53 42.590 583.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,587 7.837 840.45 7.110 926.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,880,863 17,449.559 394.33 15,829.979 434.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,924,358 13,168.708 601.76 11,946.455 663.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 497,843 819.083 607.81 743.060 669.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 909,971 1,429.129 636.73 1,296.485 701.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,048,394 1,223.493 856.89 1,109.935 944.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 131,257 35.589 3,688.11 32.286 4,065.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,319,661 42,445.756 667.20 38,506.153 735.46 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,054,937 2,737.673 750.61 2,483.576 827.41 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,531,416 9,666.026 779.16 8,768.874 858.88 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 171,880 214.424 801.59 194.523 883.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,577 39.686 2,735.87 36.003 3,015.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 50,566 64.694 781.61 58.690 861.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 407,790 548.432 743.56 497.530 819.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,325,166 13,270.938 778.03 12,039.196 857.63 France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 70,189 46.804 1,499.63 42.460 1,653.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,390,207 456.952 7,419.18 414.540 8,178.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 175,888 63.775 2,757.93 57.856 3,040.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 16,553 2.290 7,226.48 2.078 7,965.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,892,311 592.465 3,193.96 537.476 3,520.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,453,772 11,607.057 469.87 10,529.748 517.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,790,705 1,587.059 1,758.41 1,439.757 1,938.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,018,662 1,975.186 2,034.57 1,791.860 2,242.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,835,100 1,473.196 1,924.45 1,336.462 2,121.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 147,147 113.034 1,301.79 102.543 1,434.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 962,201 674.690 1,426.14 612.069 1,572.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 194,086 166.456 1,165.99 151.007 1,285.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,365,478 977.476 1,396.94 886.752 1,539.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,581,110 860.267 1,837.93 780.422 2,025.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,076,009 515.535 5,966.63 467.686 6,577.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,750 3.906 1,983.83 3.544 2,186.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,150,136 458.324 2,509.44 415.785 2,766.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 649,439 976.521 665.05 885.886 733.10 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 836,059 945.965 883.82 858.166 974.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,249,886 24,255.348 463.81 22,004.088 511.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,873,183 2,846.256 1,009.46 2,582.081 1,112.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,748 76.015 864.93 68.960 953.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,478 5.493 4,819.51 4.984 5,312.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,779,714 268.898 6,618.53 243.941 7,295.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,607,811 50,948.980 914.79 46,220.151 1,008.39 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 181,714 44.059 4,124.30 39.970 4,546.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,263,475 1,718.046 1,899.53 1,558.586 2,093.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,726,688 33,365.816 351.46 30,268.968 387.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 997,397 1,039.987 959.05 943.461 1,057.17 STEEL PILING...........................5 85,498 22.646 3,775.25 20.545 4,161.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,028,242 5,488.118 1,827.26 4,978.739 2,014.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,509,319 2,521.503 598.58 2,287.470 659.82 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 192,918 35.551 5,426.40 32.252 5,981.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,292,181 5,575.732 769.80 5,058.221 848.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 25,166 19.148 1,314.27 17.371 1,448.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,833 263.941 272.15 239.444 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,319,154 5,397.215 1,356.10 4,896.273 1,494.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,137,730 1,683.429 3,051.94 1,527.182 3,364.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,420,750 1,476.621 1,639.38 1,339.569 1,807.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 21,121,149 18,313.933 1,153.28 16,614.126 1,271.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 449,201 293.177 1,532.18 265.966 1,688.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 81,869 71.818 1,139.94 65.153 1,256.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,255,144 3,897.491 1,604.92 3,535.746 1,769.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,084,844 2,919.220 1,741.85 2,648.273 1,920.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,130,263 195.038 10,922.27 176.936 12,039.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 47,057 18.266 2,576.15 16.571 2,839.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 50,896 27.245 1,868.03 24.717 2,059.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,918,431 838.484 2,287.97 760.661 2,522.06 BLACK PLATE...........................28 84,685 52.472 1,613.90 47.602 1,779.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,759,863 6,623.082 567.69 6,008.361 625.77 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,579,294 1,989.960 793.63 1,805.262 874.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 789,627 1,165.286 677.63 1,057.130 746.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,352,553 2,494.379 1,744.94 2,262.864 1,923.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,576,656 7,619.528 469.41 6,912.322 517.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,704,001 7,394.711 636.13 6,708.371 701.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 252,301 99.244 2,542.22 90.033 2,802.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,412,113 644.484 2,191.07 584.667 2,415.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 430,403 424.943 1,012.85 385.502 1,116.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,776,919 3,515.100 1,643.46 3,188.846 1,811.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,109,334 117,249.690 947.63 106,367.160 1,044.58 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 37,865 3.024 12,518.43 2.744 13,799.20 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,119 35.217 1,451.51 31.949 1,600.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,030 1.128 3,570.27 1.024 3,935.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,652,391 1,728.551 955.94 1,568.116 1,053.74 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,637,244 1,212.737 1,350.04 1,100.177 1,488.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 122,503 154.840 791.16 140.469 872.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,367,486 252.501 5,415.74 229.066 5,969.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,522 1.270 7,491.95 1.153 8,258.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 204,554 73.301 2,790.58 66.498 3,076.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,333,302 1,162.389 4,588.22 1,054.502 5,057.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,018,090 7,217.460 1,388.04 6,547.572 1,530.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,403,760 1,257.902 1,115.95 1,141.150 1,230.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 193,001 84.741 2,277.53 76.876 2,510.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,890,835 228.810 8,263.78 207.573 9,109.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 80,408 48.512 1,657.46 44.010 1,827.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 475,372 108.179 4,394.28 98.139 4,843.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,855,681 2,922.871 634.88 2,651.585 699.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 406,073 382.624 1,061.28 347.111 1,169.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,945 1.677 6,523.74 1.522 7,191.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,171,263 237.380 4,934.12 215.348 5,438.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,925,444 17,115.124 1,631.62 15,526.584 1,798.56 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,806 2.622 1,451.34 2.379 1,599.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,061,657 7,470.226 409.85 6,776.877 451.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 142,064 206.291 688.65 187.145 759.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 424,035 393.830 1,076.69 357.277 1,186.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,313 27.486 3,649.59 24.935 4,022.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 37,070 8.933 4,149.72 8.104 4,574.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,020 1.201 2,513.49 1.090 2,770.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,431,276 3,010.356 1,139.82 2,730.950 1,256.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,086,999 1,093.106 994.41 991.650 1,096.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,412,415 4,981.521 885.76 4,519.162 976.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 384,486 80.016 4,805.07 72.590 5,296.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 258,815 251.950 1,027.24 228.566 1,132.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,323,282 90.091 14,688.14 81.730 16,190.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,662 5.715 4,839.84 5.185 5,335.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,750,831 7,863.401 349.83 7,133.560 385.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,447,731 25,486.753 684.58 23,121.200 754.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,400 3.611 11,464.43 3.276 12,637.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,571 85.521 1,000.58 77.584 1,102.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,202 1.827 4,487.78 1.658 4,946.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 906,250 516.450 1,754.77 468.516 1,934.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,041,423 607.410 1,714.53 551.034 1,889.94 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 715,565 208.970 3,424.24 189.575 3,774.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,236 0.738 17,921.64 0.670 19,755.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,078 1.964 7,166.86 1.782 7,900.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,490,064 579.773 2,570.08 525.962 2,833.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 239,574 43.566 5,499.02 39.523 6,061.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 293,194 84.839 3,455.87 76.965 3,809.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 265,363 85.852 3,090.92 77.884 3,407.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,031,074 1,005.705 3,013.88 912.361 3,322.23 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 560,921 1,216.576 461.07 1,103.660 508.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 385,542 303.099 1,272.00 274.967 1,402.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,194 74.694 1,903.67 67.762 2,098.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 793,218 324.532 2,444.19 294.411 2,694.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 840,768 745.716 1,127.46 676.503 1,242.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 922,580 832.866 1,107.72 755.564 1,221.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 360,052 292.990 1,228.88 265.797 1,354.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 479,646 464.859 1,031.81 421.714 1,137.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,694 1.845 5,253.44 1.674 5,790.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,494,615 4,257.182 1,055.77 3,862.052 1,163.79 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,067,134 84,439.094 344.24 76,601.880 379.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,805,418 1,558.123 1,158.71 1,413.506 1,277.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,663,831 4,133.776 402.50 3,750.100 443.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,853 13.587 1,019.57 12.326 1,123.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,043,403 10,083.460 698.51 9,147.564 769.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,193,620 568.817 2,098.42 516.023 2,313.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,040,012 5,001.257 807.80 4,537.066 890.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,223,308 2,796.835 794.94 2,537.247 876.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,064 6.028 840.00 5.469 925.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,573,605 3,769.683 417.44 3,419.800 460.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 145,761 338.073 431.15 306.695 475.26 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,452,007 1,996.610 1,228.08 1,811.295 1,353.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,227,016 114,705.348 446.60 104,058.971 492.29 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,767,059 46,427.672 296.53 42,118.488 326.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,447,416 9,133.883 924.84 8,286.122 1,019.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 507,368 142.098 3,570.53 128.910 3,935.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,723,309 10,373.012 744.56 9,410.241 820.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 425,939 135.925 3,133.61 123.310 3,454.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 506,506 621.999 814.32 564.269 897.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,405,127 6,441.894 1,149.53 5,843.990 1,267.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,641 6.694 1,290.79 6.073 1,422.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,560 8.207 1,042.91 7.446 1,149.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,799,925 73,291.389 529.39 66,488.849 583.56 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,046,330 350.044 2,989.14 317.555 3,294.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 365,123 514.779 709.28 467.000 781.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,944,212 8,718.462 452.40 7,909.258 498.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 327,678 185.696 1,764.59 168.461 1,945.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 213,864 288.020 742.53 261.288 818.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 20,431 24.147 846.10 21.906 932.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,271,548 669.748 1,898.54 607.586 2,092.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 517,671 633.158 817.60 574.392 901.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 151,812 62.911 2,413.12 57.072 2,660.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,381,733 1,419.897 1,677.40 1,288.110 1,849.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,459,676 1,143.754 1,276.21 1,037.597 1,406.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,100,412 1,565.194 1,341.95 1,419.921 1,479.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,285 40.788 2,262.51 37.003 2,493.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,964,900 615.952 9,684.02 558.783 10,674.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 277,978 196.601 1,413.92 178.354 1,558.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 145,686 306.183 475.81 277.765 524.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 106,310 64.702 1,643.06 58.697 1,811.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,793,081 4,526.535 617.05 4,106.405 680.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 30,701 11.446 2,682.15 10.384 2,956.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,211,431 21,338.025 1,087.80 19,357.537 1,199.09 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 894,595 260.544 3,433.56 236.362 3,784.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,609 7.966 4,344.37 7.227 4,788.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 929,204 268.510 3,460.58 243.589 3,814.64 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,842,540 1,119.521 2,539.07 1,015.613 2,798.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,949,829 1,176.285 2,507.75 1,067.109 2,764.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,250,529 9,404.154 451.98 8,531.308 498.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,014,040 1,202.400 843.35 1,090.800 929.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 445,930 208.224 2,141.58 188.898 2,360.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,202,979 314.101 3,829.91 284.948 4,221.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,397,327 524.142 2,665.93 475.494 2,938.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,602,537 2,066.918 3,194.39 1,875.077 3,521.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,676 128.085 879.70 116.197 969.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,069,314 485.318 2,203.32 440.274 2,428.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,514 0.177 19,800.30 0.161 21,826.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,056,479 897.469 1,177.18 814.171 1,297.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,177,676 2,313.481 1,373.55 2,098.756 1,514.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,259,066 661.439 1,903.52 600.048 2,098.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,200,165 475.808 2,522.37 431.646 2,780.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,131,847 220.507 9,667.92 200.041 10,657.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,757 0.109 25,263.73 0.099 27,848.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 35,227 20.068 1,755.32 18.206 1,934.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,882,821 1,356.256 1,388.25 1,230.376 1,530.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 102,479 46.852 2,187.26 42.504 2,411.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 528,712 253.853 2,082.75 230.292 2,295.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 989,801 1,103.027 897.35 1,000.650 989.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 10,437 8.267 1,262.44 7.500 1,391.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 226,787 127.351 1,780.80 115.531 1,963.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,495,469 24,113.823 1,430.53 21,875.699 1,576.89 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 196,749 99.344 1,980.47 90.124 2,183.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,011,325 1,036.115 2,906.36 939.948 3,203.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 120,353 50.016 2,406.28 45.374 2,652.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,328,427 1,185.475 2,807.67 1,075.446 3,094.93 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,377 3.008 1,122.60 2.729 1,237.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,323,487 1,705.897 775.83 1,547.565 855.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,552,074 3,712.961 687.34 3,368.343 757.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,760,500 1,218.271 1,445.08 1,105.198 1,592.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,842,831 2,419.045 761.80 2,194.522 839.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 158,195 157.283 1,005.80 142.685 1,108.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 513,353 306.941 1,672.48 278.453 1,843.59 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 13,921 8.943 1,556.63 8.113 1,715.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,167,738 9,532.353 856.84 8,647.608 944.51 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 11,799,718 34,891.218 338.19 31,652.790 372.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 829,353 846.267 980.01 767.721 1,080.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,635,834 2,765.814 591.45 2,509.105 651.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,531,346 6,701.135 676.21 6,079.170 745.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,094,182 2,208.369 495.47 2,003.400 546.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,124 599.326 527.47 543.700 581.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,357,040 2,369.991 572.59 2,150.021 631.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,016,800 2,152.697 472.34 1,952.895 520.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,657 121.329 804.89 110.068 887.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,678,054 52,656.150 430.68 47,768.870 474.75 Israel OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,303 8.090 408.23 7.340 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,356 21.363 578.36 19.381 637.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,659 29.454 531.63 26.721 586.02 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 207,767 97.824 2,123.87 88.745 2,341.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 80,410 110.675 726.54 100.403 800.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 288,177 208.499 1,382.14 189.148 1,523.55 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 264,748 75.471 3,507.90 68.467 3,866.80 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,909 20.585 724.24 18.675 798.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 850,176 595.613 1,427.39 540.332 1,573.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 973,725 358.015 2,719.79 324.786 2,998.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,242 47.166 513.96 42.789 566.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,555,720 1,196.084 2,972.80 1,085.070 3,276.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,469 14.703 916.03 13.339 1,009.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,751,279 6,561.095 571.75 5,952.127 630.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,507,024 2,263.154 1,107.76 2,053.100 1,221.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,524,979 15,908.226 1,164.49 14,431.704 1,283.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,134,609 1,568.740 1,360.72 1,423.138 1,499.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 59,506 60.045 991.02 54.472 1,092.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 397,029 63.451 6,257.23 57.562 6,897.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,966,369 1,441.968 2,057.17 1,308.132 2,267.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,625 5.708 634.98 5.179 699.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 935,049 1,903.958 491.11 1,727.243 541.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,508,883 30,889.196 534.45 28,022.216 589.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,341,836 551.683 2,432.26 500.479 2,681.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,827,177 63,524.871 863.08 57,628.810 951.38 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,632,664 5,174.113 508.81 4,693.878 560.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 271,380 69.507 3,904.34 63.056 4,303.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 229,005 70.801 3,234.47 64.230 3,565.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 203,810 76.240 2,673.26 69.164 2,946.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 435,655 576.828 755.26 523.290 832.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,772,514 5,967.490 632.18 5,413.618 696.86 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,264 14.764 1,575.69 13.394 1,736.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 145,272 279.797 519.20 253.828 572.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 96,013 199.363 481.60 180.860 530.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,020 99.171 655.63 89.967 722.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 839,686 301.346 2,786.45 273.377 3,071.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,612 25.877 796.51 23.476 878.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 85,333 163.010 523.48 147.881 577.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 124,557 258.630 481.60 234.626 530.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,399,757 1,341.963 1,043.07 1,217.409 1,149.78 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,969 24.541 569.19 22.264 627.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,203 31.393 3,669.61 28.480 4,045.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 199,875 85.340 2,342.08 77.420 2,581.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,047 141.276 2,329.10 128.164 2,567.39 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 148,883 9.307 15,995.31 8.444 17,631.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,872,529 18,244.295 431.51 16,550.951 475.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,133 5.878 362.84 5.333 399.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,348 10.890 2,052.00 9.880 2,261.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 183,754 195.825 938.36 177.650 1,034.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,524,860 1,767.287 1,428.66 1,603.257 1,574.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 85,039 120.610 705.07 109.416 777.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,814 25.036 272.16 22.713 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,239,966 586.243 2,115.11 531.831 2,331.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,125,306 2,106.600 2,907.67 1,911.076 3,205.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,929,977 32,446.664 552.60 29,435.127 609.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 35,707,557 39,187.518 911.20 35,550.329 1,004.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 653,317 729.629 895.41 661.909 987.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,822,860 2,416.846 754.23 2,192.527 831.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,720,523 2,768.038 621.57 2,511.123 685.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,495,836 6,915.299 794.74 6,273.456 876.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 267,137 324.855 822.33 294.704 906.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,744,932 1,773.944 3,802.22 1,609.296 4,191.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 43,636 66.145 659.70 60.006 727.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 538,659 794.712 677.80 720.951 747.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,893,182 9,446.740 835.55 8,569.941 921.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,731 199.678 484.43 181.145 534.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 116,006 56.227 2,063.14 51.009 2,274.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,285,922 9,394.868 1,307.73 8,522.884 1,441.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,199,912 3,409.221 645.28 3,092.795 711.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,321 8.884 711.45 8.060 784.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 189,978 239.326 793.80 217.113 875.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,924,118 133,250.579 839.95 120,882.926 925.89 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 571,157 288.805 1,977.65 262.000 2,179.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 102,171 202.362 504.89 183.580 556.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,579,867 2,469.869 639.66 2,240.629 705.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 42,316 12.147 3,483.52 11.020 3,839.93 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,440 4.279 2,907.10 3.882 3,204.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 556,565 871.757 638.44 790.845 703.76 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,138,007 1,432.903 794.20 1,299.909 875.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 122,552 335.470 365.31 304.334 402.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 152,169 101.855 1,493.97 92.402 1,646.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 478,564 300.881 1,590.54 272.955 1,753.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,830,083 2,158.184 847.97 1,957.873 934.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,445,686 22,992.242 802.26 20,858.217 884.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,339,315 1,903.992 703.42 1,727.273 775.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,247,107 1,664.606 749.19 1,510.106 825.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,024,313 3,193.534 633.88 2,897.127 698.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 749,666 1,007.794 743.87 914.256 819.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 70,435 85.981 819.19 78.001 903.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,474,545 1,926.320 3,880.22 1,747.529 4,277.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,344,872 4,504.300 520.59 4,086.234 573.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 207,535 468.910 442.59 425.389 487.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,701,944 4,358.286 1,537.75 3,953.772 1,695.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,449,770 63,762.435 461.87 57,844.325 509.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,852,812 11,403.338 776.34 10,344.938 855.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,029,500 29,929.216 769.47 27,151.336 848.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,056,485 1,269.319 832.32 1,151.508 917.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,921,401 5,076.978 772.39 4,605.759 851.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,043,565 1,150.941 906.71 1,044.117 999.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 114,561,192 162,890.768 703.30 147,772.061 775.26 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 70,324 22.825 3,080.93 20.707 3,396.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,031 7.212 4,579.74 6.543 5,048.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 394,351 137.213 2,874.00 124.478 3,168.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 497,706 167.251 2,975.79 151.728 3,280.25 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 46,407 19.243 2,411.62 17.457 2,658.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,516 1.957 26,825.30 1.776 29,569.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,557,577 830.449 1,875.58 753.371 2,067.48 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,470 8.313 657.96 7.542 725.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,170,430 972.936 2,230.80 882.633 2,459.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,308,849 316.955 4,129.44 287.537 4,551.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,927 1.628 9,782.49 1.477 10,783.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,480,004 6,969.372 355.84 6,322.510 392.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,926,139 2,300.061 3,011.28 2,086.581 3,319.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,250,462 537.012 4,190.70 487.170 4,619.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 384,517 661.000 581.72 599.650 641.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 367,056 496.454 739.35 450.376 815.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 63,152 88.679 712.13 80.449 784.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 576,053 1,062.092 542.38 963.514 597.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,992 2.411 5,386.72 2.188 5,937.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,630,571 1,496.407 3,094.46 1,357.518 3,411.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,028,772 350.430 2,935.74 317.905 3,236.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,362,881 1,358.232 1,739.67 1,232.168 1,917.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,256,916 2,387.235 2,202.09 2,165.664 2,427.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,392,425 14,626.861 778.87 13,269.269 858.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 216,389 222.214 973.78 201.590 1,073.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,700,664 3,964.032 681.29 3,596.111 751.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,783 27.537 791.02 24.982 871.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 235,659 100.712 2,339.91 91.365 2,579.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,063,611 38,802.232 1,187.14 35,200.803 1,308.60 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,006 3.075 18,860.99 2.790 20,790.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,270,523 9,414.471 772.27 8,540.667 851.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,793,584 2,380.244 1,173.65 2,159.322 1,293.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,238,759 3,296.432 679.15 2,990.474 748.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 789,555 1,177.466 670.55 1,068.180 739.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,451,265 13,020.644 802.67 11,812.133 884.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,026 0.051 58,407.27 0.047 64,382.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,317,312 12,224.490 353.17 11,089.874 389.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 800,386 354.988 2,254.68 322.040 2,485.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,571,558 4,704.328 1,184.35 4,267.696 1,305.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,176,830 3,454.563 919.60 3,133.928 1,013.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,101,415 3,169.657 3,817.89 2,875.466 4,208.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,281,644 8,660.177 1,071.76 7,856.383 1,181.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,387,950 12,258.684 1,092.12 11,120.895 1,203.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,972,489 3,370.988 585.14 3,058.110 645.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,831,387 4,099.845 1,910.17 3,719.318 2,105.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 448,120 274.465 1,632.70 248.991 1,799.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,360,172 877.971 8,383.15 796.483 9,240.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 365,584 124.962 2,925.55 113.364 3,224.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 397,151 375.947 1,056.40 341.054 1,164.48 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 567,204 673.719 841.90 611.188 928.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,641,190 5,725.748 1,159.88 5,194.313 1,278.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,751,762 2,410.638 1,141.51 2,186.895 1,258.30 TIN PLATE.............................29 315,088 368.850 854.24 334.616 941.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,238,758 2,631.816 850.65 2,387.544 937.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,545,340 8,361.680 782.78 7,585.591 862.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,520,247 6,260.834 881.71 5,679.735 971.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,557,792 2,384.441 653.32 2,163.130 720.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 618,143 659.889 936.74 598.642 1,032.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 775,256 463.959 1,670.96 420.897 1,841.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 856,041 944.891 905.97 857.191 998.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 88,485 39.638 2,232.33 35.959 2,460.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,119,061 711.566 4,383.38 645.522 4,831.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 122,211,083 114,881.130 1,063.80 104,218.438 1,172.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,636,651 121,716.760 268.14 110,419.619 295.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 482,833 770.563 626.60 699.044 690.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,188 4.550 1,359.90 4.128 1,499.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,498 12.236 776.19 11.101 855.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 224,687 286.544 784.13 259.949 864.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,073 1.007 3,050.09 0.914 3,362.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,403 15.856 2,484.94 14.385 2,739.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,428,662 35,855.729 374.52 32,527.780 412.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,830,995 158,663.250 295.16 143,936.920 325.36 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 217,938 505.034 431.53 458.160 475.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,492 1,869.750 448.99 1,696.210 494.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 291,501 619.024 470.90 561.570 519.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,348,931 2,993.810 450.57 2,715.940 496.67 Egypt WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 Liberia WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 5,678,810 14,699.154 386.34 13,334.852 425.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 434,831 886.344 490.59 804.078 540.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,125,619 7,055.698 868.18 6,400.824 957.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 174,198 81.108 2,147.73 73.580 2,367.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 272,311 633.406 429.91 574.617 473.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,332 2.513 927.88 2.280 1,022.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 101,764 86.624 1,174.78 78.584 1,294.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,471,345 4,660.457 530.28 4,227.897 584.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,003,386 1,064.178 942.87 965.407 1,039.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 39,430 55.417 711.51 50.274 784.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 732,513 967.697 756.96 877.881 834.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 211,160 336.764 627.03 305.508 691.18 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 540,214 746.683 723.48 677.380 797.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 916,983 1,598.045 573.82 1,449.723 632.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 341,253 234.624 1,454.46 212.848 1,603.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,283,230 5,819.000 564.23 5,278.910 621.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,474,313 4,874.057 507.65 4,421.672 559.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 24,803,692 43,801.777 566.27 39,736.315 624.21 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 27,259 60.999 446.87 55.338 492.59 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,289,782 21,594.479 383.88 19,590.188 423.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 418,892 756.821 553.49 686.577 610.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,682,652 12,345.653 1,027.30 11,199.792 1,132.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,945,232 3,100.713 627.35 2,812.921 691.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,886,592 31,844.092 624.50 28,888.483 688.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 372,451 628.684 592.43 570.333 653.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,777,404 2,145.922 1,294.27 1,946.749 1,426.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,236,172 741.557 1,666.99 672.730 1,837.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 196,769 28.423 6,922.86 25.785 7,631.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,690,129 5,152.495 1,492.51 4,674.267 1,645.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,533,554 12,845.364 897.88 11,653.122 989.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,000 3.076 7,800.95 2.791 8,599.07 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 547,235 273.428 2,001.38 248.050 2,206.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,239,723 3,028.180 1,069.86 2,747.120 1,179.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,066,590 265.344 4,019.63 240.717 4,430.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 859,928 669.865 1,283.73 607.692 1,415.07 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 18,834 21.361 881.67 19.379 971.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 278,362 276.175 1,007.92 250.542 1,111.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,440,963 2,372.309 607.41 2,152.124 669.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,384,503 1,941.831 712.99 1,761.600 785.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,203,066 8,289.298 748.32 7,519.927 824.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,257,084 1,001.369 1,255.37 908.427 1,383.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 419,377 1,094.642 383.12 993.043 422.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,455,366 631.463 2,304.75 572.854 2,540.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 85,251,919 111,113.556 767.25 100,800.551 845.75 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 602,780 728.484 827.44 660.870 912.10 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,141,195 28,746.167 526.72 26,078.092 580.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,828 3.635 4,628.90 3.298 5,102.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,647,858 7,606.535 479.57 6,900.535 528.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 902,999 1,757.245 513.87 1,594.147 566.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 141,034 92.289 1,528.16 83.724 1,684.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,800 4.667 599.93 4.234 661.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 748,731 405.458 1,846.63 367.826 2,035.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,748 74.774 384.46 67.834 423.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,755,679 1,522.836 1,152.90 1,381.494 1,270.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,988,652 40,942.094 561.49 37,142.054 618.94 Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,663 145.089 376.75 131.623 415.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,663 145.089 376.75 131.623 415.30 Trinidad and Tobago PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,000 1.180 2,541.13 1.071 2,801.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,000 1.180 2,541.13 1.071 2,801.12 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,497 36.789 964.86 33.375 1,063.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 194,555 37.347 5,209.33 33.881 5,742.30 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 950,488 1,047.902 907.04 950.641 999.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,180,540 1,122.039 1,052.14 1,017.897 1,159.78 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,318,962 3,976.402 1,337.63 3,607.333 1,474.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,117 115.550 1,316.45 104.826 1,451.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 130,113 38.726 3,359.80 35.132 3,703.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,905,025 949.369 4,113.28 861.254 4,534.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,100 6.490 785.78 5.888 866.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 39,052 37.564 1,039.60 34.078 1,145.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,400 2.518 2,540.91 2.285 2,800.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,349 19.351 1,258.28 17.555 1,387.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 45,779 100.685 454.68 91.340 501.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 505,962 766.838 659.80 695.664 727.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,132,859 6,013.497 1,685.02 5,455.355 1,857.42 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 239,739 119.490 2,006.34 108.400 2,211.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 885,961 552.645 1,603.13 501.352 1,767.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,125,700 672.136 1,674.81 609.752 1,846.16 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,155,360 5,429.945 1,501.92 4,925.965 1,655.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,102,438 560.226 3,752.84 508.229 4,136.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,563,931 899.029 3,964.20 815.586 4,369.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 954,237 660.568 1,444.57 599.258 1,592.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 291,518 228.968 1,273.18 207.717 1,403.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 177,493 91.869 1,932.00 83.343 2,129.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,201,252 2,022.147 594.05 1,834.462 654.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 207,854 249.467 833.19 226.313 918.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 705,903 635.940 1,110.01 576.916 1,223.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 717,505 167.896 4,273.50 152.313 4,710.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,077,491 10,946.060 1,651.51 9,930.102 1,820.47 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,027,025 1,391.082 738.29 1,261.969 813.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 597,815 235.176 2,541.98 213.349 2,802.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,315 42.929 682.86 38.945 752.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,654,155 1,669.188 990.99 1,514.263 1,092.38 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,382 0.089 60,277.40 0.081 66,444.44 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 393,777 101.914 3,863.81 92.455 4,259.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,236,872 1,877.049 658.94 1,702.831 726.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 495,560 394.442 1,256.36 357.832 1,384.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 688,270 532.891 1,291.58 483.431 1,423.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,668,209 801.509 2,081.34 727.117 2,294.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 900,580 205.708 4,377.93 186.616 4,825.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 94,728 19.042 4,974.58 17.275 5,483.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,673 2.387 21,642.18 2.166 23,856.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 380,740 330.423 1,152.28 299.755 1,270.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 233,782 14.432 16,198.24 13.093 17,855.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,200 5.693 28,137.66 5.165 31,016.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,692,555 1,729.187 978.82 1,568.693 1,078.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 156,588 59.517 2,630.98 53.993 2,900.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 133,530 49.461 2,699.66 44.871 2,975.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,292,446 6,123.749 1,354.15 5,555.374 1,492.69 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,130,853 9,085.851 454.65 8,242.548 501.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 321,844 172.660 1,864.03 156.635 2,054.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,000 8.073 14,120.57 7.324 15,565.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 399,549 302.819 1,319.43 274.713 1,454.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,475 2.738 903.90 2.484 996.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,652 1.541 17,294.92 1.398 19,064.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,634 1,736.140 483.62 1,575.001 533.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 669,767 1,079.920 620.20 979.688 683.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 240,152 420.326 571.35 381.314 629.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,744,926 12,810.071 526.53 11,621.105 580.40 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,495,108 1,881.524 794.63 1,706.891 875.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,482,078 1,310.183 1,894.45 1,188.579 2,088.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 186,053 106.041 1,754.53 96.199 1,934.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 434,035 447.778 969.31 406.218 1,068.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,597,274 3,745.528 1,227.40 3,397.887 1,352.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 159,063 229.489 693.12 208.189 764.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 50,566 64.694 781.61 58.690 861.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 209,629 294.183 712.58 266.879 785.48 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,390,207 456.952 7,419.18 414.540 8,178.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 983,531 400.406 2,456.33 363.243 2,707.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 618,549 1,013.605 610.25 919.528 672.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 614,737 164.063 3,746.94 148.836 4,130.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,460,857 1,192.054 1,225.50 1,081.414 1,350.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,835,100 1,473.196 1,924.45 1,336.462 2,121.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 962,201 674.690 1,426.14 612.069 1,572.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 540,279 333.470 1,620.17 302.519 1,785.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 962,528 382.888 2,513.86 347.351 2,771.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,750 3.906 1,983.83 3.544 2,186.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,659 6.129 12,831.91 5.561 14,144.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,565,063 2,151.127 727.55 1,951.471 801.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,332,682 1,800.391 740.22 1,633.288 815.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,748 76.015 864.93 68.960 953.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,324,635 119.489 11,085.79 108.399 12,219.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,742,526 10,248.389 1,633.67 9,297.185 1,800.82 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 181,714 44.059 4,124.30 39.970 4,546.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,837,963 1,613.229 1,759.18 1,463.498 1,939.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,438,886 4,913.558 1,717.47 4,457.507 1,893.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,445,338 1,696.846 851.78 1,539.354 938.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 494,748 262.610 1,883.96 238.236 2,076.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,137,730 1,683.429 3,051.94 1,527.182 3,364.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 651,010 432.864 1,503.96 392.688 1,657.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,177,355 5,253.863 1,366.11 4,766.226 1,505.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,442 5.736 600.03 5.204 661.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,651,393 2,174.353 1,679.30 1,972.541 1,851.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,355,540 520.380 2,604.90 472.081 2,871.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 44,738 17.877 2,502.51 16.218 2,758.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 50,896 27.245 1,868.03 24.717 2,059.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,474 38.486 1,987.06 34.914 2,190.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 54,369 22.619 2,403.64 20.520 2,649.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 816,306 862.443 946.50 782.396 1,043.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,179,917 6,732.210 472.34 6,107.360 520.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,702,839 4,197.291 643.95 3,807.720 709.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,412,113 644.484 2,191.07 584.667 2,415.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 87,436 80.367 1,087.96 72.908 1,199.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,894,358 2,124.178 1,362.58 1,927.023 1,501.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 42,694,565 33,348.137 1,280.27 30,252.930 1,411.25 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 37,865 3.024 12,518.43 2.744 13,799.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 310,744 234.296 1,326.29 212.550 1,461.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 293,123 220.563 1,328.97 200.092 1,464.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 374,453 63.517 5,895.29 57.622 6,498.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,522 1.270 7,491.95 1.153 8,258.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,333,302 1,162.389 4,588.22 1,054.502 5,057.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,694,982 1,703.315 995.11 1,545.222 1,096.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,067 59.122 3,519.26 53.635 3,879.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 433,869 585.790 740.66 531.420 816.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 646,604 109.725 5,892.94 99.541 6,495.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,342,531 4,143.014 2,255.01 3,758.481 2,485.72 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 142,064 206.291 688.65 187.145 759.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 414,310 392.338 1,056.00 355.924 1,164.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 37,070 8.933 4,149.72 8.104 4,574.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,385,337 1,213.077 1,142.00 1,100.486 1,258.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 384,486 80.016 4,805.07 72.590 5,296.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,363,267 1,900.658 1,243.39 1,724.249 1,370.61 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 13,236 0.738 17,921.64 0.670 19,755.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,272 72.871 2,020.98 66.108 2,227.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 160,508 73.610 2,180.52 66.778 2,403.61 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 385,542 303.099 1,272.00 274.967 1,402.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 103,694 62.820 1,650.63 56.990 1,819.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 793,218 324.532 2,444.19 294.411 2,694.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,164 42.425 1,512.38 38.488 1,667.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,694 1.845 5,253.44 1.674 5,790.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,356,312 734.723 1,846.02 666.530 2,034.89 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 162,812 143.388 1,135.46 130.080 1,251.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,805,418 1,558.123 1,158.71 1,413.506 1,277.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,673 2.880 1,275.20 2.613 1,405.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,758,378 4,187.381 897.55 3,798.730 989.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,193,620 568.817 2,098.42 516.023 2,313.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,508,823 1,353.113 1,115.08 1,227.524 1,229.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,452,007 1,996.610 1,228.08 1,811.295 1,353.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,884,731 9,810.315 1,109.52 8,899.771 1,223.03 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 445,736 293.115 1,520.68 265.910 1,676.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,914,363 2,148.679 1,356.35 1,949.250 1,495.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,707,433 4,215.293 879.52 3,824.051 969.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 425,939 135.925 3,133.61 123.310 3,454.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,493,471 6,793.014 1,103.11 6,162.521 1,215.97 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,589,362 8,353.663 429.68 7,578.318 473.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 327,678 185.696 1,764.59 168.461 1,945.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,271,548 669.748 1,898.54 607.586 2,092.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 151,812 62.911 2,413.12 57.072 2,660.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 596,769 93.630 6,373.67 84.940 7,025.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,438,466 1,124.588 1,279.10 1,020.210 1,409.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 62,953 36.508 1,724.34 33.120 1,900.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,177,726 3,542.797 614.69 3,213.973 677.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 30,701 11.446 2,682.15 10.384 2,956.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,647,015 14,080.991 685.11 12,774.064 755.20 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 723,957 337.439 2,145.44 306.120 2,364.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 874,983 1,179.979 741.52 1,070.460 817.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,533 4.702 2,452.55 4.266 2,703.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 688,992 469.075 1,468.83 425.538 1,619.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,676 128.085 879.70 116.197 969.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 488,648 247.571 1,973.77 224.593 2,175.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,514 0.177 19,800.30 0.161 21,826.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 50,864 8.818 5,767.88 8.000 6,358.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 630,301 282.366 2,232.21 256.159 2,460.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 296,945 71.479 4,154.28 64.845 4,579.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,757 0.109 25,263.73 0.099 27,848.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,852 8.379 2,607.71 7.602 2,874.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,271,274 1,089.558 1,166.78 988.431 1,286.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 10,437 8.267 1,262.44 7.500 1,391.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 21,357 19.841 1,076.37 18.000 1,186.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,210,090 3,855.851 1,351.22 3,497.971 1,489.46 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 3,011,325 1,036.115 2,906.36 939.948 3,203.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,011,325 1,036.115 2,906.36 939.948 3,203.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,303,402 1,698.502 767.38 1,540.856 845.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,751,475 1,211.223 1,446.04 1,098.804 1,593.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 13,921 8.943 1,556.63 8.113 1,715.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,068,798 2,918.669 1,051.44 2,647.773 1,159.01 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 786,881 799.231 984.55 725.051 1,085.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,252 43.267 999.63 39.252 1,101.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 830,133 842.499 985.32 764.303 1,086.13 India TOOL STEEL............................17 13,469 14.703 916.03 13.339 1,009.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,234 7.312 3,997.69 6.634 4,406.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 538,978 436.493 1,234.79 395.980 1,361.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,228,807 953.801 1,288.33 865.274 1,420.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 19,620 18.976 1,033.92 17.215 1,139.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,830,108 1,431.286 1,278.65 1,298.442 1,409.46 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,640,221 1,601.663 1,024.07 1,453.005 1,128.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 35,020 37.460 934.84 33.984 1,030.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,125,306 2,106.600 2,907.67 1,911.076 3,205.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,838,945 8,430.536 1,048.44 7,648.056 1,155.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 20,650 12.897 1,601.14 11.700 1,764.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 38,507 25.820 1,491.33 23.424 1,643.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 636,300 546.698 1,163.89 495.957 1,282.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 41,200 63.885 644.90 57.956 710.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,468 162.293 1,333.81 147.230 1,470.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 742,914 659.662 1,126.20 598.436 1,241.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,188 1.190 3,517.86 1.080 3,877.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,339,719 13,648.708 1,343.70 12,381.904 1,481.17 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 577,326 839.863 687.40 761.912 757.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,745 58.986 1,233.24 53.512 1,359.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 478,564 300.881 1,590.54 272.955 1,753.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,602 15.706 1,375.33 14.249 1,516.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,269,818 2,016.857 1,125.42 1,829.663 1,240.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 454,509 690.796 657.95 626.680 725.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,874,564 3,923.092 987.63 3,558.971 1,088.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,700 0.586 9,719.84 0.532 10,714.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,882 10.282 3,003.40 9.328 3,310.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 159,872 69.377 2,304.39 62.938 2,540.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,250,462 537.012 4,190.70 487.170 4,619.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 16,012 19.178 834.91 17.398 920.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,028,772 350.430 2,935.74 317.905 3,236.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,124 93.528 1,006.36 84.848 1,109.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,585,824 1,080.395 3,318.99 980.119 3,658.56 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,293,753 2,165.215 1,059.36 1,964.251 1,167.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,181,329 3,246.190 671.97 2,944.895 740.72 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 786,574 1,175.321 669.24 1,066.234 737.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,479,508 10,713.864 791.45 9,719.457 872.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 389,555 133.421 2,919.73 121.038 3,218.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,571,558 4,704.328 1,184.35 4,267.696 1,305.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 109,269 42.218 2,588.18 38.300 2,852.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,336,587 2,713.722 3,809.01 2,461.848 4,198.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,451,462 1,126.945 1,287.96 1,022.348 1,419.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,990 2.417 4,132.59 2.193 4,555.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,062,722 2,802.893 1,806.25 2,542.743 1,991.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 99,415 25.409 3,912.53 23.051 4,312.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 21,177 3.711 5,705.81 3.367 6,289.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 303,683 246.718 1,230.89 223.819 1,356.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 562,773 664.988 846.29 603.268 932.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,879,018 2,151.621 1,338.07 1,951.919 1,474.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,541,166 7,393.925 749.42 6,707.658 826.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,961,333 3,613.426 819.54 3,278.046 903.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 485,884 496.316 978.98 450.251 1,079.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 353,384 368.883 957.98 334.646 1,055.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 856,041 944.891 905.97 857.191 998.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 169,467 39.154 4,328.21 35.520 4,771.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,905,648 44,775.585 1,136.91 40,619.739 1,253.22 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,201 0.965 6,421.75 0.876 7,078.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,201 0.965 6,421.75 0.876 7,078.77 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 384,012 111.175 3,454.10 100.857 3,807.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 101,764 86.624 1,174.78 78.584 1,294.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 434,910 532.892 816.13 483.432 899.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,669 1.257 2,122.07 1.141 2,339.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 923,355 731.949 1,261.50 664.014 1,390.57 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 13,515 19.874 680.01 18.030 749.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,994,142 63,428.873 362.52 57,541.722 399.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,624,987 21,491.355 587.44 19,496.635 647.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,567,571 10,360.817 633.89 9,399.178 698.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,851,931 2,377.355 778.99 2,156.701 858.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,849,927 19,658.239 653.67 17,833.660 720.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,441,423 21,570.484 530.42 19,568.420 584.69 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 337,273 464.522 726.06 421.408 800.35 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 209,980 365.297 574.82 331.392 633.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,909,952 25,854.293 615.37 23,454.627 678.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,775,083 12,010.646 564.09 10,895.878 621.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,264,801 2,823.066 448.02 2,561.044 493.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,968,429 4,834.430 1,027.72 4,385.723 1,132.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,444,796 35,951.453 791.20 32,614.618 872.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,618,898 5,738.984 979.08 5,206.321 1,079.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 38,966 23.882 1,631.56 21.666 1,798.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,573,657 9,791.205 1,079.91 8,882.435 1,190.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 86,860 65.072 1,334.81 59.033 1,471.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,656,429 601.213 2,755.14 545.412 3,037.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,428,301 24,299.891 799.52 22,044.497 881.32 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,756,367 1,804.502 973.32 1,637.018 1,072.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,930,053 19,696.310 859.55 17,868.197 947.50 BLACK PLATE...........................28 20,796 24.627 844.41 22.342 930.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,758,090 8,458.105 799.01 7,673.066 880.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,308,989 2,504.191 922.05 2,271.765 1,016.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,232,021 45,019.921 493.83 40,841.397 544.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,223,830 26,638.480 609.04 24,166.030 671.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,434,905 39,164.556 649.44 35,529.498 715.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 409,398 381.333 1,073.60 345.940 1,183.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,332,506 6,376.795 1,149.87 5,784.933 1,267.52 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,628,904 6,635.652 546.88 6,019.764 602.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,482,831 4,313.793 807.37 3,913.409 889.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 270,175,611 422,749.231 639.09 383,511.759 704.48 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,245,345 176,177.799 393.04 159,825.856 433.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 405,118 888.485 455.96 806.021 502.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,326,742 4,331.835 537.13 3,929.776 592.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,292,699 8,263.684 398.45 7,496.691 439.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,270,058 2,139.658 593.58 1,941.066 654.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,598,631 7,462.628 482.22 6,769.985 531.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,257,934 14,321.684 367.13 12,992.417 404.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,405 257.303 631.18 233.422 695.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,675,507 7,024.843 807.92 6,372.833 890.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,190,169 1,315.538 904.70 1,193.437 997.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,334,839 3,953.659 843.48 3,586.701 929.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,643,630 1,976.956 831.39 1,793.465 916.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,211,676 19,281.457 737.06 17,491.849 812.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 252,267 165.208 1,526.96 149.875 1,683.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 465,856 264.505 1,761.24 239.955 1,941.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,268,660 4,629.614 1,138.03 4,199.917 1,254.47 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 133,530 124.479 1,072.71 112.926 1,182.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,535,874 9,314.681 809.03 8,450.139 891.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 45,711 84.686 539.77 76.826 594.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,896,356 16,352.712 421.73 14,834.935 464.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,772,898 16,133.543 481.78 14,636.109 531.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,898,069 10,964.128 811.56 9,946.493 894.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,160,935 8,494.740 842.98 7,706.301 929.23 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 543,499 721.420 753.37 654.462 830.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 539,104 595.117 905.88 539.882 998.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,127,512 315,240.375 498.44 285,981.339 549.43 Dominican Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 16,159 29.147 554.39 26.442 611.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,157,472 2,839.344 407.65 2,575.811 449.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 107,454 259.158 414.63 235.105 457.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 154,155 340.579 452.63 308.969 498.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 367,846 503.368 730.77 456.648 805.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,803,086 3,971.598 453.99 3,602.975 500.44 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 10,375 19.952 519.97 18.101 573.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,356 24.028 930.41 21.798 1,025.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,731 43.981 744.21 39.899 820.35 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,232,906 1,702.320 724.25 1,544.320 798.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,273,068 3,649.755 1,170.78 3,311.003 1,290.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 729,263 964.709 755.94 875.170 833.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,601 39.437 1,460.57 35.777 1,610.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 45,882 81.730 561.38 74.145 618.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 231,985 457.406 507.18 414.952 559.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,570,705 6,895.359 952.92 6,255.367 1,050.41 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,124,549 5,448.467 389.94 4,942.768 429.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,044,824 7,517.066 405.05 6,819.370 446.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,748,694 11,019.269 340.19 9,996.516 375.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 197,085 131.027 1,504.15 118.866 1,658.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,446,529 4,935.664 900.90 4,477.561 993.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 713,600 1,109.460 643.20 1,006.486 709.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,017 390.516 714.48 354.271 787.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,169,306 15,955.628 386.65 14,474.707 426.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,308,295 2,712.493 482.32 2,460.733 531.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 195,825 251.034 780.07 227.735 859.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,227,724 49,470.629 449.31 44,879.013 495.28 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,252 88.248 1,124.68 80.058 1,239.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,101 19.841 811.48 18.000 894.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,353 108.090 1,067.19 98.058 1,176.38 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,815 4.739 804.86 4.300 887.21 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 227,124 375.266 605.23 340.436 667.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 106,215 111.542 952.23 101.190 1,049.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 690,938 1,153.981 598.74 1,046.875 660.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,024,277 1,640.791 624.26 1,488.501 688.13 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 34,931,996 111,061.262 314.53 100,753.111 346.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,217,183 17,723.455 576.48 16,078.453 635.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,759,698 5,201.185 338.33 4,718.437 372.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 306,496 914.710 335.07 829.812 369.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,821,438 5,466.618 333.19 4,959.234 367.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,578,739 23,064.717 328.59 20,923.966 362.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,294 42.775 544.57 38.805 600.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,351 23.330 1,815.27 21.165 2,000.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,225,098 3,058.351 1,054.52 2,774.491 1,162.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,048,185 2,217.838 923.50 2,011.990 1,017.99 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 590,598 870.165 678.72 789.401 748.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,016,862 878.347 1,157.70 796.824 1,276.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 257,122 166.951 1,540.10 151.456 1,697.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 589,456 926.583 636.16 840.583 701.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 984,115 1,132.388 869.06 1,027.286 957.98 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 391,676 500.611 782.40 454.147 862.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,943,312 12,984.622 457.72 11,779.455 504.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,941,570 3,183.609 609.86 2,888.123 672.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 79,737 139.213 572.77 126.292 631.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,503 62.115 813.05 56.350 896.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,799,429 189,618.855 389.20 172,019.381 429.02 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 6,951,448 17,470.886 397.89 15,849.326 438.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,006 86.597 369.59 78.560 407.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,756,555 3,212.588 546.77 2,914.412 602.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 365,945 1,092.984 334.81 991.539 369.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,908,684 9,155.345 317.70 8,305.592 350.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 691,240 906.228 762.77 822.117 840.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 939,971 779.401 1,206.02 707.061 1,329.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,659,353 1,710.017 970.37 1,551.302 1,069.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 273,532 211.317 1,294.41 191.704 1,426.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,167 18.659 2,098.99 16.928 2,313.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,979 346.922 544.73 314.723 600.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 278,596 544.293 511.85 493.775 564.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,609,382 4,588.303 568.70 4,162.440 626.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,046,267 1,896.134 551.79 1,720.145 608.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 364,970 530.566 687.89 481.322 758.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,106,095 42,550.247 472.53 38,600.946 520.87 Sweden WIRE RODS..............................3 23,126 19.189 1,205.17 17.408 1,328.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,635,806 5,219.012 313.43 4,734.610 345.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 87,589 80.389 1,089.56 72.928 1,201.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,638,830 1,825.219 897.88 1,655.812 989.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,452 60.562 1,774.25 54.941 1,955.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 361,338 146.739 2,462.44 133.120 2,714.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,860,578 18,540.594 370.03 16,819.749 407.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 124,899 175.565 711.41 159.270 784.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,519 8.882 2,535.23 8.058 2,794.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,224,574 287.913 4,253.27 261.191 4,688.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,086,711 26,364.068 458.45 23,917.087 505.36 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 248,683 293.485 847.34 266.246 934.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,857 0.396 9,719.48 0.360 10,713.89 TIN PLATE.............................29 157,294 242.508 648.61 220.000 714.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 409,834 536.391 764.06 486.606 842.23 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,829,917 5,562.514 328.97 5,046.230 362.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 24,453 25.004 977.93 22.684 1,077.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,854,370 5,587.519 331.88 5,068.914 365.83 Denmark LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,676 0.792 3,376.39 0.719 3,721.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,443 21.463 1,651.35 19.471 1,820.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,119 22.255 1,712.78 20.190 1,888.01 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,039,965 55,154.812 345.21 50,035.618 380.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,067,558 1,547.194 690.00 1,403.592 760.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 849,147 1,141.619 743.81 1,035.660 819.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,718,760 19,615.182 699.39 17,794.599 770.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,698,395 1,538.480 1,103.94 1,395.686 1,216.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 612,391 865.759 707.35 785.404 779.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 145,000 3.086 46,979.22 2.800 51,785.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,526 2.107 7,841.08 1.912 8,643.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,194 0.017 181,096.80 0.016 199,625.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 429,227 288.921 1,485.62 262.105 1,637.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 8,663 16.392 528.47 14.871 582.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 6,655 9.242 720.01 8.385 793.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 241,752 356.872 677.42 323.749 746.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,404,156 667.593 2,103.31 605.631 2,318.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,241,389 81,207.282 483.23 73,670.028 532.66 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,419 4.001 1,104.37 3.630 1,217.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,194,710 7,795.739 409.80 7,072.178 451.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,854 21.313 1,447.65 19.335 1,595.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 642,929 831.543 773.18 754.364 852.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 553,827 300.157 1,845.12 272.298 2,033.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 145,503 74.935 1,941.72 67.980 2,140.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,215 1.493 1,482.96 1.355 1,634.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,980,097 14,144.193 705.60 12,831.400 777.79 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 133,328 203.674 654.61 184.770 721.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,142,529 30,727.830 427.71 27,875.827 471.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,288,937 2,343.713 549.95 2,126.182 606.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,955,276 3,591.685 544.39 3,258.323 600.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 68,228 56.654 1,204.28 51.396 1,327.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,142,852 60,096.935 518.21 54,519.038 571.23 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 444,012 864.123 513.83 783.920 566.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 30,794 84.862 362.87 76.986 399.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 778,606 1,999.184 389.46 1,813.630 429.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,311 7.210 3,510.44 6.541 3,869.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,982 17.901 1,618.97 16.240 1,784.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 897,715 705.299 1,272.81 639.837 1,403.04 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,860 46.947 529.53 42.590 583.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,587 7.837 840.45 7.110 926.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,816,302 17,421.858 391.25 15,804.849 431.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,748,969 12,095.052 475.32 10,972.450 523.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 497,843 819.083 607.81 743.060 669.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 909,971 1,429.129 636.73 1,296.485 701.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,048,394 1,223.493 856.89 1,109.935 944.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,258,346 36,721.984 469.97 33,313.633 518.06 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,895,874 2,508.184 755.88 2,275.387 833.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,531,416 9,666.026 779.16 8,768.874 858.88 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 171,880 214.424 801.59 194.523 883.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,577 39.686 2,735.87 36.003 3,015.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 407,790 548.432 743.56 497.530 819.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,115,537 12,976.754 779.51 11,772.317 859.26 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,155 18.906 642.89 17.152 708.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,835,223 10,593.451 456.44 9,610.220 503.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 922,758 1,304.083 707.59 1,183.045 779.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 268,683 237.302 1,132.24 215.277 1,248.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 147,147 113.034 1,301.79 102.543 1,434.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 194,086 166.456 1,165.99 151.007 1,285.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 825,199 644.006 1,281.35 584.233 1,412.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 618,582 477.378 1,295.79 433.071 1,428.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 599,194 362.160 1,654.50 328.547 1,823.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 649,439 976.521 665.05 885.886 733.10 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 836,059 945.965 883.82 858.166 974.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,684,823 22,104.220 438.14 20,052.617 482.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 342,467 516.620 662.90 468.670 730.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,478 5.493 4,819.51 4.984 5,312.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 130,463 27.248 4,787.98 24.719 5,277.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,092,756 38,492.851 521.99 34,920.137 575.39 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,298 59.461 375.00 53.943 413.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,591,212 33,326.040 347.81 30,232.884 383.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 997,397 1,039.987 959.05 943.461 1,057.17 STEEL PILING...........................5 85,498 22.646 3,775.25 20.545 4,161.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,597 15.355 299.38 13.930 330.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,310,706 2,423.551 540.82 2,198.610 596.15 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 192,918 35.551 5,426.40 32.252 5,981.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,565,569 3,786.085 677.63 3,434.680 746.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 25,166 19.148 1,314.27 17.371 1,448.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,833 263.941 272.15 239.444 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,262,146 4,606.078 1,142.44 4,178.565 1,259.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,769,740 1,043.757 1,695.55 946.881 1,869.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,943,794 13,060.070 1,067.67 11,847.900 1,176.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 449,201 293.177 1,532.18 265.966 1,688.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 78,427 66.082 1,186.81 59.949 1,308.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,603,751 1,723.138 1,511.05 1,563.205 1,665.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,729,304 2,398.840 1,554.63 2,176.192 1,713.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,319 0.389 5,959.67 0.353 6,569.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 764,143 533.035 1,433.57 483.562 1,580.24 BLACK PLATE...........................28 84,685 52.472 1,613.90 47.602 1,779.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,759,863 6,623.082 567.69 6,008.361 625.77 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,579,294 1,989.960 793.63 1,805.262 874.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 640,051 1,105.325 579.06 1,002.735 638.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 251,831 239.690 1,050.65 217.444 1,158.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 396,739 887.318 447.12 804.962 492.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,001,162 3,197.419 625.87 2,900.651 689.90 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 252,301 99.244 2,542.22 90.033 2,802.32 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 338,322 343.424 985.14 311.550 1,085.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,476,527 1,308.252 1,893.00 1,186.827 2,086.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,250,794 80,562.531 710.64 73,085.120 783.34 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,280,511 1,479.204 865.68 1,341.912 954.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,344,121 992.173 1,354.72 900.085 1,493.33 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 122,503 154.840 791.16 140.469 872.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,329 45.296 1,839.65 41.092 2,027.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,323,108 5,514.145 1,509.41 5,002.350 1,663.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,403,760 1,257.902 1,115.95 1,141.150 1,230.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 193,001 84.741 2,277.53 76.876 2,510.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 80,408 48.512 1,657.46 44.010 1,827.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 264,665 48.543 5,452.11 44.038 6,009.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,295,809 2,329.359 556.29 2,113.160 613.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 406,073 382.624 1,061.28 347.111 1,169.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 464,243 126.407 3,672.59 114.675 4,048.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,261,531 12,463.751 1,224.47 11,306.928 1,349.75 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,061,657 7,470.226 409.85 6,776.877 451.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,725 1.491 6,520.60 1.353 7,187.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,020 1.201 2,513.49 1.090 2,770.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,045,939 1,797.278 1,138.35 1,630.464 1,254.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,086,999 1,093.106 994.41 991.650 1,096.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,412,415 4,981.521 885.76 4,519.162 976.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 258,815 251.950 1,027.24 228.566 1,132.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,750,831 7,863.401 349.83 7,133.560 385.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,629,401 23,460.178 580.96 21,282.722 640.40 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,400 3.611 11,464.43 3.276 12,637.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,571 85.521 1,000.58 77.584 1,102.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,202 1.827 4,487.78 1.658 4,946.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 906,250 516.450 1,754.77 468.516 1,934.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,041,423 607.410 1,714.53 551.034 1,889.94 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,015 31.444 859.13 28.526 947.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,078 1.964 7,166.86 1.782 7,900.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,342,792 506.902 2,649.02 459.854 2,920.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 265,363 85.852 3,090.92 77.884 3,407.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,649,248 626.163 2,633.89 568.046 2,903.37 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 560,921 1,216.576 461.07 1,103.660 508.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 840,768 745.716 1,127.46 676.503 1,242.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 922,580 832.866 1,107.72 755.564 1,221.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 360,052 292.990 1,228.88 265.797 1,354.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 415,482 422.434 983.54 383.226 1,084.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,099,803 3,510.584 882.99 3,184.750 973.33 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,904,322 84,295.706 342.89 76,471.800 377.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,663,831 4,133.776 402.50 3,750.100 443.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,180 10.706 950.80 9.713 1,048.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,251,345 5,874.408 553.48 5,329.175 610.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,531,189 3,648.144 693.83 3,309.542 764.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,223,308 2,796.835 794.94 2,537.247 876.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,064 6.028 840.00 5.469 925.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,573,605 3,769.683 417.44 3,419.800 460.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 145,761 338.073 431.15 306.695 475.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,308,605 104,873.362 384.36 95,139.541 423.68 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 102,905 100.308 1,025.89 90.998 1,130.85 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,321,323 46,134.557 288.75 41,852.578 318.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,533,053 6,985.203 792.11 6,336.872 873.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,015,876 6,157.718 652.17 5,586.190 718.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 506,506 621.999 814.32 564.269 897.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,405,127 6,441.894 1,149.53 5,843.990 1,267.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,641 6.694 1,290.79 6.073 1,422.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,560 8.207 1,042.91 7.446 1,149.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,799,086 66,356.276 464.15 60,197.418 511.63 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 703,455 903.868 778.27 819.976 857.90 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 365,123 514.779 709.28 467.000 781.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 354,850 364.798 972.73 330.940 1,072.25 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 213,864 288.020 742.53 261.288 818.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 20,431 24.147 846.10 21.906 932.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 515,180 632.870 814.04 574.131 897.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,784,964 1,326.267 1,345.86 1,203.170 1,483.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 21,210 19.165 1,106.65 17.387 1,219.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,037,459 1,528.685 1,332.82 1,386.801 1,469.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,285 40.788 2,262.51 37.003 2,493.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,536 177.905 739.36 161.393 815.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 145,686 306.183 475.81 277.765 524.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 615,355 983.737 625.53 892.432 689.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,297,943 6,207.351 1,014.59 5,631.216 1,118.40 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,313 23.699 814.91 21.500 898.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,534,978 9,101.184 388.41 8,256.458 428.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 65,405 10.692 6,116.95 9.700 6,742.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,126 5.326 399.15 4.832 439.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 201,247 221.787 907.39 201.202 1,000.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 580,666 237.747 2,442.36 215.681 2,692.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,056,479 897.469 1,177.18 814.171 1,297.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,126,812 2,304.663 1,356.73 2,090.756 1,495.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 628,765 379.072 1,658.69 343.889 1,828.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 903,220 404.328 2,233.88 366.801 2,462.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,375 11.688 1,144.25 10.604 1,261.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,811 177.383 1,171.53 160.920 1,291.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 989,801 1,103.027 897.35 1,000.650 989.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 190,106 104.912 1,812.04 95.175 1,997.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,520,104 14,982.984 768.88 13,592.339 847.54 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,379,574 1,548.993 890.63 1,405.224 981.75 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,377 3.008 1,122.60 2.729 1,237.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,085 7.395 2,715.88 6.709 2,993.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,552,074 3,712.961 687.34 3,368.343 757.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,025 7.048 1,280.47 6.394 1,411.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,842,831 2,419.045 761.80 2,194.522 839.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 158,195 157.283 1,005.80 142.685 1,108.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 513,353 306.941 1,672.48 278.453 1,843.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,098,940 6,613.684 770.97 5,999.835 849.85 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 11,799,718 34,891.218 338.19 31,652.790 372.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,472 47.035 902.98 42.670 995.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,635,834 2,765.814 591.45 2,509.105 651.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,531,346 6,701.135 676.21 6,079.170 745.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,094,182 2,208.369 495.47 2,003.400 546.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,124 599.326 527.47 543.700 581.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,357,040 2,369.991 572.59 2,150.021 631.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,016,800 2,152.697 472.34 1,952.895 520.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,405 78.061 696.95 70.816 768.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,847,921 51,813.651 421.66 47,004.567 464.80 Israel OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,303 8.090 408.23 7.340 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,356 21.363 578.36 19.381 637.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,659 29.454 531.63 26.721 586.02 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 80,410 110.675 726.54 100.403 800.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,410 110.675 726.54 100.403 800.87 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 540,971 1,002.842 539.44 909.764 594.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,909 20.585 724.24 18.675 798.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 280,360 404.932 692.36 367.349 763.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,242 47.166 513.96 42.789 566.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,722,045 6,553.782 567.92 5,945.493 626.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,968,046 1,826.661 1,077.40 1,657.120 1,187.63 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,524,979 15,908.226 1,164.49 14,431.704 1,283.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 905,802 614.939 1,472.99 557.864 1,623.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,886 41.068 971.20 37.257 1,070.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 359,019 526.381 682.05 477.525 751.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,625 5.708 634.98 5.179 699.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 935,049 1,903.958 491.11 1,727.243 541.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,508,883 30,889.196 534.45 28,022.216 589.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 258,443 271.823 950.78 246.594 1,048.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,545,288 59,014.432 737.88 53,537.008 813.37 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,632,664 5,174.113 508.81 4,693.878 560.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,427 13.899 3,412.25 12.609 3,761.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 435,655 576.828 755.26 523.290 832.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,115,746 5,764.840 540.47 5,229.777 595.77 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 145,272 279.797 519.20 253.828 572.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 96,013 199.363 481.60 180.860 530.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,020 99.171 655.63 89.967 722.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,612 25.877 796.51 23.476 878.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 85,333 163.010 523.48 147.881 577.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 124,557 258.630 481.60 234.626 530.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 536,807 1,025.852 523.28 930.638 576.82 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,969 24.541 569.19 22.264 627.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,203 31.393 3,669.61 28.480 4,045.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 35,597 21.762 1,635.67 19.743 1,803.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 164,769 77.698 2,120.62 70.487 2,337.58 China WIRE RODS..............................3 7,324,905 17,957.974 407.89 16,291.205 449.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,133 5.878 362.84 5.333 399.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 183,754 195.825 938.36 177.650 1,034.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 630,143 69.626 9,050.35 63.164 9,976.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,019 83.149 601.55 75.432 663.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,814 25.036 272.16 22.713 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 214,590 317.378 676.13 287.921 745.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,929,977 32,446.664 552.60 29,435.127 609.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,868,612 30,756.982 873.58 27,902.273 962.95 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 632,667 716.732 882.71 650.209 973.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,784,353 2,391.026 746.27 2,169.103 822.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,720,523 2,768.038 621.57 2,511.123 685.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,859,536 6,368.600 763.05 5,777.499 841.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 267,137 324.855 822.33 294.704 906.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,436 2.259 1,078.00 2.050 1,188.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 322,191 632.418 509.46 573.721 561.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,377,476 8,246.814 652.07 7,481.386 718.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,731 199.678 484.43 181.145 534.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,957,240 4,485.659 436.33 4,069.323 480.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,199,912 3,409.221 645.28 3,092.795 711.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,321 8.884 711.45 8.060 784.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 185,790 238.135 780.19 216.033 860.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,623,260 111,650.842 650.45 101,287.969 717.00 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 102,171 202.362 504.89 183.580 556.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,318,791 2,372.900 555.77 2,152.660 612.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,440 4.279 2,907.10 3.882 3,204.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 556,565 871.757 638.44 790.845 703.76 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 190,098 427.465 444.71 387.790 490.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 122,552 335.470 365.31 304.334 402.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,935 21.449 1,255.72 19.459 1,384.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,830,083 2,158.184 847.97 1,957.873 934.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,445,686 22,992.242 802.26 20,858.217 884.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,339,315 1,903.992 703.42 1,727.273 775.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,247,107 1,664.606 749.19 1,510.106 825.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,024,313 3,193.534 633.88 2,897.127 698.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 728,064 992.087 733.87 900.007 808.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 70,435 85.981 819.19 78.001 903.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,682 6.150 1,899.24 5.580 2,093.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,344,872 4,504.300 520.59 4,086.234 573.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 207,535 468.910 442.59 425.389 487.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,498,933 1,561.378 960.01 1,416.459 1,058.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,449,770 63,762.435 461.87 57,844.325 509.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,183,550 9,671.214 639.38 8,773.581 704.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,029,500 29,929.216 769.47 27,151.336 848.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,056,485 1,269.319 832.32 1,151.508 917.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,921,401 5,076.978 772.39 4,605.759 851.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 961,180 1,131.323 849.61 1,026.320 936.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,684,131 154,615.442 625.32 140,264.810 689.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,031 7.212 4,579.74 6.543 5,048.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,031 7.212 4,579.74 6.543 5,048.30 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 94,691 274.027 345.55 248.594 380.91 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,470 8.313 657.96 7.542 725.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,480,004 6,969.372 355.84 6,322.510 392.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,215 113.556 750.42 103.017 827.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 384,517 661.000 581.72 599.650 641.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 367,056 496.454 739.35 450.376 815.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 63,152 88.679 712.13 80.449 784.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 560,041 1,042.914 537.00 946.116 591.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,992 2.411 5,386.72 2.188 5,937.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 799,481 945.636 845.44 857.867 931.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,392,425 14,626.861 778.87 13,269.269 858.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 216,389 222.214 973.78 201.590 1,073.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,700,664 3,964.032 681.29 3,596.111 751.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,783 27.537 791.02 24.982 871.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 78,007 26.358 2,959.47 23.912 3,262.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,261,887 29,469.372 653.62 26,734.173 720.50 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 7,202,749 9,386.383 767.36 8,515.186 845.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 57,430 50.242 1,143.06 45.579 1,260.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,981 2.145 1,389.68 1.946 1,531.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,847,194 2,293.578 805.38 2,080.700 887.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,317,312 12,224.490 353.17 11,089.874 389.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 284,879 190.467 1,495.69 172.789 1,648.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,067,561 3,412.344 898.96 3,095.628 990.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,764,828 455.935 3,870.78 413.618 4,266.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,830,182 7,533.231 1,039.42 6,834.035 1,145.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,377,960 12,256.267 1,091.52 11,118.702 1,203.19 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,972,489 3,370.988 585.14 3,058.110 645.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,768,665 1,296.951 2,134.75 1,176.575 2,353.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 348,705 249.056 1,400.11 225.940 1,543.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 344,407 121.250 2,840.45 109.997 3,131.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 93,468 129.229 723.27 117.235 797.27 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 4,431 8.730 507.54 7.920 559.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,052,181 3,464.292 881.04 3,142.754 971.18 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,751,762 2,410.638 1,141.51 2,186.895 1,258.30 TIN PLATE.............................29 315,088 368.850 854.24 334.616 941.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,238,758 2,631.816 850.65 2,387.544 937.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 161,963 246.860 656.09 223.948 723.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,702,496 2,240.649 759.82 2,032.684 837.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,071,908 1,888.125 567.71 1,712.879 625.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 264,759 291.005 909.81 263.996 1,002.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 775,256 463.959 1,670.96 420.897 1,841.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,440 13.264 1,088.65 12.033 1,200.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 459,023 353.643 1,297.98 320.820 1,430.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,092,875 67,354.398 862.50 61,102.900 950.74 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,636,651 121,716.760 268.14 110,419.619 295.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 476,632 769.598 619.33 698.168 682.69 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,188 4.550 1,359.90 4.128 1,499.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,498 12.236 776.19 11.101 855.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 224,687 286.544 784.13 259.949 864.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,325 10.048 1,624.59 9.116 1,790.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,428,662 35,855.729 374.52 32,527.780 412.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,798,643 158,655.469 294.97 143,929.861 325.15 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 217,938 505.034 431.53 458.160 475.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,492 1,869.750 448.99 1,696.210 494.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 291,501 619.024 470.90 561.570 519.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,348,931 2,993.810 450.57 2,715.940 496.67 Egypt WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,751 44.635 756.14 40.493 833.50 Liberia WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,459 83.764 554.64 75.990 611.38 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 5,678,810 14,699.154 386.34 13,334.852 425.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 434,831 886.344 490.59 804.078 540.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,321,250 6,103.063 708.05 5,536.608 780.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 272,311 633.406 429.91 574.617 473.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,332 2.513 927.88 2.280 1,022.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,471,345 4,660.457 530.28 4,227.897 584.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,003,386 1,064.178 942.87 965.407 1,039.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 39,430 55.417 711.51 50.274 784.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 297,603 434.805 684.45 394.449 754.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 208,491 335.507 621.42 304.367 685.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 540,214 746.683 723.48 677.380 797.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 916,983 1,598.045 573.82 1,449.723 632.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,083,100 5,358.201 388.77 4,860.880 428.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,474,313 4,874.057 507.65 4,421.672 559.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,744,399 41,451.836 500.45 37,604.484 551.65 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,002 2.654 2,637.92 2.408 2,907.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 50,097 16.276 3,077.83 14.766 3,392.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,388 0.104 22,803.77 0.095 25,136.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,728 3.796 5,986.79 3.444 6,599.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 192,772 51.460 3,746.03 46.684 4,129.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,848,255 1,732.505 6,261.60 1,571.703 6,902.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,896 20.049 6,877.63 18.189 7,581.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 77,611 26.372 2,942.84 23.925 3,243.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 192,476 73.244 2,627.87 66.446 2,896.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 58,923 4.300 13,702.66 3.901 15,104.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 323,454 100.642 3,213.90 91.301 3,542.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,913,602 2,031.407 5,864.70 1,842.862 6,464.73 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,719 0.728 6,476.56 0.661 7,139.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,034 4.058 1,733.06 3.682 1,910.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 302,656 90.066 3,360.36 81.707 3,704.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,368,047 9,166.946 2,221.90 8,316.116 2,449.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,358,672 961.246 2,453.77 872.028 2,704.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,041,128 10,223.046 2,253.84 9,274.194 2,484.43 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 64,698 7.537 8,583.37 6.838 9,461.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 63,755 63.686 1,001.08 57.775 1,103.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,918 15.847 2,771.21 14.377 3,054.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,873 39.555 3,460.29 35.884 3,814.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 408,486 89.837 4,546.96 81.499 5,012.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,918 0.684 5,723.59 0.621 6,309.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,549,801 2,422.096 2,291.32 2,197.290 2,525.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,271,449 2,639.245 2,376.23 2,394.284 2,619.34 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 216,925 54.944 3,948.06 49.845 4,351.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,339,051 2,717.433 3,068.72 2,465.215 3,382.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,249,698 372.217 3,357.44 337.670 3,700.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,087,753 303.671 3,582.01 275.486 3,948.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,454,900 812.887 3,019.98 737.439 3,328.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 214,097 57.459 3,726.08 52.126 4,107.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 908,421 228.243 3,980.05 207.059 4,387.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,896,466 239.435 7,920.58 217.212 8,730.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,764,791 260.327 6,779.12 236.165 7,472.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 107,880 47.214 2,284.91 42.832 2,518.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,882,055 432.360 4,352.98 392.231 4,798.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,937,289 259.589 7,462.88 235.496 8,226.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,059,326 5,785.783 3,812.68 5,248.776 4,202.76 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,604 0.270 13,344.88 0.245 14,710.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,604 0.270 13,344.88 0.245 14,710.20 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 136,973 69.205 1,979.23 62.782 2,181.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,042 0.734 4,143.63 0.666 4,567.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 254,475 95.165 2,674.02 86.333 2,947.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 290,575 121.086 2,399.73 109.848 2,645.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,545,996 1,293.216 2,742.00 1,173.187 3,022.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 494,685 207.775 2,380.86 188.491 2,624.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,017 241.341 2,204.42 218.941 2,429.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,257,763 2,028.525 2,591.91 1,840.248 2,857.09 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 33,158 2.541 13,044.42 2.306 14,379.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,602 3.173 42,728.76 2.879 47,100.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 10,540 2.203 4,783.26 1.999 5,272.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,300 7.919 22,641.74 7.184 24,958.24 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 742,563 102.674 7,232.19 93.145 7,972.12 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,595,008 4,445.250 2,383.44 4,032.665 2,627.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 593,790 230.010 2,581.58 208.662 2,845.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 28,077 3.054 9,192.00 2.771 10,132.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 277,987 59.103 4,703.38 53.618 5,184.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,196,066 171.724 6,965.02 155.786 7,677.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 608,261 27.443 22,164.41 24.896 24,432.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,824 58.995 3,997.31 53.520 4,406.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 158,478 15.874 9,983.26 14.401 11,004.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 121,357 22.555 5,380.38 20.462 5,930.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,557,411 5,136.687 2,834.01 4,659.926 3,123.96 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,768 1.274 2,956.98 1.156 3,259.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 181,997 48.578 3,746.42 44.070 4,129.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,174 1.915 4,266.59 1.738 4,703.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,349 0.927 10,084.75 0.841 11,116.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,796 0.946 54,701.46 0.859 60,298.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,316 52.368 4,798.98 47.508 5,289.97 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,414,075 870.673 3,921.19 789.862 4,322.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,029,938 398.785 2,582.69 361.772 2,846.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 47,783 17.455 2,737.48 15.835 3,017.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,950 0.073 107,643.59 0.067 118,656.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,123 2.087 12,991.33 1.894 14,320.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,561 27.701 2,330.63 25.130 2,569.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,741,354 625.877 2,782.26 567.787 3,066.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 131,257 35.589 3,688.11 32.286 4,065.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,464,041 1,978.243 3,267.57 1,794.633 3,601.87 France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 70,189 46.804 1,499.63 42.460 1,653.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 175,888 63.775 2,757.93 57.856 3,040.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 16,553 2.290 7,226.48 2.078 7,965.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 896,625 173.152 5,178.25 157.081 5,708.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,253,210 118.912 10,538.89 107.876 11,617.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,289,122 545.830 4,193.84 495.169 4,622.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,076,009 515.535 5,966.63 467.686 6,577.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 472,283 90.033 5,245.64 81.677 5,782.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,198,034 529.244 2,263.67 480.123 2,495.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 324,616 122.161 2,657.27 110.823 2,929.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,772,529 2,207.740 4,426.48 2,002.829 4,879.36 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 403,214 45.354 8,890.26 41.145 9,799.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 135,476 39.775 3,405.99 36.084 3,754.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,584,759 559.204 2,833.95 507.302 3,123.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 198,613 97.951 2,027.67 88.860 2,235.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 281,274 92.800 3,030.96 84.187 3,341.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,562,260 528.527 2,955.87 479.472 3,258.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,130,263 195.038 10,922.27 176.936 12,039.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,077,814 266.963 4,037.31 242.185 4,450.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 95,207 37.340 2,549.68 33.875 2,810.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,284,416 1,392.245 2,359.08 1,263.024 2,600.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,645 1.150 4,036.28 1.044 4,449.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 406,034 82.668 4,911.57 74.996 5,414.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 11,163,975 3,339.021 3,343.49 3,029.110 3,685.56 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,119 35.217 1,451.51 31.949 1,600.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,030 1.128 3,570.27 1.024 3,935.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 61,136 15.050 4,061.94 13.654 4,477.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 993,033 188.984 5,254.57 171.444 5,792.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,225 28.005 4,328.64 25.406 4,771.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,890,835 228.810 8,263.78 207.573 9,109.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,640 0.513 5,139.42 0.466 5,665.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 126,003 7.721 16,318.06 7.005 17,987.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,945 1.677 6,523.74 1.522 7,191.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,416 1.247 48,417.39 1.132 53,371.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,321,382 508.358 6,533.55 461.175 7,202.00 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,806 2.622 1,451.34 2.379 1,599.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,313 27.486 3,649.59 24.935 4,022.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,323,282 90.091 14,688.14 81.730 16,190.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,662 5.715 4,839.84 5.185 5,335.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,455,063 125.915 11,555.83 114.229 12,738.12 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 688,550 177.526 3,878.58 161.049 4,275.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 239,574 43.566 5,499.02 39.523 6,061.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 293,194 84.839 3,455.87 76.965 3,809.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,221,318 305.932 3,992.12 277.537 4,400.56 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 750,758 207.426 3,619.40 188.174 3,989.70 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,500 11.874 3,242.35 10.772 3,574.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,500 11.874 3,242.35 10.772 3,574.08 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,680 21.670 1,554.20 19.659 1,713.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,680 21.670 1,554.20 19.659 1,713.21 Ukraine IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 507,368 142.098 3,570.53 128.910 3,935.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 507,368 142.098 3,570.53 128.910 3,935.83 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,046,330 350.044 2,989.14 317.555 3,294.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,491 0.287 8,658.23 0.261 9,544.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,964,900 615.952 9,684.02 558.783 10,674.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 146,442 18.696 7,832.67 16.961 8,634.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 106,310 64.702 1,643.06 58.697 1,811.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,266,473 1,049.683 6,922.54 952.257 7,630.79 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 894,595 260.544 3,433.56 236.362 3,784.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,609 7.966 4,344.37 7.227 4,788.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 929,204 268.510 3,460.58 243.589 3,814.64 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,842,540 1,119.521 2,539.07 1,015.613 2,798.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,206,559 815.146 2,706.95 739.489 2,983.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 715,551 302.970 2,361.79 274.850 2,603.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 73,652 11.728 6,279.70 10.640 6,922.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 445,930 208.224 2,141.58 188.898 2,360.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,191,446 309.398 3,850.84 280.682 4,244.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,395,201 518.815 2,689.20 470.662 2,964.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,712,298 1,376.055 4,151.21 1,248.337 4,575.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,131,847 220.507 9,667.92 200.041 10,657.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 403,736 89.314 4,520.37 81.025 4,982.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 102,479 46.852 2,187.26 42.504 2,411.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 528,712 253.853 2,082.75 230.292 2,295.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,324 2.597 5,900.55 2.356 6,504.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,765,275 5,274.986 3,367.83 4,785.389 3,712.40 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 196,749 99.344 1,980.47 90.124 2,183.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 120,353 50.016 2,406.28 45.374 2,652.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 317,102 149.360 2,123.06 135.498 2,340.27 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,474 37.643 2,934.71 34.150 3,234.96 United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 207,767 97.824 2,123.87 88.745 2,341.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 207,767 97.824 2,123.87 88.745 2,341.17 India STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 264,748 75.471 3,507.90 68.467 3,866.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 569,816 190.681 2,988.32 172.983 3,294.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 973,725 358.015 2,719.79 324.786 2,998.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,555,720 1,196.084 2,972.80 1,085.070 3,276.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 397,029 63.451 6,257.23 57.562 6,897.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,607,350 915.587 2,847.74 830.607 3,139.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,083,393 279.860 3,871.19 253.885 4,267.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,451,781 3,079.151 3,069.61 2,793.360 3,383.66 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 271,380 69.507 3,904.34 63.056 4,303.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 181,578 56.902 3,191.04 51.621 3,517.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 203,810 76.240 2,673.26 69.164 2,946.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 656,768 202.649 3,240.90 183.841 3,572.48 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,264 14.764 1,575.69 13.394 1,736.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 839,686 301.346 2,786.45 273.377 3,071.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 862,950 316.110 2,729.90 286.771 3,009.20 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,408 47.458 3,759.21 43.054 4,143.82 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 164,278 63.577 2,583.88 57.677 2,848.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 164,278 63.577 2,583.88 57.677 2,848.24 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 148,883 9.307 15,995.31 8.444 17,631.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 547,624 286.320 1,912.62 259.746 2,108.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,348 10.890 2,052.00 9.880 2,261.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 254,496 95.998 2,651.05 87.088 2,922.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,025,376 268.864 3,813.73 243.910 4,203.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,744,932 1,773.944 3,802.22 1,609.296 4,191.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,772,792 540.263 3,281.35 490.119 3,617.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 116,006 56.227 2,063.14 51.009 2,274.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,328,682 4,909.209 2,103.94 4,453.561 2,319.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 20,961,139 7,951.027 2,636.28 7,213.053 2,906.00 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 571,157 288.805 1,977.65 262.000 2,179.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 261,076 96.969 2,692.36 87.969 2,967.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 42,316 12.147 3,483.52 11.020 3,839.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 370,583 165.574 2,238.16 150.207 2,467.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,489 21.419 2,450.58 19.431 2,701.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,474,545 1,926.320 3,880.22 1,747.529 4,277.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,933,193 780.050 3,760.26 707.650 4,144.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,214,753 1,041.327 2,126.85 944.677 2,344.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 82,385 19.617 4,199.50 17.797 4,629.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,002,497 4,352.232 3,217.31 3,948.280 3,546.48 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 70,324 22.825 3,080.93 20.707 3,396.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 394,351 137.213 2,874.00 124.478 3,168.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 464,675 160.039 2,903.51 145.185 3,200.57 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 46,407 19.243 2,411.62 17.457 2,658.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,816 1.371 34,140.49 1.244 37,633.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,462,886 556.421 2,629.10 504.777 2,898.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,170,430 972.936 2,230.80 882.633 2,459.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,277,967 306.672 4,167.20 278.209 4,593.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,927 1.628 9,782.49 1.477 10,783.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,681,052 2,117.127 3,155.72 1,920.626 3,478.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,630,571 1,496.407 3,094.46 1,357.518 3,411.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,469,276 319.067 4,604.91 289.453 5,076.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,256,916 2,387.235 2,202.09 2,165.664 2,427.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 157,652 74.354 2,120.28 67.453 2,337.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,215,900 8,252.463 2,813.21 7,486.511 3,101.03 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,006 3.075 18,860.99 2.790 20,790.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 67,774 28.087 2,412.92 25.481 2,659.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 499,831 215.028 2,324.48 195.071 2,562.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 124,563 13.201 9,435.68 11.976 10,401.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,026 0.051 58,407.27 0.047 64,382.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 125,952 31.099 4,049.97 28.213 4,464.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,360,172 877.971 8,383.15 796.483 9,240.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 709,991 109.834 6,464.20 99.640 7,125.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 842,211 720.894 1,168.29 653.985 1,287.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 856,418 406.758 2,105.47 369.005 2,320.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/11/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 74,045 26.373 2,807.51 23.926 3,094.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,490,571 318.768 7,813.10 289.182 8,612.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,212,560 2,751.146 4,802.56 2,495.799 5,293.92 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,073 1.007 3,050.09 0.914 3,362.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,078 5.808 3,973.43 5.269 4,379.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,151 6.815 3,836.94 6.183 4,229.50 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,420,357 841.459 1,687.97 763.359 1,860.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 174,198 81.108 2,147.73 73.580 2,367.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 341,253 234.624 1,454.46 212.848 1,603.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,200,130 460.799 2,604.45 418.030 2,870.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,135,938 1,617.990 1,938.17 1,467.817 2,136.46 GRAND TOTAL 231,196,621 72,433.484 3,191.85 65,710.570 3,518.41