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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 778,254 903.035 861.82 819.220 949.99 Brazil 19,263 1.748 11,018.35 1.586 12,145.65 United Kingdom 676,923 119.147 5,681.38 108.089 6,262.64 Belgium 1,476,026 1,877.416 786.20 1,703.164 866.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,268,071 1,626.258 779.75 1,475.317 859.52 Slovakia 4,844 6.613 732.40 6.000 807.33 Italy 4,496,523 1,755.995 2,560.67 1,593.013 2,822.65 India 113,111 82.733 1,367.17 75.055 1,507.04 Taiwan 35,703 14.683 2,431.44 13.321 2,680.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,868,718 6,387.633 1,388.42 5,794.765 1,530.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 26,595,099 72,852.856 365.05 66,091.018 402.40 Mexico 37,906,492 100,086.311 378.74 90,796.800 417.49 Brazil 14,549,873 47,629.613 305.48 43,208.871 336.73 Sweden 3,717,908 1,453.975 2,557.06 1,319.025 2,818.68 United Kingdom 8,423,796 3,897.724 2,161.21 3,535.957 2,382.32 Belgium 1,163,325 1,832.104 634.97 1,662.058 699.93 France 1,895,221 261.655 7,243.19 237.370 7,984.25 Federal Republic of Germany 10,843,952 21,700.533 499.71 19,686.398 550.83 Austria 3,498,279 5,465.123 640.11 4,957.878 705.60 Czech Republic 3,195 2.201 1,451.41 1.997 1,599.90 Russia 34,356,518 114,506.256 300.04 103,878.358 330.74 Ukraine 8,618,777 29,948.500 287.79 27,168.830 317.23 Spain 1,769,845 524.431 3,374.79 475.756 3,720.07 Italy 12,998,835 25,404.349 511.68 23,046.445 564.03 Malaysia 42,595 10.625 4,008.87 9.639 4,419.03 China 15,613 9.577 1,630.09 8.689 1,796.87 Taiwan 58,487 3.782 15,464.45 3.431 17,046.63 Japan 11,100 0.544 20,384.12 0.494 22,469.64 Australia 12,484,192 44,188.614 282.52 40,087.248 311.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 178,953,102 469,778.781 380.93 426,176.262 419.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,028,194 22,399.980 581.62 20,320.926 641.12 Mexico 692,449 1,464.153 472.93 1,328.258 521.32 Trinidad and Tobago 8,311,289 19,188.226 433.15 17,407.271 477.46 Venezuela 208,716 527.561 395.62 478.596 436.10 Brazil 4,437,690 7,787.827 569.82 7,065.000 628.12 Argentina 1,053,388 2,849.342 369.70 2,584.881 407.52 Sweden 1,135,864 318.766 3,563.31 289.180 3,927.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 15,962 13.973 1,142.26 12.677 1,259.13 United Kingdom 2,496,318 2,703.997 923.20 2,453.026 1,017.65 Netherlands 258,218 399.528 646.31 362.446 712.43 France 507,312 170.646 2,972.88 154.808 3,277.04 Federal Republic of Germany 5,540,194 6,745.413 821.33 6,119.338 905.36 Spain 149,197 246.829 604.45 223.920 666.30 Italy 5,063,262 10,158.209 498.44 9,215.375 549.44 Turkey 5,466,959 14,174.760 385.68 12,859.130 425.14 India 88,104 27.623 3,189.41 25.060 3,515.72 China 4,893,470 13,329.114 367.13 12,091.973 404.69 Korea, South 316,124 115.282 2,742.16 104.583 3,022.71 Taiwan 2,448,475 2,759.450 887.31 2,503.332 978.09 Japan 5,999,601 8,304.112 722.49 7,533.366 796.40 New Zealand 977,819 2,847.715 343.37 2,583.405 378.50 Egypt 8,782 15.681 560.02 14.226 617.32 South Africa 1,562,237 4,067.552 384.07 3,690.023 423.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,659,624 120,615.751 536.08 109,420.800 590.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,217,485 14,377.623 641.10 13,043.164 706.69 Mexico 1,367,260 2,490.167 549.06 2,259.043 605.24 Brazil 4,105,328 11,383.674 360.63 10,327.099 397.53 Argentina 38,787 112.597 344.47 102.147 379.72 Norway 1,696,366 2,098.964 808.19 1,904.149 890.88 United Kingdom 1,064,865 1,043.632 1,020.34 946.768 1,124.74 Netherlands 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 Luxembourg 2,702,982 3,665.027 737.51 3,324.858 812.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,935,394 2,363.625 818.82 2,144.246 902.60 Austria 13,621 0.999 13,623.78 0.907 15,017.64 Poland 1,024,868 2,259.854 453.51 2,050.106 499.91 Spain 8,040,454 18,095.353 444.34 16,415.833 489.80 Italy 85,177 14.736 5,779.89 13.369 6,371.23 India 239,944 85.579 2,803.77 77.636 3,090.63 China 42,772 100.315 426.37 91.005 470.00 Korea, South 377,136 936.065 402.89 849.185 444.12 Taiwan 18,258 20.150 906.09 18.280 998.80 Japan 278,090 433.710 641.19 393.456 706.79 South Africa 78,733 101.792 773.46 92.345 852.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,331,789 59,587.246 542.60 54,056.656 598.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,318,872 1,810.532 728.44 1,642.488 802.97 Luxembourg 6,361,710 8,536.904 745.20 7,744.552 821.44 China 4,057 6.165 658.05 5.593 725.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,684,639 10,353.602 742.22 9,392.633 818.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 26,270,105 30,456.609 862.54 27,629.779 950.79 Venezuela 7,863 8.929 880.53 8.101 970.62 Brazil 2,817,014 2,083.597 1,352.00 1,890.208 1,490.32 Sweden 9,402,949 6,104.809 1,540.25 5,538.192 1,697.84 Finland 247,996 129.238 1,918.91 117.243 2,115.23 United Kingdom 453,489 481.756 941.32 437.042 1,037.63 Netherlands 22,957 6.468 3,549.12 5.868 3,912.24 Belgium 4,558,707 2,003.254 2,275.65 1,817.322 2,508.48 France 6,105,413 1,283.344 4,757.42 1,164.231 5,244.16 Federal Republic of Germany 6,397,694 4,176.894 1,531.69 3,789.216 1,688.40 Austria 2,162,131 2,210.038 978.32 2,004.914 1,078.42 Hungary 162,336 404.024 401.80 366.525 442.91 Spain 52,636 36.900 1,426.41 33.476 1,572.35 Italy 584,155 349.011 1,673.74 316.618 1,844.98 Romania 6,756,201 13,194.749 512.04 11,970.079 564.42 Turkey 39,505 73.808 535.24 66.958 590.00 Thailand 2,153,194 5,597.859 384.65 5,078.294 424.00 Malaysia 5,511 16.012 344.18 14.526 379.39 Indonesia 19,829 31.062 638.37 28.179 703.68 China 11,520 17.997 640.09 16.327 705.58 Korea, South 2,663,550 4,182.643 636.81 3,794.431 701.96 Taiwan 2,653,754 1,907.779 1,391.02 1,730.709 1,533.33 Japan 2,736,726 2,268.601 1,206.35 2,058.041 1,329.77 Australia 349,670 543.728 643.10 493.262 708.89 South Africa 1,391,968 1,548.528 898.90 1,404.802 990.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,026,873 79,117.647 986.21 71,774.343 1,087.11 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,384,482 28,343.873 542.78 25,713.137 598.31 Mexico 3,246,690 6,844.077 474.38 6,208.844 522.91 Sweden 2,341,299 663.604 3,528.15 602.012 3,889.12 Finland 91,548 31.445 2,911.31 28.527 3,209.17 Netherlands 4,493,971 10,407.348 431.81 9,441.390 475.99 Belgium 668,370 474.710 1,407.95 430.650 1,552.00 France 5,828,655 11,629.817 501.18 10,550.396 552.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,847,078 5,034.551 764.14 4,567.270 842.31 Hungary 52,030 133.379 390.09 121.000 430.00 Spain 783,398 2,425.918 322.93 2,200.757 355.97 China 368,676 172.863 2,132.76 156.819 2,350.97 Japan 1,140,722 1,710.236 667.00 1,551.501 735.24 New Zealand 936,168 2,155.701 434.28 1,955.620 478.71 South Africa 8,261 6.223 1,327.36 5.646 1,463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,191,348 70,033.751 559.61 63,533.569 616.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 514,363 645.338 797.04 585.441 878.59 Federal Republic of Germany 21,886 42.879 510.40 38.900 562.62 Austria 1,294,919 958.641 1,350.79 869.665 1,488.99 Czech Republic 1,085,111 1,638.168 662.39 1,486.122 730.16 Poland 2,321,544 4,268.662 543.86 3,872.467 599.50 Spain 61,887 69.258 893.57 62.830 984.99 Japan 4,619,020 8,051.032 573.72 7,303.776 632.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,918,730 15,673.981 632.81 14,219.201 697.56 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 340,012 466.851 728.31 423.521 802.82 Austria 217,145 283.953 764.72 257.598 842.96 Czech Republic 2,832 1.495 1,893.26 1.357 2,086.96 Poland 81,392 121.243 671.31 109.990 739.99 Spain 102,935 116.023 887.19 105.255 977.96 Korea, South 116,238 174.352 666.68 158.170 734.89 Japan 79,517 121.988 651.84 110.666 718.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 940,071 1,285.908 731.06 1,166.557 805.85 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 165,691 313.292 528.87 284.214 582.98 Brazil 12,723 18.663 681.71 16.931 751.46 Poland 16,020 19.152 836.44 17.375 922.01 Australia 81,734 127.936 638.86 116.062 704.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 276,168 479.044 576.50 434.582 635.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,087,542 57,369.033 611.61 52,044.326 674.19 Mexico 3,951,973 7,773.241 508.41 7,051.768 560.42 Trinidad and Tobago 1,365,818 3,433.456 397.80 3,114.780 438.50 Colombia 29,202 29.382 993.87 26.655 1,095.55 Brazil 541,633 793.843 682.29 720.163 752.10 Argentina 1,229,117 2,856.614 430.27 2,591.478 474.29 Sweden 2,434,206 603.250 4,035.15 547.260 4,447.99 United Kingdom 4,005,199 3,740.282 1,070.83 3,393.128 1,180.39 Netherlands 831,693 928.246 895.98 842.091 987.65 France 2,031,023 550.283 3,690.87 499.209 4,068.48 Federal Republic of Germany 8,086,169 11,403.334 709.11 10,344.934 781.65 Austria 1,910,677 370.820 5,152.56 336.403 5,679.73 Czech Republic 2,249,630 2,591.470 868.09 2,350.943 956.91 Switzerland 21,826 21.562 1,012.23 19.561 1,115.79 Poland 30,565 29.177 1,047.57 26.469 1,154.75 Spain 4,933,347 5,876.025 839.57 5,330.642 925.47 Portugal 1,054,673 295.946 3,563.73 268.478 3,928.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,987,218 984.745 2,018.00 893.346 2,224.47 Turkey 1,218,382 2,827.173 430.95 2,564.769 475.05 India 600,114 295.380 2,031.66 267.965 2,239.52 China 550,031 419.498 1,311.16 380.563 1,445.31 Korea, South 403,511 558.912 721.96 507.037 795.82 Taiwan 1,232,074 280.275 4,395.93 254.262 4,845.69 Japan 9,137,563 11,812.588 773.54 10,716.203 852.69 Australia 5,340 0.449 11,873.45 0.408 13,088.24 South Africa 117,973 108.148 1,090.84 98.111 1,202.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,046,499 115,953.143 733.46 105,190.952 808.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,689,869 8,256.881 568.00 7,490.519 626.11 Mexico 2,343,306 4,551.021 514.90 4,128.618 567.58 Brazil 495,014 1,290.796 383.50 1,170.991 422.73 Argentina 246,476 291.099 846.71 264.081 933.33 Italy 431,802 203.655 2,120.26 184.753 2,337.19 India 1,075,400 395.543 2,718.79 358.831 2,996.95 China 56,325 114.564 491.65 103.931 541.95 Korea, South 136,870 373.864 366.10 339.164 403.55 Taiwan 7,899 0.812 9,723.00 0.737 10,717.77 Japan 64,746 22.680 2,854.76 20.575 3,146.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,547,707 15,500.917 615.94 14,062.200 678.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,622,986 5,723.870 458.25 5,192.609 505.14 Mexico 9,292,611 24,558.246 378.39 22,278.873 417.10 Dominican Republic 707,071 1,716.391 411.95 1,557.085 454.10 Venezuela 567,503 1,637.862 346.49 1,485.844 381.94 Brazil 4,774,951 13,722.922 347.95 12,449.229 383.55 Argentina 487,220 1,693.259 287.74 1,536.100 317.18 Federal Republic of Germany 128,902 127.398 1,011.80 115.574 1,115.32 Italy 22,446 21.682 1,035.21 19.670 1,141.13 Romania 1,100,039 3,630.773 302.98 3,293.783 333.97 Turkey 43,272,005 104,905.423 412.49 95,168.626 454.69 Taiwan 4,025,051 10,848.063 371.04 9,841.200 409.00 Japan 2,433,026 6,318.338 385.07 5,731.902 424.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,433,811 174,904.232 396.98 158,670.495 437.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,432,532 6,313.135 1,177.31 5,727.182 1,297.76 Mexico 337,406 522.584 645.65 474.081 711.71 Colombia 101,054 97.036 1,041.40 88.030 1,147.95 Brazil 80,000 52.376 1,527.41 47.515 1,683.68 Sweden 1,937,400 611.702 3,167.23 554.927 3,491.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 141,886 24.591 5,769.73 22.309 6,360.03 Denmark 2,986 1.008 2,960.50 0.915 3,263.39 United Kingdom 4,418,668 2,565.883 1,722.08 2,327.731 1,898.27 Netherlands 29,853 6.596 4,525.77 5.984 4,988.80 France 7,798,685 4,522.042 1,724.59 4,102.329 1,901.04 Federal Republic of Germany 6,819,606 5,228.251 1,304.38 4,742.991 1,437.83 Austria 229,003 69.812 3,280.25 63.333 3,615.86 Czech Republic 76,031 18.573 4,093.42 16.850 4,512.23 Switzerland 1,034,834 172.083 6,013.54 156.112 6,628.79 Latvia 612,065 166.835 3,668.67 151.351 4,044.01 Poland 68,369 31.407 2,176.87 28.492 2,399.59 Ukraine 24,783 21.604 1,147.14 19.599 1,264.50 Spain 1,681,447 1,497.997 1,122.46 1,358.961 1,237.30 Italy 10,558,633 2,800.789 3,769.88 2,540.834 4,155.58 Slovenia 37,308 15.077 2,474.43 13.678 2,727.59 Romania 65,063 21.716 2,996.00 19.701 3,302.52 Saudi Arabia 119,444 55.521 2,151.32 50.368 2,371.43 United Arab Emirates 124,664 43.888 2,840.47 39.815 3,131.08 India 4,085,090 1,436.596 2,843.59 1,303.259 3,134.52 China 1,376,693 743.410 1,851.86 674.411 2,041.33 Korea, South 435,089 284.562 1,528.97 258.151 1,685.41 Taiwan 6,495,832 2,019.954 3,215.83 1,832.472 3,544.85 Japan 1,005,909 609.812 1,649.54 553.213 1,818.30 Australia 2,852 1.213 2,349.95 1.101 2,590.37 South Africa 114,385 166.120 688.57 150.702 759.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,247,570 30,122.188 1,900.51 27,326.397 2,094.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,908,841 1,034.280 1,845.57 938.284 2,034.40 Mexico 182,640 114.969 1,588.59 104.299 1,751.12 Dominican Republic 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 Brazil 4,569,271 1,412.598 3,234.66 1,281.488 3,565.60 Sweden 3,456,641 948.640 3,643.79 860.592 4,016.59 United Kingdom 634,857 198.869 3,192.34 180.411 3,518.95 Netherlands 470,773 369.941 1,272.56 335.605 1,402.76 Belgium 168,951 90.259 1,871.84 81.882 2,063.35 France 3,309,757 1,129.280 2,930.86 1,024.466 3,230.71 Federal Republic of Germany 5,188,852 1,816.288 2,856.84 1,647.710 3,149.13 Austria 5,362,423 769.220 6,971.25 697.825 7,684.48 Czech Republic 90,491 22.847 3,960.63 20.727 4,365.85 Switzerland 116,994 6.355 18,407.08 5.766 20,290.32 Poland 239,900 73.192 3,277.67 66.399 3,613.01 Russia 279,188 132.137 2,112.86 119.873 2,329.03 Ukraine 244,476 83.466 2,929.01 75.720 3,228.68 Spain 109,214 46.998 2,323.79 42.636 2,561.54 Italy 15,763 0.252 62,445.23 0.229 68,834.06 Slovenia 2,593,058 870.460 2,978.95 789.669 3,283.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 83,609 23.898 3,498.56 21.680 3,856.50 China 7,699,917 2,807.508 2,742.62 2,546.930 3,023.22 Korea, South 1,033,109 825.991 1,250.75 749.327 1,378.72 Taiwan 2,101,743 540.412 3,889.15 490.254 4,287.05 Japan 5,316,174 4,531.601 1,173.13 4,111.001 1,293.16 South Africa 96,412 84.409 1,142.19 76.575 1,259.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,303,954 17,938.139 2,525.57 16,273.211 2,783.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 31,503,511 37,807.236 833.27 34,298.158 918.52 Mexico 6,296,407 7,642.799 823.84 6,933.433 908.12 Guatemala 57,350 65.749 872.25 59.647 961.49 Dominican Republic 116,782 304.093 384.03 275.869 423.32 Colombia 1,962,454 2,625.528 747.45 2,381.840 823.92 Venezuela 1,216,175 1,376.882 883.28 1,249.087 973.65 Ecuador 198,065 176.744 1,120.63 160.340 1,235.28 Peru 2,311 3.344 691.00 3.034 761.70 Chile 275,420 437.316 629.80 396.727 694.23 Brazil 3,021 4.324 698.60 3.923 770.07 Argentina 1,246,204 855.655 1,456.43 776.238 1,605.44 Sweden 107,659 124.960 861.55 113.362 949.69 United Kingdom 67,061 17.555 3,819.96 15.926 4,210.79 Netherlands 4,806 7.895 608.67 7.163 670.95 France 238,591 174.880 1,364.31 158.649 1,503.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,608,742 796.657 2,019.36 722.716 2,225.97 Switzerland 12,686 3.254 3,898.56 2.952 4,297.43 Ukraine 220,018 257.110 855.73 233.247 943.28 Spain 676,409 351.427 1,924.75 318.810 2,121.67 Italy 564,011 258.872 2,178.72 234.845 2,401.63 Romania 1,034,552 1,715.885 602.93 1,556.626 664.61 Turkey 2,218,580 3,773.485 587.94 3,423.249 648.09 Saudi Arabia 40,150 21.069 1,905.59 19.114 2,100.55 United Arab Emirates 784,648 1,262.844 621.33 1,145.634 684.90 Oman 1,083,560 1,821.123 595.00 1,652.096 655.87 India 1,550,571 2,498.006 620.72 2,266.154 684.23 Thailand 3,813,757 6,393.002 596.55 5,799.636 657.59 Vietnam 11,775 21.608 544.92 19.603 600.67 China 15,048,000 26,446.010 569.01 23,991.424 627.22 Korea, South 2,814,547 3,302.539 852.24 2,996.014 939.43 Taiwan 2,137,498 4,213.269 507.33 3,822.215 559.23 Japan 305,558 135.943 2,247.68 123.326 2,477.64 South Africa 1,786,228 3,522.820 507.04 3,195.850 558.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,007,107 108,419.900 728.71 98,356.907 803.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 13,995,166 10,253.359 1,364.93 9,301.694 1,504.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,371,402 2,740.538 865.31 2,486.175 953.84 Colombia 6,046,344 5,458.673 1,107.66 4,952.027 1,220.98 Venezuela 1,256,652 1,293.255 971.70 1,173.222 1,071.11 Brazil 226,707 318.134 712.61 288.607 785.52 Argentina 87,210 188.495 462.66 171.000 510.00 Sweden 1,802,590 2,054.377 877.44 1,863.700 967.21 Norway 24,694 4.578 5,392.88 4.154 5,944.63 United Kingdom 156,747 6.772 23,144.29 6.144 25,512.21 France 1,049,460 1,311.320 800.31 1,189.610 882.19 Federal Republic of Germany 23,220,371 17,564.772 1,321.99 15,934.498 1,457.24 Austria 16,069,577 14,000.230 1,147.81 12,700.799 1,265.24 Czech Republic 90,091 35.568 2,532.90 32.267 2,792.05 Slovakia 355,783 438.193 811.93 397.523 895.00 Russia 2,045,842 2,800.873 730.43 2,540.910 805.16 Ukraine 3,929,169 3,306.075 1,188.47 2,999.222 1,310.06 Spain 285,491 228.188 1,251.12 207.009 1,379.12 Romania 6,448,794 5,361.682 1,202.76 4,864.038 1,325.81 India 2,570,672 2,281.889 1,126.55 2,070.096 1,241.81 China 38,338,105 38,884.438 985.95 35,275.379 1,086.82 Korea, South 7,190,322 8,918.392 806.24 8,090.632 888.72 Japan 19,752,649 5,205.123 3,794.85 4,722.010 4,183.10 South Africa 2,007,623 2,143.150 936.76 1,944.234 1,032.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 149,321,461 124,798.084 1,196.50 113,214.950 1,318.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 17,543,659 18,889.012 928.78 17,135.829 1,023.80 Mexico 10,281 5.599 1,835.98 5.080 2,023.82 United Kingdom 32,959 50.177 656.85 45.520 724.06 Federal Republic of Germany 339,697 185.822 1,828.08 168.575 2,015.11 Czech Republic 570,295 427.674 1,333.48 387.980 1,469.91 Italy 2,049,009 1,146.519 1,787.16 1,040.105 1,970.00 Greece 99,362 96.976 1,024.59 87.976 1,129.42 Romania 1,009,983 1,342.342 752.40 1,217.753 829.38 India 18,138,047 15,698.546 1,155.40 14,241.486 1,273.61 China 10,536 7.713 1,365.83 6.998 1,505.57 Korea, South 2,500,590 3,357.231 744.84 3,045.630 821.04 Japan 4,962,211 5,099.074 973.16 4,625.804 1,072.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,266,629 46,306.691 1,020.73 42,008.736 1,125.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 76,326 50.580 1,509.00 45.886 1,663.38 Mexico 4,687,095 5,528.412 847.82 5,015.293 934.56 Venezuela 665,784 1,035.122 643.19 939.048 709.00 Brazil 1,264,963 1,955.974 646.72 1,774.431 712.88 Argentina 1,601,395 1,624.713 985.65 1,473.916 1,086.49 France 1,104,652 917.341 1,204.19 832.198 1,327.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 178,568 88.404 2,019.90 80.199 2,226.56 Austria 995,812 961.458 1,035.73 872.221 1,141.70 Czech Republic 69,818 77.132 905.18 69.973 997.78 Slovakia 151,572 174.875 866.74 158.644 955.42 Italy 4,972,659 2,973.644 1,672.24 2,697.646 1,843.33 China 3,113,335 3,880.785 802.24 3,520.590 884.32 Korea, South 1,220,297 1,909.101 639.20 1,731.908 704.60 Taiwan 57,278 98.663 580.54 89.506 639.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,159,554 21,276.210 947.52 19,301.459 1,044.46 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 502,933 263.896 1,905.80 239.403 2,100.78 Mexico 1,644,276 1,974.992 832.55 1,791.684 917.73 Brazil 1,704,740 2,637.916 646.24 2,393.078 712.36 Norway 15,760 0.360 43,722.43 0.327 48,195.72 United Kingdom 957,808 1,430.025 669.78 1,297.298 738.31 Austria 19,850 0.170 116,178.21 0.155 128,064.52 China 33,926 50.398 673.15 45.721 742.02 Korea, South 3,720,434 5,849.168 636.06 5,306.278 701.14 Taiwan 333,213 556.777 598.47 505.100 659.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,932,940 12,763.707 699.87 11,579.044 771.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,122,758 12,629.234 1,039.08 11,457.052 1,145.39 Mexico 16,996,631 20,163.826 842.93 18,292.321 929.17 Dominican Republic 363,144 559.608 648.93 507.668 715.32 Colombia 1,108,969 1,441.432 769.35 1,307.646 848.07 Brazil 377,548 270.337 1,396.58 245.246 1,539.47 Argentina 4,340,381 2,736.804 1,585.93 2,482.788 1,748.19 Sweden 907,104 599.398 1,513.36 543.765 1,668.19 Finland 847,100 366.251 2,312.89 332.258 2,549.52 Denmark 10,976 1.962 5,593.97 1.780 6,166.29 United Kingdom 279,260 220.413 1,266.98 199.956 1,396.61 Ireland 3,693 4.085 904.00 3.706 996.49 Netherlands 31,333 1.550 20,202.44 1.407 22,269.37 Belgium 27,033 11.620 2,326.31 10.542 2,564.31 France 1,703,973 1,029.717 1,654.80 934.144 1,824.10 Federal Republic of Germany 5,720,171 4,004.712 1,428.36 3,633.015 1,574.50 Austria 72,618 22.588 3,214.81 20.492 3,543.72 Czech Republic 169,565 46.470 3,648.90 42.157 4,022.23 Slovakia 53,019 51.434 1,030.80 46.661 1,136.26 Switzerland 1,478,885 644.760 2,293.70 584.917 2,528.37 Ukraine 3,274 2.249 1,455.23 2.041 1,604.12 Spain 1,644,713 872.677 1,884.67 791.680 2,077.50 Italy 1,821,214 919.534 1,980.58 834.188 2,183.22 Greece 3,580 0.110 32,477.22 0.100 35,800.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 153,381 155.533 986.16 141.098 1,087.05 Turkey 234,119 569.203 411.31 516.373 453.39 India 1,742,743 1,299.213 1,341.38 1,178.627 1,478.62 China 6,331,887 7,754.908 816.50 7,035.137 900.04 Korea, South 1,043,347 1,216.693 857.53 1,103.766 945.26 Taiwan 130,600 103.133 1,266.32 93.561 1,395.88 Japan 6,427,420 2,886.212 2,226.94 2,618.329 2,454.78 Australia 64,911 85.027 763.41 77.136 841.51 South Africa 47,550 19.949 2,383.50 18.098 2,627.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,262,900 60,690.658 1,108.29 55,057.655 1,221.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 124,982 72.788 1,717.05 66.033 1,892.72 Mexico 223,809 152.279 1,469.72 138.146 1,620.09 Argentina 144,697 85.639 1,689.60 77.691 1,862.47 Sweden 213,616 175.527 1,216.99 159.236 1,341.51 United Kingdom 24,267 23.060 1,052.33 20.920 1,159.99 Netherlands 350,019 192.235 1,820.78 174.393 2,007.07 France 3,080,665 1,598.514 1,927.21 1,450.148 2,124.38 Federal Republic of Germany 7,507,751 3,946.275 1,902.49 3,580.002 2,097.14 Slovakia 1,129,951 513.368 2,201.05 465.720 2,426.25 Poland 31,262 25.842 1,209.71 23.444 1,333.48 Spain 195,491 78.738 2,482.80 71.430 2,736.82 Italy 1,735,249 926.836 1,872.23 840.812 2,063.78 Vietnam 28,182 20.855 1,351.28 18.920 1,489.53 Malaysia 53,965 102.168 528.19 92.686 582.23 China 387,003 626.145 618.07 568.030 681.31 Korea, South 13,845 18.233 759.32 16.541 837.01 Japan 281,916 170.605 1,652.44 154.771 1,821.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,526,670 8,729.115 1,778.72 7,918.923 1,960.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,623,640 1,565.108 6,148.86 1,419.843 6,777.96 Mexico 274,754 92.460 2,971.57 83.879 3,275.60 Sweden 1,419,206 130.887 10,842.96 118.739 11,952.32 Finland 209,263 81.350 2,572.36 73.800 2,835.54 Denmark 3,645 0.216 16,870.86 0.196 18,596.94 United Kingdom 305,306 15.221 20,057.14 13.809 22,109.20 Ireland 13,480 3.726 3,616.93 3.381 3,986.99 Netherlands 13,524 1.384 9,768.13 1.256 10,767.52 Belgium 5,607 1.263 4,438.56 1.146 4,892.67 France 4,333,204 711.736 6,088.21 645.677 6,711.10 Federal Republic of Germany 4,648,546 504.917 9,206.54 458.054 10,148.47 Austria 834,417 96.032 8,688.93 87.119 9,577.90 Slovakia 57,282 5.685 10,074.71 5.158 11,105.47 Switzerland 87,291 2.825 30,897.03 2.563 34,058.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 46,853 26.524 1,766.38 24.063 1,947.10 Spain 2,598,231 293.220 8,861.02 266.005 9,767.60 Italy 1,067,437 385.619 2,768.11 349.828 3,051.32 India 378,780 74.069 5,113.83 67.195 5,637.03 Thailand 62,546 17.050 3,668.27 15.468 4,043.57 Malaysia 578,037 249.309 2,318.55 226.170 2,555.76 Singapore 362,213 117.820 3,074.28 106.885 3,388.81 China 9,889,607 2,745.848 3,601.66 2,490.993 3,970.15 Korea, South 5,786,114 1,441.699 4,013.40 1,307.888 4,424.01 Hong Kong 44,503 5.643 7,885.24 5.120 8,691.99 Taiwan 4,901,870 1,724.964 2,841.72 1,564.862 3,132.46 Japan 10,720,067 1,340.202 7,998.84 1,215.812 8,817.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,265,423 11,634.792 5,007.86 10,554.909 5,520.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,245,681 947.865 3,424.20 859.889 3,774.53 Mexico 451,606 240.885 1,874.77 218.528 2,066.58 United Kingdom 17,637 2.971 5,934.73 2.696 6,541.91 Netherlands 5,000 3.786 1,320.50 3.435 1,455.60 France 11,182 2.214 5,049.35 2.009 5,565.95 Federal Republic of Germany 144,644 23.341 6,196.88 21.175 6,830.89 Italy 5,489 3.025 1,814.04 2.745 1,999.64 Vietnam 59,352 40.966 1,448.80 37.164 1,597.03 China 286,953 397.698 721.53 360.786 795.36 Korea, South 15,292 7.381 2,071.79 6.696 2,283.75 Taiwan 5,103 1.194 4,270.63 1.084 4,707.56 Japan 891,312 165.026 5,401.01 149.710 5,953.59 Australia 5,700 3.141 1,814.37 2.850 2,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,144,951 1,839.500 2,796.93 1,668.767 3,083.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,865,092 26,261.150 832.60 23,823.722 917.79 Mexico 4,558,093 4,527.161 1,006.83 4,106.973 1,109.84 Finland 455,497 170.093 2,677.93 154.306 2,951.91 United Kingdom 77,233 87.668 880.96 79.532 971.09 Belgium 52,888 25.584 2,067.18 23.210 2,278.67 Federal Republic of Germany 114,676 50.044 2,291.46 45.400 2,525.90 Austria 150,764 104.772 1,438.97 95.048 1,586.19 Switzerland 22,333 6.901 3,235.93 6.261 3,567.00 Italy 24,824 14.757 1,682.10 13.388 1,854.20 Turkey 2,505,931 5,777.227 433.76 5,241.014 478.14 China 190,037 92.238 2,060.29 83.677 2,271.08 Korea, South 3,237,155 6,002.814 539.27 5,445.663 594.45 Taiwan 655,482 242.193 2,706.44 219.714 2,983.34 Japan 417,612 276.680 1,509.37 251.000 1,663.79 Australia 11,375 16.325 696.77 14.810 768.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 66,447 193.069 344.16 175.150 379.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,405,439 43,848.683 784.64 39,778.868 864.92 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 334,318 383.837 870.99 348.212 960.10 Mexico 301,319 152.136 1,980.58 138.016 2,183.22 China 102,807 116.829 879.97 105.986 970.01 Korea, South 24,120 31.335 769.74 28.427 848.49 Japan 41,032 76.604 535.64 69.494 590.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 803,596 760.743 1,056.33 690.135 1,164.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,283,707 17,699.195 863.53 16,056.445 951.87 Mexico 9,999,865 11,412.517 876.22 10,353.265 965.87 Dominican Republic 185,095 237.835 778.25 215.761 857.87 Trinidad and Tobago 5,089 5.060 1,005.59 4.591 1,108.47 Venezuela 464,885 612.451 759.06 555.607 836.72 Chile 142,481 194.125 733.96 176.108 809.05 Brazil 1,258,111 1,781.906 706.05 1,616.519 778.28 Argentina 135,130 239.460 564.31 217.235 622.05 Sweden 1,870,525 449.761 4,158.93 408.017 4,584.43 Denmark 116,864 5.059 23,097.44 4.590 25,460.57 United Kingdom 717,878 418.565 1,715.09 379.716 1,890.57 Ireland 10,285 0.793 12,958.89 0.720 14,284.72 Netherlands 38,588 5.832 6,616.23 5.291 7,293.14 Belgium 695,824 607.174 1,146.00 550.820 1,263.25 France 1,417,134 638.462 2,219.60 579.204 2,446.69 Federal Republic of Germany 2,230,942 979.685 2,277.20 888.756 2,510.19 Austria 463,023 136.574 3,390.27 123.898 3,737.13 Czech Republic 6,634 1.267 5,233.27 1.150 5,768.70 Switzerland 534,954 135.350 3,952.36 122.788 4,356.73 Poland 924,667 920.977 1,004.01 835.497 1,106.73 Russia 379,399 454.605 834.57 412.411 919.95 Belarus 457,711 462.627 989.37 419.689 1,090.60 Ukraine 16,053 25.727 623.95 23.340 687.79 Moldova 438,329 572.135 766.13 519.033 844.51 Spain 190,070 134.363 1,414.59 121.893 1,559.32 Italy 2,541,328 1,812.617 1,402.02 1,644.379 1,545.46 Greece 793,965 896.666 885.46 813.442 976.06 Turkey 153,129 174.028 879.91 157.876 969.93 Israel 155,363 239.735 648.06 217.484 714.37 India 3,738,664 1,973.712 1,894.23 1,790.522 2,088.03 Thailand 334,762 353.341 947.42 320.546 1,044.35 Vietnam 51,288 18.582 2,759.98 16.858 3,042.35 Malaysia 6,086 3.337 1,823.36 3.028 2,009.91 Indonesia 123,725 29.437 4,203.01 26.705 4,633.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 7,753,367 10,281.483 754.11 9,327.208 831.26 Korea, South 7,116,209 4,733.507 1,503.37 4,294.167 1,657.18 Hong Kong 8,143 1.438 5,660.70 1.305 6,239.85 Taiwan 2,168,440 1,442.107 1,503.66 1,308.258 1,657.50 Japan 6,614,484 5,377.163 1,230.11 4,878.082 1,355.96 Australia 164,525 93.164 1,765.97 84.517 1,946.65 Egypt 79,723 101.842 782.81 92.390 862.90 South Africa 721,929 1,204.728 599.25 1,092.912 660.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,508,373 66,868.415 1,054.43 60,662.023 1,162.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 36,912 85.484 431.80 77.550 475.98 Belgium 139,648 157.410 887.16 142.800 977.93 Federal Republic of Germany 98,780 108.454 910.80 98.388 1,003.98 Japan 1,545,638 1,702.527 907.85 1,544.507 1,000.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,820,978 2,053.875 886.61 1,863.245 977.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,089,131 11,537.938 787.76 10,467.045 868.36 Brazil 1,501,731 1,677.580 895.18 1,521.876 986.76 Norway 1,679,279 2,649.007 633.93 2,403.140 698.79 Netherlands 6,129,129 8,922.584 686.92 8,094.435 757.20 Belgium 6,246 9.060 689.33 8.220 759.85 France 6,381,495 9,302.583 685.99 8,439.164 756.18 Federal Republic of Germany 920,698 1,261.247 729.99 1,144.185 804.68 China 1,893,293 2,903.622 652.05 2,634.123 718.76 Korea, South 969,644 1,314.920 737.42 1,192.876 812.86 Japan 388,785 443.669 876.29 402.490 965.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,959,431 40,022.216 723.58 36,307.554 797.61 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,497,246 3,222.067 775.04 2,923.011 854.34 Netherlands 2,394,204 3,172.334 754.71 2,877.894 831.93 France 1,112,251 1,258.361 883.89 1,141.567 974.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,173,407 1,501.111 781.69 1,361.786 861.67 Korea, South 228,099 506.053 450.74 459.084 496.86 Taiwan 42,708 18.653 2,289.57 16.922 2,523.82 Japan 2,615,701 3,202.567 816.75 2,905.321 900.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,063,616 12,881.148 781.27 11,685.585 861.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,958,076 54,030.328 517.45 49,015.503 570.39 Mexico 4,559,372 10,062.569 453.10 9,128.612 499.46 Venezuela 194,043 498.382 389.35 452.125 429.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 9,933,673 13,918.319 713.71 12,626.491 786.73 Finland 821,212 322.665 2,545.09 292.717 2,805.48 United Kingdom 171,075 11.717 14,599.88 10.630 16,093.60 Netherlands 12,355,189 27,791.981 444.56 25,212.469 490.04 Belgium 4,461,826 9,730.782 458.53 8,827.620 505.44 France 15,402,793 35,883.680 429.24 32,553.137 473.16 Federal Republic of Germany 664,324 417.517 1,591.13 378.766 1,753.92 Austria 1,462,822 2,062.210 709.35 1,870.806 781.92 Hungary 516,507 1,290.464 400.25 1,170.690 441.20 Spain 468,649 1,283.707 365.07 1,164.560 402.43 Italy 2,591,765 7,016.649 369.37 6,365.399 407.16 Turkey 357,041 824.713 432.93 748.168 477.22 India 203,876 353.913 576.06 321.065 635.00 Malaysia 113,733 216.519 525.28 196.423 579.02 China 66,833 35.081 1,905.10 31.825 2,100.02 Korea, South 13,961,875 30,156.920 462.97 27,357.906 510.34 Japan 5,487,838 6,798.183 807.25 6,167.210 889.84 Australia 5,911,998 15,041.209 393.05 13,645.160 433.27 New Zealand 3,038,329 7,099.753 427.95 6,440.790 471.73 South Africa 693,445 477.133 1,453.36 432.848 1,602.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,396,294 225,324.405 494.38 204,410.920 544.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,678,767 25,595.442 651.63 23,219.801 718.30 Mexico 26,526,702 21,928.475 1,209.69 19,893.184 1,333.46 Dominican Republic 27,322 70.856 385.60 64.280 425.05 Colombia 9,312 4.044 2,302.45 3.669 2,538.02 Brazil 14,245,250 25,617.288 556.08 23,239.620 612.97 Sweden 3,211,539 1,567.496 2,048.83 1,422.009 2,258.45 Finland 1,502,271 601.980 2,495.55 546.108 2,750.87 United Kingdom 1,413,151 1,395.961 1,012.31 1,266.395 1,115.88 Netherlands 3,671,990 6,008.572 611.13 5,450.887 673.65 Belgium 6,923,612 12,234.210 565.92 11,098.692 623.82 Luxembourg 86,131 122.610 702.48 111.230 774.35 France 3,530,917 2,794.304 1,263.61 2,534.951 1,392.89 Federal Republic of Germany 4,174,352 2,024.087 2,062.34 1,836.222 2,273.34 Spain 13,616 25.995 523.78 23.583 577.37 Italy 8,401,922 18,924.954 443.96 17,168.435 489.38 Turkey 2,964,007 6,200.113 478.06 5,624.650 526.97 India 858,067 1,453.004 590.55 1,318.144 650.97 Thailand 105,933 62.587 1,692.57 56.778 1,865.74 China 18,337,636 18,930.059 968.70 17,173.066 1,067.81 Korea, South 3,819,529 4,317.582 884.65 3,916.846 975.15 Hong Kong 241,361 85.224 2,832.08 77.314 3,121.83 Taiwan 4,518,327 2,910.407 1,552.47 2,640.278 1,711.31 Japan 4,093,064 5,324.864 768.67 4,830.637 847.31 Australia 102,600 61.176 1,677.13 55.498 1,848.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 467,823 994.758 470.29 902.430 518.40 South Africa 366,939 129.237 2,839.27 117.242 3,129.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,292,140 159,385.295 792.37 144,591.949 873.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 34,023,323 51,881.042 655.79 47,065.703 722.89 Mexico 12,703,281 15,587.329 814.97 14,140.591 898.36 Costa Rica 36,069 23.221 1,553.27 21.066 1,712.19 Colombia 1,465,778 2,227.735 657.97 2,020.968 725.29 Venezuela 27,187 20.811 1,306.34 18.880 1,439.99 Brazil 6,610,750 11,935.125 553.89 10,827.367 610.56 Sweden 8,603 9.483 907.18 8.603 1,000.00 Finland 140,900 176.479 798.39 160.100 880.07 Netherlands 1,257,462 2,223.540 565.52 2,017.163 623.38 Belgium 214,208 278.150 770.12 252.334 848.91 France 32,710 33.322 981.61 30.230 1,082.04 Federal Republic of Germany 3,888,544 8,315.156 467.65 7,543.385 515.49 Austria 257,843 258.048 999.20 234.098 1,101.43 Estonia 6,866,331 12,135.479 565.81 11,009.125 623.69 Spain 2,750,598 4,460.628 616.64 4,046.615 679.73 Italy 73,474 44.969 1,633.85 40.796 1,801.01 India 26,164,738 47,591.546 549.78 43,174.337 606.03 China 3,366,654 6,294.991 534.81 5,710.722 589.53 Korea, South 20,645,878 26,683.023 773.75 24,206.439 852.91 Taiwan 9,941,431 14,261.753 697.07 12,938.049 768.39 Japan 500,047 504.324 991.52 457.516 1,092.96 South Africa 3,290,465 5,817.898 565.58 5,277.910 623.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 134,266,274 210,764.064 637.05 191,201.997 702.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,509,471 2,190.812 1,145.45 1,987.472 1,262.64 Mexico 165,275 128.606 1,285.12 116.670 1,416.60 Brazil 406,430 779.697 521.27 707.330 574.60 Argentina 20,741 27.537 753.18 24.982 830.24 United Kingdom 4,571 4.408 1,036.94 3.999 1,143.04 Belgium 163,130 257.488 633.54 233.590 698.36 Federal Republic of Germany 606,129 952.585 636.30 864.171 701.40 Korea, South 454,666 543.156 837.08 492.743 922.72 Taiwan 181,658 282.010 644.15 255.836 710.06 Japan 470,187 562.714 835.57 510.486 921.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,982,258 5,729.017 869.65 5,197.279 958.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,251,012 4,820.766 1,089.25 4,373.327 1,200.69 Mexico 5,797,779 6,929.254 836.71 6,286.116 922.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 72,215 88.181 818.94 79.997 902.72 United Kingdom 749,368 1,005.918 744.96 912.554 821.18 Belgium 153,854 107.067 1,436.98 97.130 1,584.00 Luxembourg 712,145 1,074.389 662.84 974.670 730.65 France 22,456 6.990 3,212.20 6.342 3,540.84 Federal Republic of Germany 374,112 178.349 2,097.63 161.796 2,312.25 Italy 75,980 75.783 1,002.59 68.750 1,105.16 China 926,551 1,543.510 600.29 1,400.250 661.70 Korea, South 4,567,129 6,569.539 695.20 5,959.788 766.32 Taiwan 2,820,646 4,126.931 683.47 3,743.890 753.40 Japan 600,645 294.816 2,037.35 267.453 2,245.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,123,892 26,821.500 824.86 24,332.063 909.25 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 287,383 126.807 2,266.29 115.038 2,498.16 Mexico 50,584 58.538 864.12 53.105 952.53 Sweden 1,291,521 1,145.428 1,127.54 1,039.116 1,242.90 United Kingdom 74,656 31.283 2,386.43 28.380 2,630.58 Federal Republic of Germany 934,963 642.877 1,454.34 583.209 1,603.14 Poland 18,900 19.566 965.96 17.750 1,064.79 Russia 7,880,742 3,680.900 2,140.98 3,339.258 2,360.03 Japan 656,483 715.053 918.09 648.686 1,012.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,195,232 6,420.456 1,743.68 5,824.542 1,922.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,835,704 5,064.595 559.91 4,594.525 617.19 Mexico 598,678 746.912 801.54 677.588 883.54 Finland 1,919,781 716.766 2,678.39 650.240 2,952.42 France 20,370 4.437 4,590.00 4.026 5,059.61 Federal Republic of Germany 361,858 232.041 1,559.45 210.505 1,719.00 Slovenia 55,580 23.600 2,355.04 21.410 2,595.98 Taiwan 22,914 28.967 791.02 26.279 871.95 Japan 106,267 42.246 2,515.43 38.325 2,772.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,921,152 6,859.568 863.20 6,222.898 951.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,180,136 4,357.858 959.22 3,953.384 1,057.36 Mexico 2,409,814 1,384.246 1,740.88 1,255.768 1,919.00 Chile 19,842 17.976 1,103.78 16.308 1,216.70 Brazil 7,722 8.311 929.08 7.540 1,024.14 Sweden 4,243,306 815.949 5,200.45 740.217 5,732.52 Finland 1,762,791 545.425 3,231.95 494.802 3,562.62 United Kingdom 2,068,515 922.236 2,242.93 836.639 2,472.41 Belgium 446,708 168.098 2,657.43 152.496 2,929.31 France 2,705,083 499.036 5,420.62 452.718 5,975.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 5,447,674 3,828.177 1,423.05 3,472.865 1,568.64 Austria 905,406 150.206 6,027.75 136.265 6,644.45 Switzerland 227,079 106.783 2,126.54 96.872 2,344.11 Italy 135,159 51.353 2,631.94 46.587 2,901.22 India 935,742 583.215 1,604.45 529.084 1,768.61 Indonesia 170,751 68.506 2,492.48 62.148 2,747.49 China 922,804 658.283 1,401.83 597.185 1,545.26 Korea, South 1,923,949 1,701.476 1,130.75 1,543.554 1,246.44 Taiwan 206,708 92.292 2,239.72 83.726 2,468.86 Japan 3,025,659 846.420 3,574.65 767.860 3,940.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,744,848 16,805.853 1,888.92 15,246.018 2,082.17 GRAND TOTAL 1,732,801,761 2,408,735.879 719.38 2,185,169.049 792.98 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 778,254 903.035 861.82 819.220 949.99 Brazil 19,263 1.748 11,018.35 1.586 12,145.65 Belgium 1,476,026 1,877.416 786.20 1,703.164 866.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,081,640 1,546.101 699.59 1,402.600 771.17 Italy 147,984 58.633 2,523.90 53.191 2,782.12 India 10,330 1.923 5,370.33 1.745 5,919.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,513,497 4,388.857 800.55 3,981.506 882.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,251,775 1,667.605 750.64 1,512.827 827.44 Mexico 1,859,283 4,386.160 423.90 3,979.059 467.27 Brazil 1,862,844 5,357.760 347.69 4,860.480 383.26 France 1,895,221 261.655 7,243.19 237.370 7,984.25 Federal Republic of Germany 3,326,433 4,885.549 680.87 4,432.097 750.53 Russia 109,158 90.896 1,200.90 82.460 1,323.77 Italy 2,853,641 4,903.750 581.93 4,448.609 641.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,158,355 21,553.378 610.50 19,552.902 672.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 580,572 814.692 712.63 739.077 785.54 United Kingdom 266,600 375.126 710.69 340.309 783.41 Federal Republic of Germany 54,663 108.254 504.95 98.207 556.61 Austria 13,621 0.999 13,623.78 0.907 15,017.64 Spain 6,802,108 15,610.492 435.74 14,161.605 480.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,717,564 16,909.566 456.40 15,340.105 503.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 15,674,612 14,402.642 1,088.32 13,065.861 1,199.66 Brazil 2,695,016 1,992.114 1,352.84 1,807.216 1,491.25 Sweden 8,649,595 5,855.837 1,477.09 5,312.328 1,628.21 Finland 17,228 25.149 685.03 22.815 755.12 United Kingdom 453,489 481.756 941.32 437.042 1,037.63 Belgium 1,818,769 1,020.217 1,782.73 925.526 1,965.12 France 1,246,811 732.292 1,702.61 664.325 1,876.81 Federal Republic of Germany 5,128,887 3,655.402 1,403.10 3,316.126 1,546.65 Austria 727,639 550.152 1,322.61 499.090 1,457.93 Spain 52,636 36.900 1,426.41 33.476 1,572.35 Italy 113,021 139.982 807.39 126.990 890.00 Japan 1,991,982 1,989.148 1,001.42 1,804.526 1,103.88 Australia 6,044 1.155 5,231.90 1.048 5,767.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 580,230 85.429 6,791.95 77.500 7,486.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,155,959 30,968.180 1,264.39 28,093.869 1,393.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,463,148 2,352.711 621.90 2,134.345 685.53 Netherlands 1,934,134 4,241.430 456.01 3,847.762 502.66 France 1,038,805 1,685.048 616.48 1,528.651 679.56 Japan 1,076,978 1,624.089 663.13 1,473.350 730.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,513,065 9,903.281 556.69 8,984.108 613.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 6,348 7.156 887.06 6.492 977.82 Federal Republic of Germany 21,886 42.879 510.40 38.900 562.62 Czech Republic 1,085,111 1,638.168 662.39 1,486.122 730.16 Japan 1,322,067 2,209.206 598.44 2,004.159 659.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,435,412 3,897.411 624.88 3,535.673 688.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,111,131 28,470.597 636.13 25,828.099 701.22 Mexico 2,619,934 5,373.583 487.56 4,874.834 537.44 Trinidad and Tobago 1,365,818 3,433.456 397.80 3,114.780 438.50 Colombia 29,202 29.382 993.87 26.655 1,095.55 Brazil 291,201 152.388 1,910.91 138.245 2,106.41 Sweden 2,341,594 594.312 3,940.01 539.151 4,343.11 United Kingdom 900,516 594.263 1,515.35 539.107 1,670.38 Netherlands 810,368 923.046 877.93 837.374 967.75 France 1,458,730 490.270 2,975.36 444.766 3,279.77 Federal Republic of Germany 4,088,490 5,912.095 691.55 5,363.364 762.30 Austria 237,307 53.735 4,416.21 48.748 4,868.04 Czech Republic 1,609,840 1,675.527 960.80 1,520.013 1,059.10 Poland 26,080 26.863 970.84 24.370 1,070.17 Spain 2,273,195 1,668.920 1,362.07 1,514.020 1,501.43 Italy 622,723 624.397 997.32 566.444 1,099.35 Turkey 4,683 4.310 1,086.53 3.910 1,197.70 China 451,971 266.644 1,695.03 241.896 1,868.45 Korea, South 307,425 298.448 1,030.08 270.748 1,135.47 Taiwan 200,303 40.486 4,947.37 36.729 5,453.54 Japan 7,261,649 9,438.882 769.33 8,562.813 848.04 South Africa 117,973 108.148 1,090.84 98.111 1,202.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,130,133 60,179.761 749.92 54,594.177 826.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 356,000 602.216 591.15 546.322 651.63 Mexico 1,048,834 2,033.980 515.66 1,845.197 568.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 14,569 16.253 896.36 14.745 988.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,419,403 2,652.451 535.13 2,406.264 589.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,807,457 1,875.056 1,497.27 1,701.023 1,650.45 Colombia 101,054 97.036 1,041.40 88.030 1,147.95 Brazil 60,158 25.100 2,396.66 22.771 2,641.87 Sweden 72,763 44.488 1,635.56 40.359 1,802.89 United Kingdom 1,886,849 836.866 2,254.66 759.193 2,485.34 France 4,662,587 3,269.704 1,426.00 2,966.227 1,571.89 Federal Republic of Germany 335,295 137.743 2,434.20 124.959 2,683.24 Poland 20,030 11.750 1,704.59 10.660 1,878.99 Ukraine 6,654 6.061 1,097.73 5.499 1,210.04 Spain 1,057,454 794.136 1,331.58 720.429 1,467.81 Italy 672,653 352.285 1,909.40 319.588 2,104.75 Romania 16,084 5.189 3,099.23 4.708 3,416.31 China 36,031 37.920 950.17 34.401 1,047.38 Korea, South 337,802 246.603 1,369.82 223.715 1,509.97 Taiwan 53,271 19.804 2,689.89 17.966 2,965.10 Japan 714,555 439.798 1,624.73 398.979 1,790.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,840,697 8,199.548 1,566.02 7,438.507 1,726.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,908,841 1,034.280 1,845.57 938.284 2,034.40 Mexico 182,640 114.969 1,588.59 104.299 1,751.12 Dominican Republic 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 Brazil 4,569,271 1,412.598 3,234.66 1,281.488 3,565.60 Sweden 3,456,641 948.640 3,643.79 860.592 4,016.59 United Kingdom 634,857 198.869 3,192.34 180.411 3,518.95 Netherlands 470,773 369.941 1,272.56 335.605 1,402.76 Belgium 168,951 90.259 1,871.84 81.882 2,063.35 France 3,309,757 1,129.280 2,930.86 1,024.466 3,230.71 Federal Republic of Germany 5,188,852 1,816.288 2,856.84 1,647.710 3,149.13 Austria 5,362,423 769.220 6,971.25 697.825 7,684.48 Czech Republic 90,491 22.847 3,960.63 20.727 4,365.85 Switzerland 116,994 6.355 18,407.08 5.766 20,290.32 Poland 239,900 73.192 3,277.67 66.399 3,613.01 Russia 279,188 132.137 2,112.86 119.873 2,329.03 Ukraine 244,476 83.466 2,929.01 75.720 3,228.68 Spain 109,214 46.998 2,323.79 42.636 2,561.54 Italy 15,763 0.252 62,445.23 0.229 68,834.06 Slovenia 2,593,058 870.460 2,978.95 789.669 3,283.73 India 83,609 23.898 3,498.56 21.680 3,856.50 China 7,699,917 2,807.508 2,742.62 2,546.930 3,023.22 Korea, South 1,033,109 825.991 1,250.75 749.327 1,378.72 Taiwan 2,101,743 540.412 3,889.15 490.254 4,287.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 5,316,174 4,531.601 1,173.13 4,111.001 1,293.16 South Africa 96,412 84.409 1,142.19 76.575 1,259.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,303,954 17,938.139 2,525.57 16,273.211 2,783.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 555,917 73.246 7,589.69 66.448 8,366.20 Mexico 222,255 123.973 1,792.76 112.467 1,976.18 Argentina 915,212 276.934 3,304.79 251.231 3,642.91 United Kingdom 67,061 17.555 3,819.96 15.926 4,210.79 Federal Republic of Germany 475,460 233.391 2,037.18 211.729 2,245.61 Spain 109,593 29.696 3,690.46 26.940 4,068.04 Italy 242,880 118.268 2,053.64 107.291 2,263.75 India 39,651 12.284 3,227.82 11.144 3,558.06 Japan 261,366 113.130 2,310.31 102.630 2,546.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,889,395 998.479 2,893.79 905.806 3,189.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,453,573 6,622.046 1,578.60 6,007.421 1,740.11 Colombia 1,013,944 1,182.398 857.53 1,072.654 945.27 Sweden 16,966 16.404 1,034.22 14.882 1,140.03 Norway 24,694 4.578 5,392.88 4.154 5,944.63 United Kingdom 156,747 6.772 23,144.29 6.144 25,512.21 France 1,049,460 1,311.320 800.31 1,189.610 882.19 Federal Republic of Germany 13,101,978 8,352.893 1,568.56 7,577.620 1,729.04 Austria 10,144,922 9,946.657 1,019.93 9,023.458 1,124.28 Slovakia 355,783 438.193 811.93 397.523 895.00 Russia 160,167 158.523 1,010.37 143.810 1,113.74 Spain 285,491 228.188 1,251.12 207.009 1,379.12 Romania 4,067,969 2,968.532 1,370.36 2,693.008 1,510.57 India 164,584 188.082 875.06 170.626 964.59 China 10,451,609 8,648.146 1,208.54 7,845.469 1,332.18 Japan 19,501,441 5,139.805 3,794.20 4,662.754 4,182.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,949,328 45,212.544 1,569.24 41,016.142 1,729.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 17,543,659 18,889.012 928.78 17,135.829 1,023.80 Federal Republic of Germany 56,498 12.629 4,473.61 11.457 4,931.31 Greece 99,362 96.976 1,024.59 87.976 1,129.42 Romania 2,200 4.409 498.95 4.000 550.00 Japan 858,013 798.132 1,075.03 724.054 1,185.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,559,732 19,801.160 937.31 17,963.316 1,033.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 9,867 6.559 1,504.15 5.951 1,658.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 84,602 70.914 1,193.01 64.333 1,315.06 Federal Republic of Germany 33,805 5.948 5,683.36 5.396 6,264.83 Italy 13,606 1.462 9,301.55 1.327 10,253.20 China 28,757 18.254 1,575.36 16.560 1,736.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 170,637 103.139 1,654.42 93.567 1,823.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 298,201 153.953 1,936.96 139.664 2,135.13 Mexico 10,093 13.547 745.01 12.290 821.24 Norway 15,760 0.360 43,722.43 0.327 48,195.72 Austria 19,850 0.170 116,178.21 0.155 128,064.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 343,904 168.031 2,046.66 152.436 2,256.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,291,243 2,244.134 1,020.99 2,035.845 1,125.45 Mexico 2,988,561 1,766.553 1,691.75 1,602.591 1,864.83 Brazil 2,318 1.642 1,411.31 1.490 1,555.70 Argentina 3,661,637 2,081.943 1,758.76 1,888.708 1,938.70 Sweden 798,375 566.913 1,408.28 514.295 1,552.37 United Kingdom 279,260 220.413 1,266.98 199.956 1,396.61 Ireland 3,693 4.085 904.00 3.706 996.49 France 744,516 442.940 1,680.85 401.829 1,852.82 Federal Republic of Germany 2,084,911 1,257.651 1,657.78 1,140.923 1,827.39 Czech Republic 156,128 32.151 4,856.07 29.167 5,352.90 Switzerland 197,121 101.952 1,933.45 92.490 2,131.27 Spain 554,939 316.738 1,752.04 287.340 1,931.30 Italy 1,237,285 479.126 2,582.38 434.656 2,846.58 Greece 3,580 0.110 32,477.22 0.100 35,800.00 India 903,135 705.613 1,279.93 640.122 1,410.88 China 820,278 497.242 1,649.65 451.091 1,818.43 Korea, South 33,950 56.621 599.60 51.366 660.94 Taiwan 25,716 17.419 1,476.25 15.803 1,627.29 Japan 4,273,971 1,988.183 2,149.69 1,803.650 2,369.62 South Africa 47,550 19.949 2,383.50 18.098 2,627.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,108,167 12,801.386 1,648.90 11,613.226 1,817.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 3,135 0.642 4,878.26 0.583 5,377.36 Argentina 29,519 21.758 1,356.66 19.739 1,495.47 Sweden 213,616 175.527 1,216.99 159.236 1,341.51 United Kingdom 24,267 23.060 1,052.33 20.920 1,159.99 France 2,203,121 848.661 2,595.99 769.893 2,861.59 Federal Republic of Germany 4,535,528 1,956.347 2,318.37 1,774.769 2,555.56 Slovakia 614,257 185.243 3,315.95 168.050 3,655.20 Japan 118,120 30.280 3,900.86 27.470 4,299.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,741,563 3,241.521 2,388.25 2,940.660 2,632.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,739,903 381.712 4,558.15 346.284 5,024.50 Mexico 2,100 0.104 20,053.56 0.095 22,105.26 United Kingdom 3,452 1.359 2,539.82 1.233 2,799.68 France 2,393 0.941 2,542.03 0.854 2,802.11 Federal Republic of Germany 40,702 2.083 19,536.64 1.890 21,535.45 China 215,830 317.708 679.33 288.220 748.84 Taiwan 5,103 1.194 4,270.63 1.084 4,707.56 Japan 559,782 46.094 12,144.29 41.816 13,386.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,569,265 751.198 3,420.22 681.476 3,770.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,495,453 1,368.665 1,092.64 1,241.633 1,204.42 Mexico 48,335 67.502 716.05 61.237 789.31 Finland 450,767 167.619 2,689.23 152.062 2,964.36 Federal Republic of Germany 107,604 41.301 2,605.34 37.468 2,871.89 Italy 11,682 4.572 2,554.90 4.148 2,816.30 China 128,523 39.720 3,235.67 36.034 3,566.71 Korea, South 57,268 112.726 508.03 102.264 560.00 Taiwan 655,482 242.193 2,706.44 219.714 2,983.34 Japan 270,703 150.367 1,800.28 136.411 1,984.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,225,817 2,194.669 1,469.84 1,990.971 1,620.22 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 46,519 52.645 883.63 47.759 974.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,519 52.645 883.63 47.759 974.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 347,394 307.528 1,129.63 278.985 1,245.21 Mexico 1,611,944 1,339.080 1,203.77 1,214.794 1,326.93 Brazil 63,407 96.171 659.31 87.245 726.77 Sweden 82,776 62.614 1,321.99 56.803 1,457.25 United Kingdom 103,849 4.457 23,296.30 4.044 25,679.77 Netherlands 29,014 1.666 17,408.11 1.512 19,189.15 France 27,100 3.636 7,452.17 3.299 8,214.61 Federal Republic of Germany 307,761 50.537 6,089.74 45.847 6,712.78 Austria 203,532 43.044 4,728.45 39.049 5,212.22 Switzerland 3,542 1.000 3,538.82 0.908 3,900.88 Italy 1,690,574 1,308.245 1,292.24 1,186.821 1,424.46 Turkey 133,495 142.721 935.35 129.475 1,031.05 Thailand 12,097 18.398 657.49 16.691 724.76 China 805,406 759.561 1,060.36 689.063 1,168.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,315,197 2,042.425 1,133.55 1,852.858 1,249.53 Taiwan 360,135 371.299 969.93 336.837 1,069.17 Japan 3,055,608 2,176.607 1,403.84 1,974.586 1,547.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,152,831 8,728.999 1,277.68 7,918.817 1,408.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,099,100 3,130.318 670.57 2,839.778 739.18 Sweden 9,180,303 12,418.933 739.22 11,266.270 814.85 Finland 10,028 14.638 685.03 13.280 755.12 Netherlands 751,461 1,458.451 515.25 1,323.085 567.96 France 2,587,131 3,404.145 759.99 3,088.190 837.75 Federal Republic of Germany 385,870 195.615 1,972.60 177.459 2,174.42 Austria 1,044,743 1,405.965 743.08 1,275.471 819.10 Japan 3,557,971 5,326.475 667.98 4,832.099 736.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,616,607 27,354.544 717.12 24,815.632 790.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,187,281 4,312.591 739.06 3,912.318 814.68 Mexico 6,416 4.498 1,426.24 4.081 1,572.16 Dominican Republic 27,322 70.856 385.60 64.280 425.05 Sweden 719,653 936.229 768.67 849.333 847.32 United Kingdom 1,393,372 1,393.248 1,000.09 1,263.934 1,102.41 Netherlands 1,231,804 1,991.591 618.50 1,806.742 681.78 Luxembourg 86,131 122.610 702.48 111.230 774.35 France 1,415,615 1,726.282 820.04 1,566.058 903.94 Federal Republic of Germany 439,667 456.991 962.09 414.576 1,060.52 Spain 13,616 25.995 523.78 23.583 577.37 Korea, South 604,271 971.323 622.11 881.170 685.76 Japan 2,924,291 3,953.180 739.73 3,586.266 815.41 Australia 64,460 16.488 3,909.42 14.958 4,309.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,113,899 15,981.888 757.98 14,498.529 835.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,715,618 9,030.575 743.65 8,192.403 819.74 Brazil 511,899 765.852 668.40 694.770 736.79 Finland 140,900 176.479 798.39 160.100 880.07 Netherlands 97,742 173.423 563.60 157.327 621.27 France 32,710 33.322 981.61 30.230 1,082.04 Federal Republic of Germany 3,790,735 8,089.116 468.62 7,338.325 516.57 Spain 1,963,260 3,197.822 613.94 2,901.017 676.75 Japan 458,856 472.269 971.60 428.436 1,071.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,711,720 21,938.863 625.00 19,902.608 688.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,085,405 1,805.596 1,154.97 1,638.010 1,273.13 United Kingdom 4,571 4.408 1,036.94 3.999 1,143.04 Federal Republic of Germany 216,982 332.056 653.45 301.237 720.30 Korea, South 2,389 4.015 594.91 3.643 655.78 Japan 106,105 116.606 909.94 105.784 1,003.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,415,452 2,262.684 1,067.52 2,052.673 1,176.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 287,383 126.807 2,266.29 115.038 2,498.16 Mexico 50,584 58.538 864.12 53.105 952.53 Sweden 1,291,521 1,145.428 1,127.54 1,039.116 1,242.90 United Kingdom 74,656 31.283 2,386.43 28.380 2,630.58 Federal Republic of Germany 934,963 642.877 1,454.34 583.209 1,603.14 Poland 18,900 19.566 965.96 17.750 1,064.79 Russia 7,880,742 3,680.900 2,140.98 3,339.258 2,360.03 Japan 656,483 715.053 918.09 648.686 1,012.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,195,232 6,420.456 1,743.68 5,824.542 1,922.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 249,853 594.116 420.55 538.974 463.57 Federal Republic of Germany 118,023 17.736 6,654.36 16.090 7,335.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 367,876 611.853 601.25 555.064 662.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 760,822 328.151 2,318.51 297.694 2,555.72 Sweden 806,453 221.722 3,637.22 201.143 4,009.35 United Kingdom 203,407 75.040 2,710.61 68.076 2,987.94 France 1,435,836 147.572 9,729.67 133.876 10,725.12 Federal Republic of Germany 2,708,298 2,228.052 1,215.54 2,021.256 1,339.91 Austria 534,538 91.701 5,829.12 83.190 6,425.51 Switzerland 6,848 2.128 3,217.19 1.931 3,546.35 Italy 12,709 9.698 1,310.46 8.798 1,444.53 India 4,796 0.191 25,004.94 0.174 27,563.22 China 4,188 0.892 4,690.48 0.810 5,170.37 Japan 155,955 51.237 3,043.76 46.482 3,355.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,633,850 3,156.390 2,101.72 2,863.430 2,316.75 GRAND TOTAL 380,999,833 348,371.035 1,093.66 316,036.976 1,205.55 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Federal Republic of Germany 3,391 5.750 589.66 5.217 649.99 India 13,011 21.517 604.68 19.520 666.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,402 27.267 601.51 24.737 663.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 25,311,119 71,173.447 355.63 64,567.484 392.01 Mexico 36,047,209 95,700.150 376.67 86,817.741 415.21 Brazil 12,680,959 42,270.616 299.99 38,347.269 330.69 United Kingdom 257,682 582.703 442.22 528.620 487.46 Belgium 1,163,325 1,832.104 634.97 1,662.058 699.93 Federal Republic of Germany 7,124,882 16,777.369 424.67 15,220.178 468.12 Austria 3,498,279 5,465.123 640.11 4,957.878 705.60 Russia 34,247,360 114,415.360 299.32 103,795.898 329.95 Ukraine 8,618,777 29,948.500 287.79 27,168.830 317.23 Italy 7,084,418 19,226.527 368.47 17,442.017 406.17 Australia 12,484,192 44,188.614 282.52 40,087.248 311.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 148,518,202 441,580.518 336.33 400,595.221 370.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,028,194 22,399.980 581.62 20,320.926 641.12 Mexico 692,449 1,464.153 472.93 1,328.258 521.32 Trinidad and Tobago 8,311,289 19,188.226 433.15 17,407.271 477.46 Venezuela 208,716 527.561 395.62 478.596 436.10 Brazil 4,437,690 7,787.827 569.82 7,065.000 628.12 Argentina 1,053,388 2,849.342 369.70 2,584.881 407.52 Finland 15,962 13.973 1,142.26 12.677 1,259.13 United Kingdom 1,516,769 2,307.679 657.27 2,093.492 724.52 Netherlands 258,218 399.528 646.31 362.446 712.43 Federal Republic of Germany 4,858,255 6,583.259 737.97 5,972.234 813.47 Spain 149,197 246.829 604.45 223.920 666.30 Italy 4,167,437 9,708.222 429.27 8,807.154 473.19 Turkey 5,466,959 14,174.760 385.68 12,859.130 425.14 China 4,678,421 13,182.569 354.89 11,959.029 391.20 Taiwan 762,962 2,102.554 362.87 1,907.406 400.00 Japan 5,999,601 8,304.112 722.49 7,533.366 796.40 New Zealand 977,819 2,847.715 343.37 2,583.405 378.50 Egypt 8,782 15.681 560.02 14.226 617.32 South Africa 1,562,237 4,067.552 384.07 3,690.023 423.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,154,345 118,171.531 492.12 107,203.440 542.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,636,913 13,562.930 636.80 12,304.087 701.95 Mexico 1,367,260 2,490.167 549.06 2,259.043 605.24 Brazil 4,105,328 11,383.674 360.63 10,327.099 397.53 Argentina 38,787 112.597 344.47 102.147 379.72 Norway 1,696,366 2,098.964 808.19 1,904.149 890.88 United Kingdom 798,265 668.506 1,194.10 606.459 1,316.27 Netherlands 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 Luxembourg 2,702,982 3,665.027 737.51 3,324.858 812.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,880,731 2,255.371 833.89 2,046.039 919.21 Poland 1,024,868 2,259.854 453.51 2,050.106 499.91 Spain 1,238,346 2,484.860 498.36 2,254.228 549.34 China 42,772 100.315 426.37 91.005 470.00 Korea, South 377,136 936.065 402.89 849.185 444.12 Taiwan 18,258 20.150 906.09 18.280 998.80 Japan 278,090 433.710 641.19 393.456 706.79 South Africa 78,733 101.792 773.46 92.345 852.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,289,104 42,577.364 570.47 38,625.546 628.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,318,872 1,810.532 728.44 1,642.488 802.97 Luxembourg 6,361,710 8,536.904 745.20 7,744.552 821.44 China 4,057 6.165 658.05 5.593 725.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,684,639 10,353.602 742.22 9,392.633 818.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,588,474 16,053.378 659.58 14,563.384 727.06 Venezuela 7,863 8.929 880.53 8.101 970.62 Brazil 121,998 91.482 1,333.56 82.992 1,470.00 Belgium 279,484 358.229 780.18 324.980 860.00 Austria 1,368,634 1,645.435 831.78 1,492.714 916.88 Hungary 162,336 404.024 401.80 366.525 442.91 Romania 6,756,201 13,194.749 512.04 11,970.079 564.42 Turkey 39,505 73.808 535.24 66.958 590.00 Thailand 2,153,194 5,597.859 384.65 5,078.294 424.00 Malaysia 5,511 16.012 344.18 14.526 379.39 Indonesia 19,829 31.062 638.37 28.179 703.68 China 11,520 17.997 640.09 16.327 705.58 Korea, South 2,052,702 3,946.322 520.16 3,580.045 573.37 Japan 85,168 52.175 1,632.33 47.333 1,799.34 Australia 343,626 542.572 633.33 492.214 698.12 South Africa 662,212 1,352.385 489.66 1,226.864 539.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,658,257 43,386.426 568.34 39,359.515 626.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 13,907,253 25,983.750 535.23 23,572.069 589.99 Mexico 3,246,690 6,844.077 474.38 6,208.844 522.91 Sweden 8,308 22.696 366.05 20.590 403.50 Netherlands 2,559,837 6,165.917 415.16 5,593.628 457.63 Belgium 107,599 242.001 444.62 219.540 490.11 France 4,789,850 9,944.768 481.65 9,021.745 530.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,304,524 4,233.183 544.39 3,840.281 600.09 Hungary 52,030 133.379 390.09 121.000 430.00 Spain 783,398 2,425.918 322.93 2,200.757 355.97 China 8,031 17.705 453.59 16.062 500.00 Japan 57,932 84.774 683.37 76.906 753.28 New Zealand 936,168 2,155.701 434.28 1,955.620 478.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,761,620 58,253.875 493.73 52,847.042 544.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 508,015 638.181 796.03 578.949 877.48 Austria 1,294,919 958.641 1,350.79 869.665 1,488.99 Poland 2,321,544 4,268.662 543.86 3,872.467 599.50 Spain 61,887 69.258 893.57 62.830 984.99 Japan 3,296,953 5,841.826 564.37 5,299.617 622.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,483,318 11,776.570 635.44 10,683.528 700.45 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 340,012 466.851 728.31 423.521 802.82 Austria 217,145 283.953 764.72 257.598 842.96 Czech Republic 2,832 1.495 1,893.26 1.357 2,086.96 Poland 81,392 121.243 671.31 109.990 739.99 Spain 102,935 116.023 887.19 105.255 977.96 Korea, South 116,238 174.352 666.68 158.170 734.89 Japan 79,517 121.988 651.84 110.666 718.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 940,071 1,285.908 731.06 1,166.557 805.85 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 165,691 313.292 528.87 284.214 582.98 Brazil 12,723 18.663 681.71 16.931 751.46 Poland 16,020 19.152 836.44 17.375 922.01 Australia 81,734 127.936 638.86 116.062 704.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 276,168 479.044 576.50 434.582 635.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,916,152 28,873.839 585.86 26,193.914 645.80 Mexico 1,332,039 2,399.658 555.10 2,176.934 611.89 Brazil 250,432 641.454 390.41 581.918 430.36 Argentina 1,229,117 2,856.614 430.27 2,591.478 474.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 2,384,676 2,902.434 821.61 2,633.045 905.67 Federal Republic of Germany 3,424,677 5,335.849 641.82 4,840.603 707.49 Czech Republic 623,416 911.444 683.99 826.849 753.97 Switzerland 21,826 21.562 1,012.23 19.561 1,115.79 Poland 4,485 2.313 1,938.41 2.099 2,136.73 Spain 2,631,983 4,200.373 626.61 3,810.516 690.72 Turkey 1,213,699 2,822.863 429.95 2,560.859 473.94 India 91,845 130.325 704.74 118.229 776.84 China 98,060 152.854 641.53 138.667 707.16 Korea, South 96,086 260.463 368.90 236.289 406.65 Taiwan 12,600 0.992 12,700.59 0.900 14,000.00 Japan 1,838,170 2,365.817 776.97 2,146.234 856.46 Australia 5,340 0.449 11,873.45 0.408 13,088.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,174,603 53,879.311 597.16 48,878.503 658.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,331,176 7,654.625 565.82 6,944.161 623.71 Mexico 1,294,472 2,517.040 514.28 2,283.421 566.90 Brazil 495,014 1,290.796 383.50 1,170.991 422.73 Argentina 246,476 291.099 846.71 264.081 933.33 Italy 18,446 23.267 792.78 21.108 873.89 China 41,756 98.310 424.74 89.186 468.19 Korea, South 136,870 373.864 366.10 339.164 403.55 Japan 8,520 7.870 1,082.52 7.140 1,193.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,572,730 12,256.873 536.25 11,119.252 591.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,622,986 5,723.870 458.25 5,192.609 505.14 Mexico 9,292,611 24,558.246 378.39 22,278.873 417.10 Dominican Republic 707,071 1,716.391 411.95 1,557.085 454.10 Venezuela 567,503 1,637.862 346.49 1,485.844 381.94 Brazil 4,774,951 13,722.922 347.95 12,449.229 383.55 Argentina 487,220 1,693.259 287.74 1,536.100 317.18 Federal Republic of Germany 128,902 127.398 1,011.80 115.574 1,115.32 Italy 22,446 21.682 1,035.21 19.670 1,141.13 Romania 1,100,039 3,630.773 302.98 3,293.783 333.97 Turkey 43,272,005 104,905.423 412.49 95,168.626 454.69 Taiwan 4,025,051 10,848.063 371.04 9,841.200 409.00 Japan 2,433,026 6,318.338 385.07 5,731.902 424.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,433,811 174,904.232 396.98 158,670.495 437.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,437,407 4,405.381 1,007.27 3,996.496 1,110.32 Mexico 314,100 509.762 616.17 462.449 679.21 Brazil 17,822 27.113 657.31 24.597 724.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,831,633 1,626.339 1,126.23 1,475.391 1,241.46 France 537,678 469.626 1,144.91 426.038 1,262.04 Federal Republic of Germany 5,065,288 4,597.135 1,101.84 4,170.452 1,214.57 Austria 100,248 54.620 1,835.35 49.551 2,023.13 Poland 5,657 5.902 958.35 5.355 1,056.40 Ukraine 18,129 15.542 1,166.41 14.100 1,285.74 Spain 623,993 703.860 886.53 638.532 977.23 Italy 291,198 325.703 894.06 295.473 985.53 Romania 48,979 16.526 2,963.58 14.993 3,266.79 India 8,862 5.626 1,575.13 5.104 1,736.29 China 236,777 403.564 586.71 366.108 646.74 Korea, South 14,334 20.020 715.98 18.162 789.23 Taiwan 42,988 57.284 750.42 51.968 827.20 Japan 263,314 165.491 1,591.11 150.131 1,753.89 South Africa 114,385 166.120 688.57 150.702 759.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,972,792 13,575.623 1,029.26 12,315.602 1,134.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,947,594 37,733.990 820.15 34,231.710 904.06 Mexico 6,074,152 7,518.825 807.86 6,820.966 890.51 Guatemala 57,350 65.749 872.25 59.647 961.49 Dominican Republic 116,782 304.093 384.03 275.869 423.32 Colombia 1,962,454 2,625.528 747.45 2,381.840 823.92 Venezuela 1,216,175 1,376.882 883.28 1,249.087 973.65 Ecuador 198,065 176.744 1,120.63 160.340 1,235.28 Peru 2,311 3.344 691.00 3.034 761.70 Chile 275,420 437.316 629.80 396.727 694.23 Brazil 3,021 4.324 698.60 3.923 770.07 Argentina 330,992 578.720 571.94 525.007 630.45 Sweden 107,659 124.960 861.55 113.362 949.69 Netherlands 4,806 7.895 608.67 7.163 670.95 France 238,591 174.880 1,364.31 158.649 1,503.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,133,282 563.266 2,011.98 510.987 2,217.83 Switzerland 12,686 3.254 3,898.56 2.952 4,297.43 Ukraine 220,018 257.110 855.73 233.247 943.28 Spain 566,816 321.731 1,761.77 291.870 1,942.02 Italy 321,131 140.604 2,283.94 127.554 2,517.61 Romania 1,034,552 1,715.885 602.93 1,556.626 664.61 Turkey 2,218,580 3,773.485 587.94 3,423.249 648.09 Saudi Arabia 40,150 21.069 1,905.59 19.114 2,100.55 United Arab Emirates 784,648 1,262.844 621.33 1,145.634 684.90 Oman 1,083,560 1,821.123 595.00 1,652.096 655.87 India 1,510,920 2,485.722 607.84 2,255.010 670.03 Thailand 3,813,757 6,393.002 596.55 5,799.636 657.59 Vietnam 11,775 21.608 544.92 19.603 600.67 China 15,048,000 26,446.010 569.01 23,991.424 627.22 Korea, South 2,814,547 3,302.539 852.24 2,996.014 939.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,137,498 4,213.269 507.33 3,822.215 559.23 Japan 44,192 22.813 1,937.10 20.696 2,135.29 South Africa 1,786,228 3,522.820 507.04 3,195.850 558.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,117,712 107,421.420 708.59 97,451.101 781.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,541,593 3,631.313 975.29 3,294.273 1,075.08 Mexico 2,371,402 2,740.538 865.31 2,486.175 953.84 Colombia 5,032,400 4,276.275 1,176.82 3,879.373 1,297.22 Venezuela 1,256,652 1,293.255 971.70 1,173.222 1,071.11 Brazil 226,707 318.134 712.61 288.607 785.52 Argentina 87,210 188.495 462.66 171.000 510.00 Sweden 1,785,624 2,037.972 876.18 1,848.818 965.82 Federal Republic of Germany 10,118,393 9,211.878 1,098.41 8,356.878 1,210.79 Austria 5,924,655 4,053.573 1,461.59 3,677.341 1,611.12 Czech Republic 90,091 35.568 2,532.90 32.267 2,792.05 Russia 1,885,675 2,642.349 713.64 2,397.100 786.65 Ukraine 3,929,169 3,306.075 1,188.47 2,999.222 1,310.06 Romania 2,380,825 2,393.150 994.85 2,171.030 1,096.63 India 2,406,088 2,093.806 1,149.15 1,899.470 1,266.72 China 27,886,496 30,236.291 922.29 27,429.910 1,016.65 Korea, South 7,190,322 8,918.392 806.24 8,090.632 888.72 Japan 251,208 65.318 3,845.89 59.256 4,239.37 South Africa 2,007,623 2,143.150 936.76 1,944.234 1,032.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,372,133 79,585.540 984.75 72,198.808 1,085.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 10,281 5.599 1,835.98 5.080 2,023.82 United Kingdom 32,959 50.177 656.85 45.520 724.06 Federal Republic of Germany 283,199 173.192 1,635.17 157.118 1,802.46 Czech Republic 570,295 427.674 1,333.48 387.980 1,469.91 Italy 2,049,009 1,146.519 1,787.16 1,040.105 1,970.00 Romania 1,007,783 1,337.933 753.24 1,213.753 830.30 India 18,138,047 15,698.546 1,155.40 14,241.486 1,273.61 China 10,536 7.713 1,365.83 6.998 1,505.57 Korea, South 2,500,590 3,357.231 744.84 3,045.630 821.04 Japan 4,104,198 4,300.941 954.26 3,901.750 1,051.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,706,897 26,505.530 1,083.05 24,045.420 1,193.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 66,459 44.020 1,509.72 39.935 1,664.18 Mexico 4,687,095 5,528.412 847.82 5,015.293 934.56 Venezuela 665,784 1,035.122 643.19 939.048 709.00 Brazil 1,264,963 1,955.974 646.72 1,774.431 712.88 Argentina 1,516,793 1,553.798 976.18 1,409.583 1,076.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,104,652 917.341 1,204.19 832.198 1,327.39 Federal Republic of Germany 144,763 82.456 1,755.64 74.803 1,935.26 Austria 995,812 961.458 1,035.73 872.221 1,141.70 Czech Republic 69,818 77.132 905.18 69.973 997.78 Slovakia 151,572 174.875 866.74 158.644 955.42 Italy 4,959,053 2,972.182 1,668.49 2,696.319 1,839.19 China 3,084,578 3,862.530 798.59 3,504.030 880.29 Korea, South 1,220,297 1,909.101 639.20 1,731.908 704.60 Taiwan 57,278 98.663 580.54 89.506 639.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,988,917 21,173.070 944.07 19,207.892 1,040.66 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 204,732 109.943 1,862.16 99.739 2,052.68 Mexico 1,634,183 1,961.445 833.15 1,779.394 918.39 Brazil 1,704,740 2,637.916 646.24 2,393.078 712.36 United Kingdom 957,808 1,430.025 669.78 1,297.298 738.31 China 33,926 50.398 673.15 45.721 742.02 Korea, South 3,720,434 5,849.168 636.06 5,306.278 701.14 Taiwan 333,213 556.777 598.47 505.100 659.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,589,036 12,595.675 681.90 11,426.608 751.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,831,515 10,385.100 1,042.99 9,421.207 1,149.70 Mexico 14,008,070 18,397.272 761.42 16,689.730 839.32 Dominican Republic 363,144 559.608 648.93 507.668 715.32 Colombia 1,108,969 1,441.432 769.35 1,307.646 848.07 Brazil 375,230 268.694 1,396.49 243.756 1,539.37 Argentina 678,744 654.860 1,036.47 594.080 1,142.51 Sweden 108,729 32.485 3,347.04 29.470 3,689.48 Finland 847,100 366.251 2,312.89 332.258 2,549.52 Denmark 10,976 1.962 5,593.97 1.780 6,166.29 Netherlands 31,333 1.550 20,202.44 1.407 22,269.37 Belgium 27,033 11.620 2,326.31 10.542 2,564.31 France 959,457 586.776 1,635.13 532.315 1,802.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,635,260 2,747.060 1,323.33 2,492.092 1,458.72 Austria 72,618 22.588 3,214.81 20.492 3,543.72 Czech Republic 13,437 14.319 938.40 12.990 1,034.41 Slovakia 53,019 51.434 1,030.80 46.661 1,136.26 Switzerland 1,281,764 542.807 2,361.36 492.427 2,602.95 Ukraine 3,274 2.249 1,455.23 2.041 1,604.12 Spain 1,089,774 555.939 1,960.24 504.340 2,160.79 Italy 583,929 440.408 1,325.88 399.532 1,461.53 Romania 153,381 155.533 986.16 141.098 1,087.05 Turkey 234,119 569.203 411.31 516.373 453.39 India 839,608 593.599 1,414.43 538.505 1,559.15 China 5,511,609 7,257.666 759.42 6,584.046 837.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,009,397 1,160.072 870.12 1,052.400 959.14 Taiwan 104,884 85.713 1,223.66 77.758 1,348.85 Japan 2,153,449 898.029 2,397.97 814.679 2,643.31 Australia 64,911 85.027 763.41 77.136 841.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,154,733 47,889.271 963.78 43,444.429 1,062.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 124,982 72.788 1,717.05 66.033 1,892.72 Mexico 220,674 151.637 1,455.28 137.563 1,604.17 Argentina 115,178 63.881 1,803.01 57.952 1,987.47 Netherlands 350,019 192.235 1,820.78 174.393 2,007.07 France 877,544 749.852 1,170.29 680.255 1,290.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,972,223 1,989.928 1,493.63 1,805.233 1,646.45 Slovakia 515,694 328.124 1,571.64 297.670 1,732.44 Poland 31,262 25.842 1,209.71 23.444 1,333.48 Spain 195,491 78.738 2,482.80 71.430 2,736.82 Italy 1,735,249 926.836 1,872.23 840.812 2,063.78 Vietnam 28,182 20.855 1,351.28 18.920 1,489.53 Malaysia 53,965 102.168 528.19 92.686 582.23 China 387,003 626.145 618.07 568.030 681.31 Korea, South 13,845 18.233 759.32 16.541 837.01 Japan 163,796 140.325 1,167.26 127.301 1,286.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,785,107 5,487.594 1,418.67 4,978.263 1,563.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,505,778 566.152 2,659.67 513.605 2,931.78 Mexico 449,506 240.781 1,866.87 218.433 2,057.87 United Kingdom 14,185 1.612 8,795.91 1.463 9,695.83 Netherlands 5,000 3.786 1,320.50 3.435 1,455.60 France 8,789 1.273 6,903.25 1.155 7,609.52 Federal Republic of Germany 103,942 21.258 4,889.53 19.285 5,389.78 Italy 5,489 3.025 1,814.04 2.745 1,999.64 Vietnam 59,352 40.966 1,448.80 37.164 1,597.03 China 71,123 79.990 889.15 72.566 980.11 Korea, South 15,292 7.381 2,071.79 6.696 2,283.75 Japan 331,530 118.932 2,787.54 107.894 3,072.74 Australia 5,700 3.141 1,814.37 2.850 2,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,575,686 1,088.301 2,366.70 987.291 2,608.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,369,639 24,892.485 818.30 22,582.089 902.03 Mexico 4,509,758 4,459.659 1,011.23 4,045.736 1,114.69 Finland 4,730 2.473 1,912.20 2.244 2,107.84 United Kingdom 77,233 87.668 880.96 79.532 971.09 Belgium 52,888 25.584 2,067.18 23.210 2,278.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 7,072 8.743 808.83 7.932 891.58 Austria 150,764 104.772 1,438.97 95.048 1,586.19 Switzerland 22,333 6.901 3,235.93 6.261 3,567.00 Italy 13,142 10.185 1,290.28 9.240 1,422.29 Turkey 2,505,931 5,777.227 433.76 5,241.014 478.14 China 61,514 52.517 1,171.31 47.643 1,291.14 Korea, South 3,179,887 5,890.087 539.87 5,343.399 595.11 Japan 146,909 126.312 1,163.06 114.589 1,282.05 Australia 11,375 16.325 696.77 14.810 768.06 South Africa 66,447 193.069 344.16 175.150 379.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,179,622 41,654.014 748.54 37,787.897 825.12 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 287,799 331.192 868.98 300.453 957.88 Mexico 301,319 152.136 1,980.58 138.016 2,183.22 China 102,807 116.829 879.97 105.986 970.01 Korea, South 24,120 31.335 769.74 28.427 848.49 Japan 41,032 76.604 535.64 69.494 590.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 757,077 708.098 1,069.17 642.376 1,178.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,694,427 17,356.088 846.64 15,745.183 933.26 Mexico 8,115,516 10,015.667 810.28 9,086.063 893.18 Dominican Republic 185,095 237.835 778.25 215.761 857.87 Trinidad and Tobago 5,089 5.060 1,005.59 4.591 1,108.47 Venezuela 464,885 612.451 759.06 555.607 836.72 Chile 142,481 194.125 733.96 176.108 809.05 Brazil 1,189,310 1,684.485 706.04 1,528.140 778.27 Argentina 135,130 239.460 564.31 217.235 622.05 Sweden 222,540 122.834 1,811.70 111.434 1,997.06 United Kingdom 526,032 383.003 1,373.44 347.455 1,513.96 Netherlands 2,564 4.136 619.78 3.753 683.19 Belgium 661,980 604.889 1,094.38 548.747 1,206.35 France 947,773 567.803 1,669.19 515.103 1,839.97 Federal Republic of Germany 938,592 720.252 1,303.14 653.402 1,436.47 Austria 259,491 93.529 2,774.42 84.849 3,058.27 Switzerland 6,764 8.628 783.88 7.828 864.08 Poland 924,667 920.977 1,004.01 835.497 1,106.73 Russia 379,399 454.605 834.57 412.411 919.95 Belarus 457,711 462.627 989.37 419.689 1,090.60 Ukraine 16,053 25.727 623.95 23.340 687.79 Moldova 438,329 572.135 766.13 519.033 844.51 Spain 95,410 127.621 747.60 115.776 824.09 Italy 500,616 440.685 1,135.99 399.783 1,252.22 Greece 793,965 896.666 885.46 813.442 976.06 Turkey 19,634 31.306 627.15 28.401 691.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel 155,363 239.735 648.06 217.484 714.37 India 558,947 825.831 676.83 749.182 746.08 Thailand 322,665 334.942 963.34 303.855 1,061.90 Malaysia 2,495 2.296 1,086.62 2.083 1,197.79 Indonesia 123,725 29.437 4,203.01 26.705 4,633.03 China 5,898,543 9,207.776 640.60 8,353.157 706.15 Korea, South 1,869,617 1,911.622 978.03 1,734.195 1,078.09 Taiwan 689,427 780.715 883.07 708.253 973.42 Japan 2,881,571 3,075.897 936.82 2,790.408 1,032.67 Australia 49,666 64.238 773.15 58.276 852.25 Egypt 79,723 101.842 782.81 92.390 862.90 South Africa 721,929 1,204.728 599.25 1,092.912 660.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,477,124 54,561.672 833.50 49,497.531 918.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 36,912 85.484 431.80 77.550 475.98 Belgium 139,648 157.410 887.16 142.800 977.93 Federal Republic of Germany 98,780 108.454 910.80 98.388 1,003.98 Japan 1,545,638 1,702.527 907.85 1,544.507 1,000.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,820,978 2,053.875 886.61 1,863.245 977.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,089,131 11,537.938 787.76 10,467.045 868.36 Brazil 1,501,731 1,677.580 895.18 1,521.876 986.76 Norway 1,679,279 2,649.007 633.93 2,403.140 698.79 Netherlands 6,129,129 8,922.584 686.92 8,094.435 757.20 Belgium 6,246 9.060 689.33 8.220 759.85 France 6,381,495 9,302.583 685.99 8,439.164 756.18 Federal Republic of Germany 920,698 1,261.247 729.99 1,144.185 804.68 China 1,893,293 2,903.622 652.05 2,634.123 718.76 Korea, South 969,644 1,314.920 737.42 1,192.876 812.86 Japan 388,785 443.669 876.29 402.490 965.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,959,431 40,022.216 723.58 36,307.554 797.61 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,497,246 3,222.067 775.04 2,923.011 854.34 Netherlands 2,394,204 3,172.334 754.71 2,877.894 831.93 France 1,112,251 1,258.361 883.89 1,141.567 974.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,173,407 1,501.111 781.69 1,361.786 861.67 Korea, South 228,099 506.053 450.74 459.084 496.86 Taiwan 42,708 18.653 2,289.57 16.922 2,523.82 Japan 2,615,701 3,202.567 816.75 2,905.321 900.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,063,616 12,881.148 781.27 11,685.585 861.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,843,848 50,893.291 507.80 46,169.630 559.76 Mexico 4,559,372 10,062.569 453.10 9,128.612 499.46 Venezuela 194,043 498.382 389.35 452.125 429.18 Sweden 701,155 1,476.996 474.72 1,339.909 523.29 Netherlands 11,603,728 26,333.530 440.64 23,889.384 485.73 Belgium 4,461,826 9,730.782 458.53 8,827.620 505.44 France 12,815,662 32,479.535 394.58 29,464.947 434.95 Federal Republic of Germany 29,104 50.748 573.50 46.038 632.17 Austria 392,550 652.389 601.71 591.838 663.27 Hungary 516,507 1,290.464 400.25 1,170.690 441.20 Spain 468,649 1,283.707 365.07 1,164.560 402.43 Italy 2,532,575 6,994.611 362.08 6,345.407 399.12 Turkey 357,041 824.713 432.93 748.168 477.22 India 203,876 353.913 576.06 321.065 635.00 Malaysia 113,733 216.519 525.28 196.423 579.02 Korea, South 13,961,875 30,156.920 462.97 27,357.906 510.34 Japan 182,204 257.057 708.81 233.199 781.32 Australia 5,911,998 15,041.209 393.05 13,645.160 433.27 New Zealand 3,038,329 7,099.753 427.95 6,440.790 471.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,888,075 195,697.097 449.10 177,533.471 495.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,377,216 21,238.601 629.85 19,267.341 694.29 Mexico 7,124,664 13,794.087 516.50 12,513.789 569.35 Brazil 11,721,713 24,490.166 478.63 22,217.112 527.60 Sweden 108,104 140.048 771.90 127.050 850.88 Netherlands 2,140,707 3,976.450 538.35 3,607.376 593.42 Belgium 5,877,393 11,780.221 498.92 10,686.840 549.97 Federal Republic of Germany 145,810 127.836 1,140.60 115.971 1,257.30 Italy 7,192,644 18,330.422 392.39 16,629.084 432.53 Turkey 2,964,007 6,200.113 478.06 5,624.650 526.97 India 727,574 1,385.863 525.00 1,257.235 578.71 China 5,251,505 12,501.981 420.05 11,341.610 463.03 Korea, South 1,424,499 2,431.224 585.92 2,205.570 645.86 Taiwan 257,741 543.804 473.96 493.331 522.45 Japan 874,392 1,280.459 682.87 1,161.614 752.74 Australia 38,140 44.687 853.48 40.540 940.80 New Zealand 467,823 994.758 470.29 902.430 518.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,693,932 119,260.727 500.53 108,191.543 551.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,307,705 42,850.466 637.28 38,873.300 702.48 Mexico 12,703,281 15,587.329 814.97 14,140.591 898.36 Costa Rica 36,069 23.221 1,553.27 21.066 1,712.19 Colombia 1,465,778 2,227.735 657.97 2,020.968 725.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 27,187 20.811 1,306.34 18.880 1,439.99 Brazil 6,098,851 11,169.273 546.04 10,132.597 601.90 Sweden 8,603 9.483 907.18 8.603 1,000.00 Netherlands 1,159,720 2,050.117 565.68 1,859.836 623.56 Belgium 214,208 278.150 770.12 252.334 848.91 Federal Republic of Germany 97,809 226.039 432.71 205.060 476.98 Austria 257,843 258.048 999.20 234.098 1,101.43 Estonia 6,866,331 12,135.479 565.81 11,009.125 623.69 Spain 787,338 1,262.805 623.48 1,145.598 687.27 Italy 73,474 44.969 1,633.85 40.796 1,801.01 India 26,164,738 47,591.546 549.78 43,174.337 606.03 China 3,366,654 6,294.991 534.81 5,710.722 589.53 Korea, South 20,645,878 26,683.023 773.75 24,206.439 852.91 Taiwan 9,941,431 14,261.753 697.07 12,938.049 768.39 Japan 41,191 32.055 1,285.00 29.080 1,416.47 South Africa 3,290,465 5,817.898 565.58 5,277.910 623.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,554,554 188,825.200 638.45 171,299.389 703.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 424,066 385.215 1,100.85 349.462 1,213.48 Mexico 165,275 128.606 1,285.12 116.670 1,416.60 Brazil 406,430 779.697 521.27 707.330 574.60 Argentina 20,741 27.537 753.18 24.982 830.24 Belgium 163,130 257.488 633.54 233.590 698.36 Federal Republic of Germany 389,147 620.528 627.12 562.934 691.28 Korea, South 452,277 539.140 838.89 489.100 924.71 Taiwan 181,658 282.010 644.15 255.836 710.06 Japan 364,082 446.107 816.13 404.702 899.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,566,806 3,466.333 740.50 3,144.606 816.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,251,012 4,820.766 1,089.25 4,373.327 1,200.69 Mexico 5,797,779 6,929.254 836.71 6,286.116 922.31 Brazil 72,215 88.181 818.94 79.997 902.72 United Kingdom 749,368 1,005.918 744.96 912.554 821.18 Belgium 153,854 107.067 1,436.98 97.130 1,584.00 Luxembourg 712,145 1,074.389 662.84 974.670 730.65 France 22,456 6.990 3,212.20 6.342 3,540.84 Federal Republic of Germany 374,112 178.349 2,097.63 161.796 2,312.25 Italy 75,980 75.783 1,002.59 68.750 1,105.16 China 926,551 1,543.510 600.29 1,400.250 661.70 Korea, South 4,567,129 6,569.539 695.20 5,959.788 766.32 Taiwan 2,820,646 4,126.931 683.47 3,743.890 753.40 Japan 600,645 294.816 2,037.35 267.453 2,245.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,123,892 26,821.500 824.86 24,332.063 909.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,582,821 4,470.297 577.77 4,055.387 636.89 Mexico 598,678 746.912 801.54 677.588 883.54 Federal Republic of Germany 203,778 207.678 981.22 188.403 1,081.61 Taiwan 22,914 28.967 791.02 26.279 871.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,408,191 5,453.856 624.91 4,947.657 688.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,142,127 3,944.831 796.52 3,578.692 878.01 Mexico 625,955 634.388 986.71 575.508 1,087.66 Chile 19,842 17.976 1,103.78 16.308 1,216.70 Brazil 7,722 8.311 929.08 7.540 1,024.14 Sweden 1,654,618 334.182 4,951.25 303.165 5,457.81 United Kingdom 1,707,440 810.077 2,107.75 734.890 2,323.40 France 124,599 15.732 7,920.01 14.272 8,730.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,294,587 1,469.402 1,561.58 1,333.020 1,721.34 Austria 219,765 31.579 6,959.21 28.648 7,671.22 Switzerland 208,111 100.671 2,067.22 91.328 2,278.72 Italy 88,278 32.028 2,756.21 29.056 3,038.20 India 452,255 430.597 1,050.30 390.632 1,157.75 China 213,031 350.610 607.60 318.069 669.76 Korea, South 1,251,233 1,325.950 943.65 1,202.882 1,040.20 Taiwan 4,092 6.102 670.56 5.536 739.16 Japan 885,416 531.432 1,666.09 482.108 1,836.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,899,071 10,043.876 1,284.27 9,111.654 1,415.67 GRAND TOTAL 1,118,618,652 1,985,704.177 563.34 1,801,401.036 620.97 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 676,923 119.147 5,681.38 108.089 6,262.64 Federal Republic of Germany 183,040 74.405 2,460.02 67.500 2,711.70 Slovakia 4,844 6.613 732.40 6.000 807.33 Italy 4,348,539 1,697.362 2,561.94 1,539.822 2,824.05 India 89,770 59.293 1,514.00 53.790 1,668.90 Taiwan 35,703 14.683 2,431.44 13.321 2,680.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,338,819 1,971.507 2,707.99 1,788.522 2,985.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 32,205 11.802 2,728.67 10.707 3,007.85 Brazil 6,070 1.236 4,907.85 1.122 5,409.98 Sweden 3,717,908 1,453.975 2,557.06 1,319.025 2,818.68 United Kingdom 8,166,114 3,315.020 2,463.37 3,007.337 2,715.40 Federal Republic of Germany 392,637 37.614 10,438.54 34.123 11,506.52 Czech Republic 3,195 2.201 1,451.41 1.997 1,599.90 Spain 1,769,845 524.431 3,374.79 475.756 3,720.07 Italy 3,060,776 1,274.071 2,402.36 1,155.819 2,648.14 Malaysia 42,595 10.625 4,008.87 9.639 4,419.03 China 15,613 9.577 1,630.09 8.689 1,796.87 Taiwan 58,487 3.782 15,464.45 3.431 17,046.63 Japan 11,100 0.544 20,384.12 0.494 22,469.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,276,545 6,644.883 2,599.98 6,028.139 2,865.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,135,864 318.766 3,563.31 289.180 3,927.88 United Kingdom 979,549 396.318 2,471.62 359.534 2,724.50 France 507,312 170.646 2,972.88 154.808 3,277.04 Federal Republic of Germany 681,939 162.154 4,205.49 147.104 4,635.76 Italy 895,825 449.986 1,990.78 408.221 2,194.46 India 88,104 27.623 3,189.41 25.060 3,515.72 China 215,049 146.545 1,467.45 132.944 1,617.59 Korea, South 316,124 115.282 2,742.16 104.583 3,022.71 Taiwan 1,685,513 656.895 2,565.88 595.926 2,828.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,505,279 2,444.220 2,661.49 2,217.360 2,933.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 85,177 14.736 5,779.89 13.369 6,371.23 India 239,944 85.579 2,803.77 77.636 3,090.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,121 100.315 3,240.97 91.005 3,572.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,019 0.588 11,924.22 0.534 13,144.19 Sweden 753,354 248.972 3,025.85 225.864 3,335.43 Finland 230,768 104.089 2,217.03 94.428 2,443.85 Netherlands 22,957 6.468 3,549.12 5.868 3,912.24 Belgium 2,460,454 624.807 3,937.94 566.816 4,340.83 France 4,858,602 551.051 8,816.96 499.906 9,719.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,268,807 521.492 2,433.03 473.090 2,681.96 Austria 65,858 14.451 4,557.24 13.110 5,023.49 Italy 471,134 209.029 2,253.92 189.628 2,484.52 Korea, South 610,848 236.320 2,584.83 214.386 2,849.29 Taiwan 2,653,754 1,907.779 1,391.02 1,730.709 1,533.33 Japan 659,576 227.276 2,902.08 206.182 3,199.00 South Africa 149,526 110.713 1,350.56 100.438 1,488.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,212,657 4,763.040 2,983.95 4,320.959 3,289.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,081 7.410 1,900.06 6.723 2,094.45 Sweden 2,332,991 640.907 3,640.13 581.422 4,012.56 Finland 91,548 31.445 2,911.31 28.527 3,209.17 Belgium 560,771 232.708 2,409.75 211.110 2,656.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,542,554 801.367 1,924.90 726.989 2,121.84 China 360,645 155.157 2,324.37 140.757 2,562.18 Japan 5,812 1.372 4,234.99 1.245 4,668.27 South Africa 8,261 6.223 1,327.36 5.646 1,463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,916,663 1,876.595 2,619.99 1,702.419 2,888.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 60,259 24.595 2,449.96 22.313 2,700.62 Sweden 92,612 8.938 10,360.86 8.109 11,420.89 United Kingdom 720,007 243.584 2,955.88 220.976 3,258.30 Netherlands 21,325 5.199 4,101.28 4.717 4,520.88 France 572,293 60.013 9,536.13 54.443 10,511.78 Federal Republic of Germany 573,002 155.389 3,687.52 140.967 4,064.80 Austria 1,673,370 317.085 5,277.35 287.655 5,817.28 Czech Republic 16,374 4.498 3,639.85 4.081 4,012.25 Spain 28,169 6.730 4,185.14 6.106 4,613.33 Portugal 1,054,673 295.946 3,563.73 268.478 3,928.34 Italy 1,364,495 360.347 3,786.61 326.902 4,174.02 India 508,269 165.055 3,079.38 149.736 3,394.43 Taiwan 1,019,171 238.796 4,267.94 216.633 4,704.60 Japan 37,744 7.888 4,784.91 7.156 5,274.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,741,763 1,894.070 4,087.37 1,718.272 4,505.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,693 0.039 67,862.48 0.036 74,805.56 Italy 413,356 180.387 2,291.49 163.645 2,525.93 India 1,075,400 395.543 2,718.79 358.831 2,996.95 Taiwan 7,899 0.812 9,723.00 0.737 10,717.77 Japan 56,226 14.809 3,796.60 13.435 4,185.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,555,574 591.592 2,629.47 536.684 2,898.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 187,668 32.697 5,739.46 29.663 6,326.67 Mexico 23,306 12.822 1,817.65 11.632 2,003.61 Brazil 2,020 0.162 12,466.08 0.147 13,741.50 Sweden 1,864,637 567.213 3,287.36 514.568 3,623.69 Norway 141,886 24.591 5,769.73 22.309 6,360.03 Denmark 2,986 1.008 2,960.50 0.915 3,263.39 United Kingdom 700,186 102.676 6,819.31 93.147 7,517.00 Netherlands 29,853 6.596 4,525.77 5.984 4,988.80 France 2,598,420 782.711 3,319.77 710.064 3,659.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,419,023 493.372 2,876.17 447.580 3,170.43 Austria 128,755 15.192 8,475.16 13.782 9,342.26 Czech Republic 76,031 18.573 4,093.42 16.850 4,512.23 Switzerland 1,034,834 172.083 6,013.54 156.112 6,628.79 Latvia 612,065 166.835 3,668.67 151.351 4,044.01 Poland 42,682 13.753 3,103.35 12.477 3,420.85 Italy 9,594,782 2,122.800 4,519.87 1,925.773 4,982.30 Slovenia 37,308 15.077 2,474.43 13.678 2,727.59 Saudi Arabia 119,444 55.521 2,151.32 50.368 2,371.43 United Arab Emirates 124,664 43.888 2,840.47 39.815 3,131.08 India 4,076,228 1,430.970 2,848.58 1,298.155 3,140.02 China 1,103,885 301.925 3,656.15 273.902 4,030.22 Korea, South 82,953 17.939 4,624.17 16.274 5,097.27 Taiwan 6,399,573 1,942.865 3,293.88 1,762.538 3,630.89 Japan 28,040 4.522 6,199.72 4.103 6,834.02 Australia 2,852 1.213 2,349.95 1.101 2,590.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,434,081 8,347.016 3,646.10 7,572.288 4,019.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,623,640 1,565.108 6,148.86 1,419.843 6,777.96 Mexico 274,754 92.460 2,971.57 83.879 3,275.60 Sweden 1,419,206 130.887 10,842.96 118.739 11,952.32 Finland 209,263 81.350 2,572.36 73.800 2,835.54 Denmark 3,645 0.216 16,870.86 0.196 18,596.94 United Kingdom 305,306 15.221 20,057.14 13.809 22,109.20 Ireland 13,480 3.726 3,616.93 3.381 3,986.99 Netherlands 13,524 1.384 9,768.13 1.256 10,767.52 Belgium 5,607 1.263 4,438.56 1.146 4,892.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 4,333,204 711.736 6,088.21 645.677 6,711.10 Federal Republic of Germany 4,648,546 504.917 9,206.54 458.054 10,148.47 Austria 834,417 96.032 8,688.93 87.119 9,577.90 Slovakia 57,282 5.685 10,074.71 5.158 11,105.47 Switzerland 87,291 2.825 30,897.03 2.563 34,058.13 Ukraine 46,853 26.524 1,766.38 24.063 1,947.10 Spain 2,598,231 293.220 8,861.02 266.005 9,767.60 Italy 1,067,437 385.619 2,768.11 349.828 3,051.32 India 378,780 74.069 5,113.83 67.195 5,637.03 Thailand 62,546 17.050 3,668.27 15.468 4,043.57 Malaysia 578,037 249.309 2,318.55 226.170 2,555.76 Singapore 362,213 117.820 3,074.28 106.885 3,388.81 China 9,889,607 2,745.848 3,601.66 2,490.993 3,970.15 Korea, South 5,786,114 1,441.699 4,013.40 1,307.888 4,424.01 Hong Kong 44,503 5.643 7,885.24 5.120 8,691.99 Taiwan 4,901,870 1,724.964 2,841.72 1,564.862 3,132.46 Japan 10,720,067 1,340.202 7,998.84 1,215.812 8,817.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,265,423 11,634.792 5,007.86 10,554.909 5,520.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 241,886 35.579 6,798.51 32.277 7,494.07 Mexico 272,405 57.769 4,715.34 52.408 5,197.78 Brazil 5,394 1.250 4,315.13 1.134 4,756.61 Sweden 1,565,209 264.312 5,921.82 239.780 6,527.69 Denmark 116,864 5.059 23,097.44 4.590 25,460.57 United Kingdom 87,997 31.103 2,829.13 28.217 3,118.58 Ireland 10,285 0.793 12,958.89 0.720 14,284.72 Netherlands 7,010 0.028 244,591.03 0.026 269,615.38 Belgium 33,844 2.285 14,810.79 2.073 16,326.10 France 442,261 67.022 6,598.67 60.802 7,273.79 Federal Republic of Germany 984,589 208.895 4,713.31 189.507 5,195.53 Czech Republic 6,634 1.267 5,233.27 1.150 5,768.70 Switzerland 524,648 125.720 4,173.12 114.052 4,600.08 Spain 94,660 6.742 14,038.60 6.117 15,474.91 Italy 350,138 63.686 5,497.88 57.775 6,060.37 India 3,179,717 1,147.880 2,770.08 1,041.340 3,053.49 Vietnam 51,288 18.582 2,759.98 16.858 3,042.35 Malaysia 3,591 1.041 3,447.30 0.945 3,800.00 China 1,049,418 314.145 3,340.55 284.988 3,682.32 Korea, South 2,931,395 779.459 3,760.80 707.114 4,145.58 Hong Kong 8,143 1.438 5,660.70 1.305 6,239.85 Taiwan 1,118,878 290.092 3,856.96 263.168 4,251.57 Japan 677,305 124.658 5,433.30 113.088 5,989.19 Australia 114,859 28.925 3,970.82 26.241 4,377.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,878,418 3,577.743 3,879.10 3,245.675 4,275.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 15,128 6.718 2,251.66 6.095 2,482.03 Sweden 52,215 22.390 2,332.05 20.312 2,570.65 Finland 811,184 308.026 2,633.49 279.437 2,902.92 United Kingdom 171,075 11.717 14,599.88 10.630 16,093.60 Federal Republic of Germany 249,350 171.154 1,456.87 155.269 1,605.92 Austria 25,529 3.854 6,622.68 3.497 7,300.26 Italy 59,190 22.037 2,685.89 19.992 2,960.68 China 66,833 35.081 1,905.10 31.825 2,100.02 Japan 1,747,663 1,214.649 1,438.82 1,101.912 1,586.03 South Africa 693,445 477.133 1,453.36 432.848 1,602.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,891,612 2,272.763 1,712.28 2,061.817 1,887.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 114,270 44.248 2,582.43 40.142 2,846.64 Mexico 19,395,622 8,129.889 2,385.72 7,375.314 2,629.80 Colombia 9,312 4.044 2,302.45 3.669 2,538.02 Brazil 2,523,537 1,127.121 2,238.92 1,022.508 2,467.99 Sweden 2,383,782 491.218 4,852.79 445.626 5,349.29 Finland 1,502,271 601.980 2,495.55 546.108 2,750.87 United Kingdom 19,779 2.712 7,291.02 2.461 8,036.98 Netherlands 299,479 40.530 7,388.91 36.769 8,144.88 Belgium 1,046,219 453.988 2,304.50 411.852 2,540.28 France 2,115,302 1,068.021 1,980.58 968.893 2,183.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,588,875 1,439.259 2,493.56 1,305.675 2,748.67 Italy 1,209,278 594.532 2,034.00 539.351 2,242.10 India 130,493 67.140 1,943.58 60.909 2,142.43 Thailand 105,933 62.587 1,692.57 56.778 1,865.74 China 13,086,131 6,428.078 2,035.78 5,831.456 2,244.06 Korea, South 1,790,759 915.034 1,957.04 830.106 2,157.27 Hong Kong 241,361 85.224 2,832.08 77.314 3,121.83 Taiwan 4,260,586 2,366.603 1,800.30 2,146.947 1,984.49 Japan 294,381 91.223 3,227.01 82.757 3,557.17 South Africa 366,939 129.237 2,839.27 117.242 3,129.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,484,309 24,142.679 2,256.76 21,901.877 2,487.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,030 0.180 16,760.80 0.164 18,475.61 Finland 1,919,781 716.766 2,678.39 650.240 2,952.42 France 20,370 4.437 4,590.00 4.026 5,059.61 Federal Republic of Germany 40,057 6.627 6,044.43 6.012 6,662.84 Slovenia 55,580 23.600 2,355.04 21.410 2,595.98 Japan 106,267 42.246 2,515.43 38.325 2,772.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,145,085 793.859 2,702.10 720.177 2,978.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 277,187 84.875 3,265.80 76.998 3,599.92 Mexico 1,783,859 749.858 2,378.93 680.260 2,622.32 Sweden 1,782,235 260.045 6,853.56 235.909 7,554.76 Finland 1,762,791 545.425 3,231.95 494.802 3,562.62 United Kingdom 157,668 37.118 4,247.74 33.673 4,682.33 Belgium 446,708 168.098 2,657.43 152.496 2,929.31 France 1,144,648 335.730 3,409.42 304.570 3,758.24 Federal Republic of Germany 444,789 130.721 3,402.56 118.589 3,750.68 Austria 151,103 26.926 5,611.76 24.427 6,185.90 Switzerland 12,120 3.982 3,043.20 3.613 3,354.55 Italy 34,172 9.626 3,549.79 8.733 3,912.97 India 478,691 152.425 3,140.49 138.278 3,461.80 Indonesia 170,751 68.506 2,492.48 62.148 2,747.49 China 705,585 306.779 2,299.97 278.306 2,535.28 Korea, South 672,716 375.526 1,791.39 340.672 1,974.67 Taiwan 202,616 86.189 2,350.81 78.190 2,591.33 Japan 1,984,288 263.749 7,523.37 239.270 8,293.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,211,927 3,605.586 3,386.95 3,270.934 3,733.47 GRAND TOTAL 233,183,276 74,660.667 3,123.24 67,731.037 3,442.78