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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 36,293,399 100,051.740 362.75 90,765.438 399.86 Mexico 62,401,451 142,447.099 438.07 129,225.871 482.89 Venezuela 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Brazil 31,617,922 103,160.767 306.49 93,585.900 337.85 Finland 1,174,131 3,407.629 344.56 3,091.350 379.81 United Kingdom 20,336,055 56,404.540 360.54 51,169.353 397.43 Netherlands 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Belgium 7,861,892 21,599.991 363.98 19,595.188 401.22 Federal Republic of Germany 323,461 315.141 1,026.40 285.892 1,131.41 Russia 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 Ukraine 37,684,712 116,523.879 323.41 105,708.715 356.50 Italy 15,524,246 43,129.666 359.94 39,126.586 396.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 240,428,056 660,616.459 363.94 599,301.340 401.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 22,205,993 24,763.117 896.74 22,464.729 988.48 Sweden 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 Norway 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Finland 144,362 138.461 1,042.62 125.610 1,149.29 United Kingdom 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 Belgium 5,723,536 4,619.290 1,239.05 4,190.551 1,365.82 France 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 Federal Republic of Germany 10,672,338 6,179.642 1,727.02 5,606.079 1,903.71 Austria 3,431,001 3,946.762 869.32 3,580.444 958.26 Russia 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Ukraine 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Spain 48,880 21.576 2,265.41 19.574 2,497.19 Romania 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Turkey 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 Thailand 8,863,938 21,734.684 407.82 19,717.380 449.55 Malaysia 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 China 75,429 193.789 389.23 175.803 429.05 Korea, South 7,192,852 13,797.375 521.32 12,516.772 574.66 Japan 4,086,004 3,878.817 1,053.41 3,518.805 1,161.19 Australia 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 South Africa 1,186,994 1,401.178 847.14 1,271.128 933.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,665,007 104,525.370 800.43 94,823.848 882.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 45,052,269 83,587.001 538.99 75,828.874 594.13 Mexico 12,850,536 25,032.652 513.35 22,709.247 565.87 Venezuela 1,430,299 3,489.319 409.91 3,165.458 451.85 Sweden 3,441,814 3,563.519 965.85 3,232.771 1,064.66 Finland 1,953,931 4,272.592 457.32 3,876.032 504.11 United Kingdom 12,196 14.918 817.50 13.534 901.14 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 18,927,906 47,856.800 395.51 43,414.971 435.98 Belgium 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 France 16,675,780 35,704.695 467.05 32,390.764 514.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,060,947 3,553.967 579.90 3,224.106 639.23 Austria 1,362,224 1,939.868 702.22 1,759.820 774.07 Hungary 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Spain 3,453,345 9,466.940 364.78 8,588.266 402.10 Italy 2,454,462 7,166.162 342.51 6,501.035 377.55 Turkey 8,842,139 21,658.559 408.25 19,648.320 450.02 India 129,012 225.893 571.12 204.927 629.55 Thailand 12,880,293 31,345.962 410.91 28,436.587 452.95 Malaysia 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 China 187,413 352.051 532.35 319.376 586.81 Korea, South 55,497,303 121,867.976 455.39 110,556.800 501.98 Taiwan 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 Japan 5,910,991 8,411.539 702.72 7,630.822 774.62 Australia 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 New Zealand 2,146,542 4,581.226 468.55 4,156.020 516.49 Egypt 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 210,474,774 449,080.277 468.68 407,398.890 516.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 14,258,291 22,269.488 640.26 20,202.546 705.77 Mexico 7,899,843 14,492.715 545.09 13,147.574 600.86 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Venezuela 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Brazil 24,252,728 50,419.792 481.02 45,740.079 530.23 Argentina 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Sweden 724,677 185.940 3,897.37 168.682 4,296.11 Finland 332,142 602.071 551.67 546.190 608.11 United Kingdom 1,267,066 1,066.478 1,188.08 967.493 1,309.64 Netherlands 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 Belgium 11,557,088 23,379.246 494.33 21,209.302 544.91 France 991,019 555.329 1,784.56 503.787 1,967.14 Federal Republic of Germany 6,924,793 6,139.581 1,127.89 5,569.736 1,243.29 Austria 1,049,589 374.122 2,805.47 339.398 3,092.50 Switzerland 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Russia 70,128 21.251 3,299.92 19.279 3,637.53 Italy 151,807 86.960 1,745.71 78.889 1,924.31 India 363,716 378.372 961.26 343.254 1,059.61 China 5,462,636 12,088.917 451.87 10,966.885 498.10 Korea, South 1,962,399 3,301.095 594.47 2,994.704 655.29 Taiwan 679,443 1,256.094 540.92 1,139.510 596.26 Japan 5,115,030 6,011.826 850.83 5,453.839 937.88 New Zealand 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 South Africa 2,368,632 5,364.028 441.58 4,866.166 486.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,184,344 170,498.386 570.00 154,673.578 628.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 34,679,353 46,757.599 741.68 42,417.793 817.57 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 17,525,654 21,687.520 808.10 19,674.593 890.78 Guatemala 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Costa Rica 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Colombia 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Chile 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil 12,251,477 20,890.589 586.46 18,951.629 646.46 Argentina 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 Sweden 1,102,100 319.191 3,452.78 289.566 3,806.04 Finland 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 United Kingdom 4,192,780 5,214.061 804.13 4,730.118 886.40 Netherlands 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 Belgium 2,452,796 3,278.452 748.16 2,974.163 824.70 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 2,446,173 2,883.130 848.44 2,615.533 935.25 Federal Republic of Germany 10,948,703 17,069.542 641.42 15,485.233 707.04 Austria 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 Spain 3,226,995 4,982.742 647.63 4,520.269 713.89 Italy 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 Bulgaria 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 Turkey 5,778,634 10,902.550 530.03 9,890.630 584.25 India 39,072,591 62,939.631 620.79 57,097.889 684.31 China 7,509,585 13,657.347 549.86 12,389.741 606.11 Korea, South 16,558,546 22,802.893 726.16 20,686.443 800.45 Taiwan 18,496,271 27,558.804 671.16 25,000.934 739.82 Japan 5,042,883 5,746.619 877.54 5,213.247 967.32 Australia 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 South Africa 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 194,043,751 287,897.868 674.00 261,176.627 742.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 8,965,057 11,307.536 792.84 10,258.027 873.96 Venezuela 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Brazil 2,351,770 2,712.843 866.90 2,461.051 955.60 Norway 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 United Kingdom 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Netherlands 3,562,812 4,558.399 781.59 4,135.312 861.56 France 3,228,607 4,357.060 741.01 3,952.660 816.82 Federal Republic of Germany 8,173,162 14,454.458 565.44 13,112.868 623.29 India 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Korea, South 1,021,390 1,292.671 790.14 1,172.692 870.98 Japan 765,710 804.373 951.93 729.716 1,049.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,284,965 39,787.990 710.89 36,095.068 783.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 38,808,049 65,754.580 590.20 59,651.569 650.58 Mexico 11,820,080 21,129.593 559.41 19,168.450 616.64 Colombia 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Brazil 2,930,607 4,955.268 591.41 4,495.345 651.92 Argentina 450,828 1,220.117 369.50 1,106.872 407.30 Sweden 1,231,551 553.641 2,224.46 502.255 2,452.04 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 United Kingdom 21,492,192 30,061.306 714.95 27,271.166 788.09 Netherlands 504,526 376.615 1,339.63 341.660 1,476.69 Luxembourg 1,531,507 2,116.738 723.52 1,920.273 797.55 France 1,446,194 1,017.538 1,421.27 923.096 1,566.68 Federal Republic of Germany 4,155,193 3,610.868 1,150.75 3,275.726 1,268.48 Austria 521,909 167.541 3,115.11 151.991 3,433.82 Czech Republic 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 Poland 65,782 21.918 3,001.23 19.884 3,308.29 Russia 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 Ukraine 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 Spain 4,789,580 4,134.389 1,158.47 3,750.656 1,277.00 Italy 1,496,162 1,955.840 764.97 1,774.309 843.24 Bulgaria 1,958,438 5,201.946 376.48 4,719.128 415.00 Turkey 2,201,368 5,013.421 439.09 4,548.101 484.02 Israel 12,050 2.753 4,376.13 2.498 4,823.86 India 469,330 529.255 886.77 480.133 977.50 Thailand 66,088 51.213 1,290.44 46.460 1,422.47 China 3,446,870 5,268.427 654.25 4,779.438 721.19 Korea, South 3,411,913 4,993.564 683.26 4,530.087 753.17 Taiwan 1,430,891 2,484.295 575.97 2,253.716 634.90 Japan 14,770,991 18,690.138 790.31 16,955.413 871.17 South Africa 48,147 40.114 1,200.25 36.391 1,323.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,486,400 181,428.745 664.10 164,589.436 732.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 5,989,076 4,829.062 1,240.22 4,380.853 1,367.10 Mexico 365,443 475.864 767.96 431.697 846.53 Colombia 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 Brazil 49,352 33.423 1,476.58 30.321 1,627.65 Sweden 1,283,473 1,083.166 1,184.93 982.632 1,306.16 United Kingdom 3,626,165 2,117.634 1,712.37 1,921.086 1,887.56 Belgium 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 France 3,717,087 2,560.272 1,451.83 2,322.641 1,600.37 Federal Republic of Germany 4,726,232 3,990.407 1,184.40 3,620.038 1,305.58 Switzerland 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 Poland 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 Russia 466,185 504.420 924.20 457.603 1,018.75 Ukraine 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 Spain 1,475,664 1,443.072 1,022.58 1,309.134 1,127.21 Italy 269,478 246.214 1,094.49 223.362 1,206.46 Romania 71,360 25.886 2,756.63 23.484 3,038.66 Malaysia 7,086 10.980 645.35 9.961 711.37 China 440,663 611.784 720.29 555.002 793.98 Korea, South 72,800 71.788 1,014.10 65.125 1,117.85 Taiwan 14,560 7.219 2,016.89 6.549 2,223.24 Japan 499,322 360.699 1,384.32 327.221 1,525.95 South Africa 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,486,517 18,860.989 1,245.24 17,110.407 1,372.65 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 Mexico 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 Panama 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 Dominican Republic 690,575 1,582.767 436.31 1,435.863 480.95 Venezuela 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 Brazil 2,749,326 7,626.513 360.50 6,918.659 397.38 Federal Republic of Germany 246,192 785.499 313.42 712.593 345.49 Bulgaria 593,201 1,575.642 376.48 1,429.399 415.00 Turkey 16,680,587 42,435.831 393.08 38,497.150 433.29 India 26,766 70.242 381.05 63.723 420.04 Taiwan 8,838,315 22,777.713 388.02 20,663.600 427.72 Japan 3,487,783 9,924.359 351.44 9,003.230 387.39 Australia 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,053,352 115,005.929 383.05 104,331.654 422.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 71,739,882 80,292.314 893.48 72,839.983 984.90 Mexico 20,736,485 27,108.522 764.94 24,592.445 843.21 Guatemala 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 Costa Rica 141,663 191.026 741.59 173.296 817.46 Dominican Republic 387,957 623.090 622.63 565.258 686.34 Colombia 1,274,856 1,744.216 730.90 1,582.327 805.68 Venezuela 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 Brazil 412,592 266.317 1,549.25 241.599 1,707.76 Argentina 99,913 202.687 492.94 183.875 543.37 Sweden 31,579 15.424 2,047.31 13.993 2,256.77 Norway 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Finland 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 Denmark 26,166 2.818 9,283.30 2.557 10,233.09 United Kingdom 55,687 91.958 605.57 83.423 667.53 Netherlands 24,978 24.573 1,016.45 22.293 1,120.44 Belgium 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 France 8,016 5.995 1,337.01 5.439 1,473.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,369,535 787.586 1,738.90 714.487 1,916.81 Austria 123,935 66.119 1,874.40 59.983 2,066.17 Hungary 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 Switzerland 1,572,438 648.877 2,423.32 588.652 2,671.25 Ukraine 485,281 729.097 665.59 661.426 733.69 Italy 2,051,996 2,302.128 891.35 2,088.456 982.54 Turkey 6,598,411 12,605.881 523.44 11,435.867 576.99 United Arab Emirates 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 Oman 792,752 1,420.820 557.95 1,288.947 615.04 India 23,971,893 28,219.518 849.48 25,600.324 936.39 Thailand 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 Vietnam 142,828 108.480 1,316.62 98.412 1,451.33 Malaysia 265,261 417.714 635.03 378.944 700.00 Philippines 34,211 14.313 2,390.12 12.985 2,634.66 China 24,176,987 42,546.751 568.25 38,597.775 626.38 Korea, South 7,272,505 11,663.841 623.51 10,581.262 687.30 Taiwan 3,021,586 4,718.589 640.36 4,280.634 705.87 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 20,736,883 19,562.712 1,060.02 17,746.999 1,168.47 Australia 63,366 67.960 932.39 61.653 1,027.78 South Africa 862,712 737.960 1,169.05 669.467 1,288.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,891,911 251,981.409 785.34 228,593.754 865.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 5,419,350 1,243.285 4,358.89 1,127.890 4,804.86 Mexico 3,211,420 1,096.360 2,929.16 994.602 3,228.85 Colombia 2,423 0.040 59,408.36 0.037 65,486.49 Brazil 71,507 46.678 1,531.91 42.346 1,688.64 Argentina 9,301 0.542 17,149.85 0.492 18,904.47 Sweden 97,726 5.000 19,544.88 4.536 21,544.53 Norway 3,795 0.071 52,965.65 0.065 58,384.62 Finland 33,904 1.300 26,065.42 1.180 28,732.20 Denmark 41,523 3.659 11,346.10 3.320 12,506.93 United Kingdom 346,773 32.962 10,520.26 29.903 11,596.60 Ireland 40,005 8.094 4,942.39 7.343 5,448.05 Netherlands 71,754 25.110 2,857.51 22.780 3,149.87 Belgium 129,336 51.272 2,522.50 46.514 2,780.58 Luxembourg 4,414 0.007 572,044.94 0.007 630,571.43 France 223,038 117.354 1,900.55 106.462 2,095.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,220,478 318.712 3,829.40 289.131 4,221.19 Austria 486,756 142.266 3,421.44 129.062 3,771.49 Czech Republic 14,849 0.103 143,306.28 0.094 157,968.09 Switzerland 58,394 16.571 3,523.86 15.033 3,884.39 Poland 8,457 0.616 13,724.62 0.559 15,128.80 Spain 287,290 149.624 1,920.07 135.737 2,116.52 Portugal 7,455 0.841 8,863.78 0.763 9,770.64 Italy 3,586,134 1,310.505 2,736.45 1,188.871 3,016.42 Romania 1,875,674 1,376.923 1,362.22 1,249.124 1,501.59 Israel 669,905 133.127 5,032.07 120.771 5,546.90 India 3,652,894 2,879.406 1,268.63 2,612.154 1,398.42 Thailand 1,296,180 694.782 1,865.59 630.296 2,056.46 Vietnam 30,173 18.607 1,621.59 16.880 1,787.50 Malaysia 693,712 468.822 1,479.69 425.309 1,631.08 China 8,740,782 3,924.277 2,227.36 3,560.046 2,455.24 Korea, South 3,506,579 1,440.707 2,433.93 1,306.988 2,682.95 Hong Kong 2,789 0.049 56,225.31 0.045 61,977.78 Taiwan 1,418,645 388.738 3,649.35 352.658 4,022.72 Japan 2,047,048 350.763 5,835.98 318.207 6,433.07 Australia 220,917 20.340 10,860.70 18.453 11,971.87 South Africa 68,595 55.533 1,235.20 50.379 1,361.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,599,975 16,323.062 2,426.01 14,808.037 2,674.22 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 600,849 111.014 5,412.33 100.711 5,966.07 Mexico 20,354 2.290 8,885.87 2.078 9,795.00 Costa Rica 7,377 0.308 23,901.08 0.280 26,346.43 Brazil 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 Sweden 419,400 110.356 3,800.40 100.114 4,189.22 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 Denmark 2,232 0.088 25,310.46 0.080 27,900.00 United Kingdom 1,905,570 246.001 7,746.17 223.169 8,538.69 Ireland 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Netherlands 22,222 5.196 4,276.51 4.714 4,714.04 Belgium 6,858 2.590 2,647.44 2.350 2,918.30 France 2,138,149 580.689 3,682.09 526.793 4,058.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,993,853 982.981 3,045.69 891.746 3,357.29 Austria 2,559,604 611.604 4,185.07 554.838 4,613.25 Switzerland 760,074 184.764 4,113.73 167.616 4,534.61 Latvia 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 Russia 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 Spain 73,616 3.973 18,525.20 3.605 20,420.53 Portugal 486,724 139.030 3,500.85 126.126 3,859.03 Italy 8,970,454 2,159.020 4,154.87 1,958.631 4,579.96 Slovenia 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 Saudi Arabia 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 United Arab Emirates 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 India 5,327,565 1,848.056 2,882.79 1,676.529 3,177.74 Singapore 4,313 0.106 40,337.00 0.097 44,463.92 China 623,608 162.662 3,833.75 147.565 4,225.99 Korea, South 44,941 20.534 2,188.51 18.629 2,412.42 Taiwan 6,401,028 2,031.446 3,150.97 1,842.898 3,473.35 Japan 172,898 33.716 5,128.01 30.587 5,652.66 Australia 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,812,131 9,571.808 3,636.94 8,683.401 4,009.04 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 116,296 38.036 3,057.50 34.506 3,370.31 Sweden 741,271 213.622 3,470.01 193.795 3,825.03 United Kingdom 622,210 248.184 2,507.05 225.149 2,763.55 France 667,410 131.622 5,070.64 119.406 5,589.42 Federal Republic of Germany 77,965 33.071 2,357.47 30.002 2,598.66 Austria 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 Spain 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 Italy 726,269 312.771 2,322.04 283.742 2,559.61 India 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 China 171,198 116.397 1,470.81 105.594 1,621.29 Korea, South 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 Taiwan 3,393,395 1,220.408 2,780.54 1,107.136 3,065.02 Japan 104,675 42.518 2,461.88 38.572 2,713.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,077,905 2,519.307 2,809.46 2,285.478 3,096.90 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 213,377 42.436 5,028.12 38.498 5,542.55 Mexico 276,715 69.497 3,981.66 63.047 4,389.03 Brazil 19,471 3.464 5,620.04 3.143 6,195.04 Sweden 1,310,301 241.509 5,425.46 219.094 5,980.54 Denmark 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 228,126 52.886 4,313.49 47.978 4,754.80 Ireland 29,470 0.395 74,470.03 0.359 82,089.14 Netherlands 79,035 22.016 3,589.81 19.973 3,957.09 Belgium 54,865 3.686 14,884.18 3.344 16,407.00 France 472,547 77.334 6,110.40 70.157 6,735.56 Federal Republic of Germany 755,766 117.479 6,433.15 106.576 7,091.33 Switzerland 526,021 96.335 5,460.31 87.394 6,018.96 Spain 67,868 4.712 14,402.07 4.275 15,875.56 Italy 199,443 35.056 5,689.14 31.803 6,271.20 India 2,183,572 744.633 2,932.41 675.520 3,232.43 Thailand 122,073 48.490 2,517.45 43.990 2,775.02 China 1,372,838 446.559 3,074.26 405.112 3,388.79 Korea, South 2,525,686 667.932 3,781.35 605.938 4,168.23 Hong Kong 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 Taiwan 1,896,847 470.259 4,033.62 426.612 4,446.30 Japan 530,108 84.181 6,297.22 76.368 6,941.49 Australia 66,844 24.089 2,774.77 21.854 3,058.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,119,511 3,276.301 4,004.37 2,972.212 4,414.06 GRAND TOTAL 1,334,608,599 2,311,373.908 577.41 2,096,843.729 636.48 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 161,454,362 288,736.485 559.18 261,937.407 616.39 Mexico 100,677,484 203,659.987 494.34 184,757.284 544.92 Guatemala 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Costa Rica 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Colombia 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Venezuela 7,940,708 19,105.178 415.63 17,331.931 458.15 Chile 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil 70,473,897 177,183.991 397.74 160,738.659 438.44 Argentina 331,958 753.751 440.41 683.792 485.47 Sweden 12,697,746 8,900.922 1,426.57 8,074.783 1,572.52 Norway 205,642 329.508 624.09 298.925 687.94 Finland 4,380,571 9,687.419 452.19 8,788.282 498.46 United Kingdom 26,279,859 63,209.035 415.76 57,342.289 458.30 Netherlands 34,728,288 76,586.891 453.45 69,478.479 499.84 Belgium 27,862,790 53,492.798 520.87 48,527.864 574.16 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 25,714,886 44,783.485 574.20 40,626.906 632.95 Federal Republic of Germany 39,103,404 47,712.334 819.57 43,283.914 903.42 Austria 6,054,785 6,520.290 928.61 5,915.110 1,023.61 Hungary 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Switzerland 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Russia 23,885,510 63,300.286 377.34 57,425.070 415.94 Ukraine 39,213,372 118,059.627 332.15 107,101.923 366.13 Spain 6,729,220 14,471.258 465.01 13,128.109 512.58 Italy 18,161,814 50,386.364 360.45 45,709.754 397.33 Romania 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Bulgaria 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 Turkey 14,654,381 32,623.794 449.19 29,595.817 495.15 India 39,567,346 63,547.089 622.65 57,648.966 686.35 Thailand 21,744,231 53,080.647 409.65 48,153.967 451.56 Malaysia 2,484,024 5,015.445 495.27 4,549.937 545.95 China 13,235,063 26,292.107 503.39 23,851.805 554.89 Korea, South 82,232,490 163,062.012 504.30 147,927.411 555.90 Taiwan 19,191,191 28,839.695 665.44 26,162.939 733.53 Japan 20,920,618 24,853.176 841.77 22,546.429 927.89 Australia 18,846,653 41,106.434 458.48 37,291.141 505.39 New Zealand 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 Egypt 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 South Africa 7,758,887 13,840.482 560.59 12,555.878 617.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 854,080,897 1,712,406.353 498.76 1,553,469.351 549.79 GRAND TOTAL 854,080,897 1,712,406.353 498.76 1,553,469.351 549.79