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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 36,293,399 100,051.740 362.75 90,765.438 399.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 22,205,993 24,763.117 896.74 22,464.729 988.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 45,052,269 83,587.001 538.99 75,828.874 594.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,258,291 22,269.488 640.26 20,202.546 705.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 34,679,353 46,757.599 741.68 42,417.793 817.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,965,057 11,307.536 792.84 10,258.027 873.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 38,808,049 65,754.580 590.20 59,651.569 650.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,989,076 4,829.062 1,240.22 4,380.853 1,367.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,739,882 80,292.314 893.48 72,839.983 984.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,419,350 1,243.285 4,358.89 1,127.890 4,804.86 Stainless Steel Bar 600,849 111.014 5,412.33 100.711 5,966.07 Stainless Steel Rod 116,296 38.036 3,057.50 34.506 3,370.31 Stainless Steel Wire 213,377 42.436 5,028.12 38.498 5,542.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 285,272,088 443,115.736 643.79 401,987.948 709.65 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 62,401,451 142,447.099 438.07 129,225.871 482.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,850,536 25,032.652 513.35 22,709.247 565.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,899,843 14,492.715 545.09 13,147.574 600.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,525,654 21,687.520 808.10 19,674.593 890.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,820,080 21,129.593 559.41 19,168.450 616.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 365,443 475.864 767.96 431.697 846.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,736,485 27,108.522 764.94 24,592.445 843.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,211,420 1,096.360 2,929.16 994.602 3,228.85 Stainless Steel Bar 20,354 2.290 8,885.87 2.078 9,795.00 Stainless Steel Wire 276,715 69.497 3,981.66 63.047 4,389.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,731,168 276,293.275 527.45 250,649.114 581.42 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 349,621 417.448 837.52 378.703 923.21 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 141,663 191.026 741.59 173.296 817.46 Stainless Steel Bar 7,377 0.308 23,901.08 0.280 26,346.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,592 332.154 805.62 301.326 888.05 Panama Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 690,575 1,582.767 436.31 1,435.863 480.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 387,957 623.090 622.63 565.258 686.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,087,098 2,230.697 487.34 2,023.655 537.20 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,274,856 1,744.216 730.90 1,582.327 805.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,423 0.040 59,408.36 0.037 65,486.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,745,250 2,239.693 779.24 2,031.816 858.96 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,430,299 3,489.319 409.91 3,165.458 451.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,726,111 23,247.941 418.36 21,090.184 461.17 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 31,617,922 103,160.767 306.49 93,585.900 337.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 24,252,728 50,419.792 481.02 45,740.079 530.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,251,477 20,890.589 586.46 18,951.629 646.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,351,770 2,712.843 866.90 2,461.051 955.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,930,607 4,955.268 591.41 4,495.345 651.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 49,352 33.423 1,476.58 30.321 1,627.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,749,326 7,626.513 360.50 6,918.659 397.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 412,592 266.317 1,549.25 241.599 1,707.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 71,507 46.678 1,531.91 42.346 1,688.64 Stainless Steel Bar 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 Stainless Steel Wire 19,471 3.464 5,620.04 3.143 6,195.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,865,089 190,130.135 404.28 172,483.206 445.64 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 450,828 1,220.117 369.50 1,106.872 407.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 99,913 202.687 492.94 183.875 543.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,301 0.542 17,149.85 0.492 18,904.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 892,000 2,177.098 409.72 1,975.031 451.64 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,441,814 3,563.519 965.85 3,232.771 1,064.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 724,677 185.940 3,897.37 168.682 4,296.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,102,100 319.191 3,452.78 289.566 3,806.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,231,551 553.641 2,224.46 502.255 2,452.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,283,473 1,083.166 1,184.93 982.632 1,306.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,579 15.424 2,047.31 13.993 2,256.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 97,726 5.000 19,544.88 4.536 21,544.53 Stainless Steel Bar 419,400 110.356 3,800.40 100.114 4,189.22 Stainless Steel Rod 741,271 213.622 3,470.01 193.795 3,825.03 Stainless Steel Wire 1,310,301 241.509 5,425.46 219.094 5,980.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,813,047 11,123.642 1,601.37 10,091.202 1,765.21 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,795 0.071 52,965.65 0.065 58,384.62 Stainless Steel Bar 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,455,399 2,288.680 635.91 2,076.257 700.97 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,174,131 3,407.629 344.56 3,091.350 379.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 144,362 138.461 1,042.62 125.610 1,149.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,953,931 4,272.592 457.32 3,876.032 504.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 332,142 602.071 551.67 546.190 608.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 33,904 1.300 26,065.42 1.180 28,732.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,935,332 9,887.457 499.15 8,969.753 550.22 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 26,166 2.818 9,283.30 2.557 10,233.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,523 3.659 11,346.10 3.320 12,506.93 Stainless Steel Bar 2,232 0.088 25,310.46 0.080 27,900.00 Stainless Steel Wire 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 193,959 10.932 17,741.15 9.918 19,556.26 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 20,336,055 56,404.540 360.54 51,169.353 397.43 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,196 14.918 817.50 13.534 901.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,267,066 1,066.478 1,188.08 967.493 1,309.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,192,780 5,214.061 804.13 4,730.118 886.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 21,492,192 30,061.306 714.95 27,271.166 788.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,626,165 2,117.634 1,712.37 1,921.086 1,887.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 55,687 91.958 605.57 83.423 667.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 346,773 32.962 10,520.26 29.903 11,596.60 Stainless Steel Bar 1,905,570 246.001 7,746.17 223.169 8,538.69 Stainless Steel Rod 622,210 248.184 2,507.05 225.149 2,763.55 Stainless Steel Wire 228,126 52.886 4,313.49 47.978 4,754.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,556,582 96,059.969 567.94 87,144.163 626.05 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 40,005 8.094 4,942.39 7.343 5,448.05 Stainless Steel Bar 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Stainless Steel Wire 29,470 0.395 74,470.03 0.359 82,089.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,693 9.068 8,236.34 8.227 9,079.01 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 18,927,906 47,856.800 395.51 43,414.971 435.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,562,812 4,558.399 781.59 4,135.312 861.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 504,526 376.615 1,339.63 341.660 1,476.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 24,978 24.573 1,016.45 22.293 1,120.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 71,754 25.110 2,857.51 22.780 3,149.87 Stainless Steel Bar 22,222 5.196 4,276.51 4.714 4,714.04 Stainless Steel Wire 79,035 22.016 3,589.81 19.973 3,957.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,430,803 77,040.404 459.90 69,889.899 506.95 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 7,861,892 21,599.991 363.98 19,595.188 401.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,723,536 4,619.290 1,239.05 4,190.551 1,365.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,557,088 23,379.246 494.33 21,209.302 544.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,452,796 3,278.452 748.16 2,974.163 824.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 129,336 51.272 2,522.50 46.514 2,780.58 Stainless Steel Bar 6,858 2.590 2,647.44 2.350 2,918.30 Stainless Steel Wire 54,865 3.686 14,884.18 3.344 16,407.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,066,001 53,560.332 524.01 48,589.130 577.62 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,531,507 2,116.738 723.52 1,920.273 797.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,414 0.007 572,044.94 0.007 630,571.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,365,302 4,828.059 697.03 4,379.943 768.34 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,675,780 35,704.695 467.05 32,390.764 514.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 991,019 555.329 1,784.56 503.787 1,967.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,446,173 2,883.130 848.44 2,615.533 935.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,228,607 4,357.060 741.01 3,952.660 816.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,446,194 1,017.538 1,421.27 923.096 1,566.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,717,087 2,560.272 1,451.83 2,322.641 1,600.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,016 5.995 1,337.01 5.439 1,473.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 223,038 117.354 1,900.55 106.462 2,095.00 Stainless Steel Bar 2,138,149 580.689 3,682.09 526.793 4,058.80 Stainless Steel Rod 667,410 131.622 5,070.64 119.406 5,589.42 Stainless Steel Wire 472,547 77.334 6,110.40 70.157 6,735.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,387,327 49,274.293 697.88 44,700.900 769.28 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 323,461 315.141 1,026.40 285.892 1,131.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 10,672,338 6,179.642 1,727.02 5,606.079 1,903.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,060,947 3,553.967 579.90 3,224.106 639.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,924,793 6,139.581 1,127.89 5,569.736 1,243.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,948,703 17,069.542 641.42 15,485.233 707.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,173,162 14,454.458 565.44 13,112.868 623.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,155,193 3,610.868 1,150.75 3,275.726 1,268.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,726,232 3,990.407 1,184.40 3,620.038 1,305.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 246,192 785.499 313.42 712.593 345.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,369,535 787.586 1,738.90 714.487 1,916.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,220,478 318.712 3,829.40 289.131 4,221.19 Stainless Steel Bar 2,993,853 982.981 3,045.69 891.746 3,357.29 Stainless Steel Rod 77,965 33.071 2,357.47 30.002 2,598.66 Stainless Steel Wire 755,766 117.479 6,433.15 106.576 7,091.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,648,618 58,338.942 936.74 52,924.213 1,032.58 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,431,001 3,946.762 869.32 3,580.444 958.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,362,224 1,939.868 702.22 1,759.820 774.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,049,589 374.122 2,805.47 339.398 3,092.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 521,909 167.541 3,115.11 151.991 3,433.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 123,935 66.119 1,874.40 59.983 2,066.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 486,756 142.266 3,421.44 129.062 3,771.49 Stainless Steel Bar 2,559,604 611.604 4,185.07 554.838 4,613.25 Stainless Steel Rod 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,785,577 7,518.757 1,301.49 6,820.904 1,434.65 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,849 0.103 143,306.28 0.094 157,968.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,703 22.806 2,267.00 20.690 2,498.94 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 351,292 880.421 399.00 798.705 439.83 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,572,438 648.877 2,423.32 588.652 2,671.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 58,394 16.571 3,523.86 15.033 3,884.39 Stainless Steel Bar 760,074 184.764 4,113.73 167.616 4,534.61 Stainless Steel Wire 526,021 96.335 5,460.31 87.394 6,018.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,319,876 1,097.008 3,026.30 995.190 3,335.92 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 65,782 21.918 3,001.23 19.884 3,308.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,457 0.616 13,724.62 0.559 15,128.80 Stainless Steel Bar 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,087 45.179 2,547.34 40.986 2,807.96 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 70,128 21.251 3,299.92 19.279 3,637.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 466,185 504.420 924.20 457.603 1,018.75 Stainless Steel Bar 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,357,042 63,807.973 381.72 57,885.636 420.78 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 37,684,712 116,523.879 323.41 105,708.715 356.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 485,281 729.097 665.59 661.426 733.69 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 39,795,067 118,833.333 334.88 107,803.817 369.14 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 48,880 21.576 2,265.41 19.574 2,497.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,453,345 9,466.940 364.78 8,588.266 402.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,226,995 4,982.742 647.63 4,520.269 713.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,789,580 4,134.389 1,158.47 3,750.656 1,277.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,475,664 1,443.072 1,022.58 1,309.134 1,127.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 287,290 149.624 1,920.07 135.737 2,116.52 Stainless Steel Bar 73,616 3.973 18,525.20 3.605 20,420.53 Stainless Steel Rod 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 Stainless Steel Wire 67,868 4.712 14,402.07 4.275 15,875.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,433,445 20,208.200 664.75 18,332.576 732.76 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,455 0.841 8,863.78 0.763 9,770.64 Stainless Steel Bar 486,724 139.030 3,500.85 126.126 3,859.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 494,179 139.871 3,533.10 126.889 3,894.58 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 15,524,246 43,129.666 359.94 39,126.586 396.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,454,462 7,166.162 342.51 6,501.035 377.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 151,807 86.960 1,745.71 78.889 1,924.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,496,162 1,955.840 764.97 1,774.309 843.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 269,478 246.214 1,094.49 223.362 1,206.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,051,996 2,302.128 891.35 2,088.456 982.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,586,134 1,310.505 2,736.45 1,188.871 3,016.42 Stainless Steel Bar 8,970,454 2,159.020 4,154.87 1,958.631 4,579.96 Stainless Steel Rod 726,269 312.771 2,322.04 283.742 2,559.61 Stainless Steel Wire 199,443 35.056 5,689.14 31.803 6,271.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,461,750 58,707.902 604.04 53,258.928 665.84 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 71,360 25.886 2,756.63 23.484 3,038.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,875,674 1,376.923 1,362.22 1,249.124 1,501.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,956,736 1,406.003 1,391.70 1,275.505 1,534.09 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,958,438 5,201.946 376.48 4,719.128 415.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 593,201 1,575.642 376.48 1,429.399 415.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,053,562 9,485.495 427.34 8,605.099 471.07 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,842,139 21,658.559 408.25 19,648.320 450.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,778,634 10,902.550 530.03 9,890.630 584.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,201,368 5,013.421 439.09 4,548.101 484.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 16,680,587 42,435.831 393.08 38,497.150 433.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,598,411 12,605.881 523.44 11,435.867 576.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,134,747 92,678.930 433.05 84,076.935 477.36 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,050 2.753 4,376.13 2.498 4,823.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 669,905 133.127 5,032.07 120.771 5,546.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 681,955 135.880 5,018.77 123.269 5,532.25 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 Stainless Steel Bar 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,637 78.279 1,630.53 71.014 1,797.35 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 792,752 1,420.820 557.95 1,288.947 615.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 792,752 1,420.820 557.95 1,288.947 615.04 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 129,012 225.893 571.12 204.927 629.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 363,716 378.372 961.26 343.254 1,059.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 39,072,591 62,939.631 620.79 57,097.889 684.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 469,330 529.255 886.77 480.133 977.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 26,766 70.242 381.05 63.723 420.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 23,971,893 28,219.518 849.48 25,600.324 936.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,652,894 2,879.406 1,268.63 2,612.154 1,398.42 Stainless Steel Bar 5,327,565 1,848.056 2,882.79 1,676.529 3,177.74 Stainless Steel Rod 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 Stainless Steel Wire 2,183,572 744.633 2,932.41 675.520 3,232.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,280,648 97,877.943 769.13 88,793.402 847.82 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,863,938 21,734.684 407.82 19,717.380 449.55 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,880,293 31,345.962 410.91 28,436.587 452.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 66,088 51.213 1,290.44 46.460 1,422.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,296,180 694.782 1,865.59 630.296 2,056.46 Stainless Steel Wire 122,073 48.490 2,517.45 43.990 2,775.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,186,361 67,345.013 463.08 61,094.386 510.46 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 142,828 108.480 1,316.62 98.412 1,451.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 30,173 18.607 1,621.59 16.880 1,787.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 173,001 127.087 1,361.27 115.292 1,500.55 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,086 10.980 645.35 9.961 711.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 265,261 417.714 635.03 378.944 700.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 693,712 468.822 1,479.69 425.309 1,631.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,450,083 5,912.962 583.48 5,364.151 643.17 Singapore Stainless Steel Bar 4,313 0.106 40,337.00 0.097 44,463.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,313 0.106 40,337.00 0.097 44,463.92 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 34,211 14.313 2,390.12 12.985 2,634.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,211 14.313 2,390.12 12.985 2,634.66 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 75,429 193.789 389.23 175.803 429.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 187,413 352.051 532.35 319.376 586.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,462,636 12,088.917 451.87 10,966.885 498.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,509,585 13,657.347 549.86 12,389.741 606.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,446,870 5,268.427 654.25 4,779.438 721.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 440,663 611.784 720.29 555.002 793.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 24,176,987 42,546.751 568.25 38,597.775 626.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,740,782 3,924.277 2,227.36 3,560.046 2,455.24 Stainless Steel Bar 623,608 162.662 3,833.75 147.565 4,225.99 Stainless Steel Rod 171,198 116.397 1,470.81 105.594 1,621.29 Stainless Steel Wire 1,372,838 446.559 3,074.26 405.112 3,388.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,208,009 79,368.968 657.79 72,002.337 725.09 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,192,852 13,797.375 521.32 12,516.772 574.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 55,497,303 121,867.976 455.39 110,556.800 501.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,962,399 3,301.095 594.47 2,994.704 655.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,558,546 22,802.893 726.16 20,686.443 800.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,021,390 1,292.671 790.14 1,172.692 870.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,411,913 4,993.564 683.26 4,530.087 753.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 72,800 71.788 1,014.10 65.125 1,117.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,272,505 11,663.841 623.51 10,581.262 687.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,506,579 1,440.707 2,433.93 1,306.988 2,682.95 Stainless Steel Bar 44,941 20.534 2,188.51 18.629 2,412.42 Stainless Steel Rod 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 Stainless Steel Wire 2,525,686 667.932 3,781.35 605.938 4,168.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,394,053 182,031.210 546.03 165,135.983 601.89 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,789 0.049 56,225.31 0.045 61,977.78 Stainless Steel Wire 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,289 19.026 3,536.50 17.261 3,898.33 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 679,443 1,256.094 540.92 1,139.510 596.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,496,271 27,558.804 671.16 25,000.934 739.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,430,891 2,484.295 575.97 2,253.716 634.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 14,560 7.219 2,016.89 6.549 2,223.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,838,315 22,777.713 388.02 20,663.600 427.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,021,586 4,718.589 640.36 4,280.634 705.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,418,645 388.738 3,649.35 352.658 4,022.72 Stainless Steel Bar 6,401,028 2,031.446 3,150.97 1,842.898 3,473.35 Stainless Steel Rod 3,393,395 1,220.408 2,780.54 1,107.136 3,065.02 Stainless Steel Wire 1,896,847 470.259 4,033.62 426.612 4,446.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,606,458 62,938.366 724.62 57,096.742 798.76 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,086,004 3,878.817 1,053.41 3,518.805 1,161.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,910,991 8,411.539 702.72 7,630.822 774.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,115,030 6,011.826 850.83 5,453.839 937.88 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,042,883 5,746.619 877.54 5,213.247 967.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 765,710 804.373 951.93 729.716 1,049.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,770,991 18,690.138 790.31 16,955.413 871.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 499,322 360.699 1,384.32 327.221 1,525.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,487,783 9,924.359 351.44 9,003.230 387.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,736,883 19,562.712 1,060.02 17,746.999 1,168.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,047,048 350.763 5,835.98 318.207 6,433.07 Stainless Steel Bar 172,898 33.716 5,128.01 30.587 5,652.66 Stainless Steel Rod 104,675 42.518 2,461.88 38.572 2,713.76 Stainless Steel Wire 530,108 84.181 6,297.22 76.368 6,941.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,270,326 73,902.265 856.14 67,043.026 943.73 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 63,366 67.960 932.39 61.653 1,027.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 220,917 20.340 10,860.70 18.453 11,971.87 Stainless Steel Bar 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 Stainless Steel Wire 66,844 24.089 2,774.77 21.854 3,058.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,374,637 41,279.136 469.36 37,447.813 517.38 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,146,542 4,581.226 468.55 4,156.020 516.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,186,994 1,401.178 847.14 1,271.128 933.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,368,632 5,364.028 441.58 4,866.166 486.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 48,147 40.114 1,200.25 36.391 1,323.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 862,712 737.960 1,169.05 669.467 1,288.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 68,595 55.533 1,235.20 50.379 1,361.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,880,518 14,924.832 595.02 13,539.584 655.89 GRAND TOTAL 1,334,608,599 2,311,373.908 577.41 2,096,843.730 636.48