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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,234 0.195 16,575.35 0.177 18,271.19 Mexico 144,712 184.940 782.48 167.775 862.54 Sweden 2,128 4.528 469.93 4.108 518.01 United Kingdom 836,057 136.979 6,103.51 124.266 6,727.96 Belgium 876,619 989.782 885.67 897.916 976.28 Federal Republic of Germany 94,255 36.689 2,569.00 33.284 2,831.84 Italy 4,392,898 1,711.067 2,567.34 1,552.255 2,830.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,349,903 3,064.183 2,072.30 2,779.781 2,284.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 46,401,014 124,782.630 371.85 113,200.930 409.90 Mexico 62,526,371 142,778.116 437.93 129,526.165 482.73 Venezuela 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Brazil 33,145,163 106,851.559 310.20 96,934.132 341.93 Sweden 7,118,339 2,581.012 2,757.96 2,341.456 3,040.13 Finland 1,960,116 5,772.857 339.54 5,237.050 374.28 United Kingdom 34,652,869 64,009.843 541.37 58,068.770 596.76 Netherlands 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Belgium 9,724,291 23,080.926 421.31 20,938.670 464.42 France 1,211,807 447.251 2,709.45 405.740 2,986.66 Federal Republic of Germany 6,898,893 14,786.761 466.56 13,414.328 514.29 Austria 1,730,953 2,704.150 640.11 2,453.165 705.60 Czech Republic 3,402 2.343 1,451.67 2.126 1,600.19 Russia 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 Ukraine 37,766,251 116,565.039 323.99 105,746.055 357.14 Spain 3,815,407 1,261.479 3,024.55 1,144.395 3,333.99 Italy 17,199,662 43,760.420 393.04 39,698.797 433.25 Malaysia 31,539 10.110 3,119.46 9.172 3,438.62 China 461,618 659.734 699.70 598.501 771.29 Taiwan 105,850 8.632 12,262.23 7.831 13,516.79 Japan 33,149 1.347 24,609.06 1.222 27,126.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 291,997,481 723,640.222 403.51 656,475.552 444.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 10,064,056 16,233.739 619.95 14,727.005 683.37 Mexico 867,571 1,795.383 483.22 1,628.745 532.66 Trinidad and Tobago 2,803,106 6,480.935 432.52 5,879.407 476.77 Venezuela 1,810,944 4,287.465 422.38 3,889.524 465.60 Brazil 10,457,928 18,852.672 554.72 17,102.862 611.47 Argentina 2,509,414 5,915.497 424.21 5,366.451 467.61 Sweden 723,640 211.445 3,422.35 191.820 3,772.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 5,135,086 7,975.075 643.89 7,234.869 709.77 Netherlands 775,272 1,276.804 607.20 1,158.298 669.32 France 285,370 97.682 2,921.41 88.616 3,220.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,622,741 3,490.360 751.42 3,166.403 828.30 Austria 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 Czech Republic 237,444 551.609 430.46 500.412 474.50 Belarus 19,433 36.446 533.19 33.064 587.74 Spain 5,231,796 11,108.255 470.98 10,077.243 519.17 Italy 726,269 312.771 2,322.04 283.742 2,559.61 Turkey 6,744,837 18,919.073 356.51 17,163.100 392.98 India 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 Thailand 11,356 18.011 630.48 16.340 694.98 China 22,791,273 61,166.417 372.61 55,489.256 410.73 Korea, South 771,871 1,155.067 668.25 1,047.860 736.62 Taiwan 3,405,453 1,239.674 2,747.05 1,124.614 3,028.11 Japan 8,494,121 11,264.227 754.08 10,218.738 831.23 South Africa 410,578 1,033.271 397.36 937.368 438.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,019,429 173,472.567 501.63 157,371.710 552.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,242,397 13,162.552 626.20 11,940.870 690.27 Mexico 1,673,928 3,143.465 532.51 2,851.705 586.99 Brazil 1,556,214 4,120.321 377.69 3,737.894 416.33 Argentina 90,534 244.525 370.24 221.830 408.12 Norway 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 United Kingdom 7,453,003 10,823.129 688.62 9,818.581 759.07 Netherlands 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 Belgium 562,896 496.039 1,134.78 450.000 1,250.88 Luxembourg 6,174,912 8,038.609 768.16 7,292.506 846.75 France 2,170 1.571 1,380.50 1.426 1,521.74 Federal Republic of Germany 3,795,214 4,758.984 797.48 4,317.279 879.08 Poland 5,159,424 12,057.663 427.90 10,938.531 471.67 Spain 115,515 136.581 845.76 123.905 932.29 Italy 1,634,237 1,899.128 860.52 1,722.861 948.56 Turkey 21,506 46.392 463.56 42.087 510.99 India 170,110 70.091 2,426.97 63.586 2,675.27 China 55,552 115.538 480.81 104.815 530.00 Korea, South 653,071 1,683.918 387.83 1,527.626 427.51 Japan 1,022,571 2,040.063 501.24 1,850.715 552.53 South Africa 1,036,334 2,061.472 502.72 1,870.137 554.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,651,602 66,856.726 608.04 60,651.419 670.25 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,377,396 1,655.953 831.78 1,502.256 916.89 Luxembourg 4,609,952 6,030.757 764.41 5,471.013 842.61 Federal Republic of Germany 146,885 195.482 751.40 177.339 828.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,134,233 7,882.193 778.24 7,150.608 857.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,218,338 24,819.947 895.18 22,516.284 986.77 Sweden 7,570,165 4,889.708 1,548.18 4,435.870 1,706.58 Norway 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Finland 365,477 244.622 1,494.04 221.918 1,646.90 United Kingdom 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 Belgium 9,500,307 5,729.050 1,658.27 5,197.309 1,827.93 France 3,433,391 1,417.149 2,422.74 1,285.617 2,670.62 Federal Republic of Germany 13,007,761 7,098.975 1,832.34 6,440.084 2,019.81 Austria 3,517,765 3,965.406 887.11 3,597.357 977.87 Russia 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Spain 50,899 21.902 2,323.85 19.870 2,561.60 Italy 611,836 299.479 2,043.00 271.683 2,252.02 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 119,695 217.710 549.79 197.504 606.04 Korea, South 7,745,382 14,014.839 552.66 12,714.052 609.20 Taiwan 1,419,310 994.715 1,426.85 902.391 1,572.83 Japan 4,556,604 4,048.102 1,125.61 3,672.378 1,240.78 Australia 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 South Africa 1,252,746 1,450.260 863.81 1,315.655 952.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,936,172 107,145.942 867.38 97,201.191 956.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,346,390 28,289.692 542.47 25,663.985 597.97 Mexico 1,225,117 2,625.444 466.63 2,381.764 514.37 Venezuela 256,064 598.014 428.19 542.510 472.00 Sweden 2,992,807 885.187 3,380.99 803.029 3,726.90 Finland 1,557,422 3,189.508 488.30 2,893.474 538.25 Netherlands 7,059,616 17,578.218 401.61 15,946.696 442.70 Belgium 531,945 190.248 2,796.05 172.591 3,082.11 France 6,129,982 12,857.928 476.75 11,664.520 525.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,793,793 2,826.891 988.29 2,564.514 1,089.40 Hungary 103,058 264.190 390.09 239.670 430.00 Spain 1,190,325 3,336.320 356.78 3,026.660 393.28 Italy 660,584 1,864.102 354.37 1,691.086 390.63 Turkey 2,888,360 7,117.886 405.79 6,457.240 447.31 India 38,646 65.055 594.05 59.017 654.83 China 7,844 2.539 3,088.52 2.304 3,404.51 Korea, South 40,374 84.977 475.12 77.090 523.73 Taiwan 62,713 46.658 1,344.08 42.328 1,481.60 Japan 1,616,752 2,295.946 704.18 2,082.848 776.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 483,631 1,031.024 469.08 935.330 517.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,985,423 85,149.838 528.31 77,246.656 582.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 247,372 371.985 665.00 337.460 733.04 Luxembourg 334,231 446.098 749.23 404.694 825.89 Austria 26,535 19.938 1,330.84 18.088 1,466.99 Czech Republic 2,439,200 4,360.447 559.39 3,955.733 616.62 Spain 89,603 113.270 791.06 102.757 871.99 Korea, South 41,558 91.618 453.60 83.115 500.01 Japan 1,832,413 3,021.239 606.51 2,740.823 668.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,010,912 8,424.599 594.80 7,642.670 655.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 671,087 948.558 707.48 860.518 779.86 Austria 289,014 366.728 788.09 332.691 868.72 Spain 165,316 224.092 737.71 203.293 813.19 Korea, South 445,610 725.264 614.41 657.949 677.27 Japan 310,811 365.724 849.85 331.780 936.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,881,838 2,630.368 715.43 2,386.231 788.62 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 221,855 255.116 869.62 231.438 958.59 India 63,333 74.857 846.04 67.910 932.60 China 40,226 52.830 761.42 47.927 839.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,414 382.805 850.08 347.275 937.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,111,098 57,170.334 579.17 51,864.070 638.42 Mexico 5,028,038 9,458.771 531.57 8,580.856 585.96 Colombia 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Brazil 2,418,576 3,161.530 765.00 2,868.093 843.27 Argentina 450,828 1,220.117 369.50 1,106.872 407.30 Sweden 1,020,091 313.466 3,254.23 284.372 3,587.17 United Kingdom 14,509,686 19,425.551 746.94 17,622.569 823.36 Ireland 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Netherlands 511,289 376.209 1,359.05 341.292 1,498.10 France 1,214,498 472.192 2,572.04 428.366 2,835.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,943,314 1,294.794 1,500.87 1,174.618 1,654.42 Austria 2,650,511 642.508 4,125.25 582.874 4,547.31 Czech Republic 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 Poland 2,814 1.418 1,983.54 1.287 2,186.48 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 4,681,407 4,032.373 1,160.96 3,658.109 1,279.73 Portugal 465,870 135.934 3,427.16 123.318 3,777.79 Italy 1,232,125 409.165 3,011.31 371.189 3,319.40 Bulgaria 1,958,438 5,201.946 376.48 4,719.128 415.00 Turkey 1,449,703 3,421.622 423.69 3,104.045 467.04 India 648,120 601.015 1,078.38 545.232 1,188.70 China 2,481,974 3,394.664 731.14 3,079.589 805.94 Korea, South 3,229,249 4,655.663 693.62 4,223.548 764.58 Taiwan 1,878,117 1,885.518 996.07 1,710.514 1,097.98 Japan 9,264,771 10,762.152 860.87 9,763.263 948.94 South Africa 43,550 38.858 1,120.73 35.252 1,235.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,397,694 128,200.747 705.13 116,301.795 777.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,753,471 6,414.505 585.15 5,819.143 645.02 Mexico 2,668,393 5,037.524 529.70 4,569.967 583.90 Brazil 670,368 1,808.215 370.73 1,640.386 408.66 United Kingdom 66,741 6.412 10,408.53 5.817 11,473.44 Belgium 6,858 2.590 2,647.44 2.350 2,918.30 France 3,008 3.750 802.12 3.402 884.19 Austria 29,503 3.357 8,786.83 3.046 9,685.82 Italy 323,437 133.682 2,419.44 121.275 2,666.97 Turkey 323,644 779.790 415.04 707.414 457.50 India 782,906 319.359 2,451.49 289.718 2,702.30 China 592,292 1,359.232 435.75 1,233.075 480.34 Korea, South 87,538 227.578 384.65 206.456 424.00 Taiwan 276,999 698.715 396.44 633.864 437.00 Japan 1,345,338 3,499.549 384.43 3,174.739 423.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,930,496 20,294.264 538.60 18,410.652 593.70 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,469,238 4,920.638 1,314.72 4,463.929 1,449.23 Mexico 280,650 406.736 690.00 368.985 760.60 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 498,764 176.507 2,825.74 160.125 3,114.84 Norway 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 United Kingdom 5,304,248 2,325.664 2,280.75 2,109.808 2,514.09 Netherlands 8,244 2.030 4,060.17 1.842 4,475.57 Belgium 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 France 5,813,011 3,119.382 1,863.51 2,829.857 2,054.17 Federal Republic of Germany 6,894,222 4,774.547 1,443.95 4,331.398 1,591.69 Austria 270,674 114.524 2,363.46 103.895 2,605.26 Switzerland 770,120 191.540 4,020.66 173.763 4,432.01 Latvia 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland 40,848 22.644 1,803.86 20.543 1,988.41 Russia 468,395 505.264 927.03 458.368 1,021.88 Ukraine 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 Spain 1,481,654 1,444.733 1,025.55 1,310.641 1,130.48 Portugal 20,854 3.095 6,737.33 2.808 7,426.64 Italy 7,475,113 1,905.149 3,923.64 1,728.323 4,325.07 Slovenia 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 Romania 71,360 25.886 2,756.63 23.484 3,038.66 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 3,762,284 1,283.422 2,931.45 1,164.302 3,231.36 Malaysia 7,086 10.980 645.35 9.961 711.37 China 1,085,299 810.368 1,339.27 735.154 1,476.29 Korea, South 93,208 78.481 1,187.65 71.197 1,309.16 Taiwan 5,516,841 1,785.474 3,089.85 1,619.756 3,405.97 Japan 627,475 393.004 1,596.61 356.528 1,759.96 Australia 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 South Africa 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,475,294 25,112.647 1,930.31 22,781.817 2,127.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,062,919 638.320 1,665.18 579.075 1,835.55 Mexico 143,357 92.794 1,544.88 84.182 1,702.94 Dominican Republic 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 Venezuela 7,665 0.874 8,768.69 0.793 9,665.83 Brazil 2,699,065 814.901 3,312.14 739.266 3,651.01 Sweden 3,907,647 1,743.531 2,241.22 1,581.706 2,470.53 Finland 532,941 1,060.257 502.65 961.850 554.08 United Kingdom 726,143 146.555 4,954.73 132.953 5,461.65 Netherlands 64,460 41.096 1,568.51 37.282 1,728.98 Belgium 150,119 51.136 2,935.67 46.390 3,236.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,126,379 1,310.388 2,385.84 1,188.765 2,629.94 Federal Republic of Germany 4,579,376 1,611.906 2,840.97 1,462.297 3,131.63 Austria 3,599,599 708.162 5,083.02 642.434 5,603.06 Czech Republic 139,387 38.598 3,611.20 35.016 3,980.67 Poland 164,356 54.147 3,035.33 49.122 3,345.87 Russia 3,894,239 1,848.988 2,106.15 1,677.375 2,321.63 Ukraine 34,087 10.069 3,385.14 9.135 3,731.47 Spain 56,939 49.035 1,161.19 44.484 1,279.99 Italy 278,663 325.016 857.38 294.850 945.10 Slovenia 2,343,338 820.203 2,857.02 744.076 3,149.33 Romania 85,685 31.069 2,757.83 28.186 3,039.98 India 25,008 3.883 6,439.65 3.523 7,098.50 China 4,583,613 1,458.606 3,142.46 1,323.226 3,463.97 Korea, South 208,198 161.508 1,289.08 146.518 1,420.97 Taiwan 1,657,162 390.592 4,242.68 354.340 4,676.76 Japan 5,372,056 4,410.444 1,218.03 4,001.089 1,342.65 Australia 3,829 0.019 192,978.41 0.018 212,722.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,477,130 17,826.368 2,214.54 16,171.814 2,441.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,238,531 27,486.384 809.07 24,935.236 891.85 Mexico 7,309,827 8,982.690 813.77 8,148.962 897.03 Guatemala 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 Dominican Republic 68,942 170.778 403.69 154.928 444.99 Colombia 1,506,540 1,886.420 798.62 1,711.332 880.33 Venezuela 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 Ecuador 122,874 110.502 1,111.96 100.246 1,225.72 Argentina 451,189 373.651 1,207.51 338.971 1,331.05 Sweden 31,658 1.568 20,182.48 1.423 22,247.36 United Kingdom 63,708 1.151 55,306.16 1.045 60,964.59 Netherlands 665,833 856.866 777.06 777.336 856.56 France 46,913 24.648 1,903.26 22.361 2,097.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,276,958 1,385.557 1,643.35 1,256.957 1,811.48 Czech Republic 12,975 8.926 1,453.53 8.098 1,602.25 Switzerland 20,831 5.491 3,793.17 4.982 4,181.25 Russia 782,826 1,079.699 725.04 979.487 799.22 Ukraine 563,381 810.157 695.40 734.963 766.54 Spain 2,018,929 1,344.650 1,501.45 1,219.847 1,655.07 Italy 2,440,210 1,152.412 2,117.48 1,045.451 2,334.12 Romania 119,895 99.347 1,206.82 90.127 1,330.29 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 4,410,175 7,410.651 595.11 6,722.832 656.00 Thailand 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 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 20,942,825 35,533.150 589.39 32,235.141 649.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,573,448 1,697.129 927.12 1,539.610 1,021.98 Taiwan 2,230,787 4,304.811 518.21 3,905.260 571.23 Japan 2,360,591 2,438.920 967.88 2,212.552 1,066.91 South Africa 710,268 496.165 1,431.51 450.114 1,577.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,932,092 114,098.297 726.85 103,508.264 801.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 14,023,339 10,090.689 1,389.73 9,154.122 1,531.92 Mexico 1,070,446 1,178.614 908.22 1,069.221 1,001.15 Colombia 8,452,867 7,119.158 1,187.34 6,458.394 1,308.82 Venezuela 9,124,316 12,351.327 738.73 11,204.939 814.31 Brazil 5,098,299 4,290.869 1,188.17 3,892.612 1,309.74 Sweden 7,700 0.360 21,361.85 0.327 23,547.40 United Kingdom 223,802 9.193 24,344.10 8.340 26,834.77 France 263,014 176.312 1,491.75 159.948 1,644.37 Federal Republic of Germany 11,876,396 8,125.729 1,461.58 7,371.540 1,611.11 Austria 7,193,766 5,903.556 1,218.55 5,355.618 1,343.22 Czech Republic 1,018,543 923.974 1,102.35 838.216 1,215.13 Russia 4,482,953 5,663.221 791.59 5,137.590 872.58 Ukraine 3,304,824 3,149.903 1,049.18 2,857.545 1,156.53 Spain 2,205,531 1,583.326 1,392.97 1,436.370 1,535.49 Italy 3,032 0.159 18,969.55 0.145 20,910.34 Greece 1,041,532 1,595.020 652.99 1,446.979 719.80 India 6,504,935 5,727.843 1,135.67 5,196.214 1,251.86 Indonesia 4,125 10.104 408.22 9.167 449.98 China 40,462,785 46,668.440 867.03 42,336.909 955.73 Korea, South 3,604,939 4,587.045 785.90 4,161.299 866.30 Taiwan 2,003,541 2,413.688 830.07 2,189.662 915.00 Japan 28,913,865 8,508.442 3,398.26 7,718.731 3,745.94 Australia 36,237 20.157 1,797.65 18.287 1,981.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,920,787 130,097.141 1,160.06 118,022.175 1,278.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 19,898,740 21,346.120 932.19 19,364.880 1,027.57 Mexico 12,650 1.433 8,827.61 1.300 9,730.77 Federal Republic of Germany 764,812 559.767 1,366.30 507.813 1,506.09 Czech Republic 169,570 146.860 1,154.63 133.230 1,272.76 Spain 16,991 18.424 922.22 16.714 1,016.57 Italy 3,473,732 3,396.660 1,022.69 3,081.399 1,127.32 India 19,047,107 20,414.892 933.00 18,520.084 1,028.46 China 85,722 152.406 562.46 138.261 620.00 Korea, South 1,860,991 2,731.404 681.33 2,477.889 751.04 Taiwan 38,280 63.175 605.93 57.312 667.92 Japan 15,341,558 15,915.937 963.91 14,438.700 1,062.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,710,153 64,747.082 937.65 58,737.582 1,033.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 36,509 27.084 1,347.95 24.571 1,485.86 Mexico 3,798,633 4,546.839 835.44 4,124.825 920.92 Guatemala 9,377 12.392 756.69 11.242 834.10 Venezuela 22,488 34.963 643.19 31.718 709.00 Brazil 198,133 144.864 1,367.71 131.419 1,507.64 Sweden 3,741 7.194 519.96 6.527 573.16 United Kingdom 56,637 3.667 15,443.41 3.327 17,023.44 Netherlands 5,634 9.390 599.96 8.519 661.35 France 972,774 875.884 1,110.62 794.589 1,224.25 Federal Republic of Germany 91,929 80.106 1,147.59 72.671 1,265.00 Austria 1,188,476 1,108.725 1,071.93 1,005.819 1,181.60 Czech Republic 29,375 28.726 1,022.58 26.060 1,127.21 Russia 65,284 89.395 730.29 81.098 805.00 Ukraine 292,499 354.007 826.25 321.150 910.79 Spain 61,816 43.481 1,421.65 39.446 1,567.10 Italy 1,607,793 1,219.535 1,318.37 1,106.344 1,453.25 China 11,278,607 14,628.489 771.00 13,270.746 849.88 Korea, South 512,021 793.990 644.87 720.296 710.85 Taiwan 106,438 193.573 549.86 175.607 606.11 Japan 24,489 9.854 2,485.02 8.940 2,739.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,362,653 24,212.166 841.01 21,964.914 927.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 739,064 429.315 1,721.49 389.469 1,897.62 Mexico 2,214,338 2,611.082 848.05 2,368.735 934.82 Venezuela 897,116 1,395.536 642.85 1,266.010 708.62 Netherlands 18,789 0.298 62,897.04 0.271 69,332.10 China 1,506,030 2,792.660 539.28 2,533.460 594.46 Korea, South 3,167,151 5,284.815 599.29 4,794.305 660.61 Taiwan 804,092 1,399.618 574.51 1,269.713 633.29 Japan 91,470 107.585 850.21 97.600 937.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,438,050 14,020.914 673.14 12,719.563 742.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,367,627 10,054.967 1,031.09 9,121.716 1,136.59 Mexico 14,880,033 18,270.075 814.45 16,574.338 897.78 Costa Rica 141,663 191.026 741.59 173.296 817.46 Dominican Republic 319,015 452.311 705.30 410.330 777.46 Colombia 615,145 728.893 843.94 661.241 930.29 Brazil 959,655 764.448 1,255.36 693.496 1,383.79 Argentina 1,276,402 655.094 1,948.42 594.292 2,147.77 Sweden 1,083,698 749.757 1,445.40 680.169 1,593.28 Norway 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Denmark 26,166 2.818 9,283.30 2.557 10,233.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 312,720 270.665 1,155.37 245.544 1,273.58 Netherlands 3,334 0.976 3,413.72 0.886 3,762.98 Belgium 3,089 1.242 2,486.51 1.127 2,740.91 France 1,412,771 1,045.693 1,351.04 948.637 1,489.26 Federal Republic of Germany 4,524,829 2,516.873 1,797.80 2,283.270 1,981.73 Austria 55,716 21.583 2,581.45 19.580 2,845.56 Czech Republic 639,192 131.434 4,863.21 119.235 5,360.77 Slovakia 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 Switzerland 1,560,799 645.826 2,416.75 585.884 2,664.01 Russia 123,253 169.617 726.65 153.874 801.00 Ukraine 18,278 13.911 1,313.91 12.620 1,448.34 Spain 2,433,677 1,493.867 1,629.11 1,355.214 1,795.79 Italy 2,609,329 1,231.358 2,119.07 1,117.070 2,335.87 Romania 51,748 47.670 1,085.53 43.246 1,196.60 Turkey 3,552,389 5,718.811 621.18 5,188.020 684.73 India 1,534,661 1,210.465 1,267.83 1,098.116 1,397.54 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 8,156,316 10,399.004 784.34 9,433.821 864.58 Korea, South 2,528,096 3,333.045 758.49 3,023.689 836.10 Taiwan 130,331 87.818 1,484.09 79.668 1,635.93 Japan 12,683,285 5,409.853 2,344.48 4,907.738 2,584.34 Australia 107,195 65.121 1,646.08 59.077 1,814.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,128,032 65,694.329 1,097.93 59,596.910 1,210.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,422 83.812 1,066.94 76.033 1,176.09 Mexico 395,422 271.169 1,458.21 246.001 1,607.40 Brazil 125,304 80.380 1,558.89 72.920 1,718.38 Argentina 285,800 159.930 1,787.02 145.087 1,969.85 Sweden 224,947 156.627 1,436.19 142.090 1,583.13 United Kingdom 30,237 10.199 2,964.50 9.253 3,267.81 Netherlands 171,427 17.348 9,881.56 15.738 10,892.55 France 3,395,946 2,079.780 1,632.84 1,886.746 1,799.90 Federal Republic of Germany 4,901,684 2,649.411 1,850.10 2,403.506 2,039.39 Austria 90,783 27.186 3,339.29 24.663 3,680.94 Poland 29,629 26.061 1,136.87 23.643 1,253.18 Spain 309,388 52.371 5,907.52 47.511 6,511.92 Italy 631,081 293.872 2,147.46 266.597 2,367.17 Romania 63,522 66.241 958.95 60.093 1,057.06 India 48,445 5.944 8,149.19 5.393 8,982.94 Vietnam 49,364 41.711 1,183.46 37.840 1,304.55 China 499,989 844.907 591.77 766.487 652.31 Korea, South 34,700 0.890 38,959.55 0.808 42,945.54 Taiwan 53,077 31.397 1,690.51 28.483 1,863.46 Japan 273,219 191.683 1,425.37 173.892 1,571.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,703,386 7,090.928 1,650.47 6,432.784 1,819.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,917,005 1,217.028 6,505.19 1,104.070 7,170.75 Mexico 34,702 10.297 3,369.85 9.342 3,714.62 Sweden 2,250,316 303.735 7,408.81 275.544 8,166.81 Finland 229,197 90.557 2,530.97 82.152 2,789.91 Denmark 10,991 2.659 4,132.15 2.413 4,554.91 United Kingdom 410,303 37.180 11,035.30 33.730 12,164.33 Ireland 14,760 3.407 4,331.95 3.091 4,775.15 Netherlands 3,934 0.352 11,152.71 0.320 12,293.75 France 2,402,206 357.542 6,718.66 324.357 7,406.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,968,618 228.482 12,992.75 207.276 14,322.05 Austria 144,587 20.058 7,208.17 18.197 7,945.65 Czech Republic 2,059 0.242 8,490.43 0.220 9,359.09 Switzerland 99,251 1.410 70,342.98 1.280 77,539.84 Spain 2,408,966 274.292 8,782.47 248.834 9,681.02 Italy 2,978,707 481.121 6,191.18 436.466 6,824.60 Turkey 12,470 2.829 4,406.93 2.567 4,857.81 India 577,442 70.116 8,235.42 63.609 9,077.99 Thailand 167,436 86.457 1,936.63 78.433 2,134.76 Malaysia 457,781 169.938 2,693.80 154.166 2,969.40 Singapore 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 China 8,648,624 2,166.346 3,992.26 1,965.277 4,400.72 Korea, South 4,552,210 1,170.283 3,889.83 1,061.664 4,287.81 Taiwan 4,851,723 1,863.988 2,602.87 1,690.982 2,869.17 Japan 10,549,038 1,445.297 7,298.87 1,311.152 8,045.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,887,739 10,072.404 5,151.48 9,137.534 5,678.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,875,210 884.505 3,250.64 802.410 3,583.22 Mexico 399,895 207.871 1,923.76 188.578 2,120.58 Brazil 4,608 0.109 42,225.34 0.099 46,545.45 United Kingdom 2,125 1.089 1,951.18 0.988 2,150.81 France 5,496 0.753 7,289.31 0.684 8,035.09 Federal Republic of Germany 123,068 27.742 4,436.01 25.168 4,889.86 Hungary 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 India 40,367 21.707 1,859.56 19.693 2,049.81 Vietnam 87,314 63.495 1,375.13 57.602 1,515.82 China 52,188 86.700 601.94 78.653 663.52 Korea, South 3,728 1.798 2,072.30 1.632 2,284.31 Japan 223,405 80.742 2,766.90 73.248 3,049.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,825,091 1,379.542 2,772.72 1,251.500 3,056.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 17,260,916 20,689.303 834.29 18,769.026 919.65 Mexico 3,385,510 3,518.026 962.33 3,191.501 1,060.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 United Kingdom 47,824 78.935 605.86 71.609 667.85 Belgium 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 Federal Republic of Germany 56,228 42.636 1,318.78 38.679 1,453.71 Austria 93,544 60.996 1,533.60 55.335 1,690.50 Poland 67,524 14.132 4,777.85 12.821 5,266.67 Italy 186,347 78.181 2,383.52 70.925 2,627.38 Turkey 3,046,022 6,887.070 442.28 6,247.847 487.53 India 100,734 5.626 17,904.46 5.104 19,736.29 China 816,134 1,452.145 562.02 1,317.365 619.52 Korea, South 2,425,704 4,505.550 538.38 4,087.368 593.46 Taiwan 574,611 239.261 2,401.61 217.054 2,647.32 Japan 432,753 220.345 1,963.98 199.894 2,164.91 Australia 19,664 24.650 797.70 22.363 879.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,043,491 38,019.677 763.91 34,490.881 842.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 344,124 372.395 924.08 337.832 1,018.62 Mexico 187,896 101.183 1,856.99 91.792 2,046.98 China 803,220 1,023.677 784.64 928.665 864.92 Korea, South 5,210 7.059 738.04 6.404 813.55 Japan 14,669 30.229 485.25 27.424 534.90 South Africa 152,444 241.795 630.47 219.353 694.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,507,563 1,776.341 848.69 1,611.470 935.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,851,371 13,703.956 864.81 12,432.024 953.29 Mexico 8,883,749 10,109.463 878.76 9,171.154 968.66 Dominican Republic 208,860 298.818 698.95 271.084 770.46 Trinidad and Tobago 14,908 18.870 790.02 17.119 870.85 Venezuela 329,564 449.260 733.57 407.562 808.62 Ecuador 13,372 19.583 682.81 17.766 752.67 Chile 320,487 379.778 843.88 344.529 930.22 Brazil 1,587,908 2,235.329 710.37 2,027.857 783.05 Argentina 117,270 215.318 544.63 195.334 600.36 Sweden 1,592,234 367.071 4,337.66 333.002 4,781.45 Norway 34,060 3.472 9,809.12 3.150 10,812.70 Finland 165,645 195.146 848.82 177.034 935.67 Denmark 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 United Kingdom 1,017,901 520.685 1,954.93 472.358 2,154.94 Ireland 29,470 0.395 74,470.03 0.359 82,089.14 Netherlands 116,088 24.434 4,750.90 22.167 5,236.97 Belgium 954,003 627.822 1,519.54 569.551 1,675.01 France 1,079,299 383.459 2,814.63 347.869 3,102.60 Federal Republic of Germany 2,739,173 1,835.008 1,492.73 1,664.692 1,645.45 Austria 1,053,934 240.154 4,388.56 217.865 4,837.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 26,836 20.127 1,333.33 18.259 1,469.74 Switzerland 526,021 96.335 5,460.31 87.394 6,018.96 Poland 534,334 539.240 990.90 489.191 1,092.28 Russia 189,251 231.528 817.40 210.039 901.03 Belarus 374,509 420.184 891.30 381.185 982.49 Ukraine 10,717 17.358 617.41 15.747 680.57 Moldova 857,237 1,126.657 760.87 1,022.087 838.71 Spain 148,878 99.117 1,502.03 89.918 1,655.71 Italy 3,002,681 2,270.039 1,322.74 2,059.346 1,458.08 Greece 987,152 1,122.343 879.55 1,018.173 969.53 Turkey 50,610 71.842 704.46 65.174 776.54 Israel 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 India 2,609,796 1,432.341 1,822.05 1,299.399 2,008.46 Thailand 416,781 400.105 1,041.68 362.970 1,148.25 Malaysia 19,344 17.709 1,092.28 16.066 1,204.03 Indonesia 76,075 21.194 3,589.44 19.227 3,956.68 China 8,665,106 12,369.113 700.54 11,221.074 772.22 Korea, South 6,701,383 4,525.601 1,480.77 4,105.558 1,632.27 Hong Kong 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 Taiwan 2,730,319 1,382.284 1,975.22 1,253.988 2,177.31 Japan 5,093,107 3,752.606 1,357.22 3,404.308 1,496.08 Australia 99,573 68.007 1,464.16 61.695 1,613.96 Egypt 41,014 51.027 803.77 46.291 886.00 South Africa 861,218 1,426.651 603.66 1,294.237 665.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,562,332 63,504.912 1,048.14 57,610.704 1,155.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 7,872 16.420 479.41 14.896 528.46 Federal Republic of Germany 55,780 105.545 528.49 95.749 582.56 China 215,112 420.426 511.65 381.405 564.00 Japan 850,212 861.575 986.81 781.608 1,087.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,128,976 1,403.967 804.13 1,273.658 886.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,766,433 9,834.098 789.75 8,921.347 870.54 Venezuela 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Brazil 1,998,846 2,229.789 896.43 2,022.832 988.14 Norway 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 Netherlands 3,527,330 4,496.688 784.43 4,079.328 864.68 France 2,755,837 3,797.157 725.76 3,444.724 800.02 Federal Republic of Germany 6,788,925 12,675.283 535.60 11,498.827 590.40 India 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Korea, South 367,710 504.000 729.58 457.222 804.23 Japan 278,608 301.457 924.20 273.478 1,018.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,628,671 34,054.133 693.86 30,893.399 764.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,198,624 1,473.437 813.49 1,336.680 896.72 Brazil 352,924 483.053 730.61 438.219 805.36 United Kingdom 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Netherlands 35,482 61.711 574.96 55.984 633.79 France 472,770 559.903 844.38 507.936 930.77 Federal Republic of Germany 1,384,237 1,779.175 778.02 1,614.041 857.62 Korea, South 653,680 788.670 828.84 715.470 913.64 Japan 487,102 502.916 968.56 456.238 1,067.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,656,294 5,733.856 812.07 5,201.669 895.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,234,187 50,471.048 539.60 45,786.578 594.81 Mexico 11,028,001 21,658.984 509.17 19,648.706 561.26 Venezuela 1,174,235 2,891.304 406.13 2,622.948 447.68 Brazil 298,294 287.317 1,038.20 260.650 1,144.42 Sweden 3,438,260 3,552.793 967.76 3,223.041 1,066.78 Finland 1,547,842 1,518.085 1,019.60 1,377.184 1,123.92 Netherlands 11,868,290 30,278.581 391.97 27,468.275 432.07 Belgium 383,102 646.532 592.55 586.525 653.17 France 10,545,798 22,846.766 461.59 20,726.244 508.81 Federal Republic of Germany 839,181 1,402.556 598.32 1,272.378 659.54 Austria 1,378,571 1,942.316 709.76 1,762.040 782.37 Hungary 240,547 613.204 392.28 556.290 432.41 Ukraine 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Spain 2,263,020 6,130.619 369.13 5,561.606 406.90 Italy 2,282,197 5,536.131 412.24 5,022.295 454.41 Turkey 5,893,925 14,399.392 409.32 13,062.913 451.20 India 90,366 160.838 561.84 145.910 619.33 Thailand 12,877,335 31,335.162 410.95 28,426.789 453.00 Malaysia 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 China 198,977 358.812 554.54 325.509 611.28 Korea, South 55,456,929 121,782.999 455.37 110,479.710 501.96 Taiwan 21,552 26.552 811.68 24.088 894.72 Japan 5,228,238 6,791.955 769.77 6,161.560 848.53 Australia 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 New Zealand 1,662,911 3,550.202 468.40 3,220.690 516.32 Egypt 12,029 99.880 120.43 90.610 132.76 South Africa 75,741 57.557 1,315.93 52.215 1,450.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 172,123,466 363,203.934 473.90 329,493.160 522.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,594,661 20,884.372 650.95 18,945.989 717.55 Mexico 25,531,010 22,165.194 1,151.85 20,107.932 1,269.70 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Brazil 27,153,869 51,770.204 524.51 46,965.153 578.17 Argentina 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Sweden 1,925,303 460.449 4,181.35 417.713 4,609.15 Finland 2,998,995 1,643.411 1,824.86 1,490.878 2,011.56 United Kingdom 2,849,473 3,088.074 922.73 2,801.455 1,017.14 Netherlands 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 Belgium 12,948,352 23,942.188 540.82 21,719.994 596.15 France 6,183,485 5,161.922 1,197.90 4,682.819 1,320.46 Federal Republic of Germany 10,367,588 5,353.943 1,936.44 4,857.017 2,134.56 Austria 18,452 1.710 10,785.68 1.552 11,889.18 Spain 166,178 115.635 1,437.08 104.903 1,584.11 Italy 2,579,172 1,182.810 2,180.55 1,073.028 2,403.64 India 574,591 517.252 1,110.85 469.244 1,224.50 Thailand 507,811 234.195 2,168.32 212.459 2,390.16 China 14,247,601 16,444.659 866.40 14,918.348 955.04 Korea, South 3,389,900 5,102.662 664.34 4,629.059 732.31 Hong Kong 241,081 85.130 2,831.90 77.229 3,121.64 Taiwan 4,265,410 3,665.119 1,163.78 3,324.941 1,282.85 Japan 4,814,364 6,200.749 776.42 5,625.227 855.85 Australia 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 New Zealand 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 South Africa 2,521,009 5,463.054 461.47 4,956.001 508.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 148,309,618 195,860.706 757.22 177,681.894 834.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,716,632 38,996.448 659.46 35,376.993 726.93 Mexico 9,834,874 12,288.061 800.36 11,147.545 882.25 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 Brazil 10,942,771 19,201.483 569.89 17,419.298 628.20 Argentina 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 Sweden 6,401 7.055 907.18 6.401 1,000.00 Finland 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 Netherlands 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 Belgium 2,278,224 3,086.374 738.16 2,799.913 813.68 Federal Republic of Germany 4,104,501 8,517.984 481.86 7,727.388 531.16 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 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 38,476,018 62,228.413 618.30 56,452.683 681.56 China 6,791,109 12,411.934 547.14 11,259.921 603.12 Korea, South 8,451,112 10,370.955 814.88 9,408.375 898.25 Taiwan 15,813,062 23,730.412 666.36 21,527.874 734.54 Japan 954,021 1,254.213 760.65 1,137.804 838.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 142,582,312 225,427.062 632.50 204,504.049 697.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,991,364 1,673.389 1,190.02 1,518.074 1,311.77 Mexico 37,798 56.846 664.92 51.570 732.95 United Kingdom 4,608 4.443 1,037.04 4.031 1,143.14 Belgium 84,020 126.137 666.10 114.430 734.25 Federal Republic of Germany 4,653,354 6,983.985 666.29 6,335.767 734.46 China 197,962 374.862 528.09 340.070 582.12 Korea, South 25,442 36.729 692.70 33.320 763.57 Taiwan 626,998 920.747 680.97 835.288 750.64 Japan 1,312,273 1,546.233 848.69 1,402.720 935.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,933,819 11,723.375 762.05 10,635.270 840.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 4,062,956 3,563.318 1,140.22 3,232.589 1,256.87 Mexico 7,086,080 8,703.874 814.13 7,896.024 897.42 Chile 606,937 1,013.686 598.74 919.601 660.00 Brazil 1,308,706 1,689.105 774.79 1,532.331 854.06 United Kingdom 1,835,317 2,708.719 677.56 2,457.310 746.88 Belgium 90,552 65.940 1,373.24 59.820 1,513.74 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 17,099 3.686 4,638.74 3.344 5,113.34 Federal Republic of Germany 466,417 185.772 2,510.69 168.530 2,767.56 Italy 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 China 454,365 785.511 578.43 712.604 637.61 Korea, South 6,553,368 10,052.654 651.90 9,119.617 718.60 Taiwan 2,056,211 2,907.645 707.17 2,637.772 779.53 Japan 998,484 558.075 1,789.15 506.278 1,972.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,397,172 34,952.878 783.83 31,708.727 864.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 294,367 94.863 3,103.05 86.059 3,420.53 Sweden 45,315 3.685 12,297.06 3.343 13,555.19 United Kingdom 252,442 77.230 3,268.70 70.062 3,603.12 Federal Republic of Germany 4,194,833 2,813.135 1,491.16 2,552.034 1,643.72 Austria 220,397 238.352 924.67 216.230 1,019.27 Russia 4,315,884 1,844.211 2,340.23 1,673.041 2,579.66 Korea, South 18,898 19.036 992.70 17.270 1,094.27 Japan 709,031 706.442 1,003.66 640.874 1,106.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,051,167 5,796.957 1,733.87 5,258.913 1,911.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,560,925 4,858.525 527.10 4,407.581 581.03 Mexico 597,418 748.223 798.45 678.777 880.14 Finland 671,366 294.369 2,280.69 267.048 2,514.03 United Kingdom 12,196 14.918 817.50 13.534 901.14 Federal Republic of Germany 353,952 376.423 940.30 341.486 1,036.51 Slovenia 96,457 65.874 1,464.26 59.760 1,614.07 Turkey 59,854 141.279 423.66 128.167 467.00 Thailand 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 China 2,340 0.557 4,195.28 0.506 4,624.51 Japan 150,905 68.129 2,214.98 61.806 2,441.59 Egypt 11,505 42.149 272.96 38.237 300.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,519,876 6,621.251 682.63 6,006.700 752.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,837,642 3,988.766 962.11 3,618.549 1,060.55 Mexico 2,697,696 1,633.972 1,651.00 1,482.315 1,819.92 Chile 12,736 13.610 935.77 12.347 1,031.51 Brazil 115,130 88.542 1,300.29 80.324 1,433.32 Sweden 3,530,577 729.323 4,840.90 661.631 5,336.17 Finland 927,429 351.620 2,637.58 318.985 2,907.44 Denmark 6,679 1.916 3,484.24 1.739 3,840.71 United Kingdom 1,715,967 663.379 2,586.70 601.808 2,851.35 Belgium 200,491 50.975 3,933.10 46.244 4,335.50 France 1,049,837 250.614 4,189.05 227.354 4,617.63 Federal Republic of Germany 6,368,807 4,202.159 1,515.60 3,812.136 1,670.67 Austria 829,192 135.769 6,107.35 123.168 6,732.20 Switzerland 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Spain 44,763 24.440 1,831.51 22.172 2,018.90 Italy 154,377 87.147 1,771.44 79.059 1,952.68 India 911,141 783.117 1,163.48 710.432 1,282.52 Indonesia 176,338 40.754 4,326.82 36.972 4,769.50 China 175,236 225.456 777.25 204.531 856.77 Korea, South 1,154,434 1,070.261 1,078.65 970.925 1,189.00 Taiwan 288,124 143.146 2,012.80 129.860 2,218.73 Japan 4,363,563 1,158.449 3,766.73 1,050.928 4,152.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,953,062 15,787.107 1,833.97 14,321.827 2,021.60 GRAND TOTAL 1,943,932,175 2,920,368.374 665.65 2,649,314.371 733.75 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 142,167 181.572 782.98 164.720 863.08 Belgium 876,619 989.782 885.67 897.916 976.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,018,786 1,171.355 869.75 1,062.636 958.73 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,659,197 7,832.088 467.21 7,105.153 515.01 Mexico 28,723,254 58,357.678 492.19 52,941.210 542.55 Finland 266,872 753.330 354.26 683.410 390.50 United Kingdom 418,438 127.840 3,273.13 115.975 3,608.00 Belgium 839,606 108.798 7,717.10 98.700 8,506.65 France 1,206,088 443.310 2,720.64 402.165 2,998.99 Federal Republic of Germany 889,108 1,294.357 686.91 1,174.222 757.19 Ukraine 81,539 41.160 1,981.01 37.340 2,183.69 Italy 657,654 1,019.117 645.32 924.528 711.34 China 362,480 632.827 572.79 574.092 631.40 Taiwan 66,096 6.875 9,613.80 6.237 10,597.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,170,332 70,617.384 526.36 64,063.032 580.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 507,292 903.985 561.17 820.082 618.59 United Kingdom 5,666,764 8,643.215 655.63 7,840.995 722.71 Luxembourg 356,264 556.606 640.06 504.945 705.55 Federal Republic of Germany 153,315 224.289 683.56 203.472 753.49 Italy 1,353,916 1,853.535 730.45 1,681.500 805.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,037,551 12,181.632 659.81 11,050.994 727.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,900,879 11,530.857 1,118.81 10,460.621 1,233.28 Sweden 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 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 2,795,246 1,533.635 1,822.63 1,391.291 2,009.10 France 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 Federal Republic of Germany 10,529,679 5,992.933 1,757.02 5,436.699 1,936.78 Austria 365,150 318.663 1,145.88 289.087 1,263.11 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 Thailand 193,646 483.636 400.40 438.748 441.36 Japan 4,051,003 3,761.901 1,076.85 3,412.741 1,187.02 Australia 8,234 0.726 11,334.99 0.659 12,494.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 148,712 24.709 6,018.44 22.416 6,634.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,398,242 30,349.883 1,364.03 27,532.959 1,503.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,013,539 3,323.931 605.77 3,015.421 667.75 Finland 18,507 18.459 1,002.58 16.746 1,105.16 Netherlands 3,682,499 8,658.997 425.28 7,855.313 468.79 France 2,213,149 3,952.778 559.90 3,585.901 617.18 Japan 1,351,736 1,963.138 688.56 1,780.930 759.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,279,430 17,917.305 517.90 16,254.311 570.89 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 247,372 371.985 665.00 337.460 733.04 Czech Republic 140,991 210.831 668.74 191.263 737.16 Korea, South 41,558 91.618 453.60 83.115 500.01 Japan 269,053 521.591 515.83 473.180 568.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 698,974 1,196.027 584.41 1,085.018 644.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,346,756 33,985.592 569.26 30,831.220 627.51 Mexico 2,930,035 5,793.596 505.74 5,255.864 557.48 Colombia 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Brazil 456,535 300.105 1,521.25 272.251 1,676.89 Sweden 997,493 308.974 3,228.40 280.297 3,558.70 United Kingdom 920,764 1,253.755 734.40 1,137.388 809.54 Netherlands 500,257 373.242 1,340.30 338.600 1,477.43 France 693,579 247.853 2,798.34 224.849 3,084.64 Federal Republic of Germany 967,299 787.952 1,227.61 714.819 1,353.21 Austria 194,091 52.473 3,698.85 47.603 4,077.29 Czech Republic 29,615 18.020 1,643.40 16.348 1,811.54 Ukraine 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 Spain 4,253,232 3,458.680 1,229.73 3,137.663 1,355.54 Italy 95,719 54.956 1,741.71 49.856 1,919.91 Bulgaria 1,958,438 5,201.946 376.48 4,719.128 415.00 India 93,380 67.106 1,391.52 60.878 1,533.89 China 1,386,304 1,123.110 1,234.34 1,018.869 1,360.63 Korea, South 2,290,729 2,518.546 909.54 2,284.788 1,002.60 Taiwan 420,156 84.655 4,963.14 76.798 5,470.92 Japan 7,119,958 8,030.082 886.66 7,284.770 977.38 South Africa 43,550 38.858 1,120.73 35.252 1,235.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,856,308 63,798.741 703.09 57,877.261 775.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 292,531 488.290 599.09 442.970 660.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,471,524 2,847.451 516.79 2,583.165 569.66 Austria 29,503 3.357 8,786.83 3.046 9,685.82 China 29,047 31.832 912.49 28.878 1,005.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,822,605 3,370.932 540.68 3,058.059 596.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,785,859 1,684.302 1,654.01 1,527.974 1,823.24 Colombia 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 Brazil 28,699 11.059 2,594.97 10.033 2,860.46 Sweden 114,096 68.830 1,657.64 62.442 1,827.23 United Kingdom 2,185,433 807.880 2,705.14 732.897 2,981.91 France 3,095,774 2,129.444 1,453.79 1,931.800 1,602.53 Federal Republic of Germany 547,402 310.847 1,761.00 281.996 1,941.17 Poland 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 Russia 77,635 67.384 1,152.12 61.130 1,270.00 Ukraine 3,117 2.407 1,294.73 2.184 1,427.20 Spain 458,418 325.598 1,407.92 295.378 1,551.97 Italy 78,361 40.108 1,953.72 36.386 2,153.60 Romania 16,375 4.370 3,746.57 3.965 4,129.89 China 356,940 420.573 848.70 381.538 935.53 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 305,321 194.558 1,569.30 176.501 1,729.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,392,898 6,368.020 1,632.05 5,776.973 1,799.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,062,919 638.320 1,665.18 579.075 1,835.55 Mexico 143,357 92.794 1,544.88 84.182 1,702.94 Dominican Republic 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 Venezuela 7,665 0.874 8,768.69 0.793 9,665.83 Brazil 2,699,065 814.901 3,312.14 739.266 3,651.01 Sweden 3,907,647 1,743.531 2,241.22 1,581.706 2,470.53 Finland 532,941 1,060.257 502.65 961.850 554.08 United Kingdom 726,143 146.555 4,954.73 132.953 5,461.65 Netherlands 64,460 41.096 1,568.51 37.282 1,728.98 Belgium 150,119 51.136 2,935.67 46.390 3,236.02 France 3,126,379 1,310.388 2,385.84 1,188.765 2,629.94 Federal Republic of Germany 4,579,376 1,611.906 2,840.97 1,462.297 3,131.63 Austria 3,599,599 708.162 5,083.02 642.434 5,603.06 Czech Republic 139,387 38.598 3,611.20 35.016 3,980.67 Poland 164,356 54.147 3,035.33 49.122 3,345.87 Russia 3,894,239 1,848.988 2,106.15 1,677.375 2,321.63 Ukraine 34,087 10.069 3,385.14 9.135 3,731.47 Spain 56,939 49.035 1,161.19 44.484 1,279.99 Italy 278,663 325.016 857.38 294.850 945.10 Slovenia 2,343,338 820.203 2,857.02 744.076 3,149.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 85,685 31.069 2,757.83 28.186 3,039.98 India 25,008 3.883 6,439.65 3.523 7,098.50 China 4,583,613 1,458.606 3,142.46 1,323.226 3,463.97 Korea, South 208,198 161.508 1,289.08 146.518 1,420.97 Taiwan 1,657,162 390.592 4,242.68 354.340 4,676.76 Japan 5,372,056 4,410.444 1,218.03 4,001.089 1,342.65 Australia 3,829 0.019 192,978.41 0.018 212,722.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,477,130 17,826.368 2,214.54 16,171.814 2,441.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 360,403 52.290 6,892.35 47.437 7,597.51 Mexico 429,779 240.789 1,784.87 218.441 1,967.48 Argentina 307,061 131.599 2,333.30 119.385 2,572.02 Sweden 13,310 0.479 27,757.78 0.435 30,597.70 Federal Republic of Germany 509,637 279.767 1,821.64 253.801 2,008.02 Spain 107,262 51.211 2,094.50 46.458 2,308.80 Italy 1,541,127 540.965 2,848.84 490.756 3,140.31 India 35,502 8.218 4,319.59 7.456 4,761.53 China 1,542,820 1,510.579 1,021.34 1,370.375 1,125.84 Japan 164,077 68.237 2,404.50 61.904 2,650.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,010,978 2,884.139 1,737.43 2,616.448 1,915.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 9,657,898 5,883.495 1,641.52 5,337.419 1,809.47 Mexico 2,374 0.091 25,947.68 0.083 28,602.41 Colombia 571,907 1,277.313 447.74 1,158.760 493.55 Brazil 2,119,752 1,386.821 1,528.50 1,258.104 1,684.88 United Kingdom 213,710 9.076 23,545.60 8.234 25,954.58 Federal Republic of Germany 11,531,907 7,827.179 1,473.32 7,100.700 1,624.05 Austria 3,548,511 3,317.199 1,069.73 3,009.314 1,179.18 Czech Republic 967,846 898.986 1,076.60 815.547 1,186.74 Russia 1,032,379 715.963 1,441.94 649.511 1,589.47 Spain 1,928,400 1,380.187 1,397.20 1,252.085 1,540.15 Italy 3,032 0.159 18,969.55 0.145 20,910.34 India 4,370,779 4,003.525 1,091.73 3,631.938 1,203.43 China 6,889,256 6,131.178 1,123.64 5,562.113 1,238.60 Japan 28,520,700 8,424.354 3,385.51 7,642.448 3,731.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,358,451 41,255.533 1,729.67 37,426.401 1,906.63 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 19,894,939 21,338.396 932.35 19,357.873 1,027.74 Federal Republic of Germany 3,153 5.254 600.03 4.767 661.42 Japan 2,779,511 2,318.298 1,198.94 2,103.126 1,321.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,677,603 23,661.949 958.40 21,465.766 1,056.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 10,000 3.381 2,956.93 3.068 3,259.45 Mexico 69,436 50.155 1,384.42 45.500 1,526.07 Brazil 6,792 1.102 6,161.60 1.000 6,792.00 Netherlands 5,634 9.390 599.96 8.519 661.35 Federal Republic of Germany 91,929 80.106 1,147.59 72.671 1,265.00 Italy 28,553 4.537 6,293.21 4.116 6,937.07 China 35,256 18.579 1,897.58 16.855 2,091.72 Japan 24,489 9.854 2,485.02 8.940 2,739.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 272,089 177.107 1,536.30 160.669 1,693.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 739,064 429.315 1,721.49 389.469 1,897.62 Netherlands 18,789 0.298 62,897.04 0.271 69,332.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 757,853 429.614 1,764.03 389.740 1,944.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,007,076 1,737.080 1,155.43 1,575.853 1,273.64 Mexico 2,064,440 1,198.940 1,721.89 1,087.661 1,898.05 Brazil 91,005 88.813 1,024.68 80.570 1,129.51 Argentina 1,058,127 457.873 2,310.96 415.376 2,547.40 Sweden 1,058,528 741.005 1,428.50 672.229 1,574.65 United Kingdom 306,982 258.732 1,186.49 234.718 1,307.88 France 404,605 246.474 1,641.57 223.598 1,809.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,337,382 1,332.356 1,754.32 1,208.694 1,933.81 Czech Republic 639,192 131.434 4,863.21 119.235 5,360.77 Switzerland 333,357 155.245 2,147.30 140.836 2,366.99 Spain 705,171 448.753 1,571.40 407.102 1,732.17 Italy 2,166,066 947.149 2,286.93 859.240 2,520.91 India 804,706 624.229 1,289.12 566.292 1,421.01 China 787,828 1,240.710 634.98 1,125.554 699.95 Korea, South 100,230 160.635 623.96 145.726 687.80 Taiwan 26,036 17.401 1,496.23 15.786 1,649.31 Japan 10,179,282 4,354.615 2,337.58 3,950.442 2,576.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,070,013 14,141.450 1,772.80 12,828.912 1,954.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 8,998 6.191 1,453.24 5.617 1,601.92 Sweden 224,947 156.627 1,436.19 142.090 1,583.13 United Kingdom 30,237 10.199 2,964.50 9.253 3,267.81 France 2,365,546 917.456 2,578.37 832.303 2,842.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,897,687 971.593 2,982.41 881.415 3,287.54 Austria 90,783 27.186 3,339.29 24.663 3,680.94 Spain 280,641 40.103 6,997.97 36.381 7,713.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 221,716 147.748 1,500.63 134.035 1,654.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,120,555 2,277.106 2,687.86 2,065.757 2,962.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,570,321 373.524 4,204.06 338.856 4,634.18 United Kingdom 2,125 1.089 1,951.18 0.988 2,150.81 Federal Republic of Germany 123,068 27.742 4,436.01 25.168 4,889.86 Hungary 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 India 40,367 21.707 1,859.56 19.693 2,049.81 China 42,948 78.598 546.43 71.303 602.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,786,516 505.688 3,532.84 458.753 3,894.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 485,453 414.518 1,171.12 376.045 1,290.94 Mexico 30,076 90.973 330.60 82.530 364.43 Finland 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 United Kingdom 9,904 7.443 1,330.48 6.753 1,466.61 Federal Republic of Germany 20,360 7.923 2,569.60 7.188 2,832.50 Poland 67,524 14.132 4,777.85 12.821 5,266.67 Italy 186,347 78.181 2,383.52 70.925 2,627.38 China 117,636 43.560 2,700.55 39.517 2,976.85 Korea, South 313,897 625.679 501.69 567.607 553.02 Taiwan 574,611 239.261 2,401.61 217.054 2,647.32 Japan 432,753 220.345 1,963.98 199.894 2,164.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,759,418 1,940.756 1,421.83 1,760.625 1,567.29 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 32,287 36.693 879.91 33.288 969.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,287 36.693 879.91 33.288 969.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 212,775 178.386 1,192.77 161.830 1,314.81 Mexico 1,244,035 1,045.300 1,190.12 948.281 1,311.88 Brazil 83,990 79.119 1,061.56 71.776 1,170.17 Sweden 12,801 21.780 587.73 19.759 647.86 United Kingdom 193,858 8.489 22,833.69 7.702 25,169.83 Netherlands 37,053 2.418 15,320.84 2.194 16,888.33 France 85,642 5.381 15,914.20 4.882 17,542.40 Federal Republic of Germany 155,536 13.987 11,119.86 12.689 12,257.55 Austria 291,949 58.189 5,017.18 52.789 5,530.49 Italy 2,095,080 1,661.122 1,261.24 1,506.945 1,390.28 Turkey 23,350 25.493 915.93 23.127 1,009.64 China 680,483 618.622 1,100.00 561.205 1,212.54 Korea, South 1,887,882 1,540.016 1,225.88 1,397.080 1,351.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 171,722 140.247 1,224.43 127.230 1,349.70 Japan 2,285,058 1,447.380 1,578.75 1,313.042 1,740.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,461,214 6,845.936 1,382.02 6,210.531 1,523.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,665,095 2,540.660 655.38 2,304.849 722.43 Sweden 3,293,846 3,423.741 962.06 3,105.967 1,060.49 Finland 119,639 88.884 1,346.00 80.635 1,483.71 Netherlands 592,312 1,307.361 453.06 1,186.019 499.41 France 1,146,841 1,708.072 671.42 1,549.538 740.12 Federal Republic of Germany 26,738 23.699 1,128.20 21.500 1,243.63 Austria 989,872 1,309.721 755.79 1,188.160 833.11 Spain 8,382 3.355 2,498.04 3.044 2,753.61 Japan 4,172,308 5,963.088 699.69 5,409.624 771.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,015,033 16,368.586 734.03 14,849.336 809.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,352,906 1,833.146 738.02 1,663.003 813.53 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Finland 54,262 101.633 533.90 92.200 588.52 United Kingdom 2,288,245 2,477.604 923.57 2,247.646 1,018.06 Netherlands 940,424 1,516.410 620.16 1,375.665 683.61 France 2,548,512 2,883.541 883.81 2,615.906 974.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,040,183 1,317.098 789.75 1,194.852 870.55 Korea, South 1,216,925 1,952.622 623.23 1,771.390 686.99 Japan 2,993,642 4,200.287 712.72 3,810.438 785.64 Australia 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,514,564 16,323.759 766.65 14,808.670 845.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,902,160 5,521.866 706.67 5,009.354 778.97 Brazil 494,781 731.914 676.01 663.982 745.17 Finland 536,358 840.699 637.99 762.670 703.26 Netherlands 362,007 631.275 573.45 572.684 632.12 Belgium 607,970 875.468 694.45 794.212 765.50 Federal Republic of Germany 3,506,155 7,407.020 473.36 6,719.538 521.79 Spain 2,873,132 4,450.805 645.53 4,037.704 711.58 Japan 889,390 1,177.689 755.20 1,068.382 832.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,171,953 21,636.740 608.78 19,628.526 671.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,333,621 1,026.034 1,299.78 930.803 1,432.76 United Kingdom 4,608 4.443 1,037.04 4.031 1,143.14 Federal Republic of Germany 3,234,047 4,752.628 680.48 4,311.513 750.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 274,229 306.431 894.91 277.990 986.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,846,505 6,089.537 795.87 5,524.337 877.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 294,367 94.863 3,103.05 86.059 3,420.53 Sweden 45,315 3.685 12,297.06 3.343 13,555.19 United Kingdom 252,442 77.230 3,268.70 70.062 3,603.12 Federal Republic of Germany 4,194,833 2,813.135 1,491.16 2,552.034 1,643.72 Austria 220,397 238.352 924.67 216.230 1,019.27 Russia 4,315,884 1,844.211 2,340.23 1,673.041 2,579.66 Korea, South 18,898 19.036 992.70 17.270 1,094.27 Japan 709,031 706.442 1,003.66 640.874 1,106.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,051,167 5,796.957 1,733.87 5,258.913 1,911.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 240,609 536.412 448.55 486.625 494.44 Federal Republic of Germany 152,762 141.707 1,078.01 128.555 1,188.30 China 2,340 0.557 4,195.28 0.506 4,624.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 395,711 678.677 583.06 615.686 642.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,037,819 463.603 2,238.59 420.574 2,467.63 Sweden 1,095,699 312.135 3,510.33 283.165 3,869.47 United Kingdom 64,610 23.292 2,773.80 21.131 3,057.59 France 542,900 53.226 10,199.87 48.286 11,243.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,189,360 2,520.541 1,265.35 2,286.597 1,394.81 Austria 439,629 74.486 5,902.13 67.573 6,505.99 Switzerland 19,735 8.553 2,307.13 7.760 2,543.17 India 10,988 0.440 24,920.37 0.400 27,470.00 Japan 50,912 15.612 3,261.07 14.163 3,594.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,451,652 3,471.892 1,858.25 3,149.649 2,048.37 GRAND TOTAL 398,905,818 389,319.781 1,024.62 353,185.064 1,129.45 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 2,545 3.367 755.74 3.055 833.06 Sweden 2,128 4.528 469.93 4.108 518.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,673 7.895 591.83 7.163 652.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 42,734,002 116,945.158 365.42 106,090.893 402.81 Mexico 33,803,117 84,420.438 400.41 76,584.955 441.38 Venezuela 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Brazil 33,133,110 106,850.198 310.09 96,932.897 341.81 Finland 1,693,244 5,019.527 337.33 4,553.640 371.84 United Kingdom 20,802,966 57,516.559 361.69 52,178.160 398.69 Netherlands 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Belgium 8,884,685 22,972.128 386.76 20,839.970 426.33 Federal Republic of Germany 5,694,266 13,438.517 423.73 12,191.221 467.08 Austria 1,730,953 2,704.150 640.11 2,453.165 705.60 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 15,164,511 42,201.898 359.33 38,284.929 396.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 228,536,353 642,168.460 355.88 582,565.592 392.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 9,953,525 16,196.130 614.56 14,692.887 677.44 Mexico 867,571 1,795.383 483.22 1,628.745 532.66 Trinidad and Tobago 2,803,106 6,480.935 432.52 5,879.407 476.77 Venezuela 1,810,944 4,287.465 422.38 3,889.524 465.60 Brazil 10,457,928 18,852.672 554.72 17,102.862 611.47 Argentina 2,509,414 5,915.497 424.21 5,366.451 467.61 United Kingdom 4,654,832 7,782.763 598.10 7,060.406 659.29 Netherlands 775,272 1,276.804 607.20 1,158.298 669.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,588,045 3,473.615 745.06 3,151.212 821.29 Czech Republic 237,444 551.609 430.46 500.412 474.50 Belarus 19,433 36.446 533.19 33.064 587.74 Spain 5,231,796 11,108.255 470.98 10,077.243 519.17 Turkey 6,744,837 18,919.073 356.51 17,163.100 392.98 Thailand 11,356 18.011 630.48 16.340 694.98 China 22,620,075 61,050.019 370.52 55,383.662 408.43 Korea, South 444,732 1,044.237 425.89 947.317 469.46 Taiwan 12,058 19.266 625.86 17.478 689.90 Japan 8,389,446 11,221.708 747.61 10,180.166 824.10 South Africa 410,578 1,033.271 397.36 937.368 438.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 80,542,392 171,063.170 470.83 155,185.942 519.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,735,105 12,258.566 631.00 11,120.788 695.55 Mexico 1,673,928 3,143.465 532.51 2,851.705 586.99 Brazil 1,556,214 4,120.321 377.69 3,737.894 416.33 Argentina 90,534 244.525 370.24 221.830 408.12 Norway 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 United Kingdom 1,786,239 2,179.914 819.41 1,977.586 903.24 Netherlands 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 Belgium 562,896 496.039 1,134.78 450.000 1,250.88 Luxembourg 5,818,648 7,482.003 777.69 6,787.561 857.25 France 2,170 1.571 1,380.50 1.426 1,521.74 Federal Republic of Germany 3,641,899 4,534.694 803.12 4,113.807 885.29 Poland 5,159,424 12,057.663 427.90 10,938.531 471.67 Spain 115,515 136.581 845.76 123.905 932.29 Italy 17,923 2.883 6,215.40 2.616 6,851.30 Turkey 21,506 46.392 463.56 42.087 510.99 China 55,552 115.538 480.81 104.815 530.00 Korea, South 653,071 1,683.918 387.83 1,527.626 427.51 Japan 1,022,571 2,040.063 501.24 1,850.715 552.53 South Africa 1,036,334 2,061.472 502.72 1,870.137 554.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,181,543 54,562.293 589.81 49,498.094 650.16 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,377,396 1,655.953 831.78 1,502.256 916.89 Luxembourg 4,609,952 6,030.757 764.41 5,471.013 842.61 Federal Republic of Germany 146,885 195.482 751.40 177.339 828.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,134,233 7,882.193 778.24 7,150.608 857.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,303,056 13,231.479 703.10 12,003.400 775.04 Norway 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Belgium 2,928,290 3,085.655 949.00 2,799.260 1,046.09 Federal Republic of Germany 142,659 186.709 764.07 169.380 842.24 Austria 3,065,851 3,628.099 845.03 3,291.357 931.49 Russia 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Turkey 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 Thailand 8,670,292 21,251.048 407.99 19,278.632 449.74 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 35,001 116.915 299.37 106.064 330.00 Australia 4,240,108 7,809.174 542.96 7,084.366 598.52 South Africa 1,038,282 1,376.468 754.31 1,248.712 831.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 40,736,047 72,638.958 560.80 65,896.973 618.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,332,851 24,965.761 534.05 22,648.564 588.68 Mexico 1,225,117 2,625.444 466.63 2,381.764 514.37 Venezuela 256,064 598.014 428.19 542.510 472.00 Sweden 3,554 10.725 331.36 9.730 365.26 Finland 1,134,482 3,003.311 377.74 2,724.559 416.39 Netherlands 3,377,117 8,919.220 378.63 8,091.383 417.37 France 3,916,833 8,905.150 439.84 8,078.619 484.84 Federal Republic of Germany 879,815 1,779.983 494.28 1,614.774 544.85 Hungary 103,058 264.190 390.09 239.670 430.00 Spain 1,190,325 3,336.320 356.78 3,026.660 393.28 Italy 637,211 1,859.696 342.64 1,687.089 377.70 Turkey 2,888,360 7,117.886 405.79 6,457.240 447.31 India 38,646 65.055 594.05 59.017 654.83 Korea, South 40,374 84.977 475.12 77.090 523.73 Japan 265,016 332.807 796.30 301.918 877.77 New Zealand 483,631 1,031.024 469.08 935.330 517.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,772,454 64,899.570 458.75 58,875.917 505.68 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 334,231 446.098 749.23 404.694 825.89 Austria 26,535 19.938 1,330.84 18.088 1,466.99 Czech Republic 2,298,209 4,149.616 553.84 3,764.470 610.50 Spain 89,603 113.270 791.06 102.757 871.99 Japan 1,563,360 2,499.647 625.43 2,267.643 689.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,311,938 7,228.571 596.51 6,557.652 657.54 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 671,087 948.558 707.48 860.518 779.86 Austria 289,014 366.728 788.09 332.691 868.72 Spain 165,316 224.092 737.71 203.293 813.19 Korea, South 445,610 725.264 614.41 657.949 677.27 Japan 310,811 365.724 849.85 331.780 936.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,881,838 2,630.368 715.43 2,386.231 788.62 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 221,855 255.116 869.62 231.438 958.59 India 63,333 74.857 846.04 67.910 932.60 China 40,226 52.830 761.42 47.927 839.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,414 382.805 850.08 347.275 937.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 13,727,209 23,179.632 592.21 21,028.215 652.80 Mexico 2,098,003 3,665.175 572.42 3,324.992 630.98 Brazil 1,803,704 2,846.947 633.56 2,582.708 698.38 Argentina 450,828 1,220.117 369.50 1,106.872 407.30 Sweden 2,405 1.053 2,282.20 0.956 2,515.69 United Kingdom 13,307,622 18,095.010 735.43 16,415.522 810.67 France 124,043 187.337 662.14 169.950 729.88 Federal Republic of Germany 226,402 296.952 762.42 269.391 840.42 Czech Republic 7,239 4.682 1,545.93 4.248 1,704.10 Poland 2,814 1.418 1,983.54 1.287 2,186.48 Russia 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 Spain 417,968 572.524 730.04 519.386 804.73 Italy 14,028 27.447 511.08 24.900 563.37 Turkey 1,449,703 3,421.622 423.69 3,104.045 467.04 India 298,577 444.797 671.26 403.514 739.94 China 1,051,398 2,269.790 463.21 2,059.120 510.61 Korea, South 902,223 2,119.094 425.76 1,922.411 469.32 Taiwan 622,781 1,565.201 397.89 1,419.927 438.60 Japan 2,105,948 2,731.412 771.01 2,477.896 849.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,616,032 62,652.643 616.35 56,837.538 679.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,460,940 5,926.214 584.01 5,376.173 643.76 Mexico 1,196,869 2,190.073 546.50 1,986.802 602.41 Brazil 670,368 1,808.215 370.73 1,640.386 408.66 France 3,008 3.750 802.12 3.402 884.19 Italy 8,383 7.723 1,085.33 7.007 1,196.38 Turkey 323,644 779.790 415.04 707.414 457.50 China 563,245 1,327.399 424.32 1,204.197 467.73 Korea, South 87,538 227.578 384.65 206.456 424.00 Taiwan 276,999 698.715 396.44 633.864 437.00 Japan 1,342,898 3,499.507 383.74 3,174.701 423.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,933,892 16,468.969 481.75 14,940.402 531.04 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,203,217 3,144.759 1,018.59 2,852.879 1,122.80 Mexico 263,895 404.636 652.18 367.080 718.90 Brazil 20,653 22.363 923.51 20.288 1,017.99 United Kingdom 1,426,890 1,300.671 1,097.04 1,179.950 1,209.28 Belgium 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 France 593,924 412.309 1,440.48 374.041 1,587.86 Federal Republic of Germany 4,173,657 3,686.861 1,132.04 3,344.665 1,247.86 Austria 167,490 92.955 1,801.83 84.328 1,986.17 Switzerland 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 Russia 388,550 437.036 889.06 396.473 980.02 Ukraine 2,090 1.613 1,295.09 1.464 1,427.60 Spain 1,017,246 1,117.474 910.31 1,013.756 1,003.44 Italy 191,117 206.105 927.28 186.976 1,022.15 Romania 54,985 21.516 2,555.54 19.519 2,817.00 India 77,373 17.351 4,459.16 15.741 4,915.38 Malaysia 7,086 10.980 645.35 9.961 711.37 China 152,023 233.525 650.99 211.851 717.59 Korea, South 11,764 4.179 2,814.38 3.792 3,102.32 Japan 194,001 166.140 1,167.69 150.720 1,287.16 South Africa 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,101,217 11,543.906 1,048.28 10,472.459 1,155.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 21,878,128 27,434.094 797.48 24,887.799 879.07 Mexico 6,880,048 8,741.900 787.02 7,930.521 867.54 Guatemala 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 Dominican Republic 68,942 170.778 403.69 154.928 444.99 Colombia 1,506,540 1,886.420 798.62 1,711.332 880.33 Venezuela 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 Ecuador 122,874 110.502 1,111.96 100.246 1,225.72 Argentina 144,128 242.052 595.44 219.586 656.36 Sweden 18,348 1.089 16,847.20 0.988 18,570.85 United Kingdom 63,708 1.151 55,306.16 1.045 60,964.59 Netherlands 665,833 856.866 777.06 777.336 856.56 France 46,913 24.648 1,903.26 22.361 2,097.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,767,321 1,105.789 1,598.24 1,003.156 1,761.76 Czech Republic 12,975 8.926 1,453.53 8.098 1,602.25 Switzerland 20,831 5.491 3,793.17 4.982 4,181.25 Russia 782,826 1,079.699 725.04 979.487 799.22 Ukraine 563,381 810.157 695.40 734.963 766.54 Spain 1,911,667 1,293.439 1,477.97 1,173.389 1,629.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 899,083 611.446 1,470.42 554.695 1,620.86 Romania 119,895 99.347 1,206.82 90.127 1,330.29 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 4,374,673 7,402.432 590.98 6,715.376 651.44 Thailand 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 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 19,400,005 34,022.571 570.21 30,864.766 628.55 Korea, South 1,573,448 1,697.129 927.12 1,539.610 1,021.98 Taiwan 2,230,787 4,304.811 518.21 3,905.260 571.23 Japan 2,196,514 2,370.682 926.53 2,150.648 1,021.33 South Africa 710,268 496.165 1,431.51 450.114 1,577.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,921,114 111,214.158 700.64 100,891.816 772.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,365,441 4,207.193 1,037.61 3,816.703 1,143.77 Mexico 1,068,072 1,178.522 906.28 1,069.138 999.00 Colombia 7,880,960 5,841.844 1,349.05 5,299.634 1,487.08 Venezuela 9,124,316 12,351.327 738.73 11,204.939 814.31 Brazil 2,978,547 2,904.047 1,025.65 2,634.508 1,130.59 Sweden 7,700 0.360 21,361.85 0.327 23,547.40 United Kingdom 10,092 0.116 86,370.86 0.106 95,207.55 France 263,014 176.312 1,491.75 159.948 1,644.37 Federal Republic of Germany 344,489 298.549 1,153.87 270.840 1,271.93 Austria 3,645,255 2,586.356 1,409.42 2,346.304 1,553.62 Czech Republic 50,697 24.988 2,028.83 22.669 2,236.40 Russia 3,450,574 4,947.258 697.47 4,488.079 768.83 Ukraine 3,304,824 3,149.903 1,049.18 2,857.545 1,156.53 Spain 277,131 203.139 1,364.24 184.285 1,503.82 Greece 1,041,532 1,595.020 652.99 1,446.979 719.80 India 2,134,156 1,724.318 1,237.68 1,564.276 1,364.31 Indonesia 4,125 10.104 408.22 9.167 449.98 China 33,573,529 40,537.262 828.21 36,774.796 912.95 Korea, South 3,604,939 4,587.045 785.90 4,161.299 866.30 Taiwan 2,003,541 2,413.688 830.07 2,189.662 915.00 Japan 393,165 84.087 4,675.66 76.283 5,154.03 Australia 36,237 20.157 1,797.65 18.287 1,981.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,562,336 88,841.608 895.55 80,595.774 987.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 3,801 7.723 492.11 7.007 542.46 Mexico 12,650 1.433 8,827.61 1.300 9,730.77 Federal Republic of Germany 761,659 554.513 1,373.56 503.046 1,514.09 Czech Republic 169,570 146.860 1,154.63 133.230 1,272.76 Spain 16,991 18.424 922.22 16.714 1,016.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 3,473,732 3,396.660 1,022.69 3,081.399 1,127.32 India 19,047,107 20,414.892 933.00 18,520.084 1,028.46 China 85,722 152.406 562.46 138.261 620.00 Korea, South 1,860,991 2,731.404 681.33 2,477.889 751.04 Taiwan 38,280 63.175 605.93 57.312 667.92 Japan 12,562,047 13,597.638 923.84 12,335.574 1,018.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,032,550 41,085.132 925.70 37,271.816 1,020.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 26,509 23.702 1,118.38 21.503 1,232.80 Mexico 3,729,197 4,496.684 829.32 4,079.325 914.17 Guatemala 9,377 12.392 756.69 11.242 834.10 Venezuela 22,488 34.963 643.19 31.718 709.00 Brazil 191,341 143.762 1,330.95 130.419 1,467.13 Sweden 3,741 7.194 519.96 6.527 573.16 United Kingdom 56,637 3.667 15,443.41 3.327 17,023.44 France 972,774 875.884 1,110.62 794.589 1,224.25 Austria 1,188,476 1,108.725 1,071.93 1,005.819 1,181.60 Czech Republic 29,375 28.726 1,022.58 26.060 1,127.21 Russia 65,284 89.395 730.29 81.098 805.00 Ukraine 292,499 354.007 826.25 321.150 910.79 Spain 61,816 43.481 1,421.65 39.446 1,567.10 Italy 1,579,240 1,214.998 1,299.79 1,102.228 1,432.77 China 11,243,351 14,609.909 769.57 13,253.891 848.31 Korea, South 512,021 793.990 644.87 720.296 710.85 Taiwan 106,438 193.573 549.86 175.607 606.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,090,564 24,035.059 835.89 21,804.245 921.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,214,338 2,611.082 848.05 2,368.735 934.82 Venezuela 897,116 1,395.536 642.85 1,266.010 708.62 China 1,506,030 2,792.660 539.28 2,533.460 594.46 Korea, South 3,167,151 5,284.815 599.29 4,794.305 660.61 Taiwan 804,092 1,399.618 574.51 1,269.713 633.29 Japan 91,470 107.585 850.21 97.600 937.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,680,197 13,591.299 638.66 12,329.823 704.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,360,551 8,317.887 1,005.13 7,545.863 1,107.96 Mexico 12,815,593 17,071.134 750.72 15,486.677 827.52 Costa Rica 141,663 191.026 741.59 173.296 817.46 Dominican Republic 319,015 452.311 705.30 410.330 777.46 Colombia 615,145 728.893 843.94 661.241 930.29 Brazil 868,650 675.635 1,285.68 612.926 1,417.22 Argentina 218,275 197.221 1,106.75 178.916 1,219.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 25,170 8.752 2,875.80 7.940 3,170.03 Norway 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Denmark 26,166 2.818 9,283.30 2.557 10,233.09 United Kingdom 5,738 11.933 480.83 10.826 530.02 Netherlands 3,334 0.976 3,413.72 0.886 3,762.98 Belgium 3,089 1.242 2,486.51 1.127 2,740.91 France 1,008,166 799.218 1,261.44 725.039 1,390.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,187,447 1,184.516 1,846.70 1,074.576 2,035.64 Austria 55,716 21.583 2,581.45 19.580 2,845.56 Slovakia 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 Switzerland 1,227,442 490.581 2,502.02 445.048 2,758.00 Russia 123,253 169.617 726.65 153.874 801.00 Ukraine 18,278 13.911 1,313.91 12.620 1,448.34 Spain 1,728,506 1,045.114 1,653.89 948.112 1,823.10 Italy 443,263 284.208 1,559.64 257.830 1,719.21 Romania 51,748 47.670 1,085.53 43.246 1,196.60 Turkey 3,552,389 5,718.811 621.18 5,188.020 684.73 India 729,955 586.235 1,245.16 531.824 1,372.55 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 7,368,488 9,158.294 804.57 8,308.267 886.89 Korea, South 2,427,866 3,172.410 765.31 2,877.963 843.61 Taiwan 104,295 70.417 1,481.09 63.882 1,632.62 Japan 2,504,003 1,055.237 2,372.93 957.296 2,615.70 Australia 107,195 65.121 1,646.08 59.077 1,814.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,058,019 51,552.878 912.81 46,767.998 1,006.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,422 83.812 1,066.94 76.033 1,176.09 Mexico 395,422 271.169 1,458.21 246.001 1,607.40 Brazil 125,304 80.380 1,558.89 72.920 1,718.38 Argentina 276,802 153.739 1,800.46 139.470 1,984.67 Netherlands 171,427 17.348 9,881.56 15.738 10,892.55 France 1,030,400 1,162.324 886.50 1,054.443 977.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,003,997 1,677.817 1,194.41 1,522.091 1,316.61 Poland 29,629 26.061 1,136.87 23.643 1,253.18 Spain 28,747 12.268 2,343.11 11.130 2,582.84 Italy 631,081 293.872 2,147.46 266.597 2,367.17 Romania 63,522 66.241 958.95 60.093 1,057.06 India 48,445 5.944 8,149.19 5.393 8,982.94 Vietnam 49,364 41.711 1,183.46 37.840 1,304.55 China 499,989 844.907 591.77 766.487 652.31 Korea, South 34,700 0.890 38,959.55 0.808 42,945.54 Taiwan 53,077 31.397 1,690.51 28.483 1,863.46 Japan 51,503 43.934 1,172.26 39.857 1,292.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,582,831 4,813.821 1,159.75 4,367.027 1,278.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,304,889 510.980 2,553.70 463.554 2,814.97 Mexico 399,895 207.871 1,923.76 188.578 2,120.58 Brazil 4,608 0.109 42,225.34 0.099 46,545.45 France 5,496 0.753 7,289.31 0.684 8,035.09 Vietnam 87,314 63.495 1,375.13 57.602 1,515.82 China 9,240 8.101 1,140.46 7.350 1,257.14 Korea, South 3,728 1.798 2,072.30 1.632 2,284.31 Japan 223,405 80.742 2,766.90 73.248 3,049.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,038,575 873.853 2,332.86 792.747 2,571.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 16,775,463 20,274.785 827.41 18,392.981 912.06 Mexico 3,355,434 3,427.052 979.10 3,108.971 1,079.27 United Kingdom 37,920 71.491 530.41 64.856 584.68 Belgium 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 Federal Republic of Germany 35,868 34.712 1,033.28 31.491 1,138.99 Austria 93,544 60.996 1,533.60 55.335 1,690.50 Turkey 3,046,022 6,887.070 442.28 6,247.847 487.53 India 100,734 5.626 17,904.46 5.104 19,736.29 China 698,498 1,408.585 495.89 1,277.848 546.62 Korea, South 2,111,807 3,879.871 544.30 3,519.761 599.99 Australia 19,664 24.650 797.70 22.363 879.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,284,073 36,078.921 728.52 32,730.256 803.05 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 311,837 335.702 928.91 304.544 1,023.95 Mexico 187,896 101.183 1,856.99 91.792 2,046.98 China 803,220 1,023.677 784.64 928.665 864.92 Korea, South 5,210 7.059 738.04 6.404 813.55 Japan 14,669 30.229 485.25 27.424 534.90 South Africa 152,444 241.795 630.47 219.353 694.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,475,276 1,739.647 848.03 1,578.182 934.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,425,219 13,483.133 847.37 12,231.696 934.07 Mexico 7,362,999 8,994.665 818.60 8,159.826 902.35 Dominican Republic 208,860 298.818 698.95 271.084 770.46 Trinidad and Tobago 14,908 18.870 790.02 17.119 870.85 Venezuela 329,564 449.260 733.57 407.562 808.62 Ecuador 13,372 19.583 682.81 17.766 752.67 Chile 320,487 379.778 843.88 344.529 930.22 Brazil 1,484,447 2,152.745 689.56 1,952.938 760.11 Argentina 117,270 215.318 544.63 195.334 600.36 Sweden 269,132 103.781 2,593.26 94.149 2,858.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 34,060 3.472 9,809.12 3.150 10,812.70 Finland 165,645 195.146 848.82 177.034 935.67 United Kingdom 595,917 459.308 1,297.42 416.678 1,430.16 Belgium 899,138 624.136 1,440.61 566.207 1,588.00 France 521,110 300.743 1,732.74 272.830 1,910.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,827,871 1,703.541 1,072.98 1,545.427 1,182.76 Austria 761,985 181.965 4,187.53 165.076 4,615.96 Czech Republic 26,836 20.127 1,333.33 18.259 1,469.74 Poland 534,334 539.240 990.90 489.191 1,092.28 Russia 189,251 231.528 817.40 210.039 901.03 Belarus 374,509 420.184 891.30 381.185 982.49 Ukraine 10,717 17.358 617.41 15.747 680.57 Moldova 857,237 1,126.657 760.87 1,022.087 838.71 Spain 81,010 94.405 858.11 85.643 945.90 Italy 708,158 573.860 1,234.02 520.598 1,360.28 Greece 987,152 1,122.343 879.55 1,018.173 969.53 Turkey 27,260 46.348 588.15 42.047 648.32 Israel 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 India 426,224 687.708 619.77 623.879 683.18 Thailand 294,708 351.615 838.15 318.980 923.91 Malaysia 19,344 17.709 1,092.28 16.066 1,204.03 Indonesia 76,075 21.194 3,589.44 19.227 3,956.68 China 6,611,785 11,303.931 584.91 10,254.757 644.75 Korea, South 2,287,815 2,317.652 987.13 2,102.540 1,088.12 Taiwan 661,750 771.778 857.43 700.146 945.16 Japan 2,277,941 2,221.044 1,025.62 2,014.898 1,130.55 Australia 32,729 43.917 745.24 39.841 821.49 Egypt 41,014 51.027 803.77 46.291 886.00 South Africa 861,218 1,426.651 603.66 1,294.237 665.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,981,607 53,382.674 823.89 48,427.961 908.19 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 7,872 16.420 479.41 14.896 528.46 Federal Republic of Germany 55,780 105.545 528.49 95.749 582.56 China 215,112 420.426 511.65 381.405 564.00 Japan 850,212 861.575 986.81 781.608 1,087.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,128,976 1,403.967 804.13 1,273.658 886.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,766,433 9,834.098 789.75 8,921.347 870.54 Venezuela 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Brazil 1,998,846 2,229.789 896.43 2,022.832 988.14 Norway 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 Netherlands 3,527,330 4,496.688 784.43 4,079.328 864.68 France 2,755,837 3,797.157 725.76 3,444.724 800.02 Federal Republic of Germany 6,788,925 12,675.283 535.60 11,498.827 590.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Korea, South 367,710 504.000 729.58 457.222 804.23 Japan 278,608 301.457 924.20 273.478 1,018.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,628,671 34,054.133 693.86 30,893.399 764.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,198,624 1,473.437 813.49 1,336.680 896.72 Brazil 352,924 483.053 730.61 438.219 805.36 United Kingdom 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Netherlands 35,482 61.711 574.96 55.984 633.79 France 472,770 559.903 844.38 507.936 930.77 Federal Republic of Germany 1,384,237 1,779.175 778.02 1,614.041 857.62 Korea, South 653,680 788.670 828.84 715.470 913.64 Japan 487,102 502.916 968.56 456.238 1,067.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,656,294 5,733.856 812.07 5,201.669 895.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,484,877 47,900.370 532.04 43,454.497 586.47 Mexico 11,028,001 21,658.984 509.17 19,648.706 561.26 Venezuela 1,174,235 2,891.304 406.13 2,622.948 447.68 Sweden 144,414 129.051 1,119.04 117.074 1,233.53 Finland 681,303 1,161.937 586.35 1,054.092 646.34 Netherlands 11,275,978 28,971.219 389.21 26,282.256 429.03 Belgium 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 France 9,398,957 21,138.693 444.63 19,176.706 490.12 Federal Republic of Germany 812,443 1,378.856 589.22 1,250.878 649.50 Austria 372,352 630.147 590.90 571.660 651.35 Hungary 240,547 613.204 392.28 556.290 432.41 Ukraine 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Spain 2,254,638 6,127.264 367.97 5,558.562 405.62 Italy 1,817,251 5,306.465 342.46 4,813.946 377.50 Turkey 5,893,925 14,399.392 409.32 13,062.913 451.20 India 90,366 160.838 561.84 145.910 619.33 Thailand 12,877,335 31,335.162 410.95 28,426.789 453.00 Malaysia 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 China 185,073 351.493 526.53 318.870 580.40 Korea, South 55,456,929 121,782.999 455.37 110,479.710 501.96 Taiwan 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 Japan 108,393 138.395 783.21 125.550 863.35 Australia 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 New Zealand 1,662,911 3,550.202 468.40 3,220.690 516.32 Egypt 12,029 99.880 120.43 90.610 132.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 157,338,850 345,230.817 455.75 313,188.218 502.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 12,111,768 18,994.728 637.64 17,231.733 702.88 Mexico 7,824,901 14,410.164 543.01 13,072.685 598.57 Venezuela 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Brazil 24,137,598 50,331.250 479.57 45,659.755 528.64 Argentina 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Sweden 14,947 24.008 622.58 21.780 686.27 Finland 277,880 500.438 555.27 453.990 612.08 United Kingdom 236,278 557.163 424.07 505.450 467.46 Netherlands 6,521,534 12,412.402 525.40 11,260.345 579.16 Belgium 11,557,088 23,379.246 494.33 21,209.302 544.91 France 311,927 480.216 649.56 435.645 716.01 Federal Republic of Germany 173,222 180.597 959.16 163.835 1,057.30 India 341,475 428.770 796.41 388.974 877.89 China 5,197,105 11,564.745 449.39 10,491.364 495.37 Korea, South 1,557,951 2,901.766 536.90 2,632.439 591.83 Taiwan 622,216 1,233.023 504.63 1,118.580 556.26 Japan 1,330,984 1,840.834 723.03 1,669.977 797.01 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 78,475,396 153,011.120 512.87 138,809.393 565.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,814,472 33,474.582 651.67 30,367.639 718.35 Mexico 9,834,874 12,288.061 800.36 11,147.545 882.25 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 Brazil 10,447,990 18,469.569 565.69 16,755.316 623.56 Argentina 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 Sweden 6,401 7.055 907.18 6.401 1,000.00 Finland 239,647 425.966 562.60 386.430 620.16 Netherlands 2,741,630 4,961.364 552.60 4,500.875 609.13 Belgium 1,670,254 2,210.906 755.46 2,005.701 832.75 Federal Republic of Germany 598,346 1,110.964 538.58 1,007.850 593.69 Austria 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 Spain 353,863 531.936 665.24 482.565 733.30 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 38,476,018 62,228.413 618.30 56,452.683 681.56 China 6,791,109 12,411.934 547.14 11,259.921 603.12 Korea, South 8,451,112 10,370.955 814.88 9,408.375 898.25 Taiwan 15,813,062 23,730.412 666.36 21,527.874 734.54 Japan 64,631 76.524 844.58 69.422 930.99 South Africa 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,410,359 203,790.322 635.02 184,875.523 699.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 657,743 647.355 1,016.05 587.271 1,120.00 Mexico 37,798 56.846 664.92 51.570 732.95 Belgium 84,020 126.137 666.10 114.430 734.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,419,307 2,231.357 636.07 2,024.254 701.15 China 197,962 374.862 528.09 340.070 582.12 Korea, South 25,442 36.729 692.70 33.320 763.57 Taiwan 626,998 920.747 680.97 835.288 750.64 Japan 1,038,044 1,239.802 837.27 1,124.730 922.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,087,314 5,633.837 725.49 5,110.933 799.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 4,062,956 3,563.318 1,140.22 3,232.589 1,256.87 Mexico 7,086,080 8,703.874 814.13 7,896.024 897.42 Chile 606,937 1,013.686 598.74 919.601 660.00 Brazil 1,308,706 1,689.105 774.79 1,532.331 854.06 United Kingdom 1,835,317 2,708.719 677.56 2,457.310 746.88 Belgium 90,552 65.940 1,373.24 59.820 1,513.74 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 17,099 3.686 4,638.74 3.344 5,113.34 Federal Republic of Germany 466,417 185.772 2,510.69 168.530 2,767.56 Italy 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 China 454,365 785.511 578.43 712.604 637.61 Korea, South 6,553,368 10,052.654 651.90 9,119.617 718.60 Taiwan 2,056,211 2,907.645 707.17 2,637.772 779.53 Japan 998,484 558.075 1,789.15 506.278 1,972.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,397,172 34,952.878 783.83 31,708.727 864.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,317,356 4,320.646 536.34 3,919.626 591.22 Mexico 597,418 748.223 798.45 678.777 880.14 United Kingdom 12,196 14.918 817.50 13.534 901.14 Federal Republic of Germany 189,189 229.720 823.56 208.399 907.82 Turkey 59,854 141.279 423.66 128.167 467.00 Thailand 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 Japan 13,538 14.109 959.49 12.800 1,057.66 Egypt 11,505 42.149 272.96 38.237 300.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,204,014 5,521.848 580.24 5,009.338 639.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,635,938 3,477.010 758.10 3,154.292 835.67 Mexico 641,844 721.289 889.86 654.343 980.90 Chile 12,736 13.610 935.77 12.347 1,031.51 Brazil 115,130 88.542 1,300.29 80.324 1,433.32 Sweden 680,795 159.416 4,270.55 144.620 4,707.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,030,788 509.315 2,023.87 462.043 2,230.94 France 16,754 17.790 941.75 16.139 1,038.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,707,137 1,520.287 1,780.67 1,379.182 1,962.86 Austria 389,563 61.282 6,356.79 55.595 7,007.16 Switzerland 373,168 135.130 2,761.55 122.588 3,044.08 Italy 151,807 86.960 1,745.71 78.889 1,924.31 India 607,826 660.379 920.42 599.086 1,014.59 China 116,568 188.783 617.47 171.262 680.64 Korea, South 697,249 770.224 905.25 698.736 997.87 Taiwan 57,227 23.071 2,480.43 20.930 2,734.21 Japan 1,008,625 793.681 1,270.82 720.016 1,400.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,243,155 9,226.775 1,218.54 8,370.392 1,343.21 GRAND TOTAL 1,318,408,721 2,454,904.352 537.05 2,227,052.394 592.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,234 0.195 16,575.35 0.177 18,271.19 United Kingdom 836,057 136.979 6,103.51 124.266 6,727.96 Federal Republic of Germany 94,255 36.689 2,569.00 33.284 2,831.84 Italy 4,392,898 1,711.067 2,567.34 1,552.255 2,830.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,326,444 1,884.931 2,825.80 1,709.982 3,114.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 7,815 5.383 1,451.61 4.884 1,600.12 Brazil 12,053 1.361 8,853.68 1.235 9,759.51 Sweden 7,118,339 2,581.012 2,757.96 2,341.456 3,040.13 United Kingdom 13,431,465 6,365.443 2,110.06 5,774.635 2,325.94 France 5,719 3.940 1,451.24 3.575 1,599.72 Federal Republic of Germany 315,519 53.886 5,855.25 48.885 6,454.31 Czech Republic 3,402 2.343 1,451.67 2.126 1,600.19 Spain 3,815,407 1,261.479 3,024.55 1,144.395 3,333.99 Italy 1,377,497 539.404 2,553.73 489.340 2,815.01 Malaysia 31,539 10.110 3,119.46 9.172 3,438.62 China 99,138 26.906 3,684.56 24.409 4,061.53 Taiwan 39,754 1.757 22,624.99 1.594 24,939.77 Japan 33,149 1.347 24,609.06 1.222 27,126.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,290,796 10,854.377 2,422.14 9,846.928 2,669.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 110,531 37.608 2,938.98 34.118 3,239.67 Sweden 723,640 211.445 3,422.35 191.820 3,772.50 United Kingdom 480,254 192.312 2,497.26 174.463 2,752.76 France 285,370 97.682 2,921.41 88.616 3,220.30 Federal Republic of Germany 34,696 16.745 2,072.00 15.191 2,283.98 Austria 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 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 6,477,037 2,409.396 2,688.24 2,185.768 2,963.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 262,398 42.709 6,143.85 38.745 6,772.44 India 170,110 70.091 2,426.97 63.586 2,675.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 432,508 112.800 3,834.27 102.331 4,226.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 14,403 57.610 250.01 52.263 275.59 Sweden 141,010 57.437 2,455.04 52.106 2,706.21 Finland 221,115 106.161 2,082.82 96.308 2,295.92 Belgium 3,776,771 1,109.760 3,403.23 1,006.758 3,751.42 France 1,060,084 133.881 7,918.10 121.455 8,728.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,335,423 919.332 2,540.35 834.005 2,800.25 Austria 86,764 18.643 4,653.88 16.913 5,130.02 Spain 2,019 0.326 6,187.86 0.296 6,820.95 Italy 611,836 299.479 2,043.00 271.683 2,252.02 China 44,266 23.921 1,850.49 21.701 2,039.81 Korea, South 552,530 217.463 2,540.79 197.280 2,800.74 Taiwan 1,419,310 994.715 1,426.85 902.391 1,572.83 Japan 470,600 169.285 2,779.92 153.573 3,064.34 South Africa 65,752 49.082 1,339.62 44.527 1,476.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,801,883 4,157.100 2,598.42 3,771.259 2,864.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,989,253 874.462 3,418.39 793.299 3,768.13 Finland 404,433 167.737 2,411.11 152.169 2,657.79 Belgium 531,945 190.248 2,796.05 172.591 3,082.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,913,978 1,046.908 1,828.22 949.740 2,015.27 Italy 23,373 4.405 5,304.89 3.997 5,847.64 China 7,844 2.539 3,088.52 2.304 3,404.51 Taiwan 62,713 46.658 1,344.08 42.328 1,481.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,933,539 2,332.961 2,543.35 2,116.428 2,803.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 37,133 5.109 7,267.85 4.635 8,011.43 Brazil 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 Sweden 20,193 3.438 5,873.29 3.119 6,474.19 United Kingdom 281,300 76.785 3,663.43 69.659 4,038.24 Ireland 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Netherlands 11,032 2.967 3,717.71 2.692 4,098.07 France 396,876 37.001 10,726.01 33.567 11,823.40 Federal Republic of Germany 749,613 209.888 3,571.48 190.408 3,936.88 Austria 2,456,420 590.035 4,163.18 535.271 4,589.11 Spain 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 Portugal 465,870 135.934 3,427.16 123.318 3,777.79 Italy 1,122,378 326.761 3,434.86 296.433 3,786.28 India 256,163 89.110 2,874.66 80.840 3,168.77 China 44,272 1.763 25,101.81 1.600 27,670.00 Korea, South 36,297 18.021 2,014.07 16.349 2,220.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 835,180 235.661 3,543.97 213.789 3,906.56 Japan 38,865 0.658 59,058.20 0.597 65,100.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,925,354 1,749.363 3,958.79 1,586.996 4,363.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 66,741 6.412 10,408.53 5.817 11,473.44 Belgium 6,858 2.590 2,647.44 2.350 2,918.30 Italy 315,054 125.958 2,501.24 114.268 2,757.15 India 782,906 319.359 2,451.49 289.718 2,702.30 Japan 2,440 0.041 58,250.83 0.038 64,210.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,173,999 454.362 2,583.84 412.191 2,848.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 480,162 91.575 5,243.34 83.076 5,779.79 Mexico 16,755 2.099 7,978.94 1.905 8,795.28 Sweden 384,668 107.677 3,572.42 97.683 3,937.92 Norway 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 United Kingdom 1,691,925 217.112 7,792.86 196.961 8,590.15 Netherlands 8,244 2.030 4,060.17 1.842 4,475.57 France 2,123,313 577.628 3,675.91 524.016 4,052.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,173,163 776.839 2,797.44 704.737 3,083.65 Austria 103,184 21.568 4,783.92 19.567 5,273.37 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 5,990 1.661 3,605.86 1.507 3,974.78 Portugal 20,854 3.095 6,737.33 2.808 7,426.64 Italy 7,205,635 1,658.935 4,343.53 1,504.961 4,787.92 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 3,684,911 1,266.071 2,910.51 1,148.561 3,208.28 China 576,336 156.269 3,688.10 141.765 4,065.43 Korea, South 8,644 2.513 3,439.35 2.280 3,791.23 Taiwan 5,502,281 1,778.255 3,094.20 1,613.207 3,410.77 Japan 128,153 32.305 3,966.92 29.307 4,372.78 Australia 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,981,179 7,200.719 3,608.14 6,532.385 3,977.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,917,005 1,217.028 6,505.19 1,104.070 7,170.75 Mexico 34,702 10.297 3,369.85 9.342 3,714.62 Sweden 2,250,316 303.735 7,408.81 275.544 8,166.81 Finland 229,197 90.557 2,530.97 82.152 2,789.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 10,991 2.659 4,132.15 2.413 4,554.91 United Kingdom 410,303 37.180 11,035.30 33.730 12,164.33 Ireland 14,760 3.407 4,331.95 3.091 4,775.15 Netherlands 3,934 0.352 11,152.71 0.320 12,293.75 France 2,402,206 357.542 6,718.66 324.357 7,406.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,968,618 228.482 12,992.75 207.276 14,322.05 Austria 144,587 20.058 7,208.17 18.197 7,945.65 Czech Republic 2,059 0.242 8,490.43 0.220 9,359.09 Switzerland 99,251 1.410 70,342.98 1.280 77,539.84 Spain 2,408,966 274.292 8,782.47 248.834 9,681.02 Italy 2,978,707 481.121 6,191.18 436.466 6,824.60 Turkey 12,470 2.829 4,406.93 2.567 4,857.81 India 577,442 70.116 8,235.42 63.609 9,077.99 Thailand 167,436 86.457 1,936.63 78.433 2,134.76 Malaysia 457,781 169.938 2,693.80 154.166 2,969.40 Singapore 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 China 8,648,624 2,166.346 3,992.26 1,965.277 4,400.72 Korea, South 4,552,210 1,170.283 3,889.83 1,061.664 4,287.81 Taiwan 4,851,723 1,863.988 2,602.87 1,690.982 2,869.17 Japan 10,549,038 1,445.297 7,298.87 1,311.152 8,045.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,887,739 10,072.404 5,151.48 9,137.534 5,678.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 84,215 30.018 2,805.47 27.232 3,092.50 Brazil 298,294 287.317 1,038.20 260.650 1,144.42 Finland 746,900 267.263 2,794.63 242.457 3,080.55 Belgium 115,624 30.715 3,764.30 27.865 4,149.43 Austria 16,347 2.447 6,680.07 2.220 7,363.51 Italy 464,946 229.665 2,024.45 208.349 2,231.57 China 13,904 7.318 1,899.91 6.639 2,094.29 Taiwan 6,075 1.755 3,459.60 1.593 3,813.56 Japan 947,537 690.472 1,372.30 626.386 1,512.70 South Africa 75,741 57.557 1,315.93 52.215 1,450.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,769,583 1,604.530 1,726.10 1,455.606 1,902.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 129,987 56.496 2,300.79 51.253 2,536.18 Mexico 17,706,109 7,755.030 2,283.18 7,035.247 2,516.77 Brazil 3,016,271 1,438.954 2,096.15 1,305.398 2,310.61 Sweden 1,910,356 436.441 4,377.12 395.933 4,824.95 Finland 2,666,853 1,041.339 2,560.98 944.688 2,823.00 United Kingdom 324,950 53.306 6,095.86 48.359 6,719.54 Belgium 1,391,264 562.941 2,471.42 510.692 2,724.27 France 3,323,046 1,798.164 1,848.02 1,631.268 2,037.09 Federal Republic of Germany 9,154,183 3,856.247 2,373.86 3,498.330 2,616.73 Austria 18,452 1.710 10,785.68 1.552 11,889.18 Spain 166,178 115.635 1,437.08 104.903 1,584.11 Italy 2,579,172 1,182.810 2,180.55 1,073.028 2,403.64 India 233,116 88.482 2,634.60 80.270 2,904.15 Thailand 507,811 234.195 2,168.32 212.459 2,390.16 China 9,050,496 4,879.913 1,854.64 4,426.984 2,044.39 Korea, South 615,024 248.273 2,477.20 225.230 2,730.65 Hong Kong 241,081 85.130 2,831.90 77.229 3,121.64 Taiwan 3,643,194 2,432.096 1,497.96 2,206.361 1,651.22 Japan 489,738 159.627 3,068.00 144.812 3,381.89 South Africa 152,377 99.026 1,538.76 89.835 1,696.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,319,658 26,525.825 2,160.90 24,063.831 2,381.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,960 1.466 2,019.00 1.330 2,225.56 Finland 671,366 294.369 2,280.69 267.048 2,514.03 Federal Republic of Germany 12,001 4.995 2,402.28 4.532 2,648.06 Slovenia 96,457 65.874 1,464.26 59.760 1,614.07 Japan 137,367 54.019 2,542.90 49.006 2,803.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 920,151 420.725 2,187.06 381.676 2,410.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 27/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 163,885 48.152 3,403.48 43.683 3,751.69 Mexico 2,055,852 912.682 2,252.54 827.972 2,483.00 Sweden 1,754,083 257.771 6,804.81 233.846 7,501.02 Finland 927,429 351.620 2,637.58 318.985 2,907.44 Denmark 6,679 1.916 3,484.24 1.739 3,840.71 United Kingdom 620,569 130.771 4,745.44 118.634 5,230.95 Belgium 200,491 50.975 3,933.10 46.244 4,335.50 France 490,183 179.598 2,729.33 162.929 3,008.57 Federal Republic of Germany 472,310 161.330 2,927.58 146.357 3,227.11 Spain 44,763 24.440 1,831.51 22.172 2,018.90 Italy 2,570 0.187 13,714.50 0.170 15,117.65 India 292,327 122.296 2,390.30 110.946 2,634.86 Indonesia 176,338 40.754 4,326.82 36.972 4,769.50 China 58,668 36.672 1,599.77 33.269 1,763.44 Korea, South 457,185 300.036 1,523.76 272.189 1,679.66 Taiwan 230,897 120.074 1,922.94 108.930 2,119.68 Japan 3,304,026 349.155 9,462.90 316.749 10,431.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,258,255 3,088.439 3,645.29 2,801.786 4,018.24 GRAND TOTAL 226,617,636 76,144.241 2,976.16 69,076.913 3,280.66