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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 36,293,399 100,051.740 362.75 90,765.438 399.86 Mexico 61,973,918 141,316.128 438.55 128,199.871 483.42 Venezuela 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Brazil 31,617,922 103,160.767 306.49 93,585.900 337.85 Finland 1,174,131 3,407.629 344.56 3,091.350 379.81 United Kingdom 2,028,161 5,625.350 360.54 5,103.234 397.43 Netherlands 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Belgium 7,861,892 21,599.991 363.98 19,595.188 401.22 Federal Republic of Germany 323,461 315.141 1,026.40 285.892 1,131.41 Russia 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 Ukraine 37,684,712 116,523.879 323.41 105,708.715 356.50 Italy 15,524,246 43,129.666 359.94 39,126.586 396.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 221,692,629 608,706.298 364.20 552,209.221 401.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 21,833,679 24,449.499 893.01 22,180.219 984.38 Sweden 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 Norway 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Finland 94,590 92.263 1,025.22 83.700 1,130.11 United Kingdom 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 Belgium 5,723,536 4,619.290 1,239.05 4,190.551 1,365.82 France 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 Federal Republic of Germany 6,268,473 4,690.864 1,336.32 4,255.482 1,473.03 Austria 3,431,001 3,946.762 869.32 3,580.444 958.26 Russia 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Ukraine 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Spain 48,880 21.576 2,265.41 19.574 2,497.19 Romania 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Turkey 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 Thailand 5,671,834 13,514.822 419.68 12,260.444 462.61 Malaysia 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 China 2,760 7.605 362.87 6.900 400.00 Korea, South 7,192,852 13,797.375 521.32 12,516.772 574.66 Japan 4,051,003 3,761.901 1,076.85 3,412.741 1,187.02 Australia 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 South Africa 1,186,994 1,401.178 847.14 1,271.128 933.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,539,282 94,153.814 802.30 85,414.928 884.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 44,620,700 82,952.572 537.91 75,253.329 592.94 Mexico 12,850,536 25,032.652 513.35 22,709.247 565.87 Venezuela 1,430,299 3,489.319 409.91 3,165.458 451.85 Sweden 3,441,814 3,563.519 965.85 3,232.771 1,064.66 Finland 529,357 1,203.477 439.86 1,091.777 484.86 Netherlands 18,927,906 47,856.800 395.51 43,414.971 435.98 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 France 16,675,780 35,704.695 467.05 32,390.764 514.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,060,947 3,553.967 579.90 3,224.106 639.23 Austria 1,362,224 1,939.868 702.22 1,759.820 774.07 Hungary 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Spain 3,453,345 9,466.940 364.78 8,588.266 402.10 Italy 2,454,462 7,166.162 342.51 6,501.035 377.55 Turkey 70,671 161.455 437.71 146.470 482.49 India 129,012 225.893 571.12 204.927 629.55 Thailand 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 Malaysia 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 China 187,413 352.051 532.35 319.376 586.81 Korea, South 55,497,303 121,867.976 455.39 110,556.800 501.98 Taiwan 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 Japan 5,897,453 8,397.429 702.29 7,618.022 774.14 Australia 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 New Zealand 2,146,542 4,581.226 468.55 4,156.020 516.49 Egypt 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 186,944,094 392,515.439 476.27 356,084.117 525.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 14,258,291 22,269.488 640.26 20,202.546 705.77 Mexico 7,899,843 14,492.715 545.09 13,147.574 600.86 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Venezuela 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Brazil 22,295,389 46,275.953 481.79 41,980.851 531.08 Argentina 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Sweden 724,677 185.940 3,897.37 168.682 4,296.11 Finland 332,142 602.071 551.67 546.190 608.11 United Kingdom 1,267,066 1,066.478 1,188.08 967.493 1,309.64 Netherlands 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 Belgium 11,228,832 22,636.364 496.05 20,535.370 546.80 France 991,019 555.329 1,784.56 503.787 1,967.14 Federal Republic of Germany 6,853,258 6,053.874 1,132.04 5,491.984 1,247.87 Austria 1,049,589 374.122 2,805.47 339.398 3,092.50 Switzerland 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Russia 70,128 21.251 3,299.92 19.279 3,637.53 Italy 95,024 47.238 2,011.58 42.854 2,217.39 India 323,157 341.921 945.12 310.186 1,041.82 China 5,452,430 12,069.521 451.75 10,949.289 497.97 Korea, South 1,920,122 3,263.099 588.43 2,960.235 648.64 Taiwan 679,443 1,256.094 540.92 1,139.510 596.26 Japan 5,115,030 6,011.826 850.83 5,453.839 937.88 New Zealand 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 South Africa 2,368,632 5,364.028 441.58 4,866.166 486.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,677,389 165,392.393 572.44 150,041.498 631.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 34,539,524 46,663.323 740.19 42,332.267 815.91 Mexico 17,502,945 21,664.901 807.89 19,654.074 890.55 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Costa Rica 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Colombia 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Chile 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil 12,251,477 20,890.589 586.46 18,951.629 646.46 Argentina 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 Sweden 1,102,100 319.191 3,452.78 289.566 3,806.04 Finland 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 United Kingdom 4,192,780 5,214.061 804.13 4,730.118 886.40 Netherlands 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 Belgium 2,452,796 3,278.452 748.16 2,974.163 824.70 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 2,439,577 2,882.387 846.37 2,614.859 932.97 Federal Republic of Germany 10,889,040 17,038.755 639.07 15,457.303 704.46 Austria 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 Spain 3,226,995 4,982.742 647.63 4,520.269 713.89 Italy 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 Bulgaria 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 India 38,622,348 62,372.063 619.23 56,583.000 682.58 China 7,509,585 13,657.347 549.86 12,389.741 606.11 Korea, South 16,530,575 22,766.257 726.10 20,653.207 800.39 Taiwan 18,210,759 27,244.081 668.43 24,715.422 736.82 Japan 4,253,426 4,790.419 887.90 4,345.797 978.74 Australia 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 South Africa 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 186,483,137 274,971.766 678.19 249,450.261 747.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 8,952,659 11,293.100 792.75 10,244.931 873.86 Venezuela 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Brazil 2,351,770 2,712.843 866.90 2,461.051 955.60 Norway 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 United Kingdom 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Netherlands 3,562,812 4,558.399 781.59 4,135.312 861.56 France 3,221,391 4,348.880 740.74 3,945.239 816.53 Federal Republic of Germany 8,173,162 14,454.458 565.44 13,112.868 623.29 India 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Korea, South 1,021,390 1,292.671 790.14 1,172.692 870.98 Japan 765,710 804.373 951.93 729.716 1,049.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,265,351 39,765.374 710.80 36,074.551 783.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 38,742,899 65,656.577 590.08 59,562.662 650.46 Mexico 11,820,080 21,129.593 559.41 19,168.450 616.64 Colombia 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Brazil 2,869,746 4,801.456 597.68 4,355.809 658.83 Argentina 46,753 123.175 379.56 111.743 418.40 Sweden 1,200,808 540.080 2,223.39 489.953 2,450.86 Norway 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 United Kingdom 21,485,776 30,056.124 714.86 27,266.465 787.99 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 504,526 376.615 1,339.63 341.660 1,476.69 Luxembourg 1,531,507 2,116.738 723.52 1,920.273 797.55 France 1,440,867 1,012.976 1,422.41 918.957 1,567.94 Federal Republic of Germany 4,078,592 3,552.886 1,147.97 3,223.125 1,265.42 Austria 521,909 167.541 3,115.11 151.991 3,433.82 Czech Republic 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 Poland 65,782 21.918 3,001.23 19.884 3,308.29 Russia 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 Ukraine 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 Spain 4,789,580 4,134.389 1,158.47 3,750.656 1,277.00 Italy 1,496,162 1,955.840 764.97 1,774.309 843.24 Turkey 2,201,368 5,013.421 439.09 4,548.101 484.02 Israel 12,050 2.753 4,376.13 2.498 4,823.86 India 453,611 507.119 894.49 460.051 986.00 China 2,667,877 3,451.632 772.93 3,131.269 852.01 Korea, South 3,411,913 4,993.564 683.26 4,530.087 753.17 Taiwan 1,403,895 2,470.136 568.35 2,240.871 626.50 Japan 14,654,870 18,548.118 790.10 16,826.575 870.94 South Africa 48,147 40.114 1,200.25 36.391 1,323.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,874,872 172,750.430 676.55 156,716.599 745.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 5,984,386 4,825.070 1,240.27 4,377.232 1,367.16 Mexico 365,443 475.864 767.96 431.697 846.53 Colombia 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 Brazil 49,352 33.423 1,476.58 30.321 1,627.65 Sweden 1,283,473 1,083.166 1,184.93 982.632 1,306.16 United Kingdom 3,626,165 2,117.634 1,712.37 1,921.086 1,887.56 Belgium 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 France 3,717,087 2,560.272 1,451.83 2,322.641 1,600.37 Federal Republic of Germany 4,696,722 3,960.676 1,185.84 3,593.066 1,307.16 Switzerland 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 Poland 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 Russia 466,185 504.420 924.20 457.603 1,018.75 Ukraine 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 Spain 1,475,664 1,443.072 1,022.58 1,309.134 1,127.21 Italy 269,478 246.214 1,094.49 223.362 1,206.46 Romania 51,415 22.230 2,312.83 20.167 2,549.46 China 341,854 480.090 712.06 435.531 784.91 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 429,157 306.847 1,398.60 278.367 1,541.69 South Africa 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,256,312 18,627.083 1,248.52 16,898.211 1,376.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 Mexico 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 Panama 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 Dominican Republic 490,830 1,098.853 446.67 996.863 492.37 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 Brazil 2,611,497 7,296.224 357.92 6,619.025 394.54 Federal Republic of Germany 47,973 57.169 839.14 51.863 924.99 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 42,924,358 111,887.753 383.64 101,502.891 422.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 71,154,780 79,535.508 894.63 72,153.420 986.16 Mexico 20,704,414 27,087.155 764.36 24,573.061 842.57 Guatemala 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 Costa Rica 105,228 143.398 733.82 130.089 808.89 Dominican Republic 265,679 501.647 529.61 455.087 583.80 Colombia 1,274,856 1,744.216 730.90 1,582.327 805.68 Venezuela 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 Brazil 412,592 266.317 1,549.25 241.599 1,707.76 Argentina 2,089 1.947 1,072.50 1.767 1,182.23 Sweden 31,579 15.424 2,047.31 13.993 2,256.77 Norway 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Finland 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 Denmark 37,157 5.478 6,782.35 4.970 7,476.26 United Kingdom 55,687 91.958 605.57 83.423 667.53 Netherlands 24,978 24.573 1,016.45 22.293 1,120.44 Belgium 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 France 8,016 5.995 1,337.01 5.439 1,473.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,369,535 787.586 1,738.90 714.487 1,916.81 Austria 123,935 66.119 1,874.40 59.983 2,066.17 Hungary 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 Switzerland 1,501,996 625.378 2,401.74 567.334 2,647.46 Ukraine 310,552 464.874 668.03 421.727 736.38 Italy 2,051,996 2,302.128 891.35 2,088.456 982.54 Turkey 6,321,789 11,977.173 527.82 10,865.512 581.82 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 4,924,786 7,804.626 631.01 7,080.240 695.57 Thailand 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 Vietnam 112,799 84.571 1,333.77 76.722 1,470.23 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 24,173,067 42,545.892 568.16 38,596.995 626.29 Korea, South 7,198,117 11,565.348 622.39 10,491.911 686.06 Taiwan 2,976,976 4,696.157 633.92 4,260.284 698.77 Japan 19,509,990 18,232.226 1,070.08 16,540.002 1,179.56 Australia 63,366 67.960 932.39 61.653 1,027.78 South Africa 104,620 211.282 495.17 191.672 545.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 175,322,360 227,501.905 770.64 206,386.315 849.49 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 5,417,309 1,243.262 4,357.33 1,127.869 4,803.14 Mexico 3,199,292 1,090.796 2,932.99 989.554 3,233.06 Colombia 2,423 0.040 59,408.36 0.037 65,486.49 Brazil 71,507 46.678 1,531.91 42.346 1,688.64 Argentina 9,301 0.542 17,149.85 0.492 18,904.47 Sweden 97,726 5.000 19,544.88 4.536 21,544.53 Norway 3,795 0.071 52,965.65 0.065 58,384.62 Finland 33,904 1.300 26,065.42 1.180 28,732.20 Denmark 41,523 3.659 11,346.10 3.320 12,506.93 United Kingdom 337,278 32.938 10,239.74 29.881 11,287.37 Ireland 12,705 0.005 2,305,157.07 0.005 2,541,000.00 Netherlands 71,754 25.110 2,857.51 22.780 3,149.87 Belgium 129,336 51.272 2,522.50 46.514 2,780.58 Luxembourg 4,414 0.007 572,044.94 0.007 630,571.43 France 223,038 117.354 1,900.55 106.462 2,095.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,145,079 312.150 3,668.36 283.178 4,043.67 Austria 486,756 142.266 3,421.44 129.062 3,771.49 Czech Republic 14,849 0.103 143,306.28 0.094 157,968.09 Switzerland 58,394 16.571 3,523.86 15.033 3,884.39 Poland 8,457 0.616 13,724.62 0.559 15,128.80 Spain 287,290 149.624 1,920.07 135.737 2,116.52 Portugal 7,455 0.841 8,863.78 0.763 9,770.64 Italy 3,401,388 1,272.097 2,673.84 1,154.028 2,947.41 Romania 1,875,674 1,376.923 1,362.22 1,249.124 1,501.59 Israel 669,905 133.127 5,032.07 120.771 5,546.90 India 3,623,453 2,856.418 1,268.53 2,591.300 1,398.31 Thailand 1,296,180 694.782 1,865.59 630.296 2,056.46 Vietnam 30,173 18.607 1,621.59 16.880 1,787.50 Malaysia 693,712 468.822 1,479.69 425.309 1,631.08 China 8,519,903 3,818.268 2,231.35 3,463.876 2,459.64 Korea, South 3,506,579 1,440.707 2,433.93 1,306.988 2,682.95 Hong Kong 2,789 0.049 56,225.31 0.045 61,977.78 Taiwan 1,418,645 388.738 3,649.35 352.658 4,022.72 Japan 2,047,048 350.763 5,835.98 318.207 6,433.07 Australia 220,917 20.340 10,860.70 18.453 11,971.87 South Africa 68,595 55.533 1,235.20 50.379 1,361.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,038,546 16,135.394 2,419.44 14,637.788 2,666.97 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 600,849 111.014 5,412.33 100.711 5,966.07 Mexico 20,354 2.290 8,885.87 2.078 9,795.00 Costa Rica 7,377 0.308 23,901.08 0.280 26,346.43 Brazil 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 Sweden 419,400 110.356 3,800.40 100.114 4,189.22 Norway 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 Denmark 2,232 0.088 25,310.46 0.080 27,900.00 United Kingdom 1,844,922 236.749 7,792.70 214.776 8,589.98 Ireland 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Netherlands 22,222 5.196 4,276.51 4.714 4,714.04 France 2,138,149 580.689 3,682.09 526.793 4,058.80 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,978,835 982.100 3,033.13 890.947 3,343.45 Austria 2,246,020 514.285 4,367.26 466.552 4,814.08 Switzerland 760,074 184.764 4,113.73 167.616 4,534.61 Latvia 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 Russia 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 Spain 73,616 3.973 18,525.20 3.605 20,420.53 Portugal 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 Italy 8,411,883 2,013.128 4,178.51 1,826.280 4,606.02 Slovenia 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 Saudi Arabia 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 United Arab Emirates 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 India 5,256,325 1,828.199 2,875.14 1,658.515 3,169.30 China 623,608 162.662 3,833.75 147.565 4,225.99 Korea, South 44,941 20.534 2,188.51 18.629 2,412.42 Taiwan 6,028,695 1,913.844 3,150.04 1,736.211 3,472.33 Japan 172,898 33.716 5,128.01 30.587 5,652.66 Australia 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,330,286 9,157.044 3,639.85 8,307.133 4,012.25 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 116,296 38.036 3,057.50 34.506 3,370.31 Sweden 741,271 213.622 3,470.01 193.795 3,825.03 United Kingdom 622,210 248.184 2,507.05 225.149 2,763.55 France 667,410 131.622 5,070.64 119.406 5,589.42 Federal Republic of Germany 77,965 33.071 2,357.47 30.002 2,598.66 Austria 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 Spain 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 Italy 657,889 274.128 2,399.93 248.685 2,645.47 India 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 China 171,198 116.397 1,470.81 105.594 1,621.29 Korea, South 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 Taiwan 3,393,395 1,220.408 2,780.54 1,107.136 3,065.02 Japan 104,675 42.518 2,461.88 38.572 2,713.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,009,525 2,480.663 2,825.67 2,250.421 3,114.76 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 213,377 42.436 5,028.12 38.498 5,542.55 Mexico 276,715 69.497 3,981.66 63.047 4,389.03 Brazil 19,471 3.464 5,620.04 3.143 6,195.04 Sweden 1,310,301 241.509 5,425.46 219.094 5,980.54 Denmark 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 United Kingdom 228,126 52.886 4,313.49 47.978 4,754.80 Ireland 20,649 0.281 73,460.64 0.255 80,976.47 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 738,488 116.902 6,317.14 106.052 6,963.45 Switzerland 474,528 76.418 6,209.57 69.326 6,844.88 Spain 67,868 4.712 14,402.07 4.275 15,875.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 88,131 35.169 2,505.91 31.905 2,762.29 China 1,358,938 441.554 3,077.62 400.572 3,392.49 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 1,868,699 460.860 4,054.80 418.086 4,469.65 Japan 515,317 83.462 6,174.23 75.716 6,805.92 Australia 66,844 24.089 2,774.77 21.854 3,058.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,951,138 3,227.250 4,013.06 2,927.713 4,423.64 GRAND TOTAL 1,244,309,279 2,137,272.613 582.19 1,938,901.646 641.76 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 160,498,252 287,679.724 557.91 260,978.730 614.99 Mexico 100,227,242 202,506.398 494.93 183,710.765 545.57 Guatemala 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Costa Rica 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Dominican Republic 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Colombia 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Venezuela 7,940,708 19,105.178 415.63 17,331.931 458.15 Chile 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil 68,516,558 173,040.153 395.96 156,979.431 436.47 Argentina 331,958 753.751 440.41 683.792 485.47 Sweden 12,697,746 8,900.922 1,426.57 8,074.783 1,572.52 Norway 205,642 329.508 624.09 298.925 687.94 Finland 2,906,225 6,572.107 442.21 5,962.117 487.45 United Kingdom 7,959,769 12,414.927 641.15 11,262.636 706.74 Netherlands 34,728,288 76,586.891 453.45 69,478.479 499.84 Belgium 27,534,534 52,749.915 521.98 47,853.932 575.39 Luxembourg 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 France 25,701,074 44,774.562 574.01 40,618.811 632.74 Federal Republic of Germany 34,568,341 46,107.062 749.74 41,827.635 826.45 Austria 6,054,785 6,520.290 928.61 5,915.110 1,023.61 Hungary 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Switzerland 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Russia 23,885,510 63,300.286 377.34 57,425.070 415.94 Ukraine 39,213,372 118,059.627 332.15 107,101.923 366.13 Spain 6,729,220 14,471.258 465.01 13,128.109 512.58 Italy 18,105,031 50,346.642 359.61 45,673.719 396.40 Romania 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Bulgaria 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 Turkey 104,279 224.140 465.24 203.337 512.84 India 39,076,544 62,943.070 620.82 57,101.009 684.34 Thailand 5,674,792 13,525.622 419.56 12,270.242 462.48 Malaysia 2,484,024 5,015.445 495.27 4,549.937 545.95 China 13,152,188 26,086.527 504.18 23,665.306 555.76 Korea, South 82,162,242 162,987.380 504.10 147,859.706 555.68 Taiwan 18,905,679 28,524.972 662.78 25,877.427 730.59 Japan 20,082,622 23,765.951 845.02 21,560.115 931.47 Australia 18,846,653 41,106.434 458.48 37,291.141 505.39 New Zealand 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 Egypt 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 South Africa 7,758,887 13,840.482 560.59 12,555.878 617.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 793,601,882 1,575,505.087 503.71 1,429,274.576 555.25 GRAND TOTAL 793,601,882 1,575,505.087 503.71 1,429,274.576 555.25