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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 36,293,399 100,051.740 362.75 90,765.438 399.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 21,833,679 24,449.499 893.01 22,180.219 984.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 44,620,700 82,952.572 537.91 75,253.329 592.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,258,291 22,269.488 640.26 20,202.546 705.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 34,539,524 46,663.323 740.19 42,332.267 815.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,952,659 11,293.100 792.75 10,244.931 873.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 38,742,899 65,656.577 590.08 59,562.662 650.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,984,386 4,825.070 1,240.27 4,377.232 1,367.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,154,780 79,535.508 894.63 72,153.420 986.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,417,309 1,243.262 4,357.33 1,127.869 4,803.14 Stainless Steel Bar 600,849 111.014 5,412.33 100.711 5,966.07 Stainless Steel Rod 116,296 38.036 3,057.50 34.506 3,370.31 Stainless Steel Wire 213,377 42.436 5,028.12 38.498 5,542.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,658,995 441,200.153 642.93 400,250.159 708.70 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 61,973,918 141,316.128 438.55 128,199.871 483.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,850,536 25,032.652 513.35 22,709.247 565.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,899,843 14,492.715 545.09 13,147.574 600.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,502,945 21,664.901 807.89 19,654.074 890.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,820,080 21,129.593 559.41 19,168.450 616.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 365,443 475.864 767.96 431.697 846.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,704,414 27,087.155 764.36 24,573.061 842.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,199,292 1,090.796 2,932.99 989.554 3,233.06 Stainless Steel Bar 20,354 2.290 8,885.87 2.078 9,795.00 Stainless Steel Wire 276,715 69.497 3,981.66 63.047 4,389.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,236,727 275,112.754 527.92 249,578.163 581.93 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 349,621 417.448 837.52 378.703 923.21 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 105,228 143.398 733.82 130.089 808.89 Stainless Steel Bar 7,377 0.308 23,901.08 0.280 26,346.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 231,157 284.527 812.42 258.119 895.54 Panama Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 490,830 1,098.853 446.67 996.863 492.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 265,679 501.647 529.61 455.087 583.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 765,075 1,625.339 470.72 1,474.484 518.88 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,274,856 1,744.216 730.90 1,582.327 805.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,423 0.040 59,408.36 0.037 65,486.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,745,250 2,239.693 779.24 2,031.816 858.96 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,430,299 3,489.319 409.91 3,165.458 451.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,726,111 23,247.941 418.36 21,090.184 461.17 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 619,673 1,027.296 603.21 931.948 664.92 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 31,617,922 103,160.767 306.49 93,585.900 337.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 22,295,389 46,275.953 481.79 41,980.851 531.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,251,477 20,890.589 586.46 18,951.629 646.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,351,770 2,712.843 866.90 2,461.051 955.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,869,746 4,801.456 597.68 4,355.809 658.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 49,352 33.423 1,476.58 30.321 1,627.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,611,497 7,296.224 357.92 6,619.025 394.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 412,592 266.317 1,549.25 241.599 1,707.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 71,507 46.678 1,531.91 42.346 1,688.64 Stainless Steel Bar 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 Stainless Steel Wire 19,471 3.464 5,620.04 3.143 6,195.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,709,060 185,502.194 402.74 168,284.808 443.94 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 46,753 123.175 379.56 111.743 418.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,089 1.947 1,072.50 1.767 1,182.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,301 0.542 17,149.85 0.492 18,904.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 390,101 879.417 443.59 797.794 488.97 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,441,814 3,563.519 965.85 3,232.771 1,064.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 724,677 185.940 3,897.37 168.682 4,296.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,102,100 319.191 3,452.78 289.566 3,806.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,200,808 540.080 2,223.39 489.953 2,450.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,283,473 1,083.166 1,184.93 982.632 1,306.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,579 15.424 2,047.31 13.993 2,256.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 97,726 5.000 19,544.88 4.536 21,544.53 Stainless Steel Bar 419,400 110.356 3,800.40 100.114 4,189.22 Stainless Steel Rod 741,271 213.622 3,470.01 193.795 3,825.03 Stainless Steel Wire 1,310,301 241.509 5,425.46 219.094 5,980.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,782,304 11,110.082 1,600.56 10,078.900 1,764.31 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,795 0.071 52,965.65 0.065 58,384.62 Stainless Steel Bar 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,455,399 2,288.680 635.91 2,076.257 700.97 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,174,131 3,407.629 344.56 3,091.350 379.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 94,590 92.263 1,025.22 83.700 1,130.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 529,357 1,203.477 439.86 1,091.777 484.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 332,142 602.071 551.67 546.190 608.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 33,904 1.300 26,065.42 1.180 28,732.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,460,986 6,772.144 511.06 6,143.588 563.35 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 37,157 5.478 6,782.35 4.970 7,476.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,523 3.659 11,346.10 3.320 12,506.93 Stainless Steel Bar 2,232 0.088 25,310.46 0.080 27,900.00 Stainless Steel Wire 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 204,950 13.592 15,078.06 12.331 16,620.71 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,028,161 5,625.350 360.54 5,103.234 397.43 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,267,066 1,066.478 1,188.08 967.493 1,309.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,192,780 5,214.061 804.13 4,730.118 886.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 21,485,776 30,056.124 714.86 27,266.465 787.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,626,165 2,117.634 1,712.37 1,921.086 1,887.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 55,687 91.958 605.57 83.423 667.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 337,278 32.938 10,239.74 29.881 11,287.37 Stainless Steel Bar 1,844,922 236.749 7,792.70 214.776 8,589.98 Stainless Steel Rod 622,210 248.184 2,507.05 225.149 2,763.55 Stainless Steel Wire 228,126 52.886 4,313.49 47.978 4,754.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,159,933 45,251.403 799.09 41,051.394 880.85 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 12,705 0.005 2,305,157.07 0.005 2,541,000.00 Stainless Steel Bar 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 Stainless Steel Wire 20,649 0.281 73,460.64 0.255 80,976.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,572 0.865 44,575.72 0.785 49,136.31 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 18,927,906 47,856.800 395.51 43,414.971 435.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,562,812 4,558.399 781.59 4,135.312 861.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 504,526 376.615 1,339.63 341.660 1,476.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 24,978 24.573 1,016.45 22.293 1,120.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 71,754 25.110 2,857.51 22.780 3,149.87 Stainless Steel Bar 22,222 5.196 4,276.51 4.714 4,714.04 Stainless Steel Wire 79,035 22.016 3,589.81 19.973 3,957.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,430,803 77,040.404 459.90 69,889.899 506.95 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 7,861,892 21,599.991 363.98 19,595.188 401.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,723,536 4,619.290 1,239.05 4,190.551 1,365.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,228,832 22,636.364 496.05 20,535.370 546.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,452,796 3,278.452 748.16 2,974.163 824.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 129,336 51.272 2,522.50 46.514 2,780.58 Stainless Steel Wire 54,865 3.686 14,884.18 3.344 16,407.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,730,887 52,814.859 525.06 47,912.848 578.78 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,531,507 2,116.738 723.52 1,920.273 797.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,414 0.007 572,044.94 0.007 630,571.43 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,365,302 4,828.059 697.03 4,379.943 768.34 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,675,780 35,704.695 467.05 32,390.764 514.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 991,019 555.329 1,784.56 503.787 1,967.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,439,577 2,882.387 846.37 2,614.859 932.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,221,391 4,348.880 740.74 3,945.239 816.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,440,867 1,012.976 1,422.41 918.957 1,567.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,717,087 2,560.272 1,451.83 2,322.641 1,600.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,016 5.995 1,337.01 5.439 1,473.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 223,038 117.354 1,900.55 106.462 2,095.00 Stainless Steel Bar 2,138,149 580.689 3,682.09 526.793 4,058.80 Stainless Steel Rod 667,410 131.622 5,070.64 119.406 5,589.42 Stainless Steel Wire 472,547 77.334 6,110.40 70.157 6,735.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,368,188 49,260.808 697.68 44,688.666 769.06 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 323,461 315.141 1,026.40 285.892 1,131.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,268,473 4,690.864 1,336.32 4,255.482 1,473.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,060,947 3,553.967 579.90 3,224.106 639.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,853,258 6,053.874 1,132.04 5,491.984 1,247.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,889,040 17,038.755 639.07 15,457.303 704.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,173,162 14,454.458 565.44 13,112.868 623.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,078,592 3,552.886 1,147.97 3,223.125 1,265.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,696,722 3,960.676 1,185.84 3,593.066 1,307.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 47,973 57.169 839.14 51.863 924.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,369,535 787.586 1,738.90 714.487 1,916.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,145,079 312.150 3,668.36 283.178 4,043.67 Stainless Steel Bar 2,978,835 982.100 3,033.13 890.947 3,343.45 Stainless Steel Rod 77,965 33.071 2,357.47 30.002 2,598.66 Stainless Steel Wire 738,488 116.902 6,317.14 106.052 6,963.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,701,530 55,909.605 888.96 50,720.355 979.91 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,431,001 3,946.762 869.32 3,580.444 958.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,362,224 1,939.868 702.22 1,759.820 774.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,049,589 374.122 2,805.47 339.398 3,092.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 521,909 167.541 3,115.11 151.991 3,433.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 123,935 66.119 1,874.40 59.983 2,066.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 486,756 142.266 3,421.44 129.062 3,771.49 Stainless Steel Bar 2,246,020 514.285 4,367.26 466.552 4,814.08 Stainless Steel Rod 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,471,993 7,421.438 1,276.30 6,732.618 1,406.88 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,849 0.103 143,306.28 0.094 157,968.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,703 22.806 2,267.00 20.690 2,498.94 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 351,292 880.421 399.00 798.705 439.83 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,501,996 625.378 2,401.74 567.334 2,647.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 58,394 16.571 3,523.86 15.033 3,884.39 Stainless Steel Bar 760,074 184.764 4,113.73 167.616 4,534.61 Stainless Steel Wire 474,528 76.418 6,209.57 69.326 6,844.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,197,941 1,053.593 3,035.27 955.804 3,345.81 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 65,782 21.918 3,001.23 19.884 3,308.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,457 0.616 13,724.62 0.559 15,128.80 Stainless Steel Bar 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,087 45.179 2,547.34 40.986 2,807.96 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 70,128 21.251 3,299.92 19.279 3,637.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 466,185 504.420 924.20 457.603 1,018.75 Stainless Steel Bar 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,357,042 63,807.973 381.72 57,885.636 420.78 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 37,684,712 116,523.879 323.41 105,708.715 356.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 310,552 464.874 668.03 421.727 736.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,620,338 118,569.110 334.15 107,564.118 368.34 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 48,880 21.576 2,265.41 19.574 2,497.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,453,345 9,466.940 364.78 8,588.266 402.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,226,995 4,982.742 647.63 4,520.269 713.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,789,580 4,134.389 1,158.47 3,750.656 1,277.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,475,664 1,443.072 1,022.58 1,309.134 1,127.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 287,290 149.624 1,920.07 135.737 2,116.52 Stainless Steel Bar 73,616 3.973 18,525.20 3.605 20,420.53 Stainless Steel Rod 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 Stainless Steel Wire 67,868 4.712 14,402.07 4.275 15,875.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,433,445 20,208.200 664.75 18,332.576 732.76 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,455 0.841 8,863.78 0.763 9,770.64 Stainless Steel Bar 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 414,899 118.606 3,498.11 107.598 3,856.01 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 15,524,246 43,129.666 359.94 39,126.586 396.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,454,462 7,166.162 342.51 6,501.035 377.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 95,024 47.238 2,011.58 42.854 2,217.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,496,162 1,955.840 764.97 1,774.309 843.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 269,478 246.214 1,094.49 223.362 1,206.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,051,996 2,302.128 891.35 2,088.456 982.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,401,388 1,272.097 2,673.84 1,154.028 2,947.41 Stainless Steel Bar 8,411,883 2,013.128 4,178.51 1,826.280 4,606.02 Stainless Steel Rod 657,889 274.128 2,399.93 248.685 2,645.47 Stainless Steel Wire 199,443 35.056 5,689.14 31.803 6,271.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,593,270 58,445.236 591.89 53,020.642 652.45 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 51,415 22.230 2,312.83 20.167 2,549.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,875,674 1,376.923 1,362.22 1,249.124 1,501.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,936,791 1,402.346 1,381.11 1,272.188 1,522.41 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,501,923 2,707.906 554.64 2,456.572 611.39 Turkey IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 70,671 161.455 437.71 146.470 482.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,201,368 5,013.421 439.09 4,548.101 484.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 16,680,587 42,435.831 393.08 38,497.150 433.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,321,789 11,977.173 527.82 10,865.512 581.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,308,023 59,650.567 424.27 54,114.100 467.68 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,050 2.753 4,376.13 2.498 4,823.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 669,905 133.127 5,032.07 120.771 5,546.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 681,955 135.880 5,018.77 123.269 5,532.25 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,281 36.860 2,150.86 33.439 2,370.91 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 Stainless Steel Bar 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,637 78.279 1,630.53 71.014 1,797.35 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 792,752 1,420.820 557.95 1,288.947 615.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 792,752 1,420.820 557.95 1,288.947 615.04 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 129,012 225.893 571.12 204.927 629.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 323,157 341.921 945.12 310.186 1,041.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 38,622,348 62,372.063 619.23 56,583.000 682.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 453,611 507.119 894.49 460.051 986.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 26,766 70.242 381.05 63.723 420.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,924,786 7,804.626 631.01 7,080.240 695.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,623,453 2,856.418 1,268.53 2,591.300 1,398.31 Stainless Steel Bar 5,256,325 1,828.199 2,875.14 1,658.515 3,169.30 Stainless Steel Rod 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 Stainless Steel Wire 2,183,572 744.633 2,932.41 675.520 3,232.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,626,339 76,794.051 724.36 69,666.411 798.47 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,671,834 13,514.822 419.68 12,260.444 462.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,296,180 694.782 1,865.59 630.296 2,056.46 Stainless Steel Wire 88,131 35.169 2,505.91 31.905 2,762.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 15,016,892 27,725.454 541.63 25,152.116 597.04 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 112,799 84.571 1,333.77 76.722 1,470.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 30,173 18.607 1,621.59 16.880 1,787.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,972 103.178 1,385.68 93.602 1,527.45 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 265,261 417.714 635.03 378.944 700.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 693,712 468.822 1,479.69 425.309 1,631.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,442,997 5,901.982 583.36 5,354.190 643.05 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 34,211 14.313 2,390.12 12.985 2,634.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,211 14.313 2,390.12 12.985 2,634.66 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,760 7.605 362.87 6.900 400.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 187,413 352.051 532.35 319.376 586.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,452,430 12,069.521 451.75 10,949.289 497.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,509,585 13,657.347 549.86 12,389.741 606.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,667,877 3,451.632 772.93 3,131.269 852.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 341,854 480.090 712.06 435.531 784.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 24,173,067 42,545.892 568.16 38,596.995 626.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,519,903 3,818.268 2,231.35 3,463.876 2,459.64 Stainless Steel Bar 623,608 162.662 3,833.75 147.565 4,225.99 Stainless Steel Rod 171,198 116.397 1,470.81 105.594 1,621.29 Stainless Steel Wire 1,358,938 441.554 3,077.62 400.572 3,392.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,008,633 77,103.025 661.56 69,946.708 729.25 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,192,852 13,797.375 521.32 12,516.772 574.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 55,497,303 121,867.976 455.39 110,556.800 501.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,920,122 3,263.099 588.43 2,960.235 648.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,530,575 22,766.257 726.10 20,653.207 800.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,021,390 1,292.671 790.14 1,172.692 870.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,411,913 4,993.564 683.26 4,530.087 753.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 72,800 71.788 1,014.10 65.125 1,117.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,198,117 11,565.348 622.39 10,491.911 686.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,506,579 1,440.707 2,433.93 1,306.988 2,682.95 Stainless Steel Bar 44,941 20.534 2,188.51 18.629 2,412.42 Stainless Steel Rod 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 Stainless Steel Wire 2,525,686 667.932 3,781.35 605.938 4,168.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,249,417 181,858.086 545.75 164,978.927 601.59 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,789 0.049 56,225.31 0.045 61,977.78 Stainless Steel Wire 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,289 19.026 3,536.50 17.261 3,898.33 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 679,443 1,256.094 540.92 1,139.510 596.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,210,759 27,244.081 668.43 24,715.422 736.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,403,895 2,470.136 568.35 2,240.871 626.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 14,560 7.219 2,016.89 6.549 2,223.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,838,315 22,777.713 388.02 20,663.600 427.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,976,976 4,696.157 633.92 4,260.284 698.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,418,645 388.738 3,649.35 352.658 4,022.72 Stainless Steel Bar 6,028,695 1,913.844 3,150.04 1,736.211 3,472.33 Stainless Steel Rod 3,393,395 1,220.408 2,780.54 1,107.136 3,065.02 Stainless Steel Wire 1,868,699 460.860 4,054.80 418.086 4,469.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,848,859 62,460.051 718.04 56,662.822 791.50 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,051,003 3,761.901 1,076.85 3,412.741 1,187.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,897,453 8,397.429 702.29 7,618.022 774.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,115,030 6,011.826 850.83 5,453.839 937.88 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,253,426 4,790.419 887.90 4,345.797 978.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 765,710 804.373 951.93 729.716 1,049.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,654,870 18,548.118 790.10 16,826.575 870.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 429,157 306.847 1,398.60 278.367 1,541.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,487,783 9,924.359 351.44 9,003.230 387.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,509,990 18,232.226 1,070.08 16,540.002 1,179.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,047,048 350.763 5,835.98 318.207 6,433.07 Stainless Steel Bar 172,898 33.716 5,128.01 30.587 5,652.66 Stainless Steel Rod 104,675 42.518 2,461.88 38.572 2,713.76 Stainless Steel Wire 515,317 83.462 6,174.23 75.716 6,805.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,004,360 71,287.963 855.75 64,671.371 943.30 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 63,366 67.960 932.39 61.653 1,027.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 220,917 20.340 10,860.70 18.453 11,971.87 Stainless Steel Bar 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 Stainless Steel Wire 66,844 24.089 2,774.77 21.854 3,058.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,374,637 41,279.136 469.36 37,447.813 517.38 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,146,542 4,581.226 468.55 4,156.020 516.49 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,534 142.029 165.70 128.847 182.65 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,186,994 1,401.178 847.14 1,271.128 933.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,368,632 5,364.028 441.58 4,866.166 486.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 48,147 40.114 1,200.25 36.391 1,323.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 104,620 211.282 495.17 191.672 545.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 68,595 55.533 1,235.20 50.379 1,361.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,122,426 14,398.153 564.13 13,061.789 621.85 GRAND TOTAL 1,244,309,279 2,137,272.613 582.19 1,938,901.647 641.76