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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,234 0.195 16,575.35 0.177 18,271.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,396,113 124,779.253 371.83 113,197.867 409.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,900,525 15,955.015 620.53 14,474.151 684.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,014,468 12,795.848 626.33 11,608.202 690.41 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,377,396 1,655.953 831.78 1,502.256 916.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,846,024 24,506.329 891.44 22,231.774 982.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,107,377 27,931.405 540.87 25,338.952 596.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 247,372 371.985 665.00 337.460 733.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 671,087 948.558 707.48 860.518 779.86 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,855 150.899 1,470.21 136.894 1,620.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,071,115 57,101.691 579.16 51,801.798 638.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,741,175 6,395.693 584.95 5,802.077 644.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,464,548 4,916.646 1,314.83 4,460.308 1,449.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,041,061 626.205 1,662.49 568.084 1,832.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,089,748 27,295.921 809.27 24,762.450 892.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,023,339 10,090.689 1,389.73 9,154.122 1,531.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,898,740 21,346.120 932.19 19,364.880 1,027.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,509 27.084 1,347.95 24.571 1,485.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 739,064 492.037 1,502.05 446.369 1,655.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,289,439 9,965.407 1,032.52 9,040.468 1,138.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 89,422 83.812 1,066.94 76.033 1,176.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,914,663 1,216.608 6,505.51 1,103.689 7,171.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,875,210 884.505 3,250.64 802.410 3,583.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,902,785 20,212.522 836.25 18,336.497 921.81 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 344,124 372.395 924.08 337.832 1,018.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,733,095 13,566.909 864.83 12,307.697 953.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 7,872 16.420 479.41 14.896 528.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,754,035 9,819.663 789.64 8,908.251 870.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,198,624 1,473.437 813.49 1,336.680 896.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,041,631 50,194.906 538.73 45,536.066 593.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,594,661 20,884.372 650.95 18,945.989 717.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,593,840 38,923.789 657.54 35,311.078 724.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,991,364 1,673.389 1,190.02 1,518.074 1,311.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,062,956 3,563.318 1,140.22 3,232.589 1,256.87 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 294,367 94.863 3,103.05 86.059 3,420.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,560,925 4,858.525 527.10 4,407.581 581.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,820,605 3,967.148 963.06 3,598.938 1,061.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,891,215 521,228.051 659.77 472,850.268 727.27 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 144,712 184.940 782.48 167.775 862.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 62,098,838 141,647.145 438.41 128,500.165 483.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 867,571 1,795.383 483.22 1,628.745 532.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,673,928 3,143.465 532.51 2,851.705 586.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,225,117 2,625.444 466.63 2,381.764 514.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,028,038 9,458.771 531.57 8,580.856 585.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,668,393 5,037.524 529.70 4,569.967 583.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 280,650 406.736 690.00 368.985 760.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,051 71.476 1,455.75 64.842 1,604.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,114,444 8,871.933 801.90 8,048.485 883.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,070,446 1,178.614 908.22 1,069.221 1,001.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,650 1.433 8,827.61 1.300 9,730.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,690,317 4,434.447 832.19 4,022.864 917.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,214,338 2,611.082 848.05 2,368.735 934.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,847,962 18,248.707 813.64 16,554.954 896.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 395,422 271.169 1,458.21 246.001 1,607.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,702 10.297 3,369.85 9.342 3,714.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 399,895 207.871 1,923.76 188.578 2,120.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,385,510 3,518.026 962.33 3,191.501 1,060.79 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 187,896 101.183 1,856.99 91.792 2,046.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,879,369 10,107.044 878.53 9,168.959 968.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,028,001 21,658.984 509.17 19,648.706 561.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,531,010 22,165.194 1,151.85 20,107.932 1,269.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,812,165 12,265.443 799.98 11,127.026 881.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 37,798 56.846 664.92 51.570 732.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,086,080 8,703.874 814.13 7,896.024 897.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 597,418 748.223 798.45 678.777 880.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,697,696 1,633.972 1,651.00 1,482.315 1,819.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 181,737,604 303,916.397 597.99 275,708.396 659.17 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,377 12.392 756.69 11.242 834.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,998 429.840 835.19 389.945 920.64 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,228 143.398 733.82 130.089 808.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 223,780 284.218 787.35 257.839 867.91 Panama BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 490,830 1,098.853 446.67 996.863 492.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 68,942 170.778 403.69 154.928 444.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,737 330.868 594.61 300.159 655.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,860 298.818 698.95 271.084 770.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,004,835 1,928.417 521.07 1,749.431 574.38 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,803,106 6,480.935 432.52 5,879.407 476.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,908 18.870 790.02 17.119 870.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,818,014 6,499.805 433.55 5,896.526 477.91 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,506,540 1,886.420 798.62 1,711.332 880.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,452,867 7,119.158 1,187.34 6,458.394 1,308.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 615,145 728.893 843.94 661.241 930.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,042,523 10,229.907 1,079.44 9,280.419 1,189.87 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,810,944 4,287.465 422.38 3,889.524 465.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 256,064 598.014 428.19 542.510 472.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 7,665 0.874 8,768.69 0.793 9,665.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,104,316 12,350.868 737.14 11,204.523 812.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 22,488 34.963 643.19 31.718 709.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 897,116 1,395.536 642.85 1,266.010 708.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 329,564 449.260 733.57 407.562 808.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,174,235 2,891.304 406.13 2,622.948 447.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,898,204 41,766.909 524.30 37,890.314 577.94 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 122,874 110.502 1,111.96 100.246 1,225.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,372 19.583 682.81 17.766 752.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 136,246 130.085 1,047.35 118.012 1,154.51 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 320,487 379.778 843.88 344.529 930.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 606,937 1,013.686 598.74 919.601 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,736 13.610 935.77 12.347 1,031.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 940,160 1,407.074 668.17 1,276.477 736.53 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,145,163 106,851.559 310.20 96,934.132 341.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,457,928 18,852.672 554.72 17,102.862 611.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,556,214 4,120.321 377.69 3,737.894 416.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,357,715 3,007.718 783.89 2,728.557 864.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 670,368 1,808.215 370.73 1,640.386 408.66 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,611,497 7,296.224 357.92 6,619.025 394.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,352 33.423 1,476.58 30.321 1,627.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,699,065 814.901 3,312.14 739.266 3,651.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,098,299 4,290.869 1,188.17 3,892.612 1,309.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 198,133 144.864 1,367.71 131.419 1,507.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 959,655 764.448 1,255.36 693.496 1,383.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 125,304 80.380 1,558.89 72.920 1,718.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,608 0.109 42,225.34 0.099 46,545.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,562,863 2,191.498 713.15 1,988.095 786.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,998,846 2,229.789 896.43 2,022.832 988.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 352,924 483.053 730.61 438.219 805.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 298,294 287.317 1,038.20 260.650 1,144.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,230,929 47,647.936 529.53 43,225.493 583.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,942,771 19,201.483 569.89 17,419.298 628.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,308,706 1,689.105 774.79 1,532.331 854.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 80,731 66.972 1,205.44 60.756 1,328.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,709,365 221,862.865 458.43 201,270.663 505.34 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,832,030 4,167.513 439.60 3,780.706 484.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,753 123.175 379.56 111.743 418.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 353,365 172.911 2,043.61 156.863 2,252.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,276,402 655.094 1,948.42 594.292 2,147.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 285,800 159.930 1,787.02 145.087 1,969.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,270 215.318 544.63 195.334 600.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,243,578 6,247.697 679.22 5,667.817 748.71 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,118,339 2,581.012 2,757.96 2,341.456 3,040.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 723,640 211.445 3,422.35 191.820 3,772.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,570,165 4,889.708 1,548.18 4,435.870 1,706.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,871,067 595.987 3,139.44 540.671 3,460.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,020,091 313.466 3,254.23 284.372 3,587.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 498,764 176.507 2,825.74 160.125 3,114.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,907,647 1,743.531 2,241.22 1,581.706 2,470.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,658 1.568 20,182.48 1.423 22,247.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,700 0.360 21,361.85 0.327 23,547.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,741 7.194 519.96 6.527 573.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,083,698 749.757 1,445.40 680.169 1,593.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 224,947 156.627 1,436.19 142.090 1,583.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,250,316 303.735 7,408.81 275.544 8,166.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,592,234 367.071 4,337.66 333.002 4,781.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,438,260 3,552.793 967.76 3,223.041 1,066.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,925,303 460.449 4,181.35 417.713 4,609.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,401 7.055 907.18 6.401 1,000.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 45,315 3.685 12,297.06 3.343 13,555.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,530,577 729.323 4,840.90 661.631 5,336.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,849,863 16,851.282 2,186.77 15,287.231 2,410.50 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 TIN PLATE.............................29 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,451,604 2,288.609 634.27 2,076.192 699.17 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,960,116 5,772.857 339.54 5,237.050 374.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 315,705 198.424 1,591.06 180.008 1,753.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 729,491 889.900 819.74 807.304 903.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 532,941 1,060.257 502.65 961.850 554.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 229,197 90.557 2,530.97 82.152 2,789.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,783 127.115 832.18 115.317 917.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 951,199 748.578 1,270.67 679.099 1,400.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,912,903 1,621.829 1,796.06 1,471.299 1,979.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 776,005 1,266.665 612.64 1,149.100 675.32 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 671,366 294.369 2,280.69 267.048 2,514.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 927,429 351.620 2,637.58 318.985 2,907.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,632,992 12,620.913 842.49 11,449.503 928.69 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,157 5.478 6,782.35 4.970 7,476.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,679 1.916 3,484.24 1.739 3,840.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,874 11.761 14,272.99 10.670 15,733.27 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 836,057 136.979 6,103.51 124.266 6,727.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,328,252 13,226.800 1,234.48 11,999.155 1,360.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,135,086 7,975.075 643.89 7,234.869 709.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,449,087 10,822.541 688.29 9,818.047 758.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,509,686 19,425.551 746.94 17,622.569 823.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 66,741 6.412 10,408.53 5.817 11,473.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,241,100 2,311.819 2,267.09 2,097.248 2,499.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,143 146.555 4,954.73 132.953 5,461.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 63,708 1.151 55,306.16 1.045 60,964.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 223,802 9.193 24,344.10 8.340 26,834.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 56,637 3.667 15,443.41 3.327 17,023.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 312,720 270.665 1,155.37 245.544 1,273.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,759 9.273 1,052.33 8.413 1,159.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 405,426 38.848 10,436.01 35.243 11,503.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,125 1.089 1,951.18 0.988 2,150.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 47,824 78.935 605.86 71.609 667.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,017,901 520.685 1,954.93 472.358 2,154.94 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,849,473 3,088.074 922.73 2,801.455 1,017.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,608 4.443 1,037.04 4.031 1,143.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,835,317 2,708.719 677.56 2,457.310 746.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 252,442 77.230 3,268.70 70.062 3,603.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,640,096 645.916 2,539.18 585.966 2,798.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,485,752 62,018.669 959.16 56,262.406 1,057.29 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,000 2.554 3,915.34 2.317 4,315.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,649 0.281 73,460.64 0.255 80,976.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,867 3.413 10,506.30 3.097 11,581.21 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 775,272 1,276.804 607.20 1,158.298 669.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,059,616 17,578.218 401.61 15,946.696 442.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 511,289 376.209 1,359.05 341.292 1,498.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,244 2.030 4,060.17 1.842 4,475.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 64,460 41.096 1,568.51 37.282 1,728.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 665,833 856.866 777.06 777.336 856.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,634 9.390 599.96 8.519 661.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 18,789 0.170 109,968.38 0.155 121,219.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,334 0.976 3,413.72 0.886 3,762.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,427 17.348 9,881.56 15.738 10,892.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,934 0.352 11,152.71 0.320 12,293.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,088 24.434 4,750.90 22.167 5,236.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,527,330 4,496.688 784.43 4,079.328 864.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,482 61.711 574.96 55.984 633.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,868,290 30,278.581 391.97 27,468.275 432.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,461,958 13,928.812 535.72 12,636.010 590.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,103,637 5,592.639 554.95 5,073.559 611.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,076,861 79,195.946 468.17 71,845.374 516.06 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 876,619 989.782 885.67 897.916 976.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,203,807 22,485.852 409.32 20,398.828 451.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 562,896 496.039 1,134.78 450.000 1,250.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,500,307 5,729.050 1,658.27 5,197.309 1,827.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 531,945 190.248 2,796.05 172.591 3,082.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 150,119 51.136 2,935.67 46.390 3,236.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,089 1.242 2,486.51 1.127 2,740.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 840,605 536.834 1,565.86 487.008 1,726.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 383,102 646.532 592.55 586.525 653.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,620,096 23,199.305 543.99 21,046.062 599.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,278,224 3,086.374 738.16 2,799.913 813.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 84,020 126.137 666.10 114.430 734.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 90,552 65.940 1,373.24 59.820 1,513.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 200,491 50.975 3,933.10 46.244 4,335.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,338,024 57,665.438 647.49 52,313.221 713.74 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,174,912 8,038.609 768.16 7,292.506 846.75 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,609,952 6,030.757 764.41 5,471.013 842.61 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 334,231 446.098 749.23 404.694 825.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,948,476 17,226.779 751.65 15,627.876 828.55 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,211,807 447.251 2,709.45 405.740 2,986.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 285,370 97.682 2,921.41 88.616 3,220.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,170 1.571 1,380.50 1.426 1,521.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,433,391 1,417.149 2,422.74 1,285.617 2,670.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,129,982 12,857.928 476.75 11,664.520 525.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,214,498 472.192 2,572.04 428.366 2,835.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,813,011 3,119.382 1,863.51 2,829.857 2,054.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,126,379 1,310.388 2,385.84 1,188.765 2,629.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,913 24.648 1,903.26 22.361 2,097.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 263,014 176.312 1,491.75 159.948 1,644.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 972,774 875.884 1,110.62 794.589 1,224.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,408,307 1,040.754 1,353.16 944.157 1,491.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,395,946 2,079.780 1,632.84 1,886.746 1,799.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,389,306 354.070 6,748.12 321.207 7,438.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,496 0.753 7,289.31 0.684 8,035.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,079,299 383.459 2,814.63 347.869 3,102.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,748,621 3,788.976 725.43 3,437.303 799.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 472,770 559.903 844.38 507.936 930.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,545,798 22,846.766 461.59 20,726.244 508.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,183,485 5,161.922 1,197.90 4,682.819 1,320.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,503 2.943 3,568.60 2.670 3,933.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,049,837 250.614 4,189.05 227.354 4,617.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,788,677 57,270.340 904.28 51,954.794 996.80 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 44,063 18.399 2,394.76 16.692 2,639.77 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,898,893 14,786.761 466.56 13,414.328 514.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,622,741 3,490.360 751.42 3,166.403 828.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,795,214 4,758.984 797.48 4,317.279 879.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 146,885 195.482 751.40 177.339 828.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,603,896 5,610.197 1,533.62 5,089.487 1,690.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,793,793 2,826.891 988.29 2,564.514 1,089.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,851,695 1,235.930 1,498.22 1,121.218 1,651.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 47,973 57.169 839.14 51.863 924.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,864,712 4,744.816 1,446.78 4,304.426 1,594.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,579,376 1,611.906 2,840.97 1,462.297 3,131.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,272,164 1,383.652 1,642.15 1,255.229 1,810.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,876,396 8,125.729 1,461.58 7,371.540 1,611.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 764,812 559.767 1,366.30 507.813 1,506.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 91,929 92.972 988.78 84.343 1,089.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,524,829 2,516.873 1,797.80 2,283.270 1,981.73 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,901,684 2,649.411 1,850.10 2,403.506 2,039.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,968,618 228.482 12,992.75 207.276 14,322.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 123,068 27.742 4,436.01 25.168 4,889.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 56,228 42.636 1,318.78 38.679 1,453.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,717,861 1,829.491 1,485.58 1,659.687 1,637.57 BLACK PLATE...........................28 55,780 105.545 528.49 95.749 582.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,788,925 12,675.283 535.60 11,498.827 590.40 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,384,237 1,779.175 778.02 1,614.041 857.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,181 1,402.556 598.32 1,272.378 659.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,319,603 5,279.892 1,954.51 4,789.839 2,154.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,104,501 8,517.984 481.86 7,727.388 531.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,653,354 6,974.160 667.23 6,326.854 735.49 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 406,754 164.809 2,468.02 149.513 2,720.53 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,194,833 2,813.135 1,491.16 2,552.034 1,643.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 353,952 376.423 940.30 341.486 1,036.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,342,650 4,188.667 1,514.24 3,799.896 1,669.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,990,600 101,071.294 1,068.46 91,690.362 1,177.77 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 804,292 1,256.491 640.11 1,139.870 705.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,517,765 3,965.406 887.11 3,597.357 977.87 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 26,535 19.938 1,330.84 18.088 1,466.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 289,014 366.728 788.09 332.691 868.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,336,927 545.189 4,286.45 494.588 4,725.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,503 3.357 8,786.83 3.046 9,685.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 270,674 114.524 2,363.46 103.895 2,605.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,490,093 697.994 5,000.17 633.210 5,511.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,193,766 5,903.556 1,218.55 5,355.618 1,343.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,188,476 1,108.725 1,071.93 1,005.819 1,181.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 55,716 21.583 2,581.45 19.580 2,845.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 90,783 27.186 3,339.29 24.663 3,680.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 144,587 20.058 7,208.17 18.197 7,945.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 93,544 60.996 1,533.60 55.335 1,690.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 993,288 217.204 4,573.05 197.045 5,040.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,378,571 1,942.316 709.76 1,762.040 782.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,452 1.710 10,785.68 1.552 11,889.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 220,397 238.352 924.67 216.230 1,019.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 829,192 135.769 6,107.35 123.168 6,732.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,222,134 16,917.563 1,372.66 15,347.360 1,513.10 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,402 2.343 1,451.67 2.126 1,600.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 237,444 551.609 430.46 500.412 474.50 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,439,200 4,360.447 559.39 3,955.733 616.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,854 22.703 1,623.30 20.596 1,789.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 87,038 19.666 4,425.74 17.841 4,878.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,975 8.926 1,453.53 8.098 1,602.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 50,697 24.988 2,028.83 22.669 2,236.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 169,570 146.860 1,154.63 133.230 1,272.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,375 28.726 1,022.58 26.060 1,127.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 639,192 131.434 4,863.21 119.235 5,360.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,059 0.242 8,490.43 0.220 9,359.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,836 20.127 1,333.33 18.259 1,469.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,734,642 5,318.076 702.25 4,824.479 774.10 Slovakia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 Hungary PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 103,058 264.190 390.09 239.670 430.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 240,547 613.204 392.28 556.290 432.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 351,292 880.421 399.00 798.705 439.83 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 770,120 191.540 4,020.66 173.763 4,432.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,192 2.440 3,766.42 2.214 4,151.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,501,996 625.378 2,401.74 567.334 2,647.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 96,501 1.404 68,716.06 1.274 75,746.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 474,528 76.418 6,209.57 69.326 6,844.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 392,903 143.684 2,734.49 130.348 3,014.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,245,240 1,040.867 3,117.82 944.259 3,436.81 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,159,424 12,057.663 427.90 10,938.531 471.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,814 1.418 1,983.54 1.287 2,186.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,848 22.644 1,803.86 20.543 1,988.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 164,356 54.147 3,035.33 49.122 3,345.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,629 26.061 1,136.87 23.643 1,253.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 67,524 14.132 4,777.85 12.821 5,266.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 534,334 539.240 990.90 489.191 1,092.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,998,929 12,715.309 471.79 11,535.138 520.06 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 468,395 505.264 927.03 458.368 1,021.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,582,496 635.547 4,063.42 576.559 4,479.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 782,826 1,079.699 725.04 979.487 799.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,450,574 4,947.258 697.47 4,488.079 768.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 65,284 89.395 730.29 81.098 805.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 123,253 169.617 726.65 153.874 801.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,251 231.528 817.40 210.039 901.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,315,884 1,844.211 2,340.23 1,673.041 2,579.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,796,482 72,783.979 491.82 66,028.534 542.14 Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 19,433 36.446 533.19 33.064 587.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 374,509 420.184 891.30 381.185 982.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,942 456.631 862.71 414.249 950.98 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 37,725,565 116,545.010 323.70 105,727.885 356.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,207 4.021 1,294.88 3.648 1,427.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,087 10.069 3,385.14 9.135 3,731.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 388,652 545.934 711.90 495.264 784.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,304,824 3,149.903 1,049.18 2,857.545 1,156.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 292,499 354.007 826.25 321.150 910.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,278 13.911 1,313.91 12.620 1,448.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,717 17.358 617.41 15.747 680.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,399,696 122,216.551 355.10 110,873.022 391.44 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 829,964 1,095.160 757.85 993.513 835.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 829,964 1,095.160 757.85 993.513 835.38 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,104,308 692.951 3,036.73 628.635 3,347.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,231,796 11,108.255 470.98 10,077.243 519.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 115,515 136.581 845.76 123.905 932.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 50,899 21.902 2,323.85 19.870 2,561.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,190,325 3,336.320 356.78 3,026.660 393.28 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 89,603 113.270 791.06 102.757 871.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 165,316 224.092 737.71 203.293 813.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,681,407 4,032.373 1,160.96 3,658.109 1,279.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,481,654 1,444.733 1,025.55 1,310.641 1,130.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 56,939 49.035 1,161.19 44.484 1,279.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,018,929 1,344.650 1,501.45 1,219.847 1,655.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,205,531 1,583.326 1,392.97 1,436.370 1,535.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 16,991 18.424 922.22 16.714 1,016.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 61,816 43.481 1,421.65 39.446 1,567.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,346,884 1,406.449 1,668.66 1,275.910 1,839.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 147,004 30.524 4,816.00 27.691 5,308.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,408,966 274.292 8,782.47 248.834 9,681.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 148,878 99.117 1,502.03 89.918 1,655.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,263,020 6,130.619 369.13 5,561.606 406.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 166,178 115.635 1,437.08 104.903 1,584.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,226,995 4,982.742 647.63 4,520.269 713.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,178,954 37,188.781 811.51 33,737.105 894.53 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,392,898 1,711.067 2,567.34 1,552.255 2,830.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,962,615 43,698.023 388.18 39,642.191 427.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 657,889 274.128 2,399.93 248.685 2,645.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,634,237 1,899.128 860.52 1,722.861 948.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 606,297 297.798 2,035.93 270.158 2,244.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 660,584 1,864.102 354.37 1,691.086 390.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,163,572 391.602 2,971.31 355.256 3,275.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 278,817 113.718 2,451.81 103.164 2,702.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,029,715 1,796.784 3,912.39 1,630.016 4,312.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 278,663 325.016 857.38 294.850 945.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,440,210 1,152.412 2,117.48 1,045.451 2,334.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,032 0.159 18,969.55 0.145 20,910.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,473,732 3,396.660 1,022.69 3,081.399 1,127.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,607,793 1,219.535 1,318.37 1,106.344 1,453.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,609,329 1,231.358 2,119.07 1,117.070 2,335.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 631,081 293.872 2,147.46 266.597 2,367.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,978,707 481.121 6,191.18 436.466 6,824.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 186,347 78.181 2,383.52 70.925 2,627.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,002,681 2,270.039 1,322.74 2,059.346 1,458.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,282,197 5,536.131 412.24 5,022.295 454.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,579,172 1,182.810 2,180.55 1,073.028 2,403.64 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 97,594 47.425 2,057.82 43.024 2,268.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,588,461 69,264.655 802.55 62,835.856 884.66 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,343,338 820.203 2,857.02 744.076 3,149.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 96,457 65.874 1,464.26 59.760 1,614.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,579,644 946.516 2,725.41 858.666 3,004.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,041,532 1,595.020 652.99 1,446.979 719.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 987,152 1,122.343 879.55 1,018.173 969.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,028,684 2,717.364 746.56 2,465.152 822.94 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 51,415 22.230 2,312.83 20.167 2,549.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 119,895 99.347 1,206.82 90.127 1,330.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,748 47.670 1,085.53 43.246 1,196.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,522 66.241 958.95 60.093 1,057.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,282 238.683 1,241.32 216.530 1,368.32 Bulgaria SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 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 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,744,837 18,919.073 356.51 17,163.100 392.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 21,506 46.392 463.56 42.087 510.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,449,703 3,421.622 423.69 3,104.045 467.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 323,644 779.790 415.04 707.414 457.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 16,680,587 42,435.831 393.08 38,497.150 433.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,291,114 5,124.983 642.17 4,649.308 707.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,470 2.829 4,406.93 2.567 4,857.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,030,675 6,852.190 442.29 6,216.204 487.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,057 49.498 768.86 44.904 847.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,817 20.175 536.14 18.303 591.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 59,854 141.279 423.66 128.167 467.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,696,872 77,856.353 407.12 70,630.116 448.77 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,637 78.279 1,630.53 71.014 1,797.35 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 792,752 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 INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 17,538 5.661 3,097.78 5.136 3,414.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 170,110 70.091 2,426.97 63.586 2,675.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 38,646 65.055 594.05 59.017 654.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 63,333 74.857 846.04 67.910 932.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 632,401 578.878 1,092.46 525.150 1,204.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 782,906 319.359 2,451.49 289.718 2,702.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 26,766 70.242 381.05 63.723 420.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,691,044 1,263.565 2,921.13 1,146.288 3,220.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,008 3.883 6,439.65 3.523 7,098.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,369,814 7,380.300 592.09 6,695.298 652.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,504,935 5,727.843 1,135.67 5,196.214 1,251.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,534,661 1,210.465 1,267.83 1,098.116 1,397.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,445 5.944 8,149.19 5.393 8,982.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 577,442 70.116 8,235.42 63.609 9,077.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 40,367 21.707 1,859.56 19.693 2,049.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,609,796 1,432.341 1,822.05 1,299.399 2,008.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 90,366 160.838 561.84 145.910 619.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 251,015 107.745 2,329.71 97.745 2,568.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 38,360,339 62,070.794 618.01 56,309.693 681.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 859,594 746.224 1,151.92 676.964 1,269.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,777,835 81,428.853 746.39 73,871.034 822.76 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 11,356 18.011 630.48 16.340 694.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,671,834 13,514.822 419.68 12,260.444 462.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 167,436 86.457 1,936.63 78.433 2,134.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 378,011 378.690 998.21 343.542 1,100.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 507,811 234.195 2,168.32 212.459 2,390.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,697,195 27,712.858 530.34 25,140.689 584.60 Vietnam PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 49,364 41.711 1,183.46 37.840 1,304.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 63,435 42.860 1,480.05 38.882 1,631.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,799 84.571 1,333.77 76.722 1,470.23 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,539 10.110 3,119.46 9.172 3,438.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 265,261 417.714 635.03 378.944 700.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 457,781 169.938 2,693.80 154.166 2,969.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,344 17.709 1,092.28 16.066 1,204.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,257,949 5,630.918 578.58 5,108.285 637.78 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,125 10.104 408.22 9.167 449.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,075 21.194 3,589.44 19.227 3,956.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 176,338 40.754 4,326.82 36.972 4,769.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 256,538 72.053 3,560.37 65.366 3,924.64 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 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 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 65,709 19.374 3,391.57 17.576 3,738.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,439,151 60,322.616 371.99 54,723.773 410.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,026 31.527 1,491.60 28.601 1,644.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,844 2.539 3,088.52 2.304 3,404.51 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 40,226 52.830 761.42 47.927 839.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,189,965 2,701.468 810.66 2,450.732 893.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 160,860 351.172 458.07 318.578 504.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 986,490 678.674 1,453.55 615.683 1,602.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,554,058 1,447.532 3,146.08 1,313.180 3,467.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,402,705 34,024.092 570.26 30,866.146 628.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 39,054,037 44,921.035 869.39 40,751.689 958.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 85,722 152.406 562.46 138.261 620.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,278,607 14,628.489 771.00 13,270.746 849.88 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,506,030 2,792.660 539.28 2,533.460 594.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,778,819 9,805.932 793.28 8,895.795 874.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 499,989 844.907 591.77 766.487 652.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,442,170 2,118.581 3,984.82 1,921.945 4,392.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 52,188 86.700 601.94 78.653 663.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 812,214 1,451.286 559.65 1,316.585 616.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 803,220 1,023.677 784.64 928.665 864.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,291,376 11,816.067 701.70 10,719.359 773.50 BLACK PLATE...........................28 215,112 420.426 511.65 381.405 564.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 198,977 358.812 554.54 325.509 611.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,162,976 16,398.707 863.66 14,876.661 952.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,791,109 12,411.934 547.14 11,259.921 603.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 197,962 374.862 528.09 340.070 582.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 454,365 785.511 578.43 712.604 637.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,340 0.557 4,195.28 0.506 4,624.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 119,539 178.348 670.26 161.795 738.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,640,786 220,202.733 684.10 199,764.616 754.09 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 653,071 1,683.918 387.83 1,527.626 427.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,745,382 14,014.839 552.66 12,714.052 609.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 40,374 84.977 475.12 77.090 523.73 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 41,558 91.618 453.60 83.115 500.01 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 445,610 725.264 614.41 657.949 677.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,229,249 4,655.663 693.62 4,223.548 764.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 87,538 227.578 384.65 206.456 424.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,208 78.481 1,187.65 71.197 1,309.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 208,198 161.508 1,289.08 146.518 1,420.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,573,448 1,697.129 927.12 1,539.610 1,021.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,947,258 3,722.040 791.84 3,376.579 872.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,860,991 2,731.404 681.33 2,477.889 751.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 512,021 793.990 644.87 720.296 710.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,167,151 5,284.815 599.29 4,794.305 660.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,412,047 3,215.923 750.03 2,917.438 826.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 34,700 0.890 38,959.55 0.808 42,945.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,516,455 1,162.820 3,884.05 1,054.893 4,281.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,728 1.798 2,072.30 1.632 2,284.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,425,704 4,505.550 538.38 4,087.368 593.46 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 5,210 7.059 738.04 6.404 813.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,640,308 4,462.983 1,487.86 4,048.752 1,640.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 367,710 504.000 729.58 457.222 804.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 653,680 788.670 828.84 715.470 913.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 55,456,929 121,782.999 455.37 110,479.710 501.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,347,623 5,064.667 660.98 4,594.590 728.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,451,112 10,370.955 814.88 9,408.375 898.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 25,442 36.729 692.70 33.320 763.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,553,368 10,052.654 651.90 9,119.617 718.60 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 18,898 19.036 992.70 17.270 1,094.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,090,063 1,012.213 1,076.91 918.265 1,187.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 114,935,173 199,053.013 577.41 180,577.907 636.49 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,081 85.130 2,831.90 77.229 3,121.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 305,581 104.107 2,935.24 94.445 3,235.54 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,754 1.757 22,624.99 1.594 24,939.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,405,453 1,239.674 2,747.05 1,124.614 3,028.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,419,310 994.715 1,426.85 902.391 1,572.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 62,713 46.658 1,344.08 42.328 1,481.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,772,301 1,869.766 947.87 1,696.224 1,044.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 276,999 698.715 396.44 633.864 437.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,838,315 22,777.713 388.02 20,663.600 427.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,250,324 1,683.624 3,118.46 1,527.359 3,437.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,630,166 376.433 4,330.55 341.495 4,773.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,230,787 4,304.811 518.21 3,905.260 571.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,003,541 2,413.688 830.07 2,189.662 915.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 38,280 63.175 605.93 57.312 667.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 106,438 193.573 549.86 175.607 606.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 804,092 1,399.618 574.51 1,269.713 633.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 130,331 87.818 1,484.09 79.668 1,635.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,467 8.965 944.44 8.133 1,041.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,290,700 1,609.900 2,665.19 1,460.478 2,937.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 574,611 239.261 2,401.61 217.054 2,647.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,702,171 1,372.886 1,968.24 1,245.462 2,169.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,552 26.552 811.68 24.088 894.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,265,410 3,665.119 1,163.78 3,324.941 1,282.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,813,062 23,730.412 666.36 21,527.874 734.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 626,998 920.747 680.97 835.288 750.64 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,770,699 2,592.922 682.90 2,352.260 752.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 288,124 143.146 2,012.80 129.860 2,218.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,370,598 72,461.658 805.54 65,736.129 887.95 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,149 1.347 24,609.06 1.222 27,126.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,798,667 9,045.877 751.58 8,206.284 828.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,022,571 2,040.063 501.24 1,850.715 552.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,521,603 3,931.187 1,150.19 3,566.314 1,267.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,616,752 2,295.946 704.18 2,082.848 776.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,832,413 3,021.239 606.51 2,740.823 668.56 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 310,811 365.724 849.85 331.780 936.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,148,650 10,620.132 861.44 9,634.425 949.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,345,338 3,499.549 384.43 3,174.739 423.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,487,783 9,924.359 351.44 9,003.230 387.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 557,310 339.152 1,643.24 307.674 1,811.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,239,403 4,375.088 1,197.55 3,969.015 1,320.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,360,591 2,438.920 967.88 2,212.552 1,066.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,913,865 8,508.442 3,398.26 7,718.731 3,745.94 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,188,233 14,599.084 971.86 13,244.070 1,071.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,489 9.854 2,485.02 8.940 2,739.26 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 91,470 107.585 850.21 97.600 937.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,609,717 5,396.221 2,336.77 4,895.371 2,575.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,219 191.683 1,425.37 173.892 1,571.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,545,093 1,445.281 7,296.22 1,311.138 8,042.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 223,405 80.742 2,766.90 73.248 3,049.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 432,753 220.345 1,963.98 199.894 2,164.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 14,669 30.229 485.25 27.424 534.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,982,437 3,726.482 1,337.03 3,380.609 1,473.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 850,212 861.575 986.81 781.608 1,087.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 278,608 301.457 924.20 273.478 1,018.76 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 487,102 502.916 968.56 456.238 1,067.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,228,238 6,791.955 769.77 6,161.560 848.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,814,364 6,200.749 776.42 5,625.227 855.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 954,021 1,254.213 760.65 1,137.804 838.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 630,058 710.663 886.58 644.703 977.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 975,018 552.881 1,763.52 501.566 1,943.95 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 709,031 706.442 1,003.66 640.874 1,106.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,754 41.302 2,584.69 37.469 2,849.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,264,694 1,041.862 4,093.34 945.162 4,512.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,872,491 105,180.561 1,234.76 95,418.227 1,361.09 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,248,342 7,809.900 543.97 7,085.025 599.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,237 20.157 1,797.65 18.287 1,981.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,702 43.309 1,009.06 39.290 1,112.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,664 24.650 797.70 22.363 879.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 99,573 68.007 1,464.16 61.695 1,613.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,222,686 41,322.870 465.18 37,487.488 512.78 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 483,631 1,031.024 469.08 935.330 517.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,662,911 3,550.202 468.40 3,220.690 516.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,014 51.027 803.77 46.291 886.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,029 99.880 120.43 90.610 132.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,505 42.149 272.96 38.237 300.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,548 193.056 334.35 175.138 368.56 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 410,578 1,033.271 397.36 937.368 438.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,036,334 2,061.472 502.72 1,870.137 554.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,252,746 1,450.260 863.81 1,315.655 952.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,550 38.858 1,120.73 35.252 1,235.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,620 211.282 495.17 191.672 545.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 861,218 1,426.651 603.66 1,294.237 665.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 75,741 57.557 1,315.93 52.215 1,450.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,521,009 5,463.054 461.47 4,956.001 508.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,651,234 19,068.426 558.58 17,298.590 615.73 GRAND TOTAL 1,834,709,158 2,726,440.649 672.93 2,473,386.048 741.78 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,659,197 7,832.088 467.21 7,105.153 515.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 507,292 903.985 561.17 820.082 618.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,870,078 11,510.277 1,118.14 10,441.951 1,232.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,013,539 3,323.931 605.77 3,015.421 667.75 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 247,372 371.985 665.00 337.460 733.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,320,071 33,939.576 569.25 30,789.475 627.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 292,531 488.290 599.09 442.970 660.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,785,859 1,684.302 1,654.01 1,527.974 1,823.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,041,061 626.205 1,662.49 568.084 1,832.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 360,403 52.290 6,892.35 47.437 7,597.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,657,898 5,883.495 1,641.52 5,337.419 1,809.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,894,939 21,338.396 932.35 19,357.873 1,027.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 10,000 3.381 2,956.93 3.068 3,259.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 739,064 492.037 1,502.05 446.369 1,655.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,007,076 1,737.080 1,155.43 1,575.853 1,273.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,570,321 373.524 4,204.06 338.856 4,634.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 485,453 414.518 1,171.12 376.045 1,290.94 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 32,287 36.693 879.91 33.288 969.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,775 178.386 1,192.77 161.830 1,314.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,665,095 2,540.660 655.38 2,304.849 722.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,352,906 1,833.146 738.02 1,663.003 813.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,902,160 5,521.866 706.67 5,009.354 778.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,333,621 1,026.034 1,299.78 930.803 1,432.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 294,367 94.863 3,103.05 86.059 3,420.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 240,609 536.412 448.55 486.625 494.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,037,819 463.603 2,238.59 420.574 2,467.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 87,533,793 103,207.036 848.14 93,627.875 934.91 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 142,167 181.572 782.98 164.720 863.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,723,254 58,357.678 492.19 52,941.210 542.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,930,035 5,793.596 505.74 5,255.864 557.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,471,524 2,847.451 516.79 2,583.165 569.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,051 71.476 1,455.75 64.842 1,604.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 234,396 130.033 1,802.59 117.964 1,987.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,374 0.091 25,947.68 0.083 28,602.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 69,436 50.155 1,384.42 45.500 1,526.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,064,440 1,198.940 1,721.89 1,087.661 1,898.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,076 90.973 330.60 82.530 364.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,244,035 1,045.300 1,190.12 948.281 1,311.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,015,788 69,767.269 530.56 63,291.820 584.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic TOOL STEEL............................17 30,900 4.258 7,256.54 3.863 7,998.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,566 24.839 344.85 22.534 380.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,466 29.097 1,356.33 26.397 1,495.09 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 67,211 58.642 1,146.11 53.200 1,263.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 241,447 210.877 1,144.96 191.305 1,262.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 571,907 1,277.313 447.74 1,158.760 493.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 880,565 1,546.834 569.27 1,403.265 627.51 Venezuela TOOL STEEL............................17 7,665 0.874 8,768.69 0.793 9,665.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,665 0.874 8,768.69 0.793 9,665.83 Brazil BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 456,535 300.105 1,521.25 272.251 1,676.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 28,699 11.059 2,594.97 10.033 2,860.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,699,065 814.901 3,312.14 739.266 3,651.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,119,752 1,386.821 1,528.50 1,258.104 1,684.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,792 1.102 6,161.60 1.000 6,792.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 91,005 88.813 1,024.68 80.570 1,129.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,990 79.119 1,061.56 71.776 1,170.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 494,781 731.914 676.01 663.982 745.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,980,619 3,413.837 1,751.88 3,096.982 1,931.11 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,061 131.599 2,333.30 119.385 2,572.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,058,127 457.873 2,310.96 415.376 2,547.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,998 6.191 1,453.24 5.617 1,601.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,374,186 595.664 2,306.98 540.378 2,543.01 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,429,155 4,832.271 1,537.40 4,383.764 1,694.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 997,493 308.974 3,228.40 280.297 3,558.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,096 68.830 1,657.64 62.442 1,827.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,907,647 1,743.531 2,241.22 1,581.706 2,470.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,310 0.479 27,757.78 0.435 30,597.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,058,528 741.005 1,428.50 672.229 1,574.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 224,947 156.627 1,436.19 142.090 1,583.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,801 21.780 587.73 19.759 647.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,293,846 3,423.741 962.06 3,105.967 1,060.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 45,315 3.685 12,297.06 3.343 13,555.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,095,699 312.135 3,510.33 283.165 3,869.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,192,837 11,613.063 1,566.58 10,535.197 1,726.86 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 266,872 753.330 354.26 683.410 390.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 94,590 92.263 1,025.22 83.700 1,130.11 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,507 18.459 1,002.58 16.746 1,105.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 532,941 1,060.257 502.65 961.850 554.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 520,857 198.736 2,620.84 180.291 2,888.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,262 101.633 533.90 92.200 588.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 536,358 840.699 637.99 762.670 703.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,024,387 3,065.380 660.40 2,780.867 727.97 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 418,438 127.840 3,273.13 115.975 3,608.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,666,764 8,643.215 655.63 7,840.995 722.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 400,287 424.048 943.97 384.690 1,040.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 920,764 1,253.755 734.40 1,137.388 809.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,185,433 807.880 2,705.14 732.897 2,981.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,143 146.555 4,954.73 132.953 5,461.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 213,710 9.076 23,545.60 8.234 25,954.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 306,982 258.732 1,186.49 234.718 1,307.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,759 9.273 1,052.33 8.413 1,159.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,125 1.089 1,951.18 0.988 2,150.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,904 7.443 1,330.48 6.753 1,466.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 193,858 8.489 22,833.69 7.702 25,169.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,288,245 2,477.604 923.57 2,247.646 1,018.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,608 4.443 1,037.04 4.031 1,143.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 252,442 77.230 3,268.70 70.062 3,603.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 64,610 23.292 2,773.80 21.131 3,057.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,664,072 14,279.971 956.87 12,954.576 1,054.77 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,682,499 8,658.997 425.28 7,855.313 468.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 500,257 373.242 1,340.30 338.600 1,477.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 64,460 41.096 1,568.51 37.282 1,728.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,634 9.390 599.96 8.519 661.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 18,789 0.170 109,968.38 0.155 121,219.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,053 2.418 15,320.84 2.194 16,888.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 592,312 1,307.361 453.06 1,186.019 499.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 940,424 1,516.410 620.16 1,375.665 683.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 362,007 631.275 573.45 572.684 632.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,203,435 12,540.365 494.68 11,376.431 545.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 876,619 989.782 885.67 897.916 976.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 839,606 108.798 7,717.10 98.700 8,506.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,795,246 1,533.635 1,822.63 1,391.291 2,009.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 150,119 51.136 2,935.67 46.390 3,236.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 607,970 875.468 694.45 794.212 765.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,269,560 3,558.820 1,480.70 3,228.509 1,632.20 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 356,264 556.606 640.06 504.945 705.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 356,264 556.606 640.06 504.945 705.55 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,206,088 443.310 2,720.64 402.165 2,998.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,373,307 1,283.268 1,849.42 1,164.162 2,038.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,213,149 3,952.778 559.90 3,585.901 617.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 693,579 247.853 2,798.34 224.849 3,084.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,095,774 2,129.444 1,453.79 1,931.800 1,602.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,126,379 1,310.388 2,385.84 1,188.765 2,629.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 400,141 241.536 1,656.65 219.118 1,826.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,365,546 917.456 2,578.37 832.303 2,842.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,642 5.381 15,914.20 4.882 17,542.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,146,841 1,708.072 671.42 1,549.538 740.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,548,512 2,883.541 883.81 2,615.906 974.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 542,900 53.226 10,199.87 48.286 11,243.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,797,858 15,176.259 1,304.53 13,767.675 1,438.00 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 889,108 1,294.357 686.91 1,174.222 757.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 153,315 224.289 683.56 203.472 753.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,125,814 4,504.155 1,360.04 4,086.102 1,499.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 890,698 729.970 1,220.18 662.218 1,345.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 547,402 310.847 1,761.00 281.996 1,941.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,579,376 1,611.906 2,840.97 1,462.297 3,131.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 509,637 279.767 1,821.64 253.801 2,008.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,531,907 7,827.179 1,473.32 7,100.700 1,624.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,153 5.254 600.03 4.767 661.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 91,929 92.972 988.78 84.343 1,089.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,337,382 1,332.356 1,754.32 1,208.694 1,933.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,897,687 971.593 2,982.41 881.415 3,287.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 123,068 27.742 4,436.01 25.168 4,889.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,360 7.923 2,569.60 7.188 2,832.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,536 13.987 11,119.86 12.689 12,257.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,738 23.699 1,128.20 21.500 1,243.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,040,183 1,317.098 789.75 1,194.852 870.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,506,155 7,407.020 473.36 6,719.538 521.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,234,047 4,752.628 680.48 4,311.513 750.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,194,833 2,813.135 1,491.16 2,552.034 1,643.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 152,762 141.707 1,078.01 128.555 1,188.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,165,810 2,508.885 1,261.84 2,276.023 1,390.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,176,900 38,198.478 1,208.87 34,653.087 1,332.55 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 365,150 318.663 1,145.88 289.087 1,263.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 194,091 52.473 3,698.85 47.603 4,077.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,503 3.357 8,786.83 3.046 9,685.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,490,093 697.994 5,000.17 633.210 5,511.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,548,511 3,317.199 1,069.73 3,009.314 1,179.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 90,783 27.186 3,339.29 24.663 3,680.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 291,949 58.189 5,017.18 52.789 5,530.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 989,872 1,309.721 755.79 1,188.160 833.11 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 220,397 238.352 924.67 216.230 1,019.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 439,629 74.486 5,902.13 67.573 6,505.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,659,978 6,097.626 1,584.22 5,531.675 1,746.30 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,991 210.831 668.74 191.263 737.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,615 18.020 1,643.40 16.348 1,811.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 87,038 19.666 4,425.74 17.841 4,878.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 639,192 131.434 4,863.21 119.235 5,360.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 896,836 379.952 2,360.39 344.687 2,601.89 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,687 3.025 2,540.45 2.745 2,800.36 Switzerland MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 333,357 155.245 2,147.30 140.836 2,366.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,735 8.553 2,307.13 7.760 2,543.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 353,092 163.799 2,155.64 148.596 2,376.19 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,661 10.769 989.92 9.770 1,091.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 164,356 54.147 3,035.33 49.122 3,345.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 67,524 14.132 4,777.85 12.821 5,266.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 242,541 79.050 3,068.20 71.713 3,382.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,635 67.384 1,152.12 61.130 1,270.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,582,496 635.547 4,063.42 576.559 4,479.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,315,884 1,844.211 2,340.23 1,673.041 2,579.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,976,015 2,547.143 2,738.76 2,310.730 3,018.97 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,853 21.131 1,933.29 19.170 2,131.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 91,207 40.587 2,247.19 36.820 2,477.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,117 2.407 1,294.73 2.184 1,427.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,087 10.069 3,385.14 9.135 3,731.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 169,264 74.195 2,281.33 67.309 2,514.73 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,880 21.576 2,265.41 19.574 2,497.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,253,232 3,458.680 1,229.73 3,137.663 1,355.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 458,418 325.598 1,407.92 295.378 1,551.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 56,939 49.035 1,161.19 44.484 1,279.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 107,262 51.211 2,094.50 46.458 2,308.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,928,400 1,380.187 1,397.20 1,252.085 1,540.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 618,378 361.335 1,711.37 327.798 1,886.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 118,257 18.255 6,477.93 16.561 7,140.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,382 3.355 2,498.04 3.044 2,753.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,873,132 4,450.805 645.53 4,037.704 711.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,471,280 10,120.040 1,034.71 9,180.749 1,140.57 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 657,654 1,019.117 645.32 924.528 711.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,353,916 1,853.535 730.45 1,681.500 805.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 95,719 54.956 1,741.71 49.856 1,919.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,361 40.108 1,953.72 36.386 2,153.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 278,663 325.016 857.38 294.850 945.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,541,127 540.965 2,848.84 490.756 3,140.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,032 0.159 18,969.55 0.145 20,910.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 28,553 4.537 6,293.21 4.116 6,937.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,166,066 947.149 2,286.93 859.240 2,520.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 186,347 78.181 2,383.52 70.925 2,627.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,095,080 1,661.122 1,261.24 1,506.945 1,390.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,484,518 6,524.851 1,300.34 5,919.247 1,433.38 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,343,338 820.203 2,857.02 744.076 3,149.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,343,338 820.203 2,857.02 744.076 3,149.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,702 3.193 3,038.15 2.897 3,348.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,554 2.611 2,892.73 2.369 3,188.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,256 5.804 2,972.73 5.266 3,276.87 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,350 25.493 915.93 23.127 1,009.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,350 25.493 915.93 23.127 1,009.64 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 17,538 5.661 3,097.78 5.136 3,414.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 93,380 67.106 1,391.52 60.878 1,533.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,008 3.883 6,439.65 3.523 7,098.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,502 8.218 4,319.59 7.456 4,761.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,370,779 4,003.525 1,091.73 3,631.938 1,203.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 804,706 624.229 1,289.12 566.292 1,421.01 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 40,367 21.707 1,859.56 19.693 2,049.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,387,280 4,734.333 1,137.92 4,294.916 1,254.34 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 193,646 483.636 400.40 438.748 441.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 193,646 483.636 400.40 438.748 441.36 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,386,304 1,123.110 1,234.34 1,018.869 1,360.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,047 31.832 912.49 28.878 1,005.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 298,090 361.085 825.54 327.571 910.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,554,058 1,447.532 3,146.08 1,313.180 3,467.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,700 1.521 1,774.93 1.380 1,956.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,237,358 5,590.741 1,115.66 5,071.837 1,229.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 35,256 18.579 1,897.58 16.855 2,091.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 410,331 647.638 633.58 587.528 698.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 42,948 78.598 546.43 71.303 602.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 113,716 42.700 2,663.12 38.737 2,935.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 580,025 533.385 1,087.44 483.879 1,198.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,340 0.557 4,195.28 0.506 4,624.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,692,173 9,877.283 1,386.23 8,960.523 1,528.06 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 41,558 91.618 453.60 83.115 500.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,290,729 2,518.546 909.54 2,284.788 1,002.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,800 71.788 1,014.10 65.125 1,117.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 208,198 161.508 1,289.08 146.518 1,420.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 100,230 160.635 623.96 145.726 687.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 313,897 625.679 501.69 567.607 553.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,881,910 1,533.156 1,227.47 1,390.857 1,353.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,216,925 1,952.622 623.23 1,771.390 686.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 18,898 19.036 992.70 17.270 1,094.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,145,145 7,134.593 861.32 6,472.396 949.44 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 420,156 84.655 4,963.14 76.798 5,470.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,560 7.219 2,016.89 6.549 2,223.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,630,166 376.433 4,330.55 341.495 4,773.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,036 17.401 1,496.23 15.786 1,649.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 574,611 239.261 2,401.61 217.054 2,647.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,722 140.247 1,224.43 127.230 1,349.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,837,251 865.217 3,279.24 784.912 3,614.74 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,051,003 3,761.901 1,076.85 3,412.741 1,187.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,351,736 1,963.138 688.56 1,780.930 759.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 269,053 521.591 515.83 473.180 568.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,003,837 7,888.062 887.90 7,155.932 978.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 235,156 140.706 1,671.25 127.647 1,842.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,239,403 4,375.088 1,197.55 3,969.015 1,320.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 164,077 68.237 2,404.50 61.904 2,650.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,520,700 8,424.354 3,385.51 7,642.448 3,731.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,779,511 2,318.298 1,198.94 2,103.126 1,321.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,489 9.854 2,485.02 8.940 2,739.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,105,714 4,340.983 2,327.98 3,938.075 2,566.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 221,716 147.748 1,500.63 134.035 1,654.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 432,753 220.345 1,963.98 199.894 2,164.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,259,086 1,443.082 1,565.46 1,309.143 1,725.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,172,308 5,963.088 699.69 5,409.624 771.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,993,642 4,200.287 712.72 3,810.438 785.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 889,390 1,177.689 755.20 1,068.382 832.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,229 306.431 894.91 277.990 986.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 709,031 706.442 1,003.66 640.874 1,106.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,912 15.612 3,261.07 14.163 3,594.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,747,746 47,992.946 1,494.96 43,538.481 1,647.92 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,234 0.726 11,334.99 0.659 12,494.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,899 16.574 4,277.63 15.036 4,715.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 79,133 17.300 4,573.96 15.695 5,041.92 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 148,712 24.709 6,018.44 22.416 6,634.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,550 38.858 1,120.73 35.252 1,235.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 192,262 63.568 3,024.51 57.668 3,333.95 GRAND TOTAL 384,437,186 375,559.624 1,023.64 340,702.056 1,128.37 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,734,002 116,945.158 365.42 106,090.893 402.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,789,994 15,917.407 615.05 14,440.033 677.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,507,176 11,891.863 631.29 10,788.120 695.87 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,377,396 1,655.953 831.78 1,502.256 916.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,961,543 12,938.441 692.63 11,737.560 763.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,093,838 24,607.473 532.11 22,323.531 586.55 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 671,087 948.558 707.48 860.518 779.86 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,855 150.899 1,470.21 136.894 1,620.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,713,911 23,157.005 592.21 21,007.688 652.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,448,644 5,907.402 583.78 5,359.107 643.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 930,847 2,068.520 450.01 1,876.531 496.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,198,527 3,140.768 1,018.39 2,849.258 1,122.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,729,345 27,243.630 797.59 24,715.013 879.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,365,441 4,207.193 1,037.61 3,816.703 1,143.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,801 7.723 492.11 7.007 542.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 26,509 23.702 1,118.38 21.503 1,232.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,282,363 8,228.327 1,006.57 7,464.615 1,109.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 89,422 83.812 1,066.94 76.033 1,176.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,304,889 510.980 2,553.70 463.554 2,814.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,417,332 19,798.003 829.24 17,960.452 914.08 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 311,837 335.702 928.91 304.544 1,023.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,306,943 13,346.086 847.21 12,107.369 933.89 BLACK PLATE...........................28 7,872 16.420 479.41 14.896 528.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,754,035 9,819.663 789.64 8,908.251 870.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,198,624 1,473.437 813.49 1,336.680 896.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,292,321 47,624.227 531.08 43,203.985 585.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,111,768 18,994.728 637.64 17,231.733 702.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,691,680 33,401.923 649.41 30,301.724 715.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 657,743 647.355 1,016.05 587.271 1,120.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,062,956 3,563.318 1,140.22 3,232.589 1,256.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,317,356 4,320.646 536.34 3,919.626 591.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,618,901 3,455.393 757.92 3,134.681 835.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 247,199,958 416,431.730 593.61 377,780.618 654.35 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,545 3.367 755.74 3.055 833.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,375,584 83,289.467 400.72 75,558.955 441.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 867,571 1,795.383 483.22 1,628.745 532.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,673,928 3,143.465 532.51 2,851.705 586.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,225,117 2,625.444 466.63 2,381.764 514.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,098,003 3,665.175 572.42 3,324.992 630.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,196,869 2,190.073 546.50 1,986.802 602.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,623,187 22,751.158 379.02 20,639.510 417.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 263,895 404.636 652.18 367.080 718.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,880,048 8,741.900 787.02 7,930.521 867.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,068,072 1,178.522 906.28 1,069.138 999.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,650 1.433 8,827.61 1.300 9,730.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,620,881 4,384.292 825.88 3,977.364 910.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,214,338 2,611.082 848.05 2,368.735 934.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,783,522 17,049.767 749.78 15,467.293 826.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 395,422 271.169 1,458.21 246.001 1,607.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 399,895 207.871 1,923.76 188.578 2,120.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,355,434 3,427.052 979.10 3,108.971 1,079.27 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 187,896 101.183 1,856.99 91.792 2,046.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,358,619 8,992.246 818.33 8,157.631 902.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,028,001 21,658.984 509.17 19,648.706 561.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,824,901 14,410.164 543.01 13,072.685 598.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,812,165 12,265.443 799.98 11,127.026 881.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 37,798 56.846 664.92 51.570 732.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,086,080 8,703.874 814.13 7,896.024 897.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 597,418 748.223 798.45 678.777 880.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 641,844 721.289 889.86 654.343 980.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,631,683 225,399.520 552.94 204,479.063 609.51 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 230,250 259.969 885.68 235.840 976.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,377 12.392 756.69 11.242 834.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 119,371 157.479 758.01 142.863 835.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,998 429.840 835.19 389.945 920.64 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,228 143.398 733.82 130.089 808.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 118,552 140.820 841.87 127.750 928.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 223,780 284.218 787.35 257.839 867.91 Panama BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,354 40.772 621.84 36.988 685.47 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 490,830 1,098.853 446.67 996.863 492.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 68,942 170.778 403.69 154.928 444.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,737 330.868 594.61 300.159 655.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,860 298.818 698.95 271.084 770.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 965,369 1,899.319 508.27 1,723.034 560.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,803,106 6,480.935 432.52 5,879.407 476.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,908 18.870 790.02 17.119 870.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,818,014 6,499.805 433.55 5,896.526 477.91 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,506,540 1,886.420 798.62 1,711.332 880.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,880,960 5,841.844 1,349.05 5,299.634 1,487.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 615,145 728.893 843.94 661.241 930.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 159,313 225.915 705.19 204.947 777.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,161,958 8,683.073 1,170.32 7,877.154 1,290.05 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,135,466 8,345.475 375.71 7,570.890 414.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,810,944 4,287.465 422.38 3,889.524 465.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 256,064 598.014 428.19 542.510 472.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,130,491 3,330.090 339.48 3,021.008 374.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 654,912 812.673 805.87 737.245 888.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,104,316 12,350.868 737.14 11,204.523 812.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 22,488 34.963 643.19 31.718 709.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 897,116 1,395.536 642.85 1,266.010 708.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 329,564 449.260 733.57 407.562 808.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 79,738 116.955 681.78 106.100 751.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,174,235 2,891.304 406.13 2,622.948 447.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,295,205 7,153.428 460.65 6,489.483 507.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,890,539 41,766.035 524.12 37,889.521 577.75 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 122,874 110.502 1,111.96 100.246 1,225.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,372 19.583 682.81 17.766 752.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,246 130.085 1,047.35 118.012 1,154.51 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 320,487 379.778 843.88 344.529 930.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 606,937 1,013.686 598.74 919.601 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,736 13.610 935.77 12.347 1,031.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 940,160 1,407.074 668.17 1,276.477 736.53 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,133,110 106,850.198 310.09 96,932.897 341.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,457,928 18,852.672 554.72 17,102.862 611.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,556,214 4,120.321 377.69 3,737.894 416.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,742,843 2,693.135 647.14 2,443.172 713.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 670,368 1,808.215 370.73 1,640.386 408.66 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,611,497 7,296.224 357.92 6,619.025 394.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,653 22.363 923.51 20.288 1,017.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,978,547 2,904.047 1,025.65 2,634.508 1,130.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 191,341 143.762 1,330.95 130.419 1,467.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 868,650 675.635 1,285.68 612.926 1,417.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 125,304 80.380 1,558.89 72.920 1,718.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,608 0.109 42,225.34 0.099 46,545.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,459,402 2,108.914 692.02 1,913.176 762.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,998,846 2,229.789 896.43 2,022.832 988.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 352,924 483.053 730.61 438.219 805.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,214,658 46,208.981 480.74 41,920.095 529.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,447,990 18,469.569 565.69 16,755.316 623.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,308,706 1,689.105 774.79 1,532.331 854.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 80,731 66.972 1,205.44 60.756 1,328.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,224,320 216,703.452 425.58 196,590.121 469.12 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,832,030 4,167.513 439.60 3,780.706 484.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,753 123.175 379.56 111.743 418.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,304 41.312 1,120.83 37.478 1,235.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 218,275 197.221 1,106.75 178.916 1,219.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 276,802 153.739 1,800.46 139.470 1,984.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,270 215.318 544.63 195.334 600.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 318,033 731.559 434.73 663.660 479.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,925 22.191 627.49 20.132 691.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,869,392 5,652.032 507.67 5,127.439 559.62 Sweden PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,554 10.725 331.36 9.730 365.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,405 1.053 2,282.20 0.956 2,515.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,348 1.089 16,847.20 0.988 18,570.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,700 0.360 21,361.85 0.327 23,547.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,741 7.194 519.96 6.527 573.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,170 8.752 2,875.80 7.940 3,170.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 269,132 103.781 2,593.26 94.149 2,858.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 144,414 129.051 1,119.04 117.074 1,233.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,947 24.008 622.58 21.780 686.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,401 7.055 907.18 6.401 1,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 680,795 159.416 4,270.55 144.620 4,707.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,176,607 452.489 2,600.29 410.492 2,866.33 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,227,745 1,953.300 628.55 1,772.005 692.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 142,425 233.998 608.66 212.280 670.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,140 4.553 469.95 4.131 518.03 TIN PLATE.............................29 63,217 95.509 661.89 86.645 729.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,435,527 2,287.362 627.59 2,075.061 691.80 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,693,244 5,019.527 337.33 4,553.640 371.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 306,551 703.703 435.63 638.389 480.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,783 127.115 832.18 115.317 917.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 204,299 481.315 424.46 436.642 467.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 277,880 500.438 555.27 453.990 612.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 239,647 425.966 562.60 386.430 620.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,827,404 7,258.065 389.55 6,584.408 429.41 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,157 5.478 6,782.35 4.970 7,476.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,157 5.478 6,782.35 4.970 7,476.26 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,495,072 6,737.370 370.33 6,112.041 408.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,654,832 7,782.763 598.10 7,060.406 659.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,782,323 2,179.326 817.83 1,977.052 901.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,307,622 18,095.010 735.43 16,415.522 810.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,424,390 1,296.078 1,099.00 1,175.783 1,211.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 63,708 1.151 55,306.16 1.045 60,964.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,092 0.116 86,370.86 0.106 95,207.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 56,637 3.667 15,443.41 3.327 17,023.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,738 11.933 480.83 10.826 530.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,920 71.491 530.41 64.856 584.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 595,917 459.308 1,297.42 416.678 1,430.16 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 71,475 84.989 840.99 77.101 927.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 236,278 557.163 424.07 505.450 467.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,835,317 2,708.719 677.56 2,457.310 746.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,030,788 509.315 2,023.87 462.043 2,230.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,608,109 40,498.405 681.71 36,739.546 751.45 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,671,975 4,650.238 359.55 4,218.627 396.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 775,272 1,276.804 607.20 1,158.298 669.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,269 3.373 1,265.61 3.060 1,395.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,377,117 8,919.220 378.63 8,091.383 417.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 665,833 856.866 777.06 777.336 856.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,334 0.976 3,413.72 0.886 3,762.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,427 17.348 9,881.56 15.738 10,892.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 3,527,330 4,496.688 784.43 4,079.328 864.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,482 61.711 574.96 55.984 633.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,275,978 28,971.219 389.21 26,282.256 429.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,521,534 12,412.402 525.40 11,260.345 579.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,741,630 4,961.364 552.60 4,500.875 609.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,771,181 66,628.213 461.83 60,444.116 509.08 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,364,201 22,377.054 373.78 20,300.128 412.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 562,896 496.039 1,134.78 450.000 1,250.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,928,290 3,085.655 949.00 2,799.260 1,046.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,033 5.907 513.43 5.359 565.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,089 1.242 2,486.51 1.127 2,740.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,119 4.077 2,236.45 3.699 2,465.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 785,740 533.148 1,473.77 483.664 1,624.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 267,478 615.817 434.35 558.660 478.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,228,832 22,636.364 496.05 20,535.370 546.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,670,254 2,210.906 755.46 2,005.701 832.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 84,020 126.137 666.10 114.430 734.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 90,552 65.940 1,373.24 59.820 1,513.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,997,504 52,158.289 498.43 47,317.218 549.43 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,818,648 7,482.003 777.69 6,787.561 857.25 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,609,952 6,030.757 764.41 5,471.013 842.61 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 334,231 446.098 749.23 404.694 825.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,829,381 2,711.313 674.72 2,459.663 743.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,592,212 16,670.173 755.37 15,122.931 832.66 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,170 1.571 1,380.50 1.426 1,521.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,916,833 8,905.150 439.84 8,078.619 484.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 124,043 187.337 662.14 169.950 729.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 593,924 412.309 1,440.48 374.041 1,587.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,913 24.648 1,903.26 22.361 2,097.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 263,014 176.312 1,491.75 159.948 1,644.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 972,774 875.884 1,110.62 794.589 1,224.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,008,166 799.218 1,261.44 725.039 1,390.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,030,400 1,162.324 886.50 1,054.443 977.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,496 0.753 7,289.31 0.684 8,035.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 521,110 300.743 1,732.74 272.830 1,910.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,748,621 3,788.976 725.43 3,437.303 799.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 472,770 559.903 844.38 507.936 930.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,398,957 21,138.693 444.63 19,176.706 490.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 311,927 480.216 649.56 435.645 716.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,503 2.943 3,568.60 2.670 3,933.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,754 17.790 941.75 16.139 1,038.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,444,375 38,834.779 552.20 35,230.329 608.69 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,694,266 13,438.517 423.73 12,191.221 467.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,588,045 3,473.615 745.06 3,151.212 821.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,641,899 4,534.694 803.12 4,113.807 885.29 STEEL PILING...........................5 146,885 195.482 751.40 177.339 828.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 142,659 186.709 764.07 169.380 842.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 879,815 1,779.983 494.28 1,614.774 544.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 226,402 296.952 762.42 269.391 840.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 47,973 57.169 839.14 51.863 924.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,144,147 3,657.129 1,133.17 3,317.693 1,249.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,762,527 1,103.885 1,596.66 1,001.428 1,760.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 344,489 298.549 1,153.87 270.840 1,271.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 761,659 554.513 1,373.56 503.046 1,514.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,187,447 1,184.516 1,846.70 1,074.576 2,035.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,003,997 1,677.817 1,194.41 1,522.091 1,316.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 35,868 34.712 1,033.28 31.491 1,138.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,823,837 1,698.601 1,073.73 1,540.946 1,183.58 BLACK PLATE...........................28 55,780 105.545 528.49 95.749 582.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,788,925 12,675.283 535.60 11,498.827 590.40 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,384,237 1,779.175 778.02 1,614.041 857.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 812,443 1,378.856 589.22 1,250.878 649.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 125,237 106.546 1,175.43 96.657 1,295.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 598,346 1,110.964 538.58 1,007.850 593.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,419,307 2,221.532 638.89 2,015.341 704.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 406,754 164.809 2,468.02 149.513 2,720.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,189 229.720 823.56 208.399 907.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,707,137 1,520.287 1,780.67 1,379.182 1,962.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,919,270 55,465.572 737.74 50,317.535 813.22 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 804,292 1,256.491 640.11 1,139.870 705.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,065,851 3,628.099 845.03 3,291.357 931.49 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 26,535 19.938 1,330.84 18.088 1,466.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 289,014 366.728 788.09 332.691 868.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 167,490 92.955 1,801.83 84.328 1,986.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,645,255 2,586.356 1,409.42 2,346.304 1,553.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,188,476 1,108.725 1,071.93 1,005.819 1,181.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 55,716 21.583 2,581.45 19.580 2,845.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 93,544 60.996 1,533.60 55.335 1,690.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 701,339 159.014 4,410.52 144.256 4,861.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 372,352 630.147 590.90 571.660 651.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 211,971 259.536 816.73 235.448 900.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 389,563 61.282 6,356.79 55.595 7,007.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,011,398 10,251.857 1,074.09 9,300.331 1,183.98 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 237,444 551.609 430.46 500.412 474.50 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,298,209 4,149.616 553.84 3,764.470 610.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,239 4.682 1,545.93 4.248 1,704.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,975 8.926 1,453.53 8.098 1,602.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 50,697 24.988 2,028.83 22.669 2,236.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 169,570 146.860 1,154.63 133.230 1,272.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,375 28.726 1,022.58 26.060 1,127.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,836 20.127 1,333.33 18.259 1,469.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,832,345 4,935.537 573.87 4,477.446 632.58 Slovakia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,330 2.268 4,112.75 2.058 4,533.53 Hungary PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 103,058 264.190 390.09 239.670 430.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 240,547 613.204 392.28 556.290 432.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,605 877.395 391.62 795.960 431.69 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,046 6.775 1,482.61 6.147 1,634.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,192 2.440 3,766.42 2.214 4,151.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,168,639 470.133 2,485.76 426.498 2,740.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 373,168 135.130 2,761.55 122.588 3,044.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,561,045 614.479 2,540.43 557.447 2,800.35 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,159,424 12,057.663 427.90 10,938.531 471.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,814 1.418 1,983.54 1.287 2,186.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,629 26.061 1,136.87 23.643 1,253.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 534,334 539.240 990.90 489.191 1,092.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,726,201 12,624.384 453.58 11,452.652 499.99 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,403,346 60,580.289 369.81 54,957.530 407.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,412,036 2,698.745 523.22 2,448.261 576.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,137 2.422 1,294.74 2.198 1,427.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 388,550 437.036 889.06 396.473 980.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 782,826 1,079.699 725.04 979.487 799.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,450,574 4,947.258 697.47 4,488.079 768.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 65,284 89.395 730.29 81.098 805.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 123,253 169.617 726.65 153.874 801.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,251 231.528 817.40 210.039 901.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,818,257 70,235.992 410.31 63,717.039 452.28 Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 19,433 36.446 533.19 33.064 587.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 374,509 420.184 891.30 381.185 982.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,942 456.631 862.71 414.249 950.98 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 37,684,712 116,523.879 323.41 105,708.715 356.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,090 1.613 1,295.09 1.464 1,427.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 388,652 545.934 711.90 495.264 784.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,304,824 3,149.903 1,049.18 2,857.545 1,156.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 292,499 354.007 826.25 321.150 910.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,278 13.911 1,313.91 12.620 1,448.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,717 17.358 617.41 15.747 680.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,528,660 1,535.748 995.38 1,393.208 1,097.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,230,432 122,142.356 353.93 110,805.713 390.15 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 829,964 1,095.160 757.85 993.513 835.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 829,964 1,095.160 757.85 993.513 835.38 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 5,231,796 11,108.255 470.98 10,077.243 519.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 115,515 136.581 845.76 123.905 932.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,190,325 3,336.320 356.78 3,026.660 393.28 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 89,603 113.270 791.06 102.757 871.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 165,316 224.092 737.71 203.293 813.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 417,968 572.524 730.04 519.386 804.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,017,246 1,117.474 910.31 1,013.756 1,003.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,911,667 1,293.439 1,477.97 1,173.389 1,629.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 277,131 203.139 1,364.24 184.285 1,503.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 16,991 18.424 922.22 16.714 1,016.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 61,816 43.481 1,421.65 39.446 1,567.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,728,506 1,045.114 1,653.89 948.112 1,823.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,747 12.268 2,343.11 11.130 2,582.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 81,010 94.405 858.11 85.643 945.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,254,638 6,127.264 367.97 5,558.562 405.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 353,863 531.936 665.24 482.565 733.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,942,138 25,977.993 575.18 23,566.846 634.03 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,164,511 42,201.898 359.33 38,284.929 396.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,923 2.883 6,215.40 2.616 6,851.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 637,211 1,859.696 342.64 1,687.089 377.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,028 27.447 511.08 24.900 563.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,383 7.723 1,085.33 7.007 1,196.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 191,117 206.105 927.28 186.976 1,022.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 899,083 611.446 1,470.42 554.695 1,620.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,473,732 3,396.660 1,022.69 3,081.399 1,127.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,579,240 1,214.998 1,299.79 1,102.228 1,432.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 443,263 284.208 1,559.64 257.830 1,719.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 631,081 293.872 2,147.46 266.597 2,367.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 708,158 573.860 1,234.02 520.598 1,360.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,817,251 5,306.465 342.46 4,813.946 377.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 31,299 3.575 8,752.77 3.244 9,648.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 95,024 47.238 2,011.58 42.854 2,217.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,711,304 56,038.082 458.82 50,836.908 505.76 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,041,532 1,595.020 652.99 1,446.979 719.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 987,152 1,122.343 879.55 1,018.173 969.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,028,684 2,717.364 746.56 2,465.152 822.94 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,861 19.618 2,235.65 17.798 2,464.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 119,895 99.347 1,206.82 90.127 1,330.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,748 47.670 1,085.53 43.246 1,196.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,522 66.241 958.95 60.093 1,057.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 279,026 232.878 1,198.16 211.264 1,320.75 Bulgaria SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 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 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,744,837 18,919.073 356.51 17,163.100 392.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 21,506 46.392 463.56 42.087 510.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 33,608 62.685 536.14 56.867 590.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,449,703 3,421.622 423.69 3,104.045 467.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 323,644 779.790 415.04 707.414 457.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 16,680,587 42,435.831 393.08 38,497.150 433.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,291,114 5,124.983 642.17 4,649.308 707.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,030,675 6,852.190 442.29 6,216.204 487.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,707 24.005 612.66 21.777 675.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,817 20.175 536.14 18.303 591.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 59,854 141.279 423.66 128.167 467.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,661,052 77,828.031 406.81 70,604.422 448.43 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 242,556 392.119 618.58 355.725 681.86 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,803 41.192 650.68 37.369 717.25 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 792,752 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 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 38,646 65.055 594.05 59.017 654.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 63,333 74.857 846.04 67.910 932.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 282,858 422.661 669.23 383.432 737.70 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 26,766 70.242 381.05 63.723 420.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,373 17.351 4,459.16 15.741 4,915.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,334,312 7,372.081 587.94 6,687.842 648.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,134,156 1,724.318 1,237.68 1,564.276 1,364.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 729,955 586.235 1,245.16 531.824 1,372.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,445 5.944 8,149.19 5.393 8,982.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 426,224 687.708 619.77 623.879 683.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,027 3.192 634.97 2.896 699.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 90,366 160.838 561.84 145.910 619.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,899 19.262 929.20 17.475 1,024.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 38,360,339 62,070.794 618.01 56,309.693 681.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 567,267 623.927 909.19 566.018 1,002.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,199,966 73,904.472 638.66 67,045.029 704.00 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 11,356 18.011 630.48 16.340 694.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,478,188 13,031.185 420.39 11,821.696 463.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,957,789 13,469.879 590.78 12,219.673 651.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 289,880 343.520 843.85 311.637 930.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,958 10.800 273.88 9.798 301.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 13,740,171 26,873.398 511.29 24,379.144 563.60 Vietnam PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 49,364 41.711 1,183.46 37.840 1,304.55 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 63,435 42.860 1,480.05 38.882 1,631.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,799 84.571 1,333.77 76.722 1,470.23 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,456,158 4,966.813 494.51 4,505.819 545.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 265,261 417.714 635.03 378.944 700.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,344 17.709 1,092.28 16.066 1,204.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,866 48.631 573.00 44.118 631.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,768,629 5,450.869 507.92 4,944.947 559.89 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,125 10.104 408.22 9.167 449.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 76,075 21.194 3,589.44 19.227 3,956.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,200 31.299 2,562.38 28.394 2,824.54 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 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 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,267,953 60,206.219 369.86 54,618.179 407.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,760 7.605 362.87 6.900 400.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 40,226 52.830 761.42 47.927 839.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 759,389 1,576.594 481.66 1,430.263 530.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 131,813 319.339 412.77 289.700 455.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 112,064 161.319 694.67 146.347 765.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,400,005 34,022.571 570.21 30,864.766 628.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 32,816,679 39,330.293 834.39 35,679.852 919.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 85,722 152.406 562.46 138.261 620.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,243,351 14,609.909 769.57 13,253.891 848.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,506,030 2,792.660 539.28 2,533.460 594.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,368,488 9,158.294 804.57 8,308.267 886.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 499,989 844.907 591.77 766.487 652.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,240 8.101 1,140.46 7.350 1,257.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 698,498 1,408.585 495.89 1,277.848 546.62 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 803,220 1,023.677 784.64 928.665 864.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,352,413 10,841.127 585.96 9,834.908 645.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 215,112 420.426 511.65 381.405 564.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 185,073 351.493 526.53 318.870 580.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,197,105 11,564.745 449.39 10,491.364 495.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,791,109 12,411.934 547.14 11,259.921 603.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 197,962 374.862 528.09 340.070 582.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 454,365 785.511 578.43 712.604 637.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 106,362 169.387 627.92 153.666 692.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,244,928 202,594.809 578.72 183,790.971 637.93 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 653,071 1,683.918 387.83 1,527.626 427.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,192,852 13,797.375 521.32 12,516.772 574.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 40,374 84.977 475.12 77.090 523.73 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 445,610 725.264 614.41 657.949 677.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 902,223 2,119.094 425.76 1,922.411 469.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 87,538 227.578 384.65 206.456 424.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,764 4.179 2,814.38 3.792 3,102.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,573,448 1,697.129 927.12 1,539.610 1,021.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,947,258 3,722.040 791.84 3,376.579 872.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,860,991 2,731.404 681.33 2,477.889 751.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 512,021 793.990 644.87 720.296 710.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,167,151 5,284.815 599.29 4,794.305 660.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,311,817 3,055.288 756.66 2,771.712 834.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 34,700 0.890 38,959.55 0.808 42,945.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,728 1.798 2,072.30 1.632 2,284.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,111,807 3,879.871 544.30 3,519.761 599.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 5,210 7.059 738.04 6.404 813.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,232,712 2,261.894 987.10 2,051.957 1,088.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 367,710 504.000 729.58 457.222 804.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 653,680 788.670 828.84 715.470 913.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 55,456,929 121,782.999 455.37 110,479.710 501.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,515,674 2,863.770 529.26 2,597.970 583.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,451,112 10,370.955 814.88 9,408.375 898.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 25,442 36.729 692.70 33.320 763.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,553,368 10,052.654 651.90 9,119.617 718.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 669,278 733.587 912.34 665.500 1,005.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,787,468 189,211.939 527.38 171,650.233 581.34 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 12,058 19.266 625.86 17.478 689.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 622,781 1,565.201 397.89 1,419.927 438.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 276,999 698.715 396.44 633.864 437.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,838,315 22,777.713 388.02 20,663.600 427.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,230,787 4,304.811 518.21 3,905.260 571.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,003,541 2,413.688 830.07 2,189.662 915.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 38,280 63.175 605.93 57.312 667.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 106,438 193.573 549.86 175.607 606.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 804,092 1,399.618 574.51 1,269.713 633.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,295 70.417 1,481.09 63.882 1,632.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,467 8.965 944.44 8.133 1,041.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 661,750 771.778 857.43 700.146 945.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,477 24.796 624.16 22.495 688.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 622,216 1,233.023 504.63 1,118.580 556.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,813,062 23,730.412 666.36 21,527.874 734.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 626,998 920.747 680.97 835.288 750.64 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,770,699 2,592.922 682.90 2,352.260 752.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,227 23.071 2,480.43 20.930 2,734.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,613,482 62,811.897 551.07 56,982.011 607.45 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 6,693,992 9,003.358 743.50 8,167.712 819.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,022,571 2,040.063 501.24 1,850.715 552.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 265,016 332.807 796.30 301.918 877.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,563,360 2,499.647 625.43 2,267.643 689.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 310,811 365.724 849.85 331.780 936.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,105,948 2,731.412 771.01 2,477.896 849.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,342,898 3,499.507 383.74 3,174.701 423.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,487,783 9,924.359 351.44 9,003.230 387.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 194,001 166.140 1,167.69 150.720 1,287.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,196,514 2,370.682 926.53 2,150.648 1,021.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 393,165 84.087 4,675.66 76.283 5,154.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,408,722 12,280.785 928.99 11,140.944 1,024.04 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 91,470 107.585 850.21 97.600 937.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,504,003 1,055.237 2,372.93 957.296 2,615.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 51,503 43.934 1,172.26 39.857 1,292.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 223,405 80.742 2,766.90 73.248 3,049.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 14,669 30.229 485.25 27.424 534.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,208,034 2,199.937 1,003.68 1,995.750 1,106.37 BLACK PLATE...........................28 850,212 861.575 986.81 781.608 1,087.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 278,608 301.457 924.20 273.478 1,018.76 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 487,102 502.916 968.56 456.238 1,067.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 108,393 138.395 783.21 125.550 863.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,330,984 1,840.834 723.03 1,669.977 797.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 64,631 76.524 844.58 69.422 930.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 355,829 404.231 880.26 366.713 970.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 975,018 552.881 1,763.52 501.566 1,943.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 924,849 678.246 1,363.59 615.295 1,503.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,453,491 54,173.307 765.20 49,145.212 843.49 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,240,108 7,809.174 542.96 7,084.366 598.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,237 20.157 1,797.65 18.287 1,981.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,702 43.309 1,009.06 39.290 1,112.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,664 24.650 797.70 22.363 879.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,729 43.917 745.24 39.841 821.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,527,412 33,279.959 436.52 30,191.080 481.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,930,580 41,257.987 458.83 37,428.627 505.78 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 483,631 1,031.024 469.08 935.330 517.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,662,911 3,550.202 468.40 3,220.690 516.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 276,652 522.748 529.23 474.230 583.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,423,194 5,103.975 474.77 4,630.250 523.34 Egypt WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,014 51.027 803.77 46.291 886.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,029 99.880 120.43 90.610 132.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,505 42.149 272.96 38.237 300.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,548 193.056 334.35 175.138 368.56 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 410,578 1,033.271 397.36 937.368 438.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,036,334 2,061.472 502.72 1,870.137 554.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,038,282 1,376.468 754.31 1,248.712 831.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,177 250.741 567.03 227.469 625.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,620 211.282 495.17 191.672 545.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 861,218 1,426.651 603.66 1,294.237 665.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,368,632 5,364.028 441.58 4,866.166 486.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,203,261 7,075.275 594.08 6,418.584 654.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,165,102 18,799.192 540.72 17,054.345 596.04 GRAND TOTAL 1,229,816,643 2,276,683.337 540.18 2,065,372.964 595.45 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,234 0.195 16,575.35 0.177 18,271.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,914 2.007 1,451.70 1.821 1,600.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 110,531 37.608 2,938.98 34.118 3,239.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,403 57.610 250.01 52.263 275.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 37,133 5.109 7,267.85 4.635 8,011.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 480,162 91.575 5,243.34 83.076 5,779.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,914,663 1,216.608 6,505.51 1,103.689 7,171.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 213,377 42.436 5,028.12 38.498 5,542.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 84,215 30.018 2,805.47 27.232 3,092.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 129,987 56.496 2,300.79 51.253 2,536.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,960 1.466 2,019.00 1.330 2,225.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,885 48.152 3,403.48 43.683 3,751.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,157,464 1,589.284 5,762.00 1,441.775 6,351.52 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,755 2.099 7,978.94 1.905 8,795.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,702 10.297 3,369.85 9.342 3,714.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 276,715 69.497 3,981.66 63.047 4,389.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,706,109 7,755.030 2,283.18 7,035.247 2,516.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,055,852 912.682 2,252.54 827.972 2,483.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,090,133 8,749.607 2,296.12 7,937.513 2,531.04 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,053 1.361 8,853.68 1.235 9,759.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 158,337 14.477 10,936.57 13.134 12,055.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,471 3.464 5,620.04 3.143 6,195.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 298,294 287.317 1,038.20 260.650 1,144.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,016,271 1,438.954 2,096.15 1,305.398 2,310.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,504,426 1,745.575 2,007.60 1,583.560 2,213.00 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,118,339 2,581.012 2,757.96 2,341.456 3,040.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 723,640 211.445 3,422.35 191.820 3,772.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 141,010 57.437 2,455.04 52.106 2,706.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,867,513 585.262 3,190.90 530.941 3,517.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,193 3.438 5,873.29 3.119 6,474.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 384,668 107.677 3,572.42 97.683 3,937.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,250,316 303.735 7,408.81 275.544 8,166.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,310,301 241.509 5,425.46 219.094 5,980.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,910,356 436.441 4,377.12 395.933 4,824.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,754,083 257.771 6,804.81 233.846 7,501.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,480,419 4,785.729 3,652.61 4,341.542 4,026.32 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,077 1.246 12,895.50 1.131 14,214.85 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 221,115 106.161 2,082.82 96.308 2,295.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 404,433 167.737 2,411.11 152.169 2,657.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 229,197 90.557 2,530.97 82.152 2,789.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 746,900 267.263 2,794.63 242.457 3,080.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,580,761 1,019.757 2,530.76 925.109 2,789.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 671,366 294.369 2,280.69 267.048 2,514.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 927,429 351.620 2,637.58 318.985 2,907.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,781,201 2,297.467 2,516.34 2,084.228 2,773.79 Denmark WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,038 4.366 28,408.33 3.961 31,314.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,679 1.916 3,484.24 1.739 3,840.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 130,717 6.283 20,804.30 5.700 22,932.81 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 836,057 136.979 6,103.51 124.266 6,727.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,414,742 6,361.590 2,108.71 5,771.139 2,324.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 480,254 192.312 2,497.26 174.463 2,752.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 281,300 76.785 3,663.43 69.659 4,038.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 66,741 6.412 10,408.53 5.817 11,473.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,631,277 207.860 7,847.94 188.568 8,650.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 405,426 38.848 10,436.01 35.243 11,503.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 228,126 52.886 4,313.49 47.978 4,754.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 324,950 53.306 6,095.86 48.359 6,719.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 544,698 113.308 4,807.20 102.792 5,299.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,213,571 7,240.291 2,515.59 6,568.284 2,772.96 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,218 0.578 9,016.55 0.525 9,939.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,000 2.554 3,915.34 2.317 4,315.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,649 0.281 73,460.64 0.255 80,976.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,867 3.413 10,506.30 3.097 11,581.21 Netherlands IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,032 2.967 3,717.71 2.692 4,098.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,244 2.030 4,060.17 1.842 4,475.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,934 0.352 11,152.71 0.320 12,293.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 79,035 22.016 3,589.81 19.973 3,957.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,245 27.367 3,736.06 24.827 4,118.30 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,776,771 1,109.760 3,403.23 1,006.758 3,751.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 531,945 190.248 2,796.05 172.591 3,082.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,865 3.686 14,884.18 3.344 16,407.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 115,624 30.715 3,764.30 27.865 4,149.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,391,264 562.941 2,471.42 510.692 2,724.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 200,491 50.975 3,933.10 46.244 4,335.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,070,960 1,948.328 3,115.98 1,767.494 3,434.78 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,719 3.940 1,451.24 3.575 1,599.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 285,370 97.682 2,921.41 88.616 3,220.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,060,084 133.881 7,918.10 121.455 8,728.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 396,876 37.001 10,726.01 33.567 11,823.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,123,313 577.628 3,675.91 524.016 4,052.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,389,306 354.070 6,748.12 321.207 7,438.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 472,547 77.334 6,110.40 70.157 6,735.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,323,046 1,798.164 1,848.02 1,631.268 2,037.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 490,183 179.598 2,729.33 162.929 3,008.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,546,444 3,259.302 3,235.80 2,956.790 3,566.86 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 44,063 18.399 2,394.76 16.692 2,639.77 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 315,519 53.886 5,855.25 48.885 6,454.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 34,696 16.745 2,072.00 15.191 2,283.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,335,423 919.332 2,540.35 834.005 2,800.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,913,978 1,046.908 1,828.22 949.740 2,015.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 734,595 209.008 3,514.67 189.609 3,874.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,173,163 776.839 2,797.44 704.737 3,083.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,968,618 228.482 12,992.75 207.276 14,322.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 738,488 116.902 6,317.14 106.052 6,963.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,154,183 3,856.247 2,373.86 3,498.330 2,616.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,001 4.995 2,402.28 4.532 2,648.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 469,703 159.494 2,944.95 144.691 3,246.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,894,430 7,407.243 2,820.81 6,719.740 3,109.41 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 38,588 10.934 3,528.88 9.920 3,889.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 86,764 18.643 4,653.88 16.913 5,130.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,142,836 492.716 4,349.02 446.985 4,793.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 103,184 21.568 4,783.92 19.567 5,273.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 144,587 20.058 7,208.17 18.197 7,945.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,347 2.447 6,680.07 2.220 7,363.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,452 1.710 10,785.68 1.552 11,889.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,550,758 568.080 4,490.14 515.354 4,949.53 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,402 2.343 1,451.67 2.126 1,600.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,059 0.242 8,490.43 0.220 9,359.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,461 2.586 2,111.74 2.346 2,327.79 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 760,074 184.764 4,113.73 167.616 4,534.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 96,501 1.404 68,716.06 1.274 75,746.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 474,528 76.418 6,209.57 69.326 6,844.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,331,103 262.588 5,069.17 238.216 5,587.80 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,320 148.471 3,989.46 134.691 4,397.62 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,187 11.875 2,542.02 10.773 2,802.10 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,210 0.843 2,620.76 0.765 2,888.89 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,104,308 692.951 3,036.73 628.635 3,347.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,019 0.326 6,187.86 0.296 6,820.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,207 1.168 8,735.51 1.060 9,629.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,990 1.661 3,605.86 1.507 3,974.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,408,966 274.292 8,782.47 248.834 9,681.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,868 4.712 14,402.07 4.275 15,875.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 166,178 115.635 1,437.08 104.903 1,584.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,765,536 1,090.747 4,369.05 989.510 4,816.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 407,444 117.765 3,459.79 106.835 3,813.77 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,392,898 1,711.067 2,567.34 1,552.255 2,830.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,140,450 477.007 2,390.84 432.734 2,635.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 657,889 274.128 2,399.93 248.685 2,645.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 262,398 42.709 6,143.85 38.745 6,772.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 606,297 297.798 2,035.93 270.158 2,244.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 23,373 4.405 5,304.89 3.997 5,847.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,053,825 309.198 3,408.25 280.500 3,756.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 270,434 105.994 2,551.39 96.157 2,812.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,760,237 1,550.570 4,359.84 1,406.654 4,805.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,978,707 481.121 6,191.18 436.466 6,824.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 199,443 35.056 5,689.14 31.803 6,271.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 464,946 229.665 2,024.45 208.349 2,231.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,579,172 1,182.810 2,180.55 1,073.028 2,403.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,570 0.187 13,714.50 0.170 15,117.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,392,639 6,701.721 3,192.11 6,079.701 3,518.70 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,849 60.439 2,313.86 54.830 2,550.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 96,457 65.874 1,464.26 59.760 1,614.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 236,306 126.313 1,870.79 114.590 2,062.19 Turkey STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,470 2.829 4,406.93 2.567 4,857.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,470 2.829 4,406.93 2.567 4,857.81 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,834 37.087 2,718.83 33.645 2,997.00 India WIRE RODS..............................3 81,282 39.741 2,045.26 36.053 2,254.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 170,110 70.091 2,426.97 63.586 2,675.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 256,163 89.110 2,874.66 80.840 3,168.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 782,906 319.359 2,451.49 289.718 2,702.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,613,671 1,246.214 2,899.72 1,130.547 3,196.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 577,442 70.116 8,235.42 63.609 9,077.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,183,572 744.633 2,932.41 675.520 3,232.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 233,116 88.482 2,634.60 80.270 2,904.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,327 122.296 2,390.30 110.946 2,634.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,190,589 2,790.047 2,935.65 2,531.089 3,235.99 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 167,436 86.457 1,936.63 78.433 2,134.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,131 35.169 2,505.91 31.905 2,762.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 507,811 234.195 2,168.32 212.459 2,390.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 763,378 355.822 2,145.39 322.797 2,364.89 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,539 10.110 3,119.46 9.172 3,438.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 457,781 169.938 2,693.80 154.166 2,969.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 489,320 180.049 2,717.70 163.338 2,995.75 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 195,413 68.775 2,841.32 62.392 3,132.02 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 176,338 40.754 4,326.82 36.972 4,769.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,338 40.754 4,326.82 36.972 4,769.50 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 65,709 19.374 3,391.57 17.576 3,738.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 171,198 116.397 1,470.81 105.594 1,621.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,266 23.921 1,850.49 21.701 2,039.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,844 2.539 3,088.52 2.304 3,404.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 44,272 1.763 25,101.81 1.600 27,670.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 576,336 156.269 3,688.10 141.765 4,065.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,442,170 2,118.581 3,984.82 1,921.945 4,392.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,358,938 441.554 3,077.62 400.572 3,392.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,904 7.318 1,899.91 6.639 2,094.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,965,871 4,833.961 1,854.77 4,385.297 2,044.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,177 8.960 1,470.53 8.129 1,620.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,703,685 7,730.641 2,548.78 7,013.122 2,809.55 Korea, South IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 327,139 110.829 2,951.73 100.543 3,253.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 552,530 217.463 2,540.79 197.280 2,800.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,297 18.021 2,014.07 16.349 2,220.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,644 2.513 3,439.35 2.280 3,791.23 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,516,455 1,162.820 3,884.05 1,054.893 4,281.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,525,686 667.932 3,781.35 605.938 4,168.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 615,024 248.273 2,477.20 225.230 2,730.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 420,785 278.625 1,510.22 252.765 1,664.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,002,560 2,706.479 3,326.30 2,455.278 3,666.62 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,500 18.977 3,398.78 17.216 3,746.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,081 85.130 2,831.90 77.229 3,121.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 305,581 104.107 2,935.24 94.445 3,235.54 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,754 1.757 22,624.99 1.594 24,939.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,393,395 1,220.408 2,780.54 1,107.136 3,065.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,419,310 994.715 1,426.85 902.391 1,572.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 62,713 46.658 1,344.08 42.328 1,481.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 729,364 219.909 3,316.65 199.499 3,655.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,235,764 1,676.405 3,123.21 1,520.810 3,442.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,290,700 1,609.900 2,665.19 1,460.478 2,937.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,868,699 460.860 4,054.80 418.086 4,469.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,075 1.755 3,459.60 1.593 3,813.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,643,194 2,432.096 1,497.96 2,206.361 1,651.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 230,897 120.074 1,922.94 108.930 2,119.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,919,865 8,784.543 2,381.44 7,969.206 2,625.09 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,149 1.347 24,609.06 1.222 27,126.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 104,675 42.518 2,461.88 38.572 2,713.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 470,600 169.285 2,779.92 153.573 3,064.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 38,865 0.658 59,058.20 0.597 65,100.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,440 0.041 58,250.83 0.038 64,210.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 128,153 32.305 3,966.92 29.307 4,372.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,545,093 1,445.281 7,296.22 1,311.138 8,042.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 515,317 83.462 6,174.23 75.716 6,805.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 947,537 690.472 1,372.30 626.386 1,512.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 489,738 159.627 3,068.00 144.812 3,381.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,754 41.302 2,584.69 37.469 2,849.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,288,933 348.003 9,450.85 315.704 10,417.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,671,254 3,014.306 5,530.71 2,734.534 6,096.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 146,129 23.492 6,220.25 21.312 6,856.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,844 24.089 2,774.77 21.854 3,058.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,973 47.582 4,475.88 43.166 4,933.81 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 65,752 49.082 1,339.62 44.527 1,476.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 75,741 57.557 1,315.93 52.215 1,450.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 152,377 99.026 1,538.76 89.835 1,696.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 293,870 205.665 1,428.87 186.577 1,575.06 GRAND TOTAL 220,455,329 74,197.687 2,971.19 67,311.029 3,275.17