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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 595,128 688.062 864.93 624.200 953.43 United Kingdom 1,020,403 171.641 5,944.95 155.711 6,553.19 Belgium 939,903 1,140.966 823.78 1,035.068 908.06 Federal Republic of Germany 63,646 21.398 2,974.38 19.412 3,278.69 Italy 2,616,749 755.277 3,464.62 685.176 3,819.09 China 2,272 4.834 469.93 4.386 518.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,238,101 2,782.181 1,882.73 2,523.953 2,075.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,987,273 35,676.939 392.05 32,365.584 432.17 Mexico 77,256,547 187,032.384 413.07 169,672.973 455.33 Brazil 40,363,276 126,236.241 319.74 114,519.624 352.46 Sweden 5,750,841 2,206.813 2,605.95 2,001.988 2,872.57 Finland 2,156,031 6,292.817 342.62 5,708.750 377.67 United Kingdom 30,701,297 59,785.946 513.52 54,236.914 566.06 Belgium 880,777 1,435.159 613.71 1,301.955 676.50 France 985,483 156.837 6,283.45 142.281 6,926.31 Federal Republic of Germany 1,642,513 1,483.858 1,106.92 1,346.134 1,220.17 Czech Republic 4,201 2.894 1,451.29 2.626 1,599.77 Slovakia 8,683,065 24,439.778 355.28 22,171.400 391.63 Poland 65,049 2.015 32,281.99 1.828 35,584.79 Russia 80,056,579 244,049.895 328.03 221,398.403 361.60 Ukraine 10,491,647 28,308.929 370.61 25,681.436 408.53 Spain 1,072,607 431.698 2,484.62 391.630 2,738.83 Italy 10,727,645 24,993.752 429.21 22,673.957 473.13 Malaysia 40,611 13.283 3,057.15 12.051 3,369.93 China 150,846 84.150 1,792.58 76.340 1,975.98 Taiwan 97,193 6.006 16,181.32 5.449 17,836.85 Japan 12,313,913 39,237.295 313.83 35,595.486 345.94 Australia 48,152,243 164,933.561 291.95 149,625.252 321.82 South Africa 467,728 1,114.889 419.53 1,011.411 462.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 346,047,365 947,925.148 365.06 859,943.472 402.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,363,488 22,358.105 597.70 20,282.938 658.85 Mexico 271,572 586.875 462.74 532.405 510.09 Trinidad and Tobago 6,624,298 18,162.758 364.72 16,476.982 402.03 Venezuela 3,730,927 9,063.752 411.63 8,222.500 453.75 Brazil 9,036,613 15,754.637 573.58 14,292.371 632.27 Argentina 1,379,494 3,381.282 407.98 3,067.449 449.72 Sweden 1,075,761 313.931 3,426.74 284.794 3,777.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 6,176,460 11,949.344 516.89 10,840.266 569.77 France 296,883 115.048 2,580.51 104.370 2,844.52 Federal Republic of Germany 4,525,004 5,514.235 820.60 5,002.432 904.56 Austria 29,420 8.486 3,466.60 7.699 3,821.28 Poland 583,382 1,648.891 353.80 1,495.850 390.00 Spain 5,262,439 11,617.661 452.97 10,539.368 499.31 Italy 6,843,260 14,690.460 465.83 13,326.965 513.49 Turkey 26,633,635 70,742.394 376.49 64,176.439 415.01 India 4,182,160 11,620.220 359.90 10,541.690 396.73 Malaysia 7,680,387 20,006.986 383.89 18,150.038 423.16 China 58,184,279 164,705.675 353.26 149,418.518 389.40 Korea, South 467,598 291.960 1,601.58 264.862 1,765.44 Taiwan 3,302,535 1,333.815 2,476.01 1,210.017 2,729.33 Japan 5,555,419 7,841.258 708.49 7,113.472 780.97 Egypt 1,169,724 3,154.095 370.86 2,861.348 408.80 South Africa 451,373 1,087.823 414.93 986.857 457.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 166,826,111 395,949.703 421.33 359,199.630 464.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,943,672 14,193.656 630.12 12,876.272 694.59 Mexico 2,190,164 3,975.250 550.95 3,606.288 607.32 Brazil 3,312,493 8,046.470 411.67 7,299.637 453.79 Sweden 4,738 6.917 684.98 6.275 755.06 United Kingdom 3,118,789 4,602.889 677.57 4,175.672 746.90 Luxembourg 3,936,999 5,288.653 744.42 4,797.787 820.59 France 91,487 26.663 3,431.13 24.189 3,782.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,998,646 2,820.633 708.58 2,558.836 781.08 Poland 54,263 34.655 1,565.78 31.439 1,725.98 Spain 6,997,409 14,367.659 487.02 13,034.125 536.85 Italy 515,352 644.752 799.30 584.910 881.08 India 460,358 152.351 3,021.68 138.211 3,330.83 China 444,454 1,092.325 406.89 990.941 448.52 Korea, South 1,814,125 4,656.623 389.58 4,224.419 429.44 Taiwan 17,875 18.595 961.23 16.870 1,059.57 Japan 514,007 793.452 647.81 719.808 714.09 South Africa 794,827 1,456.915 545.55 1,321.692 601.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,209,658 62,178.465 566.27 56,407.371 624.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 534,226 658.789 810.92 597.644 893.89 United Kingdom 29,321 41.475 706.95 37.626 779.27 Luxembourg 1,348,651 1,681.917 801.85 1,525.810 883.89 Italy 3,647 5.542 658.02 5.028 725.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,915,845 2,387.724 802.37 2,166.108 884.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,884,126 26,410.677 866.47 23,959.370 955.12 Mexico 13,440 23.108 581.60 20.964 641.10 Brazil 8,165,289 6,797.087 1,201.29 6,166.216 1,324.20 Sweden 6,631,184 4,291.720 1,545.11 3,893.384 1,703.19 Finland 241,529 79.662 3,031.89 72.269 3,342.08 United Kingdom 667,198 625.324 1,066.96 567.285 1,176.12 Belgium 9,638,167 3,599.433 2,677.69 3,265.352 2,951.65 France 3,678,408 1,531.100 2,402.46 1,388.991 2,648.26 Federal Republic of Germany 5,779,440 4,283.748 1,349.15 3,886.152 1,487.19 Austria 2,095,693 1,932.086 1,084.68 1,752.760 1,195.65 Czech Republic 348,696 482.188 723.15 437.434 797.14 Russia 5,100,255 9,643.973 528.85 8,748.868 582.96 Ukraine 7,202,346 9,045.705 796.22 8,206.128 877.68 Italy 189,324 89.430 2,117.00 81.130 2,333.59 Macedonia (Skopje) 4,621,705 7,550.281 612.12 6,849.502 674.75 Romania 150,207 127.365 1,179.34 115.544 1,300.00 Turkey 107,098 212.527 503.92 192.802 555.48 Thailand 1,148,459 2,616.826 438.87 2,373.946 483.78 Malaysia 2,745,284 6,226.858 440.88 5,648.913 485.98 Indonesia 4,783 11.121 430.08 10.089 474.08 China 138,510 354.546 390.67 321.639 430.64 Korea, South 7,776,239 13,783.026 564.19 12,503.755 621.91 Taiwan 768,779 300.700 2,556.63 272.791 2,818.20 Japan 4,137,438 3,729.530 1,109.37 3,383.374 1,222.87 Australia 672,876 930.303 723.29 843.957 797.29 South Africa 5,291,320 5,470.292 967.28 4,962.567 1,066.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,197,793 110,148.627 909.66 99,925.182 1,002.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,224,539 28,800.193 563.35 26,127.103 620.98 Mexico 2,581,225 4,856.054 531.55 4,405.340 585.93 Colombia 11,581 26.764 432.71 24.280 476.98 Venezuela 1,072,963 2,501.665 428.90 2,269.473 472.78 Sweden 2,370,289 828.719 2,860.18 751.802 3,152.81 Finland 195,074 100.737 1,936.45 91.388 2,134.57 Netherlands 882,387 1,751.070 503.91 1,588.545 555.47 Belgium 1,246,753 581.889 2,142.60 527.881 2,361.81 France 2,664,276 5,335.400 499.36 4,840.195 550.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,096,873 2,687.089 1,524.65 2,437.687 1,680.64 Austria 22,710 32.330 702.43 29.330 774.29 Russia 4,024,230 9,793.482 410.91 8,884.500 452.95 Spain 8,185 26.815 305.23 24.327 336.46 Turkey 2,621,917 6,729.024 389.64 6,104.470 429.51 India 976,341 1,681.625 580.59 1,525.545 639.99 Malaysia 146,017 339.359 430.27 307.862 474.29 Japan 1,490,056 2,005.716 742.90 1,819.556 818.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 1,102,206 2,399.466 459.35 2,176.760 506.35 Egypt 1,817,575 4,659.380 390.09 4,226.920 430.00 South Africa 1,036,624 1,484.173 698.45 1,346.420 769.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,591,821 76,620.958 581.98 69,509.384 641.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 7,908 15.494 510.39 14.056 562.61 Luxembourg 453,877 572.058 793.41 518.963 874.58 France 3,234 6.336 510.41 5.748 562.63 Spain 45,030 54.890 820.36 49.796 904.29 Japan 11,718,404 18,646.279 628.46 16,915.625 692.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,228,453 19,295.058 633.76 17,504.188 698.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 231,471 310.689 745.02 281.853 821.25 Austria 270,080 347.165 777.96 314.943 857.55 Spain 35,378 50.395 702.01 45.718 773.83 China 148,850 213.160 698.30 193.376 769.74 Korea, South 169,358 253.078 669.19 229.589 737.66 Japan 497,066 529.233 939.22 480.113 1,035.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,352,203 1,703.723 793.68 1,545.592 874.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 292,548 200.227 1,461.08 181.643 1,610.57 Federal Republic of Germany 88,486 149.724 590.99 135.828 651.46 Australia 555,794 873.475 636.30 792.404 701.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 936,828 1,223.427 765.74 1,109.875 844.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 41,210,704 68,564.623 601.05 62,200.798 662.54 Mexico 5,559,232 9,524.890 583.65 8,640.838 643.37 Trinidad and Tobago 87,875 214.073 410.49 194.204 452.49 Brazil 2,016,796 1,755.216 1,149.03 1,592.306 1,266.59 Argentina 193,370 409.526 472.18 371.516 520.49 Sweden 1,361,373 509.363 2,672.69 462.087 2,946.14 Norway 4,988 0.412 12,099.03 0.374 13,336.90 United Kingdom 9,622,687 11,697.503 822.63 10,611.800 906.79 Ireland 36,346 3.859 9,418.04 3.501 10,381.61 Netherlands 372,470 218.011 1,708.49 197.777 1,883.28 France 1,793,768 684.848 2,619.22 621.284 2,887.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,076,758 1,113.974 1,864.28 1,010.581 2,055.01 Austria 2,225,673 473.960 4,695.90 429.970 5,176.34 Czech Republic 427,609 493.221 866.97 447.443 955.67 Hungary 4,560 0.330 13,789.21 0.300 15,200.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 7,122 8.439 843.91 7.656 930.25 Ukraine 3,278 3.072 1,067.01 2.787 1,176.18 Spain 2,080,814 1,344.959 1,547.12 1,220.127 1,705.41 Portugal 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 Italy 1,232,446 1,078.730 1,142.50 978.608 1,259.39 Bulgaria 3,903,445 10,203.236 382.57 9,256.223 421.71 Turkey 1,555,252 2,225.531 698.82 2,018.969 770.32 India 955,776 872.885 1,094.96 791.869 1,206.99 Malaysia 11,016 20.257 543.81 18.377 599.44 Philippines 13,110 30.093 435.65 27.300 480.22 China 495,394 344.883 1,436.41 312.873 1,583.37 Korea, South 2,271,042 3,482.423 652.14 3,159.202 718.87 Taiwan 1,165,843 327.714 3,557.49 297.298 3,921.46 Japan 13,413,081 12,364.652 1,084.79 11,217.027 1,195.78 South Africa 1,480,502 3,786.686 390.98 3,435.225 430.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,036,142 131,894.088 728.13 119,652.338 802.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,906,946 13,514.306 585.08 12,259.976 644.94 Mexico 4,314,169 8,505.500 507.22 7,716.062 559.12 Brazil 401,345 1,081.201 371.20 980.850 409.18 Argentina 265,149 701.493 377.98 636.384 416.65 United Kingdom 83,539 28.025 2,980.86 25.424 3,285.83 Netherlands 5,717 0.347 16,464.69 0.315 18,149.21 Switzerland 8,353 5.539 1,508.00 5.025 1,662.29 Italy 311,259 78.182 3,981.18 70.926 4,388.50 Turkey 408,534 1,005.800 406.18 912.447 447.73 India 1,053,790 445.809 2,363.77 404.432 2,605.60 China 288,785 523.201 551.96 474.641 608.43 Korea, South 219,925 553.009 397.69 501.682 438.38 Japan 3,881 0.068 56,786.85 0.062 62,596.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,271,392 26,442.485 577.53 23,988.226 636.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,328,059 2,928.888 453.43 2,657.044 499.83 Mexico 8,295,846 21,110.157 392.98 19,150.818 433.18 Dominican Republic 1,170,178 2,700.661 433.29 2,450.000 477.62 Venezuela 1,452,175 3,918.074 370.63 3,554.418 408.55 Brazil 995,772 2,669.838 372.97 2,422.037 411.13 Luxembourg 58,001 45.248 1,281.83 41.049 1,412.97 Federal Republic of Germany 22,205 33.614 660.57 30.495 728.15 Romania 192,409 669.069 287.58 606.970 317.00 Bulgaria 7,142,888 18,942.417 377.08 17,184.277 415.66 Turkey 8,607,825 22,955.460 374.98 20,824.849 413.34 Malaysia 10,378 19.162 541.58 17.384 596.99 China 97,136 185.634 523.26 168.405 576.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 7,309,598 19,280.194 379.12 17,490.703 417.91 Japan 8,917,472 23,810.562 374.52 21,600.585 412.83 Australia 60,827 72.880 834.61 66.116 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,660,769 119,341.865 382.60 108,265.150 421.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,403,593 6,679.906 1,258.04 6,059.911 1,386.75 Mexico 309,684 468.704 660.72 425.202 728.32 Colombia 238,511 201.895 1,181.36 183.157 1,302.22 Brazil 147,714 57.924 2,550.12 52.548 2,811.03 Sweden 849,143 213.584 3,975.67 193.761 4,382.42 Finland 2,698 2.784 968.96 2.526 1,068.09 United Kingdom 4,632,792 2,623.973 1,765.56 2,380.429 1,946.20 Netherlands 6,609 1.342 4,922.48 1.218 5,426.11 Belgium 58,784 59.831 982.50 54.278 1,083.02 France 5,415,937 2,777.448 1,949.97 2,519.660 2,149.47 Federal Republic of Germany 8,581,978 6,354.174 1,350.60 5,764.412 1,488.79 Austria 568,192 173.184 3,280.86 157.110 3,616.52 Switzerland 790,940 159.860 4,947.69 145.023 5,453.89 Latvia 133,283 37.397 3,564.00 33.926 3,928.64 Poland 146,603 54.936 2,668.57 49.838 2,941.59 Russia 122,055 174.800 698.25 158.576 769.69 Ukraine 177,210 89.084 1,989.24 80.816 2,192.76 Georgia 7,410 8.064 918.84 7.316 1,012.85 Spain 1,221,293 1,272.598 959.68 1,154.482 1,057.87 Italy 5,994,143 1,716.512 3,492.05 1,557.194 3,849.32 Slovenia 354,621 183.568 1,931.81 166.531 2,129.46 Romania 2,111 0.165 12,767.12 0.150 14,073.33 Saudi Arabia 352,082 147.522 2,386.64 133.830 2,630.82 United Arab Emirates 158,862 55.184 2,878.72 50.063 3,173.24 India 2,638,363 934.044 2,824.67 847.351 3,113.66 Malaysia 36,429 54.788 664.91 49.703 732.93 China 692,552 460.072 1,505.31 417.371 1,659.32 Korea, South 340,419 251.778 1,352.06 228.410 1,490.39 Taiwan 4,489,896 1,429.528 3,140.82 1,296.847 3,462.16 Japan 601,853 365.875 1,644.97 331.917 1,813.26 Australia 4,862 2.069 2,349.88 1.877 2,590.30 South Africa 494,890 822.795 601.47 746.428 663.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,975,512 27,835.404 1,723.54 25,251.861 1,899.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 2,076,386 1,176.076 1,765.52 1,066.919 1,946.15 Mexico 118,518 75.835 1,562.83 68.797 1,722.72 Brazil 2,427,191 870.632 2,787.85 789.825 3,073.07 Sweden 4,085,661 1,304.353 3,132.33 1,183.290 3,452.80 United Kingdom 611,196 112.692 5,423.57 102.233 5,978.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 170,439 155.434 1,096.53 141.008 1,208.72 France 3,114,877 1,445.516 2,154.85 1,311.351 2,375.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,801,190 1,150.042 2,435.73 1,043.301 2,684.93 Austria 2,993,722 614.600 4,871.01 557.556 5,369.37 Czech Republic 135,641 37.676 3,600.10 34.180 3,968.43 Switzerland 91,507 5.191 17,625.01 4.710 19,428.24 Poland 310,386 99.295 3,125.90 90.079 3,445.71 Russia 3,585,076 6,783.315 528.51 6,153.722 582.59 Spain 345,308 185.921 1,857.28 168.665 2,047.30 Italy 860,151 524.443 1,640.12 475.767 1,807.92 Slovenia 3,054,712 1,121.140 2,724.65 1,017.082 3,003.41 Romania 5,436 1.366 3,976.98 1.240 4,383.87 India 41,898 22.941 1,826.31 20.812 2,013.17 China 4,319,556 1,577.219 2,738.72 1,430.830 3,018.92 Korea, South 660,322 362.114 1,823.52 328.505 2,010.08 Taiwan 1,384,071 340.612 4,063.47 308.999 4,479.21 Japan 5,494,050 4,645.193 1,182.74 4,214.050 1,303.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,687,294 22,611.618 1,710.95 20,512.921 1,886.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 25,930,415 33,031.463 785.02 29,965.648 865.34 Mexico 5,786,212 8,747.182 661.49 7,935.313 729.17 Guatemala 291,593 339.422 859.09 307.919 946.98 Dominican Republic 42,223 107.306 393.48 97.347 433.74 Colombia 1,876,658 2,846.471 659.29 2,582.276 726.75 Venezuela 353,139 253.572 1,392.66 230.037 1,535.14 Ecuador 23,844 20.908 1,140.39 18.968 1,257.06 Chile 204,570 304.737 671.30 276.453 739.98 Brazil 64,022 46.292 1,382.98 41.996 1,524.48 Argentina 581,793 884.677 657.63 802.566 724.92 Sweden 23,681 31.238 758.07 28.339 835.63 United Kingdom 36,015 12.255 2,938.68 11.118 3,239.34 France 328,087 262.411 1,250.28 238.056 1,378.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,125,551 1,406.147 1,511.61 1,275.636 1,666.27 Czech Republic 11,289 2.448 4,611.08 2.221 5,082.85 Slovakia 10,427 1.855 5,620.45 1.683 6,195.48 Switzerland 10,079 0.128 78,149.72 0.117 86,145.30 Russia 1,625,180 2,114.968 768.42 1,918.668 847.04 Ukraine 1,116,597 1,516.858 736.12 1,376.071 811.44 Spain 4,127,520 3,414.063 1,208.98 3,097.187 1,332.67 Italy 1,950,677 709.457 2,749.53 643.609 3,030.84 Romania 607,259 1,114.245 545.00 1,010.827 600.75 Turkey 1,269,067 2,170.261 584.75 1,968.829 644.58 United Arab Emirates 172,579 300.443 574.41 272.558 633.18 Oman 769,317 1,418.907 542.19 1,287.212 597.66 India 2,710,260 4,046.700 669.75 3,671.106 738.27 Malaysia 74,423 117.196 635.03 106.319 700.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 912,196 1,877.510 485.85 1,703.249 535.56 China 22,653,268 42,283.140 535.75 38,358.631 590.57 Korea, South 4,141,970 6,341.599 653.14 5,753.004 719.97 Taiwan 2,714,789 5,110.479 531.22 4,636.150 585.57 Japan 1,069,429 967.233 1,105.66 877.460 1,218.78 Australia 4,391 6.217 706.29 5.640 778.55 South Africa 1,806,103 3,192.590 565.72 2,896.270 623.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,424,623 125,000.395 683.39 113,398.483 753.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 18,517,233 13,239.113 1,398.68 12,010.325 1,541.78 Mexico 33,453 66.304 504.54 60.150 556.16 Colombia 15,548,635 11,683.350 1,330.84 10,598.960 1,467.00 Venezuela 275,400 420.921 654.28 381.854 721.22 Brazil 5,817,104 5,345.362 1,088.25 4,849.233 1,199.59 Sweden 1,633,009 1,873.396 871.68 1,699.517 960.87 United Kingdom 1,834,916 1,581.497 1,160.24 1,434.711 1,278.94 Netherlands 2,574 6.305 408.23 5.720 450.00 Federal Republic of Germany 20,470,502 16,120.413 1,269.85 14,624.197 1,399.77 Austria 19,215,209 14,200.674 1,353.12 12,882.639 1,491.56 Czech Republic 14,580 8.375 1,740.82 7.598 1,918.93 Slovakia 341,238 390.420 874.03 354.184 963.45 Russia 11,459,929 14,396.771 796.01 13,060.535 877.45 Ukraine 3,958,788 3,816.127 1,037.38 3,461.934 1,143.52 Spain 1,130,847 932.939 1,212.13 846.349 1,336.15 Italy 25,678 24.526 1,046.95 22.250 1,154.07 Romania 1,692,566 1,390.976 1,216.82 1,261.873 1,341.31 Turkey 4,354,925 6,092.561 714.79 5,527.080 787.93 India 4,960,822 3,891.423 1,274.81 3,530.241 1,405.24 Singapore 421,558 61.288 6,878.26 55.600 7,581.98 China 31,886,919 31,718.052 1,005.32 28,774.141 1,108.18 Korea, South 22,671,600 29,459.291 769.59 26,725.027 848.33 Taiwan 1,034,999 1,454.407 711.63 1,319.417 784.44 Japan 23,306,115 8,182.838 2,848.17 7,423.348 3,139.57 South Africa 1,968,373 2,098.265 938.10 1,903.515 1,034.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 192,576,972 168,455.605 1,143.19 152,820.398 1,260.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 24,624,478 24,399.863 1,009.21 22,135.190 1,112.46 Mexico 36,555 11.050 3,307.94 10.025 3,646.38 United Kingdom 658,144 980.136 671.48 889.165 740.18 France 109,365 226.474 482.90 205.454 532.31 Federal Republic of Germany 490,786 366.286 1,339.89 332.290 1,476.98 Czech Republic 1,470,194 1,335.626 1,100.75 1,211.660 1,213.37 Spain 17,052 12.666 1,346.21 11.491 1,483.94 Italy 2,012,405 1,204.789 1,670.34 1,092.967 1,841.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 1,063,993 1,445.943 735.85 1,311.738 811.13 India 166,495 115.622 1,439.99 104.891 1,587.31 China 366,313 690.062 530.84 626.014 585.15 Korea, South 4,753,459 7,176.433 662.37 6,510.353 730.14 Japan 14,261,405 15,176.208 939.72 13,767.629 1,035.86 South Africa 208,229 340.141 612.18 308.571 674.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,238,873 53,481.305 939.37 48,517.438 1,035.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 87,816 54.294 1,617.41 49.255 1,782.88 Mexico 3,962,088 4,621.886 857.24 4,192.906 944.95 Venezuela 1,425,065 2,218.733 642.29 2,012.802 708.00 Brazil 3,783,370 4,581.214 825.84 4,156.009 910.34 Argentina 3,787,048 3,631.532 1,042.82 3,294.472 1,149.52 Sweden 24,150 9.215 2,620.64 8.360 2,888.76 United Kingdom 4,895 0.263 18,580.21 0.239 20,481.17 France 1,362,860 1,220.102 1,117.00 1,106.859 1,231.29 Federal Republic of Germany 568,223 756.961 750.66 686.704 827.46 Austria 1,382,841 1,368.363 1,010.58 1,241.359 1,113.97 Czech Republic 536,088 572.033 937.16 518.940 1,033.04 Slovakia 133,442 135.858 982.21 123.249 1,082.70 Spain 728,649 593.361 1,228.00 538.289 1,353.64 Italy 3,808,978 2,131.800 1,786.74 1,933.937 1,969.55 Turkey 245,366 425.710 576.37 386.198 635.34 China 4,351,341 6,031.814 721.40 5,471.972 795.21 Korea, South 4,412,126 7,249.994 608.57 6,577.086 670.83 Taiwan 655,602 1,158.711 565.80 1,051.166 623.69 Japan 51,640 29.948 1,724.28 27.169 1,900.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,311,588 36,791.802 851.05 33,376.971 938.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 392,192 220.525 1,778.45 200.057 1,960.40 Mexico 2,233,960 2,584.132 864.49 2,344.286 952.94 Venezuela 83,257 129.443 643.19 117.429 709.00 Brazil 1,619,231 2,540.406 637.39 2,304.619 702.60 Argentina 182,221 323.566 563.16 293.535 620.78 Norway 34,130 4.545 7,507.81 4.124 8,275.95 United Kingdom 19,146 27.307 701.12 24.773 772.86 Turkey 350,970 612.743 572.78 555.872 631.39 China 1,651,815 3,215.017 513.78 2,916.616 566.35 Korea, South 6,662,228 10,893.447 611.58 9,882.372 674.15 Taiwan 1,020,908 1,818.739 561.33 1,649.933 618.76 Japan 112,163 132.025 849.55 119.772 936.47 South Africa 1,547,264 2,653.752 583.05 2,407.444 642.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,909,485 25,155.654 632.44 22,820.832 697.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,365,954 11,026.817 1,121.44 10,003.363 1,236.18 Mexico 9,803,757 11,775.674 832.54 10,682.715 917.72 Guatemala 53,290 80.173 664.69 72.732 732.69 Costa Rica 199,510 270.980 736.25 245.829 811.58 Dominican Republic 144,562 214.690 673.35 194.764 742.24 Colombia 269,052 323.738 831.08 293.691 916.11 Brazil 210,853 177.958 1,184.85 161.441 1,306.07 Argentina 872,776 545.560 1,599.78 494.924 1,763.45 Sweden 566,419 383.636 1,476.45 348.029 1,627.51 Finland 104,550 45.064 2,320.00 40.882 2,557.36 Denmark 15,839 2.544 6,225.69 2.308 6,862.65 United Kingdom 140,988 106.043 1,329.53 96.201 1,465.56 Netherlands 2,154 0.061 34,894.22 0.056 38,464.29 Belgium 60,186 36.886 1,631.65 33.463 1,798.58 France 784,452 553.712 1,416.71 502.320 1,561.66 Federal Republic of Germany 3,998,739 2,422.233 1,650.85 2,197.414 1,819.75 Austria 264,800 123.487 2,144.35 112.026 2,363.74 Czech Republic 671,344 139.367 4,817.08 126.432 5,309.92 Slovakia 3,577 0.706 5,062.40 0.641 5,580.34 Switzerland 1,238,398 493.922 2,507.27 448.079 2,763.79 Russia 1,518,509 1,735.608 874.91 1,574.518 964.43 Ukraine 616,893 861.345 716.20 781.400 789.47 Spain 3,968,112 3,094.606 1,282.27 2,807.381 1,413.46 Italy 2,559,005 1,426.276 1,794.19 1,293.897 1,977.75 Romania 223,639 238.845 936.33 216.677 1,032.13 Turkey 413,431 924.759 447.07 838.928 492.81 India 1,841,563 1,396.265 1,318.92 1,266.671 1,453.86 China 5,251,274 7,482.936 701.77 6,788.408 773.56 Korea, South 3,208,605 4,684.125 685.00 4,249.368 755.08 Taiwan 112,175 65.989 1,699.88 59.865 1,873.80 Japan 9,671,282 4,117.607 2,348.76 3,735.432 2,589.07 Australia 164,064 164.890 994.99 149.586 1,096.79 New Zealand 23,643 29.149 811.09 26.444 894.08 South Africa 105,963 87.478 1,211.31 79.359 1,335.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,449,358 55,033.145 1,116.59 49,925.244 1,230.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 34,398 51.223 671.53 46.469 740.24 Mexico 208,993 131.320 1,591.47 119.132 1,754.30 Argentina 1,047,927 278.940 3,756.81 253.051 4,141.17 Sweden 1,675,305 283.560 5,908.10 257.242 6,512.56 Netherlands 429,206 254.670 1,685.34 231.033 1,857.77 France 3,756,259 1,813.893 2,070.83 1,645.537 2,282.69 Federal Republic of Germany 4,126,646 1,539.410 2,680.67 1,396.530 2,954.93 Czech Republic 60,320 101.853 592.22 92.400 652.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 144,375 116.456 1,239.73 105.648 1,366.57 Poland 30,501 26.928 1,132.67 24.429 1,248.56 Ukraine 8,571 11.099 772.22 10.069 851.23 Spain 62,160 12.715 4,888.65 11.535 5,388.82 Italy 983,913 392.730 2,505.31 356.279 2,761.64 Romania 22,038 22.950 960.26 20.820 1,058.50 India 59,202 21.158 2,797.98 19.195 3,084.24 China 1,201,972 1,226.090 980.33 1,112.291 1,080.63 Korea, South 37,024 36.964 1,001.60 33.534 1,104.07 Taiwan 8,477 4.392 1,929.79 3.985 2,127.23 Japan 1,402,883 1,336.560 1,049.62 1,212.508 1,157.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,300,170 7,662.921 1,996.65 6,951.687 2,200.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,132,437 1,807.491 6,159.05 1,639.729 6,789.19 Mexico 73,217 18.651 3,925.61 16.920 4,327.25 Sweden 2,013,339 272.613 7,385.32 247.311 8,140.92 Norway 2,390 0.007 309,738.88 0.007 341,428.57 Finland 217,631 87.537 2,486.14 79.413 2,740.50 Denmark 50,996 6.875 7,417.48 6.237 8,176.37 United Kingdom 561,382 35.570 15,782.25 32.269 17,396.94 Ireland 4,981 0.011 451,868.85 0.010 498,100.00 Netherlands 20,947 2.384 8,785.39 2.163 9,684.23 Belgium 15,576 0.168 92,354.99 0.153 101,803.92 France 3,327,897 529.812 6,281.27 480.638 6,923.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,921,039 179.946 10,675.60 163.245 11,767.83 Austria 2,369,794 316.714 7,482.42 287.319 8,247.95 Czech Republic 3,518,883 663.343 5,304.77 601.775 5,847.51 Switzerland 1,550,053 173.376 8,940.36 157.285 9,855.06 Ukraine 204,110 38.173 5,346.97 34.630 5,894.02 Spain 1,772,215 230.292 7,695.49 208.918 8,482.83 Italy 3,207,250 265.224 12,092.57 240.608 13,329.77 India 618,626 113.341 5,458.06 102.822 6,016.48 Thailand 477,896 146.963 3,251.80 133.323 3,584.50 Malaysia 646,128 240.724 2,684.09 218.382 2,958.71 Singapore 231,896 74.246 3,123.34 67.355 3,442.89 Philippines 6,451 0.503 12,805.80 0.457 14,115.97 China 9,480,665 2,453.879 3,863.54 2,226.123 4,258.82 Korea, South 4,295,723 1,092.190 3,933.13 990.819 4,335.53 Taiwan 6,703,770 2,542.065 2,637.13 2,306.124 2,906.94 Japan 8,173,266 1,093.766 7,472.58 992.249 8,237.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,598,558 12,385.879 5,054.03 11,236.284 5,571.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,968,040 531.620 3,701.97 482.278 4,080.72 Mexico 484,546 262.140 1,848.42 237.810 2,037.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 95,517 25.756 3,708.45 23.366 4,087.86 France 11,423 5.988 1,907.38 5.433 2,102.52 Federal Republic of Germany 239,946 39.289 6,107.10 35.643 6,731.92 Austria 2,173 1.198 1,813.54 1.087 1,999.08 India 9,104 3.583 2,540.45 3.251 2,800.37 Thailand 2,092 0.143 14,598.70 0.130 16,092.31 Vietnam 59,371 38.970 1,523.51 35.353 1,679.38 China 129,349 120.825 1,070.54 109.611 1,180.07 Korea, South 16,568 17.636 939.39 16.000 1,035.50 Japan 287,055 101.219 2,835.96 91.825 3,126.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,305,184 1,148.373 2,878.14 1,041.787 3,172.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,947,061 24,533.967 853.80 22,256.847 941.15 Mexico 5,278,417 5,272.625 1,001.10 4,783.247 1,103.52 Finland 574,876 208.248 2,760.53 188.920 3,042.96 United Kingdom 552,068 942.582 585.70 855.097 645.62 Netherlands 5,071 0.922 5,496.22 0.837 6,058.54 Belgium 6,079 3.840 1,582.89 3.484 1,744.83 Federal Republic of Germany 125,825 49.584 2,537.61 44.982 2,797.23 Austria 196,736 91.387 2,152.78 82.905 2,373.03 Switzerland 36,455 11.189 3,257.95 10.151 3,591.27 Italy 103,373 52.120 1,983.34 47.283 2,186.26 Turkey 1,082,185 2,434.499 444.52 2,208.541 490.00 India 84,497 132.375 638.31 120.089 703.62 Malaysia 5,163 1.966 2,625.45 1.784 2,894.06 China 1,915,410 3,243.575 590.52 2,942.523 650.94 Korea, South 5,166,626 10,684.930 483.54 9,693.209 533.02 Taiwan 699,400 265.244 2,636.81 240.626 2,906.59 Japan 944,631 1,022.771 923.60 927.843 1,018.09 Australia 7,151 8.057 887.45 7.310 978.25 South Africa 9,236 27.623 334.35 25.060 368.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,740,260 48,987.514 770.41 44,440.738 849.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 137,980 148.728 927.73 134.924 1,022.65 Mexico 129,201 116.678 1,107.32 105.849 1,220.62 Korea, South 208,786 389.250 536.38 353.122 591.26 Japan 398,607 451.826 882.21 409.890 972.47 South Africa 327,166 563.312 580.79 511.029 640.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,201,740 1,669.796 719.69 1,514.814 793.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,505,097 15,185.125 889.36 13,775.718 980.36 Mexico 10,128,774 11,498.738 880.86 10,431.483 970.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Costa Rica 3,643 0.497 7,327.88 0.451 8,077.61 Dominican Republic 93,467 99.490 939.46 90.256 1,035.58 Trinidad and Tobago 208,645 313.348 665.86 284.265 733.98 Colombia 3,120 4.206 741.72 3.816 817.61 Venezuela 48,472 78.886 614.45 71.565 677.31 Chile 178,055 234.618 758.91 212.842 836.56 Brazil 1,922,454 2,961.903 649.06 2,686.994 715.47 Argentina 121,692 228.451 532.68 207.248 587.18 Sweden 2,160,207 431.935 5,001.23 391.845 5,512.91 Finland 423,002 487.117 868.38 441.906 957.22 Denmark 102,078 1.300 78,477.65 1.180 86,506.78 United Kingdom 698,095 335.093 2,083.28 303.992 2,296.43 Ireland 5,908 0.090 65,361.57 0.082 72,048.78 Netherlands 26,307 0.710 37,000.49 0.645 40,786.05 Belgium 792,592 594.438 1,333.34 539.266 1,469.76 Luxembourg 109,693 20.756 5,284.75 18.830 5,825.44 France 1,856,932 745.915 2,489.47 676.683 2,744.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,741,427 1,925.579 1,423.69 1,746.857 1,569.35 Austria 489,381 180.673 2,708.65 163.904 2,985.78 Czech Republic 71,249 58.319 1,221.69 52.907 1,346.68 Switzerland 240,672 65.684 3,664.06 59.588 4,038.93 Poland 766,093 783.423 977.88 710.710 1,077.93 Russia 306,672 401.135 764.51 363.904 842.73 Belarus 109,072 96.756 1,127.28 87.776 1,242.62 Ukraine 20,820 28.272 736.42 25.648 811.76 Georgia 3,659 5.834 627.13 5.293 691.29 Moldova 901,621 1,144.423 787.84 1,038.204 868.44 Spain 249,843 259.605 962.40 235.510 1,060.86 Italy 2,967,484 2,106.564 1,408.68 1,911.044 1,552.81 Greece 1,027,525 1,065.796 964.09 966.875 1,062.73 Turkey 233,437 250.913 930.35 227.625 1,025.53 Israel 215,905 317.773 679.43 288.279 748.94 India 4,394,212 2,583.435 1,700.92 2,343.654 1,874.94 Thailand 315,523 191.310 1,649.27 173.554 1,818.01 Vietnam 11,685 4.965 2,353.04 4.505 2,593.78 Malaysia 73,605 76.285 964.86 69.205 1,063.58 Indonesia 78,519 17.568 4,469.27 15.938 4,926.53 China 9,536,490 12,549.076 759.94 11,384.334 837.69 Korea, South 8,034,266 5,601.038 1,434.42 5,081.178 1,581.18 Hong Kong 329,249 74.317 4,430.28 67.420 4,883.55 Taiwan 3,194,795 1,794.072 1,780.75 1,627.556 1,962.94 Japan 6,611,585 5,769.808 1,145.89 5,234.284 1,263.13 Australia 151,972 68.924 2,204.91 62.527 2,430.50 New Zealand 15,824 17.419 908.39 15.803 1,001.33 Egypt 7,639 8.987 849.99 8.153 936.96 South Africa 1,240,790 2,020.024 614.24 1,832.536 677.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,729,247 72,690.618 1,055.56 65,943.838 1,163.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 15,027 6.413 2,343.12 5.818 2,582.85 Chile 362,760 656.948 552.19 595.974 608.68 China 871,464 1,806.650 482.36 1,638.966 531.72 Taiwan 39,382 78.385 502.42 71.110 553.82 Japan 929,929 888.495 1,046.63 806.030 1,153.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,218,562 3,436.893 645.51 3,117.898 711.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,267,124 10,049.612 822.63 9,116.858 906.80 Mexico 5,078 7.298 695.77 6.621 766.95 Venezuela 380,523 540.000 704.67 489.880 776.77 Brazil 634,071 717.344 883.91 650.764 974.35 Netherlands 584,139 765.936 762.65 694.846 840.67 Belgium 3,575 5.629 635.05 5.107 700.02 France 3,924,932 5,409.090 725.62 4,907.046 799.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,472,951 4,655.726 531.16 4,223.605 585.51 China 843,240 1,343.226 627.77 1,218.555 692.00 Korea, South 518,697 703.802 736.99 638.479 812.39 Taiwan 63,575 78.635 808.48 71.337 891.19 Japan 554,808 623.537 889.77 565.664 980.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,252,713 24,899.840 733.05 22,588.762 808.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,790,122 4,411.690 859.11 4,002.219 947.01 France 971,417 1,211.885 801.58 1,099.404 883.59 Federal Republic of Germany 152,374 187.886 810.99 170.448 893.96 Japan 1,972,467 2,415.993 816.42 2,191.753 899.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,886,380 8,227.455 837.00 7,463.824 922.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 32,455,417 56,974.562 569.65 51,686.467 627.93 Mexico 7,572,743 14,556.798 520.22 13,205.709 573.44 Colombia 10,551 24.383 432.72 22.120 476.99 Venezuela 3,457,073 7,977.953 433.33 7,237.480 477.66 Sweden 1,283,843 1,479.732 867.62 1,342.391 956.39 Finland 391,172 187.186 2,089.74 169.813 2,303.55 Netherlands 6,409,658 16,356.551 391.87 14,838.418 431.96 Belgium 472,173 679.877 694.50 616.775 765.55 France 7,912,217 15,074.152 524.89 13,675.045 578.59 Federal Republic of Germany 617,899 946.620 652.74 858.760 719.52 Austria 832,222 1,309.889 635.34 1,188.312 700.34 Slovakia 29,360 62.862 467.05 57.028 514.83 Russia 2,377,966 5,551.127 428.38 5,035.900 472.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,119,253 2,698.148 414.82 2,447.720 457.26 Italy 306,061 124.353 2,461.21 112.812 2,713.02 Turkey 6,654,519 16,399.530 405.77 14,877.408 447.29 Malaysia 1,265,147 2,714.462 466.08 2,462.520 513.76 China 213,005 135.229 1,575.14 122.678 1,736.29 Korea, South 43,701,230 95,997.239 455.23 87,087.255 501.81 Japan 4,146,613 5,059.329 819.60 4,589.748 903.45 Australia 12,079,612 28,809.405 419.29 26,135.460 462.19 New Zealand 5,035,321 11,170.500 450.77 10,133.710 496.89 Egypt 31,765,395 74,830.404 424.50 67,885.020 467.93 South Africa 569,529 445.906 1,277.24 404.520 1,407.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 170,677,979 359,566.209 474.68 326,193.070 523.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 19,426,571 29,018.839 669.45 26,325.456 737.94 Mexico 23,892,058 15,213.797 1,570.42 13,801.729 1,731.09 Colombia 10,959 20.580 532.50 18.670 586.98 Venezuela 5,977,683 12,089.545 494.45 10,967.454 545.04 Chile 255,021 454.310 561.34 412.144 618.77 Brazil 21,071,383 35,718.432 589.93 32,403.226 650.29 Argentina 2,788,591 6,504.058 428.75 5,900.384 472.61 Sweden 4,836,381 3,789.854 1,276.14 3,438.099 1,406.70 Finland 2,347,264 1,217.297 1,928.26 1,104.314 2,125.54 United Kingdom 1,354,701 1,341.275 1,010.01 1,216.785 1,113.34 Netherlands 1,408,353 2,003.290 703.02 1,817.355 774.95 Belgium 3,094,594 3,502.258 883.60 3,177.196 974.00 France 2,984,205 1,653.992 1,804.24 1,500.477 1,988.84 Federal Republic of Germany 6,432,800 5,160.442 1,246.56 4,681.476 1,374.10 Austria 737,328 22.707 32,470.53 20.600 35,792.62 Russia 1,836,285 4,186.136 438.66 3,797.600 483.54 Spain 51,045 27.260 1,872.51 24.730 2,064.09 Italy 3,445,056 1,848.715 1,863.49 1,677.127 2,054.14 Turkey 8,652,347 18,018.860 480.18 16,346.440 529.31 India 838,434 1,304.927 642.51 1,183.811 708.25 Thailand 120,915 55.779 2,167.75 50.602 2,389.53 Indonesia 1,630,126 3,197.242 509.85 2,900.490 562.02 China 14,952,989 16,576.445 902.06 15,037.903 994.35 Korea, South 8,145,787 11,178.069 728.73 10,140.577 803.29 Taiwan 10,727,492 11,351.213 945.05 10,297.651 1,041.74 Japan 8,581,083 12,555.904 683.43 11,390.528 753.35 New Zealand 916,660 1,768.613 518.29 1,604.460 571.32 South Africa 3,881,382 4,318.802 898.72 3,917.953 990.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,397,493 204,098.654 785.88 185,155.237 866.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 36,144,427 52,027.160 694.72 47,198.258 765.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 8,584,005 10,365.671 828.12 9,403.582 912.84 Guatemala 189,011 248.126 761.75 225.097 839.69 Colombia 750,819 1,239.270 605.86 1,124.248 667.84 Venezuela 98,827 75.651 1,306.34 68.630 1,440.00 Brazil 8,671,593 14,910.507 581.58 13,526.589 641.08 Argentina 230,592 447.745 515.01 406.188 567.70 Sweden 26,391 22.219 1,187.75 20.157 1,309.27 United Kingdom 11,117 20.812 534.14 18.881 588.79 Netherlands 51,240 102.369 500.54 92.868 551.75 Belgium 1,515,547 2,315.387 654.55 2,100.485 721.52 France 176,900 192.778 917.63 174.886 1,011.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,105,473 4,137.065 508.93 3,753.084 561.00 Austria 192,517 184.228 1,044.99 167.129 1,151.91 Spain 3,934,497 5,541.339 710.03 5,027.020 782.67 Turkey 2,984,862 5,564.091 536.45 5,047.660 591.34 India 34,394,976 55,695.189 617.56 50,525.840 680.74 Vietnam 17,820 24.250 734.82 22.000 810.00 China 21,389,881 42,431.671 504.10 38,493.376 555.68 Korea, South 23,336,267 30,979.604 753.28 28,104.232 830.35 Taiwan 17,627,632 26,300.353 670.24 23,859.286 738.82 Japan 7,231,449 11,530.815 627.14 10,460.583 691.30 South Africa 3,153,121 5,334.626 591.07 4,839.493 651.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 172,818,964 269,690.938 640.80 244,659.573 706.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,491,372 1,153.290 1,293.14 1,046.248 1,425.45 Brazil 598,571 1,163.445 514.48 1,055.460 567.12 Belgium 395,932 661.254 598.76 599.880 660.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,810,960 4,057.243 692.83 3,680.670 763.71 China 68,215 94.696 720.36 85.907 794.06 Korea, South 635,608 833.306 762.75 755.963 840.79 Taiwan 862,471 1,331.934 647.53 1,208.311 713.78 Japan 621,341 810.391 766.72 735.175 845.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,484,470 10,105.561 740.63 9,167.614 816.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,275,237 4,634.788 1,138.18 4,204.611 1,254.63 Mexico 7,338,382 9,008.735 814.59 8,172.590 897.93 Chile 102,758 168.058 611.44 152.460 674.00 Brazil 121,518 188.830 643.53 171.304 709.37 United Kingdom 284,669 364.938 780.05 331.067 859.85 Belgium 201,260 149.162 1,349.27 135.318 1,487.31 Luxembourg 1,298,471 1,995.469 650.71 1,810.260 717.28 France 68,361 25.399 2,691.44 23.042 2,966.80 Federal Republic of Germany 411,807 162.274 2,537.72 147.213 2,797.35 Italy 10,841 8.567 1,265.41 7.772 1,394.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 9,422 11.938 789.24 10.830 869.99 China 313,432 534.405 586.51 484.805 646.51 Korea, South 8,255,530 12,873.271 641.29 11,678.439 706.90 Taiwan 11,728,934 16,289.625 720.02 14,777.704 793.69 Japan 1,091,817 716.897 1,522.97 650.359 1,678.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,512,439 47,132.364 774.68 42,757.774 853.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 41,616 12.611 3,299.83 11.441 3,637.44 Sweden 56,099 19.495 2,877.54 17.686 3,171.94 United Kingdom 472,555 127.518 3,705.77 115.683 4,084.91 France 241,187 151.342 1,593.65 137.296 1,756.69 Federal Republic of Germany 1,032,216 622.588 1,657.94 564.803 1,827.57 Switzerland 17,034 10.841 1,571.22 9.835 1,731.98 Russia 835,452 277.719 3,008.26 251.943 3,316.04 India 7,426 9.767 760.27 8.861 838.05 Japan 1,202,631 1,364.948 881.08 1,238.261 971.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,906,216 2,596.834 1,504.22 2,355.809 1,658.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,284,525 5,258.842 624.57 4,770.743 688.47 Mexico 577,865 735.906 785.24 667.603 865.58 Brazil 14,300 21.054 679.20 19.100 748.69 Finland 203,970 97.913 2,083.16 88.826 2,296.29 Federal Republic of Germany 192,385 56.346 3,414.30 51.117 3,763.62 Austria 13,401 1.839 7,284.11 1.669 8,029.36 Slovenia 302,177 236.693 1,276.66 214.725 1,407.27 China 4,611 1.264 3,646.93 1.147 4,020.05 Japan 126,715 49.954 2,536.61 45.318 2,796.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,719,949 6,459.815 730.66 5,860.248 805.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 5,831,103 5,272.490 1,105.95 4,783.124 1,219.10 Mexico 3,250,719 1,674.114 1,941.75 1,518.732 2,140.42 Brazil 145,702 124.222 1,172.91 112.693 1,292.91 Sweden 4,845,952 890.811 5,439.93 808.131 5,996.49 Finland 634,173 271.621 2,334.77 246.411 2,573.64 Denmark 12,876 1.133 11,362.76 1.028 12,525.29 United Kingdom 1,332,917 443.323 3,006.65 402.176 3,314.26 Netherlands 4,581 0.950 4,821.13 0.862 5,314.39 Belgium 185,158 152.300 1,215.74 138.165 1,340.12 France 1,987,745 324.598 6,123.70 294.471 6,750.22 Federal Republic of Germany 5,728,347 4,264.656 1,343.21 3,868.832 1,480.64 Austria 1,077,164 224.771 4,792.27 203.909 5,282.57 Switzerland 454,625 147.844 3,075.03 134.122 3,389.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 31,044 22.468 1,381.67 20.383 1,523.03 Italy 380,629 169.612 2,244.11 153.870 2,473.71 India 636,692 327.820 1,942.20 297.394 2,140.90 Indonesia 415,985 106.806 3,894.76 96.893 4,293.24 China 324,246 514.114 630.69 466.397 695.21 Korea, South 1,485,344 1,126.004 1,319.13 1,021.494 1,454.09 Taiwan 238,623 95.022 2,511.23 86.203 2,768.15 Japan 3,848,703 976.791 3,940.15 886.131 4,343.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,852,328 17,131.479 1,917.66 15,541.421 2,113.86 GRAND TOTAL 2,208,688,838 3,510,149.538 629.23 3,184,354.994 693.61 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 595,128 688.062 864.93 624.200 953.43 Belgium 937,835 1,137.645 824.36 1,032.055 908.71 Federal Republic of Germany 63,646 21.398 2,974.38 19.412 3,278.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,596,609 1,847.106 864.38 1,675.667 952.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 984,989 1,386.384 710.47 1,257.707 783.16 Mexico 45,451,160 103,058.206 441.02 93,492.859 486.15 Brazil 726,431 1,615.016 449.80 1,465.119 495.82 Finland 368,918 1,038.729 355.16 942.320 391.50 United Kingdom 200,687 45.011 4,458.55 40.834 4,914.70 France 978,954 152.339 6,426.14 138.200 7,083.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,323,834 1,403.991 942.91 1,273.680 1,039.38 Poland 65,049 2.015 32,281.99 1.828 35,584.79 Russia 306,857 299.367 1,025.02 271.582 1,129.89 Ukraine 424,701 177.317 2,395.14 160.860 2,640.19 Italy 314,922 126.556 2,488.39 114.810 2,742.98 Taiwan 38,432 4.431 8,672.87 4.020 9,560.20 South Africa 467,728 1,114.889 419.53 1,011.411 462.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,652,662 110,424.257 467.77 100,175.230 515.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 734,591 1,248.025 588.60 1,132.190 648.82 United Kingdom 1,778,467 2,682.951 662.88 2,433.933 730.70 Federal Republic of Germany 353,700 282.628 1,251.47 256.396 1,379.51 Spain 6,880,046 14,143.821 486.43 12,831.063 536.20 Italy 321,490 424.522 757.30 385.120 834.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,068,294 18,781.948 536.06 17,038.702 590.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,635,315 10,348.503 1,124.35 9,388.007 1,239.38 Mexico 5,640 1.527 3,691.58 1.386 4,069.26 Brazil 7,875,256 6,375.578 1,235.22 5,783.829 1,361.60 Sweden 6,409,422 4,234.429 1,513.64 3,841.411 1,668.51 United Kingdom 667,198 625.324 1,066.96 567.285 1,176.12 Belgium 2,107,459 1,122.704 1,877.13 1,018.501 2,069.18 France 1,627,336 758.039 2,146.77 687.682 2,366.41 Federal Republic of Germany 3,627,616 2,646.866 1,370.53 2,401.198 1,510.75 Austria 478,838 382.679 1,251.28 347.161 1,379.30 Ukraine 3,209,793 2,486.245 1,291.02 2,255.485 1,423.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 150,207 127.365 1,179.34 115.544 1,300.00 Japan 3,944,163 3,666.599 1,075.70 3,326.284 1,185.76 South Africa 149,179 29.979 4,976.02 27.197 5,485.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,887,422 32,805.844 1,276.83 29,760.970 1,407.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,047,775 6,322.302 640.24 5,735.498 705.74 Netherlands 183,651 390.333 470.50 354.105 518.63 France 403,384 635.268 634.98 576.306 699.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,311,584 999.555 2,312.61 906.782 2,549.22 Austria 22,710 32.330 702.43 29.330 774.29 Japan 973,164 1,433.274 678.98 1,300.245 748.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,942,268 9,813.065 809.36 8,902.266 892.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 7,908 15.494 510.39 14.056 562.61 France 3,234 6.336 510.41 5.748 562.63 Japan 472,381 708.585 666.65 642.818 734.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 483,523 730.415 661.98 662.622 729.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 20,190,665 34,800.179 580.19 31,570.201 639.55 Mexico 3,889,940 6,737.964 577.32 6,112.580 636.38 Trinidad and Tobago 87,875 214.073 410.49 194.204 452.49 Brazil 1,312,187 504.546 2,600.73 457.717 2,866.81 Sweden 1,353,242 507.071 2,668.74 460.008 2,941.78 Norway 4,988 0.412 12,099.03 0.374 13,336.90 United Kingdom 1,108,769 763.841 1,451.57 692.946 1,600.08 Netherlands 372,470 218.011 1,708.49 197.777 1,883.28 France 837,309 393.706 2,126.73 357.165 2,344.32 Federal Republic of Germany 925,074 493.242 1,875.50 447.462 2,067.38 Austria 107,117 28.532 3,754.25 25.884 4,138.35 Czech Republic 351,090 353.921 992.00 321.072 1,093.49 Hungary 4,560 0.330 13,789.21 0.300 15,200.00 Ukraine 3,278 3.072 1,067.01 2.787 1,176.18 Spain 2,080,814 1,344.959 1,547.12 1,220.127 1,705.41 Italy 298,776 496.075 602.28 450.032 663.90 Bulgaria 3,903,445 10,203.236 382.57 9,256.223 421.71 Turkey 1,135,330 1,200.637 945.61 1,089.200 1,042.35 India 5,745 4.050 1,418.17 3.675 1,563.27 Philippines 13,110 30.093 435.65 27.300 480.22 China 298,823 156.695 1,907.03 142.152 2,102.14 Korea, South 1,835,841 2,382.558 770.53 2,161.421 849.37 Taiwan 175,105 35.558 4,924.44 32.258 5,428.27 Japan 11,444,449 9,780.734 1,170.10 8,872.936 1,289.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 51,740,002 70,653.506 732.31 64,095.801 807.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 219,907 363.570 604.85 329.826 666.74 Mexico 1,425,532 2,807.915 507.68 2,547.299 559.62 China 81,324 75.907 1,071.36 68.862 1,180.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,726,763 3,247.393 531.74 2,945.987 586.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,090,136 2,034.708 1,518.71 1,845.857 1,674.09 Colombia 238,511 201.895 1,181.36 183.157 1,302.22 Brazil 8,318 3.691 2,253.20 3.349 2,483.73 Sweden 13,130 5.756 2,280.99 5.222 2,514.36 United Kingdom 1,440,623 737.373 1,953.72 668.934 2,153.61 Belgium 39,579 36.546 1,082.99 33.154 1,193.79 France 2,540,390 1,651.362 1,538.36 1,498.091 1,695.75 Federal Republic of Germany 567,757 271.057 2,094.60 245.899 2,308.90 Russia 91,060 127.101 716.43 115.305 789.73 Ukraine 25,074 16.639 1,506.91 15.095 1,661.08 Spain 155,438 89.564 1,735.48 81.252 1,913.04 Italy 177,880 108.007 1,646.92 97.983 1,815.42 China 88,895 83.673 1,062.41 75.907 1,171.10 Korea, South 209,421 147.940 1,415.58 134.209 1,560.41 Taiwan 42,408 15.663 2,707.38 14.210 2,984.38 Japan 267,493 164.181 1,629.25 148.943 1,795.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,996,113 5,695.163 1,579.61 5,166.567 1,741.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 2,076,386 1,176.076 1,765.52 1,066.919 1,946.15 Mexico 118,518 75.835 1,562.83 68.797 1,722.72 Brazil 2,427,191 870.632 2,787.85 789.825 3,073.07 Sweden 4,085,661 1,304.353 3,132.33 1,183.290 3,452.80 United Kingdom 611,196 112.692 5,423.57 102.233 5,978.46 Netherlands 170,439 155.434 1,096.53 141.008 1,208.72 France 3,114,877 1,445.516 2,154.85 1,311.351 2,375.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,801,190 1,150.042 2,435.73 1,043.301 2,684.93 Austria 2,993,722 614.600 4,871.01 557.556 5,369.37 Czech Republic 135,641 37.676 3,600.10 34.180 3,968.43 Switzerland 91,507 5.191 17,625.01 4.710 19,428.24 Poland 310,386 99.295 3,125.90 90.079 3,445.71 Russia 3,585,076 6,783.315 528.51 6,153.722 582.59 Spain 345,308 185.921 1,857.28 168.665 2,047.30 Italy 860,151 524.443 1,640.12 475.767 1,807.92 Slovenia 3,054,712 1,121.140 2,724.65 1,017.082 3,003.41 Romania 5,436 1.366 3,976.98 1.240 4,383.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 41,898 22.941 1,826.31 20.812 2,013.17 China 4,319,556 1,577.219 2,738.72 1,430.830 3,018.92 Korea, South 660,322 362.114 1,823.52 328.505 2,010.08 Taiwan 1,384,071 340.612 4,063.47 308.999 4,479.21 Japan 5,494,050 4,645.193 1,182.74 4,214.050 1,303.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,687,294 22,611.618 1,710.95 20,512.921 1,886.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 366,592 112.059 3,271.40 101.659 3,606.09 Mexico 7,569 4.337 1,744.98 3.935 1,923.51 Argentina 126,634 63.948 1,980.25 58.013 2,182.86 Federal Republic of Germany 453,636 226.566 2,002.22 205.538 2,207.07 Spain 321,230 87.644 3,665.14 79.510 4,040.12 Italy 1,152,733 321.566 3,584.75 291.720 3,951.50 India 64,693 21.248 3,044.64 19.276 3,356.14 Japan 422,302 128.932 3,275.36 116.966 3,610.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,915,389 966.304 3,017.05 876.617 3,325.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 11,764,704 7,037.341 1,671.75 6,384.171 1,842.79 Brazil 1,267,342 850.481 1,490.15 771.544 1,642.60 United Kingdom 767,995 710.433 1,081.02 644.495 1,191.62 Netherlands 2,574 6.305 408.23 5.720 450.00 Federal Republic of Germany 9,167,558 5,987.465 1,531.12 5,431.739 1,687.78 Austria 6,215,669 6,080.646 1,022.21 5,516.271 1,126.79 Slovakia 341,238 390.420 874.03 354.184 963.45 Russia 2,507,090 2,690.207 931.93 2,440.516 1,027.28 Spain 1,130,847 932.939 1,212.13 846.349 1,336.15 Romania 633,078 601.388 1,052.69 545.571 1,160.40 India 2,417,348 1,861.396 1,298.67 1,688.631 1,431.54 China 11,756,187 9,707.373 1,211.06 8,806.384 1,334.96 Japan 22,773,401 7,962.242 2,860.17 7,223.227 3,152.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,745,031 44,818.644 1,578.47 40,658.802 1,739.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 24,502,420 24,321.381 1,007.44 22,063.992 1,110.52 Mexico 36,555 11.050 3,307.94 10.025 3,646.38 Italy 8,192 2.645 3,096.52 2.400 3,413.33 Japan 4,430,216 4,292.685 1,032.04 3,894.260 1,137.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,977,383 28,627.762 1,012.21 25,970.677 1,115.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 22,274 12.442 1,790.10 11.288 1,973.25 Mexico 3,401 5.668 600.03 5.142 661.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 24,150 9.215 2,620.64 8.360 2,888.76 China 61,739 106.336 580.60 96.467 640.00 Japan 51,640 29.948 1,724.28 27.169 1,900.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 163,204 163.611 997.51 148.426 1,099.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 386,000 197.024 1,959.14 178.738 2,159.59 Norway 34,130 4.545 7,507.81 4.124 8,275.95 China 3,734 1.103 3,384.04 1.001 3,730.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 423,864 202.674 2,091.36 183.863 2,305.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,604,646 1,976.508 1,317.80 1,793.059 1,452.63 Mexico 1,016,800 605.739 1,678.61 549.518 1,850.35 Guatemala 53,290 80.173 664.69 72.732 732.69 Argentina 335,872 152.894 2,196.75 138.704 2,421.50 Sweden 513,065 355.113 1,444.79 322.154 1,592.61 United Kingdom 131,819 104.292 1,263.93 94.613 1,393.24 France 465,114 263.261 1,766.74 238.827 1,947.49 Federal Republic of Germany 2,437,055 1,433.556 1,700.01 1,300.501 1,873.94 Czech Republic 671,344 139.367 4,817.08 126.432 5,309.92 Switzerland 135,755 65.788 2,063.52 59.682 2,274.64 Ukraine 9,778 1.266 7,720.15 1.149 8,510.01 Spain 149,384 68.133 2,192.51 61.810 2,416.83 Italy 2,153,860 1,090.252 1,975.56 989.061 2,177.68 India 1,096,194 844.220 1,298.47 765.864 1,431.32 China 378,536 415.877 910.21 377.278 1,003.33 Korea, South 154,853 264.529 585.39 239.977 645.28 Japan 7,019,518 2,945.884 2,382.82 2,672.462 2,626.61 South Africa 15,691 7.044 2,227.29 6.391 2,455.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,342,574 10,813.906 1,788.68 9,810.214 1,971.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 919,432 211.443 4,348.37 191.818 4,793.25 Sweden 1,675,305 283.560 5,908.10 257.242 6,512.56 France 3,171,297 1,434.547 2,210.66 1,301.400 2,436.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,410,358 582.411 4,138.58 528.355 4,562.00 Spain 52,355 7.205 7,265.67 6.537 8,009.03 Italy 460,897 139.008 3,315.61 126.106 3,654.84 Japan 17,262 9.215 1,873.19 8.360 2,064.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,706,906 2,667.391 3,264.20 2,419.818 3,598.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,091,733 228.453 4,778.79 207.250 5,267.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 95,517 25.756 3,708.45 23.366 4,087.86 France 11,423 5.988 1,907.38 5.433 2,102.52 Federal Republic of Germany 239,946 39.289 6,107.10 35.643 6,731.92 India 9,104 3.583 2,540.45 3.251 2,800.37 Thailand 2,092 0.143 14,598.70 0.130 16,092.31 Vietnam 6,000 0.863 6,951.61 0.783 7,662.84 China 56,291 102.584 548.73 93.063 604.87 Japan 9,000 0.292 30,810.06 0.265 33,962.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,521,106 406.955 3,737.77 369.184 4,120.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,353,417 1,200.640 1,127.25 1,089.203 1,242.58 Mexico 15,189 45.812 331.55 41.560 365.47 Finland 570,377 206.739 2,758.92 187.551 3,041.18 United Kingdom 2,841 2.135 1,330.57 1.937 1,466.70 Federal Republic of Germany 23,969 13.433 1,784.22 12.187 1,966.77 Italy 83,865 39.626 2,116.36 35.949 2,332.89 Malaysia 5,163 1.966 2,625.45 1.784 2,894.06 China 263,466 106.336 2,477.66 96.467 2,731.15 Korea, South 650,052 1,335.318 486.81 1,211.381 536.62 Taiwan 699,400 265.244 2,636.81 240.626 2,906.59 Japan 368,175 210.392 1,749.94 190.865 1,928.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,035,914 3,427.647 1,177.46 3,109.510 1,297.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 19,489 23.594 825.98 21.405 910.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,489 23.594 825.98 21.405 910.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 380,817 308.742 1,233.44 280.087 1,359.64 Mexico 1,603,233 1,307.438 1,226.24 1,186.089 1,351.70 Costa Rica 3,643 0.497 7,327.88 0.451 8,077.61 Brazil 136,916 207.029 661.34 187.814 729.00 Sweden 69,966 42.250 1,655.98 38.329 1,825.41 United Kingdom 48,831 2.205 22,138.31 2.001 24,403.30 Netherlands 7,213 0.486 14,837.93 0.441 16,356.01 France 2,806 0.210 13,327.55 0.191 14,691.10 Federal Republic of Germany 153,174 76.549 2,000.97 69.445 2,205.69 Austria 186,471 51.382 3,629.11 46.613 4,000.41 Poland 111,381 105.278 1,057.97 95.507 1,166.21 Italy 2,222,920 1,674.971 1,327.14 1,519.509 1,462.92 Turkey 164,933 149.071 1,106.41 135.235 1,219.60 Israel 3,722 0.508 7,324.39 0.461 8,073.75 China 862,744 854.435 1,009.72 775.131 1,113.03 Korea, South 2,484,436 2,058.409 1,206.97 1,867.358 1,330.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 184,361 200.061 921.52 181.493 1,015.80 Japan 3,284,674 2,530.841 1,297.86 2,295.941 1,430.64 Australia 11,165 0.461 24,173.56 0.419 26,646.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,923,406 9,570.831 1,245.81 8,682.515 1,373.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,389,405 3,836.477 622.81 3,480.395 686.53 Sweden 1,057,728 1,318.494 802.22 1,196.118 884.30 Netherlands 276,832 537.663 514.88 487.760 567.56 France 1,434,305 2,135.634 671.61 1,937.416 740.32 Austria 327,524 448.199 730.75 406.600 805.52 Slovakia 29,360 62.862 467.05 57.028 514.83 Russia 331,776 571.438 580.60 518.400 640.00 Japan 2,919,406 3,876.933 753.02 3,517.096 830.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,766,336 12,787.703 685.53 11,600.813 755.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,144,733 2,880.117 744.67 2,612.799 820.86 Sweden 4,146 2.298 1,803.93 2.085 1,988.49 United Kingdom 1,087,936 1,323.338 822.11 1,200.513 906.23 Netherlands 735,531 1,149.217 640.03 1,042.553 705.51 France 392,414 406.218 966.02 368.515 1,064.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,886,899 2,845.071 663.22 2,581.006 731.07 Korea, South 1,983,770 3,177.852 624.25 2,882.900 688.12 Taiwan 145,579 213.605 681.53 193.780 751.26 Japan 4,036,625 5,864.996 688.26 5,320.637 758.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,417,633 17,862.716 695.17 16,204.788 766.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,328,211 7,198.123 740.22 6,530.030 815.96 Brazil 522,457 773.099 675.80 701.344 744.94 Belgium 1,134,686 1,648.476 688.32 1,495.473 758.75 France 125,179 144.887 863.97 131.440 952.37 Federal Republic of Germany 1,717,386 3,437.768 499.56 3,118.692 550.68 Spain 2,609,011 3,721.858 701.00 3,376.414 772.72 China 3,717,914 8,229.487 451.78 7,465.668 498.00 Japan 7,209,654 11,499.554 626.95 10,432.223 691.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,364,498 36,653.256 610.16 33,251.284 672.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,308,999 967.751 1,352.62 877.930 1,491.01 Federal Republic of Germany 1,907,482 2,728.309 699.14 2,475.081 770.67 Japan 184,637 210.433 877.41 190.902 967.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,401,118 3,906.494 870.63 3,543.913 959.71 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 41,616 12.611 3,299.83 11.441 3,637.44 Sweden 56,099 19.495 2,877.54 17.686 3,171.94 United Kingdom 472,555 127.518 3,705.77 115.683 4,084.91 France 241,187 151.342 1,593.65 137.296 1,756.69 Federal Republic of Germany 1,032,216 622.588 1,657.94 564.803 1,827.57 Switzerland 17,034 10.841 1,571.22 9.835 1,731.98 Russia 835,452 277.719 3,008.26 251.943 3,316.04 India 7,426 9.767 760.27 8.861 838.05 Japan 1,202,631 1,364.948 881.08 1,238.261 971.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,906,216 2,596.834 1,504.22 2,355.809 1,658.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 65,574 116.482 562.95 105.671 620.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,574 116.482 562.95 105.671 620.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,950,338 973.520 2,003.39 883.163 2,208.36 Sweden 831,887 223.034 3,729.85 202.334 4,111.45 United Kingdom 36,145 13.288 2,720.05 12.055 2,998.34 France 1,227,342 109.950 11,162.73 99.745 12,304.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,713,707 2,440.569 1,111.92 2,214.048 1,225.68 Austria 647,251 108.727 5,952.96 98.636 6,562.02 Switzerland 308,072 81.620 3,774.44 74.045 4,160.61 Italy 21,714 1.536 14,131.00 1.394 15,576.76 Korea, South 6,512 2.921 2,229.28 2.650 2,457.36 Japan 275,586 29.620 9,303.99 26.871 10,255.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,018,554 3,984.789 2,012.29 3,614.941 2,218.17 GRAND TOTAL 422,495,145 456,207.923 926.10 413,864.983 1,020.85 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Belgium 2,068 3.321 622.65 3.013 686.36 China 2,272 4.834 469.93 4.386 518.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,340 8.155 532.12 7.399 586.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,002,284 34,290.555 379.18 31,107.877 417.97 Mexico 31,805,387 83,974.177 378.75 76,180.114 417.50 Brazil 39,413,568 124,603.367 316.31 113,038.305 348.67 Finland 1,787,113 5,254.088 340.14 4,766.430 374.94 United Kingdom 21,106,206 55,259.828 381.94 50,130.887 421.02 Belgium 877,934 1,434.343 612.08 1,301.215 674.70 Federal Republic of Germany 4,320 15.873 272.16 14.400 300.00 Slovakia 8,683,065 24,439.778 355.28 22,171.400 391.63 Russia 79,749,722 243,750.527 327.18 221,126.821 360.65 Ukraine 10,066,946 28,131.611 357.85 25,520.576 394.46 Italy 9,062,794 24,403.846 371.37 22,138.803 409.36 China 24,196 63.785 379.34 57.865 418.15 Japan 12,289,151 39,236.252 313.21 35,594.540 345.25 Australia 48,152,243 164,933.561 291.95 149,625.252 321.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 276,024,929 829,791.595 332.64 752,774.485 366.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,363,488 22,358.105 597.70 20,282.938 658.85 Mexico 271,572 586.875 462.74 532.405 510.09 Trinidad and Tobago 6,624,298 18,162.758 364.72 16,476.982 402.03 Venezuela 3,730,927 9,063.752 411.63 8,222.500 453.75 Brazil 9,036,613 15,754.637 573.58 14,292.371 632.27 Argentina 1,379,494 3,381.282 407.98 3,067.449 449.72 United Kingdom 4,952,033 11,431.703 433.18 10,370.670 477.50 Federal Republic of Germany 4,449,468 5,459.391 815.01 4,952.678 898.40 Poland 583,382 1,648.891 353.80 1,495.850 390.00 Spain 5,216,981 11,597.369 449.84 10,520.960 495.87 Italy 6,159,113 14,353.726 429.10 13,021.485 473.00 Turkey 26,633,635 70,742.394 376.49 64,176.439 415.01 India 3,926,856 11,519.741 340.88 10,450.537 375.76 Malaysia 7,680,387 20,006.986 383.89 18,150.038 423.16 China 57,903,810 164,525.553 351.94 149,255.114 387.95 Korea, South 54,185 104.090 520.56 94.429 573.82 Taiwan 7,400 19.440 380.65 17.636 419.60 Japan 5,495,841 7,814.252 703.31 7,088.973 775.27 Egypt 1,169,724 3,154.095 370.86 2,861.348 408.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 451,373 1,087.823 414.93 986.857 457.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 159,090,580 392,772.875 405.04 356,317.659 446.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,209,081 12,945.630 634.12 11,744.082 699.00 Mexico 2,190,164 3,975.250 550.95 3,606.288 607.32 Brazil 3,312,493 8,046.470 411.67 7,299.637 453.79 Sweden 4,738 6.917 684.98 6.275 755.06 United Kingdom 1,340,322 1,919.938 698.11 1,741.739 769.53 Luxembourg 3,936,999 5,288.653 744.42 4,797.787 820.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,644,946 2,538.004 648.13 2,302.440 714.44 Poland 54,263 34.655 1,565.78 31.439 1,725.98 Spain 117,363 223.837 524.32 203.062 577.97 Italy 133,447 210.420 634.19 190.890 699.08 China 444,454 1,092.325 406.89 990.941 448.52 Korea, South 1,814,125 4,656.623 389.58 4,224.419 429.44 Taiwan 17,875 18.595 961.23 16.870 1,059.57 Japan 514,007 793.452 647.81 719.808 714.09 South Africa 794,827 1,456.915 545.55 1,321.692 601.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,529,104 43,207.691 567.70 39,197.369 625.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 534,226 658.789 810.92 597.644 893.89 United Kingdom 29,321 41.475 706.95 37.626 779.27 Luxembourg 1,348,651 1,681.917 801.85 1,525.810 883.89 Italy 3,647 5.542 658.02 5.028 725.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,915,845 2,387.724 802.37 2,166.108 884.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,248,811 16,062.173 700.33 14,571.363 771.98 Mexico 7,800 21.581 361.43 19.578 398.41 Brazil 286,833 420.189 682.63 381.190 752.47 Belgium 1,504,220 1,117.960 1,345.50 1,014.197 1,483.16 France 263,397 432.910 608.43 392.730 670.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,146,023 1,239.892 924.29 1,124.812 1,018.86 Austria 1,530,427 1,527.283 1,002.06 1,385.529 1,104.58 Czech Republic 348,696 482.188 723.15 437.434 797.14 Russia 5,100,255 9,643.973 528.85 8,748.868 582.96 Ukraine 3,992,553 6,559.459 608.67 5,950.643 670.94 Macedonia (Skopje) 4,621,705 7,550.281 612.12 6,849.502 674.75 Turkey 107,098 212.527 503.92 192.802 555.48 Thailand 1,148,459 2,616.826 438.87 2,373.946 483.78 Malaysia 2,745,284 6,226.858 440.88 5,648.913 485.98 Indonesia 4,783 11.121 430.08 10.089 474.08 China 138,510 354.546 390.67 321.639 430.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 7,148,427 13,493.376 529.77 12,240.989 583.97 Australia 672,876 930.303 723.29 843.957 797.29 South Africa 3,297,847 4,679.666 704.72 4,245.323 776.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,314,004 73,583.121 615.82 66,753.504 678.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,176,764 22,477.890 541.72 20,391.605 597.15 Mexico 2,581,225 4,856.054 531.55 4,405.340 585.93 Colombia 11,581 26.764 432.71 24.280 476.98 Venezuela 1,072,963 2,501.665 428.90 2,269.473 472.78 Netherlands 698,736 1,360.736 513.50 1,234.440 566.03 Belgium 21,143 43.530 485.71 39.490 535.40 France 2,260,892 4,700.131 481.03 4,263.889 530.24 Federal Republic of Germany 559,019 1,055.165 529.79 957.230 584.00 Russia 4,024,230 9,793.482 410.91 8,884.500 452.95 Spain 8,185 26.815 305.23 24.327 336.46 Turkey 2,621,917 6,729.024 389.64 6,104.470 429.51 India 976,341 1,681.625 580.59 1,525.545 639.99 Malaysia 146,017 339.359 430.27 307.862 474.29 Japan 516,892 572.442 902.96 519.311 995.34 New Zealand 1,102,206 2,399.466 459.35 2,176.760 506.35 Egypt 1,817,575 4,659.380 390.09 4,226.920 430.00 South Africa 656,591 1,331.018 493.30 1,207.480 543.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,252,277 64,554.553 484.12 58,562.922 533.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 453,877 572.058 793.41 518.963 874.58 Spain 45,030 54.890 820.36 49.796 904.29 Japan 11,246,023 17,937.694 626.95 16,272.807 691.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,744,930 18,564.643 632.65 16,841.566 697.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 231,471 310.689 745.02 281.853 821.25 Austria 270,080 347.165 777.96 314.943 857.55 Spain 35,378 50.395 702.01 45.718 773.83 China 148,850 213.160 698.30 193.376 769.74 Korea, South 169,358 253.078 669.19 229.589 737.66 Japan 497,066 529.233 939.22 480.113 1,035.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,352,203 1,703.723 793.68 1,545.592 874.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 292,548 200.227 1,461.08 181.643 1,610.57 Federal Republic of Germany 88,486 149.724 590.99 135.828 651.46 Australia 555,794 873.475 636.30 792.404 701.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 936,828 1,223.427 765.74 1,109.875 844.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,017,155 33,764.199 622.47 30,630.375 686.15 Mexico 1,669,292 2,786.926 598.97 2,528.258 660.25 Brazil 454,649 1,235.054 368.12 1,120.423 405.78 Argentina 193,370 409.526 472.18 371.516 520.49 United Kingdom 8,038,597 10,808.566 743.72 9,805.369 819.82 France 184,425 214.210 860.95 194.329 949.03 Federal Republic of Germany 149,083 290.738 512.77 263.754 565.24 Czech Republic 76,519 139.300 549.31 126.371 605.51 Russia 7,122 8.439 843.91 7.656 930.25 Italy 239,667 393.679 608.79 357.140 671.07 Turkey 419,922 1,024.894 409.72 929.769 451.64 India 473,646 690.826 685.62 626.707 755.77 Malaysia 11,016 20.257 543.81 18.377 599.44 China 71,334 104.004 685.88 94.351 756.05 Korea, South 435,201 1,099.864 395.69 997.781 436.17 Japan 1,968,632 2,583.917 761.88 2,344.091 839.83 South Africa 1,480,502 3,786.686 390.98 3,435.225 430.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,890,132 59,361.091 621.45 53,851.492 685.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,687,039 13,150.735 584.53 11,930.150 644.34 Mexico 2,888,637 5,697.584 506.99 5,168.763 558.86 Brazil 401,345 1,081.201 371.20 980.850 409.18 Argentina 265,149 701.493 377.98 636.384 416.65 United Kingdom 4,779 4.537 1,053.31 4.116 1,161.08 Switzerland 8,353 5.539 1,508.00 5.025 1,662.29 Turkey 408,534 1,005.800 406.18 912.447 447.73 China 194,157 442.597 438.68 401.518 483.56 Korea, South 219,925 553.009 397.69 501.682 438.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,077,918 22,642.498 533.42 20,540.935 587.99 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,328,059 2,928.888 453.43 2,657.044 499.83 Mexico 8,295,846 21,110.157 392.98 19,150.818 433.18 Dominican Republic 1,170,178 2,700.661 433.29 2,450.000 477.62 Venezuela 1,452,175 3,918.074 370.63 3,554.418 408.55 Brazil 995,772 2,669.838 372.97 2,422.037 411.13 Luxembourg 58,001 45.248 1,281.83 41.049 1,412.97 Federal Republic of Germany 22,205 33.614 660.57 30.495 728.15 Romania 192,409 669.069 287.58 606.970 317.00 Bulgaria 7,142,888 18,942.417 377.08 17,184.277 415.66 Turkey 8,607,825 22,955.460 374.98 20,824.849 413.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 10,378 19.162 541.58 17.384 596.99 China 97,136 185.634 523.26 168.405 576.80 Taiwan 7,309,598 19,280.194 379.12 17,490.703 417.91 Japan 8,917,472 23,810.562 374.52 21,600.585 412.83 Australia 60,827 72.880 834.61 66.116 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,660,769 119,341.865 382.60 108,265.150 421.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,601,108 4,477.685 1,027.56 4,062.089 1,132.70 Mexico 305,211 466.429 654.36 423.138 721.30 Brazil 19,968 21.520 927.86 19.523 1,022.79 Finland 2,698 2.784 968.96 2.526 1,068.09 United Kingdom 1,843,680 1,677.080 1,099.34 1,521.422 1,211.81 Belgium 19,205 23.285 824.77 21.124 909.16 France 571,979 507.031 1,128.09 459.971 1,243.51 Federal Republic of Germany 5,954,889 5,351.941 1,112.66 4,855.201 1,226.50 Austria 121,354 66.575 1,822.81 60.396 2,009.31 Switzerland 4,837 2.724 1,775.10 2.472 1,956.72 Russia 30,995 47.698 649.82 43.271 716.30 Ukraine 18,223 23.491 775.73 21.311 855.10 Georgia 7,410 8.064 918.84 7.316 1,012.85 Spain 1,063,481 1,182.697 899.20 1,072.925 991.20 Italy 305,528 326.443 935.93 296.145 1,031.68 Romania 2,111 0.165 12,767.12 0.150 14,073.33 India 20,553 25.408 808.91 23.050 891.67 Malaysia 36,429 54.788 664.91 49.703 732.93 China 128,922 231.264 557.46 209.800 614.50 Korea, South 53,499 75.862 705.21 68.821 777.36 Japan 322,549 199.738 1,614.85 181.200 1,780.07 South Africa 494,890 822.795 601.47 746.428 663.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,929,519 15,595.476 1,021.42 14,147.982 1,125.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 25,563,823 32,919.403 776.56 29,863.989 856.01 Mexico 5,778,643 8,742.845 660.96 7,931.378 728.58 Guatemala 291,593 339.422 859.09 307.919 946.98 Dominican Republic 42,223 107.306 393.48 97.347 433.74 Colombia 1,876,658 2,846.471 659.29 2,582.276 726.75 Venezuela 353,139 253.572 1,392.66 230.037 1,535.14 Ecuador 23,844 20.908 1,140.39 18.968 1,257.06 Chile 204,570 304.737 671.30 276.453 739.98 Brazil 64,022 46.292 1,382.98 41.996 1,524.48 Argentina 455,159 820.728 554.58 744.553 611.32 Sweden 23,681 31.238 758.07 28.339 835.63 United Kingdom 36,015 12.255 2,938.68 11.118 3,239.34 France 328,087 262.411 1,250.28 238.056 1,378.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,671,915 1,179.580 1,417.38 1,070.098 1,562.39 Czech Republic 11,289 2.448 4,611.08 2.221 5,082.85 Slovakia 10,427 1.855 5,620.45 1.683 6,195.48 Switzerland 10,079 0.128 78,149.72 0.117 86,145.30 Russia 1,625,180 2,114.968 768.42 1,918.668 847.04 Ukraine 1,116,597 1,516.858 736.12 1,376.071 811.44 Spain 3,806,290 3,326.418 1,144.26 3,017.677 1,261.33 Italy 797,944 387.891 2,057.13 351.889 2,267.60 Romania 607,259 1,114.245 545.00 1,010.827 600.75 Turkey 1,269,067 2,170.261 584.75 1,968.829 644.58 United Arab Emirates 172,579 300.443 574.41 272.558 633.18 Oman 769,317 1,418.907 542.19 1,287.212 597.66 India 2,645,567 4,025.452 657.21 3,651.830 724.45 Malaysia 74,423 117.196 635.03 106.319 700.00 Indonesia 912,196 1,877.510 485.85 1,703.249 535.56 China 22,653,268 42,283.140 535.75 38,358.631 590.57 Korea, South 4,141,970 6,341.599 653.14 5,753.004 719.97 Taiwan 2,714,789 5,110.479 531.22 4,636.150 585.57 Japan 647,127 838.300 771.95 760.494 850.93 Australia 4,391 6.217 706.29 5.640 778.55 South Africa 1,806,103 3,192.590 565.72 2,896.270 623.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,509,234 124,034.090 665.21 112,521.866 733.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,752,529 6,201.771 1,088.81 5,626.154 1,200.20 Mexico 33,453 66.304 504.54 60.150 556.16 Colombia 15,548,635 11,683.350 1,330.84 10,598.960 1,467.00 Venezuela 275,400 420.921 654.28 381.854 721.22 Brazil 4,549,762 4,494.881 1,012.21 4,077.689 1,115.77 Sweden 1,633,009 1,873.396 871.68 1,699.517 960.87 United Kingdom 1,066,921 871.063 1,224.85 790.216 1,350.16 Federal Republic of Germany 11,302,944 10,132.947 1,115.46 9,192.458 1,229.59 Austria 12,999,540 8,120.028 1,600.92 7,366.368 1,764.71 Czech Republic 14,580 8.375 1,740.82 7.598 1,918.93 Russia 8,952,839 11,706.563 764.77 10,620.019 843.02 Ukraine 3,958,788 3,816.127 1,037.38 3,461.934 1,143.52 Italy 25,678 24.526 1,046.95 22.250 1,154.07 Romania 1,059,488 789.587 1,341.82 716.302 1,479.11 Turkey 4,354,925 6,092.561 714.79 5,527.080 787.93 India 2,543,474 2,030.026 1,252.93 1,841.610 1,381.11 Singapore 421,558 61.288 6,878.26 55.600 7,581.98 China 20,130,732 22,010.678 914.59 19,967.757 1,008.16 Korea, South 22,671,600 29,459.291 769.59 26,725.027 848.33 Taiwan 1,034,999 1,454.407 711.63 1,319.417 784.44 Japan 532,714 220.595 2,414.89 200.121 2,661.96 South Africa 1,968,373 2,098.265 938.10 1,903.515 1,034.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 121,831,941 123,636.961 985.40 112,161.596 1,086.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 122,058 78.482 1,555.23 71.198 1,714.35 United Kingdom 658,144 980.136 671.48 889.165 740.18 France 109,365 226.474 482.90 205.454 532.31 Federal Republic of Germany 490,786 366.286 1,339.89 332.290 1,476.98 Czech Republic 1,470,194 1,335.626 1,100.75 1,211.660 1,213.37 Spain 17,052 12.666 1,346.21 11.491 1,483.94 Italy 2,004,213 1,202.144 1,667.20 1,090.567 1,837.77 Romania 1,063,993 1,445.943 735.85 1,311.738 811.13 India 166,495 115.622 1,439.99 104.891 1,587.31 China 366,313 690.062 530.84 626.014 585.15 Korea, South 4,753,459 7,176.433 662.37 6,510.353 730.14 Japan 9,831,189 10,883.523 903.31 9,873.369 995.73 South Africa 208,229 340.141 612.18 308.571 674.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,261,490 24,853.542 855.47 22,546.761 943.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 65,542 41.851 1,566.06 37.967 1,726.29 Mexico 3,958,687 4,616.218 857.56 4,187.764 945.30 Venezuela 1,425,065 2,218.733 642.29 2,012.802 708.00 Brazil 3,783,370 4,581.214 825.84 4,156.009 910.34 Argentina 3,787,048 3,631.532 1,042.82 3,294.472 1,149.52 United Kingdom 4,895 0.263 18,580.21 0.239 20,481.17 France 1,362,860 1,220.102 1,117.00 1,106.859 1,231.29 Federal Republic of Germany 568,223 756.961 750.66 686.704 827.46 Austria 1,382,841 1,368.363 1,010.58 1,241.359 1,113.97 Czech Republic 536,088 572.033 937.16 518.940 1,033.04 Slovakia 133,442 135.858 982.21 123.249 1,082.70 Spain 728,649 593.361 1,228.00 538.289 1,353.64 Italy 3,808,978 2,131.800 1,786.74 1,933.937 1,969.55 Turkey 245,366 425.710 576.37 386.198 635.34 China 4,289,602 5,925.478 723.93 5,375.505 797.99 Korea, South 4,412,126 7,249.994 608.57 6,577.086 670.83 Taiwan 655,602 1,158.711 565.80 1,051.166 623.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,148,384 36,628.190 850.39 33,228.545 937.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 6,192 23.500 263.49 21.319 290.45 Mexico 2,233,960 2,584.132 864.49 2,344.286 952.94 Venezuela 83,257 129.443 643.19 117.429 709.00 Brazil 1,619,231 2,540.406 637.39 2,304.619 702.60 Argentina 182,221 323.566 563.16 293.535 620.78 United Kingdom 19,146 27.307 701.12 24.773 772.86 Turkey 350,970 612.743 572.78 555.872 631.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,648,081 3,213.914 512.80 2,915.615 565.26 Korea, South 6,662,228 10,893.447 611.58 9,882.372 674.15 Taiwan 1,020,908 1,818.739 561.33 1,649.933 618.76 Japan 112,163 132.025 849.55 119.772 936.47 South Africa 1,547,264 2,653.752 583.05 2,407.444 642.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,485,621 24,952.979 620.59 22,636.969 684.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,761,308 9,050.308 1,078.56 8,210.304 1,188.91 Mexico 8,786,957 11,169.934 786.66 10,133.197 867.15 Costa Rica 199,510 270.980 736.25 245.829 811.58 Dominican Republic 144,562 214.690 673.35 194.764 742.24 Colombia 269,052 323.738 831.08 293.691 916.11 Brazil 210,853 177.958 1,184.85 161.441 1,306.07 Argentina 536,904 392.665 1,367.33 356.220 1,507.23 Sweden 53,354 28.522 1,870.61 25.875 2,061.99 Finland 104,550 45.064 2,320.00 40.882 2,557.36 Denmark 15,839 2.544 6,225.69 2.308 6,862.65 United Kingdom 9,169 1.750 5,238.02 1.588 5,773.93 Netherlands 2,154 0.061 34,894.22 0.056 38,464.29 Belgium 60,186 36.886 1,631.65 33.463 1,798.58 France 319,338 290.451 1,099.45 263.493 1,211.94 Federal Republic of Germany 1,561,684 988.677 1,579.57 896.913 1,741.18 Austria 264,800 123.487 2,144.35 112.026 2,363.74 Slovakia 3,577 0.706 5,062.40 0.641 5,580.34 Switzerland 1,102,643 428.134 2,575.46 388.397 2,838.96 Russia 1,518,509 1,735.608 874.91 1,574.518 964.43 Ukraine 607,115 860.079 705.88 780.251 778.10 Spain 3,818,728 3,026.473 1,261.77 2,745.571 1,390.87 Italy 405,145 336.024 1,205.70 304.836 1,329.06 Romania 223,639 238.845 936.33 216.677 1,032.13 Turkey 413,431 924.759 447.07 838.928 492.81 India 745,369 552.045 1,350.20 500.807 1,488.34 China 4,872,738 7,067.059 689.50 6,411.130 760.04 Korea, South 3,053,752 4,419.595 690.96 4,009.391 761.65 Taiwan 112,175 65.989 1,699.88 59.865 1,873.80 Japan 2,651,764 1,171.723 2,263.13 1,062.970 2,494.67 Australia 164,064 164.890 994.99 149.586 1,096.79 New Zealand 23,643 29.149 811.09 26.444 894.08 South Africa 90,272 80.433 1,122.32 72.968 1,237.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,106,784 44,219.238 952.23 40,115.030 1,049.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 34,398 51.223 671.53 46.469 740.24 Mexico 208,993 131.320 1,591.47 119.132 1,754.30 Argentina 128,495 67.497 1,903.69 61.233 2,098.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 429,206 254.670 1,685.34 231.033 1,857.77 France 584,962 379.346 1,542.03 344.137 1,699.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,716,288 956.998 1,793.41 868.175 1,976.89 Czech Republic 60,320 101.853 592.22 92.400 652.81 Slovakia 144,375 116.456 1,239.73 105.648 1,366.57 Poland 30,501 26.928 1,132.67 24.429 1,248.56 Ukraine 8,571 11.099 772.22 10.069 851.23 Spain 9,805 5.509 1,779.70 4.998 1,961.78 Italy 523,016 253.722 2,061.37 230.173 2,272.27 Romania 22,038 22.950 960.26 20.820 1,058.50 India 59,202 21.158 2,797.98 19.195 3,084.24 China 1,201,972 1,226.090 980.33 1,112.291 1,080.63 Korea, South 37,024 36.964 1,001.60 33.534 1,104.07 Taiwan 8,477 4.392 1,929.79 3.985 2,127.23 Japan 1,385,621 1,327.345 1,043.90 1,204.148 1,150.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,593,264 4,995.529 1,319.83 4,531.869 1,454.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 876,307 303.166 2,890.52 275.028 3,186.25 Mexico 484,546 262.140 1,848.42 237.810 2,037.53 Austria 2,173 1.198 1,813.54 1.087 1,999.08 Vietnam 53,371 38.106 1,400.56 34.570 1,543.85 China 73,058 18.241 4,005.14 16.548 4,414.91 Korea, South 16,568 17.636 939.39 16.000 1,035.50 Japan 278,055 100.927 2,754.99 91.560 3,036.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,784,078 741.417 2,406.31 672.603 2,652.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,593,644 23,333.326 839.73 21,167.644 925.64 Mexico 5,263,228 5,226.813 1,006.97 4,741.687 1,109.99 Finland 4,499 1.509 2,981.32 1.369 3,286.34 United Kingdom 549,227 940.447 584.01 853.160 643.76 Netherlands 5,071 0.922 5,496.22 0.837 6,058.54 Belgium 6,079 3.840 1,582.89 3.484 1,744.83 Federal Republic of Germany 101,856 36.150 2,817.57 32.795 3,105.84 Austria 196,736 91.387 2,152.78 82.905 2,373.03 Switzerland 36,455 11.189 3,257.95 10.151 3,591.27 Italy 19,508 12.493 1,561.44 11.334 1,721.19 Turkey 1,082,185 2,434.499 444.52 2,208.541 490.00 India 84,497 132.375 638.31 120.089 703.62 China 1,651,944 3,137.238 526.56 2,846.056 580.43 Korea, South 4,516,574 9,349.612 483.08 8,481.828 532.50 Japan 576,456 812.378 709.59 736.978 782.19 Australia 7,151 8.057 887.45 7.310 978.25 South Africa 9,236 27.623 334.35 25.060 368.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 33,704,346 45,559.867 739.78 41,331.228 815.47 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 118,491 125.133 946.92 113.519 1,043.80 Mexico 129,201 116.678 1,107.32 105.849 1,220.62 Korea, South 208,786 389.250 536.38 353.122 591.26 Japan 398,607 451.826 882.21 409.890 972.47 South Africa 327,166 563.312 580.79 511.029 640.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,182,251 1,646.201 718.17 1,493.409 791.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,778,657 14,776.321 864.81 13,404.857 953.29 Mexico 8,161,368 10,099.622 808.09 9,162.226 890.76 Dominican Republic 93,467 99.490 939.46 90.256 1,035.58 Trinidad and Tobago 208,645 313.348 665.86 284.265 733.98 Colombia 3,120 4.206 741.72 3.816 817.61 Venezuela 48,472 78.886 614.45 71.565 677.31 Chile 178,055 234.618 758.91 212.842 836.56 Brazil 1,785,538 2,754.873 648.14 2,499.180 714.45 Argentina 121,692 228.451 532.68 207.248 587.18 Sweden 261,357 107.635 2,428.18 97.645 2,676.60 Finland 423,002 487.117 868.38 441.906 957.22 United Kingdom 430,165 273.403 1,573.37 248.028 1,734.34 Belgium 727,697 590.017 1,233.35 535.255 1,359.53 Luxembourg 109,693 20.756 5,284.75 18.830 5,825.44 France 958,924 594.019 1,614.30 538.886 1,779.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,748,789 1,733.248 1,008.97 1,572.377 1,112.19 Austria 302,910 129.291 2,342.85 117.291 2,582.55 Czech Republic 71,249 58.319 1,221.69 52.907 1,346.68 Poland 654,712 678.145 965.45 615.203 1,064.22 Russia 306,672 401.135 764.51 363.904 842.73 Belarus 109,072 96.756 1,127.28 87.776 1,242.62 Ukraine 20,820 28.272 736.42 25.648 811.76 Georgia 3,659 5.834 627.13 5.293 691.29 Moldova 901,621 1,144.423 787.84 1,038.204 868.44 Spain 196,243 255.856 767.00 232.109 845.48 Italy 446,788 376.311 1,187.28 341.384 1,308.75 Greece 1,027,525 1,065.796 964.09 966.875 1,062.73 Turkey 68,504 101.842 672.65 92.390 741.47 Israel 212,183 317.264 668.79 287.818 737.21 India 844,718 1,316.162 641.80 1,194.003 707.47 Thailand 132,356 127.656 1,036.81 115.808 1,142.89 Malaysia 73,605 76.285 964.86 69.205 1,063.58 Indonesia 78,519 17.568 4,469.27 15.938 4,926.53 China 6,708,866 11,068.733 606.11 10,041.389 668.12 Korea, South 2,927,078 2,828.361 1,034.90 2,565.847 1,140.78 Taiwan 1,036,196 1,135.911 912.22 1,030.482 1,005.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,734,079 3,145.985 869.07 2,853.991 957.98 Australia 31,899 41.309 772.20 37.475 851.21 New Zealand 15,824 17.419 908.39 15.803 1,001.33 Egypt 7,639 8.987 849.99 8.153 936.96 South Africa 1,240,790 2,020.024 614.24 1,832.536 677.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,192,168 58,859.674 818.76 53,396.614 902.53 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 15,027 6.413 2,343.12 5.818 2,582.85 Chile 362,760 656.948 552.19 595.974 608.68 China 871,464 1,806.650 482.36 1,638.966 531.72 Taiwan 39,382 78.385 502.42 71.110 553.82 Japan 929,929 888.495 1,046.63 806.030 1,153.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,218,562 3,436.893 645.51 3,117.898 711.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,267,124 10,049.612 822.63 9,116.858 906.80 Mexico 5,078 7.298 695.77 6.621 766.95 Venezuela 380,523 540.000 704.67 489.880 776.77 Brazil 634,071 717.344 883.91 650.764 974.35 Netherlands 584,139 765.936 762.65 694.846 840.67 Belgium 3,575 5.629 635.05 5.107 700.02 France 3,924,932 5,409.090 725.62 4,907.046 799.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,472,951 4,655.726 531.16 4,223.605 585.51 China 843,240 1,343.226 627.77 1,218.555 692.00 Korea, South 518,697 703.802 736.99 638.479 812.39 Taiwan 63,575 78.635 808.48 71.337 891.19 Japan 554,808 623.537 889.77 565.664 980.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,252,713 24,899.840 733.05 22,588.762 808.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,790,122 4,411.690 859.11 4,002.219 947.01 France 971,417 1,211.885 801.58 1,099.404 883.59 Federal Republic of Germany 152,374 187.886 810.99 170.448 893.96 Japan 1,972,467 2,415.993 816.42 2,191.753 899.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,886,380 8,227.455 837.00 7,463.824 922.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 30,034,725 53,126.341 565.35 48,195.419 623.19 Mexico 7,572,743 14,556.798 520.22 13,205.709 573.44 Colombia 10,551 24.383 432.72 22.120 476.99 Venezuela 3,457,073 7,977.953 433.33 7,237.480 477.66 Sweden 224,088 160.576 1,395.52 145.673 1,538.29 Netherlands 6,132,826 15,818.888 387.69 14,350.658 427.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 308,776 610.335 505.91 553.687 557.67 France 6,477,912 12,938.517 500.67 11,737.629 551.89 Federal Republic of Germany 534,385 918.710 581.67 833.440 641.18 Austria 497,614 860.221 578.47 780.380 637.66 Russia 2,046,190 4,979.689 410.91 4,517.500 452.95 Spain 1,119,253 2,698.148 414.82 2,447.720 457.26 Turkey 6,654,519 16,399.530 405.77 14,877.408 447.29 Malaysia 1,265,147 2,714.462 466.08 2,462.520 513.76 China 45,387 45.038 1,007.74 40.858 1,110.85 Korea, South 43,694,353 95,995.414 455.17 87,085.600 501.74 Japan 27,013 46.789 577.33 42.447 636.39 Australia 12,079,612 28,809.405 419.29 26,135.460 462.19 New Zealand 5,035,321 11,170.500 450.77 10,133.710 496.89 Egypt 31,765,395 74,830.404 424.50 67,885.020 467.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,982,883 344,682.110 461.24 312,690.438 508.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,956,889 26,032.013 651.39 23,615.852 718.03 Mexico 3,382,913 6,052.960 558.89 5,491.155 616.07 Colombia 10,959 20.580 532.50 18.670 586.98 Venezuela 5,977,683 12,089.545 494.45 10,967.454 545.04 Chile 255,021 454.310 561.34 412.144 618.77 Brazil 15,660,104 33,039.879 473.98 29,973.283 522.47 Argentina 2,788,591 6,504.058 428.75 5,900.384 472.61 Sweden 2,399,991 3,118.064 769.71 2,828.661 848.45 Finland 170,561 320.254 532.58 290.530 587.07 Netherlands 447,183 818.247 546.51 742.302 602.43 Belgium 1,470,994 2,797.235 525.87 2,537.610 579.68 France 23,877 43.166 553.14 39.160 609.73 Federal Republic of Germany 380,790 566.991 671.60 514.366 740.31 Russia 1,836,285 4,186.136 438.66 3,797.600 483.54 Turkey 8,652,347 18,018.860 480.18 16,346.440 529.31 India 581,927 1,189.100 489.38 1,078.734 539.45 Indonesia 1,630,126 3,197.242 509.85 2,900.490 562.02 China 5,324,187 11,483.655 463.63 10,417.800 511.07 Korea, South 4,208,016 7,114.434 591.48 6,454.108 651.99 Taiwan 3,846,074 7,842.286 490.43 7,114.405 540.60 Japan 3,245,615 6,048.445 536.60 5,487.059 591.50 New Zealand 916,660 1,768.613 518.29 1,604.460 571.32 South Africa 1,393,097 3,116.222 447.05 2,826.990 492.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,559,890 155,822.304 523.42 141,359.657 576.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 30,816,216 44,829.036 687.42 40,668.228 757.75 Mexico 8,584,005 10,365.671 828.12 9,403.582 912.84 Guatemala 189,011 248.126 761.75 225.097 839.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 750,819 1,239.270 605.86 1,124.248 667.84 Venezuela 98,827 75.651 1,306.34 68.630 1,440.00 Brazil 8,149,136 14,137.408 576.42 12,825.245 635.40 Argentina 230,592 447.745 515.01 406.188 567.70 Sweden 26,391 22.219 1,187.75 20.157 1,309.27 United Kingdom 11,117 20.812 534.14 18.881 588.79 Netherlands 51,240 102.369 500.54 92.868 551.75 Belgium 380,861 666.911 571.08 605.012 629.51 France 51,721 47.891 1,079.97 43.446 1,190.47 Federal Republic of Germany 388,087 699.297 554.97 634.392 611.75 Austria 192,517 184.228 1,044.99 167.129 1,151.91 Spain 1,325,486 1,819.481 728.50 1,650.606 803.03 Turkey 2,984,862 5,564.091 536.45 5,047.660 591.34 India 34,394,976 55,695.189 617.56 50,525.840 680.74 Vietnam 17,820 24.250 734.82 22.000 810.00 China 17,671,967 34,202.183 516.69 31,027.708 569.55 Korea, South 23,336,267 30,979.604 753.28 28,104.232 830.35 Taiwan 17,627,632 26,300.353 670.24 23,859.286 738.82 Japan 21,795 31.261 697.18 28.360 768.51 South Africa 3,153,121 5,334.626 591.07 4,839.493 651.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,454,466 233,037.682 645.62 211,408.289 711.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 182,373 185.538 982.94 168.318 1,083.50 Brazil 598,571 1,163.445 514.48 1,055.460 567.12 Belgium 395,932 661.254 598.76 599.880 660.02 Federal Republic of Germany 903,478 1,328.934 679.85 1,205.589 749.41 China 68,215 94.696 720.36 85.907 794.06 Korea, South 635,608 833.306 762.75 755.963 840.79 Taiwan 862,471 1,331.934 647.53 1,208.311 713.78 Japan 436,704 599.958 727.89 544.273 802.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,083,352 6,199.067 658.70 5,623.701 726.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,275,237 4,634.788 1,138.18 4,204.611 1,254.63 Mexico 7,338,382 9,008.735 814.59 8,172.590 897.93 Chile 102,758 168.058 611.44 152.460 674.00 Brazil 121,518 188.830 643.53 171.304 709.37 United Kingdom 284,669 364.938 780.05 331.067 859.85 Belgium 201,260 149.162 1,349.27 135.318 1,487.31 Luxembourg 1,298,471 1,995.469 650.71 1,810.260 717.28 France 68,361 25.399 2,691.44 23.042 2,966.80 Federal Republic of Germany 411,807 162.274 2,537.72 147.213 2,797.35 Italy 10,841 8.567 1,265.41 7.772 1,394.88 Vietnam 9,422 11.938 789.24 10.830 869.99 China 313,432 534.405 586.51 484.805 646.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 8,255,530 12,873.271 641.29 11,678.439 706.90 Taiwan 11,728,934 16,289.625 720.02 14,777.704 793.69 Japan 1,091,817 716.897 1,522.97 650.359 1,678.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,512,439 47,132.364 774.68 42,757.774 853.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,218,951 5,142.360 625.97 4,665.072 690.01 Mexico 577,865 735.906 785.24 667.603 865.58 Brazil 14,300 21.054 679.20 19.100 748.69 Federal Republic of Germany 27,863 34.899 798.39 31.660 880.07 Japan 2,149 3.400 631.94 3.085 696.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,841,128 5,937.620 646.91 5,386.520 713.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,457,684 4,174.561 828.27 3,787.100 913.02 Mexico 444,850 418.088 1,064.01 379.284 1,172.87 Brazil 145,702 124.222 1,172.91 112.693 1,292.91 Sweden 1,075,666 255.854 4,204.22 232.107 4,634.35 United Kingdom 656,080 296.564 2,212.27 269.039 2,438.61 Netherlands 4,581 0.950 4,821.13 0.862 5,314.39 Belgium 2,488 3.428 725.75 3.110 800.00 France 85,087 12.741 6,677.88 11.559 7,361.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,617,910 1,722.060 1,520.22 1,562.227 1,675.76 Austria 364,168 102.172 3,564.26 92.689 3,928.92 Switzerland 146,553 66.223 2,213.00 60.077 2,439.42 Italy 120,283 87.940 1,367.78 79.778 1,507.72 India 203,139 185.631 1,094.31 168.402 1,206.27 China 324,246 514.114 630.69 466.397 695.21 Korea, South 1,064,276 936.021 1,137.02 849.145 1,253.35 Taiwan 89,814 36.688 2,448.03 33.283 2,698.49 Japan 872,378 589.065 1,480.95 534.391 1,632.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,674,905 9,526.329 1,225.54 8,642.143 1,350.93 GRAND TOTAL 1,542,989,657 2,973,767.806 518.87 2,697,757.534 571.95 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 1,020,403 171.641 5,944.95 155.711 6,553.19 Italy 2,616,749 755.277 3,464.62 685.176 3,819.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,637,152 926.918 3,923.92 840.887 4,325.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Brazil 223,277 17.857 12,503.31 16.200 13,782.53 Sweden 5,750,841 2,206.813 2,605.95 2,001.988 2,872.57 United Kingdom 9,394,404 4,481.106 2,096.45 4,065.193 2,310.94 Belgium 2,843 0.815 3,485.31 0.740 3,841.89 France 6,529 4.498 1,451.36 4.081 1,599.85 Federal Republic of Germany 314,359 63.993 4,912.35 58.054 5,414.94 Czech Republic 4,201 2.894 1,451.29 2.626 1,599.77 Spain 1,072,607 431.698 2,484.62 391.630 2,738.83 Italy 1,349,929 463.349 2,913.41 420.344 3,211.49 Malaysia 40,611 13.283 3,057.15 12.051 3,369.93 China 126,650 20.365 6,218.94 18.475 6,855.21 Taiwan 58,761 1.575 37,303.78 1.429 41,120.36 Japan 24,762 1.042 23,746.00 0.946 26,175.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,369,774 7,709.295 2,382.81 6,993.757 2,626.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,075,761 313.931 3,426.74 284.794 3,777.33 United Kingdom 1,224,427 517.640 2,365.40 469.596 2,607.41 France 296,883 115.048 2,580.51 104.370 2,844.52 Federal Republic of Germany 75,536 54.844 1,377.28 49.754 1,518.19 Austria 29,420 8.486 3,466.60 7.699 3,821.28 Spain 45,458 20.291 2,240.27 18.408 2,469.47 Italy 684,147 336.733 2,031.71 305.480 2,239.58 India 255,304 100.478 2,540.87 91.153 2,800.83 China 280,469 180.122 1,557.11 163.404 1,716.41 Korea, South 413,413 187.870 2,200.52 170.433 2,425.66 Taiwan 3,295,135 1,314.374 2,507.00 1,192.381 2,763.49 Japan 59,578 27.005 2,206.14 24.499 2,431.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,735,531 3,176.828 2,434.99 2,881.971 2,684.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 91,487 26.663 3,431.13 24.189 3,782.17 Italy 60,415 9.810 6,158.16 8.900 6,788.20 India 460,358 152.351 3,021.68 138.211 3,330.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 612,260 188.825 3,242.46 171.300 3,574.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 3,200 1.319 2,425.22 1.197 2,673.35 Sweden 221,762 57.290 3,870.84 51.973 4,266.87 Finland 241,529 79.662 3,031.89 72.269 3,342.08 Belgium 6,026,488 1,358.768 4,435.26 1,232.654 4,889.03 France 1,787,675 340.150 5,255.55 308.579 5,793.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,005,801 396.988 2,533.58 360.142 2,792.79 Austria 86,428 22.123 3,906.64 20.070 4,306.33 Italy 189,324 89.430 2,117.00 81.130 2,333.59 Korea, South 627,812 289.649 2,167.49 262.766 2,389.24 Taiwan 768,779 300.700 2,556.63 272.791 2,818.20 Japan 193,275 62.930 3,071.22 57.090 3,385.44 South Africa 1,844,294 760.646 2,424.64 690.047 2,672.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,996,367 3,759.660 3,456.79 3,410.708 3,810.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,370,289 828.719 2,860.18 751.802 3,152.81 Finland 195,074 100.737 1,936.45 91.388 2,134.57 Belgium 1,225,610 538.358 2,276.57 488.391 2,509.49 Federal Republic of Germany 1,226,270 632.368 1,939.17 573.675 2,137.57 South Africa 380,033 153.155 2,481.36 138.940 2,735.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,397,276 2,253.339 2,395.23 2,044.196 2,640.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 2,884 0.244 11,785.23 0.222 12,990.99 Brazil 249,960 15.615 16,007.34 14.166 17,645.07 Sweden 8,131 2.291 3,548.01 2.079 3,911.01 United Kingdom 475,321 125.095 3,799.66 113.485 4,188.40 Ireland 36,346 3.859 9,418.04 3.501 10,381.61 France 772,034 76.930 10,035.50 69.790 11,062.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,002,601 329.993 3,038.25 299.365 3,349.09 Austria 2,118,556 445.428 4,756.22 404.086 5,242.83 Portugal 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 Italy 694,003 188.975 3,672.44 171.436 4,048.18 India 476,385 178.008 2,676.19 161.487 2,949.99 China 125,237 84.183 1,487.67 76.370 1,639.87 Taiwan 990,738 292.156 3,391.12 265.040 3,738.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,406,008 1,879.489 3,940.44 1,705.045 4,343.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 78,760 23.488 3,353.20 21.308 3,696.26 Netherlands 5,717 0.347 16,464.69 0.315 18,149.21 Italy 311,259 78.182 3,981.18 70.926 4,388.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,053,790 445.809 2,363.77 404.432 2,605.60 China 13,304 4.696 2,832.48 4.261 3,122.27 Japan 3,881 0.068 56,786.85 0.062 62,596.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,466,711 552.592 2,654.23 501.304 2,925.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 712,349 167.512 4,252.51 151.965 4,687.59 Mexico 4,473 2.275 1,966.01 2.064 2,167.15 Brazil 119,428 32.712 3,650.87 29.676 4,024.40 Sweden 836,013 207.828 4,022.61 188.539 4,434.16 United Kingdom 1,348,489 209.519 6,436.10 190.073 7,094.58 Netherlands 6,609 1.342 4,922.48 1.218 5,426.11 France 2,303,568 619.055 3,721.10 561.598 4,101.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,059,332 731.176 2,816.47 663.312 3,104.62 Austria 446,838 106.608 4,191.38 96.714 4,620.20 Switzerland 786,103 157.135 5,002.71 142.551 5,514.54 Latvia 133,283 37.397 3,564.00 33.926 3,928.64 Poland 146,603 54.936 2,668.57 49.838 2,941.59 Ukraine 133,913 48.953 2,735.51 44.410 3,015.38 Spain 2,374 0.336 7,061.17 0.305 7,783.61 Italy 5,510,735 1,282.060 4,298.34 1,163.066 4,738.11 Slovenia 354,621 183.568 1,931.81 166.531 2,129.46 Saudi Arabia 352,082 147.522 2,386.64 133.830 2,630.82 United Arab Emirates 158,862 55.184 2,878.72 50.063 3,173.24 India 2,617,810 908.636 2,881.03 824.301 3,175.79 China 474,735 145.134 3,271.00 131.664 3,605.66 Korea, South 77,499 27.976 2,770.13 25.380 3,053.55 Taiwan 4,447,488 1,413.864 3,145.62 1,282.637 3,467.46 Japan 11,811 1.955 6,039.89 1.774 6,657.84 Australia 4,862 2.069 2,349.88 1.877 2,590.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,049,880 6,544.764 3,521.88 5,937.312 3,882.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,132,437 1,807.491 6,159.05 1,639.729 6,789.19 Mexico 73,217 18.651 3,925.61 16.920 4,327.25 Sweden 2,013,339 272.613 7,385.32 247.311 8,140.92 Norway 2,390 0.007 309,738.88 0.007 341,428.57 Finland 217,631 87.537 2,486.14 79.413 2,740.50 Denmark 50,996 6.875 7,417.48 6.237 8,176.37 United Kingdom 561,382 35.570 15,782.25 32.269 17,396.94 Ireland 4,981 0.011 451,868.85 0.010 498,100.00 Netherlands 20,947 2.384 8,785.39 2.163 9,684.23 Belgium 15,576 0.168 92,354.99 0.153 101,803.92 France 3,327,897 529.812 6,281.27 480.638 6,923.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,921,039 179.946 10,675.60 163.245 11,767.83 Austria 2,369,794 316.714 7,482.42 287.319 8,247.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 3,518,883 663.343 5,304.77 601.775 5,847.51 Switzerland 1,550,053 173.376 8,940.36 157.285 9,855.06 Ukraine 204,110 38.173 5,346.97 34.630 5,894.02 Spain 1,772,215 230.292 7,695.49 208.918 8,482.83 Italy 3,207,250 265.224 12,092.57 240.608 13,329.77 India 618,626 113.341 5,458.06 102.822 6,016.48 Thailand 477,896 146.963 3,251.80 133.323 3,584.50 Malaysia 646,128 240.724 2,684.09 218.382 2,958.71 Singapore 231,896 74.246 3,123.34 67.355 3,442.89 Philippines 6,451 0.503 12,805.80 0.457 14,115.97 China 9,480,665 2,453.879 3,863.54 2,226.123 4,258.82 Korea, South 4,295,723 1,092.190 3,933.13 990.819 4,335.53 Taiwan 6,703,770 2,542.065 2,637.13 2,306.124 2,906.94 Japan 8,173,266 1,093.766 7,472.58 992.249 8,237.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,598,558 12,385.879 5,054.03 11,236.284 5,571.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 345,623 100.061 3,454.12 90.774 3,807.51 Mexico 364,173 91.677 3,972.35 83.168 4,378.76 Sweden 1,828,884 282.049 6,484.27 255.871 7,147.68 Denmark 102,078 1.300 78,477.65 1.180 86,506.78 United Kingdom 219,099 59.484 3,683.33 53.963 4,060.17 Ireland 5,908 0.090 65,361.57 0.082 72,048.78 Netherlands 19,094 0.224 84,910.74 0.204 93,598.04 Belgium 64,895 4.421 14,677.58 4.011 16,179.26 France 895,202 151.684 5,901.73 137.606 6,505.54 Federal Republic of Germany 839,464 115.781 7,250.43 105.035 7,992.23 Switzerland 240,672 65.684 3,664.06 59.588 4,038.93 Spain 53,600 3.748 14,297.30 3.401 15,760.07 Italy 297,776 55.281 5,386.49 50.151 5,937.59 India 3,549,494 1,267.272 2,800.89 1,149.651 3,087.45 Thailand 183,167 63.654 2,877.54 57.746 3,171.94 Vietnam 11,685 4.965 2,353.04 4.505 2,593.78 China 1,964,880 625.907 3,139.25 567.814 3,460.43 Korea, South 2,622,752 714.267 3,671.95 647.973 4,047.63 Hong Kong 329,249 74.317 4,430.28 67.420 4,883.55 Taiwan 1,974,238 458.099 4,309.63 415.581 4,750.55 Japan 592,832 92.982 6,375.76 84.352 7,028.07 Australia 108,908 27.153 4,010.87 24.633 4,421.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,613,673 4,260.111 3,899.82 3,864.709 4,298.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 31,287 11.742 2,664.33 10.653 2,936.92 Sweden 2,027 0.661 3,064.77 0.600 3,378.33 Finland 391,172 187.186 2,089.74 169.813 2,303.55 Belgium 163,397 69.542 2,349.60 63.088 2,589.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 83,514 27.910 2,992.21 25.320 3,298.34 Austria 7,084 1.468 4,824.70 1.332 5,318.32 Italy 306,061 124.353 2,461.21 112.812 2,713.02 China 167,618 90.191 1,858.48 81.820 2,048.62 Korea, South 6,877 1.824 3,769.61 1.655 4,155.29 Japan 1,200,194 1,135.606 1,056.88 1,030.205 1,165.01 South Africa 569,529 445.906 1,277.24 404.520 1,407.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,928,760 2,096.394 1,397.05 1,901.818 1,539.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 324,949 106.709 3,045.18 96.805 3,356.74 Mexico 20,509,145 9,160.837 2,238.79 8,310.574 2,467.84 Brazil 5,411,279 2,678.552 2,020.22 2,429.943 2,226.92 Sweden 2,432,244 669.491 3,632.97 607.353 4,004.66 Finland 2,176,703 897.043 2,426.53 813.784 2,674.79 United Kingdom 266,765 17.936 14,872.49 16.272 16,394.11 Netherlands 225,639 35.825 6,298.35 32.500 6,942.74 Belgium 1,623,600 705.022 2,302.90 639.586 2,538.52 France 2,567,914 1,204.607 2,131.74 1,092.802 2,349.84 Federal Republic of Germany 4,165,111 1,748.379 2,382.27 1,586.104 2,626.00 Austria 737,328 22.707 32,470.53 20.600 35,792.62 Spain 51,045 27.260 1,872.51 24.730 2,064.09 Italy 3,445,056 1,848.715 1,863.49 1,677.127 2,054.14 India 256,507 115.827 2,214.56 105.077 2,441.13 Thailand 120,915 55.779 2,167.75 50.602 2,389.53 China 9,628,802 5,092.790 1,890.67 4,620.103 2,084.11 Korea, South 1,954,001 885.782 2,205.96 803.569 2,431.65 Taiwan 6,735,839 3,295.321 2,044.06 2,989.466 2,253.19 Japan 1,298,843 642.462 2,021.66 582.832 2,228.50 South Africa 2,488,285 1,202.580 2,069.12 1,090.963 2,280.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,419,970 30,413.633 2,183.89 27,590.792 2,407.32 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 203,970 97.913 2,083.16 88.826 2,296.29 Federal Republic of Germany 164,522 21.447 7,670.86 19.457 8,455.67 Austria 13,401 1.839 7,284.11 1.669 8,029.36 Slovenia 302,177 236.693 1,276.66 214.725 1,407.27 China 4,611 1.264 3,646.93 1.147 4,020.05 Japan 124,566 46.553 2,675.74 42.233 2,949.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 813,247 405.713 2,004.49 368.057 2,209.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 423,081 124.407 3,400.76 112.861 3,748.69 Mexico 2,805,869 1,256.026 2,233.93 1,139.448 2,462.48 Sweden 2,938,399 411.922 7,133.38 373.690 7,863.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 24/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 634,173 271.621 2,334.77 246.411 2,573.64 Denmark 12,876 1.133 11,362.76 1.028 12,525.29 United Kingdom 640,692 133.470 4,800.27 121.082 5,291.39 Belgium 182,670 148.872 1,227.02 135.055 1,352.56 France 675,316 201.906 3,344.69 183.167 3,686.89 Federal Republic of Germany 396,730 102.026 3,888.50 92.557 4,286.33 Austria 65,745 13.871 4,739.58 12.584 5,224.49 Spain 31,044 22.468 1,381.67 20.383 1,523.03 Italy 238,632 80.135 2,977.84 72.698 3,282.51 India 433,553 142.189 3,049.13 128.992 3,361.08 Indonesia 415,985 106.806 3,894.76 96.893 4,293.24 Korea, South 414,556 187.061 2,216.15 169.699 2,442.89 Taiwan 148,809 58.334 2,550.97 52.920 2,811.96 Japan 2,700,739 358.106 7,541.72 324.869 8,313.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,158,869 3,620.360 3,634.68 3,284.337 4,006.55 GRAND TOTAL 243,204,036 80,173.809 3,033.46 72,732.477 3,343.82