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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 8,176,795 22,046.488 370.89 20,000.244 408.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 21,119,042 24,568.887 859.58 22,288.526 947.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 49,101,575 86,300.166 568.96 78,290.215 627.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 18,301,851 27,994.666 653.76 25,396.341 720.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 44,607,728 57,708.814 772.98 52,352.571 852.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 11,632,638 14,010.740 830.27 12,710.334 915.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 48,876,867 80,709.248 605.59 73,218.219 667.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,922,497 5,909.983 1,171.32 5,361.448 1,291.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,328,059 2,928.888 453.43 2,657.044 499.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 79,039,377 87,856.029 899.65 79,701.672 991.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,196,696 1,209.500 5,123.35 1,097.241 5,647.53 Stainless Steel Bar 729,725 169.876 4,295.63 154.109 4,735.12 Stainless Steel Wire 326,183 97.092 3,359.50 88.081 3,703.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,359,033 411,510.383 720.17 373,316.046 793.86 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 75,790,846 184,076.298 411.74 166,991.256 453.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,440 23.108 581.60 20.964 641.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,714,826 20,128.072 532.33 18,259.885 586.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,342,727 5,944.931 562.28 5,393.153 619.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,208,336 19,513.844 830.61 17,702.667 915.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,078 7.298 695.77 6.621 766.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,245,622 23,520.383 563.16 21,337.339 620.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 388,175 491.573 789.66 445.948 870.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,195,062 20,850.759 393.03 18,915.496 433.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,044,662 23,793.684 800.41 21,585.274 882.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,842,521 1,069.879 2,656.86 970.579 2,928.69 Stainless Steel Bar 4,473 2.275 1,966.01 2.064 2,167.15 Stainless Steel Wire 235,302 60.434 3,893.52 54.825 4,291.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,031,070 299,482.544 500.97 271,686.071 552.22 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 189,011 248.126 761.75 225.097 839.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 344,883 419.595 821.94 380.651 906.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 533,894 667.722 799.57 605.748 881.38 Costa Rica Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,698 97.598 734.62 88.540 809.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,698 97.598 734.62 88.540 809.78 Dominican Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,031,403 2,364.457 436.21 2,145.000 480.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 168,438 301.860 558.00 273.843 615.09 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,199,841 2,666.317 450.00 2,418.843 496.04 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 87,875 214.073 410.49 194.204 452.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 87,875 214.073 410.49 194.204 452.49 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 750,819 1,239.270 605.86 1,124.248 667.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 238,511 201.895 1,181.36 183.157 1,302.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,703,992 2,703.590 630.27 2,452.657 694.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,693,322 4,144.757 649.81 3,760.062 716.30 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,530,036 10,479.618 432.27 9,506.953 476.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,977,683 12,089.545 494.45 10,967.454 545.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 98,827 75.651 1,306.34 68.630 1,440.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 380,523 540.000 704.67 489.880 776.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,452,175 3,918.074 370.63 3,554.418 408.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 353,139 253.572 1,392.66 230.037 1,535.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 43,982 38.867 1,131.59 35.260 1,247.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,836,365 27,395.329 468.56 24,852.632 516.50 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 617,781 1,111.259 555.93 1,008.118 612.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 102,758 168.058 611.44 152.460 674.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 156,574 222.999 702.13 202.302 773.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 877,113 1,502.317 583.84 1,362.880 643.57 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 35,413,403 116,874.629 303.00 106,026.910 334.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,162,089 6,795.768 1,201.05 6,165.019 1,323.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,300 21.054 679.20 19.100 748.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,220,550 9,062.510 465.72 8,221.374 513.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,842,334 6,668.018 576.23 6,049.126 635.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 89,855 99.446 903.55 90.216 996.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,993,950 2,319.095 859.80 2,103.849 947.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 28,286 25.212 1,121.92 22.872 1,236.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 673,738 1,898.139 354.95 1,721.964 391.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 95,907 73.391 1,306.78 66.580 1,440.48 Stainless Steel Bar 358,444 47.137 7,604.30 42.762 8,382.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,892,856 143,884.403 381.51 130,529.772 420.54 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,788,591 6,504.058 428.75 5,900.384 472.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 230,592 447.745 515.01 406.188 567.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 458,519 1,111.019 412.70 1,007.900 454.93 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 399,744 767.723 520.69 696.467 573.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,877,446 8,830.546 439.09 8,010.939 484.02 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,376,810 4,219.021 1,511.44 3,827.433 1,666.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,235,068 1,456.075 848.22 1,320.930 935.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,468,897 3,375.626 1,027.63 3,062.318 1,132.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 862,424 247.552 3,483.80 224.576 3,840.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,457,889 526.683 2,768.06 477.799 3,051.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 774,933 665.791 1,163.93 603.996 1,283.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 48,511 49.772 974.65 45.153 1,074.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 163,408 10.794 15,137.47 9.793 16,686.20 Stainless Steel Bar 866,325 210.874 4,108.25 191.302 4,528.57 Stainless Steel Rod 1,075,761 313.931 3,426.74 284.794 3,777.33 Stainless Steel Wire 1,678,670 255.815 6,562.03 232.072 7,233.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,008,696 11,331.940 1,589.20 10,280.166 1,751.79 Norway Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,988 0.412 12,099.03 0.374 13,336.90 Stainless Steel Bar 23,325 1.173 19,868.63 1.065 21,901.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,313 1.586 17,849.29 1.439 19,675.47 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,206,693 3,464.431 348.31 3,142.880 383.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 170,561 320.254 532.58 290.530 587.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 574,876 208.248 2,760.53 188.920 3,042.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 64,451 4.075 15,815.25 3.697 17,433.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,016,581 3,997.009 504.52 3,626.027 556.14 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 38,852 2.281 17,027.03 2.070 18,769.08 Stainless Steel Bar 5,328 0.170 31,183.75 0.155 34,374.19 Stainless Steel Wire 102,078 1.300 78,477.65 1.180 86,506.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,258 3.753 38,967.13 3.405 42,953.89 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 667,198 625.324 1,066.96 567.285 1,176.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 656,080 296.564 2,212.27 269.039 2,438.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,419,867 1,722.378 824.36 1,562.516 908.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,555,985 15,309.542 754.82 13,888.587 832.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,216,385 2,268.235 1,418.01 2,057.709 1,563.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,237,025 1,931.697 640.38 1,752.407 705.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 202,953 11.260 18,024.07 10.215 19,868.14 Stainless Steel Bar 1,624,917 264.133 6,151.88 239.618 6,781.28 Stainless Steel Rod 1,505,461 611.448 2,462.12 554.697 2,714.02 Stainless Steel Wire 183,350 54.411 3,369.71 49.361 3,714.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 22,269,221 23,094.996 964.24 20,951.434 1,062.90 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 44,266 13.116 3,374.86 11.899 3,720.14 Stainless Steel Bar 36,346 3.859 9,418.04 3.501 10,381.61 Stainless Steel Wire 5,908 0.090 65,361.57 0.082 72,048.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 86,520 17.065 5,069.74 15.482 5,588.43 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,292,045 18,107.622 402.71 16,426.963 443.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,187,295 1,968.415 603.17 1,785.717 664.88 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 51,240 102.369 500.54 92.868 551.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 548,444 717.296 764.60 650.721 842.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 170,439 155.434 1,096.53 141.008 1,208.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,071 0.922 5,496.22 0.837 6,058.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 174,140 50.215 3,467.83 45.555 3,822.63 Stainless Steel Bar 6,609 1.342 4,922.48 1.218 5,426.11 Stainless Steel Wire 19,094 0.224 84,910.74 0.204 93,598.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,454,377 21,103.844 447.99 19,145.091 493.83 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,611,679 2,240.665 1,611.88 2,032.698 1,776.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 329,919 653.865 504.57 593.177 556.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,163,054 2,231.959 521.09 2,024.800 574.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,863,180 2,734.930 681.25 2,481.088 750.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,575 5.629 635.05 5.107 700.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 35,063 41.433 846.24 37.588 932.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 26,350 16.647 1,582.86 15.102 1,744.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 224,589 63.456 3,539.25 57.567 3,901.35 Stainless Steel Wire 64,895 4.421 14,677.58 4.011 16,179.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,322,304 7,993.009 916.09 7,251.138 1,009.81 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,226,257 1,884.541 650.69 1,709.628 717.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 828,527 1,123.924 737.17 1,019.607 812.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 58,001 45.248 1,281.83 41.049 1,412.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,112,785 3,053.714 691.87 2,770.284 762.66 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,813,069 1,170.530 1,548.93 1,061.888 1,707.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,576,493 20,409.552 518.21 18,515.240 571.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,149,648 150.178 7,655.19 136.240 8,438.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 628,590 628.733 999.77 570.378 1,102.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,877,370 6,599.350 739.07 5,986.832 814.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,877,940 1,287.215 1,458.92 1,167.743 1,608.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,559,630 1,747.599 1,464.65 1,585.396 1,614.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 119,748 237.835 503.49 215.761 555.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 885,371 447.218 1,979.73 405.710 2,182.28 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 2,314,772 576.125 4,017.83 522.652 4,428.90 Stainless Steel Rod 949,588 181.055 5,244.73 164.251 5,781.32 Stainless Steel Wire 892,316 151.145 5,903.69 137.117 6,507.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,644,535 33,586.543 852.86 30,469.208 940.11 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 299,351 280.716 1,066.38 254.662 1,175.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,549,706 3,701.100 1,229.28 3,357.583 1,355.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,432,851 3,008.330 1,141.12 2,729.112 1,257.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,507,525 6,988.599 931.16 6,339.953 1,026.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,456,151 5,702.719 781.41 5,173.422 861.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,621,132 4,839.075 541.66 4,389.937 597.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,193,389 1,603.880 1,367.55 1,455.016 1,507.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,123,518 5,253.239 1,165.67 4,765.660 1,284.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,205 33.614 660.57 30.495 728.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,357,147 606.136 2,239.01 549.878 2,468.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,250,126 251.753 4,965.67 228.387 5,473.72 Stainless Steel Bar 3,166,987 1,070.957 2,957.15 971.557 3,259.70 Stainless Steel Rod 75,536 54.844 1,377.28 49.754 1,518.19 Stainless Steel Wire 839,464 115.781 7,250.43 105.035 7,992.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,895,088 33,510.751 1,100.99 30,400.451 1,213.64 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,854,893 1,740.819 1,065.53 1,579.245 1,174.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 847,848 1,340.751 632.37 1,216.310 697.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,011,419 210.899 4,795.74 191.325 5,286.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 179,067 174.651 1,025.28 158.441 1,130.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 225,667 94.102 2,398.11 85.368 2,643.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,804 1.005 2,789.20 0.912 3,074.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 450,070 210.401 2,139.10 190.873 2,357.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 285,514 74.895 3,812.17 67.944 4,202.20 Stainless Steel Bar 2,482,498 546.230 4,544.78 495.532 5,009.76 Stainless Steel Rod 29,420 8.486 3,466.60 7.699 3,821.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,369,200 4,402.243 1,673.96 3,993.649 1,845.23 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 427,609 493.221 866.97 447.443 955.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 427,609 493.221 866.97 447.443 955.67 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,560 0.330 13,789.21 0.300 15,200.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,215 0.105 20,931.40 0.096 23,072.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,775 0.436 15,520.65 0.396 17,108.59 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 454,625 147.844 3,075.03 134.122 3,389.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,353 5.539 1,508.00 5.025 1,662.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,837 2.724 1,775.10 2.472 1,956.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,274,853 505.111 2,523.90 458.230 2,782.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 161,693 7.666 21,090.65 6.955 23,248.45 Stainless Steel Bar 839,047 171.223 4,900.32 155.331 5,401.67 Stainless Steel Wire 220,418 60.587 3,638.02 54.964 4,010.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,963,826 900.697 3,290.59 817.099 3,627.25 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 133,283 37.397 3,564.00 33.926 3,928.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 133,283 37.397 3,564.00 33.926 3,928.64 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,935 5.673 3,161.14 5.147 3,484.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,722 0.136 19,914.17 0.124 21,951.61 Stainless Steel Bar 146,603 54.936 2,668.57 49.838 2,941.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,260 60.747 2,753.38 55.109 3,035.08 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 70,405,500 214,942.518 327.56 194,992.628 361.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,474,294 6,696.986 518.78 6,075.406 571.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,070,420 14,773.172 410.91 13,402.000 452.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,122 8.439 843.91 7.656 930.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 122,055 174.800 698.25 158.576 769.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,079,391 236,595.917 338.46 214,636.266 373.09 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 10,066,946 28,131.611 357.85 25,520.576 394.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,202,346 9,045.705 796.22 8,206.128 877.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,278 3.072 1,067.01 2.787 1,176.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 43,297 40.130 1,078.90 36.406 1,189.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 323,180 486.167 664.75 441.044 732.76 Stainless Steel Bar 133,913 48.953 2,735.51 44.410 3,015.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,772,960 37,755.640 470.74 34,251.351 518.90 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,127,438 2,724.964 413.74 2,472.047 456.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,725,485 5,236.514 711.44 4,750.487 784.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,809,181 15,389.158 572.43 13,960.814 630.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,218,919 1,272.262 958.07 1,154.177 1,056.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 86,811 39.620 2,191.07 35.943 2,415.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 201,488 101.042 1,994.10 91.664 2,198.11 Stainless Steel Bar 2,374 0.336 7,061.17 0.305 7,783.61 Stainless Steel Wire 53,600 3.748 14,297.30 3.401 15,760.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,225,296 24,767.647 614.73 22,468.838 677.62 Portugal IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 9,062,794 24,403.846 371.37 22,138.803 409.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 141,997 89.476 1,586.97 81.172 1,749.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,841 8.567 1,265.41 7.772 1,394.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,012,487 1,544.097 655.71 1,400.782 722.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 483,408 434.451 1,112.69 394.128 1,226.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 238,573 149.860 1,591.97 135.951 1,754.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,598,108 720.538 3,605.78 653.662 3,974.70 Stainless Steel Bar 6,509,806 1,530.418 4,253.61 1,388.373 4,688.80 Stainless Steel Rod 582,413 322.003 1,808.71 292.117 1,993.77 Stainless Steel Wire 297,776 55.281 5,386.49 50.151 5,937.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,938,203 29,258.542 715.63 26,542.911 788.84 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 354,621 183.568 1,931.81 166.531 2,129.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 354,621 183.568 1,931.81 166.531 2,129.46 Macedonia (Skopje) Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,621,705 7,550.281 612.12 6,849.502 674.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,621,705 7,550.281 612.12 6,849.502 674.75 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 150,207 127.365 1,179.34 115.544 1,300.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,111 0.165 12,767.12 0.150 14,073.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 192,409 669.069 287.58 606.970 317.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,628,863 2,542.516 640.65 2,306.533 706.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 719,340 522.228 1,377.44 473.758 1,518.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,692,930 3,861.345 697.41 3,502.955 768.76 Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,271,726 8,576.247 381.49 7,780.243 420.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,142,888 18,942.417 377.08 17,184.277 415.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,414,614 27,518.665 378.46 24,964.520 417.18 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 107,098 212.527 503.92 192.802 555.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,276,436 23,128.554 401.08 20,981.878 442.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,652,347 18,018.860 480.18 16,346.440 529.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,984,862 5,564.091 536.45 5,047.660 591.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,619,455 2,386.427 678.61 2,164.931 748.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,607,825 22,955.460 374.98 20,824.849 413.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,764,683 5,529.520 499.99 5,016.298 551.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,925 0.812 8,524.09 0.737 9,396.20 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 34,019,631 77,796.254 437.29 70,575.595 482.03 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 624,857 171.352 3,646.63 155.448 4,019.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 624,857 171.352 3,646.63 155.448 4,019.72 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 352,082 147.522 2,386.64 133.830 2,630.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 352,082 147.522 2,386.64 133.830 2,630.82 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 172,579 300.443 574.41 272.558 633.18 Stainless Steel Bar 158,862 55.184 2,878.72 50.063 3,173.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 331,441 355.628 931.99 322.621 1,027.34 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 769,317 1,418.907 542.19 1,287.212 597.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 769,317 1,418.907 542.19 1,287.212 597.66 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 976,341 1,681.625 580.59 1,525.545 639.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 114,658 65.107 1,761.04 59.065 1,941.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 33,318,739 53,644.900 621.10 48,665.849 684.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 476,617 678.942 702.00 615.926 773.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,971,068 4,140.779 717.51 3,756.453 790.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,833,307 3,678.082 1,314.08 3,336.701 1,448.53 Stainless Steel Bar 5,429,008 1,887.135 2,876.85 1,711.981 3,171.18 Stainless Steel Rod 255,304 100.478 2,540.87 91.153 2,800.83 Stainless Steel Wire 3,285,264 1,153.666 2,847.67 1,046.589 3,139.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,660,306 67,030.718 770.70 60,809.262 849.55 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 407,537 879.113 463.58 797.519 511.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,092 0.143 14,598.70 0.130 16,092.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,380,392 814.113 1,695.58 738.552 1,869.05 Stainless Steel Wire 183,167 63.654 2,877.54 57.746 3,171.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,973,188 1,757.025 1,123.03 1,593.947 1,237.93 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 32,568 18.812 1,731.23 17.066 1,908.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,568 18.812 1,731.23 17.066 1,908.36 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,382,581 5,408.245 440.55 4,906.279 485.62 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 123,696 288.311 429.04 261.552 472.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,016 20.257 543.81 18.377 599.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 36,429 54.788 664.91 49.703 732.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,378 19.162 541.58 17.384 596.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 79,586 119.163 667.87 108.103 736.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,333,129 998.143 1,335.61 905.501 1,472.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,976,815 6,908.071 575.68 6,266.899 634.57 Singapore Stainless Steel Bar 4,085 0.105 38,602.61 0.096 42,552.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,085 0.105 38,602.61 0.096 42,552.08 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,783 11.121 430.08 10.089 474.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,061,558 2,078.065 510.84 1,885.190 563.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 912,196 1,877.510 485.85 1,703.249 535.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,978,537 3,966.696 498.79 3,598.528 549.82 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,110 30.093 435.65 27.300 480.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,110 30.093 435.65 27.300 480.22 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 21,403 53.522 399.89 48.555 440.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,498 34.921 501.07 31.680 552.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,383,157 13,589.025 469.73 12,327.760 517.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,815,355 39,181.733 505.73 35,545.081 557.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 843,240 1,343.226 627.77 1,218.555 692.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 540,567 490.117 1,102.93 444.627 1,215.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 156,637 233.671 670.33 211.983 738.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 97,136 185.634 523.26 168.405 576.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 25,381,469 47,821.060 530.76 43,382.549 585.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,922,780 4,161.951 1,903.62 3,775.660 2,098.38 Stainless Steel Bar 680,062 255.813 2,658.43 232.070 2,930.42 Stainless Steel Rod 188,722 142.501 1,324.35 129.275 1,459.85 Stainless Steel Wire 1,788,648 577.705 3,096.12 524.086 3,412.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,836,674 108,070.885 590.69 98,040.286 651.13 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,148,427 13,493.376 529.77 12,240.989 583.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 43,694,353 95,995.414 455.17 87,085.600 501.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,004,469 7,690.971 650.69 6,977.134 717.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 34,346,793 47,362.582 725.19 42,966.624 799.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 518,697 703.802 736.99 638.479 812.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,748,188 4,311.654 637.39 3,911.468 702.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 221,326 171.759 1,288.58 155.818 1,420.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,264,908 29,174.677 591.78 26,466.830 652.32 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,261,658 1,193.376 2,733.13 1,082.613 3,012.76 Stainless Steel Bar 77,499 27.976 2,770.13 25.380 3,053.55 Stainless Steel Rod 413,413 187.870 2,200.52 170.433 2,425.66 Stainless Steel Wire 2,622,752 714.267 3,671.95 647.973 4,047.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,322,483 201,027.730 583.61 182,369.341 643.32 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,670 2.576 5,306.47 2.337 5,849.38 Stainless Steel Wire 329,249 74.317 4,430.28 67.420 4,883.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 342,919 76.893 4,459.64 69.757 4,915.91 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,975,270 7,957.360 499.57 7,218.798 550.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 28,564,794 41,213.970 693.09 37,388.696 764.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 63,575 78.635 808.48 71.337 891.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 287,024 176.083 1,630.05 159.740 1,796.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 34,200 13.233 2,584.40 12.005 2,848.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,309,598 19,280.194 379.12 17,490.703 417.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,043,749 4,624.250 658.21 4,195.051 725.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,317,384 354.036 3,721.04 321.177 4,101.74 Stainless Steel Bar 4,952,401 1,542.865 3,209.87 1,399.664 3,538.28 Stainless Steel Rod 3,295,135 1,314.374 2,507.00 1,192.381 2,763.49 Stainless Steel Wire 1,974,238 458.099 4,309.63 415.581 4,750.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,817,368 77,013.104 711.79 69,865.133 784.62 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,275,401 39,199.865 313.15 35,561.530 345.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,944,163 3,666.599 1,075.70 3,326.284 1,185.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,438,624 5,932.840 748.14 5,382.184 824.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,112,456 11,661.019 695.69 10,578.702 766.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,570,734 15,423.017 685.39 13,991.530 755.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,527,275 3,039.531 831.47 2,757.417 916.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 18,242,318 17,468.430 1,044.30 15,847.098 1,151.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 511,157 350.703 1,457.52 318.153 1,606.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,566,088 20,132.426 375.82 18,263.835 414.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,677,844 17,282.246 965.03 15,678.195 1,063.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,613,962 278.325 5,798.82 252.493 6,392.11 Stainless Steel Bar 19,218 2.753 6,979.30 2.498 7,693.35 Stainless Steel Rod 59,578 27.005 2,206.14 24.499 2,431.85 Stainless Steel Wire 587,582 91.660 6,410.42 83.153 7,066.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 87,146,400 134,556.426 647.66 122,067.571 713.92 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 36,954,459 125,633.166 294.15 113,972.524 324.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 607,232 879.452 690.47 797.826 761.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,079,612 28,809.405 419.29 26,135.460 462.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 172,206 176.409 976.17 160.036 1,076.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 208,147 19.586 10,626.81 17.769 11,714.05 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 4,862 2.069 2,349.88 1.877 2,590.30 Stainless Steel Wire 108,908 27.153 4,010.87 24.633 4,421.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,135,426 155,547.242 322.32 141,110.125 355.29 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,137,527 13,569.966 452.29 12,310.470 498.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 916,660 1,768.613 518.29 1,604.460 571.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 23,643 29.149 811.09 26.444 894.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,077,830 15,367.729 460.56 13,941.374 507.69 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 21,706,072 51,250.682 423.53 46,493.850 466.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,706,072 51,250.682 423.53 46,493.850 466.86 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,447,026 4,709.645 731.91 4,272.520 806.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 656,591 1,331.018 493.30 1,207.480 543.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,393,097 3,116.222 447.05 2,826.990 492.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,153,121 5,334.626 591.07 4,839.493 651.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,492,013 3,790.974 393.57 3,439.115 433.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 494,890 822.795 601.47 746.428 663.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,877,472 3,407.768 550.94 3,091.476 607.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 12,568 1.732 7,252.86 1.572 7,994.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,526,778 22,514.783 556.38 20,425.074 613.30 GRAND TOTAL 1,324,714,563 2,336,639.936 566.93 2,119,764.690 624.93