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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 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 Brazil 689,018 1,531.533 449.89 1,389.384 495.92 United Kingdom 1,020,403 171.641 5,944.95 155.711 6,553.19 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 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 5,925,051 4,310.393 1,374.60 3,910.324 1,515.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,795,875 35,231.129 391.58 31,961.152 431.65 Mexico 75,933,561 184,337.799 411.93 167,228.486 454.07 Brazil 37,571,252 120,030.195 313.02 108,889.592 345.04 Sweden 5,642,099 2,185.064 2,582.12 1,982.258 2,846.30 Finland 2,156,031 6,292.817 342.62 5,708.750 377.67 United Kingdom 9,905,163 5,173.685 1,914.53 4,693.490 2,110.40 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 Russia 71,007,992 215,586.702 329.37 195,577.022 363.07 Ukraine 10,386,154 28,265.520 367.45 25,642.056 405.04 Spain 700,907 281.756 2,487.64 255.605 2,742.15 Italy 10,432,427 24,900.516 418.96 22,589.375 461.83 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 36,954,459 125,633.166 294.15 113,972.524 324.24 South Africa 467,728 1,114.889 419.53 1,011.411 462.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 291,064,984 791,449.836 367.76 717,991.417 405.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,837,568 21,422.736 599.25 19,434.385 660.56 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 5,216,981 11,597.369 449.84 10,520.960 495.87 Italy 6,741,526 14,675.729 459.37 13,313.602 506.36 Turkey 22,461,314 60,139.099 373.49 54,557.289 411.70 India 2,126,458 5,595.173 380.05 5,075.857 418.94 Malaysia 3,465,437 9,040.024 383.34 8,200.975 422.56 China 55,122,702 156,098.224 353.13 141,609.967 389.26 Korea, South 438,705 227.137 1,931.45 206.056 2,129.06 Taiwan 3,302,535 1,333.815 2,476.01 1,210.017 2,729.33 Japan 5,526,670 7,814.304 707.25 7,089.020 779.61 Egypt 1,159,997 3,118.724 371.95 2,829.260 410.00 South Africa 451,373 1,087.823 414.93 986.857 457.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 152,581,080 358,649.409 425.43 325,361.363 468.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,393,923 13,292.792 631.46 12,059.022 696.07 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 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 440,536 147.861 2,979.38 134.138 3,284.20 China 422,723 1,047.128 403.70 949.939 445.00 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 775,638 1,420.345 546.09 1,288.516 601.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,507,680 61,164.681 564.18 55,487.681 621.90 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 503,208 614.385 819.04 557.361 902.84 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,881,180 2,337.777 804.69 2,120.797 887.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,111,665 24,560.471 859.58 22,280.891 947.52 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 6,598,572 4,276.311 1,543.05 3,879.406 1,700.92 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 3,600,744 1,510.680 2,383.52 1,370.467 2,627.38 Federal Republic of Germany 5,149,271 3,931.999 1,309.58 3,567.051 1,443.57 Austria 1,941,321 1,762.942 1,101.18 1,599.315 1,213.85 Russia 3,474,294 6,696.986 518.78 6,075.406 571.86 Ukraine 7,202,346 9,045.705 796.22 8,206.128 877.68 Italy 186,794 88.643 2,107.25 80.416 2,322.85 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 407,537 879.113 463.58 797.519 511.01 Malaysia 2,382,581 5,408.245 440.55 4,906.279 485.62 Indonesia 4,783 11.121 430.08 10.089 474.08 Korea, South 7,776,239 13,783.026 564.19 12,503.755 621.91 Taiwan 764,603 300.204 2,546.94 272.341 2,807.52 Japan 4,137,438 3,729.530 1,109.37 3,383.374 1,222.87 Australia 607,232 879.452 690.47 797.826 761.11 South Africa 5,291,320 5,470.292 967.28 4,962.567 1,066.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,241,373 101,349.520 929.87 91,942.764 1,025.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,405,124 27,424.216 561.73 24,878.838 619.21 Mexico 2,581,225 4,856.054 531.55 4,405.340 585.93 Venezuela 1,072,963 2,501.665 428.90 2,269.473 472.78 Sweden 2,202,629 774.904 2,842.45 702.982 3,133.27 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 3,943,653 2,618.238 1,506.22 2,375.227 1,660.33 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 123,696 288.311 429.04 261.552 472.93 Japan 1,490,056 2,005.716 742.90 1,819.556 818.91 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 43,417,624 75,044.505 578.56 68,079.249 637.75 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 8,817,131 13,649.573 645.96 12,382.688 712.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,319,272 14,282.858 652.48 12,957.195 719.24 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 243,628 153.215 1,590.10 138.995 1,752.78 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 887,908 1,176.416 754.76 1,067.227 831.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 39,294,564 65,382.116 601.00 59,313.675 662.49 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 1,837,776 1,252.592 1,467.18 1,136.333 1,617.29 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 9,482,597 11,550.268 820.99 10,478.230 904.98 Ireland 36,346 3.859 9,418.04 3.501 10,381.61 France 1,793,768 684.848 2,619.22 621.284 2,887.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,902,123 811.098 2,345.12 735.816 2,585.05 Austria 2,142,777 468.153 4,577.08 424.702 5,045.37 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 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 1,929,135 1,245.336 1,549.09 1,129.751 1,707.58 Portugal 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 Italy 1,191,685 1,068.505 1,115.28 969.332 1,229.39 Bulgaria 3,271,726 8,576.247 381.49 7,780.243 420.52 Turkey 1,401,268 1,848.553 758.03 1,676.980 835.59 India 872,191 814.538 1,070.78 738.937 1,180.33 Malaysia 11,016 20.257 543.81 18.377 599.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Philippines 13,110 30.093 435.65 27.300 480.22 China 425,919 268.116 1,588.56 243.231 1,751.09 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 13,384,100 12,327.502 1,085.71 11,183.325 1,196.79 South Africa 1,480,502 3,786.686 390.98 3,435.225 430.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,010,707 125,248.946 734.62 113,623.965 809.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,507,108 12,846.388 584.37 11,654.051 644.16 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 Switzerland 8,353 5.539 1,508.00 5.025 1,662.29 Italy 306,496 77.069 3,976.89 69.916 4,383.77 Turkey 218,187 537.873 405.65 487.951 447.15 India 1,053,790 445.809 2,363.77 404.432 2,605.60 China 94,628 80.604 1,173.98 73.123 1,294.09 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 14,476,570 24,862.582 582.26 22,554.962 641.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,328,059 2,928.888 453.43 2,657.044 499.83 Mexico 8,195,062 20,850.759 393.03 18,915.496 433.25 Dominican Republic 1,031,403 2,364.457 436.21 2,145.000 480.84 Venezuela 1,452,175 3,918.074 370.63 3,554.418 408.55 Brazil 673,738 1,898.139 354.95 1,721.964 391.26 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 Taiwan 7,309,598 19,280.194 379.12 17,490.703 417.91 Japan 7,566,088 20,132.426 375.82 18,263.835 414.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,686,965 114,223.548 382.47 103,621.889 421.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,617,206 6,076.956 1,253.46 5,512.924 1,381.70 Mexico 281,739 424.538 663.64 385.135 731.53 Colombia 238,511 201.895 1,181.36 183.157 1,302.22 Brazil 136,770 56.733 2,410.73 51.468 2,657.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 849,143 213.584 3,975.67 193.761 4,382.42 United Kingdom 4,427,010 2,421.993 1,827.84 2,197.196 2,014.85 Netherlands 6,609 1.342 4,922.48 1.218 5,426.11 Belgium 35,063 41.433 846.24 37.588 932.82 France 4,755,073 2,312.801 2,055.98 2,098.139 2,266.33 Federal Republic of Germany 8,182,850 5,984.415 1,367.36 5,428.972 1,507.26 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 Spain 1,221,293 1,272.598 959.68 1,154.482 1,057.87 Italy 5,786,032 1,671.482 3,461.62 1,516.344 3,815.78 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 2,615,074 908.935 2,877.07 824.573 3,171.43 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 334,614 246.179 1,359.23 223.330 1,498.29 Taiwan 3,993,460 1,263.079 3,161.68 1,145.847 3,485.16 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 45,116,992 25,879.278 1,743.36 23,477.293 1,921.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,910,760 1,083.976 1,762.73 983.367 1,943.08 Mexico 116,493 74.512 1,563.39 67.597 1,723.35 Brazil 2,275,722 824.662 2,759.58 748.121 3,041.92 Sweden 2,624,809 1,173.709 2,236.34 1,064.772 2,465.14 United Kingdom 542,411 106.281 5,103.53 96.417 5,625.68 Netherlands 170,439 155.434 1,096.53 141.008 1,208.72 France 2,920,524 1,327.794 2,199.53 1,204.555 2,424.57 Federal Republic of Germany 2,801,190 1,150.042 2,435.73 1,043.301 2,684.93 Austria 2,863,422 600.964 4,764.71 545.186 5,252.19 Czech Republic 123,866 34.818 3,557.46 31.587 3,921.42 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 19,868 19.211 1,034.20 17.428 1,140.00 China 4,235,652 1,523.767 2,779.72 1,382.339 3,064.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 641,328 345.861 1,854.29 313.760 2,044.01 Taiwan 1,241,327 302.327 4,105.90 274.267 4,525.98 Japan 5,276,228 4,587.779 1,150.06 4,161.965 1,267.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,925,108 22,026.626 1,630.99 19,982.225 1,797.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,574,805 31,343.728 784.04 28,434.560 864.26 Mexico 5,529,197 8,373.973 660.28 7,596.743 727.84 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 156,574 222.999 702.13 202.302 773.96 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 1,933,203 1,404.659 1,376.28 1,274.286 1,517.09 Slovakia 10,427 1.855 5,620.45 1.683 6,195.48 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 3,955,545 3,387.718 1,167.61 3,073.287 1,287.07 Italy 1,912,512 695.585 2,749.50 631.025 3,030.80 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 Indonesia 912,196 1,877.510 485.85 1,703.249 535.56 China 22,482,063 42,027.090 534.94 38,126.346 589.67 Korea, South 4,132,498 6,336.937 652.13 5,748.775 718.85 Taiwan 2,283,637 4,318.003 528.86 3,917.228 582.97 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 1,413,497 2,503.505 564.61 2,271.143 622.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,335,711 121,071.159 680.06 109,833.939 749.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 18,085,434 12,863.176 1,405.99 11,669.281 1,549.83 Mexico 33,453 66.304 504.54 60.150 556.16 Colombia 10,063,664 7,716.512 1,304.17 7,000.304 1,437.60 Venezuela 275,400 420.921 654.28 381.854 721.22 Brazil 5,799,650 5,323.004 1,089.54 4,828.950 1,201.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 6,282,827 9,487.513 662.22 8,606.930 729.97 Spain 1,130,847 932.939 1,212.13 846.349 1,336.15 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 4,835,246 3,784.841 1,277.53 3,433.551 1,408.23 China 30,525,414 29,771.435 1,025.33 27,008.200 1,130.23 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 16,430,106 5,502.288 2,986.05 4,991.594 3,291.55 South Africa 1,121,065 1,192.885 939.79 1,082.168 1,035.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 167,849,224 149,640.144 1,121.69 135,751.294 1,236.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 22,857,314 23,128.429 988.28 20,981.764 1,089.39 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 39,297 38.283 1,026.48 34.730 1,131.50 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 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 12,845,453 14,117.634 909.89 12,807.306 1,002.98 South Africa 208,229 340.141 612.18 308.571 674.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,588,305 49,842.903 914.64 45,216.734 1,008.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 87,816 54.294 1,617.41 49.255 1,782.88 Mexico 3,884,187 4,531.139 857.22 4,110.582 944.92 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 3,783,106 3,630.497 1,042.04 3,293.533 1,148.65 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 14,639 13.624 1,074.46 12.360 1,184.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,282,165 5,918.176 723.56 5,368.881 797.59 Korea, South 4,412,126 7,249.994 608.57 6,577.086 670.83 Taiwan 275,114 479.843 573.34 435.307 632.00 Japan 51,640 21.130 2,443.90 19.169 2,693.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,234,482 35,331.071 855.75 32,051.818 943.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 392,192 175.330 2,236.88 159.057 2,465.73 Mexico 2,196,755 2,540.127 864.82 2,304.366 953.30 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 1,648,081 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 643,245 1,112.109 578.40 1,008.889 637.58 Japan 112,163 132.025 849.55 119.772 936.47 South Africa 1,351,951 2,360.921 572.64 2,141.793 631.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,295,570 24,065.891 635.57 21,832.216 700.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,700,438 10,517.013 1,112.52 9,540.877 1,226.35 Mexico 9,527,683 11,352.255 839.28 10,298.596 925.14 Guatemala 53,290 80.173 664.69 72.732 732.69 Costa Rica 71,698 97.598 734.62 88.540 809.78 Dominican Republic 126,215 194.553 648.74 176.496 715.12 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 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 36,353 19.277 1,885.80 17.488 2,078.74 France 757,165 532.089 1,423.00 482.704 1,568.59 Federal Republic of Germany 3,995,670 2,421.954 1,649.77 2,197.161 1,818.56 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 607,115 860.079 705.88 780.251 778.10 Spain 3,968,112 3,094.606 1,282.27 2,807.381 1,413.46 Italy 2,549,213 1,422.810 1,791.67 1,290.752 1,974.98 Romania 223,639 238.845 936.33 216.677 1,032.13 Turkey 413,431 924.759 447.07 838.928 492.81 India 1,695,166 1,286.320 1,317.84 1,166.931 1,452.67 China 4,610,457 6,238.835 738.99 5,659.778 814.60 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 8,656,607 3,844.379 2,251.76 3,487.563 2,482.14 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 58,365,572 52,187.277 1,118.39 47,343.515 1,232.81 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 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 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 1,044,547 928.074 1,125.50 841.935 1,240.65 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 15,030,070 7,255.845 2,071.44 6,582.394 2,283.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,458,602 1,730.834 6,042.52 1,570.187 6,660.74 Mexico 69,511 17.746 3,916.97 16.099 4,317.72 Sweden 1,989,151 272.248 7,306.37 246.980 8,053.90 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 530,406 34.561 15,346.57 31.354 16,916.69 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 15,576 0.168 92,354.99 0.153 101,803.92 France 2,804,314 453.901 6,178.24 411.773 6,810.34 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 1,541,748 173.233 8,899.82 157.155 9,810.37 Ukraine 204,110 38.173 5,346.97 34.630 5,894.02 Spain 1,466,153 202.029 7,257.13 183.278 7,999.61 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 146,268 50.563 2,892.79 45.870 3,188.75 Philippines 6,451 0.503 12,805.80 0.457 14,115.97 China 9,295,770 2,432.200 3,821.96 2,206.456 4,212.99 Korea, South 4,180,430 1,070.420 3,905.41 971.069 4,304.98 Taiwan 6,537,350 2,491.790 2,623.56 2,260.515 2,891.97 Japan 8,173,266 1,093.766 7,472.58 992.249 8,237.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,475,667 12,085.218 5,004.10 10,963.529 5,516.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,843,455 507.412 3,633.05 460.317 4,004.75 Mexico 461,416 251.081 1,837.72 227.777 2,025.74 United Kingdom 95,517 4.812 19,846.91 4.366 21,877.46 France 8,731 4.929 1,771.16 4.472 1,952.37 Federal Republic of Germany 239,946 17.243 13,915.20 15.643 15,338.87 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 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 278,055 100.927 2,754.99 91.560 3,036.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,086,406 1,029.794 2,997.11 934.214 3,303.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,857,073 23,136.603 858.25 20,989.180 946.06 Mexico 5,251,748 5,203.762 1,009.22 4,720.775 1,112.48 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,395,148 2,161.518 645.45 1,960.897 711.48 Korea, South 5,166,626 10,684.930 483.54 9,693.209 533.02 Taiwan 689,047 261.483 2,635.14 237.214 2,904.75 Japan 942,223 1,021.939 922.00 927.088 1,016.33 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 36,090,580 46,434.637 777.23 42,124.806 856.75 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 137,980 148.728 927.73 134.924 1,022.65 Mexico 123,568 112.261 1,100.72 101.842 1,213.33 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 1,196,107 1,665.379 718.22 1,510.807 791.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,760,052 14,300.556 892.28 12,973.250 983.57 Mexico 9,931,853 11,400.777 871.16 10,342.614 960.28 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 154,923 231.065 670.47 209.619 739.07 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 1,856,428 2,850.568 651.25 2,585.993 717.88 Argentina 114,522 216.954 527.86 196.818 581.87 Sweden 2,009,993 405.701 4,954.37 368.046 5,461.25 Finland 337,895 395.380 854.61 358.683 942.04 Denmark 102,078 1.300 78,477.65 1.180 86,506.78 United Kingdom 634,481 291.475 2,176.79 264.422 2,399.50 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 1,846,665 733.214 2,518.59 665.161 2,776.27 Federal Republic of Germany 2,659,032 1,844.683 1,441.46 1,673.469 1,588.93 Austria 461,766 159.221 2,900.16 144.443 3,196.87 Czech Republic 71,249 58.319 1,221.69 52.907 1,346.68 Switzerland 220,418 60.587 3,638.02 54.964 4,010.22 Poland 766,093 783.423 977.88 710.710 1,077.93 Russia 242,245 317.796 762.27 288.300 840.25 Belarus 109,072 96.756 1,127.28 87.776 1,242.62 Ukraine 18,788 25.712 730.70 23.326 805.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Georgia 3,659 5.834 627.13 5.293 691.29 Moldova 869,707 1,100.417 790.34 998.282 871.20 Spain 249,843 259.605 962.40 235.510 1,060.86 Italy 2,873,213 2,029.000 1,416.07 1,840.679 1,560.95 Greece 926,467 960.777 964.29 871.603 1,062.95 Turkey 133,979 113.692 1,178.43 103.140 1,299.00 Israel 200,750 295.861 678.53 268.401 747.95 India 3,897,476 2,112.684 1,844.80 1,916.596 2,033.54 Thailand 311,928 185.210 1,684.18 168.020 1,856.49 Malaysia 67,683 71.108 951.82 64.509 1,049.20 Indonesia 78,519 17.568 4,469.27 15.938 4,926.53 China 8,954,411 11,755.596 761.71 10,664.501 839.65 Korea, South 7,811,816 5,337.674 1,463.52 4,842.258 1,613.26 Hong Kong 329,249 74.317 4,430.28 67.420 4,883.55 Taiwan 3,167,425 1,755.279 1,804.51 1,592.363 1,989.14 Japan 6,349,857 5,477.815 1,159.20 4,969.392 1,277.79 Australia 140,807 68.462 2,056.71 62.108 2,267.13 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 1,044,972 1,751.853 596.50 1,589.255 657.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,994,034 68,606.357 1,063.95 62,238.658 1,172.81 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 7,950,217 9,719.469 817.97 8,817.357 901.66 Mexico 5,078 7.298 695.77 6.621 766.95 Venezuela 380,523 540.000 704.67 489.880 776.77 Brazil 89,855 99.446 903.55 90.216 996.00 Netherlands 548,444 717.296 764.60 650.721 842.83 Belgium 3,575 5.629 635.05 5.107 700.02 France 3,905,953 5,387.465 725.01 4,887.428 799.18 Federal Republic of Germany 2,468,758 4,651.189 530.78 4,219.489 585.08 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 17,332,723 23,876.997 725.92 21,660.854 800.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,682,421 4,291.271 858.12 3,892.977 945.91 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 6,778,679 8,107.036 836.15 7,354.582 921.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 30,686,335 53,946.758 568.83 48,939.689 627.02 Mexico 7,572,743 14,556.798 520.22 13,205.709 573.44 Venezuela 3,457,073 7,977.953 433.33 7,237.480 477.66 Sweden 1,237,095 1,456.737 849.22 1,321.530 936.11 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 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 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 China 117,801 90.268 1,305.01 81.890 1,438.53 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 19,888,497 46,591.301 426.87 42,266.930 470.55 South Africa 569,529 445.906 1,277.24 404.520 1,407.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 155,253,213 324,858.200 477.91 294,706.485 526.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,970,448 27,099.785 663.12 24,584.519 730.97 Mexico 23,790,533 15,034.418 1,582.40 13,638.999 1,744.30 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 9,486,127 11,616.841 816.58 10,538.624 900.13 Argentina 2,788,591 6,504.058 428.75 5,900.384 472.61 Sweden 4,813,176 3,774.938 1,275.03 3,424.568 1,405.48 Finland 2,265,150 1,196.386 1,893.33 1,085.344 2,087.03 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 2,786,654 2,936.981 948.82 2,664.386 1,045.89 France 2,874,120 1,616.126 1,778.40 1,466.126 1,960.35 Federal Republic of Germany 5,292,309 4,563.632 1,159.67 4,140.059 1,278.32 Austria 718,698 12.786 56,206.21 11.600 61,956.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 Indonesia 1,061,558 2,078.065 510.84 1,885.190 563.10 China 12,240,959 15,073.795 812.07 13,674.721 895.15 Korea, South 8,045,249 11,136.872 722.40 10,103.204 796.31 Taiwan 10,516,209 11,114.975 946.13 10,083.339 1,042.93 Japan 8,047,047 11,981.577 671.62 10,869.507 740.33 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 139,016,498 167,783.525 828.55 152,210.697 913.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 33,877,886 48,597.712 697.11 44,087.116 768.43 Mexico 8,500,976 10,289.638 826.17 9,334.606 910.69 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 3,220,824 5,478.845 587.87 4,970.326 648.01 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 1,263,500 1,921.085 657.70 1,742.780 724.99 France 176,900 192.778 917.63 174.886 1,011.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,144,536 2,256.598 507.20 2,047.152 559.09 Austria 179,067 174.651 1,025.28 158.441 1,130.18 Spain 3,725,485 5,236.514 711.44 4,750.487 784.23 Turkey 2,984,862 5,564.091 536.45 5,047.660 591.34 India 33,230,258 53,542.788 620.63 48,573.214 684.13 China 19,378,982 38,480.202 503.61 34,908.662 555.13 Korea, South 23,336,267 30,979.604 753.28 28,104.232 830.35 Taiwan 16,253,288 24,049.434 675.83 21,817.286 744.97 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 159,015,398 245,785.582 646.97 222,972.993 713.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,398,855 1,077.040 1,298.80 977.075 1,431.68 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 1,775,863 2,573.058 690.18 2,334.240 760.79 China 68,215 94.696 720.36 85.907 794.06 Korea, South 635,608 833.306 762.75 755.963 840.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 582,572 874.910 665.86 793.706 733.99 Japan 621,341 810.391 766.72 735.175 845.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,076,957 8,088.103 751.35 7,337.406 828.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 4,973,843 4,416.523 1,126.19 4,006.604 1,241.41 Mexico 7,323,849 8,877.467 824.99 8,053.505 909.40 Chile 102,758 168.058 611.44 152.460 674.00 Brazil 22,939 25.727 891.60 23.340 982.82 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 1,226,257 1,884.541 650.69 1,709.628 717.27 France 68,361 25.399 2,691.44 23.042 2,966.80 Federal Republic of Germany 397,745 155.228 2,562.32 140.821 2,824.47 Italy 10,841 8.567 1,265.41 7.772 1,394.88 China 313,432 534.405 586.51 484.805 646.51 Korea, South 8,132,013 12,027.050 676.14 10,910.760 745.32 Taiwan 11,728,934 16,289.625 720.02 14,777.704 793.69 Japan 1,075,214 698.965 1,538.29 634.091 1,695.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,862,115 45,625.663 786.01 41,390.917 866.42 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 461,593 124.537 3,706.44 112.979 4,085.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,032,216 622.588 1,657.94 564.803 1,827.57 Russia 749,634 256.265 2,925.23 232.480 3,224.51 Japan 1,202,631 1,364.948 881.08 1,238.261 971.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,543,789 2,400.447 1,476.30 2,177.650 1,627.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,048,780 4,949.349 616.00 4,489.976 679.02 Mexico 560,858 715.219 784.18 648.836 864.41 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 302,177 259.097 1,166.27 235.049 1,285.59 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 4,467,197 6,152.039 726.13 5,581.038 800.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 5,248,952 4,688.286 1,119.59 4,253.143 1,234.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,827,431 889.449 5,427.44 806.895 5,982.73 Finland 527,626 222.861 2,367.50 202.177 2,609.72 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 1,795,721 314.804 5,704.24 285.586 6,287.85 Federal Republic of Germany 5,405,244 4,107.754 1,315.86 3,726.493 1,450.49 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 Italy 147,487 90.150 1,636.01 81.783 1,803.39 India 636,692 309.409 2,057.76 280.692 2,268.29 China 259,833 408.969 635.34 371.011 700.34 Korea, South 1,370,474 1,088.045 1,259.57 987.059 1,388.44 Taiwan 177,077 70.239 2,521.05 63.720 2,778.99 Japan 3,501,899 800.181 4,376.38 725.913 4,824.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,362,178 15,758.813 1,926.68 14,296.159 2,123.80 GRAND TOTAL 2,014,863,734 3,144,799.086 640.70 2,852,914.545 706.25 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 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 Brazil 689,018 1,531.533 449.89 1,389.384 495.92 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 2,285,627 3,378.639 676.49 3,065.051 745.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 982,238 1,384.447 709.48 1,255.950 782.07 Mexico 44,994,040 102,514.973 438.90 93,000.046 483.81 Brazil 37,413 83.483 448.15 75.735 494.00 Finland 793,253 2,347.117 337.97 2,129.270 372.55 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 Russia 306,857 299.367 1,025.02 271.582 1,129.89 Ukraine 319,208 133.908 2,383.77 121.480 2,627.66 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 50,757,566 109,610.518 463.07 99,437.018 510.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 648,897 1,099.880 589.97 997.795 650.33 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 9,982,600 18,633.803 535.73 16,904.307 590.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,142,263 9,939.948 1,120.96 9,017.372 1,235.64 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 6,376,810 4,219.021 1,511.44 3,827.433 1,666.08 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 1,549,672 737.620 2,100.91 669.158 2,315.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,403,683 2,461.208 1,382.93 2,232.771 1,524.42 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 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 41,060,161 32,175.803 1,276.12 29,189.406 1,406.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,941,664 6,154.056 640.50 5,582.868 706.03 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 7,836,157 9,644.820 812.47 8,749.636 895.60 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 France 3,234 6.336 510.41 5.748 562.63 Japan 472,381 708.585 666.65 642.818 734.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 475,615 714.921 665.27 648.566 733.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,456,632 33,547.892 579.97 30,434.145 639.30 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 1,074,793 735.137 1,462.03 666.906 1,611.61 France 837,309 393.706 2,126.73 357.165 2,344.32 Federal Republic of Germany 893,188 473.362 1,886.90 429.427 2,079.95 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 1,929,135 1,245.336 1,549.09 1,129.751 1,707.58 Italy 298,776 496.075 602.28 450.032 663.90 Bulgaria 3,271,726 8,576.247 381.49 7,780.243 420.52 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 248,748 113.659 2,188.54 103.110 2,412.45 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 11,415,468 9,743.584 1,171.59 8,839.234 1,291.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,705,183 67,327.825 738.26 61,078.793 813.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 213,421 353.462 603.80 320.656 665.58 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 1,720,277 3,237.285 531.39 2,936.817 585.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,726,691 1,820.441 1,497.82 1,651.477 1,651.06 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 15,858 18.148 873.79 16.464 963.19 France 2,254,851 1,498.791 1,504.45 1,359.681 1,658.37 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 203,616 142.340 1,430.49 129.129 1,576.84 Taiwan 34,200 13.233 2,584.40 12.005 2,848.81 Japan 267,493 164.181 1,629.25 148.943 1,795.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,309,395 5,301.897 1,567.25 4,809.802 1,727.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,910,760 1,083.976 1,762.73 983.367 1,943.08 Mexico 116,493 74.512 1,563.39 67.597 1,723.35 Brazil 2,275,722 824.662 2,759.58 748.121 3,041.92 Sweden 2,624,809 1,173.709 2,236.34 1,064.772 2,465.14 United Kingdom 542,411 106.281 5,103.53 96.417 5,625.68 Netherlands 170,439 155.434 1,096.53 141.008 1,208.72 France 2,920,524 1,327.794 2,199.53 1,204.555 2,424.57 Federal Republic of Germany 2,801,190 1,150.042 2,435.73 1,043.301 2,684.93 Austria 2,863,422 600.964 4,764.71 545.186 5,252.19 Czech Republic 123,866 34.818 3,557.46 31.587 3,921.42 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 19,868 19.211 1,034.20 17.428 1,140.00 China 4,235,652 1,523.767 2,779.72 1,382.339 3,064.12 Korea, South 641,328 345.861 1,854.29 313.760 2,044.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,241,327 302.327 4,105.90 274.267 4,525.98 Japan 5,276,228 4,587.779 1,150.06 4,161.965 1,267.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,925,108 22,026.626 1,630.99 19,982.225 1,797.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 320,892 46.556 6,892.59 42.235 7,597.77 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 149,255 61.299 2,434.85 55.610 2,683.96 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 2,697,714 874.455 3,085.02 793.293 3,400.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 11,552,589 6,901.460 1,673.93 6,260.901 1,845.20 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 222,480 221.574 1,004.09 201.009 1,106.82 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 11,340,984 9,264.740 1,224.10 8,404.834 1,349.34 Japan 16,362,510 5,431.134 3,012.72 4,927.044 3,320.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,422,212 39,240.388 1,565.28 35,598.292 1,725.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 22,757,693 23,072.148 986.37 20,930.707 1,087.29 Italy 8,192 2.645 3,096.52 2.400 3,413.33 Japan 3,014,264 3,234.111 932.02 2,933.937 1,027.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,780,149 26,308.905 979.90 23,867.044 1,080.16 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 Japan 51,640 21.130 2,443.90 19.169 2,693.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,315 39.241 1,970.25 35.599 2,171.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 386,000 151.830 2,542.32 137.738 2,802.42 Norway 34,130 4.545 7,507.81 4.124 8,275.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 420,130 156.376 2,686.66 141.862 2,961.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,387,086 1,863.292 1,281.11 1,690.351 1,412.18 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 437,827 241.638 1,811.91 219.211 1,997.29 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 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 325,083 332.190 978.60 301.358 1,078.73 Korea, South 154,853 264.529 585.39 239.977 645.28 Japan 6,004,843 2,672.655 2,246.77 2,424.593 2,476.64 South Africa 15,691 7.044 2,227.29 6.391 2,455.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,019,821 10,320.884 1,745.96 9,362.952 1,924.59 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 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 8,654,551 2,660.186 3,253.36 2,413.281 3,586.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 980,886 206.618 4,747.33 187.441 5,233.04 United Kingdom 95,517 4.812 19,846.91 4.366 21,877.46 France 8,731 4.929 1,771.16 4.472 1,952.37 Federal Republic of Germany 239,946 17.243 13,915.20 15.643 15,338.87 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 China 56,291 102.584 548.73 93.063 604.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,392,567 339.915 4,096.81 308.366 4,515.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,292,433 1,082.630 1,193.79 982.146 1,315.93 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 689,047 261.483 2,635.14 237.214 2,904.75 Japan 365,767 209.560 1,745.40 190.110 1,923.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,962,169 3,305.043 1,198.83 2,998.286 1,321.48 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 1,550,694 1,263.855 1,226.95 1,146.551 1,352.49 Costa Rica 3,643 0.497 7,327.88 0.451 8,077.61 Brazil 117,789 205.922 572.01 186.810 630.53 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 158,856 29.929 5,307.59 27.152 5,850.62 Poland 111,381 105.278 1,057.97 95.507 1,166.21 Italy 2,185,407 1,646.397 1,327.39 1,493.587 1,463.19 Turkey 126,229 106.026 1,190.54 96.186 1,312.34 Israel 3,722 0.508 7,324.39 0.461 8,073.75 China 801,962 783.874 1,023.07 711.119 1,127.75 Korea, South 2,421,704 1,994.972 1,213.90 1,809.809 1,338.10 Taiwan 170,755 182.363 936.35 165.437 1,032.15 Japan 3,149,660 2,395.839 1,314.64 2,173.470 1,449.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,464,609 9,145.911 1,253.52 8,297.034 1,381.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,335,133 3,749.323 622.81 3,401.330 686.54 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,919,406 3,876.933 753.02 3,517.096 830.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,350,928 12,066.248 692.09 10,946.320 762.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,936,893 2,598.924 745.27 2,357.705 821.52 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 386,055 404.217 955.07 366.700 1,052.78 Federal Republic of Germany 1,752,836 2,725.342 643.16 2,472.390 708.96 Korea, South 1,983,770 3,177.852 624.25 2,882.900 688.12 Japan 3,533,733 5,293.569 667.55 4,802.247 735.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,420,900 16,674.761 684.92 15,127.093 755.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,923,349 6,633.906 742.15 6,018.180 818.08 Brazil 454,311 676.930 671.13 614.101 739.80 Belgium 926,241 1,331.500 695.64 1,207.917 766.81 France 125,179 144.887 863.97 131.440 952.37 Federal Republic of Germany 804,061 1,655.494 485.69 1,501.840 535.38 Spain 2,525,502 3,600.243 701.48 3,266.087 773.25 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 20,686,211 33,772.004 612.53 30,637.456 675.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,216,482 891.501 1,364.53 808.757 1,504.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,406,732 2,040.323 689.47 1,850.951 760.00 Japan 184,637 210.433 877.41 190.902 967.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,807,851 3,142.258 893.58 2,850.610 985.00 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 461,593 124.537 3,706.44 112.979 4,085.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,032,216 622.588 1,657.94 564.803 1,827.57 Russia 749,634 256.265 2,925.23 232.480 3,224.51 Japan 1,202,631 1,364.948 881.08 1,238.261 971.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,543,789 2,400.447 1,476.30 2,177.650 1,627.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 65,574 116.482 562.95 105.671 620.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 65,574 116.482 562.95 105.671 620.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,764,317 817.989 2,156.89 742.068 2,377.57 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 1,037,958 100.609 10,316.75 91.271 11,372.27 Federal Republic of Germany 2,684,444 2,398.826 1,119.07 2,176.179 1,233.56 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 7,613,886 3,778.174 2,015.23 3,427.503 2,221.41 GRAND TOTAL 396,457,554 436,417.422 908.44 395,911.338 1,001.38 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 2,272 4.834 469.93 4.386 518.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,272 4.834 469.93 4.386 518.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 12,813,637 33,846.681 378.58 30,705.202 417.31 Mexico 30,939,521 81,822.825 378.13 74,228.440 416.81 Brazil 37,310,562 119,928.854 311.11 108,797.657 342.94 Finland 1,362,778 3,945.700 345.38 3,579.480 380.72 United Kingdom 310,072 647.566 478.83 587.463 527.82 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 Russia 70,701,135 215,287.334 328.40 195,305.440 362.00 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 36,954,459 125,633.166 294.15 113,972.524 324.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 222,717,505 674,397.843 330.25 611,803.605 364.03 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,837,568 21,422.736 599.25 19,434.385 660.56 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 22,461,314 60,139.099 373.49 54,557.289 411.70 India 1,871,154 5,494.694 340.54 4,984.704 375.38 Malaysia 3,465,437 9,040.024 383.34 8,200.975 422.56 China 54,933,980 155,955.723 352.24 141,480.692 388.28 Korea, South 25,292 39.267 644.09 35.623 709.99 Taiwan 7,400 19.440 380.65 17.636 419.60 Japan 5,467,092 7,787.299 702.05 7,064.521 773.88 Egypt 1,159,997 3,118.724 371.95 2,829.260 410.00 South Africa 451,373 1,087.823 414.93 986.857 457.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 145,084,488 355,545.223 408.06 322,545.292 449.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,745,026 12,192.912 635.21 11,061.227 700.20 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 422,723 1,047.128 403.70 949.939 445.00 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 775,638 1,420.345 546.09 1,288.516 601.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,024,129 42,373.205 566.97 38,440.336 624.97 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 503,208 614.385 819.04 557.361 902.84 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,881,180 2,337.777 804.69 2,120.797 887.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,969,402 14,620.522 681.88 13,263.519 751.64 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 1,376,055 1,358.139 1,013.19 1,232.084 1,116.85 Russia 3,474,294 6,696.986 518.78 6,075.406 571.86 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 407,537 879.113 463.58 797.519 511.01 Malaysia 2,382,581 5,408.245 440.55 4,906.279 485.62 Indonesia 4,783 11.121 430.08 10.089 474.08 Korea, South 7,148,427 13,493.376 529.77 12,240.989 583.97 Australia 607,232 879.452 690.47 797.826 761.11 South Africa 3,297,847 4,679.666 704.72 4,245.323 776.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,597,787 65,581.428 619.04 59,494.488 682.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,463,460 21,270.159 538.95 19,295.970 594.09 Mexico 2,581,225 4,856.054 531.55 4,405.340 585.93 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 123,696 288.311 429.04 261.552 472.93 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 30,505,071 63,269.010 482.15 57,396.697 531.48 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 8,344,750 12,940.987 644.83 11,739.870 710.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,843,657 13,567.937 651.81 12,308.629 718.49 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 243,628 153.215 1,590.10 138.995 1,752.78 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 887,908 1,176.416 754.76 1,067.227 831.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,835,048 31,833.978 623.08 28,879.308 686.83 Mexico 1,669,292 2,786.926 598.97 2,528.258 660.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 275,629 732.430 376.32 664.450 414.82 Argentina 193,370 409.526 472.18 371.516 520.49 United Kingdom 7,932,483 10,690.034 742.04 9,697.839 817.96 France 184,425 214.210 860.95 194.329 949.03 Federal Republic of Germany 6,334 7.742 818.07 7.024 901.77 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 265,938 647.916 410.45 587.780 452.44 India 448,388 653.971 685.64 593.273 755.79 Malaysia 11,016 20.257 543.81 18.377 599.44 China 51,934 70.273 739.03 63.751 814.64 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 35,081,500 56,079.156 625.57 50,874.169 689.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,293,687 12,492.925 583.83 11,333.395 643.56 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 218,187 537.873 405.65 487.951 447.15 Korea, South 219,925 553.009 397.69 501.682 438.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,300,062 21,074.164 536.20 19,118.166 591.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,328,059 2,928.888 453.43 2,657.044 499.83 Mexico 8,195,062 20,850.759 393.03 18,915.496 433.25 Dominican Republic 1,031,403 2,364.457 436.21 2,145.000 480.84 Venezuela 1,452,175 3,918.074 370.63 3,554.418 408.55 Brazil 673,738 1,898.139 354.95 1,721.964 391.26 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 Taiwan 7,309,598 19,280.194 379.12 17,490.703 417.91 Japan 7,566,088 20,132.426 375.82 18,263.835 414.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,686,965 114,223.548 382.47 103,621.889 421.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,195,806 4,089.541 1,025.98 3,709.971 1,130.95 Mexico 277,266 422.263 656.62 383.071 723.80 Brazil 19,968 21.520 927.86 19.523 1,022.79 United Kingdom 1,640,052 1,476.406 1,110.84 1,339.374 1,224.49 Belgium 19,205 23.285 824.77 21.124 909.16 France 304,779 248.808 1,224.96 225.715 1,350.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,555,761 4,982.182 1,115.13 4,519.761 1,229.22 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 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 2,616 1.708 1,531.09 1.550 1,687.74 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 14,598,271 14,299.962 1,020.86 12,972.711 1,125.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,253,913 31,297.172 774.96 28,392.325 854.24 Mexico 5,521,628 8,369.635 659.72 7,592.808 727.22 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 156,574 222.999 702.13 202.302 773.96 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 Federal Republic of Germany 1,479,567 1,178.092 1,255.90 1,068.748 1,384.39 Slovakia 10,427 1.855 5,620.45 1.683 6,195.48 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 759,779 374.019 2,031.39 339.305 2,239.22 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 22,482,063 42,027.090 534.94 38,126.346 589.67 Korea, South 4,132,498 6,336.937 652.13 5,748.775 718.85 Taiwan 2,283,637 4,318.003 528.86 3,917.228 582.97 Japan 647,127 838.300 771.95 760.494 850.93 Australia 4,391 6.217 706.29 5.640 778.55 South Africa 1,413,497 2,503.505 564.61 2,271.143 622.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,637,997 120,196.703 662.56 109,040.646 730.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,532,845 5,961.716 1,095.80 5,408.380 1,207.91 Mexico 33,453 66.304 504.54 60.150 556.16 Colombia 10,063,664 7,716.512 1,304.17 7,000.304 1,437.60 Venezuela 275,400 420.921 654.28 381.854 721.22 Brazil 4,532,308 4,472.523 1,013.37 4,057.406 1,117.05 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 6,060,347 9,265.939 654.05 8,405.921 720.96 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 2,417,898 1,923.444 1,257.07 1,744.920 1,385.68 China 19,184,430 20,506.694 935.52 18,603.366 1,031.23 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 67,596 71.154 949.99 64.550 1,047.19 South Africa 1,121,065 1,192.885 939.79 1,082.168 1,035.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,427,012 110,399.755 964.01 100,153.002 1,062.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 99,621 56.280 1,770.07 51.057 1,951.17 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 39,297 38.283 1,026.48 34.730 1,131.50 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 208,229 340.141 612.18 308.571 674.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,808,156 23,533.998 841.68 21,349.690 927.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 65,542 41.851 1,566.06 37.967 1,726.29 Mexico 3,880,786 4,525.471 857.54 4,105.440 945.28 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 3,783,106 3,630.497 1,042.04 3,293.533 1,148.65 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 14,639 13.624 1,074.46 12.360 1,184.39 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 4,282,165 5,918.176 723.56 5,368.881 797.59 Korea, South 4,412,126 7,249.994 608.57 6,577.086 670.83 Taiwan 275,114 479.843 573.34 435.307 632.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,157,167 35,291.830 854.51 32,016.219 941.93 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 6,192 23.500 263.49 21.319 290.45 Mexico 2,196,755 2,540.127 864.82 2,304.366 953.30 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 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 643,245 1,112.109 578.40 1,008.889 637.58 Japan 112,163 132.025 849.55 119.772 936.47 South Africa 1,351,951 2,360.921 572.64 2,141.793 631.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,875,440 23,909.515 622.16 21,690.354 685.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,313,352 8,653.721 1,076.23 7,850.526 1,186.33 Mexico 8,510,883 10,746.515 791.97 9,749.078 872.99 Costa Rica 71,698 97.598 734.62 88.540 809.78 Dominican Republic 126,215 194.553 648.74 176.496 715.12 Colombia 269,052 323.738 831.08 293.691 916.11 Brazil 210,853 177.958 1,184.85 161.441 1,306.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 36,353 19.277 1,885.80 17.488 2,078.74 France 319,338 290.451 1,099.45 263.493 1,211.94 Federal Republic of Germany 1,558,615 988.398 1,576.91 896.660 1,738.25 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 395,353 332.557 1,188.83 301.691 1,310.46 Romania 223,639 238.845 936.33 216.677 1,032.13 Turkey 413,431 924.759 447.07 838.928 492.81 India 598,972 442.100 1,354.83 401.067 1,493.45 China 4,285,374 5,906.645 725.52 5,358.420 799.75 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 40,345,751 41,866.392 963.68 37,980.563 1,062.27 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 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 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 1,044,547 928.074 1,125.50 841.935 1,240.65 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 6,375,519 4,595.659 1,387.29 4,169.113 1,529.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 862,569 300.794 2,867.64 272.876 3,161.03 Mexico 461,416 251.081 1,837.72 227.777 2,025.74 Austria 2,173 1.198 1,813.54 1.087 1,999.08 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 1,693,839 689.879 2,455.27 625.848 2,706.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 18,564,640 22,053.973 841.78 20,007.034 927.91 Mexico 5,236,559 5,157.950 1,015.24 4,679.215 1,119.11 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 1,131,682 2,055.181 550.65 1,864.430 606.99 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,128,411 43,129.593 744.93 39,126.520 821.14 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 118,491 125.133 946.92 113.519 1,043.80 Mexico 123,568 112.261 1,100.72 101.842 1,213.33 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 1,176,618 1,641.784 716.67 1,489.402 789.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,053,052 13,894.720 867.46 12,605.082 956.21 Mexico 8,145,857 10,076.487 808.40 9,141.238 891.11 Dominican Republic 93,467 99.490 939.46 90.256 1,035.58 Trinidad and Tobago 154,923 231.065 670.47 209.619 739.07 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,738,639 2,644.645 657.42 2,399.183 724.68 Argentina 114,522 216.954 527.86 196.818 581.87 Sweden 261,357 107.635 2,428.18 97.645 2,676.60 Finland 337,895 395.380 854.61 358.683 942.04 United Kingdom 402,300 234.858 1,712.95 213.060 1,888.20 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 951,543 581.858 1,635.35 527.853 1,802.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,666,394 1,652.352 1,008.50 1,498.989 1,111.68 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 242,245 317.796 762.27 288.300 840.25 Belarus 109,072 96.756 1,127.28 87.776 1,242.62 Ukraine 18,788 25.712 730.70 23.326 805.45 Georgia 3,659 5.834 627.13 5.293 691.29 Moldova 869,707 1,100.417 790.34 998.282 871.20 Spain 196,243 255.856 767.00 232.109 845.48 Italy 390,030 327.321 1,191.58 296.941 1,313.49 Greece 926,467 960.777 964.29 871.603 1,062.95 Turkey 7,750 7.665 1,011.03 6.954 1,114.47 Israel 197,028 295.353 667.09 267.940 735.34 India 612,212 959.018 638.37 870.007 703.69 Thailand 128,761 121.556 1,059.27 110.274 1,167.65 Malaysia 67,683 71.108 951.82 64.509 1,049.20 Indonesia 78,519 17.568 4,469.27 15.938 4,926.53 China 6,363,801 10,394.016 612.26 9,429.296 674.90 Korea, South 2,767,360 2,628.434 1,052.85 2,384.476 1,160.57 Taiwan 1,022,432 1,114.816 917.13 1,011.345 1,010.96 Japan 2,612,615 2,990.315 873.69 2,712.769 963.08 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 1,044,972 1,751.853 596.50 1,589.255 657.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,730,563 55,439.584 824.87 50,293.959 909.27 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 7,950,217 9,719.469 817.97 8,817.357 901.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 5,078 7.298 695.77 6.621 766.95 Venezuela 380,523 540.000 704.67 489.880 776.77 Brazil 89,855 99.446 903.55 90.216 996.00 Netherlands 548,444 717.296 764.60 650.721 842.83 Belgium 3,575 5.629 635.05 5.107 700.02 France 3,905,953 5,387.465 725.01 4,887.428 799.18 Federal Republic of Germany 2,468,758 4,651.189 530.78 4,219.489 585.08 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 17,332,723 23,876.997 725.92 21,660.854 800.19 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,682,421 4,291.271 858.12 3,892.977 945.91 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 6,778,679 8,107.036 836.15 7,354.582 921.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 28,319,915 50,185.692 564.30 45,527.706 622.04 Mexico 7,572,743 14,556.798 520.22 13,205.709 573.44 Venezuela 3,457,073 7,977.953 433.33 7,237.480 477.66 Sweden 177,340 137.581 1,288.98 124.812 1,420.86 Netherlands 6,132,826 15,818.888 387.69 14,350.658 427.36 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 China 17,498 34.921 501.07 31.680 552.34 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 19,888,497 46,591.301 426.87 42,266.930 470.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,040,840 310,730.400 463.56 281,889.956 510.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,836,504 24,430.002 648.24 22,162.532 714.56 Mexico 3,281,388 5,873.581 558.67 5,328.425 615.83 Venezuela 5,977,683 12,089.545 494.45 10,967.454 545.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 255,021 454.310 561.34 412.144 618.77 Brazil 4,074,848 8,938.288 455.89 8,108.681 502.53 Argentina 2,788,591 6,504.058 428.75 5,900.384 472.61 Sweden 2,376,786 3,103.148 765.93 2,815.130 844.29 Finland 170,561 320.254 532.58 290.530 587.07 Netherlands 447,183 818.247 546.51 742.302 602.43 Belgium 1,163,054 2,231.959 521.09 2,024.800 574.40 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 Turkey 8,652,347 18,018.860 480.18 16,346.440 529.31 Indonesia 1,061,558 2,078.065 510.84 1,885.190 563.10 China 5,306,586 11,445.835 463.63 10,383.490 511.06 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 65,406,239 122,806.319 532.60 111,408.050 587.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,954,537 41,963.806 689.99 38,068.936 760.58 Mexico 8,500,976 10,289.638 826.17 9,334.606 910.69 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 2,766,513 4,801.914 576.13 4,356.225 635.07 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 337,259 589.585 572.03 534.863 630.55 France 51,721 47.891 1,079.97 43.446 1,190.47 Federal Republic of Germany 340,475 601.103 566.42 545.312 624.37 Austria 179,067 174.651 1,025.28 158.441 1,130.18 Spain 1,199,983 1,636.270 733.36 1,484.400 808.40 Turkey 2,984,862 5,564.091 536.45 5,047.660 591.34 India 33,230,258 53,542.788 620.63 48,573.214 684.13 China 15,661,068 30,250.714 517.71 27,442.994 570.68 Korea, South 23,336,267 30,979.604 753.28 28,104.232 830.35 Taiwan 16,253,288 24,049.434 675.83 21,817.286 744.97 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 138,329,187 212,013.578 652.45 192,335.537 719.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 182,373 185.538 982.94 168.318 1,083.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 369,131 532.734 692.90 483.289 763.79 China 68,215 94.696 720.36 85.907 794.06 Korea, South 635,608 833.306 762.75 755.963 840.79 Taiwan 582,572 874.910 665.86 793.706 733.99 Japan 436,704 599.958 727.89 544.273 802.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,269,106 4,945.844 660.98 4,486.796 728.61 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 4,973,843 4,416.523 1,126.19 4,006.604 1,241.41 Mexico 7,323,849 8,877.467 824.99 8,053.505 909.40 Chile 102,758 168.058 611.44 152.460 674.00 Brazil 22,939 25.727 891.60 23.340 982.82 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 1,226,257 1,884.541 650.69 1,709.628 717.27 France 68,361 25.399 2,691.44 23.042 2,966.80 Federal Republic of Germany 397,745 155.228 2,562.32 140.821 2,824.47 Italy 10,841 8.567 1,265.41 7.772 1,394.88 China 313,432 534.405 586.51 484.805 646.51 Korea, South 8,132,013 12,027.050 676.14 10,910.760 745.32 Taiwan 11,728,934 16,289.625 720.02 14,777.704 793.69 Japan 1,075,214 698.965 1,538.29 634.091 1,695.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,862,115 45,625.663 786.01 41,390.917 866.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,983,206 4,832.867 617.27 4,384.305 680.43 Mexico 560,858 715.219 784.18 648.836 864.41 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 3,588,376 5,607.440 639.93 5,086.986 705.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,106,254 3,758.873 826.38 3,409.994 910.93 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 1,057,145 254.491 4,153.95 230.871 4,578.94 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 2,544,692 1,642.712 1,549.08 1,490.244 1,707.57 Austria 364,168 102.172 3,564.26 92.689 3,928.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 203,139 167.220 1,214.80 151.700 1,339.08 China 259,833 408.969 635.34 371.011 700.34 Korea, South 1,049,076 918.384 1,142.31 833.145 1,259.18 Taiwan 89,814 36.688 2,448.03 33.283 2,698.49 Japan 594,732 424.254 1,401.83 384.877 1,545.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,874,477 8,723.927 1,246.51 7,914.216 1,374.04 GRAND TOTAL 1,386,619,775 2,632,203.027 526.79 2,387,895.092 580.69 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 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 5,642,099 2,185.064 2,582.12 1,982.258 2,846.30 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 Spain 700,907 281.756 2,487.64 255.605 2,742.15 Italy 1,054,711 370.114 2,849.69 335.762 3,141.25 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 17,589,913 7,441.474 2,363.77 6,750.794 2,605.61 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 Italy 582,413 322.003 1,808.71 292.117 1,993.77 India 255,304 100.478 2,540.87 91.153 2,800.83 China 188,722 142.501 1,324.35 129.275 1,459.85 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 7,496,592 3,104.186 2,414.99 2,816.071 2,662.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 60,415 9.810 6,158.16 8.900 6,788.20 India 440,536 147.861 2,979.38 134.138 3,284.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 500,951 157.672 3,177.16 143.038 3,502.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 599,565 230.898 2,596.66 209.468 2,862.32 Austria 86,428 22.123 3,906.64 20.070 4,306.33 Italy 186,794 88.643 2,107.25 80.416 2,322.85 Korea, South 627,812 289.649 2,167.49 262.766 2,389.24 Taiwan 764,603 300.204 2,546.94 272.341 2,807.52 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 12,583,425 3,592.288 3,502.90 3,258.870 3,861.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,202,629 774.904 2,842.45 702.982 3,133.27 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 1,073,050 563.517 1,904.20 511.215 2,099.02 South Africa 380,033 153.155 2,481.36 138.940 2,735.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,076,396 2,130.674 2,382.53 1,932.916 2,626.29 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 2,035,660 439.621 4,630.48 398.818 5,104.23 Portugal 453,812 136.706 3,319.61 124.018 3,659.24 Italy 653,242 178.750 3,654.49 162.160 4,028.38 India 418,058 156.516 2,671.02 141.989 2,944.30 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 7,224,024 1,841.964 3,921.91 1,671.003 4,323.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 78,760 23.488 3,353.20 21.308 3,696.26 Italy 306,496 77.069 3,976.89 69.916 4,383.77 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,456,231 551.132 2,642.25 499.979 2,912.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 694,709 166.973 4,160.59 151.476 4,586.26 Mexico 4,473 2.275 1,966.01 2.064 2,167.15 Brazil 108,484 31.521 3,441.57 28.596 3,793.68 Sweden 836,013 207.828 4,022.61 188.539 4,434.16 United Kingdom 1,346,335 208.213 6,466.13 188.888 7,127.69 Netherlands 6,609 1.342 4,922.48 1.218 5,426.11 France 2,195,443 565.202 3,884.35 512.743 4,281.76 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 5,302,624 1,237.031 4,286.57 1,122.216 4,725.14 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 2,612,458 907.227 2,879.61 823.023 3,174.22 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 3,959,260 1,249.846 3,167.80 1,133.842 3,491.90 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 22,209,326 6,277.418 3,537.97 5,694.780 3,899.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,458,602 1,730.834 6,042.52 1,570.187 6,660.74 Mexico 69,511 17.746 3,916.97 16.099 4,317.72 Sweden 1,989,151 272.248 7,306.37 246.980 8,053.90 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 530,406 34.561 15,346.57 31.354 16,916.69 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 2,804,314 453.901 6,178.24 411.773 6,810.34 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 1,541,748 173.233 8,899.82 157.155 9,810.37 Ukraine 204,110 38.173 5,346.97 34.630 5,894.02 Spain 1,466,153 202.029 7,257.13 183.278 7,999.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 146,268 50.563 2,892.79 45.870 3,188.75 Philippines 6,451 0.503 12,805.80 0.457 14,115.97 China 9,295,770 2,432.200 3,821.96 2,206.456 4,212.99 Korea, South 4,180,430 1,070.420 3,905.41 971.069 4,304.98 Taiwan 6,537,350 2,491.790 2,623.56 2,260.515 2,891.97 Japan 8,173,266 1,093.766 7,472.58 992.249 8,237.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,475,667 12,085.218 5,004.10 10,963.529 5,516.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 326,183 97.092 3,359.50 88.081 3,703.22 Mexico 235,302 60.434 3,893.52 54.825 4,291.87 Sweden 1,678,670 255.815 6,562.03 232.072 7,233.40 Denmark 102,078 1.300 78,477.65 1.180 86,506.78 United Kingdom 183,350 54.411 3,369.71 49.361 3,714.47 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 892,316 151.145 5,903.69 137.117 6,507.70 Federal Republic of Germany 839,464 115.781 7,250.43 105.035 7,992.23 Switzerland 220,418 60.587 3,638.02 54.964 4,010.22 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 3,285,264 1,153.666 2,847.67 1,046.589 3,139.02 Thailand 183,167 63.654 2,877.54 57.746 3,171.94 China 1,788,648 577.705 3,096.12 524.086 3,412.89 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 587,582 91.660 6,410.42 83.153 7,066.28 Australia 108,908 27.153 4,010.87 24.633 4,421.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,798,862 4,020.861 3,929.22 3,647.665 4,331.23 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 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 100,303 55.347 1,812.26 50.210 1,997.67 Korea, South 6,877 1.824 3,769.61 1.655 4,155.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,861,445 2,061.550 1,388.01 1,870.208 1,530.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 197,051 70.858 2,780.90 64.282 3,065.41 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 2,094,589 876.132 2,390.72 794.814 2,635.32 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 2,464,188 1,168.742 2,108.41 1,060.266 2,324.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,158,683 1,271.298 2,484.61 1,153.303 2,738.81 Austria 718,698 12.786 56,206.21 11.600 61,956.72 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 6,934,373 3,627.960 1,911.37 3,291.231 2,106.92 Korea, South 1,853,463 844.586 2,194.52 766.196 2,419.05 Taiwan 6,670,135 3,272.688 2,038.12 2,968.934 2,246.64 Japan 1,267,699 639.561 1,982.14 580.201 2,184.93 South Africa 2,488,285 1,202.580 2,069.12 1,090.963 2,280.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,189,359 28,302.445 2,197.31 25,675.554 2,422.12 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 302,177 259.097 1,166.27 235.049 1,285.59 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 813,247 428.116 1,899.59 388.381 2,093.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 378,381 111.422 3,395.91 101.081 3,743.34 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 Finland 527,626 222.861 2,367.50 202.177 2,609.72 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 672,676 201.453 3,339.11 182.756 3,680.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/02/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 176,108 66.215 2,659.61 60.070 2,931.71 Austria 65,745 13.871 4,739.58 12.584 5,224.49 Italy 5,490 0.673 8,151.30 0.611 8,985.27 India 433,553 142.189 3,049.13 128.992 3,361.08 Korea, South 314,886 166.739 1,888.49 151.264 2,081.70 Taiwan 87,263 33.551 2,600.90 30.437 2,867.00 Japan 2,631,581 346.307 7,598.97 314.165 8,376.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,873,815 3,256.711 3,645.95 2,954.440 4,018.97 GRAND TOTAL 231,786,405 76,178.635 3,042.67 69,108.115 3,353.97