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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,128,541 7,951.689 393.44 7,213.653 433.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 21,387,859 25,987.987 822.99 23,575.912 907.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 46,638,221 81,325.724 573.47 73,777.477 632.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,146,472 26,610.174 644.36 24,140.351 710.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 44,254,202 56,963.532 776.89 51,676.462 856.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 10,496,456 13,559.112 774.13 12,300.623 853.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 47,938,037 77,133.405 621.50 69,974.268 685.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,741,513 6,182.422 1,252.18 5,608.601 1,380.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,107,301 4,700.912 448.27 4,264.597 494.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 65,204,785 72,395.519 900.67 65,676.129 992.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,831,814 1,077.386 5,412.93 977.389 5,966.73 Stainless Steel Bar 760,236 209.512 3,628.59 190.067 3,999.83 Stainless Steel Rod 44,216 23.644 1,870.03 21.450 2,061.35 Stainless Steel Wire 393,469 47.818 8,228.43 43.380 9,070.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 273,073,122 374,168.841 729.81 339,440.359 804.48 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 45,168,241 119,820.843 376.96 108,699.671 415.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,400 22.376 375.39 20.300 413.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,554,745 32,202.344 483.03 29,213.484 532.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,096,976 7,228.450 566.78 6,557.542 624.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 11,050,744 13,137.345 841.17 11,918.003 927.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 10,999,113 19,452.737 565.43 17,647.232 623.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 303,138 341.326 888.12 309.646 978.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,055,066 22,610.394 400.48 20,511.811 441.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,497,816 21,790.414 803.01 19,767.937 885.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,716,476 1,408.139 2,639.28 1,277.443 2,909.31 Stainless Steel Bar 19,336 9.527 2,029.54 8.643 2,237.19 Stainless Steel Wire 330,728 89.989 3,675.19 81.637 4,051.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,800,779 238,113.890 494.72 216,013.349 545.34 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 105,005 95.502 1,099.51 86.638 1,212.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 146,173 197.735 739.23 179.383 814.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,178 293.237 856.57 266.021 944.20 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 27,075 62.831 430.91 57.000 475.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,417,410 3,423.806 413.99 3,106.026 456.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 636,331 1,002.649 634.65 909.589 699.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,134,934 4,625.346 461.57 4,196.045 508.80 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 Colombia Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 743,620 1,005.384 739.64 912.070 815.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,000 0.202 19,721.41 0.184 21,739.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,154,321 1,350.764 854.57 1,225.393 942.00 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,431,541 7,585.101 452.41 6,881.090 498.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 313,929 601.735 521.71 545.885 575.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,693,522 2,653.077 638.32 2,406.832 703.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,729 8.234 695.75 7.470 766.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,401,975 2,005.632 699.02 1,819.480 770.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,846,696 12,853.780 532.66 11,660.757 587.16 Chile Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 55,160,315 168,397.970 327.56 152,768.112 361.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,960,527 1,456.060 1,346.46 1,320.916 1,484.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 29,187,947 60,085.965 485.77 54,509.086 535.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,262,702 2,104.555 599.99 1,909.221 661.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 491,866 558.697 880.38 506.842 970.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 811,821 858.865 945.22 779.150 1,041.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 32,943 15.940 2,066.62 14.461 2,278.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 163,951 406.461 403.36 368.736 444.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,035,775 2,738.983 743.26 2,484.765 819.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 50,208 17.036 2,947.13 15.455 3,248.66 Stainless Steel Bar 204,983 20.904 9,805.82 18.964 10,809.06 Stainless Steel Wire 41,587 12.819 3,243.95 11.630 3,575.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,404,625 236,674.260 386.20 214,707.338 425.72 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,061,033 4,186.549 492.30 3,797.975 542.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,602,971 3,005.836 533.29 2,726.850 587.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 58,562 97.274 602.03 88.246 663.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 62,619 118.390 528.92 107.402 583.03 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,785,185 7,408.051 510.96 6,720.473 563.23 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,404,232 5,010.080 1,078.67 4,545.070 1,189.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,597,443 1,969.450 811.11 1,786.656 894.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,903,245 1,113.467 1,709.30 1,010.121 1,884.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 775,894 221.961 3,495.63 201.360 3,853.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,356,370 654.909 3,598.01 594.124 3,966.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 914,604 812.865 1,125.16 737.419 1,240.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 39,940 22.932 1,741.63 20.804 1,919.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 178,417 6.430 27,743.78 5.834 30,582.28 Stainless Steel Bar 661,620 134.610 4,915.05 122.117 5,417.92 Stainless Steel Rod 646,457 197.050 3,280.67 178.761 3,616.32 Stainless Steel Wire 1,480,247 206.829 7,156.83 187.633 7,889.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,958,469 10,350.588 1,541.79 9,389.899 1,699.54 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,378,623 2,222.502 620.30 2,016.221 683.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 347,187 421.660 823.38 382.524 907.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 27,078 0.299 90,311.60 0.272 99,551.47 Stainless Steel Bar 6,023 1.897 3,174.88 1.721 3,499.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,758,911 2,646.359 664.65 2,400.738 732.65 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,642,095 4,599.998 356.98 4,173.050 393.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 127,275 101.120 1,258.65 91.735 1,387.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,743,598 5,621.254 488.08 5,099.518 538.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 233,878 340.382 687.10 308.790 757.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,400 1.500 2,932.85 1.361 3,232.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 14,355 14.376 998.52 13.042 1,100.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 455,988 184.537 2,470.97 167.410 2,723.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 31,299 0.706 44,296.39 0.641 48,828.39 Stainless Steel Rod 19,510 9.737 2,003.53 8.834 2,208.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,272,398 10,873.615 484.88 9,864.381 534.49 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 29,141 2.777 10,490.59 2.520 11,563.89 Stainless Steel Bar 6,783 0.231 29,302.08 0.210 32,300.00 Stainless Steel Wire 38,398 1.168 32,862.35 1.060 36,224.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,643 7.920 12,454.76 7.185 13,729.02 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 624,258 676.815 922.35 613.997 1,016.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 101,609 160.645 632.51 145.735 697.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 942,290 452.554 2,082.16 410.551 2,295.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 368,685 289.838 1,272.04 262.937 1,402.18 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,801,780 16,153.180 792.52 14,653.923 873.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,906,016 1,868.050 1,555.64 1,694.667 1,714.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 399,851 592.796 674.52 537.776 743.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 418,843 33.215 12,609.70 30.133 13,899.81 Stainless Steel Bar 1,150,355 205.790 5,589.93 186.690 6,161.85 Stainless Steel Rod 598,462 233.672 2,561.12 211.984 2,823.15 Stainless Steel Wire 91,428 14.895 6,137.95 13.513 6,765.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,403,577 20,681.455 986.56 18,761.906 1,087.50 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,566 0.004 1,262,347.92 0.004 1,391,500.00 Stainless Steel Bar 36,892 3.333 11,067.42 3.024 12,199.74 Stainless Steel Wire 2,039 0.513 3,969.42 0.466 4,375.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,497 3.851 11,553.24 3.494 12,735.26 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,029,931 31,728.805 473.70 28,783.896 522.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,793,038 6,361.208 596.28 5,770.793 657.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 248,870 424.428 586.37 385.035 646.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,107,290 7,656.378 667.06 6,945.752 735.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 38,711 24.808 1,560.39 22.506 1,720.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,454 1.388 1,766.85 1.260 1,947.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 32,008 0.084 377,106.20 0.077 415,688.31 Stainless Steel Bar 39,578 13.577 2,915.04 12.317 3,213.28 Stainless Steel Wire 27,989 1.041 26,869.00 0.945 29,617.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,319,869 46,211.722 526.27 41,922.581 580.11 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,308,960 1,668.560 1,383.80 1,513.693 1,525.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,985,778 5,718.620 522.12 5,187.847 575.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,027,887 9,369.372 536.63 8,499.754 591.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,745,554 4,145.809 662.25 3,761.016 730.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,000 10.021 399.16 9.091 440.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 30,527 18.156 1,681.36 16.471 1,853.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,234 0.031 195,013.49 0.029 214,965.52 Stainless Steel Bar 123,433 43.276 2,852.18 39.260 3,143.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,232,373 20,973.848 630.90 19,027.161 695.45 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,592,333 3,885.713 667.14 3,525.061 735.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,696,536 2,379.029 713.12 2,158.220 786.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,169,777 1,335.217 876.09 1,211.289 965.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,458,646 7,599.960 718.25 6,894.570 791.73 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,557,815 857.075 1,817.59 777.526 2,003.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,800,294 14,904.881 523.34 13,521.485 576.88 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,756,446 582.903 3,013.27 528.801 3,321.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,023,635 2,001.020 1,011.30 1,815.296 1,114.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,136,964 3,253.651 656.79 2,951.664 723.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,176,021 802.021 1,466.32 727.582 1,616.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,865,034 4,222.160 1,389.11 3,830.281 1,531.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 42,048 59.058 711.97 53.577 784.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 431,032 191.741 2,247.99 173.945 2,477.98 Stainless Steel Bar 2,663,097 802.854 3,317.03 728.338 3,656.40 Stainless Steel Rod 587,995 95.147 6,179.85 86.316 6,812.12 Stainless Steel Wire 411,692 72.123 5,708.18 65.429 6,292.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,452,073 27,844.640 949.99 25,260.240 1,047.18 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 79,078 70.525 1,121.26 63.980 1,235.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,880,186 5,608.011 1,583.48 5,087.504 1,745.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,292,311 5,509.990 597.52 4,998.581 658.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,885,360 6,929.228 849.35 6,286.092 936.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 14,185,356 20,172.839 703.19 18,300.497 775.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,250,192 7,822.947 543.30 7,096.861 598.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,625,937 2,507.619 1,047.18 2,274.875 1,154.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,091,611 5,372.900 1,133.77 4,874.215 1,249.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 14,200,396 35,344.537 401.77 32,064.034 442.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,358,505 1,590.470 1,482.90 1,442.851 1,634.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,922,150 571.355 3,364.19 518.325 3,708.39 Stainless Steel Bar 1,951,826 596.332 3,273.05 540.984 3,607.92 Stainless Steel Rod 81,332 20.609 3,946.26 18.697 4,350.00 Stainless Steel Wire 1,263,250 145.614 8,675.32 132.099 9,562.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,067,490 92,262.984 726.92 83,699.595 801.29 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,621,316 1,812.015 894.76 1,643.833 986.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,450,903 2,339.103 620.28 2,122.000 683.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,241,743 612.894 2,026.03 556.009 2,233.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 535,378 505.431 1,059.25 458.520 1,167.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 926,243 260.810 3,551.41 236.603 3,914.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 198,425 119.362 1,662.37 108.284 1,832.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 504,671 194.772 2,591.07 176.695 2,856.17 Stainless Steel Bar 1,500,393 237.439 6,319.04 215.402 6,965.55 Stainless Steel Rod 12,014 3.411 3,521.46 3.095 3,881.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,991,086 6,085.242 1,313.19 5,520.441 1,447.54 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 472,418 815.351 579.40 739.675 638.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,607,528 4,468.548 359.74 4,053.800 396.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 162,767 143.762 1,132.20 130.419 1,248.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,239 0.044 118,818.55 0.040 130,975.00 Stainless Steel Bar 8,526 5.455 1,562.87 4.949 1,722.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,256,478 5,433.161 415.32 4,928.883 457.81 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 9,276,529 24,368.762 380.67 22,106.976 419.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 343,709 765.217 449.16 694.194 495.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 457,495 1,009.731 453.09 916.013 499.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,077,733 26,143.711 385.47 23,717.183 424.91 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 453,276 147.800 3,066.82 134.082 3,380.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 17,740 6.804 2,607.07 6.173 2,873.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,534,705 609.290 2,518.84 552.739 2,776.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 20,806 0.981 21,207.74 0.890 23,377.53 Stainless Steel Bar 75,597 23.368 3,234.93 21.200 3,565.90 Stainless Steel Wire 364,259 89.409 4,074.05 81.111 4,490.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,466,383 877.654 2,810.20 796.195 3,097.71 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,244 4.296 1,918.63 3.898 2,114.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 195,249 407.376 479.28 369.566 528.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,257 3.505 11,769.73 3.180 12,973.90 Stainless Steel Bar 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 252,876 417.903 605.11 379.116 667.01 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 80,414,057 228,294.600 352.24 207,105.436 388.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,704,652 4,598.530 588.16 4,171.718 648.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 24,363 58.676 415.21 53.230 457.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,031,468 20,349.179 492.97 18,460.470 543.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,510 1.707 1,470.00 1.549 1,620.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 490,228 818.763 598.74 742.770 660.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 93,667,278 254,121.457 368.59 230,535.173 406.30 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 Ukraine IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 39,802,022 104,174.617 382.07 94,505.650 421.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,870,106 10,952.187 901.20 9,935.660 993.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,577 4.646 1,630.78 4.215 1,797.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,834,626 2,188.219 838.41 1,985.120 924.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 958,851 1,208.047 793.72 1,095.923 874.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,473,182 118,527.718 442.71 107,526.568 488.00 Kyrgyzstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,070,331 9,593.590 424.28 8,703.161 467.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,485,223 4,601.264 757.45 4,174.198 834.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,947,733 20,377.909 586.31 18,486.534 646.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,212,805 2,253.208 982.07 2,044.077 1,082.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 162,237 68.821 2,357.35 62.434 2,598.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 607,226 352.691 1,721.69 319.956 1,897.84 Stainless Steel Bar 134,944 43.113 3,129.96 39.112 3,450.19 Stainless Steel Wire 75,281 5.263 14,302.37 4.775 15,765.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,695,780 37,295.862 608.53 33,834.247 670.79 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,247 0.859 9,591.74 0.780 10,573.08 Stainless Steel Bar 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,721 23.354 3,156.59 21.187 3,479.54 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 11,667,923 32,603.358 357.87 29,577.278 394.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 249,630 409.486 609.62 371.480 671.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,462,181 13,839.363 394.68 12,554.863 435.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,886,007 11,766.917 415.23 10,674.771 457.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 32,971 20.090 1,641.11 18.226 1,809.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 689,527 881.259 782.43 799.465 862.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 385,702 324.070 1,190.18 293.992 1,311.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 242,204 154.626 1,566.38 140.275 1,726.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,704,829 460.508 3,702.06 417.766 4,080.82 Stainless Steel Bar 7,167,239 1,684.663 4,254.41 1,528.301 4,689.68 Stainless Steel Rod 696,583 392.669 1,773.97 356.224 1,955.46 Stainless Steel Wire 190,879 19.581 9,747.95 17.764 10,745.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,375,675 62,556.595 533.53 56,750.405 588.11 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,729,883 2,100.614 823.51 1,905.646 907.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,058,025 1,169.690 904.53 1,061.126 997.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,522,011 16,218.158 340.48 14,712.870 375.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,712,636 4,074.345 665.78 3,696.185 733.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 408,691 275.556 1,483.15 249.981 1,634.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,431,246 23,838.366 479.53 21,625.808 528.59 Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,545,022 24,948.072 382.60 22,632.517 421.74 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 297,483 593.985 500.83 538.855 552.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,117,630 40,645.937 396.54 36,873.385 437.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,339,380 9,236.186 469.82 8,378.930 517.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,872,796 3,439.926 544.43 3,120.650 600.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,089,105 9,482.376 642.15 8,602.270 707.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 55,683,090 145,402.047 382.96 131,906.556 422.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,218,485 23,770.605 598.15 21,564.337 659.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,617,969 232,571.067 424.03 210,984.983 467.42 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 399,902 71.224 5,614.65 64.614 6,189.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 399,902 71.224 5,614.65 64.614 6,189.09 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 Stainless Steel Bar 385,919 188.405 2,048.34 170.919 2,257.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 457,567 350.253 1,306.39 317.745 1,440.04 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 130,718 87.412 1,495.42 79.299 1,648.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 37,040,581 62,303.114 594.52 56,520.451 655.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 333,743 506.452 658.98 459.446 726.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,988,565 12,899.752 619.28 11,702.462 682.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,810,030 2,978.374 1,279.23 2,701.937 1,410.11 Stainless Steel Bar 4,996,991 1,797.417 2,780.10 1,630.590 3,064.53 Stainless Steel Rod 39,142 18.777 2,084.48 17.035 2,297.74 Stainless Steel Wire 2,785,487 1,036.412 2,687.62 940.218 2,962.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,125,257 81,627.714 699.83 74,051.438 771.43 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 10,997,607 24,974.251 440.36 22,656.266 485.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,714,450 12,017.490 558.72 10,902.087 615.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,011,523 561.656 1,800.96 509.526 1,985.22 Stainless Steel Wire 64,090 37.326 1,717.01 33.862 1,892.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,787,670 37,590.724 499.80 34,101.741 550.93 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 65,723 43.492 1,511.12 39.456 1,665.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 182,229 108.132 1,685.24 98.096 1,857.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 247,952 151.625 1,635.30 137.552 1,802.61 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 444,618 1,015.741 437.73 921.465 482.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,716,161 17,511.082 440.64 15,885.791 485.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 29,352 47.052 623.82 42.685 687.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,801,444 1,239.925 1,452.86 1,124.842 1,601.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,991,575 19,813.801 504.27 17,974.783 555.87 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 34,100 17.649 1,932.11 16.011 2,129.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,789 0.165 16,867.59 0.150 18,593.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,889 17.814 2,070.73 16.161 2,282.59 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 67,150 176.712 380.00 160.311 418.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,760 19.212 508.01 17.429 559.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 113,631 218.374 520.35 198.106 573.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 187,816 32.405 5,795.76 29.398 6,388.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 378,357 446.704 847.00 405.244 933.65 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 435,982 1,014.335 429.82 920.190 473.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 22,523 46.621 483.11 42.294 532.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,005,360 12,795.087 469.35 11,607.511 517.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,779,529 35,346.113 559.60 32,065.464 616.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,681,162 2,668.391 630.03 2,420.725 694.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,216,691 4,611.502 697.54 4,183.486 768.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 369,981 519.542 712.13 471.321 784.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 25,367,146 46,338.161 547.44 42,037.285 603.44 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,661,420 3,485.437 1,911.21 3,161.937 2,106.75 Stainless Steel Bar 349,570 113.568 3,078.04 103.028 3,392.96 Stainless Steel Rod 196,087 161.194 1,216.46 146.233 1,340.92 Stainless Steel Wire 1,143,276 363.265 3,147.22 329.549 3,469.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,228,727 107,463.222 606.99 97,489.023 669.09 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,180,556 13,460.357 533.46 12,211.034 588.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 24,145,329 62,291.670 387.62 56,510.069 427.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,221,384 7,492.184 563.44 6,796.797 621.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 35,099,688 48,851.367 718.50 44,317.228 792.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 154,964 224.347 690.73 203.525 761.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,073,653 2,615.074 792.96 2,372.356 874.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 111,686 90.808 1,229.91 82.380 1,355.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,276,819 24,883.345 573.75 22,573.798 632.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,361,136 1,425.494 2,357.87 1,293.187 2,599.11 Stainless Steel Bar 69,089 19.699 3,507.16 17.871 3,865.98 Stainless Steel Rod 219,540 80.387 2,731.03 72.926 3,010.45 Stainless Steel Wire 2,058,393 560.841 3,670.19 508.787 4,045.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,972,237 161,995.578 573.92 146,959.958 632.64 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,674 0.048 55,132.11 0.044 60,772.73 Stainless Steel Bar 2,258 1.565 1,442.55 1.420 1,590.14 Stainless Steel Wire 147,919 36.934 4,004.95 33.506 4,414.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 152,851 38.547 3,965.23 34.970 4,370.92 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 312,191 820.214 380.62 744.086 419.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 20,785,673 45,852.126 453.32 41,596.361 499.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 25,573,164 37,073.632 689.79 33,632.643 760.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 155,827 202.985 767.68 184.145 846.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,086,492 1,781.405 609.91 1,616.064 672.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 64,124 29.338 2,185.70 26.615 2,409.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,292,223 25,758.725 360.74 23,367.929 397.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,972,175 4,820.665 616.55 4,373.235 679.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,445,309 423.323 3,414.19 384.033 3,763.50 Stainless Steel Bar 7,190,068 2,401.011 2,994.60 2,178.162 3,300.98 Stainless Steel Rod 1,792,442 725.214 2,471.60 657.904 2,724.47 Stainless Steel Wire 1,106,364 301.888 3,664.81 273.869 4,039.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,776,052 120,190.530 597.19 109,035.046 658.28 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,012,757 38,925.831 308.61 35,312.930 340.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,025,201 2,080.960 973.20 1,887.816 1,072.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,673,314 6,830.144 684.22 6,196.205 754.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,513,997 12,474.743 682.50 11,316.900 752.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,247,117 13,016.049 710.44 11,807.965 783.13 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,573,168 1,901.816 827.19 1,725.299 911.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,244,696 22,142.375 643.32 20,087.231 709.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 294,187 189.063 1,556.02 171.516 1,715.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,922,704 22,315.183 355.04 20,244.000 391.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,644,952 7,479.368 1,155.84 6,785.171 1,274.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,830,553 324.105 5,648.01 294.024 6,225.86 Stainless Steel Bar 219,034 43.887 4,990.82 39.814 5,501.43 Stainless Steel Rod 63,971 25.105 2,548.12 22.775 2,808.83 Stainless Steel Wire 873,871 112.187 7,789.37 101.775 8,586.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,139,522 127,860.823 564.20 115,993.421 621.93 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 9,953,229 32,750.905 303.91 29,711.130 335.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 365,269 651.860 560.35 591.358 617.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,901,140 14,782.850 399.19 13,410.780 440.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 119,024 38.503 3,091.23 34.930 3,407.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,577 2.755 935.13 2.500 1,030.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,693 31.816 996.13 28.863 1,098.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 205,774 19.196 10,719.21 17.415 11,815.91 Stainless Steel Wire 2,303 0.579 3,971.95 0.526 4,378.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,581,009 48,278.468 343.45 43,797.502 378.58 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,905,198 8,795.361 444.01 7,979.020 489.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 392,287 787.237 498.31 714.170 549.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,297,485 9,582.598 448.47 8,693.190 494.35 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,365,058 4,844.695 694.59 4,395.035 765.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 489,907 949.759 515.82 861.608 568.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 569,268 1,318.714 431.68 1,196.318 475.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,916,423 6,022.024 650.35 5,463.090 716.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,771,483 5,680.840 487.86 5,153.573 537.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 73,342 121.817 602.06 110.511 663.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,763,654 3,354.994 525.68 3,043.601 579.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,949,135 22,292.846 580.87 20,223.736 640.29 GRAND TOTAL 1,464,287,194 2,682,411.327 545.88 2,433,443.308 601.73