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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,091,535 1,280.223 852.61 1,161.400 939.84 United Kingdom 1,390,981 215.733 6,447.69 195.710 7,107.36 Belgium 971,324 1,229.936 789.74 1,115.780 870.53 Federal Republic of Germany 595,344 309.573 1,923.11 280.840 2,119.87 Slovakia 4,451 5.771 771.18 5.236 850.08 Italy 1,242,440 684.659 1,814.68 621.113 2,000.34 China 7,145 15.206 469.87 13.795 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,303,220 3,741.104 1,417.55 3,393.874 1,562.59 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,350,085 27,096.458 418.88 24,581.501 461.73 Mexico 45,670,563 120,716.673 378.33 109,512.355 417.04 Brazil 59,416,362 180,382.741 329.39 163,640.517 363.09 Sweden 5,886,550 2,171.087 2,711.34 1,969.578 2,988.74 Norway 4,332,237 14,164.420 305.85 12,849.750 337.15 Finland 2,662,323 7,347.354 362.35 6,665.410 399.42 United Kingdom 15,844,533 8,234.804 1,924.09 7,470.491 2,120.95 Netherlands 55,054 29.960 1,837.53 27.180 2,025.53 Belgium 3,285,572 4,856.482 676.53 4,405.728 745.75 France 1,421,703 714.456 1,989.91 648.144 2,193.50 Federal Republic of Germany 789,224 176.012 4,483.91 159.676 4,942.66 Slovakia 9,276,529 24,368.762 380.67 22,106.976 419.62 Russia 85,714,424 244,693.730 350.29 221,982.481 386.13 Ukraine 39,810,313 104,194.499 382.08 94,523.687 421.17 Spain 2,053,458 636.791 3,224.69 577.688 3,554.61 Italy 12,539,280 33,285.120 376.72 30,195.762 415.27 India 2,541 0.052 48,024.11 0.048 52,937.50 Malaysia 46,958 10.240 4,585.53 9.290 5,054.68 China 95,721 83.837 1,141.75 76.056 1,258.56 Taiwan 123,967 8.799 14,087.56 7.983 15,528.87 Japan 12,405,660 39,784.873 311.82 36,092.240 343.72 Australia 9,953,229 32,750.905 303.91 29,711.130 335.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 322,736,286 845,708.068 381.62 767,213.671 420.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,094,047 27,754.612 579.87 25,178.568 639.20 Mexico 541,109 1,094.074 494.58 992.528 545.18 Trinidad and Tobago 5,031,631 11,008.139 457.08 9,986.419 503.85 Venezuela 2,339,115 5,638.179 414.87 5,114.872 457.32 Brazil 8,238,141 15,755.044 522.89 14,292.740 576.39 Argentina 1,427,962 3,495.500 408.51 3,171.066 450.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 646,457 197.050 3,280.67 178.761 3,616.32 Finland 53,712 109.731 489.48 99.547 539.56 United Kingdom 3,856,892 6,512.152 592.26 5,907.727 652.86 Luxembourg 22,439 20.109 1,115.84 18.243 1,230.01 France 237,350 58.951 4,026.18 53.480 4,438.11 Federal Republic of Germany 12,876,727 35,258.778 365.21 31,986.235 402.57 Austria 12,014 3.411 3,521.46 3.095 3,881.74 Czech Republic 1,584,420 3,464.111 457.38 3,142.590 504.18 Spain 2,062,798 4,430.672 465.57 4,019.440 513.21 Italy 4,457,608 8,792.717 506.97 7,976.621 558.83 Turkey 20,783,452 55,334.127 375.60 50,198.290 414.03 India 39,142 18.777 2,084.48 17.035 2,297.74 China 33,053,018 93,556.769 353.29 84,873.298 389.44 Korea, South 219,540 80.387 2,731.03 72.926 3,010.45 Taiwan 1,792,442 725.214 2,471.60 657.904 2,724.47 Japan 3,978,521 5,307.689 749.58 4,815.056 826.27 South Africa 6,059,842 14,422.388 420.17 13,083.774 463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,408,379 293,038.593 427.96 265,840.215 471.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,242,225 12,257.526 672.42 11,119.844 741.22 Mexico 2,388,720 4,292.927 556.43 3,894.479 613.36 Brazil 526,936 1,349.788 390.38 1,224.508 430.32 Norway 347,187 421.660 823.38 382.524 907.62 United Kingdom 2,468,462 3,096.405 797.20 2,809.013 878.76 Luxembourg 8,761,165 13,077.868 669.92 11,864.046 738.46 Federal Republic of Germany 2,290,287 3,490.878 656.08 3,166.873 723.20 Poland 2,038,857 4,772.911 427.17 4,329.914 470.88 Spain 16,761,742 34,697.258 483.09 31,476.832 532.51 Italy 625,248 831.914 751.58 754.700 828.47 Turkey 118,348 277.284 426.81 251.548 470.48 India 108,983 35.469 3,072.62 32.177 3,386.98 Singapore 24,800 17.555 1,412.67 15.926 1,557.20 China 28,269 48.233 586.08 43.757 646.05 Korea, South 3,325,551 7,889.692 421.51 7,157.411 464.63 Taiwan 10,202,348 22,851.759 446.46 20,730.773 492.14 Japan 1,297,492 2,474.441 524.36 2,244.776 578.01 South Africa 249,050 393.913 632.25 357.352 696.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,805,670 112,277.488 532.66 101,856.453 587.16 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,467,841 1,673.744 876.98 1,518.396 966.70 Luxembourg 7,586,509 9,356.142 810.86 8,487.752 893.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,054,350 11,029.887 820.89 10,006.148 904.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,315,136 25,923.627 822.23 23,517.526 906.35 Mexico 8,400 22.376 375.39 20.300 413.79 Brazil 1,968,813 1,456.701 1,351.56 1,321.498 1,489.83 Sweden 5,598,234 5,076.632 1,102.75 4,605.445 1,215.57 Finland 172,466 123.627 1,395.05 112.153 1,537.77 United Kingdom 655,186 678.885 965.09 615.875 1,063.83 Belgium 5,413,965 2,544.419 2,127.78 2,308.259 2,345.48 France 4,429,700 1,442.513 3,070.82 1,308.627 3,385.00 Federal Republic of Germany 9,911,397 5,909.028 1,677.33 5,360.582 1,848.94 Austria 1,850,407 1,870.977 989.01 1,697.323 1,090.19 Czech Republic 472,418 815.351 579.40 739.675 638.68 Slovakia 343,709 765.217 449.16 694.194 495.12 Russia 2,704,652 4,598.530 588.16 4,171.718 648.33 Ukraine 9,870,106 10,952.187 901.20 9,935.660 993.40 Italy 958,887 746.242 1,284.95 676.980 1,416.42 Romania 1,729,883 2,100.614 823.51 1,905.646 907.77 Turkey 297,483 593.985 500.83 538.855 552.07 Thailand 10,997,607 24,974.251 440.36 22,656.266 485.41 Malaysia 444,618 1,015.741 437.73 921.465 482.51 China 516,851 1,053.605 490.55 955.815 540.74 Korea, South 7,536,175 13,592.659 554.43 12,331.057 611.15 Taiwan 2,975,756 1,195.842 2,488.42 1,084.850 2,743.01 Japan 2,618,828 2,265.784 1,155.81 2,055.486 1,274.07 Australia 365,269 651.860 560.35 591.358 617.68 South Africa 4,055,696 5,271.965 769.29 4,782.648 848.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,211,642 115,642.632 840.62 104,909.261 926.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,163,825 28,914.622 559.02 26,230.912 616.21 Mexico 1,707,693 3,205.205 532.79 2,907.714 587.30 Venezuela 1,520,451 3,294.377 461.53 2,988.610 508.75 Sweden 2,101,174 749.665 2,802.82 680.085 3,089.58 Finland 1,350,778 2,830.603 477.20 2,567.881 526.03 Netherlands 8,407,499 17,214.553 488.39 15,616.785 538.36 Belgium 1,527,751 730.622 2,091.03 662.810 2,304.96 France 1,385,444 2,385.437 580.79 2,164.033 640.21 Federal Republic of Germany 2,756,636 3,817.774 722.05 3,463.428 795.93 Czech Republic 1,607,528 4,468.548 359.74 4,053.800 396.55 Russia 24,363 58.676 415.21 53.230 457.69 Spain 854,245 2,113.857 404.12 1,917.660 445.46 Italy 398,107 1,007.469 395.16 913.961 435.58 Turkey 5,026,862 13,129.868 382.86 11,911.220 422.03 Malaysia 2,019,255 4,708.920 428.81 4,271.862 472.69 China 11,533 2.621 4,399.73 2.378 4,849.87 Korea, South 114,364 218.646 523.05 198.353 576.57 Japan 1,008,389 1,510.849 667.43 1,370.620 735.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 1,373,807 3,120.102 440.31 2,830.510 485.36 South Africa 622,546 1,028.586 605.24 933.118 667.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,982,250 94,511.009 528.85 85,738.970 582.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Belgium 12,560 13.759 912.85 12.482 1,006.25 Luxembourg 165,969 189.934 873.82 172.306 963.22 Federal Republic of Germany 30,449 4.443 6,852.61 4.031 7,553.71 Czech Republic 3,945,678 6,978.271 565.42 6,330.583 623.27 Spain 214,411 258.488 829.48 234.497 914.34 Korea, South 32,637 46.702 698.82 42.368 770.32 Japan 11,269,565 16,610.033 678.48 15,068.373 747.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,671,269 24,101.633 650.22 21,864.640 716.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 241,155 332.326 725.66 301.482 799.90 Mexico 5,564 2.558 2,174.74 2.321 2,397.24 Austria 56,167 59.951 936.88 54.387 1,032.73 Czech Republic 94,562 106.079 891.42 96.234 982.63 Spain 18,660 22.397 833.12 20.319 918.35 Italy 12,106 3.417 3,542.70 3.100 3,905.16 China 201,003 273.982 733.63 248.553 808.69 Korea, South 163,679 265.153 617.30 240.543 680.46 Japan 15,143 13.881 1,090.88 12.593 1,202.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 808,039 1,079.748 748.36 979.532 824.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 415,871 205.606 2,022.66 186.523 2,229.60 India 14,403 20.249 711.28 18.370 784.05 China 35,730 42.534 840.02 38.587 925.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 466,004 268.390 1,736.29 243.480 1,913.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 39,099,861 63,755.803 613.28 57,838.308 676.02 Mexico 3,919,173 6,697.169 585.20 6,075.572 645.07 Dominican Republic 27,075 62.831 430.91 57.000 475.00 Trinidad and Tobago 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 Brazil 936,773 686.488 1,364.59 622.772 1,504.20 Argentina 58,562 97.274 602.03 88.246 663.62 Sweden 2,368,066 656.988 3,604.43 596.010 3,973.20 Finland 23,910 11.238 2,127.59 10.195 2,345.27 United Kingdom 11,154,820 13,808.481 807.82 12,526.847 890.47 Ireland 36,892 3.333 11,067.42 3.024 12,199.74 Netherlands 26,271 10.974 2,393.80 9.956 2,638.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 123,433 43.276 2,852.18 39.260 3,143.99 France 1,159,344 427.418 2,712.43 387.748 2,989.94 Federal Republic of Germany 1,566,844 1,045.556 1,498.57 948.513 1,651.90 Austria 1,391,243 266.495 5,220.51 241.761 5,754.62 Czech Republic 171,293 149.217 1,147.94 135.368 1,265.39 Poland 3,893 1.673 2,326.53 1.518 2,564.56 Russia 2,510 1.707 1,470.00 1.549 1,620.40 Belarus 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 Ukraine 7,577 4.646 1,630.78 4.215 1,797.63 Spain 5,409,650 6,354.777 851.27 5,764.959 938.37 Portugal 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 Italy 381,966 116.827 3,269.49 105.984 3,604.00 Bulgaria 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 Turkey 5,694,137 8,520.093 668.32 7,729.301 736.69 United Arab Emirates 4,168 0.783 5,318.07 0.711 5,862.17 India 604,291 605.111 998.64 548.948 1,100.82 China 2,978,439 4,419.939 673.86 4,009.703 742.81 Korea, South 1,848,625 2,158.017 856.63 1,957.721 944.27 Hong Kong 2,258 1.565 1,442.55 1.420 1,590.14 Taiwan 1,935,865 1,057.336 1,830.89 959.200 2,018.21 Japan 8,450,024 11,406.719 740.79 10,348.005 816.58 South Africa 2,767,693 5,678.132 487.43 5,151.117 537.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,990,269 133,862.694 724.55 121,438.228 798.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,799,920 10,985.114 619.01 9,965.531 682.34 Mexico 3,461,253 6,666.525 519.20 6,047.772 572.32 Brazil 74,210 191.342 387.84 173.583 427.52 United Kingdom 3,728 0.928 4,016.61 0.842 4,427.55 Belgium 4,000 10.021 399.16 9.091 440.00 Federal Republic of Germany 15,127 13.753 1,099.86 12.477 1,212.39 Austria 88,929 13.094 6,791.40 11.879 7,486.24 Italy 386,126 113.932 3,389.07 103.358 3,735.81 Turkey 276,620 684.999 403.83 621.421 445.14 India 971,472 409.611 2,371.69 371.593 2,614.34 China 32,000 30.733 1,041.21 27.881 1,147.74 Korea, South 162,625 409.016 397.60 371.054 438.28 Taiwan 124,058 336.620 368.54 305.377 406.25 Japan 3,049,624 7,856.333 388.17 7,127.148 427.89 Australia 2,577 2.755 935.13 2.500 1,030.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,452,269 27,724.782 557.34 25,151.507 614.37 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,107,301 4,700.912 448.27 4,264.597 494.14 Mexico 9,055,066 22,610.394 400.48 20,511.811 441.46 Dominican Republic 1,417,410 3,423.806 413.99 3,106.026 456.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 163,951 406.461 403.36 368.736 444.63 Luxembourg 1,169,777 1,335.217 876.09 1,211.289 965.73 Federal Republic of Germany 14,200,396 35,344.537 401.77 32,064.034 442.88 Romania 5,522,011 16,218.158 340.48 14,712.870 375.32 Bulgaria 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 Turkey 55,683,090 145,402.047 382.96 131,906.556 422.14 Taiwan 9,292,223 25,758.725 360.74 23,367.929 397.65 Japan 7,922,704 22,315.183 355.04 20,244.000 391.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,076,668 297,232.692 383.80 269,645.039 423.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,460,124 6,390.530 1,323.85 5,797.393 1,459.30 Mexico 184,372 261.591 704.81 237.312 776.92 Colombia 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 Brazil 38,764 17.879 2,168.07 16.220 2,389.89 Sweden 658,202 167.888 3,920.47 152.306 4,321.58 Norway 6,023 1.897 3,174.88 1.721 3,499.71 Finland 14,355 14.376 998.52 13.042 1,100.67 United Kingdom 3,751,249 1,891.877 1,982.82 1,716.283 2,185.68 Netherlands 52,018 27.411 1,897.69 24.867 2,091.85 France 8,402,805 4,981.281 1,686.88 4,518.944 1,859.46 Federal Republic of Germany 7,367,788 5,805.479 1,269.11 5,266.644 1,398.95 Austria 619,284 170.745 3,626.94 154.898 3,998.01 Switzerland 93,337 30.173 3,093.34 27.373 3,409.82 Latvia 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 Poland 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 Ukraine 1,834,626 2,188.219 838.41 1,985.120 924.19 Spain 2,282,218 2,275.248 1,003.06 2,064.071 1,105.69 Italy 6,722,098 1,789.970 3,755.42 1,623.834 4,139.65 Slovenia 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 Romania 1,058,025 1,169.690 904.53 1,061.126 997.08 Saudi Arabia 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 United Arab Emirates 381,751 187.622 2,034.68 170.208 2,242.85 India 3,225,524 1,143.599 2,820.50 1,037.456 3,109.07 China 766,208 657.013 1,166.20 596.033 1,285.51 Korea, South 154,081 119.262 1,291.95 108.193 1,424.13 Taiwan 5,835,554 2,021.674 2,886.49 1,834.033 3,181.82 Japan 474,973 227.259 2,090.01 206.166 2,303.84 South Africa 73,342 121.817 602.06 110.511 663.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,606,158 32,342.095 1,657.47 29,340.264 1,827.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,229,832 692.923 1,774.84 628.610 1,956.43 Mexico 172,473 108.770 1,585.66 98.675 1,747.89 Brazil 2,190,939 768.384 2,851.36 697.067 3,143.08 Sweden 4,114,669 1,419.712 2,898.24 1,287.942 3,194.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,487,611 489.325 3,040.12 443.909 3,351.16 Netherlands 59,844 41.651 1,436.76 37.786 1,583.76 Belgium 89,970 3.836 23,453.86 3.480 25,853.45 France 3,187,489 1,010.405 3,154.66 916.625 3,477.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,752,099 890.932 3,089.01 808.241 3,405.05 Austria 3,822,863 934.866 4,089.21 848.097 4,507.58 Czech Republic 293,330 94.565 3,101.89 85.788 3,419.24 Poland 374,336 141.977 2,636.58 128.800 2,906.34 Ukraine 403,986 40.373 10,006.28 36.626 11,030.03 Spain 431,361 255.995 1,685.04 232.235 1,857.43 Italy 212,373 233.260 910.46 211.610 1,003.61 Slovenia 2,526,714 870.065 2,904.05 789.310 3,201.17 China 3,679,159 1,235.805 2,977.13 1,121.104 3,281.73 Korea, South 390,894 131.359 2,975.77 119.167 3,280.22 Taiwan 896,698 249.557 3,593.15 226.395 3,960.77 Japan 3,631,385 3,031.582 1,197.85 2,750.206 1,320.40 Australia 17,848 2.331 7,655.53 2.115 8,438.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,965,873 12,647.682 2,527.41 11,473.788 2,785.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 25,074,389 31,679.908 791.49 28,739.538 872.47 Mexico 4,410,255 5,745.959 767.54 5,212.648 846.07 Guatemala 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 Dominican Republic 179,255 456.539 392.64 414.166 432.81 Colombia 728,345 892.753 815.84 809.893 899.31 Venezuela 1,401,975 2,005.632 699.02 1,819.480 770.54 Ecuador 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 Chile 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 Brazil 279,546 229.061 1,220.40 207.801 1,345.26 Argentina 1,273,246 1,314.803 968.39 1,192.770 1,067.47 Sweden 9,131 0.437 20,865.25 0.397 23,000.00 United Kingdom 62,471 14.513 4,304.48 13.166 4,744.87 Netherlands 588,253 828.089 710.37 751.230 783.05 France 251,170 176.060 1,426.62 159.719 1,572.57 Federal Republic of Germany 858,680 317.307 2,706.14 287.857 2,983.01 Slovakia 55,469 56.226 986.52 51.008 1,087.46 Poland 9,143 1.212 7,540.36 1.100 8,311.82 Russia 69,642 137.083 508.03 124.360 560.00 Ukraine 291,651 404.839 720.41 367.264 794.12 Spain 2,761,193 1,933.062 1,428.40 1,753.645 1,574.55 Italy 1,963,947 633.206 3,101.59 574.435 3,418.92 Romania 1,168,079 1,660.838 703.31 1,506.688 775.26 Turkey 7,065,469 12,204.743 578.91 11,071.960 638.14 United Arab Emirates 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 Oman 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 India 7,417,034 12,300.200 603.00 11,158.557 664.69 Thailand 6,714,450 12,017.490 558.72 10,902.087 615.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 113,631 218.374 520.35 198.106 573.59 China 18,881,426 34,512.747 547.09 31,309.447 603.06 Korea, South 1,825,242 2,495.595 731.39 2,263.967 806.21 Taiwan 2,205,078 4,145.335 531.94 3,760.586 586.37 Japan 806,483 813.889 990.90 738.348 1,092.28 South Africa 1,927,873 3,309.905 582.46 3,002.697 642.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,224,347 133,660.477 675.03 121,254.780 744.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,703,826 10,331.862 1,229.58 9,372.911 1,355.38 Mexico 22,130 44.081 502.03 39.990 553.39 Colombia 2,718,160 2,151.436 1,263.42 1,951.751 1,392.68 Venezuela 6,323,888 7,956.805 794.78 7,218.295 876.09 Brazil 369,089 461.497 799.76 418.664 881.59 Sweden 1,578,697 1,786.353 883.75 1,620.553 974.17 United Kingdom 95,647 5.349 17,879.56 4.853 19,708.84 Netherlands 101,178 219.999 459.90 199.580 506.95 France 3,233,032 2,121.432 1,523.99 1,924.532 1,679.91 Federal Republic of Germany 11,771,569 7,549.804 1,559.19 6,849.069 1,718.71 Austria 9,045,676 6,623.477 1,365.70 6,008.719 1,505.43 Czech Republic 289,198 232.112 1,245.94 210.569 1,373.41 Slovakia 47,434 51.667 918.06 46.872 1,011.99 Russia 7,730,715 11,422.652 676.79 10,362.459 746.03 Spain 452,977 295.914 1,530.77 268.449 1,687.39 Italy 1,583,611 923.770 1,714.29 838.031 1,889.68 Greece 1,510,102 2,569.437 587.72 2,330.955 647.85 Romania 8,805,329 7,791.138 1,130.17 7,068.004 1,245.80 Turkey 2,459,184 3,837.023 640.91 3,480.890 706.48 India 3,383,222 2,737.352 1,235.95 2,483.285 1,362.40 China 32,274,220 33,792.961 955.06 30,656.468 1,052.77 Korea, South 8,875,289 12,063.453 735.72 10,943.784 810.99 Taiwan 1,652,559 2,338.628 706.64 2,121.569 778.93 Japan 19,671,596 4,642.828 4,236.99 4,211.904 4,670.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 136,698,328 121,951.042 1,120.93 110,632.156 1,235.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,484,590 5,060.653 1,281.37 4,590.949 1,412.47 Mexico 36,169 48.401 747.27 43.909 823.73 Brazil 1,159,553 1,150.166 1,008.16 1,043.414 1,111.31 United Kingdom 50,097 26.113 1,918.41 23.690 2,114.69 Federal Republic of Germany 925,647 999.013 926.56 906.290 1,021.36 Czech Republic 62,498 57.220 1,092.22 51.910 1,203.97 Poland 514,451 453.470 1,134.47 411.382 1,250.54 Russia 490,228 818.763 598.74 742.770 660.00 Ukraine 935,583 1,171.936 798.32 1,063.163 880.00 Italy 1,800,362 991.901 1,815.06 899.838 2,000.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 2,296,615 3,213.321 714.72 2,915.077 787.84 China 1,873,956 1,819.008 1,030.21 1,650.177 1,135.61 Korea, South 3,334,568 4,425.036 753.57 4,014.327 830.67 Taiwan 269,645 474.943 567.74 430.862 625.83 Japan 4,520,720 5,000.693 904.02 4,536.554 996.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,754,682 25,710.645 962.82 23,324.312 1,061.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 35,680 23.094 1,544.96 20.951 1,703.02 Mexico 4,120,821 4,950.322 832.43 4,490.858 917.60 Venezuela 200,402 312.013 642.29 283.054 708.00 Brazil 2,136,911 3,459.568 617.68 3,138.469 680.88 Argentina 2,868,019 2,666.964 1,075.39 2,419.430 1,185.41 United Kingdom 29,921 4.599 6,504.64 4.173 7,170.14 France 1,281,444 1,134.588 1,129.43 1,029.282 1,244.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,122,778 645.231 1,740.12 585.344 1,918.15 Czech Republic 2,269,267 2,713.006 836.44 2,461.199 922.02 Poland 554,506 503.460 1,101.39 456.732 1,214.07 Spain 881,962 663.143 1,329.97 601.594 1,466.04 Italy 8,355,834 5,074.522 1,646.62 4,603.531 1,815.09 Romania 2,087,615 2,358.048 885.31 2,139.186 975.89 Turkey 277,020 526.243 526.41 477.400 580.27 China 4,581,219 5,573.967 821.90 5,056.620 905.98 Korea, South 2,000,267 3,412.319 586.19 3,095.605 646.16 Taiwan 411,095 725.041 566.99 657.747 625.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,214,761 34,746.137 955.93 31,521.175 1,053.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 310,631 88.845 3,496.32 80.599 3,854.03 Mexico 806,111 993.925 811.04 901.674 894.02 Brazil 2,015,431 3,246.855 620.73 2,945.499 684.24 Austria 21,040 50.418 417.31 45.739 460.00 Poland 64,553 125.823 513.04 114.145 565.54 Turkey 52,326 108.687 481.43 98.600 530.69 China 3,659,177 5,480.929 667.62 4,972.217 735.92 Korea, South 4,048,513 6,809.873 594.51 6,177.815 655.33 Taiwan 1,636,327 2,954.180 553.90 2,679.988 610.57 South Africa 192,143 315.888 608.26 286.569 670.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,806,252 20,175.427 634.75 18,302.845 699.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,982,122 11,045.891 1,084.76 10,020.667 1,195.74 Mexico 13,475,799 15,663.646 860.32 14,209.825 948.34 Costa Rica 146,173 197.735 739.23 179.383 814.87 Dominican Republic 457,076 546.110 836.97 495.423 922.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 463,137 590.966 783.69 536.116 863.87 Brazil 757,308 1,160.929 652.33 1,053.178 719.07 Argentina 3,903,703 2,202.980 1,772.01 1,998.511 1,953.31 Sweden 1,164,698 747.804 1,557.49 678.397 1,716.84 Denmark 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 United Kingdom 157,012 146.656 1,070.61 133.045 1,180.14 Belgium 33,545 16.552 2,026.61 15.016 2,233.95 France 1,037,677 655.273 1,583.58 594.454 1,745.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,046,518 1,833.925 1,661.20 1,663.710 1,831.16 Austria 54,724 25.085 2,181.52 22.757 2,404.71 Czech Republic 256,162 54.264 4,720.61 49.228 5,203.58 Slovakia 73,375 45.597 1,609.20 41.365 1,773.84 Hungary 3,325 0.120 27,673.30 0.109 30,504.59 Switzerland 1,544,785 611.857 2,524.75 555.068 2,783.06 Russia 610,095 872.484 699.26 791.505 770.80 Ukraine 32,556 45.426 716.68 41.210 790.00 Spain 3,589,888 2,259.385 1,588.88 2,049.681 1,751.44 Italy 1,243,797 743.728 1,672.38 674.699 1,843.48 Romania 813,829 911.399 892.94 826.808 984.30 Turkey 3,761,176 4,695.143 801.08 4,259.364 883.04 India 1,642,899 1,280.023 1,283.49 1,161.218 1,414.81 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 Malaysia 11,520 15.845 727.01 14.375 801.39 China 4,278,356 4,747.133 901.25 4,306.528 993.46 Korea, South 2,261,142 3,648.046 619.82 3,309.453 683.24 Taiwan 89,171 55.458 1,607.89 50.311 1,772.40 Japan 4,812,037 2,666.671 1,804.51 2,419.164 1,989.13 Australia 31,693 31.816 996.13 28.863 1,098.05 South Africa 64,565 73.161 882.50 66.371 972.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,830,334 57,598.138 1,073.48 52,252.167 1,183.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 137,052 88.733 1,544.53 80.498 1,702.55 Mexico 358,954 235.149 1,526.49 213.324 1,682.67 Argentina 201,494 108.638 1,854.72 98.555 2,044.48 Sweden 1,212,129 255.627 4,741.79 231.901 5,226.92 United Kingdom 46,155 21.706 2,126.30 19.692 2,343.85 France 4,328,626 1,631.703 2,652.83 1,480.257 2,924.24 Federal Republic of Germany 3,439,263 1,840.525 1,868.63 1,669.697 2,059.81 Austria 23,674 11.707 2,022.10 10.621 2,228.98 Czech Republic 38,964 35.814 1,087.95 32.490 1,199.26 Slovakia 483,845 375.748 1,287.68 340.873 1,419.43 Poland 800,034 711.740 1,124.05 645.680 1,239.06 Spain 304,489 41.505 7,336.14 37.653 8,086.71 Italy 418,583 357.447 1,171.03 324.271 1,290.84 Romania 329,711 216.017 1,526.31 195.968 1,682.47 India 12,265 13.007 942.93 11.800 1,039.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 541,466 1,027.133 527.16 931.800 581.10 Korea, South 44,718 46.261 966.63 41.968 1,065.53 Japan 773,336 703.191 1,099.75 637.925 1,212.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,494,758 7,721.658 1,747.65 7,004.973 1,926.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,354,251 1,519.483 6,156.20 1,378.453 6,786.05 Mexico 285,839 93.742 3,049.19 85.042 3,361.15 Argentina 143,056 9.951 14,375.08 9.028 15,845.81 Sweden 2,767,201 239.915 11,534.05 217.648 12,714.11 Norway 92,814 4.078 22,756.61 3.700 25,084.86 Finland 289,096 123.947 2,332.41 112.443 2,571.04 Denmark 3,650 0.203 17,898.51 0.185 19,729.73 United Kingdom 325,106 12.300 26,429.90 11.159 29,133.97 Ireland 5,396 0.740 7,284.48 0.672 8,029.76 France 4,101,560 644.031 6,368.57 584.256 7,020.14 Federal Republic of Germany 4,946,088 335.101 14,759.97 303.999 16,270.08 Austria 436,027 66.051 6,601.31 59.921 7,276.70 Czech Republic 551,938 50.705 10,885.23 45.999 11,998.91 Switzerland 19,466 1.688 11,526.93 1.532 12,706.27 Ukraine 208,704 38.341 5,443.27 34.783 6,000.17 Spain 3,034,285 322.462 9,409.73 292.533 10,372.45 Italy 545,782 156.341 3,490.95 141.831 3,848.12 India 282,571 48.701 5,802.14 44.181 6,395.76 Thailand 77,682 20.496 3,790.04 18.594 4,177.80 Malaysia 766,282 250.968 3,053.30 227.675 3,365.68 Singapore 174,345 47.626 3,660.68 43.206 4,035.20 China 7,257,479 2,017.908 3,596.54 1,830.616 3,964.50 Korea, South 3,568,997 1,015.413 3,514.82 921.168 3,874.43 Hong Kong 23,196 1.466 15,821.85 1.330 17,440.60 Taiwan 3,515,619 1,318.029 2,667.33 1,195.697 2,940.23 Japan 7,167,630 1,099.948 6,516.33 997.857 7,183.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,944,060 9,439.649 5,290.88 8,563.508 5,832.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,297,525 685.333 3,352.42 621.724 3,695.41 Mexico 417,177 237.413 1,757.17 215.378 1,936.95 Brazil 5,612 1.535 3,654.79 1.393 4,028.72 Sweden 3,657 6.478 564.50 5.877 622.26 United Kingdom 83,355 2.674 31,169.99 2.426 34,359.03 France 10,290 6.066 1,696.34 5.503 1,869.89 Federal Republic of Germany 90,248 18.311 4,928.46 16.612 5,432.70 Italy 2,123 0.617 3,439.20 0.560 3,791.07 India 17,288 12.882 1,341.95 11.687 1,479.25 Vietnam 59,573 40.218 1,481.22 36.486 1,632.76 China 59,015 22.454 2,628.25 20.370 2,897.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 372,753 124.892 2,984.58 113.301 3,289.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,418,616 1,158.878 2,949.94 1,051.317 3,251.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,468,693 24,465.922 836.62 22,195.118 922.22 Mexico 4,182,209 3,665.192 1,141.06 3,325.008 1,257.80 Brazil 271,744 549.625 494.42 498.612 545.00 Finland 455,988 184.537 2,470.97 167.410 2,723.78 United Kingdom 371,255 592.936 626.13 537.903 690.19 Belgium 14,638 8.706 1,681.36 7.898 1,853.38 Federal Republic of Germany 500,902 326.099 1,536.04 295.833 1,693.19 Austria 201,723 123.206 1,637.28 111.771 1,804.79 Spain 2,159 1.608 1,342.43 1.459 1,479.78 Italy 30,461 11.805 2,580.18 10.710 2,844.16 Turkey 5,363,123 10,904.754 491.82 9,892.630 542.13 India 265,922 392.246 677.95 355.840 747.31 Malaysia 17,832 31.206 571.42 28.310 629.88 China 4,360,254 8,954.839 486.92 8,123.696 536.73 Korea, South 7,059,201 14,378.683 490.95 13,044.126 541.18 Taiwan 418,425 146.031 2,865.30 132.478 3,158.45 Japan 824,757 660.896 1,247.94 599.555 1,375.62 South Africa 38,615 109.730 351.91 99.546 387.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,847,901 65,508.031 684.62 59,427.903 754.66 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 57,643 70.886 813.18 64.307 896.37 Mexico 144,766 110.793 1,306.63 100.510 1,440.31 Brazil 12,330 6.095 2,022.71 5.530 2,229.66 Poland 186,106 406.164 458.20 368.466 505.08 China 6,720 5.888 1,141.20 5.342 1,257.96 Korea, South 63,644 81.808 777.97 74.215 857.56 Japan 28,659 60.558 473.24 54.938 521.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 499,868 742.194 673.50 673.308 742.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,135,060 13,478.667 900.32 12,227.645 992.43 Mexico 9,712,554 10,990.956 883.69 9,970.831 974.10 Dominican Republic 210,448 267.376 787.08 242.560 867.61 Trinidad and Tobago 496,092 750.043 661.42 680.428 729.09 Venezuela 427,095 559.429 763.45 507.506 841.56 Chile 239,718 268.923 891.40 243.963 982.60 Brazil 1,199,361 1,664.789 720.43 1,510.272 794.14 Argentina 281,624 451.128 624.27 409.257 688.13 Sweden 1,672,663 285.629 5,856.05 259.119 6,455.19 Finland 1,036,925 1,199.206 864.68 1,087.902 953.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 38,398 1.168 32,862.35 1.060 36,224.53 United Kingdom 716,554 383.382 1,869.03 347.799 2,060.25 Ireland 2,039 0.513 3,969.42 0.466 4,375.54 Netherlands 131,199 84.320 1,555.96 76.494 1,715.15 Belgium 792,136 556.428 1,423.61 504.784 1,569.26 France 1,042,558 323.394 3,223.79 293.379 3,553.62 Federal Republic of Germany 3,104,336 1,479.493 2,098.24 1,342.174 2,312.92 Austria 523,868 140.066 3,740.14 127.066 4,122.80 Czech Republic 63,308 49.034 1,291.10 44.483 1,423.20 Switzerland 369,527 94.888 3,894.35 86.081 4,292.78 Poland 637,052 663.434 960.23 601.858 1,058.48 Russia 419,212 614.364 682.35 557.342 752.16 Belarus 56,052 38.094 1,471.38 34.559 1,621.92 Ukraine 93,139 116.163 801.79 105.382 883.82 Moldova 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 Spain 584,817 536.409 1,090.24 486.623 1,201.79 Italy 1,612,233 1,200.760 1,342.68 1,089.312 1,480.05 Greece 537,809 603.268 891.49 547.276 982.70 Turkey 88,972 105.833 840.68 96.011 926.69 Israel 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 India 3,129,167 1,495.941 2,091.77 1,357.096 2,305.78 Thailand 242,034 269.567 897.86 244.548 989.72 Malaysia 21,922 21.294 1,029.47 19.318 1,134.80 Indonesia 19,158 3.562 5,377.43 3.232 5,927.60 China 7,447,932 10,645.317 699.64 9,657.272 771.23 Korea, South 5,131,761 3,483.130 1,473.32 3,159.844 1,624.06 Hong Kong 180,441 43.206 4,176.28 39.196 4,603.56 Taiwan 2,339,713 1,708.291 1,369.62 1,549.736 1,509.75 Japan 6,447,892 4,452.653 1,448.10 4,039.380 1,596.26 Australia 24,156 29.325 823.71 26.604 907.98 South Africa 535,428 906.941 590.37 822.764 650.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,918,134 61,563.907 1,054.48 55,849.853 1,162.37 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 96,420 210.185 458.74 190.677 505.67 Belgium 12,427 16.788 740.22 15.230 815.96 Federal Republic of Germany 152,712 288.958 528.49 262.139 582.56 Japan 1,736,485 2,307.339 752.59 2,093.184 829.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,998,044 2,823.272 707.71 2,561.230 780.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,160,906 10,685.551 763.73 9,693.772 841.87 Venezuela 5,729 8.234 695.75 7.470 766.93 Brazil 491,866 558.697 880.38 506.842 970.45 Norway 1,378,623 2,222.502 620.30 2,016.221 683.77 Netherlands 5,107,290 7,656.378 667.06 6,945.752 735.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,136,964 3,253.651 656.79 2,951.664 723.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,250,192 7,822.947 543.30 7,096.861 598.88 China 1,681,162 2,668.391 630.03 2,420.725 694.49 Taiwan 155,827 202.985 767.68 184.145 846.22 Japan 129,038 144.270 894.42 130.880 985.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,497,597 35,223.611 667.10 31,954.332 735.35 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,335,550 2,873.560 812.77 2,606.851 895.93 Korea, South 154,964 224.347 690.73 203.525 761.40 Japan 1,444,130 1,757.545 821.67 1,594.419 905.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,934,644 4,855.453 810.36 4,404.795 893.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 26,916,463 46,325.363 581.03 42,025.675 640.48 Mexico 12,897,196 27,813.900 463.70 25,232.353 511.14 Venezuela 1,911,090 4,290.723 445.40 3,892.480 490.97 Sweden 1,629,136 1,974.918 824.91 1,791.616 909.31 Finland 1,458,886 2,826.167 516.21 2,563.857 569.02 Netherlands 6,622,432 14,514.251 456.27 13,167.111 502.95 Belgium 2,975,654 5,618.740 529.59 5,097.237 583.78 France 6,420,374 12,521.280 512.76 11,359.118 565.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,195,870 1,921.729 622.29 1,743.364 685.96 Austria 1,487,775 2,345.354 634.35 2,127.670 699.25 Slovakia 457,495 1,009.731 453.09 916.013 499.44 Hungary 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 Spain 3,216,086 7,479.732 429.97 6,785.501 473.96 Italy 5,097,734 12,788.607 398.62 11,601.633 439.40 Turkey 11,000,858 27,296.769 403.01 24,763.220 444.24 Malaysia 5,696,906 12,802.161 445.00 11,613.929 490.52 China 72,771 64.788 1,123.21 58.775 1,238.13 Korea, South 24,044,381 62,075.773 387.34 56,314.210 426.97 Taiwan 312,191 820.214 380.62 744.086 419.56 Japan 4,969,064 6,249.063 795.17 5,669.057 876.52 Australia 5,901,140 14,782.850 399.19 13,410.780 440.03 New Zealand 2,531,391 5,675.259 446.04 5,148.510 491.67 Egypt 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 South Africa 505,538 383.762 1,317.32 348.144 1,452.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 141,290,178 304,456.958 464.07 276,198.785 511.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,820,737 25,674.253 655.16 23,291.298 722.19 Mexico 25,228,931 16,908.511 1,492.08 15,339.148 1,644.74 Dominican Republic 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 Venezuela 313,929 601.735 521.71 545.885 575.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 34,142,018 62,344.217 547.64 56,557.739 603.67 Argentina 2,061,033 4,186.549 492.30 3,797.975 542.67 Sweden 3,569,375 1,328.120 2,687.54 1,204.851 2,962.50 Finland 1,555,568 611.479 2,543.94 554.725 2,804.21 United Kingdom 481,828 105.496 4,567.23 95.705 5,034.51 Netherlands 3,909,016 6,376.973 612.99 5,785.095 675.70 Belgium 7,438,747 10,232.244 726.99 9,282.539 801.37 France 4,283,499 3,069.533 1,395.49 2,784.635 1,538.26 Federal Republic of Germany 5,040,898 5,278.819 954.93 4,788.866 1,052.63 Austria 28,275 2.863 9,873.23 2.598 10,883.37 Russia 9,802,702 20,066.028 488.52 18,203.600 538.50 Spain 4,895 4.905 997.90 4.450 1,100.00 Italy 9,941,591 14,357.427 692.44 13,024.843 763.28 Romania 241,842 96.738 2,499.95 87.760 2,755.72 Turkey 4,339,380 9,236.186 469.82 8,378.930 517.89 United Arab Emirates 196,993 93.396 2,109.21 84.728 2,325.00 India 70,231 22.611 3,105.96 20.513 3,423.73 Thailand 494,143 204.561 2,415.62 185.575 2,662.77 Indonesia 67,150 176.712 380.00 160.311 418.87 China 19,005,861 19,319.953 983.74 17,526.772 1,084.39 Korea, South 5,774,822 8,858.434 651.90 8,036.239 718.60 Taiwan 28,590,852 49,521.907 577.34 44,925.531 636.41 Japan 7,335,062 11,123.965 659.39 10,091.495 726.86 Australia 78,083 18.750 4,164.36 17.010 4,590.42 New Zealand 392,287 787.237 498.31 714.170 549.29 South Africa 6,862,583 4,594.821 1,493.55 4,168.353 1,646.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 198,126,449 275,340.498 719.57 249,784.769 793.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 33,426,808 47,400.157 705.20 43,000.712 777.35 Mexico 8,891,353 10,318.528 861.69 9,360.814 949.85 Costa Rica 105,005 95.502 1,099.51 86.638 1,212.00 Venezuela 1,680,716 2,636.581 637.46 2,391.867 702.68 Brazil 678,559 1,063.402 638.10 964.703 703.39 Argentina 1,450,846 2,752.670 527.07 2,497.181 580.99 Sweden 28,008 24.589 1,139.03 22.307 1,255.57 Finland 233,878 340.382 687.10 308.790 757.40 Netherlands 248,870 424.428 586.37 385.035 646.36 Belgium 1,575,835 2,485.832 633.93 2,255.110 698.78 France 212,406 254.600 834.27 230.970 919.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,497,490 4,798.389 520.49 4,353.027 573.74 Austria 535,378 505.431 1,059.25 458.520 1,167.62 Spain 3,485,223 4,601.264 757.45 4,174.198 834.94 Italy 32,971 20.090 1,641.11 18.226 1,809.01 Turkey 1,872,796 3,439.926 544.43 3,120.650 600.13 India 36,168,967 61,212.246 590.88 55,530.832 651.33 China 17,193,830 31,237.888 550.42 28,338.544 606.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 19,179,666 25,326.817 757.29 22,976.109 834.77 Taiwan 21,411,188 30,971.760 691.31 28,097.116 762.04 Japan 5,577,366 8,787.257 634.71 7,971.668 699.65 South Africa 3,916,423 6,022.024 650.35 5,463.090 716.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,403,582 244,719.773 655.46 222,006.107 722.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,922,651 1,482.771 1,296.66 1,345.148 1,429.32 Brazil 513,778 946.655 542.73 858.792 598.26 Argentina 52,274 99.301 526.42 90.085 580.27 Belgium 884,378 1,360.472 650.05 1,234.200 716.56 Federal Republic of Germany 9,840,851 14,313.895 687.50 12,985.351 757.84 Indonesia 9,760 19.212 508.01 17.429 559.99 China 2,903 1.388 2,090.13 1.260 2,303.97 Korea, South 530,594 718.578 738.39 651.884 813.94 Taiwan 343,300 459.241 747.54 416.617 824.02 Japan 1,251,010 1,489.742 839.75 1,351.472 925.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,351,499 20,891.260 734.83 18,952.238 810.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,225,118 4,647.997 1,124.17 4,216.594 1,239.18 Mexico 1,881,636 2,549.022 738.18 2,312.435 813.70 Venezuela 12,806 16.496 776.31 14.965 855.73 Argentina 99,851 153.864 648.95 139.584 715.35 United Kingdom 141,544 159.518 887.32 144.713 978.10 Belgium 285,341 299.504 952.71 271.706 1,050.18 Luxembourg 2,592,333 3,885.713 667.14 3,525.061 735.40 France 53,131 15.360 3,458.89 13.935 3,812.77 Federal Republic of Germany 588,987 241.427 2,439.61 219.019 2,689.21 India 799,485 1,008.181 793.00 914.607 874.13 China 2,528,032 4,038.791 625.94 3,663.931 689.98 Korea, South 13,599,169 20,102.481 676.49 18,236.670 745.70 Taiwan 3,818,676 5,642.630 676.75 5,118.910 745.99 Japan 967,643 781.111 1,238.80 708.613 1,365.55 Australia 40,941 19.753 2,072.60 17.920 2,284.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,634,693 43,561.856 749.16 39,518.663 825.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 538,091 465.684 1,155.48 422.462 1,273.70 United Kingdom 139,613 54.531 2,560.23 49.470 2,822.18 France 23,938 17.670 1,354.72 16.030 1,493.33 Federal Republic of Germany 5,472,372 7,610.598 719.05 6,904.221 792.61 Austria 460,458 466.850 986.31 423.520 1,087.22 Poland 64,680 27.006 2,394.97 24.500 2,640.00 Russia 4,652,704 1,752.579 2,654.77 1,589.914 2,926.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 664,359 913.255 727.46 828.492 801.89 Japan 789,685 802.266 984.32 727.804 1,085.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,805,900 12,110.443 1,057.43 10,986.413 1,165.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,713,271 6,169.007 601.92 5,596.431 663.51 Mexico 949,856 1,183.239 802.76 1,073.417 884.89 Finland 565,394 194.543 2,906.26 176.487 3,203.60 United Kingdom 101,609 160.645 632.51 145.735 697.22 Federal Republic of Germany 381,390 188.470 2,023.60 170.978 2,230.64 Austria 38,306 5.536 6,918.30 5.023 7,626.12 Italy 18,452 67.797 272.16 61.505 300.01 Turkey 89,910 219.299 409.99 198.945 451.93 China 4,278 10.965 390.12 9.948 430.04 Japan 151,456 59.504 2,545.27 53.982 2,805.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,013,922 8,259.011 728.16 7,492.451 802.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,551,437 4,403.476 1,033.60 3,994.768 1,139.35 Mexico 1,686,908 960.618 1,756.06 871.459 1,935.73 Brazil 282,309 303.599 929.87 275.421 1,025.01 Sweden 4,128,411 803.104 5,140.57 728.564 5,666.50 Finland 612,338 290.178 2,110.21 263.246 2,326.11 Denmark 14,560 2.203 6,607.61 1.999 7,283.64 United Kingdom 1,256,037 534.289 2,350.86 484.699 2,591.38 Netherlands 4,580 4.598 995.90 4.172 1,097.79 Belgium 163,464 56.642 2,885.90 51.385 3,181.16 France 2,129,467 296.616 7,179.19 269.086 7,913.70 Federal Republic of Germany 3,854,576 2,475.787 1,556.91 2,245.997 1,716.20 Austria 801,232 149.861 5,346.49 135.952 5,893.49 Switzerland 453,276 147.800 3,066.82 134.082 3,380.59 Kyrgyzstan 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 Spain 109,927 80.680 1,362.50 73.192 1,501.90 Italy 85,341 29.038 2,938.92 26.343 3,239.61 India 596,425 317.320 1,879.57 287.868 2,071.87 Indonesia 295,096 79.583 3,708.00 72.197 4,087.37 China 443,047 830.992 533.15 753.864 587.70 Korea, South 1,246,864 1,247.253 999.69 1,131.490 1,101.97 Taiwan 174,530 62.034 2,813.42 56.277 3,101.27 Japan 3,340,319 838.375 3,984.27 760.562 4,391.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,343,058 14,029.302 1,877.72 12,727.173 2,069.83 GRAND TOTAL 2,157,589,953 3,511,456.138 614.44 3,185,540.322 677.31 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,091,535 1,280.223 852.61 1,161.400 939.84 United Kingdom 5,566 0.165 33,662.61 0.150 37,106.67 Belgium 971,324 1,229.936 789.74 1,115.780 870.53 Federal Republic of Germany 171,120 256.287 667.69 232.500 736.00 Slovakia 4,451 5.771 771.18 5.236 850.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,243,996 2,772.384 809.41 2,515.066 892.22 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,175,237 1,438.868 816.78 1,305.320 900.34 Mexico 2,469,618 4,041.679 611.04 3,666.551 673.55 Brazil 458,636 27.476 16,692.12 24.926 18,399.90 Norway 2,847,450 9,369.478 303.91 8,499.850 335.00 Finland 311,438 822.279 378.75 745.960 417.50 United Kingdom 9,378 5.064 1,851.89 4.594 2,041.36 Netherlands 55,054 29.960 1,837.53 27.180 2,025.53 France 1,421,703 714.456 1,989.91 648.144 2,193.50 Federal Republic of Germany 590,856 144.795 4,080.63 131.356 4,498.13 Ukraine 901,992 2,651.400 340.19 2,405.311 375.00 Italy 661,178 1,585.145 417.11 1,438.020 459.78 China 14,298 7.390 1,934.52 6.705 2,132.44 Taiwan 70,248 7.293 9,630.94 6.617 10,616.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,987,086 20,845.289 527.08 18,910.534 581.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 846,887 1,440.189 588.04 1,306.518 648.20 United Kingdom 1,481,855 2,275.963 651.09 2,064.720 717.70 Luxembourg 47,029 89.325 526.49 81.035 580.35 Federal Republic of Germany 252,271 503.772 500.76 457.015 552.00 Spain 6,564,953 14,004.482 468.78 12,704.656 516.74 Italy 625,248 831.914 751.58 754.700 828.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,818,243 19,145.647 512.82 17,368.644 565.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,649,359 8,292.641 1,163.60 7,522.960 1,282.65 Brazil 1,960,527 1,456.060 1,346.46 1,320.916 1,484.22 Sweden 5,404,232 5,010.080 1,078.67 4,545.070 1,189.03 Finland 127,275 101.120 1,258.65 91.735 1,387.42 United Kingdom 618,699 658.247 939.92 597.152 1,036.08 Belgium 1,767,893 915.748 1,930.54 830.753 2,128.06 France 1,536,017 804.286 1,909.79 729.637 2,105.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 7,537,708 3,855.459 1,955.07 3,497.615 2,155.10 Austria 142,524 112.467 1,267.24 102.029 1,396.90 Russia 553,448 542.298 1,020.56 491.965 1,124.97 Ukraine 5,338,873 4,544.860 1,174.71 4,123.029 1,294.89 Romania 1,729,883 2,100.614 823.51 1,905.646 907.77 China 246,742 505.550 488.07 458.628 538.00 Japan 2,025,201 2,080.960 973.20 1,887.816 1,072.77 Australia 8,385 7.001 1,197.54 6.352 1,320.06 South Africa 128,933 11.023 11,696.61 10.000 12,893.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,775,699 30,998.421 1,250.89 28,121.303 1,378.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,872,149 2,983.359 627.53 2,706.459 691.73 Finland 81,842 68.673 1,191.75 62.300 1,313.68 Netherlands 4,250,928 8,056.179 527.66 7,308.445 581.65 France 524,621 706.382 742.69 640.820 818.67 Japan 900,062 1,384.833 649.94 1,256.300 716.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,629,602 13,199.429 578.03 11,974.324 637.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 630,424 1,038.338 607.15 941.965 669.26 Korea, South 32,637 46.702 698.82 42.368 770.32 Japan 2,603 5.100 510.35 4.627 562.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 665,664 1,090.141 610.62 988.960 673.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,030,701 32,949.405 638.27 29,891.206 703.57 Mexico 1,864,711 3,324.966 560.82 3,016.360 618.20 Trinidad and Tobago 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 Brazil 706,302 585.717 1,205.88 531.354 1,329.25 Sweden 2,353,754 654.688 3,595.22 593.924 3,963.06 Finland 4,400 1.500 2,932.85 1.361 3,232.92 United Kingdom 894,340 713.541 1,253.38 647.314 1,381.62 France 733,955 383.204 1,915.31 347.637 2,111.27 Federal Republic of Germany 721,347 465.274 1,550.37 422.090 1,708.99 Austria 317,714 93.529 3,396.92 84.849 3,744.46 Czech Republic 153,178 126.433 1,211.53 114.699 1,335.48 Poland 3,893 1.673 2,326.53 1.518 2,564.56 Russia 2,510 1.707 1,470.00 1.549 1,620.40 Belarus 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 Ukraine 7,577 4.646 1,630.78 4.215 1,797.63 Spain 3,647,240 3,487.558 1,045.79 3,163.861 1,152.78 Italy 27,600 1.614 17,090.99 1.465 18,839.59 Bulgaria 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 Turkey 2,562,612 2,003.161 1,279.28 1,817.238 1,410.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,741,877 2,187.413 796.32 1,984.389 877.79 Korea, South 1,723,143 1,841.250 935.85 1,670.355 1,031.60 Taiwan 314,976 67.082 4,695.37 60.856 5,175.76 Japan 6,012,616 8,299.723 724.44 7,529.385 798.55 South Africa 1,632,874 3,208.671 508.89 2,910.859 560.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,227,459 66,193.085 773.91 60,049.374 853.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 166,682 277.704 600.21 251.929 661.62 Mexico 1,217,650 2,351.466 517.83 2,133.215 570.81 Austria 88,929 13.094 6,791.40 11.879 7,486.24 China 19,364 14.198 1,363.77 12.881 1,503.30 Japan 351,901 917.031 383.74 831.917 423.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,844,526 3,573.494 516.17 3,241.821 568.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,610,245 2,061.531 1,751.24 1,870.190 1,930.42 Colombia 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 Brazil 32,943 15.940 2,066.62 14.461 2,278.06 Sweden 57,081 37.591 1,518.47 34.102 1,673.83 United Kingdom 1,386,702 651.805 2,127.48 591.308 2,345.14 France 5,478,783 3,889.887 1,408.47 3,528.848 1,552.57 Federal Republic of Germany 481,572 162.517 2,963.21 147.433 3,266.38 Ukraine 1,746,137 2,012.467 867.66 1,825.680 956.43 Spain 1,209,405 1,075.187 1,124.83 975.394 1,239.91 Italy 63,559 24.701 2,573.06 22.409 2,836.32 Romania 988,281 1,137.792 868.60 1,032.188 957.46 China 285,603 342.414 834.09 310.633 919.42 Korea, South 96,397 69.609 1,384.82 63.149 1,526.50 Taiwan 64,124 29.338 2,185.70 26.615 2,409.32 Japan 221,284 135.834 1,629.07 123.227 1,795.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,128,817 11,991.794 1,344.99 10,878.776 1,482.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,229,832 692.923 1,774.84 628.610 1,956.43 Mexico 172,473 108.770 1,585.66 98.675 1,747.89 Brazil 2,190,939 768.384 2,851.36 697.067 3,143.08 Sweden 4,114,669 1,419.712 2,898.24 1,287.942 3,194.76 United Kingdom 1,487,611 489.325 3,040.12 443.909 3,351.16 Netherlands 59,844 41.651 1,436.76 37.786 1,583.76 Belgium 89,970 3.836 23,453.86 3.480 25,853.45 France 3,187,489 1,010.405 3,154.66 916.625 3,477.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,752,099 890.932 3,089.01 808.241 3,405.05 Austria 3,822,863 934.866 4,089.21 848.097 4,507.58 Czech Republic 293,330 94.565 3,101.89 85.788 3,419.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 374,336 141.977 2,636.58 128.800 2,906.34 Ukraine 403,986 40.373 10,006.28 36.626 11,030.03 Spain 431,361 255.995 1,685.04 232.235 1,857.43 Italy 212,373 233.260 910.46 211.610 1,003.61 Slovenia 2,526,714 870.065 2,904.05 789.310 3,201.17 China 3,679,159 1,235.805 2,977.13 1,121.104 3,281.73 Korea, South 390,894 131.359 2,975.77 119.167 3,280.22 Taiwan 896,698 249.557 3,593.15 226.395 3,960.77 Japan 3,631,385 3,031.582 1,197.85 2,750.206 1,320.40 Australia 17,848 2.331 7,655.53 2.115 8,438.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,965,873 12,647.682 2,527.41 11,473.788 2,785.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 268,785 48.441 5,548.70 43.945 6,116.40 Argentina 646,244 567.199 1,139.36 514.555 1,255.93 United Kingdom 62,471 14.513 4,304.48 13.166 4,744.87 Federal Republic of Germany 317,992 140.139 2,269.12 127.132 2,501.27 Spain 287,190 93.727 3,064.10 85.028 3,377.59 Italy 1,490,996 358.822 4,155.25 325.518 4,580.38 India 38,091 14.724 2,586.88 13.358 2,851.55 China 2,020 1.644 1,228.23 1.492 1,353.89 Japan 4,303 1.537 2,798.29 1.395 3,084.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,118,092 1,240.749 2,513.07 1,125.589 2,770.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,137,920 4,197.908 1,700.35 3,808.280 1,874.32 Brazil 62,767 43.403 1,446.13 39.375 1,594.08 United Kingdom 95,647 5.349 17,879.56 4.853 19,708.84 France 3,233,032 2,121.432 1,523.99 1,924.532 1,679.91 Federal Republic of Germany 7,138,155 4,309.284 1,656.46 3,909.318 1,825.93 Austria 3,482,174 3,148.128 1,106.11 2,855.935 1,219.28 Czech Republic 226,429 181.838 1,245.22 164.961 1,372.62 Slovakia 47,434 51.667 918.06 46.872 1,011.99 Spain 205,013 137.852 1,487.19 125.058 1,639.34 Italy 8,005 6.553 1,221.53 5.945 1,346.51 Romania 678,831 666.855 1,017.96 604.961 1,122.11 India 2,350,847 1,912.217 1,229.38 1,734.735 1,355.16 China 6,408,053 5,229.988 1,225.25 4,744.567 1,350.61 Japan 18,175,266 3,877.200 4,687.73 3,517.338 5,167.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,249,573 25,889.680 1,902.29 23,486.730 2,096.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,484,590 5,060.653 1,281.37 4,590.949 1,412.47 United Kingdom 50,097 26.113 1,918.41 23.690 2,114.69 Japan 23,334 22.613 1,031.84 20.515 1,137.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,558,021 5,109.381 1,283.53 4,635.154 1,414.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 10,000 0.149 66,704.78 0.136 73,529.41 Mexico 3,360 5.599 600.03 5.080 661.42 France 6,386 6.613 965.55 6.000 1,064.33 Federal Republic of Germany 15,366 4.005 3,835.94 3.634 4,228.40 Italy 16,731 6.683 2,503.40 6.063 2,759.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,843 23.052 2,248.90 20.913 2,478.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 301,120 87.577 3,438.33 79.449 3,790.10 Austria 21,040 50.418 417.31 45.739 460.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 322,160 137.996 2,334.56 125.188 2,573.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,089,369 1,930.889 1,082.08 1,751.674 1,192.78 Mexico 2,972,010 1,815.651 1,636.88 1,647.132 1,804.35 Argentina 3,067,748 1,423.845 2,154.55 1,291.691 2,374.99 Sweden 1,117,158 730.618 1,529.06 662.806 1,685.50 United Kingdom 157,012 146.656 1,070.61 133.045 1,180.14 France 473,907 265.057 1,787.94 240.456 1,970.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,840,511 1,130.462 1,628.10 1,025.539 1,794.68 Czech Republic 256,162 54.264 4,720.61 49.228 5,203.58 Switzerland 223,273 93.092 2,398.40 84.452 2,643.79 Spain 875,883 361.416 2,423.47 327.872 2,671.42 Italy 808,396 398.063 2,030.82 361.117 2,238.60 Romania 3,521 1.700 2,070.12 1.543 2,281.92 India 877,102 667.976 1,313.07 605.978 1,447.42 China 509,815 468.088 1,089.14 424.643 1,200.57 Korea, South 45,449 74.674 608.62 67.744 670.89 Taiwan 25,502 17.180 1,484.35 15.586 1,636.21 Japan 3,758,293 2,276.098 1,651.20 2,064.842 1,820.14 South Africa 13,150 6.007 2,188.90 5.450 2,412.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,114,261 11,861.746 1,611.42 10,760.798 1,776.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 3,368 0.151 22,302.18 0.137 24,583.94 Sweden 1,212,129 255.627 4,741.79 231.901 5,226.92 United Kingdom 5,025 4.775 1,052.31 4.332 1,159.97 France 3,345,874 1,046.387 3,197.55 949.267 3,524.69 Federal Republic of Germany 1,749,743 581.919 3,006.85 527.909 3,314.48 Slovakia 51,498 18.435 2,793.48 16.724 3,079.29 Spain 304,489 41.505 7,336.14 37.653 8,086.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 88,949 29.562 3,008.81 26.819 3,316.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,761,075 1,978.363 3,417.51 1,794.742 3,767.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,155,062 297.264 3,885.64 269.674 4,283.18 United Kingdom 81,020 2.653 30,535.99 2.407 33,660.16 France 10,290 6.066 1,696.34 5.503 1,869.89 Italy 2,123 0.617 3,439.20 0.560 3,791.07 India 5,545 2.182 2,540.58 1.980 2,800.51 Japan 4,715 1.855 2,541.52 1.683 2,801.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,258,755 310.638 4,052.15 281.807 4,466.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 738,696 564.075 1,309.57 511.721 1,443.55 Mexico 7,781 23.247 334.70 21.090 368.94 Finland 455,988 184.537 2,470.97 167.410 2,723.78 United Kingdom 5,547 4.168 1,330.55 3.782 1,466.68 Federal Republic of Germany 54,994 35.089 1,567.23 31.833 1,727.58 Italy 30,461 11.805 2,580.18 10.710 2,844.16 China 89,677 35.051 2,558.45 31.798 2,820.21 Korea, South 165,707 358.996 461.58 325.676 508.81 Taiwan 418,425 146.031 2,865.30 132.478 3,158.45 Japan 631,418 408.616 1,545.26 370.691 1,703.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,598,694 1,771.622 1,466.84 1,607.189 1,616.92 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 25,159 26.137 962.55 23.712 1,061.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,159 26.137 962.55 23.712 1,061.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 248,119 198.474 1,250.13 180.053 1,378.03 Mexico 1,539,559 1,280.126 1,202.66 1,161.312 1,325.71 Sweden 23,340 5.971 3,908.75 5.417 4,308.66 United Kingdom 127,838 5.808 22,010.38 5.269 24,262.29 Netherlands 18,535 1.104 16,781.11 1.002 18,498.00 France 272,446 13.584 20,055.09 12.324 22,106.95 Federal Republic of Germany 385,271 131.202 2,936.46 119.025 3,236.89 Austria 202,385 39.248 5,156.45 35.606 5,684.01 Italy 1,217,801 1,013.034 1,202.13 919.010 1,325.12 Turkey 74,821 84.739 882.96 76.874 973.29 Thailand 50,586 44.299 1,141.90 40.188 1,258.73 China 388,947 382.387 1,017.15 346.896 1,121.22 Korea, South 1,392,403 1,169.339 1,190.76 1,060.807 1,312.59 Taiwan 349,529 357.078 978.86 323.936 1,079.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,872,003 2,093.479 1,371.88 1,899.173 1,512.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,163,583 6,819.879 1,343.66 6,186.892 1,481.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,800,426 2,845.352 632.76 2,581.261 697.50 Sweden 1,379,516 1,818.492 758.60 1,649.709 836.22 Finland 88,348 133.656 661.01 121.251 728.64 Netherlands 631,334 1,204.440 524.17 1,092.650 577.80 Belgium 70,800 55.957 1,265.24 50.764 1,394.69 France 1,591,887 2,329.035 683.50 2,112.866 753.43 Federal Republic of Germany 4,538 6.175 734.88 5.602 810.07 Austria 326,983 453.049 721.74 411.000 795.58 Japan 3,455,178 5,000.077 691.02 4,535.995 761.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,349,010 13,846.236 675.20 12,561.098 744.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,732,757 2,543.057 681.37 2,307.024 751.08 Dominican Republic 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 Sweden 222,253 274.023 811.07 248.590 894.05 United Kingdom 107,269 87.470 1,226.34 79.352 1,351.81 Netherlands 2,059,389 3,206.865 642.18 2,909.220 707.88 France 1,753,132 1,729.598 1,013.61 1,569.066 1,117.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,520,848 4,077.532 618.23 3,699.076 681.48 Korea, South 1,164,734 1,931.281 603.09 1,752.030 664.79 Japan 5,012,552 8,395.190 597.07 7,615.991 658.16 Australia 78,083 18.750 4,164.36 17.010 4,590.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,705,135 22,399.829 656.48 20,320.789 723.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,684,657 7,594.034 748.57 6,889.194 825.16 Brazil 412,055 597.929 689.14 542.433 759.64 Finland 151,674 196.464 772.02 178.230 851.00 Belgium 834,474 1,192.383 699.84 1,081.712 771.44 France 212,406 254.600 834.27 230.970 919.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,963,074 3,816.851 514.32 3,462.590 566.94 Spain 2,796,570 3,631.446 770.10 3,294.394 848.89 Japan 5,455,787 8,662.235 629.84 7,858.250 694.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,510,697 25,945.946 674.89 23,537.773 743.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,672,125 1,284.429 1,301.84 1,165.215 1,435.04 Federal Republic of Germany 5,198,358 7,625.704 681.69 6,917.925 751.43 Korea, South 2,711 4.171 649.94 3.784 716.44 Japan 19,380 23.776 815.08 21.570 898.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,892,574 8,938.082 771.15 8,108.494 850.04 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 538,091 465.684 1,155.48 422.462 1,273.70 United Kingdom 139,613 54.531 2,560.23 49.470 2,822.18 France 23,938 17.670 1,354.72 16.030 1,493.33 Federal Republic of Germany 5,472,372 7,610.598 719.05 6,904.221 792.61 Austria 460,458 466.850 986.31 423.520 1,087.22 Poland 64,680 27.006 2,394.97 24.500 2,640.00 Russia 4,652,704 1,752.579 2,654.77 1,589.914 2,926.39 Korea, South 664,359 913.255 727.46 828.492 801.89 Japan 789,685 802.266 984.32 727.804 1,085.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,805,900 12,110.443 1,057.43 10,986.413 1,165.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 199,790 390.853 511.16 354.576 563.46 Federal Republic of Germany 329,888 119.683 2,756.34 108.575 3,038.34 Japan 9,278 5.489 1,690.13 4.980 1,863.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 538,956 516.025 1,044.44 468.131 1,151.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,329,305 763.498 1,741.07 692.634 1,919.20 Sweden 802,153 216.949 3,697.42 196.813 4,075.71 United Kingdom 124,970 53.136 2,351.85 48.205 2,592.47 France 1,269,086 104.859 12,102.72 95.127 13,340.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,844,455 1,200.455 1,536.46 1,089.035 1,693.66 Austria 348,227 60.051 5,798.79 54.478 6,392.07 Switzerland 352,637 83.663 4,214.96 75.898 4,646.20 Japan 134,763 26.281 5,127.71 23.842 5,652.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,205,596 2,508.895 2,473.44 2,276.032 2,726.50 GRAND TOTAL 337,516,049 323,892.078 1,042.06 293,830.034 1,148.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 7,145 15.206 469.87 13.795 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,145 15.206 469.87 13.795 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,129,111 25,641.139 395.03 23,261.257 435.45 Mexico 43,198,584 116,674.934 370.25 105,845.750 408.13 Brazil 58,909,154 180,347.261 326.64 163,608.330 360.06 Norway 1,484,787 4,794.942 309.66 4,349.900 341.34 Finland 2,350,885 6,525.074 360.28 5,919.450 397.15 United Kingdom 607,693 1,314.773 462.20 1,192.743 509.49 Belgium 3,281,769 4,855.534 675.88 4,404.868 745.03 Federal Republic of Germany 2,976 10.934 272.16 9.920 300.00 Slovakia 9,276,529 24,368.762 380.67 22,106.976 419.62 Russia 85,714,424 244,693.730 350.29 221,982.481 386.13 Ukraine 38,908,321 101,543.099 383.17 92,118.376 422.37 Italy 11,250,120 31,501.565 357.13 28,577.748 393.67 China 21,153 70.938 298.19 64.354 328.70 Japan 12,381,260 39,784.159 311.21 36,091.593 343.05 Australia 9,953,229 32,750.905 303.91 29,711.130 335.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 287,469,995 814,877.758 352.78 739,244.876 388.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,094,047 27,754.612 579.87 25,178.568 639.20 Mexico 541,109 1,094.074 494.58 992.528 545.18 Trinidad and Tobago 5,031,631 11,008.139 457.08 9,986.419 503.85 Venezuela 2,339,115 5,638.179 414.87 5,114.872 457.32 Brazil 8,238,141 15,755.044 522.89 14,292.740 576.39 Argentina 1,427,962 3,495.500 408.51 3,171.066 450.31 Finland 53,712 109.731 489.48 99.547 539.56 United Kingdom 3,274,439 6,285.419 520.96 5,702.038 574.26 Luxembourg 22,439 20.109 1,115.84 18.243 1,230.01 Federal Republic of Germany 12,795,395 35,238.168 363.11 31,967.538 400.26 Czech Republic 1,584,420 3,464.111 457.38 3,142.590 504.18 Spain 2,062,798 4,430.672 465.57 4,019.440 513.21 Italy 3,763,620 8,400.812 448.01 7,621.091 493.84 Turkey 20,783,452 55,334.127 375.60 50,198.290 414.03 China 32,856,931 93,395.575 351.80 84,727.065 387.80 Japan 3,914,550 5,282.584 741.03 4,792.281 816.84 South Africa 6,059,842 14,422.388 420.17 13,083.774 463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,843,603 291,129.252 415.09 264,108.090 457.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,391,272 10,816.152 683.36 9,812.251 753.27 Mexico 2,388,720 4,292.927 556.43 3,894.479 613.36 Brazil 526,936 1,349.788 390.38 1,224.508 430.32 Norway 347,187 421.660 823.38 382.524 907.62 United Kingdom 986,607 820.442 1,202.53 744.293 1,325.56 Luxembourg 8,714,136 12,988.542 670.91 11,783.011 739.55 Federal Republic of Germany 2,038,016 2,987.106 682.27 2,709.858 752.07 Poland 2,038,857 4,772.911 427.17 4,329.914 470.88 Spain 10,196,789 20,692.776 492.77 18,772.176 543.19 Turkey 118,348 277.284 426.81 251.548 470.48 Singapore 24,800 17.555 1,412.67 15.926 1,557.20 China 28,269 48.233 586.08 43.757 646.05 Korea, South 3,256,462 7,869.993 413.78 7,139.540 456.12 Taiwan 10,202,348 22,851.759 446.46 20,730.773 492.14 Japan 1,297,492 2,474.441 524.36 2,244.776 578.01 South Africa 249,050 393.913 632.25 357.352 696.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,805,289 93,075.487 535.11 84,436.686 589.85 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,467,841 1,673.744 876.98 1,518.396 966.70 Luxembourg 7,586,509 9,356.142 810.86 8,487.752 893.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,054,350 11,029.887 820.89 10,006.148 904.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,665,777 17,630.986 661.66 15,994.566 729.36 Mexico 8,400 22.376 375.39 20.300 413.79 United Kingdom 5,559 18.568 299.38 16.845 330.01 Belgium 541,067 752.812 718.73 682.940 792.26 France 21,798 52.788 412.93 47.889 455.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,342,478 1,752.552 766.01 1,589.889 844.38 Austria 1,478,792 1,699.547 870.11 1,541.804 959.13 Czech Republic 472,418 815.351 579.40 739.675 638.68 Slovakia 343,709 765.217 449.16 694.194 495.12 Russia 2,151,204 4,056.232 530.35 3,679.753 584.61 Ukraine 4,531,233 6,407.327 707.20 5,812.631 779.55 Italy 249,630 409.486 609.62 371.480 671.99 Turkey 297,483 593.985 500.83 538.855 552.07 Thailand 10,997,607 24,974.251 440.36 22,656.266 485.41 Malaysia 444,618 1,015.741 437.73 921.465 482.51 China 189,240 508.784 371.95 461.562 410.00 Korea, South 7,180,556 13,460.357 533.46 12,211.034 588.04 Australia 356,884 644.858 553.43 585.006 610.05 South Africa 3,236,125 4,833.672 669.50 4,385.035 737.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 45,514,578 80,414.898 566.00 72,951.189 623.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,291,676 25,931.263 551.14 23,524.453 607.52 Mexico 1,707,693 3,205.205 532.79 2,907.714 587.30 Venezuela 1,520,451 3,294.377 461.53 2,988.610 508.75 Finland 1,268,936 2,761.929 459.44 2,505.581 506.44 Netherlands 4,156,571 9,158.374 453.85 8,308.340 500.29 Belgium 63,140 127.338 495.84 115.520 546.57 France 860,823 1,679.054 512.68 1,523.213 565.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,754,988 3,415.235 513.87 3,098.250 566.44 Czech Republic 1,607,528 4,468.548 359.74 4,053.800 396.55 Russia 24,363 58.676 415.21 53.230 457.69 Spain 854,245 2,113.857 404.12 1,917.660 445.46 Italy 398,107 1,007.469 395.16 913.961 435.58 Turkey 5,026,862 13,129.868 382.86 11,911.220 422.03 Malaysia 2,019,255 4,708.920 428.81 4,271.862 472.69 Korea, South 103,343 216.604 477.11 196.500 525.92 Japan 108,327 126.016 859.63 114.320 947.58 New Zealand 1,373,807 3,120.102 440.31 2,830.510 485.36 South Africa 489,907 949.759 515.82 861.608 568.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,630,022 79,472.601 473.50 72,096.352 521.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Belgium 12,560 13.759 912.85 12.482 1,006.25 Luxembourg 165,969 189.934 873.82 172.306 963.22 Federal Republic of Germany 30,449 4.443 6,852.61 4.031 7,553.71 Czech Republic 3,315,254 5,939.932 558.13 5,388.618 615.23 Spain 214,411 258.488 829.48 234.497 914.34 Japan 11,266,962 16,604.932 678.53 15,063.746 747.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,005,605 23,011.491 652.09 20,875.680 718.81 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 241,155 332.326 725.66 301.482 799.90 Mexico 5,564 2.558 2,174.74 2.321 2,397.24 Austria 56,167 59.951 936.88 54.387 1,032.73 Czech Republic 94,562 106.079 891.42 96.234 982.63 Spain 18,660 22.397 833.12 20.319 918.35 Italy 12,106 3.417 3,542.70 3.100 3,905.16 China 201,003 273.982 733.63 248.553 808.69 Korea, South 163,679 265.153 617.30 240.543 680.46 Japan 15,143 13.881 1,090.88 12.593 1,202.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 808,039 1,079.748 748.36 979.532 824.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 415,871 205.606 2,022.66 186.523 2,229.60 India 14,403 20.249 711.28 18.370 784.05 China 35,730 42.534 840.02 38.587 925.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 466,004 268.390 1,736.29 243.480 1,913.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,018,509 30,781.169 585.37 27,924.215 645.26 Mexico 2,054,462 3,372.203 609.23 3,059.212 671.57 Dominican Republic 27,075 62.831 430.91 57.000 475.00 Brazil 31,309 81.805 382.72 74.213 421.88 Argentina 58,562 97.274 602.03 88.246 663.62 Sweden 2,616 0.220 11,865.98 0.200 13,080.00 United Kingdom 10,144,352 13,052.296 777.21 11,840.848 856.73 Federal Republic of Germany 327,117 422.385 774.45 383.182 853.69 Czech Republic 9,589 17.328 553.37 15.720 609.99 Spain 1,696,879 2,846.144 596.20 2,581.980 657.20 Italy 12,399 16.534 749.88 15.000 826.60 Turkey 3,131,525 6,516.932 480.52 5,912.063 529.68 India 333,743 506.452 658.98 459.446 726.40 China 1,236,562 2,232.525 553.88 2,025.314 610.55 Korea, South 125,482 316.766 396.13 287.366 436.66 Taiwan 230,733 591.484 390.09 536.586 430.00 Japan 2,399,160 3,101.303 773.60 2,813.456 852.74 South Africa 1,134,819 2,469.461 459.54 2,240.258 506.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,974,893 66,485.121 616.30 60,314.305 679.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,625,650 10,707.376 618.79 9,713.571 682.10 Mexico 2,243,603 4,315.059 519.95 3,914.557 573.14 Brazil 74,210 191.342 387.84 173.583 427.52 United Kingdom 3,728 0.928 4,016.61 0.842 4,427.55 Belgium 4,000 10.021 399.16 9.091 440.00 Federal Republic of Germany 15,127 13.753 1,099.86 12.477 1,212.39 Italy 3,939 2.866 1,374.39 2.600 1,515.00 Turkey 276,620 684.999 403.83 621.421 445.14 China 12,636 16.534 764.21 15.000 842.40 Korea, South 162,625 409.016 397.60 371.054 438.28 Taiwan 124,058 336.620 368.54 305.377 406.25 Japan 2,697,723 6,939.302 388.76 6,295.231 428.53 Australia 2,577 2.755 935.13 2.500 1,030.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,246,496 23,630.576 518.25 21,437.304 571.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,107,301 4,700.912 448.27 4,264.597 494.14 Mexico 9,055,066 22,610.394 400.48 20,511.811 441.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 1,417,410 3,423.806 413.99 3,106.026 456.34 Brazil 163,951 406.461 403.36 368.736 444.63 Luxembourg 1,169,777 1,335.217 876.09 1,211.289 965.73 Federal Republic of Germany 14,200,396 35,344.537 401.77 32,064.034 442.88 Romania 5,522,011 16,218.158 340.48 14,712.870 375.32 Bulgaria 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 Turkey 55,683,090 145,402.047 382.96 131,906.556 422.14 Taiwan 9,292,223 25,758.725 360.74 23,367.929 397.65 Japan 7,922,704 22,315.183 355.04 20,244.000 391.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,076,668 297,232.692 383.80 269,645.039 423.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,148,710 4,127.891 1,005.04 3,744.761 1,107.87 Mexico 168,036 252.887 664.47 229.416 732.45 Finland 14,355 14.376 998.52 13.042 1,100.67 United Kingdom 1,361,172 1,074.456 1,266.85 974.731 1,396.46 Netherlands 38,711 24.808 1,560.39 22.506 1,720.03 France 335,669 296.558 1,131.88 269.033 1,247.69 Federal Republic of Germany 5,616,085 5,216.266 1,076.65 4,732.119 1,186.80 Austria 192,420 106.271 1,810.64 96.408 1,995.89 Switzerland 17,740 6.804 2,607.07 6.173 2,873.81 Ukraine 88,489 175.752 503.49 159.440 555.00 Spain 1,003,400 1,178.021 851.77 1,068.683 938.91 Italy 322,143 299.368 1,076.07 271.583 1,186.17 Romania 69,744 31.898 2,186.42 28.938 2,410.12 China 158,170 210.105 752.81 190.605 829.83 Korea, South 57,684 49.652 1,161.75 45.044 1,280.61 Japan 72,903 53.229 1,369.60 48.289 1,509.72 South Africa 73,342 121.817 602.06 110.511 663.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,738,773 13,240.168 1,037.66 12,011.282 1,143.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,805,604 31,631.467 784.21 28,695.593 864.44 Mexico 4,410,255 5,745.959 767.54 5,212.648 846.07 Guatemala 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 Dominican Republic 179,255 456.539 392.64 414.166 432.81 Colombia 728,345 892.753 815.84 809.893 899.31 Venezuela 1,401,975 2,005.632 699.02 1,819.480 770.54 Ecuador 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 Chile 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 Brazil 279,546 229.061 1,220.40 207.801 1,345.26 Argentina 627,002 747.603 838.68 678.215 924.49 Sweden 9,131 0.437 20,865.25 0.397 23,000.00 Netherlands 588,253 828.089 710.37 751.230 783.05 France 251,170 176.060 1,426.62 159.719 1,572.57 Federal Republic of Germany 540,688 177.168 3,051.82 160.725 3,364.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 55,469 56.226 986.52 51.008 1,087.46 Poland 9,143 1.212 7,540.36 1.100 8,311.82 Russia 69,642 137.083 508.03 124.360 560.00 Ukraine 291,651 404.839 720.41 367.264 794.12 Spain 2,474,003 1,839.334 1,345.05 1,668.617 1,482.67 Italy 472,951 274.383 1,723.68 248.917 1,900.03 Romania 1,168,079 1,660.838 703.31 1,506.688 775.26 Turkey 7,065,469 12,204.743 578.91 11,071.960 638.14 United Arab Emirates 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 Oman 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 India 7,378,943 12,285.475 600.62 11,145.199 662.07 Thailand 6,714,450 12,017.490 558.72 10,902.087 615.89 Indonesia 113,631 218.374 520.35 198.106 573.59 China 18,879,406 34,511.103 547.05 31,307.955 603.02 Korea, South 1,825,242 2,495.595 731.39 2,263.967 806.21 Taiwan 2,205,078 4,145.335 531.94 3,760.586 586.37 Japan 802,180 812.351 987.48 736.953 1,088.51 South Africa 1,927,873 3,309.905 582.46 3,002.697 642.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,106,255 132,419.728 657.80 120,129.191 725.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,565,906 6,133.953 907.39 5,564.631 1,000.23 Mexico 22,130 44.081 502.03 39.990 553.39 Colombia 2,718,160 2,151.436 1,263.42 1,951.751 1,392.68 Venezuela 6,323,888 7,956.805 794.78 7,218.295 876.09 Brazil 306,322 418.094 732.66 379.289 807.62 Sweden 1,578,697 1,786.353 883.75 1,620.553 974.17 Netherlands 101,178 219.999 459.90 199.580 506.95 Federal Republic of Germany 4,633,414 3,240.519 1,429.84 2,939.751 1,576.12 Austria 5,563,502 3,475.348 1,600.85 3,152.784 1,764.63 Czech Republic 62,769 50.274 1,248.53 45.608 1,376.27 Russia 7,730,715 11,422.652 676.79 10,362.459 746.03 Spain 247,964 158.061 1,568.78 143.391 1,729.29 Italy 1,575,606 917.217 1,717.81 832.086 1,893.56 Greece 1,510,102 2,569.437 587.72 2,330.955 647.85 Romania 8,126,498 7,124.283 1,140.68 6,463.043 1,257.38 Turkey 2,459,184 3,837.023 640.91 3,480.890 706.48 India 1,032,375 825.134 1,251.16 748.550 1,379.17 China 25,866,167 28,562.973 905.58 25,911.901 998.24 Korea, South 8,875,289 12,063.453 735.72 10,943.784 810.99 Taiwan 1,652,559 2,338.628 706.64 2,121.569 778.93 Japan 1,496,330 765.627 1,954.38 694.566 2,154.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,448,755 96,061.361 910.34 87,145.426 1,003.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 36,169 48.401 747.27 43.909 823.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,159,553 1,150.166 1,008.16 1,043.414 1,111.31 Federal Republic of Germany 925,647 999.013 926.56 906.290 1,021.36 Czech Republic 62,498 57.220 1,092.22 51.910 1,203.97 Poland 514,451 453.470 1,134.47 411.382 1,250.54 Russia 490,228 818.763 598.74 742.770 660.00 Ukraine 935,583 1,171.936 798.32 1,063.163 880.00 Italy 1,800,362 991.901 1,815.06 899.838 2,000.76 Romania 2,296,615 3,213.321 714.72 2,915.077 787.84 China 1,873,956 1,819.008 1,030.21 1,650.177 1,135.61 Korea, South 3,334,568 4,425.036 753.57 4,014.327 830.67 Taiwan 269,645 474.943 567.74 430.862 625.83 Japan 4,497,386 4,978.079 903.44 4,516.039 995.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,196,661 20,601.264 883.28 18,689.158 973.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 25,680 22.944 1,119.22 20.815 1,233.73 Mexico 4,117,461 4,944.722 832.70 4,485.778 917.89 Venezuela 200,402 312.013 642.29 283.054 708.00 Brazil 2,136,911 3,459.568 617.68 3,138.469 680.88 Argentina 2,868,019 2,666.964 1,075.39 2,419.430 1,185.41 United Kingdom 29,921 4.599 6,504.64 4.173 7,170.14 France 1,275,058 1,127.975 1,130.40 1,023.282 1,246.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,107,412 641.225 1,727.02 581.710 1,903.72 Czech Republic 2,269,267 2,713.006 836.44 2,461.199 922.02 Poland 554,506 503.460 1,101.39 456.732 1,214.07 Spain 881,962 663.143 1,329.97 601.594 1,466.04 Italy 8,339,103 5,067.839 1,645.49 4,597.468 1,813.85 Romania 2,087,615 2,358.048 885.31 2,139.186 975.89 Turkey 277,020 526.243 526.41 477.400 580.27 China 4,581,219 5,573.967 821.90 5,056.620 905.98 Korea, South 2,000,267 3,412.319 586.19 3,095.605 646.16 Taiwan 411,095 725.041 566.99 657.747 625.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,162,918 34,723.085 955.07 31,500.262 1,052.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 9,511 1.267 7,502.81 1.150 8,270.43 Mexico 806,111 993.925 811.04 901.674 894.02 Brazil 2,015,431 3,246.855 620.73 2,945.499 684.24 Poland 64,553 125.823 513.04 114.145 565.54 Turkey 52,326 108.687 481.43 98.600 530.69 China 3,659,177 5,480.929 667.62 4,972.217 735.92 Korea, South 4,048,513 6,809.873 594.51 6,177.815 655.33 Taiwan 1,636,327 2,954.180 553.90 2,679.988 610.57 South Africa 192,143 315.888 608.26 286.569 670.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,484,092 20,037.431 623.04 18,177.657 686.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,892,753 9,115.001 1,085.33 8,268.993 1,196.37 Mexico 10,503,789 13,847.994 758.51 12,562.693 836.11 Costa Rica 146,173 197.735 739.23 179.383 814.87 Dominican Republic 457,076 546.110 836.97 495.423 922.60 Colombia 463,137 590.966 783.69 536.116 863.87 Brazil 757,308 1,160.929 652.33 1,053.178 719.07 Argentina 835,955 779.135 1,072.93 706.820 1,182.70 Sweden 47,540 17.186 2,766.18 15.591 3,049.20 Denmark 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 Belgium 33,545 16.552 2,026.61 15.016 2,233.95 France 563,770 390.215 1,444.76 353.998 1,592.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,206,007 703.462 1,714.39 638.171 1,889.79 Austria 54,724 25.085 2,181.52 22.757 2,404.71 Slovakia 73,375 45.597 1,609.20 41.365 1,773.84 Hungary 3,325 0.120 27,673.30 0.109 30,504.59 Switzerland 1,321,512 518.765 2,547.42 470.616 2,808.05 Russia 610,095 872.484 699.26 791.505 770.80 Ukraine 32,556 45.426 716.68 41.210 790.00 Spain 2,714,005 1,897.969 1,429.95 1,721.809 1,576.25 Italy 435,401 345.664 1,259.60 313.582 1,388.48 Romania 810,308 909.698 890.74 825.265 981.88 Turkey 3,761,176 4,695.143 801.08 4,259.364 883.04 India 765,797 612.047 1,251.21 555.240 1,379.22 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 Malaysia 11,520 15.845 727.01 14.375 801.39 China 3,768,541 4,279.044 880.70 3,881.885 970.80 Korea, South 2,215,693 3,573.371 620.06 3,241.709 683.50 Taiwan 63,669 38.277 1,663.34 34.725 1,833.52 Japan 1,053,744 390.573 2,697.94 354.322 2,973.97 Australia 31,693 31.816 996.13 28.863 1,098.05 South Africa 51,415 67.153 765.63 60.921 843.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,716,073 45,736.392 933.96 41,491.369 1,029.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 133,684 88.582 1,509.14 80.361 1,663.54 Mexico 358,954 235.149 1,526.49 213.324 1,682.67 Argentina 201,494 108.638 1,854.72 98.555 2,044.48 United Kingdom 41,130 16.931 2,429.20 15.360 2,677.73 France 982,752 585.316 1,679.01 530.990 1,850.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,689,520 1,258.605 1,342.37 1,141.788 1,479.71 Austria 23,674 11.707 2,022.10 10.621 2,228.98 Czech Republic 38,964 35.814 1,087.95 32.490 1,199.26 Slovakia 432,347 357.313 1,210.00 324.149 1,333.79 Poland 800,034 711.740 1,124.05 645.680 1,239.06 Italy 418,583 357.447 1,171.03 324.271 1,290.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 329,711 216.017 1,526.31 195.968 1,682.47 India 12,265 13.007 942.93 11.800 1,039.41 China 541,466 1,027.133 527.16 931.800 581.10 Korea, South 44,718 46.261 966.63 41.968 1,065.53 Japan 684,387 673.628 1,015.97 611.106 1,119.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,733,683 5,743.294 1,172.44 5,210.231 1,292.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,142,463 388.068 2,943.97 352.050 3,245.17 Mexico 417,177 237.413 1,757.17 215.378 1,936.95 Brazil 5,612 1.535 3,654.79 1.393 4,028.72 Sweden 3,657 6.478 564.50 5.877 622.26 United Kingdom 2,335 0.020 111,488.26 0.019 122,894.74 Federal Republic of Germany 90,248 18.311 4,928.46 16.612 5,432.70 India 11,743 10.700 1,097.46 9.707 1,209.75 Vietnam 59,573 40.218 1,481.22 36.486 1,632.76 China 59,015 22.454 2,628.25 20.370 2,897.15 Japan 368,038 123.037 2,991.26 111.618 3,297.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,159,861 848.239 2,546.29 769.510 2,806.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,729,997 23,901.847 825.46 21,683.397 909.91 Mexico 4,174,428 3,641.945 1,146.21 3,303.918 1,263.48 Brazil 271,744 549.625 494.42 498.612 545.00 United Kingdom 365,708 588.767 621.14 534.121 684.69 Belgium 14,638 8.706 1,681.36 7.898 1,853.38 Federal Republic of Germany 445,908 291.010 1,532.28 264.000 1,689.05 Austria 201,723 123.206 1,637.28 111.771 1,804.79 Spain 2,159 1.608 1,342.43 1.459 1,479.78 Turkey 5,363,123 10,904.754 491.82 9,892.630 542.13 India 265,922 392.246 677.95 355.840 747.31 Malaysia 17,832 31.206 571.42 28.310 629.88 China 4,270,577 8,919.788 478.78 8,091.898 527.76 Korea, South 6,893,494 14,019.687 491.70 12,718.450 542.01 Japan 193,339 252.279 766.37 228.864 844.78 South Africa 38,615 109.730 351.91 99.546 387.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,249,207 63,736.409 662.87 57,820.714 730.69 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 32,484 44.748 725.93 40.595 800.20 Mexico 144,766 110.793 1,306.63 100.510 1,440.31 Brazil 12,330 6.095 2,022.71 5.530 2,229.66 Poland 186,106 406.164 458.20 368.466 505.08 China 6,720 5.888 1,141.20 5.342 1,257.96 Korea, South 63,644 81.808 777.97 74.215 857.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 28,659 60.558 473.24 54.938 521.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 474,709 716.056 662.95 649.596 730.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,493,472 13,232.374 868.59 12,004.212 957.45 Mexico 7,842,267 9,620.840 815.13 8,727.882 898.53 Dominican Republic 210,448 267.376 787.08 242.560 867.61 Trinidad and Tobago 496,092 750.043 661.42 680.428 729.09 Venezuela 427,095 559.429 763.45 507.506 841.56 Chile 239,718 268.923 891.40 243.963 982.60 Brazil 1,157,774 1,651.969 700.84 1,498.642 772.55 Argentina 281,624 451.128 624.27 409.257 688.13 Sweden 169,076 72.828 2,321.56 66.069 2,559.08 Finland 1,036,925 1,199.206 864.68 1,087.902 953.14 United Kingdom 497,288 362.679 1,371.15 329.017 1,511.44 Netherlands 84,675 82.173 1,030.44 74.547 1,135.86 Belgium 792,136 556.428 1,423.61 504.784 1,569.26 France 358,420 237.686 1,507.95 215.626 1,662.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,455,815 1,202.676 1,210.48 1,091.050 1,334.32 Austria 321,483 100.817 3,188.77 91.460 3,515.01 Czech Republic 63,308 49.034 1,291.10 44.483 1,423.20 Switzerland 5,268 5.478 961.58 4.970 1,059.96 Poland 637,052 663.434 960.23 601.858 1,058.48 Russia 419,212 614.364 682.35 557.342 752.16 Belarus 56,052 38.094 1,471.38 34.559 1,621.92 Ukraine 93,139 116.163 801.79 105.382 883.82 Moldova 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 Spain 509,536 531.146 959.31 481.848 1,057.46 Italy 203,553 168.144 1,210.59 152.538 1,334.44 Greece 537,809 603.268 891.49 547.276 982.70 Turkey 14,151 21.094 670.82 19.137 739.46 Israel 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 India 343,680 459.529 747.90 416.878 824.41 Thailand 127,358 187.941 677.65 170.498 746.98 Malaysia 21,922 21.294 1,029.47 19.318 1,134.80 Indonesia 19,158 3.562 5,377.43 3.232 5,927.60 China 5,915,709 9,899.664 597.57 8,980.827 658.70 Korea, South 1,680,965 1,752.950 958.93 1,590.250 1,057.04 Hong Kong 32,522 6.272 5,185.14 5.690 5,715.64 Taiwan 883,820 1,049.324 842.28 951.931 928.45 Japan 2,702,018 2,246.986 1,202.51 2,038.432 1,325.54 Australia 21,853 28.746 760.21 26.078 837.99 South Africa 535,428 906.941 590.37 822.764 650.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,861,602 51,587.523 830.85 46,799.427 915.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 96,420 210.185 458.74 190.677 505.67 Belgium 12,427 16.788 740.22 15.230 815.96 Federal Republic of Germany 152,712 288.958 528.49 262.139 582.56 Japan 1,736,485 2,307.339 752.59 2,093.184 829.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,998,044 2,823.272 707.71 2,561.230 780.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,160,906 10,685.551 763.73 9,693.772 841.87 Venezuela 5,729 8.234 695.75 7.470 766.93 Brazil 491,866 558.697 880.38 506.842 970.45 Norway 1,378,623 2,222.502 620.30 2,016.221 683.77 Netherlands 5,107,290 7,656.378 667.06 6,945.752 735.31 France 2,136,964 3,253.651 656.79 2,951.664 723.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,250,192 7,822.947 543.30 7,096.861 598.88 China 1,681,162 2,668.391 630.03 2,420.725 694.49 Taiwan 155,827 202.985 767.68 184.145 846.22 Japan 129,038 144.270 894.42 130.880 985.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,497,597 35,223.611 667.10 31,954.332 735.35 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,335,550 2,873.560 812.77 2,606.851 895.93 Korea, South 154,964 224.347 690.73 203.525 761.40 Japan 1,444,130 1,757.545 821.67 1,594.419 905.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,934,644 4,855.453 810.36 4,404.795 893.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,033,422 43,461.101 576.00 39,427.259 634.93 Mexico 12,897,196 27,813.900 463.70 25,232.353 511.14 Venezuela 1,911,090 4,290.723 445.40 3,892.480 490.97 Sweden 217,927 150.958 1,443.62 136.947 1,591.32 Finland 1,304,472 2,656.995 490.96 2,410.386 541.19 Netherlands 5,991,098 13,309.811 450.13 12,074.461 496.18 Belgium 2,851,838 5,535.324 515.21 5,021.563 567.92 France 4,822,963 10,190.408 473.28 9,244.586 521.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,151,395 1,900.109 605.96 1,723.751 667.96 Austria 1,123,920 1,886.054 595.91 1,711.000 656.88 Slovakia 457,495 1,009.731 453.09 916.013 499.44 Hungary 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 Spain 3,216,086 7,479.732 429.97 6,785.501 473.96 Italy 5,045,622 12,764.096 395.30 11,579.397 435.74 Turkey 11,000,858 27,296.769 403.01 24,763.220 444.24 Malaysia 5,696,906 12,802.161 445.00 11,613.929 490.52 China 18,245 35.655 511.70 32.346 564.06 Korea, South 24,041,986 62,075.066 387.31 56,313.569 426.93 Taiwan 312,191 820.214 380.62 744.086 419.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 200,469 313.728 638.99 284.610 704.36 Australia 5,901,140 14,782.850 399.19 13,410.780 440.03 New Zealand 2,531,391 5,675.259 446.04 5,148.510 491.67 Egypt 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,697,457 289,126.467 448.58 262,291.193 494.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,813,594 23,004.360 643.95 20,869.211 709.83 Mexico 4,061,686 7,184.858 565.31 6,517.996 623.15 Venezuela 313,929 601.735 521.71 545.885 575.08 Brazil 28,976,003 59,876.862 483.93 54,319.391 533.44 Argentina 2,061,033 4,186.549 492.30 3,797.975 542.67 Sweden 93,331 127.537 731.79 115.700 806.66 Netherlands 1,729,069 3,149.744 548.96 2,857.401 605.12 Belgium 5,006,350 9,331.310 536.51 8,465.225 591.40 France 280,396 449.026 624.45 407.350 688.34 Federal Republic of Germany 107,242 170.837 627.74 154.981 691.97 Russia 9,802,702 20,066.028 488.52 18,203.600 538.50 Italy 4,812,512 11,738.876 409.96 10,649.333 451.91 Turkey 4,339,380 9,236.186 469.82 8,378.930 517.89 Indonesia 67,150 176.712 380.00 160.311 418.87 China 5,617,077 12,032.139 466.84 10,915.376 514.60 Korea, South 3,320,702 6,306.743 526.53 5,721.383 580.40 Taiwan 20,780,623 45,851.430 453.22 41,595.730 499.59 Japan 1,630,637 2,404.816 678.07 2,181.613 747.45 New Zealand 392,287 787.237 498.31 714.170 549.29 South Africa 569,268 1,318.714 431.68 1,196.318 475.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,774,971 218,001.708 498.96 197,767.879 550.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,742,151 39,806.123 696.93 36,111.518 768.24 Mexico 8,891,353 10,318.528 861.69 9,360.814 949.85 Costa Rica 105,005 95.502 1,099.51 86.638 1,212.00 Venezuela 1,680,716 2,636.581 637.46 2,391.867 702.68 Brazil 266,504 465.472 572.54 422.270 631.12 Argentina 1,450,846 2,752.670 527.07 2,497.181 580.99 Sweden 28,008 24.589 1,139.03 22.307 1,255.57 Finland 82,204 143.917 571.19 130.560 629.63 Netherlands 248,870 424.428 586.37 385.035 646.36 Belgium 741,361 1,293.449 573.17 1,173.398 631.81 Federal Republic of Germany 534,416 981.538 544.47 890.437 600.17 Austria 535,378 505.431 1,059.25 458.520 1,167.62 Spain 688,653 969.817 710.09 879.804 782.73 Italy 32,971 20.090 1,641.11 18.226 1,809.01 Turkey 1,872,796 3,439.926 544.43 3,120.650 600.13 India 36,168,967 61,212.246 590.88 55,530.832 651.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 17,193,830 31,237.888 550.42 28,338.544 606.73 Korea, South 19,179,666 25,326.817 757.29 22,976.109 834.77 Taiwan 21,411,188 30,971.760 691.31 28,097.116 762.04 Japan 121,579 125.021 972.46 113.418 1,071.96 South Africa 3,916,423 6,022.024 650.35 5,463.090 716.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 142,892,885 218,773.827 653.15 198,468.334 719.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 250,526 198.342 1,263.10 179.933 1,392.33 Brazil 513,778 946.655 542.73 858.792 598.26 Argentina 52,274 99.301 526.42 90.085 580.27 Belgium 884,378 1,360.472 650.05 1,234.200 716.56 Federal Republic of Germany 4,642,493 6,688.190 694.13 6,067.426 765.15 Indonesia 9,760 19.212 508.01 17.429 559.99 China 2,903 1.388 2,090.13 1.260 2,303.97 Korea, South 527,883 714.407 738.91 648.100 814.51 Taiwan 343,300 459.241 747.54 416.617 824.02 Japan 1,231,630 1,465.965 840.15 1,329.902 926.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,458,925 11,953.178 707.67 10,843.744 780.07 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,225,118 4,647.997 1,124.17 4,216.594 1,239.18 Mexico 1,881,636 2,549.022 738.18 2,312.435 813.70 Venezuela 12,806 16.496 776.31 14.965 855.73 Argentina 99,851 153.864 648.95 139.584 715.35 United Kingdom 141,544 159.518 887.32 144.713 978.10 Belgium 285,341 299.504 952.71 271.706 1,050.18 Luxembourg 2,592,333 3,885.713 667.14 3,525.061 735.40 France 53,131 15.360 3,458.89 13.935 3,812.77 Federal Republic of Germany 588,987 241.427 2,439.61 219.019 2,689.21 India 799,485 1,008.181 793.00 914.607 874.13 China 2,528,032 4,038.791 625.94 3,663.931 689.98 Korea, South 13,599,169 20,102.481 676.49 18,236.670 745.70 Taiwan 3,818,676 5,642.630 676.75 5,118.910 745.99 Japan 967,643 781.111 1,238.80 708.613 1,365.55 Australia 40,941 19.753 2,072.60 17.920 2,284.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,634,693 43,561.856 749.16 39,518.663 825.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,513,481 5,778.154 608.06 5,241.855 670.27 Mexico 949,856 1,183.239 802.76 1,073.417 884.89 United Kingdom 101,609 160.645 632.51 145.735 697.22 Federal Republic of Germany 51,502 68.787 748.71 62.403 825.31 Italy 18,452 67.797 272.16 61.505 300.01 Turkey 89,910 219.299 409.99 198.945 451.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 4,278 10.965 390.12 9.948 430.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,729,088 7,488.889 631.48 6,793.808 696.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,854,021 3,521.677 810.42 3,194.813 893.33 Mexico 313,045 313.387 998.91 284.300 1,101.11 Brazil 282,309 303.599 929.87 275.421 1,025.01 Sweden 1,000,609 227.024 4,407.50 205.953 4,858.43 United Kingdom 937,192 442.267 2,119.06 401.218 2,335.87 Netherlands 4,580 4.598 995.90 4.172 1,097.79 Belgium 9,110 21.273 428.23 19.299 472.05 France 187,992 12.807 14,677.99 11.619 16,179.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,832,804 1,212.047 1,512.16 1,099.551 1,666.87 Austria 433,058 85.992 5,036.00 78.011 5,551.24 Switzerland 100,639 64.136 1,569.13 58.184 1,729.67 Kyrgyzstan 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 Italy 73,495 28.040 2,621.02 25.438 2,889.18 India 202,847 170.098 1,192.53 154.311 1,314.53 China 443,047 830.992 533.15 753.864 587.70 Korea, South 861,848 1,044.392 825.21 947.457 909.64 Taiwan 5,050 0.695 7,260.36 0.631 8,003.17 Japan 704,371 505.540 1,393.30 458.619 1,535.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,358,931 8,903.818 1,163.43 8,077.411 1,282.46 GRAND TOTAL 1,590,212,511 3,107,886.154 511.67 2,819,427.688 564.02 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 1,385,415 215.567 6,426.81 195.560 7,084.35 Federal Republic of Germany 424,224 53.285 7,961.31 48.340 8,775.84 Italy 1,242,440 684.659 1,814.68 621.113 2,000.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,052,079 953.513 3,200.88 865.013 3,528.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 45,737 16.450 2,780.21 14.924 3,064.66 Mexico 2,361 0.059 39,664.14 0.054 43,722.22 Brazil 48,572 8.003 6,068.56 7.261 6,689.44 Sweden 5,886,550 2,171.087 2,711.34 1,969.578 2,988.74 United Kingdom 15,227,462 6,914.966 2,202.10 6,273.154 2,427.40 Belgium 3,803 0.947 4,011.66 0.860 4,422.09 Federal Republic of Germany 195,392 20.282 9,633.52 18.400 10,619.13 Spain 2,053,458 636.791 3,224.69 577.688 3,554.61 Italy 627,982 198.409 3,165.08 179.994 3,488.91 India 2,541 0.052 48,024.11 0.048 52,937.50 Malaysia 46,958 10.240 4,585.53 9.290 5,054.68 China 60,270 5.508 10,941.77 4.997 12,061.24 Taiwan 53,719 1.505 35,675.75 1.366 39,325.77 Japan 24,400 0.713 34,212.23 0.647 37,712.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,279,205 9,985.020 2,431.56 9,058.261 2,680.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 646,457 197.050 3,280.67 178.761 3,616.32 United Kingdom 582,453 226.733 2,568.89 205.689 2,831.72 France 237,350 58.951 4,026.18 53.480 4,438.11 Federal Republic of Germany 81,332 20.609 3,946.26 18.697 4,350.00 Austria 12,014 3.411 3,521.46 3.095 3,881.74 Italy 693,988 391.904 1,770.81 355.530 1,951.98 India 39,142 18.777 2,084.48 17.035 2,297.74 China 196,087 161.194 1,216.46 146.233 1,340.92 Korea, South 219,540 80.387 2,731.03 72.926 3,010.45 Taiwan 1,792,442 725.214 2,471.60 657.904 2,724.47 Japan 63,971 25.105 2,548.12 22.775 2,808.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,564,776 1,909.340 2,390.76 1,732.125 2,635.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,066 1.184 3,431.27 1.075 3,782.33 India 108,983 35.469 3,072.62 32.177 3,386.98 Korea, South 69,089 19.699 3,507.16 17.871 3,865.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 182,138 56.353 3,232.07 51.123 3,562.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 8,286 0.641 12,915.70 0.582 14,237.11 Sweden 194,002 66.552 2,915.04 60.375 3,213.28 Finland 45,191 22.506 2,007.87 20.418 2,213.29 United Kingdom 30,928 2.070 14,940.05 1.878 16,468.58 Belgium 3,105,005 875.858 3,545.10 794.566 3,907.80 France 2,871,885 585.438 4,905.53 531.101 5,407.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,031,211 301.016 3,425.76 273.078 3,776.25 Austria 229,091 58.962 3,885.36 53.490 4,282.88 Italy 709,257 336.756 2,106.15 305.500 2,321.63 China 80,869 39.269 2,059.32 35.625 2,270.01 Korea, South 355,619 132.302 2,687.92 120.023 2,962.92 Taiwan 2,975,756 1,195.842 2,488.42 1,084.850 2,743.01 Japan 593,627 184.824 3,211.84 167.670 3,540.45 South Africa 690,638 427.270 1,616.40 387.613 1,781.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,921,365 4,229.312 3,055.19 3,836.769 3,367.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,101,174 749.665 2,802.82 680.085 3,089.58 Belgium 1,464,611 603.283 2,427.73 547.290 2,676.12 Federal Republic of Germany 1,001,648 402.539 2,488.32 365.178 2,742.90 China 11,533 2.621 4,399.73 2.378 4,849.87 Korea, South 11,021 2.042 5,395.62 1.853 5,947.65 South Africa 132,639 78.826 1,682.68 71.510 1,854.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,722,626 1,838.978 2,568.07 1,668.294 2,830.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 50,651 25.228 2,007.68 22.887 2,213.09 Brazil 199,162 18.965 10,501.41 17.205 11,575.82 Sweden 11,696 2.078 5,625.89 1.886 6,201.48 Finland 19,510 9.737 2,003.53 8.834 2,208.51 United Kingdom 116,128 42.642 2,723.27 38.685 3,001.89 Ireland 36,892 3.333 11,067.42 3.024 12,199.74 Netherlands 26,271 10.974 2,393.80 9.956 2,638.71 Belgium 123,433 43.276 2,852.18 39.260 3,143.99 France 425,389 44.214 9,620.96 40.111 10,605.30 Federal Republic of Germany 518,380 157.896 3,283.04 143.241 3,618.94 Austria 1,073,529 172.965 6,206.60 156.912 6,841.60 Czech Republic 8,526 5.455 1,562.87 4.949 1,722.77 Spain 65,531 21.073 3,109.57 19.118 3,427.71 Portugal 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 Italy 341,967 98.677 3,465.49 89.519 3,820.05 United Arab Emirates 4,168 0.783 5,318.07 0.711 5,862.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 270,548 98.659 2,742.25 89.502 3,022.82 Hong Kong 2,258 1.565 1,442.55 1.420 1,590.14 Taiwan 1,390,156 398.769 3,486.11 361.758 3,842.78 Japan 38,248 5.692 6,719.21 5.164 7,406.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,787,917 1,184.487 4,042.19 1,074.549 4,455.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,588 0.034 222,055.48 0.031 244,774.19 Italy 382,187 111.066 3,441.06 100.758 3,793.12 India 971,472 409.611 2,371.69 371.593 2,614.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,361,247 520.711 2,614.20 472.382 2,881.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 701,169 201.107 3,486.53 182.442 3,843.24 Mexico 16,336 8.703 1,876.87 7.896 2,068.90 Brazil 5,821 1.938 3,002.12 1.759 3,309.27 Sweden 601,121 130.297 4,613.45 118.204 5,085.45 Norway 6,023 1.897 3,174.88 1.721 3,499.71 United Kingdom 1,003,375 165.615 6,058.46 150.244 6,678.30 Netherlands 13,307 2.602 5,113.05 2.361 5,636.17 France 2,588,353 794.835 3,256.46 721.063 3,589.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,270,131 426.695 2,976.67 387.092 3,281.21 Austria 426,864 64.474 6,620.70 58.490 7,298.07 Switzerland 75,597 23.368 3,234.93 21.200 3,565.90 Latvia 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 Poland 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 Spain 69,413 22.039 3,149.47 19.994 3,471.69 Italy 6,336,396 1,465.899 4,322.53 1,329.842 4,764.77 Slovenia 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 Saudi Arabia 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 United Arab Emirates 381,751 187.622 2,034.68 170.208 2,242.85 India 3,225,524 1,143.599 2,820.50 1,037.456 3,109.07 China 322,435 104.493 3,085.69 94.795 3,401.39 Taiwan 5,771,430 1,992.336 2,896.81 1,807.418 3,193.19 Japan 180,786 38.195 4,733.23 34.650 5,217.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,738,568 7,110.133 3,338.70 6,450.206 3,680.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,354,251 1,519.483 6,156.20 1,378.453 6,786.05 Mexico 285,839 93.742 3,049.19 85.042 3,361.15 Argentina 143,056 9.951 14,375.08 9.028 15,845.81 Sweden 2,767,201 239.915 11,534.05 217.648 12,714.11 Norway 92,814 4.078 22,756.61 3.700 25,084.86 Finland 289,096 123.947 2,332.41 112.443 2,571.04 Denmark 3,650 0.203 17,898.51 0.185 19,729.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 325,106 12.300 26,429.90 11.159 29,133.97 Ireland 5,396 0.740 7,284.48 0.672 8,029.76 France 4,101,560 644.031 6,368.57 584.256 7,020.14 Federal Republic of Germany 4,946,088 335.101 14,759.97 303.999 16,270.08 Austria 436,027 66.051 6,601.31 59.921 7,276.70 Czech Republic 551,938 50.705 10,885.23 45.999 11,998.91 Switzerland 19,466 1.688 11,526.93 1.532 12,706.27 Ukraine 208,704 38.341 5,443.27 34.783 6,000.17 Spain 3,034,285 322.462 9,409.73 292.533 10,372.45 Italy 545,782 156.341 3,490.95 141.831 3,848.12 India 282,571 48.701 5,802.14 44.181 6,395.76 Thailand 77,682 20.496 3,790.04 18.594 4,177.80 Malaysia 766,282 250.968 3,053.30 227.675 3,365.68 Singapore 174,345 47.626 3,660.68 43.206 4,035.20 China 7,257,479 2,017.908 3,596.54 1,830.616 3,964.50 Korea, South 3,568,997 1,015.413 3,514.82 921.168 3,874.43 Hong Kong 23,196 1.466 15,821.85 1.330 17,440.60 Taiwan 3,515,619 1,318.029 2,667.33 1,195.697 2,940.23 Japan 7,167,630 1,099.948 6,516.33 997.857 7,183.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,944,060 9,439.649 5,290.88 8,563.508 5,832.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 393,469 47.818 8,228.43 43.380 9,070.29 Mexico 330,728 89.989 3,675.19 81.637 4,051.20 Brazil 41,587 12.819 3,243.95 11.630 3,575.84 Sweden 1,480,247 206.829 7,156.83 187.633 7,889.05 Denmark 38,398 1.168 32,862.35 1.060 36,224.53 United Kingdom 91,428 14.895 6,137.95 13.513 6,765.93 Ireland 2,039 0.513 3,969.42 0.466 4,375.54 Netherlands 27,989 1.041 26,869.00 0.945 29,617.99 France 411,692 72.123 5,708.18 65.429 6,292.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,263,250 145.614 8,675.32 132.099 9,562.90 Switzerland 364,259 89.409 4,074.05 81.111 4,490.87 Spain 75,281 5.263 14,302.37 4.775 15,765.65 Italy 190,879 19.581 9,747.95 17.764 10,745.27 India 2,785,487 1,036.412 2,687.62 940.218 2,962.60 Thailand 64,090 37.326 1,717.01 33.862 1,892.68 China 1,143,276 363.265 3,147.22 329.549 3,469.21 Korea, South 2,058,393 560.841 3,670.19 508.787 4,045.69 Hong Kong 147,919 36.934 4,004.95 33.506 4,414.70 Taiwan 1,106,364 301.888 3,664.81 273.869 4,039.76 Japan 873,871 112.187 7,789.37 101.775 8,586.30 Australia 2,303 0.579 3,971.95 0.526 4,378.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,892,949 3,156.505 4,084.56 2,863.534 4,502.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 82,615 18.910 4,368.82 17.155 4,815.80 Sweden 31,693 5.467 5,796.66 4.960 6,389.72 Finland 66,066 35.516 1,860.15 32.220 2,050.47 Belgium 53,016 27.458 1,930.76 24.910 2,128.30 France 5,524 1.836 3,007.98 1.666 3,315.73 Federal Republic of Germany 39,937 15.444 2,585.84 14.011 2,850.40 Austria 36,872 6.250 5,899.42 5.670 6,503.00 Italy 52,112 24.510 2,126.07 22.236 2,343.59 China 54,526 29.132 1,871.62 26.429 2,063.11 Korea, South 2,395 0.706 3,389.56 0.641 3,736.35 Japan 1,313,417 935.257 1,404.34 848.452 1,548.02 South Africa 505,538 383.762 1,317.32 348.144 1,452.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,243,711 1,484.255 1,511.67 1,346.494 1,666.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 274,386 126.835 2,163.33 115.063 2,384.66 Mexico 21,167,245 9,723.652 2,176.88 8,821.152 2,399.60 Brazil 5,166,015 2,467.355 2,093.75 2,238.348 2,307.96 Sweden 3,253,791 926.559 3,511.69 840.561 3,870.98 Finland 1,555,568 611.479 2,543.94 554.725 2,804.21 United Kingdom 374,559 18.026 20,778.71 16.353 22,904.60 Netherlands 120,558 20.364 5,920.13 18.474 6,525.82 Belgium 2,432,397 900.934 2,699.86 817.314 2,976.09 France 2,249,971 890.908 2,525.48 808.219 2,783.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,412,808 1,030.450 2,341.51 934.809 2,581.07 Austria 28,275 2.863 9,873.23 2.598 10,883.37 Spain 4,895 4.905 997.90 4.450 1,100.00 Italy 5,129,079 2,618.550 1,958.75 2,375.510 2,159.15 Romania 241,842 96.738 2,499.95 87.760 2,755.72 United Arab Emirates 196,993 93.396 2,109.21 84.728 2,325.00 India 70,231 22.611 3,105.96 20.513 3,423.73 Thailand 494,143 204.561 2,415.62 185.575 2,662.77 China 13,388,784 7,287.814 1,837.15 6,611.396 2,025.11 Korea, South 1,289,386 620.409 2,078.28 562.826 2,290.91 Taiwan 7,810,229 3,670.476 2,127.85 3,329.801 2,345.55 Japan 691,873 323.959 2,135.68 293.891 2,354.18 South Africa 6,293,315 3,276.106 1,920.97 2,972.035 2,117.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,646,343 34,938.960 2,136.48 31,696.101 2,355.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 565,394 194.543 2,906.26 176.487 3,203.60 Austria 38,306 5.536 6,918.30 5.023 7,626.12 Japan 142,178 54.015 2,632.17 49.002 2,901.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 745,878 254.095 2,935.42 230.512 3,235.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 368,111 118.301 3,111.64 107.321 3,430.00 Mexico 1,373,863 647.231 2,122.68 587.159 2,339.85 Sweden 2,325,649 359.130 6,475.77 325.798 7,138.32 Finland 612,338 290.178 2,110.21 263.246 2,326.11 Denmark 14,560 2.203 6,607.61 1.999 7,283.64 United Kingdom 193,875 38.885 4,985.84 35.276 5,495.95 Belgium 154,354 35.368 4,364.13 32.086 4,810.63 France 672,389 178.949 3,757.43 162.340 4,141.86 Federal Republic of Germany 177,317 63.284 2,801.89 57.411 3,088.55 Austria 19,947 3.817 5,225.42 3.463 5,760.03 Spain 109,927 80.680 1,362.50 73.192 1,501.90 Italy 11,846 0.997 11,874.60 0.905 13,089.50 India 393,578 147.221 2,673.38 133.557 2,946.89 Indonesia 295,096 79.583 3,708.00 72.197 4,087.37 Korea, South 385,016 202.861 1,897.92 184.033 2,092.10 Taiwan 169,480 61.339 2,763.00 55.646 3,045.68 Japan 2,501,185 306.553 8,159.04 278.101 8,993.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,778,531 2,616.588 3,737.13 2,373.730 4,119.48 GRAND TOTAL 229,861,393 79,677.906 2,884.88 72,282.601 3,180.04