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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,350,085 27,096.458 418.88 24,581.501 461.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,094,047 27,754.612 579.87 25,178.568 639.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,242,225 12,257.526 672.42 11,119.844 741.22 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,467,841 1,673.744 876.98 1,518.396 966.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,315,136 25,923.627 822.23 23,517.526 906.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,163,825 28,914.622 559.02 26,230.912 616.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 241,155 332.326 725.66 301.482 799.90 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 415,871 205.606 2,022.66 186.523 2,229.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,099,861 63,755.803 613.28 57,838.308 676.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,799,920 10,985.114 619.01 9,965.531 682.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,107,301 4,700.912 448.27 4,264.597 494.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,460,124 6,390.530 1,323.85 5,797.393 1,459.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,229,832 692.923 1,774.84 628.610 1,956.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,074,389 31,679.908 791.49 28,739.538 872.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,703,826 10,331.862 1,229.58 9,372.911 1,355.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,484,590 5,060.653 1,281.37 4,590.949 1,412.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 35,680 23.094 1,544.96 20.951 1,703.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 310,631 88.845 3,496.32 80.599 3,854.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,982,122 11,045.891 1,084.76 10,020.667 1,195.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 137,052 88.733 1,544.53 80.498 1,702.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,354,251 1,519.483 6,156.20 1,378.453 6,786.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,297,525 685.333 3,352.42 621.724 3,695.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,468,693 24,465.922 836.62 22,195.118 922.22 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 57,643 70.886 813.18 64.307 896.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,135,060 13,478.667 900.32 12,227.645 992.43 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,420 210.185 458.74 190.677 505.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,160,906 10,685.551 763.73 9,693.772 841.87 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,335,550 2,873.560 812.77 2,606.851 895.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,916,463 46,325.363 581.03 42,025.675 640.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,820,737 25,674.253 655.16 23,291.298 722.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,426,808 47,400.157 705.20 43,000.712 777.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,922,651 1,482.771 1,296.66 1,345.148 1,429.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,225,118 4,647.997 1,124.17 4,216.594 1,239.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,713,271 6,169.007 601.92 5,596.431 663.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,551,437 4,403.476 1,033.60 3,994.768 1,139.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 337,198,046 459,095.420 734.48 416,484.477 809.63 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,091,535 1,280.223 852.61 1,161.400 939.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,670,563 120,716.673 378.33 109,512.355 417.04 WIRE RODS..............................3 541,109 1,094.074 494.58 992.528 545.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,388,720 4,292.927 556.43 3,894.479 613.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,400 22.376 375.39 20.300 413.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,707,693 3,205.205 532.79 2,907.714 587.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 5,564 2.558 2,174.74 2.321 2,397.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,919,173 6,697.169 585.20 6,075.572 645.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,461,253 6,666.525 519.20 6,047.772 572.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,055,066 22,610.394 400.48 20,511.811 441.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 184,372 261.591 704.81 237.312 776.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 172,473 108.770 1,585.66 98.675 1,747.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,410,255 5,745.959 767.54 5,212.648 846.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,130 44.081 502.03 39.990 553.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 36,169 48.401 747.27 43.909 823.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,120,821 4,950.322 832.43 4,490.858 917.60 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 806,111 993.925 811.04 901.674 894.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,475,799 15,663.646 860.32 14,209.825 948.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 358,954 235.149 1,526.49 213.324 1,682.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 285,839 93.742 3,049.19 85.042 3,361.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 417,177 237.413 1,757.17 215.378 1,936.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,182,209 3,665.192 1,141.06 3,325.008 1,257.80 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 144,766 110.793 1,306.63 100.510 1,440.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,712,554 10,990.956 883.69 9,970.831 974.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,897,196 27,813.900 463.70 25,232.353 511.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,228,931 16,908.511 1,492.08 15,339.148 1,644.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,891,353 10,318.528 861.69 9,360.814 949.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,881,636 2,549.022 738.18 2,312.435 813.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 949,856 1,183.239 802.76 1,073.417 884.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,686,908 960.618 1,756.06 871.459 1,935.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,714,585 269,471.897 585.27 244,460.862 645.15 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 146,173 197.735 739.23 179.383 814.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 105,005 95.502 1,099.51 86.638 1,212.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,178 293.237 856.57 266.021 944.20 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,075 62.831 430.91 57.000 475.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,417,410 3,423.806 413.99 3,106.026 456.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 179,255 456.539 392.64 414.166 432.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 457,076 546.110 836.97 495.423 922.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 210,448 267.376 787.08 242.560 867.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,345,382 4,892.723 479.36 4,438.605 528.41 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 5,031,631 11,008.139 457.08 9,986.419 503.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 496,092 750.043 661.42 680.428 729.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,291,749 12,315.016 673.30 11,171.998 742.19 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 728,345 892.753 815.84 809.893 899.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,718,160 2,151.436 1,263.42 1,951.751 1,392.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,137 590.966 783.69 536.116 863.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,316,343 3,980.333 1,084.42 3,610.899 1,195.37 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,339,115 5,638.179 414.87 5,114.872 457.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,520,451 3,294.377 461.53 2,988.610 508.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,401,975 2,005.632 699.02 1,819.480 770.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,323,888 7,956.805 794.78 7,218.295 876.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 200,402 312.013 642.29 283.054 708.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 427,095 559.429 763.45 507.506 841.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,729 8.234 695.75 7.470 766.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,911,090 4,290.723 445.40 3,892.480 490.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 313,929 601.735 521.71 545.885 575.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,680,716 2,636.581 637.46 2,391.867 702.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,806 16.496 776.31 14.965 855.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,137,196 27,320.209 590.67 24,784.484 651.10 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 239,718 268.923 891.40 243.963 982.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 321,213 398.331 806.40 361.360 888.90 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 59,416,362 180,382.741 329.39 163,640.517 363.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,238,141 15,755.044 522.89 14,292.740 576.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 526,936 1,349.788 390.38 1,224.508 430.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,968,813 1,456.701 1,351.56 1,321.498 1,489.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 936,773 686.488 1,364.59 622.772 1,504.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 74,210 191.342 387.84 173.583 427.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 163,951 406.461 403.36 368.736 444.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,764 17.879 2,168.07 16.220 2,389.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,190,939 768.384 2,851.36 697.067 3,143.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 279,546 229.061 1,220.40 207.801 1,345.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 369,089 461.497 799.76 418.664 881.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,159,553 1,150.166 1,008.16 1,043.414 1,111.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,136,911 3,459.568 617.68 3,138.469 680.88 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,015,431 3,246.855 620.73 2,945.499 684.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 757,308 1,160.929 652.33 1,053.178 719.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,612 1.535 3,654.79 1.393 4,028.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 271,744 549.625 494.42 498.612 545.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 12,330 6.095 2,022.71 5.530 2,229.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,199,361 1,664.789 720.43 1,510.272 794.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 491,866 558.697 880.38 506.842 970.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,142,018 62,344.217 547.64 56,557.739 603.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 678,559 1,063.402 638.10 964.703 703.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 513,778 946.655 542.73 858.792 598.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 282,309 303.599 929.87 275.421 1,025.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,870,304 278,161.533 423.75 252,343.970 467.10 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,427,962 3,495.500 408.51 3,171.066 450.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,562 97.274 602.03 88.246 663.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,273,246 1,314.803 968.39 1,192.770 1,067.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,868,019 2,666.964 1,075.39 2,419.430 1,185.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,903,703 2,202.980 1,772.01 1,998.511 1,953.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,494 108.638 1,854.72 98.555 2,044.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 143,056 9.951 14,375.08 9.028 15,845.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 281,624 451.128 624.27 409.257 688.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,061,033 4,186.549 492.30 3,797.975 542.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,450,846 2,752.670 527.07 2,497.181 580.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 52,274 99.301 526.42 90.085 580.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 99,851 153.864 648.95 139.584 715.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,821,670 17,539.628 788.03 15,911.688 868.65 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,886,550 2,171.087 2,711.34 1,969.578 2,988.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 646,457 197.050 3,280.67 178.761 3,616.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,598,234 5,076.632 1,102.75 4,605.445 1,215.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,101,174 749.665 2,802.82 680.085 3,089.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,368,066 656.988 3,604.43 596.010 3,973.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 658,202 167.888 3,920.47 152.306 4,321.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,114,669 1,419.712 2,898.24 1,287.942 3,194.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,131 0.437 20,865.25 0.397 23,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,578,697 1,786.353 883.75 1,620.553 974.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,164,698 747.804 1,557.49 678.397 1,716.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,212,129 255.627 4,741.79 231.901 5,226.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,767,201 239.915 11,534.05 217.648 12,714.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,657 6.478 564.50 5.877 622.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,672,663 285.629 5,856.05 259.119 6,455.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,629,136 1,974.918 824.91 1,791.616 909.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,569,375 1,328.120 2,687.54 1,204.851 2,962.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,008 24.589 1,139.03 22.307 1,255.57 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 538,091 465.684 1,155.48 422.462 1,273.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,128,411 803.104 5,140.57 728.564 5,666.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,674,549 18,357.687 2,161.20 16,653.819 2,382.31 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,332,237 14,164.420 305.85 12,849.750 337.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 347,187 421.660 823.38 382.524 907.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,023 1.897 3,174.88 1.721 3,499.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,814 4.078 22,756.61 3.700 25,084.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,378,623 2,222.502 620.30 2,016.221 683.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,156,884 16,814.559 366.16 15,253.916 403.63 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,662,323 7,347.354 362.35 6,665.410 399.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 53,712 109.731 489.48 99.547 539.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 172,466 123.627 1,395.05 112.153 1,537.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,350,778 2,830.603 477.20 2,567.881 526.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,910 11.238 2,127.59 10.195 2,345.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,355 14.376 998.52 13.042 1,100.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,096 123.947 2,332.41 112.443 2,571.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 455,988 184.537 2,470.97 167.410 2,723.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,036,925 1,199.206 864.68 1,087.902 953.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,458,886 2,826.167 516.21 2,563.857 569.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,555,568 611.479 2,543.94 554.725 2,804.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 233,878 340.382 687.10 308.790 757.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 565,394 194.543 2,906.26 176.487 3,203.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 612,338 290.178 2,110.21 263.246 2,326.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,485,617 16,207.375 646.97 14,703.088 713.16 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,650 0.203 17,898.51 0.185 19,729.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,398 1.168 32,862.35 1.060 36,224.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,560 2.203 6,607.61 1.999 7,283.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,929 7.318 11,058.53 6.639 12,189.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,390,981 215.733 6,447.69 195.710 7,107.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,844,533 8,234.804 1,924.09 7,470.491 2,120.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,856,892 6,512.152 592.26 5,907.727 652.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,468,462 3,096.405 797.20 2,809.013 878.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 655,186 678.885 965.09 615.875 1,063.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,154,820 13,808.481 807.82 12,526.847 890.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,728 0.928 4,016.61 0.842 4,427.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,751,249 1,891.877 1,982.82 1,716.283 2,185.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,487,611 489.325 3,040.12 443.909 3,351.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,471 14.513 4,304.48 13.166 4,744.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 95,647 5.349 17,879.56 4.853 19,708.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 50,097 26.113 1,918.41 23.690 2,114.69 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,921 4.599 6,504.64 4.173 7,170.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 157,012 146.656 1,070.61 133.045 1,180.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 46,155 21.706 2,126.30 19.692 2,343.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 325,106 12.300 26,429.90 11.159 29,133.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 83,355 2.674 31,169.99 2.426 34,359.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 371,255 592.936 626.13 537.903 690.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 716,554 383.382 1,869.03 347.799 2,060.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 481,828 105.496 4,567.23 95.705 5,034.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 141,544 159.518 887.32 144.713 978.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 139,613 54.531 2,560.23 49.470 2,822.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 101,609 160.645 632.51 145.735 697.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,256,037 534.289 2,350.86 484.699 2,591.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,671,666 37,153.309 1,202.36 33,704.925 1,325.38 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,892 3.333 11,067.42 3.024 12,199.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,396 0.740 7,284.48 0.672 8,029.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,039 0.513 3,969.42 0.466 4,375.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,327 4.587 9,661.89 4.162 10,650.41 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 55,054 29.960 1,837.53 27.180 2,025.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,407,499 17,214.553 488.39 15,616.785 538.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,271 10.974 2,393.80 9.956 2,638.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,018 27.411 1,897.69 24.867 2,091.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,844 41.651 1,436.76 37.786 1,583.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 588,253 828.089 710.37 751.230 783.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 101,178 219.999 459.90 199.580 506.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,199 84.320 1,555.96 76.494 1,715.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,107,290 7,656.378 667.06 6,945.752 735.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,622,432 14,514.251 456.27 13,167.111 502.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,909,016 6,376.973 612.99 5,785.095 675.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 248,870 424.428 586.37 385.035 646.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,580 4.598 995.90 4.172 1,097.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,313,504 47,433.592 533.66 43,031.043 588.26 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 971,324 1,229.936 789.74 1,115.780 870.53 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,285,572 4,856.482 676.53 4,405.728 745.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,413,965 2,544.419 2,127.78 2,308.259 2,345.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,527,751 730.622 2,091.03 662.810 2,304.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,560 13.759 912.85 12.482 1,006.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 123,433 43.276 2,852.18 39.260 3,143.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,000 10.021 399.16 9.091 440.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 89,970 3.836 23,453.86 3.480 25,853.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,545 16.552 2,026.61 15.016 2,233.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,638 8.706 1,681.36 7.898 1,853.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 792,136 556.428 1,423.61 504.784 1,569.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 12,427 16.788 740.22 15.230 815.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,975,654 5,618.740 529.59 5,097.237 583.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,438,747 10,232.244 726.99 9,282.539 801.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,575,835 2,485.832 633.93 2,255.110 698.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 884,378 1,360.472 650.05 1,234.200 716.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 285,341 299.504 952.71 271.706 1,050.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,464 56.642 2,885.90 51.385 3,181.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,604,740 30,084.266 851.10 27,291.995 938.18 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 22,439 20.109 1,115.84 18.243 1,230.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,761,165 13,077.868 669.92 11,864.046 738.46 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,586,509 9,356.142 810.86 8,487.752 893.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 165,969 189.934 873.82 172.306 963.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,169,777 1,335.217 876.09 1,211.289 965.73 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,592,333 3,885.713 667.14 3,525.061 735.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,298,192 27,864.985 728.45 25,278.697 802.98 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,421,703 714.456 1,989.91 648.144 2,193.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 237,350 58.951 4,026.18 53.480 4,438.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,429,700 1,442.513 3,070.82 1,308.627 3,385.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,385,444 2,385.437 580.79 2,164.033 640.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,159,344 427.418 2,712.43 387.748 2,989.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,402,805 4,981.281 1,686.88 4,518.944 1,859.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,187,489 1,010.405 3,154.66 916.625 3,477.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 251,170 176.060 1,426.62 159.719 1,572.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,233,032 2,121.432 1,523.99 1,924.532 1,679.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,281,444 1,134.588 1,129.43 1,029.282 1,244.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,037,677 655.273 1,583.58 594.454 1,745.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,328,626 1,631.703 2,652.83 1,480.257 2,924.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,101,560 644.031 6,368.57 584.256 7,020.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,290 6.066 1,696.34 5.503 1,869.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,042,558 323.394 3,223.79 293.379 3,553.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,136,964 3,253.651 656.79 2,951.664 723.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,420,374 12,521.280 512.76 11,359.118 565.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,283,499 3,069.533 1,395.49 2,784.635 1,538.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 212,406 254.600 834.27 230.970 919.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 53,131 15.360 3,458.89 13.935 3,812.77 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,938 17.670 1,354.72 16.030 1,493.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,129,467 296.616 7,179.19 269.086 7,913.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,769,971 37,141.730 1,366.93 33,694.421 1,506.78 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 595,344 309.573 1,923.11 280.840 2,119.87 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 789,224 176.012 4,483.91 159.676 4,942.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,876,727 35,258.778 365.21 31,986.235 402.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,290,287 3,490.878 656.08 3,166.873 723.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,911,397 5,909.028 1,677.33 5,360.582 1,848.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,756,636 3,817.774 722.05 3,463.428 795.93 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 30,449 4.443 6,852.61 4.031 7,553.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,566,844 1,045.556 1,498.57 948.513 1,651.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,127 13.753 1,099.86 12.477 1,212.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,200,396 35,344.537 401.77 32,064.034 442.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,367,788 5,805.479 1,269.11 5,266.644 1,398.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,752,099 890.932 3,089.01 808.241 3,405.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 858,680 317.307 2,706.14 287.857 2,983.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,771,569 7,549.804 1,559.19 6,849.069 1,718.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 925,647 999.013 926.56 906.290 1,021.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,122,778 645.231 1,740.12 585.344 1,918.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,046,518 1,833.925 1,661.20 1,663.710 1,831.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,439,263 1,840.525 1,868.63 1,669.697 2,059.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,946,088 335.101 14,759.97 303.999 16,270.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 90,248 18.311 4,928.46 16.612 5,432.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 500,902 326.099 1,536.04 295.833 1,693.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,104,336 1,479.493 2,098.24 1,342.174 2,312.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 152,712 288.958 528.49 262.139 582.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,250,192 7,822.947 543.30 7,096.861 598.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,195,870 1,921.729 622.29 1,743.364 685.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,040,898 5,278.819 954.93 4,788.866 1,052.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,497,490 4,798.389 520.49 4,353.027 573.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 9,840,851 14,313.895 687.50 12,985.351 757.84 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 588,987 241.427 2,439.61 219.019 2,689.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,472,372 7,610.598 719.05 6,904.221 792.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 381,390 188.470 2,023.60 170.978 2,230.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,854,576 2,475.787 1,556.91 2,245.997 1,716.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 118,233,685 152,352.588 776.05 138,211.982 855.45 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 12,014 3.411 3,521.46 3.095 3,881.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,850,407 1,870.977 989.01 1,697.323 1,090.19 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 56,167 59.951 936.88 54.387 1,032.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,391,243 266.495 5,220.51 241.761 5,754.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 88,929 13.094 6,791.40 11.879 7,486.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 619,284 170.745 3,626.94 154.898 3,998.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,822,863 934.866 4,089.21 848.097 4,507.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,045,676 6,623.477 1,365.70 6,008.719 1,505.43 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 21,040 50.418 417.31 45.739 460.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 54,724 25.085 2,181.52 22.757 2,404.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,674 11.707 2,022.10 10.621 2,228.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 436,027 66.051 6,601.31 59.921 7,276.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 201,723 123.206 1,637.28 111.771 1,804.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 523,868 140.066 3,740.14 127.066 4,122.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,487,775 2,345.354 634.35 2,127.670 699.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,275 2.863 9,873.23 2.598 10,883.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 535,378 505.431 1,059.25 458.520 1,167.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 460,458 466.850 986.31 423.520 1,087.22 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,306 5.536 6,918.30 5.023 7,626.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 801,232 149.861 5,346.49 135.952 5,893.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,499,063 13,835.454 1,553.91 12,551.317 1,712.89 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 1,584,420 3,464.111 457.38 3,142.590 504.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 472,418 815.351 579.40 739.675 638.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,607,528 4,468.548 359.74 4,053.800 396.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,945,678 6,978.271 565.42 6,330.583 623.27 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 94,562 106.079 891.42 96.234 982.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 171,293 149.217 1,147.94 135.368 1,265.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 293,330 94.565 3,101.89 85.788 3,419.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 289,198 232.112 1,245.94 210.569 1,373.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 62,498 57.220 1,092.22 51.910 1,203.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,269,267 2,713.006 836.44 2,461.199 922.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 256,162 54.264 4,720.61 49.228 5,203.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 38,964 35.814 1,087.95 32.490 1,199.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 551,938 50.705 10,885.23 45.999 11,998.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,308 49.034 1,291.10 44.483 1,423.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,700,564 19,268.303 607.24 17,479.916 669.37 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,451 5.771 771.18 5.236 850.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,276,529 24,368.762 380.67 22,106.976 419.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 343,709 765.217 449.16 694.194 495.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,469 56.226 986.52 51.008 1,087.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 47,434 51.667 918.06 46.872 1,011.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 73,375 45.597 1,609.20 41.365 1,773.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 483,845 375.748 1,287.68 340.873 1,419.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 457,495 1,009.731 453.09 916.013 499.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,742,307 26,678.722 402.65 24,202.537 443.85 Hungary MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,325 0.120 27,673.30 0.109 30,504.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 516,389 1,135.776 454.66 1,030.359 501.17 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,337 30.173 3,093.34 27.373 3,409.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,544,785 611.857 2,524.75 555.068 2,783.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,466 1.688 11,526.93 1.532 12,706.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 369,527 94.888 3,894.35 86.081 4,292.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 453,276 147.800 3,066.82 134.082 3,380.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,480,391 886.407 2,798.25 804.136 3,084.54 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,038,857 4,772.911 427.17 4,329.914 470.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,893 1.673 2,326.53 1.518 2,564.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 374,336 141.977 2,636.58 128.800 2,906.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,143 1.212 7,540.36 1.100 8,311.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 514,451 453.470 1,134.47 411.382 1,250.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 554,506 503.460 1,101.39 456.732 1,214.07 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 64,553 125.823 513.04 114.145 565.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 800,034 711.740 1,124.05 645.680 1,239.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 186,106 406.164 458.20 368.466 505.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 637,052 663.434 960.23 601.858 1,058.48 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 64,680 27.006 2,394.97 24.500 2,640.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,255,737 7,811.600 672.81 7,086.567 741.65 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 85,714,424 244,693.730 350.29 221,982.481 386.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,704,652 4,598.530 588.16 4,171.718 648.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 24,363 58.676 415.21 53.230 457.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,510 1.707 1,470.00 1.549 1,620.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 69,642 137.083 508.03 124.360 560.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,730,715 11,422.652 676.79 10,362.459 746.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 490,228 818.763 598.74 742.770 660.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 610,095 872.484 699.26 791.505 770.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 419,212 614.364 682.35 557.342 752.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,802,702 20,066.028 488.52 18,203.600 538.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,652,704 1,752.579 2,654.77 1,589.914 2,926.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,221,247 285,036.601 393.71 258,580.928 433.99 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,052 38.094 1,471.38 34.559 1,621.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,882 40.754 1,469.33 36.972 1,619.66 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,810,313 104,194.499 382.08 94,523.687 421.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,870,106 10,952.187 901.20 9,935.660 993.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,577 4.646 1,630.78 4.215 1,797.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,834,626 2,188.219 838.41 1,985.120 924.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 403,986 40.373 10,006.28 36.626 11,030.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 291,651 404.839 720.41 367.264 794.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 935,583 1,171.936 798.32 1,063.163 880.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,556 45.426 716.68 41.210 790.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 208,704 38.341 5,443.27 34.783 6,000.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,139 116.163 801.79 105.382 883.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,488,241 119,156.633 448.89 108,097.110 494.82 Kyrgyzstan STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,053,458 636.791 3,224.69 577.688 3,554.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,062,798 4,430.672 465.57 4,019.440 513.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 16,761,742 34,697.258 483.09 31,476.832 532.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 854,245 2,113.857 404.12 1,917.660 445.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 214,411 258.488 829.48 234.497 914.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,660 22.397 833.12 20.319 918.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,409,650 6,354.777 851.27 5,764.959 938.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,282,218 2,275.248 1,003.06 2,064.071 1,105.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 431,361 255.995 1,685.04 232.235 1,857.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,761,193 1,933.062 1,428.40 1,753.645 1,574.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 452,977 295.914 1,530.77 268.449 1,687.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 881,962 663.143 1,329.97 601.594 1,466.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,589,888 2,259.385 1,588.88 2,049.681 1,751.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 304,489 41.505 7,336.14 37.653 8,086.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,034,285 322.462 9,409.73 292.533 10,372.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,159 1.608 1,342.43 1.459 1,479.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 584,817 536.409 1,090.24 486.623 1,201.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,216,086 7,479.732 429.97 6,785.501 473.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,895 4.905 997.90 4.450 1,100.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,485,223 4,601.264 757.45 4,174.198 834.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,927 80.680 1,362.50 73.192 1,501.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,516,444 69,265.562 700.44 62,836.679 772.10 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,242,440 684.659 1,814.68 621.113 2,000.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,539,280 33,285.120 376.72 30,195.762 415.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,457,608 8,792.717 506.97 7,976.621 558.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 625,248 831.914 751.58 754.700 828.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 958,887 746.242 1,284.95 676.980 1,416.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 398,107 1,007.469 395.16 913.961 435.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 12,106 3.417 3,542.70 3.100 3,905.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 381,966 116.827 3,269.49 105.984 3,604.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 386,126 113.932 3,389.07 103.358 3,735.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,722,098 1,789.970 3,755.42 1,623.834 4,139.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,373 233.260 910.46 211.610 1,003.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,963,947 633.206 3,101.59 574.435 3,418.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,583,611 923.770 1,714.29 838.031 1,889.68 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,800,362 991.901 1,815.06 899.838 2,000.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,355,834 5,074.522 1,646.62 4,603.531 1,815.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,243,797 743.728 1,672.38 674.699 1,843.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 418,583 357.447 1,171.03 324.271 1,290.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,782 156.341 3,490.95 141.831 3,848.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,123 0.617 3,439.20 0.560 3,791.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,461 11.805 2,580.18 10.710 2,844.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,612,233 1,200.760 1,342.68 1,089.312 1,480.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,097,734 12,788.607 398.62 11,601.633 439.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,941,591 14,357.427 692.44 13,024.843 763.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,971 20.090 1,641.11 18.226 1,809.01 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 18,452 67.797 272.16 61.505 300.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 85,341 29.038 2,938.92 26.343 3,239.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,669,061 84,962.594 714.07 77,076.791 787.12 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,526,714 870.065 2,904.05 789.310 3,201.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,913,998 1,067.694 2,729.24 968.596 3,008.48 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,510,102 2,569.437 587.72 2,330.955 647.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 537,809 603.268 891.49 547.276 982.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,047,911 3,172.705 645.48 2,878.231 711.52 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,729,883 2,100.614 823.51 1,905.646 907.77 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,522,011 16,218.158 340.48 14,712.870 375.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,058,025 1,169.690 904.53 1,061.126 997.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,168,079 1,660.838 703.31 1,506.688 775.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,805,329 7,791.138 1,130.17 7,068.004 1,245.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,296,615 3,213.321 714.72 2,915.077 787.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,087,615 2,358.048 885.31 2,139.186 975.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 813,829 911.399 892.94 826.808 984.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 329,711 216.017 1,526.31 195.968 1,682.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,842 96.738 2,499.95 87.760 2,755.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,052,939 35,735.966 673.07 32,419.133 741.94 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,545,022 24,948.072 382.60 22,632.517 421.74 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 20,783,452 55,334.127 375.60 50,198.290 414.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 118,348 277.284 426.81 251.548 470.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 297,483 593.985 500.83 538.855 552.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,026,862 13,129.868 382.86 11,911.220 422.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,694,137 8,520.093 668.32 7,729.301 736.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 276,620 684.999 403.83 621.421 445.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 55,683,090 145,402.047 382.96 131,906.556 422.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,065,469 12,204.743 578.91 11,071.960 638.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,459,184 3,837.023 640.91 3,480.890 706.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 277,020 526.243 526.41 477.400 580.27 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 52,326 108.687 481.43 98.600 530.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,761,176 4,695.143 801.08 4,259.364 883.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,363,123 10,904.754 491.82 9,892.630 542.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,972 105.833 840.68 96.011 926.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,000,858 27,296.769 403.01 24,763.220 444.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,339,380 9,236.186 469.82 8,378.930 517.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,872,796 3,439.926 544.43 3,120.650 600.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,910 219.299 409.99 198.945 451.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,250,206 296,517.019 419.03 268,995.791 461.90 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 United Arab Emirates BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,168 0.783 5,318.07 0.711 5,862.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 381,751 187.622 2,034.68 170.208 2,242.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 196,993 93.396 2,109.21 84.728 2,325.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 654,560 443.650 1,475.40 402.473 1,626.35 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,541 0.052 48,024.11 0.048 52,937.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 39,142 18.777 2,084.48 17.035 2,297.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 108,983 35.469 3,072.62 32.177 3,386.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,403 20.249 711.28 18.370 784.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 604,291 605.111 998.64 548.948 1,100.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 971,472 409.611 2,371.69 371.593 2,614.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,225,524 1,143.599 2,820.50 1,037.456 3,109.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,417,034 12,300.200 603.00 11,158.557 664.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,383,222 2,737.352 1,235.95 2,483.285 1,362.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,642,899 1,280.023 1,283.49 1,161.218 1,414.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 12,265 13.007 942.93 11.800 1,039.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 282,571 48.701 5,802.14 44.181 6,395.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,288 12.882 1,341.95 11.687 1,479.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,922 392.246 677.95 355.840 747.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,129,167 1,495.941 2,091.77 1,357.096 2,305.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,231 22.611 3,105.96 20.513 3,423.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,168,967 61,212.246 590.88 55,530.832 651.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 799,485 1,008.181 793.00 914.607 874.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 596,425 317.320 1,879.57 287.868 2,071.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,751,832 83,073.586 707.23 75,363.111 779.58 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,997,607 24,974.251 440.36 22,656.266 485.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,714,450 12,017.490 558.72 10,902.087 615.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,682 20.496 3,790.04 18.594 4,177.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,034 269.567 897.86 244.548 989.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 494,143 204.561 2,415.62 185.575 2,662.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,525,916 37,486.367 494.20 34,007.070 544.77 Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 59,573 40.218 1,481.22 36.486 1,632.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,723 43.492 1,511.12 39.456 1,665.73 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,958 10.240 4,585.53 9.290 5,054.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 444,618 1,015.741 437.73 921.465 482.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,019,255 4,708.920 428.81 4,271.862 472.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,520 15.845 727.01 14.375 801.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 766,282 250.968 3,053.30 227.675 3,365.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,832 31.206 571.42 28.310 629.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,922 21.294 1,029.47 19.318 1,134.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,696,906 12,802.161 445.00 11,613.929 490.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,025,293 18,856.378 478.63 17,106.224 527.60 Singapore STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 24,800 17.555 1,412.67 15.926 1,557.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 174,345 47.626 3,660.68 43.206 4,035.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 199,145 65.181 3,055.22 59.132 3,367.80 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,631 218.374 520.35 198.106 573.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,158 3.562 5,377.43 3.232 5,927.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 67,150 176.712 380.00 160.311 418.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 9,760 19.212 508.01 17.429 559.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 295,096 79.583 3,708.00 72.197 4,087.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 504,795 497.445 1,014.77 451.275 1,118.60 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,145 15.206 469.87 13.795 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 95,721 83.837 1,141.75 76.056 1,258.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 33,053,018 93,556.769 353.29 84,873.298 389.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,269 48.233 586.08 43.757 646.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 516,851 1,053.605 490.55 955.815 540.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,533 2.621 4,399.73 2.378 4,849.87 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 201,003 273.982 733.63 248.553 808.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,730 42.534 840.02 38.587 925.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,978,439 4,419.939 673.86 4,009.703 742.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 32,000 30.733 1,041.21 27.881 1,147.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 766,208 657.013 1,166.20 596.033 1,285.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,679,159 1,235.805 2,977.13 1,121.104 3,281.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,881,426 34,512.747 547.09 31,309.447 603.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 32,274,220 33,792.961 955.06 30,656.468 1,052.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,873,956 1,819.008 1,030.21 1,650.177 1,135.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,581,219 5,573.967 821.90 5,056.620 905.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,659,177 5,480.929 667.62 4,972.217 735.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,278,356 4,747.133 901.25 4,306.528 993.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 541,466 1,027.133 527.16 931.800 581.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,257,479 2,017.908 3,596.54 1,830.616 3,964.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 59,015 22.454 2,628.25 20.370 2,897.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,360,254 8,954.839 486.92 8,123.696 536.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,720 5.888 1,141.20 5.342 1,257.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,447,932 10,645.317 699.64 9,657.272 771.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,681,162 2,668.391 630.03 2,420.725 694.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,771 64.788 1,123.21 58.775 1,238.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,005,861 19,319.953 983.74 17,526.772 1,084.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,193,830 31,237.888 550.42 28,338.544 606.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,903 1.388 2,090.13 1.260 2,303.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,528,032 4,038.791 625.94 3,663.931 689.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,278 10.965 390.12 9.948 430.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 443,047 830.992 533.15 753.864 587.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,558,180 268,193.734 624.77 243,301.332 688.69 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 219,540 80.387 2,731.03 72.926 3,010.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,325,551 7,889.692 421.51 7,157.411 464.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,536,175 13,592.659 554.43 12,331.057 611.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 114,364 218.646 523.05 198.353 576.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 32,637 46.702 698.82 42.368 770.32 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 163,679 265.153 617.30 240.543 680.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,848,625 2,158.017 856.63 1,957.721 944.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 162,625 409.016 397.60 371.054 438.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 154,081 119.262 1,291.95 108.193 1,424.13 TOOL STEEL............................17 390,894 131.359 2,975.77 119.167 3,280.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,825,242 2,495.595 731.39 2,263.967 806.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,875,289 12,063.453 735.72 10,943.784 810.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,334,568 4,425.036 753.57 4,014.327 830.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,000,267 3,412.319 586.19 3,095.605 646.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,048,513 6,809.873 594.51 6,177.815 655.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,261,142 3,648.046 619.82 3,309.453 683.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 44,718 46.261 966.63 41.968 1,065.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,568,997 1,015.413 3,514.82 921.168 3,874.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,059,201 14,378.683 490.95 13,044.126 541.18 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 63,644 81.808 777.97 74.215 857.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,131,761 3,483.130 1,473.32 3,159.844 1,624.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 154,964 224.347 690.73 203.525 761.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,044,381 62,075.773 387.34 56,314.210 426.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,774,822 8,858.434 651.90 8,036.239 718.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,179,666 25,326.817 757.29 22,976.109 834.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 530,594 718.578 738.39 651.884 813.94 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,599,169 20,102.481 676.49 18,236.670 745.70 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 664,359 913.255 727.46 828.492 801.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,246,864 1,247.253 999.69 1,131.490 1,101.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,356,332 196,237.465 598.03 178,023.684 659.22 Hong Kong BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,258 1.565 1,442.55 1.420 1,590.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,196 1.466 15,821.85 1.330 17,440.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 180,441 43.206 4,176.28 39.196 4,603.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 205,895 46.237 4,452.98 41.946 4,908.57 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 123,967 8.799 14,087.56 7.983 15,528.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,792,442 725.214 2,471.60 657.904 2,724.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,202,348 22,851.759 446.46 20,730.773 492.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,975,756 1,195.842 2,488.42 1,084.850 2,743.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,935,865 1,057.336 1,830.89 959.200 2,018.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 124,058 336.620 368.54 305.377 406.25 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,292,223 25,758.725 360.74 23,367.929 397.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,835,554 2,021.674 2,886.49 1,834.033 3,181.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 896,698 249.557 3,593.15 226.395 3,960.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,205,078 4,145.335 531.94 3,760.586 586.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,652,559 2,338.628 706.64 2,121.569 778.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 269,645 474.943 567.74 430.862 625.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 411,095 725.041 566.99 657.747 625.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,636,327 2,954.180 553.90 2,679.988 610.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 89,171 55.458 1,607.89 50.311 1,772.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,515,619 1,318.029 2,667.33 1,195.697 2,940.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 418,425 146.031 2,865.30 132.478 3,158.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,339,713 1,708.291 1,369.62 1,549.736 1,509.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 155,827 202.985 767.68 184.145 846.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 312,191 820.214 380.62 744.086 419.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,590,852 49,521.907 577.34 44,925.531 636.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,411,188 30,971.760 691.31 28,097.116 762.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 343,300 459.241 747.54 416.617 824.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,818,676 5,642.630 676.75 5,118.910 745.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 174,530 62.034 2,813.42 56.277 3,101.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,523,107 155,752.245 645.40 141,296.100 711.44 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,405,660 39,784.873 311.82 36,092.240 343.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,978,521 5,307.689 749.58 4,815.056 826.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,297,492 2,474.441 524.36 2,244.776 578.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,618,828 2,265.784 1,155.81 2,055.486 1,274.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,008,389 1,510.849 667.43 1,370.620 735.72 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,269,565 16,610.033 678.48 15,068.373 747.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,143 13.881 1,090.88 12.593 1,202.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,450,024 11,406.719 740.79 10,348.005 816.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,049,624 7,856.333 388.17 7,127.148 427.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,922,704 22,315.183 355.04 20,244.000 391.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 474,973 227.259 2,090.01 206.166 2,303.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,631,385 3,031.582 1,197.85 2,750.206 1,320.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 806,483 813.889 990.90 738.348 1,092.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,671,596 4,642.828 4,236.99 4,211.904 4,670.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,520,720 5,000.693 904.02 4,536.554 996.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,812,037 2,666.671 1,804.51 2,419.164 1,989.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 773,336 703.191 1,099.75 637.925 1,212.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,167,630 1,099.948 6,516.33 997.857 7,183.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 372,753 124.892 2,984.58 113.301 3,289.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 824,757 660.896 1,247.94 599.555 1,375.62 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 28,659 60.558 473.24 54.938 521.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,447,892 4,452.653 1,448.10 4,039.380 1,596.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,736,485 2,307.339 752.59 2,093.184 829.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 129,038 144.270 894.42 130.880 985.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,444,130 1,757.545 821.67 1,594.419 905.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,969,064 6,249.063 795.17 5,669.057 876.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,335,062 11,123.965 659.39 10,091.495 726.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,577,366 8,787.257 634.71 7,971.668 699.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,251,010 1,489.742 839.75 1,351.472 925.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 967,643 781.111 1,238.80 708.613 1,365.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 789,685 802.266 984.32 727.804 1,085.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 151,456 59.504 2,545.27 53.982 2,805.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,340,319 838.375 3,984.27 760.562 4,391.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 129,239,429 167,371.298 772.17 151,836.731 851.17 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,953,229 32,750.905 303.91 29,711.130 335.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 365,269 651.860 560.35 591.358 617.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,577 2.755 935.13 2.500 1,030.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 17,848 2.331 7,655.53 2.115 8,438.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,693 31.816 996.13 28.863 1,098.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,156 29.325 823.71 26.604 907.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,901,140 14,782.850 399.19 13,410.780 440.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 78,083 18.750 4,164.36 17.010 4,590.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,941 19.753 2,072.60 17.920 2,284.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,414,936 48,290.348 339.92 43,808.280 374.70 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,373,807 3,120.102 440.31 2,830.510 485.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,531,391 5,675.259 446.04 5,148.510 491.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 392,287 787.237 498.31 714.170 549.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,297,485 9,582.598 448.47 8,693.190 494.35 Egypt SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 6,059,842 14,422.388 420.17 13,083.774 463.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 249,050 393.913 632.25 357.352 696.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,055,696 5,271.965 769.29 4,782.648 848.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 622,546 1,028.586 605.24 933.118 667.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,767,693 5,678.132 487.43 5,151.117 537.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 73,342 121.817 602.06 110.511 663.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,927,873 3,309.905 582.46 3,002.697 642.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 192,143 315.888 608.26 286.569 670.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 64,565 73.161 882.50 66.371 972.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 38,615 109.730 351.91 99.546 387.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 535,428 906.941 590.37 822.764 650.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 505,538 383.762 1,317.32 348.144 1,452.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,862,583 4,594.821 1,493.55 4,168.353 1,646.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,916,423 6,022.024 650.35 5,463.090 716.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,871,337 42,633.039 653.75 38,676.054 720.64 GRAND TOTAL 2,157,589,953 3,511,456.138 614.44 3,185,540.323 677.31 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,175,237 1,438.868 816.78 1,305.320 900.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 846,887 1,440.189 588.04 1,306.518 648.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,649,359 8,292.641 1,163.60 7,522.960 1,282.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,872,149 2,983.359 627.53 2,706.459 691.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,030,701 32,949.405 638.27 29,891.206 703.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 166,682 277.704 600.21 251.929 661.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,610,245 2,061.531 1,751.24 1,870.190 1,930.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,229,832 692.923 1,774.84 628.610 1,956.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 268,785 48.441 5,548.70 43.945 6,116.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,137,920 4,197.908 1,700.35 3,808.280 1,874.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,484,590 5,060.653 1,281.37 4,590.949 1,412.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 10,000 0.149 66,704.78 0.136 73,529.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 301,120 87.577 3,438.33 79.449 3,790.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,089,369 1,930.889 1,082.08 1,751.674 1,192.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,368 0.151 22,302.18 0.137 24,583.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,155,062 297.264 3,885.64 269.674 4,283.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 738,696 564.075 1,309.57 511.721 1,443.55 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 25,159 26.137 962.55 23.712 1,061.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 248,119 198.474 1,250.13 180.053 1,378.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,800,426 2,845.352 632.76 2,581.261 697.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,732,757 2,543.057 681.37 2,307.024 751.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,684,657 7,594.034 748.57 6,889.194 825.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,672,125 1,284.429 1,301.84 1,165.215 1,435.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 199,790 390.853 511.16 354.576 563.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,329,305 763.498 1,741.07 692.634 1,919.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,462,340 77,969.572 903.72 70,732.826 996.18 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,091,535 1,280.223 852.61 1,161.400 939.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,469,618 4,041.679 611.04 3,666.551 673.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,864,711 3,324.966 560.82 3,016.360 618.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,217,650 2,351.466 517.83 2,133.215 570.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 172,473 108.770 1,585.66 98.675 1,747.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,360 5.599 600.03 5.080 661.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,972,010 1,815.651 1,636.88 1,647.132 1,804.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,781 23.247 334.70 21.090 368.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,539,559 1,280.126 1,202.66 1,161.312 1,325.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,338,697 14,231.733 796.72 12,910.815 878.23 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 54,118 136.058 397.76 123.430 438.45 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,764,026 556.833 4,963.83 505.151 5,471.68 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 406,701 345.176 1,178.24 313.139 1,298.79 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 458,636 27.476 16,692.12 24.926 18,399.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,960,527 1,456.060 1,346.46 1,320.916 1,484.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 706,302 585.717 1,205.88 531.354 1,329.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 32,943 15.940 2,066.62 14.461 2,278.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,190,939 768.384 2,851.36 697.067 3,143.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 62,767 43.403 1,446.13 39.375 1,594.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 412,055 597.929 689.14 542.433 759.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,824,169 3,494.912 1,666.47 3,170.532 1,836.97 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 646,244 567.199 1,139.36 514.555 1,255.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,067,748 1,423.845 2,154.55 1,291.691 2,374.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,713,992 1,991.044 1,865.35 1,806.246 2,056.19 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,404,232 5,010.080 1,078.67 4,545.070 1,189.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,353,754 654.688 3,595.22 593.924 3,963.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 57,081 37.591 1,518.47 34.102 1,673.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,114,669 1,419.712 2,898.24 1,287.942 3,194.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,117,158 730.618 1,529.06 662.806 1,685.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,212,129 255.627 4,741.79 231.901 5,226.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,340 5.971 3,908.75 5.417 4,308.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,379,516 1,818.492 758.60 1,649.709 836.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 222,253 274.023 811.07 248.590 894.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 538,091 465.684 1,155.48 422.462 1,273.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 802,153 216.949 3,697.42 196.813 4,075.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,224,376 10,889.439 1,581.75 9,878.736 1,743.58 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,847,450 9,369.478 303.91 8,499.850 335.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,847,450 9,369.478 303.91 8,499.850 335.00 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 311,438 822.279 378.75 745.960 417.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 127,275 101.120 1,258.65 91.735 1,387.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 81,842 68.673 1,191.75 62.300 1,313.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,400 1.500 2,932.85 1.361 3,232.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 455,988 184.537 2,470.97 167.410 2,723.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 88,348 133.656 661.01 121.251 728.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 151,674 196.464 772.02 178.230 851.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,220,965 1,508.233 809.53 1,368.247 892.36 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,566 0.165 33,662.61 0.150 37,106.67 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,378 5.064 1,851.89 4.594 2,041.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,481,855 2,275.963 651.09 2,064.720 717.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 618,699 658.247 939.92 597.152 1,036.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 894,340 713.541 1,253.38 647.314 1,381.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,386,702 651.805 2,127.48 591.308 2,345.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,487,611 489.325 3,040.12 443.909 3,351.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,471 14.513 4,304.48 13.166 4,744.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 95,647 5.349 17,879.56 4.853 19,708.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 50,097 26.113 1,918.41 23.690 2,114.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 157,012 146.656 1,070.61 133.045 1,180.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,025 4.775 1,052.31 4.332 1,159.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 81,020 2.653 30,535.99 2.407 33,660.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,547 4.168 1,330.55 3.782 1,466.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,838 5.808 22,010.38 5.269 24,262.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 107,269 87.470 1,226.34 79.352 1,351.81 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 139,613 54.531 2,560.23 49.470 2,822.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 124,970 53.136 2,351.85 48.205 2,592.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,840,660 5,199.290 1,315.69 4,716.718 1,450.30 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 55,054 29.960 1,837.53 27.180 2,025.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,250,928 8,056.179 527.66 7,308.445 581.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,844 41.651 1,436.76 37.786 1,583.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,535 1.104 16,781.11 1.002 18,498.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 631,334 1,204.440 524.17 1,092.650 577.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,059,389 3,206.865 642.18 2,909.220 707.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,075,084 12,540.201 564.19 11,376.283 621.92 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 971,324 1,229.936 789.74 1,115.780 870.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,767,893 915.748 1,930.54 830.753 2,128.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 89,970 3.836 23,453.86 3.480 25,853.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 70,800 55.957 1,265.24 50.764 1,394.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 834,474 1,192.383 699.84 1,081.712 771.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,734,461 3,397.861 1,099.06 3,082.489 1,211.51 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 47,029 89.325 526.49 81.035 580.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,029 89.325 526.49 81.035 580.35 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,421,703 714.456 1,989.91 648.144 2,193.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,536,017 804.286 1,909.79 729.637 2,105.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 524,621 706.382 742.69 640.820 818.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 733,955 383.204 1,915.31 347.637 2,111.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,478,783 3,889.887 1,408.47 3,528.848 1,552.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,187,489 1,010.405 3,154.66 916.625 3,477.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,233,032 2,121.432 1,523.99 1,924.532 1,679.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,386 6.613 965.55 6.000 1,064.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 473,907 265.057 1,787.94 240.456 1,970.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,345,874 1,046.387 3,197.55 949.267 3,524.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,290 6.066 1,696.34 5.503 1,869.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 272,446 13.584 20,055.09 12.324 22,106.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,591,887 2,329.035 683.50 2,112.866 753.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,753,132 1,729.598 1,013.61 1,569.066 1,117.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 212,406 254.600 834.27 230.970 919.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,938 17.670 1,354.72 16.030 1,493.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,269,086 104.859 12,102.72 95.127 13,340.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,074,952 15,403.530 1,627.87 13,973.852 1,794.42 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 171,120 256.287 667.69 232.500 736.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 590,856 144.795 4,080.63 131.356 4,498.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 252,271 503.772 500.76 457.015 552.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,537,708 3,855.459 1,955.07 3,497.615 2,155.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 721,347 465.274 1,550.37 422.090 1,708.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 481,572 162.517 2,963.21 147.433 3,266.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,752,099 890.932 3,089.01 808.241 3,405.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 317,992 140.139 2,269.12 127.132 2,501.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,138,155 4,309.284 1,656.46 3,909.318 1,825.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,366 4.005 3,835.94 3.634 4,228.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,840,511 1,130.462 1,628.10 1,025.539 1,794.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,749,743 581.919 3,006.85 527.909 3,314.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 54,994 35.089 1,567.23 31.833 1,727.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 385,271 131.202 2,936.46 119.025 3,236.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,538 6.175 734.88 5.602 810.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,520,848 4,077.532 618.23 3,699.076 681.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,963,074 3,816.851 514.32 3,462.590 566.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,198,358 7,625.704 681.69 6,917.925 751.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,472,372 7,610.598 719.05 6,904.221 792.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 329,888 119.683 2,756.34 108.575 3,038.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,844,455 1,200.455 1,536.46 1,089.035 1,693.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,342,538 37,068.143 1,115.31 33,627.664 1,229.42 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 142,524 112.467 1,267.24 102.029 1,396.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 317,714 93.529 3,396.92 84.849 3,744.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 88,929 13.094 6,791.40 11.879 7,486.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,822,863 934.866 4,089.21 848.097 4,507.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,482,174 3,148.128 1,106.11 2,855.935 1,219.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 21,040 50.418 417.31 45.739 460.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,385 39.248 5,156.45 35.606 5,684.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 326,983 453.049 721.74 411.000 795.58 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 460,458 466.850 986.31 423.520 1,087.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 348,227 60.051 5,798.79 54.478 6,392.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,213,297 5,371.707 1,715.15 4,873.132 1,890.63 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 630,424 1,038.338 607.15 941.965 669.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 153,178 126.433 1,211.53 114.699 1,335.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 293,330 94.565 3,101.89 85.788 3,419.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 226,429 181.838 1,245.22 164.961 1,372.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 256,162 54.264 4,720.61 49.228 5,203.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,559,523 1,495.440 1,042.85 1,356.641 1,149.55 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,451 5.771 771.18 5.236 850.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 47,434 51.667 918.06 46.872 1,011.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 51,498 18.435 2,793.48 16.724 3,079.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 103,383 75.874 1,362.56 68.832 1,501.96 Switzerland MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 223,273 93.092 2,398.40 84.452 2,643.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 352,637 83.663 4,214.96 75.898 4,646.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 575,910 176.755 3,258.23 160.350 3,591.58 Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,893 1.673 2,326.53 1.518 2,564.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 374,336 141.977 2,636.58 128.800 2,906.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 64,680 27.006 2,394.97 24.500 2,640.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 442,909 170.657 2,595.31 154.818 2,860.84 Russia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 553,448 542.298 1,020.56 491.965 1,124.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,510 1.707 1,470.00 1.549 1,620.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,652,704 1,752.579 2,654.77 1,589.914 2,926.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,208,662 2,296.585 2,268.00 2,083.428 2,500.04 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,830 2.659 1,439.92 2.413 1,587.24 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 901,992 2,651.400 340.19 2,405.311 375.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,338,873 4,544.860 1,174.71 4,123.029 1,294.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,577 4.646 1,630.78 4.215 1,797.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,746,137 2,012.467 867.66 1,825.680 956.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 403,986 40.373 10,006.28 36.626 11,030.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,398,565 9,253.747 907.59 8,394.861 1,000.44 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,564,953 14,004.482 468.78 12,704.656 516.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,647,240 3,487.558 1,045.79 3,163.861 1,152.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,209,405 1,075.187 1,124.83 975.394 1,239.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 431,361 255.995 1,685.04 232.235 1,857.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 287,190 93.727 3,064.10 85.028 3,377.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 205,013 137.852 1,487.19 125.058 1,639.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 875,883 361.416 2,423.47 327.872 2,671.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 304,489 41.505 7,336.14 37.653 8,086.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,796,570 3,631.446 770.10 3,294.394 848.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,322,104 23,089.172 706.92 20,946.151 779.24 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 661,178 1,585.145 417.11 1,438.020 459.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 625,248 831.914 751.58 754.700 828.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,600 1.614 17,090.99 1.465 18,839.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 63,559 24.701 2,573.06 22.409 2,836.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,373 233.260 910.46 211.610 1,003.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,490,996 358.822 4,155.25 325.518 4,580.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,005 6.553 1,221.53 5.945 1,346.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 16,731 6.683 2,503.40 6.063 2,759.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 808,396 398.063 2,030.82 361.117 2,238.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,123 0.617 3,439.20 0.560 3,791.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,461 11.805 2,580.18 10.710 2,844.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,217,801 1,013.034 1,202.13 919.010 1,325.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,164,471 4,472.215 1,154.79 4,057.127 1,272.94 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,526,714 870.065 2,904.05 789.310 3,201.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,526,714 870.065 2,904.05 789.310 3,201.17 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,729,883 2,100.614 823.51 1,905.646 907.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 988,281 1,137.792 868.60 1,032.188 957.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 678,831 666.855 1,017.96 604.961 1,122.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,521 1.700 2,070.12 1.543 2,281.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,400,516 3,906.962 870.37 3,544.338 959.42 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,002,283 5,230.825 382.79 4,745.326 421.95 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,562,612 2,003.161 1,279.28 1,817.238 1,410.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,821 84.739 882.96 76.874 973.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,637,433 2,087.900 1,263.20 1,894.112 1,392.44 India STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,091 14.724 2,586.88 13.358 2,851.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,350,847 1,912.217 1,229.38 1,734.735 1,355.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 877,102 667.976 1,313.07 605.978 1,447.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,545 2.182 2,540.58 1.980 2,800.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,271,585 2,597.100 1,259.71 2,356.051 1,388.59 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,586 44.299 1,141.90 40.188 1,258.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,586 44.299 1,141.90 40.188 1,258.73 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,298 7.390 1,934.52 6.705 2,132.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 246,742 505.550 488.07 458.628 538.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,741,877 2,187.413 796.32 1,984.389 877.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,364 14.198 1,363.77 12.881 1,503.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 285,603 342.414 834.09 310.633 919.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,679,159 1,235.805 2,977.13 1,121.104 3,281.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,020 1.644 1,228.23 1.492 1,353.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,408,053 5,229.988 1,225.25 4,744.567 1,350.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 509,815 468.088 1,089.14 424.643 1,200.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 89,677 35.051 2,558.45 31.798 2,820.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 388,947 382.387 1,017.15 346.896 1,121.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,385,555 10,409.934 1,285.84 9,443.736 1,417.40 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 32,637 46.702 698.82 42.368 770.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,723,143 1,841.250 935.85 1,670.355 1,031.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 96,397 69.609 1,384.82 63.149 1,526.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 390,894 131.359 2,975.77 119.167 3,280.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,449 74.674 608.62 67.744 670.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 165,707 358.996 461.58 325.676 508.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,392,403 1,169.339 1,190.76 1,060.807 1,312.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,164,734 1,931.281 603.09 1,752.030 664.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,711 4.171 649.94 3.784 716.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 664,359 913.255 727.46 828.492 801.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,678,434 6,540.641 868.18 5,933.572 957.00 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,248 7.293 9,630.94 6.617 10,616.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 314,976 67.082 4,695.37 60.856 5,175.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 64,124 29.338 2,185.70 26.615 2,409.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 896,698 249.557 3,593.15 226.395 3,960.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,502 17.180 1,484.35 15.586 1,636.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 418,425 146.031 2,865.30 132.478 3,158.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 349,529 357.078 978.86 323.936 1,079.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,139,502 873.562 2,449.17 792.483 2,699.74 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,025,201 2,080.960 973.20 1,887.816 1,072.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 900,062 1,384.833 649.94 1,256.300 716.44 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,603 5.100 510.35 4.627 562.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,012,616 8,299.723 724.44 7,529.385 798.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 351,901 917.031 383.74 831.917 423.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 221,284 135.834 1,629.07 123.227 1,795.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,631,385 3,031.582 1,197.85 2,750.206 1,320.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,303 1.537 2,798.29 1.395 3,084.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,175,266 3,877.200 4,687.73 3,517.338 5,167.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 23,334 22.613 1,031.84 20.515 1,137.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,758,293 2,276.098 1,651.20 2,064.842 1,820.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 88,949 29.562 3,008.81 26.819 3,316.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,715 1.855 2,541.52 1.683 2,801.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 631,418 408.616 1,545.26 370.691 1,703.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,872,003 2,093.479 1,371.88 1,899.173 1,512.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,455,178 5,000.077 691.02 4,535.995 761.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,012,552 8,395.190 597.07 7,615.991 658.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,455,787 8,662.235 629.84 7,858.250 694.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 19,380 23.776 815.08 21.570 898.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 789,685 802.266 984.32 727.804 1,085.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,278 5.489 1,690.13 4.980 1,863.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 134,763 26.281 5,127.71 23.842 5,652.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,579,956 47,481.347 1,128.44 43,074.366 1,243.89 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,385 7.001 1,197.54 6.352 1,320.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 17,848 2.331 7,655.53 2.115 8,438.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 78,083 18.750 4,164.36 17.010 4,590.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,316 28.083 3,714.48 25.477 4,094.52 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 128,933 11.023 11,696.61 10.000 12,893.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,632,874 3,208.671 508.89 2,910.859 560.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,150 6.007 2,188.90 5.450 2,412.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,774,957 3,225.702 550.25 2,926.309 606.55 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,129,111 25,641.139 395.03 23,261.257 435.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,094,047 27,754.612 579.87 25,178.568 639.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,391,272 10,816.152 683.36 9,812.251 753.27 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,467,841 1,673.744 876.98 1,518.396 966.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,665,777 17,630.986 661.66 15,994.566 729.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,291,676 25,931.263 551.14 23,524.453 607.52 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 241,155 332.326 725.66 301.482 799.90 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 415,871 205.606 2,022.66 186.523 2,229.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,018,509 30,781.169 585.37 27,924.215 645.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,625,650 10,707.376 618.79 9,713.571 682.10 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,107,301 4,700.912 448.27 4,264.597 494.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,148,710 4,127.891 1,005.04 3,744.761 1,107.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,805,604 31,631.467 784.21 28,695.593 864.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,565,906 6,133.953 907.39 5,564.631 1,000.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,680 22.944 1,119.22 20.815 1,233.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 9,511 1.267 7,502.81 1.150 8,270.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,892,753 9,115.001 1,085.33 8,268.993 1,196.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 133,684 88.582 1,509.14 80.361 1,663.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,142,463 388.068 2,943.97 352.050 3,245.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,729,997 23,901.847 825.46 21,683.397 909.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 32,484 44.748 725.93 40.595 800.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,493,472 13,232.374 868.59 12,004.212 957.45 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,420 210.185 458.74 190.677 505.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,160,906 10,685.551 763.73 9,693.772 841.87 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,335,550 2,873.560 812.77 2,606.851 895.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,033,422 43,461.101 576.00 39,427.259 634.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,813,594 23,004.360 643.95 20,869.211 709.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,742,151 39,806.123 696.93 36,111.518 768.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 250,526 198.342 1,263.10 179.933 1,392.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,225,118 4,647.997 1,124.17 4,216.594 1,239.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,513,481 5,778.154 608.06 5,241.855 670.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,854,021 3,521.677 810.42 3,194.813 893.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,453,663 379,050.493 673.93 343,868.920 742.88 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 43,198,584 116,674.934 370.25 105,845.750 408.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 541,109 1,094.074 494.58 992.528 545.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,388,720 4,292.927 556.43 3,894.479 613.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,400 22.376 375.39 20.300 413.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,707,693 3,205.205 532.79 2,907.714 587.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 5,564 2.558 2,174.74 2.321 2,397.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,054,462 3,372.203 609.23 3,059.212 671.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,243,603 4,315.059 519.95 3,914.557 573.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,055,066 22,610.394 400.48 20,511.811 441.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,036 252.887 664.47 229.416 732.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,410,255 5,745.959 767.54 5,212.648 846.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,130 44.081 502.03 39.990 553.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 36,169 48.401 747.27 43.909 823.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,117,461 4,944.722 832.70 4,485.778 917.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 806,111 993.925 811.04 901.674 894.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,503,789 13,847.994 758.51 12,562.693 836.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 358,954 235.149 1,526.49 213.324 1,682.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 417,177 237.413 1,757.17 215.378 1,936.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,174,428 3,641.945 1,146.21 3,303.918 1,263.48 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 144,766 110.793 1,306.63 100.510 1,440.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,842,267 9,620.840 815.13 8,727.882 898.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,897,196 27,813.900 463.70 25,232.353 511.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,061,686 7,184.858 565.31 6,517.996 623.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,891,353 10,318.528 861.69 9,360.814 949.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,881,636 2,549.022 738.18 2,312.435 813.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 949,856 1,183.239 802.76 1,073.417 884.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 313,045 313.387 998.91 284.300 1,101.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,199,516 244,676.783 503.52 221,967.107 555.04 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,129 259.650 867.05 235.551 955.75 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 146,173 197.735 739.23 179.383 814.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 105,005 95.502 1,099.51 86.638 1,212.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,178 293.237 856.57 266.021 944.20 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,075 62.831 430.91 57.000 475.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,417,410 3,423.806 413.99 3,106.026 456.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 179,255 456.539 392.64 414.166 432.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 457,076 546.110 836.97 495.423 922.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 210,448 267.376 787.08 242.560 867.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,291,264 4,756.664 481.70 4,315.175 530.98 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 5,031,631 11,008.139 457.08 9,986.419 503.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 496,092 750.043 661.42 680.428 729.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,527,723 11,758.182 470.12 10,666.847 518.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 728,345 892.753 815.84 809.893 899.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,718,160 2,151.436 1,263.42 1,951.751 1,392.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,137 590.966 783.69 536.116 863.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,909,642 3,635.157 1,075.51 3,297.760 1,185.54 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,339,115 5,638.179 414.87 5,114.872 457.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,520,451 3,294.377 461.53 2,988.610 508.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,401,975 2,005.632 699.02 1,819.480 770.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,323,888 7,956.805 794.78 7,218.295 876.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 200,402 312.013 642.29 283.054 708.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 427,095 559.429 763.45 507.506 841.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,729 8.234 695.75 7.470 766.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,911,090 4,290.723 445.40 3,892.480 490.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 313,929 601.735 521.71 545.885 575.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,680,716 2,636.581 637.46 2,391.867 702.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,806 16.496 776.31 14.965 855.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,137,196 27,320.209 590.67 24,784.484 651.10 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,508 21.493 1,047.18 19.499 1,154.32 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 81,495 129.408 629.75 117.397 694.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 239,718 268.923 891.40 243.963 982.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 321,213 398.331 806.40 361.360 888.90 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,909,154 180,347.261 326.64 163,608.330 360.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,238,141 15,755.044 522.89 14,292.740 576.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 526,936 1,349.788 390.38 1,224.508 430.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,309 81.805 382.72 74.213 421.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 74,210 191.342 387.84 173.583 427.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 163,951 406.461 403.36 368.736 444.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 279,546 229.061 1,220.40 207.801 1,345.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 306,322 418.094 732.66 379.289 807.62 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,159,553 1,150.166 1,008.16 1,043.414 1,111.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,136,911 3,459.568 617.68 3,138.469 680.88 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,015,431 3,246.855 620.73 2,945.499 684.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 757,308 1,160.929 652.33 1,053.178 719.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,612 1.535 3,654.79 1.393 4,028.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 271,744 549.625 494.42 498.612 545.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 12,330 6.095 2,022.71 5.530 2,229.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,157,774 1,651.969 700.84 1,498.642 772.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 491,866 558.697 880.38 506.842 970.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,976,003 59,876.862 483.93 54,319.391 533.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 266,504 465.472 572.54 422.270 631.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 513,778 946.655 542.73 858.792 598.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 282,309 303.599 929.87 275.421 1,025.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 106,576,692 272,156.896 391.60 246,896.653 431.67 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,427,962 3,495.500 408.51 3,171.066 450.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,562 97.274 602.03 88.246 663.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 627,002 747.603 838.68 678.215 924.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,868,019 2,666.964 1,075.39 2,419.430 1,185.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 835,955 779.135 1,072.93 706.820 1,182.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,494 108.638 1,854.72 98.555 2,044.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 281,624 451.128 624.27 409.257 688.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,061,033 4,186.549 492.30 3,797.975 542.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,450,846 2,752.670 527.07 2,497.181 580.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 52,274 99.301 526.42 90.085 580.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 99,851 153.864 648.95 139.584 715.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,964,622 15,538.632 641.28 14,096.414 706.89 Sweden BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,616 0.220 11,865.98 0.200 13,080.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,131 0.437 20,865.25 0.397 23,000.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,578,697 1,786.353 883.75 1,620.553 974.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,540 17.186 2,766.18 15.591 3,049.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,657 6.478 564.50 5.877 622.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 169,076 72.828 2,321.56 66.069 2,559.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 217,927 150.958 1,443.62 136.947 1,591.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 93,331 127.537 731.79 115.700 806.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,008 24.589 1,139.03 22.307 1,255.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,000,609 227.024 4,407.50 205.953 4,858.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,150,592 2,413.613 1,305.34 2,189.594 1,438.89 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,484,787 4,794.942 309.66 4,349.900 341.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 347,187 421.660 823.38 382.524 907.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,378,623 2,222.502 620.30 2,016.221 683.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,210,597 7,439.105 431.58 6,748.645 475.74 Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,350,885 6,525.074 360.28 5,919.450 397.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 53,712 109.731 489.48 99.547 539.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,268,936 2,761.929 459.44 2,505.581 506.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,355 14.376 998.52 13.042 1,100.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,036,925 1,199.206 864.68 1,087.902 953.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,304,472 2,656.995 490.96 2,410.386 541.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 82,204 143.917 571.19 130.560 629.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,111,489 13,411.231 455.70 12,166.468 502.32 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,321 3.742 6,498.86 3.395 7,163.77 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 607,693 1,314.773 462.20 1,192.743 509.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,274,439 6,285.419 520.96 5,702.038 574.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 986,607 820.442 1,202.53 744.293 1,325.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,559 18.568 299.38 16.845 330.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,144,352 13,052.296 777.21 11,840.848 856.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,728 0.928 4,016.61 0.842 4,427.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,361,172 1,074.456 1,266.85 974.731 1,396.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,921 4.599 6,504.64 4.173 7,170.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,130 16.931 2,429.20 15.360 2,677.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,335 0.020 111,488.26 0.019 122,894.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 365,708 588.767 621.14 534.121 684.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 497,288 362.679 1,371.15 329.017 1,511.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 141,544 159.518 887.32 144.713 978.10 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 101,609 160.645 632.51 145.735 697.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 937,192 442.267 2,119.06 401.218 2,335.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,500,277 24,302.315 761.26 22,046.696 839.14 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,156,571 9,158.374 453.85 8,308.340 500.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,711 24.808 1,560.39 22.506 1,720.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 588,253 828.089 710.37 751.230 783.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 101,178 219.999 459.90 199.580 506.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,675 82.173 1,030.44 74.547 1,135.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,107,290 7,656.378 667.06 6,945.752 735.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,991,098 13,309.811 450.13 12,074.461 496.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,729,069 3,149.744 548.96 2,857.401 605.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 248,870 424.428 586.37 385.035 646.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,580 4.598 995.90 4.172 1,097.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,050,295 34,858.407 517.82 31,623.024 570.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,281,769 4,855.534 675.88 4,404.868 745.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 541,067 752.812 718.73 682.940 792.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 63,140 127.338 495.84 115.520 546.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,560 13.759 912.85 12.482 1,006.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,000 10.021 399.16 9.091 440.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,545 16.552 2,026.61 15.016 2,233.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,638 8.706 1,681.36 7.898 1,853.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 792,136 556.428 1,423.61 504.784 1,569.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 12,427 16.788 740.22 15.230 815.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,851,838 5,535.324 515.21 5,021.563 567.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,006,350 9,331.310 536.51 8,465.225 591.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 741,361 1,293.449 573.17 1,173.398 631.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 884,378 1,360.472 650.05 1,234.200 716.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 285,341 299.504 952.71 271.706 1,050.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,110 21.273 428.23 19.299 472.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,533,660 24,199.275 600.58 21,953.220 662.03 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 22,439 20.109 1,115.84 18.243 1,230.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,714,136 12,988.542 670.91 11,783.011 739.55 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,586,509 9,356.142 810.86 8,487.752 893.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 165,969 189.934 873.82 172.306 963.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,169,777 1,335.217 876.09 1,211.289 965.73 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,592,333 3,885.713 667.14 3,525.061 735.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,251,163 27,775.659 729.10 25,197.662 803.69 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,798 52.788 412.93 47.889 455.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 860,823 1,679.054 512.68 1,523.213 565.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 335,669 296.558 1,131.88 269.033 1,247.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 251,170 176.060 1,426.62 159.719 1,572.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,275,058 1,127.975 1,130.40 1,023.282 1,246.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 563,770 390.215 1,444.76 353.998 1,592.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 982,752 585.316 1,679.01 530.990 1,850.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 358,420 237.686 1,507.95 215.626 1,662.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,136,964 3,253.651 656.79 2,951.664 723.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,822,963 10,190.408 473.28 9,244.586 521.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 280,396 449.026 624.45 407.350 688.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 53,131 15.360 3,458.89 13.935 3,812.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 187,992 12.807 14,677.99 11.619 16,179.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,130,906 18,466.910 656.90 16,752.904 724.11 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,976 10.934 272.16 9.920 300.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 12,795,395 35,238.168 363.11 31,967.538 400.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,038,016 2,987.106 682.27 2,709.858 752.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,342,478 1,752.552 766.01 1,589.889 844.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,754,988 3,415.235 513.87 3,098.250 566.44 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 30,449 4.443 6,852.61 4.031 7,553.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 327,117 422.385 774.45 383.182 853.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,127 13.753 1,099.86 12.477 1,212.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,200,396 35,344.537 401.77 32,064.034 442.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,616,085 5,216.266 1,076.65 4,732.119 1,186.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 540,688 177.168 3,051.82 160.725 3,364.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,633,414 3,240.519 1,429.84 2,939.751 1,576.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 925,647 999.013 926.56 906.290 1,021.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,107,412 641.225 1,727.02 581.710 1,903.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,206,007 703.462 1,714.39 638.171 1,889.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,689,520 1,258.605 1,342.37 1,141.788 1,479.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 90,248 18.311 4,928.46 16.612 5,432.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 445,908 291.010 1,532.28 264.000 1,689.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,455,815 1,202.676 1,210.48 1,091.050 1,334.32 BLACK PLATE...........................28 152,712 288.958 528.49 262.139 582.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,250,192 7,822.947 543.30 7,096.861 598.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,151,395 1,900.109 605.96 1,723.751 667.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 107,242 170.837 627.74 154.981 691.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 534,416 981.538 544.47 890.437 600.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,642,493 6,688.190 694.13 6,067.426 765.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 588,987 241.427 2,439.61 219.019 2,689.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 51,502 68.787 748.71 62.403 825.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,832,804 1,212.047 1,512.16 1,099.551 1,666.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,529,429 112,312.222 565.65 101,887.963 623.52 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,478,792 1,699.547 870.11 1,541.804 959.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 56,167 59.951 936.88 54.387 1,032.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 192,420 106.271 1,810.64 96.408 1,995.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,563,502 3,475.348 1,600.85 3,152.784 1,764.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 54,724 25.085 2,181.52 22.757 2,404.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,674 11.707 2,022.10 10.621 2,228.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 201,723 123.206 1,637.28 111.771 1,804.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 321,483 100.817 3,188.77 91.460 3,515.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,123,920 1,886.054 595.91 1,711.000 656.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 535,378 505.431 1,059.25 458.520 1,167.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 433,058 85.992 5,036.00 78.011 5,551.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,984,841 8,079.413 1,235.84 7,329.523 1,362.28 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 1,584,420 3,464.111 457.38 3,142.590 504.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 472,418 815.351 579.40 739.675 638.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,607,528 4,468.548 359.74 4,053.800 396.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,315,254 5,939.932 558.13 5,388.618 615.23 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 94,562 106.079 891.42 96.234 982.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,589 17.328 553.37 15.720 609.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 62,769 50.274 1,248.53 45.608 1,376.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 62,498 57.220 1,092.22 51.910 1,203.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,269,267 2,713.006 836.44 2,461.199 922.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 38,964 35.814 1,087.95 32.490 1,199.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,308 49.034 1,291.10 44.483 1,423.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,580,577 17,716.702 540.77 16,072.327 596.09 Slovakia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,276,529 24,368.762 380.67 22,106.976 419.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 343,709 765.217 449.16 694.194 495.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,469 56.226 986.52 51.008 1,087.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 73,375 45.597 1,609.20 41.365 1,773.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 432,347 357.313 1,210.00 324.149 1,333.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 457,495 1,009.731 453.09 916.013 499.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,638,924 26,602.848 399.92 24,133.705 440.83 Hungary MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,325 0.120 27,673.30 0.109 30,504.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 513,064 1,135.655 451.78 1,030.250 498.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 516,389 1,135.776 454.66 1,030.359 501.17 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 17,740 6.804 2,607.07 6.173 2,873.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,321,512 518.765 2,547.42 470.616 2,808.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,268 5.478 961.58 4.970 1,059.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 100,639 64.136 1,569.13 58.184 1,729.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,445,159 595.185 2,428.08 539.943 2,676.50 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,038,857 4,772.911 427.17 4,329.914 470.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,143 1.212 7,540.36 1.100 8,311.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 514,451 453.470 1,134.47 411.382 1,250.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 554,506 503.460 1,101.39 456.732 1,214.07 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 64,553 125.823 513.04 114.145 565.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 800,034 711.740 1,124.05 645.680 1,239.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 186,106 406.164 458.20 368.466 505.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 637,052 663.434 960.23 601.858 1,058.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,804,702 7,638.218 629.03 6,929.277 693.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 85,714,424 244,693.730 350.29 221,982.481 386.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,151,204 4,056.232 530.35 3,679.753 584.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 24,363 58.676 415.21 53.230 457.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 69,642 137.083 508.03 124.360 560.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,730,715 11,422.652 676.79 10,362.459 746.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 490,228 818.763 598.74 742.770 660.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 610,095 872.484 699.26 791.505 770.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 419,212 614.364 682.35 557.342 752.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,802,702 20,066.028 488.52 18,203.600 538.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,012,585 282,740.015 378.48 256,497.500 417.21 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,052 38.094 1,471.38 34.559 1,621.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,052 38.094 1,471.38 34.559 1,621.92 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,908,321 101,543.099 383.17 92,118.376 422.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,531,233 6,407.327 707.20 5,812.631 779.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 88,489 175.752 503.49 159.440 555.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 291,651 404.839 720.41 367.264 794.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 935,583 1,171.936 798.32 1,063.163 880.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,556 45.426 716.68 41.210 790.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,139 116.163 801.79 105.382 883.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,880,972 109,864.544 408.51 99,667.466 450.31 Kyrgyzstan STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,914 115.246 979.76 104.550 1,080.00 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 923,319 1,205.543 765.89 1,093.651 844.25 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 2,062,798 4,430.672 465.57 4,019.440 513.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,196,789 20,692.776 492.77 18,772.176 543.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 854,245 2,113.857 404.12 1,917.660 445.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 214,411 258.488 829.48 234.497 914.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,660 22.397 833.12 20.319 918.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,696,879 2,846.144 596.20 2,581.980 657.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,003,400 1,178.021 851.77 1,068.683 938.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,474,003 1,839.334 1,345.05 1,668.617 1,482.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 247,964 158.061 1,568.78 143.391 1,729.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 881,962 663.143 1,329.97 601.594 1,466.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,714,005 1,897.969 1,429.95 1,721.809 1,576.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,159 1.608 1,342.43 1.459 1,479.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 509,536 531.146 959.31 481.848 1,057.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,216,086 7,479.732 429.97 6,785.501 473.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 688,653 969.817 710.09 879.804 782.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,781,550 45,083.172 594.05 40,898.778 654.83 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,250,120 31,501.565 357.13 28,577.748 393.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,763,620 8,400.812 448.01 7,621.091 493.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 249,630 409.486 609.62 371.480 671.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 398,107 1,007.469 395.16 913.961 435.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 12,106 3.417 3,542.70 3.100 3,905.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,399 16.534 749.88 15.000 826.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,939 2.866 1,374.39 2.600 1,515.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 322,143 299.368 1,076.07 271.583 1,186.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 472,951 274.383 1,723.68 248.917 1,900.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,575,606 917.217 1,717.81 832.086 1,893.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,800,362 991.901 1,815.06 899.838 2,000.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,339,103 5,067.839 1,645.49 4,597.468 1,813.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 435,401 345.664 1,259.60 313.582 1,388.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 418,583 357.447 1,171.03 324.271 1,290.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 203,553 168.144 1,210.59 152.538 1,334.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,045,622 12,764.096 395.30 11,579.397 435.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,812,512 11,738.876 409.96 10,649.333 451.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,971 20.090 1,641.11 18.226 1,809.01 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 18,452 67.797 272.16 61.505 300.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,495 28.040 2,621.02 25.438 2,889.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,240,675 74,383.022 527.55 67,479.162 581.52 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,510,102 2,569.437 587.72 2,330.955 647.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 537,809 603.268 891.49 547.276 982.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,047,911 3,172.705 645.48 2,878.231 711.52 Romania BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,522,011 16,218.158 340.48 14,712.870 375.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,744 31.898 2,186.42 28.938 2,410.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,168,079 1,660.838 703.31 1,506.688 775.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,126,498 7,124.283 1,140.68 6,463.043 1,257.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,296,615 3,213.321 714.72 2,915.077 787.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,087,615 2,358.048 885.31 2,139.186 975.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 810,308 909.698 890.74 825.265 981.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 329,711 216.017 1,526.31 195.968 1,682.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,410,581 31,732.265 643.21 28,787.035 709.02 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,542,739 19,717.247 382.55 17,887.191 421.68 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 20,783,452 55,334.127 375.60 50,198.290 414.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 118,348 277.284 426.81 251.548 470.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 297,483 593.985 500.83 538.855 552.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,026,862 13,129.868 382.86 11,911.220 422.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,131,525 6,516.932 480.52 5,912.063 529.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 276,620 684.999 403.83 621.421 445.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 55,683,090 145,402.047 382.96 131,906.556 422.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,065,469 12,204.743 578.91 11,071.960 638.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,459,184 3,837.023 640.91 3,480.890 706.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 277,020 526.243 526.41 477.400 580.27 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 52,326 108.687 481.43 98.600 530.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,761,176 4,695.143 801.08 4,259.364 883.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,363,123 10,904.754 491.82 9,892.630 542.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,151 21.094 670.82 19.137 739.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,000,858 27,296.769 403.01 24,763.220 444.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,339,380 9,236.186 469.82 8,378.930 517.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,872,796 3,439.926 544.43 3,120.650 600.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,910 219.299 409.99 198.945 451.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,612,773 294,429.118 413.05 267,101.679 455.31 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 250,462 391.959 639.00 355.580 704.38 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,648 161.847 442.69 146.826 487.98 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,431,041 2,582.259 554.18 2,342.587 610.88 India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 14,403 20.249 711.28 18.370 784.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 333,743 506.452 658.98 459.446 726.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,378,943 12,285.475 600.62 11,145.199 662.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,032,375 825.134 1,251.16 748.550 1,379.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 765,797 612.047 1,251.21 555.240 1,379.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 12,265 13.007 942.93 11.800 1,039.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,743 10.700 1,097.46 9.707 1,209.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,922 392.246 677.95 355.840 747.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,680 459.529 747.90 416.878 824.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,168,967 61,212.246 590.88 55,530.832 651.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 799,485 1,008.181 793.00 914.607 874.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 202,847 170.098 1,192.53 154.311 1,314.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,330,170 77,515.369 610.59 70,320.780 673.06 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,997,607 24,974.251 440.36 22,656.266 485.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,714,450 12,017.490 558.72 10,902.087 615.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,358 187.941 677.65 170.498 746.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,839,415 37,179.683 479.82 33,728.851 528.91 Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 59,573 40.218 1,481.22 36.486 1,632.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,723 43.492 1,511.12 39.456 1,665.73 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 444,618 1,015.741 437.73 921.465 482.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,019,255 4,708.920 428.81 4,271.862 472.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,520 15.845 727.01 14.375 801.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,832 31.206 571.42 28.310 629.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,922 21.294 1,029.47 19.318 1,134.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,696,906 12,802.161 445.00 11,613.929 490.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,212,053 18,595.169 441.62 16,869.259 486.81 Singapore STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 24,800 17.555 1,412.67 15.926 1,557.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,800 17.555 1,412.67 15.926 1,557.20 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,631 218.374 520.35 198.106 573.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,158 3.562 5,377.43 3.232 5,927.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 67,150 176.712 380.00 160.311 418.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 9,760 19.212 508.01 17.429 559.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 209,699 417.861 501.84 379.078 553.18 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,145 15.206 469.87 13.795 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,153 70.938 298.19 64.354 328.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 32,856,931 93,395.575 351.80 84,727.065 387.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,269 48.233 586.08 43.757 646.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 189,240 508.784 371.95 461.562 410.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 201,003 273.982 733.63 248.553 808.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,730 42.534 840.02 38.587 925.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,236,562 2,232.525 553.88 2,025.314 610.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 12,636 16.534 764.21 15.000 842.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 158,170 210.105 752.81 190.605 829.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,879,406 34,511.103 547.05 31,307.955 603.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,866,167 28,562.973 905.58 25,911.901 998.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,873,956 1,819.008 1,030.21 1,650.177 1,135.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,581,219 5,573.967 821.90 5,056.620 905.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,659,177 5,480.929 667.62 4,972.217 735.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,768,541 4,279.044 880.70 3,881.885 970.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 541,466 1,027.133 527.16 931.800 581.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 59,015 22.454 2,628.25 20.370 2,897.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,270,577 8,919.788 478.78 8,091.898 527.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,720 5.888 1,141.20 5.342 1,257.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,915,709 9,899.664 597.57 8,980.827 658.70 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,681,162 2,668.391 630.03 2,420.725 694.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,245 35.655 511.70 32.346 564.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,617,077 12,032.139 466.84 10,915.376 514.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,193,830 31,237.888 550.42 28,338.544 606.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,903 1.388 2,090.13 1.260 2,303.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,528,032 4,038.791 625.94 3,663.931 689.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,278 10.965 390.12 9.948 430.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 443,047 830.992 533.15 753.864 587.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,657,366 247,772.592 531.36 224,775.578 585.73 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,256,462 7,869.993 413.78 7,139.540 456.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,180,556 13,460.357 533.46 12,211.034 588.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 103,343 216.604 477.11 196.500 525.92 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 163,679 265.153 617.30 240.543 680.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,482 316.766 396.13 287.366 436.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 162,625 409.016 397.60 371.054 438.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 57,684 49.652 1,161.75 45.044 1,280.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,825,242 2,495.595 731.39 2,263.967 806.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,875,289 12,063.453 735.72 10,943.784 810.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,334,568 4,425.036 753.57 4,014.327 830.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,000,267 3,412.319 586.19 3,095.605 646.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,048,513 6,809.873 594.51 6,177.815 655.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,215,693 3,573.371 620.06 3,241.709 683.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 44,718 46.261 966.63 41.968 1,065.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,893,494 14,019.687 491.70 12,718.450 542.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 63,644 81.808 777.97 74.215 857.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,680,965 1,752.950 958.93 1,590.250 1,057.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 154,964 224.347 690.73 203.525 761.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,041,986 62,075.066 387.31 56,313.569 426.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,320,702 6,306.743 526.53 5,721.383 580.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,179,666 25,326.817 757.29 22,976.109 834.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 527,883 714.407 738.91 648.100 814.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,599,169 20,102.481 676.49 18,236.670 745.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 861,848 1,044.392 825.21 947.457 909.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 103,718,442 187,062.159 554.46 169,699.984 611.19 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,522 6.272 5,185.14 5.690 5,715.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,522 6.272 5,185.14 5.690 5,715.64 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,202,348 22,851.759 446.46 20,730.773 492.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 230,733 591.484 390.09 536.586 430.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 124,058 336.620 368.54 305.377 406.25 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,292,223 25,758.725 360.74 23,367.929 397.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,205,078 4,145.335 531.94 3,760.586 586.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,652,559 2,338.628 706.64 2,121.569 778.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 269,645 474.943 567.74 430.862 625.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 411,095 725.041 566.99 657.747 625.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,636,327 2,954.180 553.90 2,679.988 610.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,669 38.277 1,663.34 34.725 1,833.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 883,820 1,049.324 842.28 951.931 928.45 TIN PLATE.............................29 155,827 202.985 767.68 184.145 846.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 312,191 820.214 380.62 744.086 419.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,780,623 45,851.430 453.22 41,595.730 499.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,411,188 30,971.760 691.31 28,097.116 762.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 343,300 459.241 747.54 416.617 824.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,818,676 5,642.630 676.75 5,118.910 745.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,050 0.695 7,260.36 0.631 8,003.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,798,410 145,213.279 508.21 131,735.308 560.20 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,381,260 39,784.159 311.21 36,091.593 343.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,914,550 5,282.584 741.03 4,792.281 816.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,297,492 2,474.441 524.36 2,244.776 578.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 108,327 126.016 859.63 114.320 947.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,266,962 16,604.932 678.53 15,063.746 747.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,143 13.881 1,090.88 12.593 1,202.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,399,160 3,101.303 773.60 2,813.456 852.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,697,723 6,939.302 388.76 6,295.231 428.53 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,922,704 22,315.183 355.04 20,244.000 391.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,903 53.229 1,369.60 48.289 1,509.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 802,180 812.351 987.48 736.953 1,088.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,496,330 765.627 1,954.38 694.566 2,154.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,497,386 4,978.079 903.44 4,516.039 995.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,053,744 390.573 2,697.94 354.322 2,973.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 684,387 673.628 1,015.97 611.106 1,119.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 368,038 123.037 2,991.26 111.618 3,297.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 193,339 252.279 766.37 228.864 844.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 28,659 60.558 473.24 54.938 521.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,702,018 2,246.986 1,202.51 2,038.432 1,325.54 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,736,485 2,307.339 752.59 2,093.184 829.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 129,038 144.270 894.42 130.880 985.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,444,130 1,757.545 821.67 1,594.419 905.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 200,469 313.728 638.99 284.610 704.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,630,637 2,404.816 678.07 2,181.613 747.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 121,579 125.021 972.46 113.418 1,071.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,231,630 1,465.965 840.15 1,329.902 926.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 967,643 781.111 1,238.80 708.613 1,365.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 704,371 505.540 1,393.30 458.619 1,535.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,068,287 116,803.498 531.39 105,962.381 585.76 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,953,229 32,750.905 303.91 29,711.130 335.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 356,884 644.858 553.43 585.006 610.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,577 2.755 935.13 2.500 1,030.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,693 31.816 996.13 28.863 1,098.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,853 28.746 760.21 26.078 837.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,901,140 14,782.850 399.19 13,410.780 440.03 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,941 19.753 2,072.60 17.920 2,284.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,308,317 48,261.685 337.91 43,782.277 372.49 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,373,807 3,120.102 440.31 2,830.510 485.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,531,391 5,675.259 446.04 5,148.510 491.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 392,287 787.237 498.31 714.170 549.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,297,485 9,582.598 448.47 8,693.190 494.35 Egypt SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,456,683 31,740.158 423.96 28,794.196 467.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 6,059,842 14,422.388 420.17 13,083.774 463.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 249,050 393.913 632.25 357.352 696.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,236,125 4,833.672 669.50 4,385.035 737.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 489,907 949.759 515.82 861.608 568.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,134,819 2,469.461 459.54 2,240.258 506.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 73,342 121.817 602.06 110.511 663.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,927,873 3,309.905 582.46 3,002.697 642.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 192,143 315.888 608.26 286.569 670.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,415 67.153 765.63 60.921 843.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 38,615 109.730 351.91 99.546 387.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 535,428 906.941 590.37 822.764 650.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 569,268 1,318.714 431.68 1,196.318 475.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,916,423 6,022.024 650.35 5,463.090 716.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,474,250 35,241.370 524.22 31,970.443 577.85 GRAND TOTAL 1,590,212,511 3,107,886.154 511.67 2,819,427.687 564.02 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,737 16.450 2,780.21 14.924 3,064.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,066 1.184 3,431.27 1.075 3,782.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,651 25.228 2,007.68 22.887 2,213.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,588 0.034 222,055.48 0.031 244,774.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 701,169 201.107 3,486.53 182.442 3,843.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,354,251 1,519.483 6,156.20 1,378.453 6,786.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,469 47.818 8,228.43 43.380 9,070.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 82,615 18.910 4,368.82 17.155 4,815.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 274,386 126.835 2,163.33 115.063 2,384.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 368,111 118.301 3,111.64 107.321 3,430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,282,043 2,075.355 5,436.20 1,882.731 5,992.38 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,361 0.059 39,664.14 0.054 43,722.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,336 8.703 1,876.87 7.896 2,068.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 285,839 93.742 3,049.19 85.042 3,361.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 330,728 89.989 3,675.19 81.637 4,051.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,167,245 9,723.652 2,176.88 8,821.152 2,399.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,373,863 647.231 2,122.68 587.159 2,339.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,176,372 10,563.380 2,194.03 9,582.940 2,418.50 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 48,572 8.003 6,068.56 7.261 6,689.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,286 0.641 12,915.70 0.582 14,237.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 199,162 18.965 10,501.41 17.205 11,575.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,821 1.938 3,002.12 1.759 3,309.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,587 12.819 3,243.95 11.630 3,575.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,166,015 2,467.355 2,093.75 2,238.348 2,307.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,469,443 2,509.725 2,179.30 2,276.785 2,402.27 Argentina STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 143,056 9.951 14,375.08 9.028 15,845.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 143,056 9.951 14,375.08 9.028 15,845.81 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,886,550 2,171.087 2,711.34 1,969.578 2,988.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 646,457 197.050 3,280.67 178.761 3,616.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 194,002 66.552 2,915.04 60.375 3,213.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,101,174 749.665 2,802.82 680.085 3,089.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,696 2.078 5,625.89 1.886 6,201.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 601,121 130.297 4,613.45 118.204 5,085.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,767,201 239.915 11,534.05 217.648 12,714.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,480,247 206.829 7,156.83 187.633 7,889.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 31,693 5.467 5,796.66 4.960 6,389.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,253,791 926.559 3,511.69 840.561 3,870.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,325,649 359.130 6,475.77 325.798 7,138.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,299,581 5,054.634 3,818.19 4,585.489 4,208.84 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,023 1.897 3,174.88 1.721 3,499.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,814 4.078 22,756.61 3.700 25,084.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,837 5.975 16,540.02 5.421 18,232.24 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 45,191 22.506 2,007.87 20.418 2,213.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,510 9.737 2,003.53 8.834 2,208.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,096 123.947 2,332.41 112.443 2,571.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 66,066 35.516 1,860.15 32.220 2,050.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,555,568 611.479 2,543.94 554.725 2,804.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 565,394 194.543 2,906.26 176.487 3,203.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 612,338 290.178 2,110.21 263.246 2,326.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,153,163 1,287.910 2,448.28 1,168.373 2,698.76 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,650 0.203 17,898.51 0.185 19,729.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,398 1.168 32,862.35 1.060 36,224.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,560 2.203 6,607.61 1.999 7,283.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,608 3.575 15,830.43 3.244 17,450.06 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,385,415 215.567 6,426.81 195.560 7,084.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,227,462 6,914.966 2,202.10 6,273.154 2,427.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 582,453 226.733 2,568.89 205.689 2,831.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 30,928 2.070 14,940.05 1.878 16,468.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 116,128 42.642 2,723.27 38.685 3,001.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,003,375 165.615 6,058.46 150.244 6,678.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 325,106 12.300 26,429.90 11.159 29,133.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 91,428 14.895 6,137.95 13.513 6,765.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 374,559 18.026 20,778.71 16.353 22,904.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 193,875 38.885 4,985.84 35.276 5,495.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,330,729 7,651.703 2,526.33 6,941.511 2,784.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,892 3.333 11,067.42 3.024 12,199.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,396 0.740 7,284.48 0.672 8,029.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,039 0.513 3,969.42 0.466 4,375.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,327 4.587 9,661.89 4.162 10,650.41 Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,271 10.974 2,393.80 9.956 2,638.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,307 2.602 5,113.05 2.361 5,636.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,989 1.041 26,869.00 0.945 29,617.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 120,558 20.364 5,920.13 18.474 6,525.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,125 34.982 5,377.62 31.736 5,927.81 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,803 0.947 4,011.66 0.860 4,422.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,105,005 875.858 3,545.10 794.566 3,907.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,464,611 603.283 2,427.73 547.290 2,676.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 123,433 43.276 2,852.18 39.260 3,143.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 53,016 27.458 1,930.76 24.910 2,128.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,432,397 900.934 2,699.86 817.314 2,976.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,354 35.368 4,364.13 32.086 4,810.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,336,619 2,487.128 2,949.83 2,256.286 3,251.64 France WIRE RODS..............................3 237,350 58.951 4,026.18 53.480 4,438.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,871,885 585.438 4,905.53 531.101 5,407.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 425,389 44.214 9,620.96 40.111 10,605.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,588,353 794.835 3,256.46 721.063 3,589.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,101,560 644.031 6,368.57 584.256 7,020.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 411,692 72.123 5,708.18 65.429 6,292.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,524 1.836 3,007.98 1.666 3,315.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,249,971 890.908 2,525.48 808.219 2,783.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 672,389 178.949 3,757.43 162.340 4,141.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,564,113 3,271.289 4,146.41 2,967.665 4,570.63 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 424,224 53.285 7,961.31 48.340 8,775.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 195,392 20.282 9,633.52 18.400 10,619.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 81,332 20.609 3,946.26 18.697 4,350.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,031,211 301.016 3,425.76 273.078 3,776.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,001,648 402.539 2,488.32 365.178 2,742.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 518,380 157.896 3,283.04 143.241 3,618.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,270,131 426.695 2,976.67 387.092 3,281.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,946,088 335.101 14,759.97 303.999 16,270.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,263,250 145.614 8,675.32 132.099 9,562.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,937 15.444 2,585.84 14.011 2,850.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,412,808 1,030.450 2,341.51 934.809 2,581.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 177,317 63.284 2,801.89 57.411 3,088.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,361,718 2,972.221 4,495.53 2,696.355 4,955.47 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 12,014 3.411 3,521.46 3.095 3,881.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 229,091 58.962 3,885.36 53.490 4,282.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,073,529 172.965 6,206.60 156.912 6,841.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 426,864 64.474 6,620.70 58.490 7,298.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 436,027 66.051 6,601.31 59.921 7,276.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,872 6.250 5,899.42 5.670 6,503.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,275 2.863 9,873.23 2.598 10,883.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,306 5.536 6,918.30 5.023 7,626.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,947 3.817 5,225.42 3.463 5,760.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,300,925 384.333 5,986.79 348.662 6,599.30 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,526 5.455 1,562.87 4.949 1,722.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 551,938 50.705 10,885.23 45.999 11,998.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 560,464 56.160 9,979.68 50.948 11,000.71 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,597 23.368 3,234.93 21.200 3,565.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,466 1.688 11,526.93 1.532 12,706.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,259 89.409 4,074.05 81.111 4,490.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 459,322 114.467 4,012.69 103.843 4,423.24 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,227 41.456 3,551.33 37.609 3,914.67 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,126 2.724 2,982.11 2.472 3,287.22 Ukraine STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 208,704 38.341 5,443.27 34.783 6,000.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 208,704 38.341 5,443.27 34.783 6,000.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,053,458 636.791 3,224.69 577.688 3,554.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 65,531 21.073 3,109.57 19.118 3,427.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,413 22.039 3,149.47 19.994 3,471.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,034,285 322.462 9,409.73 292.533 10,372.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,281 5.263 14,302.37 4.775 15,765.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,895 4.905 997.90 4.450 1,100.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,927 80.680 1,362.50 73.192 1,501.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,412,790 1,093.216 4,951.25 991.750 5,457.82 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,474 22.494 2,910.62 20.407 3,208.41 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,242,440 684.659 1,814.68 621.113 2,000.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 627,982 198.409 3,165.08 179.994 3,488.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 693,988 391.904 1,770.81 355.530 1,951.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 709,257 336.756 2,106.15 305.500 2,321.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 341,967 98.677 3,465.49 89.519 3,820.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 382,187 111.066 3,441.06 100.758 3,793.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,336,396 1,465.899 4,322.53 1,329.842 4,764.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,782 156.341 3,490.95 141.831 3,848.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 190,879 19.581 9,747.95 17.764 10,745.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 52,112 24.510 2,126.07 22.236 2,343.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,129,079 2,618.550 1,958.75 2,375.510 2,159.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,846 0.997 11,874.60 0.905 13,089.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,263,915 6,107.356 2,663.00 5,540.502 2,935.46 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 387,284 197.628 1,959.65 179.286 2,160.15 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,842 96.738 2,499.95 87.760 2,755.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,842 96.738 2,499.95 87.760 2,755.72 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,099 92.598 2,160.93 84.004 2,382.02 United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,168 0.783 5,318.07 0.711 5,862.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 381,751 187.622 2,034.68 170.208 2,242.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 196,993 93.396 2,109.21 84.728 2,325.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 582,912 281.802 2,068.51 255.647 2,280.14 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,541 0.052 48,024.11 0.048 52,937.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 39,142 18.777 2,084.48 17.035 2,297.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 108,983 35.469 3,072.62 32.177 3,386.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 270,548 98.659 2,742.25 89.502 3,022.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 971,472 409.611 2,371.69 371.593 2,614.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,225,524 1,143.599 2,820.50 1,037.456 3,109.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 282,571 48.701 5,802.14 44.181 6,395.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,785,487 1,036.412 2,687.62 940.218 2,962.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,231 22.611 3,105.96 20.513 3,423.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 393,578 147.221 2,673.38 133.557 2,946.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,150,077 2,961.115 2,752.37 2,686.280 3,033.96 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,682 20.496 3,790.04 18.594 4,177.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,090 37.326 1,717.01 33.862 1,892.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 494,143 204.561 2,415.62 185.575 2,662.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 635,915 262.384 2,423.60 238.031 2,671.56 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,958 10.240 4,585.53 9.290 5,054.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 766,282 250.968 3,053.30 227.675 3,365.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 813,240 261.209 3,113.37 236.965 3,431.90 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 174,345 47.626 3,660.68 43.206 4,035.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,345 47.626 3,660.68 43.206 4,035.20 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 295,096 79.583 3,708.00 72.197 4,087.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 295,096 79.583 3,708.00 72.197 4,087.37 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,270 5.508 10,941.77 4.997 12,061.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 196,087 161.194 1,216.46 146.233 1,340.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 80,869 39.269 2,059.32 35.625 2,270.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,533 2.621 4,399.73 2.378 4,849.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 322,435 104.493 3,085.69 94.795 3,401.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,257,479 2,017.908 3,596.54 1,830.616 3,964.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,143,276 363.265 3,147.22 329.549 3,469.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 54,526 29.132 1,871.62 26.429 2,063.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,388,784 7,287.814 1,837.15 6,611.396 2,025.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,515,259 10,011.208 2,249.01 9,082.018 2,479.10 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 219,540 80.387 2,731.03 72.926 3,010.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 69,089 19.699 3,507.16 17.871 3,865.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 355,619 132.302 2,687.92 120.023 2,962.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,021 2.042 5,395.62 1.853 5,947.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,568,997 1,015.413 3,514.82 921.168 3,874.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,058,393 560.841 3,670.19 508.787 4,045.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,395 0.706 3,389.56 0.641 3,736.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,289,386 620.409 2,078.28 562.826 2,290.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 385,016 202.861 1,897.92 184.033 2,092.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,959,456 2,634.664 3,021.05 2,390.128 3,330.14 Hong Kong BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,258 1.565 1,442.55 1.420 1,590.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,196 1.466 15,821.85 1.330 17,440.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,919 36.934 4,004.95 33.506 4,414.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 173,373 39.965 4,338.08 36.256 4,781.91 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 53,719 1.505 35,675.75 1.366 39,325.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,792,442 725.214 2,471.60 657.904 2,724.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,975,756 1,195.842 2,488.42 1,084.850 2,743.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,390,156 398.769 3,486.11 361.758 3,842.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,771,430 1,992.336 2,896.81 1,807.418 3,193.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,515,619 1,318.029 2,667.33 1,195.697 2,940.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,106,364 301.888 3,664.81 273.869 4,039.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,810,229 3,670.476 2,127.85 3,329.801 2,345.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 169,480 61.339 2,763.00 55.646 3,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,585,195 9,665.403 2,543.63 8,768.309 2,803.87 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,400 0.713 34,212.23 0.647 37,712.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 63,971 25.105 2,548.12 22.775 2,808.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 593,627 184.824 3,211.84 167.670 3,540.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 38,248 5.692 6,719.21 5.164 7,406.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 180,786 38.195 4,733.23 34.650 5,217.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,167,630 1,099.948 6,516.33 997.857 7,183.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/03/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 873,871 112.187 7,789.37 101.775 8,586.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,313,417 935.257 1,404.34 848.452 1,548.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 691,873 323.959 2,135.68 293.891 2,354.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 142,178 54.015 2,632.17 49.002 2,901.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,501,185 306.553 8,159.04 278.101 8,993.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,591,186 3,086.453 4,403.50 2,799.984 4,854.02 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,303 0.579 3,971.95 0.526 4,378.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,303 0.579 3,971.95 0.526 4,378.33 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 690,638 427.270 1,616.40 387.613 1,781.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 132,639 78.826 1,682.68 71.510 1,854.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 505,538 383.762 1,317.32 348.144 1,452.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,293,315 3,276.106 1,920.97 2,972.035 2,117.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,622,130 4,165.966 1,829.62 3,779.302 2,016.81 GRAND TOTAL 229,861,393 79,677.906 2,884.88 72,282.601 3,180.04