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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 172,348 402.717 427.96 365.339 471.75 Mexico 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 Sweden 286,000 11.217 25,496.75 10.176 28,105.35 United Kingdom 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 Belgium 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 Federal Republic of Germany 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 Italy 3,535,515 1,796.204 1,968.33 1,629.490 2,169.71 China 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,835,426 4,887.749 1,398.48 4,434.093 1,541.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 14,197,684 35,298.811 402.21 32,022.552 443.37 Mexico 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 Brazil 85,147,890 238,675.453 356.75 216,522.790 393.25 Sweden 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 Finland 2,158,737 6,174.407 349.63 5,601.330 385.40 United Kingdom 18,423,697 8,475.891 2,173.66 7,689.202 2,396.05 Belgium 1,147,353 1,408.550 814.56 1,277.816 897.90 France 59,039 10.137 5,823.56 9.197 6,419.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,717,909 1,147.547 1,497.03 1,041.038 1,650.19 Austria 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 Russia 91,550,518 261,017.303 350.75 236,790.981 386.63 Ukraine 49,471,446 130,875.647 378.00 118,728.424 416.68 Spain 1,819,407 675.556 2,693.20 612.855 2,968.74 Italy 27,125,108 65,471.099 414.31 59,394.399 456.69 Turkey 6,966,350 22,172.236 314.19 20,114.320 346.34 India 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 Malaysia 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 China 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 Taiwan 67,656 3.646 18,553.96 3.308 20,452.24 Japan 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 Australia 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 388,429,604 1,008,016.415 385.34 914,457.368 424.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 Mexico 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 Trinidad and Tobago 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 Venezuela 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 Brazil 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 Argentina 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 Finland 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 United Kingdom 1,341,914 1,105.842 1,213.48 1,003.204 1,337.63 France 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 Federal Republic of Germany 5,986,128 13,857.126 431.99 12,570.977 476.19 Austria 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 Czech Republic 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 Poland 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 Russia 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 Spain 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 Italy 1,119,351 1,678.075 667.04 1,522.325 735.29 Turkey 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 India 203,359 175.502 1,158.73 159.213 1,277.28 Thailand 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 Malaysia 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 China 13,657,118 36,500.981 374.16 33,113.143 412.44 Korea, South 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 Taiwan 3,842,845 6,097.759 630.21 5,531.796 694.68 Japan 8,764,713 12,079.712 725.57 10,958.534 799.81 Egypt 21,278 77.374 275.00 70.193 303.14 South Africa 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,004,021 203,142.114 467.67 184,287.478 515.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,353,492 16,613.589 623.19 15,071.599 686.95 Mexico 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 Venezuela 9,104 7.490 1,215.45 6.795 1,339.81 Brazil 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 Norway 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 United Kingdom 4,401,299 6,238.179 705.54 5,659.183 777.73 Netherlands 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 Luxembourg 6,704,893 10,126.837 662.09 9,186.915 729.83 Federal Republic of Germany 3,223,596 4,693.610 686.81 4,257.973 757.07 Poland 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 Spain 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 Italy 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 India 259,622 87.286 2,974.37 79.185 3,278.68 China 59,581 146.962 405.42 133.322 446.90 Korea, South 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 Taiwan 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 Japan 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 South Africa 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,100,422 123,945.484 525.23 112,441.484 578.97 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,155,581 1,320.739 874.95 1,198.155 964.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 Czech Republic 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,855,595 10,051.901 781.50 9,118.934 861.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,670,507 25,823.473 877.90 23,426.668 967.72 Mexico 24,627 51.196 481.03 46.445 530.24 Brazil 4,924,585 4,585.532 1,073.94 4,159.926 1,183.82 Sweden 21,564,208 14,245.394 1,513.77 12,923.208 1,668.64 Norway 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 Finland 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 United Kingdom 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 Netherlands 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 Belgium 5,932,610 2,792.527 2,124.46 2,533.339 2,341.81 France 3,902,813 1,330.895 2,932.47 1,207.368 3,232.50 Federal Republic of Germany 6,023,575 3,297.165 1,826.89 2,991.139 2,013.81 Austria 1,545,707 1,829.005 845.11 1,659.246 931.57 Czech Republic 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 Slovakia 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 Poland 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 Russia 2,635,247 4,797.481 549.30 4,352.203 605.50 Italy 1,083,799 708.972 1,528.69 643.169 1,685.09 Slovenia 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 Thailand 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 Malaysia 1,178,092 2,807.120 419.68 2,546.578 462.62 China 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 Korea, South 5,672,637 10,197.813 556.26 9,251.303 613.17 Taiwan 1,451,095 654.305 2,217.76 593.576 2,444.67 Japan 3,975,987 3,883.874 1,023.72 3,523.393 1,128.45 Australia 8,478,653 14,404.824 588.60 13,067.841 648.82 South Africa 6,330,703 9,424.526 671.73 8,549.789 740.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,849,386 130,859.831 870.01 118,714.076 959.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,062,856 28,354.556 566.50 25,722.828 624.46 Mexico 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 Venezuela 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 Sweden 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 Finland 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 United Kingdom 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 Netherlands 1,228,645 2,689.771 456.78 2,440.120 503.52 Belgium 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 France 1,520,160 2,720.808 558.72 2,468.277 615.88 Federal Republic of Germany 6,086,709 9,062.324 671.65 8,221.205 740.37 Russia 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 Italy 2,990,328 7,882.017 379.39 7,150.448 418.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 Turkey 5,940,854 14,548.521 408.35 13,198.200 450.13 Thailand 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 Malaysia 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 China 7,361 8.085 910.40 7.335 1,003.54 Korea, South 239,187 291.530 820.45 264.472 904.39 Japan 938,558 1,293.456 725.62 1,173.404 799.86 Australia 1,461,721 4,124.142 354.43 3,741.360 390.69 New Zealand 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 Egypt 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 South Africa 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,455,810 108,114.886 540.68 98,080.203 596.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 Luxembourg 881,862 1,104.188 798.65 1,001.703 880.36 Czech Republic 3,116,591 4,659.404 668.88 4,226.942 737.32 Poland 2,974,445 3,169.305 938.52 2,875.146 1,034.54 Spain 73,574 90.656 811.57 82.242 894.60 Korea, South 31,192 61.113 510.40 55.441 562.62 Japan 14,798,573 23,789.765 622.06 21,581.718 685.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,948,347 33,027.344 664.55 29,961.911 732.54 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 Belgium 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 Austria 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 China 125,003 180.365 693.05 163.625 763.96 Korea, South 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 Japan 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 774,516 1,013.675 764.07 919.591 842.24 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 Brazil 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 Czech Republic 4,778 8.084 591.02 7.334 651.49 Poland 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 India 13,484 20.370 661.93 18.480 729.65 China 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 Australia 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 729,002 1,220.805 597.15 1,107.496 658.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 41,744,166 67,671.767 616.86 61,390.812 679.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,424,894 8,004.571 552.80 7,261.627 609.35 Dominican Republic 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 Colombia 122,097 99.990 1,221.08 90.710 1,346.01 Brazil 965,209 783.652 1,231.68 710.918 1,357.69 Argentina 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 Sweden 2,421,153 698.985 3,463.81 634.109 3,818.20 Finland 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 United Kingdom 2,523,658 2,513.651 1,003.98 2,280.347 1,106.70 Netherlands 28,250 23.135 1,221.08 20.988 1,346.01 Belgium 26,221 2.629 9,973.71 2.385 10,994.13 France 1,930,224 411.798 4,687.31 373.577 5,166.87 Federal Republic of Germany 3,268,928 3,861.643 846.51 3,503.225 933.12 Austria 2,699,731 475.381 5,679.08 431.259 6,260.12 Czech Republic 5,210,242 5,618.368 927.36 5,096.900 1,022.24 Switzerland 179,226 367.901 487.16 333.755 537.00 Russia 5,590,204 11,439.909 488.66 10,378.114 538.65 Belarus 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 Ukraine 12,455 8.812 1,413.26 7.995 1,557.85 Spain 1,002,962 928.969 1,079.65 842.747 1,190.11 Portugal 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy 2,014,974 1,712.800 1,176.42 1,553.827 1,296.78 India 844,308 944.579 893.85 856.908 985.30 China 3,319,411 5,905.132 562.12 5,357.048 619.63 Korea, South 5,714,044 7,264.592 786.56 6,590.329 867.03 Taiwan 1,648,449 1,449.554 1,137.21 1,315.014 1,253.56 Japan 11,367,013 13,632.895 833.79 12,367.558 919.10 Australia 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 South Africa 1,182,636 2,428.104 487.06 2,202.740 536.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,046,148 137,201.918 721.90 124,467.522 795.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,352,070 10,431.746 608.92 9,463.524 671.22 Mexico 3,553,882 6,766.517 525.22 6,138.483 578.95 Brazil 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 Austria 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 Spain 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 Italy 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 India 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 China 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 Korea, South 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 Japan 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,087,510 21,168.472 618.25 19,203.721 681.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 Panama 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 Dominican Republic 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 Peru 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 Brazil 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 Czech Republic 6,101,407 16,730.466 364.69 15,177.628 402.00 Romania 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 Turkey 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 China 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 Taiwan 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 Japan 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 Australia 92,184 110.451 834.61 100.200 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,470,310 251,284.604 383.91 227,961.623 423.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,470,258 7,452.132 1,270.81 6,760.463 1,400.83 Mexico 228,521 388.056 588.89 352.039 649.14 Colombia 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 Brazil 92,678 41.635 2,225.94 37.771 2,453.68 Sweden 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 Finland 8,483 9.034 938.95 8.196 1,035.02 United Kingdom 4,796,307 2,966.811 1,616.65 2,691.447 1,782.06 Netherlands 13,344 2.186 6,101.55 1.984 6,725.81 France 4,232,490 2,297.703 1,842.05 2,084.442 2,030.51 Federal Republic of Germany 7,954,917 5,719.061 1,390.95 5,188.247 1,533.26 Austria 585,974 235.471 2,488.52 213.616 2,743.12 Czech Republic 114,550 45.558 2,514.35 41.330 2,771.59 Switzerland 579,523 116.550 4,972.28 105.733 5,481.00 Latvia 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 Russia 3,127,273 4,599.774 679.88 4,172.846 749.43 Ukraine 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 Spain 1,133,698 1,324.440 855.98 1,201.513 943.56 Italy 7,888,469 2,500.119 3,155.24 2,268.071 3,478.05 Slovenia 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 Romania 16,355 3.869 4,227.07 3.510 4,659.54 Saudi Arabia 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 India 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 Malaysia 29,000 44.306 654.53 40.194 721.50 China 1,064,257 665.106 1,600.13 603.375 1,763.84 Korea, South 327,321 233.135 1,403.99 211.497 1,547.64 Taiwan 5,850,908 2,056.035 2,845.72 1,865.205 3,136.87 Japan 604,733 390.571 1,548.33 354.321 1,706.74 South Africa 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 53,955,873 33,460.889 1,612.51 30,355.217 1,777.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,734,627 1,038.176 1,670.84 941.818 1,841.79 Mexico 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 Brazil 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 Sweden 4,067,843 1,407.192 2,890.75 1,276.584 3,186.51 United Kingdom 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 Netherlands 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 France 2,599,904 1,173.815 2,214.92 1,064.868 2,441.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 Austria 3,806,864 838.903 4,537.90 761.041 5,002.18 Czech Republic 653,545 202.503 3,227.33 183.708 3,557.52 Switzerland 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 Poland 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 Russia 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 Ukraine 55,676 5.114 10,885.44 4.640 11,999.14 Spain 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 Italy 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 Slovenia 2,502,346 1,005.617 2,488.37 912.281 2,742.96 India 220,448 50.850 4,335.20 46.131 4,778.74 China 3,088,823 1,263.444 2,444.76 1,146.178 2,694.89 Korea, South 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 Taiwan 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 Japan 4,886,225 3,832.595 1,274.91 3,476.873 1,405.35 Marshall Islands 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,125,747 14,891.275 2,291.66 13,509.142 2,526.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,009,062 37,917.760 791.42 34,398.423 872.40 Mexico 5,307,526 6,461.985 821.35 5,862.216 905.38 Guatemala 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 Dominican Republic 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 Colombia 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 Venezuela 1,509,777 2,021.633 746.81 1,833.996 823.22 Ecuador 132,878 129.742 1,024.17 117.700 1,128.95 Chile 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 Brazil 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 Argentina 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 Sweden 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 United Kingdom 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 France 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,663,149 1,092.392 1,522.48 991.002 1,678.25 Czech Republic 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 Ukraine 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 Kyrgyzstan 21,880 44.656 489.96 40.512 540.09 Spain 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,073,652 491.911 2,182.61 446.255 2,405.92 Romania 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 United Arab Emirates 2,753,912 3,284.778 838.39 2,979.902 924.16 Oman 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India 3,100,565 5,361.454 578.31 4,863.831 637.47 Thailand 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 Malaysia 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 Philippines 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China 23,483,264 41,406.512 567.14 37,563.367 625.16 Korea, South 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 Taiwan 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 Japan 2,264,068 2,437.378 928.89 2,211.153 1,023.93 South Africa 2,754,887 5,101.829 539.98 4,628.303 595.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,753,957 140,790.449 687.22 127,722.983 757.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 16,438,585 11,671.855 1,408.40 10,588.532 1,552.49 Mexico 97,423 367.562 265.05 333.447 292.17 Colombia 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 Venezuela 6,170,155 7,886.959 782.32 7,154.931 862.36 Brazil 5,527,633 4,745.844 1,164.73 4,305.359 1,283.90 Sweden 1,529,491 1,801.395 849.06 1,634.199 935.93 Norway 57,400 0.661 86,787.36 0.600 95,666.67 United Kingdom 145,807 18.408 7,920.59 16.700 8,730.96 France 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 Federal Republic of Germany 19,478,603 15,851.495 1,228.82 14,380.239 1,354.54 Austria 35,824,144 26,501.411 1,351.78 24,041.683 1,490.08 Czech Republic 2,706,803 2,372.479 1,140.92 2,152.278 1,257.65 Poland 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 Russia 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 Italy 75,968 73.854 1,028.61 67.000 1,133.85 Greece 2,043,893 2,762.391 739.90 2,506.000 815.60 Romania 2,031,579 2,129.728 953.91 1,932.058 1,051.51 Indonesia 466,695 277.330 1,682.81 251.590 1,854.98 China 51,630,094 62,263.210 829.22 56,484.250 914.06 Korea, South 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 Japan 20,371,748 5,756.997 3,538.61 5,222.662 3,900.64 South Africa 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 185,605,681 165,021.350 1,124.74 149,704.893 1,239.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,084,560 19,341.544 1,090.12 17,546.359 1,201.65 Brazil 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 Denmark 165,849 57.192 2,899.85 51.884 3,196.53 United Kingdom 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 France 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 13,217,334 9,014.392 1,466.25 8,177.722 1,616.26 Czech Republic 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 Poland 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 Italy 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 Greece 3,510,650 4,395.435 798.70 3,987.473 880.42 Romania 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 India 3,225 5.374 600.01 4.876 661.40 China 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 Korea, South 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 Taiwan 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 Japan 29,435,262 33,444.960 880.11 30,340.766 970.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,200,151 94,390.992 976.79 85,630.092 1,076.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 Mexico 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 Venezuela 95,060 146.246 650.00 132.673 716.50 Chile 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 Brazil 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 Argentina 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 Sweden 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 United Kingdom 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 France 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,215,261 1,765.450 1,821.21 1,601.590 2,007.54 Austria 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 Czech Republic 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 Slovakia 314,981 320.219 983.64 290.498 1,084.28 Poland 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 Ukraine 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 Italy 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 Vietnam 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 China 4,622,097 5,814.700 794.90 5,275.009 876.23 Korea, South 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 Taiwan 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 Japan 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,825,398 30,300.446 984.32 27,488.110 1,085.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,015,695 570.518 1,780.30 517.566 1,962.45 Mexico 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 United Kingdom 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 Federal Republic of Germany 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 Greece 406,387 800.229 507.84 725.956 559.80 Vietnam 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 China 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 Korea, South 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 Japan 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,069,211 27,166.349 665.13 24,644.905 733.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,644,975 11,179.324 1,131.10 10,141.715 1,246.83 Mexico 14,669,906 17,294.441 848.24 15,689.258 935.03 Costa Rica 104,650 143.964 726.92 130.602 801.29 Dominican Republic 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 Colombia 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 Brazil 637,997 926.569 688.56 840.570 759.01 Argentina 640,078 242.329 2,641.35 219.838 2,911.59 Sweden 688,567 460.526 1,495.17 417.783 1,648.15 Norway 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 Finland 242,711 20.722 11,712.53 18.799 12,910.85 Denmark 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 United Kingdom 311,905 214.503 1,454.08 194.594 1,602.85 Belgium 161,855 124.727 1,297.67 113.151 1,430.43 France 1,239,456 730.537 1,696.63 662.733 1,870.22 Federal Republic of Germany 6,540,695 3,897.210 1,678.30 3,535.491 1,850.01 Austria 198,829 67.194 2,959.00 60.958 3,261.74 Czech Republic 613,227 282.660 2,169.49 256.425 2,391.45 Slovakia 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 Switzerland 2,295,323 881.157 2,604.89 799.373 2,871.40 Russia 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 Ukraine 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 Spain 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 Italy 2,412,189 1,459.905 1,652.29 1,324.404 1,821.34 Romania 1,269,371 1,323.834 958.86 1,200.963 1,056.96 Turkey 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 Saudi Arabia 48,760 35.663 1,367.24 32.353 1,507.12 India 2,312,011 1,873.680 1,233.94 1,699.775 1,360.19 Singapore 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 China 3,943,219 5,367.262 734.68 4,869.100 809.85 Korea, South 2,207,707 3,214.423 686.81 2,916.077 757.08 Taiwan 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 Japan 7,352,435 3,312.398 2,219.67 3,004.958 2,446.77 Australia 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,454,689 56,165.585 1,129.78 50,952.576 1,245.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 33,407 13.443 2,484.94 12.196 2,739.18 Mexico 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 Chile 48,932 61.932 790.09 56.184 870.92 Argentina 1,750,517 573.768 3,050.91 520.514 3,363.05 Sweden 1,448,395 238.218 6,080.12 216.108 6,702.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 Netherlands 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 France 2,785,142 1,214.855 2,292.57 1,102.099 2,527.13 Federal Republic of Germany 5,525,917 2,590.234 2,133.37 2,349.822 2,351.63 Czech Republic 644,892 596.041 1,081.96 540.720 1,192.65 Slovakia 373,413 140.939 2,649.46 127.858 2,920.53 Poland 718,036 618.194 1,161.50 560.817 1,280.34 Italy 1,348,839 671.720 2,008.04 609.375 2,213.48 Romania 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 China 497,191 787.710 631.19 714.599 695.76 Korea, South 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 Taiwan 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 Japan 250,633 150.991 1,659.92 136.977 1,829.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,728,177 8,733.719 1,915.36 7,923.099 2,111.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,346,274 1,744.412 6,504.35 1,582.505 7,169.82 Mexico 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 Sweden 2,442,623 381.223 6,407.33 345.840 7,062.87 Finland 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 Denmark 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 United Kingdom 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 Ireland 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 France 5,040,930 795.674 6,335.42 721.824 6,983.60 Federal Republic of Germany 4,647,453 473.297 9,819.31 429.368 10,823.94 Austria 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 Czech Republic 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 Switzerland 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 Poland 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 Ukraine 180,940 42.423 4,265.08 38.486 4,701.45 Spain 2,712,414 314.850 8,614.92 285.628 9,496.32 Italy 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 India 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 Thailand 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 Malaysia 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 Singapore 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 China 7,191,018 2,168.689 3,315.83 1,967.403 3,655.08 Korea, South 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 Hong Kong 79,610 39.006 2,040.95 35.386 2,249.76 Taiwan 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 Japan 5,386,945 831.039 6,482.17 753.907 7,145.37 Australia 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 South Africa 92,444 25.503 3,624.82 23.136 3,995.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,431,464 10,701.438 5,086.37 9,708.184 5,606.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,410,346 782.651 3,079.72 710.010 3,394.81 Mexico 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 United Kingdom 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 France 16,116 7.619 2,115.19 6.912 2,331.60 Federal Republic of Germany 46,068 4.755 9,687.57 4.314 10,678.72 Hungary 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 Italy 30,097 13.283 2,265.67 12.051 2,497.47 India 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 Vietnam 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 Singapore 62,000 41.638 1,489.00 37.774 1,641.34 China 135,781 226.508 599.45 205.485 660.78 Japan 506,309 144.605 3,501.31 131.184 3,859.53 South Africa 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,931,160 1,638.879 2,398.69 1,486.767 2,644.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 28,544,709 32,654.094 874.15 29,623.305 963.59 Mexico 5,867,396 5,552.972 1,056.62 5,037.573 1,164.73 Brazil 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 Finland 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 United Kingdom 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 Belgium 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 France 6,397 7.346 870.71 6.665 959.79 Federal Republic of Germany 123,461 71.372 1,729.81 64.748 1,906.79 Austria 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 Spain 11,033 2.799 3,940.54 2.540 4,343.70 Italy 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 Turkey 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 Thailand 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 China 2,591,073 4,388.282 590.45 3,980.984 650.86 Korea, South 2,139,993 4,094.436 522.66 3,714.411 576.13 Hong Kong 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Taiwan 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 Japan 378,645 250.454 1,511.83 227.209 1,666.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,817,848 54,536.694 821.79 49,474.871 905.87 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 219,661 249.469 880.51 226.315 970.60 Mexico 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 Korea, South 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 Japan 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 South Africa 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,107,941 1,739.245 637.02 1,577.817 702.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,871,582 16,136.311 921.62 14,638.620 1,015.91 Mexico 12,536,068 14,082.351 890.20 12,775.298 981.27 Dominican Republic 430,922 547.241 787.44 496.449 868.01 Trinidad and Tobago 494,843 765.096 646.77 694.084 712.94 Colombia 56,548 46.304 1,221.21 42.007 1,346.16 Venezuela 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 Ecuador 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 Brazil 1,169,081 1,699.570 687.87 1,541.825 758.24 Argentina 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 Sweden 1,786,259 351.090 5,087.75 318.504 5,608.28 Finland 1,325,912 1,508.412 879.01 1,368.409 968.94 Denmark 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 United Kingdom 1,187,626 559.121 2,124.09 507.227 2,341.41 Netherlands 132,167 85.547 1,544.96 77.607 1,703.03 Belgium 654,400 428.134 1,528.49 388.397 1,684.87 Luxembourg 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 France 1,554,837 639.599 2,430.95 580.235 2,679.67 Federal Republic of Germany 2,616,329 1,302.468 2,008.75 1,181.580 2,214.26 Austria 1,160,191 166.574 6,964.99 151.114 7,677.59 Czech Republic 146,429 108.914 1,344.43 98.806 1,481.98 Slovakia 17,830 21.349 835.15 19.368 920.59 Switzerland 431,212 74.391 5,796.51 67.487 6,389.56 Poland 1,092,975 1,138.814 959.75 1,033.115 1,057.94 Russia 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 Belarus 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 Ukraine 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 Moldova 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain 1,203,258 1,200.658 1,002.17 1,089.219 1,104.70 Italy 2,234,305 1,791.713 1,247.02 1,625.416 1,374.61 Greece 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Turkey 62,360 69.673 895.03 63.207 986.60 Israel 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 India 4,058,672 2,227.229 1,822.30 2,020.509 2,008.74 Thailand 727,967 799.503 910.52 725.298 1,003.68 Vietnam 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 Malaysia 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 Indonesia 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 China 12,664,254 15,155.550 835.62 13,748.888 921.11 Korea, South 9,650,965 6,272.442 1,538.63 5,690.266 1,696.05 Hong Kong 14,209 12.974 1,095.17 11.770 1,207.22 Taiwan 3,233,048 2,244.167 1,440.64 2,035.875 1,588.04 Japan 6,844,831 5,312.629 1,288.41 4,819.538 1,420.23 Australia 112,481 44.294 2,539.41 40.183 2,799.22 Egypt 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 South Africa 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 88,785,014 82,953.654 1,070.30 75,254.311 1,179.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 India 43,604 113.389 384.55 102.865 423.90 China 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 Taiwan 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 Japan 3,171,217 4,332.990 731.88 3,930.824 806.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,596,897 5,239.513 686.49 4,753.208 756.73 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 Brazil 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 Norway 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 Netherlands 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 France 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 China 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 Korea, South 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 Taiwan 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 Japan 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,420,527 37,078.905 685.58 33,637.427 755.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 Netherlands 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 France 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 Korea, South 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 Taiwan 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 Japan 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,482,096 11,770.191 805.60 10,677.741 888.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 30,402,945 53,096.564 572.60 48,168.406 631.18 Mexico 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 Venezuela 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 Brazil 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 Sweden 877,625 927.767 945.95 841.657 1,042.73 Finland 728,603 345.445 2,109.17 313.383 2,324.96 United Kingdom 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 Netherlands 1,832,572 3,712.220 493.66 3,367.671 544.17 Belgium 246,595 178.286 1,383.14 161.739 1,524.65 France 5,824,945 10,863.441 536.20 9,855.151 591.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 482,835 782.280 617.21 709.673 680.36 Austria 787,021 1,148.255 685.41 1,041.680 755.53 Slovakia 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 Russia 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 Italy 10,869,623 27,615.737 393.60 25,052.583 433.87 Romania 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 Turkey 27,038,775 65,801.110 410.92 59,693.780 452.96 India 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 Thailand 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 Malaysia 2,785,005 6,778.173 410.88 6,149.057 452.92 China 91,516 96.621 947.16 87.654 1,044.06 Korea, South 39,095,052 93,136.732 419.76 84,492.246 462.71 Japan 4,410,544 5,113.693 862.50 4,639.066 950.74 Australia 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 New Zealand 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 Egypt 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 South Africa 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 218,980,956 496,588.775 440.97 450,497.885 486.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,570,863 24,097.603 687.66 21,860.984 758.01 Mexico 27,864,339 19,635.473 1,419.08 17,813.007 1,564.27 Dominican Republic 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Colombia 69,562 123.307 564.13 111.863 621.85 Venezuela 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 Brazil 38,484,044 70,709.613 544.25 64,146.700 599.94 Argentina 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 Sweden 3,204,988 908.454 3,527.96 824.136 3,888.91 Finland 2,426,625 838.802 2,892.96 760.949 3,188.95 Denmark 3,045 1.621 1,877.89 1.471 2,070.02 United Kingdom 713,126 525.456 1,357.16 476.686 1,496.01 Netherlands 3,623,343 6,232.768 581.34 5,654.274 640.81 Belgium 5,184,539 4,672.081 1,109.69 4,238.442 1,223.22 Luxembourg 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 France 5,275,691 2,139.005 2,466.42 1,940.474 2,718.76 Federal Republic of Germany 4,082,400 2,908.407 1,403.65 2,638.464 1,547.26 Austria 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 Russia 11,653,797 27,506.649 423.67 24,953.620 467.02 Kyrgyzstan 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Spain 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 Italy 5,105,605 3,740.721 1,364.87 3,393.526 1,504.51 Turkey 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 United Arab Emirates 279,899 163.891 1,707.83 148.680 1,882.56 India 3,495,426 7,423.544 470.86 6,734.528 519.03 Thailand 1,500,071 2,673.308 561.13 2,425.185 618.54 Indonesia 141,112 425.500 331.64 386.008 365.57 China 30,298,460 49,713.528 609.46 45,099.367 671.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 9,282,795 14,667.145 632.90 13,305.814 697.65 Taiwan 18,895,331 26,931.719 701.60 24,432.052 773.38 Japan 7,776,140 10,719.412 725.43 9,724.490 799.65 New Zealand 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 South Africa 9,489,634 15,965.009 594.40 14,483.217 655.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 218,400,789 318,591.407 685.52 289,021.345 755.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 35,451,303 50,362.632 703.92 45,688.225 775.94 Mexico 7,517,885 8,307.100 905.00 7,536.077 997.59 Guatemala 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 Costa Rica 165,067 150.128 1,099.51 136.194 1,212.00 Colombia 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 Brazil 35,892,344 64,153.888 559.47 58,199.445 616.71 Argentina 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 Sweden 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 Netherlands 430,445 704.457 611.03 639.073 673.55 Belgium 1,123,890 1,842.578 609.95 1,671.560 672.36 Federal Republic of Germany 324,543 548.734 591.44 497.804 651.95 Austria 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 Kazakhstan 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Spain 5,069,944 6,822.520 743.12 6,189.288 819.15 Italy 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 India 17,681,637 31,817.326 555.72 28,864.201 612.58 Indonesia 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 China 39,496,947 74,392.395 530.93 67,487.665 585.25 Korea, South 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 Taiwan 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 Japan 2,854,932 4,578.039 623.61 4,153.129 687.42 South Africa 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 205,455,353 334,593.589 614.04 303,538.284 676.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,199,984 970.561 1,236.38 880.479 1,362.88 Brazil 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 Belgium 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 Federal Republic of Germany 8,406,182 12,342.748 681.06 11,197.156 750.74 Austria 4,754 0.832 5,712.26 0.755 6,296.69 Thailand 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 Indonesia 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 China 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 Korea, South 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 Taiwan 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 Japan 1,457,429 1,738.915 838.13 1,577.518 923.87 New Zealand 49,622 65.444 758.23 59.370 835.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 15,761,566 22,563.012 698.56 20,468.826 770.03 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 Mexico 6,960,170 9,339.974 745.20 8,473.085 821.44 Chile 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 Brazil 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 United Kingdom 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 Belgium 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 Luxembourg 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 France 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 Federal Republic of Germany 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 Italy 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 India 244,163 353.709 690.29 320.880 760.92 China 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 Korea, South 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 Taiwan 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 Japan 1,514,692 1,189.320 1,273.58 1,078.934 1,403.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,065,208 46,499.084 754.11 42,183.272 831.26 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 United Kingdom 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 Netherlands 9,196 14.974 614.09 13.585 676.92 France 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 Austria 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 Russia 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 China 2,973 3.990 745.04 3.620 821.27 Korea, South 885,740 1,135.358 780.14 1,029.980 859.96 Japan 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,426,102 6,083.855 1,713.73 5,519.182 1,889.07 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,388,764 7,419.256 591.54 6,730.638 652.06 Mexico 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 Finland 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 United Kingdom 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 Federal Republic of Germany 33,283 25.892 1,285.45 23.489 1,416.96 Malaysia 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 Japan 193,818 69.412 2,792.26 62.970 3,077.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,776,730 8,522.979 677.78 7,731.919 747.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,369,688 4,013.404 1,088.77 3,640.900 1,200.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,963,193 1,224.760 1,602.92 1,111.084 1,766.92 Chile 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 Brazil 270,794 266.876 1,014.68 242.106 1,118.49 Sweden 3,258,063 648.035 5,027.60 587.888 5,541.98 Finland 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 United Kingdom 2,057,509 702.913 2,927.11 637.673 3,226.59 Belgium 285,919 123.027 2,324.02 111.609 2,561.79 France 3,517,530 820.235 4,288.44 744.105 4,727.20 Federal Republic of Germany 5,274,643 3,320.035 1,588.73 3,011.886 1,751.28 Austria 1,217,388 234.036 5,201.71 212.314 5,733.90 Switzerland 900,197 258.744 3,479.10 234.729 3,835.05 Italy 339,906 116.397 2,920.22 105.594 3,218.99 India 675,177 393.278 1,716.79 356.776 1,892.44 Singapore 6,000 1.754 3,419.04 1.592 3,768.84 Indonesia 209,337 66.611 3,142.65 60.429 3,464.18 China 753,924 1,037.916 726.38 941.582 800.70 Korea, South 1,853,635 1,890.296 980.61 1,714.849 1,080.93 Taiwan 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 Japan 3,837,006 1,116.043 3,438.04 1,012.458 3,789.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,900,407 16,757.685 1,903.63 15,202.321 2,098.39 GRAND TOTAL 2,531,645,039 4,060,715.173 623.45 3,683,819.878 687.23 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 Mexico 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 Belgium 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 Italy 636,567 348.852 1,824.74 316.474 2,011.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,715,023 3,145.514 863.14 2,853.564 951.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 841,538 1,029.556 817.38 933.998 901.01 Brazil 3,057,500 5,272.672 579.88 4,783.289 639.20 Finland 390,212 1,030.263 378.75 934.640 417.50 United Kingdom 218,849 60.150 3,638.33 54.568 4,010.57 Belgium 60,444 79.851 756.96 72.440 834.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,345,902 1,074.170 1,252.97 974.471 1,381.16 Russia 493,028 458.670 1,074.91 416.099 1,184.88 Ukraine 310,457 1,520.979 204.12 1,379.810 225.00 Italy 1,406,847 3,057.065 460.20 2,773.324 507.28 Taiwan 29,562 2.655 11,132.50 2.409 12,271.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,154,339 13,586.035 600.20 12,325.048 661.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,297,079 2,269.117 571.62 2,058.509 630.11 United Kingdom 2,275,323 3,516.135 647.11 3,189.785 713.32 Luxembourg 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 Federal Republic of Germany 69,022 134.238 514.18 121.779 566.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,729,813 6,075.437 613.92 5,511.546 676.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,321,272 9,681.067 1,169.42 8,782.519 1,289.07 Brazil 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 Sweden 21,031,829 14,012.417 1,500.94 12,711.855 1,654.51 United Kingdom 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 Belgium 2,684,143 1,729.728 1,551.77 1,569.184 1,710.53 France 1,903,735 962.534 1,977.84 873.197 2,180.19 Federal Republic of Germany 4,457,942 2,765.946 1,611.72 2,509.225 1,776.62 Austria 293,850 288.161 1,019.74 261.416 1,124.07 Poland 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 Russia 228,673 223.779 1,021.87 203.009 1,126.42 Italy 2,560 0.842 3,039.78 0.764 3,350.79 China 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 Japan 2,929,634 2,720.559 1,076.85 2,468.051 1,187.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 South Africa 94,381 96.959 973.41 87.960 1,073.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,651,142 47,354.112 1,196.33 42,958.940 1,318.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,858,275 2,816.028 659.89 2,554.659 727.41 Netherlands 251,416 511.802 491.24 464.300 541.49 France 331,326 447.637 740.17 406.090 815.89 Japan 819,342 1,142.406 717.21 1,036.374 790.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,260,359 4,917.875 662.96 4,461.423 730.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 Czech Republic 598,257 892.801 670.09 809.936 738.65 Spain 35,140 44.794 784.47 40.637 864.73 Korea, South 31,192 61.113 510.40 55.441 562.62 Japan 4,965 9.727 510.39 8.825 562.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 741,664 1,161.348 638.62 1,053.558 703.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 22,698,092 34,938.803 649.65 31,695.958 716.12 Mexico 3,063,855 5,814.613 526.92 5,274.930 580.83 Colombia 122,097 99.990 1,221.08 90.710 1,346.01 Brazil 623,699 228.720 2,726.90 207.492 3,005.89 Sweden 2,203,932 630.855 3,493.56 572.303 3,850.99 Finland 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 United Kingdom 896,095 776.633 1,153.82 704.550 1,271.87 Netherlands 21,597 21.636 998.19 19.628 1,100.32 Belgium 14,521 1.786 8,126.61 1.621 8,958.05 France 1,288,589 326.873 3,942.16 296.535 4,345.49 Federal Republic of Germany 855,384 925.468 924.27 839.571 1,018.83 Austria 222,582 53.337 4,173.08 48.387 4,600.04 Czech Republic 4,713,829 4,724.653 997.71 4,286.135 1,099.79 Russia 5,075,748 10,587.933 479.39 9,605.214 528.44 Ukraine 10,119 6.103 1,657.90 5.537 1,827.52 Spain 1,002,962 928.969 1,079.65 842.747 1,190.11 Italy 1,018,049 1,424.906 714.47 1,292.654 787.56 India 88,752 66.655 1,331.50 60.469 1,467.73 China 2,547,311 4,623.901 550.90 4,194.734 607.26 Korea, South 4,735,637 5,137.554 921.77 4,660.712 1,016.08 Taiwan 511,714 172.239 2,970.95 156.253 3,274.91 Japan 7,839,893 8,906.028 880.29 8,079.415 970.35 South Africa 972,358 1,994.251 487.58 1,809.155 537.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,702,006 82,654.183 734.41 74,982.635 809.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 237,022 393.767 601.93 357.220 663.52 Mexico 1,300,237 2,528.596 514.21 2,293.905 566.82 Austria 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,617,749 2,927.192 552.66 2,655.505 609.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,775,318 2,422.780 1,558.26 2,197.910 1,717.69 Colombia 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 Brazil 38,775 14.250 2,720.92 12.928 2,999.30 United Kingdom 1,849,669 858.736 2,153.94 779.033 2,374.31 Netherlands 4,660 0.438 10,621.81 0.398 11,708.54 France 2,137,007 1,477.780 1,446.09 1,340.620 1,594.04 Federal Republic of Germany 808,660 328.193 2,463.98 297.732 2,716.07 Czech Republic 33,024 26.455 1,248.29 24.000 1,376.00 Russia 1,790,826 2,121.066 844.30 1,924.200 930.69 Spain 109,742 66.922 1,639.84 60.711 1,807.61 Italy 252,138 108.711 2,319.34 98.621 2,556.64 Romania 5,225 1.236 4,224.64 1.122 4,656.86 Korea, South 314,830 213.494 1,474.65 193.679 1,625.52 Taiwan 56,806 26.567 2,138.14 24.102 2,356.90 Japan 310,077 208.852 1,484.67 189.468 1,636.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,706,242 8,042.264 1,455.59 7,295.822 1,604.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,734,627 1,038.176 1,670.84 941.818 1,841.79 Mexico 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 Brazil 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 Sweden 4,067,843 1,407.192 2,890.75 1,276.584 3,186.51 United Kingdom 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 Netherlands 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 France 2,599,904 1,173.815 2,214.92 1,064.868 2,441.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 Austria 3,806,864 838.903 4,537.90 761.041 5,002.18 Czech Republic 653,545 202.503 3,227.33 183.708 3,557.52 Switzerland 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 Poland 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 Russia 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 Ukraine 55,676 5.114 10,885.44 4.640 11,999.14 Spain 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 Italy 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 Slovenia 2,502,346 1,005.617 2,488.37 912.281 2,742.96 India 220,448 50.850 4,335.20 46.131 4,778.74 China 3,088,823 1,263.444 2,444.76 1,146.178 2,694.89 Korea, South 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 Japan 4,886,225 3,832.595 1,274.91 3,476.873 1,405.35 Marshall Islands 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,125,747 14,891.275 2,291.66 13,509.142 2,526.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 285,511 55.758 5,120.52 50.583 5,644.41 Mexico 147,532 79.021 1,866.99 71.687 2,058.00 United Kingdom 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 Federal Republic of Germany 501,527 300.119 1,671.09 272.264 1,842.06 Italy 721,235 263.721 2,734.84 239.244 3,014.64 India 41,527 14.035 2,958.66 12.733 3,261.37 China 207,576 145.230 1,429.29 131.751 1,575.52 Japan 74,647 21.469 3,476.85 19.477 3,832.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,051,472 947.696 2,164.69 859.736 2,386.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,189,022 5,665.691 1,798.37 5,139.830 1,982.37 Brazil 2,383,927 1,662.855 1,433.63 1,508.518 1,580.31 Norway 57,400 0.661 86,787.36 0.600 95,666.67 United Kingdom 134,181 7.167 18,721.47 6.502 20,636.88 Federal Republic of Germany 8,950,135 5,488.572 1,630.69 4,979.151 1,797.52 Austria 13,222,203 12,300.526 1,074.93 11,158.853 1,184.91 Czech Republic 2,273,604 1,932.249 1,176.66 1,752.908 1,297.05 Romania 254,495 275.449 923.92 249.884 1,018.45 Indonesia 466,695 277.330 1,682.81 251.590 1,854.98 China 12,499,681 9,606.331 1,301.19 8,714.720 1,434.32 Japan 20,153,113 5,549.722 3,631.37 5,034.625 4,002.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,584,456 42,766.559 1,650.46 38,797.181 1,819.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 13,036,270 13,088.440 996.01 11,873.637 1,097.92 Denmark 165,849 57.192 2,899.85 51.884 3,196.53 Federal Republic of Germany 691,705 50.179 13,784.64 45.522 15,194.96 India 3,225 5.374 600.01 4.876 661.40 Japan 22,387,873 25,956.982 862.50 23,547.785 950.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,284,922 39,158.169 926.62 35,523.704 1,021.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Sweden 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 Federal Republic of Germany 104,981 9.234 11,368.89 8.377 12,532.05 China 104,148 22.713 4,585.37 20.605 5,054.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 216,129 33.236 6,502.69 30.152 7,167.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,784,594 1,427.416 1,250.23 1,294.931 1,378.14 Mexico 3,006,213 1,660.649 1,810.26 1,506.516 1,995.47 Brazil 4,680 0.580 8,056.22 0.527 8,880.46 Argentina 533,313 162.791 3,276.05 147.682 3,611.23 Sweden 593,204 416.386 1,424.65 377.740 1,570.40 United Kingdom 311,905 214.503 1,454.08 194.594 1,602.85 Belgium 126,832 102.379 1,238.84 92.877 1,365.59 France 795,670 408.894 1,945.91 370.943 2,144.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,195,635 1,913.167 1,670.34 1,735.597 1,841.23 Czech Republic 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 Switzerland 575,645 259.174 2,221.07 235.119 2,448.31 Italy 1,635,148 819.137 1,996.18 743.109 2,200.41 Romania 9,147 4.349 2,102.89 3.946 2,318.04 Saudi Arabia 48,760 35.663 1,367.24 32.353 1,507.12 India 428,528 290.811 1,473.56 263.820 1,624.32 Singapore 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 China 633,152 862.676 733.94 782.607 809.03 Korea, South 354,213 667.526 530.64 605.570 584.92 Japan 4,985,626 2,304.418 2,163.51 2,090.534 2,384.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,470,931 11,647.134 1,671.74 10,566.106 1,842.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 1,428,517 395.298 3,613.77 358.609 3,983.49 Sweden 1,448,395 238.218 6,080.12 216.108 6,702.18 United Kingdom 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 France 2,346,265 841.048 2,789.69 762.987 3,075.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,460,947 1,055.678 3,278.41 957.696 3,613.83 Slovakia 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 Italy 145,626 8.989 16,199.84 8.155 17,857.27 China 42,734 21.484 1,989.10 19.490 2,192.61 Japan 130,704 46.970 2,782.68 42.611 3,067.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,270,204 2,689.510 3,446.80 2,439.884 3,799.44 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,172,221 312.178 3,754.97 283.204 4,139.14 United Kingdom 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 France 10,716 4.642 2,308.02 4.212 2,544.16 Federal Republic of Germany 41,187 4.037 10,200.44 3.663 11,244.06 Hungary 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 4,805 0.316 15,188.24 0.287 16,742.16 Singapore 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 China 103,024 204.798 503.05 185.790 554.52 Japan 127,045 21.050 6,035.15 19.097 6,652.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,529,305 555.321 2,753.91 503.779 3,035.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 5,507,715 4,562.163 1,207.26 4,138.726 1,330.78 Mexico 7,497 22.839 328.24 20.720 361.82 Finland 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 United Kingdom 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 France 3,375 3.720 907.18 3.375 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 24,276 5.497 4,416.05 4.987 4,867.86 Spain 11,033 2.799 3,940.54 2.540 4,343.70 Italy 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 China 776,342 654.790 1,185.63 594.016 1,306.94 Korea, South 307,252 653.032 470.50 592.421 518.64 Taiwan 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 Japan 338,064 218.013 1,550.65 197.779 1,709.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,546,693 6,687.516 1,278.01 6,066.815 1,408.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 213,309 161.855 1,317.90 146.833 1,452.73 Mexico 1,609,992 1,322.288 1,217.58 1,199.560 1,342.15 Brazil 58,271 97.045 600.45 88.038 661.88 Sweden 6,244 5.519 1,131.31 5.007 1,247.05 United Kingdom 178,497 8.214 21,729.71 7.452 23,952.90 Netherlands 22,296 1.328 16,785.56 1.205 18,502.90 France 82,196 13.768 5,969.66 12.491 6,580.42 Federal Republic of Germany 615,487 170.578 3,608.24 154.746 3,977.40 Austria 152,645 33.821 4,513.31 30.682 4,975.07 Poland 58,250 64.294 905.99 58.327 998.68 Italy 1,893,336 1,514.572 1,250.08 1,373.997 1,377.98 Turkey 58,421 66.727 875.52 60.534 965.09 India 21,673 18.506 1,171.09 16.789 1,290.90 China 662,188 731.826 904.84 663.902 997.42 Korea, South 2,521,647 2,230.011 1,130.78 2,023.033 1,246.47 Taiwan 469,433 492.688 952.80 446.960 1,050.28 Japan 3,323,473 2,388.356 1,391.53 2,166.681 1,533.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,947,358 9,321.403 1,281.71 8,456.237 1,412.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,851,172 4,571.446 623.69 4,147.148 687.50 Sweden 722,741 779.106 927.65 706.794 1,022.56 Finland 59,038 45.205 1,305.98 41.010 1,439.60 Netherlands 254,754 475.198 536.10 431.093 590.95 France 1,481,160 1,999.856 740.63 1,814.240 816.41 Austria 483,847 645.910 749.09 585.960 825.73 Turkey 64,666 170.858 378.48 155.000 417.20 Korea, South 81,545 182.463 446.91 165.528 492.64 Japan 2,396,612 3,547.038 675.67 3,217.820 744.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,395,535 12,417.084 676.13 11,264.593 745.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,882,993 2,541.723 740.83 2,305.813 816.63 Dominican Republic 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Sweden 16,047 19.742 812.82 17.910 895.98 United Kingdom 540,377 506.247 1,067.42 459.260 1,176.63 Netherlands 1,143,608 1,823.621 627.11 1,654.362 691.27 Belgium 696,409 239.686 2,905.50 217.440 3,202.76 France 154,163 53.037 2,906.67 48.115 3,204.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,396,316 1,660.401 840.95 1,506.291 926.99 Spain 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 Korea, South 1,809,664 2,983.488 606.56 2,706.576 668.62 Japan 4,614,664 6,660.027 692.89 6,041.877 763.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,322,501 18,151.987 733.94 16,467.211 809.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,647,245 6,095.151 762.45 5,529.430 840.46 Brazil 456,232 662.634 688.51 601.132 758.95 Netherlands 246,448 388.346 634.61 352.302 699.54 Belgium 362,091 491.180 737.18 445.592 812.61 Federal Republic of Germany 32,133 63.338 507.32 57.460 559.22 Spain 4,668,510 6,288.329 742.41 5,704.678 818.37 China 5,097,003 9,537.290 534.43 8,652.087 589.11 Japan 2,782,822 4,487.497 620.13 4,070.990 683.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,292,484 28,013.769 652.98 25,413.671 719.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 980,553 751.357 1,305.04 681.620 1,438.56 Federal Republic of Germany 6,127,987 9,085.396 674.49 8,242.135 743.50 Japan 274,335 308.230 890.03 279.622 981.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,382,875 10,144.983 727.74 9,203.377 802.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 United Kingdom 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 Netherlands 9,196 14.974 614.09 13.585 676.92 France 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 Austria 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 Russia 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 China 2,973 3.990 745.04 3.620 821.27 Korea, South 885,740 1,135.358 780.14 1,029.980 859.96 Japan 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,426,102 6,083.855 1,713.73 5,519.182 1,889.07 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 388,166 753.860 514.90 683.891 567.58 Federal Republic of Germany 10,241 7.346 1,393.92 6.665 1,536.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 398,407 761.207 523.39 690.556 576.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,079,756 506.703 2,130.94 459.674 2,348.96 Mexico 2,441 2.157 1,131.55 1.957 1,247.32 Brazil 11,671 4.800 2,431.17 4.355 2,679.91 Sweden 883,347 241.019 3,665.05 218.649 4,040.02 United Kingdom 104,936 32.383 3,240.40 29.378 3,571.92 France 1,429,652 115.404 12,388.21 104.693 13,655.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,456,673 1,885.750 1,302.76 1,710.725 1,436.04 Austria 606,322 99.917 6,068.20 90.644 6,689.05 Switzerland 638,561 138.411 4,613.49 125.565 5,085.50 Singapore 6,000 1.754 3,419.04 1.592 3,768.84 Korea, South 59,864 15.451 3,874.42 14.017 4,270.81 Japan 88,378 20.592 4,291.80 18.681 4,730.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,367,601 3,064.347 2,404.30 2,779.930 2,650.28 GRAND TOTAL 409,274,707 377,332.949 1,084.65 342,310.790 1,195.62 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 23,836 40.091 594.55 36.370 655.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,836 40.091 594.55 36.370 655.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,344,241 34,263.331 389.46 31,083.180 429.31 Mexico 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 Brazil 82,043,985 233,398.967 351.52 211,736.041 387.48 Finland 1,768,525 5,144.143 343.79 4,666.690 378.97 United Kingdom 477,540 1,130.844 422.29 1,025.885 465.49 Belgium 1,086,909 1,328.699 818.02 1,205.376 901.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,440 12.640 272.15 11.467 299.99 Russia 91,057,490 260,558.632 349.47 236,374.882 385.22 Ukraine 49,160,989 129,354.668 380.05 117,348.614 418.93 Italy 24,352,350 61,645.840 395.04 55,924.182 435.45 Turkey 6,966,350 22,172.236 314.19 20,114.320 346.34 Australia 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 351,855,586 983,375.613 357.80 892,103.602 394.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 Mexico 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 Trinidad and Tobago 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 Venezuela 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 Brazil 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 Argentina 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 Finland 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 United Kingdom 292,269 708.733 412.38 642.952 454.57 Federal Republic of Germany 5,795,717 13,759.787 421.21 12,482.673 464.30 Czech Republic 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 Poland 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 Russia 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 Spain 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 Italy 656,483 1,459.520 449.79 1,324.055 495.81 Turkey 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 India 36,983 99.202 372.80 89.995 410.95 Thailand 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 Malaysia 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 China 13,235,416 36,242.004 365.20 32,878.203 402.56 Taiwan 1,983,482 5,300.340 374.22 4,808.389 412.50 Japan 8,640,103 12,025.396 718.49 10,909.259 792.00 Egypt 21,278 77.374 275.00 70.193 303.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,439,168 200,806.569 445.40 182,168.707 490.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,056,413 14,344.472 631.35 13,013.090 695.95 Mexico 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 Venezuela 9,104 7.490 1,215.45 6.795 1,339.81 Brazil 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 Norway 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 United Kingdom 2,125,976 2,722.044 781.02 2,469.398 860.93 Netherlands 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 Luxembourg 6,616,504 9,970.890 663.58 9,045.442 731.47 Federal Republic of Germany 3,154,574 4,559.372 691.89 4,136.194 762.68 Poland 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 Spain 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 China 59,581 146.962 405.42 133.322 446.90 Korea, South 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 Taiwan 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 Japan 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 South Africa 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,878,772 117,690.748 517.28 106,767.281 570.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,155,581 1,320.739 874.95 1,198.155 964.47 Luxembourg 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 Czech Republic 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,855,595 10,051.901 781.50 9,118.934 861.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,289,194 16,120.764 700.29 14,624.516 771.94 Mexico 24,627 51.196 481.03 46.445 530.24 Sweden 17,907 27.148 659.59 24.629 727.07 Norway 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 Belgium 23,835 65.684 362.87 59.588 400.00 Federal Republic of Germany 77,845 62.367 1,248.16 56.579 1,375.86 Austria 1,208,767 1,533.069 788.46 1,390.778 869.13 Czech Republic 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 Slovakia 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 Russia 2,406,574 4,573.702 526.18 4,149.194 580.01 Italy 56,796 107.585 527.91 97.600 581.93 Thailand 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 Malaysia 1,178,092 2,807.120 419.68 2,546.578 462.62 Korea, South 5,496,450 10,131.127 542.53 9,190.807 598.04 Japan 414,976 944.296 439.45 856.652 484.42 Australia 8,472,373 14,404.361 588.18 13,067.421 648.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 5,984,414 9,234.061 648.08 8,377.002 714.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,269,599 79,772.161 580.02 72,368.108 639.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,204,581 25,538.527 556.20 23,168.169 613.11 Mexico 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 Venezuela 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 Netherlands 977,229 2,177.968 448.69 1,975.820 494.59 France 1,188,834 2,273.171 522.98 2,062.187 576.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,465,016 8,395.156 531.86 7,615.960 586.27 Russia 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 Italy 2,990,328 7,882.017 379.39 7,150.448 418.20 Romania 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 Turkey 5,940,854 14,548.521 408.35 13,198.200 450.13 Thailand 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 Malaysia 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 China 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 Korea, South 173,061 280.922 616.04 254.849 679.07 Japan 119,216 151.049 789.25 137.030 870.00 Australia 1,461,721 4,124.142 354.43 3,741.360 390.69 New Zealand 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 Egypt 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,934,029 100,700.556 485.94 91,354.034 535.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 881,862 1,104.188 798.65 1,001.703 880.36 Czech Republic 2,518,334 3,766.603 668.60 3,417.006 737.00 Poland 2,974,445 3,169.305 938.52 2,875.146 1,034.54 Spain 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 Japan 14,793,608 23,780.037 622.10 21,572.893 685.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,206,683 31,865.995 665.50 28,908.353 733.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 Belgium 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 Austria 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 China 125,003 180.365 693.05 163.625 763.96 Korea, South 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 Japan 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 774,516 1,013.675 764.07 919.591 842.24 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 Brazil 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 4,778 8.084 591.02 7.334 651.49 Poland 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 India 13,484 20.370 661.93 18.480 729.65 China 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 Australia 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 729,002 1,220.805 597.15 1,107.496 658.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,995,926 32,717.019 580.61 29,680.389 640.02 Mexico 1,361,039 2,189.957 621.49 1,986.697 685.08 Dominican Republic 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 Brazil 212,155 542.258 391.24 491.929 431.27 Argentina 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 Sweden 71,902 34.507 2,083.64 31.305 2,296.82 United Kingdom 1,386,144 1,629.309 850.76 1,478.085 937.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,963,609 2,779.931 706.35 2,521.912 778.62 Czech Republic 496,413 893.715 555.45 810.765 612.28 Switzerland 179,226 367.901 487.16 333.755 537.00 Russia 514,456 851.976 603.84 772.900 665.62 Belarus 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 Ukraine 2,336 2.709 862.16 2.458 950.37 India 577,073 816.564 706.71 740.775 779.01 China 666,154 1,246.688 534.34 1,130.977 589.01 Korea, South 978,407 2,127.038 459.99 1,929.617 507.05 Taiwan 444,191 1,054.476 421.24 956.605 464.34 Japan 3,409,678 4,703.016 725.00 4,266.506 799.17 South Africa 210,278 433.853 484.68 393.585 534.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,799,766 52,997.155 600.03 48,078.224 661.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,115,048 10,037.979 609.19 9,106.304 671.52 Mexico 2,253,645 4,237.920 531.78 3,844.578 586.19 Brazil 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 China 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 Korea, South 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,674,300 17,515.160 552.34 15,889.491 608.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 Mexico 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 Panama 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 Dominican Republic 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 Peru 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 Brazil 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 Czech Republic 6,101,407 16,730.466 364.69 15,177.628 402.00 Romania 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 Turkey 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 China 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 Taiwan 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 Japan 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 Australia 92,184 110.451 834.61 100.200 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,470,310 251,284.604 383.91 227,961.623 423.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,121,196 4,896.851 1,045.81 4,442.350 1,152.81 Mexico 221,545 386.768 572.81 350.871 631.41 Brazil 3,030 4.747 638.21 4.307 703.51 Finland 8,483 9.034 938.95 8.196 1,035.02 United Kingdom 2,243,835 1,971.486 1,138.14 1,788.503 1,254.59 France 371,613 309.987 1,198.80 281.216 1,321.45 Federal Republic of Germany 5,134,083 4,649.411 1,104.24 4,217.876 1,217.22 Austria 267,632 152.742 1,752.17 138.566 1,931.44 Switzerland 24,008 14.324 1,676.01 12.995 1,847.48 Russia 1,336,447 2,478.707 539.17 2,248.646 594.33 Ukraine 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 Spain 1,023,956 1,257.518 814.27 1,140.802 897.58 Italy 524,453 552.941 948.48 501.620 1,045.52 Romania 11,130 2.632 4,228.21 2.388 4,660.80 Malaysia 29,000 44.306 654.53 40.194 721.50 China 202,423 407.666 496.54 369.829 547.34 Korea, South 12,491 19.640 635.97 17.818 701.03 Taiwan 13,356 8.399 1,590.07 7.620 1,752.76 Japan 228,671 164.750 1,387.99 149.459 1,529.99 South Africa 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,881,843 17,493.029 965.06 15,869.414 1,063.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,723,551 37,862.001 785.05 34,347.840 865.37 Mexico 5,159,994 6,382.963 808.40 5,790.529 891.11 Guatemala 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 Dominican Republic 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 Colombia 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 Venezuela 1,509,777 2,021.633 746.81 1,833.996 823.22 Ecuador 132,878 129.742 1,024.17 117.700 1,128.95 Chile 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 Brazil 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 Argentina 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 Sweden 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 France 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,161,622 792.272 1,466.19 718.738 1,616.20 Czech Republic 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 Ukraine 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 Kyrgyzstan 21,880 44.656 489.96 40.512 540.09 Spain 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 Italy 352,417 228.190 1,544.40 207.011 1,702.41 Romania 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 United Arab Emirates 2,753,912 3,284.778 838.39 2,979.902 924.16 Oman 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India 3,059,038 5,347.418 572.06 4,851.098 630.59 Thailand 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 Malaysia 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 Philippines 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China 23,275,688 41,261.282 564.10 37,431.616 621.82 Korea, South 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 Taiwan 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 Japan 2,189,421 2,415.908 906.25 2,191.676 998.97 South Africa 2,754,887 5,101.829 539.98 4,628.303 595.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,702,485 139,842.752 677.21 126,863.247 746.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,249,563 6,006.164 1,040.52 5,448.702 1,146.98 Mexico 97,423 367.562 265.05 333.447 292.17 Colombia 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 Venezuela 6,170,155 7,886.959 782.32 7,154.931 862.36 Brazil 3,143,706 3,082.988 1,019.69 2,796.841 1,124.02 Sweden 1,529,491 1,801.395 849.06 1,634.199 935.93 United Kingdom 11,626 11.241 1,034.22 10.198 1,140.03 France 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 Federal Republic of Germany 10,528,468 10,362.922 1,015.97 9,401.088 1,119.92 Austria 22,601,941 14,200.885 1,591.59 12,882.830 1,754.42 Czech Republic 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 Poland 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 Russia 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 Italy 75,968 73.854 1,028.61 67.000 1,133.85 Greece 2,043,893 2,762.391 739.90 2,506.000 815.60 Romania 1,777,084 1,854.278 958.37 1,682.174 1,056.42 China 39,130,413 52,656.878 743.12 47,769.530 819.15 Korea, South 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 Japan 218,635 207.275 1,054.81 188.037 1,162.72 South Africa 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 115,021,225 122,254.790 940.83 110,907.712 1,037.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,048,290 6,253.103 1,287.09 5,672.722 1,418.77 Brazil 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 France 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 Federal Republic of Germany 12,525,629 8,964.213 1,397.29 8,132.200 1,540.25 Czech Republic 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 Poland 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 Italy 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 Greece 3,510,650 4,395.435 798.70 3,987.473 880.42 Romania 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 China 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 Korea, South 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 Taiwan 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 Japan 7,047,389 7,487.977 941.16 6,792.981 1,037.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,915,229 55,232.822 1,012.36 50,106.388 1,115.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 Mexico 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 Venezuela 95,060 146.246 650.00 132.673 716.50 Chile 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 Brazil 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 Argentina 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 United Kingdom 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 France 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,110,280 1,756.216 1,771.01 1,593.213 1,952.21 Austria 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 Czech Republic 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 Slovakia 314,981 320.219 983.64 290.498 1,084.28 Poland 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 Ukraine 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 Italy 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 Vietnam 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 China 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 Korea, South 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 Taiwan 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 Japan 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,609,269 30,267.209 978.26 27,457.958 1,078.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 647,760 455.035 1,423.54 412.801 1,569.18 Mexico 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 United Kingdom 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 Federal Republic of Germany 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 Greece 406,387 800.229 507.84 725.956 559.80 Vietnam 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 China 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 Korea, South 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 Japan 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,701,276 27,050.866 654.37 24,540.140 721.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,860,381 9,751.907 1,113.67 8,846.784 1,227.61 Mexico 11,663,693 15,633.792 746.06 14,182.742 822.39 Costa Rica 104,650 143.964 726.92 130.602 801.29 Dominican Republic 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 Colombia 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 Brazil 633,317 925.988 683.94 840.043 753.91 Argentina 106,765 79.538 1,342.31 72.156 1,479.64 Sweden 95,363 44.139 2,160.47 40.043 2,381.51 Norway 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 Finland 242,711 20.722 11,712.53 18.799 12,910.85 Denmark 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 Belgium 35,023 22.348 1,567.15 20.274 1,727.48 France 443,786 321.643 1,379.75 291.790 1,520.91 Federal Republic of Germany 3,345,060 1,984.042 1,685.98 1,799.894 1,858.48 Austria 198,829 67.194 2,959.00 60.958 3,261.74 Czech Republic 167,961 189.813 884.87 172.196 975.41 Slovakia 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 Switzerland 1,719,678 621.983 2,764.83 564.254 3,047.70 Russia 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 Ukraine 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 Spain 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 Italy 777,041 640.767 1,212.67 581.295 1,336.74 Romania 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 Turkey 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 India 1,883,483 1,582.868 1,189.92 1,435.955 1,311.66 China 3,310,067 4,504.586 734.82 4,086.493 810.00 Korea, South 1,853,494 2,546.897 727.75 2,310.507 802.20 Taiwan 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 Japan 2,366,809 1,007.979 2,348.07 914.424 2,588.31 Australia 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,983,758 44,518.450 987.99 40,386.470 1,089.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 33,407 13.443 2,484.94 12.196 2,739.18 Mexico 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 Chile 48,932 61.932 790.09 56.184 870.92 Argentina 322,000 178.469 1,804.23 161.905 1,988.82 Netherlands 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 France 438,877 373.806 1,174.07 339.112 1,294.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,064,970 1,534.555 1,345.65 1,392.126 1,483.32 Czech Republic 644,892 596.041 1,081.96 540.720 1,192.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 113,823 66.173 1,720.06 60.032 1,896.04 Poland 718,036 618.194 1,161.50 560.817 1,280.34 Italy 1,203,213 662.731 1,815.54 601.220 2,001.29 Romania 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 China 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 Korea, South 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 Taiwan 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 Japan 119,929 104.020 1,152.93 94.366 1,270.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,457,973 6,044.208 1,233.90 5,483.215 1,360.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,238,125 470.472 2,631.66 426.806 2,900.91 Mexico 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 France 5,400 2.976 1,814.37 2.700 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,881 0.717 6,801.80 0.651 7,497.70 Switzerland 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 Italy 25,292 12.967 1,950.40 11.764 2,149.95 India 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 Vietnam 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 Singapore 57,000 39.671 1,436.82 35.989 1,583.82 China 32,757 21.710 1,508.84 19.695 1,663.21 Japan 379,264 123.554 3,069.60 112.087 3,383.66 South Africa 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,401,855 1,083.558 2,216.64 982.988 2,443.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,036,994 28,091.931 820.06 25,484.579 903.96 Mexico 5,859,899 5,530.132 1,059.63 5,016.853 1,168.04 Brazil 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 Belgium 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 France 3,022 3.626 833.29 3.290 918.54 Federal Republic of Germany 99,185 65.875 1,505.65 59.761 1,659.69 Austria 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 Turkey 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 Thailand 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 China 1,814,731 3,733.492 486.07 3,386.968 535.80 Korea, South 1,832,741 3,441.403 532.56 3,121.990 587.04 Hong Kong 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Japan 40,581 32.441 1,250.92 29.430 1,378.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,271,155 47,849.177 758.03 43,408.056 835.59 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 203,948 231.030 882.78 209.587 973.09 Mexico 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 Korea, South 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 South Africa 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,092,228 1,720.805 634.72 1,561.089 699.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,707,609 15,812.974 866.86 14,345.293 955.55 Mexico 10,437,839 12,630.392 826.41 11,458.103 910.96 Dominican Republic 430,922 547.241 787.44 496.449 868.01 Trinidad and Tobago 494,843 765.096 646.77 694.084 712.94 Colombia 56,548 46.304 1,221.21 42.007 1,346.16 Venezuela 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 Ecuador 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 Brazil 1,092,821 1,600.311 682.88 1,451.779 752.75 Argentina 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 Sweden 260,843 103.678 2,515.87 94.056 2,773.27 Finland 1,325,912 1,508.412 879.01 1,368.409 968.94 United Kingdom 830,606 518.634 1,601.53 470.497 1,765.38 Netherlands 93,204 84.155 1,107.52 76.345 1,220.83 Belgium 636,964 425.634 1,496.51 386.129 1,649.61 Luxembourg 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 France 954,284 526.451 1,812.67 477.589 1,998.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,163,103 1,006.075 1,156.08 912.697 1,274.36 Austria 1,007,546 132.753 7,589.60 120.432 8,366.10 Czech Republic 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 Slovakia 17,830 21.349 835.15 19.368 920.59 Switzerland 2,852 0.029 95,825.62 0.027 105,629.63 Poland 1,034,725 1,074.519 962.97 974.788 1,061.49 Russia 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 Belarus 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 Ukraine 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 Moldova 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain 1,107,171 1,192.808 928.21 1,082.098 1,023.17 Italy 323,863 274.495 1,179.85 249.018 1,300.56 Greece 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Turkey 3,939 2.946 1,336.85 2.673 1,473.63 Israel 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 India 521,675 792.537 658.23 718.978 725.58 Thailand 487,956 709.603 687.65 643.742 758.00 Malaysia 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 Indonesia 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 China 10,463,957 13,950.727 750.07 12,655.891 826.81 Korea, South 3,701,457 3,107.313 1,191.21 2,818.908 1,313.08 Hong Kong 14,209 12.974 1,095.17 11.770 1,207.22 Taiwan 1,258,954 1,404.930 896.10 1,274.532 987.78 Japan 2,905,125 2,835.948 1,024.39 2,572.730 1,129.20 Australia 16,665 21.120 789.05 19.160 869.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 South Africa 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,736,511 69,366.797 875.58 62,928.518 965.17 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 India 43,604 113.389 384.55 102.865 423.90 China 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 Taiwan 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 Japan 3,171,217 4,332.990 731.88 3,930.824 806.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,596,897 5,239.513 686.49 4,753.208 756.73 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 Brazil 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 Norway 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 Netherlands 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 France 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 China 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 Korea, South 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 Taiwan 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 Japan 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,420,527 37,078.905 685.58 33,637.427 755.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 Netherlands 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 France 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 Korea, South 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 Taiwan 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 Japan 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,482,096 11,770.191 805.60 10,677.741 888.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,551,773 48,525.118 567.78 44,021.259 625.87 Mexico 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 Venezuela 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 Sweden 91,340 137.307 665.22 124.563 733.28 Netherlands 1,577,818 3,237.022 487.43 2,936.578 537.30 Belgium 64,706 110.550 585.31 100.290 645.19 France 4,343,785 8,863.584 490.07 8,040.911 540.21 Federal Republic of Germany 429,831 768.552 559.27 697.219 616.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 303,174 502.345 603.52 455.720 665.26 Slovakia 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 Russia 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 Italy 10,745,655 27,566.009 389.82 25,007.470 429.70 Romania 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 Turkey 26,974,109 65,630.252 411.00 59,538.780 453.05 India 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 Thailand 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 Malaysia 2,785,005 6,778.173 410.88 6,149.057 452.92 China 39,932 75.128 531.52 68.155 585.90 Korea, South 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 Japan 331,368 498.758 664.39 452.466 732.36 Australia 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 New Zealand 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 Egypt 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 207,363,492 482,233.908 430.01 437,475.365 474.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,118,543 21,246.869 664.50 19,274.841 732.49 Mexico 4,924,940 8,622.618 571.17 7,822.310 629.60 Colombia 69,562 123.307 564.13 111.863 621.85 Venezuela 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 Brazil 33,584,509 68,248.355 492.09 61,913.884 542.44 Argentina 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 Netherlands 2,369,361 4,393.754 539.26 3,985.948 594.43 Belgium 1,808,593 3,408.290 530.65 3,091.950 584.94 Luxembourg 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 France 39,339 11.111 3,540.45 10.080 3,902.68 Federal Republic of Germany 132,283 193.888 682.26 175.893 752.07 Russia 11,653,797 27,506.649 423.67 24,953.620 467.02 Italy 545,419 1,412.424 386.16 1,281.330 425.67 Turkey 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 India 3,173,616 7,335.532 432.64 6,654.685 476.90 Thailand 1,000,828 2,451.826 408.20 2,224.260 449.96 Indonesia 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 China 20,327,669 44,130.071 460.63 40,034.139 507.76 Korea, South 5,341,492 10,624.471 502.75 9,638.361 554.19 Taiwan 10,575,233 23,300.623 453.86 21,137.976 500.30 Japan 2,384,848 3,758.863 634.46 3,409.985 699.37 New Zealand 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 South Africa 6,912,159 14,573.403 474.30 13,220.773 522.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 130,420,231 265,663.158 490.92 241,005.631 541.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 30,804,058 44,267.481 695.86 40,158.795 767.06 Mexico 7,517,885 8,307.100 905.00 7,536.077 997.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 Costa Rica 165,067 150.128 1,099.51 136.194 1,212.00 Colombia 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 Brazil 35,436,112 63,491.254 558.13 57,598.313 615.23 Argentina 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 Sweden 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 Netherlands 183,997 316.110 582.06 286.771 641.62 Belgium 761,799 1,351.398 563.71 1,225.968 621.39 Federal Republic of Germany 292,410 485.396 602.42 440.344 664.05 Austria 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 Kazakhstan 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Spain 401,434 534.190 751.48 484.610 828.37 Italy 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 India 17,681,637 31,817.326 555.72 28,864.201 612.58 Indonesia 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 China 34,399,944 64,855.104 530.41 58,835.578 584.68 Korea, South 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 Taiwan 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 Japan 72,110 90.542 796.42 82.139 877.90 South Africa 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 187,162,869 306,579.820 610.49 278,124.613 672.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 219,431 219.204 1,001.03 198.859 1,103.45 Brazil 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 Belgium 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,278,195 3,257.352 699.40 2,955.021 770.96 Austria 4,754 0.832 5,712.26 0.755 6,296.69 Thailand 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 Indonesia 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 China 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 Korea, South 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 Taiwan 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 Japan 1,183,094 1,430.685 826.94 1,297.896 911.55 New Zealand 49,622 65.444 758.23 59.370 835.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,378,691 12,418.028 674.72 11,265.449 743.75 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 Mexico 6,960,170 9,339.974 745.20 8,473.085 821.44 Chile 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 Brazil 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 United Kingdom 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 Belgium 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 Luxembourg 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 France 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 Italy 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 India 244,163 353.709 690.29 320.880 760.92 China 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 Korea, South 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 Taiwan 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 Japan 1,514,692 1,189.320 1,273.58 1,078.934 1,403.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,065,208 46,499.084 754.11 42,183.272 831.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,000,598 6,665.395 600.20 6,046.747 661.61 Mexico 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 United Kingdom 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 Federal Republic of Germany 13,666 17.116 798.40 15.528 880.09 Malaysia 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 Japan 4,997 9.807 509.52 8.897 561.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,619,997 7,482.402 617.45 6,787.923 680.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,016,933 3,414.052 883.68 3,097.177 974.09 Mexico 429,199 441.961 971.12 400.941 1,070.48 Chile 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 Brazil 259,123 262.075 988.73 237.751 1,089.89 Sweden 513,214 112.025 4,581.22 101.628 5,049.93 United Kingdom 997,038 478.989 2,081.55 434.532 2,294.51 France 73,796 5.578 13,227.94 5.061 14,581.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,156,722 1,321.911 1,631.52 1,199.218 1,798.44 Austria 550,056 120.421 4,567.74 109.245 5,035.07 Switzerland 261,636 120.332 2,174.27 109.164 2,396.72 Italy 180,602 81.087 2,227.26 73.561 2,455.13 India 240,514 250.587 959.80 227.329 1,058.00 China 519,074 943.409 550.21 855.847 606.50 Korea, South 1,227,230 1,551.253 791.12 1,407.274 872.06 Japan 751,582 683.652 1,099.36 620.199 1,211.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,184,802 9,793.633 1,142.05 8,884.637 1,258.89 GRAND TOTAL 1,870,380,779 3,595,818.152 520.15 3,262,072.276 573.37 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 286,000 11.217 25,496.75 10.176 28,105.35 United Kingdom 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 Federal Republic of Germany 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 Italy 2,898,948 1,447.351 2,002.93 1,313.016 2,207.85 China 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,096,567 1,702.143 2,406.71 1,544.159 2,652.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,905 5.923 2,009.68 5.374 2,215.30 Brazil 46,405 3.813 12,167.03 3.460 13,411.85 Sweden 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 United Kingdom 17,727,308 7,284.896 2,433.43 6,608.749 2,682.40 France 59,039 10.137 5,823.56 9.197 6,419.38 Federal Republic of Germany 368,567 60.737 6,068.21 55.100 6,689.06 Austria 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 Spain 1,819,407 675.556 2,693.20 612.855 2,968.74 Italy 1,365,911 768.192 1,778.08 696.893 1,960.00 India 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 Malaysia 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 China 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 Taiwan 38,094 0.990 38,440.83 0.899 42,373.75 Japan 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,419,679 11,054.766 2,570.81 10,028.718 2,833.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 United Kingdom 1,049,645 397.109 2,643.21 360.252 2,913.64 France 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 Federal Republic of Germany 190,411 97.338 1,956.17 88.304 2,156.31 Austria 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 Italy 462,868 218.555 2,117.85 198.270 2,334.53 India 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 China 421,702 258.976 1,628.34 234.940 1,794.93 Korea, South 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 Taiwan 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 Japan 124,610 54.316 2,294.15 49.275 2,528.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,564,853 2,335.544 2,382.68 2,118.771 2,626.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 259,622 87.286 2,974.37 79.185 3,278.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 491,837 179.298 2,743.12 162.657 3,023.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 60,041 21.641 2,774.32 19.633 3,058.17 Brazil 3,547 0.782 4,532.09 0.710 4,995.77 Sweden 514,472 205.827 2,499.52 186.724 2,755.25 Finland 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 Netherlands 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 Belgium 3,224,632 997.114 3,233.96 904.567 3,564.83 France 1,999,078 368.360 5,426.96 334.171 5,982.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,487,788 468.851 3,173.26 425.335 3,497.92 Austria 43,090 7.773 5,543.19 7.052 6,110.32 Italy 1,024,443 600.544 1,705.86 544.805 1,880.38 Slovenia 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 Korea, South 176,187 66.685 2,642.06 60.496 2,912.37 Taiwan 1,451,095 654.305 2,217.76 593.576 2,444.67 Japan 631,377 219.018 2,882.76 198.690 3,177.70 South Africa 251,908 93.505 2,694.04 84.827 2,969.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,928,645 3,733.558 2,927.14 3,387.028 3,226.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 Finland 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 United Kingdom 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 Belgium 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,621,693 667.168 2,430.71 605.245 2,679.40 China 4,322 1.461 2,956.90 1.326 3,259.43 Korea, South 66,126 10.607 6,233.87 9.623 6,871.66 South Africa 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,261,422 2,496.454 2,508.13 2,264.746 2,764.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 50,148 15.944 3,145.08 14.465 3,466.85 Brazil 129,355 12.673 10,206.92 11.497 11,251.20 Sweden 145,319 33.621 4,322.19 30.501 4,764.40 United Kingdom 241,419 107.709 2,241.40 97.712 2,470.72 Netherlands 6,653 1.499 4,437.87 1.360 4,891.91 Belgium 11,700 0.842 13,892.75 0.764 15,314.14 France 641,635 84.924 7,555.38 77.042 8,328.38 Federal Republic of Germany 449,935 156.243 2,879.70 141.742 3,174.32 Austria 2,477,149 422.044 5,869.41 382.872 6,469.91 Portugal 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy 996,925 287.893 3,462.82 261.173 3,817.11 India 178,483 61.359 2,908.83 55.664 3,206.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 105,946 34.543 3,067.07 31.337 3,380.86 Taiwan 692,544 222.838 3,107.83 202.156 3,425.79 Japan 117,442 23.850 4,924.05 21.637 5,427.83 Australia 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,544,376 1,550.580 4,220.60 1,406.663 4,652.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Spain 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 Italy 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 India 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 Japan 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,795,461 726.119 2,472.68 658.725 2,725.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 573,744 132.501 4,330.11 120.203 4,773.13 Mexico 6,976 1.287 5,418.26 1.168 5,972.60 Brazil 50,873 22.637 2,247.33 20.536 2,477.26 Sweden 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 United Kingdom 702,803 136.588 5,145.41 123.911 5,671.84 Netherlands 8,684 1.748 4,967.21 1.586 5,475.41 France 1,723,870 509.935 3,380.56 462.606 3,726.43 Federal Republic of Germany 2,012,174 741.457 2,713.81 672.639 2,991.46 Austria 318,342 82.728 3,848.04 75.050 4,241.73 Czech Republic 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 Switzerland 555,515 102.226 5,434.18 92.738 5,990.16 Latvia 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 Italy 7,111,878 1,838.467 3,868.37 1,667.830 4,264.15 Slovenia 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 Saudi Arabia 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 India 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 China 861,834 257.440 3,347.70 233.546 3,690.21 Taiwan 5,780,746 2,021.068 2,860.24 1,833.483 3,152.88 Japan 65,985 16.968 3,888.57 15.394 4,286.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,367,788 7,925.595 3,200.74 7,189.981 3,528.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,346,274 1,744.412 6,504.35 1,582.505 7,169.82 Mexico 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 Sweden 2,442,623 381.223 6,407.33 345.840 7,062.87 Finland 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 Denmark 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 United Kingdom 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 Ireland 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 France 5,040,930 795.674 6,335.42 721.824 6,983.60 Federal Republic of Germany 4,647,453 473.297 9,819.31 429.368 10,823.94 Austria 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 Czech Republic 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 Switzerland 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 Poland 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 Ukraine 180,940 42.423 4,265.08 38.486 4,701.45 Spain 2,712,414 314.850 8,614.92 285.628 9,496.32 Italy 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 India 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 Thailand 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 Malaysia 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 Singapore 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 China 7,191,018 2,168.689 3,315.83 1,967.403 3,655.08 Korea, South 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 Hong Kong 79,610 39.006 2,040.95 35.386 2,249.76 Taiwan 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 Japan 5,386,945 831.039 6,482.17 753.907 7,145.37 Australia 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 South Africa 92,444 25.503 3,624.82 23.136 3,995.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,431,464 10,701.438 5,086.37 9,708.184 5,606.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 950,664 161.481 5,887.12 146.494 6,489.44 Mexico 488,237 129.670 3,765.22 117.635 4,150.44 Brazil 17,989 2.213 8,127.17 2.008 8,958.67 Sweden 1,519,172 241.892 6,280.37 219.441 6,922.92 Denmark 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 United Kingdom 178,523 32.273 5,531.57 29.278 6,097.51 Netherlands 16,667 0.062 265,264.08 0.057 292,403.51 Belgium 17,436 2.500 6,974.28 2.268 7,687.83 France 518,357 99.378 5,215.97 90.155 5,749.62 Federal Republic of Germany 837,739 125.814 6,658.53 114.137 7,339.77 Czech Republic 31,120 5.489 5,669.00 4.980 6,249.00 Switzerland 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 Spain 96,087 7.849 12,241.07 7.121 13,493.47 Italy 17,106 2.646 6,463.27 2.401 7,124.53 India 3,515,324 1,416.185 2,482.25 1,284.742 2,736.21 Thailand 240,011 89.900 2,669.75 81.556 2,942.90 Vietnam 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 China 1,538,109 472.996 3,251.84 429.095 3,584.54 Korea, South 3,427,861 935.117 3,665.70 848.325 4,040.74 Taiwan 1,504,661 346.547 4,341.86 314.383 4,786.08 Japan 616,233 88.324 6,976.89 80.127 7,690.70 Australia 95,816 23.173 4,134.65 21.023 4,557.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 16,101,145 4,265.454 3,774.78 3,869.556 4,160.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 Sweden 63,544 11.353 5,596.71 10.300 6,169.32 Finland 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 United Kingdom 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 Belgium 181,889 67.735 2,685.27 61.449 2,960.00 Federal Republic of Germany 53,004 13.728 3,860.96 12.454 4,255.98 Italy 123,968 49.728 2,492.89 45.113 2,747.94 China 51,584 21.493 2,399.93 19.499 2,645.47 Japan 1,682,564 1,067.896 1,575.59 968.780 1,736.79 South Africa 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,221,929 1,937.782 1,662.69 1,757.927 1,832.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 569,327 309.010 1,842.42 280.330 2,030.92 Mexico 22,939,399 11,012.855 2,082.97 9,990.697 2,296.08 Brazil 4,899,535 2,461.257 1,990.66 2,232.816 2,194.33 Sweden 3,188,941 888.711 3,588.27 806.226 3,955.39 Finland 2,426,625 838.802 2,892.96 760.949 3,188.95 Denmark 3,045 1.621 1,877.89 1.471 2,070.02 United Kingdom 172,749 19.208 8,993.19 17.426 9,913.29 Netherlands 110,374 15.392 7,170.56 13.964 7,904.18 Belgium 2,679,537 1,024.104 2,616.47 929.052 2,884.16 France 5,082,189 2,074.856 2,449.42 1,882.279 2,700.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,553,801 1,054.117 2,422.69 956.280 2,670.56 Austria 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 Kyrgyzstan 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Italy 4,560,186 2,328.296 1,958.59 2,112.196 2,158.98 United Arab Emirates 279,899 163.891 1,707.83 148.680 1,882.56 India 321,810 88.011 3,656.44 79.843 4,030.53 Thailand 499,243 221.481 2,254.10 200.925 2,484.72 Indonesia 74,502 39.054 1,907.62 35.430 2,102.79 China 9,970,791 5,583.456 1,785.77 5,065.228 1,968.48 Korea, South 2,131,639 1,059.185 2,012.53 960.877 2,218.43 Taiwan 8,320,098 3,631.096 2,291.35 3,294.076 2,525.78 Japan 776,628 300.520 2,584.27 272.628 2,848.67 South Africa 2,577,475 1,391.605 1,852.16 1,262.444 2,041.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,658,057 34,776.261 2,146.81 31,548.503 2,366.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 Federal Republic of Germany 9,376 1.428 6,563.09 1.296 7,234.57 Japan 188,821 59.605 3,167.86 54.073 3,491.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 758,326 279.369 2,714.42 253.440 2,992.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 272,999 92.648 2,946.62 84.049 3,248.09 Mexico 1,531,553 780.641 1,961.92 708.186 2,162.64 Sweden 1,861,502 294.990 6,310.38 267.611 6,956.00 Finland 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 United Kingdom 955,535 191.540 4,988.67 173.763 5,499.07 Belgium 285,919 123.027 2,324.02 111.609 2,561.79 France 2,014,082 699.252 2,880.34 634.351 3,175.03 Federal Republic of Germany 661,248 112.372 5,884.41 101.943 6,486.45 Austria 61,010 13.696 4,454.52 12.425 4,910.26 Italy 159,304 35.310 4,511.54 32.033 4,973.12 India 434,663 142.690 3,046.19 129.447 3,357.85 Indonesia 209,337 66.611 3,142.65 60.429 3,464.18 China 234,850 94.506 2,485.01 85.735 2,739.25 Korea, South 566,541 323.592 1,750.79 293.558 1,929.91 Taiwan 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 Japan 2,997,046 411.799 7,277.93 373.578 8,022.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,348,004 3,899.705 3,422.82 3,537.754 3,773.02 GRAND TOTAL 251,989,553 87,564.071 2,877.77 79,436.812 3,172.20