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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 172,348 402.717 427.96 365.339 471.75 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,197,684 35,298.811 402.21 32,022.552 443.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,353,492 16,613.589 623.19 15,071.599 686.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,155,581 1,320.739 874.95 1,198.155 964.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,670,507 25,823.473 877.90 23,426.668 967.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,062,856 28,354.556 566.50 25,722.828 624.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,744,166 67,671.767 616.86 61,390.812 679.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,352,070 10,431.746 608.92 9,463.524 671.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,470,258 7,452.132 1,270.81 6,760.463 1,400.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,734,627 1,038.176 1,670.84 941.818 1,841.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,009,062 37,917.760 791.42 34,398.423 872.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,438,585 11,671.855 1,408.40 10,588.532 1,552.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,084,560 19,341.544 1,090.12 17,546.359 1,201.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,015,695 570.518 1,780.30 517.566 1,962.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,644,975 11,179.324 1,131.10 10,141.715 1,246.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,407 13.443 2,484.94 12.196 2,739.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,346,274 1,744.412 6,504.35 1,582.505 7,169.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,410,346 782.651 3,079.72 710.010 3,394.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,544,709 32,654.094 874.15 29,623.305 963.59 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 219,661 249.469 880.51 226.315 970.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,871,582 16,136.311 921.62 14,638.620 1,015.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,402,945 53,096.564 572.60 48,168.406 631.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,570,863 24,097.603 687.66 21,860.984 758.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,451,303 50,362.632 703.92 45,688.225 775.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,199,984 970.561 1,236.38 880.479 1,362.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,388,764 7,419.256 591.54 6,730.638 652.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,369,688 4,013.404 1,088.77 3,640.900 1,200.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 394,630,709 525,988.779 750.26 477,169.128 827.02 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,627 51.196 481.03 46.445 530.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,424,894 8,004.571 552.80 7,261.627 609.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,553,882 6,766.517 525.22 6,138.483 578.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 228,521 388.056 588.89 352.039 649.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,307,526 6,461.985 821.35 5,862.216 905.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 97,423 367.562 265.05 333.447 292.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,669,906 17,294.441 848.24 15,689.258 935.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,867,396 5,552.972 1,056.62 5,037.573 1,164.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,536,068 14,082.351 890.20 12,775.298 981.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 27,864,339 19,635.473 1,419.08 17,813.007 1,564.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,517,885 8,307.100 905.00 7,536.077 997.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,960,170 9,339.974 745.20 8,473.085 821.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,963,193 1,224.760 1,602.92 1,111.084 1,766.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 187,541,786 320,343.743 585.44 290,611.038 645.34 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,601 251.897 796.36 228.518 877.83 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,650 143.964 726.92 130.602 801.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 165,067 150.128 1,099.51 136.194 1,212.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,717 294.092 917.12 266.796 1,010.95 Panama BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 430,922 547.241 787.44 496.449 868.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,890,775 12,794.108 460.43 11,606.623 507.54 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,843 765.096 646.77 694.084 712.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,371,142 11,484.107 467.70 10,418.210 515.55 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 122,097 99.990 1,221.08 90.710 1,346.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,548 46.304 1,221.21 42.007 1,346.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 69,562 123.307 564.13 111.863 621.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,485,437 14,227.406 1,088.42 12,906.890 1,199.78 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,104 7.490 1,215.45 6.795 1,339.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,509,777 2,021.633 746.81 1,833.996 823.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,170,155 7,886.959 782.32 7,154.931 862.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 95,060 146.246 650.00 132.673 716.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,485,329 15,195.758 690.02 13,785.364 760.61 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 132,878 129.742 1,024.17 117.700 1,128.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,951 149.485 983.05 135.611 1,083.62 Peru BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,932 61.932 790.09 56.184 870.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,435,910 2,059.240 697.30 1,868.112 768.64 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 85,147,890 238,675.453 356.75 216,522.790 393.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,924,585 4,585.532 1,073.94 4,159.926 1,183.82 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 965,209 783.652 1,231.68 710.918 1,357.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,678 41.635 2,225.94 37.771 2,453.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,527,633 4,745.844 1,164.73 4,305.359 1,283.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 637,997 926.569 688.56 840.570 759.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,169,081 1,699.570 687.87 1,541.825 758.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 38,484,044 70,709.613 544.25 64,146.700 599.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,892,344 64,153.888 559.47 58,199.445 616.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 270,794 266.876 1,014.68 242.106 1,118.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 207,335,911 448,009.379 462.79 406,427.387 510.14 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 640,078 242.329 2,641.35 219.838 2,911.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,750,517 573.768 3,050.91 520.514 3,363.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,704,747 12,586.775 691.58 11,418.534 762.33 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 286,000 11.217 25,496.75 10.176 28,105.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,564,208 14,245.394 1,513.77 12,923.208 1,668.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,421,153 698.985 3,463.81 634.109 3,818.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,067,843 1,407.192 2,890.75 1,276.584 3,186.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,529,491 1,801.395 849.06 1,634.199 935.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 688,567 460.526 1,495.17 417.783 1,648.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,448,395 238.218 6,080.12 216.108 6,702.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,442,623 381.223 6,407.33 345.840 7,062.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,786,259 351.090 5,087.75 318.504 5,608.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 877,625 927.767 945.95 841.657 1,042.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,204,988 908.454 3,527.96 824.136 3,888.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,258,063 648.035 5,027.60 587.888 5,541.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,136,956 25,624.545 2,112.70 23,246.203 2,328.85 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 57,400 0.661 86,787.36 0.600 95,666.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,217,848 4,437.716 725.11 4,025.830 799.30 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,158,737 6,174.407 349.63 5,601.330 385.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,483 9.034 938.95 8.196 1,035.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 242,711 20.722 11,712.53 18.799 12,910.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,325,912 1,508.412 879.01 1,368.409 968.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 728,603 345.445 2,109.17 313.383 2,324.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,426,625 838.802 2,892.96 760.949 3,188.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,581,790 10,268.857 933.09 9,315.753 1,028.56 Denmark LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 165,849 57.192 2,899.85 51.884 3,196.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,045 1.621 1,877.89 1.471 2,070.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 239,052 67.157 3,559.59 60.924 3,923.77 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,423,697 8,475.891 2,173.66 7,689.202 2,396.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,341,914 1,105.842 1,213.48 1,003.204 1,337.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,401,299 6,238.179 705.54 5,659.183 777.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,523,658 2,513.651 1,003.98 2,280.347 1,106.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,796,307 2,966.811 1,616.65 2,691.447 1,782.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 145,807 18.408 7,920.59 16.700 8,730.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 311,905 214.503 1,454.08 194.594 1,602.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,187,626 559.121 2,124.09 507.227 2,341.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 713,126 525.456 1,357.16 476.686 1,496.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,057,509 702.913 2,927.11 637.673 3,226.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,402,983 26,485.147 1,525.50 24,026.928 1,681.57 Ireland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,228,645 2,689.771 456.78 2,440.120 503.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 28,250 23.135 1,221.08 20.988 1,346.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,344 2.186 6,101.55 1.984 6,725.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 132,167 85.547 1,544.96 77.607 1,703.03 TIN PLATE.............................29 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,832,572 3,712.220 493.66 3,367.671 544.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,623,343 6,232.768 581.34 5,654.274 640.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 430,445 704.457 611.03 639.073 673.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,196 14.974 614.09 13.585 676.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,579,802 15,881.733 603.20 14,407.670 664.91 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,147,353 1,408.550 814.56 1,277.816 897.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,932,610 2,792.527 2,124.46 2,533.339 2,341.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,221 2.629 9,973.71 2.385 10,994.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 161,855 124.727 1,297.67 113.151 1,430.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 654,400 428.134 1,528.49 388.397 1,684.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 246,595 178.286 1,383.14 161.739 1,524.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,184,539 4,672.081 1,109.69 4,238.442 1,223.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,123,890 1,842.578 609.95 1,671.560 672.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 285,919 123.027 2,324.02 111.609 2,561.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,308,011 17,169.079 1,182.82 15,575.531 1,303.84 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,704,893 10,126.837 662.09 9,186.915 729.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 881,862 1,104.188 798.65 1,001.703 880.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,208,813 22,631.166 716.22 20,530.655 789.49 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 59,039 10.137 5,823.56 9.197 6,419.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,902,813 1,330.895 2,932.47 1,207.368 3,232.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,520,160 2,720.808 558.72 2,468.277 615.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,930,224 411.798 4,687.31 373.577 5,166.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,232,490 2,297.703 1,842.05 2,084.442 2,030.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,599,904 1,173.815 2,214.92 1,064.868 2,441.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,239,456 730.537 1,696.63 662.733 1,870.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,785,142 1,214.855 2,292.57 1,102.099 2,527.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,040,930 795.674 6,335.42 721.824 6,983.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,116 7.619 2,115.19 6.912 2,331.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,397 7.346 870.71 6.665 959.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,554,837 639.599 2,430.95 580.235 2,679.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,824,945 10,863.441 536.20 9,855.151 591.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,275,691 2,139.005 2,466.42 1,940.474 2,718.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,517,530 820.235 4,288.44 744.105 4,727.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,841,978 33,314.460 1,376.04 30,222.379 1,516.82 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,717,909 1,147.547 1,497.03 1,041.038 1,650.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,986,128 13,857.126 431.99 12,570.977 476.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,223,596 4,693.610 686.81 4,257.973 757.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,023,575 3,297.165 1,826.89 2,991.139 2,013.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,086,709 9,062.324 671.65 8,221.205 740.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,268,928 3,861.643 846.51 3,503.225 933.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,954,917 5,719.061 1,390.95 5,188.247 1,533.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,663,149 1,092.392 1,522.48 991.002 1,678.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,478,603 15,851.495 1,228.82 14,380.239 1,354.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,217,334 9,014.392 1,466.25 8,177.722 1,616.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,215,261 1,765.450 1,821.21 1,601.590 2,007.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,540,695 3,897.210 1,678.30 3,535.491 1,850.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,525,917 2,590.234 2,133.37 2,349.822 2,351.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,647,453 473.297 9,819.31 429.368 10,823.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 46,068 4.755 9,687.57 4.314 10,678.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 123,461 71.372 1,729.81 64.748 1,906.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,616,329 1,302.468 2,008.75 1,181.580 2,214.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 482,835 782.280 617.21 709.673 680.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,082,400 2,908.407 1,403.65 2,638.464 1,547.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 324,543 548.734 591.44 497.804 651.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,406,182 12,342.748 681.06 11,197.156 750.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 33,283 25.892 1,285.45 23.489 1,416.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,274,643 3,320.035 1,588.73 3,011.886 1,751.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,065,067 114,726.233 1,081.40 104,077.918 1,192.04 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,545,707 1,829.005 845.11 1,659.246 931.57 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,699,731 475.381 5,679.08 431.259 6,260.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 585,974 235.471 2,488.52 213.616 2,743.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,806,864 838.903 4,537.90 761.041 5,002.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 35,824,144 26,501.411 1,351.78 24,041.683 1,490.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 198,829 67.194 2,959.00 60.958 3,261.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,160,191 166.574 6,964.99 151.114 7,677.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 787,021 1,148.255 685.41 1,041.680 755.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,754 0.832 5,712.26 0.755 6,296.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,217,388 234.036 5,201.71 212.314 5,733.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,895,519 34,468.051 1,534.62 31,268.899 1,691.63 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,116,591 4,659.404 668.88 4,226.942 737.32 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,778 8.084 591.02 7.334 651.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,210,242 5,618.368 927.36 5,096.900 1,022.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,101,407 16,730.466 364.69 15,177.628 402.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,550 45.558 2,514.35 41.330 2,771.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 653,545 202.503 3,227.33 183.708 3,557.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,706,803 2,372.479 1,140.92 2,152.278 1,257.65 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 613,227 282.660 2,169.49 256.425 2,391.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 644,892 596.041 1,081.96 540.720 1,192.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 146,429 108.914 1,344.43 98.806 1,481.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,927,970 59,853.491 583.56 54,298.189 643.26 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 314,981 320.219 983.64 290.498 1,084.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 373,413 140.939 2,649.46 127.858 2,920.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,830 21.349 835.15 19.368 920.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 846,940 661.440 1,280.45 600.049 1,411.45 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 179,226 367.901 487.16 333.755 537.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 579,523 116.550 4,972.28 105.733 5,481.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,295,323 881.157 2,604.89 799.373 2,871.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 431,212 74.391 5,796.51 67.487 6,389.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 900,197 258.744 3,479.10 234.729 3,835.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,450,715 1,703.717 2,612.35 1,545.587 2,879.63 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,974,445 3,169.305 938.52 2,875.146 1,034.54 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 718,036 618.194 1,161.50 560.817 1,280.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,092,975 1,138.814 959.75 1,033.115 1,057.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,570,032 33,113.354 591.00 30,039.938 651.47 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,550,518 261,017.303 350.75 236,790.981 386.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,635,247 4,797.481 549.30 4,352.203 605.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,590,204 11,439.909 488.66 10,378.114 538.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,127,273 4,599.774 679.88 4,172.846 749.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,653,797 27,506.649 423.67 24,953.620 467.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,610,604 340,756.172 397.97 309,128.887 438.69 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 535,310 568.222 942.08 515.483 1,038.46 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,471,446 130,875.647 378.00 118,728.424 416.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,455 8.812 1,413.26 7.995 1,557.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 55,676 5.114 10,885.44 4.640 11,999.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 180,940 42.423 4,265.08 38.486 4,701.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,408,404 131,774.456 382.54 119,543.810 421.67 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Kyrgyzstan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,880 44.656 489.96 40.512 540.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,376 89.245 1,337.62 80.962 1,474.47 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,819,407 675.556 2,693.20 612.855 2,968.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 73,574 90.656 811.57 82.242 894.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,002,962 928.969 1,079.65 842.747 1,190.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,133,698 1,324.440 855.98 1,201.513 943.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,712,414 314.850 8,614.92 285.628 9,496.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,033 2.799 3,940.54 2.540 4,343.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,203,258 1,200.658 1,002.17 1,089.219 1,104.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,069,944 6,822.520 743.12 6,189.288 819.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,406,711 22,538.151 905.43 20,446.273 998.07 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,535,515 1,796.204 1,968.33 1,629.490 2,169.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 27,125,108 65,471.099 414.31 59,394.399 456.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,119,351 1,678.075 667.04 1,522.325 735.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,083,799 708.972 1,528.69 643.169 1,685.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,990,328 7,882.017 379.39 7,150.448 418.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,014,974 1,712.800 1,176.42 1,553.827 1,296.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,888,469 2,500.119 3,155.24 2,268.071 3,478.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,073,652 491.911 2,182.61 446.255 2,405.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 75,968 73.854 1,028.61 67.000 1,133.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,412,189 1,459.905 1,652.29 1,324.404 1,821.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,348,839 671.720 2,008.04 609.375 2,213.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,097 13.283 2,265.67 12.051 2,497.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,234,305 1,791.713 1,247.02 1,625.416 1,374.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,869,623 27,615.737 393.60 25,052.583 433.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,105,605 3,740.721 1,364.87 3,393.526 1,504.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 339,906 116.397 2,920.22 105.594 3,218.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,794,273 137,612.395 645.25 124,839.900 711.27 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,502,346 1,005.617 2,488.37 912.281 2,742.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,633,913 1,059.606 2,485.75 961.259 2,740.07 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,043,893 2,762.391 739.90 2,506.000 815.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,510,650 4,395.435 798.70 3,987.473 880.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 406,387 800.229 507.84 725.956 559.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,709,731 8,662.732 774.55 7,858.701 853.80 Romania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,355 3.869 4,227.07 3.510 4,659.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,031,579 2,129.728 953.91 1,932.058 1,051.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,269,371 1,323.834 958.86 1,200.963 1,056.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,421,630 15,180.751 686.50 13,771.750 756.74 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,966,350 22,172.236 314.19 20,114.320 346.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,940,854 14,548.521 408.35 13,198.200 450.13 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,360 69.673 895.03 63.207 986.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,038,775 65,801.110 410.92 59,693.780 452.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 106,143,962 272,165.324 390.00 246,904.299 429.90 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,760 35.663 1,367.24 32.353 1,507.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 367,813 183.162 2,008.13 166.162 2,213.58 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,753,912 3,284.778 838.39 2,979.902 924.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 279,899 163.891 1,707.83 148.680 1,882.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,322,504 3,555.889 934.37 3,225.850 1,029.96 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 203,359 175.502 1,158.73 159.213 1,277.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 259,622 87.286 2,974.37 79.185 3,278.68 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,484 20.370 661.93 18.480 729.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 844,308 944.579 893.85 856.908 985.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 220,448 50.850 4,335.20 46.131 4,778.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,100,565 5,361.454 578.31 4,863.831 637.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,225 5.374 600.01 4.876 661.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,312,011 1,873.680 1,233.94 1,699.775 1,360.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,058,672 2,227.229 1,822.30 2,020.509 2,008.74 BLACK PLATE...........................28 43,604 113.389 384.55 102.865 423.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,495,426 7,423.544 470.86 6,734.528 519.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,681,637 31,817.326 555.72 28,864.201 612.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 244,163 353.709 690.29 320.880 760.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 675,177 393.278 1,716.79 356.776 1,892.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,317,248 54,575.730 720.42 49,510.284 794.12 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 727,967 799.503 910.52 725.298 1,003.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,500,071 2,673.308 561.13 2,425.185 618.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,350,347 31,468.595 519.58 28,547.838 572.74 Vietnam LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 634,248 979.540 647.50 888.624 713.74 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,178,092 2,807.120 419.68 2,546.578 462.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,000 44.306 654.53 40.194 721.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,785,005 6,778.173 410.88 6,149.057 452.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,357,144 17,869.146 411.72 16,210.622 453.85 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,000 41.638 1,489.00 37.774 1,641.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,000 1.754 3,419.04 1.592 3,768.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 569,452 222.622 2,557.92 201.960 2,819.63 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 466,695 277.330 1,682.81 251.590 1,854.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 141,112 425.500 331.64 386.008 365.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 209,337 66.611 3,142.65 60.429 3,464.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,868,236 2,763.269 676.10 2,506.797 745.27 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,657,118 36,500.981 374.16 33,113.143 412.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 59,581 146.962 405.42 133.322 446.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,361 8.085 910.40 7.335 1,003.54 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,003 180.365 693.05 163.625 763.96 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,319,411 5,905.132 562.12 5,357.048 619.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,064,257 665.106 1,600.13 603.375 1,763.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,088,823 1,263.444 2,444.76 1,146.178 2,694.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,483,264 41,406.512 567.14 37,563.367 625.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,630,094 62,263.210 829.22 56,484.250 914.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,622,097 5,814.700 794.90 5,275.009 876.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,943,219 5,367.262 734.68 4,869.100 809.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 497,191 787.710 631.19 714.599 695.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,191,018 2,168.689 3,315.83 1,967.403 3,655.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 135,781 226.508 599.45 205.485 660.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,591,073 4,388.282 590.45 3,980.984 650.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,664,254 15,155.550 835.62 13,748.888 921.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 91,516 96.621 947.16 87.654 1,044.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,298,460 49,713.528 609.46 45,099.367 671.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 39,496,947 74,392.395 530.93 67,487.665 585.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,973 3.990 745.04 3.620 821.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 753,924 1,037.916 726.38 941.582 800.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 208,555,725 323,482.046 644.72 293,458.059 710.68 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,672,637 10,197.813 556.26 9,251.303 613.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 239,187 291.530 820.45 264.472 904.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 31,192 61.113 510.40 55.441 562.62 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,714,044 7,264.592 786.56 6,590.329 867.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 327,321 233.135 1,403.99 211.497 1,547.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,207,707 3,214.423 686.81 2,916.077 757.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,139,993 4,094.436 522.66 3,714.411 576.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,650,965 6,272.442 1,538.63 5,690.266 1,696.05 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,095,052 93,136.732 419.76 84,492.246 462.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,282,795 14,667.145 632.90 13,305.814 697.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 885,740 1,135.358 780.14 1,029.980 859.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,853,635 1,890.296 980.61 1,714.849 1,080.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,554,942 241,241.610 611.65 218,850.769 674.23 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 79,610 39.006 2,040.95 35.386 2,249.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,209 12.974 1,095.17 11.770 1,207.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 349,168 358.272 974.59 325.019 1,074.30 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 67,656 3.646 18,553.96 3.308 20,452.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,842,845 6,097.759 630.21 5,531.796 694.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,451,095 654.305 2,217.76 593.576 2,444.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,648,449 1,449.554 1,137.21 1,315.014 1,253.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,850,908 2,056.035 2,845.72 1,865.205 3,136.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,233,048 2,244.167 1,440.64 2,035.875 1,588.04 BLACK PLATE...........................28 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,895,331 26,931.719 701.60 24,432.052 773.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 94,089,739 148,001.183 635.74 134,264.453 700.78 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,764,713 12,079.712 725.57 10,958.534 799.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,975,987 3,883.874 1,023.72 3,523.393 1,128.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 938,558 1,293.456 725.62 1,173.404 799.86 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,798,573 23,789.765 622.06 21,581.718 685.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,367,013 13,632.895 833.79 12,367.558 919.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 604,733 390.571 1,548.33 354.321 1,706.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,886,225 3,832.595 1,274.91 3,476.873 1,405.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,264,068 2,437.378 928.89 2,211.153 1,023.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,371,748 5,756.997 3,538.61 5,222.662 3,900.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 29,435,262 33,444.960 880.11 30,340.766 970.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,352,435 3,312.398 2,219.67 3,004.958 2,446.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 250,633 150.991 1,659.92 136.977 1,829.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,386,945 831.039 6,482.17 753.907 7,145.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 506,309 144.605 3,501.31 131.184 3,859.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 378,645 250.454 1,511.83 227.209 1,666.51 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,844,831 5,312.629 1,288.41 4,819.538 1,420.23 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,171,217 4,332.990 731.88 3,930.824 806.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,410,544 5,113.693 862.50 4,639.066 950.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,776,140 10,719.412 725.43 9,724.490 799.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,854,932 4,578.039 623.61 4,153.129 687.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,457,429 1,738.915 838.13 1,577.518 923.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,514,692 1,189.320 1,273.58 1,078.934 1,403.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 193,818 69.412 2,792.26 62.970 3,077.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,837,006 1,116.043 3,438.04 1,012.458 3,789.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 159,157,812 166,369.358 956.65 150,927.786 1,054.53 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,478,653 14,404.824 588.60 13,067.841 648.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,461,721 4,124.142 354.43 3,741.360 390.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 92,184 110.451 834.61 100.200 920.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,481 44.294 2,539.41 40.183 2,799.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,790,665 154,776.107 347.54 140,410.562 383.10 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,622 65.444 758.23 59.370 835.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,075,935 18,055.799 447.28 16,379.950 493.04 Marshall Islands TOOL STEEL............................17 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 21,278 77.374 275.00 70.193 303.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,214,389 123,404.482 398.81 111,950.695 439.61 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,330,703 9,424.526 671.73 8,549.789 740.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,182,636 2,428.104 487.06 2,202.740 536.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,754,887 5,101.829 539.98 4,628.303 595.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,444 25.503 3,624.82 23.136 3,995.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,489,634 15,965.009 594.40 14,483.217 655.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,973,843 72,758.232 563.15 66,005.177 620.77 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 841,538 1,029.556 817.38 933.998 901.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,297,079 2,269.117 571.62 2,058.509 630.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,321,272 9,681.067 1,169.42 8,782.519 1,289.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,858,275 2,816.028 659.89 2,554.659 727.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,698,092 34,938.803 649.65 31,695.958 716.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 237,022 393.767 601.93 357.220 663.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,775,318 2,422.780 1,558.26 2,197.910 1,717.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,734,627 1,038.176 1,670.84 941.818 1,841.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 285,511 55.758 5,120.52 50.583 5,644.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,189,022 5,665.691 1,798.37 5,139.830 1,982.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,036,270 13,088.440 996.01 11,873.637 1,097.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,784,594 1,427.416 1,250.23 1,294.931 1,378.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,172,221 312.178 3,754.97 283.204 4,139.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,507,715 4,562.163 1,207.26 4,138.726 1,330.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 213,309 161.855 1,317.90 146.833 1,452.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,851,172 4,571.446 623.69 4,147.148 687.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,882,993 2,541.723 740.83 2,305.813 816.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,647,245 6,095.151 762.45 5,529.430 840.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 980,553 751.357 1,305.04 681.620 1,438.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 388,166 753.860 514.90 683.891 567.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,079,756 506.703 2,130.94 459.674 2,348.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,386,020 95,732.504 923.26 86,847.092 1,017.72 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,063,855 5,814.613 526.92 5,274.930 580.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,300,237 2,528.596 514.21 2,293.905 566.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 147,532 79.021 1,866.99 71.687 2,058.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,006,213 1,660.649 1,810.26 1,506.516 1,995.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,497 22.839 328.24 20.720 361.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,609,992 1,322.288 1,217.58 1,199.560 1,342.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,441 2.157 1,131.55 1.957 1,247.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,092,897 12,535.989 805.11 11,372.462 887.49 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 122,097 99.990 1,221.08 90.710 1,346.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 341,582 266.768 1,280.45 242.008 1,411.45 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,057,500 5,272.672 579.88 4,783.289 639.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 623,699 228.720 2,726.90 207.492 3,005.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,775 14.250 2,720.92 12.928 2,999.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,383,927 1,662.855 1,433.63 1,508.518 1,580.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,680 0.580 8,056.22 0.527 8,880.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,271 97.045 600.45 88.038 661.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 456,232 662.634 688.51 601.132 758.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,671 4.800 2,431.17 4.355 2,679.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,503,693 13,172.206 1,025.17 11,949.628 1,130.05 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 533,313 162.791 3,276.05 147.682 3,611.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,428,517 395.298 3,613.77 358.609 3,983.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,961,830 558.090 3,515.26 506.291 3,874.91 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,031,829 14,012.417 1,500.94 12,711.855 1,654.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,203,932 630.855 3,493.56 572.303 3,850.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,067,843 1,407.192 2,890.75 1,276.584 3,186.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 593,204 416.386 1,424.65 377.740 1,570.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,448,395 238.218 6,080.12 216.108 6,702.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,244 5.519 1,131.31 5.007 1,247.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 722,741 779.106 927.65 706.794 1,022.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,047 19.742 812.82 17.910 895.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 883,347 241.019 3,665.05 218.649 4,040.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,033,283 17,772.659 1,746.12 16,123.090 1,924.77 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 57,400 0.661 86,787.36 0.600 95,666.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,400 0.661 86,787.36 0.600 95,666.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 390,212 1,030.263 378.75 934.640 417.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,038 45.205 1,305.98 41.010 1,439.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,137,483 1,551.984 732.92 1,407.937 807.91 Denmark LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 165,849 57.192 2,899.85 51.884 3,196.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 165,849 57.192 2,899.85 51.884 3,196.53 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 218,849 60.150 3,638.33 54.568 4,010.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,275,323 3,516.135 647.11 3,189.785 713.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 896,095 776.633 1,153.82 704.550 1,271.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,849,669 858.736 2,153.94 779.033 2,374.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 134,181 7.167 18,721.47 6.502 20,636.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 311,905 214.503 1,454.08 194.594 1,602.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,497 8.214 21,729.71 7.452 23,952.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 540,377 506.247 1,067.42 459.260 1,176.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,936 32.383 3,240.40 29.378 3,571.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,260,174 6,884.742 1,199.78 6,245.735 1,322.53 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 251,416 511.802 491.24 464.300 541.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,597 21.636 998.19 19.628 1,100.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,660 0.438 10,621.81 0.398 11,708.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,296 1.328 16,785.56 1.205 18,502.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 254,754 475.198 536.10 431.093 590.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,143,608 1,823.621 627.11 1,654.362 691.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 246,448 388.346 634.61 352.302 699.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,196 14.974 614.09 13.585 676.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,279,815 3,538.913 644.21 3,210.449 710.12 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,444 79.851 756.96 72.440 834.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,684,143 1,729.728 1,551.77 1,569.184 1,710.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,521 1.786 8,126.61 1.621 8,958.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 126,832 102.379 1,238.84 92.877 1,365.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 696,409 239.686 2,905.50 217.440 3,202.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 362,091 491.180 737.18 445.592 812.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,138,975 4,117.985 1,247.93 3,735.775 1,375.61 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,903,735 962.534 1,977.84 873.197 2,180.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 331,326 447.637 740.17 406.090 815.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,288,589 326.873 3,942.16 296.535 4,345.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,137,007 1,477.780 1,446.09 1,340.620 1,594.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,599,904 1,173.815 2,214.92 1,064.868 2,441.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 795,670 408.894 1,945.91 370.943 2,144.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,346,265 841.048 2,789.69 762.987 3,075.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,716 4.642 2,308.02 4.212 2,544.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,375 3.720 907.18 3.375 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,196 13.768 5,969.66 12.491 6,580.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,481,160 1,999.856 740.63 1,814.240 816.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,163 53.037 2,906.67 48.115 3,204.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,429,652 115.404 12,388.21 104.693 13,655.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,856,482 8,028.462 1,850.48 7,283.301 2,039.80 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,345,902 1,074.170 1,252.97 974.471 1,381.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 69,022 134.238 514.18 121.779 566.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,457,942 2,765.946 1,611.72 2,509.225 1,776.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 855,384 925.468 924.27 839.571 1,018.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 808,660 328.193 2,463.98 297.732 2,716.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 501,527 300.119 1,671.09 272.264 1,842.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,950,135 5,488.572 1,630.69 4,979.151 1,797.52 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 691,705 50.179 13,784.64 45.522 15,194.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 104,981 9.234 11,368.89 8.377 12,532.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,195,635 1,913.167 1,670.34 1,735.597 1,841.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,460,947 1,055.678 3,278.41 957.696 3,613.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 41,187 4.037 10,200.44 3.663 11,244.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,276 5.497 4,416.05 4.987 4,867.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 615,487 170.578 3,608.24 154.746 3,977.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,396,316 1,660.401 840.95 1,506.291 926.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,133 63.338 507.32 57.460 559.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,127,987 9,085.396 674.49 8,242.135 743.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,241 7.346 1,393.92 6.665 1,536.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,456,673 1,885.750 1,302.76 1,710.725 1,436.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,807,977 30,020.169 1,359.35 27,233.847 1,498.43 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 293,850 288.161 1,019.74 261.416 1,124.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 222,582 53.337 4,173.08 48.387 4,600.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,806,864 838.903 4,537.90 761.041 5,002.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,222,203 12,300.526 1,074.93 11,158.853 1,184.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,645 33.821 4,513.31 30.682 4,975.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 483,847 645.910 749.09 585.960 825.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 606,322 99.917 6,068.20 90.644 6,689.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,895,621 14,292.237 1,322.09 12,965.703 1,457.35 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 598,257 892.801 670.09 809.936 738.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,713,829 4,724.653 997.71 4,286.135 1,099.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,024 26.455 1,248.29 24.000 1,376.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 653,545 202.503 3,227.33 183.708 3,557.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,273,604 1,932.249 1,176.66 1,752.908 1,297.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,717,525 7,871.510 1,107.48 7,140.916 1,220.79 Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 575,645 259.174 2,221.07 235.119 2,448.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 638,561 138.411 4,613.49 125.565 5,085.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,265,775 400.343 3,161.72 363.186 3,485.20 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,250 64.294 905.99 58.327 998.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,446,792 1,260.379 1,147.90 1,143.397 1,265.35 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 493,028 458.670 1,074.91 416.099 1,184.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 228,673 223.779 1,021.87 203.009 1,126.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,075,748 10,587.933 479.39 9,605.214 528.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,790,826 2,121.066 844.30 1,924.200 930.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,772,557 15,974.340 924.77 14,491.682 1,019.38 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 310,457 1,520.979 204.12 1,379.810 225.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,119 6.103 1,657.90 5.537 1,827.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 55,676 5.114 10,885.44 4.640 11,999.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 376,252 1,532.197 245.56 1,389.987 270.69 Spain RAILS STANDARD.........................7 35,140 44.794 784.47 40.637 864.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,002,962 928.969 1,079.65 842.747 1,190.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 109,742 66.922 1,639.84 60.711 1,807.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,033 2.799 3,940.54 2.540 4,343.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,668,510 6,288.329 742.41 5,704.678 818.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,229,881 9,085.874 795.73 8,242.569 877.14 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 636,567 348.852 1,824.74 316.474 2,011.44 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,406,847 3,057.065 460.20 2,773.324 507.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,560 0.842 3,039.78 0.764 3,350.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,018,049 1,424.906 714.47 1,292.654 787.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 252,138 108.711 2,319.34 98.621 2,556.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 721,235 263.721 2,734.84 239.244 3,014.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,635,148 819.137 1,996.18 743.109 2,200.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 145,626 8.989 16,199.84 8.155 17,857.27 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,805 0.316 15,188.24 0.287 16,742.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,893,336 1,514.572 1,250.08 1,373.997 1,377.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,036,038 7,784.456 1,032.32 7,061.942 1,137.94 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,502,346 1,005.617 2,488.37 912.281 2,742.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,502,346 1,005.617 2,488.37 912.281 2,742.96 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,225 1.236 4,224.64 1.122 4,656.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 254,495 275.449 923.92 249.884 1,018.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,147 4.349 2,102.89 3.946 2,318.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 268,867 281.036 956.70 254.952 1,054.58 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,421 66.727 875.52 60.534 965.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,666 170.858 378.48 155.000 417.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,087 237.585 518.07 215.534 571.08 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,760 35.663 1,367.24 32.353 1,507.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,760 35.663 1,367.24 32.353 1,507.12 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 88,752 66.655 1,331.50 60.469 1,467.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 220,448 50.850 4,335.20 46.131 4,778.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,527 14.035 2,958.66 12.733 3,261.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,225 5.374 600.01 4.876 661.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 428,528 290.811 1,473.56 263.820 1,624.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,673 18.506 1,171.09 16.789 1,290.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 804,153 446.235 1,802.08 404.818 1,986.46 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,000 1.754 3,419.04 1.592 3,768.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,400 7.483 1,924.21 6.789 2,121.08 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 466,695 277.330 1,682.81 251.590 1,854.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 466,695 277.330 1,682.81 251.590 1,854.98 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,547,311 4,623.901 550.90 4,194.734 607.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,088,823 1,263.444 2,444.76 1,146.178 2,694.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 207,576 145.230 1,429.29 131.751 1,575.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,499,681 9,606.331 1,301.19 8,714.720 1,434.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 104,148 22.713 4,585.37 20.605 5,054.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 633,152 862.676 733.94 782.607 809.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,734 21.484 1,989.10 19.490 2,192.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 103,024 204.798 503.05 185.790 554.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 776,342 654.790 1,185.63 594.016 1,306.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 662,188 731.826 904.84 663.902 997.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,097,003 9,537.290 534.43 8,652.087 589.11 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,973 3.990 745.04 3.620 821.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,704,300 36,215.278 847.83 32,853.957 934.57 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 31,192 61.113 510.40 55.441 562.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,735,637 5,137.554 921.77 4,660.712 1,016.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 314,830 213.494 1,474.65 193.679 1,625.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 354,213 667.526 530.64 605.570 584.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 307,252 653.032 470.50 592.421 518.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,521,647 2,230.011 1,130.78 2,023.033 1,246.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 81,545 182.463 446.91 165.528 492.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,809,664 2,983.488 606.56 2,706.576 668.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 885,740 1,135.358 780.14 1,029.980 859.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,864 15.451 3,874.42 14.017 4,270.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,696,268 13,648.400 856.97 12,381.624 944.65 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,562 2.655 11,132.50 2.409 12,271.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 511,714 172.239 2,970.95 156.253 3,274.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,806 26.567 2,138.14 24.102 2,356.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,433 492.688 952.80 446.960 1,050.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,243,154 1,319.514 2,457.84 1,197.044 2,709.30 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,929,634 2,720.559 1,076.85 2,468.051 1,187.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 819,342 1,142.406 717.21 1,036.374 790.59 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,965 9.727 510.39 8.825 562.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,839,893 8,906.028 880.29 8,079.415 970.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 310,077 208.852 1,484.67 189.468 1,636.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,886,225 3,832.595 1,274.91 3,476.873 1,405.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 74,647 21.469 3,476.85 19.477 3,832.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,153,113 5,549.722 3,631.37 5,034.625 4,002.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 22,387,873 25,956.982 862.50 23,547.785 950.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,985,626 2,304.418 2,163.51 2,090.534 2,384.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 130,704 46.970 2,782.68 42.611 3,067.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 127,045 21.050 6,035.15 19.097 6,652.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 338,064 218.013 1,550.65 197.779 1,709.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,323,473 2,388.356 1,391.53 2,166.681 1,533.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,396,612 3,547.038 675.67 3,217.820 744.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,614,664 6,660.027 692.89 6,041.877 763.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,782,822 4,487.497 620.13 4,070.990 683.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,335 308.230 890.03 279.622 981.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 88,378 20.592 4,291.80 18.681 4,730.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,186,630 69,049.727 1,146.81 62,640.877 1,264.14 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 Marshall Islands TOOL STEEL............................17 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 94,381 96.959 973.41 87.960 1,073.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 972,358 1,994.251 487.58 1,809.155 537.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,066,739 2,091.210 510.11 1,897.115 562.30 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 23,836 40.091 594.55 36.370 655.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,344,241 34,263.331 389.46 31,083.180 429.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,056,413 14,344.472 631.35 13,013.090 695.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,155,581 1,320.739 874.95 1,198.155 964.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,289,194 16,120.764 700.29 14,624.516 771.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,204,581 25,538.527 556.20 23,168.169 613.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,995,926 32,717.019 580.61 29,680.389 640.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,115,048 10,037.979 609.19 9,106.304 671.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,121,196 4,896.851 1,045.81 4,442.350 1,152.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,723,551 37,862.001 785.05 34,347.840 865.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,249,563 6,006.164 1,040.52 5,448.702 1,146.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,048,290 6,253.103 1,287.09 5,672.722 1,418.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 647,760 455.035 1,423.54 412.801 1,569.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,860,381 9,751.907 1,113.67 8,846.784 1,227.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,407 13.443 2,484.94 12.196 2,739.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,238,125 470.472 2,631.66 426.806 2,900.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,036,994 28,091.931 820.06 25,484.579 903.96 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 203,948 231.030 882.78 209.587 973.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,707,609 15,812.974 866.86 14,345.293 955.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,551,773 48,525.118 567.78 44,021.259 625.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,118,543 21,246.869 664.50 19,274.841 732.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,804,058 44,267.481 695.86 40,158.795 767.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 219,431 219.204 1,001.03 198.859 1,103.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,000,598 6,665.395 600.20 6,046.747 661.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,016,933 3,414.052 883.68 3,097.177 974.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 292,409,587 427,772.709 683.56 388,068.984 753.50 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,627 51.196 481.03 46.445 530.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,361,039 2,189.957 621.49 1,986.697 685.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,253,645 4,237.920 531.78 3,844.578 586.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 221,545 386.768 572.81 350.871 631.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,159,994 6,382.963 808.40 5,790.529 891.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 97,423 367.562 265.05 333.447 292.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,663,693 15,633.792 746.06 14,182.742 822.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,859,899 5,530.132 1,059.63 5,016.853 1,168.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,437,839 12,630.392 826.41 11,458.103 910.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,924,940 8,622.618 571.17 7,822.310 629.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,517,885 8,307.100 905.00 7,536.077 997.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,960,170 9,339.974 745.20 8,473.085 821.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 429,199 441.961 971.12 400.941 1,070.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 152,355,314 295,847.752 514.98 268,388.642 567.67 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,601 251.897 796.36 228.518 877.83 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,650 143.964 726.92 130.602 801.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 165,067 150.128 1,099.51 136.194 1,212.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,717 294.092 917.12 266.796 1,010.95 Panama BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,888 20.412 680.36 18.518 749.97 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 430,922 547.241 787.44 496.449 868.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,867,649 12,748.317 460.27 11,565.082 507.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,843 765.096 646.77 694.084 712.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,371,142 11,484.107 467.70 10,418.210 515.55 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,548 46.304 1,221.21 42.007 1,346.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 69,562 123.307 564.13 111.863 621.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,143,855 13,960.638 1,084.75 12,664.882 1,195.74 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,104 7.490 1,215.45 6.795 1,339.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,509,777 2,021.633 746.81 1,833.996 823.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,170,155 7,886.959 782.32 7,154.931 862.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 95,060 146.246 650.00 132.673 716.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,485,329 15,195.758 690.02 13,785.364 760.61 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 132,878 129.742 1,024.17 117.700 1,128.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,951 149.485 983.05 135.611 1,083.62 Peru BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,117 83.845 633.51 76.063 698.33 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,932 61.932 790.09 56.184 870.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,435,910 2,059.240 697.30 1,868.112 768.64 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 82,043,985 233,398.967 351.52 211,736.041 387.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 212,155 542.258 391.24 491.929 431.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,030 4.747 638.21 4.307 703.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,143,706 3,082.988 1,019.69 2,796.841 1,124.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 633,317 925.988 683.94 840.043 753.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,092,821 1,600.311 682.88 1,451.779 752.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,584,509 68,248.355 492.09 61,913.884 542.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,436,112 63,491.254 558.13 57,598.313 615.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 259,123 262.075 988.73 237.751 1,089.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,501,970 432,138.603 436.21 392,029.657 480.84 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 106,765 79.538 1,342.31 72.156 1,479.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 322,000 178.469 1,804.23 161.905 1,988.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,742,917 12,028.685 560.57 10,912.243 617.92 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 17,907 27.148 659.59 24.629 727.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,902 34.507 2,083.64 31.305 2,296.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,529,491 1,801.395 849.06 1,634.199 935.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 95,363 44.139 2,160.47 40.043 2,381.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 260,843 103.678 2,515.87 94.056 2,773.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 91,340 137.307 665.22 124.563 733.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 513,214 112.025 4,581.22 101.628 5,049.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,629,916 2,280.298 1,153.32 2,068.653 1,271.32 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,160,448 4,437.055 712.29 4,025.230 785.16 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,768,525 5,144.143 343.79 4,666.690 378.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,483 9.034 938.95 8.196 1,035.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 242,711 20.722 11,712.53 18.799 12,910.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,325,912 1,508.412 879.01 1,368.409 968.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,422,513 6,739.638 507.82 6,114.099 559.77 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 477,540 1,130.844 422.29 1,025.885 465.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 292,269 708.733 412.38 642.952 454.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,125,976 2,722.044 781.02 2,469.398 860.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,386,144 1,629.309 850.76 1,478.085 937.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,243,835 1,971.486 1,138.14 1,788.503 1,254.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,626 11.241 1,034.22 10.198 1,140.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 830,606 518.634 1,601.53 470.497 1,765.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 997,038 478.989 2,081.55 434.532 2,294.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,890,846 11,167.124 885.71 10,130.648 976.33 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 977,229 2,177.968 448.69 1,975.820 494.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,204 84.155 1,107.52 76.345 1,220.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,577,818 3,237.022 487.43 2,936.578 537.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,369,361 4,393.754 539.26 3,985.948 594.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 183,997 316.110 582.06 286.771 641.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,131,726 12,319.905 578.88 11,176.433 638.10 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,086,909 1,328.699 818.02 1,205.376 901.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,835 65.684 362.87 59.588 400.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,023 22.348 1,567.15 20.274 1,727.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 636,964 425.634 1,496.51 386.129 1,649.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,706 110.550 585.31 100.290 645.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,593 3,408.290 530.65 3,091.950 584.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 761,799 1,351.398 563.71 1,225.968 621.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,649,057 10,007.947 664.38 9,079.060 732.35 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,616,504 9,970.890 663.58 9,045.442 731.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 881,862 1,104.188 798.65 1,001.703 880.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,120,424 22,475.219 717.25 20,389.182 790.64 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,188,834 2,273.171 522.98 2,062.187 576.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 371,613 309.987 1,198.80 281.216 1,321.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 443,786 321.643 1,379.75 291.790 1,520.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,877 373.806 1,174.07 339.112 1,294.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,400 2.976 1,814.37 2.700 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,022 3.626 833.29 3.290 918.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 954,284 526.451 1,812.67 477.589 1,998.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,343,785 8,863.584 490.07 8,040.911 540.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,339 11.111 3,540.45 10.080 3,902.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,796 5.578 13,227.94 5.061 14,581.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,559,835 20,509.854 661.14 18,606.232 728.78 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,440 12.640 272.15 11.467 299.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,795,717 13,759.787 421.21 12,482.673 464.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,154,574 4,559.372 691.89 4,136.194 762.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 77,845 62.367 1,248.16 56.579 1,375.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,465,016 8,395.156 531.86 7,615.960 586.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,963,609 2,779.931 706.35 2,521.912 778.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,134,083 4,649.411 1,104.24 4,217.876 1,217.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,161,622 792.272 1,466.19 718.738 1,616.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,528,468 10,362.922 1,015.97 9,401.088 1,119.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,525,629 8,964.213 1,397.29 8,132.200 1,540.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,110,280 1,756.216 1,771.01 1,593.213 1,952.21 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,345,060 1,984.042 1,685.98 1,799.894 1,858.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,064,970 1,534.555 1,345.65 1,392.126 1,483.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,881 0.717 6,801.80 0.651 7,497.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,185 65.875 1,505.65 59.761 1,659.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,163,103 1,006.075 1,156.08 912.697 1,274.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,831 768.552 559.27 697.219 616.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,283 193.888 682.26 175.893 752.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 292,410 485.396 602.42 440.344 664.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,278,195 3,257.352 699.40 2,955.021 770.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,666 17.116 798.40 15.528 880.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,156,722 1,321.911 1,631.52 1,199.218 1,798.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,305,544 80,695.858 846.46 73,206.072 933.06 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,208,767 1,533.069 788.46 1,390.778 869.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 267,632 152.742 1,752.17 138.566 1,931.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,601,941 14,200.885 1,591.59 12,882.830 1,754.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 198,829 67.194 2,959.00 60.958 3,261.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,007,546 132.753 7,589.60 120.432 8,366.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 303,174 502.345 603.52 455.720 665.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,754 0.832 5,712.26 0.755 6,296.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 550,056 120.421 4,567.74 109.245 5,035.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,561,778 19,157.596 1,490.89 17,379.484 1,643.42 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,518,334 3,766.603 668.60 3,417.006 737.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,778 8.084 591.02 7.334 651.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 496,413 893.715 555.45 810.765 612.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,101,407 16,730.466 364.69 15,177.628 402.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 167,961 189.813 884.87 172.196 975.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 644,892 596.041 1,081.96 540.720 1,192.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,980,278 51,879.557 481.51 47,064.356 530.77 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 314,981 320.219 983.64 290.498 1,084.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 113,823 66.173 1,720.06 60.032 1,896.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,830 21.349 835.15 19.368 920.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 587,350 586.675 1,001.15 532.223 1,103.58 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 179,226 367.901 487.16 333.755 537.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,008 14.324 1,676.01 12.995 1,847.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,719,678 621.983 2,764.83 564.254 3,047.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,852 0.029 95,825.62 0.027 105,629.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 261,636 120.332 2,174.27 109.164 2,396.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,194,053 1,126.523 1,947.63 1,021.965 2,146.90 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,974,445 3,169.305 938.52 2,875.146 1,034.54 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 718,036 618.194 1,161.50 560.817 1,280.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,034,725 1,074.519 962.97 974.788 1,061.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,111,855 31,849.369 568.67 28,893.270 626.85 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,057,490 260,558.632 349.47 236,374.882 385.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,406,574 4,573.702 526.18 4,149.194 580.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 514,456 851.976 603.84 772.900 665.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,336,447 2,478.707 539.17 2,248.646 594.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,653,797 27,506.649 423.67 24,953.620 467.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 120,838,047 324,781.832 372.06 294,637.205 410.12 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 535,310 568.222 942.08 515.483 1,038.46 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,160,989 129,354.668 380.05 117,348.614 418.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,336 2.709 862.16 2.458 950.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,851,212 130,199.835 382.88 118,115.337 422.06 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Kyrgyzstan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,880 44.656 489.96 40.512 540.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,880 44.656 489.96 40.512 540.09 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,023,956 1,257.518 814.27 1,140.802 897.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,107,171 1,192.808 928.21 1,082.098 1,023.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,434 534.190 751.48 484.610 828.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,539,895 12,451.186 685.87 11,295.530 756.04 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,352,350 61,645.840 395.04 55,924.182 435.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 656,483 1,459.520 449.79 1,324.055 495.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 56,796 107.585 527.91 97.600 581.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,990,328 7,882.017 379.39 7,150.448 418.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 524,453 552.941 948.48 501.620 1,045.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 352,417 228.190 1,544.40 207.011 1,702.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 75,968 73.854 1,028.61 67.000 1,133.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 777,041 640.767 1,212.67 581.295 1,336.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,203,213 662.731 1,815.54 601.220 2,001.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 25,292 12.967 1,950.40 11.764 2,149.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 323,863 274.495 1,179.85 249.018 1,300.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,745,655 27,566.009 389.82 25,007.470 429.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 545,419 1,412.424 386.16 1,281.330 425.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 180,602 81.087 2,227.26 73.561 2,455.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,222,019 122,013.766 501.76 110,689.058 553.10 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,043,893 2,762.391 739.90 2,506.000 815.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,510,650 4,395.435 798.70 3,987.473 880.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 406,387 800.229 507.84 725.956 559.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,709,731 8,662.732 774.55 7,858.701 853.80 Romania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,130 2.632 4,228.21 2.388 4,660.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,777,084 1,854.278 958.37 1,682.174 1,056.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,152,763 14,899.715 681.41 13,516.798 751.12 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,966,350 22,172.236 314.19 20,114.320 346.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,940,854 14,548.521 408.35 13,198.200 450.13 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,939 2.946 1,336.85 2.673 1,473.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,974,109 65,630.252 411.00 59,538.780 453.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 106,020,875 271,927.739 389.89 246,688.765 429.78 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,753,912 3,284.778 838.39 2,979.902 924.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,753,912 3,284.778 838.39 2,979.902 924.16 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India WIRE RODS..............................3 36,983 99.202 372.80 89.995 410.95 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,484 20.370 661.93 18.480 729.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 577,073 816.564 706.71 740.775 779.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,059,038 5,347.418 572.06 4,851.098 630.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,883,483 1,582.868 1,189.92 1,435.955 1,311.66 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 521,675 792.537 658.23 718.978 725.58 BLACK PLATE...........................28 43,604 113.389 384.55 102.865 423.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,173,616 7,335.532 432.64 6,654.685 476.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,681,637 31,817.326 555.72 28,864.201 612.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 244,163 353.709 690.29 320.880 760.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 240,514 250.587 959.80 227.329 1,058.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,238,107 50,144.200 563.14 45,490.066 620.75 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 487,956 709.603 687.65 643.742 758.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,000,828 2,451.826 408.20 2,224.260 449.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,302,068 31,061.037 492.65 28,178.107 543.05 Vietnam LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 617,367 972.047 635.12 881.827 700.10 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,178,092 2,807.120 419.68 2,546.578 462.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,000 44.306 654.53 40.194 721.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,785,005 6,778.173 410.88 6,149.057 452.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,154,245 17,800.445 401.91 16,148.297 443.03 Singapore PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 57,000 39.671 1,436.82 35.989 1,583.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 57,000 39.671 1,436.82 35.989 1,583.82 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,117,702 2,380.273 469.57 2,159.348 517.61 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China WIRE RODS..............................3 13,235,416 36,242.004 365.20 32,878.203 402.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 59,581 146.962 405.42 133.322 446.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,003 180.365 693.05 163.625 763.96 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 666,154 1,246.688 534.34 1,130.977 589.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 202,423 407.666 496.54 369.829 547.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,275,688 41,261.282 564.10 37,431.616 621.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 39,130,413 52,656.878 743.12 47,769.530 819.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,310,067 4,504.586 734.82 4,086.493 810.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,757 21.710 1,508.84 19.695 1,663.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,814,731 3,733.492 486.07 3,386.968 535.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,463,957 13,950.727 750.07 12,655.891 826.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,932 75.128 531.52 68.155 585.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,327,669 44,130.071 460.63 40,034.139 507.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,399,944 64,855.104 530.41 58,835.578 584.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 519,074 943.409 550.21 855.847 606.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,439,283 278,370.418 565.57 252,533.467 623.44 Korea, South IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,496,450 10,131.127 542.53 9,190.807 598.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 173,061 280.922 616.04 254.849 679.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 978,407 2,127.038 459.99 1,929.617 507.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,491 19.640 635.97 17.818 701.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,853,494 2,546.897 727.75 2,310.507 802.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,832,741 3,441.403 532.56 3,121.990 587.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,701,457 3,107.313 1,191.21 2,818.908 1,313.08 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,341,492 10,624.471 502.75 9,638.361 554.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,227,230 1,551.253 791.12 1,407.274 872.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,513,612 223,568.049 552.47 202,817.580 608.99 Hong Kong STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,209 12.974 1,095.17 11.770 1,207.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,558 319.265 844.31 289.633 930.69 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,983,482 5,300.340 374.22 4,808.389 412.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 444,191 1,054.476 421.24 956.605 464.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,356 8.399 1,590.07 7.620 1,752.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,258,954 1,404.930 896.10 1,274.532 987.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,575,233 23,300.623 453.86 21,137.976 500.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,970,151 137,560.989 486.84 124,793.266 536.65 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 8,640,103 12,025.396 718.49 10,909.259 792.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 414,976 944.296 439.45 856.652 484.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 119,216 151.049 789.25 137.030 870.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,793,608 23,780.037 622.10 21,572.893 685.75 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,409,678 4,703.016 725.00 4,266.506 799.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 228,671 164.750 1,387.99 149.459 1,529.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,189,421 2,415.908 906.25 2,191.676 998.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 218,635 207.275 1,054.81 188.037 1,162.72 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,047,389 7,487.977 941.16 6,792.981 1,037.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,366,809 1,007.979 2,348.07 914.424 2,588.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 119,929 104.020 1,152.93 94.366 1,270.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 379,264 123.554 3,069.60 112.087 3,383.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,581 32.441 1,250.92 29.430 1,378.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,905,125 2,835.948 1,024.39 2,572.730 1,129.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,171,217 4,332.990 731.88 3,930.824 806.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 331,368 498.758 664.39 452.466 732.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,384,848 3,758.863 634.46 3,409.985 699.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 72,110 90.542 796.42 82.139 877.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,183,094 1,430.685 826.94 1,297.896 911.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,514,692 1,189.320 1,273.58 1,078.934 1,403.88 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,997 9.807 509.52 8.897 561.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 751,582 683.652 1,099.36 620.199 1,211.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,354,218 94,242.011 714.69 85,494.939 787.82 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,472,373 14,404.361 588.18 13,067.421 648.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,461,721 4,124.142 354.43 3,741.360 390.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 92,184 110.451 834.61 100.200 920.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,665 21.120 789.05 19.160 869.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,682,392 154,752.316 346.89 140,388.980 382.38 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,622 65.444 758.23 59.370 835.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,075,935 18,055.799 447.28 16,379.950 493.04 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 21,278 77.374 275.00 70.193 303.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,214,389 123,404.482 398.81 111,950.695 439.61 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,984,414 9,234.061 648.08 8,377.002 714.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 210,278 433.853 484.68 393.585 534.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,754,887 5,101.829 539.98 4,628.303 595.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,912,159 14,573.403 474.30 13,220.773 522.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,610,906 68,866.142 531.62 62,474.331 586.02 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,905 5.923 2,009.68 5.374 2,215.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 60,041 21.641 2,774.32 19.633 3,058.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,148 15.944 3,145.08 14.465 3,466.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 573,744 132.501 4,330.11 120.203 4,773.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,346,274 1,744.412 6,504.35 1,582.505 7,169.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 950,664 161.481 5,887.12 146.494 6,489.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 569,327 309.010 1,842.42 280.330 2,030.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 272,999 92.648 2,946.62 84.049 3,248.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,835,102 2,483.565 5,570.66 2,253.053 6,140.60 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,976 1.287 5,418.26 1.168 5,972.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 488,237 129.670 3,765.22 117.635 4,150.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,939,399 11,012.855 2,082.97 9,990.697 2,296.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,531,553 780.641 1,961.92 708.186 2,162.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,093,575 11,960.001 2,098.12 10,849.934 2,312.79 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,405 3.813 12,167.03 3.460 13,411.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,547 0.782 4,532.09 0.710 4,995.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 129,355 12.673 10,206.92 11.497 11,251.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,873 22.637 2,247.33 20.536 2,477.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,989 2.213 8,127.17 2.008 8,958.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,899,535 2,461.257 1,990.66 2,232.816 2,194.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,330,248 2,698.569 1,975.21 2,448.102 2,177.30 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 286,000 11.217 25,496.75 10.176 28,105.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 514,472 205.827 2,499.52 186.724 2,755.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 145,319 33.621 4,322.19 30.501 4,764.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,442,623 381.223 6,407.33 345.840 7,062.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,519,172 241.892 6,280.37 219.441 6,922.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 63,544 11.353 5,596.71 10.300 6,169.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,188,941 888.711 3,588.27 806.226 3,955.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,861,502 294.990 6,310.38 267.611 6,956.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,473,757 5,571.586 3,674.67 5,054.460 4,050.63 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,426,625 838.802 2,892.96 760.949 3,188.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,021,794 1,977.233 2,539.81 1,793.717 2,799.66 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,045 1.621 1,877.89 1.471 2,070.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,921 8.667 7,259.44 7.863 8,002.16 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,727,308 7,284.896 2,433.43 6,608.749 2,682.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,049,645 397.109 2,643.21 360.252 2,913.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 241,419 107.709 2,241.40 97.712 2,470.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 702,803 136.588 5,145.41 123.911 5,671.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,523 32.273 5,531.57 29.278 6,097.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 172,749 19.208 8,993.19 17.426 9,913.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 955,535 191.540 4,988.67 173.763 5,499.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,251,963 8,433.279 2,638.59 7,650.545 2,908.55 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,653 1.499 4,437.87 1.360 4,891.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,684 1.748 4,967.21 1.586 5,475.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,667 0.062 265,264.08 0.057 292,403.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 110,374 15.392 7,170.56 13.964 7,904.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,261 22.914 7,342.88 20.788 8,094.14 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,224,632 997.114 3,233.96 904.567 3,564.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,700 0.842 13,892.75 0.764 15,314.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,436 2.500 6,974.28 2.268 7,687.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 181,889 67.735 2,685.27 61.449 2,960.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,679,537 1,024.104 2,616.47 929.052 2,884.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 285,919 123.027 2,324.02 111.609 2,561.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,519,979 3,043.145 2,799.73 2,760.696 3,086.17 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 59,039 10.137 5,823.56 9.197 6,419.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,999,078 368.360 5,426.96 334.171 5,982.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 641,635 84.924 7,555.38 77.042 8,328.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,723,870 509.935 3,380.56 462.606 3,726.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,040,930 795.674 6,335.42 721.824 6,983.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,357 99.378 5,215.97 90.155 5,749.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,082,189 2,074.856 2,449.42 1,882.279 2,700.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,014,082 699.252 2,880.34 634.351 3,175.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,425,661 4,776.143 3,648.48 4,332.846 4,021.76 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 368,567 60.737 6,068.21 55.100 6,689.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 190,411 97.338 1,956.17 88.304 2,156.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,487,788 468.851 3,173.26 425.335 3,497.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,621,693 667.168 2,430.71 605.245 2,679.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 449,935 156.243 2,879.70 141.742 3,174.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,012,174 741.457 2,713.81 672.639 2,991.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,647,453 473.297 9,819.31 429.368 10,823.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 837,739 125.814 6,658.53 114.137 7,339.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 53,004 13.728 3,860.96 12.454 4,255.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,553,801 1,054.117 2,422.69 956.280 2,670.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,376 1.428 6,563.09 1.296 7,234.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 661,248 112.372 5,884.41 101.943 6,486.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,951,546 4,010.206 3,728.37 3,637.999 4,109.83 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,090 7.773 5,543.19 7.052 6,110.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,477,149 422.044 5,869.41 382.872 6,469.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 318,342 82.728 3,848.04 75.050 4,241.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 61,010 13.696 4,454.52 12.425 4,910.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,438,120 1,018.217 5,340.82 923.712 5,887.25 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,120 5.489 5,669.00 4.980 6,249.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,230,167 102.423 12,010.60 92.917 13,239.42 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 555,515 102.226 5,434.18 92.738 5,990.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 990,887 176.850 5,602.97 160.436 6,176.21 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,385 3.605 3,157.54 3.271 3,480.59 Ukraine STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 180,940 42.423 4,265.08 38.486 4,701.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 180,940 42.423 4,265.08 38.486 4,701.45 Kyrgyzstan SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,819,407 675.556 2,693.20 612.855 2,968.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,712,414 314.850 8,614.92 285.628 9,496.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,087 7.849 12,241.07 7.121 13,493.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,636,935 1,001.090 4,631.89 908.174 5,105.78 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,898,948 1,447.351 2,002.93 1,313.016 2,207.85 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,365,911 768.192 1,778.08 696.893 1,960.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 462,868 218.555 2,117.85 198.270 2,334.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,024,443 600.544 1,705.86 544.805 1,880.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 996,925 287.893 3,462.82 261.173 3,817.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,111,878 1,838.467 3,868.37 1,667.830 4,264.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,106 2.646 6,463.27 2.401 7,124.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 123,968 49.728 2,492.89 45.113 2,747.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,560,186 2,328.296 1,958.59 2,112.196 2,158.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 159,304 35.310 4,511.54 32.033 4,973.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,536,216 7,814.172 2,500.10 7,088.900 2,755.89 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,567 53.988 2,436.92 48.978 2,686.25 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 279,899 163.891 1,707.83 148.680 1,882.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 568,592 271.111 2,097.26 245.948 2,311.84 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 259,622 87.286 2,974.37 79.185 3,278.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 178,483 61.359 2,908.83 55.664 3,206.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,515,324 1,416.185 2,482.25 1,284.742 2,736.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 321,810 88.011 3,656.44 79.843 4,030.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 434,663 142.690 3,046.19 129.447 3,357.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,274,988 3,985.295 2,578.23 3,615.400 2,842.01 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 240,011 89.900 2,669.75 81.556 2,942.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 499,243 221.481 2,254.10 200.925 2,484.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,048,279 407.558 2,572.09 369.731 2,835.25 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 202,899 68.701 2,953.34 62.325 3,255.50 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 74,502 39.054 1,907.62 35.430 2,102.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 209,337 66.611 3,142.65 60.429 3,464.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,839 105.666 2,686.18 95.859 2,961.01 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 421,702 258.976 1,628.34 234.940 1,794.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,322 1.461 2,956.90 1.326 3,259.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 105,946 34.543 3,067.07 31.337 3,380.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 861,834 257.440 3,347.70 233.546 3,690.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,191,018 2,168.689 3,315.83 1,967.403 3,655.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,538,109 472.996 3,251.84 429.095 3,584.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 51,584 21.493 2,399.93 19.499 2,645.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,970,791 5,583.456 1,785.77 5,065.228 1,968.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 234,850 94.506 2,485.01 85.735 2,739.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,412,142 8,896.349 2,294.44 8,070.635 2,529.19 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 176,187 66.685 2,642.06 60.496 2,912.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 66,126 10.607 6,233.87 9.623 6,871.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,427,861 935.117 3,665.70 848.325 4,040.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,131,639 1,059.185 2,012.53 960.877 2,218.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 566,541 323.592 1,750.79 293.558 1,929.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,345,062 4,025.160 3,066.97 3,651.565 3,380.76 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 79,610 39.006 2,040.95 35.386 2,249.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,610 39.006 2,040.95 35.386 2,249.76 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,094 0.990 38,440.83 0.899 42,373.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,451,095 654.305 2,217.76 593.576 2,444.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 692,544 222.838 3,107.83 202.156 3,425.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,780,746 2,021.068 2,860.24 1,833.483 3,152.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,504,661 346.547 4,341.86 314.383 4,786.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,320,098 3,631.096 2,291.35 3,294.076 2,525.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,876,434 9,120.678 2,617.84 8,274.143 2,885.67 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 124,610 54.316 2,294.15 49.275 2,528.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 631,377 219.018 2,882.76 198.690 3,177.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 117,442 23.850 4,924.05 21.637 5,427.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,985 16.968 3,888.57 15.394 4,286.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,386,945 831.039 6,482.17 753.907 7,145.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 616,233 88.324 6,976.89 80.127 7,690.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,682,564 1,067.896 1,575.59 968.780 1,736.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 776,628 300.520 2,584.27 272.628 2,848.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 188,821 59.605 3,167.86 54.073 3,491.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,997,046 411.799 7,277.93 373.578 8,022.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,616,964 3,077.619 4,099.59 2,791.970 4,519.02 Australia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,816 23.173 4,134.65 21.023 4,557.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,993 23.327 4,372.30 21.162 4,819.63 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 251,908 93.505 2,694.04 84.827 2,969.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,444 25.503 3,624.82 23.136 3,995.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,577,475 1,391.605 1,852.16 1,262.444 2,041.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,296,198 1,800.879 1,830.33 1,633.731 2,017.59 GRAND TOTAL 251,989,553 87,564.071 2,877.77 79,436.812 3,172.20