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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 Mexico 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 Sweden 154,000 6.020 25,577.90 5.462 28,194.80 United Kingdom 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 Belgium 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 Federal Republic of Germany 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 Italy 2,594,103 1,345.361 1,928.18 1,220.492 2,125.46 China 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,738,178 4,391.619 1,306.62 3,984.011 1,440.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 14,197,684 35,298.811 402.21 32,022.552 443.37 Mexico 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 Brazil 77,937,636 221,938.065 351.17 201,338.883 387.10 Sweden 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 Finland 2,158,737 6,174.407 349.63 5,601.330 385.40 United Kingdom 18,277,713 8,384.104 2,180.04 7,605.934 2,403.09 Belgium 264,543 455.425 580.87 413.155 640.30 France 48,363 2.782 17,382.80 2.524 19,161.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,717,909 1,147.547 1,497.03 1,041.038 1,650.19 Austria 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 Russia 91,550,518 261,017.303 350.75 236,790.981 386.63 Ukraine 49,471,446 130,875.647 378.00 118,728.424 416.68 Spain 1,569,938 618.743 2,537.30 561.315 2,796.89 Italy 26,702,328 65,151.717 409.85 59,104.661 451.78 India 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 Malaysia 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 China 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 Taiwan 45,864 1.484 30,888.74 1.347 34,049.00 Japan 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 Australia 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 372,519,489 967,676.167 384.96 877,861.300 424.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 Mexico 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 Trinidad and Tobago 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 Venezuela 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 Brazil 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 Argentina 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 Sweden 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 United Kingdom 1,341,914 1,105.842 1,213.48 1,003.204 1,337.63 France 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 Federal Republic of Germany 5,986,128 13,857.126 431.99 12,570.977 476.19 Austria 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 Czech Republic 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 Poland 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 Russia 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 Spain 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 Italy 1,119,351 1,678.075 667.04 1,522.325 735.29 Turkey 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 India 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 Thailand 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 Malaysia 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 China 13,670,078 36,519.831 374.32 33,130.243 412.62 Korea, South 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 Taiwan 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 Japan 8,764,713 12,079.712 725.57 10,958.534 799.81 Egypt 9,119 33.160 274.99 30.083 303.13 South Africa 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,984,357 197,717.207 470.29 179,366.084 518.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,353,492 16,613.589 623.19 15,071.599 686.95 Mexico 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 Brazil 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 Norway 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 United Kingdom 4,401,299 6,238.179 705.54 5,659.183 777.73 Netherlands 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 Luxembourg 6,704,893 10,126.837 662.09 9,186.915 729.83 Federal Republic of Germany 3,223,596 4,693.610 686.81 4,257.973 757.07 Poland 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 Spain 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 Italy 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 India 243,455 83.938 2,900.39 76.148 3,197.13 Korea, South 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 Taiwan 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 Japan 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 South Africa 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,015,570 123,787.684 525.22 112,298.330 578.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,132,683 1,294.641 874.90 1,174.479 964.41 Luxembourg 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 Czech Republic 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,832,697 10,025.802 781.25 9,095.258 861.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,587,696 25,716.375 878.34 23,329.510 968.20 Mexico 7,200 19.180 375.39 17.400 413.79 Brazil 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 Sweden 16,471,495 9,149.165 1,800.33 8,299.986 1,984.52 Norway 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 Finland 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 United Kingdom 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 Netherlands 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 Belgium 5,932,610 2,792.527 2,124.46 2,533.339 2,341.81 France 3,902,813 1,330.895 2,932.47 1,207.368 3,232.50 Federal Republic of Germany 5,437,357 3,093.514 1,757.66 2,806.390 1,937.49 Austria 1,545,707 1,829.005 845.11 1,659.246 931.57 Czech Republic 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 Slovakia 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 Poland 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 Russia 2,635,247 4,797.481 549.30 4,352.203 605.50 Italy 1,083,799 708.972 1,528.69 643.169 1,685.09 Slovenia 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 Thailand 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 Malaysia 1,121,905 2,678.416 418.87 2,429.819 461.72 China 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 Korea, South 5,672,637 10,197.813 556.26 9,251.303 613.17 Taiwan 1,119,987 488.949 2,290.60 443.568 2,524.95 Japan 3,902,945 3,758.070 1,038.55 3,409.265 1,144.81 Australia 8,465,051 14,381.342 588.61 13,046.538 648.84 South Africa 6,330,703 9,424.526 671.73 8,549.789 740.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,592,731 124,976.707 860.90 113,376.994 948.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,062,856 28,354.556 566.50 25,722.828 624.46 Mexico 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 Venezuela 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 Sweden 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 Finland 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 United Kingdom 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 Netherlands 1,228,645 2,689.771 456.78 2,440.120 503.52 Belgium 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 France 1,520,160 2,720.808 558.72 2,468.277 615.88 Federal Republic of Germany 6,086,709 9,062.324 671.65 8,221.205 740.37 Russia 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 Italy 1,221,089 3,271.523 373.25 2,967.877 411.44 Romania 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 Turkey 5,890,292 14,421.038 408.45 13,082.550 450.24 Thailand 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 China 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 Korea, South 217,145 287.394 755.56 260.720 832.87 Japan 938,558 1,293.456 725.62 1,173.404 799.86 Australia 1,140,242 3,217.028 354.44 2,918.440 390.70 New Zealand 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 Egypt 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 South Africa 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,288,166 102,464.199 549.34 92,953.984 605.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 Luxembourg 316,696 393.931 803.94 357.369 886.19 Czech Republic 3,116,591 4,659.404 668.88 4,226.942 737.32 Spain 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 Japan 14,798,573 23,789.765 622.06 21,581.718 685.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,342,404 29,041.874 631.58 26,346.353 696.20 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 Belgium 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 Austria 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 Korea, South 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 Japan 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 649,513 833.309 779.44 755.966 859.18 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 Brazil 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 Poland 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 China 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 Australia 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 710,740 1,192.349 596.08 1,081.682 657.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 41,744,166 67,671.767 616.86 61,390.812 679.97 Mexico 4,424,894 8,004.571 552.80 7,261.627 609.35 Dominican Republic 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 Brazil 965,209 783.652 1,231.68 710.918 1,357.69 Argentina 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 Sweden 2,421,153 698.985 3,463.81 634.109 3,818.20 Finland 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 United Kingdom 2,523,658 2,513.651 1,003.98 2,280.347 1,106.70 Netherlands 28,250 23.135 1,221.08 20.988 1,346.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 26,221 2.629 9,973.71 2.385 10,994.13 France 1,927,961 411.137 4,689.33 372.978 5,169.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,268,928 3,861.643 846.51 3,503.225 933.12 Austria 2,571,656 470.068 5,470.81 426.439 6,030.54 Czech Republic 5,210,242 5,618.368 927.36 5,096.900 1,022.24 Russia 703,379 877.554 801.52 796.104 883.53 Belarus 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 Ukraine 12,455 8.812 1,413.26 7.995 1,557.85 Spain 991,157 922.276 1,074.69 836.675 1,184.64 Portugal 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy 1,893,006 1,692.167 1,118.69 1,535.109 1,233.14 India 844,308 944.579 893.85 856.908 985.30 China 1,864,566 2,380.535 783.25 2,159.586 863.39 Korea, South 5,714,044 7,264.592 786.56 6,590.329 867.03 Taiwan 1,620,975 1,410.983 1,148.83 1,280.023 1,266.36 Japan 9,026,011 11,246.691 802.55 10,202.830 884.66 Australia 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 South Africa 1,021,025 2,048.615 498.40 1,858.473 549.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,608,957 119,809.510 747.93 108,689.390 824.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,352,070 10,431.746 608.92 9,463.524 671.22 Mexico 3,553,882 6,766.517 525.22 6,138.483 578.95 Brazil 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 Austria 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 Spain 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 Italy 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 India 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 China 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 Korea, South 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 Japan 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,087,510 21,168.472 618.25 19,203.721 681.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 Mexico 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 Dominican Republic 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 Brazil 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 Czech Republic 578,619 1,586.611 364.69 1,439.350 402.00 Romania 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 Turkey 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 China 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 Taiwan 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 Japan 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 90,788,333 235,926.040 384.82 214,028.564 424.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,440,276 7,428.024 1,270.90 6,738.592 1,400.93 Mexico 206,647 290.521 711.30 263.557 784.07 Colombia 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 Brazil 92,678 41.635 2,225.94 37.771 2,453.68 Sweden 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 United Kingdom 4,785,930 2,966.630 1,613.25 2,691.283 1,778.31 Netherlands 13,344 2.186 6,101.55 1.984 6,725.81 France 4,184,023 2,261.690 1,849.95 2,051.772 2,039.22 Federal Republic of Germany 7,938,835 5,718.226 1,388.34 5,187.489 1,530.38 Austria 550,038 229.432 2,397.38 208.138 2,642.66 Czech Republic 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 Switzerland 579,523 116.550 4,972.28 105.733 5,481.00 Latvia 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 Russia 3,127,273 4,599.774 679.88 4,172.846 749.43 Ukraine 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 Spain 1,133,698 1,324.440 855.98 1,201.513 943.56 Italy 7,743,948 2,458.861 3,149.40 2,230.642 3,471.62 Slovenia 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 Romania 16,355 3.869 4,227.07 3.510 4,659.54 Saudi Arabia 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 India 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 China 1,064,257 665.106 1,600.13 603.375 1,763.84 Korea, South 327,321 233.135 1,403.99 211.497 1,547.64 Taiwan 5,837,552 2,047.636 2,850.87 1,857.585 3,142.55 Japan 604,733 390.571 1,548.33 354.321 1,706.74 South Africa 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,564,771 33,166.724 1,615.02 30,088.355 1,780.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,732,365 1,037.336 1,670.01 941.056 1,840.87 Mexico 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 Brazil 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 Sweden 3,859,013 1,228.242 3,141.90 1,114.243 3,463.35 United Kingdom 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 Netherlands 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 France 2,587,750 1,164.594 2,222.02 1,056.503 2,449.35 Federal Republic of Germany 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 Austria 3,645,251 817.262 4,460.32 741.408 4,916.66 Czech Republic 139,373 37.255 3,740.96 33.798 4,123.71 Switzerland 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 Poland 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 Ukraine 33,930 3.714 9,133.76 3.370 10,068.25 Spain 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 Italy 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 Slovenia 2,421,596 982.005 2,465.97 890.861 2,718.26 India 168,262 24.218 6,947.56 21.971 7,658.37 China 3,000,957 1,247.581 2,405.42 1,131.787 2,651.52 Korea, South 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 Taiwan 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 Japan 4,770,023 3,677.189 1,297.19 3,335.891 1,429.91 Marshall Islands 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,867,966 14,292.463 2,299.67 12,965.908 2,534.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,867,646 37,655.424 793.18 34,160.436 874.33 Mexico 4,711,074 6,060.114 777.39 5,497.645 856.93 Guatemala 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 Dominican Republic 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 Colombia 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 Venezuela 968,408 1,038.100 932.87 941.749 1,028.31 Chile 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 Brazil 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 Argentina 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 Sweden 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 United Kingdom 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 France 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,663,149 1,092.392 1,522.48 991.002 1,678.25 Czech Republic 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 Ukraine 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 Spain 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 Italy 1,027,884 471.041 2,182.15 427.322 2,405.41 Romania 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 United Arab Emirates 2,721,404 3,224.896 843.87 2,925.578 930.21 Oman 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India 3,071,018 5,340.099 575.09 4,844.458 633.92 Thailand 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 Malaysia 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 Philippines 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China 23,456,479 41,370.613 566.98 37,530.800 624.99 Korea, South 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 Taiwan 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 Japan 2,264,068 2,437.378 928.89 2,211.153 1,023.93 South Africa 2,586,970 5,018.053 515.53 4,552.303 568.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,017,437 138,746.528 684.83 125,868.769 754.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 16,438,585 11,671.855 1,408.40 10,588.532 1,552.49 Mexico 60,079 226.670 265.05 205.632 292.17 Colombia 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 Venezuela 2,322,383 3,014.280 770.46 2,734.510 849.29 Brazil 5,520,000 4,742.006 1,164.06 4,301.877 1,283.16 Sweden 1,525,267 1,791.048 851.61 1,624.812 938.73 United Kingdom 145,807 18.408 7,920.59 16.700 8,730.96 France 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 Federal Republic of Germany 19,440,246 15,776.553 1,232.22 14,312.253 1,358.29 Austria 35,824,144 26,501.411 1,351.78 24,041.683 1,490.08 Czech Republic 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 Poland 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 Russia 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 Romania 1,898,669 1,848.369 1,027.21 1,676.813 1,132.31 China 43,385,086 51,782.038 837.84 46,975.888 923.56 Korea, South 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 Japan 19,931,506 5,509.077 3,617.94 4,997.752 3,988.09 South Africa 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 167,934,631 143,861.712 1,167.33 130,509.187 1,286.76 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,084,560 19,341.544 1,090.12 17,546.359 1,201.65 Brazil 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 United Kingdom 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 France 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 Federal Republic of Germany 13,217,334 9,014.392 1,466.25 8,177.722 1,616.26 Czech Republic 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 Poland 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 Italy 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 Romania 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 China 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 Korea, South 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 Taiwan 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 Japan 19,431,200 21,106.094 920.64 19,147.132 1,014.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,516,365 77,594.123 1,011.89 70,392.225 1,115.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 Mexico 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 Chile 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 Brazil 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 Argentina 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 Sweden 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 United Kingdom 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 France 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,215,261 1,765.450 1,821.21 1,601.590 2,007.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 Czech Republic 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 Slovakia 236,998 283.163 836.96 256.882 922.59 Poland 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 Ukraine 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 Italy 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 Vietnam 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 China 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 Korea, South 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 Taiwan 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 Japan 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,548,207 30,094.430 981.85 27,301.216 1,082.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,015,695 570.518 1,780.30 517.566 1,962.45 Mexico 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 United Kingdom 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 Federal Republic of Germany 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 Vietnam 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 China 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 Korea, South 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 Taiwan 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 Japan 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,662,824 26,366.120 669.91 23,918.949 738.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,644,975 11,179.324 1,131.10 10,141.715 1,246.83 Mexico 10,709,361 14,720.481 727.51 13,354.200 801.95 Dominican Republic 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 Colombia 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 Brazil 279,886 226.169 1,237.50 205.178 1,364.11 Argentina 640,078 242.329 2,641.35 219.838 2,911.59 Sweden 673,122 452.669 1,487.01 410.655 1,639.14 Norway 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 Denmark 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 United Kingdom 283,105 212.226 1,333.97 192.529 1,470.45 Belgium 39,469 27.266 1,447.51 24.736 1,595.61 France 1,236,869 727.676 1,699.75 660.137 1,873.66 Federal Republic of Germany 6,540,695 3,897.210 1,678.30 3,535.491 1,850.01 Austria 175,046 55.410 3,159.05 50.268 3,482.26 Czech Republic 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 Slovakia 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 Switzerland 2,295,323 881.157 2,604.89 799.373 2,871.40 Russia 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 Ukraine 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 Spain 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 2,412,189 1,459.905 1,652.29 1,324.404 1,821.34 Romania 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 Turkey 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 Saudi Arabia 19,425 15.662 1,240.20 14.209 1,367.09 India 2,078,888 1,648.412 1,261.15 1,495.415 1,390.17 Singapore 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 China 3,598,380 4,822.849 746.11 4,375.217 822.45 Korea, South 2,207,707 3,214.423 686.81 2,916.077 757.08 Taiwan 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 Japan 7,352,435 3,312.398 2,219.67 3,004.958 2,446.77 Australia 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,811,266 51,620.454 1,119.93 46,829.302 1,234.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 29,157 12.394 2,352.44 11.244 2,593.12 Mexico 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 Argentina 1,750,517 573.768 3,050.91 520.514 3,363.05 Sweden 1,435,003 232.713 6,166.40 211.114 6,797.29 United Kingdom 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 Netherlands 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 France 2,785,142 1,214.855 2,292.57 1,102.099 2,527.13 Federal Republic of Germany 5,486,446 2,573.699 2,131.73 2,334.822 2,349.83 Czech Republic 637,732 589.052 1,082.64 534.380 1,193.41 Slovakia 373,413 140.939 2,649.46 127.858 2,920.53 Italy 1,262,378 670.111 1,883.83 607.915 2,076.57 Romania 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 China 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 Korea, South 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 Taiwan 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 Japan 250,633 150.991 1,659.92 136.977 1,829.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,767,741 8,000.421 1,970.86 7,257.862 2,172.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,278,474 1,733.970 6,504.42 1,573.032 7,169.89 Mexico 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 Sweden 2,440,096 380.368 6,415.08 345.065 7,071.41 Finland 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 Denmark 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 United Kingdom 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 Ireland 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 France 4,886,482 772.037 6,329.33 700.381 6,976.89 Federal Republic of Germany 4,607,053 466.055 9,885.19 422.799 10,896.56 Austria 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 Czech Republic 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 Switzerland 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 Spain 2,411,674 296.818 8,125.09 269.269 8,956.37 Italy 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 India 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 Thailand 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 Malaysia 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 Singapore 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 China 7,062,146 2,147.591 3,288.40 1,948.263 3,624.84 Korea, South 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 Taiwan 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 Japan 5,281,145 719.340 7,341.65 652.575 8,092.78 Australia 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 South Africa 23,652 10.241 2,309.41 9.291 2,545.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,301,535 10,411.741 5,119.37 9,445.376 5,643.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,410,346 782.651 3,079.72 710.010 3,394.81 Mexico 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 United Kingdom 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 France 16,116 7.619 2,115.19 6.912 2,331.60 Federal Republic of Germany 46,068 4.755 9,687.57 4.314 10,678.72 Hungary 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 Italy 30,097 13.283 2,265.67 12.051 2,497.47 India 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 Vietnam 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 Singapore 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 China 42,922 22.273 1,927.06 20.206 2,124.22 Japan 417,423 138.572 3,012.31 125.711 3,320.50 South Africa 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,692,415 1,388.940 2,658.44 1,260.026 2,930.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 28,519,835 32,631.707 873.99 29,602.995 963.41 Mexico 5,867,396 5,552.972 1,056.62 5,037.573 1,164.73 Brazil 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 Finland 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 United Kingdom 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 Belgium 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 France 6,397 7.346 870.71 6.665 959.79 Federal Republic of Germany 123,461 71.372 1,729.81 64.748 1,906.79 Austria 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 Italy 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 Turkey 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 Thailand 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 China 2,532,790 4,290.472 590.33 3,892.252 650.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,139,993 4,094.436 522.66 3,714.411 576.13 Hong Kong 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Taiwan 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 Japan 378,645 250.454 1,511.83 227.209 1,666.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,723,658 54,413.696 821.92 49,363.289 906.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 219,661 249.469 880.51 226.315 970.60 Mexico 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 Korea, South 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 Japan 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 South Africa 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,107,941 1,739.245 637.02 1,577.817 702.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,840,943 16,126.399 920.29 14,629.628 1,014.44 Mexico 12,532,956 14,082.151 889.99 12,775.117 981.04 Dominican Republic 372,581 473.746 786.46 429.776 866.92 Trinidad and Tobago 469,942 725.568 647.69 658.225 713.95 Colombia 54,486 38.365 1,420.17 34.805 1,565.46 Venezuela 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 Ecuador 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 Brazil 1,136,395 1,680.875 676.07 1,524.865 745.24 Argentina 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 Sweden 1,767,957 334.911 5,278.87 303.827 5,818.96 Finland 1,303,583 1,491.936 873.75 1,353.462 963.15 Denmark 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 United Kingdom 1,187,626 559.121 2,124.09 507.227 2,341.41 Netherlands 127,875 85.194 1,500.98 77.287 1,654.55 Belgium 654,400 428.134 1,528.49 388.397 1,684.87 Luxembourg 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 France 1,554,837 639.599 2,430.95 580.235 2,679.67 Federal Republic of Germany 2,616,329 1,302.468 2,008.75 1,181.580 2,214.26 Austria 939,719 158.443 5,930.92 143.738 6,537.72 Czech Republic 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 Switzerland 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 Poland 1,092,975 1,138.814 959.75 1,033.115 1,057.94 Russia 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 Belarus 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 Ukraine 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 Moldova 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain 979,273 953.237 1,027.31 864.763 1,132.42 Italy 2,234,305 1,791.713 1,247.02 1,625.416 1,374.61 Greece 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Turkey 41,996 46.234 908.33 41.943 1,001.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 India 4,048,401 2,221.383 1,822.47 2,015.206 2,008.93 Thailand 703,547 764.625 920.12 693.657 1,014.26 Vietnam 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 Malaysia 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 Indonesia 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 China 12,054,266 14,529.210 829.66 13,180.682 914.54 Korea, South 9,173,342 5,845.170 1,569.39 5,302.651 1,729.95 Taiwan 3,233,048 2,244.167 1,440.64 2,035.875 1,588.04 Japan 6,745,522 5,176.377 1,303.14 4,695.932 1,436.46 Australia 112,481 44.294 2,539.41 40.183 2,799.22 Egypt 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 South Africa 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,835,907 81,221.457 1,069.13 73,682.888 1,178.51 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 China 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 Taiwan 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 Japan 3,010,208 4,165.031 722.73 3,778.454 796.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,392,284 4,958.165 684.18 4,497.973 754.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 Brazil 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 Norway 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 Netherlands 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 France 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 China 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 Korea, South 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 Taiwan 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 Japan 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,420,527 37,078.905 685.58 33,637.427 755.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 Netherlands 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 France 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 Korea, South 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 Taiwan 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 Japan 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,482,096 11,770.191 805.60 10,677.741 888.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 30,402,945 53,096.564 572.60 48,168.406 631.18 Mexico 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 Venezuela 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 Brazil 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 Sweden 814,081 916.413 888.33 831.357 979.22 Finland 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 United Kingdom 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 Netherlands 1,832,572 3,712.220 493.66 3,367.671 544.17 Belgium 246,595 178.286 1,383.14 161.739 1,524.65 France 5,824,945 10,863.441 536.20 9,855.151 591.06 Federal Republic of Germany 482,835 782.280 617.21 709.673 680.36 Austria 787,021 1,148.255 685.41 1,041.680 755.53 Slovakia 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 Russia 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 Italy 8,630,809 21,637.893 398.87 19,629.572 439.68 Romania 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 Turkey 26,275,361 63,945.568 410.90 58,010.460 452.94 India 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 Thailand 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 Malaysia 761,935 1,730.415 440.32 1,569.807 485.37 China 91,516 96.621 947.16 87.654 1,044.06 Korea, South 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 Japan 4,410,544 5,113.693 862.50 4,639.066 950.74 Australia 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 New Zealand 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 Egypt 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 South Africa 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 213,751,531 483,468.607 442.12 438,595.466 487.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,570,863 24,097.603 687.66 21,860.984 758.01 Mexico 27,864,339 19,635.473 1,419.08 17,813.007 1,564.27 Dominican Republic 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Venezuela 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 Brazil 38,484,044 70,709.613 544.25 64,146.700 599.94 Argentina 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 Sweden 3,204,988 908.454 3,527.96 824.136 3,888.91 Finland 2,347,674 817.395 2,872.14 741.529 3,165.99 United Kingdom 713,126 525.456 1,357.16 476.686 1,496.01 Netherlands 3,623,343 6,232.768 581.34 5,654.274 640.81 Belgium 5,184,539 4,672.081 1,109.69 4,238.442 1,223.22 Luxembourg 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 France 5,236,352 2,127.894 2,460.81 1,930.394 2,712.58 Federal Republic of Germany 4,021,450 2,881.760 1,395.48 2,614.290 1,538.26 Austria 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 10,470,609 24,561.848 426.30 22,282.140 469.91 Kyrgyzstan 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Spain 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 Italy 5,105,605 3,740.721 1,364.87 3,393.526 1,504.51 Turkey 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 India 2,485,334 5,329.497 466.34 4,834.840 514.05 Thailand 1,500,071 2,673.308 561.13 2,425.185 618.54 Indonesia 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 China 30,116,433 49,633.804 606.77 45,027.043 668.85 Korea, South 9,282,795 14,667.145 632.90 13,305.814 697.65 Taiwan 18,895,331 26,931.719 701.60 24,432.052 773.38 Japan 7,776,140 10,719.412 725.43 9,724.490 799.65 New Zealand 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 South Africa 9,489,634 15,965.009 594.40 14,483.217 655.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 215,419,234 313,085.794 688.05 284,026.735 758.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 35,445,980 50,354.400 703.93 45,680.757 775.95 Mexico 7,328,398 8,024.551 913.25 7,279.753 1,006.68 Guatemala 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 Costa Rica 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 Colombia 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 Brazil 35,885,588 64,148.097 559.42 58,194.192 616.65 Argentina 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 Sweden 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 Netherlands 430,445 704.457 611.03 639.073 673.55 Belgium 1,123,890 1,842.578 609.95 1,671.560 672.36 Federal Republic of Germany 324,543 548.734 591.44 497.804 651.95 Austria 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 Kazakhstan 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Spain 5,069,944 6,822.520 743.12 6,189.288 819.15 Italy 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 India 14,148,851 24,684.717 573.18 22,393.605 631.83 Indonesia 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 China 39,496,947 74,392.395 530.93 67,487.665 585.25 Korea, South 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 Taiwan 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 Japan 2,854,932 4,578.039 623.61 4,153.129 687.42 South Africa 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 201,617,676 327,070.434 616.44 296,713.391 679.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,157,004 929.350 1,244.96 843.093 1,372.33 Brazil 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 Belgium 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 Federal Republic of Germany 8,406,182 12,342.748 681.06 11,197.156 750.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 Indonesia 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 China 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 Korea, South 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 Taiwan 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 Japan 1,457,429 1,738.915 838.13 1,577.518 923.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,664,210 22,455.524 697.57 20,371.315 768.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 Mexico 6,945,919 9,319.146 745.34 8,454.190 821.59 Chile 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 Brazil 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 United Kingdom 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 Belgium 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 Luxembourg 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 France 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 Federal Republic of Germany 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 Italy 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 India 185,824 270.088 688.01 245.020 758.40 China 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 Korea, South 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 Taiwan 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 Japan 1,480,723 1,141.490 1,297.18 1,035.543 1,429.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,958,649 46,346.804 754.28 42,045.126 831.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 United Kingdom 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 France 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 Austria 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 Russia 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 Japan 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,528,193 4,929.531 1,932.88 4,471.997 2,130.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,388,764 7,419.256 591.54 6,730.638 652.06 Mexico 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 Finland 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 United Kingdom 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 Federal Republic of Germany 33,283 25.892 1,285.45 23.489 1,416.96 Malaysia 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 Japan 193,818 69.412 2,792.26 62.970 3,077.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 5,776,730 8,522.979 677.78 7,731.919 747.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,333,442 3,998.964 1,083.64 3,627.801 1,194.51 Mexico 1,963,193 1,224.760 1,602.92 1,111.084 1,766.92 Chile 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 Brazil 270,794 266.876 1,014.68 242.106 1,118.49 Sweden 3,229,022 644.237 5,012.16 584.443 5,524.96 Finland 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 United Kingdom 2,047,131 699.002 2,928.64 634.125 3,228.28 Belgium 231,676 104.446 2,218.14 94.752 2,445.08 France 3,517,530 820.235 4,288.44 744.105 4,727.20 Federal Republic of Germany 5,116,175 3,304.112 1,548.43 2,997.441 1,706.85 Austria 1,217,388 234.036 5,201.71 212.314 5,733.90 Switzerland 900,197 258.744 3,479.10 234.729 3,835.05 Italy 197,296 83.772 2,355.15 75.997 2,596.10 India 675,177 393.278 1,716.79 356.776 1,892.44 Indonesia 79,506 22.085 3,599.85 20.036 3,968.16 China 502,206 925.786 542.46 839.860 597.96 Korea, South 1,853,635 1,890.296 980.61 1,714.849 1,080.93 Taiwan 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 Japan 3,810,218 1,084.618 3,512.96 983.950 3,872.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,055,084 16,478.573 1,884.57 14,949.115 2,077.39 GRAND TOTAL 2,425,577,523 3,888,094.520 623.85 3,527,221.012 687.67 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 Mexico 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 Belgium 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,078,456 2,796.662 743.19 2,537.090 819.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 841,538 1,029.556 817.38 933.998 901.01 Brazil 2,002,529 2,913.403 687.35 2,642.996 757.67 Finland 390,212 1,030.263 378.75 934.640 417.50 United Kingdom 218,849 60.150 3,638.33 54.568 4,010.57 Belgium 60,444 79.851 756.96 72.440 834.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,345,902 1,074.170 1,252.97 974.471 1,381.16 Russia 493,028 458.670 1,074.91 416.099 1,184.88 Ukraine 310,457 1,520.979 204.12 1,379.810 225.00 Italy 1,307,000 2,983.634 438.06 2,706.708 482.87 Taiwan 7,770 0.493 15,733.99 0.448 17,343.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,977,729 11,151.174 625.74 10,116.178 689.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,297,079 2,269.117 571.62 2,058.509 630.11 United Kingdom 2,275,323 3,516.135 647.11 3,189.785 713.32 Luxembourg 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 Federal Republic of Germany 69,022 134.238 514.18 121.779 566.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,729,813 6,075.437 613.92 5,511.546 676.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,318,711 9,676.644 1,169.69 8,778.507 1,289.37 Brazil 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 Sweden 16,022,101 8,937.971 1,792.59 8,108.394 1,975.99 United Kingdom 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 Belgium 2,684,143 1,729.728 1,551.77 1,569.184 1,710.53 France 1,903,735 962.534 1,977.84 873.197 2,180.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,916,011 2,593.907 1,509.70 2,353.154 1,664.15 Austria 293,850 288.161 1,019.74 261.416 1,124.07 Poland 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 Russia 228,673 223.779 1,021.87 203.009 1,126.42 Italy 2,560 0.842 3,039.78 0.764 3,350.79 China 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 Japan 2,856,592 2,594.755 1,100.91 2,353.923 1,213.55 Australia 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 94,381 96.959 973.41 87.960 1,073.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,023,880 41,977.400 1,215.51 38,081.268 1,339.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,858,275 2,816.028 659.89 2,554.659 727.41 Netherlands 251,416 511.802 491.24 464.300 541.49 France 331,326 447.637 740.17 406.090 815.89 Japan 819,342 1,142.406 717.21 1,036.374 790.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,260,359 4,917.875 662.96 4,461.423 730.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 Czech Republic 598,257 892.801 670.09 809.936 738.65 Japan 4,965 9.727 510.39 8.825 562.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 675,332 1,055.440 639.86 957.480 705.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 22,698,092 34,938.803 649.65 31,695.958 716.12 Mexico 3,063,855 5,814.613 526.92 5,274.930 580.83 Brazil 623,699 228.720 2,726.90 207.492 3,005.89 Sweden 2,203,932 630.855 3,493.56 572.303 3,850.99 Finland 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 United Kingdom 896,095 776.633 1,153.82 704.550 1,271.87 Netherlands 21,597 21.636 998.19 19.628 1,100.32 Belgium 14,521 1.786 8,126.61 1.621 8,958.05 France 1,288,589 326.873 3,942.16 296.535 4,345.49 Federal Republic of Germany 855,384 925.468 924.27 839.571 1,018.83 Austria 222,582 53.337 4,173.08 48.387 4,600.04 Czech Republic 4,713,829 4,724.653 997.71 4,286.135 1,099.79 Russia 188,923 25.578 7,386.15 23.204 8,141.83 Ukraine 10,119 6.103 1,657.90 5.537 1,827.52 Spain 991,157 922.276 1,074.69 836.675 1,184.64 Italy 1,018,049 1,424.906 714.47 1,292.654 787.56 India 88,752 66.655 1,331.50 60.469 1,467.73 China 1,092,466 1,099.303 993.78 997.272 1,095.45 Korea, South 4,735,637 5,137.554 921.77 4,660.712 1,016.08 Taiwan 484,240 133.668 3,622.70 121.262 3,993.34 Japan 5,498,891 6,519.824 843.41 5,914.687 929.70 South Africa 972,358 1,994.251 487.58 1,809.155 537.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,857,958 66,035.772 785.30 59,906.662 865.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 237,022 393.767 601.93 357.220 663.52 Mexico 1,300,237 2,528.596 514.21 2,293.905 566.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,617,749 2,927.192 552.66 2,655.505 609.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,745,336 2,398.671 1,561.42 2,176.039 1,721.17 Colombia 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 Brazil 38,775 14.250 2,720.92 12.928 2,999.30 United Kingdom 1,849,669 858.736 2,153.94 779.033 2,374.31 Netherlands 4,660 0.438 10,621.81 0.398 11,708.54 France 2,088,540 1,441.767 1,448.60 1,307.950 1,596.80 Federal Republic of Germany 808,660 328.193 2,463.98 297.732 2,716.07 Russia 1,790,826 2,121.066 844.30 1,924.200 930.69 Spain 109,742 66.922 1,639.84 60.711 1,807.61 Italy 252,138 108.711 2,319.34 98.621 2,556.64 Romania 5,225 1.236 4,224.64 1.122 4,656.86 Korea, South 314,830 213.494 1,474.65 193.679 1,625.52 Taiwan 56,806 26.567 2,138.14 24.102 2,356.90 Japan 310,077 208.852 1,484.67 189.468 1,636.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,594,769 7,955.688 1,457.42 7,217.281 1,606.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,732,365 1,037.336 1,670.01 941.056 1,840.87 Mexico 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 Brazil 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 Sweden 3,859,013 1,228.242 3,141.90 1,114.243 3,463.35 United Kingdom 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 Netherlands 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 France 2,587,750 1,164.594 2,222.02 1,056.503 2,449.35 Federal Republic of Germany 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 Austria 3,645,251 817.262 4,460.32 741.408 4,916.66 Czech Republic 139,373 37.255 3,740.96 33.798 4,123.71 Switzerland 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 Poland 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 Russia 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 Ukraine 33,930 3.714 9,133.76 3.370 10,068.25 Spain 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 Italy 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 Slovenia 2,421,596 982.005 2,465.97 890.861 2,718.26 India 168,262 24.218 6,947.56 21.971 7,658.37 China 3,000,957 1,247.581 2,405.42 1,131.787 2,651.52 Korea, South 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 Taiwan 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 Japan 4,770,023 3,677.189 1,297.19 3,335.891 1,429.91 Marshall Islands 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,867,966 14,292.463 2,299.67 12,965.908 2,534.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 262,552 52.809 4,971.68 47.908 5,480.34 United Kingdom 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 Federal Republic of Germany 501,527 300.119 1,671.09 272.264 1,842.06 Italy 721,235 263.721 2,734.84 239.244 3,014.64 India 41,527 14.035 2,958.66 12.733 3,261.37 China 193,008 132.352 1,458.29 120.068 1,607.49 Japan 74,647 21.469 3,476.85 19.477 3,832.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,866,413 852.848 2,188.45 773.691 2,412.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,189,022 5,665.691 1,798.37 5,139.830 1,982.37 Brazil 2,383,927 1,662.855 1,433.63 1,508.518 1,580.31 United Kingdom 134,181 7.167 18,721.47 6.502 20,636.88 Federal Republic of Germany 8,950,135 5,488.572 1,630.69 4,979.151 1,797.52 Austria 13,222,203 12,300.526 1,074.93 11,158.853 1,184.91 Romania 254,495 275.449 923.92 249.884 1,018.45 China 9,691,346 7,104.435 1,364.13 6,445.037 1,503.69 Japan 19,931,506 5,509.077 3,617.94 4,997.752 3,988.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,756,815 38,013.775 1,703.51 34,485.527 1,877.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 13,036,270 13,088.440 996.01 11,873.637 1,097.92 Federal Republic of Germany 691,705 50.179 13,784.64 45.522 15,194.96 Japan 12,462,171 13,699.302 909.69 12,427.802 1,002.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,190,146 26,837.922 975.86 24,346.961 1,075.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Sweden 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 Federal Republic of Germany 104,981 9.234 11,368.89 8.377 12,532.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,981 10.523 10,640.78 9.547 11,729.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,784,594 1,427.416 1,250.23 1,294.931 1,378.14 Mexico 174,846 88.481 1,976.08 80.269 2,178.25 Argentina 533,313 162.791 3,276.05 147.682 3,611.23 Sweden 577,759 408.529 1,414.24 370.612 1,558.93 United Kingdom 283,105 212.226 1,333.97 192.529 1,470.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 4,446 4.918 903.93 4.462 996.41 France 793,083 406.032 1,953.25 368.347 2,153.09 Federal Republic of Germany 3,195,635 1,913.167 1,670.34 1,735.597 1,841.23 Czech Republic 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 Switzerland 575,645 259.174 2,221.07 235.119 2,448.31 Italy 1,635,148 819.137 1,996.18 743.109 2,200.41 Saudi Arabia 19,425 15.662 1,240.20 14.209 1,367.09 India 398,618 270.187 1,475.34 245.110 1,626.28 Singapore 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 China 317,182 379.461 835.87 344.242 921.39 Korea, South 354,213 667.526 530.64 605.570 584.92 Japan 4,985,626 2,304.418 2,163.51 2,090.534 2,384.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,081,304 9,435.741 1,704.30 8,559.963 1,878.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 1,428,517 395.298 3,613.77 358.609 3,983.49 Sweden 1,435,003 232.713 6,166.40 211.114 6,797.29 United Kingdom 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 France 2,346,265 841.048 2,789.69 762.987 3,075.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,460,947 1,055.678 3,278.41 957.696 3,613.83 Slovakia 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 Italy 59,165 7.379 8,016.97 6.695 8,837.19 Japan 130,704 46.970 2,782.68 42.611 3,067.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,127,617 2,660.912 3,430.26 2,413.940 3,781.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,172,221 312.178 3,754.97 283.204 4,139.14 United Kingdom 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 France 10,716 4.642 2,308.02 4.212 2,544.16 Federal Republic of Germany 41,187 4.037 10,200.44 3.663 11,244.06 Hungary 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Italy 4,805 0.316 15,188.24 0.287 16,742.16 Singapore 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 China 10,165 0.563 18,046.06 0.511 19,892.37 Japan 38,159 15.017 2,540.90 13.624 2,800.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,347,560 345.053 3,905.37 313.027 4,304.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 5,499,219 4,561.163 1,205.66 4,137.819 1,329.01 Mexico 7,497 22.839 328.24 20.720 361.82 Finland 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 United Kingdom 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 France 3,375 3.720 907.18 3.375 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 24,276 5.497 4,416.05 4.987 4,867.86 Italy 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 747,848 602.544 1,241.15 546.619 1,368.13 Korea, South 307,252 653.032 470.50 592.421 518.64 Taiwan 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 Japan 338,064 218.013 1,550.65 197.779 1,709.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,498,670 6,631.471 1,281.57 6,015.971 1,412.68 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 213,309 161.855 1,317.90 146.833 1,452.73 Mexico 1,609,992 1,322.288 1,217.58 1,199.560 1,342.15 Brazil 58,271 97.045 600.45 88.038 661.88 Sweden 6,244 5.519 1,131.31 5.007 1,247.05 United Kingdom 178,497 8.214 21,729.71 7.452 23,952.90 Netherlands 22,296 1.328 16,785.56 1.205 18,502.90 France 82,196 13.768 5,969.66 12.491 6,580.42 Federal Republic of Germany 615,487 170.578 3,608.24 154.746 3,977.40 Austria 152,645 33.821 4,513.31 30.682 4,975.07 Poland 58,250 64.294 905.99 58.327 998.68 Italy 1,893,336 1,514.572 1,250.08 1,373.997 1,377.98 Turkey 38,057 43.287 879.16 39.270 969.11 India 15,591 17.676 882.01 16.036 972.25 China 599,960 674.868 889.00 612.231 979.96 Korea, South 2,155,641 1,888.912 1,141.21 1,713.593 1,257.97 Taiwan 469,433 492.688 952.80 446.960 1,050.28 Japan 3,323,473 2,388.356 1,391.53 2,166.681 1,533.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,492,678 8,899.076 1,291.45 8,073.109 1,423.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,851,172 4,571.446 623.69 4,147.148 687.50 Sweden 722,741 779.106 927.65 706.794 1,022.56 Netherlands 254,754 475.198 536.10 431.093 590.95 France 1,481,160 1,999.856 740.63 1,814.240 816.41 Austria 483,847 645.910 749.09 585.960 825.73 Japan 2,396,612 3,547.038 675.67 3,217.820 744.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,190,286 12,018.557 681.47 10,903.055 751.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,882,993 2,541.723 740.83 2,305.813 816.63 Dominican Republic 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Sweden 16,047 19.742 812.82 17.910 895.98 United Kingdom 540,377 506.247 1,067.42 459.260 1,176.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 1,143,608 1,823.621 627.11 1,654.362 691.27 Belgium 696,409 239.686 2,905.50 217.440 3,202.76 France 154,163 53.037 2,906.67 48.115 3,204.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,396,316 1,660.401 840.95 1,506.291 926.99 Spain 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 Korea, South 1,809,664 2,983.488 606.56 2,706.576 668.62 Japan 4,614,664 6,660.027 692.89 6,041.877 763.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,322,501 18,151.987 733.94 16,467.211 809.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,647,245 6,095.151 762.45 5,529.430 840.46 Brazil 449,476 656.843 684.30 595.879 754.31 Netherlands 246,448 388.346 634.61 352.302 699.54 Belgium 362,091 491.180 737.18 445.592 812.61 Federal Republic of Germany 32,133 63.338 507.32 57.460 559.22 Spain 4,668,510 6,288.329 742.41 5,704.678 818.37 China 5,097,003 9,537.290 534.43 8,652.087 589.11 Japan 2,782,822 4,487.497 620.13 4,070.990 683.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,285,728 28,007.978 652.88 25,408.418 719.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 980,553 751.357 1,305.04 681.620 1,438.56 Federal Republic of Germany 6,127,987 9,085.396 674.49 8,242.135 743.50 Japan 274,335 308.230 890.03 279.622 981.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,382,875 10,144.983 727.74 9,203.377 802.19 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 United Kingdom 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 France 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 Austria 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 Russia 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 Japan 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,528,193 4,929.531 1,932.88 4,471.997 2,130.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 388,166 753.860 514.90 683.891 567.58 Federal Republic of Germany 10,241 7.346 1,393.92 6.665 1,536.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 398,407 761.207 523.39 690.556 576.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,079,756 506.703 2,130.94 459.674 2,348.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,441 2.157 1,131.55 1.957 1,247.32 Brazil 11,671 4.800 2,431.17 4.355 2,679.91 Sweden 883,347 241.019 3,665.05 218.649 4,040.02 United Kingdom 94,558 28.472 3,321.01 25.830 3,660.78 France 1,429,652 115.404 12,388.21 104.693 13,655.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,316,748 1,878.332 1,233.41 1,703.995 1,359.60 Austria 606,322 99.917 6,068.20 90.644 6,689.05 Switzerland 638,561 138.411 4,613.49 125.565 5,085.50 Korea, South 59,864 15.451 3,874.42 14.017 4,270.81 Japan 88,378 20.592 4,291.80 18.681 4,730.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,211,298 3,051.262 2,363.38 2,768.060 2,605.18 GRAND TOTAL 369,860,131 330,071.865 1,120.54 299,436.244 1,235.19 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,344,241 34,263.331 389.46 31,083.180 429.31 Mexico 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 Brazil 75,888,702 219,020.847 346.49 198,692.427 381.94 Finland 1,768,525 5,144.143 343.79 4,666.690 378.97 United Kingdom 477,540 1,130.844 422.29 1,025.885 465.49 Belgium 204,099 375.573 543.43 340.715 599.03 Federal Republic of Germany 3,440 12.640 272.15 11.467 299.99 Russia 91,057,490 260,558.632 349.47 236,374.882 385.22 Ukraine 49,160,989 129,354.668 380.05 117,348.614 418.93 Italy 24,249,173 61,487.438 394.38 55,780.482 434.73 Australia 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 337,747,966 945,713.730 357.14 857,937.307 393.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 Mexico 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 Trinidad and Tobago 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 Venezuela 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 Brazil 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 Argentina 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 Finland 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 United Kingdom 292,269 708.733 412.38 642.952 454.57 Federal Republic of Germany 5,795,717 13,759.787 421.21 12,482.673 464.30 Czech Republic 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 Poland 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 Russia 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 Spain 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 Italy 656,483 1,459.520 449.79 1,324.055 495.81 Turkey 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 Thailand 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 Malaysia 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 China 13,248,376 36,260.854 365.36 32,895.303 402.74 Japan 8,640,103 12,025.396 718.49 10,909.259 792.00 Egypt 9,119 33.160 274.99 30.083 303.13 South Africa 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,419,504 195,381.662 447.43 177,247.313 493.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,056,413 14,344.472 631.35 13,013.090 695.95 Mexico 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 Brazil 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 United Kingdom 2,125,976 2,722.044 781.02 2,469.398 860.93 Netherlands 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 Luxembourg 6,616,504 9,970.890 663.58 9,045.442 731.47 Federal Republic of Germany 3,154,574 4,559.372 691.89 4,136.194 762.68 Poland 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 Spain 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 Korea, South 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 Taiwan 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 Japan 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 South Africa 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,810,087 117,536.295 517.37 106,627.164 570.31 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,132,683 1,294.641 874.90 1,174.479 964.41 Luxembourg 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 Czech Republic 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,832,697 10,025.802 781.25 9,095.258 861.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,212,207 16,018.621 699.95 14,531.853 771.56 Mexico 7,200 19.180 375.39 17.400 413.79 Sweden 17,907 27.148 659.59 24.629 727.07 Norway 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 Belgium 23,835 65.684 362.87 59.588 400.00 Federal Republic of Germany 33,558 30.755 1,091.12 27.901 1,202.75 Austria 1,208,767 1,533.069 788.46 1,390.778 869.13 Czech Republic 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 Slovakia 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 Russia 2,406,574 4,573.702 526.18 4,149.194 580.01 Italy 56,796 107.585 527.91 97.600 581.93 Thailand 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 Malaysia 1,121,905 2,678.416 418.87 2,429.819 461.72 Korea, South 5,496,450 10,131.127 542.53 9,190.807 598.04 Japan 414,976 944.296 439.45 856.652 484.42 Australia 8,458,771 14,380.879 588.20 13,046.118 648.37 South Africa 5,984,414 9,234.061 648.08 8,377.002 714.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,061,109 79,454.202 579.72 72,079.660 639.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,204,581 25,538.527 556.20 23,168.169 613.11 Mexico 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 Venezuela 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 Netherlands 977,229 2,177.968 448.69 1,975.820 494.59 France 1,188,834 2,273.171 522.98 2,062.187 576.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,465,016 8,395.156 531.86 7,615.960 586.27 Russia 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 Italy 1,221,089 3,271.523 373.25 2,967.877 411.44 Romania 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 Turkey 5,890,292 14,421.038 408.45 13,082.550 450.24 Thailand 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 Malaysia 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 China 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 Korea, South 173,061 280.922 616.04 254.849 679.07 Japan 119,216 151.049 789.25 137.030 870.00 Australia 1,140,242 3,217.028 354.44 2,918.440 390.70 New Zealand 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 Egypt 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,792,749 95,055.466 492.27 86,232.893 542.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 316,696 393.931 803.94 357.369 886.19 Czech Republic 2,518,334 3,766.603 668.60 3,417.006 737.00 Spain 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 Japan 14,793,608 23,780.037 622.10 21,572.893 685.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,667,072 27,986.433 631.27 25,388.873 695.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 Belgium 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 Austria 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 Korea, South 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 Japan 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 649,513 833.309 779.44 755.966 859.18 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 Brazil 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 Poland 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 China 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 Australia 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 710,740 1,192.349 596.08 1,081.682 657.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,995,926 32,717.019 580.61 29,680.389 640.02 Mexico 1,361,039 2,189.957 621.49 1,986.697 685.08 Dominican Republic 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 Brazil 212,155 542.258 391.24 491.929 431.27 Argentina 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 71,902 34.507 2,083.64 31.305 2,296.82 United Kingdom 1,386,144 1,629.309 850.76 1,478.085 937.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,963,609 2,779.931 706.35 2,521.912 778.62 Czech Republic 496,413 893.715 555.45 810.765 612.28 Russia 514,456 851.976 603.84 772.900 665.62 Belarus 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 Ukraine 2,336 2.709 862.16 2.458 950.37 India 577,073 816.564 706.71 740.775 779.01 China 666,154 1,246.688 534.34 1,130.977 589.01 Korea, South 978,407 2,127.038 459.99 1,929.617 507.05 Taiwan 444,191 1,054.476 421.24 956.605 464.34 Japan 3,409,678 4,703.016 725.00 4,266.506 799.17 South Africa 48,667 54.363 895.21 49.318 986.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,458,929 52,249.764 602.09 47,400.202 663.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,115,048 10,037.979 609.19 9,106.304 671.52 Mexico 2,253,645 4,237.920 531.78 3,844.578 586.19 Brazil 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 Federal Republic of Germany 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 China 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 Korea, South 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,674,300 17,515.160 552.34 15,889.491 608.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 Mexico 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 Dominican Republic 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 Brazil 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 Czech Republic 578,619 1,586.611 364.69 1,439.350 402.00 Romania 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 Turkey 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 China 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 Taiwan 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 Japan 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,788,333 235,926.040 384.82 214,028.564 424.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,121,196 4,896.851 1,045.81 4,442.350 1,152.81 Mexico 199,671 289.234 690.34 262.389 760.97 Brazil 3,030 4.747 638.21 4.307 703.51 United Kingdom 2,243,835 1,971.486 1,138.14 1,788.503 1,254.59 France 371,613 309.987 1,198.80 281.216 1,321.45 Federal Republic of Germany 5,134,083 4,649.411 1,104.24 4,217.876 1,217.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 267,632 152.742 1,752.17 138.566 1,931.44 Switzerland 24,008 14.324 1,676.01 12.995 1,847.48 Russia 1,336,447 2,478.707 539.17 2,248.646 594.33 Ukraine 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 Spain 1,023,956 1,257.518 814.27 1,140.802 897.58 Italy 524,453 552.941 948.48 501.620 1,045.52 Romania 11,130 2.632 4,228.21 2.388 4,660.80 China 202,423 407.666 496.54 369.829 547.34 Korea, South 12,491 19.640 635.97 17.818 701.03 Japan 228,671 164.750 1,387.99 149.459 1,529.99 South Africa 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,809,130 17,333.754 969.73 15,724.922 1,068.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,605,094 37,602.614 787.31 34,112.528 867.87 Mexico 4,711,074 6,060.114 777.39 5,497.645 856.93 Guatemala 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 Dominican Republic 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 Colombia 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 Venezuela 968,408 1,038.100 932.87 941.749 1,028.31 Chile 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 Brazil 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 Argentina 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 Sweden 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 France 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,161,622 792.272 1,466.19 718.738 1,616.20 Czech Republic 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 Ukraine 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 Spain 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 Italy 306,649 207.320 1,479.11 188.078 1,630.44 Romania 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 United Arab Emirates 2,721,404 3,224.896 843.87 2,925.578 930.21 Oman 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India 3,029,491 5,326.063 568.80 4,831.725 627.00 Thailand 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 Malaysia 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 Philippines 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China 23,263,471 41,238.261 564.12 37,410.732 621.84 Korea, South 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 Taiwan 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 Japan 2,189,421 2,415.908 906.25 2,191.676 998.97 South Africa 2,586,970 5,018.053 515.53 4,552.303 568.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,151,024 137,893.680 675.53 125,095.078 744.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,249,563 6,006.164 1,040.52 5,448.702 1,146.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 60,079 226.670 265.05 205.632 292.17 Colombia 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 Venezuela 2,322,383 3,014.280 770.46 2,734.510 849.29 Brazil 3,136,073 3,079.150 1,018.49 2,793.359 1,122.69 Sweden 1,525,267 1,791.048 851.61 1,624.812 938.73 United Kingdom 11,626 11.241 1,034.22 10.198 1,140.03 France 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 Federal Republic of Germany 10,490,111 10,287.980 1,019.65 9,333.102 1,123.97 Austria 22,601,941 14,200.885 1,591.59 12,882.830 1,754.42 Czech Republic 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 Poland 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 Russia 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 Romania 1,644,174 1,572.919 1,045.30 1,426.929 1,152.25 China 33,693,740 44,677.602 754.15 40,530.851 831.31 Korea, South 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 South Africa 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,177,816 105,847.936 974.77 96,023.660 1,074.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,048,290 6,253.103 1,287.09 5,672.722 1,418.77 Brazil 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 United Kingdom 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 France 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 Federal Republic of Germany 12,525,629 8,964.213 1,397.29 8,132.200 1,540.25 Czech Republic 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 Poland 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 Italy 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 Romania 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 China 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 Korea, South 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 Taiwan 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 Japan 6,969,029 7,406.791 940.90 6,719.330 1,037.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,326,219 50,756.201 1,030.93 46,045.264 1,136.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 Mexico 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 Chile 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 Brazil 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 Argentina 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 United Kingdom 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 France 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,110,280 1,756.216 1,771.01 1,593.213 1,952.21 Austria 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 Czech Republic 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 Slovakia 236,998 283.163 836.96 256.882 922.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 Ukraine 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 Italy 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 Vietnam 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 China 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 Korea, South 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 Taiwan 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 Japan 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,436,226 30,083.906 978.47 27,291.669 1,078.58 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 647,760 455.035 1,423.54 412.801 1,569.18 Mexico 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 United Kingdom 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 Federal Republic of Germany 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 Vietnam 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 China 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 Korea, South 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 Taiwan 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 Japan 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,294,889 26,250.636 658.84 23,814.184 726.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,860,381 9,751.907 1,113.67 8,846.784 1,227.61 Mexico 10,534,515 14,632.000 719.96 13,273.931 793.62 Dominican Republic 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 Colombia 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 Brazil 279,886 226.169 1,237.50 205.178 1,364.11 Argentina 106,765 79.538 1,342.31 72.156 1,479.64 Sweden 95,363 44.139 2,160.47 40.043 2,381.51 Norway 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 Denmark 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 Belgium 35,023 22.348 1,567.15 20.274 1,727.48 France 443,786 321.643 1,379.75 291.790 1,520.91 Federal Republic of Germany 3,345,060 1,984.042 1,685.98 1,799.894 1,858.48 Austria 175,046 55.410 3,159.05 50.268 3,482.26 Slovakia 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 Switzerland 1,719,678 621.983 2,764.83 564.254 3,047.70 Russia 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 Ukraine 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 Spain 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 Italy 777,041 640.767 1,212.67 581.295 1,336.74 Romania 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 Turkey 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 India 1,680,270 1,378.224 1,219.16 1,250.305 1,343.89 China 3,281,198 4,443.388 738.45 4,030.975 814.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,853,494 2,546.897 727.75 2,310.507 802.20 Taiwan 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 Japan 2,366,809 1,007.979 2,348.07 914.424 2,588.31 Australia 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,729,962 42,184.713 989.22 38,269.339 1,090.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 29,157 12.394 2,352.44 11.244 2,593.12 Mexico 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 Argentina 322,000 178.469 1,804.23 161.905 1,988.82 Netherlands 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 France 438,877 373.806 1,174.07 339.112 1,294.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,025,499 1,518.021 1,334.30 1,377.126 1,470.82 Czech Republic 637,732 589.052 1,082.64 534.380 1,193.41 Slovakia 113,823 66.173 1,720.06 60.032 1,896.04 Italy 1,203,213 662.731 1,815.54 601.220 2,001.29 Romania 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 China 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 Korea, South 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 Taiwan 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 Japan 119,929 104.020 1,152.93 94.366 1,270.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,640,124 5,339.508 1,243.58 4,843.922 1,370.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,238,125 470.472 2,631.66 426.806 2,900.91 Mexico 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 France 5,400 2.976 1,814.37 2.700 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,881 0.717 6,801.80 0.651 7,497.70 Switzerland 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 Italy 25,292 12.967 1,950.40 11.764 2,149.95 India 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 Vietnam 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 China 32,757 21.710 1,508.84 19.695 1,663.21 Japan 379,264 123.554 3,069.60 112.087 3,383.66 South Africa 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,344,855 1,043.887 2,246.27 946.999 2,476.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,020,616 28,070.543 820.10 25,465.176 904.00 Mexico 5,859,899 5,530.132 1,059.63 5,016.853 1,168.04 Brazil 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 Belgium 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 France 3,022 3.626 833.29 3.290 918.54 Federal Republic of Germany 99,185 65.875 1,505.65 59.761 1,659.69 Austria 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 Thailand 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 China 1,784,942 3,687.928 484.00 3,345.633 533.51 Korea, South 1,832,741 3,441.403 532.56 3,121.990 587.04 Hong Kong 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Japan 40,581 32.441 1,250.92 29.430 1,378.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,224,988 47,782.225 758.13 43,347.318 835.69 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 203,948 231.030 882.78 209.587 973.09 Mexico 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 Korea, South 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 Japan 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 South Africa 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,092,228 1,720.805 634.72 1,561.089 699.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,707,609 15,812.974 866.86 14,345.293 955.55 Mexico 10,437,839 12,630.392 826.41 11,458.103 910.96 Dominican Republic 372,581 473.746 786.46 429.776 866.92 Trinidad and Tobago 469,942 725.568 647.69 658.225 713.95 Colombia 54,486 38.365 1,420.17 34.805 1,565.46 Venezuela 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 Ecuador 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 Brazil 1,062,557 1,581.784 671.75 1,434.971 740.47 Argentina 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 Sweden 242,541 87.500 2,771.89 79.379 3,055.48 Finland 1,303,583 1,491.936 873.75 1,353.462 963.15 United Kingdom 830,606 518.634 1,601.53 470.497 1,765.38 Netherlands 88,912 83.803 1,060.96 76.025 1,169.51 Belgium 636,964 425.634 1,496.51 386.129 1,649.61 Luxembourg 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 France 954,284 526.451 1,812.67 477.589 1,998.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,163,103 1,006.075 1,156.08 912.697 1,274.36 Austria 787,074 124.622 6,315.65 113.056 6,961.81 Czech Republic 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 Poland 1,034,725 1,074.519 962.97 974.788 1,061.49 Russia 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 Belarus 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 Ukraine 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 Moldova 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain 883,186 945.388 934.20 857.642 1,029.78 Italy 323,863 274.495 1,179.85 249.018 1,300.56 Greece 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Turkey 3,939 2.946 1,336.85 2.673 1,473.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 India 517,486 787.521 657.11 714.428 724.34 Thailand 463,536 674.725 687.00 612.101 757.29 Malaysia 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 Indonesia 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 China 9,953,711 13,396.599 743.00 12,153.194 819.02 Korea, South 3,589,840 3,021.140 1,188.24 2,740.733 1,309.81 Taiwan 1,258,954 1,404.930 896.10 1,274.532 987.78 Japan 2,805,816 2,699.696 1,039.31 2,449.124 1,145.64 Australia 16,665 21.120 789.05 19.160 869.78 Egypt 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 South Africa 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,346,891 68,087.949 871.62 61,768.366 960.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 China 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 Taiwan 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 Japan 3,010,208 4,165.031 722.73 3,778.454 796.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,392,284 4,958.165 684.18 4,497.973 754.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 Brazil 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 Norway 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 Netherlands 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 France 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 China 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 Korea, South 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 Taiwan 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 Japan 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,420,527 37,078.905 685.58 33,637.427 755.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 Netherlands 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 France 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 Korea, South 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 Taiwan 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 Japan 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,482,096 11,770.191 805.60 10,677.741 888.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,551,773 48,525.118 567.78 44,021.259 625.87 Mexico 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 Venezuela 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 Sweden 91,340 137.307 665.22 124.563 733.28 Netherlands 1,577,818 3,237.022 487.43 2,936.578 537.30 Belgium 64,706 110.550 585.31 100.290 645.19 France 4,343,785 8,863.584 490.07 8,040.911 540.21 Federal Republic of Germany 429,831 768.552 559.27 697.219 616.49 Austria 303,174 502.345 603.52 455.720 665.26 Slovakia 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 Russia 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 Italy 8,506,841 21,588.164 394.05 19,584.459 434.37 Romania 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 Turkey 26,275,361 63,945.568 410.90 58,010.460 452.94 India 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 Thailand 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 Malaysia 761,935 1,730.415 440.32 1,569.807 485.37 China 39,932 75.128 531.52 68.155 585.90 Korea, South 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 Japan 331,368 498.758 664.39 452.466 732.36 Australia 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 New Zealand 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 Egypt 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 202,402,860 469,523.621 431.08 425,944.784 475.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,118,543 21,246.869 664.50 19,274.841 732.49 Mexico 4,924,940 8,622.618 571.17 7,822.310 629.60 Venezuela 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 Brazil 33,584,509 68,248.355 492.09 61,913.884 542.44 Argentina 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 Netherlands 2,369,361 4,393.754 539.26 3,985.948 594.43 Belgium 1,808,593 3,408.290 530.65 3,091.950 584.94 Luxembourg 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 Federal Republic of Germany 119,323 169.378 704.47 153.658 776.55 Russia 10,470,609 24,561.848 426.30 22,282.140 469.91 Italy 545,419 1,412.424 386.16 1,281.330 425.67 Turkey 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 India 2,163,524 5,241.485 412.77 4,754.997 455.00 Thailand 1,000,828 2,451.826 408.20 2,224.260 449.96 Indonesia 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 China 20,327,669 44,130.071 460.63 40,034.139 507.76 Korea, South 5,341,492 10,624.471 502.75 9,638.361 554.19 Taiwan 10,575,233 23,300.623 453.86 21,137.976 500.30 Japan 2,384,848 3,758.863 634.46 3,409.985 699.37 New Zealand 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 6,912,159 14,573.403 474.30 13,220.773 522.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 128,105,090 260,465.380 491.83 236,290.285 542.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 30,798,735 44,259.249 695.87 40,151.327 767.07 Mexico 7,328,398 8,024.551 913.25 7,279.753 1,006.68 Guatemala 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 Costa Rica 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 Colombia 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 Brazil 35,436,112 63,491.254 558.13 57,598.313 615.23 Argentina 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 Sweden 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 Netherlands 183,997 316.110 582.06 286.771 641.62 Belgium 761,799 1,351.398 563.71 1,225.968 621.39 Federal Republic of Germany 292,410 485.396 602.42 440.344 664.05 Austria 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 Kazakhstan 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Spain 401,434 534.190 751.48 484.610 828.37 Italy 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 India 14,148,851 24,684.717 573.18 22,393.605 631.83 Indonesia 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 China 34,399,944 64,855.104 530.41 58,835.578 584.68 Korea, South 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 Taiwan 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 Japan 72,110 90.542 796.42 82.139 877.90 South Africa 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,331,948 299,062.456 613.02 271,304.973 675.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 176,451 177.993 991.33 161.473 1,092.76 Brazil 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 Belgium 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,278,195 3,257.352 699.40 2,955.021 770.96 Thailand 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 Indonesia 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 China 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 Korea, South 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 Taiwan 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 Japan 1,183,094 1,430.685 826.94 1,297.896 911.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,281,335 12,310.540 672.70 11,167.938 741.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 Mexico 6,945,919 9,319.146 745.34 8,454.190 821.59 Chile 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 United Kingdom 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 Belgium 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 Luxembourg 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 France 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 Federal Republic of Germany 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 Italy 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 India 185,824 270.088 688.01 245.020 758.40 China 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 Korea, South 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 Taiwan 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 Japan 1,480,723 1,141.490 1,297.18 1,035.543 1,429.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,958,649 46,346.804 754.28 42,045.126 831.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,000,598 6,665.395 600.20 6,046.747 661.61 Mexico 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 United Kingdom 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 Federal Republic of Germany 13,666 17.116 798.40 15.528 880.09 Malaysia 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 Japan 4,997 9.807 509.52 8.897 561.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,619,997 7,482.402 617.45 6,787.923 680.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,008,933 3,408.711 882.72 3,092.332 973.03 Mexico 429,199 441.961 971.12 400.941 1,070.48 Chile 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 Brazil 259,123 262.075 988.73 237.751 1,089.89 Sweden 513,214 112.025 4,581.22 101.628 5,049.93 United Kingdom 997,038 478.989 2,081.55 434.532 2,294.51 France 73,796 5.578 13,227.94 5.061 14,581.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,156,722 1,321.911 1,631.52 1,199.218 1,798.44 Austria 550,056 120.421 4,567.74 109.245 5,035.07 Switzerland 261,636 120.332 2,174.27 109.164 2,396.72 Italy 180,602 81.087 2,227.26 73.561 2,455.13 India 240,514 250.587 959.80 227.329 1,058.00 China 502,206 925.786 542.46 839.860 597.96 Korea, South 1,227,230 1,551.253 791.12 1,407.274 872.06 Japan 729,202 652.815 1,117.01 592.224 1,231.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,137,554 9,739.832 1,143.51 8,835.830 1,260.50 GRAND TOTAL 1,808,319,691 3,471,933.727 520.84 3,149,686.184 574.13 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 154,000 6.020 25,577.90 5.462 28,194.80 United Kingdom 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 Federal Republic of Germany 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 Italy 2,594,103 1,345.361 1,928.18 1,220.492 2,125.46 China 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,659,722 1,594.956 2,294.56 1,446.921 2,529.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,905 5.923 2,009.68 5.374 2,215.30 Brazil 46,405 3.813 12,167.03 3.460 13,411.85 Sweden 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 United Kingdom 17,581,324 7,193.109 2,444.19 6,525.481 2,694.26 France 48,363 2.782 17,382.80 2.524 19,161.25 Federal Republic of Germany 368,567 60.737 6,068.21 55.100 6,689.06 Austria 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 Spain 1,569,938 618.743 2,537.30 561.315 2,796.89 Italy 1,146,155 680.645 1,683.92 617.471 1,856.21 India 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 Malaysia 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 China 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 Taiwan 38,094 0.990 38,440.83 0.899 42,373.75 Japan 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,793,794 10,811.262 2,570.82 9,807.815 2,833.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 United Kingdom 1,049,645 397.109 2,643.21 360.252 2,913.64 France 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 Federal Republic of Germany 190,411 97.338 1,956.17 88.304 2,156.31 Austria 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 Italy 462,868 218.555 2,117.85 198.270 2,334.53 India 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 China 421,702 258.976 1,628.34 234.940 1,794.93 Korea, South 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 Taiwan 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 Japan 124,610 54.316 2,294.15 49.275 2,528.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,564,853 2,335.544 2,382.68 2,118.771 2,626.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 243,455 83.938 2,900.39 76.148 3,197.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 475,670 175.950 2,703.42 159.620 2,980.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 56,778 21.109 2,689.72 19.150 2,964.91 Sweden 431,487 184.045 2,344.46 166.963 2,584.33 Finland 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 Netherlands 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 Belgium 3,224,632 997.114 3,233.96 904.567 3,564.83 France 1,999,078 368.360 5,426.96 334.171 5,982.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,487,788 468.851 3,173.26 425.335 3,497.92 Austria 43,090 7.773 5,543.19 7.052 6,110.32 Italy 1,024,443 600.544 1,705.86 544.805 1,880.38 Slovenia 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 Korea, South 176,187 66.685 2,642.06 60.496 2,912.37 Taiwan 1,119,987 488.949 2,290.60 443.568 2,524.95 Japan 631,377 219.018 2,882.76 198.690 3,177.70 South Africa 251,908 93.505 2,694.04 84.827 2,969.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,507,742 3,545.104 2,964.01 3,216.066 3,267.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 Finland 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 United Kingdom 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 Belgium 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,621,693 667.168 2,430.71 605.245 2,679.40 Korea, South 44,084 6.471 6,811.85 5.871 7,508.77 South Africa 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,235,058 2,490.856 2,503.18 2,259.668 2,759.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 50,148 15.944 3,145.08 14.465 3,466.85 Brazil 129,355 12.673 10,206.92 11.497 11,251.20 Sweden 145,319 33.621 4,322.19 30.501 4,764.40 United Kingdom 241,419 107.709 2,241.40 97.712 2,470.72 Netherlands 6,653 1.499 4,437.87 1.360 4,891.91 Belgium 11,700 0.842 13,892.75 0.764 15,314.14 France 639,372 84.263 7,587.73 76.443 8,364.04 Federal Republic of Germany 449,935 156.243 2,879.70 141.742 3,174.32 Austria 2,349,074 416.730 5,636.91 378.052 6,213.63 Portugal 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy 874,957 267.260 3,273.79 242.455 3,608.74 India 178,483 61.359 2,908.83 55.664 3,206.44 China 105,946 34.543 3,067.07 31.337 3,380.86 Taiwan 692,544 222.838 3,107.83 202.156 3,425.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 117,442 23.850 4,924.05 21.637 5,427.83 Australia 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,292,070 1,523.973 4,128.73 1,382.526 4,551.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Spain 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 Italy 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 India 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 Japan 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,795,461 726.119 2,472.68 658.725 2,725.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 573,744 132.501 4,330.11 120.203 4,773.13 Mexico 6,976 1.287 5,418.26 1.168 5,972.60 Brazil 50,873 22.637 2,247.33 20.536 2,477.26 Sweden 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 United Kingdom 692,426 136.407 5,076.15 123.747 5,595.50 Netherlands 8,684 1.748 4,967.21 1.586 5,475.41 France 1,723,870 509.935 3,380.56 462.606 3,726.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,996,092 740.621 2,695.16 671.881 2,970.90 Austria 282,406 76.689 3,682.44 69.572 4,059.19 Czech Republic 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 Switzerland 555,515 102.226 5,434.18 92.738 5,990.16 Latvia 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 Italy 6,967,357 1,797.208 3,876.77 1,630.401 4,273.40 Slovenia 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 Saudi Arabia 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 India 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 China 861,834 257.440 3,347.70 233.546 3,690.21 Taiwan 5,780,746 2,021.068 2,860.24 1,833.483 3,152.88 Japan 65,985 16.968 3,888.57 15.394 4,286.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,160,872 7,877.281 3,194.11 7,146.152 3,520.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,278,474 1,733.970 6,504.42 1,573.032 7,169.89 Mexico 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 Sweden 2,440,096 380.368 6,415.08 345.065 7,071.41 Finland 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 Denmark 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 United Kingdom 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 Ireland 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 France 4,886,482 772.037 6,329.33 700.381 6,976.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,607,053 466.055 9,885.19 422.799 10,896.56 Austria 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 Czech Republic 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 Switzerland 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 Poland 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 Spain 2,411,674 296.818 8,125.09 269.269 8,956.37 Italy 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 India 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 Thailand 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 Malaysia 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 Singapore 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 China 7,062,146 2,147.591 3,288.40 1,948.263 3,624.84 Korea, South 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 Taiwan 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 Japan 5,281,145 719.340 7,341.65 652.575 8,092.78 Australia 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 South Africa 23,652 10.241 2,309.41 9.291 2,545.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,301,535 10,411.741 5,119.37 9,445.376 5,643.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 920,025 151.569 6,069.97 137.502 6,690.99 Mexico 485,125 129.470 3,746.98 117.454 4,130.34 Brazil 15,567 2.045 7,608.92 1.856 8,387.39 Sweden 1,519,172 241.892 6,280.37 219.441 6,922.92 Denmark 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 United Kingdom 178,523 32.273 5,531.57 29.278 6,097.51 Netherlands 16,667 0.062 265,264.08 0.057 292,403.51 Belgium 17,436 2.500 6,974.28 2.268 7,687.83 France 518,357 99.378 5,215.97 90.155 5,749.62 Federal Republic of Germany 837,739 125.814 6,658.53 114.137 7,339.77 Switzerland 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 Spain 96,087 7.849 12,241.07 7.121 13,493.47 Italy 17,106 2.646 6,463.27 2.401 7,124.53 India 3,515,324 1,416.185 2,482.25 1,284.742 2,736.21 Thailand 240,011 89.900 2,669.75 81.556 2,942.90 Vietnam 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 China 1,500,595 457.742 3,278.25 415.257 3,613.65 Korea, South 3,427,861 935.117 3,665.70 848.325 4,040.74 Taiwan 1,504,661 346.547 4,341.86 314.383 4,786.08 Japan 616,233 88.324 6,976.89 80.127 7,690.70 Australia 95,816 23.173 4,134.65 21.023 4,557.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,996,338 4,234.431 3,777.68 3,841.413 4,164.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 Finland 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 Belgium 181,889 67.735 2,685.27 61.449 2,960.00 Federal Republic of Germany 53,004 13.728 3,860.96 12.454 4,255.98 Italy 123,968 49.728 2,492.89 45.113 2,747.94 China 51,584 21.493 2,399.93 19.499 2,645.47 Japan 1,682,564 1,067.896 1,575.59 968.780 1,736.79 South Africa 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,158,385 1,926.428 1,639.50 1,747.627 1,807.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 569,327 309.010 1,842.42 280.330 2,030.92 Mexico 22,939,399 11,012.855 2,082.97 9,990.697 2,296.08 Brazil 4,899,535 2,461.257 1,990.66 2,232.816 2,194.33 Sweden 3,188,941 888.711 3,588.27 806.226 3,955.39 Finland 2,347,674 817.395 2,872.14 741.529 3,165.99 United Kingdom 172,749 19.208 8,993.19 17.426 9,913.29 Netherlands 110,374 15.392 7,170.56 13.964 7,904.18 Belgium 2,679,537 1,024.104 2,616.47 929.052 2,884.16 France 5,082,189 2,074.856 2,449.42 1,882.279 2,700.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,505,811 1,051.980 2,381.99 954.341 2,625.70 Austria 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 Kyrgyzstan 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Italy 4,560,186 2,328.296 1,958.59 2,112.196 2,158.98 India 321,810 88.011 3,656.44 79.843 4,030.53 Thailand 499,243 221.481 2,254.10 200.925 2,484.72 China 9,788,764 5,503.733 1,778.57 4,992.904 1,960.54 Korea, South 2,131,639 1,059.185 2,012.53 960.877 2,218.43 Taiwan 8,320,098 3,631.096 2,291.35 3,294.076 2,525.78 Japan 776,628 300.520 2,584.27 272.628 2,848.67 South Africa 2,577,475 1,391.605 1,852.16 1,262.444 2,041.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,991,643 34,468.426 2,146.65 31,269.239 2,366.28 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 Federal Republic of Germany 9,376 1.428 6,563.09 1.296 7,234.57 Japan 188,821 59.605 3,167.86 54.073 3,491.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 758,326 279.369 2,714.42 253.440 2,992.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 244,753 83.549 2,929.43 75.795 3,229.14 Mexico 1,531,553 780.641 1,961.92 708.186 2,162.64 Sweden 1,832,461 291.193 6,292.94 264.166 6,936.78 Finland 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 United Kingdom 955,535 191.540 4,988.67 173.763 5,499.07 Belgium 231,676 104.446 2,218.14 94.752 2,445.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,014,082 699.252 2,880.34 634.351 3,175.03 Federal Republic of Germany 642,705 103.868 6,187.68 94.228 6,820.74 Austria 61,010 13.696 4,454.52 12.425 4,910.26 Italy 16,694 2.685 6,216.97 2.436 6,853.04 India 434,663 142.690 3,046.19 129.447 3,357.85 Indonesia 79,506 22.085 3,599.85 20.036 3,968.16 Korea, South 566,541 323.592 1,750.79 293.558 1,929.91 Taiwan 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 Japan 2,992,638 411.211 7,277.61 373.045 8,022.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,706,232 3,687.478 3,445.78 3,345.225 3,798.32 GRAND TOTAL 247,397,701 86,088.928 2,873.75 78,098.584 3,167.76