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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,197,684 35,298.811 402.21 32,022.552 443.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,353,492 16,613.589 623.19 15,071.599 686.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,132,683 1,294.641 874.90 1,174.479 964.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,587,696 25,716.375 878.34 23,329.510 968.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,062,856 28,354.556 566.50 25,722.828 624.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,744,166 67,671.767 616.86 61,390.812 679.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,352,070 10,431.746 608.92 9,463.524 671.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,440,276 7,428.024 1,270.90 6,738.592 1,400.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,732,365 1,037.336 1,670.01 941.056 1,840.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,867,646 37,655.424 793.18 34,160.436 874.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,438,585 11,671.855 1,408.40 10,588.532 1,552.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,084,560 19,341.544 1,090.12 17,546.359 1,201.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,015,695 570.518 1,780.30 517.566 1,962.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,644,975 11,179.324 1,131.10 10,141.715 1,246.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,157 12.394 2,352.44 11.244 2,593.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,278,474 1,733.970 6,504.42 1,573.032 7,169.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,410,346 782.651 3,079.72 710.010 3,394.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,519,835 32,631.707 873.99 29,602.995 963.41 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 219,661 249.469 880.51 226.315 970.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,840,943 16,126.399 920.29 14,629.628 1,014.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,402,945 53,096.564 572.60 48,168.406 631.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,570,863 24,097.603 687.66 21,860.984 758.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,445,980 50,354.400 703.93 45,680.757 775.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,157,004 929.350 1,244.96 843.093 1,372.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,388,764 7,419.256 591.54 6,730.638 652.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,333,442 3,998.964 1,083.64 3,627.801 1,194.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 394,115,392 525,420.534 750.10 476,653.625 826.84 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,200 19.180 375.39 17.400 413.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,424,894 8,004.571 552.80 7,261.627 609.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,553,882 6,766.517 525.22 6,138.483 578.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 206,647 290.521 711.30 263.557 784.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,711,074 6,060.114 777.39 5,497.645 856.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 60,079 226.670 265.05 205.632 292.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,709,361 14,720.481 727.51 13,354.200 801.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,867,396 5,552.972 1,056.62 5,037.573 1,164.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,532,956 14,082.151 889.99 12,775.117 981.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 27,864,339 19,635.473 1,419.08 17,813.007 1,564.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,328,398 8,024.551 913.25 7,279.753 1,006.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,945,919 9,319.146 745.34 8,454.190 821.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,963,193 1,224.760 1,602.92 1,111.084 1,766.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 182,701,294 316,793.893 576.72 287,390.667 635.72 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,601 251.897 796.36 228.518 877.83 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 372,581 473.746 786.46 429.776 866.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,832,434 12,720.613 458.50 11,539.950 505.41 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,942 725.568 647.69 658.225 713.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,346,241 11,444.579 467.14 10,382.351 514.94 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,486 38.365 1,420.17 34.805 1,565.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,291,716 13,996.169 1,092.56 12,697.115 1,204.35 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 968,408 1,038.100 932.87 941.749 1,028.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,322,383 3,014.280 770.46 2,734.510 849.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,992,024 9,185.808 652.31 8,333.228 719.05 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,386,978 1,997.308 694.42 1,811.928 765.47 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 77,937,636 221,938.065 351.17 201,338.883 387.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 965,209 783.652 1,231.68 710.918 1,357.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,678 41.635 2,225.94 37.771 2,453.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,520,000 4,742.006 1,164.06 4,301.877 1,283.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 279,886 226.169 1,237.50 205.178 1,364.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,136,395 1,680.875 676.07 1,524.865 745.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 38,484,044 70,709.613 544.25 64,146.700 599.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,885,588 64,148.097 559.42 58,194.192 616.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 270,794 266.876 1,014.68 242.106 1,118.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 199,716,924 430,542.485 463.87 390,581.683 511.33 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 640,078 242.329 2,641.35 219.838 2,911.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,750,517 573.768 3,050.91 520.514 3,363.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,704,747 12,586.775 691.58 11,418.534 762.33 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 154,000 6.020 25,577.90 5.462 28,194.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,471,495 9,149.165 1,800.33 8,299.986 1,984.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,421,153 698.985 3,463.81 634.109 3,818.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,859,013 1,228.242 3,141.90 1,114.243 3,463.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,525,267 1,791.048 851.61 1,624.812 938.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 673,122 452.669 1,487.01 410.655 1,639.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,435,003 232.713 6,166.40 211.114 6,797.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,440,096 380.368 6,415.08 345.065 7,071.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,767,957 334.911 5,278.87 303.827 5,818.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 814,081 916.413 888.33 831.357 979.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,204,988 908.454 3,527.96 824.136 3,888.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,229,022 644.237 5,012.16 584.443 5,524.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,556,938 20,288.276 2,393.35 18,405.220 2,638.22 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,160,448 4,437.055 712.29 4,025.230 785.16 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,158,737 6,174.407 349.63 5,601.330 385.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,303,583 1,491.936 873.75 1,353.462 963.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,347,674 817.395 2,872.14 741.529 3,165.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,170,278 10,156.011 902.94 9,213.381 995.32 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,158 8.343 8,408.81 7.569 9,269.12 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,277,713 8,384.104 2,180.04 7,605.934 2,403.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,341,914 1,105.842 1,213.48 1,003.204 1,337.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,401,299 6,238.179 705.54 5,659.183 777.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,523,658 2,513.651 1,003.98 2,280.347 1,106.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,785,930 2,966.630 1,613.25 2,691.283 1,778.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 145,807 18.408 7,920.59 16.700 8,730.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 283,105 212.226 1,333.97 192.529 1,470.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,187,626 559.121 2,124.09 507.227 2,341.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 713,126 525.456 1,357.16 476.686 1,496.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,047,131 699.002 2,928.64 634.125 3,228.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,207,444 26,386.991 1,523.76 23,937.883 1,679.66 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,228,645 2,689.771 456.78 2,440.120 503.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 28,250 23.135 1,221.08 20.988 1,346.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,344 2.186 6,101.55 1.984 6,725.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,875 85.194 1,500.98 77.287 1,654.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,832,572 3,712.220 493.66 3,367.671 544.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,623,343 6,232.768 581.34 5,654.274 640.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 430,445 704.457 611.03 639.073 673.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,566,314 15,866.405 602.93 14,393.765 664.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 264,543 455.425 580.87 413.155 640.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,932,610 2,792.527 2,124.46 2,533.339 2,341.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,221 2.629 9,973.71 2.385 10,994.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 39,469 27.266 1,447.51 24.736 1,595.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 654,400 428.134 1,528.49 388.397 1,684.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 246,595 178.286 1,383.14 161.739 1,524.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,184,539 4,672.081 1,109.69 4,238.442 1,223.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,123,890 1,842.578 609.95 1,671.560 672.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 231,676 104.446 2,218.14 94.752 2,445.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,248,572 16,099.911 1,195.57 14,605.598 1,317.89 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,704,893 10,126.837 662.09 9,186.915 729.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 316,696 393.931 803.94 357.369 886.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,643,647 21,920.910 713.64 19,886.321 786.65 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 48,363 2.782 17,382.80 2.524 19,161.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,902,813 1,330.895 2,932.47 1,207.368 3,232.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,520,160 2,720.808 558.72 2,468.277 615.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,927,961 411.137 4,689.33 372.978 5,169.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,184,023 2,261.690 1,849.95 2,051.772 2,039.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,587,750 1,164.594 2,222.02 1,056.503 2,449.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,236,869 727.676 1,699.75 660.137 1,873.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,785,142 1,214.855 2,292.57 1,102.099 2,527.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,886,482 772.037 6,329.33 700.381 6,976.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,116 7.619 2,115.19 6.912 2,331.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,397 7.346 870.71 6.665 959.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,554,837 639.599 2,430.95 580.235 2,679.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,824,945 10,863.441 536.20 9,855.151 591.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,236,352 2,127.894 2,460.81 1,930.394 2,712.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,517,530 820.235 4,288.44 744.105 4,727.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,572,044 33,223.601 1,371.68 30,139.953 1,512.01 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,717,909 1,147.547 1,497.03 1,041.038 1,650.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,986,128 13,857.126 431.99 12,570.977 476.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,223,596 4,693.610 686.81 4,257.973 757.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,437,357 3,093.514 1,757.66 2,806.390 1,937.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,086,709 9,062.324 671.65 8,221.205 740.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,268,928 3,861.643 846.51 3,503.225 933.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,938,835 5,718.226 1,388.34 5,187.489 1,530.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,663,149 1,092.392 1,522.48 991.002 1,678.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,440,246 15,776.553 1,232.22 14,312.253 1,358.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,217,334 9,014.392 1,466.25 8,177.722 1,616.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,215,261 1,765.450 1,821.21 1,601.590 2,007.54 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,540,695 3,897.210 1,678.30 3,535.491 1,850.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,486,446 2,573.699 2,131.73 2,334.822 2,349.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,607,053 466.055 9,885.19 422.799 10,896.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 46,068 4.755 9,687.57 4.314 10,678.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 123,461 71.372 1,729.81 64.748 1,906.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,616,329 1,302.468 2,008.75 1,181.580 2,214.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 482,835 782.280 617.21 709.673 680.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,021,450 2,881.760 1,395.48 2,614.290 1,538.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 324,543 548.734 591.44 497.804 651.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,406,182 12,342.748 681.06 11,197.156 750.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 33,283 25.892 1,285.45 23.489 1,416.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,116,175 3,304.112 1,548.43 2,997.441 1,706.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,125,121 114,380.459 1,076.45 103,764.237 1,186.59 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,545,707 1,829.005 845.11 1,659.246 931.57 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,571,656 470.068 5,470.81 426.439 6,030.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 550,038 229.432 2,397.38 208.138 2,642.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,645,251 817.262 4,460.32 741.408 4,916.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 35,824,144 26,501.411 1,351.78 24,041.683 1,490.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 175,046 55.410 3,159.05 50.268 3,482.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 939,719 158.443 5,930.92 143.738 6,537.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 787,021 1,148.255 685.41 1,041.680 755.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,217,388 234.036 5,201.71 212.314 5,733.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,320,886 34,414.311 1,520.32 31,220.147 1,675.87 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,116,591 4,659.404 668.88 4,226.942 737.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,210,242 5,618.368 927.36 5,096.900 1,022.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 578,619 1,586.611 364.69 1,439.350 402.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 139,373 37.255 3,740.96 33.798 4,123.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 637,732 589.052 1,082.64 534.380 1,193.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,373,363 42,375.307 622.38 38,442.243 686.05 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 236,998 283.163 836.96 256.882 922.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 373,413 140.939 2,649.46 127.858 2,920.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 751,127 603.035 1,245.58 547.065 1,373.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 579,523 116.550 4,972.28 105.733 5,481.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,295,323 881.157 2,604.89 799.373 2,871.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 900,197 258.744 3,479.10 234.729 3,835.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,268,637 1,335.785 3,195.60 1,211.805 3,522.54 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,092,975 1,138.814 959.75 1,033.115 1,057.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,877,551 29,325.854 541.42 26,603.975 596.81 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,550,518 261,017.303 350.75 236,790.981 386.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,635,247 4,797.481 549.30 4,352.203 605.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 703,379 877.554 801.52 796.104 883.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,127,273 4,599.774 679.88 4,172.846 749.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,470,609 24,561.848 426.30 22,282.140 469.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,540,591 327,249.015 395.85 296,875.397 436.35 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 535,310 568.222 942.08 515.483 1,038.46 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,471,446 130,875.647 378.00 118,728.424 416.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,455 8.812 1,413.26 7.995 1,557.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 33,930 3.714 9,133.76 3.370 10,068.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,205,718 131,730.633 381.12 119,504.054 420.12 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Kyrgyzstan SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,569,938 618.743 2,537.30 561.315 2,796.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 991,157 922.276 1,074.69 836.675 1,184.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,133,698 1,324.440 855.98 1,201.513 943.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,411,674 296.818 8,125.09 269.269 8,956.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 979,273 953.237 1,027.31 864.763 1,132.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,069,944 6,822.520 743.12 6,189.288 819.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,574,539 22,161.597 883.26 20,104.669 973.63 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,594,103 1,345.361 1,928.18 1,220.492 2,125.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,702,328 65,151.717 409.85 59,104.661 451.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,119,351 1,678.075 667.04 1,522.325 735.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,083,799 708.972 1,528.69 643.169 1,685.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,221,089 3,271.523 373.25 2,967.877 411.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,893,006 1,692.167 1,118.69 1,535.109 1,233.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,743,948 2,458.861 3,149.40 2,230.642 3,471.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,027,884 471.041 2,182.15 427.322 2,405.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,412,189 1,459.905 1,652.29 1,324.404 1,821.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,262,378 670.111 1,883.83 607.915 2,076.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,097 13.283 2,265.67 12.051 2,497.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,234,305 1,791.713 1,247.02 1,625.416 1,374.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,630,809 21,637.893 398.87 19,629.572 439.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,105,605 3,740.721 1,364.87 3,393.526 1,504.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 197,296 83.772 2,355.15 75.997 2,596.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,804,732 126,062.981 656.85 114,362.445 724.06 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,596 982.005 2,465.97 890.861 2,718.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,553,163 1,035.994 2,464.46 939.839 2,716.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Romania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,355 3.869 4,227.07 3.510 4,659.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,898,669 1,848.369 1,027.21 1,676.813 1,132.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,279,573 14,895.042 690.13 13,512.559 760.74 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,890,292 14,421.038 408.45 13,082.550 450.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,996 46.234 908.33 41.943 1,001.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,275,361 63,945.568 410.90 58,010.460 452.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,343,272 247,986.624 396.57 224,969.745 437.14 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,425 15.662 1,240.20 14.209 1,367.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 338,478 163.161 2,074.49 148.018 2,286.74 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,721,404 3,224.896 843.87 2,925.578 930.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,010,097 3,332.116 903.36 3,022.846 995.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 243,455 83.938 2,900.39 76.148 3,197.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 844,308 944.579 893.85 856.908 985.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 168,262 24.218 6,947.56 21.971 7,658.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,071,018 5,340.099 575.09 4,844.458 633.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,078,888 1,648.412 1,261.15 1,495.415 1,390.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,048,401 2,221.383 1,822.47 2,015.206 2,008.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,485,334 5,329.497 466.34 4,834.840 514.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,148,851 24,684.717 573.18 22,393.605 631.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 185,824 270.088 688.01 245.020 758.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 675,177 393.278 1,716.79 356.776 1,892.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,277,441 44,744.667 766.07 40,591.691 844.44 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 703,547 764.625 920.12 693.657 1,014.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,500,071 2,673.308 561.13 2,425.185 618.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,325,927 31,433.717 519.38 28,516.197 572.51 Vietnam LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 634,248 979.540 647.50 888.624 713.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,121,905 2,678.416 418.87 2,429.819 461.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 761,935 1,730.415 440.32 1,569.807 485.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,248,887 12,648.378 414.98 11,474.419 457.44 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 506,452 181.196 2,795.04 164.379 3,081.00 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 79,506 22.085 3,599.85 20.036 3,968.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,197,208 2,402.358 498.35 2,179.384 549.33 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,670,078 36,519.831 374.32 33,130.243 412.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,864,566 2,380.535 783.25 2,159.586 863.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,064,257 665.106 1,600.13 603.375 1,763.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,000,957 1,247.581 2,405.42 1,131.787 2,651.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,456,479 41,370.613 566.98 37,530.800 624.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 43,385,086 51,782.038 837.84 46,975.888 923.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,598,380 4,822.849 746.11 4,375.217 822.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,062,146 2,147.591 3,288.40 1,948.263 3,624.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 42,922 22.273 1,927.06 20.206 2,124.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,532,790 4,290.472 590.33 3,892.252 650.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,054,266 14,529.210 829.66 13,180.682 914.54 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 91,516 96.621 947.16 87.654 1,044.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,116,433 49,633.804 606.77 45,027.043 668.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 39,496,947 74,392.395 530.93 67,487.665 585.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 502,206 925.786 542.46 839.860 597.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 196,746,834 307,380.638 640.08 278,851.103 705.56 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,672,637 10,197.813 556.26 9,251.303 613.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 217,145 287.394 755.56 260.720 832.87 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,714,044 7,264.592 786.56 6,590.329 867.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 327,321 233.135 1,403.99 211.497 1,547.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,207,707 3,214.423 686.81 2,916.077 757.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,139,993 4,094.436 522.66 3,714.411 576.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,173,342 5,845.170 1,569.39 5,302.651 1,729.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,282,795 14,667.145 632.90 13,305.814 697.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,853,635 1,890.296 980.61 1,714.849 1,080.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,056,800 239,431.267 610.02 217,208.453 672.43 Hong Kong STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,864 1.484 30,888.74 1.347 34,049.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,119,987 488.949 2,290.60 443.568 2,524.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,620,975 1,410.983 1,148.83 1,280.023 1,266.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,837,552 2,047.636 2,850.87 1,857.585 3,142.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,233,048 2,244.167 1,440.64 2,035.875 1,588.04 BLACK PLATE...........................28 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,895,331 26,931.719 701.60 24,432.052 773.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,712,527 142,486.355 643.66 129,261.484 709.51 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,764,713 12,079.712 725.57 10,958.534 799.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,902,945 3,758.070 1,038.55 3,409.265 1,144.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 938,558 1,293.456 725.62 1,173.404 799.86 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,798,573 23,789.765 622.06 21,581.718 685.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,026,011 11,246.691 802.55 10,202.830 884.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 604,733 390.571 1,548.33 354.321 1,706.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,770,023 3,677.189 1,297.19 3,335.891 1,429.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,264,068 2,437.378 928.89 2,211.153 1,023.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,931,506 5,509.077 3,617.94 4,997.752 3,988.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,431,200 21,106.094 920.64 19,147.132 1,014.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,352,435 3,312.398 2,219.67 3,004.958 2,446.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 250,633 150.991 1,659.92 136.977 1,829.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,281,145 719.340 7,341.65 652.575 8,092.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 417,423 138.572 3,012.31 125.711 3,320.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 378,645 250.454 1,511.83 227.209 1,666.51 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,745,522 5,176.377 1,303.14 4,695.932 1,436.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,010,208 4,165.031 722.73 3,778.454 796.68 TIN PLATE.............................29 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,410,544 5,113.693 862.50 4,639.066 950.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,776,140 10,719.412 725.43 9,724.490 799.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,854,932 4,578.039 623.61 4,153.129 687.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,457,429 1,738.915 838.13 1,577.518 923.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,480,723 1,141.490 1,297.18 1,035.543 1,429.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 193,818 69.412 2,792.26 62.970 3,077.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,810,218 1,084.618 3,512.96 983.950 3,872.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,667,501 150,613.959 967.16 136,634.724 1,066.11 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,465,051 14,381.342 588.61 13,046.538 648.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,140,242 3,217.028 354.44 2,918.440 390.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,481 44.294 2,539.41 40.183 2,799.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,363,400 153,735.059 347.11 139,466.139 382.63 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,026,313 17,990.354 446.15 16,320.580 491.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Marshall Islands TOOL STEEL............................17 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 9,119 33.160 274.99 30.083 303.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,202,230 123,360.268 398.85 111,910.585 439.66 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,330,703 9,424.526 671.73 8,549.789 740.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,021,025 2,048.615 498.40 1,858.473 549.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,586,970 5,018.053 515.53 4,552.303 568.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,652 10.241 2,309.41 9.291 2,545.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,489,634 15,965.009 594.40 14,483.217 655.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,575,523 72,279.706 561.37 65,571.065 618.80 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 148,512 362.626 409.55 328.969 451.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 841,538 1,029.556 817.38 933.998 901.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,297,079 2,269.117 571.62 2,058.509 630.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,318,711 9,676.644 1,169.69 8,778.507 1,289.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,858,275 2,816.028 659.89 2,554.659 727.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 72,110 152.911 471.58 138.719 519.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,698,092 34,938.803 649.65 31,695.958 716.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 237,022 393.767 601.93 357.220 663.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,745,336 2,398.671 1,561.42 2,176.039 1,721.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,732,365 1,037.336 1,670.01 941.056 1,840.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 262,552 52.809 4,971.68 47.908 5,480.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,189,022 5,665.691 1,798.37 5,139.830 1,982.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,036,270 13,088.440 996.01 11,873.637 1,097.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 367,935 115.483 3,186.04 104.765 3,512.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,784,594 1,427.416 1,250.23 1,294.931 1,378.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,172,221 312.178 3,754.97 283.204 4,139.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,499,219 4,561.163 1,205.66 4,137.819 1,329.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,713 18.439 852.14 16.728 939.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 213,309 161.855 1,317.90 146.833 1,452.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,851,172 4,571.446 623.69 4,147.148 687.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,882,993 2,541.723 740.83 2,305.813 816.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,647,245 6,095.151 762.45 5,529.430 840.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 980,553 751.357 1,305.04 681.620 1,438.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 388,166 753.860 514.90 683.891 567.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,079,756 506.703 2,130.94 459.674 2,348.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,319,760 95,699.185 922.89 86,816.865 1,017.31 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 735,409 960.664 765.52 871.500 843.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,063,855 5,814.613 526.92 5,274.930 580.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,300,237 2,528.596 514.21 2,293.905 566.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 219,721 145.160 1,513.65 131.687 1,668.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 174,846 88.481 1,976.08 80.269 2,178.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,497 22.839 328.24 20.720 361.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,609,992 1,322.288 1,217.58 1,199.560 1,342.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,441 2.157 1,131.55 1.957 1,247.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,113,998 10,884.800 653.57 9,874.528 720.44 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 23,126 45.791 505.03 41.541 556.70 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 219,485 166.777 1,316.04 151.298 1,450.68 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,002,529 2,913.403 687.35 2,642.996 757.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,921,038 4,584.749 1,073.35 4,159.216 1,183.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 623,699 228.720 2,726.90 207.492 3,005.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,775 14.250 2,720.92 12.928 2,999.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,947,900 643.896 3,025.18 584.133 3,334.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,383,927 1,662.855 1,433.63 1,508.518 1,580.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,271 97.045 600.45 88.038 661.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 449,476 656.843 684.30 595.879 754.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,671 4.800 2,431.17 4.355 2,679.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,437,286 10,806.566 1,150.90 9,803.555 1,268.65 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 533,313 162.791 3,276.05 147.682 3,611.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,428,517 395.298 3,613.77 358.609 3,983.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,961,830 558.090 3,515.26 506.291 3,874.91 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,022,101 8,937.971 1,792.59 8,108.394 1,975.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,203,932 630.855 3,493.56 572.303 3,850.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,859,013 1,228.242 3,141.90 1,114.243 3,463.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,000 1.289 5,427.60 1.170 5,982.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 577,759 408.529 1,414.24 370.612 1,558.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,435,003 232.713 6,166.40 211.114 6,797.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,244 5.519 1,131.31 5.007 1,247.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 722,741 779.106 927.65 706.794 1,022.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,047 19.742 812.82 17.910 895.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,701 20.910 2,520.27 18.970 2,778.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 883,347 241.019 3,665.05 218.649 4,040.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,785,888 12,505.901 2,061.90 11,345.166 2,272.85 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 390,212 1,030.263 378.75 934.640 417.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 175,191 262.267 667.99 237.925 736.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 513,042 214.247 2,394.62 194.362 2,639.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,078,445 1,506.778 715.73 1,366.927 788.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 218,849 60.150 3,638.33 54.568 4,010.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,275,323 3,516.135 647.11 3,189.785 713.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 614,493 616.988 995.95 559.723 1,097.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 896,095 776.633 1,153.82 704.550 1,271.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,849,669 858.736 2,153.94 779.033 2,374.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 644,895 106.183 6,073.41 96.328 6,694.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,917 68.339 1,052.34 61.997 1,160.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 134,181 7.167 18,721.47 6.502 20,636.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 283,105 212.226 1,333.97 192.529 1,470.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,426 7.056 1,052.29 6.402 1,159.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,840 5.357 11,729.94 4.860 12,930.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,814 11.134 1,330.47 10.101 1,466.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,497 8.214 21,729.71 7.452 23,952.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 540,377 506.247 1,067.42 459.260 1,176.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 333,957 89.509 3,730.95 81.202 4,112.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 94,558 28.472 3,321.01 25.830 3,660.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,220,996 6,878.555 1,195.16 6,240.122 1,317.44 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 251,416 511.802 491.24 464.300 541.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,597 21.636 998.19 19.628 1,100.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,660 0.438 10,621.81 0.398 11,708.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 325,840 301.565 1,080.49 273.576 1,191.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,296 1.328 16,785.56 1.205 18,502.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 254,754 475.198 536.10 431.093 590.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,143,608 1,823.621 627.11 1,654.362 691.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 246,448 388.346 634.61 352.302 699.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,270,619 3,523.938 644.34 3,196.864 710.26 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,194,535 1,473.372 810.75 1,336.621 893.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,444 79.851 756.96 72.440 834.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,684,143 1,729.728 1,551.77 1,569.184 1,710.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,521 1.786 8,126.61 1.621 8,958.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,446 4.918 903.93 4.462 996.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 696,409 239.686 2,905.50 217.440 3,202.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 362,091 491.180 737.18 445.592 812.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,016,589 4,020.525 1,247.74 3,647.360 1,375.40 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,389 155.947 566.79 141.473 624.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,903,735 962.534 1,977.84 873.197 2,180.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 331,326 447.637 740.17 406.090 815.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,288,589 326.873 3,942.16 296.535 4,345.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,088,540 1,441.767 1,448.60 1,307.950 1,596.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,587,750 1,164.594 2,222.02 1,056.503 2,449.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 793,083 406.032 1,953.25 368.347 2,153.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,346,265 841.048 2,789.69 762.987 3,075.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,716 4.642 2,308.02 4.212 2,544.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,375 3.720 907.18 3.375 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,196 13.768 5,969.66 12.491 6,580.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,481,160 1,999.856 740.63 1,814.240 816.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,163 53.037 2,906.67 48.115 3,204.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 292,724 199.446 1,467.68 180.935 1,617.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,429,652 115.404 12,388.21 104.693 13,655.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,793,274 7,980.367 1,853.71 7,239.670 2,043.36 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,345,902 1,074.170 1,252.97 974.471 1,381.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 69,022 134.238 514.18 121.779 566.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,916,011 2,593.907 1,509.70 2,353.154 1,664.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 855,384 925.468 924.27 839.571 1,018.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 808,660 328.193 2,463.98 297.732 2,716.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,409,687 1,223.605 2,786.59 1,110.037 3,071.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 501,527 300.119 1,671.09 272.264 1,842.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,950,135 5,488.572 1,630.69 4,979.151 1,797.52 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 691,705 50.179 13,784.64 45.522 15,194.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 104,981 9.234 11,368.89 8.377 12,532.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,195,635 1,913.167 1,670.34 1,735.597 1,841.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,460,947 1,055.678 3,278.41 957.696 3,613.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 41,187 4.037 10,200.44 3.663 11,244.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,276 5.497 4,416.05 4.987 4,867.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 615,487 170.578 3,608.24 154.746 3,977.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,396,316 1,660.401 840.95 1,506.291 926.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,133 63.338 507.32 57.460 559.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,127,987 9,085.396 674.49 8,242.135 743.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,252,150 1,869.247 1,204.84 1,695.753 1,328.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,241 7.346 1,393.92 6.665 1,536.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,316,748 1,878.332 1,233.41 1,703.995 1,359.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,126,121 29,840.711 1,344.68 27,071.046 1,482.25 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 293,850 288.161 1,019.74 261.416 1,124.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 222,582 53.337 4,173.08 48.387 4,600.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 80,490 4.828 16,671.08 4.380 18,376.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,645,251 817.262 4,460.32 741.408 4,916.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,222,203 12,300.526 1,074.93 11,158.853 1,184.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,645 33.821 4,513.31 30.682 4,975.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 483,847 645.910 749.09 585.960 825.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 26,818 26.830 999.54 24.340 1,101.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 606,322 99.917 6,068.20 90.644 6,689.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,734,008 14,270.595 1,312.77 12,946.070 1,447.08 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 598,257 892.801 670.09 809.936 738.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,713,829 4,724.653 997.71 4,286.135 1,099.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 139,373 37.255 3,740.96 33.798 4,123.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 445,266 92.846 4,795.72 84.229 5,286.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,896,725 5,747.557 1,025.95 5,214.098 1,130.92 Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 259,590 74.765 3,472.06 67.826 3,827.29 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,467 0.971 2,540.32 0.881 2,800.23 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 51,569 2.757 18,698.09 2.502 20,611.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 575,645 259.174 2,221.07 235.119 2,448.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 638,561 138.411 4,613.49 125.565 5,085.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,265,775 400.343 3,161.72 363.186 3,485.20 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,221,967 1,133.113 1,078.41 1,027.944 1,188.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,575 62.970 2,645.28 57.126 2,915.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,250 64.294 905.99 58.327 998.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,446,792 1,260.379 1,147.90 1,143.397 1,265.35 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 493,028 458.670 1,074.91 416.099 1,184.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 228,673 223.779 1,021.87 203.009 1,126.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 188,923 25.578 7,386.15 23.204 8,141.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,790,826 2,121.066 844.30 1,924.200 930.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,333,577 558.491 2,387.82 506.655 2,632.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,850,705 2,024.399 2,890.09 1,836.505 3,185.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 9,885,732 5,411.985 1,826.64 4,909.672 2,013.52 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 310,457 1,520.979 204.12 1,379.810 225.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,119 6.103 1,657.90 5.537 1,827.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 33,930 3.714 9,133.76 3.370 10,068.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 354,506 1,530.798 231.58 1,388.717 255.28 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 991,157 922.276 1,074.69 836.675 1,184.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 109,742 66.922 1,639.84 60.711 1,807.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 357,360 135.837 2,630.78 123.230 2,899.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,045,134 1,618.221 645.85 1,468.026 711.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,668,510 6,288.329 742.41 5,704.678 818.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,171,903 9,031.586 794.09 8,193.320 875.34 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,307,000 2,983.634 438.06 2,706.708 482.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,560 0.842 3,039.78 0.764 3,350.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,018,049 1,424.906 714.47 1,292.654 787.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 252,138 108.711 2,319.34 98.621 2,556.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 177,085 175.276 1,010.32 159.008 1,113.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 721,235 263.721 2,734.84 239.244 3,014.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,635,148 819.137 1,996.18 743.109 2,200.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 59,165 7.379 8,016.97 6.695 8,837.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,805 0.316 15,188.24 0.287 16,742.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 142,642 62.065 2,298.24 56.305 2,533.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,893,336 1,514.572 1,250.08 1,373.997 1,377.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,213,163 7,360.562 979.97 6,677.392 1,080.24 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,596 982.005 2,465.97 890.861 2,718.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,421,596 982.005 2,465.97 890.861 2,718.26 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,225 1.236 4,224.64 1.122 4,656.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 254,495 275.449 923.92 249.884 1,018.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 259,720 276.686 938.68 251.006 1,034.72 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,057 43.287 879.16 39.270 969.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,057 43.287 879.16 39.270 969.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,425 15.662 1,240.20 14.209 1,367.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,425 15.662 1,240.20 14.209 1,367.09 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 88,752 66.655 1,331.50 60.469 1,467.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 168,262 24.218 6,947.56 21.971 7,658.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,527 14.035 2,958.66 12.733 3,261.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 398,618 270.187 1,475.34 245.110 1,626.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,591 17.676 882.01 16.036 972.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 712,750 392.774 1,814.66 356.319 2,000.31 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,400 3.761 903.99 3.412 996.48 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,000 1.967 2,541.13 1.785 2,801.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,400 5.728 1,466.30 5.197 1,616.32 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,939,345 8,536.800 578.59 7,744.457 637.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,092,466 1,099.303 993.78 997.272 1,095.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,000,957 1,247.581 2,405.42 1,131.787 2,651.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 193,008 132.352 1,458.29 120.068 1,607.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,691,346 7,104.435 1,364.13 6,445.037 1,503.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 317,182 379.461 835.87 344.242 921.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,165 0.563 18,046.06 0.511 19,892.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 747,848 602.544 1,241.15 546.619 1,368.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 599,960 674.868 889.00 612.231 979.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,097,003 9,537.290 534.43 8,652.087 589.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,689,280 29,315.201 876.31 26,594.311 965.97 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,735,637 5,137.554 921.77 4,660.712 1,016.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 314,830 213.494 1,474.65 193.679 1,625.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 594,684 368.907 1,612.02 334.667 1,776.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 354,213 667.526 530.64 605.570 584.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 307,252 653.032 470.50 592.421 518.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,155,641 1,888.912 1,141.21 1,713.593 1,257.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,809,664 2,983.488 606.56 2,706.576 668.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,864 15.451 3,874.42 14.017 4,270.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,331,785 11,928.366 866.15 10,821.235 954.77 Taiwan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,770 0.493 15,733.99 0.448 17,343.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 484,240 133.668 3,622.70 121.262 3,993.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,806 26.567 2,138.14 24.102 2,356.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,274,998 348.150 3,662.20 315.837 4,036.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,641 277.212 3,248.92 251.483 3,581.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,433 492.688 952.80 446.960 1,050.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,193,888 1,278.782 2,497.60 1,160.092 2,753.13 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,856,592 2,594.755 1,100.91 2,353.923 1,213.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 819,342 1,142.406 717.21 1,036.374 790.59 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,965 9.727 510.39 8.825 562.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,498,891 6,519.824 843.41 5,914.687 929.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 310,077 208.852 1,484.67 189.468 1,636.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,770,023 3,677.189 1,297.19 3,335.891 1,429.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 74,647 21.469 3,476.85 19.477 3,832.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,931,506 5,509.077 3,617.94 4,997.752 3,988.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,462,171 13,699.302 909.69 12,427.802 1,002.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,985,626 2,304.418 2,163.51 2,090.534 2,384.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 130,704 46.970 2,782.68 42.611 3,067.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 38,159 15.017 2,540.90 13.624 2,800.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 338,064 218.013 1,550.65 197.779 1,709.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,323,473 2,388.356 1,391.53 2,166.681 1,533.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,396,612 3,547.038 675.67 3,217.820 744.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,614,664 6,660.027 692.89 6,041.877 763.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,782,822 4,487.497 620.13 4,070.990 683.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,335 308.230 890.03 279.622 981.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 719,138 699.187 1,028.53 634.292 1,133.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 88,378 20.592 4,291.80 18.681 4,730.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,420,189 54,077.955 1,228.23 49,058.710 1,353.89 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,280 0.462 13,564.58 0.420 14,952.38 Marshall Islands TOOL STEEL............................17 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,555 0.257 21,535.95 0.234 23,739.32 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 94,381 96.959 973.41 87.960 1,073.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 972,358 1,994.251 487.58 1,809.155 537.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,066,739 2,091.210 510.11 1,897.115 562.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,344,241 34,263.331 389.46 31,083.180 429.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,351,164 31,668.327 579.48 28,729.032 638.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,056,413 14,344.472 631.35 13,013.090 695.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,132,683 1,294.641 874.90 1,174.479 964.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,212,207 16,018.621 699.95 14,531.853 771.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,204,581 25,538.527 556.20 23,168.169 613.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,287 308.361 785.72 279.741 866.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 187,392 392.469 477.47 356.042 526.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,995,926 32,717.019 580.61 29,680.389 640.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,115,048 10,037.979 609.19 9,106.304 671.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,934,610 4,263.550 453.76 3,867.829 500.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,121,196 4,896.851 1,045.81 4,442.350 1,152.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,605,094 37,602.614 787.31 34,112.528 867.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,249,563 6,006.164 1,040.52 5,448.702 1,146.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,048,290 6,253.103 1,287.09 5,672.722 1,418.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 99,044 89.837 1,102.48 81.499 1,215.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 647,760 455.035 1,423.54 412.801 1,569.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,860,381 9,751.907 1,113.67 8,846.784 1,227.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,157 12.394 2,352.44 11.244 2,593.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,238,125 470.472 2,631.66 426.806 2,900.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,020,616 28,070.543 820.10 25,465.176 904.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 203,948 231.030 882.78 209.587 973.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,707,609 15,812.974 866.86 14,345.293 955.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,720 52.595 565.07 47.714 622.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,194,931 13,818.605 737.77 12,536.032 813.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,638,945 3,146.173 838.78 2,854.161 924.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,551,773 48,525.118 567.78 44,021.259 625.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,118,543 21,246.869 664.50 19,274.841 732.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,798,735 44,259.249 695.87 40,151.327 767.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 176,451 177.993 991.33 161.473 1,092.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,964,514 5,466.826 1,091.04 4,959.423 1,202.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,000,598 6,665.395 600.20 6,046.747 661.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,008,933 3,408.711 882.72 3,092.332 973.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 292,090,478 427,267.768 683.62 387,610.909 753.57 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,567,247 151,473.972 380.05 137,414.915 418.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 924,487 2,114.821 437.15 1,918.534 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,099,727 5,553.999 558.11 5,038.505 615.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,200 19.180 375.39 17.400 413.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,413,859 6,597.481 517.45 5,985.136 570.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,361,039 2,189.957 621.49 1,986.697 685.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,253,645 4,237.920 531.78 3,844.578 586.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,159,390 22,298.394 410.76 20,228.769 452.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 199,671 289.234 690.34 262.389 760.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,711,074 6,060.114 777.39 5,497.645 856.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 60,079 226.670 265.05 205.632 292.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,884,871 4,561.250 851.71 4,137.898 938.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,117,195 2,598.002 814.93 2,356.869 898.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,534,515 14,632.000 719.96 13,273.931 793.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 598,146 396.048 1,510.29 359.289 1,664.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 475,400 257.948 1,843.00 234.007 2,031.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,859,899 5,530.132 1,059.63 5,016.853 1,168.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 103,410 75.280 1,373.67 68.293 1,514.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,437,839 12,630.392 826.41 11,458.103 910.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,599,719 25,177.065 540.16 22,840.256 595.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,924,940 8,622.618 571.17 7,822.310 629.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,328,398 8,024.551 913.25 7,279.753 1,006.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,945,919 9,319.146 745.34 8,454.190 821.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 499,965 621.144 804.91 563.493 887.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 429,199 441.961 971.12 400.941 1,070.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,496,833 293,949.290 511.98 266,666.386 564.36 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 164,019 227.928 719.61 206.773 793.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,582 23.969 1,526.17 21.745 1,682.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 200,601 251.897 796.36 228.518 877.83 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,742 56.153 1,099.51 50.942 1,212.01 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,485 154.323 430.82 140.000 474.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,011,654 11,490.037 436.17 10,423.590 480.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 126,596 268.843 470.89 243.891 519.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 231,992 287.870 805.89 261.152 888.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 372,581 473.746 786.46 429.776 866.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,809,308 12,674.822 458.33 11,498.409 505.23 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 4,876,299 10,719.011 454.92 9,724.126 501.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,942 725.568 647.69 658.225 713.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,346,241 11,444.579 467.14 10,382.351 514.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,413,862 1,686.692 838.25 1,530.142 924.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,027,298 8,305.086 1,327.78 7,534.250 1,463.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 997,803 1,230.197 811.09 1,116.017 894.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,486 38.365 1,420.17 34.805 1,565.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,578,782 2,569.049 614.54 2,330.603 677.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,072,231 13,829.392 1,089.87 12,545.817 1,201.38 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 174,883 414.343 422.07 375.886 465.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 510,309 1,085.296 470.20 984.565 518.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 968,408 1,038.100 932.87 941.749 1,028.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,322,383 3,014.280 770.46 2,734.510 849.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 573,734 743.925 771.23 674.878 850.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,337,871 2,703.500 494.87 2,452.575 545.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 104,436 186.362 560.39 169.065 617.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,992,024 9,185.808 652.31 8,333.228 719.05 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,073 19.743 712.79 17.911 785.72 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,713 174.363 766.86 158.180 845.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 226,988 401.945 564.72 364.639 622.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,881 580.767 893.44 526.864 984.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,313 833.936 598.74 756.535 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,083 6.294 1,284.20 5.710 1,415.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,386,978 1,997.308 694.42 1,811.928 765.47 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 75,888,702 219,020.847 346.49 198,692.427 381.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,855,982 15,413.051 509.70 13,982.489 561.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,691,186 23,398.058 456.93 21,226.368 503.67 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,573 18.480 734.46 16.765 809.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 212,155 542.258 391.24 491.929 431.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 975,112 2,471.097 394.61 2,241.743 434.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,607,903 6,752.555 386.21 6,125.817 425.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,030 4.747 638.21 4.307 703.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 264,427 184.742 1,431.32 167.596 1,577.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,136,073 3,079.150 1,018.49 2,793.359 1,122.69 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,788,095 3,843.095 985.69 3,486.399 1,086.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 861,177 643.415 1,338.45 583.697 1,475.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 279,886 226.169 1,237.50 205.178 1,364.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 543,420 1,099.115 494.42 997.101 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,557 1,581.784 671.75 1,434.971 740.47 TIN PLATE.............................29 951,692 1,124.881 846.04 1,020.476 932.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,584,509 68,248.355 492.09 61,913.884 542.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,436,112 63,491.254 558.13 57,598.313 615.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,206,058 2,138.362 564.01 1,939.890 621.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,334,587 3,494.797 668.02 3,170.428 736.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 259,123 262.075 988.73 237.751 1,089.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 181,955,359 417,038.299 436.30 378,330.888 480.94 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,176,310 2,790.274 421.58 2,531.295 464.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,660 446.368 583.96 404.939 643.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,968 321.926 577.67 292.047 636.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,089 692.025 1,225.52 627.795 1,350.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 106,765 79.538 1,342.31 72.156 1,479.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 322,000 178.469 1,804.23 161.905 1,988.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,039 378.364 560.41 343.247 617.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,853,644 5,843.438 488.35 5,301.080 538.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 777,442 1,298.278 598.83 1,177.779 660.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,742,917 12,028.685 560.57 10,912.243 617.92 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 17,907 27.148 659.59 24.629 727.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,902 34.507 2,083.64 31.305 2,296.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,657 1.111 24,890.89 1.008 27,437.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,525,267 1,791.048 851.61 1,624.812 938.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 95,363 44.139 2,160.47 40.043 2,381.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,541 87.500 2,771.89 79.379 3,055.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 91,340 137.307 665.22 124.563 733.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,199 18.984 1,169.35 17.222 1,288.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 513,214 112.025 4,581.22 101.628 5,049.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,607,390 2,253.772 1,156.90 2,044.589 1,275.26 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,790,079 2,311.772 774.33 2,097.205 853.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,049 147.932 757.43 134.202 834.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,032 1.763 2,853.10 1.600 3,145.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,288 1,975.587 634.39 1,792.223 699.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,160,448 4,437.055 712.29 4,025.230 785.16 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,768,525 5,144.143 343.79 4,666.690 378.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 76,882 57.325 1,341.14 52.005 1,478.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,303,583 1,491.936 873.75 1,353.462 963.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,148,990 6,693.405 470.46 6,072.157 518.59 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,282 1.297 7,924.96 1.177 8,735.77 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 477,540 1,130.844 422.29 1,025.885 465.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 292,269 708.733 412.38 642.952 454.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,125,976 2,722.044 781.02 2,469.398 860.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,386,144 1,629.309 850.76 1,478.085 937.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,243,835 1,971.486 1,138.14 1,788.503 1,254.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,626 11.241 1,034.22 10.198 1,140.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 580,278 867.621 668.81 787.093 737.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 220,500 2.204 100,017.15 2.000 110,250.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,227 954.991 630.61 866.354 695.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 830,606 518.634 1,601.53 470.497 1,765.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,361 11.461 2,474.39 10.398 2,727.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,446 159.562 591.90 144.753 652.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 997,038 478.989 2,081.55 434.532 2,294.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,890,846 11,167.124 885.71 10,130.648 976.33 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,255 4.253 1,235.36 3.859 1,361.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 977,229 2,177.968 448.69 1,975.820 494.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,137 223.120 1,963.67 202.412 2,164.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,912 83.803 1,060.96 76.025 1,169.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 733,748 908.941 807.26 824.578 889.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 752,977 974.577 772.62 884.122 851.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,577,818 3,237.022 487.43 2,936.578 537.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,369,361 4,393.754 539.26 3,985.948 594.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 183,997 316.110 582.06 286.771 641.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,127,434 12,319.552 578.55 11,176.113 637.74 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 204,099 375.573 543.43 340.715 599.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,835 65.684 362.87 59.588 400.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,455 64.487 828.92 58.502 913.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,023 22.348 1,567.15 20.274 1,727.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,898 6.382 1,864.19 5.790 2,054.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 636,964 425.634 1,496.51 386.129 1,649.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,706 110.550 585.31 100.290 645.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,593 3,408.290 530.65 3,091.950 584.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 761,799 1,351.398 563.71 1,225.968 621.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,083,260 3,160.130 659.23 2,866.823 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 82,615 64.341 1,284.00 58.370 1,415.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,766,247 9,054.822 636.82 8,214.399 701.97 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,616,504 9,970.890 663.58 9,045.442 731.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,660,842 8,647.073 770.30 7,844.495 849.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 316,696 393.931 803.94 357.369 886.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,940 36.800 5,487.40 33.385 6,048.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 44,530 75.728 588.02 68.700 648.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,714,746 2,640.538 649.39 2,395.457 715.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,555,258 21,764.963 714.69 19,744.848 787.81 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,188,834 2,273.171 522.98 2,062.187 576.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 371,613 309.987 1,198.80 281.216 1,321.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,678 22.089 1,615.18 20.039 1,780.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 149,709 8.201 18,254.54 7.440 20,122.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 101,850 208.965 487.40 189.570 537.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 176,641 153.431 1,151.27 139.191 1,269.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 443,786 321.643 1,379.75 291.790 1,520.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 438,877 373.806 1,174.07 339.112 1,294.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,400 2.976 1,814.37 2.700 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,022 3.626 833.29 3.290 918.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 954,284 526.451 1,812.67 477.589 1,998.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,001,130 7,173.299 697.19 6,507.510 768.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 201,681 243.256 829.09 220.679 913.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,343,785 8,863.584 490.07 8,040.911 540.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 30,410 8.671 3,506.74 7.867 3,865.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,796 5.578 13,227.94 5.061 14,581.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,520,496 20,498.742 659.58 18,596.152 727.06 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,440 12.640 272.15 11.467 299.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,795,717 13,759.787 421.21 12,482.673 464.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,154,574 4,559.372 691.89 4,136.194 762.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 33,558 30.755 1,091.12 27.901 1,202.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,465,016 8,395.156 531.86 7,615.960 586.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,963,609 2,779.931 706.35 2,521.912 778.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,555 18.144 1,077.76 16.460 1,188.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,458,377 3,726.510 391.35 3,380.634 431.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,134,083 4,649.411 1,104.24 4,217.876 1,217.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,161,622 792.272 1,466.19 718.738 1,616.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,490,111 10,287.980 1,019.65 9,333.102 1,123.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,525,629 8,964.213 1,397.29 8,132.200 1,540.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,110,280 1,756.216 1,771.01 1,593.213 1,952.21 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 523,762 709.522 738.19 643.668 813.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,345,060 1,984.042 1,685.98 1,799.894 1,858.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,025,499 1,518.021 1,334.30 1,377.126 1,470.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,881 0.717 6,801.80 0.651 7,497.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,185 65.875 1,505.65 59.761 1,659.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,163,103 1,006.075 1,156.08 912.697 1,274.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,738,456 7,000.317 534.04 6,350.583 588.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,833,926 2,163.867 847.52 1,963.028 934.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,831 768.552 559.27 697.219 616.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 119,323 169.378 704.47 153.658 776.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 292,410 485.396 602.42 440.344 664.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,278,195 3,257.352 699.40 2,955.021 770.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 830,879 347.720 2,389.50 315.447 2,633.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,666 17.116 798.40 15.528 880.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,156,722 1,321.911 1,631.52 1,199.218 1,798.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,170,469 80,548.260 846.33 73,072.173 932.92 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,208,767 1,533.069 788.46 1,390.778 869.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,979 45.880 958.56 41.622 1,056.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 267,632 152.742 1,752.17 138.566 1,931.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,601,941 14,200.885 1,591.59 12,882.830 1,754.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,701,858 1,677.082 1,014.77 1,521.424 1,118.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 175,046 55.410 3,159.05 50.268 3,482.26 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,848 43.995 2,269.51 39.912 2,501.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 787,074 124.622 6,315.65 113.056 6,961.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 303,174 502.345 603.52 455.720 665.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 573,394 680.392 842.74 617.242 928.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 550,056 120.421 4,567.74 109.245 5,035.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,312,769 19,136.849 1,479.49 17,360.663 1,630.86 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 5,577,861 16,528.326 337.47 14,994.250 372.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 39,172 84.088 465.84 76.284 513.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,671,555 8,063.957 579.31 7,315.501 638.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,518,334 3,766.603 668.60 3,417.006 737.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 496,413 893.715 555.45 810.765 612.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 578,619 1,586.611 364.69 1,439.350 402.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,104,439 1,279.268 863.34 1,160.533 951.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,199 440.229 984.03 399.370 1,084.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,191,917 1,128.072 1,056.60 1,023.370 1,164.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,913,041 2,067.464 925.31 1,875.573 1,019.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 637,732 589.052 1,082.64 534.380 1,193.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,309 103.425 1,114.90 93.826 1,228.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 19,277,591 36,530.815 527.71 33,140.208 581.70 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,353 34.017 451.33 30.860 497.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 236,998 283.163 836.96 256.882 922.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,040 55.265 1,538.75 50.136 1,696.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 113,823 66.173 1,720.06 60.032 1,896.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,323 89.649 449.78 81.329 495.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 491,537 528.270 930.46 479.239 1,025.66 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,008 14.324 1,676.01 12.995 1,847.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,719,678 621.983 2,764.83 564.254 3,047.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,653 1.951 3,409.89 1.770 3,758.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 261,636 120.332 2,174.27 109.164 2,396.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,011,975 758.591 2,652.25 688.183 2,923.60 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,146,844 8,792.605 357.90 7,976.520 394.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,668,971 16,065.853 477.35 14,574.701 526.18 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,020 18.849 849.89 17.100 936.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 362,834 276.026 1,314.49 250.407 1,448.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,383,129 1,165.191 1,187.04 1,057.044 1,308.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 806,851 668.823 1,206.37 606.747 1,329.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,034,725 1,074.519 962.97 974.788 1,061.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,419,374 28,061.869 513.84 25,457.307 566.41 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,057,490 260,558.632 349.47 236,374.882 385.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 862,160 3,221.586 267.62 2,922.575 295.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,406,574 4,573.702 526.18 4,149.194 580.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,624,593 13,440.478 567.29 12,193.000 625.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 514,456 851.976 603.84 772.900 665.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,336,447 2,478.707 539.17 2,248.646 594.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 615,471 892.684 689.46 809.830 760.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,231 1.144 4,571.76 1.038 5,039.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 696,668 1,072.221 649.74 972.703 716.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,065,160 10,184.049 399.17 9,238.817 440.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,470,609 24,561.848 426.30 22,282.140 469.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,654,859 321,837.030 371.79 291,965.725 409.83 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,634 5.539 656.06 5.025 723.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,676 562.683 944.89 510.458 1,041.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 535,310 568.222 942.08 515.483 1,038.46 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,160,989 129,354.668 380.05 117,348.614 418.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,336 2.709 862.16 2.458 950.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,959 10.264 677.95 9.312 747.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 538,164 646.090 832.95 586.124 918.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,257 1.882 1,729.92 1.708 1,906.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,958 62.562 670.65 56.756 739.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,549 121.656 801.84 110.365 883.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,851,212 130,199.835 382.88 118,115.337 422.06 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,005,393 1,660.333 605.54 1,506.230 667.49 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,125,943 1,458.004 772.25 1,322.680 851.26 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 4,378,247 8,635.872 506.98 7,834.334 558.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 293,707 234.441 1,252.79 212.682 1,380.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,434 45.861 838.04 41.605 923.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,023,956 1,257.518 814.27 1,140.802 897.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 386,840 227.789 1,698.24 206.647 1,871.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 910,106 322.703 2,820.25 292.752 3,108.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 883,186 945.388 934.20 857.642 1,029.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,434 534.190 751.48 484.610 828.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,315,910 12,203.766 681.42 11,071.074 751.14 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,249,173 61,487.438 394.38 55,780.482 434.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 656,483 1,459.520 449.79 1,324.055 495.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 56,796 107.585 527.91 97.600 581.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,221,089 3,271.523 373.25 2,967.877 411.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 524,453 552.941 948.48 501.620 1,045.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 306,649 207.320 1,479.11 188.078 1,630.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,518,881 12,171.527 946.38 11,041.827 1,043.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,921,629 2,660.280 1,474.14 2,413.367 1,624.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 777,041 640.767 1,212.67 581.295 1,336.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,203,213 662.731 1,815.54 601.220 2,001.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 25,292 12.967 1,950.40 11.764 2,149.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 323,863 274.495 1,179.85 249.018 1,300.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,506,841 21,588.164 394.05 19,584.459 434.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 545,419 1,412.424 386.16 1,281.330 425.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,953,393 4,559.896 647.69 4,136.670 713.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,236 21.627 843.19 19.620 929.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 180,602 81.087 2,227.26 73.561 2,455.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,989,053 111,172.300 512.62 100,853.843 565.07 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 748,801 704.676 1,062.62 639.272 1,171.33 Romania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,321,163 3,239.030 407.89 2,938.400 449.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 214,829 619.917 346.54 562.380 382.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,130 2.632 4,228.21 2.388 4,660.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,845,175 4,996.935 769.51 4,533.145 848.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,644,174 1,572.919 1,045.30 1,426.929 1,152.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,217,094 1,697.190 717.12 1,539.666 790.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,260,224 1,319.485 955.09 1,197.017 1,052.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 46,616 47.782 975.58 43.348 1,075.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,448 1,122.461 409.32 1,018.280 451.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,019,853 14,618.355 685.43 13,261.553 755.56 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 7,187,614 19,925.456 360.73 18,076.075 397.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,890,292 14,421.038 408.45 13,082.550 450.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,539,586 127,514.675 380.66 115,679.400 419.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 461,005 977.468 471.63 886.745 519.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,352,102 4,927.993 477.29 4,470.602 526.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,939 2.946 1,336.85 2.673 1,473.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,275,361 63,945.568 410.90 58,010.460 452.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,595,316 16,228.189 468.03 14,721.970 515.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,305,215 247,943.336 396.48 224,930.475 437.05 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,069 542.576 632.30 492.217 696.99 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,721,404 3,224.896 843.87 2,925.578 930.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,721,404 3,224.896 843.87 2,925.578 930.21 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,065 328.232 542.50 297.768 598.00 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 577,073 816.564 706.71 740.775 779.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,029,491 5,326.063 568.80 4,831.725 627.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,680,270 1,378.224 1,219.16 1,250.305 1,343.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,837 14.561 1,087.59 13.210 1,198.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 517,486 787.521 657.11 714.428 724.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 747,000 1,600.131 466.84 1,451.615 514.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,163,524 5,241.485 412.77 4,754.997 455.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,148,851 24,684.717 573.18 22,393.605 631.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 185,824 270.088 688.01 245.020 758.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 240,514 250.587 959.80 227.329 1,058.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,305,870 40,369.945 577.31 36,623.009 636.37 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,737 90.128 585.13 81.763 645.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,818,792 11,463.765 420.35 10,399.756 463.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 243,649 592.960 410.90 537.925 452.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,232,573 12,590.765 574.43 11,422.154 633.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 321,385 566.496 567.32 513.917 625.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 463,536 674.725 687.00 612.101 757.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,107,522 2,537.630 436.44 2,302.100 481.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,000,828 2,451.826 408.20 2,224.260 449.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,626 57.860 633.01 52.490 697.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,277,648 31,026.159 492.41 28,146.466 542.79 Vietnam LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 28,221 51.852 544.25 47.040 599.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 445,541 818.652 544.24 742.669 599.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 143,605 101.542 1,414.23 92.118 1,558.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 617,367 972.047 635.12 881.827 700.10 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515,670 6,625.191 379.71 6,010.274 418.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,121,905 2,678.416 418.87 2,429.819 461.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 576,594 1,465.330 393.49 1,329.326 433.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,673 8.230 446.24 7.467 491.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,886 62.717 954.86 56.896 1,052.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 761,935 1,730.415 440.32 1,569.807 485.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,325 9.375 674.66 8.505 743.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,045,988 12,579.676 401.12 11,412.094 442.16 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,196 21.885 4,304.08 19.854 4,744.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,610 386.445 172.37 350.578 190.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 886,823 1,832.862 483.85 1,662.745 533.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 70,073 139.079 503.83 126.171 555.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,117,702 2,380.273 469.57 2,159.348 517.61 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,880 2,187.920 526.47 1,984.849 580.34 China WIRE RODS..............................3 13,248,376 36,260.854 365.36 32,895.303 402.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,039 6.623 458.80 6.009 505.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,360 42.068 840.53 38.164 926.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 666,154 1,246.688 534.34 1,130.977 589.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,797 127.944 490.82 116.069 541.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,482 42.174 438.23 38.260 483.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 202,423 407.666 496.54 369.829 547.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,263,471 41,238.261 564.12 37,410.732 621.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 33,693,740 44,677.602 754.15 40,530.851 831.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 688,528 923.985 745.17 838.226 821.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,517,949 5,791.987 780.03 5,254.404 859.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,496,210 2,114.613 707.56 1,918.346 779.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,281,198 4,443.388 738.45 4,030.975 814.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 454,457 766.226 593.11 695.109 653.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,757 21.710 1,508.84 19.695 1,663.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,784,942 3,687.928 484.00 3,345.633 533.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,953,711 13,396.599 743.00 12,153.194 819.02 BLACK PLATE...........................28 96,682 190.220 508.26 172.565 560.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,759,054 2,792.093 630.01 2,532.945 694.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,932 75.128 531.52 68.155 585.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,327,669 44,130.071 460.63 40,034.139 507.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,399,944 64,855.104 530.41 58,835.578 584.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,948 696.398 562.82 631.762 620.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 311,968 520.004 599.93 471.740 661.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 502,206 925.786 542.46 839.860 597.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,232,997 269,381.130 561.41 244,378.520 618.85 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,945,863 6,855.323 429.72 6,219.047 473.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,496,450 10,131.127 542.53 9,190.807 598.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 173,061 280.922 616.04 254.849 679.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,590 212.037 592.30 192.357 652.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 978,407 2,127.038 459.99 1,929.617 507.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 248,143 622.074 398.90 564.337 439.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,491 19.640 635.97 17.818 701.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,037,140 4,126.662 735.98 3,743.646 811.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,858,123 9,069.010 756.22 8,227.270 833.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,188,640 5,915.815 708.04 5,366.739 780.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,807,834 6,508.509 585.05 5,904.422 644.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,051,049 13,383.925 601.55 12,141.696 663.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,853,494 2,546.897 727.75 2,310.507 802.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,736 53.328 782.62 48.379 862.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,832,741 3,441.403 532.56 3,121.990 587.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 679,421 1,240.938 547.51 1,125.761 603.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,589,840 3,021.140 1,188.24 2,740.733 1,309.81 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,253,161 1,694.669 739.47 1,537.379 815.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,785,937 2,423.645 736.88 2,198.695 812.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,013,507 92,954.268 419.71 84,326.718 462.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,341,492 10,624.471 502.75 9,638.361 554.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,618,663 28,694.906 718.55 26,031.589 792.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 284,097 371.566 764.59 337.080 842.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,957,885 15,611.296 637.86 14,162.334 703.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,227,230 1,551.253 791.12 1,407.274 872.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,401,995 223,481.876 552.18 202,739.405 608.67 Hong Kong STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,349 306.291 833.68 277.863 918.97 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,794,919 17,319.418 450.07 15,711.917 496.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 444,191 1,054.476 421.24 956.605 464.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 15,056,665 41,032.194 366.95 37,223.791 404.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,777,551 5,690.478 488.10 5,162.317 538.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 124,859 210.627 592.80 191.078 653.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 348,609 661.901 526.68 600.467 580.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 549,973 1,076.954 510.67 976.997 562.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,773 52.065 1,263.28 47.233 1,392.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 170,802 348.330 490.34 316.000 540.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,258,954 1,404.930 896.10 1,274.532 987.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 255,674 550.317 464.59 499.240 512.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 23,679 16.640 1,422.98 15.096 1,568.56 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 36,262 58.269 622.32 52.861 685.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,575,233 23,300.623 453.86 21,137.976 500.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,345,967 31,999.053 635.83 29,029.061 700.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 571,533 881.112 648.65 799.332 715.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,572,669 6,594.855 693.37 5,982.754 764.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,973,313 132,252.250 491.28 119,977.257 541.55 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 8,640,103 12,025.396 718.49 10,909.259 792.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 340,449 574.420 592.68 521.106 653.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 414,976 944.296 439.45 856.652 484.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 119,216 151.049 789.25 137.030 870.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,793,608 23,780.037 622.10 21,572.893 685.75 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 184,202 202.543 909.45 183.744 1,002.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,409,678 4,703.016 725.00 4,266.506 799.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,208,218 16,599.419 374.00 15,058.744 412.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 228,671 164.750 1,387.99 149.459 1,529.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,189,421 2,415.908 906.25 2,191.676 998.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,969,029 7,406.791 940.90 6,719.330 1,037.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,722,389 1,410.630 1,929.91 1,279.703 2,127.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,861,172 4,138.939 691.28 3,754.784 762.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,366,809 1,007.979 2,348.07 914.424 2,588.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 119,929 104.020 1,152.93 94.366 1,270.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 379,264 123.554 3,069.60 112.087 3,383.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,581 32.441 1,250.92 29.430 1,378.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,719 3.514 1,911.97 3.188 2,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,805,816 2,699.696 1,039.31 2,449.124 1,145.64 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,010,208 4,165.031 722.73 3,778.454 796.68 TIN PLATE.............................29 511,388 573.868 891.12 520.605 982.30 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,232,368 2,760.401 808.71 2,504.195 891.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 331,368 498.758 664.39 452.466 732.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,384,848 3,758.863 634.46 3,409.985 699.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 72,110 90.542 796.42 82.139 877.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,183,094 1,430.685 826.94 1,297.896 911.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,480,723 1,141.490 1,297.18 1,035.543 1,429.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,997 9.807 509.52 8.897 561.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 729,202 652.815 1,117.01 592.224 1,231.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,740,556 93,570.671 713.26 84,885.909 786.24 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,026,520 82,891.637 289.85 75,198.050 319.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,458,771 14,380.879 588.20 13,046.118 648.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,140,242 3,217.028 354.44 2,918.440 390.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 458,395 720.482 636.23 653.611 701.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 101,201 116.445 869.08 105.638 958.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,665 21.120 789.05 19.160 869.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,053,333 52,363.674 363.87 47,503.540 401.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,255,127 153,711.269 346.46 139,444.557 381.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,190,306 5,044.538 434.19 4,576.330 478.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,042,503 11,344.885 444.47 10,291.910 489.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 793,504 1,600.930 495.65 1,452.340 546.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,026,313 17,990.354 446.15 16,320.580 491.79 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 9,119 33.160 274.99 30.083 303.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,529,677 3,857.338 396.56 3,499.320 437.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,824 5.978 806.83 5.424 889.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,658,610 119,463.790 398.94 108,375.758 439.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,202,230 123,360.268 398.85 111,910.585 439.66 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,620,297 4,137.888 391.58 3,753.830 431.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,226,464 13,621.973 383.68 12,357.650 422.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,984,414 9,234.061 648.08 8,377.002 714.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,667 54.363 895.21 49.318 986.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,532 150.846 646.56 136.846 712.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,586,970 5,018.053 515.53 4,552.303 568.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,996,225 1,988.754 1,003.76 1,804.168 1,106.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,641 35.484 497.15 32.191 548.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 98,730 170.042 580.62 154.260 640.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,044,501 1,841.946 567.06 1,670.986 625.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,912,159 14,573.403 474.30 13,220.773 522.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,647,778 17,576.058 605.81 15,944.737 667.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,281,378 68,402.877 530.41 62,054.064 584.67 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,905 5.923 2,009.68 5.374 2,215.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 56,778 21.109 2,689.72 19.150 2,964.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,148 15.944 3,145.08 14.465 3,466.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 573,744 132.501 4,330.11 120.203 4,773.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,278,474 1,733.970 6,504.42 1,573.032 7,169.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 920,025 151.569 6,069.97 137.502 6,690.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 569,327 309.010 1,842.42 280.330 2,030.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 244,753 83.549 2,929.43 75.795 3,229.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,705,154 2,453.580 5,585.78 2,225.851 6,157.26 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,976 1.287 5,418.26 1.168 5,972.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 127,410 35.547 3,584.24 32.248 3,950.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 485,125 129.470 3,746.98 117.454 4,130.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,939,399 11,012.855 2,082.97 9,990.697 2,296.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,531,553 780.641 1,961.92 708.186 2,162.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,090,463 11,959.802 2,097.90 10,849.753 2,312.54 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,405 3.813 12,167.03 3.460 13,411.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 129,355 12.673 10,206.92 11.497 11,251.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,873 22.637 2,247.33 20.536 2,477.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,567 2.045 7,608.92 1.856 8,387.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,544 195.191 935.20 177.075 1,030.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,899,535 2,461.257 1,990.66 2,232.816 2,194.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,324,279 2,697.619 1,973.70 2,447.240 2,175.63 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 154,000 6.020 25,577.90 5.462 28,194.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,873,539 2,228.177 3,084.83 2,021.369 3,400.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 753,214 220.195 3,420.66 199.758 3,770.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 431,487 184.045 2,344.46 166.963 2,584.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,209,178 862.998 2,559.89 782.899 2,821.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 145,319 33.621 4,322.19 30.501 4,764.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 616,253 191.377 3,220.09 173.615 3,549.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,440,096 380.368 6,415.08 345.065 7,071.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,519,172 241.892 6,280.37 219.441 6,922.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,188,941 888.711 3,588.27 806.226 3,955.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,832,461 291.193 6,292.94 264.166 6,936.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 20,163,660 5,528.602 3,647.15 5,015.465 4,020.30 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,514 26.155 1,816.59 23.728 2,002.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 50,643 25.143 2,014.14 22.810 2,220.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 373,111 159.625 2,337.41 144.810 2,576.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 669,565 300.239 2,230.10 272.373 2,458.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,347,674 817.395 2,872.14 741.529 3,165.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 560,129 218.335 2,565.45 198.071 2,827.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 894,207 408.930 2,186.69 370.976 2,410.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,942,843 1,955.827 2,527.24 1,774.297 2,785.80 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,084 6.965 4,462.56 6.319 4,919.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,792 0.080 357,803.70 0.073 394,410.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,876 7.045 8,497.91 6.392 9,367.33 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 851,176 205.556 4,140.83 186.478 4,564.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,581,324 7,193.109 2,444.19 6,525.481 2,694.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,049,645 397.109 2,643.21 360.252 2,913.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,490 12.583 1,787.19 11.416 1,970.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 241,419 107.709 2,241.40 97.712 2,470.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 692,426 136.407 5,076.15 123.747 5,595.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 343,315 36.993 9,280.40 33.560 10,229.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,523 32.273 5,531.57 29.278 6,097.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,000 8.818 793.79 8.000 875.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 172,749 19.208 8,993.19 17.426 9,913.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 955,535 191.540 4,988.67 173.763 5,499.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,095,602 8,341.311 2,648.94 7,567.113 2,919.95 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,748 0.019 440,891.91 0.018 486,000.00 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,849 1.735 4,523.82 1.574 4,986.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,653 1.499 4,437.87 1.360 4,891.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,684 1.748 4,967.21 1.586 5,475.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,034 2.476 7,280.90 2.247 8,025.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,667 0.062 265,264.08 0.057 292,403.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 110,374 15.392 7,170.56 13.964 7,904.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,261 22.914 7,342.88 20.788 8,094.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,224,632 997.114 3,233.96 904.567 3,564.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,118,866 827.821 2,559.57 750.987 2,821.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,700 0.842 13,892.75 0.764 15,314.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,436 2.500 6,974.28 2.268 7,687.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 181,889 67.735 2,685.27 61.449 2,960.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,679,537 1,024.104 2,616.47 929.052 2,884.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 231,676 104.446 2,218.14 94.752 2,445.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,465,736 3,024.563 2,798.99 2,743.839 3,085.36 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 48,363 2.782 17,382.80 2.524 19,161.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 346,481 133.623 2,592.97 121.221 2,858.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,999,078 368.360 5,426.96 334.171 5,982.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 639,372 84.263 7,587.73 76.443 8,364.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,723,870 509.935 3,380.56 462.606 3,726.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,886,482 772.037 6,329.33 700.381 6,976.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 518,357 99.378 5,215.97 90.155 5,749.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,082,189 2,074.856 2,449.42 1,882.279 2,700.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,014,082 699.252 2,880.34 634.351 3,175.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,258,274 4,744.490 3,637.54 4,304.131 4,009.70 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 58,357 37.650 1,549.96 34.156 1,708.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 368,567 60.737 6,068.21 55.100 6,689.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 190,411 97.338 1,956.17 88.304 2,156.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,487,788 468.851 3,173.26 425.335 3,497.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,621,693 667.168 2,430.71 605.245 2,679.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 449,935 156.243 2,879.70 141.742 3,174.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,996,092 740.621 2,695.16 671.881 2,970.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,607,053 466.055 9,885.19 422.799 10,896.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 837,739 125.814 6,658.53 114.137 7,339.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 53,004 13.728 3,860.96 12.454 4,255.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,505,811 1,051.980 2,381.99 954.341 2,625.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,376 1.428 6,563.09 1.296 7,234.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 642,705 103.868 6,187.68 94.228 6,820.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,828,531 3,991.487 3,715.04 3,621.018 4,095.13 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,779 0.413 13,980.33 0.375 15,410.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,993 8.226 3,402.76 7.463 3,750.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,090 7.773 5,543.19 7.052 6,110.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,349,074 416.730 5,636.91 378.052 6,213.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 282,406 76.689 3,682.44 69.572 4,059.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,081,989 258.204 8,063.34 234.239 8,888.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 422,768 225.131 1,877.87 204.236 2,070.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 61,010 13.696 4,454.52 12.425 4,910.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,274,109 1,006.866 5,238.14 913.414 5,774.06 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,526 19.103 4,267.70 17.330 4,704.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,117,521 77.830 14,358.33 70.607 15,827.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,199,047 96.933 12,369.74 87.937 13,635.30 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 555,515 102.226 5,434.18 92.738 5,990.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,012 0.262 26,727.65 0.238 29,462.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 428,360 74.361 5,760.48 67.460 6,349.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 990,887 176.850 5,602.97 160.436 6,176.21 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,266 85.067 4,176.28 77.172 4,603.56 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,317 3.235 2,879.81 2.935 3,174.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,068 0.370 5,583.51 0.336 6,154.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,385 3.605 3,157.54 3.271 3,480.59 Kyrgyzstan SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,496 44.588 2,186.57 40.450 2,410.28 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,569,938 618.743 2,537.30 561.315 2,796.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,027 2.832 3,186.44 2.570 3,512.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,411,674 296.818 8,125.09 269.269 8,956.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,087 7.849 12,241.07 7.121 13,493.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,086,726 926.244 4,412.15 840.275 4,863.56 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,033 84.494 3,503.58 76.652 3,862.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,594,103 1,345.361 1,928.18 1,220.492 2,125.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,146,155 680.645 1,683.92 617.471 1,856.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 462,868 218.555 2,117.85 198.270 2,334.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 232,215 92.012 2,523.74 83.472 2,781.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,024,443 600.544 1,705.86 544.805 1,880.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 874,957 267.260 3,273.79 242.455 3,608.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 327,337 90.741 3,607.37 82.319 3,976.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,967,357 1,797.208 3,876.77 1,630.401 4,273.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 255,127 54.431 4,687.16 49.379 5,166.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,106 2.646 6,463.27 2.401 7,124.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 123,968 49.728 2,492.89 45.113 2,747.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,560,186 2,328.296 1,958.59 2,112.196 2,158.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,694 2.685 6,216.97 2.436 6,853.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,602,516 7,530.117 2,470.41 6,831.210 2,723.17 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,624 1.256 4,475.45 1.140 4,933.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 125,943 52.732 2,388.34 47.838 2,632.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,567 53.988 2,436.92 48.978 2,686.25 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 319,053 147.499 2,163.08 133.809 2,384.39 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 288,693 107.219 2,692.54 97.268 2,968.02 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,898 1.132 7,859.91 1.027 8,664.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 166,376 76.299 2,180.56 69.218 2,403.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 243,455 83.938 2,900.39 76.148 3,197.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 178,483 61.359 2,908.83 55.664 3,206.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,455,935 632.489 2,301.91 573.785 2,537.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,798,313 1,454.305 2,611.77 1,319.324 2,878.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 135,564 25.535 5,308.94 23.165 5,852.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,515,324 1,416.185 2,482.25 1,284.742 2,736.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 321,810 88.011 3,656.44 79.843 4,030.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 434,663 142.690 3,046.19 129.447 3,357.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,258,821 3,981.947 2,576.33 3,612.363 2,839.92 Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 309,025 96.176 3,213.10 87.250 3,541.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 240,011 89.900 2,669.75 81.556 2,942.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 499,243 221.481 2,254.10 200.925 2,484.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,048,279 407.558 2,572.09 369.731 2,835.25 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,881 7.492 2,253.08 6.797 2,483.60 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,776 8.153 4,755.58 7.397 5,242.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 164,123 60.547 2,710.64 54.928 2,987.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 202,899 68.701 2,953.34 62.325 3,255.50 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 498,052 175.468 2,838.42 159.182 3,128.82 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 79,506 22.085 3,599.85 20.036 3,968.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,506 22.085 3,599.85 20.036 3,968.16 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,086 0.367 5,682.85 0.333 6,264.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 29,900 2.417 12,368.82 2.193 13,634.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 421,702 258.976 1,628.34 234.940 1,794.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 105,946 34.543 3,067.07 31.337 3,380.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 861,834 257.440 3,347.70 233.546 3,690.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,062,146 2,147.591 3,288.40 1,948.263 3,624.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,500,595 457.742 3,278.25 415.257 3,613.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 51,584 21.493 2,399.93 19.499 2,645.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,788,764 5,503.733 1,778.57 4,992.904 1,960.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,824,557 8,684.305 2,282.80 7,878.272 2,516.36 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 162,190 73.483 2,207.17 66.663 2,432.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 176,187 66.685 2,642.06 60.496 2,912.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 44,084 6.471 6,811.85 5.871 7,508.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,814,518 1,556.488 3,735.66 1,412.023 4,117.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,427,861 935.117 3,665.70 848.325 4,040.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,131,639 1,059.185 2,012.53 960.877 2,218.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 566,541 323.592 1,750.79 293.558 1,929.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,323,020 4,021.024 3,064.65 3,647.813 3,378.19 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,094 0.990 38,440.83 0.899 42,373.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,859,363 797.419 2,331.73 723.407 2,570.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,119,987 488.949 2,290.60 443.568 2,524.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 692,544 222.838 3,107.83 202.156 3,425.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,780,746 2,021.068 2,860.24 1,833.483 3,152.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,021,625 1,338.317 3,004.98 1,214.102 3,312.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,504,661 346.547 4,341.86 314.383 4,786.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,320,098 3,631.096 2,291.35 3,294.076 2,525.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 208,208 108.093 1,926.18 98.061 2,123.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,545,326 8,955.323 2,629.20 8,124.135 2,898.19 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,151 4.221 6,194.20 3.830 6,827.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 124,610 54.316 2,294.15 49.275 2,528.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 631,377 219.018 2,882.76 198.690 3,177.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 117,442 23.850 4,924.05 21.637 5,427.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,162 0.056 56,245.47 0.051 62,000.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,985 16.968 3,888.57 15.394 4,286.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,281,145 719.340 7,341.65 652.575 8,092.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 616,233 88.324 6,976.89 80.127 7,690.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,682,564 1,067.896 1,575.59 968.780 1,736.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 776,628 300.520 2,584.27 272.628 2,848.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 188,821 59.605 3,167.86 54.073 3,491.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,992,638 411.211 7,277.61 373.045 8,022.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,506,756 2,965.332 4,217.66 2,690.105 4,649.17 Australia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,690 0.098 37,612.50 0.089 41,460.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,487 0.055 45,123.38 0.050 49,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,816 23.173 4,134.65 21.023 4,557.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,993 23.327 4,372.30 21.162 4,819.63 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 251,908 93.505 2,694.04 84.827 2,969.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,104 88.669 1,895.84 80.440 2,089.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,652 10.241 2,309.41 9.291 2,545.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 206,267 201.595 1,023.17 182.884 1,127.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,577,475 1,391.605 1,852.16 1,262.444 2,041.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,227,406 1,785.618 1,807.44 1,619.886 1,992.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 247,397,701 86,088.928 2,873.75 78,098.584 3,167.76