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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,084,620 1,641.660 660.68 1,489.290 728.28 United Kingdom 595,339 163.214 3,647.58 148.066 4,020.77 Belgium 930,246 1,129.835 823.35 1,024.970 907.58 Federal Republic of Germany 653,542 77.911 8,388.28 70.680 9,246.49 Austria 2,671 0.035 75,721.60 0.032 83,468.75 Italy 3,866,510 2,562.598 1,508.82 2,324.751 1,663.19 China 16,387 34.874 469.88 31.638 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,149,315 5,610.131 1,274.36 5,089.427 1,404.74 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 9,813,261 24,715.287 397.05 22,421.338 437.68 Mexico 21,164,009 49,778.916 425.16 45,158.686 468.66 Brazil 15,501,809 45,855.131 338.06 41,599.087 372.65 Sweden 7,417,134 2,621.876 2,828.94 2,378.527 3,118.37 Norway 4,430,142 13,057.204 339.29 11,845.300 374.00 United Kingdom 16,797,654 7,944.724 2,114.32 7,207.335 2,330.63 Netherlands 16,738 11.531 1,451.53 10.461 1,600.04 Belgium 1,362,228 2,247.275 606.17 2,038.695 668.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,116,057 2,235.982 946.37 2,028.450 1,043.19 Russia 66,692,574 182,617.382 365.20 165,667.749 402.57 Ukraine 44,181,821 124,794.485 354.04 113,211.685 390.26 Spain 819,995 272.541 3,008.69 247.246 3,316.51 Italy 26,085,570 66,567.830 391.86 60,389.337 431.96 Slovenia 47,285 21.583 2,190.82 19.580 2,414.96 Turkey 1,360,049 2,860.585 475.44 2,595.080 524.09 Malaysia 13,710 0.384 35,637.55 0.349 39,283.67 Singapore 15,000 0.176 85,048.59 0.160 93,750.00 China 11,752 13.476 872.01 12.226 961.23 Hong Kong 5,796 0.233 24,802.10 0.212 27,339.62 Taiwan 57,448 2.926 19,629.36 2.655 21,637.66 Japan 13,831,548 44,090.076 313.71 39,997.856 345.81 Australia 11,064,362 38,203.189 289.62 34,657.360 319.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,805,942 607,912.803 399.41 551,489.374 440.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,926,943 27,422.681 580.79 24,877.445 640.22 Mexico 55,211 117.092 471.51 106.225 519.76 Trinidad and Tobago 3,504,559 8,226.721 426.00 7,463.158 469.58 Venezuela 851,647 2,031.737 419.17 1,843.162 462.06 Brazil 6,773,231 13,099.599 517.06 11,883.760 569.96 Argentina 1,275,821 3,194.298 399.41 2,897.820 440.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 508,850 154.061 3,302.91 139.762 3,640.83 Finland 32,925 102.097 322.49 92.621 355.48 United Kingdom 3,371,093 3,110.389 1,083.82 2,821.699 1,194.70 Belgium 3,653 4.203 869.12 3.813 958.04 France 549,554 192.450 2,855.56 174.588 3,147.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,252,500 3,072.236 733.18 2,787.087 808.19 Austria 16,592 4.636 3,578.70 4.206 3,944.84 Spain 3,977,916 8,368.649 475.34 7,591.913 523.97 Italy 3,585,749 7,948.353 451.13 7,210.627 497.29 Turkey 5,205,904 13,186.781 394.78 11,962.850 435.17 India 3,907,520 12,541.667 311.56 11,377.613 343.44 Thailand 52,412 89.572 585.13 81.259 645.00 Malaysia 612,314 1,649.479 371.22 1,496.383 409.20 Singapore 4,763,896 13,128.237 362.87 11,909.740 400.00 China 12,186,983 33,892.210 359.58 30,746.505 396.37 Korea, South 94,607 39.975 2,366.64 36.265 2,608.77 Taiwan 2,892,289 3,834.226 754.33 3,478.353 831.51 Japan 7,450,271 10,881.907 684.65 9,871.903 754.69 Australia 2,429,965 6,910.674 351.62 6,269.260 387.60 New Zealand 3,655,414 11,039.461 331.12 10,014.834 365.00 Egypt 4,839,487 11,021.941 439.08 9,998.940 484.00 South Africa 2,115,832 5,095.411 415.24 4,622.481 457.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,893,138 200,360.756 463.63 181,764.272 511.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,543,145 16,054.099 656.73 14,564.038 723.92 Mexico 3,374,346 6,246.613 540.19 5,666.834 595.46 Brazil 2,975,884 7,352.751 404.73 6,670.306 446.14 Norway 257,857 153.761 1,676.99 139.490 1,848.57 United Kingdom 4,677,291 6,887.074 679.14 6,247.851 748.62 Netherlands 2,116 1.705 1,240.86 1.547 1,367.81 Belgium 126,653 120.645 1,049.79 109.448 1,157.20 Luxembourg 3,729,156 5,224.600 713.77 4,739.679 786.80 Federal Republic of Germany 8,564,603 14,319.696 598.10 12,990.614 659.29 Austria 104,947 8.828 11,887.42 8.009 13,103.63 Poland 8,544,393 15,515.523 550.70 14,075.450 607.04 Russia 3,610,113 7,538.402 478.90 6,838.726 527.89 Spain 5,469,776 10,590.521 516.48 9,607.562 569.32 Italy 851,906 1,022.228 833.38 927.350 918.65 India 532,985 173.240 3,076.56 157.161 3,391.33 China 45,658 62.076 735.51 56.315 810.76 Korea, South 3,007,970 7,211.878 417.09 6,542.508 459.76 Taiwan 21,295 55.231 385.56 50.105 425.01 Japan 1,241,743 1,987.085 624.91 1,802.654 688.84 South Africa 17,891 65.283 274.05 59.224 302.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,699,728 100,591.248 573.61 91,254.871 632.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 568,929 638.445 891.12 579.188 982.29 Luxembourg 3,504,470 4,611.854 759.88 4,183.805 837.63 Federal Republic of Germany 397,681 576.600 689.70 523.083 760.26 China 9,661 7.073 1,365.80 6.417 1,505.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,480,741 5,833.973 768.04 5,292.493 846.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 19,644,621 23,127.292 849.41 20,980.733 936.32 Brazil 2,277,687 1,936.102 1,176.43 1,756.403 1,296.79 Sweden 5,565,642 3,661.580 1,520.01 3,321.731 1,675.52 Finland 378,498 394.102 960.40 357.524 1,058.66 United Kingdom 498,201 523.994 950.78 475.360 1,048.05 Belgium 7,389,394 2,856.431 2,586.93 2,591.312 2,851.60 France 2,773,016 977.602 2,836.55 886.866 3,126.76 Federal Republic of Germany 15,264,870 13,011.691 1,173.17 11,804.011 1,293.19 Austria 3,737,425 4,747.133 787.30 4,306.528 867.85 Czech Republic 726,516 1,025.205 708.65 930.051 781.16 Hungary 228,384 528.668 432.00 479.600 476.20 Poland 632,037 494.964 1,276.94 449.024 1,407.58 Russia 3,550,365 6,591.782 538.60 5,979.966 593.71 Ukraine 4,148,206 7,980.971 519.76 7,240.218 572.94 Italy 619,389 430.281 1,439.50 390.345 1,586.77 Slovenia 3,320 0.401 8,274.32 0.364 9,120.88 Romania 2,001,408 2,438.880 820.63 2,212.516 904.58 Bulgaria 1,437,422 3,255.741 441.50 2,953.560 486.67 Thailand 6,266,016 14,640.624 427.99 13,281.755 471.78 Malaysia 5,991,101 13,617.342 439.96 12,353.449 484.97 Korea, South 10,483,822 19,419.971 539.85 17,617.507 595.08 Taiwan 2,950,868 961.976 3,067.50 872.691 3,381.34 Japan 3,770,449 2,834.511 1,330.19 2,571.426 1,466.29 Australia 5,781,242 10,026.285 576.61 9,095.696 635.60 South Africa 1,971,219 2,614.743 753.89 2,372.056 831.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,091,118 138,098.284 782.71 125,280.692 862.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,909,708 29,444.773 574.29 26,711.857 633.04 Mexico 7,745,153 13,923.787 556.25 12,631.451 613.16 Venezuela 719,991 1,627.012 442.52 1,476.001 487.80 Brazil 30,710 39.467 778.12 35.804 857.73 Sweden 2,272,463 784.006 2,898.53 711.239 3,195.08 Finland 58,268 40.631 1,434.07 36.860 1,580.79 Netherlands 7,299,715 15,668.614 465.88 14,214.332 513.55 Belgium 1,398,079 2,003.666 697.76 1,817.696 769.15 France 4,095,649 7,346.273 557.51 6,664.429 614.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,682,993 4,081.044 1,147.50 3,702.262 1,264.90 Hungary 136,197 333.625 408.23 302.660 450.00 Russia 5,025,664 12,602.942 398.77 11,433.200 439.57 Turkey 11,225,386 28,075.872 399.82 25,470.010 440.73 India 726,976 1,319.604 550.90 1,197.125 607.27 Malaysia 4,570,296 11,754.658 388.81 10,663.650 428.59 China 11,351 2.579 4,400.62 2.340 4,850.85 Korea, South 2,267,842 5,231.334 433.51 4,745.788 477.86 Japan 843,505 991.096 851.08 899.108 938.16 New Zealand 434,346 997.734 435.33 905.130 479.87 Egypt 1,517,414 3,711.844 408.80 3,367.330 450.63 South Africa 920,231 1,819.116 505.87 1,650.275 557.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,891,937 141,799.685 514.05 128,638.547 566.64 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 117,907 144.420 816.42 131.016 899.94 Czech Republic 6,446,664 11,025.436 584.71 10,002.111 644.53 Spain 189,795 243.607 779.10 220.997 858.81 Japan 4,636,279 7,295.521 635.50 6,618.388 700.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,390,645 18,708.986 608.83 16,972.512 671.12 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 213,885 276.813 772.67 251.121 851.72 Mexico 2,500 0.417 5,984.07 0.379 6,596.31 Austria 848,371 766.262 1,107.15 695.142 1,220.43 Spain 77,398 75.528 1,024.76 68.518 1,129.60 China 147,399 209.355 704.06 189.924 776.09 Korea, South 423,081 656.819 644.14 595.857 710.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,712,634 1,985.197 862.70 1,800.941 950.97 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 255,965 264.591 967.40 240.033 1,066.37 Brazil 16,377 18.754 873.22 17.014 962.56 India 13,441 19.003 707.28 17.240 779.64 China 63,437 73.827 859.26 66.975 947.17 Australia 457,712 716.184 639.10 649.712 704.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 806,932 1,092.361 738.70 990.974 814.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 37,790,367 59,419.516 635.99 53,904.494 701.06 Mexico 3,955,245 6,783.800 583.04 6,154.162 642.69 Dominican Republic 18,200 38.580 471.74 35.000 520.00 Brazil 1,309,807 2,026.615 646.30 1,838.515 712.43 Argentina 997,046 1,740.258 572.93 1,578.736 631.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,831,755 565.022 3,241.91 512.580 3,573.60 Finland 322,455 467.213 690.17 423.849 760.78 Faroe Islands 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 United Kingdom 19,316,438 24,613.011 784.81 22,328.555 865.10 Netherlands 853,638 503.239 1,696.29 456.531 1,869.84 France 1,468,467 448.779 3,272.13 407.126 3,606.91 Federal Republic of Germany 5,506,542 5,840.339 942.85 5,298.268 1,039.31 Austria 2,565,436 322.373 7,957.97 292.452 8,772.16 Czech Republic 5,244,502 5,387.084 973.53 4,887.082 1,073.14 Switzerland 98,711 21.755 4,537.35 19.736 5,001.57 Poland 2,490 0.206 12,079.63 0.187 13,315.51 Russia 2,214,576 5,353.944 413.63 4,857.018 455.95 Spain 5,957,470 6,270.675 950.05 5,688.663 1,047.25 Portugal 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 Italy 2,485,291 1,833.295 1,355.64 1,663.138 1,494.34 Turkey 4,236,720 10,486.141 404.03 9,512.870 445.37 India 749,760 692.096 1,083.32 627.860 1,194.15 China 984,171 646.486 1,522.34 586.483 1,678.09 Korea, South 2,012,332 3,242.893 620.54 2,941.904 684.02 Taiwan 1,778,155 1,695.591 1,048.69 1,538.215 1,155.99 Japan 8,898,763 10,172.954 874.75 9,228.752 964.24 Tonga 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 South Africa 1,626,670 3,235.449 502.76 2,935.151 554.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 112,648,336 151,944.764 741.38 137,842.011 817.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,288,695 12,294.524 592.84 11,153.408 653.49 Mexico 4,055,804 7,780.362 521.29 7,058.228 574.62 Brazil 1,961,877 5,037.898 389.42 4,570.306 429.27 United Kingdom 37,654 20.889 1,802.50 18.951 1,986.91 France 16,332 1.835 8,898.59 1.665 9,809.01 Federal Republic of Germany 196,348 211.807 927.01 192.149 1,021.85 Austria 58,377 10.004 5,835.03 9.076 6,432.02 Ukraine 8,030 2.500 3,211.95 2.268 3,540.56 Italy 477,885 156.765 3,048.41 142.215 3,360.30 Turkey 123,613 263.518 469.09 239.060 517.08 India 1,618,580 797.072 2,030.66 723.092 2,238.42 China 72,100 85.828 840.05 77.862 926.00 Korea, South 219,516 469.302 467.75 425.744 515.61 Taiwan 426,642 1,059.320 402.75 961.000 443.96 Japan 93,317 23.600 3,954.03 21.410 4,358.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,654,770 28,215.230 590.28 25,596.434 650.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,093,108 4,842.024 432.28 4,392.612 476.51 Mexico 3,126,403 6,703.062 466.41 6,080.918 514.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 1,382,033 3,433.651 402.50 3,114.957 443.68 Peru 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 Brazil 1,269,795 1,905.455 666.40 1,728.601 734.58 Luxembourg 741,073 888.255 834.30 805.812 919.66 Federal Republic of Germany 152,116 187.664 810.58 170.246 893.51 Poland 49,191 129.104 381.02 117.122 420.00 Romania 2,430,858 7,331.299 331.57 6,650.845 365.50 Bulgaria 551,658 1,503.855 366.83 1,364.275 404.36 Turkey 59,468,336 155,990.832 381.23 141,512.543 420.23 India 43,160 94.282 457.77 85.532 504.61 Taiwan 17,997,989 48,981.425 367.45 44,435.214 405.04 Japan 8,633,514 23,388.993 369.13 21,218.144 406.89 Australia 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,022,985 255,501.943 383.65 231,787.530 422.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,740,538 6,793.745 1,286.56 6,163.184 1,418.19 Mexico 65,911 78.807 836.35 71.493 921.92 Colombia 347,583 298.426 1,164.72 270.728 1,283.88 Brazil 131,523 38.573 3,409.70 34.993 3,758.55 Sweden 952,262 347.376 2,741.29 315.135 3,021.76 Finland 5,022 5.400 929.96 4.899 1,025.11 United Kingdom 3,751,137 2,059.866 1,821.06 1,868.680 2,007.37 Netherlands 30,957 11.812 2,620.73 10.716 2,888.86 France 6,780,965 4,139.022 1,638.30 3,754.859 1,805.92 Federal Republic of Germany 7,350,229 4,735.838 1,552.04 4,296.282 1,710.83 Austria 723,795 211.726 3,418.54 192.075 3,768.29 Switzerland 676,282 149.023 4,538.09 135.192 5,002.38 Latvia 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 Poland 47,812 18.777 2,546.19 17.035 2,806.69 Russia 8,381,254 8,724.527 960.65 7,914.760 1,058.94 Ukraine 6,148,074 8,311.747 739.68 7,540.293 815.36 Spain 1,178,791 1,382.435 852.69 1,254.125 939.93 Italy 11,940,110 3,014.968 3,960.28 2,735.134 4,365.46 Slovenia 136,368 65.664 2,076.73 59.570 2,289.21 Romania 99,010 38.076 2,600.32 34.542 2,866.37 Saudi Arabia 320,251 147.049 2,177.85 133.401 2,400.66 United Arab Emirates 227,968 133.086 1,712.93 120.734 1,888.18 India 2,467,927 912.647 2,704.14 827.940 2,980.80 China 524,538 349.956 1,498.87 317.475 1,652.22 Korea, South 183,884 113.545 1,619.47 103.007 1,785.16 Taiwan 4,275,399 1,286.159 3,324.16 1,166.785 3,664.26 Japan 619,545 422.350 1,466.90 383.150 1,616.98 Australia 10,000 3.149 3,175.31 2.857 3,500.18 South Africa 134,925 218.622 617.16 198.331 680.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,702,759 44,158.240 1,510.54 40,059.693 1,665.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,405,089 881.308 1,594.32 799.510 1,757.44 Mexico 167,658 108.414 1,546.45 98.352 1,704.67 Brazil 2,390,926 690.035 3,464.93 625.990 3,819.43 Sweden 2,923,366 861.705 3,392.54 781.726 3,739.63 United Kingdom 1,040,247 637.286 1,632.31 578.137 1,799.31 Netherlands 268,997 239.265 1,124.26 217.058 1,239.29 Belgium 9,901 4.160 2,379.98 3.774 2,623.48 France 3,219,466 1,091.604 2,949.30 990.287 3,251.04 Federal Republic of Germany 4,157,628 1,750.766 2,374.75 1,588.269 2,617.71 Austria 2,499,403 608.354 4,108.47 551.890 4,528.81 Czech Republic 174,598 42.671 4,091.67 38.711 4,510.29 Switzerland 103,947 6.192 16,785.18 5.618 18,502.49 Poland 72,891 27.699 2,631.45 25.129 2,900.67 Russia 454,585 142.426 3,191.72 129.207 3,518.27 Ukraine 232,526 57.356 4,054.04 52.033 4,468.82 Spain 175,746 76.622 2,293.65 69.511 2,528.32 Italy 166,445 198.409 838.90 179.994 924.73 Slovenia 1,909,428 747.360 2,554.90 677.994 2,816.29 China 3,591,252 1,436.895 2,499.31 1,303.530 2,755.02 Korea, South 521,759 283.868 1,838.03 257.521 2,026.08 Taiwan 1,220,945 354.552 3,443.62 321.645 3,795.94 Japan 4,802,585 3,312.140 1,449.99 3,004.724 1,598.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,509,388 13,559.097 2,323.86 12,300.610 2,561.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,180,700 36,449.675 800.58 33,066.599 882.48 Mexico 3,744,848 4,578.003 818.01 4,153.096 901.70 Guatemala 99,834 110.405 904.25 100.158 996.77 Dominican Republic 35,175 54.462 645.85 49.408 711.93 Colombia 1,198,977 1,697.463 706.33 1,539.913 778.60 Venezuela 1,285,535 1,832.611 701.48 1,662.518 773.25 Chile 73,471 71.282 1,030.71 64.666 1,136.16 Brazil 423,165 275.890 1,533.81 250.284 1,690.74 Argentina 115,216 56.246 2,048.41 51.026 2,257.99 Sweden 21,904 0.597 36,662.32 0.542 40,413.28 United Kingdom 521,184 5.698 91,452.67 5.170 100,809.28 France 252,322 159.401 1,582.93 144.607 1,744.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,071,220 1,249.831 1,657.20 1,133.828 1,826.75 Ukraine 269,875 325.400 829.36 295.198 914.22 Spain 3,399,846 2,060.471 1,650.03 1,869.229 1,818.85 Italy 1,362,868 731.998 1,861.85 664.058 2,052.33 Romania 2,388,480 3,783.520 631.29 3,432.353 695.87 Turkey 2,270,321 3,639.830 623.74 3,302.000 687.56 United Arab Emirates 256,684 239.079 1,073.64 216.889 1,183.48 Oman 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 3,945,056 6,760.510 583.54 6,133.034 643.25 Thailand 1,701,993 3,124.603 544.71 2,834.593 600.44 Malaysia 66,528 89.703 741.64 81.378 817.52 Philippines 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 China 24,933,139 48,128.654 518.05 43,661.593 571.05 Korea, South 1,470,573 2,119.203 693.93 1,922.510 764.92 Hong Kong 26,472 45.194 585.73 41.000 645.66 Taiwan 1,437,495 2,833.355 507.35 2,570.378 559.25 Japan 729,418 655.457 1,112.84 594.621 1,226.69 South Africa 1,114,548 1,906.099 584.73 1,729.185 644.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,024,268 126,166.645 681.83 114,456.488 751.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 18,160,544 11,721.303 1,549.36 10,633.391 1,707.88 Mexico 47,371 38.857 1,219.09 35.251 1,343.82 Colombia 7,944,337 6,411.625 1,239.05 5,816.530 1,365.82 Venezuela 6,545,074 8,302.636 788.31 7,532.027 868.97 Brazil 8,830,732 9,582.766 921.52 8,693.342 1,015.80 Sweden 1,470,630 1,724.836 852.62 1,564.746 939.85 United Kingdom 263,012 18.761 14,018.83 17.020 15,453.11 France 124,455 235.508 528.45 213.650 582.52 Federal Republic of Germany 24,796,142 18,047.417 1,373.94 16,372.346 1,514.51 Austria 14,925,064 10,080.601 1,480.57 9,144.970 1,632.05 Czech Republic 1,186,534 1,103.051 1,075.68 1,000.672 1,185.74 Russia 4,561,228 5,963.147 764.90 5,409.678 843.16 Ukraine 464,815 733.359 633.82 665.293 698.66 Spain 1,794,726 1,389.105 1,292.00 1,260.176 1,424.19 Italy 76,260 217.536 350.56 197.346 386.43 Greece 3,114,572 4,464.184 697.68 4,049.841 769.06 Romania 3,607,388 2,471.042 1,459.86 2,241.693 1,609.22 India 7,912,511 5,938.508 1,332.41 5,387.326 1,468.73 China 55,537,001 60,977.794 910.77 55,318.140 1,003.96 Korea, South 17,368,719 23,211.425 748.28 21,057.057 824.84 Taiwan 2,139,901 3,070.605 696.90 2,785.607 768.20 Japan 21,274,537 6,153.626 3,457.24 5,582.478 3,810.95 South Africa 1,879,719 1,876.790 1,001.56 1,702.596 1,104.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 204,025,272 183,734.493 1,110.44 166,681.176 1,224.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 36,424,151 34,804.066 1,046.55 31,573.727 1,153.62 Brazil 8,685,681 7,999.133 1,085.83 7,256.694 1,196.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,355,617 2,735.745 1,226.58 2,481.827 1,352.08 Czech Republic 2,851,281 2,728.252 1,045.09 2,475.030 1,152.02 Poland 5,393 4.548 1,185.76 4.126 1,307.08 Spain 12,013 9.590 1,252.65 8.700 1,380.80 Italy 492,986 188.759 2,611.71 171.240 2,878.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 2,285,069 3,183.876 717.70 2,888.365 791.13 India 294,292 541.519 543.46 491.258 599.06 China 168,393 208.418 807.96 189.074 890.62 Korea, South 3,915,058 6,100.972 641.71 5,534.711 707.36 Taiwan 14,251 23.820 598.26 21.610 659.46 Japan 8,876,878 9,879.822 898.49 8,962.827 990.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,381,063 68,408.526 984.98 62,059.189 1,085.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 109,451 70.038 1,562.72 63.538 1,722.61 Mexico 4,038,624 4,835.157 835.26 4,386.382 920.72 Venezuela 425,073 672.201 632.36 609.811 697.06 Chile 85,509 151.417 564.72 137.364 622.50 Brazil 1,895,095 1,890.756 1,002.29 1,715.266 1,104.84 Argentina 1,333,067 1,135.445 1,174.05 1,030.059 1,294.17 United Kingdom 20,944 3.240 6,462.61 2.940 7,123.81 France 2,902,186 2,402.877 1,207.80 2,179.854 1,331.37 Federal Republic of Germany 835,653 457.093 1,828.19 414.668 2,015.23 Austria 2,992,508 2,745.150 1,090.11 2,490.359 1,201.64 Czech Republic 3,206,574 3,675.541 872.41 3,334.396 961.67 Poland 15,366 12.908 1,190.42 11.710 1,312.21 Russia 1,981,358 2,419.390 818.95 2,194.835 902.74 Ukraine 515,816 990.342 520.85 898.424 574.13 Spain 135,007 108.030 1,249.71 98.004 1,377.57 Italy 2,687,815 1,854.176 1,449.60 1,682.081 1,597.91 Romania 1,020,736 1,219.040 837.33 1,105.895 923.00 China 15,070,923 21,290.010 707.89 19,313.978 780.31 Korea, South 2,573,251 4,491.780 572.88 4,074.876 631.49 Taiwan 583,288 1,099.273 530.61 997.244 584.90 Japan 104,369 11.964 8,723.23 10.854 9,615.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,532,613 51,535.836 825.30 46,752.538 909.74 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 264,672 101.807 2,599.74 92.358 2,865.72 Mexico 1,142,974 1,387.632 823.69 1,258.839 907.96 Federal Republic of Germany 281,533 152.681 1,843.93 138.510 2,032.58 Romania 16,021 14.564 1,099.98 13.213 1,212.52 India 290,373 534.368 543.39 484.771 598.99 China 7,874,402 14,460.768 544.54 13,118.592 600.25 Korea, South 4,571,004 7,789.040 586.85 7,066.101 646.89 Taiwan 1,158,990 2,223.316 521.29 2,016.959 574.62 South Africa 672,781 1,107.276 607.60 1,004.505 669.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,272,750 27,771.455 585.95 25,193.848 645.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 15,050,909 13,955.797 1,078.47 12,660.490 1,188.81 Mexico 13,846,600 16,146.162 857.58 14,647.556 945.32 Costa Rica 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 Dominican Republic 179,383 220.218 814.57 199.779 897.91 Colombia 365,067 436.799 835.78 396.258 921.29 Brazil 1,950,232 1,561.152 1,249.23 1,416.254 1,377.04 Argentina 731,756 509.699 1,435.66 462.392 1,582.54 Sweden 727,492 438.578 1,658.75 397.872 1,828.46 Denmark 4,769 0.412 11,567.82 0.374 12,751.34 United Kingdom 368,517 248.557 1,482.62 225.488 1,634.31 Netherlands 9,615 0.391 24,570.66 0.355 27,084.51 Belgium 18,435 7.416 2,485.72 6.728 2,740.04 France 1,707,674 1,161.729 1,469.94 1,053.904 1,620.33 Federal Republic of Germany 5,598,989 3,486.729 1,605.80 3,163.109 1,770.09 Austria 33,805 10.406 3,248.32 9.441 3,580.66 Czech Republic 483,506 102.358 4,723.66 92.858 5,206.94 Slovakia 110,284 72.731 1,516.32 65.981 1,671.45 Switzerland 1,606,028 662.496 2,424.21 601.007 2,672.23 Russia 1,257,040 1,767.619 711.15 1,603.558 783.91 Ukraine 23,890 17.707 1,349.14 16.064 1,487.18 Spain 3,791,066 2,733.517 1,386.88 2,479.806 1,528.78 Italy 2,199,357 1,300.569 1,691.07 1,179.857 1,864.09 Romania 1,219,553 1,235.378 987.19 1,120.717 1,088.19 Turkey 1,928,600 3,834.533 502.96 3,478.631 554.41 Saudi Arabia 42,293 33.086 1,278.24 30.016 1,409.02 India 1,667,963 1,338.571 1,246.08 1,214.332 1,373.56 China 7,794,528 10,137.900 768.85 9,196.951 847.51 Korea, South 2,400,451 3,790.991 633.20 3,439.131 697.98 Taiwan 183,994 116.051 1,585.45 105.280 1,747.66 Japan 6,857,541 3,193.818 2,147.13 2,897.384 2,366.80 Australia 46,617 50.522 922.70 45.833 1,017.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,262,367 68,643.986 1,052.71 62,272.795 1,160.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 110,459 113.360 974.40 102.839 1,074.10 Mexico 378,791 213.743 1,772.17 193.905 1,953.49 Brazil 307,322 65.524 4,690.17 59.443 5,170.03 Argentina 1,093,819 465.061 2,351.99 421.897 2,592.62 Sweden 718,890 239.263 3,004.60 217.056 3,312.00 Netherlands 117,681 59.917 1,964.06 54.356 2,165.00 Belgium 71,844 41.574 1,728.07 37.716 1,904.87 France 5,265,984 2,925.995 1,799.72 2,654.419 1,983.86 Federal Republic of Germany 9,384,833 3,755.573 2,498.91 3,407.000 2,754.57 Czech Republic 578,392 559.973 1,032.89 508.000 1,138.57 Slovakia 183,594 160.506 1,143.84 145.609 1,260.87 Poland 318,769 365.154 872.97 331.263 962.28 Italy 419,307 210.563 1,991.36 191.020 2,195.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 201,869 130.624 1,545.41 118.501 1,703.52 India 26,850 25.298 1,061.35 22.950 1,169.93 China 767,979 1,097.758 699.59 995.870 771.16 Korea, South 83,600 20.758 4,027.22 18.832 4,439.25 Japan 1,740,710 575.051 3,027.05 521.678 3,336.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,770,693 11,025.704 1,974.54 10,002.354 2,176.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,292,991 1,632.087 6,919.36 1,480.605 7,627.28 Mexico 306,428 97.675 3,137.20 88.610 3,458.16 Sweden 2,061,515 256.202 8,046.43 232.423 8,869.67 Finland 696,371 298.105 2,335.99 270.437 2,574.98 Denmark 16,324 3.588 4,549.58 3.255 5,015.05 United Kingdom 225,227 35.553 6,334.80 32.254 6,982.92 France 2,972,962 493.276 6,026.97 447.493 6,643.59 Federal Republic of Germany 6,070,727 688.933 8,811.78 624.990 9,713.32 Austria 958,945 108.041 8,875.68 98.014 9,783.76 Czech Republic 3,660,227 275.950 13,264.08 250.338 14,621.14 Switzerland 454,522 47.906 9,487.70 43.460 10,458.40 Spain 3,835,070 319.223 12,013.74 289.595 13,242.87 Italy 1,756,251 205.260 8,556.22 186.209 9,431.61 India 204,939 36.295 5,646.36 32.927 6,224.04 Thailand 217,475 59.200 3,673.52 53.706 4,049.36 Malaysia 993,217 399.894 2,483.70 362.778 2,737.81 Singapore 419,218 156.953 2,670.97 142.386 2,944.24 China 8,107,572 2,475.415 3,275.24 2,245.660 3,610.33 Korea, South 4,719,504 1,160.639 4,066.30 1,052.915 4,482.32 Taiwan 5,795,704 1,563.630 3,706.57 1,418.502 4,085.79 Japan 6,089,888 1,286.276 4,734.51 1,166.891 5,218.90 Australia 32,176 1.320 24,365.26 1.198 26,858.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,887,253 11,601.433 5,248.25 10,524.646 5,785.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,330,407 754.644 3,088.09 684.602 3,404.03 Mexico 340,436 186.026 1,830.05 168.760 2,017.28 Sweden 2,002 1.103 1,814.37 1.001 2,000.00 United Kingdom 249,820 21.459 11,641.31 19.468 12,832.34 Netherlands 2,875 1.132 2,539.59 1.027 2,799.42 Federal Republic of Germany 55,722 4.852 11,483.45 4.402 12,658.34 Italy 3,996 0.198 20,139.51 0.180 22,200.00 India 8,224 7.577 1,085.35 6.874 1,196.39 Vietnam 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 China 168,959 241.521 699.56 219.105 771.13 Japan 325,759 87.333 3,730.04 79.228 4,111.67 Australia 3,598 1.416 2,540.12 1.285 2,800.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,523,648 1,327.107 2,655.13 1,203.932 2,926.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 18,956,961 22,589.118 839.21 20,492.509 925.07 Mexico 4,051,156 3,857.008 1,050.34 3,499.020 1,157.80 Brazil 609,164 1,232.088 494.42 1,117.732 545.00 Finland 729,709 294.599 2,476.95 267.256 2,730.37 United Kingdom 40,907 69.282 590.44 62.852 650.85 France 22,657 6.958 3,255.84 6.313 3,588.94 Federal Republic of Germany 31,581 13.552 2,330.20 12.295 2,568.61 Austria 127,900 70.307 1,819.15 63.782 2,005.27 Italy 171,208 114.926 1,489.71 104.260 1,642.13 Turkey 4,467,752 9,139.075 488.86 8,290.832 538.88 China 4,004,546 7,712.292 519.24 6,996.476 572.37 Korea, South 2,025,123 4,223.550 479.48 3,831.542 528.54 Taiwan 1,437,409 370.095 3,883.89 335.745 4,281.25 Japan 632,428 577.865 1,094.42 524.231 1,206.39 Australia 9,327 8.073 1,155.29 7.324 1,273.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,317,828 50,278.795 742.22 45,612.169 818.16 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 280,941 355.831 789.53 322.805 870.31 Mexico 140,107 111.308 1,258.73 100.977 1,387.51 China 44,968 78.735 571.12 71.428 629.56 Korea, South 343,451 826.236 415.68 749.549 458.21 Japan 23,831 20.580 1,157.96 18.670 1,276.43 South Africa 97,249 167.470 580.69 151.927 640.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 930,547 1,560.162 596.44 1,415.356 657.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,547,863 16,469.209 883.34 14,940.620 973.71 Mexico 9,747,652 10,925.757 892.17 9,911.683 983.45 Dominican Republic 226,920 305.710 742.27 277.336 818.21 Trinidad and Tobago 62,699 94.275 665.06 85.525 733.11 Venezuela 563,421 783.462 719.14 710.745 792.72 Ecuador 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 Chile 99,320 100.443 988.81 91.121 1,089.98 Brazil 1,515,494 2,116.915 715.90 1,920.434 789.14 Argentina 93,271 173.351 538.05 157.262 593.09 Sweden 1,637,319 346.501 4,725.29 314.341 5,208.74 Finland 1,126,168 1,249.687 901.16 1,133.698 993.36 Denmark 8,520 1.011 8,419.63 0.918 9,281.05 United Kingdom 1,068,543 593.474 1,800.49 538.391 1,984.70 Ireland 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 Netherlands 111,650 80.919 1,379.77 73.409 1,520.93 Belgium 1,241,349 755.041 1,644.08 684.962 1,812.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 207,531 38.204 5,432.04 34.659 5,987.80 France 1,760,604 550.120 3,200.40 499.061 3,527.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,357,591 1,124.395 2,096.76 1,020.035 2,311.28 Austria 1,034,384 119.325 8,668.62 108.250 9,555.51 Czech Republic 119,127 158.467 751.75 143.759 828.66 Switzerland 432,785 104.333 4,148.08 94.650 4,572.48 Poland 1,198,315 1,189.962 1,007.02 1,079.516 1,110.05 Russia 706,322 1,256.677 562.06 1,140.039 619.56 Belarus 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 Ukraine 230,838 300.531 768.10 272.638 846.68 Moldova 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 Spain 729,762 740.356 985.69 671.640 1,086.54 Italy 3,091,887 2,103.300 1,470.02 1,908.083 1,620.42 Greece 1,013,961 1,104.405 918.11 1,001.900 1,012.04 Turkey 207,172 283.268 731.36 256.977 806.19 Israel 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 India 3,522,432 2,263.525 1,556.17 2,053.436 1,715.38 Thailand 325,854 423.915 768.68 384.570 847.32 Malaysia 74,682 78.062 956.70 70.817 1,054.58 Indonesia 51,486 11.734 4,387.72 10.645 4,836.64 China 10,724,708 14,953.046 717.23 13,565.179 790.61 Korea, South 7,818,010 5,249.768 1,489.21 4,762.511 1,641.57 Hong Kong 267,342 63.548 4,206.92 57.650 4,637.33 Taiwan 2,250,773 1,782.297 1,262.85 1,616.874 1,392.05 Japan 6,474,535 4,622.092 1,400.78 4,193.093 1,544.10 Australia 41,769 42.252 988.55 38.331 1,089.69 South Africa 750,582 1,307.476 574.07 1,186.123 632.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,022,404 75,875.617 1,041.47 68,833.222 1,148.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 83,264 235.744 353.20 213.864 389.33 Belgium 651,244 1,240.170 525.12 1,125.064 578.85 China 203,943 402.969 506.10 365.568 557.88 Taiwan 305,217 638.789 477.81 579.500 526.69 Japan 5,196,804 8,472.147 613.40 7,685.805 676.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,440,472 10,989.821 586.04 9,969.801 646.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,497,306 11,631.770 730.53 10,552.168 805.27 Mexico 2,641 2.970 889.01 2.695 979.96 Brazil 7,727 10.432 740.68 9.464 816.46 Norway 1,821,583 2,793.075 652.18 2,533.836 718.90 Netherlands 13,180,955 19,666.021 670.24 17,840.720 738.81 France 6,676,406 9,950.229 670.98 9,026.699 739.63 Federal Republic of Germany 3,751,825 6,739.596 556.68 6,114.061 613.64 China 1,795,332 2,859.846 627.77 2,594.410 692.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 649,532 872.638 744.33 791.645 820.48 Taiwan 244,893 310.629 788.38 281.798 869.04 Japan 316,598 357.158 886.44 324.009 977.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,944,798 55,194.370 669.36 50,071.505 737.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,779,122 3,898.126 712.94 3,536.322 785.88 United Kingdom 196,215 309.969 633.01 281.200 697.78 Netherlands 43,618 58.299 748.18 52.888 824.72 France 332,374 401.061 828.74 363.837 913.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,295,699 1,539.627 841.57 1,396.727 927.67 Korea, South 1,680,414 2,475.975 678.69 2,246.168 748.12 Taiwan 35,870 49.820 719.99 45.196 793.65 Japan 825,872 1,062.628 777.20 964.001 856.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,189,184 9,795.509 733.93 8,886.339 809.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 29,065,182 51,343.914 566.09 46,578.428 624.01 Mexico 15,141,846 27,900.554 542.71 25,310.964 598.23 Venezuela 2,879,748 6,928.746 415.62 6,285.655 458.15 Brazil 59,565 57.408 1,037.57 52.080 1,143.72 Sweden 6,296,304 8,437.671 746.21 7,654.529 822.56 Finland 101,708 40.344 2,520.98 36.600 2,778.91 United Kingdom 65,365 24.833 2,632.08 22.529 2,901.37 Netherlands 11,510,921 25,156.412 457.57 22,821.520 504.39 Belgium 1,673,930 3,477.485 481.36 3,154.723 530.61 France 13,337,477 24,258.639 549.80 22,007.074 606.05 Federal Republic of Germany 777,802 1,242.333 626.08 1,127.026 690.14 Austria 1,997,029 2,875.680 694.45 2,608.774 765.50 Hungary 956,422 2,249.056 425.25 2,040.310 468.76 Russia 15,350,905 37,434.690 410.07 33,960.190 452.03 Italy 35,772 22.836 1,566.43 20.717 1,726.70 Turkey 21,712,374 51,473.977 421.81 46,696.420 464.97 Malaysia 13,873,786 34,146.199 406.31 30,976.920 447.87 Korea, South 26,391,145 62,787.109 420.33 56,959.524 463.33 Japan 3,578,833 4,863.514 735.85 4,412.107 811.14 Australia 1,639,156 4,681.426 350.14 4,246.920 385.96 New Zealand 1,079,531 2,371.258 455.26 2,151.170 501.83 Egypt 8,643,612 20,217.464 427.53 18,340.980 471.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 176,168,413 371,991.559 473.58 337,465.160 522.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,414,195 25,608.727 680.01 23,231.853 749.58 Mexico 27,601,848 18,859.107 1,463.58 17,108.699 1,613.32 Dominican Republic 12,524 28.302 442.50 25.676 487.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 404,948 822.858 492.12 746.485 542.47 Brazil 19,293,072 33,794.059 570.90 30,657.464 629.31 Argentina 4,668,945 10,015.901 466.15 9,086.276 513.85 Sweden 5,934,401 4,072.243 1,457.28 3,694.278 1,606.38 Finland 2,036,021 950.325 2,142.45 862.121 2,361.64 United Kingdom 211,896 73.981 2,864.17 67.115 3,157.21 Netherlands 4,067,693 6,666.444 610.17 6,047.698 672.60 Belgium 8,817,414 11,879.118 742.26 10,776.558 818.20 France 5,682,967 4,858.324 1,169.74 4,407.399 1,289.42 Federal Republic of Germany 5,597,555 4,669.412 1,198.77 4,236.021 1,321.42 Austria 28,218 9.237 3,054.77 8.380 3,367.30 Switzerland 98,610 16.626 5,931.02 15.083 6,537.82 Russia 6,641,065 15,651.923 424.30 14,199.190 467.71 Spain 166,043 245.435 676.53 222.655 745.74 Italy 5,784,706 2,866.576 2,017.98 2,600.515 2,224.45 Turkey 11,917,284 24,126.506 493.95 21,887.205 544.49 India 1,520,935 3,091.140 492.03 2,804.236 542.37 Thailand 2,000,267 4,200.359 476.21 3,810.503 524.94 Malaysia 47,379 116.139 407.95 105.360 449.69 Indonesia 1,986,366 4,761.998 417.13 4,320.014 459.81 China 45,074,543 80,440.347 560.35 72,974.276 617.68 Korea, South 5,235,702 7,661.095 683.41 6,950.031 753.34 Taiwan 37,443,863 68,762.531 544.54 62,380.337 600.25 Japan 7,699,292 11,419.172 674.24 10,359.302 743.22 New Zealand 143,460 283.415 506.18 257.110 557.97 South Africa 1,257,442 2,840.577 442.67 2,576.929 487.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 228,788,654 348,791.889 655.95 316,418.769 723.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,338,426 45,880.968 704.83 41,622.526 776.95 Mexico 5,962,801 6,555.325 909.61 5,946.893 1,002.68 Guatemala 36,407 47.926 759.65 43.478 837.37 Venezuela 37,353 45.884 814.06 41.626 897.35 Brazil 6,784,088 11,728.859 578.41 10,640.245 637.59 Argentina 222,780 385.047 578.58 349.309 637.77 Sweden 27,353 24.227 1,129.00 21.979 1,244.51 Netherlands 2,321,223 3,840.140 604.46 3,483.718 666.31 Belgium 495,030 774.749 638.96 702.841 704.33 Federal Republic of Germany 4,380,150 8,715.362 502.58 7,906.446 554.00 Austria 333,235 387.037 860.99 351.115 949.08 Spain 3,387,139 4,395.579 770.58 3,987.604 849.42 India 42,601,029 73,880.739 576.62 67,023.498 635.61 China 32,215,826 61,569.659 523.24 55,855.071 576.78 Korea, South 11,363,092 15,532.162 731.58 14,090.545 806.43 Taiwan 30,449,087 47,628.557 639.30 43,207.913 704.71 Japan 2,465,833 3,991.797 617.72 3,621.299 680.92 South Africa 3,544,827 5,456.591 649.64 4,950.138 716.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 178,965,679 290,840.617 615.34 263,846.244 678.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,459,322 1,422.706 1,025.74 1,290.658 1,130.68 Belgium 831,055 1,249.910 664.89 1,133.900 732.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,798,787 5,335.141 712.03 4,839.960 784.88 Thailand 256,442 436.316 587.74 395.820 647.88 China 808,027 1,403.324 575.79 1,273.075 634.70 Korea, South 133,965 167.595 799.34 152.040 881.12 Taiwan 1,031,961 1,382.809 746.28 1,254.464 822.63 Japan 826,269 1,139.648 725.02 1,033.872 799.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,145,828 12,537.452 729.48 11,373.789 804.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,246,607 5,955.628 1,048.86 5,402.857 1,156.17 Mexico 4,219,742 4,798.445 879.40 4,353.078 969.37 Venezuela 15,789 19.795 797.61 17.958 879.22 Brazil 6,898,290 9,851.581 700.22 8,937.207 771.86 Denmark 42,477 15.607 2,721.55 14.159 3,000.00 United Kingdom 203,606 250.219 813.71 226.995 896.96 Belgium 502,239 704.785 712.61 639.371 785.52 Luxembourg 570,267 845.340 674.60 766.880 743.62 France 33,606 9.363 3,589.22 8.494 3,956.44 Federal Republic of Germany 383,213 158.731 2,414.22 143.999 2,661.22 Italy 101,634 107.916 941.79 97.900 1,038.14 China 1,537,380 2,423.607 634.34 2,198.660 699.23 Korea, South 12,138,242 19,438.526 624.44 17,634.340 688.33 Taiwan 4,496,125 6,469.671 694.95 5,869.189 766.06 Japan 909,534 853.401 1,065.78 774.193 1,174.82 Australia 42,504 19.661 2,161.74 17.837 2,382.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,341,255 51,922.284 738.44 47,103.117 813.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 73,157 21.266 3,439.95 19.293 3,791.89 Sweden 451,189 422.637 1,067.56 383.410 1,176.78 United Kingdom 576,133 159.501 3,612.09 144.697 3,981.65 Belgium 11,458 9.568 1,197.53 8.680 1,320.05 Federal Republic of Germany 977,664 721.339 1,355.35 654.388 1,494.01 Czech Republic 563,859 223.372 2,524.30 202.640 2,782.57 Russia 1,409,265 494.601 2,849.29 448.695 3,140.81 Korea, South 502,755 693.188 725.28 628.850 799.48 Japan 1,515,234 1,667.997 908.42 1,513.182 1,001.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,080,714 4,413.471 1,377.76 4,003.835 1,518.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,995,130 7,490.244 533.38 6,795.037 587.95 Mexico 424,292 540.566 784.90 490.394 865.21 Sweden 7,834 0.352 22,209.02 0.320 24,481.25 Finland 225,952 89.258 2,531.43 80.974 2,790.43 United Kingdom 3,695 5.819 634.98 5.279 699.94 France 4,039 0.849 4,752.43 0.771 5,238.65 Federal Republic of Germany 25,130 23.934 1,049.95 21.713 1,157.37 Switzerland 3,959 6.234 635.00 5.656 699.96 Slovenia 108,425 45.933 2,360.49 41.670 2,601.99 China 174,137 220.597 789.39 200.123 870.15 Taiwan 32,265 40.788 791.03 37.003 871.96 Japan 148,303 120.299 1,232.78 109.134 1,358.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,153,161 8,584.879 600.26 7,788.074 661.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,474,030 3,423.084 1,014.88 3,105.371 1,118.72 Mexico 3,651,119 1,910.923 1,910.66 1,733.561 2,106.14 Chile 3,978 4.407 902.65 3.998 995.00 Brazil 20,234 13.256 1,526.36 12.026 1,682.52 Sweden 3,588,354 705.862 5,083.64 640.348 5,603.76 Norway 14,118 2.641 5,345.42 2.396 5,892.32 Finland 565,487 223.844 2,526.25 203.068 2,784.72 United Kingdom 2,198,046 788.714 2,786.87 715.510 3,072.00 Belgium 366,168 123.423 2,966.76 111.968 3,270.29 France 2,172,709 409.327 5,307.99 371.336 5,851.06 Federal Republic of Germany 4,545,357 2,617.698 1,736.39 2,374.737 1,914.05 Austria 1,384,669 262.413 5,276.66 238.058 5,816.52 Switzerland 406,087 151.121 2,687.16 137.095 2,962.08 Italy 191,104 133.875 1,427.47 121.450 1,573.52 India 542,968 456.963 1,188.21 414.550 1,309.78 China 603,132 882.212 683.66 800.330 753.60 Korea, South 1,509,750 1,573.794 959.31 1,427.723 1,057.45 Taiwan 171,369 85.944 1,993.94 77.968 2,197.94 Japan 3,609,801 886.266 4,073.04 804.008 4,489.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,018,480 14,655.777 1,980.00 13,295.501 2,182.58 GRAND TOTAL 2,339,647,712 3,573,020.104 654.81 3,241,390.228 721.80 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,084,620 1,641.660 660.68 1,489.290 728.28 Belgium 930,246 1,129.835 823.35 1,024.970 907.58 Federal Republic of Germany 253,679 32.959 7,696.78 29.900 8,484.25 Austria 2,671 0.035 75,721.60 0.032 83,468.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,271,216 2,804.490 809.85 2,544.192 892.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 506,343 476.764 1,062.04 432.514 1,170.70 Norway 641,260 1,890.022 339.29 1,714.600 374.00 United Kingdom 130,904 35.072 3,732.41 31.817 4,114.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,242,545 926.686 1,340.85 840.676 1,478.03 Russia 121,833 115.107 1,058.43 104.424 1,166.71 Italy 818,128 1,496.631 546.65 1,357.722 602.57 Taiwan 11,517 1.367 8,419.06 1.241 9,280.42 Japan 3,750 1.102 3,401.94 1.000 3,750.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,476,280 4,942.755 703.31 4,483.994 775.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 628,524 1,132.285 555.09 1,027.192 611.89 United Kingdom 3,742,626 5,648.765 662.56 5,124.475 730.34 Luxembourg 2,486 4.199 591.93 3.810 652.49 Federal Republic of Germany 12,211 24.000 508.78 21.773 560.83 Spain 5,176,328 10,294.058 502.85 9,338.615 554.29 Italy 730,064 976.691 747.49 886.040 823.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,292,239 18,080.000 569.26 16,401.905 627.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,884,633 10,192.534 1,067.90 9,246.514 1,177.16 Brazil 2,277,687 1,936.102 1,176.43 1,756.403 1,296.79 Sweden 5,477,832 3,614.025 1,515.71 3,278.590 1,670.79 Finland 284,627 342.458 831.13 310.673 916.16 United Kingdom 498,201 523.994 950.78 475.360 1,048.05 Belgium 2,447,934 1,109.590 2,206.16 1,006.604 2,431.87 France 1,352,890 745.854 1,813.88 676.628 1,999.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,780,528 2,017.070 1,874.27 1,829.856 2,066.02 Austria 612,260 490.355 1,248.60 444.843 1,376.35 Poland 632,037 494.964 1,276.94 449.024 1,407.58 Russia 54,432 53.078 1,025.50 48.152 1,130.42 Ukraine 1,347,608 1,204.396 1,118.91 1,092.610 1,233.38 Romania 2,001,408 2,438.880 820.63 2,212.516 904.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,707,583 2,476.681 1,093.23 2,246.808 1,205.08 South Africa 210,504 126.353 1,665.99 114.626 1,836.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,570,164 27,766.339 1,245.04 25,189.207 1,372.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,313,549 5,031.757 658.53 4,564.735 725.90 Finland 12,909 20.216 638.54 18.340 703.87 Netherlands 2,732,843 5,454.546 501.02 4,948.283 552.28 France 1,594,773 2,319.190 687.64 2,103.935 758.00 Federal Republic of Germany 676,179 366.021 1,847.38 332.049 2,036.38 Japan 521,193 715.328 728.61 648.935 803.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,851,446 13,907.060 636.47 12,616.277 701.59 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 788,301 1,285.960 613.01 1,166.604 675.72 Japan 757,119 1,162.213 651.45 1,054.343 718.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,545,420 2,448.174 631.25 2,220.947 695.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,385,797 29,120.549 665.71 26,417.726 733.82 Mexico 1,681,148 2,959.028 568.14 2,684.386 626.27 Brazil 462,023 128.900 3,584.33 116.937 3,951.04 Sweden 1,800,688 546.311 3,296.08 495.606 3,633.31 Finland 322,455 467.213 690.17 423.849 760.78 Faroe Islands 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 United Kingdom 955,722 641.557 1,489.69 582.011 1,642.10 Netherlands 727,294 460.905 1,577.97 418.127 1,739.41 France 845,063 354.449 2,384.16 321.551 2,628.08 Federal Republic of Germany 4,109,364 4,141.552 992.23 3,757.154 1,093.74 Austria 258,518 59.616 4,336.37 54.083 4,780.02 Czech Republic 4,748,903 4,504.193 1,054.33 4,086.137 1,162.20 Poland 2,490 0.206 12,079.63 0.187 13,315.51 Russia 3,964 2.511 1,578.61 2.278 1,740.12 Spain 4,362,332 3,580.545 1,218.34 3,248.217 1,342.99 Italy 933,120 1,392.618 670.05 1,263.363 738.60 Turkey 4,024,040 10,049.218 400.43 9,116.500 441.40 China 570,909 256.644 2,224.51 232.824 2,452.11 Korea, South 898,989 776.358 1,157.96 704.301 1,276.43 Taiwan 372,532 78.387 4,752.44 71.112 5,238.67 Japan 6,177,905 6,805.230 907.82 6,173.603 1,000.70 South Africa 397,253 611.270 649.88 554.535 716.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,043,613 66,941.744 792.38 60,728.546 873.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 280,713 453.440 619.07 411.354 682.41 Mexico 1,377,698 2,663.316 517.29 2,416.121 570.21 United Kingdom 34,384 19.841 1,732.92 18.000 1,910.22 Austria 58,377 10.004 5,835.03 9.076 6,432.02 Ukraine 8,030 2.500 3,211.95 2.268 3,540.56 China 14,587 8.034 1,815.49 7.289 2,001.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,773,789 3,157.137 561.83 2,864.108 619.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,501,155 1,455.947 1,717.89 1,320.814 1,893.65 Colombia 347,583 298.426 1,164.72 270.728 1,283.88 Brazil 74,935 28.256 2,651.94 25.634 2,923.27 Sweden 74,538 43.630 1,708.39 39.581 1,883.18 United Kingdom 681,080 210.653 3,233.17 191.102 3,563.96 France 5,326,532 3,463.559 1,537.88 3,142.089 1,695.22 Federal Republic of Germany 573,038 231.812 2,471.99 210.297 2,724.90 Austria 69,469 3.118 22,276.86 2.829 24,556.03 Russia 5,819,667 6,213.743 936.58 5,637.015 1,032.40 Ukraine 5,139,023 6,965.889 737.74 6,319.350 813.22 Spain 388,988 408.697 951.78 370.764 1,049.15 Italy 192,499 116.046 1,658.80 105.276 1,828.52 Romania 14,877 6.006 2,476.82 5.449 2,730.23 Korea, South 127,008 86.799 1,463.24 78.743 1,612.94 Taiwan 29,459 12.851 2,292.20 11.659 2,526.72 Japan 279,585 203.322 1,375.08 184.451 1,515.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,639,436 19,748.762 1,095.74 17,915.781 1,207.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,405,089 881.308 1,594.32 799.510 1,757.44 Mexico 167,658 108.414 1,546.45 98.352 1,704.67 Brazil 2,390,926 690.035 3,464.93 625.990 3,819.43 Sweden 2,923,366 861.705 3,392.54 781.726 3,739.63 United Kingdom 1,040,247 637.286 1,632.31 578.137 1,799.31 Netherlands 268,997 239.265 1,124.26 217.058 1,239.29 Belgium 9,901 4.160 2,379.98 3.774 2,623.48 France 3,219,466 1,091.604 2,949.30 990.287 3,251.04 Federal Republic of Germany 4,157,628 1,750.766 2,374.75 1,588.269 2,617.71 Austria 2,499,403 608.354 4,108.47 551.890 4,528.81 Czech Republic 174,598 42.671 4,091.67 38.711 4,510.29 Switzerland 103,947 6.192 16,785.18 5.618 18,502.49 Poland 72,891 27.699 2,631.45 25.129 2,900.67 Russia 454,585 142.426 3,191.72 129.207 3,518.27 Ukraine 232,526 57.356 4,054.04 52.033 4,468.82 Spain 175,746 76.622 2,293.65 69.511 2,528.32 Italy 166,445 198.409 838.90 179.994 924.73 Slovenia 1,909,428 747.360 2,554.90 677.994 2,816.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 3,591,252 1,436.895 2,499.31 1,303.530 2,755.02 Korea, South 521,759 283.868 1,838.03 257.521 2,026.08 Taiwan 1,220,945 354.552 3,443.62 321.645 3,795.94 Japan 4,802,585 3,312.140 1,449.99 3,004.724 1,598.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,509,388 13,559.097 2,323.86 12,300.610 2,561.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 273,440 41.375 6,608.78 37.535 7,284.93 Argentina 115,216 56.246 2,048.41 51.026 2,257.99 Federal Republic of Germany 295,325 122.721 2,406.47 111.331 2,652.68 Spain 1,238,723 176.904 7,002.22 160.485 7,718.62 Italy 750,098 352.129 2,130.17 319.447 2,348.11 India 30,976 9.680 3,199.84 8.782 3,527.21 China 79,909 107.943 740.28 97.925 816.02 Japan 119,254 59.034 2,020.08 53.555 2,226.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,902,941 926.036 3,134.80 840.086 3,455.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 14,792,749 8,403.909 1,760.22 7,623.901 1,940.31 Brazil 1,517,191 1,061.331 1,429.52 962.824 1,575.77 United Kingdom 199,924 15.725 12,713.31 14.266 14,014.02 France 124,455 235.508 528.45 213.650 582.52 Federal Republic of Germany 15,148,170 9,439.796 1,604.71 8,563.642 1,768.89 Austria 3,556,781 3,152.506 1,128.24 2,859.907 1,243.67 Czech Republic 370,772 303.686 1,220.90 275.500 1,345.81 Spain 1,701,556 1,386.655 1,227.09 1,257.953 1,352.64 Italy 76,260 217.536 350.56 197.346 386.43 India 6,762,522 5,022.829 1,346.36 4,556.636 1,484.10 China 23,908,855 21,807.807 1,096.34 19,783.716 1,208.51 Japan 20,390,335 5,495.320 3,710.49 4,985.272 4,090.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,549,570 56,542.616 1,566.07 51,294.613 1,726.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,146,963 22,917.829 922.73 20,790.711 1,017.14 Japan 1,467,373 1,147.058 1,279.25 1,040.594 1,410.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,614,336 24,064.887 939.72 21,831.305 1,035.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 40,000 6.699 5,970.29 6.078 6,581.11 Brazil 18,452 10.259 1,798.58 9.307 1,982.59 United Kingdom 20,944 3.240 6,462.61 2.940 7,123.81 Federal Republic of Germany 131,695 87.795 1,500.02 79.647 1,653.48 Italy 324,787 439.520 738.96 398.726 814.56 China 36,315 65.650 553.16 59.557 609.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 5,141 10.049 511.55 9.117 563.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 577,334 623.215 926.38 565.372 1,021.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 264,672 101.807 2,599.74 92.358 2,865.72 Federal Republic of Germany 170,804 10.582 16,140.71 9.600 17,792.08 Taiwan 4,208 8.140 516.92 7.385 569.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 439,684 120.529 3,647.92 109.343 4,021.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,531,577 2,815.780 1,254.21 2,554.434 1,382.53 Mexico 2,708,114 1,259.339 2,150.42 1,142.454 2,370.44 Brazil 411,780 222.010 1,854.77 201.405 2,044.54 Argentina 475,412 254.796 1,865.85 231.148 2,056.74 Sweden 632,096 408.316 1,548.05 370.419 1,706.44 United Kingdom 368,517 248.557 1,482.62 225.488 1,634.31 France 967,672 533.511 1,813.78 483.994 1,999.35 Federal Republic of Germany 2,869,355 1,622.899 1,768.04 1,472.270 1,948.93 Czech Republic 483,506 102.358 4,723.66 92.858 5,206.94 Switzerland 412,912 187.604 2,200.97 170.192 2,426.15 Spain 871,196 436.296 1,996.80 395.802 2,201.09 Italy 1,420,364 676.586 2,099.31 613.789 2,314.09 Saudi Arabia 42,293 33.086 1,278.24 30.016 1,409.02 India 214,225 108.383 1,976.54 98.324 2,178.77 China 761,148 747.875 1,017.75 678.461 1,121.87 Korea, South 140,466 295.742 474.96 268.293 523.55 Taiwan 53,290 35.745 1,490.81 32.428 1,643.33 Japan 4,978,990 2,294.207 2,170.24 2,081.271 2,392.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,342,913 12,283.102 1,737.58 11,143.046 1,915.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 26,917 3.968 6,782.97 3.600 7,476.94 Brazil 307,322 65.524 4,690.17 59.443 5,170.03 Argentina 798,079 308.428 2,587.56 279.802 2,852.30 Sweden 718,890 239.263 3,004.60 217.056 3,312.00 France 3,355,530 1,225.003 2,739.20 1,111.305 3,019.45 Federal Republic of Germany 7,399,335 2,273.920 3,254.00 2,062.867 3,586.92 Italy 58,236 9.449 6,163.19 8.572 6,793.75 Japan 1,488,884 369.527 4,029.15 335.230 4,441.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,153,193 4,495.086 3,148.59 4,077.875 3,470.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,208,349 261.141 4,627.17 236.904 5,100.59 Mexico 20,000 7.871 2,540.78 7.141 2,800.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 249,820 21.459 11,641.31 19.468 12,832.34 Netherlands 2,875 1.132 2,539.59 1.027 2,799.42 Federal Republic of Germany 50,994 3.970 12,843.14 3.602 14,157.13 China 72,083 144.748 497.99 131.314 548.94 Japan 2,324 0.914 2,540.12 0.830 2,800.00 Australia 3,598 1.416 2,540.12 1.285 2,800.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,610,043 442.656 3,637.23 401.571 4,009.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 604,856 829.081 729.55 752.130 804.19 Mexico 7,531 23.137 325.49 20.990 358.79 Finland 729,709 294.599 2,476.95 267.256 2,730.37 Federal Republic of Germany 12,933 2.771 4,666.91 2.514 5,144.39 Italy 171,208 114.926 1,489.71 104.260 1,642.13 China 642,843 502.900 1,278.27 456.224 1,409.05 Korea, South 384,366 809.304 474.93 734.189 523.52 Taiwan 1,437,409 370.095 3,883.89 335.745 4,281.25 Japan 485,609 304.334 1,595.64 276.088 1,758.89 Australia 6,479 4.870 1,330.39 4.418 1,466.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,482,943 3,256.021 1,376.82 2,953.814 1,517.68 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 127,742 151.342 844.06 137.296 930.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,742 151.342 844.06 137.296 930.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 356,042 304.935 1,167.60 276.633 1,287.06 Mexico 1,170,106 955.062 1,225.16 866.418 1,350.51 Venezuela 13,230 19.821 667.45 17.982 735.74 Brazil 50,010 84.432 592.31 76.596 652.91 Sweden 17,320 4.597 3,767.07 4.171 4,152.48 United Kingdom 69,135 7.144 9,677.25 6.481 10,667.34 Netherlands 21,446 1.212 17,686.81 1.100 19,496.36 France 24,056 1.414 17,009.54 1.283 18,749.81 Federal Republic of Germany 262,736 121.800 2,157.09 110.496 2,377.79 Austria 96,546 31.602 3,055.04 28.669 3,367.61 Poland 160,062 144.829 1,105.18 131.387 1,218.25 Italy 1,777,567 1,512.915 1,174.93 1,372.494 1,295.14 Turkey 124,621 133.436 933.93 121.052 1,029.48 China 781,156 719.670 1,085.44 652.874 1,196.49 Korea, South 2,649,064 2,340.539 1,131.82 2,123.302 1,247.62 Taiwan 306,200 331.388 923.99 300.631 1,018.52 Japan 2,683,607 1,919.162 1,398.32 1,741.035 1,541.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,562,904 8,633.965 1,223.41 7,832.604 1,348.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,622,014 2,544.271 637.52 2,308.125 702.74 Sweden 6,108,521 8,288.405 737.00 7,519.117 812.40 Netherlands 272,476 529.961 514.14 480.773 566.75 Belgium 2,723 0.960 2,836.12 0.871 3,126.29 France 4,079,653 5,588.527 730.01 5,069.828 804.69 Federal Republic of Germany 68,104 27.557 2,471.32 25.000 2,724.16 Austria 1,512,367 2,036.453 742.65 1,847.440 818.63 Japan 2,818,818 3,960.985 711.65 3,593.347 784.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,484,676 22,977.122 717.44 20,844.501 790.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,707,339 2,274.173 750.75 2,063.096 827.56 Dominican Republic 12,524 28.302 442.50 25.676 487.77 Sweden 2,079,147 2,659.997 781.63 2,413.110 861.60 United Kingdom 28,259 47.922 589.68 43.475 650.01 Netherlands 2,200,766 3,244.959 678.21 2,943.779 747.60 Belgium 1,424,868 498.112 2,860.54 451.880 3,153.20 France 2,700,312 3,423.224 788.82 3,105.498 869.53 Federal Republic of Germany 605,222 566.857 1,067.68 514.245 1,176.91 Spain 151,330 233.411 648.34 211.747 714.67 Korea, South 1,879,750 3,071.455 612.01 2,786.378 674.62 Japan 5,358,554 7,945.459 674.42 7,208.002 743.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,148,071 23,993.877 756.36 21,766.886 833.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,515,355 7,546.399 730.86 6,845.980 805.63 Brazil 186,023 274.967 676.53 249.446 745.74 Netherlands 283,211 442.394 640.18 401.334 705.67 Belgium 87,504 135.647 645.09 123.057 711.09 Federal Republic of Germany 3,769,025 7,500.152 502.53 6,804.026 553.94 Spain 3,062,474 3,943.368 776.61 3,577.365 856.07 China 1,487,698 3,123.629 476.27 2,833.710 525.00 Japan 2,400,078 3,920.146 612.24 3,556.298 674.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,791,368 26,886.705 624.52 24,391.216 688.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,090,201 894.548 1,218.72 811.521 1,343.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,700,196 3,766.135 716.97 3,416.582 790.32 Japan 415,758 642.690 646.90 583.039 713.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,206,155 5,303.374 793.11 4,811.142 874.25 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 73,157 21.266 3,439.95 19.293 3,791.89 Sweden 451,189 422.637 1,067.56 383.410 1,176.78 United Kingdom 576,133 159.501 3,612.09 144.697 3,981.65 Belgium 11,458 9.568 1,197.53 8.680 1,320.05 Federal Republic of Germany 977,664 721.339 1,355.35 654.388 1,494.01 Czech Republic 563,859 223.372 2,524.30 202.640 2,782.57 Russia 1,409,265 494.601 2,849.29 448.695 3,140.81 Korea, South 502,755 693.188 725.28 628.850 799.48 Japan 1,515,234 1,667.997 908.42 1,513.182 1,001.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,080,714 4,413.471 1,377.76 4,003.835 1,518.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 416,508 960.731 433.53 871.561 477.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 416,508 960.731 433.53 871.561 477.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 836,153 403.680 2,071.32 366.213 2,283.24 Sweden 545,662 124.891 4,369.08 113.300 4,816.08 Norway 14,118 2.641 5,345.42 2.396 5,892.32 United Kingdom 117,383 49.531 2,369.88 44.934 2,612.34 France 877,322 77.632 11,300.97 70.427 12,457.18 Federal Republic of Germany 2,108,249 1,363.067 1,546.69 1,236.554 1,704.94 Austria 747,682 131.676 5,678.17 119.455 6,259.11 Switzerland 201,282 50.607 3,977.35 45.910 4,384.27 Japan 216,581 37.773 5,733.60 34.268 6,320.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,664,432 2,241.502 2,527.07 2,033.457 2,785.62 GRAND TOTAL 404,128,518 371,671.810 1,087.33 337,175.090 1,198.57 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 16,387 34.874 469.88 31.638 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,387 34.874 469.88 31.638 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 9,295,806 24,230.867 383.63 21,981.879 422.88 Mexico 21,164,009 49,778.916 425.16 45,158.686 468.66 Brazil 15,496,272 45,854.106 337.95 41,598.157 372.52 Norway 3,788,882 11,167.182 339.29 10,130.700 374.00 United Kingdom 560,486 1,081.352 518.32 980.987 571.35 Belgium 1,362,228 2,247.275 606.17 2,038.695 668.19 Federal Republic of Germany 742,659 1,269.689 584.91 1,151.843 644.76 Russia 66,570,741 182,502.274 364.77 165,563.325 402.09 Ukraine 44,181,821 124,794.485 354.04 113,211.685 390.26 Italy 24,883,036 64,806.594 383.96 58,791.570 423.24 Turkey 1,360,049 2,860.585 475.44 2,595.080 524.09 China 4,936 13.062 377.88 11.850 416.54 Japan 13,777,060 44,087.126 312.50 39,995.180 344.47 Australia 11,064,362 38,203.189 289.62 34,657.360 319.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 214,252,347 592,896.707 361.37 537,866.997 398.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,926,943 27,422.681 580.79 24,877.445 640.22 Mexico 55,211 117.092 471.51 106.225 519.76 Trinidad and Tobago 3,504,559 8,226.721 426.00 7,463.158 469.58 Venezuela 851,647 2,031.737 419.17 1,843.162 462.06 Brazil 6,773,231 13,099.599 517.06 11,883.760 569.96 Argentina 1,275,821 3,194.298 399.41 2,897.820 440.27 Finland 32,925 102.097 322.49 92.621 355.48 United Kingdom 1,701,243 2,463.237 690.65 2,234.612 761.31 Belgium 3,653 4.203 869.12 3.813 958.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,111,346 3,033.416 696.03 2,751.870 767.24 Spain 3,977,916 8,368.649 475.34 7,591.913 523.97 Italy 3,345,521 7,832.292 427.14 7,105.338 470.85 Turkey 5,205,904 13,186.781 394.78 11,962.850 435.17 India 3,830,215 12,521.247 305.90 11,359.088 337.19 Thailand 52,412 89.572 585.13 81.259 645.00 Malaysia 612,314 1,649.479 371.22 1,496.383 409.20 Singapore 4,763,896 13,128.237 362.87 11,909.740 400.00 China 11,730,931 33,564.478 349.50 30,449.191 385.26 Taiwan 1,144,977 3,070.852 372.85 2,785.831 411.00 Japan 7,410,954 10,865.383 682.07 9,856.913 751.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 2,429,965 6,910.674 351.62 6,269.260 387.60 New Zealand 3,655,414 11,039.461 331.12 10,014.834 365.00 Egypt 4,839,487 11,021.941 439.08 9,998.940 484.00 South Africa 2,115,832 5,095.411 415.24 4,622.481 457.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,352,317 198,039.548 441.09 179,658.507 486.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,914,621 14,921.814 664.44 13,536.846 732.42 Mexico 3,374,346 6,246.613 540.19 5,666.834 595.46 Brazil 2,975,884 7,352.751 404.73 6,670.306 446.14 Norway 257,857 153.761 1,676.99 139.490 1,848.57 United Kingdom 934,665 1,238.309 754.79 1,123.376 832.01 Netherlands 2,116 1.705 1,240.86 1.547 1,367.81 Belgium 126,653 120.645 1,049.79 109.448 1,157.20 Luxembourg 3,726,670 5,220.400 713.87 4,735.869 786.90 Federal Republic of Germany 8,552,392 14,295.696 598.25 12,968.841 659.46 Austria 104,947 8.828 11,887.42 8.009 13,103.63 Poland 8,544,393 15,515.523 550.70 14,075.450 607.04 Russia 3,610,113 7,538.402 478.90 6,838.726 527.89 Spain 293,448 296.463 989.83 268.947 1,091.10 Italy 32,008 11.830 2,705.66 10.732 2,982.48 India 4,880 9.961 489.88 9.037 540.00 China 45,658 62.076 735.51 56.315 810.76 Korea, South 3,007,970 7,211.878 417.09 6,542.508 459.76 Taiwan 21,295 55.231 385.56 50.105 425.01 Japan 1,043,542 1,942.813 537.13 1,762.491 592.08 South Africa 17,891 65.283 274.05 59.224 302.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,591,349 82,269.990 566.32 74,634.101 624.26 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 568,929 638.445 891.12 579.188 982.29 Luxembourg 3,504,470 4,611.854 759.88 4,183.805 837.63 Federal Republic of Germany 397,681 576.600 689.70 523.083 760.26 China 9,661 7.073 1,365.80 6.417 1,505.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,480,741 5,833.973 768.04 5,292.493 846.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,692,663 12,908.852 673.39 11,710.717 742.28 Sweden 14,081 22.912 614.55 20.786 677.43 Belgium 500,565 633.520 790.13 574.720 870.97 Federal Republic of Germany 10,572,836 10,670.701 990.83 9,680.300 1,092.20 Austria 3,106,906 4,251.417 730.79 3,856.822 805.56 Czech Republic 726,516 1,025.205 708.65 930.051 781.16 Hungary 228,384 528.668 432.00 479.600 476.20 Russia 3,495,933 6,538.703 534.65 5,931.814 589.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 2,800,598 6,776.575 413.28 6,147.608 455.56 Italy 152,318 185.408 821.53 168.200 905.58 Bulgaria 1,437,422 3,255.741 441.50 2,953.560 486.67 Thailand 6,266,016 14,640.624 427.99 13,281.755 471.78 Malaysia 5,991,101 13,617.342 439.96 12,353.449 484.97 Korea, South 9,862,333 19,149.949 515.01 17,372.547 567.70 Australia 5,781,242 10,026.285 576.61 9,095.696 635.60 South Africa 1,747,067 2,477.812 705.08 2,247.834 777.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,375,981 106,709.722 575.17 96,805.459 634.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,596,159 24,413.016 556.92 22,147.122 613.90 Mexico 7,745,153 13,923.787 556.25 12,631.451 613.16 Venezuela 719,991 1,627.012 442.52 1,476.001 487.80 Brazil 30,710 39.467 778.12 35.804 857.73 Sweden 14,841 44.786 331.37 40.630 365.27 Netherlands 4,566,872 10,214.067 447.12 9,266.049 492.86 Belgium 680,695 1,739.865 391.23 1,578.380 431.26 France 2,500,876 5,027.082 497.48 4,560.494 548.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,410,483 2,702.260 521.96 2,451.450 575.37 Hungary 136,197 333.625 408.23 302.660 450.00 Russia 5,025,664 12,602.942 398.77 11,433.200 439.57 Turkey 11,225,386 28,075.872 399.82 25,470.010 440.73 India 726,976 1,319.604 550.90 1,197.125 607.27 Malaysia 4,570,296 11,754.658 388.81 10,663.650 428.59 Korea, South 2,255,845 5,228.687 431.44 4,743.387 475.58 Japan 322,312 275.768 1,168.78 250.173 1,288.36 New Zealand 434,346 997.734 435.33 905.130 479.87 Egypt 1,517,414 3,711.844 408.80 3,367.330 450.63 South Africa 907,157 1,808.699 501.55 1,640.825 552.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,387,373 125,840.783 463.98 114,160.871 511.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 117,907 144.420 816.42 131.016 899.94 Czech Republic 5,658,363 9,739.476 580.97 8,835.507 640.41 Spain 189,795 243.607 779.10 220.997 858.81 Japan 3,879,160 6,133.308 632.47 5,564.045 697.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,845,225 16,260.812 605.46 14,751.565 667.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 213,885 276.813 772.67 251.121 851.72 Mexico 2,500 0.417 5,984.07 0.379 6,596.31 Austria 848,371 766.262 1,107.15 695.142 1,220.43 Spain 77,398 75.528 1,024.76 68.518 1,129.60 China 147,399 209.355 704.06 189.924 776.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 423,081 656.819 644.14 595.857 710.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,712,634 1,985.197 862.70 1,800.941 950.97 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 255,965 264.591 967.40 240.033 1,066.37 Brazil 16,377 18.754 873.22 17.014 962.56 India 13,441 19.003 707.28 17.240 779.64 China 63,437 73.827 859.26 66.975 947.17 Australia 457,712 716.184 639.10 649.712 704.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 806,932 1,092.361 738.70 990.974 814.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,400,920 30,298.702 607.32 27,486.528 669.45 Mexico 2,274,097 3,824.772 594.57 3,469.776 655.40 Dominican Republic 18,200 38.580 471.74 35.000 520.00 Brazil 707,709 1,800.604 393.04 1,633.481 433.25 Argentina 997,046 1,740.258 572.93 1,578.736 631.55 Sweden 25,841 16.499 1,566.18 14.968 1,726.42 United Kingdom 18,142,071 23,878.804 759.76 21,662.493 837.49 Federal Republic of Germany 1,201,040 1,630.310 736.69 1,478.993 812.07 Czech Republic 495,599 882.890 561.34 800.945 618.77 Russia 2,210,612 5,351.433 413.09 4,854.740 455.35 Spain 1,595,138 2,690.130 592.96 2,440.446 653.63 Turkey 212,680 436.923 486.77 396.370 536.57 India 395,203 572.190 690.68 519.083 761.35 China 348,221 368.010 946.22 333.854 1,043.03 Korea, South 1,113,343 2,466.534 451.38 2,237.603 497.56 Taiwan 507,013 1,379.439 367.55 1,251.407 405.15 Japan 2,701,513 3,362.367 803.46 3,050.289 885.66 South Africa 1,229,417 2,624.179 468.50 2,380.616 516.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,575,663 83,362.630 630.69 75,625.328 695.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,007,982 11,841.084 591.84 10,742.054 652.39 Mexico 2,678,106 5,117.045 523.37 4,642.107 576.92 Brazil 1,961,877 5,037.898 389.42 4,570.306 429.27 United Kingdom 3,270 1.048 3,119.34 0.951 3,438.49 Federal Republic of Germany 196,348 211.807 927.01 192.149 1,021.85 Turkey 123,613 263.518 469.09 239.060 517.08 China 57,513 77.793 739.30 70.573 814.94 Korea, South 219,516 469.302 467.75 425.744 515.61 Taiwan 426,642 1,059.320 402.75 961.000 443.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,674,867 24,078.819 526.39 21,843.944 580.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 2,093,108 4,842.024 432.28 4,392.612 476.51 Mexico 3,126,403 6,703.062 466.41 6,080.918 514.13 Dominican Republic 1,382,033 3,433.651 402.50 3,114.957 443.68 Peru 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 Brazil 1,269,795 1,905.455 666.40 1,728.601 734.58 Luxembourg 741,073 888.255 834.30 805.812 919.66 Federal Republic of Germany 152,116 187.664 810.58 170.246 893.51 Poland 49,191 129.104 381.02 117.122 420.00 Romania 2,430,858 7,331.299 331.57 6,650.845 365.50 Bulgaria 551,658 1,503.855 366.83 1,364.275 404.36 Turkey 59,468,336 155,990.832 381.23 141,512.543 420.23 India 43,160 94.282 457.77 85.532 504.61 Taiwan 17,997,989 48,981.425 367.45 44,435.214 405.04 Japan 8,633,514 23,388.993 369.13 21,218.144 406.89 Australia 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,022,985 255,501.943 383.65 231,787.530 422.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,620,218 5,237.627 1,073.05 4,751.497 1,182.83 Mexico 62,794 77.868 806.41 70.641 888.92 Finland 5,022 5.400 929.96 4.899 1,025.11 United Kingdom 2,132,084 1,605.272 1,328.18 1,456.279 1,464.06 France 288,618 261.026 1,105.71 236.799 1,218.83 Federal Republic of Germany 4,038,321 3,604.553 1,120.34 3,269.997 1,234.96 Austria 153,035 75.782 2,019.39 68.749 2,226.00 Switzerland 21,390 10.711 1,996.98 9.717 2,201.30 Russia 2,561,587 2,510.783 1,020.23 2,277.745 1,124.62 Ukraine 684,972 1,252.856 546.73 1,136.573 602.66 Spain 789,803 973.738 811.10 883.361 894.09 Italy 426,863 444.049 961.30 402.835 1,059.65 Romania 84,133 32.069 2,623.46 29.093 2,891.86 India 65,124 15.893 4,097.62 14.418 4,516.85 China 100,466 214.229 468.96 194.346 516.94 Korea, South 18,711 12.193 1,534.47 11.062 1,691.47 Japan 183,308 182.101 1,006.62 165.200 1,109.61 South Africa 134,925 218.622 617.16 198.331 680.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,371,374 16,734.780 1,038.04 15,181.542 1,144.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 28,907,260 36,408.300 793.97 33,029.064 875.21 Mexico 3,744,848 4,578.003 818.01 4,153.096 901.70 Guatemala 99,834 110.405 904.25 100.158 996.77 Dominican Republic 35,175 54.462 645.85 49.408 711.93 Colombia 1,198,977 1,697.463 706.33 1,539.913 778.60 Venezuela 1,285,535 1,832.611 701.48 1,662.518 773.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 73,471 71.282 1,030.71 64.666 1,136.16 Brazil 423,165 275.890 1,533.81 250.284 1,690.74 Sweden 21,904 0.597 36,662.32 0.542 40,413.28 United Kingdom 521,184 5.698 91,452.67 5.170 100,809.28 France 252,322 159.401 1,582.93 144.607 1,744.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,775,895 1,127.109 1,575.62 1,022.497 1,736.82 Ukraine 269,875 325.400 829.36 295.198 914.22 Spain 2,161,123 1,883.567 1,147.36 1,708.744 1,264.74 Italy 612,770 379.868 1,613.11 344.611 1,778.15 Romania 2,388,480 3,783.520 631.29 3,432.353 695.87 Turkey 2,270,321 3,639.830 623.74 3,302.000 687.56 United Arab Emirates 256,684 239.079 1,073.64 216.889 1,183.48 Oman 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 India 3,914,080 6,750.830 579.79 6,124.252 639.11 Thailand 1,701,993 3,124.603 544.71 2,834.593 600.44 Malaysia 66,528 89.703 741.64 81.378 817.52 Philippines 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 China 24,853,230 48,020.710 517.55 43,563.668 570.50 Korea, South 1,470,573 2,119.203 693.93 1,922.510 764.92 Hong Kong 26,472 45.194 585.73 41.000 645.66 Taiwan 1,437,495 2,833.355 507.35 2,570.378 559.25 Japan 610,164 596.423 1,023.04 541.066 1,127.71 South Africa 1,114,548 1,906.099 584.73 1,729.185 644.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,121,327 125,240.609 663.69 113,616.402 731.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,367,795 3,317.393 1,015.19 3,009.490 1,119.06 Mexico 47,371 38.857 1,219.09 35.251 1,343.82 Colombia 7,944,337 6,411.625 1,239.05 5,816.530 1,365.82 Venezuela 6,545,074 8,302.636 788.31 7,532.027 868.97 Brazil 7,313,541 8,521.435 858.25 7,730.518 946.06 Sweden 1,470,630 1,724.836 852.62 1,564.746 939.85 United Kingdom 63,088 3.035 20,781.59 2.754 22,907.77 Federal Republic of Germany 9,647,972 8,607.620 1,120.86 7,808.704 1,235.54 Austria 11,368,283 6,928.094 1,640.90 6,285.063 1,808.78 Czech Republic 815,762 799.365 1,020.51 725.172 1,124.92 Russia 4,561,228 5,963.147 764.90 5,409.678 843.16 Ukraine 464,815 733.359 633.82 665.293 698.66 Spain 93,170 2.450 38,021.78 2.223 41,911.83 Greece 3,114,572 4,464.184 697.68 4,049.841 769.06 Romania 3,607,388 2,471.042 1,459.86 2,241.693 1,609.22 India 1,149,989 915.678 1,255.89 830.690 1,384.38 China 31,628,146 39,169.986 807.46 35,534.424 890.07 Korea, South 17,368,719 23,211.425 748.28 21,057.057 824.84 Taiwan 2,139,901 3,070.605 696.90 2,785.607 768.20 Japan 884,202 658.306 1,343.15 597.206 1,480.56 South Africa 1,879,719 1,876.790 1,001.56 1,702.596 1,104.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 115,475,702 127,191.877 907.89 115,386.563 1,000.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 15,277,188 11,886.237 1,285.28 10,783.016 1,416.78 Brazil 8,685,681 7,999.133 1,085.83 7,256.694 1,196.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,355,617 2,735.745 1,226.58 2,481.827 1,352.08 Czech Republic 2,851,281 2,728.252 1,045.09 2,475.030 1,152.02 Poland 5,393 4.548 1,185.76 4.126 1,307.08 Spain 12,013 9.590 1,252.65 8.700 1,380.80 Italy 492,986 188.759 2,611.71 171.240 2,878.92 Romania 2,285,069 3,183.876 717.70 2,888.365 791.13 India 294,292 541.519 543.46 491.258 599.06 China 168,393 208.418 807.96 189.074 890.62 Korea, South 3,915,058 6,100.972 641.71 5,534.711 707.36 Taiwan 14,251 23.820 598.26 21.610 659.46 Japan 7,409,505 8,732.764 848.47 7,922.233 935.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,766,727 44,343.639 1,009.54 40,227.884 1,112.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 69,451 63.338 1,096.50 57.460 1,208.68 Mexico 4,038,624 4,835.157 835.26 4,386.382 920.72 Venezuela 425,073 672.201 632.36 609.811 697.06 Chile 85,509 151.417 564.72 137.364 622.50 Brazil 1,876,643 1,880.497 997.95 1,705.959 1,100.05 Argentina 1,333,067 1,135.445 1,174.05 1,030.059 1,294.17 France 2,902,186 2,402.877 1,207.80 2,179.854 1,331.37 Federal Republic of Germany 703,958 369.297 1,906.21 335.021 2,101.24 Austria 2,992,508 2,745.150 1,090.11 2,490.359 1,201.64 Czech Republic 3,206,574 3,675.541 872.41 3,334.396 961.67 Poland 15,366 12.908 1,190.42 11.710 1,312.21 Russia 1,981,358 2,419.390 818.95 2,194.835 902.74 Ukraine 515,816 990.342 520.85 898.424 574.13 Spain 135,007 108.030 1,249.71 98.004 1,377.57 Italy 2,363,028 1,414.656 1,670.39 1,283.355 1,841.29 Romania 1,020,736 1,219.040 837.33 1,105.895 923.00 China 15,034,608 21,224.360 708.37 19,254.421 780.84 Korea, South 2,573,251 4,491.780 572.88 4,074.876 631.49 Taiwan 578,147 1,089.223 530.79 988.127 585.09 Japan 104,369 11.964 8,723.23 10.854 9,615.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,955,279 50,912.621 824.06 46,187.166 908.38 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 1,142,974 1,387.632 823.69 1,258.839 907.96 Federal Republic of Germany 110,729 142.098 779.24 128.910 858.96 Romania 16,021 14.564 1,099.98 13.213 1,212.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 290,373 534.368 543.39 484.771 598.99 China 7,874,402 14,460.768 544.54 13,118.592 600.25 Korea, South 4,571,004 7,789.040 586.85 7,066.101 646.89 Taiwan 1,154,782 2,215.175 521.30 2,009.574 574.64 South Africa 672,781 1,107.276 607.60 1,004.505 669.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,833,066 27,650.925 572.61 25,084.505 631.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,519,332 11,140.016 1,034.05 10,106.056 1,139.84 Mexico 11,138,486 14,886.822 748.21 13,505.102 824.76 Costa Rica 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 Dominican Republic 179,383 220.218 814.57 199.779 897.91 Colombia 365,067 436.799 835.78 396.258 921.29 Brazil 1,538,452 1,339.141 1,148.83 1,214.849 1,266.37 Argentina 256,344 254.902 1,005.65 231.244 1,108.54 Sweden 95,396 30.261 3,152.36 27.453 3,474.88 Denmark 4,769 0.412 11,567.82 0.374 12,751.34 Netherlands 9,615 0.391 24,570.66 0.355 27,084.51 Belgium 18,435 7.416 2,485.72 6.728 2,740.04 France 740,002 628.218 1,177.94 569.910 1,298.45 Federal Republic of Germany 2,729,634 1,863.830 1,464.53 1,690.839 1,614.37 Austria 33,805 10.406 3,248.32 9.441 3,580.66 Slovakia 110,284 72.731 1,516.32 65.981 1,671.45 Switzerland 1,193,116 474.892 2,512.39 430.815 2,769.44 Russia 1,257,040 1,767.619 711.15 1,603.558 783.91 Ukraine 23,890 17.707 1,349.14 16.064 1,487.18 Spain 2,919,870 2,297.220 1,271.04 2,084.004 1,401.09 Italy 778,993 623.982 1,248.42 566.068 1,376.15 Romania 1,219,553 1,235.378 987.19 1,120.717 1,088.19 Turkey 1,928,600 3,834.533 502.96 3,478.631 554.41 India 1,453,738 1,230.187 1,181.72 1,116.008 1,302.62 China 7,033,380 9,390.025 749.03 8,518.490 825.66 Korea, South 2,259,985 3,495.249 646.59 3,170.838 712.74 Taiwan 130,704 80.305 1,627.58 72.852 1,794.10 Japan 1,878,551 899.610 2,088.18 816.113 2,301.83 Australia 46,617 50.522 922.70 45.833 1,017.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,919,454 56,360.884 903.45 51,129.749 995.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 110,459 113.360 974.40 102.839 1,074.10 Mexico 351,874 209.775 1,677.39 190.305 1,849.00 Argentina 295,740 156.632 1,888.11 142.095 2,081.28 Netherlands 117,681 59.917 1,964.06 54.356 2,165.00 Belgium 71,844 41.574 1,728.07 37.716 1,904.87 France 1,910,454 1,700.991 1,123.14 1,543.114 1,238.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,985,498 1,481.652 1,340.06 1,344.133 1,477.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 578,392 559.973 1,032.89 508.000 1,138.57 Slovakia 183,594 160.506 1,143.84 145.609 1,260.87 Poland 318,769 365.154 872.97 331.263 962.28 Italy 361,071 201.114 1,795.35 182.448 1,979.04 Romania 201,869 130.624 1,545.41 118.501 1,703.52 India 26,850 25.298 1,061.35 22.950 1,169.93 China 767,979 1,097.758 699.59 995.870 771.16 Korea, South 83,600 20.758 4,027.22 18.832 4,439.25 Japan 251,826 205.523 1,225.29 186.448 1,350.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,617,500 6,530.618 1,166.43 5,924.479 1,285.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,122,058 493.502 2,273.66 447.698 2,506.28 Mexico 320,436 178.154 1,798.64 161.619 1,982.66 Sweden 2,002 1.103 1,814.37 1.001 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,728 0.881 5,361.46 0.800 5,910.00 Italy 3,996 0.198 20,139.51 0.180 22,200.00 India 8,224 7.577 1,085.35 6.874 1,196.39 Vietnam 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 China 96,876 96.772 1,001.06 87.791 1,103.48 Japan 323,435 86.418 3,742.64 78.398 4,125.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,913,605 884.451 2,163.61 802.361 2,384.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 18,352,105 21,760.036 843.39 19,740.379 929.67 Mexico 4,043,625 3,833.870 1,054.71 3,478.030 1,162.62 Brazil 609,164 1,232.088 494.42 1,117.732 545.00 United Kingdom 40,907 69.282 590.44 62.852 650.85 France 22,657 6.958 3,255.84 6.313 3,588.94 Federal Republic of Germany 18,648 10.781 1,729.60 9.781 1,906.55 Austria 127,900 70.307 1,819.15 63.782 2,005.27 Turkey 4,467,752 9,139.075 488.86 8,290.832 538.88 China 3,361,703 7,209.391 466.29 6,540.252 514.00 Korea, South 1,640,757 3,414.246 480.56 3,097.353 529.73 Japan 146,819 273.530 536.75 248.143 591.67 Australia 2,848 3.203 889.08 2.906 980.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,834,885 47,022.773 698.28 42,658.355 769.72 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 153,199 204.488 749.18 185.509 825.83 Mexico 140,107 111.308 1,258.73 100.977 1,387.51 China 44,968 78.735 571.12 71.428 629.56 Korea, South 343,451 826.236 415.68 749.549 458.21 Japan 23,831 20.580 1,157.96 18.670 1,276.43 South Africa 97,249 167.470 580.69 151.927 640.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 802,805 1,408.819 569.84 1,278.060 628.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,355,376 15,998.231 834.80 14,513.356 920.21 Mexico 7,960,094 9,823.837 810.28 8,912.038 893.18 Dominican Republic 226,920 305.710 742.27 277.336 818.21 Trinidad and Tobago 62,699 94.275 665.06 85.525 733.11 Venezuela 550,191 763.640 720.48 692.763 794.20 Ecuador 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 Chile 99,320 100.443 988.81 91.121 1,089.98 Brazil 1,465,484 2,032.482 721.03 1,843.838 794.80 Argentina 93,271 173.351 538.05 157.262 593.09 Sweden 329,593 160.440 2,054.30 145.549 2,264.48 Finland 1,126,168 1,249.687 901.16 1,133.698 993.36 United Kingdom 647,436 494.903 1,308.21 448.969 1,442.05 Netherlands 83,080 78.771 1,054.70 71.460 1,162.61 Belgium 1,157,949 745.841 1,552.54 676.616 1,711.38 Luxembourg 207,531 38.204 5,432.04 34.659 5,987.80 France 809,869 445.013 1,819.87 403.710 2,006.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,278,678 864.897 1,478.42 784.622 1,629.67 Austria 937,838 87.723 10,690.90 79.581 11,784.70 Czech Republic 119,127 158.467 751.75 143.759 828.66 Switzerland 2,199 3.729 589.68 3.383 650.01 Poland 1,038,253 1,045.133 993.42 948.129 1,095.05 Russia 706,322 1,256.677 562.06 1,140.039 619.56 Belarus 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 Ukraine 230,838 300.531 768.10 272.638 846.68 Moldova 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 Spain 660,555 735.590 897.99 667.317 989.87 Italy 602,006 461.631 1,304.08 418.785 1,437.51 Greece 1,013,961 1,104.405 918.11 1,001.900 1,012.04 Turkey 82,551 149.831 550.96 135.925 607.33 Israel 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 India 805,785 1,216.725 662.26 1,103.795 730.01 Thailand 266,889 399.651 667.80 362.558 736.13 Malaysia 74,682 78.062 956.70 70.817 1,054.58 Indonesia 51,486 11.734 4,387.72 10.645 4,836.64 China 8,680,630 13,812.051 628.48 12,530.086 692.78 Korea, South 2,002,512 2,057.440 973.30 1,866.479 1,072.88 Hong Kong 36,535 7.508 4,865.53 6.812 5,363.33 Taiwan 1,012,944 1,240.341 816.67 1,125.219 900.22 Japan 3,149,548 2,614.788 1,204.51 2,372.097 1,327.75 Australia 31,928 39.775 802.70 36.084 884.82 South Africa 750,582 1,307.476 574.07 1,186.123 632.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,284,468 63,466.256 839.57 57,575.636 925.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 83,264 235.744 353.20 213.864 389.33 Belgium 651,244 1,240.170 525.12 1,125.064 578.85 China 203,943 402.969 506.10 365.568 557.88 Taiwan 305,217 638.789 477.81 579.500 526.69 Japan 5,196,804 8,472.147 613.40 7,685.805 676.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,440,472 10,989.821 586.04 9,969.801 646.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,497,306 11,631.770 730.53 10,552.168 805.27 Mexico 2,641 2.970 889.01 2.695 979.96 Brazil 7,727 10.432 740.68 9.464 816.46 Norway 1,821,583 2,793.075 652.18 2,533.836 718.90 Netherlands 13,180,955 19,666.021 670.24 17,840.720 738.81 France 6,676,406 9,950.229 670.98 9,026.699 739.63 Federal Republic of Germany 3,751,825 6,739.596 556.68 6,114.061 613.64 China 1,795,332 2,859.846 627.77 2,594.410 692.00 Korea, South 649,532 872.638 744.33 791.645 820.48 Taiwan 244,893 310.629 788.38 281.798 869.04 Japan 316,598 357.158 886.44 324.009 977.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,944,798 55,194.370 669.36 50,071.505 737.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,779,122 3,898.126 712.94 3,536.322 785.88 United Kingdom 196,215 309.969 633.01 281.200 697.78 Netherlands 43,618 58.299 748.18 52.888 824.72 France 332,374 401.061 828.74 363.837 913.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,295,699 1,539.627 841.57 1,396.727 927.67 Korea, South 1,680,414 2,475.975 678.69 2,246.168 748.12 Taiwan 35,870 49.820 719.99 45.196 793.65 Japan 825,872 1,062.628 777.20 964.001 856.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,189,184 9,795.509 733.93 8,886.339 809.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,443,168 48,799.643 562.36 44,270.303 619.90 Mexico 15,141,846 27,900.554 542.71 25,310.964 598.23 Venezuela 2,879,748 6,928.746 415.62 6,285.655 458.15 Sweden 130,953 124.329 1,053.27 112.790 1,161.03 Netherlands 11,238,445 24,626.451 456.36 22,340.747 503.05 Belgium 1,659,089 3,470.407 478.07 3,148.302 526.98 France 9,257,824 18,670.112 495.86 16,937.246 546.60 Federal Republic of Germany 610,607 1,183.349 516.00 1,073.517 568.79 Austria 478,523 838.285 570.84 760.480 629.24 Hungary 956,422 2,249.056 425.25 2,040.310 468.76 Russia 15,350,905 37,434.690 410.07 33,960.190 452.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 7,337 11.555 634.93 10.483 699.90 Turkey 21,712,374 51,473.977 421.81 46,696.420 464.97 Malaysia 13,873,786 34,146.199 406.31 30,976.920 447.87 Korea, South 26,391,145 62,787.109 420.33 56,959.524 463.33 Japan 311,358 476.551 653.36 432.320 720.20 Australia 1,639,156 4,681.426 350.14 4,246.920 385.96 New Zealand 1,079,531 2,371.258 455.26 2,151.170 501.83 Egypt 8,643,612 20,217.464 427.53 18,340.980 471.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,805,829 348,391.169 455.83 316,055.241 502.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,418,713 23,198.707 664.64 21,045.519 732.64 Mexico 4,463,018 7,646.297 583.68 6,936.606 643.40 Venezuela 404,948 822.858 492.12 746.485 542.47 Brazil 16,175,921 32,302.968 500.76 29,304.768 551.99 Argentina 4,668,945 10,015.901 466.15 9,086.276 513.85 Sweden 363,746 490.021 742.31 444.540 818.25 Netherlands 1,866,927 3,421.484 545.65 3,103.919 601.47 Belgium 5,685,154 10,712.820 530.69 9,718.510 584.98 France 87,279 112.303 777.17 101.880 856.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,877,331 2,796.420 671.33 2,536.871 740.02 Russia 6,641,065 15,651.923 424.30 14,199.190 467.71 Turkey 11,917,284 24,126.506 493.95 21,887.205 544.49 India 1,386,491 3,047.077 455.02 2,764.263 501.58 Thailand 1,743,407 4,080.534 427.25 3,701.800 470.96 Malaysia 47,379 116.139 407.95 105.360 449.69 Indonesia 1,986,366 4,761.998 417.13 4,320.014 459.81 China 32,826,255 74,081.025 443.11 67,205.195 488.45 Korea, South 2,039,102 3,984.298 511.78 3,614.496 564.15 Taiwan 28,259,880 65,266.481 432.99 59,208.773 477.29 Japan 1,513,805 3,080.357 491.44 2,794.454 541.72 New Zealand 143,460 283.415 506.18 257.110 557.97 South Africa 1,224,947 2,812.306 435.57 2,551.282 480.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 140,741,423 292,811.848 480.65 265,634.516 529.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 26,823,071 38,334.569 699.71 34,776.546 771.30 Mexico 5,962,801 6,555.325 909.61 5,946.893 1,002.68 Guatemala 36,407 47.926 759.65 43.478 837.37 Venezuela 37,353 45.884 814.06 41.626 897.35 Brazil 6,598,065 11,453.892 576.05 10,390.799 634.99 Argentina 222,780 385.047 578.58 349.309 637.77 Sweden 27,353 24.227 1,129.00 21.979 1,244.51 Netherlands 2,038,012 3,397.745 599.81 3,082.384 661.18 Belgium 407,526 639.102 637.65 579.784 702.89 Federal Republic of Germany 611,125 1,215.209 502.90 1,102.420 554.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 333,235 387.037 860.99 351.115 949.08 Spain 324,665 452.210 717.95 410.239 791.40 India 42,601,029 73,880.739 576.62 67,023.498 635.61 China 30,728,128 58,446.029 525.75 53,021.361 579.54 Korea, South 11,363,092 15,532.162 731.58 14,090.545 806.43 Taiwan 30,449,087 47,628.557 639.30 43,207.913 704.71 Japan 65,755 71.651 917.71 65.001 1,011.60 South Africa 3,544,827 5,456.591 649.64 4,950.138 716.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 162,174,311 263,953.911 614.40 239,455.028 677.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 369,121 528.157 698.88 479.137 770.39 Belgium 831,055 1,249.910 664.89 1,133.900 732.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,098,591 1,569.005 700.18 1,423.378 771.82 Thailand 256,442 436.316 587.74 395.820 647.88 China 808,027 1,403.324 575.79 1,273.075 634.70 Korea, South 133,965 167.595 799.34 152.040 881.12 Taiwan 1,031,961 1,382.809 746.28 1,254.464 822.63 Japan 410,511 496.958 826.05 450.833 910.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,939,673 7,234.077 682.83 6,562.647 752.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,246,607 5,955.628 1,048.86 5,402.857 1,156.17 Mexico 4,219,742 4,798.445 879.40 4,353.078 969.37 Venezuela 15,789 19.795 797.61 17.958 879.22 Brazil 6,898,290 9,851.581 700.22 8,937.207 771.86 Denmark 42,477 15.607 2,721.55 14.159 3,000.00 United Kingdom 203,606 250.219 813.71 226.995 896.96 Belgium 502,239 704.785 712.61 639.371 785.52 Luxembourg 570,267 845.340 674.60 766.880 743.62 France 33,606 9.363 3,589.22 8.494 3,956.44 Federal Republic of Germany 383,213 158.731 2,414.22 143.999 2,661.22 Italy 101,634 107.916 941.79 97.900 1,038.14 China 1,537,380 2,423.607 634.34 2,198.660 699.23 Korea, South 12,138,242 19,438.526 624.44 17,634.340 688.33 Taiwan 4,496,125 6,469.671 694.95 5,869.189 766.06 Japan 909,534 853.401 1,065.78 774.193 1,174.82 Australia 42,504 19.661 2,161.74 17.837 2,382.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,341,255 51,922.284 738.44 47,103.117 813.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,575,259 6,528.376 547.65 5,922.445 603.68 Mexico 424,292 540.566 784.90 490.394 865.21 United Kingdom 3,695 5.819 634.98 5.279 699.94 Federal Republic of Germany 17,591 22.032 798.39 19.988 880.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 3,959 6.234 635.00 5.656 699.96 China 122,741 200.267 612.88 181.680 675.59 Taiwan 32,265 40.788 791.03 37.003 871.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,179,802 7,344.086 569.14 6,662.445 627.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,583,473 3,006.218 859.38 2,727.196 947.30 Mexico 502,588 519.132 968.13 470.949 1,067.18 Chile 3,978 4.407 902.65 3.998 995.00 Brazil 20,234 13.256 1,526.36 12.026 1,682.52 Sweden 1,176,333 317.411 3,706.02 287.951 4,085.18 United Kingdom 1,477,932 615.806 2,400.00 558.650 2,645.54 France 48,648 7.011 6,938.02 6.361 7,647.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,081,405 1,207.017 1,724.42 1,094.988 1,900.85 Austria 519,273 106.416 4,879.65 96.539 5,378.89 Switzerland 204,805 100.514 2,037.57 91.185 2,246.04 Italy 175,273 132.888 1,318.95 120.554 1,453.90 India 470,770 428.701 1,098.13 388.912 1,210.48 China 464,001 819.028 566.53 743.010 624.49 Korea, South 1,410,392 1,571.021 897.75 1,425.207 989.61 Taiwan 9,992 8.767 1,139.63 7.954 1,256.22 Japan 537,132 486.021 1,105.16 440.911 1,218.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,686,229 9,343.619 1,250.72 8,476.391 1,378.68 GRAND TOTAL 1,685,433,969 3,118,636.324 540.44 2,829,180.080 595.73 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 595,339 163.214 3,647.58 148.066 4,020.77 Federal Republic of Germany 399,863 44.952 8,895.28 40.780 9,805.37 Italy 3,866,510 2,562.598 1,508.82 2,324.751 1,663.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,861,712 2,770.765 1,754.65 2,513.597 1,934.17 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,112 7.655 1,451.50 6.945 1,600.00 Brazil 5,537 1.025 5,401.16 0.930 5,953.76 Sweden 7,417,134 2,621.876 2,828.94 2,378.527 3,118.37 United Kingdom 16,106,264 6,828.299 2,358.75 6,194.531 2,600.08 Netherlands 16,738 11.531 1,451.53 10.461 1,600.04 Federal Republic of Germany 130,853 39.607 3,303.77 35.931 3,641.79 Spain 819,995 272.541 3,008.69 247.246 3,316.51 Italy 384,406 264.604 1,452.76 240.045 1,601.39 Slovenia 47,285 21.583 2,190.82 19.580 2,414.96 Malaysia 13,710 0.384 35,637.55 0.349 39,283.67 Singapore 15,000 0.176 85,048.59 0.160 93,750.00 China 6,816 0.414 16,445.14 0.376 18,127.66 Hong Kong 5,796 0.233 24,802.10 0.212 27,339.62 Taiwan 45,931 1.558 29,468.11 1.414 32,483.03 Japan 50,738 1.847 27,463.46 1.676 30,273.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,077,315 10,073.340 2,489.47 9,138.383 2,744.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 508,850 154.061 3,302.91 139.762 3,640.83 United Kingdom 1,669,850 647.152 2,580.30 587.087 2,844.30 France 549,554 192.450 2,855.56 174.588 3,147.72 Federal Republic of Germany 141,154 38.820 3,636.11 35.217 4,008.12 Austria 16,592 4.636 3,578.70 4.206 3,944.84 Italy 240,228 116.061 2,069.84 105.289 2,281.61 India 77,305 20.420 3,785.69 18.525 4,173.01 China 456,052 327.732 1,391.54 297.314 1,533.91 Korea, South 94,607 39.975 2,366.64 36.265 2,608.77 Taiwan 1,747,312 763.374 2,288.93 692.522 2,523.11 Japan 39,317 16.523 2,379.44 14.990 2,622.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,540,821 2,321.207 2,387.04 2,105.765 2,631.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 89,834 33.706 2,665.19 30.578 2,937.86 India 528,105 163.278 3,234.38 148.124 3,565.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 198,201 44.272 4,476.88 40.163 4,934.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 816,140 241.257 3,382.86 218.865 3,728.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 67,325 25.906 2,598.77 23.502 2,864.65 Sweden 73,729 24.642 2,991.99 22.355 3,298.10 Finland 93,871 51.644 1,817.64 46.851 2,003.61 Belgium 4,440,895 1,113.320 3,988.87 1,009.988 4,396.98 France 1,420,126 231.747 6,127.90 210.238 6,754.85 Federal Republic of Germany 911,506 323.919 2,813.99 293.855 3,101.89 Austria 18,259 5.360 3,406.19 4.863 3,754.68 Italy 467,071 244.872 1,907.40 222.145 2,102.55 Slovenia 3,320 0.401 8,274.32 0.364 9,120.88 Korea, South 621,489 270.022 2,301.62 244.960 2,537.10 Taiwan 2,950,868 961.976 3,067.50 872.691 3,381.34 Japan 1,062,866 357.829 2,970.31 324.618 3,274.21 South Africa 13,648 10.577 1,290.25 9.596 1,422.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,144,973 3,622.222 3,352.91 3,286.026 3,695.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,257,622 739.219 3,054.06 670.609 3,366.53 Finland 45,359 20.414 2,221.87 18.520 2,449.19 Belgium 717,384 263.800 2,719.42 239.316 2,997.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,596,331 1,012.762 2,563.61 918.763 2,825.90 China 11,351 2.579 4,400.62 2.340 4,850.85 Korea, South 11,997 2.646 4,532.90 2.401 4,996.67 South Africa 13,074 10.416 1,255.08 9.450 1,383.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,653,118 2,051.840 2,755.14 1,861.399 3,037.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 3,650 0.264 13,796.77 0.240 15,208.33 Brazil 140,075 97.110 1,442.43 88.097 1,590.01 Sweden 5,226 2.211 2,363.38 2.006 2,605.18 United Kingdom 218,645 92.650 2,359.89 84.051 2,601.34 Netherlands 126,344 42.333 2,984.52 38.404 3,289.87 France 623,404 94.330 6,608.74 85.575 7,284.88 Federal Republic of Germany 196,138 68.476 2,864.30 62.121 3,157.35 Austria 2,306,918 262.756 8,779.67 238.369 9,677.93 Switzerland 98,711 21.755 4,537.35 19.736 5,001.57 Portugal 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 Italy 1,552,171 440.676 3,522.25 399.775 3,882.61 India 354,557 119.906 2,956.96 108.777 3,259.49 China 65,041 21.831 2,979.26 19.805 3,284.07 Taiwan 898,610 237.764 3,779.42 215.696 4,166.09 Japan 19,345 5.357 3,611.01 4.860 3,980.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Tonga 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,029,060 1,640.389 4,284.99 1,488.137 4,723.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A France 16,332 1.835 8,898.59 1.665 9,809.01 Italy 477,885 156.765 3,048.41 142.215 3,360.30 India 1,618,580 797.072 2,030.66 723.092 2,238.42 Japan 93,317 23.600 3,954.03 21.410 4,358.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,206,114 979.273 2,252.81 888.382 2,483.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 619,165 100.170 6,181.12 90.873 6,813.52 Mexico 3,117 0.939 3,318.89 0.852 3,658.45 Brazil 56,588 10.316 5,485.18 9.359 6,046.37 Sweden 877,724 303.746 2,889.66 275.554 3,185.31 United Kingdom 937,973 243.940 3,845.09 221.299 4,238.49 Netherlands 30,957 11.812 2,620.73 10.716 2,888.86 France 1,165,815 414.436 2,813.01 375.971 3,100.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,738,870 899.472 3,044.97 815.988 3,356.51 Austria 501,291 132.825 3,774.07 120.497 4,160.19 Switzerland 654,892 138.312 4,734.87 125.475 5,219.30 Latvia 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 Poland 47,812 18.777 2,546.19 17.035 2,806.69 Ukraine 324,079 93.001 3,484.65 84.370 3,841.16 Italy 11,320,748 2,454.871 4,611.54 2,227.023 5,083.35 Slovenia 136,368 65.664 2,076.73 59.570 2,289.21 Saudi Arabia 320,251 147.049 2,177.85 133.401 2,400.66 United Arab Emirates 227,968 133.086 1,712.93 120.734 1,888.18 India 2,402,803 896.754 2,679.44 813.522 2,953.58 China 424,072 135.726 3,124.46 123.129 3,444.13 Korea, South 38,165 14.552 2,622.54 13.202 2,890.85 Taiwan 4,245,940 1,273.308 3,334.57 1,155.126 3,675.74 Japan 156,652 36.926 4,242.29 33.499 4,676.32 Australia 10,000 3.149 3,175.31 2.857 3,500.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,691,949 7,674.697 3,608.21 6,962.370 3,977.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,292,991 1,632.087 6,919.36 1,480.605 7,627.28 Mexico 306,428 97.675 3,137.20 88.610 3,458.16 Sweden 2,061,515 256.202 8,046.43 232.423 8,869.67 Finland 696,371 298.105 2,335.99 270.437 2,574.98 Denmark 16,324 3.588 4,549.58 3.255 5,015.05 United Kingdom 225,227 35.553 6,334.80 32.254 6,982.92 France 2,972,962 493.276 6,026.97 447.493 6,643.59 Federal Republic of Germany 6,070,727 688.933 8,811.78 624.990 9,713.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 958,945 108.041 8,875.68 98.014 9,783.76 Czech Republic 3,660,227 275.950 13,264.08 250.338 14,621.14 Switzerland 454,522 47.906 9,487.70 43.460 10,458.40 Spain 3,835,070 319.223 12,013.74 289.595 13,242.87 Italy 1,756,251 205.260 8,556.22 186.209 9,431.61 India 204,939 36.295 5,646.36 32.927 6,224.04 Thailand 217,475 59.200 3,673.52 53.706 4,049.36 Malaysia 993,217 399.894 2,483.70 362.778 2,737.81 Singapore 419,218 156.953 2,670.97 142.386 2,944.24 China 8,107,572 2,475.415 3,275.24 2,245.660 3,610.33 Korea, South 4,719,504 1,160.639 4,066.30 1,052.915 4,482.32 Taiwan 5,795,704 1,563.630 3,706.57 1,418.502 4,085.79 Japan 6,089,888 1,286.276 4,734.51 1,166.891 5,218.90 Australia 32,176 1.320 24,365.26 1.198 26,858.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,887,253 11,601.433 5,248.25 10,524.646 5,785.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 836,445 166.042 5,037.54 150.631 5,552.94 Mexico 617,452 146.857 4,204.43 133.227 4,634.59 Sweden 1,290,406 181.463 7,111.10 164.621 7,838.65 Denmark 8,520 1.011 8,419.63 0.918 9,281.05 United Kingdom 351,972 91.426 3,849.77 82.941 4,243.64 Ireland 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 Netherlands 7,124 0.935 7,612.23 0.849 8,391.05 Belgium 83,400 9.199 9,065.33 8.346 9,992.81 France 926,679 103.692 8,936.83 94.068 9,851.16 Federal Republic of Germany 816,177 137.697 5,927.32 124.917 6,533.75 Switzerland 430,586 100.604 4,279.98 91.267 4,717.87 Spain 69,207 4.765 14,523.14 4.323 16,009.02 Italy 712,314 128.754 5,532.35 116.804 6,098.37 India 2,716,647 1,046.799 2,595.19 949.641 2,860.71 Thailand 58,965 24.264 2,430.14 22.012 2,678.77 China 1,262,922 421.324 2,997.51 382.219 3,304.18 Korea, South 3,166,434 851.788 3,717.39 772.730 4,097.72 Hong Kong 230,807 56.039 4,118.66 50.838 4,540.05 Taiwan 931,629 210.567 4,424.36 191.024 4,877.03 Japan 641,380 88.141 7,276.68 79.961 8,021.16 Australia 9,841 2.476 3,973.12 2.247 4,379.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,175,032 3,775.395 4,019.46 3,424.982 4,430.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 59,565 57.408 1,037.57 52.080 1,143.72 Sweden 56,830 24.936 2,278.99 22.622 2,512.16 Finland 101,708 40.344 2,520.98 36.600 2,778.91 United Kingdom 65,365 24.833 2,632.08 22.529 2,901.37 Belgium 12,118 6.117 1,980.77 5.550 2,183.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 99,091 31.425 3,153.18 28.509 3,475.78 Austria 6,139 0.941 6,521.32 0.854 7,188.52 Italy 28,435 11.281 2,520.60 10.234 2,778.48 Japan 448,657 425.977 1,053.24 386.440 1,161.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 877,908 623.266 1,408.56 565.418 1,552.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 288,143 135.846 2,121.09 123.238 2,338.10 Mexico 23,138,830 11,212.810 2,063.61 10,172.093 2,274.74 Brazil 3,117,151 1,491.091 2,090.52 1,352.696 2,304.40 Sweden 3,491,508 922.224 3,785.96 836.628 4,173.31 Finland 2,036,021 950.325 2,142.45 862.121 2,361.64 United Kingdom 183,637 26.058 7,047.07 23.640 7,768.06 Belgium 1,707,392 668.185 2,555.27 606.168 2,816.70 France 2,895,376 1,322.796 2,188.83 1,200.021 2,412.77 Federal Republic of Germany 3,115,002 1,306.133 2,384.90 1,184.905 2,628.90 Austria 28,218 9.237 3,054.77 8.380 3,367.30 Switzerland 98,610 16.626 5,931.02 15.083 6,537.82 Spain 14,713 12.024 1,223.64 10.908 1,348.83 Italy 5,784,706 2,866.576 2,017.98 2,600.515 2,224.45 India 134,444 44.062 3,051.20 39.973 3,363.37 Thailand 256,860 119.824 2,143.63 108.703 2,362.95 China 12,248,288 6,359.321 1,926.04 5,769.081 2,123.09 Korea, South 1,316,850 605.341 2,175.38 549.157 2,397.95 Taiwan 9,183,983 3,496.049 2,626.96 3,171.564 2,895.73 Japan 826,933 393.355 2,102.25 356.846 2,317.34 South Africa 32,495 28.270 1,149.41 25.647 1,267.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,899,160 31,986.162 2,185.29 29,017.367 2,408.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,363 1.136 2,959.13 1.031 3,261.88 Sweden 7,834 0.352 22,209.02 0.320 24,481.25 Finland 225,952 89.258 2,531.43 80.974 2,790.43 France 4,039 0.849 4,752.43 0.771 5,238.65 Federal Republic of Germany 7,539 1.901 3,964.79 1.725 4,370.43 Slovenia 108,425 45.933 2,360.49 41.670 2,601.99 China 51,396 20.329 2,528.10 18.443 2,786.75 Japan 148,303 120.299 1,232.78 109.134 1,358.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 556,851 280.061 1,988.31 254.068 2,191.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 54,404 13.185 4,125.94 11.962 4,548.07 Mexico 3,148,531 1,391.791 2,262.22 1,262.612 2,493.66 Sweden 1,866,359 263.559 7,081.36 239.097 7,805.87 Finland 565,487 223.844 2,526.25 203.068 2,784.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 602,731 123.377 4,885.27 111.926 5,385.08 Belgium 366,168 123.423 2,966.76 111.968 3,270.29 France 1,246,739 324.683 3,839.86 294.548 4,232.72 Federal Republic of Germany 355,703 47.614 7,470.50 43.195 8,234.82 Austria 117,714 24.321 4,839.94 22.064 5,335.12 Italy 15,831 0.987 16,028.62 0.896 17,668.53 India 72,198 28.261 2,554.68 25.638 2,816.05 China 139,131 63.184 2,201.98 57.320 2,427.27 Korea, South 99,358 2.773 35,825.15 2.516 39,490.46 Taiwan 161,377 77.177 2,090.99 70.014 2,304.92 Japan 2,856,088 362.471 7,879.48 328.829 8,685.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,667,819 3,070.655 3,799.78 2,785.653 4,188.54 GRAND TOTAL 250,085,225 82,711.969 3,023.57 75,035.058 3,332.91