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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,813,261 24,715.287 397.05 22,421.338 437.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,926,943 27,422.681 580.79 24,877.445 640.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,543,145 16,054.099 656.73 14,564.038 723.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 568,929 638.445 891.12 579.188 982.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,644,621 23,127.292 849.41 20,980.733 936.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,909,708 29,444.773 574.29 26,711.857 633.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 213,885 276.813 772.67 251.121 851.72 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 255,965 264.591 967.40 240.033 1,066.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 37,790,367 59,419.516 635.99 53,904.494 701.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,288,695 12,294.524 592.84 11,153.408 653.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,093,108 4,842.024 432.28 4,392.612 476.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,740,538 6,793.745 1,286.56 6,163.184 1,418.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,405,089 881.308 1,594.32 799.510 1,757.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,180,700 36,449.675 800.58 33,066.599 882.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,160,544 11,721.303 1,549.36 10,633.391 1,707.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 36,424,151 34,804.066 1,046.55 31,573.727 1,153.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 109,451 70.038 1,562.72 63.538 1,722.61 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 264,672 101.807 2,599.74 92.358 2,865.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,050,909 13,955.797 1,078.47 12,660.490 1,188.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 110,459 113.360 974.40 102.839 1,074.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,292,991 1,632.087 6,919.36 1,480.605 7,627.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,330,407 754.644 3,088.09 684.602 3,404.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,956,961 22,589.118 839.21 20,492.509 925.07 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 280,941 355.831 789.53 322.805 870.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,547,863 16,469.209 883.34 14,940.620 973.71 BLACK PLATE...........................28 83,264 235.744 353.20 213.864 389.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,497,306 11,631.770 730.53 10,552.168 805.27 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,779,122 3,898.126 712.94 3,536.322 785.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,065,182 51,343.914 566.09 46,578.428 624.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,414,195 25,608.727 680.01 23,231.853 749.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,338,426 45,880.968 704.83 41,622.526 776.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,459,322 1,422.706 1,025.74 1,290.658 1,130.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,246,607 5,955.628 1,048.86 5,402.857 1,156.17 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 73,157 21.266 3,439.95 19.293 3,791.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,995,130 7,490.244 533.38 6,795.037 587.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,474,030 3,423.084 1,014.88 3,105.371 1,118.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 383,330,044 502,104.227 763.45 455,501.421 841.56 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,084,620 1,641.660 660.68 1,489.290 728.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,164,009 49,778.916 425.16 45,158.686 468.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 55,211 117.092 471.51 106.225 519.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,374,346 6,246.613 540.19 5,666.834 595.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,745,153 13,923.787 556.25 12,631.451 613.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,500 0.417 5,984.07 0.379 6,596.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,955,245 6,783.800 583.04 6,154.162 642.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,055,804 7,780.362 521.29 7,058.228 574.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,126,403 6,703.062 466.41 6,080.918 514.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,911 78.807 836.35 71.493 921.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,658 108.414 1,546.45 98.352 1,704.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,744,848 4,578.003 818.01 4,153.096 901.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 47,371 38.857 1,219.09 35.251 1,343.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,038,624 4,835.157 835.26 4,386.382 920.72 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,142,974 1,387.632 823.69 1,258.839 907.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,846,600 16,146.162 857.58 14,647.556 945.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 378,791 213.743 1,772.17 193.905 1,953.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 306,428 97.675 3,137.20 88.610 3,458.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 340,436 186.026 1,830.05 168.760 2,017.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,051,156 3,857.008 1,050.34 3,499.020 1,157.80 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 140,107 111.308 1,258.73 100.977 1,387.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,747,652 10,925.757 892.17 9,911.683 983.45 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,641 2.970 889.01 2.695 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,141,846 27,900.554 542.71 25,310.964 598.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 27,601,848 18,859.107 1,463.58 17,108.699 1,613.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,962,801 6,555.325 909.61 5,946.893 1,002.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,219,742 4,798.445 879.40 4,353.078 969.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 424,292 540.566 784.90 490.394 865.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,651,119 1,910.923 1,910.66 1,733.561 2,106.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,586,136 196,108.160 711.78 177,906.381 784.60 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,834 110.405 904.25 100.158 996.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,407 47.926 759.65 43.478 837.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,241 158.331 860.48 143.636 948.52 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,200 38.580 471.74 35.000 520.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,382,033 3,433.651 402.50 3,114.957 443.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,175 54.462 645.85 49.408 711.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 179,383 220.218 814.57 199.779 897.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 226,920 305.710 742.27 277.336 818.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,854,235 4,080.927 454.37 3,702.156 500.85 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,504,559 8,226.721 426.00 7,463.158 469.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,699 94.275 665.06 85.525 733.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,567,258 8,320.996 428.71 7,548.683 472.57 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 347,583 298.426 1,164.72 270.728 1,283.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,198,977 1,697.463 706.33 1,539.913 778.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,944,337 6,411.625 1,239.05 5,816.530 1,365.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 365,067 436.799 835.78 396.258 921.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,855,964 8,844.314 1,114.38 8,023.429 1,228.40 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 851,647 2,031.737 419.17 1,843.162 462.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 719,991 1,627.012 442.52 1,476.001 487.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,285,535 1,832.611 701.48 1,662.518 773.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,545,074 8,302.636 788.31 7,532.027 868.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 425,073 672.201 632.36 609.811 697.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 563,421 783.462 719.14 710.745 792.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,879,748 6,928.746 415.62 6,285.655 458.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 404,948 822.858 492.12 746.485 542.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,353 45.884 814.06 41.626 897.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,789 19.795 797.61 17.958 879.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,728,579 23,066.946 595.16 20,925.988 656.05 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 Peru BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 73,471 71.282 1,030.71 64.666 1,136.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,509 151.417 564.72 137.364 622.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 99,320 100.443 988.81 91.121 1,089.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,978 4.407 902.65 3.998 995.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 262,278 327.550 800.73 297.149 882.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,501,809 45,855.131 338.06 41,599.087 372.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,773,231 13,099.599 517.06 11,883.760 569.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,975,884 7,352.751 404.73 6,670.306 446.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,277,687 1,936.102 1,176.43 1,756.403 1,296.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,710 39.467 778.12 35.804 857.73 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,377 18.754 873.22 17.014 962.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,309,807 2,026.615 646.30 1,838.515 712.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,961,877 5,037.898 389.42 4,570.306 429.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,269,795 1,905.455 666.40 1,728.601 734.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 131,523 38.573 3,409.70 34.993 3,758.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,390,926 690.035 3,464.93 625.990 3,819.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 423,165 275.890 1,533.81 250.284 1,690.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,830,732 9,582.766 921.52 8,693.342 1,015.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,685,681 7,999.133 1,085.83 7,256.694 1,196.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,895,095 1,890.756 1,002.29 1,715.266 1,104.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,950,232 1,561.152 1,249.23 1,416.254 1,377.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 307,322 65.524 4,690.17 59.443 5,170.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 609,164 1,232.088 494.42 1,117.732 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,515,494 2,116.915 715.90 1,920.434 789.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,727 10.432 740.68 9.464 816.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,565 57.408 1,037.57 52.080 1,143.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,293,072 33,794.059 570.90 30,657.464 629.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,784,088 11,728.859 578.41 10,640.245 637.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,898,290 9,851.581 700.22 8,937.207 771.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,234 13.256 1,526.36 12.026 1,682.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,919,487 158,180.210 581.11 143,498.714 640.56 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,275,821 3,194.298 399.41 2,897.820 440.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 997,046 1,740.258 572.93 1,578.736 631.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 115,216 56.246 2,048.41 51.026 2,257.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,333,067 1,135.445 1,174.05 1,030.059 1,294.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 731,756 509.699 1,435.66 462.392 1,582.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,093,819 465.061 2,351.99 421.897 2,592.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,271 173.351 538.05 157.262 593.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,668,945 10,015.901 466.15 9,086.276 513.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 222,780 385.047 578.58 349.309 637.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,531,721 17,675.311 595.84 16,034.777 656.80 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,417,134 2,621.876 2,828.94 2,378.527 3,118.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 508,850 154.061 3,302.91 139.762 3,640.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,565,642 3,661.580 1,520.01 3,321.731 1,675.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,272,463 784.006 2,898.53 711.239 3,195.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,831,755 565.022 3,241.91 512.580 3,573.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 952,262 347.376 2,741.29 315.135 3,021.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,923,366 861.705 3,392.54 781.726 3,739.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,904 0.597 36,662.32 0.542 40,413.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,470,630 1,724.836 852.62 1,564.746 939.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 727,492 438.578 1,658.75 397.872 1,828.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 718,890 239.263 3,004.60 217.056 3,312.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,061,515 256.202 8,046.43 232.423 8,869.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,002 1.103 1,814.37 1.001 2,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,637,319 346.501 4,725.29 314.341 5,208.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,296,304 8,437.671 746.21 7,654.529 822.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,934,401 4,072.243 1,457.28 3,694.278 1,606.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,353 24.227 1,129.00 21.979 1,244.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 451,189 422.637 1,067.56 383.410 1,176.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,834 0.352 22,209.02 0.320 24,481.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,588,354 705.862 5,083.64 640.348 5,603.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,416,659 25,665.707 1,730.58 23,283.545 1,907.64 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,430,142 13,057.204 339.29 11,845.300 374.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 257,857 153.761 1,676.99 139.490 1,848.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,821,583 2,793.075 652.18 2,533.836 718.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,118 2.641 5,345.42 2.396 5,892.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,523,700 16,006.682 407.56 14,521.022 449.26 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 32,925 102.097 322.49 92.621 355.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 378,498 394.102 960.40 357.524 1,058.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 58,268 40.631 1,434.07 36.860 1,580.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 322,455 467.213 690.17 423.849 760.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,022 5.400 929.96 4.899 1,025.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 696,371 298.105 2,335.99 270.437 2,574.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 729,709 294.599 2,476.95 267.256 2,730.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,126,168 1,249.687 901.16 1,133.698 993.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 101,708 40.344 2,520.98 36.600 2,778.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,036,021 950.325 2,142.45 862.121 2,361.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 225,952 89.258 2,531.43 80.974 2,790.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 565,487 223.844 2,526.25 203.068 2,784.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,278,584 4,155.609 1,510.87 3,769.907 1,665.45 Faroe Islands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 Denmark IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,769 0.412 11,567.82 0.374 12,751.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,324 3.588 4,549.58 3.255 5,015.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,520 1.011 8,419.63 0.918 9,281.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,477 15.607 2,721.55 14.159 3,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,090 20.619 3,496.15 18.706 3,853.84 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 595,339 163.214 3,647.58 148.066 4,020.77 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,797,654 7,944.724 2,114.32 7,207.335 2,330.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,371,093 3,110.389 1,083.82 2,821.699 1,194.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,677,291 6,887.074 679.14 6,247.851 748.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 498,201 523.994 950.78 475.360 1,048.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,316,438 24,613.011 784.81 22,328.555 865.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 37,654 20.889 1,802.50 18.951 1,986.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,751,137 2,059.866 1,821.06 1,868.680 2,007.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,040,247 637.286 1,632.31 578.137 1,799.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 521,184 5.698 91,452.67 5.170 100,809.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 263,012 18.761 14,018.83 17.020 15,453.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 20,944 3.240 6,462.61 2.940 7,123.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 368,517 248.557 1,482.62 225.488 1,634.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,227 35.553 6,334.80 32.254 6,982.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 249,820 21.459 11,641.31 19.468 12,832.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,907 69.282 590.44 62.852 650.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,068,543 593.474 1,800.49 538.391 1,984.70 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 196,215 309.969 633.01 281.200 697.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,365 24.833 2,632.08 22.529 2,901.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 211,896 73.981 2,864.17 67.115 3,157.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 203,606 250.219 813.71 226.995 896.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 576,133 159.501 3,612.09 144.697 3,981.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,695 5.819 634.98 5.279 699.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,198,046 788.714 2,786.87 715.510 3,072.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,298,164 48,569.522 1,159.13 44,061.542 1,277.72 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,738 11.531 1,451.53 10.461 1,600.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,116 1.705 1,240.86 1.547 1,367.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,299,715 15,668.614 465.88 14,214.332 513.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 853,638 503.239 1,696.29 456.531 1,869.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,957 11.812 2,620.73 10.716 2,888.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 268,997 239.265 1,124.26 217.058 1,239.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,615 0.391 24,570.66 0.355 27,084.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 117,681 59.917 1,964.06 54.356 2,165.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,875 1.132 2,539.59 1.027 2,799.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,650 80.919 1,379.77 73.409 1,520.93 TIN PLATE.............................29 13,180,955 19,666.021 670.24 17,840.720 738.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 43,618 58.299 748.18 52.888 824.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,510,921 25,156.412 457.57 22,821.520 504.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,067,693 6,666.444 610.17 6,047.698 672.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,321,223 3,840.140 604.46 3,483.718 666.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,838,392 71,965.846 553.57 65,286.336 610.21 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 930,246 1,129.835 823.35 1,024.970 907.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,362,228 2,247.275 606.17 2,038.695 668.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,653 4.203 869.12 3.813 958.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 126,653 120.645 1,049.79 109.448 1,157.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,389,394 2,856.431 2,586.93 2,591.312 2,851.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,398,079 2,003.666 697.76 1,817.696 769.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,901 4.160 2,379.98 3.774 2,623.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,435 7.416 2,485.72 6.728 2,740.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 71,844 41.574 1,728.07 37.716 1,904.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,241,349 755.041 1,644.08 684.962 1,812.29 BLACK PLATE...........................28 651,244 1,240.170 525.12 1,125.064 578.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,673,930 3,477.485 481.36 3,154.723 530.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,817,414 11,879.118 742.26 10,776.558 818.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 495,030 774.749 638.96 702.841 704.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 831,055 1,249.910 664.89 1,133.900 732.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 502,239 704.785 712.61 639.371 785.52 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,458 9.568 1,197.53 8.680 1,320.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 366,168 123.423 2,966.76 111.968 3,270.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,900,320 28,629.462 904.67 25,972.219 997.23 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,729,156 5,224.600 713.77 4,739.679 786.80 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,504,470 4,611.854 759.88 4,183.805 837.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 117,907 144.420 816.42 131.016 899.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 741,073 888.255 834.30 805.812 919.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,531 38.204 5,432.04 34.659 5,987.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 570,267 845.340 674.60 766.880 743.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,870,404 11,752.675 754.76 10,661.851 831.98 France WIRE RODS..............................3 549,554 192.450 2,855.56 174.588 3,147.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,773,016 977.602 2,836.55 886.866 3,126.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,095,649 7,346.273 557.51 6,664.429 614.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,468,467 448.779 3,272.13 407.126 3,606.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 16,332 1.835 8,898.59 1.665 9,809.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,780,965 4,139.022 1,638.30 3,754.859 1,805.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,219,466 1,091.604 2,949.30 990.287 3,251.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 252,322 159.401 1,582.93 144.607 1,744.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 124,455 235.508 528.45 213.650 582.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,902,186 2,402.877 1,207.80 2,179.854 1,331.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,707,674 1,161.729 1,469.94 1,053.904 1,620.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,265,984 2,925.995 1,799.72 2,654.419 1,983.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,972,962 493.276 6,026.97 447.493 6,643.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,657 6.958 3,255.84 6.313 3,588.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,760,604 550.120 3,200.40 499.061 3,527.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,676,406 9,950.229 670.98 9,026.699 739.63 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 332,374 401.061 828.74 363.837 913.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,337,477 24,258.639 549.80 22,007.074 606.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,682,967 4,858.324 1,169.74 4,407.399 1,289.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 33,606 9.363 3,589.22 8.494 3,956.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,039 0.849 4,752.43 0.771 5,238.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,172,709 409.327 5,307.99 371.336 5,851.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,151,871 62,021.231 1,002.11 56,264.731 1,104.63 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 653,542 77.911 8,388.28 70.680 9,246.49 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,116,057 2,235.982 946.37 2,028.450 1,043.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,252,500 3,072.236 733.18 2,787.087 808.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,564,603 14,319.696 598.10 12,990.614 659.29 STEEL PILING...........................5 397,681 576.600 689.70 523.083 760.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,264,870 13,011.691 1,173.17 11,804.011 1,293.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,682,993 4,081.044 1,147.50 3,702.262 1,264.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,506,542 5,840.339 942.85 5,298.268 1,039.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 196,348 211.807 927.01 192.149 1,021.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 152,116 187.664 810.58 170.246 893.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,350,229 4,735.838 1,552.04 4,296.282 1,710.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,157,628 1,750.766 2,374.75 1,588.269 2,617.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,071,220 1,249.831 1,657.20 1,133.828 1,826.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,796,142 18,047.417 1,373.94 16,372.346 1,514.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,355,617 2,735.745 1,226.58 2,481.827 1,352.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 835,653 457.093 1,828.19 414.668 2,015.23 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 281,533 152.681 1,843.93 138.510 2,032.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,598,989 3,486.729 1,605.80 3,163.109 1,770.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,384,833 3,755.573 2,498.91 3,407.000 2,754.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,070,727 688.933 8,811.78 624.990 9,713.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 55,722 4.852 11,483.45 4.402 12,658.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,581 13.552 2,330.20 12.295 2,568.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,357,591 1,124.395 2,096.76 1,020.035 2,311.28 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,751,825 6,739.596 556.68 6,114.061 613.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,295,699 1,539.627 841.57 1,396.727 927.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 777,802 1,242.333 626.08 1,127.026 690.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,597,555 4,669.412 1,198.77 4,236.021 1,321.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,380,150 8,715.362 502.58 7,906.446 554.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,798,787 5,335.141 712.03 4,839.960 784.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 383,213 158.731 2,414.22 143.999 2,661.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 977,664 721.339 1,355.35 654.388 1,494.01 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,130 23.934 1,049.95 21.713 1,157.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,545,357 2,617.698 1,736.39 2,374.737 1,914.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,667,899 113,581.562 1,159.24 103,039.489 1,277.84 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,671 0.035 75,721.60 0.032 83,468.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,592 4.636 3,578.70 4.206 3,944.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 104,947 8.828 11,887.42 8.009 13,103.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,737,425 4,747.133 787.30 4,306.528 867.85 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 848,371 766.262 1,107.15 695.142 1,220.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,565,436 322.373 7,957.97 292.452 8,772.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 58,377 10.004 5,835.03 9.076 6,432.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 723,795 211.726 3,418.54 192.075 3,768.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,499,403 608.354 4,108.47 551.890 4,528.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,925,064 10,080.601 1,480.57 9,144.970 1,632.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,992,508 2,745.150 1,090.11 2,490.359 1,201.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,805 10.406 3,248.32 9.441 3,580.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 958,945 108.041 8,875.68 98.014 9,783.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 127,900 70.307 1,819.15 63.782 2,005.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,034,384 119.325 8,668.62 108.250 9,555.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,997,029 2,875.680 694.45 2,608.774 765.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,218 9.237 3,054.77 8.380 3,367.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 333,235 387.037 860.99 351.115 949.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,384,669 262.413 5,276.66 238.058 5,816.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,372,774 23,347.556 1,472.22 21,180.553 1,622.85 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 726,516 1,025.205 708.65 930.051 781.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 6,446,664 11,025.436 584.71 10,002.111 644.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,244,502 5,387.084 973.53 4,887.082 1,073.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 174,598 42.671 4,091.67 38.711 4,510.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,186,534 1,103.051 1,075.68 1,000.672 1,185.74 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,851,281 2,728.252 1,045.09 2,475.030 1,152.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,206,574 3,675.541 872.41 3,334.396 961.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 483,506 102.358 4,723.66 92.858 5,206.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 578,392 559.973 1,032.89 508.000 1,138.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,660,227 275.950 13,264.08 250.338 14,621.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 119,127 158.467 751.75 143.759 828.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 563,859 223.372 2,524.30 202.640 2,782.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,241,780 26,307.366 959.49 23,865.648 1,057.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 110,284 72.731 1,516.32 65.981 1,671.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 183,594 160.506 1,143.84 145.609 1,260.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 293,878 233.237 1,259.99 211.590 1,388.90 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 228,384 528.668 432.00 479.600 476.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 136,197 333.625 408.23 302.660 450.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 956,422 2,249.056 425.25 2,040.310 468.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,321,003 3,111.349 424.58 2,822.570 468.01 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 98,711 21.755 4,537.35 19.736 5,001.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 676,282 149.023 4,538.09 135.192 5,002.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 103,947 6.192 16,785.18 5.618 18,502.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,606,028 662.496 2,424.21 601.007 2,672.23 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 454,522 47.906 9,487.70 43.460 10,458.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 432,785 104.333 4,148.08 94.650 4,572.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 98,610 16.626 5,931.02 15.083 6,537.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,959 6.234 635.00 5.656 699.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 406,087 151.121 2,687.16 137.095 2,962.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,880,931 1,165.690 3,329.30 1,057.497 3,669.92 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,544,393 15,515.523 550.70 14,075.450 607.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 632,037 494.964 1,276.94 449.024 1,407.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,490 0.206 12,079.63 0.187 13,315.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 49,191 129.104 381.02 117.122 420.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,812 18.777 2,546.19 17.035 2,806.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 72,891 27.699 2,631.45 25.129 2,900.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,393 4.548 1,185.76 4.126 1,307.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,366 12.908 1,190.42 11.710 1,312.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 318,769 365.154 872.97 331.263 962.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,198,315 1,189.962 1,007.02 1,079.516 1,110.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,886,657 17,758.849 613.03 16,110.562 675.75 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 66,692,574 182,617.382 365.20 165,667.749 402.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,610,113 7,538.402 478.90 6,838.726 527.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,550,365 6,591.782 538.60 5,979.966 593.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,025,664 12,602.942 398.77 11,433.200 439.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,214,576 5,353.944 413.63 4,857.018 455.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,381,254 8,724.527 960.65 7,914.760 1,058.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 454,585 142.426 3,191.72 129.207 3,518.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,561,228 5,963.147 764.90 5,409.678 843.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,981,358 2,419.390 818.95 2,194.835 902.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,257,040 1,767.619 711.15 1,603.558 783.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 706,322 1,256.677 562.06 1,140.039 619.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,350,905 37,434.690 410.07 33,960.190 452.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,641,065 15,651.923 424.30 14,199.190 467.71 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,409,265 494.601 2,849.29 448.695 3,140.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,836,314 288,559.458 422.22 261,776.811 465.42 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 44,181,821 124,794.485 354.04 113,211.685 390.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,148,206 7,980.971 519.76 7,240.218 572.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,030 2.500 3,211.95 2.268 3,540.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,148,074 8,311.747 739.68 7,540.293 815.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,526 57.356 4,054.04 52.033 4,468.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 269,875 325.400 829.36 295.198 914.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 464,815 733.359 633.82 665.293 698.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 515,816 990.342 520.85 898.424 574.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,890 17.707 1,349.14 16.064 1,487.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,838 300.531 768.10 272.638 846.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,223,891 143,514.403 391.76 130,194.114 431.85 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 819,995 272.541 3,008.69 247.246 3,316.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,977,916 8,368.649 475.34 7,591.913 523.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,469,776 10,590.521 516.48 9,607.562 569.32 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 189,795 243.607 779.10 220.997 858.81 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,398 75.528 1,024.76 68.518 1,129.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,957,470 6,270.675 950.05 5,688.663 1,047.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,178,791 1,382.435 852.69 1,254.125 939.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 175,746 76.622 2,293.65 69.511 2,528.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,399,846 2,060.471 1,650.03 1,869.229 1,818.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,794,726 1,389.105 1,292.00 1,260.176 1,424.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,013 9.590 1,252.65 8.700 1,380.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 135,007 108.030 1,249.71 98.004 1,377.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,791,066 2,733.517 1,386.88 2,479.806 1,528.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,835,070 319.223 12,013.74 289.595 13,242.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 729,762 740.356 985.69 671.640 1,086.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 166,043 245.435 676.53 222.655 745.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,387,139 4,395.579 770.58 3,987.604 849.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,097,559 39,281.893 893.48 35,635.944 984.89 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,866,510 2,562.598 1,508.82 2,324.751 1,663.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,085,570 66,567.830 391.86 60,389.337 431.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,585,749 7,948.353 451.13 7,210.627 497.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 851,906 1,022.228 833.38 927.350 918.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 619,389 430.281 1,439.50 390.345 1,586.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,485,291 1,833.295 1,355.64 1,663.138 1,494.34 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 477,885 156.765 3,048.41 142.215 3,360.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,940,110 3,014.968 3,960.28 2,735.134 4,365.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,445 198.409 838.90 179.994 924.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,362,868 731.998 1,861.85 664.058 2,052.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 76,260 217.536 350.56 197.346 386.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 492,986 188.759 2,611.71 171.240 2,878.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,687,815 1,854.176 1,449.60 1,682.081 1,597.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,199,357 1,300.569 1,691.07 1,179.857 1,864.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 419,307 210.563 1,991.36 191.020 2,195.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,756,251 205.260 8,556.22 186.209 9,431.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,996 0.198 20,139.51 0.180 22,200.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 171,208 114.926 1,489.71 104.260 1,642.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,091,887 2,103.300 1,470.02 1,908.083 1,620.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,772 22.836 1,566.43 20.717 1,726.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,784,706 2,866.576 2,017.98 2,600.515 2,224.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 101,634 107.916 941.79 97.900 1,038.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 191,104 133.875 1,427.47 121.450 1,573.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,454,006 93,793.225 729.84 85,087.807 804.51 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,285 21.583 2,190.82 19.580 2,414.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,320 0.401 8,274.32 0.364 9,120.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,368 65.664 2,076.73 59.570 2,289.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,909,428 747.360 2,554.90 677.994 2,816.29 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 108,425 45.933 2,360.49 41.670 2,601.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,204,826 880.942 2,502.80 799.178 2,758.87 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,114,572 4,464.184 697.68 4,049.841 769.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,013,961 1,104.405 918.11 1,001.900 1,012.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,128,533 5,568.589 741.40 5,051.741 817.25 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,001,408 2,438.880 820.63 2,212.516 904.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,430,858 7,331.299 331.57 6,650.845 365.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 99,010 38.076 2,600.32 34.542 2,866.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,388,480 3,783.520 631.29 3,432.353 695.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,607,388 2,471.042 1,459.86 2,241.693 1,609.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,285,069 3,183.876 717.70 2,888.365 791.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,020,736 1,219.040 837.33 1,105.895 923.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,021 14.564 1,099.98 13.213 1,212.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,219,553 1,235.378 987.19 1,120.717 1,088.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,869 130.624 1,545.41 118.501 1,703.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,270,392 21,846.304 698.99 19,818.640 770.51 Bulgaria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,437,422 3,255.741 441.50 2,953.560 486.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 551,658 1,503.855 366.83 1,364.275 404.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,989,080 4,759.597 417.91 4,317.835 460.67 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,360,049 2,860.585 475.44 2,595.080 524.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,205,904 13,186.781 394.78 11,962.850 435.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,225,386 28,075.872 399.82 25,470.010 440.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,236,720 10,486.141 404.03 9,512.870 445.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 123,613 263.518 469.09 239.060 517.08 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 59,468,336 155,990.832 381.23 141,512.543 420.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,270,321 3,639.830 623.74 3,302.000 687.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,928,600 3,834.533 502.96 3,478.631 554.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,467,752 9,139.075 488.86 8,290.832 538.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,172 283.268 731.36 256.977 806.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,712,374 51,473.977 421.81 46,696.420 464.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,917,284 24,126.506 493.95 21,887.205 544.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,123,511 303,360.923 409.16 275,204.478 451.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 320,251 147.049 2,177.85 133.401 2,400.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,293 33.086 1,278.24 30.016 1,409.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 362,544 180.136 2,012.61 163.417 2,218.52 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 227,968 133.086 1,712.93 120.734 1,888.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 256,684 239.079 1,073.64 216.889 1,183.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 484,652 372.165 1,302.25 337.623 1,435.48 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 India WIRE RODS..............................3 3,907,520 12,541.667 311.56 11,377.613 343.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 532,985 173.240 3,076.56 157.161 3,391.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 726,976 1,319.604 550.90 1,197.125 607.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,441 19.003 707.28 17.240 779.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 749,760 692.096 1,083.32 627.860 1,194.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,618,580 797.072 2,030.66 723.092 2,238.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,160 94.282 457.77 85.532 504.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,467,927 912.647 2,704.14 827.940 2,980.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,945,056 6,760.510 583.54 6,133.034 643.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,912,511 5,938.508 1,332.41 5,387.326 1,468.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 294,292 541.519 543.46 491.258 599.06 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 290,373 534.368 543.39 484.771 598.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,667,963 1,338.571 1,246.08 1,214.332 1,373.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 26,850 25.298 1,061.35 22.950 1,169.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 204,939 36.295 5,646.36 32.927 6,224.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,224 7.577 1,085.35 6.874 1,196.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,522,432 2,263.525 1,556.17 2,053.436 1,715.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,520,935 3,091.140 492.03 2,804.236 542.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 42,601,029 73,880.739 576.62 67,023.498 635.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 542,968 456.963 1,188.21 414.550 1,309.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,597,921 111,424.632 651.54 101,082.755 718.20 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,412 89.572 585.13 81.259 645.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,266,016 14,640.624 427.99 13,281.755 471.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,701,993 3,124.603 544.71 2,834.593 600.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,475 59.200 3,673.52 53.706 4,049.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 325,854 423.915 768.68 384.570 847.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,000,267 4,200.359 476.21 3,810.503 524.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 256,442 436.316 587.74 395.820 647.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,820,459 22,974.592 470.98 20,842.206 519.16 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,710 0.384 35,637.55 0.349 39,283.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 612,314 1,649.479 371.22 1,496.383 409.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,991,101 13,617.342 439.96 12,353.449 484.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,570,296 11,754.658 388.81 10,663.650 428.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 66,528 89.703 741.64 81.378 817.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 993,217 399.894 2,483.70 362.778 2,737.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,682 78.062 956.70 70.817 1,054.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,873,786 34,146.199 406.31 30,976.920 447.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 47,379 116.139 407.95 105.360 449.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,243,013 61,851.865 424.29 56,111.084 467.70 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,000 0.176 85,048.59 0.160 93,750.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,763,896 13,128.237 362.87 11,909.740 400.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 419,218 156.953 2,670.97 142.386 2,944.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,198,114 13,285.367 391.27 12,052.286 431.30 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,486 11.734 4,387.72 10.645 4,836.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,986,366 4,761.998 417.13 4,320.014 459.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,037,852 4,773.733 426.89 4,330.659 470.56 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,387 34.874 469.88 31.638 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,752 13.476 872.01 12.226 961.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 12,186,983 33,892.210 359.58 30,746.505 396.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,658 62.076 735.51 56.315 810.76 STEEL PILING...........................5 9,661 7.073 1,365.80 6.417 1,505.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,351 2.579 4,400.62 2.340 4,850.85 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 147,399 209.355 704.06 189.924 776.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 63,437 73.827 859.26 66.975 947.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 984,171 646.486 1,522.34 586.483 1,678.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 72,100 85.828 840.05 77.862 926.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 524,538 349.956 1,498.87 317.475 1,652.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,591,252 1,436.895 2,499.31 1,303.530 2,755.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,933,139 48,128.654 518.05 43,661.593 571.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 55,537,001 60,977.794 910.77 55,318.140 1,003.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 168,393 208.418 807.96 189.074 890.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,070,923 21,290.010 707.89 19,313.978 780.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,874,402 14,460.768 544.54 13,118.592 600.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,794,528 10,137.900 768.85 9,196.951 847.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 767,979 1,097.758 699.59 995.870 771.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,107,572 2,475.415 3,275.24 2,245.660 3,610.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 168,959 241.521 699.56 219.105 771.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,004,546 7,712.292 519.24 6,996.476 572.37 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 44,968 78.735 571.12 71.428 629.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,724,708 14,953.046 717.23 13,565.179 790.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 203,943 402.969 506.10 365.568 557.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,795,332 2,859.846 627.77 2,594.410 692.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 45,074,543 80,440.347 560.35 72,974.276 617.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,215,826 61,569.659 523.24 55,855.071 576.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 808,027 1,403.324 575.79 1,273.075 634.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,537,380 2,423.607 634.34 2,198.660 699.23 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 174,137 220.597 789.39 200.123 870.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 603,132 882.212 683.66 800.330 753.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 235,274,127 368,779.521 637.98 334,551.249 703.25 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 94,607 39.975 2,366.64 36.265 2,608.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,007,970 7,211.878 417.09 6,542.508 459.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,483,822 19,419.971 539.85 17,617.507 595.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,267,842 5,231.334 433.51 4,745.788 477.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 423,081 656.819 644.14 595.857 710.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,012,332 3,242.893 620.54 2,941.904 684.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 219,516 469.302 467.75 425.744 515.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 183,884 113.545 1,619.47 103.007 1,785.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 521,759 283.868 1,838.03 257.521 2,026.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,470,573 2,119.203 693.93 1,922.510 764.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,368,719 23,211.425 748.28 21,057.057 824.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,915,058 6,100.972 641.71 5,534.711 707.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,573,251 4,491.780 572.88 4,074.876 631.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,571,004 7,789.040 586.85 7,066.101 646.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,400,451 3,790.991 633.20 3,439.131 697.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 83,600 20.758 4,027.22 18.832 4,439.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,719,504 1,160.639 4,066.30 1,052.915 4,482.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,025,123 4,223.550 479.48 3,831.542 528.54 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 343,451 826.236 415.68 749.549 458.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,818,010 5,249.768 1,489.21 4,762.511 1,641.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 649,532 872.638 744.33 791.645 820.48 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,680,414 2,475.975 678.69 2,246.168 748.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,391,145 62,787.109 420.33 56,959.524 463.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,235,702 7,661.095 683.41 6,950.031 753.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,363,092 15,532.162 731.58 14,090.545 806.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 133,965 167.595 799.34 152.040 881.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,138,242 19,438.526 624.44 17,634.340 688.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 502,755 693.188 725.28 628.850 799.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,509,750 1,573.794 959.31 1,427.723 1,057.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 126,108,154 206,856.046 609.64 187,656.702 672.02 Hong Kong BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,796 0.233 24,802.10 0.212 27,339.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,472 45.194 585.73 41.000 645.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 267,342 63.548 4,206.92 57.650 4,637.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 299,610 108.976 2,749.30 98.862 3,030.59 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,448 2.926 19,629.36 2.655 21,637.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,892,289 3,834.226 754.33 3,478.353 831.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 21,295 55.231 385.56 50.105 425.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,950,868 961.976 3,067.50 872.691 3,381.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,778,155 1,695.591 1,048.69 1,538.215 1,155.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 426,642 1,059.320 402.75 961.000 443.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,997,989 48,981.425 367.45 44,435.214 405.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,275,399 1,286.159 3,324.16 1,166.785 3,664.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,220,945 354.552 3,443.62 321.645 3,795.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,437,495 2,833.355 507.35 2,570.378 559.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,139,901 3,070.605 696.90 2,785.607 768.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,251 23.820 598.26 21.610 659.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 583,288 1,099.273 530.61 997.244 584.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,158,990 2,223.316 521.29 2,016.959 574.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 183,994 116.051 1,585.45 105.280 1,747.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,795,704 1,563.630 3,706.57 1,418.502 4,085.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,437,409 370.095 3,883.89 335.745 4,281.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,250,773 1,782.297 1,262.85 1,616.874 1,392.05 BLACK PLATE...........................28 305,217 638.789 477.81 579.500 526.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 244,893 310.629 788.38 281.798 869.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,870 49.820 719.99 45.196 793.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,443,863 68,762.531 544.54 62,380.337 600.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,449,087 47,628.557 639.30 43,207.913 704.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,031,961 1,382.809 746.28 1,254.464 822.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,496,125 6,469.671 694.95 5,869.189 766.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 32,265 40.788 791.03 37.003 871.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 171,369 85.944 1,993.94 77.968 2,197.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 120,833,485 196,683.400 614.36 178,428.230 677.21 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,831,548 44,090.076 313.71 39,997.856 345.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,450,271 10,881.907 684.65 9,871.903 754.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,241,743 1,987.085 624.91 1,802.654 688.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,770,449 2,834.511 1,330.19 2,571.426 1,466.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 843,505 991.096 851.08 899.108 938.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,636,279 7,295.521 635.50 6,618.388 700.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,898,763 10,172.954 874.75 9,228.752 964.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 93,317 23.600 3,954.03 21.410 4,358.57 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,633,514 23,388.993 369.13 21,218.144 406.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 619,545 422.350 1,466.90 383.150 1,616.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,802,585 3,312.140 1,449.99 3,004.724 1,598.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 729,418 655.457 1,112.84 594.621 1,226.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 21,274,537 6,153.626 3,457.24 5,582.478 3,810.95 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,876,878 9,879.822 898.49 8,962.827 990.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 104,369 11.964 8,723.23 10.854 9,615.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,857,541 3,193.818 2,147.13 2,897.384 2,366.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,740,710 575.051 3,027.05 521.678 3,336.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,089,888 1,286.276 4,734.51 1,166.891 5,218.90 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 325,759 87.333 3,730.04 79.228 4,111.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 632,428 577.865 1,094.42 524.231 1,206.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 23,831 20.580 1,157.96 18.670 1,276.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,474,535 4,622.092 1,400.78 4,193.093 1,544.10 BLACK PLATE...........................28 5,196,804 8,472.147 613.40 7,685.805 676.16 TIN PLATE.............................29 316,598 357.158 886.44 324.009 977.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 825,872 1,062.628 777.20 964.001 856.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,578,833 4,863.514 735.85 4,412.107 811.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,699,292 11,419.172 674.24 10,359.302 743.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,465,833 3,991.797 617.72 3,621.299 680.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 826,269 1,139.648 725.02 1,033.872 799.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 909,534 853.401 1,065.78 774.193 1,174.82 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,515,234 1,667.997 908.42 1,513.182 1,001.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 148,303 120.299 1,232.78 109.134 1,358.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,609,801 886.266 4,073.04 804.008 4,489.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,043,786 167,298.161 807.20 151,770.382 889.79 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,064,362 38,203.189 289.62 34,657.360 319.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,429,965 6,910.674 351.62 6,269.260 387.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,781,242 10,026.285 576.61 9,095.696 635.60 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 457,712 716.184 639.10 649.712 704.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,000 3.149 3,175.31 2.857 3,500.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,617 50.522 922.70 45.833 1,017.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 32,176 1.320 24,365.26 1.198 26,858.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,598 1.416 2,540.12 1.285 2,800.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,327 8.073 1,155.29 7.324 1,273.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,769 42.252 988.55 38.331 1,089.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,639,156 4,681.426 350.14 4,246.920 385.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,504 19.661 2,161.74 17.837 2,382.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,589,156 60,700.974 355.66 55,067.013 392.05 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 3,655,414 11,039.461 331.12 10,014.834 365.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 434,346 997.734 435.33 905.130 479.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,079,531 2,371.258 455.26 2,151.170 501.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 143,460 283.415 506.18 257.110 557.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,312,751 14,691.869 361.61 13,328.244 398.61 Tonga BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,839,487 11,021.941 439.08 9,998.940 484.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,517,414 3,711.844 408.80 3,367.330 450.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,643,612 20,217.464 427.53 18,340.980 471.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,000,513 34,951.250 429.18 31,707.250 473.09 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 2,115,832 5,095.411 415.24 4,622.481 457.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,891 65.283 274.05 59.224 302.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,971,219 2,614.743 753.89 2,372.056 831.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 920,231 1,819.116 505.87 1,650.275 557.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,626,670 3,235.449 502.76 2,935.151 554.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 134,925 218.622 617.16 198.331 680.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,114,548 1,906.099 584.73 1,729.185 644.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,879,719 1,876.790 1,001.56 1,702.596 1,104.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 672,781 1,107.276 607.60 1,004.505 669.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 97,249 167.470 580.69 151.927 640.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 750,582 1,307.476 574.07 1,186.123 632.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,257,442 2,840.577 442.67 2,576.929 487.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 16,103,916 27,710.909 581.14 25,138.921 640.60 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 506,343 476.764 1,062.04 432.514 1,170.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 628,524 1,132.285 555.09 1,027.192 611.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,884,633 10,192.534 1,067.90 9,246.514 1,177.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,313,549 5,031.757 658.53 4,564.735 725.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,385,797 29,120.549 665.71 26,417.726 733.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 280,713 453.440 619.07 411.354 682.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,501,155 1,455.947 1,717.89 1,320.814 1,893.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,405,089 881.308 1,594.32 799.510 1,757.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 273,440 41.375 6,608.78 37.535 7,284.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,792,749 8,403.909 1,760.22 7,623.901 1,940.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,146,963 22,917.829 922.73 20,790.711 1,017.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,000 6.699 5,970.29 6.078 6,581.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 264,672 101.807 2,599.74 92.358 2,865.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,531,577 2,815.780 1,254.21 2,554.434 1,382.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,208,349 261.141 4,627.17 236.904 5,100.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 604,856 829.081 729.55 752.130 804.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 127,742 151.342 844.06 137.296 930.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 356,042 304.935 1,167.60 276.633 1,287.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,622,014 2,544.271 637.52 2,308.125 702.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,707,339 2,274.173 750.75 2,063.096 827.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,515,355 7,546.399 730.86 6,845.980 805.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,090,201 894.548 1,218.72 811.521 1,343.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 73,157 21.266 3,439.95 19.293 3,791.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 416,508 960.731 433.53 871.561 477.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 836,153 403.680 2,071.32 366.213 2,283.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,512,920 99,223.563 932.37 90,014.128 1,027.76 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,084,620 1,641.660 660.68 1,489.290 728.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,681,148 2,959.028 568.14 2,684.386 626.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,377,698 2,663.316 517.29 2,416.121 570.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,658 108.414 1,546.45 98.352 1,704.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,708,114 1,259.339 2,150.42 1,142.454 2,370.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 26,917 3.968 6,782.97 3.600 7,476.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,000 7.871 2,540.78 7.141 2,800.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,531 23.137 325.49 20.990 358.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,170,106 955.062 1,225.16 866.418 1,350.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,243,792 9,621.799 856.78 8,728.752 944.44 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,524 28.302 442.50 25.676 487.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,524 28.302 442.50 25.676 487.77 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 347,583 298.426 1,164.72 270.728 1,283.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 347,583 298.426 1,164.72 270.728 1,283.88 Venezuela WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,230 19.821 667.45 17.982 735.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,230 19.821 667.45 17.982 735.74 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,277,687 1,936.102 1,176.43 1,756.403 1,296.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 462,023 128.900 3,584.33 116.937 3,951.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,935 28.256 2,651.94 25.634 2,923.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,390,926 690.035 3,464.93 625.990 3,819.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,517,191 1,061.331 1,429.52 962.824 1,575.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 18,452 10.259 1,798.58 9.307 1,982.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 411,780 222.010 1,854.77 201.405 2,044.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 307,322 65.524 4,690.17 59.443 5,170.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,010 84.432 592.31 76.596 652.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 186,023 274.967 676.53 249.446 745.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,696,349 4,501.821 1,709.61 4,083.985 1,884.52 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 115,216 56.246 2,048.41 51.026 2,257.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 475,412 254.796 1,865.85 231.148 2,056.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 798,079 308.428 2,587.56 279.802 2,852.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,388,707 619.472 2,241.76 561.976 2,471.11 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,477,832 3,614.025 1,515.71 3,278.590 1,670.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,800,688 546.311 3,296.08 495.606 3,633.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,538 43.630 1,708.39 39.581 1,883.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,923,366 861.705 3,392.54 781.726 3,739.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 632,096 408.316 1,548.05 370.419 1,706.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 718,890 239.263 3,004.60 217.056 3,312.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,320 4.597 3,767.07 4.171 4,152.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,108,521 8,288.405 737.00 7,519.117 812.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,079,147 2,659.997 781.63 2,413.110 861.60 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 451,189 422.637 1,067.56 383.410 1,176.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 545,662 124.891 4,369.08 113.300 4,816.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,829,249 17,213.783 1,210.03 15,616.086 1,333.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 641,260 1,890.022 339.29 1,714.600 374.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,118 2.641 5,345.42 2.396 5,892.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 655,378 1,892.663 346.27 1,716.996 381.70 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 284,627 342.458 831.13 310.673 916.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,909 20.216 638.54 18.340 703.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 322,455 467.213 690.17 423.849 760.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 729,709 294.599 2,476.95 267.256 2,730.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,349,700 1,124.487 1,200.28 1,020.118 1,323.08 Faroe Islands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,104 4.474 693.74 4.059 764.72 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 130,904 35.072 3,732.41 31.817 4,114.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,742,626 5,648.765 662.56 5,124.475 730.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 498,201 523.994 950.78 475.360 1,048.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 955,722 641.557 1,489.69 582.011 1,642.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 34,384 19.841 1,732.92 18.000 1,910.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 681,080 210.653 3,233.17 191.102 3,563.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,040,247 637.286 1,632.31 578.137 1,799.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 199,924 15.725 12,713.31 14.266 14,014.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 20,944 3.240 6,462.61 2.940 7,123.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 368,517 248.557 1,482.62 225.488 1,634.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 249,820 21.459 11,641.31 19.468 12,832.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,135 7.144 9,677.25 6.481 10,667.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,259 47.922 589.68 43.475 650.01 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 576,133 159.501 3,612.09 144.697 3,981.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 117,383 49.531 2,369.88 44.934 2,612.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,713,279 8,270.254 1,053.57 7,502.651 1,161.36 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,732,843 5,454.546 501.02 4,948.283 552.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 727,294 460.905 1,577.97 418.127 1,739.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 268,997 239.265 1,124.26 217.058 1,239.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,875 1.132 2,539.59 1.027 2,799.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,446 1.212 17,686.81 1.100 19,496.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 272,476 529.961 514.14 480.773 566.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,200,766 3,244.959 678.21 2,943.779 747.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 283,211 442.394 640.18 401.334 705.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,509,908 10,374.379 627.50 9,411.481 691.70 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 930,246 1,129.835 823.35 1,024.970 907.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,447,934 1,109.590 2,206.16 1,006.604 2,431.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,901 4.160 2,379.98 3.774 2,623.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,723 0.960 2,836.12 0.871 3,126.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,424,868 498.112 2,860.54 451.880 3,153.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 87,504 135.647 645.09 123.057 711.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,458 9.568 1,197.53 8.680 1,320.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,914,634 2,887.874 1,701.82 2,619.836 1,875.93 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,486 4.199 591.93 3.810 652.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,486 4.199 591.93 3.810 652.49 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,352,890 745.854 1,813.88 676.628 1,999.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,594,773 2,319.190 687.64 2,103.935 758.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 845,063 354.449 2,384.16 321.551 2,628.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,326,532 3,463.559 1,537.88 3,142.089 1,695.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,219,466 1,091.604 2,949.30 990.287 3,251.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 124,455 235.508 528.45 213.650 582.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 967,672 533.511 1,813.78 483.994 1,999.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,355,530 1,225.003 2,739.20 1,111.305 3,019.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,056 1.414 17,009.54 1.283 18,749.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,079,653 5,588.527 730.01 5,069.828 804.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,700,312 3,423.224 788.82 3,105.498 869.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 877,322 77.632 11,300.97 70.427 12,457.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,467,724 19,059.480 1,283.76 17,290.475 1,415.10 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 253,679 32.959 7,696.78 29.900 8,484.25 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,242,545 926.686 1,340.85 840.676 1,478.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,211 24.000 508.78 21.773 560.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,780,528 2,017.070 1,874.27 1,829.856 2,066.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 676,179 366.021 1,847.38 332.049 2,036.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,109,364 4,141.552 992.23 3,757.154 1,093.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 573,038 231.812 2,471.99 210.297 2,724.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,157,628 1,750.766 2,374.75 1,588.269 2,617.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 295,325 122.721 2,406.47 111.331 2,652.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,148,170 9,439.796 1,604.71 8,563.642 1,768.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 131,695 87.795 1,500.02 79.647 1,653.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 170,804 10.582 16,140.71 9.600 17,792.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,869,355 1,622.899 1,768.04 1,472.270 1,948.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,399,335 2,273.920 3,254.00 2,062.867 3,586.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 50,994 3.970 12,843.14 3.602 14,157.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,933 2.771 4,666.91 2.514 5,144.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 262,736 121.800 2,157.09 110.496 2,377.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 68,104 27.557 2,471.32 25.000 2,724.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 605,222 566.857 1,067.68 514.245 1,176.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,769,025 7,500.152 502.53 6,804.026 553.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,700,196 3,766.135 716.97 3,416.582 790.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 977,664 721.339 1,355.35 654.388 1,494.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,108,249 1,363.067 1,546.69 1,236.554 1,704.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,374,979 37,122.238 1,383.94 33,676.738 1,525.53 Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,671 0.035 75,721.60 0.032 83,468.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 612,260 490.355 1,248.60 444.843 1,376.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 258,518 59.616 4,336.37 54.083 4,780.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 58,377 10.004 5,835.03 9.076 6,432.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,469 3.118 22,276.86 2.829 24,556.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,499,403 608.354 4,108.47 551.890 4,528.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,556,781 3,152.506 1,128.24 2,859.907 1,243.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,546 31.602 3,055.04 28.669 3,367.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,512,367 2,036.453 742.65 1,847.440 818.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 747,682 131.676 5,678.17 119.455 6,259.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,414,074 6,523.723 1,443.05 5,918.224 1,590.69 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 788,301 1,285.960 613.01 1,166.604 675.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,748,903 4,504.193 1,054.33 4,086.137 1,162.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 174,598 42.671 4,091.67 38.711 4,510.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 370,772 303.686 1,220.90 275.500 1,345.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 483,506 102.358 4,723.66 92.858 5,206.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 563,859 223.372 2,524.30 202.640 2,782.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,129,939 6,462.243 1,103.32 5,862.450 1,216.20 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 103,947 6.192 16,785.18 5.618 18,502.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 412,912 187.604 2,200.97 170.192 2,426.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 201,282 50.607 3,977.35 45.910 4,384.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 718,141 244.404 2,938.33 221.720 3,238.95 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 632,037 494.964 1,276.94 449.024 1,407.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,490 0.206 12,079.63 0.187 13,315.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 72,891 27.699 2,631.45 25.129 2,900.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,062 144.829 1,105.18 131.387 1,218.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 867,480 667.699 1,299.21 605.727 1,432.13 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 121,833 115.107 1,058.43 104.424 1,166.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 54,432 53.078 1,025.50 48.152 1,130.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,964 2.511 1,578.61 2.278 1,740.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,819,667 6,213.743 936.58 5,637.015 1,032.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 454,585 142.426 3,191.72 129.207 3,518.27 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,409,265 494.601 2,849.29 448.695 3,140.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,863,746 7,021.468 1,119.96 6,369.771 1,234.54 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,347,608 1,204.396 1,118.91 1,092.610 1,233.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,030 2.500 3,211.95 2.268 3,540.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,139,023 6,965.889 737.74 6,319.350 813.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,526 57.356 4,054.04 52.033 4,468.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,727,187 8,230.141 817.38 7,466.261 901.01 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,176,328 10,294.058 502.85 9,338.615 554.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,362,332 3,580.545 1,218.34 3,248.217 1,342.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 388,988 408.697 951.78 370.764 1,049.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 175,746 76.622 2,293.65 69.511 2,528.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,238,723 176.904 7,002.22 160.485 7,718.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,701,556 1,386.655 1,227.09 1,257.953 1,352.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 871,196 436.296 1,996.80 395.802 2,201.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 151,330 233.411 648.34 211.747 714.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,062,474 3,943.368 776.61 3,577.365 856.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,128,673 20,536.559 834.06 18,630.459 919.39 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 818,128 1,496.631 546.65 1,357.722 602.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 730,064 976.691 747.49 886.040 823.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 933,120 1,392.618 670.05 1,263.363 738.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 192,499 116.046 1,658.80 105.276 1,828.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,445 198.409 838.90 179.994 924.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 750,098 352.129 2,130.17 319.447 2,348.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 76,260 217.536 350.56 197.346 386.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 324,787 439.520 738.96 398.726 814.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,420,364 676.586 2,099.31 613.789 2,314.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 58,236 9.449 6,163.19 8.572 6,793.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 171,208 114.926 1,489.71 104.260 1,642.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,777,567 1,512.915 1,174.93 1,372.494 1,295.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,418,776 7,503.462 988.71 6,807.029 1,089.87 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,909,428 747.360 2,554.90 677.994 2,816.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,909,428 747.360 2,554.90 677.994 2,816.29 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,001,408 2,438.880 820.63 2,212.516 904.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,877 6.006 2,476.82 5.449 2,730.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,016,285 2,444.887 824.69 2,217.965 909.07 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,024,040 10,049.218 400.43 9,116.500 441.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,621 133.436 933.93 121.052 1,029.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,148,661 10,182.655 407.42 9,237.552 449.11 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,293 33.086 1,278.24 30.016 1,409.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,293 33.086 1,278.24 30.016 1,409.02 India STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,976 9.680 3,199.84 8.782 3,527.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,762,522 5,022.829 1,346.36 4,556.636 1,484.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 214,225 108.383 1,976.54 98.324 2,178.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,007,723 5,140.894 1,363.13 4,663.742 1,502.60 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 570,909 256.644 2,224.51 232.824 2,452.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,587 8.034 1,815.49 7.289 2,001.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,591,252 1,436.895 2,499.31 1,303.530 2,755.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 79,909 107.943 740.28 97.925 816.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,908,855 21,807.807 1,096.34 19,783.716 1,208.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,315 65.650 553.16 59.557 609.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 761,148 747.875 1,017.75 678.461 1,121.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 72,083 144.748 497.99 131.314 548.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 642,843 502.900 1,278.27 456.224 1,409.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 781,156 719.670 1,085.44 652.874 1,196.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,487,698 3,123.629 476.27 2,833.710 525.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,946,755 28,921.801 1,104.59 26,237.424 1,217.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 898,989 776.358 1,157.96 704.301 1,276.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 127,008 86.799 1,463.24 78.743 1,612.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 521,759 283.868 1,838.03 257.521 2,026.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 140,466 295.742 474.96 268.293 523.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 384,366 809.304 474.93 734.189 523.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,649,064 2,340.539 1,131.82 2,123.302 1,247.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,879,750 3,071.455 612.01 2,786.378 674.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 502,755 693.188 725.28 628.850 799.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,104,157 8,357.255 850.06 7,581.577 937.03 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,517 1.367 8,419.06 1.241 9,280.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 372,532 78.387 4,752.44 71.112 5,238.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,459 12.851 2,292.20 11.659 2,526.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,220,945 354.552 3,443.62 321.645 3,795.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,141 10.049 511.55 9.117 563.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,208 8.140 516.92 7.385 569.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,290 35.745 1,490.81 32.428 1,643.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,437,409 370.095 3,883.89 335.745 4,281.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 306,200 331.388 923.99 300.631 1,018.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,440,701 1,202.580 2,861.10 1,090.963 3,153.82 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,750 1.102 3,401.94 1.000 3,750.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,707,583 2,476.681 1,093.23 2,246.808 1,205.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 521,193 715.328 728.61 648.935 803.15 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 757,119 1,162.213 651.45 1,054.343 718.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,177,905 6,805.230 907.82 6,173.603 1,000.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 279,585 203.322 1,375.08 184.451 1,515.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,802,585 3,312.140 1,449.99 3,004.724 1,598.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 119,254 59.034 2,020.08 53.555 2,226.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,390,335 5,495.320 3,710.49 4,985.272 4,090.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,467,373 1,147.058 1,279.25 1,040.594 1,410.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,978,990 2,294.207 2,170.24 2,081.271 2,392.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,488,884 369.527 4,029.15 335.230 4,441.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,324 0.914 2,540.12 0.830 2,800.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 485,609 304.334 1,595.64 276.088 1,758.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,683,607 1,919.162 1,398.32 1,741.035 1,541.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,818,818 3,960.985 711.65 3,593.347 784.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,358,554 7,945.459 674.42 7,208.002 743.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,400,078 3,920.146 612.24 3,556.298 674.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 415,758 642.690 646.90 583.039 713.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,515,234 1,667.997 908.42 1,513.182 1,001.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 216,581 37.773 5,733.60 34.268 6,320.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 59,591,119 44,440.632 1,340.92 40,315.875 1,478.11 Australia PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,598 1.416 2,540.12 1.285 2,800.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,479 4.870 1,330.39 4.418 1,466.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,077 6.286 1,602.96 5.703 1,766.96 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 210,504 126.353 1,665.99 114.626 1,836.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 397,253 611.270 649.88 554.535 716.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 607,757 737.623 823.94 669.161 908.24 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,295,806 24,230.867 383.63 21,981.879 422.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,926,943 27,422.681 580.79 24,877.445 640.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,914,621 14,921.814 664.44 13,536.846 732.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 568,929 638.445 891.12 579.188 982.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,692,663 12,908.852 673.39 11,710.717 742.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,596,159 24,413.016 556.92 22,147.122 613.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 213,885 276.813 772.67 251.121 851.72 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 255,965 264.591 967.40 240.033 1,066.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,400,920 30,298.702 607.32 27,486.528 669.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,007,982 11,841.084 591.84 10,742.054 652.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,093,108 4,842.024 432.28 4,392.612 476.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,620,218 5,237.627 1,073.05 4,751.497 1,182.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,907,260 36,408.300 793.97 33,029.064 875.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,367,795 3,317.393 1,015.19 3,009.490 1,119.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,277,188 11,886.237 1,285.28 10,783.016 1,416.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 69,451 63.338 1,096.50 57.460 1,208.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,519,332 11,140.016 1,034.05 10,106.056 1,139.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 110,459 113.360 974.40 102.839 1,074.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,122,058 493.502 2,273.66 447.698 2,506.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,352,105 21,760.036 843.39 19,740.379 929.67 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 153,199 204.488 749.18 185.509 825.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,355,376 15,998.231 834.80 14,513.356 920.21 BLACK PLATE...........................28 83,264 235.744 353.20 213.864 389.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,497,306 11,631.770 730.53 10,552.168 805.27 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,779,122 3,898.126 712.94 3,536.322 785.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,443,168 48,799.643 562.36 44,270.303 619.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,418,713 23,198.707 664.64 21,045.519 732.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 26,823,071 38,334.569 699.71 34,776.546 771.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 369,121 528.157 698.88 479.137 770.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,246,607 5,955.628 1,048.86 5,402.857 1,156.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,575,259 6,528.376 547.65 5,922.445 603.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,583,473 3,006.218 859.38 2,727.196 947.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 277,640,526 400,798.369 692.72 363,598.267 763.59 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,164,009 49,778.916 425.16 45,158.686 468.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 55,211 117.092 471.51 106.225 519.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,374,346 6,246.613 540.19 5,666.834 595.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,745,153 13,923.787 556.25 12,631.451 613.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,500 0.417 5,984.07 0.379 6,596.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,274,097 3,824.772 594.57 3,469.776 655.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,678,106 5,117.045 523.37 4,642.107 576.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,126,403 6,703.062 466.41 6,080.918 514.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,794 77.868 806.41 70.641 888.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,744,848 4,578.003 818.01 4,153.096 901.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 47,371 38.857 1,219.09 35.251 1,343.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,038,624 4,835.157 835.26 4,386.382 920.72 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,142,974 1,387.632 823.69 1,258.839 907.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,138,486 14,886.822 748.21 13,505.102 824.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 351,874 209.775 1,677.39 190.305 1,849.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 320,436 178.154 1,798.64 161.619 1,982.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,043,625 3,833.870 1,054.71 3,478.030 1,162.62 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 140,107 111.308 1,258.73 100.977 1,387.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,960,094 9,823.837 810.28 8,912.038 893.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,641 2.970 889.01 2.695 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,141,846 27,900.554 542.71 25,310.964 598.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,463,018 7,646.297 583.68 6,936.606 643.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,962,801 6,555.325 909.61 5,946.893 1,002.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,219,742 4,798.445 879.40 4,353.078 969.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 424,292 540.566 784.90 490.394 865.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 502,588 519.132 968.13 470.949 1,067.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,127,986 173,636.287 599.69 157,520.235 661.05 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,834 110.405 904.25 100.158 996.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,407 47.926 759.65 43.478 837.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,241 158.331 860.48 143.636 948.52 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,413 72.079 782.65 65.389 862.73 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,200 38.580 471.74 35.000 520.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,382,033 3,433.651 402.50 3,114.957 443.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 35,175 54.462 645.85 49.408 711.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 179,383 220.218 814.57 199.779 897.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 226,920 305.710 742.27 277.336 818.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,841,711 4,052.624 454.45 3,676.480 500.94 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,504,559 8,226.721 426.00 7,463.158 469.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,699 94.275 665.06 85.525 733.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,567,258 8,320.996 428.71 7,548.683 472.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,198,977 1,697.463 706.33 1,539.913 778.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,944,337 6,411.625 1,239.05 5,816.530 1,365.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 365,067 436.799 835.78 396.258 921.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,508,381 8,545.887 1,112.63 7,752.701 1,226.46 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 851,647 2,031.737 419.17 1,843.162 462.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 719,991 1,627.012 442.52 1,476.001 487.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,285,535 1,832.611 701.48 1,662.518 773.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,545,074 8,302.636 788.31 7,532.027 868.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 425,073 672.201 632.36 609.811 697.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 550,191 763.640 720.48 692.763 794.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,879,748 6,928.746 415.62 6,285.655 458.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 404,948 822.858 492.12 746.485 542.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,353 45.884 814.06 41.626 897.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,789 19.795 797.61 17.958 879.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,715,349 23,047.125 595.10 20,908.006 655.99 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,346 19.548 682.72 17.734 752.57 Peru BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,023 85.218 622.20 77.309 685.86 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 73,471 71.282 1,030.71 64.666 1,136.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,509 151.417 564.72 137.364 622.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 99,320 100.443 988.81 91.121 1,089.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,978 4.407 902.65 3.998 995.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 262,278 327.550 800.73 297.149 882.65 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,496,272 45,854.106 337.95 41,598.157 372.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,773,231 13,099.599 517.06 11,883.760 569.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,975,884 7,352.751 404.73 6,670.306 446.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,710 39.467 778.12 35.804 857.73 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,377 18.754 873.22 17.014 962.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 707,709 1,800.604 393.04 1,633.481 433.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,961,877 5,037.898 389.42 4,570.306 429.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,269,795 1,905.455 666.40 1,728.601 734.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 423,165 275.890 1,533.81 250.284 1,690.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,313,541 8,521.435 858.25 7,730.518 946.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,685,681 7,999.133 1,085.83 7,256.694 1,196.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,876,643 1,880.497 997.95 1,705.959 1,100.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,538,452 1,339.141 1,148.83 1,214.849 1,266.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 609,164 1,232.088 494.42 1,117.732 545.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,465,484 2,032.482 721.03 1,843.838 794.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,727 10.432 740.68 9.464 816.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,175,921 32,302.968 500.76 29,304.768 551.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,598,065 11,453.892 576.05 10,390.799 634.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,898,290 9,851.581 700.22 8,937.207 771.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,234 13.256 1,526.36 12.026 1,682.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,844,222 152,021.437 531.79 137,911.567 586.20 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,275,821 3,194.298 399.41 2,897.820 440.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 997,046 1,740.258 572.93 1,578.736 631.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,333,067 1,135.445 1,174.05 1,030.059 1,294.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 256,344 254.902 1,005.65 231.244 1,108.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 295,740 156.632 1,888.11 142.095 2,081.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,271 173.351 538.05 157.262 593.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,668,945 10,015.901 466.15 9,086.276 513.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 222,780 385.047 578.58 349.309 637.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,143,014 17,055.838 536.06 15,472.801 590.91 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,081 22.912 614.55 20.786 677.43 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,841 44.786 331.37 40.630 365.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,841 16.499 1,566.18 14.968 1,726.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,904 0.597 36,662.32 0.542 40,413.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,470,630 1,724.836 852.62 1,564.746 939.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 95,396 30.261 3,152.36 27.453 3,474.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,002 1.103 1,814.37 1.001 2,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 329,593 160.440 2,054.30 145.549 2,264.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 130,953 124.329 1,053.27 112.790 1,161.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 363,746 490.021 742.31 444.540 818.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,353 24.227 1,129.00 21.979 1,244.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,176,333 317.411 3,706.02 287.951 4,085.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,672,673 2,957.428 1,241.85 2,682.935 1,368.90 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,788,882 11,167.182 339.29 10,130.700 374.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 257,857 153.761 1,676.99 139.490 1,848.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,821,583 2,793.075 652.18 2,533.836 718.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,868,322 14,114.018 415.78 12,804.026 458.32 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 32,925 102.097 322.49 92.621 355.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,022 5.400 929.96 4.899 1,025.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,126,168 1,249.687 901.16 1,133.698 993.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,164,115 1,357.185 857.74 1,231.218 945.50 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,769 0.412 11,567.82 0.374 12,751.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,477 15.607 2,721.55 14.159 3,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,246 16.019 2,949.21 14.533 3,250.95 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 560,486 1,081.352 518.32 980.987 571.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,701,243 2,463.237 690.65 2,234.612 761.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 934,665 1,238.309 754.79 1,123.376 832.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,142,071 23,878.804 759.76 21,662.493 837.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,270 1.048 3,119.34 0.951 3,438.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,132,084 1,605.272 1,328.18 1,456.279 1,464.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 521,184 5.698 91,452.67 5.170 100,809.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 63,088 3.035 20,781.59 2.754 22,907.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,907 69.282 590.44 62.852 650.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 647,436 494.903 1,308.21 448.969 1,442.05 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 196,215 309.969 633.01 281.200 697.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 203,606 250.219 813.71 226.995 896.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,695 5.819 634.98 5.279 699.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,477,932 615.806 2,400.00 558.650 2,645.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,627,882 32,022.759 831.53 29,050.567 916.60 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,116 1.705 1,240.86 1.547 1,367.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,566,872 10,214.067 447.12 9,266.049 492.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,615 0.391 24,570.66 0.355 27,084.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 117,681 59.917 1,964.06 54.356 2,165.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,080 78.771 1,054.70 71.460 1,162.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 13,180,955 19,666.021 670.24 17,840.720 738.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 43,618 58.299 748.18 52.888 824.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,238,445 24,626.451 456.36 22,340.747 503.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,866,927 3,421.484 545.65 3,103.919 601.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,038,012 3,397.745 599.81 3,082.384 661.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,147,321 61,524.854 538.76 55,814.425 593.88 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,362,228 2,247.275 606.17 2,038.695 668.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,653 4.203 869.12 3.813 958.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 126,653 120.645 1,049.79 109.448 1,157.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 500,565 633.520 790.13 574.720 870.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 680,695 1,739.865 391.23 1,578.380 431.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,435 7.416 2,485.72 6.728 2,740.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 71,844 41.574 1,728.07 37.716 1,904.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,157,949 745.841 1,552.54 676.616 1,711.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 651,244 1,240.170 525.12 1,125.064 578.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,659,089 3,470.407 478.07 3,148.302 526.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,685,154 10,712.820 530.69 9,718.510 584.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 407,526 639.102 637.65 579.784 702.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 831,055 1,249.910 664.89 1,133.900 732.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 502,239 704.785 712.61 639.371 785.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,658,329 23,557.540 579.79 21,371.047 639.10 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,726,670 5,220.400 713.87 4,735.869 786.90 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,504,470 4,611.854 759.88 4,183.805 837.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 117,907 144.420 816.42 131.016 899.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 741,073 888.255 834.30 805.812 919.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,531 38.204 5,432.04 34.659 5,987.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 570,267 845.340 674.60 766.880 743.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,867,918 11,748.475 754.81 10,658.041 832.04 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,500,876 5,027.082 497.48 4,560.494 548.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,618 261.026 1,105.71 236.799 1,218.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 252,322 159.401 1,582.93 144.607 1,744.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,902,186 2,402.877 1,207.80 2,179.854 1,331.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 740,002 628.218 1,177.94 569.910 1,298.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,910,454 1,700.991 1,123.14 1,543.114 1,238.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,657 6.958 3,255.84 6.313 3,588.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 809,869 445.013 1,819.87 403.710 2,006.07 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,676,406 9,950.229 670.98 9,026.699 739.63 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 332,374 401.061 828.74 363.837 913.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,257,824 18,670.112 495.86 16,937.246 546.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 87,279 112.303 777.17 101.880 856.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 33,606 9.363 3,589.22 8.494 3,956.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 48,648 7.011 6,938.02 6.361 7,647.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,863,121 39,781.652 650.13 36,089.318 716.64 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 742,659 1,269.689 584.91 1,151.843 644.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,111,346 3,033.416 696.03 2,751.870 767.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,552,392 14,295.696 598.25 12,968.841 659.46 STEEL PILING...........................5 397,681 576.600 689.70 523.083 760.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,572,836 10,670.701 990.83 9,680.300 1,092.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,410,483 2,702.260 521.96 2,451.450 575.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,201,040 1,630.310 736.69 1,478.993 812.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 196,348 211.807 927.01 192.149 1,021.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 152,116 187.664 810.58 170.246 893.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,038,321 3,604.553 1,120.34 3,269.997 1,234.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,775,895 1,127.109 1,575.62 1,022.497 1,736.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,647,972 8,607.620 1,120.86 7,808.704 1,235.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,355,617 2,735.745 1,226.58 2,481.827 1,352.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 703,958 369.297 1,906.21 335.021 2,101.24 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 110,729 142.098 779.24 128.910 858.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,729,634 1,863.830 1,464.53 1,690.839 1,614.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,985,498 1,481.652 1,340.06 1,344.133 1,477.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,728 0.881 5,361.46 0.800 5,910.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,648 10.781 1,729.60 9.781 1,906.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,278,678 864.897 1,478.42 784.622 1,629.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,751,825 6,739.596 556.68 6,114.061 613.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,295,699 1,539.627 841.57 1,396.727 927.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 610,607 1,183.349 516.00 1,073.517 568.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,877,331 2,796.420 671.33 2,536.871 740.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 611,125 1,215.209 502.90 1,102.420 554.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,098,591 1,569.005 700.18 1,423.378 771.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 383,213 158.731 2,414.22 143.999 2,661.22 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 17,591 22.032 798.39 19.988 880.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,081,405 1,207.017 1,724.42 1,094.988 1,900.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,713,966 71,817.606 873.24 65,151.855 962.58 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 104,947 8.828 11,887.42 8.009 13,103.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,106,906 4,251.417 730.79 3,856.822 805.56 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 848,371 766.262 1,107.15 695.142 1,220.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,035 75.782 2,019.39 68.749 2,226.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,368,283 6,928.094 1,640.90 6,285.063 1,808.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,992,508 2,745.150 1,090.11 2,490.359 1,201.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,805 10.406 3,248.32 9.441 3,580.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 127,900 70.307 1,819.15 63.782 2,005.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 937,838 87.723 10,690.90 79.581 11,784.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 478,523 838.285 570.84 760.480 629.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 333,235 387.037 860.99 351.115 949.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 519,273 106.416 4,879.65 96.539 5,378.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,004,624 16,275.712 1,290.55 14,765.082 1,422.59 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 726,516 1,025.205 708.65 930.051 781.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,658,363 9,739.476 580.97 8,835.507 640.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 495,599 882.890 561.34 800.945 618.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 815,762 799.365 1,020.51 725.172 1,124.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,851,281 2,728.252 1,045.09 2,475.030 1,152.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,206,574 3,675.541 872.41 3,334.396 961.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 578,392 559.973 1,032.89 508.000 1,138.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 119,127 158.467 751.75 143.759 828.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,451,614 19,569.172 738.49 17,752.860 814.04 Slovakia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 110,284 72.731 1,516.32 65.981 1,671.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 183,594 160.506 1,143.84 145.609 1,260.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 293,878 233.237 1,259.99 211.590 1,388.90 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 228,384 528.668 432.00 479.600 476.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 136,197 333.625 408.23 302.660 450.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 956,422 2,249.056 425.25 2,040.310 468.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,321,003 3,111.349 424.58 2,822.570 468.01 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 21,390 10.711 1,996.98 9.717 2,201.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,193,116 474.892 2,512.39 430.815 2,769.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,199 3.729 589.68 3.383 650.01 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,959 6.234 635.00 5.656 699.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 204,805 100.514 2,037.57 91.185 2,246.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,425,469 596.081 2,391.40 540.756 2,636.07 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,544,393 15,515.523 550.70 14,075.450 607.04 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 49,191 129.104 381.02 117.122 420.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,393 4.548 1,185.76 4.126 1,307.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,366 12.908 1,190.42 11.710 1,312.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 318,769 365.154 872.97 331.263 962.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,038,253 1,045.133 993.42 948.129 1,095.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,971,365 17,072.372 584.06 15,487.800 643.82 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 66,570,741 182,502.274 364.77 165,563.325 402.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,610,113 7,538.402 478.90 6,838.726 527.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,495,933 6,538.703 534.65 5,931.814 589.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,025,664 12,602.942 398.77 11,433.200 439.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,210,612 5,351.433 413.09 4,854.740 455.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,561,587 2,510.783 1,020.23 2,277.745 1,124.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,561,228 5,963.147 764.90 5,409.678 843.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,981,358 2,419.390 818.95 2,194.835 902.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,257,040 1,767.619 711.15 1,603.558 783.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 706,322 1,256.677 562.06 1,140.039 619.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,350,905 37,434.690 410.07 33,960.190 452.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,641,065 15,651.923 424.30 14,199.190 467.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,972,568 281,537.989 404.82 255,407.040 446.24 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 347,355 385.957 899.98 350.135 992.06 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 44,181,821 124,794.485 354.04 113,211.685 390.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,800,598 6,776.575 413.28 6,147.608 455.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 684,972 1,252.856 546.73 1,136.573 602.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 269,875 325.400 829.36 295.198 914.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 464,815 733.359 633.82 665.293 698.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 515,816 990.342 520.85 898.424 574.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,890 17.707 1,349.14 16.064 1,487.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,838 300.531 768.10 272.638 846.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,172,625 135,191.260 363.73 122,643.483 400.94 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,097,507 1,429.560 767.72 1,296.876 846.27 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 3,977,916 8,368.649 475.34 7,591.913 523.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 293,448 296.463 989.83 268.947 1,091.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 189,795 243.607 779.10 220.997 858.81 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,398 75.528 1,024.76 68.518 1,129.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,595,138 2,690.130 592.96 2,440.446 653.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 789,803 973.738 811.10 883.361 894.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,161,123 1,883.567 1,147.36 1,708.744 1,264.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 93,170 2.450 38,021.78 2.223 41,911.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,013 9.590 1,252.65 8.700 1,380.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 135,007 108.030 1,249.71 98.004 1,377.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,919,870 2,297.220 1,271.04 2,084.004 1,401.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 660,555 735.590 897.99 667.317 989.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 324,665 452.210 717.95 410.239 791.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,229,901 18,136.778 729.45 16,453.413 804.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,883,036 64,806.594 383.96 58,791.570 423.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,345,521 7,832.292 427.14 7,105.338 470.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,008 11.830 2,705.66 10.732 2,982.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 152,318 185.408 821.53 168.200 905.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 426,863 444.049 961.30 402.835 1,059.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 612,770 379.868 1,613.11 344.611 1,778.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 492,986 188.759 2,611.71 171.240 2,878.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,363,028 1,414.656 1,670.39 1,283.355 1,841.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 778,993 623.982 1,248.42 566.068 1,376.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 361,071 201.114 1,795.35 182.448 1,979.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,996 0.198 20,139.51 0.180 22,200.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 602,006 461.631 1,304.08 418.785 1,437.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,337 11.555 634.93 10.483 699.90 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 101,634 107.916 941.79 97.900 1,038.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 175,273 132.888 1,318.95 120.554 1,453.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,338,840 76,802.746 447.10 69,674.299 492.85 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,114,572 4,464.184 697.68 4,049.841 769.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,013,961 1,104.405 918.11 1,001.900 1,012.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,128,533 5,568.589 741.40 5,051.741 817.25 Romania BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,430,858 7,331.299 331.57 6,650.845 365.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 84,133 32.069 2,623.46 29.093 2,891.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,388,480 3,783.520 631.29 3,432.353 695.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,607,388 2,471.042 1,459.86 2,241.693 1,609.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,285,069 3,183.876 717.70 2,888.365 791.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,020,736 1,219.040 837.33 1,105.895 923.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,021 14.564 1,099.98 13.213 1,212.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,219,553 1,235.378 987.19 1,120.717 1,088.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,869 130.624 1,545.41 118.501 1,703.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,254,107 19,401.417 683.15 17,600.675 753.05 Bulgaria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,437,422 3,255.741 441.50 2,953.560 486.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 551,658 1,503.855 366.83 1,364.275 404.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,989,080 4,759.597 417.91 4,317.835 460.67 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,360,049 2,860.585 475.44 2,595.080 524.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,205,904 13,186.781 394.78 11,962.850 435.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,225,386 28,075.872 399.82 25,470.010 440.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 212,680 436.923 486.77 396.370 536.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 123,613 263.518 469.09 239.060 517.08 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 59,468,336 155,990.832 381.23 141,512.543 420.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,270,321 3,639.830 623.74 3,302.000 687.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,928,600 3,834.533 502.96 3,478.631 554.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,467,752 9,139.075 488.86 8,290.832 538.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,551 149.831 550.96 135.925 607.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,712,374 51,473.977 421.81 46,696.420 464.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,917,284 24,126.506 493.95 21,887.205 544.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,974,850 293,178.268 409.22 265,966.926 451.09 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,430 172.178 670.41 156.198 739.00 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 256,684 239.079 1,073.64 216.889 1,183.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 256,684 239.079 1,073.64 216.889 1,183.48 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,648 2,153.147 534.87 1,953.303 589.59 India WIRE RODS..............................3 3,830,215 12,521.247 305.90 11,359.088 337.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,880 9.961 489.88 9.037 540.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 726,976 1,319.604 550.90 1,197.125 607.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,441 19.003 707.28 17.240 779.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 395,203 572.190 690.68 519.083 761.35 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,160 94.282 457.77 85.532 504.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,124 15.893 4,097.62 14.418 4,516.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,914,080 6,750.830 579.79 6,124.252 639.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,149,989 915.678 1,255.89 830.690 1,384.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 294,292 541.519 543.46 491.258 599.06 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 290,373 534.368 543.39 484.771 598.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,453,738 1,230.187 1,181.72 1,116.008 1,302.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 26,850 25.298 1,061.35 22.950 1,169.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,224 7.577 1,085.35 6.874 1,196.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 805,785 1,216.725 662.26 1,103.795 730.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,386,491 3,047.077 455.02 2,764.263 501.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 42,601,029 73,880.739 576.62 67,023.498 635.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 470,770 428.701 1,098.13 388.912 1,210.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 57,480,620 103,130.887 557.36 93,558.794 614.38 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 52,412 89.572 585.13 81.259 645.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,266,016 14,640.624 427.99 13,281.755 471.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,701,993 3,124.603 544.71 2,834.593 600.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 266,889 399.651 667.80 362.558 736.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,743,407 4,080.534 427.25 3,701.800 470.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 256,442 436.316 587.74 395.820 647.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,287,159 22,771.303 451.76 20,657.785 497.98 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,850 19.841 1,605.21 18.000 1,769.44 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 612,314 1,649.479 371.22 1,496.383 409.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,991,101 13,617.342 439.96 12,353.449 484.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,570,296 11,754.658 388.81 10,663.650 428.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 66,528 89.703 741.64 81.378 817.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,682 78.062 956.70 70.817 1,054.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,873,786 34,146.199 406.31 30,976.920 447.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 47,379 116.139 407.95 105.360 449.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,236,086 61,451.586 410.67 55,747.957 452.68 Singapore WIRE RODS..............................3 4,763,896 13,128.237 362.87 11,909.740 400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,763,896 13,128.237 362.87 11,909.740 400.00 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,486 11.734 4,387.72 10.645 4,836.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,986,366 4,761.998 417.13 4,320.014 459.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,037,852 4,773.733 426.89 4,330.659 470.56 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 475,773 1,028.843 462.43 933.351 509.75 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,387 34.874 469.88 31.638 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,936 13.062 377.88 11.850 416.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,730,931 33,564.478 349.50 30,449.191 385.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,658 62.076 735.51 56.315 810.76 STEEL PILING...........................5 9,661 7.073 1,365.80 6.417 1,505.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 147,399 209.355 704.06 189.924 776.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 63,437 73.827 859.26 66.975 947.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 348,221 368.010 946.22 333.854 1,043.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 57,513 77.793 739.30 70.573 814.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,466 214.229 468.96 194.346 516.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,853,230 48,020.710 517.55 43,563.668 570.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 31,628,146 39,169.986 807.46 35,534.424 890.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 168,393 208.418 807.96 189.074 890.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,034,608 21,224.360 708.37 19,254.421 780.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,874,402 14,460.768 544.54 13,118.592 600.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,033,380 9,390.025 749.03 8,518.490 825.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 767,979 1,097.758 699.59 995.870 771.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 96,876 96.772 1,001.06 87.791 1,103.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,361,703 7,209.391 466.29 6,540.252 514.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 44,968 78.735 571.12 71.428 629.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,680,630 13,812.051 628.48 12,530.086 692.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 203,943 402.969 506.10 365.568 557.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,795,332 2,859.846 627.77 2,594.410 692.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,826,255 74,081.025 443.11 67,205.195 488.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,728,128 58,446.029 525.75 53,021.361 579.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 808,027 1,403.324 575.79 1,273.075 634.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,537,380 2,423.607 634.34 2,198.660 699.23 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 122,741 200.267 612.88 181.680 675.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 464,001 819.028 566.53 743.010 624.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 180,554,731 330,029.860 547.09 299,398.138 603.06 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,007,970 7,211.878 417.09 6,542.508 459.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,862,333 19,149.949 515.01 17,372.547 567.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,255,845 5,228.687 431.44 4,743.387 475.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 423,081 656.819 644.14 595.857 710.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,113,343 2,466.534 451.38 2,237.603 497.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 219,516 469.302 467.75 425.744 515.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,711 12.193 1,534.47 11.062 1,691.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,470,573 2,119.203 693.93 1,922.510 764.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,368,719 23,211.425 748.28 21,057.057 824.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,915,058 6,100.972 641.71 5,534.711 707.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,573,251 4,491.780 572.88 4,074.876 631.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,571,004 7,789.040 586.85 7,066.101 646.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,259,985 3,495.249 646.59 3,170.838 712.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 83,600 20.758 4,027.22 18.832 4,439.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,640,757 3,414.246 480.56 3,097.353 529.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 343,451 826.236 415.68 749.549 458.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,002,512 2,057.440 973.30 1,866.479 1,072.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 649,532 872.638 744.33 791.645 820.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,680,414 2,475.975 678.69 2,246.168 748.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,391,145 62,787.109 420.33 56,959.524 463.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,039,102 3,984.298 511.78 3,614.496 564.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,363,092 15,532.162 731.58 14,090.545 806.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 133,965 167.595 799.34 152.040 881.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,138,242 19,438.526 624.44 17,634.340 688.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,410,392 1,571.021 897.75 1,425.207 989.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,935,593 195,551.050 557.07 177,400.979 614.06 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,472 45.194 585.73 41.000 645.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,535 7.508 4,865.53 6.812 5,363.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,007 52.703 1,195.49 47.812 1,317.81 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,144,977 3,070.852 372.85 2,785.831 411.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 21,295 55.231 385.56 50.105 425.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 507,013 1,379.439 367.55 1,251.407 405.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 426,642 1,059.320 402.75 961.000 443.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,997,989 48,981.425 367.45 44,435.214 405.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,437,495 2,833.355 507.35 2,570.378 559.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,139,901 3,070.605 696.90 2,785.607 768.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,251 23.820 598.26 21.610 659.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 578,147 1,089.223 530.79 988.127 585.09 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,154,782 2,215.175 521.30 2,009.574 574.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 130,704 80.305 1,627.58 72.852 1,794.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,012,944 1,240.341 816.67 1,125.219 900.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 305,217 638.789 477.81 579.500 526.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 244,893 310.629 788.38 281.798 869.04 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,870 49.820 719.99 45.196 793.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,259,880 65,266.481 432.99 59,208.773 477.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,449,087 47,628.557 639.30 43,207.913 704.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,031,961 1,382.809 746.28 1,254.464 822.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,496,125 6,469.671 694.95 5,869.189 766.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 32,265 40.788 791.03 37.003 871.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,992 8.767 1,139.63 7.954 1,256.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,431,430 186,895.412 489.21 169,548.714 539.26 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,777,060 44,087.126 312.50 39,995.180 344.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,410,954 10,865.383 682.07 9,856.913 751.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,043,542 1,942.813 537.13 1,762.491 592.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 322,312 275.768 1,168.78 250.173 1,288.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,879,160 6,133.308 632.47 5,564.045 697.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,701,513 3,362.367 803.46 3,050.289 885.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,633,514 23,388.993 369.13 21,218.144 406.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 183,308 182.101 1,006.62 165.200 1,109.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 610,164 596.423 1,023.04 541.066 1,127.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 884,202 658.306 1,343.15 597.206 1,480.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,409,505 8,732.764 848.47 7,922.233 935.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 104,369 11.964 8,723.23 10.854 9,615.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,878,551 899.610 2,088.18 816.113 2,301.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 251,826 205.523 1,225.29 186.448 1,350.65 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 323,435 86.418 3,742.64 78.398 4,125.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 146,819 273.530 536.75 248.143 591.67 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 23,831 20.580 1,157.96 18.670 1,276.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,149,548 2,614.788 1,204.51 2,372.097 1,327.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 5,196,804 8,472.147 613.40 7,685.805 676.16 TIN PLATE.............................29 316,598 357.158 886.44 324.009 977.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 825,872 1,062.628 777.20 964.001 856.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 311,358 476.551 653.36 432.320 720.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,513,805 3,080.357 491.44 2,794.454 541.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,755 71.651 917.71 65.001 1,011.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 410,511 496.958 826.05 450.833 910.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 909,534 853.401 1,065.78 774.193 1,174.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 537,132 486.021 1,105.16 440.911 1,218.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,820,982 119,694.649 524.84 108,585.190 578.54 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,064,362 38,203.189 289.62 34,657.360 319.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,429,965 6,910.674 351.62 6,269.260 387.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,781,242 10,026.285 576.61 9,095.696 635.60 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 457,712 716.184 639.10 649.712 704.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,728 36.817 834.61 33.400 920.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,617 50.522 922.70 45.833 1,017.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,848 3.203 889.08 2.906 980.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,928 39.775 802.70 36.084 884.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,639,156 4,681.426 350.14 4,246.920 385.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,504 19.661 2,161.74 17.837 2,382.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,527,062 60,687.740 354.72 55,055.008 391.01 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 3,655,414 11,039.461 331.12 10,014.834 365.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 434,346 997.734 435.33 905.130 479.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,079,531 2,371.258 455.26 2,151.170 501.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 143,460 283.415 506.18 257.110 557.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,312,751 14,691.869 361.61 13,328.244 398.61 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,839,487 11,021.941 439.08 9,998.940 484.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,517,414 3,711.844 408.80 3,367.330 450.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,643,612 20,217.464 427.53 18,340.980 471.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,000,513 34,951.250 429.18 31,707.250 473.09 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 2,115,832 5,095.411 415.24 4,622.481 457.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,891 65.283 274.05 59.224 302.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,747,067 2,477.812 705.08 2,247.834 777.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 907,157 1,808.699 501.55 1,640.825 552.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,229,417 2,624.179 468.50 2,380.616 516.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 134,925 218.622 617.16 198.331 680.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,114,548 1,906.099 584.73 1,729.185 644.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,879,719 1,876.790 1,001.56 1,702.596 1,104.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 672,781 1,107.276 607.60 1,004.505 669.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 97,249 167.470 580.69 151.927 640.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 750,582 1,307.476 574.07 1,186.123 632.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,224,947 2,812.306 435.57 2,551.282 480.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,544,827 5,456.591 649.64 4,950.138 716.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,436,942 26,924.020 573.35 24,425.067 632.01 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,112 7.655 1,451.50 6.945 1,600.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 67,325 25.906 2,598.77 23.502 2,864.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,650 0.264 13,796.77 0.240 15,208.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 619,165 100.170 6,181.12 90.873 6,813.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,292,991 1,632.087 6,919.36 1,480.605 7,627.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 836,445 166.042 5,037.54 150.631 5,552.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 288,143 135.846 2,121.09 123.238 2,338.10 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,363 1.136 2,959.13 1.031 3,261.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 54,404 13.185 4,125.94 11.962 4,548.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,176,598 2,082.295 6,327.92 1,889.027 6,975.34 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,117 0.939 3,318.89 0.852 3,658.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 306,428 97.675 3,137.20 88.610 3,458.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 617,452 146.857 4,204.43 133.227 4,634.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,138,830 11,212.810 2,063.61 10,172.093 2,274.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,148,531 1,391.791 2,262.22 1,262.612 2,493.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,214,358 12,850.073 2,117.84 11,657.394 2,334.51 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,537 1.025 5,401.16 0.930 5,953.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 140,075 97.110 1,442.43 88.097 1,590.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,588 10.316 5,485.18 9.359 6,046.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,565 57.408 1,037.57 52.080 1,143.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,117,151 1,491.091 2,090.52 1,352.696 2,304.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,378,916 1,656.952 2,039.24 1,503.162 2,247.87 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,417,134 2,621.876 2,828.94 2,378.527 3,118.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 508,850 154.061 3,302.91 139.762 3,640.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 73,729 24.642 2,991.99 22.355 3,298.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,257,622 739.219 3,054.06 670.609 3,366.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,226 2.211 2,363.38 2.006 2,605.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 877,724 303.746 2,889.66 275.554 3,185.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,061,515 256.202 8,046.43 232.423 8,869.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,290,406 181.463 7,111.10 164.621 7,838.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,830 24.936 2,278.99 22.622 2,512.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,491,508 922.224 3,785.96 836.628 4,173.31 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,834 0.352 22,209.02 0.320 24,481.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,866,359 263.559 7,081.36 239.097 7,805.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 19,914,737 5,494.495 3,624.49 4,984.524 3,995.31 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 93,871 51.644 1,817.64 46.851 2,003.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 45,359 20.414 2,221.87 18.520 2,449.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 696,371 298.105 2,335.99 270.437 2,574.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 101,708 40.344 2,520.98 36.600 2,778.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,036,021 950.325 2,142.45 862.121 2,361.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 225,952 89.258 2,531.43 80.974 2,790.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 565,487 223.844 2,526.25 203.068 2,784.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,764,769 1,673.937 2,249.05 1,518.571 2,479.15 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,324 3.588 4,549.58 3.255 5,015.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,520 1.011 8,419.63 0.918 9,281.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,844 4.599 5,400.94 4.173 5,953.51 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 595,339 163.214 3,647.58 148.066 4,020.77 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,106,264 6,828.299 2,358.75 6,194.531 2,600.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,669,850 647.152 2,580.30 587.087 2,844.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 218,645 92.650 2,359.89 84.051 2,601.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 937,973 243.940 3,845.09 221.299 4,238.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,227 35.553 6,334.80 32.254 6,982.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 351,972 91.426 3,849.77 82.941 4,243.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,365 24.833 2,632.08 22.529 2,901.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 183,637 26.058 7,047.07 23.640 7,768.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 602,731 123.377 4,885.27 111.926 5,385.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,957,003 8,276.508 2,532.11 7,508.324 2,791.17 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,125 1.541 3,974.61 1.398 4,381.26 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,738 11.531 1,451.53 10.461 1,600.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 126,344 42.333 2,984.52 38.404 3,289.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,957 11.812 2,620.73 10.716 2,888.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,124 0.935 7,612.23 0.849 8,391.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 181,163 66.612 2,719.65 60.430 2,997.90 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,440,895 1,113.320 3,988.87 1,009.988 4,396.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 717,384 263.800 2,719.42 239.316 2,997.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,400 9.199 9,065.33 8.346 9,992.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,118 6.117 1,980.77 5.550 2,183.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,707,392 668.185 2,555.27 606.168 2,816.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 366,168 123.423 2,966.76 111.968 3,270.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,327,357 2,184.048 3,354.94 1,981.336 3,698.19 France WIRE RODS..............................3 549,554 192.450 2,855.56 174.588 3,147.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,420,126 231.747 6,127.90 210.238 6,754.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 623,404 94.330 6,608.74 85.575 7,284.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 16,332 1.835 8,898.59 1.665 9,809.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,165,815 414.436 2,813.01 375.971 3,100.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,972,962 493.276 6,026.97 447.493 6,643.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 926,679 103.692 8,936.83 94.068 9,851.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,895,376 1,322.796 2,188.83 1,200.021 2,412.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,039 0.849 4,752.43 0.771 5,238.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,246,739 324.683 3,839.86 294.548 4,232.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,821,026 3,180.098 3,717.19 2,884.938 4,097.50 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 399,863 44.952 8,895.28 40.780 9,805.37 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 130,853 39.607 3,303.77 35.931 3,641.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 141,154 38.820 3,636.11 35.217 4,008.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 911,506 323.919 2,813.99 293.855 3,101.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,596,331 1,012.762 2,563.61 918.763 2,825.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 196,138 68.476 2,864.30 62.121 3,157.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,738,870 899.472 3,044.97 815.988 3,356.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,070,727 688.933 8,811.78 624.990 9,713.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 816,177 137.697 5,927.32 124.917 6,533.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 99,091 31.425 3,153.18 28.509 3,475.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,115,002 1,306.133 2,384.90 1,184.905 2,628.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,539 1.901 3,964.79 1.725 4,370.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 355,703 47.614 7,470.50 43.195 8,234.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,578,954 4,641.716 3,787.17 4,210.896 4,174.64 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 16,592 4.636 3,578.70 4.206 3,944.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 18,259 5.360 3,406.19 4.863 3,754.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,306,918 262.756 8,779.67 238.369 9,677.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 501,291 132.825 3,774.07 120.497 4,160.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 958,945 108.041 8,875.68 98.014 9,783.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,139 0.941 6,521.32 0.854 7,188.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,218 9.237 3,054.77 8.380 3,367.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 117,714 24.321 4,839.94 22.064 5,335.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,954,076 548.120 7,213.88 497.247 7,951.94 Czech Republic STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,660,227 275.950 13,264.08 250.338 14,621.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,660,227 275.950 13,264.08 250.338 14,621.14 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 98,711 21.755 4,537.35 19.736 5,001.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 654,892 138.312 4,734.87 125.475 5,219.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 454,522 47.906 9,487.70 43.460 10,458.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 430,586 100.604 4,279.98 91.267 4,717.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 98,610 16.626 5,931.02 15.083 6,537.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,737,321 325.204 5,342.24 295.021 5,888.80 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 450,699 145.855 3,090.04 132.318 3,406.18 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,812 18.777 2,546.19 17.035 2,806.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,812 18.777 2,546.19 17.035 2,806.69 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 324,079 93.001 3,484.65 84.370 3,841.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,079 93.001 3,484.65 84.370 3,841.16 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 819,995 272.541 3,008.69 247.246 3,316.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,835,070 319.223 12,013.74 289.595 13,242.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,207 4.765 14,523.14 4.323 16,009.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,713 12.024 1,223.64 10.908 1,348.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,738,985 608.555 7,787.27 552.072 8,584.00 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 380,761 129.322 2,944.29 117.319 3,245.52 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,866,510 2,562.598 1,508.82 2,324.751 1,663.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 384,406 264.604 1,452.76 240.045 1,601.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 240,228 116.061 2,069.84 105.289 2,281.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 89,834 33.706 2,665.19 30.578 2,937.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 467,071 244.872 1,907.40 222.145 2,102.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,552,171 440.676 3,522.25 399.775 3,882.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 477,885 156.765 3,048.41 142.215 3,360.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,320,748 2,454.871 4,611.54 2,227.023 5,083.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,756,251 205.260 8,556.22 186.209 9,431.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 712,314 128.754 5,532.35 116.804 6,098.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 28,435 11.281 2,520.60 10.234 2,778.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,784,706 2,866.576 2,017.98 2,600.515 2,224.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,831 0.987 16,028.62 0.896 17,668.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,696,390 9,487.016 2,813.99 8,606.479 3,101.89 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,285 21.583 2,190.82 19.580 2,414.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,320 0.401 8,274.32 0.364 9,120.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,368 65.664 2,076.73 59.570 2,289.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 108,425 45.933 2,360.49 41.670 2,601.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 295,398 133.582 2,211.35 121.184 2,437.60 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 320,251 147.049 2,177.85 133.401 2,400.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 320,251 147.049 2,177.85 133.401 2,400.66 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 227,968 133.086 1,712.93 120.734 1,888.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 227,968 133.086 1,712.93 120.734 1,888.18 India WIRE RODS..............................3 77,305 20.420 3,785.69 18.525 4,173.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 528,105 163.278 3,234.38 148.124 3,565.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 354,557 119.906 2,956.96 108.777 3,259.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,618,580 797.072 2,030.66 723.092 2,238.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,402,803 896.754 2,679.44 813.522 2,953.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 204,939 36.295 5,646.36 32.927 6,224.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,716,647 1,046.799 2,595.19 949.641 2,860.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 134,444 44.062 3,051.20 39.973 3,363.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 72,198 28.261 2,554.68 25.638 2,816.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,109,578 3,152.850 2,572.14 2,860.219 2,835.30 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,475 59.200 3,673.52 53.706 4,049.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,965 24.264 2,430.14 22.012 2,678.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 256,860 119.824 2,143.63 108.703 2,362.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 533,300 203.289 2,623.36 184.421 2,891.75 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,710 0.384 35,637.55 0.349 39,283.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 993,217 399.894 2,483.70 362.778 2,737.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,006,927 400.278 2,515.56 363.127 2,772.93 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,000 0.176 85,048.59 0.160 93,750.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 419,218 156.953 2,670.97 142.386 2,944.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 434,218 157.130 2,763.43 142.546 3,046.16 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,816 0.414 16,445.14 0.376 18,127.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 456,052 327.732 1,391.54 297.314 1,533.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,351 2.579 4,400.62 2.340 4,850.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 65,041 21.831 2,979.26 19.805 3,284.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 424,072 135.726 3,124.46 123.129 3,444.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,107,572 2,475.415 3,275.24 2,245.660 3,610.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,262,922 421.324 2,997.51 382.219 3,304.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,248,288 6,359.321 1,926.04 5,769.081 2,123.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 51,396 20.329 2,528.10 18.443 2,786.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 139,131 63.184 2,201.98 57.320 2,427.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,772,641 9,827.859 2,317.15 8,915.687 2,554.22 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 94,607 39.975 2,366.64 36.265 2,608.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 621,489 270.022 2,301.62 244.960 2,537.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,997 2.646 4,532.90 2.401 4,996.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,165 14.552 2,622.54 13.202 2,890.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,719,504 1,160.639 4,066.30 1,052.915 4,482.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,166,434 851.788 3,717.39 772.730 4,097.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,316,850 605.341 2,175.38 549.157 2,397.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,358 2.773 35,825.15 2.516 39,490.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,068,404 2,947.740 3,415.63 2,674.146 3,765.09 Hong Kong BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,796 0.233 24,802.10 0.212 27,339.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,807 56.039 4,118.66 50.838 4,540.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 236,603 56.272 4,204.56 51.050 4,634.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,931 1.558 29,468.11 1.414 32,483.03 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,747,312 763.374 2,288.93 692.522 2,523.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,950,868 961.976 3,067.50 872.691 3,381.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 898,610 237.764 3,779.42 215.696 4,166.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,245,940 1,273.308 3,334.57 1,155.126 3,675.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,795,704 1,563.630 3,706.57 1,418.502 4,085.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 931,629 210.567 4,424.36 191.024 4,877.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,183,983 3,496.049 2,626.96 3,171.564 2,895.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 161,377 77.177 2,090.99 70.014 2,304.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,961,354 8,585.407 3,023.89 7,788.553 3,333.27 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 50,738 1.847 27,463.46 1.676 30,273.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 39,317 16.523 2,379.44 14.990 2,622.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 198,201 44.272 4,476.88 40.163 4,934.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,062,866 357.829 2,970.31 324.618 3,274.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,345 5.357 3,611.01 4.860 3,980.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 93,317 23.600 3,954.03 21.410 4,358.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,652 36.926 4,242.29 33.499 4,676.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,089,888 1,286.276 4,734.51 1,166.891 5,218.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 641,380 88.141 7,276.68 79.961 8,021.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 448,657 425.977 1,053.24 386.440 1,161.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 826,933 393.355 2,102.25 356.846 2,317.34 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 148,303 120.299 1,232.78 109.134 1,358.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,856,088 362.471 7,879.48 328.829 8,685.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,631,685 3,162.879 3,993.73 2,869.317 4,402.33 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,000 3.149 3,175.31 2.857 3,500.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 32,176 1.320 24,365.26 1.198 26,858.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,841 2.476 3,973.12 2.247 4,379.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,017 6.946 7,487.95 6.302 8,254.05 Tonga BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,464 3.644 10,829.14 3.306 11,937.08 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,648 10.577 1,290.25 9.596 1,422.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,074 10.416 1,255.08 9.450 1,383.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,495 28.270 1,149.41 25.647 1,267.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/05/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 59,217 49.265 1,202.00 44.693 1,324.97 GRAND TOTAL 250,085,225 82,711.969 3,023.57 75,035.058 3,332.91