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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 505,576 602.556 839.05 546.630 924.90 Sweden 129,504 57.643 2,246.65 52.293 2,476.51 United Kingdom 356,450 74.102 4,810.21 67.225 5,302.34 Belgium 350,137 330.063 1,060.82 299.429 1,169.35 Federal Republic of Germany 285,680 268.723 1,063.10 243.782 1,171.87 Italy 4,123,256 1,735.292 2,376.12 1,574.231 2,619.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,750,603 3,068.381 1,874.15 2,783.590 2,065.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 25,021,510 53,418.133 468.41 48,460.129 516.33 Mexico 70,607,780 153,889.830 458.82 139,606.545 505.76 Brazil 26,964,420 74,082.486 363.98 67,206.520 401.22 Sweden 12,613,392 3,799.477 3,319.77 3,446.829 3,659.42 Norway 5,152,403 13,442.722 383.29 12,195.036 422.50 United Kingdom 16,994,821 7,729.647 2,198.65 7,012.220 2,423.60 Belgium 1,208,048 1,617.685 746.78 1,467.540 823.18 France 2,398,797 252.991 9,481.73 229.510 10,451.82 Federal Republic of Germany 5,553,789 11,379.793 488.04 10,323.578 537.97 Czech Republic 2,536 1.747 1,451.50 1.585 1,600.00 Russia 69,096,146 166,128.076 415.92 150,708.898 458.47 Ukraine 105,654,309 233,785.265 451.93 212,086.485 498.17 Spain 812,331 312.940 2,595.80 283.895 2,861.38 Italy 20,885,120 47,996.930 435.13 43,542.095 479.65 Slovenia 62,613 32.694 1,915.09 29.660 2,111.02 Thailand 22,968 10.327 2,223.95 9.369 2,451.49 Malaysia 8,140 0.115 70,328.44 0.105 77,523.81 China 17,033 36.445 467.35 33.063 515.17 Taiwan 27,260 14.076 1,936.56 12.770 2,134.69 Japan 20,809,236 57,395.932 362.56 52,068.729 399.65 Australia 39,393 45.613 863.62 41.380 951.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 383,952,045 825,372.933 465.19 748,765.941 512.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 17,234,120 27,880.924 618.13 25,293.156 681.37 Trinidad and Tobago 1,671,722 4,307.831 388.07 3,908.000 427.77 Venezuela 567,043 1,449.541 391.19 1,315.002 431.21 Brazil 7,271,433 12,854.729 565.66 11,661.618 623.54 Sweden 637,436 174.983 3,642.84 158.742 4,015.55 Finland 166,873 251.189 664.33 227.875 732.30 United Kingdom 2,667,509 2,658.812 1,003.27 2,412.035 1,105.92 Netherlands 121,505 176.822 687.16 160.411 757.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 241,584 105.397 2,292.12 95.615 2,526.63 Federal Republic of Germany 3,967,436 5,667.869 699.99 5,141.806 771.60 Austria 2,409 0.838 2,871.76 0.761 3,165.57 Czech Republic 337,071 730.686 461.31 662.868 508.50 Spain 4,276,058 8,272.026 516.93 7,504.258 569.82 Italy 1,089,168 428.877 2,539.58 389.071 2,799.41 Turkey 3,267,801 7,934.214 411.86 7,197.800 454.00 United Arab Emirates 2,395,974 5,456.836 439.08 4,950.360 484.00 India 40,340 58.860 685.35 53.397 755.47 Malaysia 1,550,902 3,833.132 404.60 3,477.360 446.00 China 67,185,630 178,679.846 376.01 162,095.676 414.48 Korea, South 1,584,233 3,786.395 418.40 3,434.961 461.21 Taiwan 1,361,118 471.181 2,888.73 427.449 3,184.28 Japan 6,030,632 8,608.436 700.55 7,809.444 772.22 South Africa 4,117,350 10,165.412 405.04 9,221.910 446.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,785,347 283,954.845 450.02 257,599.575 496.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 11,098,608 16,396.013 676.91 14,874.217 746.16 Mexico 2,784,202 4,700.369 592.34 4,264.105 652.94 Brazil 1,833,008 4,040.612 453.65 3,665.583 500.06 Norway 632,943 749.431 844.56 679.873 930.97 United Kingdom 2,095,165 2,734.728 766.13 2,480.905 844.52 Netherlands 74,758 69.467 1,076.16 63.020 1,186.26 Luxembourg 2,961,179 4,248.190 697.04 3,853.895 768.36 France 2,013 2.181 922.77 1.979 1,017.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,963,838 2,032.381 966.27 1,843.746 1,065.13 Austria 11,409 1.572 7,253.03 1.427 7,995.09 Switzerland 6,299 1.063 5,921.61 0.965 6,527.46 Poland 3,680,265 7,788.470 472.53 7,065.584 520.87 Russia 2,284,560 4,282.814 533.42 3,885.305 588.00 Spain 3,425,824 5,701.885 600.82 5,172.665 662.29 Italy 163,787 27.014 6,062.97 24.507 6,683.27 Turkey 75,969 174.963 434.20 158.724 478.62 India 339,144 123.701 2,741.64 112.220 3,022.14 China 1,471,852 451.481 3,260.05 409.577 3,593.59 Korea, South 5,056,532 10,644.086 475.06 9,656.156 523.66 Taiwan 5,975,147 12,262.846 487.26 11,124.670 537.11 Japan 1,969,705 3,333.917 590.81 3,024.480 651.25 South Africa 1,097,396 1,864.050 588.72 1,691.039 648.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,003,603 81,631.246 600.30 74,054.642 661.72 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 726,214 878.636 826.52 797.086 911.09 United Kingdom 15,280 20.574 742.66 18.665 818.64 Luxembourg 15,646,902 20,278.044 771.62 18,395.938 850.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 4,195 6.375 657.96 5.784 725.28 Federal Republic of Germany 899,126 684.098 1,314.32 620.604 1,448.79 China 18,922 18.188 1,040.35 16.500 1,146.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,310,639 21,885.918 790.95 19,854.577 871.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,982,356 25,955.527 885.45 23,546.465 976.04 Mexico 8,513 13.299 640.10 12.065 705.59 Brazil 74,349 66.079 1,125.15 59.946 1,240.27 Sweden 7,402,891 3,820.311 1,937.77 3,465.729 2,136.03 Finland 209,249 562.648 371.90 510.426 409.95 United Kingdom 1,936,162 1,825.678 1,060.52 1,656.228 1,169.02 Netherlands 3,881 1.216 3,189.12 1.104 3,515.40 Belgium 9,562,180 2,908.616 3,287.54 2,638.653 3,623.89 France 4,033,195 1,889.450 2,134.59 1,714.081 2,352.98 Federal Republic of Germany 7,254,285 3,182.271 2,279.59 2,886.909 2,512.82 Austria 673,369 686.121 981.41 622.439 1,081.82 Czech Republic 3,396,353 5,591.850 607.38 5,072.843 669.52 Poland 64,840 49.400 1,312.55 44.815 1,446.84 Russia 7,622,235 14,605.511 521.87 13,249.901 575.27 Ukraine 6,581,878 5,984.168 1,099.88 5,428.748 1,212.41 Italy 675,957 337.654 2,001.92 306.315 2,206.74 Greece 4,480 1.184 3,780.64 1.075 4,167.44 Bulgaria 1,046,697 2,881.584 363.24 2,614.130 400.40 Turkey 304,504 536.028 568.07 486.277 626.19 Thailand 3,384,213 7,224.631 468.43 6,554.077 516.35 Malaysia 4,389,018 10,381.908 422.76 9,418.312 466.01 China 2,171,745 3,548.653 611.99 3,219.285 674.60 Korea, South 18,507,698 33,630.805 550.32 30,509.362 606.62 Taiwan 9,656,459 2,737.545 3,527.42 2,483.460 3,888.31 Japan 4,330,180 4,433.574 976.68 4,022.072 1,076.60 Australia 3,797,751 6,457.042 588.16 5,857.732 648.33 South Africa 2,630,360 4,081.408 644.47 3,702.593 710.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,704,798 143,394.172 855.72 130,085.042 943.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 20,343,364 32,685.050 622.41 29,651.387 686.08 Mexico 4,460,112 7,608.754 586.18 6,902.548 646.15 Venezuela 1,545,027 2,891.438 534.35 2,623.070 589.01 Brazil 49,397 42.279 1,168.35 38.355 1,287.89 Sweden 2,131,209 710.587 2,999.22 644.634 3,306.08 Finland 334,642 105.017 3,186.55 95.270 3,512.56 Netherlands 11,973,900 22,297.997 536.99 20,228.409 591.93 Belgium 1,435,710 761.440 1,885.52 690.767 2,078.43 France 1,421,411 2,343.542 606.52 2,126.027 668.58 Federal Republic of Germany 9,746,546 11,620.964 838.70 10,542.365 924.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 52,551,821 113,150.773 464.44 102,648.684 511.96 Spain 1,004,182 397.041 2,529.16 360.190 2,787.92 Italy 1,204,122 3,081.157 390.80 2,795.180 430.79 Bulgaria 926,159 2,496.491 370.98 2,264.780 408.94 Turkey 7,536,833 17,623.119 427.67 15,987.430 471.42 India 3,033,576 7,568.871 400.80 6,866.367 441.80 Thailand 142,493 319.349 446.20 289.709 491.85 Malaysia 1,443,414 3,703.621 389.73 3,359.870 429.60 China 10,095 18.980 531.86 17.219 586.27 Korea, South 2,754,658 5,495.660 501.24 4,985.581 552.52 Taiwan 636,002 913.898 695.92 829.075 767.12 Japan 160,740 192.353 835.65 174.500 921.15 Australia 1,466,709 4,031.107 363.85 3,656.960 401.07 New Zealand 2,581,348 5,278.206 489.06 4,788.310 539.09 Egypt 1,720,184 3,846.271 447.23 3,489.280 492.99 South Africa 121,700 63.669 1,911.43 57.760 2,106.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 130,735,354 249,247.648 524.52 226,113.727 578.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 100,000 475.000 210.53 430.913 232.07 Luxembourg 1,262,539 1,420.079 889.06 1,288.275 980.02 France 121,467 163.286 743.89 148.131 820.00 Federal Republic of Germany 36,817 8.692 4,235.33 7.886 4,668.65 Austria 56,719 42.039 1,349.17 38.138 1,487.20 Czech Republic 5,986,355 9,907.048 604.25 8,987.526 666.07 Spain 157,719 203.934 773.38 185.006 852.51 Korea, South 32,268 42.854 752.97 38.877 830.00 Japan 15,771,923 25,658.891 614.68 23,277.361 677.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,525,807 37,921.827 620.38 34,402.113 683.85 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 354,055 453.222 781.19 411.157 861.12 Brazil 31,998 5.852 5,467.72 5.309 6,027.12 Luxembourg 87,771 64.987 1,350.58 58.956 1,488.75 Austria 439,037 555.207 790.76 503.676 871.67 Spain 284,666 423.047 672.89 383.782 741.74 China 84,485 74.531 1,133.55 67.614 1,249.52 Korea, South 697,612 1,114.702 625.83 1,011.241 689.86 Japan 414,434 499.147 830.28 452.819 915.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,394,058 3,190.698 750.32 2,894.554 827.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 454,976 1,174.753 387.29 1,065.719 426.92 Brazil 16,500 18.742 880.35 17.003 970.42 Netherlands 5,231 8.851 590.97 8.030 651.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 16,920 19.152 883.43 17.375 973.81 China 46,603 54.794 850.50 49.709 937.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 540,230 1,276.295 423.28 1,157.836 466.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 38,381,442 57,972.696 662.06 52,591.960 729.80 Mexico 3,705,418 5,769.564 642.24 5,234.062 707.94 Dominican Republic 66,375 139.993 474.13 127.000 522.64 Brazil 1,309,650 2,205.920 593.70 2,001.178 654.44 Argentina 54,827 91.527 599.02 83.032 660.31 Sweden 2,937,151 973.066 3,018.45 882.751 3,327.27 United Kingdom 4,437,744 3,702.251 1,198.66 3,358.627 1,321.30 Netherlands 353,462 367.392 962.08 333.293 1,060.51 Belgium 268,937 344.230 781.27 312.281 861.20 France 1,419,235 695.955 2,039.26 631.360 2,247.90 Federal Republic of Germany 4,408,218 2,548.397 1,729.80 2,311.868 1,906.78 Austria 2,744,473 426.391 6,436.51 386.816 7,095.03 Czech Republic 7,602,560 8,672.571 876.62 7,867.627 966.31 Switzerland 301,054 61.084 4,928.48 55.415 5,432.72 Latvia 2,310 0.321 7,176.70 0.292 7,910.96 Russia 469,067 742.537 631.71 673.619 696.34 Ukraine 118,478 116.429 1,017.60 105.623 1,121.71 Spain 3,273,727 3,209.041 1,020.16 2,911.194 1,124.53 Portugal 360,183 108.600 3,316.58 98.521 3,655.90 Italy 830,047 217.698 3,812.82 197.493 4,202.92 Slovenia 6,319 2.320 2,723.28 2.105 3,001.90 Bulgaria 5,140,229 12,941.171 397.20 11,740.037 437.84 Turkey 3,595,258 6,884.051 522.26 6,245.108 575.69 India 776,446 787.788 985.60 714.670 1,086.44 Malaysia 45,434 112.292 404.60 101.870 446.00 China 2,788,385 3,129.940 890.87 2,839.435 982.02 Korea, South 10,593,929 14,470.430 732.11 13,127.357 807.01 Taiwan 2,221,568 1,266.615 1,753.94 1,149.055 1,933.39 Japan 8,980,910 9,890.441 908.04 8,972.460 1,000.94 South Africa 1,265,545 2,868.912 441.12 2,602.634 486.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,458,381 140,719.636 770.74 127,658.743 849.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,093,780 7,767.945 655.74 7,046.964 722.83 Mexico 1,997,005 3,443.864 579.87 3,124.222 639.20 Brazil 490,664 1,189.272 412.57 1,078.890 454.79 United Kingdom 6,447 3.622 1,779.86 3.286 1,961.96 Italy 1,039,301 320.036 3,247.45 290.332 3,579.70 Turkey 2,040,596 4,583.642 445.19 4,158.212 490.74 India 2,217,261 764.806 2,899.11 693.821 3,195.72 China 1,122,876 2,436.977 460.77 2,210.789 507.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 276,454 567.425 487.21 514.760 537.05 Taiwan 174,574 303.392 575.41 275.233 634.28 Japan 5,375,402 13,663.812 393.40 12,395.606 433.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,834,360 35,044.798 565.97 31,792.115 623.88 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 969,098 1,812.165 534.77 1,643.969 589.49 Mexico 1,352,704 2,716.987 497.87 2,464.810 548.81 Dominican Republic 4,432,279 10,449.985 424.14 9,480.070 467.54 Federal Republic of Germany 396,135 377.046 1,050.63 342.051 1,158.12 Bulgaria 5,721,854 14,231.822 402.05 12,910.896 443.18 Turkey 31,254,132 68,254.367 457.91 61,919.338 504.76 India 17,826 46.734 381.43 42.397 420.45 Malaysia 655,649 1,606.063 408.23 1,456.997 450.00 Taiwan 7,664,863 18,554.495 413.10 16,832.360 455.36 Japan 16,661,899 42,658.750 390.59 38,699.378 430.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,126,439 160,708.418 430.14 145,792.266 474.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,973,170 7,144.885 1,395.85 6,481.733 1,538.66 Mexico 62,332 108.246 575.83 98.200 634.75 Colombia 125,952 102.154 1,232.96 92.673 1,359.10 Brazil 165,885 47.654 3,481.03 43.231 3,837.18 Sweden 763,910 238.461 3,203.49 216.329 3,531.24 Norway 18,346 1.413 12,982.23 1.282 14,310.45 United Kingdom 5,102,245 2,845.955 1,792.81 2,581.808 1,976.23 Netherlands 72,604 26.830 2,706.05 24.340 2,982.91 France 4,300,640 2,303.212 1,867.24 2,089.440 2,058.27 Federal Republic of Germany 7,111,481 4,437.242 1,602.68 4,025.400 1,766.65 Austria 338,326 100.658 3,361.12 91.316 3,705.00 Czech Republic 173,561 35.384 4,905.04 32.100 5,406.88 Switzerland 341,750 77.607 4,403.59 70.404 4,854.13 Latvia 70,231 20.133 3,488.23 18.265 3,845.11 Russia 393,538 364.840 1,078.66 330.978 1,189.02 Ukraine 3,377,614 3,648.329 925.80 3,309.710 1,020.52 Moldova 5,775 9.086 635.57 8.243 700.59 Spain 1,842,930 1,956.732 941.84 1,775.118 1,038.20 Italy 14,251,821 3,439.375 4,143.72 3,120.150 4,567.67 Slovenia 193,833 117.424 1,650.70 106.526 1,819.58 Romania 80,122 24.797 3,231.04 22.496 3,561.61 Saudi Arabia 350,684 147.320 2,380.41 133.647 2,623.96 United Arab Emirates 312,372 157.308 1,985.73 142.708 2,188.89 India 3,699,954 1,365.694 2,709.21 1,238.938 2,986.39 China 2,948,771 2,706.657 1,089.45 2,455.439 1,200.91 Korea, South 226,361 159.347 1,420.55 144.558 1,565.88 Taiwan 5,547,144 1,639.417 3,383.61 1,487.255 3,729.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,058,198 660.188 1,602.87 598.913 1,766.86 South Africa 150,330 301.397 498.78 273.423 549.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,059,880 34,187.760 1,844.52 31,014.623 2,033.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,210,267 684.174 1,768.94 620.673 1,949.93 Mexico 142,599 90.692 1,572.33 82.275 1,733.20 Brazil 2,005,368 662.909 3,025.10 601.382 3,334.60 Sweden 5,059,250 1,800.385 2,810.09 1,633.283 3,097.60 United Kingdom 356,677 56.611 6,300.45 51.357 6,945.05 Netherlands 563,040 499.550 1,127.09 453.185 1,242.41 France 3,339,489 1,392.354 2,398.45 1,263.123 2,643.84 Federal Republic of Germany 5,964,170 2,705.097 2,204.79 2,454.024 2,430.36 Austria 3,024,390 592.294 5,106.22 537.321 5,628.65 Czech Republic 333,133 110.259 3,021.35 100.026 3,330.46 Switzerland 333,667 115.501 2,888.86 104.781 3,184.42 Poland 40,487 20.755 1,950.67 18.829 2,150.25 Russia 193,337 72.401 2,670.33 65.682 2,943.53 Ukraine 303,735 423.596 717.04 384.280 790.40 Spain 827,130 445.064 1,858.45 403.756 2,048.59 Slovenia 1,725,366 721.665 2,390.81 654.684 2,635.42 Romania 5,488 2.597 2,113.17 2.356 2,329.37 India 6,322 0.562 11,245.54 0.510 12,396.08 China 2,284,442 705.217 3,239.34 639.763 3,570.76 Korea, South 364,962 220.238 1,657.12 199.797 1,826.66 Taiwan 949,422 307.890 3,083.63 279.314 3,399.12 Japan 3,883,526 2,138.126 1,816.32 1,939.676 2,002.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,916,267 13,767.949 2,390.79 12,490.077 2,635.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,750,049 31,596.542 878.26 28,663.909 968.12 Mexico 6,054,890 7,205.896 840.27 6,537.081 926.24 Dominican Republic 148,194 391.556 378.47 355.214 417.20 Colombia 899,770 1,032.392 871.54 936.571 960.71 Venezuela 601,268 472.228 1,273.26 428.399 1,403.52 Chile 13,548 22.373 605.53 20.297 667.49 Brazil 501,897 352.142 1,425.27 319.458 1,571.09 Argentina 181,645 134.781 1,347.70 122.272 1,485.58 Sweden 3,380 0.060 55,750.64 0.055 61,454.55 United Kingdom 8,582 1.448 5,925.01 1.314 6,531.20 Netherlands 674,372 836.141 806.53 758.535 889.05 France 59,047 40.308 1,464.89 36.567 1,614.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,750,853 1,004.963 1,742.21 911.688 1,920.45 Czech Republic 23,959 4.214 5,685.39 3.823 6,267.07 Poland 28,494 23.016 1,237.99 20.880 1,364.66 Russia 1,035,765 1,423.143 727.80 1,291.054 802.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 820,168 1,082.631 757.57 982.147 835.08 Spain 4,244,437 3,095.118 1,371.33 2,807.845 1,511.64 Italy 1,428,075 710.455 2,010.08 644.515 2,215.74 Romania 1,873,592 3,732.953 501.91 3,386.479 553.26 Turkey 817,965 1,391.755 587.72 1,262.580 647.85 United Arab Emirates 150,572 235.495 639.38 213.638 704.80 Oman 986,772 1,774.858 555.97 1,610.125 612.85 India 1,821,882 3,007.823 605.71 2,728.652 667.69 Indonesia 1,107,732 2,533.228 437.28 2,298.107 482.02 China 33,116,473 63,136.486 524.52 57,276.473 578.19 Korea, South 4,468,577 5,951.502 750.83 5,399.114 827.65 Taiwan 1,270,866 2,305.034 551.34 2,091.093 607.75 Japan 1,193,531 1,023.071 1,166.62 928.115 1,285.97 South Africa 276,358 445.767 619.96 404.394 683.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,312,713 134,967.393 691.37 122,440.394 762.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 18,508,783 13,782.832 1,342.89 12,503.579 1,480.28 Mexico 88,897 80.966 1,097.94 73.452 1,210.27 Colombia 3,236,812 2,727.364 1,186.79 2,474.224 1,308.21 Venezuela 4,393,350 4,962.810 885.25 4,502.187 975.83 Brazil 7,070,827 7,714.783 916.53 6,998.736 1,010.30 Sweden 994,657 1,125.392 883.83 1,020.939 974.26 United Kingdom 1,084,750 887.565 1,222.16 805.186 1,347.20 France 382,360 145.602 2,626.06 132.088 2,894.74 Federal Republic of Germany 11,026,739 7,444.996 1,481.09 6,753.989 1,632.63 Austria 17,783,906 12,593.496 1,412.15 11,424.631 1,556.63 Czech Republic 2,028,427 1,668.012 1,216.07 1,513.196 1,340.49 Russia 6,390,470 11,024.051 579.68 10,000.854 638.99 Ukraine 4,199,351 4,293.166 978.15 3,894.696 1,078.22 Spain 5,915,648 4,543.698 1,301.95 4,121.975 1,435.15 Italy 91,717 45.825 2,001.45 41.572 2,206.22 Greece 6,693,522 9,316.480 718.46 8,451.771 791.97 Romania 5,561 5.997 927.19 5.441 1,022.05 Turkey 348,838 639.891 545.15 580.500 600.93 United Arab Emirates 277,209 59.194 4,683.05 53.700 5,162.18 India 2,576,892 2,066.981 1,246.69 1,875.135 1,374.24 Singapore 219,704 43.437 5,057.91 39.406 5,575.39 China 75,174,557 86,572.034 868.35 78,536.851 957.19 Korea, South 25,180,259 35,001.822 719.40 31,753.128 793.00 Taiwan 870,180 1,287.529 675.85 1,168.027 745.00 Japan 30,508,223 6,334.412 4,816.27 5,746.484 5,309.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 225,051,639 214,368.345 1,049.84 194,471.747 1,157.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 44,248,231 39,735.336 1,113.57 36,047.301 1,227.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 14,930,963 13,894.085 1,074.63 12,604.506 1,184.57 United Kingdom 6,143,699 4,456.775 1,378.51 4,043.120 1,519.54 Federal Republic of Germany 182,201 82.894 2,197.98 75.201 2,422.85 Czech Republic 1,617,458 1,479.510 1,093.24 1,342.190 1,205.09 Poland 443,298 357.997 1,238.27 324.770 1,364.96 Spain 459,175 311.427 1,474.42 282.522 1,625.27 Italy 79,876 42.857 1,863.74 38.880 2,054.42 Greece 654,178 1,209.549 540.84 1,097.285 596.18 Romania 1,480,391 2,018.591 733.38 1,831.236 808.41 China 2,281,633 4,062.174 561.68 3,685.144 619.14 Korea, South 8,897,328 14,010.210 635.06 12,709.853 700.03 Japan 11,380,242 12,977.840 876.90 11,773.302 966.61 South Africa 130,917 216.300 605.25 196.225 667.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,929,590 94,855.553 979.70 86,051.535 1,079.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 82,869 40.415 2,050.44 36.664 2,260.23 Mexico 4,234,599 4,710.340 899.00 4,273.150 990.98 Venezuela 845,314 1,340.727 630.49 1,216.288 694.99 Chile 520,192 819.502 634.77 743.440 699.71 Brazil 13,513,125 8,311.450 1,625.84 7,540.023 1,792.19 Sweden 100,500 7.536 13,335.10 6.837 14,699.43 United Kingdom 8,903 3.925 2,268.09 3.561 2,500.14 France 2,090,282 1,849.309 1,130.30 1,677.666 1,245.95 Federal Republic of Germany 291,646 81.627 3,572.90 74.051 3,938.45 Austria 1,556,036 650.192 2,393.19 589.845 2,638.04 Czech Republic 2,195,926 2,319.304 946.80 2,104.038 1,043.67 Slovakia 457,358 512.780 891.92 465.187 983.17 Poland 518,971 450.194 1,152.77 408.410 1,270.71 Ukraine 1,080,106 1,141.971 945.83 1,035.979 1,042.59 Spain 532,812 347.997 1,531.08 315.698 1,687.73 Italy 4,801,159 2,174.523 2,207.91 1,972.695 2,433.81 China 10,815,165 16,818.690 643.04 15,257.664 708.83 Korea, South 3,409,487 6,319.433 539.52 5,732.895 594.72 Taiwan 878,808 1,641.128 535.49 1,488.807 590.28 Japan 1,453,617 522.093 2,784.21 473.635 3,069.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,386,875 50,063.143 986.49 45,416.533 1,087.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,527,200 2,810.281 899.27 2,549.445 991.27 Venezuela 1,718,433 2,656.480 646.88 2,409.919 713.07 Brazil 343,240 524.930 653.88 476.209 720.78 Argentina 119,528 201.257 593.91 182.578 654.67 United Kingdom 5,665,033 3,963.500 1,429.30 3,595.628 1,575.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,762,961 2,697.101 1,024.42 2,446.770 1,129.23 Spain 348,092 32.648 10,661.89 29.618 11,752.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 251,371 23.505 10,694.05 21.324 11,788.17 Greece 534,077 920.592 580.14 835.148 639.50 Romania 105,727 199.452 530.09 180.940 584.32 China 7,656,126 15,316.505 499.86 13,894.904 551.00 Korea, South 7,564,361 13,072.688 578.64 11,859.347 637.84 Taiwan 2,326,090 4,339.986 535.97 3,937.171 590.80 Japan 1,533,905 2,316.062 662.29 2,101.097 730.05 South Africa 696,986 1,280.664 544.24 1,161.800 599.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,153,130 50,355.658 678.24 45,681.898 747.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,108,582 9,886.750 1,123.58 8,969.112 1,238.54 Mexico 16,438,680 19,192.890 856.50 17,411.502 944.13 Costa Rica 54,135 74.263 728.96 67.371 803.54 Dominican Republic 108,118 244.640 441.95 221.934 487.16 Colombia 1,152,467 1,357.499 848.96 1,231.503 935.82 Brazil 1,200,395 1,295.731 926.42 1,175.468 1,021.21 Argentina 126,422 98.756 1,280.14 89.590 1,411.12 Sweden 565,447 383.222 1,475.50 347.654 1,626.46 Denmark 6,699 1.290 5,189.78 1.171 5,720.75 United Kingdom 388,583 326.751 1,189.23 296.424 1,310.90 Netherlands 19,995 3.226 6,197.19 2.927 6,831.23 Belgium 36,393 16.924 2,150.27 15.354 2,370.26 France 1,428,496 820.518 1,740.97 744.362 1,919.09 Federal Republic of Germany 5,872,459 3,216.906 1,825.50 2,918.329 2,012.27 Austria 136,572 45.073 3,029.98 40.890 3,339.99 Czech Republic 98,542 22.046 4,469.79 20.000 4,927.10 Slovakia 126,967 85.676 1,481.94 77.724 1,633.56 Switzerland 1,713,777 671.715 2,551.34 609.370 2,812.38 Russia 111,066 266.593 416.61 241.850 459.24 Ukraine 280,123 378.617 739.86 343.476 815.55 Spain 5,591,553 3,679.065 1,519.83 3,337.593 1,675.33 Italy 3,815,851 1,841.496 2,072.15 1,670.578 2,284.15 Romania 1,258,555 1,086.717 1,158.13 985.854 1,276.61 Turkey 5,711,620 9,759.212 585.25 8,853.411 645.13 Saudi Arabia 20,568 25.733 799.27 23.345 881.05 India 1,515,701 1,289.956 1,175.00 1,170.229 1,295.22 Malaysia 4,554 3.117 1,460.86 2.828 1,610.33 Singapore 2,250 2.480 907.18 2.250 1,000.00 China 13,258,107 19,434.338 682.20 17,630.540 752.00 Korea, South 2,767,352 4,440.809 623.16 4,028.636 686.92 Taiwan 126,634 80.081 1,581.31 72.649 1,743.09 Japan 6,981,304 3,123.959 2,234.76 2,834.009 2,463.40 Australia 114,853 171.057 671.43 155.181 740.12 South Africa 44,295 36.307 1,219.98 32.938 1,344.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,187,115 83,363.429 985.89 75,626.052 1,086.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 97,929 35.063 2,792.91 31.809 3,078.66 Mexico 282,780 197.329 1,433.04 179.014 1,579.65 Brazil 188,673 127.861 1,475.60 115.994 1,626.58 Argentina 1,408,992 497.829 2,830.27 451.623 3,119.84 Sweden 196,675 142.599 1,379.21 129.364 1,520.32 United Kingdom 2,513 2.387 1,052.52 2.166 1,160.20 Netherlands 23,095 15.544 1,485.71 14.102 1,637.71 France 2,737,479 1,304.634 2,098.27 1,183.545 2,312.95 Federal Republic of Germany 3,519,766 1,821.813 1,932.01 1,652.722 2,129.68 Czech Republic 390,969 341.628 1,144.43 309.920 1,261.52 Slovakia 49,780 29.282 1,699.97 26.565 1,873.89 Poland 713,728 552.191 1,292.54 500.940 1,424.78 Ukraine 161,433 190.549 847.20 172.864 933.87 Italy 550,068 203.227 2,706.66 184.365 2,983.58 Romania 424,947 277.672 1,530.39 251.900 1,686.97 China 1,562,923 2,073.030 753.93 1,880.622 831.07 Korea, South 642,195 204.103 3,146.41 185.160 3,468.32 Japan 337,076 226.630 1,487.34 205.596 1,639.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,291,021 8,243.380 1,612.33 7,478.271 1,777.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,034,644 1,381.909 6,537.79 1,253.648 7,206.68 Mexico 137,130 40.873 3,354.97 37.080 3,698.22 Brazil 48,591 14.632 3,320.85 13.274 3,660.61 Sweden 2,813,434 266.069 10,574.07 241.374 11,655.91 Finland 991,990 351.974 2,818.36 319.306 3,106.71 Denmark 78,314 16.137 4,852.82 14.640 5,349.32 United Kingdom 646,512 111.984 5,773.21 101.591 6,363.87 Ireland 3,340 0.598 5,580.11 0.543 6,151.01 Netherlands 462,640 81.988 5,642.72 74.379 6,220.04 France 3,512,993 552.631 6,356.85 501.339 7,007.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,080,979 367.786 8,377.10 333.650 9,234.16 Austria 1,077,604 123.006 8,760.52 111.590 9,656.82 Czech Republic 4,890,284 241.342 20,262.87 218.942 22,335.98 Slovakia 235,343 42.577 5,527.36 38.626 6,092.86 Switzerland 24,910 1.149 21,666.33 1.043 23,883.03 Poland 3,200 2.866 1,116.54 2.600 1,230.77 Spain 10,630,765 1,366.361 7,780.34 1,239.543 8,576.36 Italy 1,067,629 285.530 3,739.11 259.029 4,121.66 India 91,540 15.889 5,760.92 14.415 6,350.33 Thailand 240,526 76.570 3,141.22 69.464 3,462.60 Malaysia 379,430 164.355 2,308.59 149.101 2,544.79 Singapore 353,848 120.692 2,931.83 109.490 3,231.78 China 11,909,408 3,124.765 3,811.30 2,834.740 4,201.23 Korea, South 4,933,444 1,363.536 3,618.12 1,236.980 3,988.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 7,653,450 1,680.898 4,553.19 1,524.886 5,019.03 Japan 7,808,597 1,269.802 6,149.46 1,151.946 6,778.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,110,545 13,065.933 5,518.97 11,853.219 6,083.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,818,423 863.461 3,264.10 783.319 3,598.05 Mexico 877,917 339.166 2,588.45 307.687 2,853.28 United Kingdom 22,092 0.442 49,978.88 0.401 55,092.27 Ireland 6,505 2.560 2,540.35 2.323 2,800.26 Netherlands 5,815 2.288 2,541.08 2.076 2,801.06 Federal Republic of Germany 40,711 6.332 6,428.62 5.745 7,086.34 Austria 9,475 4.620 2,050.47 4.192 2,260.26 Spain 2,840 1.117 2,540.83 1.014 2,800.79 Italy 127,495 31.432 4,056.17 28.515 4,471.16 India 8,712 7.700 1,131.32 6.986 1,247.07 Vietnam 60,210 39.952 1,507.05 36.244 1,661.24 China 403,591 509.569 792.02 462.274 873.06 Korea, South 314,082 384.854 816.11 349.134 899.60 Taiwan 8,089 1.301 6,213.56 1.181 6,849.28 Japan 456,174 143.584 3,177.03 130.258 3,502.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,162,131 2,338.386 2,207.56 2,121.349 2,433.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,404,851 22,445.140 909.10 20,361.895 1,002.11 Mexico 6,052,098 4,963.505 1,219.32 4,502.818 1,344.07 Brazil 145,705 321.223 453.59 291.409 500.00 Finland 1,342,878 452.387 2,968.43 410.399 3,272.13 Belgium 19,462 12.720 1,529.95 11.540 1,686.48 Federal Republic of Germany 14,994 1.651 9,080.33 1.498 10,009.35 Austria 157,315 81.583 1,928.28 74.011 2,125.56 Switzerland 45,617 12.606 3,618.67 11.436 3,988.89 Spain 2,707 1.897 1,426.93 1.721 1,572.92 Italy 2,173 2.395 907.18 2.173 1,000.00 Turkey 4,117,318 8,561.006 480.94 7,766.417 530.14 United Arab Emirates 2,707 2.598 1,041.90 2.357 1,148.49 China 4,234,211 9,007.178 470.09 8,171.177 518.19 Korea, South 5,145,967 11,524.216 446.54 10,454.596 492.22 Taiwan 1,082,525 249.030 4,346.95 225.917 4,791.69 Japan 260,911 182.731 1,427.84 165.771 1,573.92 Australia 11,057 18.347 602.63 16.645 664.28 South Africa 13,821 40.434 341.81 36.682 376.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,056,317 57,880.655 743.88 52,508.462 819.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 428,203 478.775 894.37 434.338 985.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 79,721 69.833 1,141.59 63.352 1,258.38 China 20,859 15.736 1,325.51 14.276 1,461.12 Korea, South 521,154 807.597 645.31 732.640 711.34 Japan 67,678 139.084 486.60 126.175 536.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,117,615 1,511.026 739.64 1,370.781 815.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,955,989 16,392.213 912.38 14,870.770 1,005.73 Mexico 9,412,729 9,875.096 953.18 8,958.539 1,050.70 Dominican Republic 229,203 327.509 699.84 297.112 771.44 Trinidad and Tobago 2,440 3.333 731.99 3.024 806.88 Colombia 34,297 26.614 1,288.67 24.144 1,420.52 Venezuela 590,837 744.601 793.49 675.491 874.68 Ecuador 40,527 58.723 690.13 53.273 760.74 Chile 239,585 292.137 820.11 265.023 904.02 Brazil 1,015,667 1,405.829 722.47 1,275.347 796.38 Argentina 175,015 303.014 577.58 274.890 636.67 Sweden 1,946,462 449.758 4,327.80 408.014 4,770.58 Finland 131,064 139.662 938.43 126.700 1,034.44 United Kingdom 943,335 497.411 1,896.49 451.244 2,090.52 Ireland 3,913 0.984 3,975.16 0.893 4,381.86 Netherlands 161,377 103.784 1,554.92 94.152 1,714.01 Belgium 1,162,183 790.032 1,471.06 716.706 1,621.56 Luxembourg 126,247 39.252 3,216.30 35.609 3,545.37 France 1,615,292 739.205 2,185.17 670.596 2,408.74 Federal Republic of Germany 2,556,946 1,074.114 2,380.51 974.421 2,624.07 Austria 722,779 174.779 4,135.39 158.557 4,558.48 Czech Republic 331,297 207.196 1,598.95 187.966 1,762.54 Switzerland 945,791 132.696 7,127.49 120.380 7,856.71 Poland 724,505 656.774 1,103.13 595.816 1,215.99 Russia 573,872 1,015.574 565.07 921.314 622.88 Belarus 718,539 760.218 945.17 689.659 1,041.88 Ukraine 206,360 236.107 874.01 214.193 963.43 Moldova 845,823 1,090.798 775.42 989.556 854.75 Spain 639,735 509.608 1,255.35 462.309 1,383.78 Portugal 3,723 0.508 7,326.36 0.461 8,075.92 Italy 3,047,439 2,275.657 1,339.15 2,064.442 1,476.16 Greece 1,519,604 1,610.651 943.47 1,461.159 1,040.00 Turkey 182,281 198.152 919.90 179.761 1,014.02 Israel 347,551 500.882 693.88 454.393 764.87 India 3,573,996 1,977.856 1,807.00 1,794.282 1,991.88 Thailand 784,482 820.846 955.70 744.660 1,053.48 Vietnam 66,629 13.342 4,993.79 12.104 5,504.71 Malaysia 42,347 51.837 816.92 47.026 900.50 Indonesia 25,304 7.803 3,242.75 7.079 3,574.52 China 15,307,560 20,231.441 756.62 18,353.660 834.03 Korea, South 8,109,072 5,484.258 1,478.61 4,975.237 1,629.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong 379,128 104.427 3,630.54 94.735 4,001.98 Taiwan 3,515,190 2,735.962 1,284.81 2,482.024 1,416.26 Japan 6,324,477 4,411.205 1,433.73 4,001.779 1,580.42 Australia 43,499 44.578 975.78 40.441 1,075.62 New Zealand 31,094 37.478 829.65 34.000 914.53 Egypt 13,189 20.182 653.50 18.309 720.36 South Africa 863,662 1,409.109 612.91 1,278.323 675.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,232,036 79,983.215 1,065.62 72,559.573 1,174.65 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 1,851,561 3,599.706 514.36 3,265.600 566.99 China 501,180 933.208 537.05 846.593 592.00 Taiwan 661,019 1,435.908 460.35 1,302.635 507.45 Japan 1,662,988 1,820.636 913.41 1,651.654 1,006.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,676,748 7,789.460 600.39 7,066.482 661.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,411,066 9,588.166 772.94 8,698.241 852.02 Venezuela 202,295 306.029 661.03 277.625 728.66 Brazil 928,299 1,160.121 800.17 1,052.445 882.04 Norway 2,220,416 3,245.610 684.13 2,944.369 754.12 Netherlands 7,360,737 10,560.292 697.02 9,580.139 768.33 Belgium 591,452 807.178 732.74 732.260 807.71 France 6,934,739 9,975.938 695.15 9,050.022 766.27 Federal Republic of Germany 6,305,255 10,476.547 601.84 9,504.167 663.42 China 1,689,942 2,714.126 622.65 2,462.215 686.35 Korea, South 348,530 487.893 714.36 442.610 787.44 Taiwan 217,986 275.796 790.39 250.198 871.25 Japan 426,815 493.600 864.70 447.787 953.17 Australia 15,000 23.621 635.02 21.429 699.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,652,532 50,114.923 691.46 45,463.507 762.21 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,406,944 4,456.648 764.46 4,043.005 842.68 United Kingdom 308,006 472.815 651.43 428.931 718.08 Netherlands 2,538,505 3,701.494 685.81 3,357.940 755.97 France 665,152 895.672 742.63 812.541 818.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,580,857 3,585.845 719.73 3,253.025 793.37 Korea, South 309,574 405.011 764.36 367.420 842.56 Taiwan 77,235 107.517 718.35 97.538 791.85 Japan 1,766,194 2,248.673 785.44 2,039.963 865.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,652,467 15,873.678 734.07 14,400.363 809.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 27,575,731 43,634.914 631.96 39,584.940 696.62 Mexico 11,274,191 18,862.093 597.72 17,111.408 658.87 Venezuela 1,321,238 2,064.151 640.09 1,872.567 705.58 Brazil 497,810 440.819 1,129.28 399.905 1,244.82 Argentina 171,571 198.091 866.12 179.706 954.73 Sweden 2,413,683 3,231.326 746.96 2,931.411 823.39 Finland 850,946 439.403 1,936.59 398.620 2,134.73 United Kingdom 180,984 384.447 470.76 348.765 518.93 Netherlands 9,735,169 19,830.491 490.92 17,989.924 541.15 Belgium 1,805,592 3,129.188 577.02 2,838.753 636.05 France 11,561,009 19,368.984 596.88 17,571.252 657.95 Federal Republic of Germany 879,058 1,324.838 663.52 1,201.874 731.41 Austria 1,610,643 2,474.181 650.98 2,244.540 717.58 Russia 51,831,035 108,997.066 475.53 98,880.503 524.18 Spain 2,351,234 4,275.456 549.94 3,878.630 606.20 Italy 2,991,513 7,926.360 377.41 7,190.675 416.03 Bulgaria 468,359 1,262.476 370.98 1,145.300 408.94 Turkey 12,348,121 28,517.916 433.00 25,871.026 477.30 India 3,243,862 7,884.635 411.42 7,152.823 453.51 Thailand 915,298 2,094.915 436.91 1,900.476 481.62 Malaysia 8,145,019 20,097.695 405.27 18,232.328 446.73 China 44,471 53.530 830.76 48.562 915.76 Korea, South 34,722,131 74,896.560 463.60 67,945.036 511.03 Taiwan 9,909 10.482 945.25 9.510 1,041.96 Japan 3,016,121 3,523.022 856.12 3,196.033 943.71 Australia 30,849,440 70,379.735 438.33 63,847.440 483.17 New Zealand 7,319,491 14,654.960 499.45 13,294.760 550.55 Egypt 6,958,733 15,522.346 448.30 14,081.640 494.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 235,092,362 475,480.093 494.43 431,348.407 545.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 18,706,227 26,308.830 711.02 23,866.976 783.77 Mexico 35,776,858 24,670.586 1,450.18 22,380.786 1,598.55 Dominican Republic 8,633 41.334 208.86 37.498 230.23 Venezuela 843,460 1,748.436 482.41 1,586.155 531.76 Brazil 27,142,352 41,573.056 652.88 37,714.453 719.68 Argentina 1,590,427 3,060.502 519.66 2,776.442 572.83 Sweden 7,517,673 3,386.042 2,220.19 3,071.767 2,447.34 Finland 2,687,474 1,013.408 2,651.92 919.349 2,923.24 United Kingdom 1,775,162 1,141.675 1,554.87 1,035.711 1,713.95 Netherlands 7,673,195 12,814.428 598.79 11,625.057 660.06 Belgium 10,495,594 10,100.518 1,039.11 9,163.039 1,145.43 France 7,558,809 6,195.521 1,220.04 5,620.484 1,344.87 Federal Republic of Germany 6,628,957 4,439.972 1,493.02 4,027.876 1,645.77 Austria 1,615,247 558.902 2,890.03 507.028 3,185.72 Switzerland 641,972 1,169.673 548.85 1,061.110 605.00 Russia 33,355,199 61,459.397 542.72 55,755.043 598.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 265,813 175.438 1,515.14 159.155 1,670.15 Italy 4,257,872 3,398.096 1,253.02 3,082.702 1,381.21 Romania 10,919 5.813 1,878.19 5.274 2,070.35 Bulgaria 1,655,870 3,600.759 459.87 3,266.555 506.92 Turkey 17,855,206 37,798.234 472.38 34,289.991 520.71 India 3,860,512 6,870.303 561.91 6,232.636 619.40 Thailand 486,486 208.568 2,332.50 189.210 2,571.14 Indonesia 2,480,680 4,542.326 546.13 4,120.730 602.00 China 41,877,188 35,776.195 1,170.53 32,455.628 1,290.29 Korea, South 12,005,085 19,995.622 600.39 18,139.729 661.81 Taiwan 23,608,043 17,820.347 1,324.78 16,166.352 1,460.32 Japan 6,475,232 7,655.849 845.79 6,945.272 932.32 New Zealand 1,072,375 1,927.093 556.47 1,748.230 613.41 South Africa 6,006,365 7,882.683 761.97 7,151.052 839.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 285,934,885 347,339.618 823.21 315,101.290 907.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 31,584,649 42,001.965 751.98 38,103.553 828.92 Mexico 10,764,680 11,443.389 940.69 10,381.271 1,036.93 Costa Rica 210,381 174.145 1,208.08 157.982 1,331.68 Colombia 861,151 1,264.690 680.92 1,147.308 750.58 Venezuela 20,973 19.929 1,052.34 18.080 1,160.01 Brazil 10,408,147 17,548.360 593.11 15,919.609 653.79 Sweden 49,781 42.571 1,169.36 38.620 1,289.00 United Kingdom 7,106 12.050 589.69 10.932 650.02 Netherlands 1,346,846 2,382.335 565.35 2,161.219 623.19 Belgium 978,965 1,295.389 755.73 1,175.158 833.05 France 32,033 34.116 938.93 30.950 1,034.99 Federal Republic of Germany 5,355,829 9,598.202 558.00 8,707.345 615.09 Austria 469,072 495.056 947.51 449.108 1,044.45 Russia 457,625 694.826 658.62 630.336 726.00 Kazakhstan 4,447,604 6,955.747 639.41 6,310.150 704.83 Spain 2,862,060 3,859.153 741.63 3,500.966 817.51 Italy 2,795,900 4,475.684 624.69 4,060.274 688.60 Turkey 2,105,911 2,669.896 788.76 2,422.090 869.46 India 64,752,277 85,342.577 758.73 77,421.506 836.36 Thailand 6,678,560 11,624.991 574.50 10,546.018 633.28 China 54,660,083 89,309.322 612.03 81,020.077 674.65 Korea, South 12,237,538 17,003.618 719.70 15,425.428 793.34 Taiwan 21,990,075 33,764.918 651.27 30,631.027 717.90 Japan 3,363,955 4,536.088 741.60 4,115.071 817.47 New Zealand 173,164 243.687 710.60 221.070 783.30 South Africa 4,056,264 6,044.074 671.11 5,483.094 739.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,670,629 352,836.790 687.77 320,088.242 758.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,919,181 1,578.571 1,215.77 1,432.056 1,340.16 Mexico 379,487 406.818 932.82 369.060 1,028.25 Brazil 639,916 1,035.070 618.23 939.000 681.49 Argentina 2,122,285 5,415.338 391.90 4,912.714 432.00 United Kingdom 21,330 31.349 680.39 28.440 750.00 Belgium 593,240 881.259 673.17 799.465 742.05 Luxembourg 389,385 562.101 692.73 509.930 763.60 France 4,983 3.306 1,506.83 3.000 1,661.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,670,504 5,517.800 665.21 5,005.666 733.27 Thailand 22,536 37.869 595.09 34.355 655.97 China 948,944 1,545.949 613.83 1,402.462 676.63 Korea, South 466,554 738.011 632.18 669.513 696.86 Taiwan 998,234 1,587.928 628.64 1,440.545 692.96 Japan 2,563,571 1,606.144 1,596.10 1,457.070 1,759.40 New Zealand 101,483 123.883 819.18 112.385 902.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,841,633 21,071.403 704.35 19,115.661 776.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,422,610 5,893.434 1,089.79 5,346.435 1,201.29 Mexico 7,476,563 7,846.510 952.85 7,118.237 1,050.34 Chile 269,101 449.445 598.74 407.730 660.00 Brazil 45,928 51.988 883.43 47.163 973.81 United Kingdom 1,001,444 1,399.694 715.47 1,269.782 788.67 Netherlands 35,606 9.430 3,775.71 8.555 4,162.01 Belgium 145,424 154.116 943.60 139.812 1,040.14 Luxembourg 2,152,505 3,349.731 642.59 3,038.826 708.33 France 67,565 57.613 1,172.73 52.266 1,292.71 Federal Republic of Germany 486,338 176.723 2,751.97 160.321 3,033.53 Liechtenstein 46,665 63.801 731.41 57.880 806.24 Italy 27,127 8.291 3,271.63 7.522 3,606.35 China 956,301 1,538.258 621.68 1,395.485 685.28 Korea, South 26,612,732 39,608.141 671.90 35,931.912 740.64 Taiwan 6,327,525 8,500.625 744.36 7,711.640 820.52 Japan 1,058,318 693.162 1,526.80 628.827 1,683.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,131,752 69,800.970 761.19 63,322.393 839.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 16,091 5.896 2,729.02 5.349 3,008.23 Brazil 150,927 46.278 3,261.29 41.983 3,594.96 Sweden 455,009 407.379 1,116.92 369.569 1,231.19 United Kingdom 715,269 197.485 3,621.88 179.156 3,992.44 France 211,130 151.446 1,394.09 137.390 1,536.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,474,415 1,514.295 1,634.04 1,373.746 1,801.22 Austria 285,184 291.737 977.54 264.660 1,077.55 Czech Republic 557,023 214.862 2,592.46 194.920 2,857.70 Russia 5,989,309 2,714.937 2,206.06 2,462.951 2,431.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 8,114 11.243 721.66 10.200 795.49 Korea, South 815,078 1,050.976 775.54 953.430 854.89 Japan 1,590,157 1,650.405 963.49 1,497.223 1,062.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,267,706 8,256.945 1,606.85 7,490.577 1,771.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,726,541 4,072.578 669.49 3,694.582 737.98 Mexico 431,346 516.302 835.45 468.382 920.93 Sweden 72,118 35.731 2,018.34 32.415 2,224.83 Finland 104,489 41.600 2,511.75 37.739 2,768.73 United Kingdom 296,264 392.669 754.49 356.224 831.68 Federal Republic of Germany 93,071 85.562 1,087.75 77.621 1,199.04 Italy 9,197 13.437 684.44 12.190 754.47 Slovenia 120,569 45.128 2,671.68 40.940 2,945.02 Greece 6,569 8.304 790.99 7.534 871.91 Turkey 244,899 552.727 443.07 501.426 488.41 China 386,723 678.384 570.06 615.420 628.39 Taiwan 15,183 19.194 791.01 17.413 871.93 Japan 88,875 30.159 2,946.86 27.360 3,248.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,595,844 6,491.780 707.95 5,889.246 780.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,382,474 3,891.490 1,126.17 3,530.302 1,241.39 Mexico 2,765,044 1,445.912 1,912.32 1,311.710 2,107.97 Chile 10,119 9.572 1,057.09 8.684 1,165.25 Brazil 44,575 31.097 1,433.40 28.211 1,580.06 Sweden 3,684,528 630.717 5,841.81 572.177 6,439.49 Finland 279,041 108.769 2,565.44 98.674 2,827.91 Denmark 5,605 0.715 7,834.78 0.649 8,636.36 United Kingdom 1,462,920 598.322 2,445.04 542.789 2,695.19 Belgium 855,744 244.959 3,493.40 222.224 3,850.82 France 3,261,974 596.406 5,469.38 541.051 6,028.96 Federal Republic of Germany 5,542,066 3,324.301 1,667.14 3,015.756 1,837.70 Austria 846,985 169.203 5,005.71 153.499 5,517.85 Switzerland 173,493 80.683 2,150.29 73.195 2,370.28 Italy 190,313 131.650 1,445.60 119.431 1,593.50 India 1,146,223 572.110 2,003.50 519.010 2,208.48 China 1,014,219 1,291.313 785.42 1,171.460 865.77 Korea, South 1,672,755 1,297.566 1,289.15 1,177.133 1,421.04 Taiwan 494,980 225.119 2,198.74 204.225 2,423.70 Japan 3,418,826 845.858 4,041.84 767.350 4,455.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,251,884 15,495.769 2,016.80 14,057.530 2,223.14 GRAND TOTAL 2,885,856,980 4,196,920.088 687.61 3,807,382.932 757.96 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 505,576 602.556 839.05 546.630 924.90 Belgium 350,137 330.063 1,060.82 299.429 1,169.35 Federal Republic of Germany 263,780 266.759 988.83 242.000 1,090.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,119,493 1,199.379 933.39 1,088.059 1,028.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,183,950 4,111.755 774.35 3,730.123 853.58 Mexico 13,512,728 26,683.302 506.41 24,206.692 558.22 Norway 4,506,583 11,757.763 383.29 10,666.467 422.50 United Kingdom 494,165 111.496 4,432.11 101.148 4,885.56 Belgium 351,349 401.450 875.20 364.190 964.74 France 2,398,797 252.991 9,481.73 229.510 10,451.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,545,341 2,139.820 722.18 1,941.213 796.07 Russia 117,370 135.013 869.32 122.482 958.26 Italy 336,673 432.378 778.65 392.247 858.32 Slovenia 31,699 19.180 1,652.69 17.400 1,821.78 China 8,063 3.486 2,312.56 3.163 2,549.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,486,718 46,048.639 575.19 41,774.635 634.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 859,870 1,450.189 592.94 1,315.590 653.60 United Kingdom 1,616,448 2,287.769 706.56 2,075.430 778.85 Federal Republic of Germany 73,554 61.932 1,187.65 56.184 1,309.16 Austria 11,409 1.572 7,253.03 1.427 7,995.09 Spain 2,213,258 3,785.854 584.61 3,434.470 644.42 Japan 11,781 13.137 896.76 11.918 988.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,786,320 7,600.455 629.74 6,895.019 694.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,298,279 12,774.210 1,041.03 11,588.572 1,147.53 Brazil 33,628 26.959 1,247.37 24.457 1,374.98 Sweden 6,714,229 3,570.862 1,880.28 3,239.433 2,072.66 Finland 55,255 48.256 1,145.02 43.778 1,262.16 United Kingdom 1,916,953 1,823.976 1,050.97 1,654.684 1,158.50 Belgium 2,698,351 1,278.927 2,109.85 1,160.224 2,325.72 France 2,245,818 1,364.742 1,645.60 1,238.074 1,813.96 Federal Republic of Germany 4,538,844 2,371.431 1,913.97 2,151.327 2,109.79 Austria 209,065 192.017 1,088.78 174.195 1,200.18 Poland 64,840 49.400 1,312.55 44.815 1,446.84 Russia 76,830 75.380 1,019.23 68.384 1,123.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 5,768,153 4,803.138 1,200.91 4,357.335 1,323.78 China 2,156,139 3,536.673 609.65 3,208.417 672.03 Japan 2,670,709 2,572.034 1,038.36 2,333.311 1,144.60 South Africa 39,526 71.176 555.33 64.570 612.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,486,619 34,559.187 1,229.39 31,351.576 1,355.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,875,841 2,618.991 716.25 2,375.910 789.53 Netherlands 7,518,675 13,468.987 558.22 12,218.863 615.33 France 608,563 865.747 702.93 785.393 774.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,003,079 16,953.726 590.02 15,380.166 650.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 100,000 475.000 210.53 430.913 232.07 Luxembourg 12,975 9.749 1,330.78 8.845 1,466.93 Federal Republic of Germany 19,911 7.952 2,503.88 7.214 2,760.05 Czech Republic 1,303,323 2,130.249 611.82 1,932.530 674.41 Japan 701,540 717.076 978.33 650.521 1,078.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,137,749 3,340.027 640.04 3,030.023 705.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 20,057,192 29,976.879 669.09 27,194.575 737.54 Mexico 1,243,927 1,737.708 715.84 1,576.423 789.08 Brazil 505,022 599.147 842.90 543.538 929.14 Sweden 1,844,277 628.857 2,932.74 570.490 3,232.79 United Kingdom 1,054,661 842.937 1,251.17 764.700 1,379.18 Netherlands 353,462 367.392 962.08 333.293 1,060.51 Belgium 175,930 170.460 1,032.09 154.639 1,137.68 France 368,473 179.987 2,047.21 163.282 2,256.67 Federal Republic of Germany 2,210,439 1,178.386 1,875.82 1,069.015 2,067.73 Austria 485,087 108.896 4,454.58 98.789 4,910.33 Czech Republic 6,023,630 5,839.252 1,031.58 5,297.282 1,137.12 Russia 2,109 1.259 1,673.89 1.143 1,845.14 Ukraine 118,478 116.429 1,017.60 105.623 1,121.71 Spain 2,312,612 1,694.999 1,364.37 1,537.678 1,503.96 Italy 2,854 1.238 2,303.48 1.124 2,539.15 Bulgaria 5,140,229 12,941.171 397.20 11,740.037 437.84 Turkey 865,593 797.847 1,084.91 723.795 1,195.91 India 6,009 3.893 1,543.40 3.532 1,701.30 China 2,014,619 1,861.297 1,082.37 1,688.541 1,193.11 Korea, South 6,268,930 6,262.552 1,001.02 5,681.294 1,103.43 Taiwan 329,208 67.806 4,855.11 61.513 5,351.84 Japan 7,081,070 7,494.400 944.85 6,798.808 1,041.52 South Africa 110,165 235.013 468.76 213.201 516.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 58,573,976 73,107.817 801.20 66,322.315 883.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 202,065 309.535 652.80 280.806 719.59 Mexico 422,864 740.923 570.73 672.155 629.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 624,929 1,050.459 594.91 952.961 655.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,555,328 2,281.169 1,996.93 2,069.443 2,201.23 Colombia 125,952 102.154 1,232.96 92.673 1,359.10 Brazil 110,440 29.569 3,734.93 26.825 4,117.05 Sweden 34,876 24.547 1,420.76 22.269 1,566.12 United Kingdom 2,170,539 835.375 2,598.28 757.840 2,864.11 France 2,156,564 1,396.464 1,544.30 1,266.852 1,702.30 Federal Republic of Germany 402,538 148.088 2,718.22 134.344 2,996.32 Austria 91,716 4.947 18,539.08 4.488 20,435.83 Russia 292,059 279.336 1,045.54 253.410 1,152.52 Ukraine 3,195,927 3,590.987 889.99 3,257.690 981.04 Spain 404,084 276.143 1,463.31 250.513 1,613.03 Italy 139,039 82.259 1,690.24 74.625 1,863.17 Slovenia 4,160 1.401 2,969.23 1.271 3,273.01 Romania 31,130 9.996 3,113.98 9.069 3,432.57 China 1,315,214 1,128.433 1,165.52 1,023.698 1,284.77 Korea, South 165,643 128.378 1,290.27 116.463 1,422.28 Taiwan 70,627 26.404 2,674.78 23.954 2,948.44 Japan 422,912 383.758 1,102.03 348.140 1,214.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,688,748 10,729.417 1,462.22 9,733.567 1,611.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,210,267 684.174 1,768.94 620.673 1,949.93 Mexico 142,599 90.692 1,572.33 82.275 1,733.20 Brazil 2,005,368 662.909 3,025.10 601.382 3,334.60 Sweden 5,059,250 1,800.385 2,810.09 1,633.283 3,097.60 United Kingdom 356,677 56.611 6,300.45 51.357 6,945.05 Netherlands 563,040 499.550 1,127.09 453.185 1,242.41 France 3,339,489 1,392.354 2,398.45 1,263.123 2,643.84 Federal Republic of Germany 5,964,170 2,705.097 2,204.79 2,454.024 2,430.36 Austria 3,024,390 592.294 5,106.22 537.321 5,628.65 Czech Republic 333,133 110.259 3,021.35 100.026 3,330.46 Switzerland 333,667 115.501 2,888.86 104.781 3,184.42 Poland 40,487 20.755 1,950.67 18.829 2,150.25 Russia 193,337 72.401 2,670.33 65.682 2,943.53 Ukraine 303,735 423.596 717.04 384.280 790.40 Spain 827,130 445.064 1,858.45 403.756 2,048.59 Slovenia 1,725,366 721.665 2,390.81 654.684 2,635.42 Romania 5,488 2.597 2,113.17 2.356 2,329.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 6,322 0.562 11,245.54 0.510 12,396.08 China 2,284,442 705.217 3,239.34 639.763 3,570.76 Korea, South 364,962 220.238 1,657.12 199.797 1,826.66 Taiwan 949,422 307.890 3,083.63 279.314 3,399.12 Japan 3,883,526 2,138.126 1,816.32 1,939.676 2,002.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,916,267 13,767.949 2,390.79 12,490.077 2,635.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 433,602 62.144 6,977.26 56.377 7,691.12 Argentina 30,801 13.794 2,232.88 12.514 2,461.32 Sweden 3,380 0.060 55,750.64 0.055 61,454.55 United Kingdom 8,582 1.448 5,925.01 1.314 6,531.20 France 5,684 0.439 12,923.41 0.399 14,245.61 Federal Republic of Germany 703,077 391.886 1,794.08 355.514 1,977.64 Czech Republic 18,762 3.950 4,749.05 3.584 5,234.93 Spain 729,159 325.656 2,239.04 295.431 2,468.12 Italy 1,216,122 586.705 2,072.80 532.250 2,284.87 India 36,667 14.053 2,609.13 12.749 2,876.07 Japan 308,590 150.549 2,049.76 136.576 2,259.47 South Africa 101,754 83.405 1,220.00 75.664 1,344.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,596,180 1,634.095 2,200.72 1,482.427 2,425.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 11,153,402 6,438.626 1,732.26 5,841.025 1,909.49 Brazil 2,487,774 1,726.939 1,440.57 1,566.654 1,587.95 Sweden 13,900 1.609 8,636.90 1.460 9,520.55 United Kingdom 502,111 206.406 2,432.63 187.249 2,681.51 France 312,441 122.384 2,552.95 111.025 2,814.15 Federal Republic of Germany 8,372,520 5,283.150 1,584.76 4,792.795 1,746.90 Austria 6,777,697 6,391.528 1,060.42 5,798.299 1,168.91 Spain 5,915,648 4,543.698 1,301.95 4,121.975 1,435.15 Italy 91,717 45.825 2,001.45 41.572 2,206.22 Romania 5,561 5.997 927.19 5.441 1,022.05 India 2,008,804 1,621.908 1,238.54 1,471.371 1,365.26 China 19,337,353 14,709.562 1,314.61 13,344.294 1,449.11 Japan 29,338,678 6,034.513 4,861.81 5,474.420 5,359.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,317,606 47,132.150 1,831.40 42,757.580 2,018.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 43,527,866 39,129.661 1,112.40 35,497.842 1,226.21 Federal Republic of Germany 8,280 16.012 517.11 14.526 570.01 Italy 79,876 42.857 1,863.74 38.880 2,054.42 Greece 3,639 2.755 1,320.50 2.500 1,455.60 Japan 3,804,222 3,404.048 1,117.56 3,088.102 1,231.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 47,423,883 42,595.336 1,113.36 38,641.850 1,227.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 42,576 2.006 21,222.15 1.820 23,393.41 Brazil 10,326,380 5,456.256 1,892.58 4,949.834 2,086.21 Sweden 100,500 7.536 13,335.10 6.837 14,699.43 United Kingdom 8,903 3.925 2,268.09 3.561 2,500.14 Federal Republic of Germany 142,860 13.663 10,455.87 12.395 11,525.62 Spain 138,194 12.949 10,671.39 11.748 11,763.19 China 574,297 394.907 1,454.26 358.254 1,603.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,333,710 5,891.244 1,923.82 5,344.449 2,120.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 17,809 22.308 798.30 20.238 879.98 Federal Republic of Germany 334,158 36.477 9,160.62 33.092 10,097.85 Spain 348,092 32.648 10,661.89 29.618 11,752.72 Italy 251,371 23.505 10,694.05 21.324 11,788.17 Taiwan 70,992 78.830 900.56 71.514 992.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,022,422 193.770 5,276.45 175.786 5,816.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,484,640 2,088.964 1,189.41 1,895.077 1,311.10 Mexico 601,409 288.683 2,083.28 261.889 2,296.43 Argentina 25,647 10.553 2,430.18 9.574 2,678.82 Sweden 525,760 366.337 1,435.18 332.336 1,582.01 United Kingdom 388,583 326.751 1,189.23 296.424 1,310.90 France 661,841 366.184 1,807.40 332.197 1,992.31 Federal Republic of Germany 3,324,120 1,686.773 1,970.70 1,530.216 2,172.32 Czech Republic 98,542 22.046 4,469.79 20.000 4,927.10 Switzerland 320,147 148.992 2,148.74 135.164 2,368.58 Spain 1,859,225 886.852 2,096.43 804.539 2,310.92 Italy 2,981,484 1,338.062 2,228.21 1,213.870 2,456.18 Saudi Arabia 20,568 25.733 799.27 23.345 881.05 India 147,469 127.107 1,160.19 115.310 1,278.89 China 787,730 810.786 971.56 735.533 1,070.96 Korea, South 512,736 1,022.729 501.34 927.805 552.63 Japan 5,341,114 2,443.713 2,185.65 2,216.900 2,409.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,081,015 11,960.271 1,678.98 10,850.179 1,850.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 4,060 2.393 1,696.53 2.171 1,870.11 Argentina 814,889 224.940 3,622.68 204.063 3,993.32 Sweden 196,675 142.599 1,379.21 129.364 1,520.32 United Kingdom 2,513 2.387 1,052.52 2.166 1,160.20 France 1,927,745 746.296 2,583.08 677.029 2,847.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,067,200 799.491 2,585.64 725.287 2,850.18 China 61,528 19.403 3,170.90 17.603 3,495.31 Japan 162,450 48.674 3,337.46 44.157 3,678.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,237,060 1,986.188 2,636.74 1,801.840 2,906.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,960,870 435.313 4,504.50 394.910 4,965.36 Mexico 6,994 2.062 3,391.16 1.871 3,738.11 United Kingdom 22,092 0.442 49,978.88 0.401 55,092.27 Ireland 6,505 2.560 2,540.35 2.323 2,800.26 Netherlands 5,815 2.288 2,541.08 2.076 2,801.06 Federal Republic of Germany 40,711 6.332 6,428.62 5.745 7,086.34 Spain 2,840 1.117 2,540.83 1.014 2,800.79 Italy 17,790 0.658 27,033.20 0.597 29,798.99 China 6,300 6.240 1,009.59 5.661 1,112.88 Taiwan 8,089 1.301 6,213.56 1.181 6,849.28 Japan 5,959 2.345 2,540.37 2.128 2,800.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,083,965 460.663 4,523.83 417.907 4,986.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 427,603 338.215 1,264.29 306.824 1,393.64 Mexico 23,239 48.145 482.68 43.677 532.06 Finland 1,342,878 452.387 2,968.43 410.399 3,272.13 Federal Republic of Germany 5,205 1.061 4,903.32 0.963 5,404.98 Italy 2,173 2.395 907.18 2.173 1,000.00 China 84,081 31.899 2,635.79 28.939 2,905.46 Korea, South 214,992 454.997 472.51 412.767 520.86 Taiwan 1,082,525 249.030 4,346.95 225.917 4,791.69 Japan 240,911 138.638 1,737.69 125.771 1,915.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,423,607 1,716.772 1,994.21 1,557.430 2,198.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 104,243 114.312 911.91 103.703 1,005.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 104,243 114.312 911.91 103.703 1,005.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 231,089 199.869 1,156.20 181.319 1,274.49 Mexico 1,551,646 1,210.153 1,282.19 1,097.833 1,413.37 Brazil 40,276 57.227 703.79 51.916 775.79 Sweden 2,846 2.372 1,199.74 2.152 1,322.49 United Kingdom 121,186 5.734 21,133.82 5.202 23,296.04 Netherlands 13,978 0.917 15,241.14 0.832 16,800.48 France 76,390 23.506 3,249.70 21.325 3,582.18 Federal Republic of Germany 161,948 103.986 1,557.39 94.335 1,716.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 299,673 61.672 4,859.13 55.948 5,356.28 Czech Republic 11,495 19.788 580.89 17.952 640.32 Poland 35,204 44.005 799.99 39.921 881.84 Portugal 3,723 0.508 7,326.36 0.461 8,075.92 Italy 1,608,845 1,280.619 1,256.30 1,161.759 1,384.84 Turkey 147,353 148.508 992.22 134.725 1,093.73 Thailand 24,679 0.845 29,189.59 0.767 32,176.01 China 2,409,251 2,314.488 1,040.94 2,099.669 1,147.44 Korea, South 3,048,599 2,649.077 1,150.82 2,403.203 1,268.56 Taiwan 496,289 559.136 887.60 507.240 978.41 Japan 2,917,955 2,114.049 1,380.27 1,917.834 1,521.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,202,425 10,796.467 1,222.85 9,794.393 1,347.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,001,952 2,887.274 693.37 2,619.292 764.31 Mexico 4,366 2.380 1,833.69 2.160 2,021.30 Sweden 2,258,082 3,024.796 746.52 2,744.050 822.90 Finland 331,993 252.837 1,313.07 229.370 1,447.41 Netherlands 861,303 1,530.446 562.78 1,388.398 620.36 France 5,077,258 6,918.846 733.83 6,276.674 808.91 Federal Republic of Germany 182,078 114.630 1,588.39 103.991 1,750.90 Austria 874,236 1,191.421 733.78 1,080.840 808.85 Japan 1,205,178 1,565.143 770.01 1,419.875 848.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,796,446 17,487.778 731.74 15,864.650 806.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,628,323 2,230.023 730.18 2,023.044 804.89 Dominican Republic 8,633 41.334 208.86 37.498 230.23 Brazil 335,104 470.702 711.92 427.014 784.76 Sweden 752,284 838.396 897.29 760.581 989.09 United Kingdom 766,675 852.116 899.73 773.027 991.78 Netherlands 2,822,950 4,293.601 657.48 3,895.091 724.75 Belgium 3,507,684 1,093.035 3,209.12 991.585 3,537.45 France 3,073,145 3,225.131 952.87 2,925.791 1,050.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,228,613 1,413.824 869.00 1,282.600 957.91 Austria 1,072,211 288.662 3,714.41 261.870 4,094.44 Spain 62,699 95.492 656.59 86.629 723.76 Italy 6,470 3.617 1,788.39 3.282 1,971.36 Turkey 235,017 459.487 511.48 416.840 563.81 China 26,380 20.828 1,266.55 18.895 1,396.14 Korea, South 6,431,159 10,796.414 595.68 9,794.345 656.62 Japan 2,529,491 2,905.492 870.59 2,635.819 959.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,486,838 29,028.159 843.55 26,333.911 929.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 4,425,400 5,562.056 795.64 5,045.814 877.04 Brazil 44,169 65.554 673.78 59.470 742.71 Netherlands 85,130 132.490 642.54 120.193 708.28 France 32,033 34.116 938.93 30.950 1,034.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,710,465 7,404.079 501.14 6,716.870 552.41 Spain 2,569,442 3,472.578 739.92 3,150.271 815.63 China 543,019 829.180 654.89 752.220 721.89 Japan 2,384,452 3,332.529 715.51 3,023.221 788.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,794,110 20,832.585 662.14 18,899.009 729.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,809,627 1,429.428 1,265.98 1,296.756 1,395.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,319,094 3,586.291 646.66 3,253.430 712.82 Korea, South 5,374 7.399 726.23 6.713 800.54 Japan 546,103 688.465 793.22 624.566 874.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,680,198 5,711.585 819.42 5,181.465 903.26 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 16,091 5.896 2,729.02 5.349 3,008.23 Brazil 150,927 46.278 3,261.29 41.983 3,594.96 Sweden 455,009 407.379 1,116.92 369.569 1,231.19 United Kingdom 715,269 197.485 3,621.88 179.156 3,992.44 France 211,130 151.446 1,394.09 137.390 1,536.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,474,415 1,514.295 1,634.04 1,373.746 1,801.22 Austria 285,184 291.737 977.54 264.660 1,077.55 Czech Republic 557,023 214.862 2,592.46 194.920 2,857.70 Russia 5,989,309 2,714.937 2,206.06 2,462.951 2,431.76 China 8,114 11.243 721.66 10.200 795.49 Korea, South 815,078 1,050.976 775.54 953.430 854.89 Japan 1,590,157 1,650.405 963.49 1,497.223 1,062.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,267,706 8,256.945 1,606.85 7,490.577 1,771.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 231,566 350.409 660.84 317.886 728.46 United Kingdom 98,710 92.719 1,064.61 84.114 1,173.53 Federal Republic of Germany 88,226 83.626 1,055.00 75.865 1,162.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 418,502 526.755 794.49 477.865 875.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,518,204 823.019 1,844.68 746.631 2,033.41 Sweden 980,799 242.735 4,040.61 220.206 4,454.01 United Kingdom 39,652 12.394 3,199.19 11.244 3,526.50 France 1,566,370 98.297 15,935.00 89.174 17,565.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,276,341 1,684.848 1,351.07 1,528.469 1,489.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 603,233 105.351 5,725.93 95.573 6,311.75 Korea, South 235,543 108.469 2,171.51 98.402 2,393.68 Japan 141,986 37.629 3,773.25 34.137 4,159.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,362,128 3,112.745 2,365.16 2,823.836 2,607.14 GRAND TOTAL 465,455,942 417,794.889 1,114.08 379,017.255 1,228.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 21,821,066 49,301.401 442.61 44,725.492 487.89 Mexico 57,095,052 127,206.527 448.84 115,399.853 494.76 Brazil 26,917,483 74,075.686 363.38 67,200.351 400.56 Norway 645,820 1,684.958 383.29 1,528.569 422.50 United Kingdom 499,784 661.171 755.91 599.805 833.24 Belgium 856,699 1,216.234 704.39 1,103.350 776.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,008,448 9,239.973 433.82 8,382.365 478.20 Russia 68,978,776 165,993.062 415.55 150,586.416 458.07 Ukraine 105,654,309 233,785.265 451.93 212,086.485 498.17 Italy 18,429,421 46,754.730 394.17 42,415.190 434.50 China 8,970 32.959 272.16 29.900 300.00 Taiwan 2,807 10.314 272.15 9.357 299.99 Japan 20,616,759 57,382.584 359.29 52,056.620 396.04 Australia 39,393 45.613 863.62 41.380 951.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,574,787 767,390.483 424.26 696,165.133 467.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 17,234,120 27,880.924 618.13 25,293.156 681.37 Trinidad and Tobago 1,671,722 4,307.831 388.07 3,908.000 427.77 Venezuela 567,043 1,449.541 391.19 1,315.002 431.21 Brazil 7,271,433 12,854.729 565.66 11,661.618 623.54 Finland 166,873 251.189 664.33 227.875 732.30 United Kingdom 1,051,172 2,138.439 491.56 1,939.960 541.85 Netherlands 121,505 176.822 687.16 160.411 757.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,893,341 5,629.738 691.57 5,107.214 762.32 Czech Republic 337,071 730.686 461.31 662.868 508.50 Spain 4,276,058 8,272.026 516.93 7,504.258 569.82 Turkey 3,267,801 7,934.214 411.86 7,197.800 454.00 United Arab Emirates 2,395,974 5,456.836 439.08 4,950.360 484.00 India 14,109 40.502 348.35 36.743 383.99 Malaysia 1,550,902 3,833.132 404.60 3,477.360 446.00 China 65,953,724 177,898.140 370.74 161,386.524 408.67 Korea, South 1,584,233 3,786.395 418.40 3,434.961 461.21 Japan 5,985,163 8,589.392 696.81 7,792.168 768.10 South Africa 4,117,350 10,165.412 405.04 9,221.910 446.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,459,594 281,395.954 431.63 255,278.188 475.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,238,738 14,945.823 685.06 13,558.627 755.15 Mexico 2,784,202 4,700.369 592.34 4,264.105 652.94 Brazil 1,833,008 4,040.612 453.65 3,665.583 500.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 632,943 749.431 844.56 679.873 930.97 United Kingdom 478,717 446.959 1,071.05 405.475 1,180.63 Netherlands 74,758 69.467 1,076.16 63.020 1,186.26 Luxembourg 2,961,179 4,248.190 697.04 3,853.895 768.36 France 2,013 2.181 922.77 1.979 1,017.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,890,284 1,970.449 959.32 1,787.562 1,057.46 Poland 3,680,265 7,788.470 472.53 7,065.584 520.87 Russia 2,284,560 4,282.814 533.42 3,885.305 588.00 Spain 1,212,566 1,916.031 632.85 1,738.195 697.60 Italy 13,851 5.685 2,436.10 5.158 2,685.34 Turkey 75,969 174.963 434.20 158.724 478.62 China 1,471,852 451.481 3,260.05 409.577 3,593.59 Korea, South 5,056,532 10,644.086 475.06 9,656.156 523.66 Taiwan 5,975,147 12,262.846 487.26 11,124.670 537.11 Japan 1,819,380 3,284.733 553.89 2,979.861 610.56 South Africa 1,097,396 1,864.050 588.72 1,691.039 648.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,583,360 73,848.650 590.17 66,994.388 650.55 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 726,214 878.636 826.52 797.086 911.09 United Kingdom 15,280 20.574 742.66 18.665 818.64 Luxembourg 15,646,902 20,278.044 771.62 18,395.938 850.56 France 4,195 6.375 657.96 5.784 725.28 Federal Republic of Germany 899,126 684.098 1,314.32 620.604 1,448.79 China 18,922 18.188 1,040.35 16.500 1,146.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,310,639 21,885.918 790.95 19,854.577 871.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,652,375 13,176.848 732.53 11,953.839 807.47 Mexico 8,513 13.299 640.10 12.065 705.59 Brazil 40,721 39.119 1,040.93 35.489 1,147.43 Finland 153,994 514.391 299.37 466.648 330.00 Belgium 157,614 206.914 761.73 187.710 839.67 France 199,964 226.282 883.69 205.280 974.10 Austria 406,431 481.956 843.29 437.224 929.57 Czech Republic 3,396,353 5,591.850 607.38 5,072.843 669.52 Russia 7,545,405 14,530.131 519.29 13,181.517 572.42 Ukraine 813,725 1,181.030 689.00 1,071.413 759.49 Bulgaria 1,046,697 2,881.584 363.24 2,614.130 400.40 Turkey 304,504 536.028 568.07 486.277 626.19 Thailand 3,384,213 7,224.631 468.43 6,554.077 516.35 Malaysia 4,389,018 10,381.908 422.76 9,418.312 466.01 China 2,733 6.025 453.59 5.466 500.00 Korea, South 18,195,133 33,513.095 542.93 30,402.577 598.47 Japan 1,257,496 1,742.374 721.71 1,580.656 795.55 Australia 3,797,751 6,457.042 588.16 5,857.732 648.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 2,471,295 3,955.133 624.83 3,588.038 688.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,223,935 102,659.648 557.41 93,131.293 614.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 18,467,523 30,066.058 614.23 27,275.477 677.07 Mexico 4,460,112 7,608.754 586.18 6,902.548 646.15 Venezuela 1,545,027 2,891.438 534.35 2,623.070 589.01 Netherlands 4,455,225 8,829.010 504.61 8,009.546 556.24 Belgium 143,947 317.697 453.10 288.210 499.45 France 812,848 1,477.795 550.04 1,340.634 606.32 Federal Republic of Germany 5,551,476 10,126.798 548.20 9,186.880 604.28 Russia 52,551,821 113,150.773 464.44 102,648.684 511.96 Italy 1,204,122 3,081.157 390.80 2,795.180 430.79 Bulgaria 926,159 2,496.491 370.98 2,264.780 408.94 Turkey 7,536,833 17,623.119 427.67 15,987.430 471.42 India 3,033,576 7,568.871 400.80 6,866.367 441.80 Thailand 142,493 319.349 446.20 289.709 491.85 Malaysia 1,443,414 3,703.621 389.73 3,359.870 429.60 Korea, South 2,544,361 5,411.105 470.21 4,908.874 518.32 Taiwan 636,002 913.898 695.92 829.075 767.12 Japan 140,847 183.611 767.09 166.570 845.57 Australia 1,466,709 4,031.107 363.85 3,656.960 401.07 New Zealand 2,581,348 5,278.206 489.06 4,788.310 539.09 Egypt 1,720,184 3,846.271 447.23 3,489.280 492.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,364,027 228,925.141 486.46 207,677.454 536.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 1,249,564 1,410.329 886.01 1,279.430 976.66 France 121,467 163.286 743.89 148.131 820.00 Federal Republic of Germany 16,906 0.740 22,822.72 0.672 25,157.74 Austria 56,719 42.039 1,349.17 38.138 1,487.20 Czech Republic 4,683,032 7,776.799 602.18 7,054.996 663.79 Spain 157,719 203.934 773.38 185.006 852.51 Korea, South 32,268 42.854 752.97 38.877 830.00 Japan 15,070,383 24,941.814 604.22 22,626.840 666.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,388,058 34,581.799 618.48 31,372.090 681.75 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 354,055 453.222 781.19 411.157 861.12 Brazil 31,998 5.852 5,467.72 5.309 6,027.12 Luxembourg 87,771 64.987 1,350.58 58.956 1,488.75 Austria 439,037 555.207 790.76 503.676 871.67 Spain 284,666 423.047 672.89 383.782 741.74 China 84,485 74.531 1,133.55 67.614 1,249.52 Korea, South 697,612 1,114.702 625.83 1,011.241 689.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 414,434 499.147 830.28 452.819 915.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,394,058 3,190.698 750.32 2,894.554 827.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 454,976 1,174.753 387.29 1,065.719 426.92 Brazil 16,500 18.742 880.35 17.003 970.42 Netherlands 5,231 8.851 590.97 8.030 651.43 Poland 16,920 19.152 883.43 17.375 973.81 China 46,603 54.794 850.50 49.709 937.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 540,230 1,276.295 423.28 1,157.836 466.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,306,514 27,992.520 653.98 25,394.395 720.89 Mexico 2,461,491 4,031.855 610.51 3,657.639 672.97 Dominican Republic 66,375 139.993 474.13 127.000 522.64 Brazil 789,383 1,605.444 491.69 1,456.435 542.00 Argentina 54,827 91.527 599.02 83.032 660.31 United Kingdom 2,319,626 2,574.569 900.98 2,335.611 993.16 Belgium 93,007 173.770 535.23 157.642 589.99 France 285,976 399.941 715.04 362.821 788.20 Federal Republic of Germany 940,411 1,174.424 800.74 1,065.420 882.67 Czech Republic 1,578,930 2,833.319 557.27 2,570.345 614.29 Russia 466,958 741.277 629.94 672.476 694.39 Spain 948,043 1,511.841 627.08 1,371.520 691.24 Italy 4,164 2.515 1,655.35 2.282 1,824.72 Turkey 2,729,665 6,086.204 448.50 5,521.313 494.39 India 504,431 692.691 728.22 628.399 802.72 Malaysia 45,434 112.292 404.60 101.870 446.00 China 701,845 1,242.980 564.65 1,127.613 622.42 Korea, South 4,324,999 8,207.877 526.93 7,446.063 580.84 Taiwan 338,630 721.418 469.39 654.460 517.42 Japan 1,875,676 2,394.698 783.26 2,172.435 863.40 South Africa 1,155,380 2,633.898 438.66 2,389.433 483.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,991,765 65,365.062 611.82 59,298.204 674.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,891,715 7,458.410 655.87 6,766.158 722.97 Mexico 1,574,141 2,702.940 582.38 2,452.067 641.96 Brazil 490,664 1,189.272 412.57 1,078.890 454.79 United Kingdom 6,447 3.622 1,779.86 3.286 1,961.96 Turkey 2,040,596 4,583.642 445.19 4,158.212 490.74 China 1,122,876 2,436.977 460.77 2,210.789 507.91 Korea, South 276,454 567.425 487.21 514.760 537.05 Taiwan 146,620 300.450 488.00 272.564 537.93 Japan 5,336,828 13,654.746 390.84 12,387.381 430.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 15,886,341 32,897.487 482.90 29,844.107 532.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 969,098 1,812.165 534.77 1,643.969 589.49 Mexico 1,352,704 2,716.987 497.87 2,464.810 548.81 Dominican Republic 4,432,279 10,449.985 424.14 9,480.070 467.54 Federal Republic of Germany 396,135 377.046 1,050.63 342.051 1,158.12 Bulgaria 5,721,854 14,231.822 402.05 12,910.896 443.18 Turkey 31,254,132 68,254.367 457.91 61,919.338 504.76 India 17,826 46.734 381.43 42.397 420.45 Malaysia 655,649 1,606.063 408.23 1,456.997 450.00 Taiwan 7,664,863 18,554.495 413.10 16,832.360 455.36 Japan 16,661,899 42,658.750 390.59 38,699.378 430.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,126,439 160,708.418 430.14 145,792.266 474.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,263,207 4,837.219 1,088.06 4,388.253 1,199.39 Mexico 62,332 108.246 575.83 98.200 634.75 United Kingdom 2,007,046 1,762.468 1,138.77 1,598.885 1,255.28 Netherlands 2,583 4.592 562.47 4.166 620.02 France 405,758 326.996 1,240.86 296.646 1,367.82 Federal Republic of Germany 3,745,992 3,367.033 1,112.55 3,054.522 1,226.38 Austria 91,622 51.066 1,794.16 46.327 1,977.72 Switzerland 20,839 13.641 1,527.66 12.375 1,683.96 Russia 30,838 40.493 761.56 36.735 839.47 Moldova 5,775 9.086 635.57 8.243 700.59 Spain 1,434,920 1,679.742 854.25 1,523.837 941.65 Italy 585,462 565.024 1,036.17 512.582 1,142.18 Romania 48,992 14.800 3,310.11 13.427 3,648.77 China 1,073,634 1,419.622 756.28 1,287.860 833.66 Korea, South 34,502 22.505 1,533.02 20.417 1,689.87 Japan 339,684 219.456 1,547.84 199.088 1,706.20 South Africa 150,330 301.397 498.78 273.423 549.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,303,516 14,743.394 1,037.99 13,374.986 1,144.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,316,447 31,534.397 866.24 28,607.532 954.87 Mexico 6,054,890 7,205.896 840.27 6,537.081 926.24 Dominican Republic 148,194 391.556 378.47 355.214 417.20 Colombia 899,770 1,032.392 871.54 936.571 960.71 Venezuela 601,268 472.228 1,273.26 428.399 1,403.52 Chile 13,548 22.373 605.53 20.297 667.49 Brazil 501,897 352.142 1,425.27 319.458 1,571.09 Argentina 150,844 120.987 1,246.77 109.758 1,374.33 Netherlands 674,372 836.141 806.53 758.535 889.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 53,363 39.868 1,338.48 36.168 1,475.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,047,776 613.076 1,709.05 556.174 1,883.90 Czech Republic 5,197 0.263 19,726.53 0.239 21,744.77 Poland 28,494 23.016 1,237.99 20.880 1,364.66 Russia 1,035,765 1,423.143 727.80 1,291.054 802.26 Ukraine 820,168 1,082.631 757.57 982.147 835.08 Spain 3,515,278 2,769.461 1,269.30 2,512.414 1,399.16 Italy 211,953 123.750 1,712.74 112.265 1,887.97 Romania 1,873,592 3,732.953 501.91 3,386.479 553.26 Turkey 817,965 1,391.755 587.72 1,262.580 647.85 United Arab Emirates 150,572 235.495 639.38 213.638 704.80 Oman 986,772 1,774.858 555.97 1,610.125 612.85 India 1,785,215 2,993.769 596.31 2,715.903 657.32 Indonesia 1,107,732 2,533.228 437.28 2,298.107 482.02 China 33,116,473 63,136.486 524.52 57,276.473 578.19 Korea, South 4,468,577 5,951.502 750.83 5,399.114 827.65 Taiwan 1,270,866 2,305.034 551.34 2,091.093 607.75 Japan 884,941 872.522 1,014.23 791.539 1,118.00 South Africa 174,604 362.362 481.85 328.730 531.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,716,533 133,333.297 672.87 120,957.967 741.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,355,381 7,344.206 1,001.52 6,662.554 1,103.99 Mexico 88,897 80.966 1,097.94 73.452 1,210.27 Colombia 3,236,812 2,727.364 1,186.79 2,474.224 1,308.21 Venezuela 4,393,350 4,962.810 885.25 4,502.187 975.83 Brazil 4,583,053 5,987.843 765.39 5,432.082 843.70 Sweden 980,757 1,123.782 872.73 1,019.479 962.02 United Kingdom 582,639 681.158 855.36 617.937 942.88 France 69,919 23.217 3,011.42 21.063 3,319.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,654,219 2,161.845 1,227.76 1,961.194 1,353.37 Austria 11,006,209 6,201.967 1,774.63 5,626.332 1,956.20 Czech Republic 2,028,427 1,668.012 1,216.07 1,513.196 1,340.49 Russia 6,390,470 11,024.051 579.68 10,000.854 638.99 Ukraine 4,199,351 4,293.166 978.15 3,894.696 1,078.22 Greece 6,693,522 9,316.480 718.46 8,451.771 791.97 Turkey 348,838 639.891 545.15 580.500 600.93 United Arab Emirates 277,209 59.194 4,683.05 53.700 5,162.18 India 568,088 445.073 1,276.39 403.764 1,406.98 Singapore 219,704 43.437 5,057.91 39.406 5,575.39 China 55,837,204 71,862.472 777.00 65,192.557 856.50 Korea, South 25,180,259 35,001.822 719.40 31,753.128 793.00 Taiwan 870,180 1,287.529 675.85 1,168.027 745.00 Japan 1,169,545 299.899 3,899.79 272.064 4,298.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 138,734,033 167,236.195 829.57 151,714.167 914.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 720,365 605.674 1,189.36 549.459 1,311.04 Brazil 14,930,963 13,894.085 1,074.63 12,604.506 1,184.57 United Kingdom 6,143,699 4,456.775 1,378.51 4,043.120 1,519.54 Federal Republic of Germany 173,921 66.882 2,600.39 60.675 2,866.44 Czech Republic 1,617,458 1,479.510 1,093.24 1,342.190 1,205.09 Poland 443,298 357.997 1,238.27 324.770 1,364.96 Spain 459,175 311.427 1,474.42 282.522 1,625.27 Greece 650,539 1,206.793 539.06 1,094.785 594.22 Romania 1,480,391 2,018.591 733.38 1,831.236 808.41 China 2,281,633 4,062.174 561.68 3,685.144 619.14 Korea, South 8,897,328 14,010.210 635.06 12,709.853 700.03 Japan 7,576,020 9,573.791 791.33 8,685.200 872.29 South Africa 130,917 216.300 605.25 196.225 667.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,505,707 52,260.217 870.75 47,409.685 959.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 40,293 38.408 1,049.05 34.844 1,156.38 Mexico 4,234,599 4,710.340 899.00 4,273.150 990.98 Venezuela 845,314 1,340.727 630.49 1,216.288 694.99 Chile 520,192 819.502 634.77 743.440 699.71 Brazil 3,186,745 2,855.193 1,116.12 2,590.189 1,230.31 France 2,090,282 1,849.309 1,130.30 1,677.666 1,245.95 Federal Republic of Germany 148,786 67.964 2,189.19 61.656 2,413.16 Austria 1,556,036 650.192 2,393.19 589.845 2,638.04 Czech Republic 2,195,926 2,319.304 946.80 2,104.038 1,043.67 Slovakia 457,358 512.780 891.92 465.187 983.17 Poland 518,971 450.194 1,152.77 408.410 1,270.71 Ukraine 1,080,106 1,141.971 945.83 1,035.979 1,042.59 Spain 394,618 335.047 1,177.80 303.950 1,298.30 Italy 4,801,159 2,174.523 2,207.91 1,972.695 2,433.81 China 10,240,868 16,423.783 623.54 14,899.410 687.33 Korea, South 3,409,487 6,319.433 539.52 5,732.895 594.72 Taiwan 878,808 1,641.128 535.49 1,488.807 590.28 Japan 1,453,617 522.093 2,784.21 473.635 3,069.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,053,165 44,171.898 861.48 40,072.084 949.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,509,391 2,787.972 900.08 2,529.207 992.17 Venezuela 1,718,433 2,656.480 646.88 2,409.919 713.07 Brazil 343,240 524.930 653.88 476.209 720.78 Argentina 119,528 201.257 593.91 182.578 654.67 United Kingdom 5,665,033 3,963.500 1,429.30 3,595.628 1,575.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,428,803 2,660.623 912.87 2,413.678 1,006.27 Greece 534,077 920.592 580.14 835.148 639.50 Romania 105,727 199.452 530.09 180.940 584.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 7,656,126 15,316.505 499.86 13,894.904 551.00 Korea, South 7,564,361 13,072.688 578.64 11,859.347 637.84 Taiwan 2,255,098 4,261.156 529.22 3,865.657 583.37 Japan 1,533,905 2,316.062 662.29 2,101.097 730.05 South Africa 696,986 1,280.664 544.24 1,161.800 599.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,130,708 50,161.887 660.48 45,506.112 728.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,623,942 7,797.786 1,105.95 7,074.035 1,219.10 Mexico 15,837,271 18,904.207 837.76 17,149.613 923.48 Costa Rica 54,135 74.263 728.96 67.371 803.54 Dominican Republic 108,118 244.640 441.95 221.934 487.16 Colombia 1,152,467 1,357.499 848.96 1,231.503 935.82 Brazil 1,200,395 1,295.731 926.42 1,175.468 1,021.21 Argentina 100,775 88.202 1,142.54 80.016 1,259.44 Sweden 39,687 16.885 2,350.40 15.318 2,590.87 Denmark 6,699 1.290 5,189.78 1.171 5,720.75 Netherlands 19,995 3.226 6,197.19 2.927 6,831.23 Belgium 36,393 16.924 2,150.27 15.354 2,370.26 France 766,655 454.334 1,687.43 412.165 1,860.07 Federal Republic of Germany 2,548,339 1,530.132 1,665.44 1,388.113 1,835.83 Austria 136,572 45.073 3,029.98 40.890 3,339.99 Slovakia 126,967 85.676 1,481.94 77.724 1,633.56 Switzerland 1,393,630 522.722 2,666.10 474.206 2,938.87 Russia 111,066 266.593 416.61 241.850 459.24 Ukraine 280,123 378.617 739.86 343.476 815.55 Spain 3,732,328 2,792.213 1,336.69 2,533.054 1,473.45 Italy 834,367 503.434 1,657.35 456.708 1,826.92 Romania 1,258,555 1,086.717 1,158.13 985.854 1,276.61 Turkey 5,711,620 9,759.212 585.25 8,853.411 645.13 India 1,368,232 1,162.848 1,176.62 1,054.919 1,297.00 Malaysia 4,554 3.117 1,460.86 2.828 1,610.33 Singapore 2,250 2.480 907.18 2.250 1,000.00 China 12,470,377 18,623.552 669.60 16,895.007 738.11 Korea, South 2,254,616 3,418.080 659.61 3,100.831 727.10 Taiwan 126,634 80.081 1,581.31 72.649 1,743.09 Japan 1,640,190 680.246 2,411.17 617.109 2,657.86 Australia 114,853 171.057 671.43 155.181 740.12 South Africa 44,295 36.307 1,219.98 32.938 1,344.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,106,100 71,403.157 869.79 64,775.873 958.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 93,869 32.670 2,873.22 29.638 3,167.18 Mexico 282,780 197.329 1,433.04 179.014 1,579.65 Brazil 188,673 127.861 1,475.60 115.994 1,626.58 Argentina 594,103 272.888 2,177.09 247.560 2,399.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 23,095 15.544 1,485.71 14.102 1,637.71 France 809,734 558.338 1,450.26 506.516 1,598.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,452,566 1,022.321 1,420.85 927.435 1,566.22 Czech Republic 390,969 341.628 1,144.43 309.920 1,261.52 Slovakia 49,780 29.282 1,699.97 26.565 1,873.89 Poland 713,728 552.191 1,292.54 500.940 1,424.78 Ukraine 161,433 190.549 847.20 172.864 933.87 Italy 550,068 203.227 2,706.66 184.365 2,983.58 Romania 424,947 277.672 1,530.39 251.900 1,686.97 China 1,501,395 2,053.626 731.09 1,863.019 805.89 Korea, South 642,195 204.103 3,146.41 185.160 3,468.32 Japan 174,626 177.955 981.29 161.439 1,081.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,053,961 6,257.192 1,287.15 5,676.431 1,418.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 857,553 428.147 2,002.94 388.409 2,207.86 Mexico 870,923 337.104 2,583.54 305.816 2,847.87 Austria 9,475 4.620 2,050.47 4.192 2,260.26 Italy 109,705 30.774 3,564.82 27.918 3,929.54 India 8,712 7.700 1,131.32 6.986 1,247.07 Vietnam 60,210 39.952 1,507.05 36.244 1,661.24 China 397,291 503.329 789.33 456.613 870.08 Korea, South 314,082 384.854 816.11 349.134 899.60 Japan 450,215 141.239 3,187.61 128.130 3,513.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,078,166 1,877.722 1,639.31 1,703.442 1,807.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,977,248 22,106.925 903.66 20,055.071 996.12 Mexico 6,028,859 4,915.360 1,226.53 4,459.141 1,352.02 Brazil 145,705 321.223 453.59 291.409 500.00 Belgium 19,462 12.720 1,529.95 11.540 1,686.48 Federal Republic of Germany 9,789 0.589 16,598.94 0.535 18,297.20 Austria 157,315 81.583 1,928.28 74.011 2,125.56 Switzerland 45,617 12.606 3,618.67 11.436 3,988.89 Spain 2,707 1.897 1,426.93 1.721 1,572.92 Turkey 4,117,318 8,561.006 480.94 7,766.417 530.14 United Arab Emirates 2,707 2.598 1,041.90 2.357 1,148.49 China 4,150,130 8,975.278 462.40 8,142.238 509.70 Korea, South 4,930,975 11,069.218 445.47 10,041.829 491.04 Japan 20,000 44.092 453.59 40.000 500.00 Australia 11,057 18.347 602.63 16.645 664.28 South Africa 13,821 40.434 341.81 36.682 376.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,632,710 56,163.883 705.66 50,951.032 777.86 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 323,960 364.462 888.87 330.635 979.81 Mexico 79,721 69.833 1,141.59 63.352 1,258.38 China 20,859 15.736 1,325.51 14.276 1,461.12 Korea, South 521,154 807.597 645.31 732.640 711.34 Japan 67,678 139.084 486.60 126.175 536.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,013,372 1,396.714 725.54 1,267.078 799.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,881,606 15,999.704 867.62 14,514.692 956.38 Mexico 7,387,288 8,556.682 863.34 7,762.494 951.66 Dominican Republic 229,203 327.509 699.84 297.112 771.44 Trinidad and Tobago 2,440 3.333 731.99 3.024 806.88 Colombia 34,297 26.614 1,288.67 24.144 1,420.52 Venezuela 590,837 744.601 793.49 675.491 874.68 Ecuador 40,527 58.723 690.13 53.273 760.74 Chile 239,585 292.137 820.11 265.023 904.02 Brazil 975,391 1,348.601 723.26 1,223.431 797.26 Argentina 175,015 303.014 577.58 274.890 636.67 Sweden 427,466 228.542 1,870.40 207.330 2,061.77 Finland 131,064 139.662 938.43 126.700 1,034.44 United Kingdom 602,349 446.383 1,349.40 404.952 1,487.46 Netherlands 95,913 100.923 950.36 91.556 1,047.59 Belgium 990,960 772.648 1,282.55 700.935 1,413.77 Luxembourg 126,247 39.252 3,216.30 35.609 3,545.37 France 1,093,571 655.962 1,667.13 595.079 1,837.69 Federal Republic of Germany 1,168,021 773.681 1,509.69 701.872 1,664.15 Austria 423,106 113.107 3,740.76 102.609 4,123.48 Czech Republic 311,706 185.556 1,679.84 168.334 1,851.71 Poland 689,301 612.769 1,124.90 555.895 1,239.98 Russia 573,872 1,015.574 565.07 921.314 622.88 Belarus 718,539 760.218 945.17 689.659 1,041.88 Ukraine 206,360 236.107 874.01 214.193 963.43 Moldova 845,823 1,090.798 775.42 989.556 854.75 Spain 552,895 502.972 1,099.26 456.289 1,211.72 Italy 907,768 721.446 1,258.26 654.485 1,387.00 Greece 1,519,604 1,610.651 943.47 1,461.159 1,040.00 Turkey 34,928 49.643 703.57 45.036 775.56 Israel 347,551 500.882 693.88 454.393 764.87 India 718,401 1,101.261 652.34 999.048 719.09 Thailand 490,295 719.493 681.44 652.714 751.16 Malaysia 42,347 51.837 816.92 47.026 900.50 Indonesia 25,304 7.803 3,242.75 7.079 3,574.52 China 11,293,091 17,399.942 649.03 15,784.967 715.43 Korea, South 1,996,561 2,079.164 960.27 1,886.187 1,058.52 Hong Kong 38,502 10.051 3,830.29 9.119 4,222.17 Taiwan 1,511,414 1,862.369 811.55 1,689.514 894.59 Japan 2,836,359 2,218.830 1,278.31 2,012.890 1,409.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 33,786 42.133 801.88 38.223 883.92 New Zealand 31,094 37.478 829.65 34.000 914.53 Egypt 13,189 20.182 653.50 18.309 720.36 South Africa 863,662 1,409.109 612.91 1,278.323 675.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,217,238 65,177.365 847.18 59,127.928 933.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 1,851,561 3,599.706 514.36 3,265.600 566.99 China 501,180 933.208 537.05 846.593 592.00 Taiwan 661,019 1,435.908 460.35 1,302.635 507.45 Japan 1,662,988 1,820.636 913.41 1,651.654 1,006.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,676,748 7,789.460 600.39 7,066.482 661.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,411,066 9,588.166 772.94 8,698.241 852.02 Venezuela 202,295 306.029 661.03 277.625 728.66 Brazil 928,299 1,160.121 800.17 1,052.445 882.04 Norway 2,220,416 3,245.610 684.13 2,944.369 754.12 Netherlands 7,360,737 10,560.292 697.02 9,580.139 768.33 Belgium 591,452 807.178 732.74 732.260 807.71 France 6,934,739 9,975.938 695.15 9,050.022 766.27 Federal Republic of Germany 6,305,255 10,476.547 601.84 9,504.167 663.42 China 1,689,942 2,714.126 622.65 2,462.215 686.35 Korea, South 348,530 487.893 714.36 442.610 787.44 Taiwan 217,986 275.796 790.39 250.198 871.25 Japan 426,815 493.600 864.70 447.787 953.17 Australia 15,000 23.621 635.02 21.429 699.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,652,532 50,114.923 691.46 45,463.507 762.21 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,406,944 4,456.648 764.46 4,043.005 842.68 United Kingdom 308,006 472.815 651.43 428.931 718.08 Netherlands 2,538,505 3,701.494 685.81 3,357.940 755.97 France 665,152 895.672 742.63 812.541 818.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,580,857 3,585.845 719.73 3,253.025 793.37 Korea, South 309,574 405.011 764.36 367.420 842.56 Taiwan 77,235 107.517 718.35 97.538 791.85 Japan 1,766,194 2,248.673 785.44 2,039.963 865.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,652,467 15,873.678 734.07 14,400.363 809.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,573,779 40,747.640 627.61 36,965.648 691.83 Mexico 11,269,825 18,859.712 597.56 17,109.248 658.70 Venezuela 1,321,238 2,064.151 640.09 1,872.567 705.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 233,554 260.404 896.89 236.235 988.65 Argentina 171,571 198.091 866.12 179.706 954.73 Sweden 155,601 206.530 753.41 187.361 830.49 United Kingdom 177,004 383.460 461.60 347.870 508.82 Netherlands 8,873,866 18,300.044 484.91 16,601.526 534.52 Belgium 1,556,765 3,048.206 510.72 2,765.287 562.97 France 6,461,086 12,443.252 519.24 11,288.332 572.37 Federal Republic of Germany 696,980 1,210.208 575.92 1,097.883 634.84 Austria 736,407 1,282.759 574.08 1,163.700 632.82 Russia 51,831,035 108,997.066 475.53 98,880.503 524.18 Spain 2,351,234 4,275.456 549.94 3,878.630 606.20 Italy 2,991,513 7,926.360 377.41 7,190.675 416.03 Bulgaria 468,359 1,262.476 370.98 1,145.300 408.94 Turkey 12,348,121 28,517.916 433.00 25,871.026 477.30 India 3,243,862 7,884.635 411.42 7,152.823 453.51 Thailand 915,298 2,094.915 436.91 1,900.476 481.62 Malaysia 8,145,019 20,097.695 405.27 18,232.328 446.73 China 35,509 50.566 702.23 45.873 774.07 Korea, South 34,722,131 74,896.560 463.60 67,945.036 511.03 Taiwan 3,225 8.267 390.09 7.500 430.00 Japan 426,643 676.422 630.73 613.640 695.27 Australia 30,849,440 70,379.735 438.33 63,847.440 483.17 New Zealand 7,319,491 14,654.960 499.45 13,294.760 550.55 Egypt 6,958,733 15,522.346 448.30 14,081.640 494.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 219,837,289 456,249.844 481.84 413,903.013 531.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,920,365 24,018.060 704.49 21,788.824 776.56 Mexico 7,618,004 11,835.873 643.64 10,737.327 709.49 Venezuela 843,460 1,748.436 482.41 1,586.155 531.76 Brazil 20,031,041 38,686.480 517.78 35,095.795 570.75 Argentina 1,590,427 3,060.502 519.66 2,776.442 572.83 Sweden 1,119,501 1,512.952 739.94 1,372.528 815.65 United Kingdom 297,305 259.312 1,146.51 235.244 1,263.82 Netherlands 4,850,245 8,520.826 569.22 7,729.966 627.46 Belgium 4,430,735 8,092.895 547.48 7,341.753 603.50 France 518,785 851.156 609.51 772.156 671.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,038,472 1,368.480 758.85 1,241.465 836.49 Austria 103,205 180.404 572.08 163.660 630.61 Switzerland 641,972 1,169.673 548.85 1,061.110 605.00 Russia 33,355,199 61,459.397 542.72 55,755.043 598.25 Italy 930,892 1,993.959 466.86 1,808.890 514.62 Bulgaria 1,655,870 3,600.759 459.87 3,266.555 506.92 Turkey 17,620,189 37,338.746 471.90 33,873.151 520.18 India 3,474,242 6,704.291 518.21 6,082.033 571.23 Indonesia 2,480,680 4,542.326 546.13 4,120.730 602.00 China 11,757,580 22,763.088 516.52 20,650.332 569.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,581,327 8,784.704 521.51 7,969.352 574.87 Taiwan 6,163,774 14,084.301 437.63 12,777.067 482.41 Japan 2,780,395 4,310.194 645.07 3,910.144 711.07 New Zealand 1,072,375 1,927.093 556.47 1,748.230 613.41 South Africa 3,176,202 6,596.917 481.47 5,984.625 530.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 149,052,242 275,410.834 541.20 249,848.577 596.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,159,249 36,439.909 745.32 33,057.739 821.57 Mexico 10,764,680 11,443.389 940.69 10,381.271 1,036.93 Costa Rica 210,381 174.145 1,208.08 157.982 1,331.68 Colombia 861,151 1,264.690 680.92 1,147.308 750.58 Venezuela 20,973 19.929 1,052.34 18.080 1,160.01 Brazil 10,363,978 17,482.805 592.81 15,860.139 653.46 Sweden 49,781 42.571 1,169.36 38.620 1,289.00 United Kingdom 7,106 12.050 589.69 10.932 650.02 Netherlands 1,261,716 2,249.845 560.80 2,041.026 618.18 Belgium 978,965 1,295.389 755.73 1,175.158 833.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,645,364 2,194.122 749.90 1,990.475 826.62 Austria 469,072 495.056 947.51 449.108 1,044.45 Russia 457,625 694.826 658.62 630.336 726.00 Kazakhstan 4,447,604 6,955.747 639.41 6,310.150 704.83 Spain 292,618 386.574 756.95 350.695 834.39 Italy 2,795,900 4,475.684 624.69 4,060.274 688.60 Turkey 2,105,911 2,669.896 788.76 2,422.090 869.46 India 64,752,277 85,342.577 758.73 77,421.506 836.36 Thailand 6,678,560 11,624.991 574.50 10,546.018 633.28 China 54,117,064 88,480.141 611.63 80,267.857 674.21 Korea, South 12,237,538 17,003.618 719.70 15,425.428 793.34 Taiwan 21,990,075 33,764.918 651.27 30,631.027 717.90 Japan 979,503 1,203.558 813.84 1,091.850 897.10 New Zealand 173,164 243.687 710.60 221.070 783.30 South Africa 4,056,264 6,044.074 671.11 5,483.094 739.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 228,876,519 332,004.204 689.38 301,189.233 759.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 109,554 149.142 734.56 135.300 809.71 Mexico 379,487 406.818 932.82 369.060 1,028.25 Brazil 639,916 1,035.070 618.23 939.000 681.49 Argentina 2,122,285 5,415.338 391.90 4,912.714 432.00 United Kingdom 21,330 31.349 680.39 28.440 750.00 Belgium 593,240 881.259 673.17 799.465 742.05 Luxembourg 389,385 562.101 692.73 509.930 763.60 France 4,983 3.306 1,506.83 3.000 1,661.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,351,410 1,931.509 699.67 1,752.236 771.25 Thailand 22,536 37.869 595.09 34.355 655.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 948,944 1,545.949 613.83 1,402.462 676.63 Korea, South 461,180 730.611 631.22 662.800 695.81 Taiwan 998,234 1,587.928 628.64 1,440.545 692.96 Japan 2,017,468 917.678 2,198.45 832.504 2,423.37 New Zealand 101,483 123.883 819.18 112.385 902.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,161,435 15,359.817 661.56 13,934.196 729.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,422,610 5,893.434 1,089.79 5,346.435 1,201.29 Mexico 7,476,563 7,846.510 952.85 7,118.237 1,050.34 Chile 269,101 449.445 598.74 407.730 660.00 Brazil 45,928 51.988 883.43 47.163 973.81 United Kingdom 1,001,444 1,399.694 715.47 1,269.782 788.67 Netherlands 35,606 9.430 3,775.71 8.555 4,162.01 Belgium 145,424 154.116 943.60 139.812 1,040.14 Luxembourg 2,152,505 3,349.731 642.59 3,038.826 708.33 France 67,565 57.613 1,172.73 52.266 1,292.71 Federal Republic of Germany 486,338 176.723 2,751.97 160.321 3,033.53 Liechtenstein 46,665 63.801 731.41 57.880 806.24 Italy 27,127 8.291 3,271.63 7.522 3,606.35 China 956,301 1,538.258 621.68 1,395.485 685.28 Korea, South 26,612,732 39,608.141 671.90 35,931.912 740.64 Taiwan 6,327,525 8,500.625 744.36 7,711.640 820.52 Japan 1,058,318 693.162 1,526.80 628.827 1,683.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,131,752 69,800.970 761.19 63,322.393 839.07 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,494,975 3,722.169 670.30 3,376.696 738.88 Mexico 431,346 516.302 835.45 468.382 920.93 United Kingdom 197,554 299.949 658.62 272.110 726.01 Italy 9,197 13.437 684.44 12.190 754.47 Greece 6,569 8.304 790.99 7.534 871.91 Turkey 244,899 552.727 443.07 501.426 488.41 China 329,913 657.330 501.90 596.320 553.25 Taiwan 15,183 19.194 791.01 17.413 871.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,729,636 5,789.415 644.22 5,252.071 710.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,815,305 3,050.500 922.90 2,767.368 1,017.32 Mexico 525,274 520.235 1,009.68 471.950 1,112.99 Chile 10,119 9.572 1,057.09 8.684 1,165.25 Brazil 44,575 31.097 1,433.40 28.211 1,580.06 Sweden 717,729 134.391 5,340.58 121.918 5,886.98 United Kingdom 1,133,122 529.940 2,138.21 480.754 2,356.97 Belgium 24,553 18.128 1,354.38 16.446 1,492.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 64,813 19.310 3,356.40 17.518 3,699.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,446,335 1,500.276 1,630.59 1,361.028 1,797.42 Austria 243,752 63.852 3,817.42 57.926 4,207.99 Switzerland 173,493 80.683 2,150.29 73.195 2,370.28 Italy 185,571 131.384 1,412.43 119.190 1,556.93 India 327,962 330.152 993.37 299.509 1,095.00 China 625,289 1,147.687 544.83 1,041.165 600.57 Korea, South 1,134,400 1,067.916 1,062.26 968.798 1,170.94 Taiwan 199,498 127.784 1,561.21 115.924 1,720.94 Japan 402,421 423.618 949.96 384.300 1,047.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,074,211 9,186.532 1,205.48 8,333.884 1,328.82 GRAND TOTAL 2,082,233,273 3,675,888.169 566.46 3,334,710.593 624.41 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 129,504 57.643 2,246.65 52.293 2,476.51 United Kingdom 356,450 74.102 4,810.21 67.225 5,302.34 Federal Republic of Germany 21,900 1.964 11,148.91 1.782 12,289.56 Italy 4,123,256 1,735.292 2,376.12 1,574.231 2,619.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,631,110 1,869.002 2,477.85 1,695.531 2,731.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 16,494 4.975 3,314.82 4.514 3,653.97 Brazil 46,937 6.800 6,902.34 6.169 7,608.53 Sweden 12,613,392 3,799.477 3,319.77 3,446.829 3,659.42 United Kingdom 16,000,872 6,956.979 2,299.97 6,311.267 2,535.29 Czech Republic 2,536 1.747 1,451.50 1.585 1,600.00 Spain 812,331 312.940 2,595.80 283.895 2,861.38 Italy 2,119,026 809.821 2,616.66 734.658 2,884.37 Slovenia 30,914 13.514 2,287.50 12.260 2,521.53 Thailand 22,968 10.327 2,223.95 9.369 2,451.49 Malaysia 8,140 0.115 70,328.44 0.105 77,523.81 Taiwan 24,453 3.762 6,499.68 3.413 7,164.66 Japan 192,477 13.347 14,420.04 12.109 15,895.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,890,540 11,933.809 2,672.28 10,826.173 2,945.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 637,436 174.983 3,642.84 158.742 4,015.55 United Kingdom 1,616,337 520.373 3,106.11 472.075 3,423.90 France 241,584 105.397 2,292.12 95.615 2,526.63 Federal Republic of Germany 74,095 38.131 1,943.16 34.592 2,141.97 Austria 2,409 0.838 2,871.76 0.761 3,165.57 Italy 1,089,168 428.877 2,539.58 389.071 2,799.41 India 26,231 18.357 1,428.87 16.654 1,575.06 China 1,231,906 781.706 1,575.92 709.152 1,737.15 Taiwan 1,361,118 471.181 2,888.73 427.449 3,184.28 Japan 45,469 19.043 2,387.64 17.276 2,631.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,325,753 2,558.890 2,472.07 2,321.387 2,724.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Switzerland 6,299 1.063 5,921.61 0.965 6,527.46 Italy 149,936 21.328 7,029.80 19.349 7,749.03 India 339,144 123.701 2,741.64 112.220 3,022.14 Japan 138,544 36.046 3,843.46 32.701 4,236.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 633,923 182.140 3,480.41 165.235 3,836.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 31,702 4.468 7,094.12 4.054 7,819.93 Sweden 688,662 249.448 2,760.74 226.296 3,043.19 United Kingdom 19,209 1.701 11,286.34 1.544 12,441.06 Netherlands 3,881 1.216 3,189.12 1.104 3,515.40 Belgium 6,706,215 1,422.773 4,713.48 1,290.719 5,195.72 France 1,587,413 298.425 5,319.30 270.727 5,863.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,715,441 810.840 3,348.92 735.582 3,691.55 Austria 57,873 12.147 4,764.20 11.020 5,251.63 Italy 675,957 337.654 2,001.92 306.315 2,206.74 Greece 4,480 1.184 3,780.64 1.075 4,167.44 China 12,873 5.954 2,161.83 5.402 2,383.01 Korea, South 312,565 117.710 2,655.38 106.785 2,927.05 Taiwan 9,656,459 2,737.545 3,527.42 2,483.460 3,888.31 Japan 401,975 119.165 3,373.25 108.105 3,718.38 South Africa 119,539 55.099 2,169.53 49.985 2,391.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,994,244 6,175.336 3,723.56 5,602.173 4,104.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 49,397 42.279 1,168.35 38.355 1,287.89 Sweden 2,131,209 710.587 2,999.22 644.634 3,306.08 Finland 334,642 105.017 3,186.55 95.270 3,512.56 Belgium 1,291,763 443.743 2,911.06 402.557 3,208.89 Federal Republic of Germany 4,195,070 1,494.166 2,807.63 1,355.485 3,094.88 Spain 1,004,182 397.041 2,529.16 360.190 2,787.92 China 10,095 18.980 531.86 17.219 586.27 Korea, South 210,297 84.554 2,487.10 76.707 2,741.56 Japan 19,893 8.741 2,275.74 7.930 2,508.58 South Africa 121,700 63.669 1,911.43 57.760 2,106.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,368,248 3,368.780 2,780.90 3,056.107 3,065.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,736 3.295 5,381.22 2.990 5,931.77 Brazil 15,245 1.328 11,477.21 1.205 12,651.45 Sweden 1,092,874 344.208 3,175.03 312.261 3,499.87 United Kingdom 1,063,457 284.744 3,734.78 258.316 4,116.88 France 764,786 116.025 6,591.51 105.257 7,265.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,257,368 195.586 6,428.71 177.433 7,086.44 Austria 2,259,386 317.495 7,116.28 288.027 7,844.35 Switzerland 301,054 61.084 4,928.48 55.415 5,432.72 Latvia 2,310 0.321 7,176.70 0.292 7,910.96 Spain 13,072 2.200 5,941.24 1.996 6,549.10 Portugal 360,183 108.600 3,316.58 98.521 3,655.90 Italy 823,029 213.944 3,846.93 194.087 4,240.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 6,319 2.320 2,723.28 2.105 3,001.90 India 266,006 91.204 2,916.60 82.739 3,215.00 China 71,921 25.662 2,802.53 23.281 3,089.26 Taiwan 1,553,730 477.391 3,254.63 433.082 3,587.61 Japan 24,164 1.341 18,012.50 1.217 19,855.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,892,640 2,246.756 4,403.08 2,038.224 4,853.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 1,039,301 320.036 3,247.45 290.332 3,579.70 India 2,217,261 764.806 2,899.11 693.821 3,195.72 Taiwan 27,954 2.942 9,501.48 2.669 10,473.59 Japan 38,574 9.066 4,254.56 8.225 4,689.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,323,090 1,096.851 3,029.66 995.047 3,339.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 154,635 26.496 5,836.11 24.037 6,433.21 Brazil 55,445 18.084 3,065.88 16.406 3,379.56 Sweden 729,034 213.914 3,408.06 194.060 3,756.75 Norway 18,346 1.413 12,982.23 1.282 14,310.45 United Kingdom 924,660 248.111 3,726.79 225.083 4,108.08 Netherlands 70,021 22.238 3,148.71 20.174 3,470.85 France 1,738,318 579.751 2,998.38 525.942 3,305.15 Federal Republic of Germany 2,962,951 922.120 3,213.19 836.534 3,541.94 Austria 154,988 44.644 3,471.59 40.501 3,826.77 Czech Republic 173,561 35.384 4,905.04 32.100 5,406.88 Switzerland 320,911 63.966 5,016.90 58.029 5,530.18 Latvia 70,231 20.133 3,488.23 18.265 3,845.11 Russia 70,641 45.010 1,569.43 40.833 1,730.00 Ukraine 181,687 57.342 3,168.47 52.020 3,492.64 Spain 3,926 0.846 4,637.51 0.768 5,111.98 Italy 13,527,320 2,792.090 4,844.87 2,532.943 5,340.55 Slovenia 189,673 116.023 1,634.78 105.255 1,802.03 Saudi Arabia 350,684 147.320 2,380.41 133.647 2,623.96 United Arab Emirates 312,372 157.308 1,985.73 142.708 2,188.89 India 3,699,954 1,365.694 2,709.21 1,238.938 2,986.39 China 559,923 158.601 3,530.37 143.881 3,891.57 Korea, South 26,216 8.463 3,097.52 7.678 3,414.43 Taiwan 5,476,517 1,613.012 3,395.21 1,463.301 3,742.58 Japan 295,602 56.972 5,188.46 51.685 5,719.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,067,616 8,714.947 3,679.61 7,906.070 4,056.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,034,644 1,381.909 6,537.79 1,253.648 7,206.68 Mexico 137,130 40.873 3,354.97 37.080 3,698.22 Brazil 48,591 14.632 3,320.85 13.274 3,660.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,813,434 266.069 10,574.07 241.374 11,655.91 Finland 991,990 351.974 2,818.36 319.306 3,106.71 Denmark 78,314 16.137 4,852.82 14.640 5,349.32 United Kingdom 646,512 111.984 5,773.21 101.591 6,363.87 Ireland 3,340 0.598 5,580.11 0.543 6,151.01 Netherlands 462,640 81.988 5,642.72 74.379 6,220.04 France 3,512,993 552.631 6,356.85 501.339 7,007.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,080,979 367.786 8,377.10 333.650 9,234.16 Austria 1,077,604 123.006 8,760.52 111.590 9,656.82 Czech Republic 4,890,284 241.342 20,262.87 218.942 22,335.98 Slovakia 235,343 42.577 5,527.36 38.626 6,092.86 Switzerland 24,910 1.149 21,666.33 1.043 23,883.03 Poland 3,200 2.866 1,116.54 2.600 1,230.77 Spain 10,630,765 1,366.361 7,780.34 1,239.543 8,576.36 Italy 1,067,629 285.530 3,739.11 259.029 4,121.66 India 91,540 15.889 5,760.92 14.415 6,350.33 Thailand 240,526 76.570 3,141.22 69.464 3,462.60 Malaysia 379,430 164.355 2,308.59 149.101 2,544.79 Singapore 353,848 120.692 2,931.83 109.490 3,231.78 China 11,909,408 3,124.765 3,811.30 2,834.740 4,201.23 Korea, South 4,933,444 1,363.536 3,618.12 1,236.980 3,988.30 Taiwan 7,653,450 1,680.898 4,553.19 1,524.886 5,019.03 Japan 7,808,597 1,269.802 6,149.46 1,151.946 6,778.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,110,545 13,065.933 5,518.97 11,853.219 6,083.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 843,294 192.638 4,377.59 174.759 4,825.47 Mexico 473,795 108.260 4,376.45 98.212 4,824.21 Sweden 1,516,150 218.844 6,927.99 198.532 7,636.80 United Kingdom 219,800 45.293 4,852.74 41.090 5,349.23 Ireland 3,913 0.984 3,975.16 0.893 4,381.86 Netherlands 51,486 1.944 26,478.08 1.764 29,187.07 Belgium 171,223 17.384 9,849.15 15.771 10,856.83 France 445,331 59.736 7,454.93 54.192 8,217.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,226,977 196.447 6,245.83 178.214 6,884.85 Czech Republic 8,096 1.851 4,371.77 1.680 4,819.05 Switzerland 945,791 132.696 7,127.49 120.380 7,856.71 Spain 86,840 6.635 13,086.37 6.020 14,425.25 Italy 530,826 273.591 1,940.21 248.198 2,138.72 India 2,855,595 876.595 3,257.60 795.234 3,590.89 Thailand 269,508 100.507 2,681.47 91.179 2,955.81 Vietnam 66,629 13.342 4,993.79 12.104 5,504.71 China 1,605,218 517.010 3,104.81 469.024 3,422.46 Korea, South 3,063,912 756.016 4,052.70 685.847 4,467.34 Hong Kong 340,626 94.375 3,609.26 85.616 3,978.53 Taiwan 1,507,487 314.456 4,793.95 285.270 5,284.42 Japan 570,163 78.324 7,279.48 71.055 8,024.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 9,713 2.444 3,972.72 2.218 4,379.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,812,373 4,009.382 4,193.26 3,637.252 4,622.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 264,256 180.415 1,464.71 163.670 1,614.57 Finland 518,953 186.566 2,781.60 169.250 3,066.19 United Kingdom 3,980 0.986 4,034.19 0.895 4,446.93 Belgium 248,827 80.982 3,072.61 73.466 3,386.97 France 22,665 6.885 3,291.92 6.246 3,628.72 China 8,962 2.964 3,023.50 2.689 3,332.84 Taiwan 6,684 2.215 3,016.73 2.010 3,325.37 Japan 1,384,300 1,281.456 1,080.26 1,162.518 1,190.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,458,627 1,742.471 1,411.00 1,580.744 1,555.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 157,539 60.746 2,593.40 55.108 2,858.73 Mexico 28,158,854 12,834.712 2,193.96 11,643.459 2,418.43 Brazil 6,776,207 2,415.873 2,804.87 2,191.644 3,091.84 Sweden 5,645,888 1,034.693 5,456.58 938.658 6,014.85 Finland 2,687,474 1,013.408 2,651.92 919.349 2,923.24 United Kingdom 711,182 30.247 23,512.16 27.440 25,917.71 Belgium 2,557,175 914.588 2,795.98 829.701 3,082.04 France 3,966,879 2,119.233 1,871.85 1,922.537 2,063.36 Federal Republic of Germany 4,361,872 1,657.667 2,631.33 1,503.811 2,900.55 Austria 439,831 89.836 4,895.92 81.498 5,396.83 Spain 203,114 79.946 2,540.63 72.526 2,800.57 Italy 3,320,510 1,400.519 2,370.91 1,270.530 2,613.48 Romania 10,919 5.813 1,878.19 5.274 2,070.35 India 386,270 166.011 2,326.77 150.603 2,564.82 Thailand 486,486 208.568 2,332.50 189.210 2,571.14 China 30,093,228 12,992.279 2,316.24 11,786.401 2,553.22 Korea, South 992,599 414.504 2,394.67 376.032 2,639.67 Taiwan 17,444,269 3,736.046 4,669.18 3,389.285 5,146.89 Japan 1,165,346 440.162 2,647.53 399.309 2,918.41 South Africa 2,830,163 1,285.765 2,201.15 1,166.427 2,426.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 112,395,805 42,900.623 2,619.91 38,918.802 2,887.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Sweden 72,118 35.731 2,018.34 32.415 2,224.83 Finland 104,489 41.600 2,511.75 37.739 2,768.73 Federal Republic of Germany 4,845 1.935 2,503.02 1.756 2,759.11 Slovenia 120,569 45.128 2,671.68 40.940 2,945.02 China 56,810 21.054 2,698.28 19.100 2,974.35 Japan 88,875 30.159 2,946.86 27.360 3,248.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/08/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 447,706 175.609 2,549.45 159.310 2,810.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 48,965 17.970 2,724.67 16.303 3,003.43 Mexico 2,239,770 925.676 2,419.60 839.760 2,667.15 Sweden 1,986,000 253.589 7,831.54 230.053 8,632.79 Finland 279,041 108.769 2,565.44 98.674 2,827.91 Denmark 5,605 0.715 7,834.78 0.649 8,636.36 United Kingdom 290,146 55.987 5,182.34 50.791 5,712.55 Belgium 831,191 226.831 3,664.36 205.778 4,039.26 France 1,630,791 478.798 3,406.01 434.359 3,754.48 Federal Republic of Germany 819,390 139.176 5,887.41 126.259 6,489.76 Italy 4,742 0.265 17,850.09 0.241 19,676.35 India 818,261 241.958 3,381.83 219.501 3,727.82 China 388,930 143.625 2,707.94 130.295 2,985.00 Korea, South 302,812 121.180 2,498.85 109.933 2,754.51 Taiwan 295,482 97.335 3,035.72 88.301 3,346.30 Japan 2,874,419 384.610 7,473.58 348.913 8,238.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,815,545 3,196.492 4,009.25 2,899.810 4,419.44 GRAND TOTAL 338,167,765 103,237.029 3,275.64 93,655.084 3,610.78