!R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,332,351 43,714.640 487.99 39,657.266 537.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,401,375 21,560.423 621.57 19,559.293 685.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,154,466 13,963.876 727.20 12,667.819 801.60 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,146,637 28,900.385 870.11 26,217.996 959.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 21,083,217 33,767.595 624.36 30,633.456 688.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,920,576 53,653.327 669.49 48,673.494 737.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,794,620 8,639.612 670.70 7,837.727 739.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,129,265 7,431.537 1,363.01 6,741.779 1,502.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 599,549 369.852 1,621.05 335.525 1,786.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,863,072 32,532.231 856.48 29,512.752 944.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,582,117 11,881.685 1,227.28 10,778.887 1,352.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 47,328,143 42,432.927 1,115.36 38,494.515 1,229.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 39,721 34.410 1,154.32 31.217 1,272.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,706,381 10,639.735 1,194.24 9,652.208 1,316.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,438,017 752.679 3,239.11 682.820 3,570.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,270,926 23,214.125 916.29 21,059.506 1,010.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 367,991 446.826 823.57 405.354 907.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,586,565 18,712.687 939.82 16,975.869 1,035.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,517,249 11,603.208 734.04 10,526.257 809.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,089,951 52,037.461 635.89 47,207.604 700.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,100,473 35,143.141 742.69 31,881.331 818.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,862,910 47,195.793 759.88 42,815.316 837.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,411,131 1,169.741 1,206.36 1,061.172 1,329.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,777,457 7,141.026 1,089.12 6,478.232 1,200.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,998,802 4,458.723 672.57 4,044.887 741.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,819,891 3,448.318 1,107.75 3,128.263 1,221.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 423,680,295 524,133.787 808.34 475,486.308 891.05 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 114,932,645 218,312.270 526.46 198,049.616 580.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 372,628 494.528 753.50 448.629 830.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,337,060 7,895.597 802.61 7,162.768 884.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,088,295 3,475.033 600.94 3,152.498 662.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 135,296 148.964 908.25 135.138 1,001.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,640,363 6,484.627 869.81 5,882.757 958.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,150,288 6,851.020 897.72 6,215.143 989.57 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,457,789 22,646.161 991.68 20,544.258 1,093.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 475,464 261.281 1,819.74 237.031 2,005.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 695,858 273.928 2,540.29 248.504 2,800.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,279,212 4,954.635 1,267.34 4,494.771 1,397.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,670,951 10,319.432 937.16 9,361.634 1,033.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,145,833 14,932.471 612.48 13,546.514 675.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,138,904 16,335.219 1,783.81 14,819.066 1,966.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 548,375 657.103 834.53 596.114 919.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,053,353 2,752.473 1,835.93 2,497.003 2,023.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 242,360,223 345,721.433 701.03 313,633.297 772.75 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,531 195.208 781.38 177.090 861.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 509,019 479.423 1,061.73 434.926 1,170.36 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,625 202.834 491.17 184.008 541.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 129,756 131.039 990.21 118.877 1,091.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,060,898 3,911.437 526.89 3,548.397 580.80 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,987,543 19,249.167 414.96 17,462.556 457.41 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,137,808 9,952.502 1,018.62 9,028.761 1,122.83 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 652,244 710.151 918.46 644.239 1,012.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,469,716 5,615.753 795.92 5,094.527 877.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 164,196 263.402 623.36 238.955 687.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 780,555 1,210.777 644.67 1,098.399 710.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 79,090 65.951 1,199.22 59.830 1,321.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,916,706 8,832.590 783.09 8,012.794 863.21 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,766 1,302.873 672.95 1,181.947 741.80 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,658,961 116,517.798 451.94 105,703.199 498.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,372,939 1,368.407 1,003.31 1,241.399 1,105.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,026 1,049.725 748.79 952.295 825.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 792,292 985.178 804.21 893.739 886.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 433,761 702.430 617.51 637.234 680.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 967,529 747.254 1,294.78 677.898 1,427.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,486,480 11,801.120 1,058.08 10,705.799 1,166.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 858,326 1,287.565 666.63 1,168.060 734.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 655,312 662.226 989.56 600.762 1,090.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,514,538 29,245.170 769.85 26,530.780 848.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,373,041 10,366.888 711.21 9,404.686 783.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,811,157 6,635.415 725.07 6,019.549 799.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 155,549,188 263,099.991 591.22 238,680.365 651.71 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,785 21.435 2,229.24 19.446 2,457.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,785 21.435 2,229.24 19.446 2,457.32 Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 154,022 75.001 2,053.59 68.040 2,263.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,439,005 510.021 2,821.46 462.684 3,110.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,520,691 10,083.840 745.82 9,147.909 822.12 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,303,258 1,782.225 4,097.83 1,616.808 4,517.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,173,390 3,972.165 1,805.91 3,603.489 1,990.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,756,917 908.934 3,033.13 824.572 3,343.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 782,032 218.117 3,585.37 197.873 3,952.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 822,639 534.958 1,537.76 485.306 1,695.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,914,888 263.861 7,257.18 239.371 7,999.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,412,324 4,194.638 813.50 3,805.313 896.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,111,546 1,547.442 2,010.77 1,403.817 2,216.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,944 9.238 11,575.94 8.381 12,760.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,330,019 451.005 5,166.28 409.145 5,694.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,340,987 16,805.884 2,340.91 15,246.046 2,580.41 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 162,638 3.431 47,395.68 3.113 52,244.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,404,501 4,755.598 715.89 4,314.208 789.14 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,047,001 9,511.863 425.47 8,629.020 469.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,188,836 684.972 1,735.60 621.397 1,913.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 245,976 93.166 2,640.18 84.519 2,910.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,611 237.179 1,090.36 215.166 1,201.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,421,744 838.945 1,694.68 761.079 1,868.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 359,695 387.153 929.08 351.220 1,024.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,168,636 13,747.484 957.89 12,471.512 1,055.90 Denmark IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 20,157 4.050 4,975.82 3.675 5,484.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,137 14.958 5,892.16 13.570 6,494.99 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,136,008 8,096.211 3,104.66 7,344.762 3,422.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,962,731 4,214.601 940.24 3,823.423 1,036.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,891,321 5,421.943 717.70 4,918.706 791.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,258,838 1,181.551 1,065.41 1,071.886 1,174.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,356,380 18,196.176 843.93 16,507.298 930.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,556,239 2,126.810 2,142.29 1,929.411 2,361.47 TOOL STEEL............................17 539,052 105.505 5,109.23 95.713 5,631.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,948 0.281 35,390.89 0.255 39,011.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 910,691 174.424 5,221.13 158.235 5,755.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 228,335 131.439 1,737.19 119.240 1,914.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 874,029 135.019 6,473.34 122.488 7,135.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 676,914 275.717 2,455.10 250.127 2,706.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 836,432 459.040 1,822.13 416.435 2,008.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,043,973 403.134 2,589.64 365.718 2,854.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,274,086 54,560.624 1,434.63 49,496.580 1,581.40 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,070 0.055 255,281.86 0.050 281,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 173,384 17.017 10,188.58 15.438 11,230.99 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,576,217 19,450.304 543.76 17,645.024 599.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 370,696 252.671 1,467.11 229.220 1,617.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 154,878 82.726 1,872.18 75.048 2,063.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,095,008 36,637.533 521.19 33,237.021 574.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,814,880 14,331.872 615.05 13,001.660 677.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,255,646 1,911.421 656.92 1,734.013 724.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,260,061 82,177.169 587.27 74,549.895 647.35 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,132,054 722.697 1,566.43 655.620 1,726.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,749,415 12,256.163 469.10 11,118.608 517.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,166,762 4,714.935 3,004.66 4,277.319 3,312.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,864,983 1,369.262 2,822.68 1,242.174 3,111.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,980 14.127 3,183.92 12.816 3,509.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 628,482 360.410 1,743.79 326.959 1,922.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,754,155 2,653.776 1,414.65 2,407.466 1,559.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,104,841 10,831.599 1,025.23 9,826.265 1,130.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 78,475 40.117 1,956.13 36.394 2,156.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,335,402 41,196.713 1,124.74 37,373.040 1,239.81 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,567,520 14,892.224 776.75 13,510.003 856.22 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,967,173 197.724 9,949.04 179.373 10,966.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,214,627 2,127.655 1,510.88 1,930.177 1,665.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,423,484 3,132.800 773.58 2,842.030 852.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 684,524 387.841 1,764.96 351.844 1,945.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,606,306 3,270.855 2,019.75 2,967.271 2,226.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 157,897 82.005 1,925.45 74.394 2,122.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 378,713 244.898 1,546.41 222.168 1,704.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,746,759 1,092.569 1,598.76 991.163 1,762.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,026,306 1,368.994 2,210.61 1,241.931 2,436.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,575,390 567.734 6,297.65 515.040 6,941.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,399,249 721.454 1,939.48 654.493 2,137.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 221,031 396.131 557.97 359.365 615.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,883,663 4,760.518 1,235.93 4,318.671 1,362.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 91,645 77.475 1,182.88 70.285 1,303.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,537,664 460.693 5,508.36 417.934 6,071.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,707,520 34,325.703 1,389.85 31,139.763 1,532.05 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,246,040 20,352.500 454.30 18,463.483 500.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,207,645 1,625.551 742.91 1,474.676 818.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,109,938 1,229.580 902.70 1,115.457 995.05 STEEL PILING...........................5 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,515,222 3,243.900 1,700.18 2,942.818 1,874.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,494,850 7,795.009 833.21 7,071.516 918.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,667,368 2,688.622 1,364.03 2,439.078 1,503.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,718,923 5,417.021 1,424.94 4,914.241 1,570.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,730,942 2,805.955 2,398.81 2,545.521 2,644.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 982,116 597.755 1,643.01 542.275 1,811.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,232,991 10,578.430 1,345.47 9,596.593 1,483.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 334,660 249.553 1,341.04 226.391 1,478.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 47,846 20.579 2,324.99 18.669 2,562.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,613,896 3,075.908 1,825.12 2,790.418 2,011.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,966,408 3,400.140 1,754.75 3,084.556 1,934.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,010,458 469.281 8,545.96 425.725 9,420.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 102,299 17.713 5,775.35 16.069 6,366.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,151 12.208 4,026.10 11.075 4,438.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,484,790 1,102.412 2,253.96 1,000.092 2,484.56 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 927,805 1,313.928 706.13 1,191.976 778.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,745,085 3,715.591 1,815.35 3,370.729 2,001.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,337,858 6,302.125 529.64 5,717.194 583.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,643,042 3,788.150 697.71 3,436.553 769.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 225,332 287.699 783.22 260.997 863.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,437,183 4,291.572 1,499.96 3,893.250 1,653.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,605,576 105,715.535 1,093.55 95,903.548 1,205.44 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,825,706 2,315.553 788.45 2,100.635 869.12 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,861,920 533.032 7,245.19 483.559 7,986.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 138,009 58.053 2,377.28 52.665 2,620.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,361,664 736.576 4,563.90 668.211 5,030.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 30,177,231 21,529.089 1,401.70 19,530.867 1,545.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,160 135.457 8,306.37 122.885 9,156.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,498,377 4,009.523 623.11 3,637.380 686.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,645,468 434.102 3,790.51 393.811 4,178.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 626,309 707.655 885.05 641.974 975.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 678,183 126.176 5,374.90 114.465 5,924.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 50,059,925 32,536.913 1,538.56 29,517.000 1,695.97 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,584,256 3,907.031 405.49 3,544.400 446.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,780,114 6,129.942 616.66 5,560.992 679.76 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,078,524 4,214.337 730.49 3,823.184 805.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,783,323 1,534.176 1,162.40 1,391.782 1,281.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,841,995 1,011.526 12,695.65 917.642 13,994.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 142,968 120.575 1,185.72 109.384 1,307.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,889,763 26,869.964 1,186.82 24,376.029 1,308.24 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 401,845 204.027 1,969.56 185.091 2,171.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 53,504 31.246 1,712.34 28.346 1,887.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 752,401 304.018 2,474.85 275.801 2,728.06 Hungary BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,770 4.633 2,540.46 4.203 2,800.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,974 13.447 2,303.40 12.199 2,539.06 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,121 8.330 734.80 7.557 809.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 458,792 137.686 3,332.15 124.907 3,673.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 517,962 142.027 3,646.92 128.845 4,020.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,843,741 651.777 2,828.79 591.283 3,118.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 436,477 124.313 3,511.11 112.775 3,870.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,848,478 1,275.559 3,017.09 1,157.168 3,325.77 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,170,733 1,021.185 1,146.45 926.404 1,263.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,520,645 1,368.982 1,110.79 1,241.920 1,224.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,429,156 8,153.725 788.49 7,396.937 869.16 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 148,085,232 279,363.132 530.08 253,434.042 584.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,688,168 72,248.681 493.96 65,542.920 544.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,159,543 3,337.686 647.02 3,027.899 713.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 292,291 789.686 370.14 716.392 408.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,108,327 10,105.586 1,000.27 9,167.636 1,102.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 451,563 269.936 1,672.85 244.882 1,844.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,810,129 69,316.671 516.62 62,883.044 569.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,750,900 64,691.087 537.18 58,686.784 592.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,317,327 1,234.044 1,877.83 1,119.507 2,069.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,114 158.999 686.25 144.242 756.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 280,012,880 518,272.523 540.28 470,169.057 595.56 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,471,355 20,777.939 696.48 18,849.435 767.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,009 47.659 1,426.98 43.236 1,572.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 102,339 39.694 2,578.18 36.010 2,841.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 167,088 168.516 991.52 152.876 1,092.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,525 46.853 1,675.96 42.505 1,847.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,457 33.520 789.29 30.409 870.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,475,244 117,812.228 496.34 106,877.486 547.12 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,419,567 5,544.128 616.79 5,029.550 679.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,419,567 5,544.128 616.79 5,029.550 679.90 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,797 982.504 752.97 891.313 830.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 739,797 982.504 752.97 891.313 830.01 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,379,552 5,728.689 589.93 5,196.981 650.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,988,557 1,572.156 1,264.86 1,426.237 1,394.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,440,642 1,361.117 1,058.43 1,234.785 1,166.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,837,437 3,619.251 1,336.58 3,283.331 1,473.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,966,115 2,096.509 1,414.79 1,901.922 1,559.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,670,475 1,077.491 1,550.34 977.484 1,708.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 548,083 393.333 1,393.43 356.826 1,536.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 33,723,415 27,076.709 1,245.48 24,563.585 1,372.90 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,576,928 2,422.297 2,302.33 2,197.472 2,537.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,995,843 49,264.052 466.79 44,691.609 514.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 978,689 1,276.142 766.91 1,157.697 845.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 163,499 84.309 1,939.28 76.484 2,137.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,881,701 1,878.312 1,534.20 1,703.977 1,691.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,431,871 392.118 3,651.63 355.724 4,025.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,542,646 3,221.157 3,893.83 2,922.186 4,292.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,501,794 465.190 3,228.34 422.014 3,558.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 137,377 63.482 2,164.03 57.590 2,385.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 884,800 311.726 2,838.38 282.794 3,128.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,441,382 1,480.373 1,649.17 1,342.973 1,817.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,372,178 568.268 2,414.66 515.525 2,661.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,183,520 2,827.370 1,479.65 2,564.948 1,631.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 316,963 740.442 428.07 671.718 471.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,223,687 3,240.957 1,611.77 2,940.148 1,776.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 531,993 149.547 3,557.36 135.667 3,921.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,124,959 69,905.180 960.23 63,416.931 1,058.47 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,516,962 1,410.199 2,493.95 1,279.312 2,749.10 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,783,438 9,642.284 703.51 8,747.336 775.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,846 41.998 3,186.96 38.100 3,513.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,181,773 3,204.002 680.95 2,906.623 750.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,673,773 2,563.973 1,042.82 2,325.998 1,149.52 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,874,518 3,628.293 792.25 3,291.533 873.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,532,048 1,355.897 1,129.91 1,230.050 1,245.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,102,922 13,336.860 907.48 12,099.000 1,000.32 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,437,894 28,584.683 470.11 25,931.596 518.21 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 220,328 300.637 732.87 272.734 807.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,634,926 184,652.713 442.10 167,514.171 487.33 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 376,738 520.669 723.56 472.344 797.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 399,482 526.763 758.37 477.872 835.96 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,974,870 7,626.124 390.09 6,918.306 430.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,644 14.462 1,220.00 13.120 1,344.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,678,170 4,302.011 390.09 3,902.720 430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,083,221 12,128.858 419.10 11,003.118 461.98 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 294,418 93.655 3,143.62 84.963 3,465.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,273,723 3,168.448 717.61 2,874.369 791.03 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 938,213 1,494.361 627.84 1,355.662 692.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 938,213 1,494.361 627.84 1,355.662 692.07 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,781 18.148 2,247.08 16.464 2,476.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,013,660 8,078.682 373.04 7,328.860 411.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,632 39.600 2,844.20 35.925 3,135.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 768,759 583.998 1,316.37 529.795 1,451.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 49,761 8.744 5,690.46 7.933 6,272.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 707,477 736.476 960.62 668.120 1,058.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,463,728 1,126.730 1,299.09 1,022.153 1,432.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,751 17.312 1,371.87 15.706 1,512.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,276,861 2,507.671 2,104.29 2,274.922 2,319.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,822,266 7,589.985 635.35 6,885.521 700.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,345,497 38,870.056 754.96 35,262.332 832.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 152,351 25.537 5,965.84 23.167 6,576.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,611,161 882.449 1,825.78 800.545 2,012.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 56,116,181 63,886.650 878.37 57,957.011 968.24 Pakistan WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,270 0.722 12,839.09 0.655 14,152.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,270 0.722 12,839.09 0.655 14,152.67 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,743,289 8,416.523 444.75 7,635.344 490.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 418,437 542.899 770.75 492.510 849.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,214,990 93,474.278 483.72 84,798.463 533.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,058,683 136,258.754 484.80 123,611.898 534.40 Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,999 56.891 1,511.64 51.611 1,666.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,193 94.936 1,887.50 86.125 2,080.62 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 116,827 101.066 1,155.94 91.686 1,274.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 127,311 202.227 629.54 183.458 693.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,463,453 36,335.775 480.61 32,963.270 529.79 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 750,984 239.943 3,129.84 217.673 3,450.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,374,746 911.325 2,605.81 826.741 2,872.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 666,925 248.601 2,682.70 225.528 2,957.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 108,875 33.907 3,210.98 30.760 3,539.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,964,258 5,058.103 1,179.15 4,588.636 1,299.79 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,219 6.925 6,095.88 6.283 6,719.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,333 277.643 419.00 251.874 461.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 52,390,786 135,216.470 387.46 122,666.353 427.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 404,953 885.125 457.51 802.973 504.32 STEEL PILING...........................5 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,080,599 3,749.992 554.83 3,401.937 611.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 178,145 245.953 724.30 223.125 798.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 59,475 76.203 780.47 69.131 860.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,915,006 2,934.383 652.61 2,662.029 719.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 472,397 864.905 546.18 784.629 602.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 78,252 46.724 1,674.74 42.388 1,846.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,473,908 1,649.110 893.76 1,496.048 985.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,299,793 1,242.415 2,655.95 1,127.101 2,927.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,053,496 95,487.527 429.94 86,624.852 473.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 68,696,816 64,053.914 1,072.48 58,108.750 1,182.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,423,944 4,297.945 563.98 3,899.032 621.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,886,518 18,473.366 697.57 16,758.761 768.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,296,793 2,060.533 1,114.66 1,869.285 1,228.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,361,362 3,698.722 3,612.43 3,355.426 3,982.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 406,787 296.334 1,372.73 268.830 1,513.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,519,841 9,396.628 587.43 8,524.480 647.53 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,106,733 22,020.712 731.44 19,976.860 806.27 BLACK PLATE...........................28 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 528,778 164.336 3,217.65 149.084 3,546.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 56,540,053 55,220.860 1,023.89 50,095.536 1,128.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 56,283,271 87,585.729 642.61 79,456.460 708.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,667,771 5,047.948 726.59 4,579.423 800.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,012,495 853.167 1,186.75 773.981 1,308.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 364,377,894 551,241.719 661.01 500,078.217 728.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,193,351 17,477.661 583.22 15,855.472 642.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,162,947 9,388.120 549.94 8,516.762 606.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 62,602 117.539 532.60 106.630 587.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 741,188 697.803 1,062.17 633.037 1,170.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 217,684 135.876 1,602.07 123.265 1,765.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,193,968 4,526.621 705.60 4,106.483 777.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,594,306 4,912.386 731.68 4,456.443 806.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,336,702 6,832.969 488.32 6,198.767 538.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,513,590 5,516.665 1,543.25 5,004.636 1,701.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,815,570 71,462.290 473.19 64,829.518 521.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,323,561 11,577.329 805.33 10,502.780 887.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,607,441 23,169.904 759.93 21,019.390 837.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,136,864 19,611.145 720.86 17,790.937 794.61 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 187,468 257.569 727.84 233.663 802.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,739,406 1,865.698 1,468.30 1,692.534 1,618.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,724,871 218,097.437 663.58 197,854.723 731.47 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,580 56.901 2,189.41 51.620 2,413.41 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 936,744 343.756 2,725.02 311.851 3,003.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 728,999 1,590.117 458.46 1,442.531 505.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,050,161 3,732.361 1,085.15 3,385.942 1,196.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 105,034 173.557 605.18 157.449 667.10 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,364,141 1,757.835 3,620.44 1,594.682 3,990.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,089,829 355.699 3,063.91 322.685 3,377.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 453,333 246.552 1,838.69 223.669 2,026.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 907,106 1,707.591 531.22 1,549.101 585.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,552,171 2,118.216 4,981.63 1,921.614 5,491.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,267,942 280.295 4,523.59 254.280 4,986.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,286,798 2,488.311 1,320.89 2,257.359 1,456.04 BLACK PLATE...........................28 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 48,828 14.117 3,458.74 12.807 3,812.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,697,092 59,124.166 637.59 53,636.557 702.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 20,892 5.854 3,568.61 5.311 3,933.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,052,111 486.045 2,164.64 440.933 2,386.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,631,028 152,905.130 887.03 138,713.240 977.78 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,821,194 38,690.298 486.46 35,099.258 536.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,267,497 5,999.084 711.36 5,442.279 784.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 466,758 454.047 1,027.99 411.905 1,133.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,807,553 2,194.193 1,279.54 1,990.539 1,410.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 690,575 989.169 698.14 897.360 769.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,604,662 5,519.156 653.12 5,006.896 719.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,793,035 13,946.116 845.61 12,651.708 932.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,134,858 688.720 1,647.78 624.797 1,816.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 227,074 238.390 952.53 216.264 1,049.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,984,254 3,972.748 5,030.33 3,604.018 5,544.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,866,015 11,045.635 802.67 10,020.435 884.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,154,163 3,436.677 2,372.69 3,117.702 2,615.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 656,197 170.628 3,845.75 154.792 4,239.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 733,652 232.485 3,155.69 210.907 3,478.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 906,770 563.821 1,608.26 511.490 1,772.80 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,940,534 5,045.579 1,375.57 4,577.274 1,516.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,317,411 4,057.712 817.56 3,681.096 901.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,189,038 5,555.713 934.00 5,040.060 1,029.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,563,611 13,326.298 717.65 12,089.418 791.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,177,439 1,218.239 1,787.36 1,105.169 1,970.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 159,343 82.488 1,931.71 74.832 2,129.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,678,882 1,060.629 3,468.58 962.187 3,823.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,169,855 164,392.899 919.56 149,134.772 1,013.65 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,513,505 10,996.938 592.30 9,976.258 652.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,274 52.519 1,090.53 47.645 1,202.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,540,081 77.529 32,762.58 70.334 36,114.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,526,117 69,988.063 421.87 63,492.121 465.04 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,824,635 6,823.895 413.93 6,190.536 456.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,703,350 95,388.576 426.71 86,535.085 470.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,573,422 113,263.220 428.85 102,750.694 472.73 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,590,361 6,018.395 762.72 5,459.798 840.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,850 27.007 1,216.32 24.501 1,340.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,099,843 1,947.623 564.71 1,766.855 622.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,226,493 13,716.007 891.40 12,442.956 982.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,804,332 51,092.781 798.63 46,350.605 880.34 GRAND TOTAL 2,993,585,264 4,193,192.729 713.92 3,804,001.528 786.96 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,636,634 1,403.536 1,166.08 1,273.267 1,285.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 650,674 1,088.451 597.80 987.427 658.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,096,025 12,867.405 1,095.48 11,673.117 1,207.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,385,045 2,100.437 659.41 1,905.485 726.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,474,712 25,698.434 679.99 23,313.234 749.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,260 225.514 661.87 204.583 729.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,144,528 2,248.880 1,842.93 2,040.151 2,031.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 599,549 369.852 1,621.05 335.525 1,786.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 409,303 154.419 2,650.59 140.087 2,921.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,937,124 4,911.586 1,616.00 4,455.718 1,781.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 45,987,708 41,531.446 1,107.30 37,676.705 1,220.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,000 11.466 1,220.98 10.402 1,345.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,416,004 1,941.616 1,244.33 1,761.405 1,371.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,185,734 279.537 4,241.77 253.592 4,675.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 526,358 395.402 1,331.20 358.703 1,467.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 143,227 156.484 915.28 141.960 1,008.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 255,478 231.707 1,102.59 210.202 1,215.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,827,585 2,798.007 653.17 2,538.310 720.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,082,980 3,967.685 777.02 3,599.425 856.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,774,940 7,517.061 768.24 6,819.365 846.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,247,450 995.454 1,253.15 903.061 1,381.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,883 383.756 638.12 348.138 703.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,108,690 584.332 1,897.36 530.098 2,091.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,436,060 112,006.860 1,003.83 101,610.943 1,106.53 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,337,601 43,999.918 507.67 39,916.066 559.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 365,470 485.887 752.17 440.790 829.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,696,085 2,618.884 647.64 2,375.813 713.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 526,851 943.741 558.26 856.148 615.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,100 0.733 2,864.79 0.665 3,157.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,588 933.386 909.15 846.754 1,002.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,960,731 3,144.408 1,895.66 2,852.560 2,089.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,510 2.127 3,059.99 1.930 3,373.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 42,140 69.036 610.40 62.629 672.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,494,282 1,174.108 1,272.69 1,065.134 1,402.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,562 59.243 752.18 53.745 829.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,320,292 54,453.266 630.27 49,399.186 694.75 Dominican Republic WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,213 10.199 1,687.60 9.253 1,860.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,981 42.668 702.65 38.708 774.54 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,685,322 20,611.665 518.41 18,698.594 571.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,361,345 1,352.688 1,006.40 1,227.139 1,109.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 455,911 200.516 2,273.68 181.906 2,506.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 101,295 25.709 3,940.03 23.323 4,343.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 208,614 178.051 1,171.65 161.526 1,291.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,216,298 3,176.259 1,642.28 2,881.455 1,810.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,788 58.964 606.94 53.492 669.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 572,098 918.934 622.57 833.644 686.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,368,760 1,769.409 773.57 1,605.182 852.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,474,108 29,229.788 768.88 26,516.826 847.54 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,202 38.123 2,811.97 34.585 3,099.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 835,708 228.627 3,655.33 207.407 4,029.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 942,910 266.750 3,534.80 241.992 3,896.45 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,293,708 3,724.232 1,689.93 3,378.568 1,862.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,731,346 569.405 3,040.62 516.556 3,351.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,360 81.181 1,716.64 73.647 1,892.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,690 524.653 1,526.13 475.958 1,682.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,258 4.457 4,320.12 4.044 4,762.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,192,285 4,033.931 791.36 3,659.522 872.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 731,143 892.218 819.47 809.407 903.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 548,402 141.349 3,879.76 128.230 4,276.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,487,779 10,951.897 1,414.16 9,935.397 1,558.85 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 160,491 2.446 65,612.90 2.219 72,325.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 160,491 2.446 65,612.90 2.219 72,325.82 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,041,124 2,401.538 433.52 2,178.640 477.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 528,846 483.173 1,094.53 438.328 1,206.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,758 15.465 1,018.92 14.030 1,123.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 760,554 629.629 1,207.94 571.190 1,331.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 135,824 138.979 977.30 126.080 1,077.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,197,413 3,910.249 817.70 3,547.320 901.36 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 349,103 39.798 8,771.67 36.105 9,669.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,436,900 4,991.541 688.54 4,528.252 758.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,249,226 1,179.504 1,059.11 1,070.029 1,167.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,120,135 994.423 1,126.42 902.126 1,241.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,130,961 730.663 2,916.47 662.847 3,214.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 539,052 105.505 5,109.23 95.713 5,631.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 864,572 161.896 5,340.28 146.870 5,886.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 225,135 127.912 1,760.07 116.040 1,940.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,244 8.712 21,491.01 7.904 23,689.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 264,167 221.088 1,194.85 200.568 1,317.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,822 18.938 2,841.89 17.181 3,132.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,439,732 8,862.419 1,290.81 8,039.854 1,422.88 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 Netherlands IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,604,857 7,975.818 577.35 7,235.543 636.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 350,528 247.766 1,414.75 224.770 1,559.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,798 2.140 16,255.52 1.942 17,918.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,068,291 1,826.900 584.76 1,657.337 644.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,824,157 3,007.425 606.55 2,728.291 668.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 166,448 259.010 642.63 234.970 708.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,252,955 13,492.525 611.67 12,240.217 674.25 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,132,054 722.697 1,566.43 655.620 1,726.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,466,835 1,681.902 2,655.82 1,525.797 2,927.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,376,888 675.275 3,519.88 612.600 3,880.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,080,713 736.297 1,467.77 667.958 1,617.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,084,137 3,832.579 2,370.24 3,476.859 2,612.74 Luxembourg SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,964,762 197.556 9,945.33 179.220 10,962.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,456,083 792.526 1,837.27 718.968 2,025.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 339,605 211.978 1,602.07 192.304 1,765.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,898,354 2,586.524 1,507.18 2,346.456 1,661.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,477 0.307 8,054.11 0.279 8,878.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 267,502 181.223 1,476.09 164.403 1,627.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 731,708 370.141 1,976.83 335.787 2,179.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,540,610 971.703 2,614.59 881.515 2,882.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,684 0.952 28,017.74 0.864 30,884.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,568,032 2,833.236 906.40 2,570.270 999.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,300,858 152.118 8,551.59 138.000 9,426.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,760,101 9,226.822 1,924.83 8,370.435 2,121.77 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,167,770 1,419.947 822.40 1,288.155 906.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 174,274 139.458 1,249.64 126.515 1,377.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,436,638 2,510.993 1,368.64 2,277.936 1,508.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,320,739 774.934 1,704.32 703.009 1,878.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 496,236 220.496 2,250.54 200.031 2,480.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,730,942 2,805.955 2,398.81 2,545.521 2,644.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 289,641 181.724 1,593.84 164.858 1,756.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,187,527 4,763.434 1,508.90 4,321.316 1,663.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 34,801 15.344 2,268.03 13.920 2,500.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 43,462 18.626 2,333.30 16.898 2,572.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,080,215 1,709.309 1,802.02 1,550.660 1,986.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,896,502 1,003.324 2,886.90 910.201 3,182.27 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 70,443 9.644 7,304.24 8.749 8,051.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 43,572 9.702 4,490.78 8.802 4,950.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,963 136.541 3,441.92 123.868 3,794.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,380 18.478 2,564.12 16.763 2,826.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 620,575 712.146 871.41 646.049 960.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,833,780 5,566.846 509.05 5,050.160 561.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,491,116 2,158.916 690.68 1,958.537 761.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,913 0.462 6,291.98 0.420 6,935.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,396,999 2,116.941 1,132.29 1,920.458 1,248.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,041,735 27,661.146 1,339.13 25,093.777 1,476.13 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 516,712 506.780 1,019.60 459.744 1,123.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 303,597 71.153 4,266.82 64.549 4,703.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,819 0.248 11,366.02 0.225 12,528.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,361,664 736.576 4,563.90 668.211 5,030.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,842,458 9,932.486 1,091.62 9,010.603 1,203.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,913 35.198 3,889.68 31.932 4,287.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 879,741 1,179.560 745.82 1,070.080 822.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 958,300 254.088 3,771.53 230.505 4,157.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 458,767 81.628 5,620.19 74.052 6,195.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,705,373 12,878.878 1,374.76 11,683.525 1,515.41 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 991,570 1,421.481 697.56 1,289.547 768.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,844,151 1,951.326 945.08 1,770.214 1,041.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,803,244 3,723.132 1,021.52 3,377.570 1,126.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,854 4.598 1,707.82 4.172 1,882.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,854 4.598 1,707.82 4.172 1,882.55 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,770 4.633 2,540.46 4.203 2,800.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,770 4.633 2,540.46 4.203 2,800.38 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,121 8.330 734.80 7.557 809.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 191,004 77.804 2,454.92 70.583 2,706.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,968 16.666 658.07 15.120 725.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 213,558 60.982 3,501.98 55.322 3,860.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 527,042 200.932 2,622.98 182.283 2,891.34 Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,087 85.809 910.01 77.845 1,003.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,530 109.409 1,366.70 99.255 1,506.52 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 110,345 96.537 1,143.03 87.577 1,259.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 952,915 1,065.238 894.56 966.368 986.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,348,221 2,232.585 1,947.62 2,025.368 2,146.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 358,280 260.961 1,372.92 236.740 1,513.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,317,327 1,234.044 1,877.83 1,119.507 2,069.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,290,637 5,006.564 1,655.95 4,541.880 1,825.38 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,052,994 2,581.787 1,182.51 2,342.159 1,303.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 63,417 43.056 1,472.89 39.060 1,623.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,461,226 2,685.058 1,289.07 2,435.845 1,420.95 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 47,276 82.507 572.99 74.850 631.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,775,179 1,219.857 1,455.24 1,106.636 1,604.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 664,033 469.712 1,413.70 426.116 1,558.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,354,651 799.167 1,695.08 724.993 1,868.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,969,097 1,435.320 1,371.89 1,302.101 1,512.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 369,419 197.088 1,874.38 178.796 2,066.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,260,142 4,447.708 732.99 4,034.894 807.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,807,336 8,788.006 1,115.99 7,972.348 1,230.17 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,615,304 676.778 2,386.76 613.963 2,630.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 855,046 1,249.152 684.50 1,133.212 754.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,423,353 1,553.812 916.04 1,409.595 1,009.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 191,627 115.810 1,654.65 105.062 1,823.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,210,578 299.174 4,046.39 271.407 4,460.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 137,377 63.482 2,164.03 57.590 2,385.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,175 1.984 2,104.17 1.800 2,319.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,175,954 411.352 2,858.75 373.173 3,151.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 224,812 34.227 6,568.10 31.051 7,240.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,743,709 2,015.494 1,361.31 1,828.426 1,500.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,786,487 6,544.812 1,495.30 5,937.356 1,648.29 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,302,654 1,279.581 2,581.04 1,160.817 2,845.11 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,477 16.328 2,968.85 14.813 3,272.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 617,772 450.364 1,371.72 408.564 1,512.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 675,031 468.716 1,440.17 425.213 1,587.51 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 79,990 84.258 949.34 76.438 1,046.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,990 84.258 949.34 76.438 1,046.47 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,769 0.513 7,337.30 0.466 8,087.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,984 6.000 2,163.65 5.444 2,385.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,644 14.462 1,220.00 13.120 1,344.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,644 14.462 1,220.00 13.120 1,344.82 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,108 6.869 2,053.69 6.232 2,263.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 49,761 8.744 5,690.46 7.933 6,272.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,838 5.495 4,884.06 4.985 5,383.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 109,934 70.642 1,556.20 64.086 1,715.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,665 0.154 30,228.70 0.140 33,321.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 249,151 118.771 2,097.73 107.748 2,312.35 Malaysia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 116,827 101.066 1,155.94 91.686 1,274.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,827 101.066 1,155.94 91.686 1,274.21 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,374,746 911.325 2,605.81 826.741 2,872.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,374,746 911.325 2,605.81 826.741 2,872.42 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 39,087 5.840 6,692.93 5.298 7,377.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,493 201.586 344.73 182.876 380.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,072,811 3,723.978 556.61 3,378.337 613.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 702,305 532.289 1,319.40 482.885 1,454.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 110,738 181.905 608.77 165.022 671.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,299,793 1,242.415 2,655.95 1,127.101 2,927.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,838 28.156 775.60 25.543 854.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,654,295 15,470.470 1,464.36 14,034.579 1,614.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,745,932 2,596.585 1,057.52 2,355.583 1,165.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 446,035 377.916 1,180.25 342.840 1,301.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 95,370 21.142 4,510.86 19.180 4,972.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,025,359 1,109.700 924.00 1,006.704 1,018.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,674,862 1,671.891 1,001.78 1,516.715 1,104.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 476,959 604.096 789.54 548.027 870.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,017 6.355 1,261.34 5.766 1,390.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 35,442,894 27,774.330 1,276.10 25,196.456 1,406.66 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 48,067 94.174 510.40 85.434 562.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 542,906 407.549 1,332.12 369.723 1,468.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,219 107.664 1,339.52 97.672 1,476.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 195,156 347.597 561.44 315.335 618.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 215,662 449.041 480.27 407.364 529.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,520,289 2,126.194 1,185.35 1,928.852 1,306.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,945,497 2,851.033 682.38 2,586.415 752.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 187,468 257.569 727.84 233.663 802.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 113,571 51.025 2,225.75 46.290 2,453.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,639,646 7,231.383 918.17 6,560.203 1,012.11 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 329,784 81.889 4,027.18 74.289 4,439.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,203 82.968 1,954.99 75.268 2,155.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,089,829 355.699 3,063.91 322.685 3,377.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,704 17.599 1,460.50 15.966 1,609.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,267,942 280.295 4,523.59 254.280 4,986.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 540,820 475.876 1,136.47 431.708 1,252.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 51,349 50.273 1,021.40 45.607 1,125.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,467,631 1,344.602 2,578.93 1,219.803 2,842.78 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,358,126 1,209.994 1,122.42 1,097.689 1,237.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 434,474 679.883 639.04 616.780 704.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 519,886 553.637 939.04 502.252 1,035.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,719,304 11,326.880 858.07 10,275.576 945.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 562,886 458.874 1,226.67 416.284 1,352.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 86,706 31.500 2,752.51 28.577 3,034.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,917,911 3,860.240 5,159.76 3,501.952 5,687.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 200,859 243.144 826.09 220.577 910.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,543,073 2,813.708 2,325.43 2,552.554 2,563.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 519,515 142.428 3,647.55 129.209 4,020.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 890,697 546.598 1,629.53 495.866 1,796.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,601,579 1,834.341 1,418.26 1,664.087 1,563.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,046,309 2,900.031 705.62 2,630.865 777.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,269,616 3,764.005 868.65 3,414.649 957.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,487,094 9,002.989 720.55 8,167.377 794.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 275,453 338.431 813.91 307.020 897.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 61,380 37.583 1,633.17 34.095 1,800.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 225,693 25.945 8,698.87 23.537 9,588.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,075,759 45,333.178 1,369.32 41,125.579 1,509.42 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,055 0.597 13,482.24 0.542 14,861.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,091 20.624 4,756.10 18.710 5,242.70 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 382,064 84.457 4,523.72 76.619 4,986.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,850 27.007 1,216.32 24.501 1,340.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,951 26.187 1,220.08 23.757 1,344.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 446,865 137.653 3,246.31 124.877 3,578.44 GRAND TOTAL 442,856,840 402,756.417 1,099.56 365,374.579 1,212.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,695,717 42,311.104 465.50 38,383.999 513.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,385,610 21,557.665 620.92 19,556.791 684.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,503,792 12,875.424 738.13 11,680.392 813.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,043,573 16,031.989 688.85 14,543.980 759.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,698,172 31,667.158 622.04 28,727.971 685.68 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,421,696 27,950.063 659.09 25,355.878 726.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,645,360 8,414.098 670.94 7,633.144 739.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,729,335 5,156.083 1,111.18 4,677.522 1,224.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,453,769 32,377.811 847.92 29,372.665 934.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,644,993 6,970.098 953.36 6,323.169 1,050.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,340,435 901.480 1,486.93 817.810 1,639.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,721 22.944 1,121.00 20.815 1,235.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,290,377 8,698.118 1,183.06 7,890.803 1,304.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,252,283 473.142 2,646.73 429.228 2,917.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,744,568 22,818.722 909.10 20,700.803 1,002.11 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 224,764 290.342 774.14 263.394 853.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,275,112 18,308.471 888.94 16,609.171 979.89 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,517,249 11,603.208 734.04 10,526.257 809.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 31,262,366 49,239.454 634.90 44,669.294 699.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,554,265 31,035.258 726.73 28,154.721 801.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,087,970 39,678.732 758.29 35,995.951 835.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 163,681 174.287 939.14 158.111 1,035.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,777,457 7,141.026 1,089.12 6,478.232 1,200.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,753,919 4,074.967 675.81 3,696.749 744.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,648,149 2,845.726 930.57 2,581.600 1,025.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 298,573,018 410,041.543 728.15 371,983.536 802.65 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,595,044 174,312.351 531.20 158,133.550 585.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,640,975 5,276.713 879.52 4,786.955 969.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,561,444 2,531.291 616.86 2,296.350 679.97 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 115,783 139.721 828.67 126.753 913.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,638,263 6,483.894 869.58 5,882.092 958.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,301,700 5,917.634 895.92 5,368.389 987.58 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,497,058 19,501.753 845.93 17,691.698 932.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 475,464 261.281 1,819.74 237.031 2,005.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 689,348 271.801 2,536.22 246.574 2,795.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,237,072 4,885.598 1,276.62 4,432.142 1,407.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,791,146 9,062.875 859.68 8,221.705 947.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,145,833 14,932.471 612.48 13,546.514 675.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,155,480 4,785.698 659.36 4,341.514 726.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 503,813 597.859 842.69 542.369 928.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,214,269 1,168.688 1,039.00 1,060.217 1,145.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 177,650,112 277,988.753 639.06 252,187.226 704.44 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,531 195.208 781.38 177.090 861.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 509,019 479.423 1,061.73 434.926 1,170.36 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,625 202.834 491.17 184.008 541.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,543 120.839 931.34 109.624 1,026.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,030,917 3,868.768 524.95 3,509.689 578.66 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,087,333 9,931.893 1,015.65 9,010.065 1,119.56 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 652,244 710.151 918.46 644.239 1,012.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,469,716 5,615.753 795.92 5,094.527 877.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 164,196 263.402 623.36 238.955 687.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 780,555 1,210.777 644.67 1,098.399 710.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,352 22.962 842.77 20.831 929.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,856,968 8,789.601 780.12 7,973.795 859.94 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,766 1,302.873 672.95 1,181.947 741.80 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 41,971,560 95,905.664 437.63 87,004.180 482.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,594 15.718 737.58 14.260 813.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 615,102 990.029 621.30 898.140 684.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 336,381 784.661 428.70 711.833 472.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 270,968 651.371 416.00 590.914 458.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 758,915 569.202 1,333.30 516.372 1,469.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,270,182 8,624.860 842.93 7,824.344 929.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 803,582 1,225.949 655.48 1,112.163 722.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 467,356 497.750 938.94 451.552 1,035.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,719,876 25,705.673 572.63 23,319.801 631.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,004,281 8,597.479 698.38 7,799.504 769.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,811,157 6,635.415 725.07 6,019.549 799.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 125,411,103 230,996.999 542.91 209,557.012 598.46 Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,820 36.877 1,269.60 33.455 1,399.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 603,297 281.394 2,143.95 255.277 2,363.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,577,781 9,817.090 670.03 8,905.917 738.59 Sweden OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,949 10.304 2,130.06 9.348 2,347.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 70,489 46.216 1,525.19 41.927 1,681.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 220,039 160.707 1,369.19 145.791 1,509.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 55,998 70.481 794.50 63.940 875.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 615,249 138.335 4,447.51 125.496 4,902.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,759,948 1,332.363 1,320.92 1,208.700 1,456.07 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,147 0.985 2,178.66 0.894 2,401.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,229,084 4,751.820 679.55 4,310.780 749.07 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,005,877 7,110.324 422.75 6,450.380 466.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 254,776 237.168 1,074.24 215.156 1,184.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 223,871 248.174 902.07 225.140 994.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,735,497 7,993.130 467.34 7,251.248 515.15 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,803 8.686 6,424.32 7.880 7,081.60 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 698,232 1,041.971 670.11 945.261 738.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,863,589 3,553.502 524.44 3,223.684 578.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 454,421 430.401 1,055.81 390.454 1,163.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,840,157 17,092.770 809.71 15,506.305 892.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,340,007 1,251.675 1,070.57 1,135.501 1,180.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,948 0.281 35,390.89 0.255 39,011.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 46,119 12.527 3,681.34 11.365 4,057.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,200 3.527 907.18 3.200 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 378,812 244.858 1,547.06 222.132 1,705.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 258,210 207.027 1,247.23 187.812 1,374.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 697,839 330.195 2,113.41 299.548 2,329.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,305,932 37,479.281 995.37 34,000.642 1,097.21 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,971,360 11,474.485 520.40 10,409.481 573.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,092 80.441 1,045.39 72.975 1,152.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,026,717 34,810.633 517.85 31,579.684 570.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,792,317 11,294.493 601.38 10,246.195 662.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,089,198 1,652.411 659.16 1,499.043 726.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,684,685 68,632.896 578.22 62,262.734 637.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,749,415 12,256.163 469.10 11,118.608 517.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,126,580 1,285.504 876.37 1,166.190 966.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 134,288 247.612 542.33 224.630 597.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,980 14.127 3,183.92 12.816 3,509.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 510,711 350.683 1,456.33 318.135 1,605.33 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,121,630 1,898.645 590.75 1,722.423 651.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,188,199 8,555.013 606.45 7,760.980 668.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,270 15.752 715.46 14.290 788.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,061,946 32,687.069 583.16 29,653.219 642.83 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,530,051 14,837.241 777.10 13,460.123 856.61 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,276,383 1,250.804 1,020.45 1,134.711 1,124.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,423,484 3,132.800 773.58 2,842.030 852.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,550 159.075 789.25 144.311 870.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,077 133.153 1,089.55 120.795 1,201.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 155,420 81.697 1,902.38 74.115 2,097.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 111,211 63.674 1,746.54 57.765 1,925.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,015,051 722.428 1,405.05 655.376 1,548.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 485,696 397.290 1,222.52 360.416 1,347.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,043,965 684.511 1,525.12 620.979 1,681.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 217,552 392.798 553.85 356.341 610.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 91,644 103.396 886.33 93.800 977.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 91,645 77.475 1,182.88 70.285 1,303.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 295,785 108.256 2,732.25 98.209 3,011.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,147,466 21,653.978 838.07 19,644.164 923.81 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,768,251 18,850.171 412.11 17,100.593 454.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,066,797 1,547.509 689.36 1,403.877 759.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 935,664 1,090.121 858.31 988.942 946.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,052,503 6,902.980 587.07 6,262.280 647.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 960,665 1,695.772 566.51 1,538.379 624.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,148,056 4,594.506 1,120.48 4,168.067 1,235.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 692,475 416.030 1,664.48 377.417 1,834.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,045,464 5,814.995 1,211.60 5,275.277 1,335.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 299,859 234.209 1,280.30 212.471 1,411.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,384 1.952 2,245.68 1.771 2,475.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,533,681 1,366.598 1,854.00 1,239.758 2,043.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,069,906 2,396.815 1,280.83 2,174.355 1,411.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,856 8.068 3,947.99 7.320 4,351.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,579 2.505 2,226.65 2.273 2,454.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,232,553 822.084 1,499.30 745.783 1,652.70 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 635,024 1,046.304 606.92 949.192 669.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 832,608 1,202.568 692.36 1,090.952 763.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 504,078 735.278 685.56 667.034 755.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,151,926 1,629.233 707.04 1,478.016 779.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 217,183 284.117 764.41 257.747 842.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,030,157 1,967.604 1,540.02 1,784.981 1,697.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,747,855 72,571.583 809.52 65,835.852 892.34 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,292,324 1,806.673 715.31 1,638.987 788.49 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,309 37.560 1,792.03 34.074 1,975.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,334,773 11,596.602 1,667.28 10,520.264 1,837.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 988,247 100.258 9,856.99 90.953 10,865.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,618,636 2,829.963 571.96 2,567.300 630.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,064 57.805 571.99 52.440 630.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 626,309 707.655 885.05 641.974 975.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 101,566 23.965 4,238.04 21.741 4,671.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,339,908 18,849.194 1,397.40 17,099.706 1,540.37 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,584,256 3,907.031 405.49 3,544.400 446.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,788,544 4,708.460 592.24 4,271.445 652.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,234,373 2,263.011 545.46 2,052.970 601.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,783,323 1,534.176 1,162.40 1,391.782 1,281.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,627 119.583 1,150.89 108.484 1,268.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,236,572 22,132.514 688.42 20,078.285 758.86 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 401,845 204.027 1,969.56 185.091 2,171.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 45,650 26.647 1,713.12 24.174 1,888.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 493,423 254.899 1,935.76 231.241 2,133.80 Hungary BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,688 68.514 754.41 62.155 831.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,266 10.017 2,222.64 9.088 2,450.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,652,737 573.973 2,879.47 520.700 3,174.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,129 67.403 2,286.68 61.147 2,520.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,969,992 764.067 2,578.29 693.151 2,842.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,170,733 1,021.185 1,146.45 926.404 1,263.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,442,558 1,283.172 1,124.21 1,164.075 1,239.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,279,626 8,044.315 780.63 7,297.682 860.50 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 147,974,887 279,266.595 529.87 253,346.465 584.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,688,168 72,248.681 493.96 65,542.920 544.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,206,628 2,272.448 530.98 2,061.531 585.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 292,291 789.686 370.14 716.392 408.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,760,106 7,873.000 731.63 7,142.268 806.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 93,283 8.975 10,393.63 8.142 11,457.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,810,129 69,316.671 516.62 62,883.044 569.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,750,900 64,691.087 537.18 58,686.784 592.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,114 158.999 686.25 144.242 756.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 271,719,454 513,265.459 529.39 465,626.724 583.56 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,418,361 18,196.151 627.52 16,507.276 691.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,592 4.603 997.56 4.176 1,099.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 167,088 168.516 991.52 152.876 1,092.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,525 46.853 1,675.96 42.505 1,847.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,457 33.520 789.29 30.409 870.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,800,033 115,066.899 476.24 104,386.965 524.97 Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,419,567 5,544.128 616.79 5,029.550 679.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,419,567 5,544.128 616.79 5,029.550 679.90 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,797 982.504 752.97 891.313 830.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 739,797 982.504 752.97 891.313 830.01 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,332,276 5,646.181 590.18 5,122.131 650.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 208,220 351.526 592.33 318.900 652.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 767,530 889.822 862.56 807.234 950.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,482,786 2,820.084 1,234.99 2,558.338 1,361.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 997,018 661.189 1,507.92 599.821 1,662.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,301,056 880.402 1,477.80 798.688 1,628.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 454,762 386.417 1,176.87 350.552 1,297.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 215,571 269.789 799.03 244.749 880.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,746,972 15,685.727 876.40 14,229.857 966.07 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,610,155 47,138.855 416.01 42,763.662 458.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 485,110 1,046.462 463.57 949.335 511.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 82,888 62.569 1,324.74 56.762 1,460.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 577,041 581.556 992.24 527.579 1,093.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 291,216 166.015 1,754.15 150.607 1,933.62 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 880,625 309.742 2,843.08 280.994 3,133.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,265,428 1,069.021 1,183.73 969.800 1,304.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,147,366 534.041 2,148.46 484.474 2,368.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 930,130 698.547 1,331.52 633.712 1,467.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 289,447 729.443 396.81 661.740 437.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 737,516 1,595.727 462.18 1,447.620 509.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 172,870 65.864 2,624.64 59.751 2,893.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,969,243 54,273.251 496.92 49,235.879 547.76 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,783,438 9,642.284 703.51 8,747.336 775.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,369 25.669 3,325.70 23.287 3,665.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,181,773 3,204.002 680.95 2,906.623 750.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,673,773 2,563.973 1,042.82 2,325.998 1,149.52 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,874,518 3,628.293 792.25 3,291.533 873.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 914,276 905.533 1,009.66 821.486 1,112.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,101,926 12,752.053 870.60 11,568.472 959.67 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,437,894 28,584.683 470.11 25,931.596 518.21 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 140,338 216.379 648.57 196.296 714.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,554,936 184,568.454 441.87 167,437.733 487.08 Israel PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 372,969 520.156 717.03 471.878 790.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 386,498 520.762 742.18 472.428 818.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,974,870 7,626.124 390.09 6,918.306 430.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,678,170 4,302.011 390.09 3,902.720 430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,653,040 11,928.135 390.09 10,821.026 430.00 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,979,305 3,074.792 643.72 2,789.406 709.58 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 938,213 1,494.361 627.84 1,355.662 692.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 938,213 1,494.361 627.84 1,355.662 692.07 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,325 15.892 272.15 14.417 299.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,965,934 8,059.613 368.00 7,311.560 405.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 345,296 454.422 759.86 412.245 837.60 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 680,639 730.981 931.13 663.135 1,026.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,353,794 1,056.087 1,281.90 958.067 1,413.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,086 17.158 1,112.33 15.566 1,226.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 730,200 1,157.854 630.65 1,050.388 695.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,386,359 7,416.500 591.43 6,728.138 651.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,345,497 38,870.056 754.96 35,262.332 832.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 622,817 607.740 1,024.81 551.333 1,129.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,924,336 58,943.309 694.30 53,472.486 765.33 Pakistan WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,270 0.722 12,839.09 0.655 14,152.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,270 0.722 12,839.09 0.655 14,152.67 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,743,289 8,416.523 444.75 7,635.344 490.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 335,568 516.623 649.54 468.673 716.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,214,990 93,474.278 483.72 84,798.463 533.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,531,234 136,074.616 481.58 123,444.850 530.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,999 56.891 1,511.64 51.611 1,666.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,634 76.750 1,519.65 69.627 1,675.13 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 127,311 202.227 629.54 183.458 693.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,915,586 35,737.638 445.35 32,420.649 490.91 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,813,712 3,864.269 728.14 3,505.607 802.63 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,865 74.929 492.00 67.975 542.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 51,968,623 134,859.781 385.35 122,342.770 424.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 404,953 885.125 457.51 802.973 504.32 STEEL PILING...........................5 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,788 26.014 299.37 23.600 330.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 178,145 245.953 724.30 223.125 798.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 59,475 76.203 780.47 69.131 860.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,060,687 2,334.832 454.29 2,118.125 500.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 422,355 846.011 499.23 767.489 550.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 78,252 46.724 1,674.74 42.388 1,846.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,026,152 1,353.238 758.29 1,227.638 835.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,031,658 95,459.370 429.83 86,599.309 473.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 46,042,521 48,583.443 947.70 44,074.171 1,044.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,423,944 4,297.945 563.98 3,899.032 621.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,140,586 15,876.781 638.71 14,403.178 704.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,850,758 1,682.617 1,099.93 1,526.445 1,212.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 311,417 275.191 1,131.64 249.650 1,247.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,494,482 8,286.927 542.36 7,517.776 597.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,968,354 19,836.165 653.77 17,995.072 720.66 BLACK PLATE...........................28 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,486,659 40,713.199 527.76 36,934.404 581.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,806,312 86,981.633 641.59 78,908.433 707.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,667,771 5,047.948 726.59 4,579.423 800.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 527,726 697.923 756.14 633.146 833.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 277,064,758 503,855.269 549.89 457,089.941 606.15 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,905,482 17,411.917 568.89 15,795.830 627.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,160,196 9,387.627 549.68 8,516.315 605.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,535 23.364 622.10 21.196 685.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 198,282 290.253 683.13 263.314 753.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,267 6.231 1,647.63 5.653 1,816.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,193,968 4,526.621 705.60 4,106.483 777.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,399,150 4,564.788 744.65 4,141.108 820.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,121,040 6,383.927 488.89 5,791.403 538.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,151,950 2,461.060 874.40 2,232.637 963.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,801,894 71,460.185 473.02 64,827.608 521.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,781,086 7,775.352 614.90 7,053.683 677.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,607,441 23,169.904 759.93 21,019.390 837.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,136,864 19,611.145 720.86 17,790.937 794.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,333,423 1,301.584 1,024.46 1,180.778 1,129.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 125,234,119 207,253.489 604.26 188,017.256 666.08 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 13,611 19.061 714.07 17.292 787.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 728,999 1,590.117 458.46 1,442.531 505.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,308,057 2,957.399 442.30 2,682.908 487.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 78,776 170.793 461.24 154.941 508.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,341 10.664 1,719.76 9.675 1,895.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 427,629 228.953 1,867.76 207.703 2,058.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 907,106 1,707.591 531.22 1,549.101 585.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,284,269 1,694.581 757.87 1,537.299 835.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,659,865 56,508.984 454.08 51,264.103 500.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 376,894 233.846 1,611.72 212.142 1,776.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,948,144 141,063.783 595.11 127,970.948 655.99 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,821,194 38,690.298 486.46 35,099.258 536.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,216,233 5,979.092 705.16 5,424.143 777.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 256,226 403.194 635.49 365.772 700.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 390,131 583.194 668.96 529.065 737.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 256,101 309.286 828.04 280.580 912.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,084,776 4,965.518 621.24 4,504.644 684.80 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,059,483 2,617.525 786.81 2,374.580 867.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 250,075 176.384 1,417.79 160.013 1,562.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 140,368 206.889 678.47 187.687 747.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 66,343 112.508 589.67 102.066 650.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,665,156 10,802.491 802.14 9,799.858 884.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,611,090 622.968 2,586.15 565.148 2,850.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 136,682 28.200 4,846.81 25.583 5,342.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 733,652 232.485 3,155.69 210.907 3,478.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,073 17.222 933.26 15.624 1,028.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,599,619 3,126.489 1,151.33 2,836.304 1,269.12 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,505 197.600 670.57 179.260 739.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 708,491 1,201.706 589.57 1,090.170 649.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,076,517 4,323.308 711.61 3,922.041 784.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,901,986 879.808 2,161.82 798.149 2,383.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 643,475 655.597 981.51 594.748 1,081.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,480,844 115,386.491 645.49 104,676.894 711.53 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,505,450 10,996.341 591.60 9,975.716 652.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,466 47.533 788.20 43.122 868.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,948,598 69,904.013 385.51 63,415.872 424.95 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,824,635 6,823.895 413.93 6,190.536 456.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,703,350 95,388.576 426.71 86,535.085 470.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,573,422 113,263.220 428.85 102,750.694 472.73 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,887,613 5,788.188 671.65 5,250.958 740.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,067,892 1,921.436 555.78 1,743.098 612.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,681,960 11,504.931 580.79 10,437.101 640.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 30,164,687 43,631.648 691.35 39,581.977 762.08 GRAND TOTAL 2,169,049,757 3,678,166.506 589.71 3,336,777.467 650.04 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada WIRE RODS..............................3 15,765 2.757 5,716.14 2.502 6,300.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,039 0.990 7,103.09 0.899 7,829.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 24,168 4.830 5,003.39 4.382 5,515.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 255,402 26.572 9,611.58 24.106 10,594.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,055,975 172.507 6,121.34 156.496 6,747.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 463,228 140.197 3,304.11 127.185 3,642.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 63,052 18.259 3,453.05 16.565 3,806.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,671,217 2,085.383 6,076.20 1,891.829 6,697.87 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,513 9.242 2,111.14 8.385 2,327.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 385,523 82.447 4,675.99 74.795 5,154.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,983,424 11,549.520 2,249.74 10,477.552 2,479.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,839,084 1,583.785 2,423.99 1,436.786 2,671.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,389,819 13,279.413 2,288.49 12,046.885 2,522.63 Venezuela SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 0.468 4,437.74 0.425 4,891.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 170,924 59.695 2,863.26 54.155 3,156.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 61,498 25.349 2,425.97 22.997 2,674.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,956 2.651 7,150.35 2.405 7,881.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 187,956 164.475 1,142.76 149.210 1,259.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,222,564 2,620.562 2,756.11 2,377.335 3,038.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,663,977 2,873.203 2,667.40 2,606.527 2,940.30 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,785 21.435 2,229.24 19.446 2,457.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,785 21.435 2,229.24 19.446 2,457.32 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,303,258 1,782.225 4,097.83 1,616.808 4,517.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 879,682 247.932 3,548.06 224.921 3,911.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,025,571 339.529 3,020.57 308.016 3,329.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 642,672 136.935 4,693.24 124.226 5,173.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,825,141 213.186 8,561.22 193.400 9,437.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,324,405 584.742 3,975.09 530.470 4,381.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,944 9.238 11,575.94 8.381 12,760.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,166,368 171.320 6,808.12 155.419 7,504.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,093,260 4,521.623 4,886.13 4,101.949 5,386.04 Norway BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,926 1.332 11,199.87 1.209 12,345.74 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 659,990 201.798 3,270.53 183.069 3,605.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 230,218 77.700 2,962.88 70.489 3,266.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,835 0.011 347,905.45 0.010 383,500.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 661,190 209.316 3,158.80 189.889 3,481.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,235,726 1,844.104 3,381.44 1,672.944 3,727.40 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 20,157 4.050 4,975.82 3.675 5,484.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,334 6.272 5,155.17 5.690 5,682.60 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,088,673 7,014.441 3,434.15 6,363.396 3,785.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,099,142 661.098 3,175.23 599.739 3,500.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,612 2.046 4,695.67 1.857 5,176.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 396,088 108.982 3,634.43 98.867 4,006.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,085,271 144.472 7,511.97 131.063 8,280.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 874,029 135.019 6,473.34 122.488 7,135.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,858 22.146 5,005.66 20.091 5,517.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 314,055 30.925 10,155.27 28.055 11,194.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,312 54.001 5,413.07 48.989 5,966.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 29,528,422 8,218.923 3,592.74 7,456.084 3,960.31 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,070 0.055 255,281.86 0.050 281,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 170,908 16.043 10,653.10 14.554 11,743.03 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,168 4.905 4,111.48 4.450 4,532.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,988 0.144 249,219.65 0.131 274,717.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 198,406 29.954 6,623.65 27.174 7,301.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 322,421 51.746 6,230.73 46.944 6,868.20 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,573,347 1,747.528 4,905.98 1,585.332 5,407.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,730,695 1,121.649 3,326.08 1,017.544 3,666.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,771 9.726 12,107.90 8.824 13,346.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 255,637 79.854 3,201.28 72.443 3,528.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,835,929 1,540.288 3,139.62 1,397.327 3,460.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 67,205 24.365 2,758.21 22.104 3,040.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,189,319 4,677.063 3,889.05 4,242.962 4,286.94 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,411 0.168 14,295.58 0.153 15,758.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 482,161 84.324 5,717.92 76.498 6,302.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 219,369 16.787 13,067.72 15.229 14,404.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,562,875 551.177 4,649.82 500.020 5,125.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,575,390 567.734 6,297.65 515.040 6,941.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 328,600 35.990 9,130.20 32.650 10,064.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,479 3.333 1,043.68 3.024 1,150.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,223,987 1,823.884 1,767.65 1,654.601 1,948.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 941,021 200.317 4,697.65 181.725 5,178.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,799,953 3,444.902 3,425.34 3,125.164 3,775.79 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 310,019 82.381 3,763.22 74.735 4,148.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 140,848 78.042 1,804.76 70.799 1,989.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,078,584 732.906 2,836.08 664.882 3,126.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,442,347 892.029 2,737.97 809.236 3,018.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,385,964 217.915 6,360.09 197.690 7,010.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,074,631 602.019 3,446.12 546.143 3,798.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,010,458 469.281 8,545.96 425.725 9,420.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 782,274 143.786 5,440.52 130.441 5,997.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 245,401 249.145 984.97 226.021 1,085.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,291,902 1,800.876 2,938.51 1,633.728 3,239.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,236 3.119 1,678.45 2.830 1,850.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,010,027 207.026 4,878.74 187.811 5,377.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,815,986 5,482.805 3,614.21 4,973.919 3,983.98 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,670 2.098 7,942.63 1.904 8,755.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,558,323 461.879 7,704.01 419.010 8,492.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,881 20.245 3,352.97 18.366 3,696.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 654,104 122.208 5,352.35 110.866 5,899.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 117,850 20.582 5,725.78 18.672 6,311.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,014,644 808.841 7,436.12 733.769 8,196.92 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,841,995 1,011.526 12,695.65 917.642 13,994.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,341 0.992 5,383.64 0.900 5,934.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,849,947 1,014.317 12,668.56 920.174 13,964.69 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 Hungary STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 407,104 69.172 5,885.37 62.752 6,487.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 495,696 132.009 3,755.00 119.757 4,139.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 425,509 107.646 3,952.85 97.655 4,357.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,351,444 310.558 4,351.66 281.734 4,796.88 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Russia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 102,339 39.694 2,578.18 36.010 2,841.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 213,985 60.269 3,550.44 54.676 3,913.69 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,158 0.772 6,675.12 0.701 7,358.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,079 1.581 5,739.60 1.435 6,326.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,321 6.915 13,493.69 6.274 14,874.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,169,107 2,602.975 3,906.72 2,361.380 4,306.43 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,961,624 1,745.519 2,269.60 1,583.509 2,501.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,530,642 876.045 2,888.71 794.735 3,184.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 493,579 229.679 2,148.99 208.362 2,368.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,611 21.739 3,708.00 19.722 4,087.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,458,348 324.500 4,494.13 294.382 4,953.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,431,871 392.118 3,651.63 355.724 4,025.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,773,978 2,523.790 4,665.20 2,289.545 5,142.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 509,681 113.328 4,497.37 102.810 4,957.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,516 10.998 2,501.71 9.978 2,757.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,486,171 1,645.230 2,726.77 1,492.528 3,005.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 359,123 83.683 4,291.47 75.916 4,730.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,369,229 9,087.116 3,342.01 8,243.696 3,683.93 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 214,308 130.618 1,640.72 118.495 1,808.58 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 294,418 93.655 3,143.62 84.963 3,465.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 294,418 93.655 3,143.62 84.963 3,465.25 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,456 2.256 16,156.49 2.047 17,809.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 47,726 19.069 2,502.68 17.300 2,758.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 112,632 39.600 2,844.20 35.925 3,135.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 409,355 122.707 3,336.03 111.318 3,677.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,546,661 1,349.817 3,368.35 1,224.534 3,712.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 435,907 173.485 2,512.65 157.383 2,769.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 152,351 25.537 5,965.84 23.167 6,576.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 988,344 274.709 3,597.78 249.212 3,965.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,942,694 4,824.569 3,097.21 4,376.777 3,414.09 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,869 26.275 3,153.82 23.837 3,476.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 527,449 184.138 2,864.41 167.048 3,157.47 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 719,784 232.138 3,100.66 210.593 3,417.89 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 666,925 248.601 2,682.70 225.528 2,957.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 108,875 33.907 3,210.98 30.760 3,539.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 775,800 282.509 2,746.11 256.288 3,027.06 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,132 1.085 2,884.57 0.985 3,179.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,975 1.127 8,845.72 1.023 9,750.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 422,163 356.689 1,183.56 323.583 1,304.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,014 67.261 2,260.03 61.019 2,491.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,042 18.893 2,648.62 17.140 2,919.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 337,018 113.965 2,957.19 103.388 3,259.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,361,362 3,698.722 3,612.43 3,355.426 3,982.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,463,517 512.655 2,854.78 465.073 3,146.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 528,778 164.336 3,217.65 149.084 3,546.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,053,394 14,507.660 2,416.20 13,161.132 2,663.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 476,752 148.888 3,202.08 135.069 3,529.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,870,242 19,612.118 2,644.81 17,791.820 2,915.40 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 287,869 65.744 4,378.63 59.642 4,826.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,751 0.492 5,583.15 0.447 6,154.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 63,198 21.980 2,875.24 19.940 3,169.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,841,351 929.410 4,133.11 843.147 4,555.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,676 2.105 6,495.63 1.910 7,160.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,596,978 950.943 2,730.95 862.682 3,010.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,292,412 513.088 2,518.89 465.466 2,776.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,851,106 3,612.564 3,557.34 3,277.264 3,921.29 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 923,133 324.695 2,843.07 294.559 3,133.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,412,320 693.072 3,480.62 628.745 3,836.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 26,258 2.764 9,497.95 2.508 10,469.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,183,597 1,664.201 3,715.65 1,509.739 4,095.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,552,171 2,118.216 4,981.63 1,921.614 5,491.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,461,709 317.853 4,598.69 288.352 5,069.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 48,828 14.117 3,458.74 12.807 3,812.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,985,878 2,564.909 4,673.02 2,326.847 5,151.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 20,892 5.854 3,568.61 5.311 3,933.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 675,217 252.198 2,677.32 228.791 2,951.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,215,253 10,496.744 4,593.35 9,522.489 5,063.30 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 51,264 19.991 2,564.29 18.136 2,826.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 210,532 50.852 4,140.02 46.133 4,563.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,059,296 401.004 2,641.61 363.785 2,911.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,248 1.710 8,328.33 1.552 9,180.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 321,897 53.462 6,021.03 48.500 6,637.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,336 84.748 8,723.83 76.883 9,616.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,138,597 960.080 1,185.94 870.971 1,307.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,210,931 590.002 2,052.42 535.241 2,262.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 97,963 44.904 2,181.57 40.737 2,404.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,809,714 379.086 7,411.79 343.902 8,170.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,613,252 3,673.229 3,978.31 3,332.299 4,385.34 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,808 4.985 3,972.92 4.523 4,379.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,459,620 58.440 42,087.87 53.016 46,393.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,479,428 63.425 39,091.74 57.539 43,091.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 320,684 145.748 2,200.25 132.221 2,425.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,544,533 2,211.076 2,507.62 2,005.855 2,764.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,192,780 7,323.479 1,391.79 6,643.751 1,534.19 GRAND TOTAL 381,678,667 112,269.805 3,399.66 101,849.483 3,747.48