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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 13,860,715 27,944.973 496.00 25,351.261 546.75 Mexico 94,675,400 178,000.391 531.88 161,479.284 586.30 Brazil 43,588,398 96,160.846 453.29 87,235.677 499.66 Finland 3,005,877 7,110.324 422.75 6,450.380 466.00 Belgium 4,550,549 10,860.943 418.98 9,852.885 461.85 Federal Republic of Germany 438,579 492.411 890.68 446.708 981.80 Hungary 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Russia 96,870,359 163,451.325 592.66 148,280.590 653.29 Ukraine 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 Italy 19,552,023 47,342.546 412.99 42,948.448 455.24 Turkey 341,779 856.242 399.16 776.770 440.00 Japan 18,603,183 38,482.911 483.41 34,911.120 532.87 Australia 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 349,162,584 706,353.733 494.32 640,793.509 544.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 25,188,373 28,990.457 868.85 26,299.708 957.74 Mexico 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 Brazil 1,372,939 1,368.407 1,003.31 1,241.399 1,105.96 Sweden 6,293,708 3,724.232 1,689.93 3,378.568 1,862.83 Finland 528,846 483.173 1,094.53 438.328 1,206.51 Denmark 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 United Kingdom 1,249,226 1,179.504 1,059.11 1,070.029 1,167.47 Belgium 5,593,415 2,967.406 1,884.95 2,691.987 2,077.80 France 2,732,466 2,043.330 1,337.26 1,853.679 1,474.08 Federal Republic of Germany 3,436,638 2,510.993 1,368.64 2,277.936 1,508.66 Austria 1,809,036 2,313.454 781.96 2,098.731 861.97 Czech Republic 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 Russia 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 Ukraine 14,471,355 20,777.939 696.48 18,849.435 767.73 Turkey 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 Thailand 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 Malaysia 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 China 2,080,599 3,749.992 554.83 3,401.937 611.59 Korea, South 9,905,482 17,411.917 568.89 15,795.830 627.09 Japan 1,748,257 1,793.188 974.94 1,626.754 1,074.69 Australia 6,513,505 10,996.938 592.30 9,976.258 652.90 South Africa 4,269,677 5,872.646 727.04 5,327.577 801.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,824,016 162,178.446 701.84 147,125.853 773.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 56,972,752 89,949.470 633.39 81,600.810 698.19 Mexico 12,566,178 20,235.056 621.01 18,356.940 684.55 Brazil 615,102 990.029 621.30 898.140 684.86 Sweden 3,412,324 4,194.638 813.50 3,805.313 896.73 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 82,832 70.542 1,174.22 63.995 1,294.35 United Kingdom 239,127 314.203 761.06 285.041 838.92 Netherlands 29,671,225 56,087.837 529.01 50,882.045 583.14 Belgium 3,644,076 2,837.285 1,284.35 2,573.943 1,415.76 France 256,902 466.102 551.17 422.841 607.56 Federal Republic of Germany 4,737,820 7,968.225 594.59 7,228.655 655.42 Austria 2,498,377 4,009.523 623.11 3,637.380 686.86 Czech Republic 2,764,245 6,820.130 405.31 6,187.120 446.77 Russia 69,357,863 138,066.430 502.35 125,251.794 553.75 Italy 289,447 729.443 396.81 661.740 437.40 Bulgaria 6,110,770 12,567.105 486.25 11,400.690 536.00 Turkey 2,951,893 6,084.110 485.18 5,519.414 534.82 Saudi Arabia 2,100,910 5,385.712 390.09 4,885.838 430.00 Thailand 42,846,127 89,724.617 477.53 81,396.827 526.39 Malaysia 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 Korea, South 38,476,915 79,895.570 481.59 72,480.063 530.86 Japan 2,878,322 4,092.087 703.39 3,712.280 775.35 Australia 8,611,859 18,179.643 473.71 16,492.300 522.17 New Zealand 4,493,043 8,667.581 518.37 7,863.100 571.41 Egypt 35,803,323 84,097.969 425.73 76,292.416 469.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 331,811,286 642,120.437 516.74 582,522.026 569.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 25,787,731 35,438.990 727.67 32,149.720 802.11 Mexico 3,548,593 5,207.631 681.42 4,724.285 751.14 Dominican Republic 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 Brazil 14,571,628 25,412.566 573.40 23,053.899 632.07 Argentina 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 Sweden 1,414,677 1,095.926 1,290.85 994.208 1,422.92 United Kingdom 709,543 383.872 1,848.38 348.243 2,037.49 Netherlands 8,009,698 13,384.806 598.42 12,142.496 659.64 Belgium 7,260,720 12,498.405 580.93 11,338.366 640.37 France 1,563,116 367.802 4,249.88 333.665 4,684.69 Federal Republic of Germany 6,506,973 6,069.567 1,072.07 5,506.221 1,181.75 Austria 610,804 199.462 3,062.26 180.949 3,375.56 Switzerland 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 Russia 34,830,259 64,688.252 538.43 58,684.212 593.52 Ukraine 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 Italy 910,386 1,661.591 547.90 1,507.371 603.96 Turkey 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 India 1,826,653 2,571.500 710.35 2,332.827 783.02 China 22,090,014 41,542.199 531.75 37,686.460 586.15 Korea, South 4,573,771 7,717.337 592.66 7,001.053 653.30 Taiwan 25,960,546 56,769.484 457.30 51,500.425 504.08 Japan 6,334,069 8,298.091 763.32 7,527.904 841.41 New Zealand 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 South Africa 6,681,960 11,504.931 580.79 10,437.101 640.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,437,510 312,141.700 587.67 283,170.267 647.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 48,529,834 58,371.992 831.39 52,954.196 916.45 Mexico 12,205,888 12,738.689 958.17 11,556.348 1,056.21 Costa Rica 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 Colombia 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 Venezuela 125,756 132.654 948.00 120.342 1,044.99 Brazil 12,500,736 17,437.043 716.91 15,818.624 790.25 Argentina 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 Sweden 675,148 257.191 2,625.08 233.320 2,893.66 Finland 359,695 387.153 929.08 351.220 1,024.13 United Kingdom 1,488,265 1,757.002 847.05 1,593.926 933.71 Netherlands 1,862,422 2,828.533 658.44 2,566.003 725.81 Belgium 2,361,582 2,333.937 1,011.84 2,117.313 1,115.37 Luxembourg 2,618,684 3,814.223 686.56 3,460.206 756.80 France 2,904,594 3,051.276 951.93 2,768.072 1,049.32 Federal Republic of Germany 8,067,494 10,951.366 736.67 9,934.915 812.03 Austria 867,015 752.904 1,151.56 683.024 1,269.38 Spain 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 Italy 53,721 27.185 1,976.11 24.662 2,178.29 United Arab Emirates 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 India 26,038,389 33,769.743 771.06 30,635.405 849.94 Thailand 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 Indonesia 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 China 60,191,969 92,977.214 647.38 84,347.534 713.62 Korea, South 36,639,319 49,044.675 747.06 44,492.594 823.49 Taiwan 46,122,362 62,175.979 741.80 56,405.116 817.70 Japan 16,099,316 18,963.530 848.96 17,203.430 935.82 Australia 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 New Zealand 574,011 564.956 1,016.03 512.520 1,119.98 South Africa 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 302,377,121 401,547.366 753.03 364,277.746 830.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 10,990,276 14,689.128 748.19 13,325.757 824.74 Brazil 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 Norway 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 Netherlands 5,923,978 8,813.095 672.18 7,995.108 740.95 Belgium 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 France 8,603,683 12,459.096 690.55 11,302.705 761.21 Federal Republic of Germany 8,217,234 12,835.455 640.20 11,644.133 705.70 China 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 Korea, South 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 Taiwan 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 Japan 660,051 983.447 671.16 892.169 739.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,985,886 60,737.901 691.26 55,100.513 761.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 45,179,060 65,301.214 691.86 59,240.282 762.64 Mexico 17,282,667 24,178.121 714.81 21,934.029 787.94 Dominican Republic 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 Trinidad and Tobago 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 2,469,378 4,913.844 502.53 4,457.766 553.95 Argentina 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 Sweden 1,731,346 569.405 3,040.62 516.556 3,351.71 Norway 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 United Kingdom 18,688,206 23,257.518 803.53 21,098.872 885.74 Netherlands 535,909 415.884 1,288.60 377.284 1,420.44 Belgium 114,396 196.264 582.87 178.048 642.50 Luxembourg 941,296 1,310.015 718.54 1,188.426 792.05 France 835,338 766.631 1,089.62 695.477 1,201.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,363,372 3,238.843 1,038.45 2,938.230 1,144.69 Austria 935,799 199.441 4,692.11 180.930 5,172.16 Czech Republic 3,078,524 4,214.337 730.49 3,823.184 805.23 Switzerland 88,687 88.193 1,005.59 80.008 1,108.48 Poland 5,654 2.810 2,011.46 2.550 2,217.25 Russia 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 Ukraine 68,009 47.659 1,426.98 43.236 1,572.97 Spain 2,116,083 1,687.117 1,254.26 1,530.528 1,382.58 Italy 1,475,048 1,596.269 924.06 1,448.112 1,018.60 Turkey 919,914 2,094.788 439.14 1,900.361 484.07 India 359,404 461.291 779.13 418.477 858.84 Malaysia 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 China 2,578,949 4,157.763 620.27 3,771.861 683.73 Korea, South 1,233,311 1,176.769 1,048.05 1,067.548 1,155.27 Taiwan 2,759,203 5,077.873 543.38 4,606.571 598.97 Japan 15,482,434 17,574.907 880.94 15,943.692 971.07 Australia 17,933 22.384 801.13 20.307 883.09 South Africa 2,755 1.363 2,020.45 1.237 2,227.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,406,820 169,172.458 741.30 153,470.716 817.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 9,855,533 7,395.112 1,332.71 6,708.735 1,469.06 Mexico 252,331 226.242 1,115.31 205.244 1,229.42 Colombia 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 Brazil 101,295 25.709 3,940.03 23.323 4,343.14 Sweden 644,673 487.241 1,323.11 442.018 1,458.48 United Kingdom 3,475,801 1,986.725 1,749.51 1,802.328 1,928.51 France 4,083,904 2,764.646 1,477.19 2,508.046 1,628.32 Federal Republic of Germany 5,639,179 4,814.870 1,171.20 4,367.978 1,291.03 Austria 2,819 0.248 11,366.02 0.225 12,528.89 Czech Republic 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 Switzerland 22,266 10.017 2,222.64 9.088 2,450.04 Russia 2,159,543 2,427.450 889.63 2,202.147 980.65 Ukraine 15,911 15.950 997.53 14.470 1,099.59 Spain 1,427,233 1,358.634 1,050.49 1,232.533 1,157.97 Italy 768,668 697.367 1,102.24 632.641 1,215.01 Romania 133,846 41.998 3,186.96 38.100 3,513.02 Malaysia 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 China 985,734 1,445.667 681.85 1,311.488 751.61 Korea, South 144,219 107.664 1,339.52 97.672 1,476.56 Taiwan 178,103 93.118 1,912.64 84.476 2,108.33 Japan 812,961 635.258 1,279.73 576.297 1,410.66 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,150,473 25,188.367 1,236.70 22,850.509 1,363.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 Mexico 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 Dominican Republic 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 Brazil 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 United Kingdom 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 Federal Republic of Germany 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 Bulgaria 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 Turkey 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 India 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 China 65,225 24.788 2,631.23 22.488 2,900.44 Taiwan 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 Japan 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 Egypt 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,794,073 210,995.026 435.05 191,411.522 479.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 109,446,444 109,030.573 1,003.81 98,910.900 1,106.52 Mexico 25,972,250 28,347.361 916.21 25,716.301 1,009.95 Guatemala 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 Dominican Republic 335,246 562.357 596.14 510.162 657.14 Colombia 943,084 1,239.689 760.74 1,124.628 838.57 Venezuela 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 Chile 134,649 180.841 744.57 164.057 820.75 Brazil 10,913,371 11,695.457 933.13 10,609.944 1,028.60 Sweden 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 Finland 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 Denmark 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 United Kingdom 407,948 295.236 1,381.77 267.834 1,523.14 Ireland 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 Netherlands 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 Belgium 71,851 35.727 2,011.11 32.411 2,216.87 France 221,203 163.279 1,354.75 148.125 1,493.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,376,629 634.258 2,170.45 575.390 2,392.51 Austria 147,025 41.520 3,541.00 37.667 3,903.28 Slovakia 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 Hungary 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 Switzerland 1,841,701 651.461 2,827.03 590.996 3,116.27 Ukraine 93,988 120.743 778.41 109.537 858.05 Spain 548,186 310.676 1,764.49 281.841 1,945.02 Italy 371,605 136.196 2,728.46 123.555 3,007.61 Romania 3,202,046 5,010.038 639.13 4,545.032 704.52 Turkey 557,093 704.192 791.11 638.833 872.05 Israel 20,133 3.205 6,280.73 2.908 6,923.31 United Arab Emirates 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 Oman 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,060,811 887.669 1,195.05 805.280 1,317.32 Vietnam 89,615 60.495 1,481.34 54.881 1,632.90 Malaysia 231,549 282.711 819.03 256.472 902.82 China 52,753,098 118,295.158 445.94 107,315.593 491.57 Korea, South 12,062,246 18,704.115 644.90 16,968.093 710.88 Hong Kong 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Taiwan 2,560,095 2,423.894 1,056.19 2,198.921 1,164.25 Japan 12,601,289 12,747.266 988.55 11,564.129 1,089.69 Australia 61,492 91.247 673.91 82.778 742.85 South Africa 1,067,892 1,921.436 555.78 1,743.098 612.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 241,827,783 317,391.608 761.92 287,932.905 839.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 6,704,120 1,319.437 5,081.04 1,196.974 5,600.89 Mexico 4,667,419 1,488.311 3,136.05 1,350.174 3,456.90 Venezuela 63,301 39.255 1,612.54 35.612 1,777.52 Brazil 62,882 37.490 1,677.27 34.011 1,848.87 Sweden 115,784 5.373 21,546.16 4.875 23,750.56 Norway 20,331 0.125 161,789.28 0.114 178,342.11 Finland 16,331 0.490 33,292.67 0.445 36,698.88 Denmark 51,085 7.189 7,105.73 6.522 7,832.72 United Kingdom 879,603 33.674 26,120.75 30.549 28,793.18 Ireland 2,580 0.031 80,708.18 0.029 88,965.52 Netherlands 109,082 28.022 3,892.60 25.422 4,290.85 Belgium 46,911 0.072 644,802.35 0.066 710,772.73 France 693,200 292.533 2,369.64 265.382 2,612.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,504,706 514.874 4,864.70 467.086 5,362.41 Austria 604,687 170.702 3,542.34 154.859 3,904.76 Switzerland 42,039 1.209 34,764.95 1.097 38,321.79 Lithuania 41,121 2.422 16,971.95 2.198 18,708.37 Poland 106,219 10.358 10,254.37 9.397 11,303.50 Spain 580,712 308.919 1,879.82 280.247 2,072.14 Italy 5,101,148 1,109.499 4,597.70 1,006.521 5,068.10 Romania 799,935 620.682 1,288.80 563.074 1,420.66 Israel 707,160 135.705 5,210.99 123.110 5,744.13 India 6,744,059 5,091.580 1,324.55 4,619.005 1,460.07 Thailand 843,275 414.349 2,035.18 375.892 2,243.40 Vietnam 102,827 70.609 1,456.27 64.056 1,605.27 Malaysia 1,966,109 1,367.136 1,438.12 1,240.246 1,585.26 Singapore 27,190 0.730 37,204.16 0.663 41,010.56 Indonesia 183,817 22.566 8,145.57 20.472 8,978.95 China 11,157,423 5,695.602 1,958.95 5,166.965 2,159.38 Korea, South 4,440,560 1,462.046 3,037.22 1,326.347 3,347.96 Hong Kong 24,481 5.669 4,318.26 5.143 4,760.06 Taiwan 2,192,983 633.616 3,461.06 574.807 3,815.16 Japan 2,391,694 527.095 4,537.50 478.173 5,001.73 Australia 256,255 40.195 6,375.17 36.465 7,027.42 South Africa 47,615 11.551 4,122.11 10.479 4,543.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,298,644 21,469.134 2,529.15 19,476.477 2,787.91 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar Canada 326,488 36.301 8,993.84 32.932 9,914.00 Mexico 19,513 9.242 2,111.14 8.385 2,327.13 Brazil 61,498 25.349 2,425.97 22.997 2,674.17 Sweden 1,692,632 477.715 3,543.18 433.376 3,905.69 Norway 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 Denmark 3,734 0.122 30,517.38 0.111 33,639.64 United Kingdom 879,792 134.067 6,562.31 121.624 7,233.70 Ireland 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 Netherlands 50,129 13.373 3,748.46 12.132 4,131.97 Belgium 41,371 3.131 13,210.54 2.841 14,562.13 France 2,604,153 556.187 4,682.15 504.565 5,161.18 Federal Republic of Germany 3,589,300 839.363 4,276.22 761.458 4,713.72 Austria 2,334,731 377.102 6,191.23 342.102 6,824.66 Switzerland 902,800 201.181 4,487.49 182.509 4,946.61 Latvia 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Ukraine 47,532 22.674 2,096.27 20.570 2,310.74 Spain 14,237 2.354 6,046.63 2.136 6,665.26 Portugal 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy 14,801,151 3,266.255 4,531.53 2,963.098 4,995.16 Slovenia 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 Saudi Arabia 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 United Arab Emirates 278,936 86.632 3,219.75 78.592 3,549.17 India 8,852,853 2,990.341 2,960.48 2,712.793 3,263.37 China 626,809 217.956 2,875.84 197.727 3,170.07 Korea, South 203,273 60.982 3,333.33 55.322 3,674.36 Taiwan 8,410,365 2,314.195 3,634.25 2,099.403 4,006.07 Japan 817,100 164.438 4,969.04 149.176 5,477.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,649,010 12,475.525 3,899.56 11,317.610 4,298.52 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 15,765 2.757 5,716.14 2.502 6,300.96 Sweden 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 Norway 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 United Kingdom 2,354,445 737.252 3,193.54 668.824 3,520.28 France 665,767 174.052 3,825.09 157.898 4,216.44 Federal Republic of Germany 140,848 78.042 1,804.76 70.799 1,989.41 Italy 521,480 232.057 2,247.20 210.519 2,477.12 India 47,726 19.069 2,502.68 17.300 2,758.73 China 422,163 356.689 1,183.56 323.583 1,304.65 Taiwan 923,133 324.695 2,843.07 294.559 3,133.95 Japan 51,264 19.991 2,564.29 18.136 2,826.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,497,767 2,020.409 2,721.12 1,832.885 2,999.52 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 1,055,975 172.507 6,121.34 156.496 6,747.62 Mexico 385,523 82.447 4,675.99 74.795 5,154.40 Brazil 18,956 2.651 7,150.35 2.405 7,881.91 Sweden 1,825,141 213.186 8,561.22 193.400 9,437.13 Finland 3,835 0.011 347,905.45 0.010 383,500.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 110,858 22.146 5,005.66 20.091 5,517.79 Netherlands 35,988 0.144 249,219.65 0.131 274,717.56 Belgium 117,771 9.726 12,107.90 8.824 13,346.67 France 328,600 35.990 9,130.20 32.650 10,064.32 Federal Republic of Germany 782,274 143.786 5,440.52 130.441 5,997.15 Switzerland 425,509 107.646 3,952.85 97.655 4,357.27 Spain 93,321 6.915 13,493.69 6.274 14,874.24 Italy 509,681 113.328 4,497.37 102.810 4,957.50 India 4,546,661 1,349.817 3,368.35 1,224.534 3,712.97 Thailand 82,869 26.275 3,153.82 23.837 3,476.49 Vietnam 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 China 1,463,517 512.655 2,854.78 465.073 3,146.85 Korea, South 3,841,351 929.410 4,133.11 843.147 4,555.97 Hong Kong 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 Taiwan 1,461,709 317.853 4,598.69 288.352 5,069.18 Japan 739,336 84.748 8,723.83 76.883 9,616.38 Australia 19,808 4.985 3,972.92 4.523 4,379.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,027,249 4,191.791 4,300.61 3,802.730 4,740.61 GRAND TOTAL 1,939,250,222 3,047,983.906 636.24 2,765,085.268 701.33 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 181,329,681 255,385.013 710.02 231,681.451 782.67 Mexico 123,003,217 216,190.409 568.96 196,124.696 627.17 Costa Rica 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 Dominican Republic 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 Colombia 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 Venezuela 125,756 132.654 948.00 120.342 1,044.99 Brazil 73,483,627 142,384.663 516.09 129,169.230 568.89 Argentina 4,375,838 7,145.912 612.36 6,482.665 675.01 Sweden 11,795,857 9,271.988 1,272.20 8,411.409 1,402.36 Norway 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 Finland 3,977,250 8,051.194 494.00 7,303.923 544.54 Denmark 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 United Kingdom 3,686,161 3,634.582 1,014.19 3,297.239 1,117.95 Netherlands 45,467,323 81,114.273 560.53 73,585.652 617.88 Belgium 25,075,866 33,798.467 741.92 30,661.463 817.83 Luxembourg 2,618,684 3,814.223 686.56 3,460.206 756.80 France 16,060,761 18,387.607 873.46 16,680.962 962.82 Federal Republic of Germany 31,404,738 40,828.020 769.20 37,038.568 847.89 Austria 5,785,232 7,275.345 795.18 6,600.084 876.54 Czech Republic 3,020,033 7,172.696 421.05 6,506.963 464.12 Hungary 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Switzerland 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 Russia 202,887,395 369,218.311 549.51 334,949.311 605.73 Ukraine 57,136,216 116,957.030 488.52 106,101.663 538.50 Spain 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 Italy 20,805,577 49,760.766 418.11 45,142.221 460.89 Bulgaria 6,110,770 12,567.105 486.25 11,400.690 536.00 Turkey 9,056,370 17,083.801 530.11 15,498.168 584.35 Saudi Arabia 2,100,910 5,385.712 390.09 4,885.838 430.00 United Arab Emirates 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 India 27,865,042 36,341.244 766.76 32,968.232 845.21 Thailand 56,279,222 117,427.637 479.27 106,528.591 528.30 Malaysia 11,783,611 26,033.479 452.63 23,617.182 498.94 Indonesia 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 China 86,070,005 140,989.981 610.47 127,903.996 672.93 Korea, South 89,829,098 154,321.533 582.09 139,998.180 641.64 Taiwan 72,139,214 119,018.284 606.12 107,971.602 668.13 Japan 46,323,198 72,613.256 637.94 65,873.657 703.21 Australia 26,216,722 68,665.463 381.80 62,292.278 420.87 New Zealand 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt 35,803,323 84,097.969 425.73 76,292.416 469.29 South Africa 22,029,007 31,396.989 701.63 28,482.878 773.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,322,598,403 2,285,079.585 578.80 2,072,989.913 638.01 GRAND TOTAL 1,322,598,403 2,285,079.585 578.80 2,072,989.913 638.01