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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 13,860,715 27,944.973 496.00 25,351.261 546.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 25,188,373 28,990.457 868.85 26,299.708 957.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 56,972,752 89,949.470 633.39 81,600.810 698.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 25,787,731 35,438.990 727.67 32,149.720 802.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 48,529,834 58,371.992 831.39 52,954.196 916.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 10,990,276 14,689.128 748.19 13,325.757 824.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 45,179,060 65,301.214 691.86 59,240.282 762.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 9,855,533 7,395.112 1,332.71 6,708.735 1,469.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 109,446,444 109,030.573 1,003.81 98,910.900 1,106.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,704,120 1,319.437 5,081.04 1,196.974 5,600.89 Stainless Steel Bar 326,488 36.301 8,993.84 32.932 9,914.00 Stainless Steel Rod 15,765 2.757 5,716.14 2.502 6,300.96 Stainless Steel Wire 1,055,975 172.507 6,121.34 156.496 6,747.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,138,288 440,930.115 805.43 400,005.185 887.83 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 94,675,400 178,000.391 531.88 161,479.284 586.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,566,178 20,235.056 621.01 18,356.940 684.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,548,593 5,207.631 681.42 4,724.285 751.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,205,888 12,738.689 958.17 11,556.348 1,056.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,282,667 24,178.121 714.81 21,934.029 787.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 252,331 226.242 1,115.31 205.244 1,229.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 25,972,250 28,347.361 916.21 25,716.301 1,009.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,667,419 1,488.311 3,136.05 1,350.174 3,456.90 Stainless Steel Bar 19,513 9.242 2,111.14 8.385 2,327.13 Stainless Steel Wire 385,523 82.447 4,675.99 74.795 5,154.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 172,726,841 272,796.946 633.17 247,477.297 697.95 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 392,835 330.896 1,187.19 300.184 1,308.65 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 335,246 562.357 596.14 510.162 657.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,902,162 3,759.945 505.90 3,410.966 557.66 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 943,084 1,239.689 760.74 1,124.628 838.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,553,651 3,503.242 728.94 3,178.089 803.52 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 125,756 132.654 948.00 120.342 1,044.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 63,301 39.255 1,612.54 35.612 1,777.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 664,193 544.591 1,219.62 494.045 1,344.40 Chile Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 134,649 180.841 744.57 164.057 820.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 134,649 180.841 744.57 164.057 820.75 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 43,588,398 96,160.846 453.29 87,235.677 499.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,372,939 1,368.407 1,003.31 1,241.399 1,105.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 615,102 990.029 621.30 898.140 684.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,571,628 25,412.566 573.40 23,053.899 632.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,500,736 17,437.043 716.91 15,818.624 790.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,469,378 4,913.844 502.53 4,457.766 553.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 101,295 25.709 3,940.03 23.323 4,343.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,913,371 11,695.457 933.13 10,609.944 1,028.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 62,882 37.490 1,677.27 34.011 1,848.87 Stainless Steel Bar 61,498 25.349 2,425.97 22.997 2,674.17 Stainless Steel Wire 18,956 2.651 7,150.35 2.405 7,881.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,675,314 190,377.124 528.82 172,707.271 582.92 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,371,080 8,858.655 606.31 8,036.439 668.34 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,293,708 3,724.232 1,689.93 3,378.568 1,862.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,412,324 4,194.638 813.50 3,805.313 896.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,414,677 1,095.926 1,290.85 994.208 1,422.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 675,148 257.191 2,625.08 233.320 2,893.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,731,346 569.405 3,040.62 516.556 3,351.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 644,673 487.241 1,323.11 442.018 1,458.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 115,784 5.373 21,546.16 4.875 23,750.56 Stainless Steel Bar 1,692,632 477.715 3,543.18 433.376 3,905.69 Stainless Steel Rod 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 Stainless Steel Wire 1,825,141 213.186 8,561.22 193.400 9,437.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,298,903 11,111.227 1,646.88 10,079.939 1,815.38 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 20,331 0.125 161,789.28 0.114 178,342.11 Stainless Steel Bar 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 Stainless Steel Rod 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,257,745 4,750.757 685.73 4,309.816 755.89 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,005,877 7,110.324 422.75 6,450.380 466.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 528,846 483.173 1,094.53 438.328 1,206.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 82,832 70.542 1,174.22 63.995 1,294.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 359,695 387.153 929.08 351.220 1,024.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,331 0.490 33,292.67 0.445 36,698.88 Stainless Steel Wire 3,835 0.011 347,905.45 0.010 383,500.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,712,723 8,293.159 568.27 7,523.430 626.41 Denmark Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 51,085 7.189 7,105.73 6.522 7,832.72 Stainless Steel Bar 3,734 0.122 30,517.38 0.111 33,639.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,622 15.997 6,914.81 14.513 7,622.27 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,249,226 1,179.504 1,059.11 1,070.029 1,167.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 239,127 314.203 761.06 285.041 838.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 709,543 383.872 1,848.38 348.243 2,037.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,488,265 1,757.002 847.05 1,593.926 933.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 18,688,206 23,257.518 803.53 21,098.872 885.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,475,801 1,986.725 1,749.51 1,802.328 1,928.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 407,948 295.236 1,381.77 267.834 1,523.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 879,603 33.674 26,120.75 30.549 28,793.18 Stainless Steel Bar 879,792 134.067 6,562.31 121.624 7,233.70 Stainless Steel Rod 2,354,445 737.252 3,193.54 668.824 3,520.28 Stainless Steel Wire 110,858 22.146 5,005.66 20.091 5,517.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,527,184 30,134.476 1,013.03 27,337.545 1,116.68 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,580 0.031 80,708.18 0.029 88,965.52 Stainless Steel Bar 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 155,090 16.989 9,128.35 15.413 10,062.29 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 29,671,225 56,087.837 529.01 50,882.045 583.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,009,698 13,384.806 598.42 12,142.496 659.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,862,422 2,828.533 658.44 2,566.003 725.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,923,978 8,813.095 672.18 7,995.108 740.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 535,909 415.884 1,288.60 377.284 1,420.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 109,082 28.022 3,892.60 25.422 4,290.85 Stainless Steel Bar 50,129 13.373 3,748.46 12.132 4,131.97 Stainless Steel Wire 35,988 0.144 249,219.65 0.131 274,717.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,203,202 81,573.576 566.40 74,002.325 624.35 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,550,549 10,860.943 418.98 9,852.885 461.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,593,415 2,967.406 1,884.95 2,691.987 2,077.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,644,076 2,837.285 1,284.35 2,573.943 1,415.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,260,720 12,498.405 580.93 11,338.366 640.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,361,582 2,333.937 1,011.84 2,117.313 1,115.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 114,396 196.264 582.87 178.048 642.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,851 35.727 2,011.11 32.411 2,216.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 46,911 0.072 644,802.35 0.066 710,772.73 Stainless Steel Bar 41,371 3.131 13,210.54 2.841 14,562.13 Stainless Steel Wire 117,771 9.726 12,107.90 8.824 13,346.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,468,166 34,043.390 748.11 30,883.653 824.65 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,618,684 3,814.223 686.56 3,460.206 756.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 941,296 1,310.015 718.54 1,188.426 792.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,559,980 5,124.238 694.73 4,648.632 765.81 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,732,466 2,043.330 1,337.26 1,853.679 1,474.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 256,902 466.102 551.17 422.841 607.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,563,116 367.802 4,249.88 333.665 4,684.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,904,594 3,051.276 951.93 2,768.072 1,049.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,603,683 12,459.096 690.55 11,302.705 761.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 835,338 766.631 1,089.62 695.477 1,201.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,083,904 2,764.646 1,477.19 2,508.046 1,628.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 221,203 163.279 1,354.75 148.125 1,493.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 693,200 292.533 2,369.64 265.382 2,612.08 Stainless Steel Bar 2,604,153 556.187 4,682.15 504.565 5,161.18 Stainless Steel Rod 665,767 174.052 3,825.09 157.898 4,216.44 Stainless Steel Wire 328,600 35.990 9,130.20 32.650 10,064.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,492,926 23,140.930 1,101.64 20,993.105 1,214.35 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 438,579 492.411 890.68 446.708 981.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,436,638 2,510.993 1,368.64 2,277.936 1,508.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,737,820 7,968.225 594.59 7,228.655 655.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,506,973 6,069.567 1,072.07 5,506.221 1,181.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,067,494 10,951.366 736.67 9,934.915 812.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,217,234 12,835.455 640.20 11,644.133 705.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,363,372 3,238.843 1,038.45 2,938.230 1,144.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,639,179 4,814.870 1,171.20 4,367.978 1,291.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,376,629 634.258 2,170.45 575.390 2,392.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,504,706 514.874 4,864.70 467.086 5,362.41 Stainless Steel Bar 3,589,300 839.363 4,276.22 761.458 4,713.72 Stainless Steel Rod 140,848 78.042 1,804.76 70.799 1,989.41 Stainless Steel Wire 782,274 143.786 5,440.52 130.441 5,997.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,857,068 51,150.354 955.17 46,402.834 1,052.89 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,809,036 2,313.454 781.96 2,098.731 861.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,498,377 4,009.523 623.11 3,637.380 686.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 610,804 199.462 3,062.26 180.949 3,375.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 867,015 752.904 1,151.56 683.024 1,269.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 935,799 199.441 4,692.11 180.930 5,172.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,819 0.248 11,366.02 0.225 12,528.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 147,025 41.520 3,541.00 37.667 3,903.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 604,687 170.702 3,542.34 154.859 3,904.76 Stainless Steel Bar 2,334,731 377.102 6,191.23 342.102 6,824.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,810,293 8,064.360 1,216.50 7,315.867 1,340.96 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,764,245 6,820.130 405.31 6,187.120 446.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,078,524 4,214.337 730.49 3,823.184 805.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,180,358 11,463.992 539.11 10,399.962 594.27 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,379 8.465 1,226.00 7.680 1,351.43 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 88,687 88.193 1,005.59 80.008 1,108.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 22,266 10.017 2,222.64 9.088 2,450.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,841,701 651.461 2,827.03 590.996 3,116.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 42,039 1.209 34,764.95 1.097 38,321.79 Stainless Steel Bar 902,800 201.181 4,487.49 182.509 4,946.61 Stainless Steel Wire 425,509 107.646 3,952.85 97.655 4,357.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,690,689 1,188.095 3,106.39 1,077.822 3,424.21 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 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 Lithuania Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,121 2.422 16,971.95 2.198 18,708.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,121 2.422 16,971.95 2.198 18,708.37 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,654 2.810 2,011.46 2.550 2,217.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 106,219 10.358 10,254.37 9.397 11,303.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,873 13.169 8,494.98 11.947 9,364.11 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 96,870,359 163,451.325 592.66 148,280.590 653.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 69,357,863 138,066.430 502.35 125,251.794 553.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 34,830,259 64,688.252 538.43 58,684.212 593.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,159,543 2,427.450 889.63 2,202.147 980.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 205,466,369 372,359.838 551.80 337,799.259 608.25 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 14,471,355 20,777.939 696.48 18,849.435 767.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 68,009 47.659 1,426.98 43.236 1,572.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 15,911 15.950 997.53 14.470 1,099.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 93,988 120.743 778.41 109.537 858.05 Stainless Steel Bar 47,532 22.674 2,096.27 20.570 2,310.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,361,656 117,164.058 489.58 106,289.476 539.67 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,116,083 1,687.117 1,254.26 1,530.528 1,382.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,427,233 1,358.634 1,050.49 1,232.533 1,157.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 548,186 310.676 1,764.49 281.841 1,945.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 580,712 308.919 1,879.82 280.247 2,072.14 Stainless Steel Bar 14,237 2.354 6,046.63 2.136 6,665.26 Stainless Steel Wire 93,321 6.915 13,493.69 6.274 14,874.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,255,485 8,392.116 983.72 7,613.202 1,084.36 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 19,552,023 47,342.546 412.99 42,948.448 455.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 289,447 729.443 396.81 661.740 437.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 910,386 1,661.591 547.90 1,507.371 603.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 53,721 27.185 1,976.11 24.662 2,178.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,475,048 1,596.269 924.06 1,448.112 1,018.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 768,668 697.367 1,102.24 632.641 1,215.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 371,605 136.196 2,728.46 123.555 3,007.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,101,148 1,109.499 4,597.70 1,006.521 5,068.10 Stainless Steel Bar 14,801,151 3,266.255 4,531.53 2,963.098 4,995.16 Stainless Steel Rod 521,480 232.057 2,247.20 210.519 2,477.12 Stainless Steel Wire 509,681 113.328 4,497.37 102.810 4,957.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,354,358 56,911.740 779.35 51,629.477 859.09 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 Romania Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 133,846 41.998 3,186.96 38.100 3,513.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,202,046 5,010.038 639.13 4,545.032 704.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 799,935 620.682 1,288.80 563.074 1,420.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,135,827 5,672.719 729.07 5,146.206 803.67 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,110,770 12,567.105 486.25 11,400.690 536.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,437,894 28,584.683 470.11 25,931.596 518.21 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 341,779 856.242 399.16 776.770 440.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,951,893 6,084.110 485.18 5,519.414 534.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 919,914 2,094.788 439.14 1,900.361 484.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 557,093 704.192 791.11 638.833 872.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,217,528 133,630.979 443.14 121,228.020 488.48 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,133 3.205 6,280.73 2.908 6,923.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 707,160 135.705 5,210.99 123.110 5,744.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 727,293 138.911 5,235.68 126.018 5,771.34 Saudi Arabia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,100,910 5,385.712 390.09 4,885.838 430.00 Stainless Steel Bar 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,513,447 5,571.972 451.09 5,054.810 497.24 United Arab Emirates Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 Stainless Steel Bar 278,936 86.632 3,219.75 78.592 3,549.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,258,241 3,161.425 714.31 2,867.998 787.39 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,826,653 2,571.500 710.35 2,332.827 783.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 26,038,389 33,769.743 771.06 30,635.405 849.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 359,404 461.291 779.13 418.477 858.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,060,811 887.669 1,195.05 805.280 1,317.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,744,059 5,091.580 1,324.55 4,619.005 1,460.07 Stainless Steel Bar 8,852,853 2,990.341 2,960.48 2,712.793 3,263.37 Stainless Steel Rod 47,726 19.069 2,502.68 17.300 2,758.73 Stainless Steel Wire 4,546,661 1,349.817 3,368.35 1,224.534 3,712.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,506,824 47,188.204 1,049.14 42,808.431 1,156.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 42,846,127 89,724.617 477.53 81,396.827 526.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 843,275 414.349 2,035.18 375.892 2,243.40 Stainless Steel Wire 82,869 26.275 3,153.82 23.837 3,476.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,205,366 117,868.263 485.33 106,928.320 534.99 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 89,615 60.495 1,481.34 54.881 1,632.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 102,827 70.609 1,456.27 64.056 1,605.27 Stainless Steel Wire 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,001 149.291 1,708.07 135.435 1,882.83 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 231,549 282.711 819.03 256.472 902.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,966,109 1,367.136 1,438.12 1,240.246 1,585.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,055,916 27,781.938 505.94 25,203.358 557.70 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 27,190 0.730 37,204.16 0.663 41,010.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,190 0.730 37,204.16 0.663 41,010.56 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 183,817 22.566 8,145.57 20.472 8,978.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,969,577 3,876.427 766.06 3,516.637 844.44 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,080,599 3,749.992 554.83 3,401.937 611.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 22,090,014 41,542.199 531.75 37,686.460 586.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 60,191,969 92,977.214 647.38 84,347.534 713.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,578,949 4,157.763 620.27 3,771.861 683.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 985,734 1,445.667 681.85 1,311.488 751.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 65,225 24.788 2,631.23 22.488 2,900.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 52,753,098 118,295.158 445.94 107,315.593 491.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,157,423 5,695.602 1,958.95 5,166.965 2,159.38 Stainless Steel Bar 626,809 217.956 2,875.84 197.727 3,170.07 Stainless Steel Rod 422,163 356.689 1,183.56 323.583 1,304.65 Stainless Steel Wire 1,463,517 512.655 2,854.78 465.073 3,146.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 156,122,923 271,696.263 574.62 246,478.774 633.41 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,905,482 17,411.917 568.89 15,795.830 627.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 38,476,915 79,895.570 481.59 72,480.063 530.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,573,771 7,717.337 592.66 7,001.053 653.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 36,639,319 49,044.675 747.06 44,492.594 823.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,233,311 1,176.769 1,048.05 1,067.548 1,155.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 144,219 107.664 1,339.52 97.672 1,476.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,062,246 18,704.115 644.90 16,968.093 710.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,440,560 1,462.046 3,037.22 1,326.347 3,347.96 Stainless Steel Bar 203,273 60.982 3,333.33 55.322 3,674.36 Stainless Steel Wire 3,841,351 929.410 4,133.11 843.147 4,555.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,754,058 176,762.523 632.23 160,356.309 696.91 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 24,481 5.669 4,318.26 5.143 4,760.06 Stainless Steel Wire 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,061 62.570 2,382.29 56.763 2,626.02 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 25,960,546 56,769.484 457.30 51,500.425 504.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 46,122,362 62,175.979 741.80 56,405.116 817.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,759,203 5,077.873 543.38 4,606.571 598.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 178,103 93.118 1,912.64 84.476 2,108.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,560,095 2,423.894 1,056.19 2,198.921 1,164.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,192,983 633.616 3,461.06 574.807 3,815.16 Stainless Steel Bar 8,410,365 2,314.195 3,634.25 2,099.403 4,006.07 Stainless Steel Rod 923,133 324.695 2,843.07 294.559 3,133.95 Stainless Steel Wire 1,461,709 317.853 4,598.69 288.352 5,069.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 93,495,261 136,504.038 684.93 123,834.416 755.00 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 18,603,183 38,482.911 483.41 34,911.120 532.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,748,257 1,793.188 974.94 1,626.754 1,074.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,878,322 4,092.087 703.39 3,712.280 775.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,334,069 8,298.091 763.32 7,527.904 841.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,099,316 18,963.530 848.96 17,203.430 935.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 660,051 983.447 671.16 892.169 739.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 15,482,434 17,574.907 880.94 15,943.692 971.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 812,961 635.258 1,279.73 576.297 1,410.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,601,289 12,747.266 988.55 11,564.129 1,089.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,391,694 527.095 4,537.50 478.173 5,001.73 Stainless Steel Bar 817,100 164.438 4,969.04 149.176 5,477.42 Stainless Steel Rod 51,264 19.991 2,564.29 18.136 2,826.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Wire 739,336 84.748 8,723.83 76.883 9,616.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,440,998 129,131.799 692.63 117,146.431 763.50 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,513,505 10,996.938 592.30 9,976.258 652.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,611,859 18,179.643 473.71 16,492.300 522.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,933 22.384 801.13 20.307 883.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 61,492 91.247 673.91 82.778 742.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 256,255 40.195 6,375.17 36.465 7,027.42 Stainless Steel Wire 19,808 4.985 3,972.92 4.523 4,379.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,572,210 68,824.276 386.09 62,436.351 425.59 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,493,043 8,667.581 518.37 7,863.100 571.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 574,011 564.956 1,016.03 512.520 1,119.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 35,803,323 84,097.969 425.73 76,292.416 469.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,841,396 95,138.771 429.28 86,308.466 473.20 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,269,677 5,872.646 727.04 5,327.577 801.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,681,960 11,504.931 580.79 10,437.101 640.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,755 1.363 2,020.45 1.237 2,227.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,067,892 1,921.436 555.78 1,743.098 612.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 47,615 11.551 4,122.11 10.479 4,543.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,398,710 33,811.054 692.04 30,672.881 762.85 GRAND TOTAL 1,939,250,222 3,047,983.906 636.24 2,765,085.268 701.33