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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 Mexico 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 Brazil 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 Sweden 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 United Kingdom 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 Belgium 221,554 240.849 919.89 218.495 1,014.00 Federal Republic of Germany 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 Italy 3,961,624 1,745.519 2,269.60 1,583.509 2,501.80 China 42,219 6.925 6,095.88 6.283 6,719.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,374,700 3,037.003 1,769.74 2,755.124 1,950.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 21,322,742 43,691.691 488.03 39,636.447 537.96 Mexico 94,675,400 178,000.391 531.88 161,479.284 586.30 Brazil 52,598,118 116,428.092 451.76 105,621.819 497.99 Sweden 7,116,360 1,702.693 4,179.47 1,544.658 4,607.08 Finland 4,047,001 9,511.863 425.47 8,629.020 469.00 United Kingdom 25,419,829 8,052.885 3,156.61 7,305.457 3,479.57 Belgium 4,848,114 11,256.458 430.70 10,211.690 474.76 France 1,967,173 197.724 9,949.04 179.373 10,966.94 Federal Republic of Germany 9,246,040 20,352.500 454.30 18,463.483 500.77 Czech Republic 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 Hungary 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Russia 108,804,580 197,840.377 549.96 179,477.822 606.23 Ukraine 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 Spain 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 Italy 22,721,785 48,835.909 465.27 44,303.204 512.87 Slovenia 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 Turkey 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 India 40,781 18.148 2,247.08 16.464 2,476.98 Singapore 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 China 116,333 277.643 419.00 251.874 461.87 Korea, South 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 Taiwan 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 Japan 18,771,754 38,625.848 485.99 35,040.790 535.71 Australia 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 430,464,588 821,835.433 523.78 745,556.774 577.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,392,048 21,542.578 621.65 19,543.104 685.26 Trinidad and Tobago 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 Sweden 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 Finland 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 United Kingdom 3,962,731 4,214.601 940.24 3,823.423 1,036.44 Netherlands 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 France 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,207,645 1,625.551 742.91 1,474.676 818.92 Spain 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 Italy 978,689 1,276.142 766.91 1,157.697 845.38 Turkey 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 India 3,013,660 8,078.682 373.04 7,328.860 411.20 Thailand 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 Malaysia 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 China 46,153,986 119,211.213 387.16 108,146.624 426.77 Korea, South 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 Taiwan 936,744 343.756 2,725.02 311.851 3,003.82 Japan 4,267,497 5,999.084 711.36 5,442.279 784.14 Australia 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,738,777 246,128.801 453.98 223,284.356 500.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,125,088 13,949.398 725.84 12,654.685 800.11 Mexico 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 Brazil 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 Norway 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 United Kingdom 3,891,321 5,421.943 717.70 4,918.706 791.13 Belgium 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 Luxembourg 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 France 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,109,938 1,229.580 902.70 1,115.457 995.05 Austria 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 Poland 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 Russia 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 Spain 3,379,552 5,728.689 589.93 5,196.981 650.29 Italy 163,499 84.309 1,939.28 76.484 2,137.69 Turkey 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 India 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 China 383,596 872.372 439.72 791.403 484.70 Korea, South 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 Taiwan 599,415 1,298.602 461.58 1,178.073 508.81 Japan 466,758 454.047 1,027.99 411.905 1,133.17 South Africa 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,011,479 71,797.313 613.00 65,133.446 675.71 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 Luxembourg 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 Federal Republic of Germany 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 China 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,413,334 8,535.064 868.57 7,742.882 957.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 25,146,637 28,900.385 870.11 26,217.996 959.14 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 7,173,390 3,972.165 1,805.91 3,603.489 1,990.68 Finland 1,188,836 684.972 1,735.60 621.397 1,913.17 United Kingdom 1,258,838 1,181.551 1,065.41 1,071.886 1,174.41 Netherlands 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 Belgium 14,166,762 4,714.935 3,004.66 4,277.319 3,312.07 France 3,214,627 2,127.655 1,510.88 1,930.177 1,665.46 Federal Republic of Germany 5,515,222 3,243.900 1,700.18 2,942.818 1,874.13 Austria 1,825,706 2,315.553 788.45 2,100.635 869.12 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 Italy 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 Slovenia 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 Turkey 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 India 49,028 17.515 2,799.09 15.890 3,085.46 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 10,193,351 17,477.661 583.22 15,855.472 642.89 Taiwan 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 Japan 2,807,553 2,194.193 1,279.54 1,990.539 1,410.45 Australia 6,513,505 10,996.938 592.30 9,976.258 652.90 South Africa 4,590,361 6,018.395 762.72 5,459.798 840.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,534,353 168,911.796 849.76 153,234.247 936.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,083,217 33,767.595 624.36 30,633.456 688.24 Mexico 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 Brazil 786,026 1,049.725 748.79 952.295 825.40 Sweden 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 Finland 245,976 93.166 2,640.18 84.519 2,910.30 United Kingdom 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 Netherlands 10,576,217 19,450.304 543.76 17,645.024 599.39 Belgium 3,864,983 1,369.262 2,822.68 1,242.174 3,111.47 France 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 Federal Republic of Germany 6,494,850 7,795.009 833.21 7,071.516 918.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 1,527,736 3,772.394 404.98 3,422.260 446.41 Russia 35,327,400 71,657.258 493.01 65,006.390 543.45 Spain 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 Bulgaria 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 Turkey 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 Saudi Arabia 1,473,835 3,778.198 390.09 3,427.525 430.00 Thailand 3,353,052 7,650.119 438.30 6,940.074 483.14 Korea, South 4,750,826 8,577.822 553.85 7,781.672 610.51 Taiwan 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 Japan 690,575 989.169 698.14 897.360 769.56 Australia 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 New Zealand 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 Egypt 2,206,466 5,361.206 411.56 4,863.606 453.67 South Africa 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,061,502 183,814.119 587.88 166,753.411 648.03 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 Luxembourg 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 Federal Republic of Germany 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 Austria 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 Czech Republic 3,780,114 6,129.942 616.66 5,560.992 679.76 Korea, South 62,602 117.539 532.60 106.630 587.10 Japan 3,604,662 5,519.156 653.12 5,006.896 719.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,651,526 11,946.520 640.48 10,837.704 706.01 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 France 30,360 31.281 970.55 28.378 1,069.84 Austria 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 Czech Republic 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 China 59,312 81.984 723.45 74.375 797.47 Korea, South 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 Japan 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,418,172 1,763.532 804.17 1,599.850 886.44 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 United Kingdom 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 Federal Republic of Germany 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 China 39,475 58.566 674.02 53.131 742.97 Australia 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 988,712 1,537.481 643.07 1,394.780 708.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,842,727 53,538.571 669.47 48,569.389 737.97 Mexico 6,337,060 7,895.597 802.61 7,162.768 884.72 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 Brazil 778,714 969.451 803.25 879.472 885.43 Argentina 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 Sweden 2,756,917 908.934 3,033.13 824.572 3,343.45 Norway 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 United Kingdom 15,351,472 18,196.054 843.67 16,507.188 929.99 Ireland 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 Netherlands 370,696 252.671 1,467.11 229.220 1,617.21 Belgium 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 France 684,524 387.841 1,764.96 351.844 1,945.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,667,368 2,688.622 1,364.03 2,439.078 1,503.59 Austria 2,582,054 430.056 6,003.98 390.141 6,618.26 Czech Republic 3,078,524 4,214.337 730.49 3,823.184 805.23 Switzerland 458,792 137.686 3,332.15 124.907 3,673.07 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 1,988,557 1,572.156 1,264.86 1,426.237 1,394.27 Portugal 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy 2,868,633 1,877.430 1,527.96 1,703.177 1,684.28 Turkey 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 India 768,759 583.998 1,316.37 529.795 1,451.05 Malaysia 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 China 1,915,006 2,934.383 652.61 2,662.029 719.38 Korea, South 741,188 697.803 1,062.17 633.037 1,170.84 Taiwan 4,050,161 3,732.361 1,085.15 3,385.942 1,196.17 Japan 11,742,522 13,906.623 844.38 12,615.880 930.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 101,092,700 123,515.620 818.46 112,051.518 902.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,777,244 8,631.049 669.36 7,829.959 737.84 Mexico 2,088,295 3,475.033 600.94 3,152.498 662.43 Brazil 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 United Kingdom 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 Belgium 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 Federal Republic of Germany 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 Austria 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 Switzerland 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 Spain 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 Italy 1,383,351 377.167 3,667.73 342.161 4,042.98 Turkey 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 India 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 China 472,397 864.905 546.18 784.629 602.06 Taiwan 105,034 173.557 605.18 157.449 667.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,216,382 18,548.061 820.38 16,826.523 904.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 10,126,279 7,426.763 1,363.48 6,737.448 1,502.98 Mexico 135,296 148.964 908.25 135.138 1,001.17 Colombia 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 Brazil 433,761 702.430 617.51 637.234 680.69 Sweden 782,032 218.117 3,585.37 197.873 3,952.19 Norway 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 United Kingdom 4,200,750 2,081.669 2,017.97 1,888.459 2,224.43 Netherlands 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 France 6,606,306 3,270.855 2,019.75 2,967.271 2,226.39 Federal Republic of Germany 7,718,923 5,417.021 1,424.94 4,914.241 1,570.73 Austria 126,402 56.007 2,256.88 50.809 2,487.79 Czech Republic 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 Switzerland 517,962 142.027 3,646.92 128.845 4,020.04 Latvia 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Russia 2,159,543 2,427.450 889.63 2,202.147 980.65 Ukraine 47,532 22.674 2,096.27 20.570 2,310.74 Spain 1,440,642 1,361.117 1,058.43 1,234.785 1,166.71 Italy 12,373,028 3,193.800 3,874.08 2,897.368 4,270.44 Slovenia 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 Romania 133,846 41.998 3,186.96 38.100 3,513.02 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 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 Malaysia 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 China 1,416,490 1,583.043 894.79 1,436.113 986.34 Korea, South 217,684 135.876 1,602.07 123.265 1,765.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 5,975,512 1,689.776 3,536.27 1,532.940 3,898.07 Japan 1,134,858 688.720 1,647.78 624.797 1,816.36 South Africa 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,339,836 33,245.460 1,845.06 30,159.783 2,033.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 574,909 358.647 1,602.99 325.360 1,766.99 Mexico 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 Brazil 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 Sweden 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 United Kingdom 511,319 89.591 5,707.23 81.276 6,291.14 Netherlands 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 Belgium 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 France 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 Federal Republic of Germany 6,226,848 2,602.914 2,392.26 2,361.325 2,637.01 Austria 3,156,113 714.630 4,416.43 648.302 4,868.28 Czech Republic 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 Switzerland 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 Poland 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 Russia 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 Ukraine 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 Spain 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 Italy 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 Slovenia 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 Romania 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 India 39,746 7.364 5,396.94 6.681 5,949.11 China 3,104,935 987.821 3,143.21 896.137 3,464.80 Korea, South 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 Taiwan 1,070,359 344.025 3,111.28 312.095 3,429.59 Japan 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 Australia 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,494,877 13,757.755 2,289.25 12,480.829 2,523.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,846,214 32,518.223 856.33 29,500.044 943.94 Mexico 5,640,363 6,484.627 869.81 5,882.757 958.80 Guatemala 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Dominican Republic 70,645 182.381 387.35 165.454 426.98 Colombia 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 Venezuela 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 Ecuador 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 Brazil 967,529 747.254 1,294.78 677.898 1,427.25 France 157,897 82.005 1,925.45 74.394 2,122.44 Federal Republic of Germany 982,116 597.755 1,643.01 542.275 1,811.10 Czech Republic 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 Russia 30,794 60.616 508.02 54.990 559.99 Ukraine 153,462 157.315 975.51 142.714 1,075.31 Spain 4,837,437 3,619.251 1,336.58 3,283.331 1,473.33 Italy 1,464,536 457.680 3,199.91 415.201 3,527.29 Romania 1,899,214 2,956.622 642.36 2,682.204 708.08 Turkey 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 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 India 558,792 594.189 940.43 539.040 1,036.64 Vietnam 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 Malaysia 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 China 41,032,372 95,462.621 429.83 86,602.258 473.80 Korea, South 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 Hong Kong 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Taiwan 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 Japan 227,074 238.390 952.53 216.264 1,049.99 South Africa 1,099,843 1,947.623 564.71 1,766.855 622.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,450,047 154,842.654 603.52 140,470.933 665.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 14,582,117 11,881.685 1,227.28 10,778.887 1,352.84 Mexico 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 Colombia 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 Venezuela 804,595 1,038.027 775.12 941.683 854.42 Brazil 9,072,093 9,718.551 933.48 8,816.524 1,028.99 Sweden 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 United Kingdom 439,194 124.916 3,515.91 113.322 3,875.63 France 111,211 63.674 1,746.54 57.765 1,925.23 Federal Republic of Germany 13,512,870 10,163.299 1,329.58 9,219.993 1,465.61 Austria 30,177,231 21,529.089 1,401.70 19,530.867 1,545.10 Czech Republic 1,209,210 1,003.625 1,204.84 910.474 1,328.11 Russia 5,560,123 7,645.485 727.24 6,935.870 801.65 Spain 2,966,115 2,096.509 1,414.79 1,901.922 1,559.54 Italy 55,860 8.201 6,811.20 7.440 7,508.06 Greece 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 Romania 2,265,332 2,113.412 1,071.88 1,917.256 1,181.55 Turkey 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 Singapore 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 Indonesia 1,728,450 643.942 2,684.17 584.175 2,958.79 China 67,797,817 62,549.203 1,083.91 56,743.699 1,194.81 Korea, South 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 Taiwan 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 Japan 19,984,254 3,972.748 5,030.33 3,604.018 5,544.99 South Africa 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 203,968,068 175,561.719 1,161.80 159,266.958 1,280.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 47,328,143 42,432.927 1,115.36 38,494.515 1,229.48 Mexico 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 Brazil 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 United Kingdom 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 Federal Republic of Germany 334,660 249.553 1,341.04 226.391 1,478.24 Czech Republic 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 Poland 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 Spain 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 Italy 884,800 311.726 2,838.38 282.794 3,128.78 Romania 2,187,386 2,990.726 731.39 2,713.142 806.22 India 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 Malaysia 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 China 2,300,863 4,078.299 564.17 3,699.772 621.89 Korea, South 3,182,720 4,511.497 705.47 4,092.763 777.65 Japan 8,866,015 11,045.635 802.67 10,020.435 884.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,035,290 78,630.341 1,005.15 71,332.266 1,107.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 39,721 34.410 1,154.32 31.217 1,272.42 Mexico 6,150,288 6,851.020 897.72 6,215.143 989.57 Venezuela 7,205 11.321 636.38 10.271 701.49 Chile 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 Brazil 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 Argentina 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 Sweden 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 France 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 Federal Republic of Germany 47,846 20.579 2,324.99 18.669 2,562.86 Austria 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 Czech Republic 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 Slovakia 374,201 170.856 2,190.15 154.998 2,414.23 Poland 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 Russia 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 Ukraine 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 Spain 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 Italy 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 Romania 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 Turkey 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 China 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 Korea, South 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 Taiwan 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 Japan 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,198,754 46,652.639 925.97 42,322.575 1,020.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 Mexico 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 Venezuela 349,378 538.852 648.37 488.839 714.71 Chile 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 Brazil 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 United Kingdom 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 Federal Republic of Germany 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 Turkey 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 China 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 Korea, South 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 Taiwan 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 Japan 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 South Africa 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,451,359 60,261.732 804.02 54,668.540 886.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,700,956 10,637.022 1,194.03 9,649.747 1,316.20 Mexico 22,430,893 22,623.405 991.49 20,523.614 1,092.93 Costa Rica 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 Dominican Republic 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 Colombia 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 Brazil 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 Argentina 154,022 75.001 2,053.59 68.040 2,263.70 Sweden 822,639 534.958 1,537.76 485.306 1,695.09 Norway 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 Denmark 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 United Kingdom 228,335 131.439 1,737.19 119.240 1,914.92 Netherlands 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 Belgium 40,721 13.149 3,096.78 11.929 3,413.61 France 1,709,054 1,018.976 1,677.23 924.400 1,848.83 Federal Republic of Germany 5,613,896 3,075.908 1,825.12 2,790.418 2,011.85 Austria 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 Czech Republic 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 Slovakia 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 Switzerland 1,843,741 651.777 2,828.79 591.283 3,118.20 Russia 51,625 34.152 1,511.58 30.983 1,666.24 Ukraine 65,810 45.751 1,438.43 41.505 1,585.59 Spain 1,593,147 1,047.045 1,521.56 949.864 1,677.24 Italy 2,437,468 1,479.540 1,647.45 1,342.217 1,816.00 Romania 1,095,918 993.083 1,103.55 900.910 1,216.46 Turkey 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 Israel 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 Saudi Arabia 14,205 11.781 1,205.70 10.688 1,329.06 India 1,439,601 1,104.342 1,303.58 1,001.843 1,436.95 Thailand 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 Malaysia 65,177 104.321 624.77 94.639 688.69 China 12,162,565 17,531.976 693.74 15,904.746 764.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 3,594,306 4,912.386 731.68 4,456.443 806.54 Taiwan 453,333 246.552 1,838.69 223.669 2,026.80 Japan 8,154,163 3,436.677 2,372.69 3,117.702 2,615.44 Australia 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,326,978 72,599.646 1,092.66 65,861.310 1,204.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 Mexico 380,809 220.004 1,730.91 199.585 1,908.00 Chile 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 Brazil 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 Argentina 1,439,005 510.021 2,821.46 462.684 3,110.12 Sweden 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 Netherlands 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 France 3,026,306 1,368.994 2,210.61 1,241.931 2,436.77 Federal Republic of Germany 5,966,408 3,400.140 1,754.75 3,084.556 1,934.28 Czech Republic 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 Slovakia 53,504 31.246 1,712.34 28.346 1,887.53 Poland 25,220 20.480 1,231.39 18.580 1,357.37 Ukraine 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 Spain 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 Italy 1,372,178 568.268 2,414.66 515.525 2,661.71 Romania 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 Israel 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 China 1,850,758 1,682.617 1,099.93 1,526.445 1,212.46 Korea, South 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 Taiwan 5,064 10.524 481.15 9.548 530.37 Japan 656,197 170.628 3,845.75 154.792 4,239.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,348,964 9,566.590 1,918.03 8,678.667 2,114.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 Mexico 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 Uruguay 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 Sweden 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 Finland 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 Denmark 3,514 0.248 14,168.21 0.225 15,617.78 United Kingdom 832,924 134.469 6,194.13 121.989 6,827.86 Ireland 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 Netherlands 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 France 3,550,968 564.767 6,287.48 512.349 6,930.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,886,446 392.327 7,357.23 355.914 8,109.95 Austria 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 Czech Republic 1,418,142 86.736 16,350.01 78.686 18,022.80 Slovakia 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 Switzerland 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 Ukraine 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 Spain 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 Italy 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 India 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 Thailand 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 Malaysia 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 Singapore 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 China 13,303,180 3,683.175 3,611.88 3,341.322 3,981.41 Korea, South 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 Taiwan 9,411,008 1,949.360 4,827.74 1,768.431 5,321.67 Japan 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,944,575 13,233.702 5,209.77 12,005.416 5,742.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,412,972 730.179 3,304.63 662.408 3,642.73 Mexico 695,858 273.928 2,540.29 248.504 2,800.19 United Kingdom 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 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 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 France 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 Federal Republic of Germany 102,299 17.713 5,775.35 16.069 6,366.23 Hungary 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 Italy 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 Israel 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 India 23,751 17.312 1,371.87 15.706 1,512.22 Vietnam 58,980 40.636 1,451.40 36.865 1,599.89 China 406,787 296.334 1,372.73 268.830 1,513.18 Japan 661,024 192.455 3,434.68 174.593 3,786.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,423,219 1,594.241 2,774.50 1,446.272 3,058.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,270,926 23,214.125 916.29 21,059.506 1,010.04 Mexico 6,279,212 4,954.635 1,267.34 4,494.771 1,397.00 Brazil 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 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 Belgium 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 France 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 Federal Republic of Germany 49,151 12.208 4,026.10 11.075 4,438.01 Austria 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 Slovakia 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 Italy 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 Turkey 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 China 5,519,841 9,396.628 587.43 8,524.480 647.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 3,336,702 6,832.969 488.32 6,198.767 538.28 Taiwan 950,482 180.806 5,256.90 164.025 5,794.74 Japan 906,770 563.821 1,608.26 511.490 1,772.80 Australia 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,316,305 46,919.059 859.27 42,564.267 947.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 367,991 446.826 823.57 405.354 907.83 Mexico 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 China 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 Korea, South 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 Japan 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,785,026 2,870.168 621.92 2,603.774 685.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,580,196 18,701.180 940.06 16,965.430 1,036.24 Mexico 9,601,019 10,219.915 939.44 9,271.354 1,035.56 Dominican Republic 129,756 131.039 990.21 118.877 1,091.51 Colombia 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 Venezuela 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 Chile 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 Brazil 858,326 1,287.565 666.63 1,168.060 734.83 Argentina 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 Sweden 1,914,888 263.861 7,257.18 239.371 7,999.67 Finland 248,050 230.500 1,076.13 209.107 1,186.23 United Kingdom 671,753 275.231 2,440.68 249.686 2,690.39 Netherlands 154,878 82.726 1,872.18 75.048 2,063.72 Belgium 628,482 360.410 1,743.79 326.959 1,922.20 France 1,399,249 721.454 1,939.48 654.493 2,137.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,353,112 1,074.866 2,189.21 975.103 2,413.19 Austria 1,125,160 135.457 8,306.37 122.885 9,156.20 Czech Republic 137,627 119.583 1,150.89 108.484 1,268.64 Switzerland 436,477 124.313 3,511.11 112.775 3,870.33 Poland 1,520,645 1,368.982 1,110.79 1,241.920 1,224.43 Russia 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 Belarus 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 Ukraine 24,193 31.663 764.06 28.725 842.23 Moldova 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 Spain 541,055 386.788 1,398.84 350.889 1,541.95 Italy 4,152,605 2,823.152 1,470.91 2,561.122 1,621.40 Greece 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 Turkey 220,328 300.637 732.87 272.734 807.85 Israel 376,738 520.669 723.56 472.344 797.59 India 5,271,213 2,502.658 2,106.25 2,270.374 2,321.74 Thailand 418,437 542.899 770.75 492.510 849.60 Vietnam 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 Indonesia 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 China 15,988,360 21,941.119 728.69 19,904.654 803.25 Korea, South 8,513,590 5,516.665 1,543.25 5,004.636 1,701.14 Hong Kong 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 Taiwan 3,275,366 2,483.667 1,318.76 2,253.146 1,453.69 Japan 6,788,984 5,039.190 1,347.24 4,571.478 1,485.07 Australia 57,274 52.519 1,090.53 47.645 1,202.10 Egypt 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 South Africa 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,294,239 83,360.980 1,071.18 75,623.831 1,180.77 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 France 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 Russia 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 China 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 Taiwan 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 Japan 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,710,548 8,037.886 586.04 7,291.850 646.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,497,896 11,582.268 733.70 10,507.260 808.76 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 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 Belgium 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 France 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 Federal Republic of Germany 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 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 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,850,084 48,089.862 683.10 43,626.402 752.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 Netherlands 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 France 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 Japan 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,135,802 12,648.038 722.31 11,474.111 796.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 32,955,626 51,832.534 635.81 47,021.698 700.86 Mexico 9,077,606 14,835.620 611.88 13,458.652 674.48 Brazil 187,956 164.475 1,142.76 149.210 1,259.67 Sweden 3,412,324 4,194.638 813.50 3,805.313 896.73 Finland 728,264 264.393 2,754.47 239.854 3,036.28 Denmark 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 Netherlands 19,095,008 36,637.533 521.19 33,237.021 574.51 Belgium 3,754,155 2,653.776 1,414.65 2,407.466 1,559.38 France 221,031 396.131 557.97 359.365 615.06 Federal Republic of Germany 927,805 1,313.928 706.13 1,191.976 778.38 Austria 2,498,377 4,009.523 623.11 3,637.380 686.86 Czech Republic 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 Russia 34,030,463 66,409.171 512.44 60,245.404 564.86 Italy 316,963 740.442 428.07 671.718 471.87 Bulgaria 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 Turkey 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 Saudi Arabia 627,075 1,607.514 390.09 1,458.313 430.00 India 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 Thailand 39,493,075 82,074.497 481.19 74,456.753 530.42 Malaysia 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 China 497,307 155.038 3,207.63 140.649 3,535.80 Korea, South 33,742,516 71,320.346 473.11 64,700.748 521.52 Taiwan 2,029 0.662 3,062.69 0.601 3,376.04 Japan 3,317,411 4,057.712 817.56 3,681.096 901.20 Australia 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 New Zealand 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 Egypt 33,596,857 78,736.762 426.70 71,428.810 470.35 South Africa 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 240,894,037 464,283.142 518.85 421,190.701 571.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 26,024,591 35,104.306 741.35 31,846.100 817.20 Mexico 29,138,904 16,335.219 1,783.81 14,819.066 1,966.31 Dominican Republic 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 Venezuela 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 Brazil 22,016,078 28,389.512 775.50 25,754.540 854.84 Argentina 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 Sweden 3,111,546 1,547.442 2,010.77 1,403.817 2,216.49 Finland 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 United Kingdom 836,432 459.040 1,822.13 416.435 2,008.55 Netherlands 8,814,880 14,331.872 615.05 13,001.660 677.98 Belgium 11,104,841 10,831.599 1,025.23 9,826.265 1,130.12 Luxembourg 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 France 5,883,663 4,760.518 1,235.93 4,318.671 1,362.38 Federal Republic of Germany 6,637,634 3,648.605 1,819.22 3,309.960 2,005.35 Austria 929,608 247.679 3,753.27 224.691 4,137.27 Russia 34,333,861 63,920.677 537.13 57,987.880 592.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 Spain 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 Italy 5,223,687 3,240.957 1,611.77 2,940.148 1,776.67 Romania 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 Turkey 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 India 1,840,568 2,570.397 716.06 2,331.826 789.32 Thailand 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 Indonesia 302,135 113.460 2,662.90 102.930 2,935.34 China 56,348,154 55,154.925 1,021.63 50,035.721 1,126.16 Korea, South 9,323,561 11,577.329 805.33 10,502.780 887.72 Taiwan 37,255,312 58,880.796 632.72 53,415.775 697.46 Japan 5,189,038 5,555.713 934.00 5,040.060 1,029.56 Australia 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 New Zealand 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 South Africa 12,226,493 13,716.007 891.40 12,442.956 982.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 290,168,475 348,752.096 832.02 316,382.669 917.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 35,831,748 47,144.755 760.04 42,769.015 837.80 Mexico 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 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 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 Brazil 7,373,041 10,366.888 711.21 9,404.686 783.98 Argentina 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 Sweden 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 Finland 359,695 387.153 929.08 351.220 1,024.13 United Kingdom 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 Netherlands 1,255,646 1,911.421 656.92 1,734.013 724.13 Belgium 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 France 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 Federal Republic of Germany 3,337,858 6,302.125 529.64 5,717.194 583.83 Austria 579,020 664.653 871.16 602.964 960.29 Spain 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 Italy 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 United Arab Emirates 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 India 25,181,561 32,762.399 768.61 29,721.557 847.25 Indonesia 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 China 56,267,291 87,569.908 642.54 79,442.107 708.28 Korea, South 17,209,202 22,860.927 752.78 20,739.090 829.80 Taiwan 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 Japan 9,548,099 13,312.048 717.25 12,076.491 790.64 New Zealand 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 South Africa 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 216,973,899 301,327.101 720.06 273,359.425 793.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,411,131 1,169.741 1,206.36 1,061.172 1,329.79 Mexico 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 Brazil 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 Belgium 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 Luxembourg 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,643,042 3,788.150 697.71 3,436.553 769.10 Thailand 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 China 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 Korea, South 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 Taiwan 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 Japan 2,177,439 1,218.239 1,787.36 1,105.169 1,970.23 New Zealand 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,663,137 15,069.346 840.32 13,670.685 926.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,746,110 7,122.068 1,087.62 6,461.034 1,198.90 Mexico 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 Venezuela 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 Brazil 4,795,865 6,616.684 724.81 6,002.557 798.97 United Kingdom 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 Belgium 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 Luxembourg 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 France 158,750 159.665 994.27 144.846 1,095.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 Austria 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 Italy 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 India 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 China 3,463,814 4,803.042 721.17 4,357.248 794.95 Korea, South 14,057,634 19,505.500 720.70 17,695.097 794.44 Taiwan 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 Japan 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,411,813 67,411.582 807.16 61,154.776 889.74 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 Sweden 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 United Kingdom 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 Austria 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 Czech Republic 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 Russia 2,310,005 1,229.029 1,879.54 1,114.957 2,071.83 India 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 Korea, South 34,573 51.173 675.60 46.424 744.72 Japan 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,867,019 5,203.335 1,511.92 4,720.388 1,666.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,982,684 4,440.403 671.71 4,028.267 740.44 Mexico 503,813 597.859 842.69 542.369 928.91 Finland 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 United Kingdom 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 Belgium 78,475 40.117 1,956.13 36.394 2,156.26 France 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 Federal Republic of Germany 8,149 3.582 2,274.66 3.250 2,507.38 Slovenia 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 Turkey 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 China 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 Japan 106,896 50.190 2,129.81 45.532 2,347.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,243,815 5,873.487 892.79 5,328.340 984.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,793,739 3,416.359 1,110.46 3,099.270 1,224.08 Mexico 5,053,353 2,752.473 1,835.93 2,497.003 2,023.77 Brazil 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 Sweden 2,325,516 450.514 5,161.91 408.700 5,690.03 Finland 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 Denmark 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 United Kingdom 1,043,973 403.134 2,589.64 365.718 2,854.58 Belgium 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 France 2,537,664 460.693 5,508.36 417.934 6,071.93 Federal Republic of Germany 6,315,655 4,152.684 1,520.86 3,767.253 1,676.46 Austria 662,571 123.896 5,347.78 112.397 5,894.92 Hungary 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 Switzerland 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 Russia 74,550 108.709 685.77 98.620 755.93 Spain 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 Italy 443,769 129.496 3,426.89 117.477 3,777.50 India 1,730,609 905.211 1,911.83 821.194 2,107.43 Indonesia 57,088 17.251 3,309.23 15.650 3,647.80 China 640,362 476.743 1,343.20 432.495 1,480.62 Korea, South 2,739,406 1,865.698 1,468.30 1,692.534 1,618.52 Taiwan 927,177 464.087 1,997.85 421.013 2,202.25 Japan 3,649,734 1,020.466 3,576.53 925.752 3,942.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,711,078 17,315.191 1,946.91 15,708.082 2,146.10 GRAND TOTAL 2,840,767,542 3,959,473.539 717.46 3,591,974.986 790.87 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 Mexico 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 Brazil 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 Belgium 221,554 240.849 919.89 218.495 1,014.00 China 39,087 5.840 6,692.93 5.298 7,377.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,096,311 1,239.598 884.41 1,124.545 974.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,636,634 1,403.536 1,166.08 1,273.267 1,285.38 Mexico 22,337,601 43,999.918 507.67 39,916.066 559.61 Brazil 10,685,322 20,611.665 518.41 18,698.594 571.45 Finland 1,041,124 2,401.538 433.52 2,178.640 477.88 United Kingdom 349,103 39.798 8,771.67 36.105 9,669.10 France 1,964,762 197.556 9,945.33 179.220 10,962.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,167,770 1,419.947 822.40 1,288.155 906.54 Russia 110,345 96.537 1,143.03 87.577 1,259.98 Italy 855,046 1,249.152 684.50 1,133.212 754.53 Slovenia 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 China 69,493 201.586 344.73 182.876 380.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,292,583 71,650.162 562.35 64,999.952 619.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 650,674 1,088.451 597.80 987.427 658.96 United Kingdom 3,436,900 4,991.541 688.54 4,528.252 758.99 Belgium 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 Federal Republic of Germany 174,274 139.458 1,249.64 126.515 1,377.50 Austria 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 Spain 47,276 82.507 572.99 74.850 631.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,427,560 6,326.052 699.89 5,738.900 771.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 14,096,025 12,867.405 1,095.48 11,673.117 1,207.56 Brazil 1,361,345 1,352.688 1,006.40 1,227.139 1,109.36 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 United Kingdom 1,249,226 1,179.504 1,059.11 1,070.029 1,167.47 Belgium 4,466,835 1,681.902 2,655.82 1,525.797 2,927.54 France 1,456,083 792.526 1,837.27 718.968 2,025.24 Federal Republic of Germany 3,436,638 2,510.993 1,368.64 2,277.936 1,508.66 Austria 516,712 506.780 1,019.60 459.744 1,123.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 3,052,994 2,581.787 1,182.51 2,342.159 1,303.50 China 2,072,811 3,723.978 556.61 3,378.337 613.56 Japan 1,358,126 1,209.994 1,122.42 1,097.689 1,237.26 Australia 8,055 0.597 13,482.24 0.542 14,861.62 South Africa 382,064 84.457 4,523.72 76.619 4,986.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,279,468 32,700.024 1,231.79 29,664.972 1,357.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,385,045 2,100.437 659.41 1,905.485 726.87 Finland 15,758 15.465 1,018.92 14.030 1,123.16 Netherlands 4,604,857 7,975.818 577.35 7,235.543 636.42 Japan 434,474 679.883 639.04 616.780 704.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,440,134 10,771.604 597.88 9,771.838 659.05 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 991,570 1,421.481 697.56 1,289.547 768.93 Korea, South 48,067 94.174 510.40 85.434 562.62 Japan 519,886 553.637 939.04 502.252 1,035.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,559,523 2,069.294 753.65 1,877.233 830.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,437,420 25,648.703 679.86 23,268.119 749.41 Mexico 1,696,085 2,618.884 647.64 2,375.813 713.90 Trinidad and Tobago 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 Brazil 455,911 200.516 2,273.68 181.906 2,506.30 Sweden 1,731,346 569.405 3,040.62 516.556 3,351.71 United Kingdom 1,120,135 994.423 1,126.42 902.126 1,241.66 Netherlands 350,528 247.766 1,414.75 224.770 1,559.50 France 339,605 211.978 1,602.07 192.304 1,765.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,320,739 774.934 1,704.32 703.009 1,878.69 Austria 303,597 71.153 4,266.82 64.549 4,703.36 Czech Republic 1,844,151 1,951.326 945.08 1,770.214 1,041.77 Ukraine 63,417 43.056 1,472.89 39.060 1,623.58 Spain 1,775,179 1,219.857 1,455.24 1,106.636 1,604.12 Italy 1,410,285 1,552.930 908.14 1,408.795 1,001.06 India 14,108 6.869 2,053.69 6.232 2,263.80 China 702,305 532.289 1,319.40 482.885 1,454.39 Korea, South 542,906 407.549 1,332.12 369.723 1,468.41 Taiwan 329,784 81.889 4,027.18 74.289 4,439.20 Japan 9,668,791 11,287.386 856.60 10,239.748 944.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,663,406 52,381.562 814.47 47,519.768 897.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 149,260 225.514 661.87 204.583 729.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 526,851 943.741 558.26 856.148 615.37 Austria 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 766,374 1,186.072 646.14 1,075.987 712.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,144,528 2,248.880 1,842.93 2,040.151 2,031.48 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 139,360 81.181 1,716.64 73.647 1,892.27 United Kingdom 2,130,961 730.663 2,916.47 662.847 3,214.86 France 3,898,354 2,586.524 1,507.18 2,346.456 1,661.38 Federal Republic of Germany 496,236 220.496 2,250.54 200.031 2,480.80 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 Russia 952,915 155.002 6,147.74 140.616 6,776.72 Spain 664,033 469.712 1,413.70 426.116 1,558.34 Italy 191,627 115.810 1,654.65 105.062 1,823.94 Romania 48,477 16.328 2,968.85 14.813 3,272.60 China 110,738 181.905 608.77 165.022 671.05 Korea, South 144,219 107.664 1,339.52 97.672 1,476.56 Taiwan 162,203 82.968 1,954.99 75.268 2,155.01 Japan 562,886 458.874 1,226.67 416.284 1,352.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,882,927 7,579.538 1,831.63 6,876.044 2,019.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 574,909 358.647 1,602.99 325.360 1,766.99 Mexico 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 Brazil 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 Sweden 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 United Kingdom 511,319 89.591 5,707.23 81.276 6,291.14 Netherlands 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 Belgium 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 France 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 Federal Republic of Germany 6,226,848 2,602.914 2,392.26 2,361.325 2,637.01 Austria 3,156,113 714.630 4,416.43 648.302 4,868.28 Czech Republic 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 Switzerland 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 Poland 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 Russia 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 Ukraine 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 Spain 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 Italy 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 Slovenia 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 Romania 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 India 39,746 7.364 5,396.94 6.681 5,949.11 China 3,104,935 987.821 3,143.21 896.137 3,464.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 Taiwan 1,070,359 344.025 3,111.28 312.095 3,429.59 Japan 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 Australia 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,494,877 13,757.755 2,289.25 12,480.829 2,523.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 409,303 154.419 2,650.59 140.087 2,921.78 Mexico 2,100 0.733 2,864.79 0.665 3,157.89 Brazil 208,614 178.051 1,171.65 161.526 1,291.52 France 2,477 0.307 8,054.11 0.279 8,878.14 Federal Republic of Germany 289,641 181.724 1,593.84 164.858 1,756.91 Spain 1,354,651 799.167 1,695.08 724.993 1,868.50 Italy 1,210,578 299.174 4,046.39 271.407 4,460.38 India 26,838 5.495 4,884.06 4.985 5,383.75 China 16,910 22.562 749.49 20.468 826.17 Japan 86,706 31.500 2,752.51 28.577 3,034.12 South Africa 31,951 26.187 1,220.08 23.757 1,344.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,639,769 1,699.324 2,141.89 1,541.602 2,361.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,937,124 4,911.586 1,616.00 4,455.718 1,781.33 Brazil 1,801,911 1,093.690 1,647.55 992.180 1,816.11 United Kingdom 393,075 112.388 3,497.47 101.957 3,855.30 Federal Republic of Germany 7,187,527 4,763.434 1,508.90 4,321.316 1,663.27 Austria 10,842,458 9,932.486 1,091.62 9,010.603 1,203.30 Spain 1,969,097 1,435.320 1,371.89 1,302.101 1,512.25 Italy 55,860 8.201 6,811.20 7.440 7,508.06 Singapore 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 Indonesia 1,728,450 643.942 2,684.17 584.175 2,958.79 China 22,602,615 15,452.624 1,462.70 14,018.389 1,612.35 Japan 19,917,911 3,860.240 5,159.76 3,501.952 5,687.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,467,228 42,221.720 1,763.72 38,302.911 1,944.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 45,987,708 41,531.446 1,107.30 37,676.705 1,220.59 Mexico 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 Federal Republic of Germany 34,801 15.344 2,268.03 13.920 2,500.07 Italy 4,175 1.984 2,104.17 1.800 2,319.44 India 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 Japan 200,859 243.144 826.09 220.577 910.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,282,616 41,820.449 1,106.70 37,938.884 1,219.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 14,000 11.466 1,220.98 10.402 1,345.90 Mexico 848,588 933.386 909.15 846.754 1,002.17 Federal Republic of Germany 43,462 18.626 2,333.30 16.898 2,572.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 906,050 963.479 940.39 874.054 1,036.61 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,416,004 1,941.616 1,244.33 1,761.405 1,371.63 Mexico 5,960,731 3,144.408 1,895.66 2,852.560 2,089.61 Argentina 107,202 38.123 2,811.97 34.585 3,099.67 Sweden 800,690 524.653 1,526.13 475.958 1,682.27 United Kingdom 225,135 127.912 1,760.07 116.040 1,940.15 France 726,750 364.656 1,992.97 330.811 2,196.87 Federal Republic of Germany 3,080,215 1,709.309 1,802.02 1,550.660 1,986.39 Czech Republic 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 Switzerland 191,004 77.804 2,454.92 70.583 2,706.09 Russia 44,706 32.562 1,372.94 29.540 1,513.41 Spain 292,091 166.642 1,752.80 151.176 1,932.13 Italy 1,175,954 411.352 2,858.75 373.173 3,151.23 Romania 346,080 250.967 1,378.98 227.674 1,520.07 Israel 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 Saudi Arabia 14,205 11.781 1,205.70 10.688 1,329.06 India 109,934 70.642 1,556.20 64.086 1,715.41 China 2,159,170 1,894.857 1,139.49 1,718.986 1,256.07 Korea, South 195,156 347.597 561.44 315.335 618.88 Taiwan 25,704 17.599 1,460.50 15.966 1,609.92 Japan 6,543,073 2,813.708 2,325.43 2,552.554 2,563.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,751,806 14,023.536 1,765.02 12,721.942 1,945.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 835,708 228.627 3,655.33 207.407 4,029.31 Sweden 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 France 2,540,610 971.703 2,614.59 881.515 2,882.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,896,502 1,003.324 2,886.90 910.201 3,182.27 Slovakia 7,854 4.598 1,707.82 4.172 1,882.55 Spain 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 Italy 224,812 34.227 6,568.10 31.051 7,240.09 Japan 519,515 142.428 3,647.55 129.209 4,020.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,393,487 2,598.598 2,845.18 2,357.410 3,136.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,185,734 279.537 4,241.77 253.592 4,675.75 Mexico 6,510 2.127 3,059.99 1.930 3,373.06 United Kingdom 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 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 France 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 Federal Republic of Germany 70,443 9.644 7,304.24 8.749 8,051.55 Hungary 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 Italy 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 Israel 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 India 4,665 0.154 30,228.70 0.140 33,321.43 China 95,370 21.142 4,510.86 19.180 4,972.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,418,574 335.530 4,227.86 304.388 4,660.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 526,358 395.402 1,331.20 358.703 1,467.39 Mexico 42,140 69.036 610.40 62.629 672.85 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 Federal Republic of Germany 43,572 9.702 4,490.78 8.802 4,950.24 Italy 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 China 1,025,359 1,109.700 924.00 1,006.704 1,018.53 Korea, South 215,662 449.041 480.27 407.364 529.41 Taiwan 950,482 180.806 5,256.90 164.025 5,794.74 Japan 890,697 546.598 1,629.53 495.866 1,796.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,707,928 3,066.334 1,535.36 2,781.733 1,692.44 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 143,227 156.484 915.28 141.960 1,008.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,227 156.484 915.28 141.960 1,008.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 255,478 231.707 1,102.59 210.202 1,215.39 Mexico 1,494,282 1,174.108 1,272.69 1,065.134 1,402.91 Dominican Republic 17,213 10.199 1,687.60 9.253 1,860.26 Brazil 35,788 58.964 606.94 53.492 669.03 Sweden 19,258 4.457 4,320.12 4.044 4,762.12 United Kingdom 187,244 8.712 21,491.01 7.904 23,689.78 Netherlands 34,798 2.140 16,255.52 1.942 17,918.64 France 26,684 0.952 28,017.74 0.864 30,884.26 Federal Republic of Germany 469,963 136.541 3,441.92 123.868 3,794.06 Austria 136,913 35.198 3,889.68 31.932 4,287.64 Switzerland 10,968 16.666 658.07 15.120 725.40 Poland 78,087 85.809 910.01 77.845 1,003.11 Italy 2,663,767 1,988.497 1,339.59 1,803.935 1,476.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 79,990 84.258 949.34 76.438 1,046.47 Israel 3,769 0.513 7,337.30 0.466 8,087.98 China 1,674,862 1,671.891 1,001.78 1,516.715 1,104.27 Korea, South 2,520,289 2,126.194 1,185.35 1,928.852 1,306.63 Taiwan 540,820 475.876 1,136.47 431.708 1,252.74 Japan 2,601,579 1,834.341 1,418.26 1,664.087 1,563.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,851,752 9,947.035 1,292.02 9,023.801 1,424.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,827,585 2,798.007 653.17 2,538.310 720.00 Sweden 3,192,285 4,033.931 791.36 3,659.522 872.32 Finland 67,074 55.076 1,217.82 49.965 1,342.42 Netherlands 1,068,291 1,826.900 584.76 1,657.337 644.58 Belgium 2,376,888 675.275 3,519.88 612.600 3,880.00 Federal Republic of Germany 47,380 18.478 2,564.12 16.763 2,826.46 Austria 879,741 1,179.560 745.82 1,070.080 822.13 Japan 2,046,309 2,900.031 705.62 2,630.865 777.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,505,553 13,487.262 853.07 12,235.442 940.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,082,980 3,967.685 777.02 3,599.425 856.52 Dominican Republic 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 Brazil 572,098 918.934 622.57 833.644 686.26 Sweden 731,143 892.218 819.47 809.407 903.31 United Kingdom 264,167 221.088 1,194.85 200.568 1,317.09 Netherlands 1,824,157 3,007.425 606.55 2,728.291 668.61 Belgium 1,080,713 736.297 1,467.77 667.958 1,617.94 Luxembourg 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 France 2,568,032 2,833.236 906.40 2,570.270 999.13 Federal Republic of Germany 620,575 712.146 871.41 646.049 960.57 Austria 242,440 67.665 3,582.93 61.385 3,949.50 Korea, South 1,945,497 2,851.033 682.38 2,586.415 752.20 Taiwan 51,349 50.273 1,021.40 45.607 1,125.90 Japan 3,269,616 3,764.005 868.65 3,414.649 957.53 Australia 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,383,465 20,128.552 813.94 18,260.321 897.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,758,224 7,494.760 768.30 6,799.134 846.91 Brazil 1,368,760 1,769.409 773.57 1,605.182 852.71 Finland 135,824 138.979 977.30 126.080 1,077.28 Netherlands 166,448 259.010 642.63 234.970 708.38 France 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 Federal Republic of Germany 2,833,780 5,566.846 509.05 5,050.160 561.13 Spain 3,260,142 4,447.708 732.99 4,034.894 807.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 476,959 604.096 789.54 548.027 870.32 Japan 6,487,094 9,002.989 720.55 8,167.377 794.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,499,709 29,286.572 699.97 26,568.339 771.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,247,450 995.454 1,253.15 903.061 1,381.36 Brazil 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,491,116 2,158.916 690.68 1,958.537 761.34 Japan 275,453 338.431 813.91 307.020 897.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,058,493 3,556.615 859.94 3,226.508 947.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 Sweden 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 United Kingdom 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 Austria 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 Czech Republic 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 Russia 2,310,005 1,229.029 1,879.54 1,114.957 2,071.83 India 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 Korea, South 34,573 51.173 675.60 46.424 744.72 Japan 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,867,019 5,203.335 1,511.92 4,720.388 1,666.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 244,883 383.756 638.12 348.138 703.41 Federal Republic of Germany 2,913 0.462 6,291.98 0.420 6,935.71 Japan 8,933 5.285 1,690.07 4.795 1,862.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 256,729 389.504 659.12 353.353 726.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,108,690 584.332 1,897.36 530.098 2,091.48 Sweden 548,402 141.349 3,879.76 128.230 4,276.71 United Kingdom 53,822 18.938 2,841.89 17.181 3,132.65 France 1,300,858 152.118 8,551.59 138.000 9,426.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,380,990 2,116.261 1,125.09 1,919.841 1,240.20 Austria 458,767 81.628 5,620.19 74.052 6,195.20 Switzerland 213,558 60.982 3,501.98 55.322 3,860.27 China 8,017 6.355 1,261.34 5.766 1,390.39 Korea, South 113,571 51.025 2,225.75 46.290 2,453.47 Japan 225,693 25.945 8,698.87 23.537 9,588.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,412,368 3,238.939 1,979.77 2,938.317 2,182.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 425,472,064 391,800.156 1,085.94 355,435.223 1,197.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 19,686,108 42,288.155 465.52 38,363.180 513.15 Mexico 72,337,799 134,000.472 539.83 121,563.218 595.06 Brazil 41,910,717 95,815.958 437.41 86,922.800 482.16 Finland 3,005,877 7,110.324 422.75 6,450.380 466.00 United Kingdom 626,564 953.503 657.12 865.004 724.35 Belgium 4,848,114 11,256.458 430.70 10,211.690 474.76 Federal Republic of Germany 7,768,251 18,850.171 412.11 17,100.593 454.27 Hungary 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Russia 108,694,235 197,743.840 549.67 179,390.245 605.91 Ukraine 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 Italy 19,336,097 46,710.711 413.95 42,375.257 456.31 Turkey 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 India 4,325 15.892 272.15 14.417 299.99 China 36,865 74.929 492.00 67.975 542.33 Korea, South 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 Japan 18,771,754 38,625.848 485.99 35,040.790 535.71 Australia 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 355,148,787 740,230.066 479.78 671,525.610 528.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,376,283 21,539.820 621.00 19,540.602 684.54 Trinidad and Tobago 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 Brazil 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 Finland 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 United Kingdom 1,863,589 3,553.502 524.44 3,223.684 578.09 Netherlands 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,066,797 1,547.509 689.36 1,403.877 759.89 Spain 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 Italy 485,110 1,046.462 463.57 949.335 511.00 Turkey 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 India 2,965,934 8,059.613 368.00 7,311.560 405.65 Thailand 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 Malaysia 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 China 45,731,823 118,854.524 384.77 107,823.041 424.14 Korea, South 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 Taiwan 13,611 19.061 714.07 17.292 787.13 Japan 4,216,233 5,979.092 705.16 5,424.143 777.31 Australia 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,744,728 244,203.009 437.11 221,537.306 481.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,474,414 12,860.946 736.68 11,667.258 812.05 Mexico 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 Brazil 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 Norway 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 United Kingdom 454,421 430.401 1,055.81 390.454 1,163.83 Luxembourg 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 France 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 Federal Republic of Germany 935,664 1,090.121 858.31 988.942 946.13 Poland 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 Russia 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 Spain 3,332,276 5,646.181 590.18 5,122.131 650.56 Italy 82,888 62.569 1,324.74 56.762 1,460.27 Turkey 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 China 383,596 872.372 439.72 791.403 484.70 Korea, South 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 Taiwan 599,415 1,298.602 461.58 1,178.073 508.81 Japan 256,226 403.194 635.49 365.772 700.51 South Africa 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,664,834 65,210.273 592.93 59,157.782 653.59 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 United Kingdom 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 Luxembourg 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 Federal Republic of Germany 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 China 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,413,334 8,535.064 868.57 7,742.882 957.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,043,573 16,031.989 688.85 14,543.980 759.32 Mexico 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 Brazil 11,594 15.718 737.58 14.260 813.04 Belgium 1,126,580 1,285.504 876.37 1,166.190 966.03 France 1,276,383 1,250.804 1,020.45 1,134.711 1,124.85 Austria 1,292,324 1,806.673 715.31 1,638.987 788.49 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 11,418,361 18,196.151 627.52 16,507.276 691.72 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 7,788 26.014 299.37 23.600 330.00 Korea, South 9,905,482 17,411.917 568.89 15,795.830 627.09 Japan 390,131 583.194 668.96 529.065 737.40 Australia 6,505,450 10,996.341 591.60 9,975.716 652.13 South Africa 3,887,613 5,788.188 671.65 5,250.958 740.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 73,462,296 129,382.120 567.79 117,373.518 625.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 19,698,172 31,667.158 622.04 28,727.971 685.68 Mexico 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 Brazil 615,102 990.029 621.30 898.140 684.86 United Kingdom 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 Netherlands 5,971,360 11,474.485 520.40 10,409.481 573.65 Belgium 134,288 247.612 542.33 224.630 597.82 France 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 Federal Republic of Germany 4,052,503 6,902.980 587.07 6,262.280 647.13 Czech Republic 1,527,736 3,772.394 404.98 3,422.260 446.41 Russia 35,327,400 71,657.258 493.01 65,006.390 543.45 Bulgaria 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 Turkey 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 Saudi Arabia 1,473,835 3,778.198 390.09 3,427.525 430.00 Thailand 3,353,052 7,650.119 438.30 6,940.074 483.14 Korea, South 4,748,075 8,577.329 553.56 7,781.225 610.20 Japan 256,101 309.286 828.04 280.580 912.76 Australia 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 New Zealand 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 Egypt 2,206,466 5,361.206 411.56 4,863.606 453.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,817,856 168,311.302 521.76 152,689.488 575.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 Luxembourg 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 Federal Republic of Germany 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 Austria 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 Czech Republic 2,788,544 4,708.460 592.24 4,271.445 652.83 Korea, South 14,535 23.364 622.10 21.196 685.74 Japan 3,084,776 4,965.518 621.24 4,504.644 684.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,092,003 9,877.225 616.77 8,960.471 679.88 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 France 30,360 31.281 970.55 28.378 1,069.84 Austria 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 Czech Republic 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 China 59,312 81.984 723.45 74.375 797.47 Korea, South 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 Japan 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,418,172 1,763.532 804.17 1,599.850 886.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 United Kingdom 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 Federal Republic of Germany 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 China 39,475 58.566 674.02 53.131 742.97 Australia 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 988,712 1,537.481 643.07 1,394.780 708.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,381,139 27,885.037 659.18 25,296.888 726.62 Mexico 4,640,975 5,276.713 879.52 4,786.955 969.50 Dominican Republic 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 Brazil 322,803 768.934 419.81 697.566 462.76 Argentina 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 United Kingdom 13,835,249 17,092.649 809.43 15,506.195 892.24 Belgium 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 France 125,550 159.075 789.25 144.311 870.00 Federal Republic of Germany 960,665 1,695.772 566.51 1,538.379 624.47 Czech Republic 1,234,373 2,263.011 545.46 2,052.970 601.26 Switzerland 51,688 68.514 754.41 62.155 831.60 Russia 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 Ukraine 4,592 4.603 997.56 4.176 1,099.62 Spain 208,220 351.526 592.33 318.900 652.93 Turkey 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 India 345,296 454.422 759.86 412.245 837.60 Malaysia 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 China 1,060,687 2,334.832 454.29 2,118.125 500.77 Korea, South 198,282 290.253 683.13 263.314 753.02 Taiwan 1,308,057 2,957.399 442.30 2,682.908 487.55 Japan 2,059,483 2,617.525 786.81 2,374.580 867.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,992,559 68,481.716 686.21 62,125.586 756.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,627,984 8,405.535 669.56 7,625.376 738.06 Mexico 1,561,444 2,531.291 616.86 2,296.350 679.97 Brazil 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 United Kingdom 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 Federal Republic of Germany 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 Switzerland 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 Spain 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 Turkey 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 China 422,355 846.011 499.23 767.489 550.31 Taiwan 78,776 170.793 461.24 154.941 508.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,388,845 15,832.086 593.03 14,362.631 653.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,726,349 5,151.309 1,111.63 4,673.191 1,225.36 Mexico 115,783 139.721 828.67 126.753 913.45 Brazil 270,968 651.371 416.00 590.914 458.56 United Kingdom 1,340,007 1,251.675 1,070.57 1,135.501 1,180.10 France 145,077 133.153 1,089.55 120.795 1,201.02 Federal Republic of Germany 5,148,056 4,594.506 1,120.48 4,168.067 1,235.12 Austria 67,309 37.560 1,792.03 34.074 1,975.38 Switzerland 22,266 10.017 2,222.64 9.088 2,450.04 Russia 1,206,628 2,272.448 530.98 2,061.531 585.31 Spain 767,530 889.822 862.56 807.234 950.81 Italy 577,041 581.556 992.24 527.579 1,093.75 Romania 85,369 25.669 3,325.70 23.287 3,665.95 Malaysia 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 China 968,734 1,287.171 752.61 1,167.703 829.61 Korea, South 10,267 6.231 1,647.63 5.653 1,816.20 Taiwan 18,341 10.664 1,719.76 9.675 1,895.71 Japan 250,075 176.384 1,417.79 160.013 1,562.84 South Africa 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,033,978 17,776.139 958.25 16,126.247 1,056.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,436,911 32,363.803 847.77 29,359.957 934.50 Mexico 5,638,263 6,483.894 869.58 5,882.092 958.55 Guatemala 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Dominican Republic 70,645 182.381 387.35 165.454 426.98 Colombia 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 Venezuela 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 Ecuador 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 758,915 569.202 1,333.30 516.372 1,469.71 France 155,420 81.697 1,902.38 74.115 2,097.01 Federal Republic of Germany 692,475 416.030 1,664.48 377.417 1,834.77 Czech Republic 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 Switzerland 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 Russia 30,794 60.616 508.02 54.990 559.99 Ukraine 153,462 157.315 975.51 142.714 1,075.31 Spain 3,482,786 2,820.084 1,234.99 2,558.338 1,361.35 Italy 253,958 158.505 1,602.20 143.794 1,766.12 Romania 1,899,214 2,956.622 642.36 2,682.204 708.08 Turkey 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 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 India 531,954 588.694 903.62 534.055 996.07 Vietnam 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 Malaysia 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 China 41,015,462 95,440.059 429.75 86,581.790 473.72 Korea, South 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 Hong Kong 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Taiwan 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 Japan 140,368 206.889 678.47 187.687 747.88 South Africa 1,067,892 1,921.436 555.78 1,743.098 612.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,810,278 153,143.329 586.45 138,929.331 646.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,644,993 6,970.098 953.36 6,323.169 1,050.90 Mexico 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 Colombia 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 Venezuela 804,595 1,038.027 775.12 941.683 854.42 Brazil 7,270,182 8,624.860 842.93 7,824.344 929.17 Sweden 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 United Kingdom 46,119 12.527 3,681.34 11.365 4,057.99 France 111,211 63.674 1,746.54 57.765 1,925.23 Federal Republic of Germany 6,325,343 5,399.865 1,171.39 4,898.677 1,291.23 Austria 19,334,773 11,596.602 1,667.28 10,520.264 1,837.86 Czech Republic 1,209,210 1,003.625 1,204.84 910.474 1,328.11 Russia 5,560,123 7,645.485 727.24 6,935.870 801.65 Spain 997,018 661.189 1,507.92 599.821 1,662.19 Greece 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 Romania 2,265,332 2,113.412 1,071.88 1,917.256 1,181.55 Turkey 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 China 45,195,202 47,096.579 959.63 42,725.310 1,057.81 Korea, South 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 Taiwan 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 Japan 66,343 112.508 589.67 102.066 650.00 South Africa 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 129,500,840 133,339.999 971.21 120,964.047 1,070.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,340,435 901.480 1,486.93 817.810 1,639.05 Brazil 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 United Kingdom 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 Federal Republic of Germany 299,859 234.209 1,280.30 212.471 1,411.29 Czech Republic 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 Poland 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 Spain 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 Italy 880,625 309.742 2,843.08 280.994 3,133.96 Romania 2,187,386 2,990.726 731.39 2,713.142 806.22 Malaysia 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 China 2,300,863 4,078.299 564.17 3,699.772 621.89 Korea, South 3,182,720 4,511.497 705.47 4,092.763 777.65 Japan 8,665,156 10,802.491 802.14 9,799.858 884.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,752,674 36,809.892 889.78 33,393.382 980.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 25,721 22.944 1,121.00 20.815 1,235.70 Mexico 5,301,700 5,917.634 895.92 5,368.389 987.58 Venezuela 7,205 11.321 636.38 10.271 701.49 Chile 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 Brazil 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 Argentina 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 Sweden 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 France 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 Federal Republic of Germany 4,384 1.952 2,245.68 1.771 2,475.44 Austria 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 Czech Republic 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 Slovakia 374,201 170.856 2,190.15 154.998 2,414.23 Poland 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 Russia 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 Ukraine 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 Spain 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 Italy 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 Romania 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 Turkey 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 China 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 Korea, South 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 Taiwan 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 Japan 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,292,704 45,689.160 925.66 41,448.521 1,020.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 349,378 538.852 648.37 488.839 714.71 Chile 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 Brazil 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 United Kingdom 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 Federal Republic of Germany 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 Turkey 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 China 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 Korea, South 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 Taiwan 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 Japan 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 South Africa 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,428,231 60,246.518 803.83 54,654.738 886.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,284,952 8,695.406 1,182.80 7,888.342 1,303.82 Mexico 16,470,162 19,478.997 845.53 17,671.054 932.04 Costa Rica 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 Dominican Republic 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 Colombia 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 Brazil 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 Argentina 46,820 36.877 1,269.60 33.455 1,399.49 Sweden 21,949 10.304 2,130.06 9.348 2,347.99 Norway 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 Denmark 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 United Kingdom 3,200 3.527 907.18 3.200 1,000.00 Netherlands 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 Belgium 40,721 13.149 3,096.78 11.929 3,413.61 France 982,304 654.319 1,501.26 593.589 1,654.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,533,681 1,366.598 1,854.00 1,239.758 2,043.69 Austria 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 Slovakia 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 Switzerland 1,652,737 573.973 2,879.47 520.700 3,174.07 Russia 6,919 1.590 4,349.84 1.443 4,794.87 Ukraine 65,810 45.751 1,438.43 41.505 1,585.59 Spain 1,301,056 880.402 1,477.80 798.688 1,628.99 Italy 1,261,514 1,068.187 1,180.99 969.044 1,301.81 Romania 749,838 742.115 1,010.41 673.236 1,113.78 Turkey 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 India 1,329,667 1,033.699 1,286.32 937.757 1,417.92 Thailand 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 Malaysia 65,177 104.321 624.77 94.639 688.69 China 10,003,395 15,637.119 639.72 14,185.760 705.17 Korea, South 3,399,150 4,564.788 744.65 4,141.108 820.83 Taiwan 427,629 228.953 1,867.76 207.703 2,058.85 Japan 1,611,090 622.968 2,586.15 565.148 2,850.74 Australia 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 54,575,172 58,576.109 931.70 53,139.368 1,027.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 Mexico 380,809 220.004 1,730.91 199.585 1,908.00 Chile 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 Brazil 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 Argentina 603,297 281.394 2,143.95 255.277 2,363.30 Netherlands 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 France 485,696 397.290 1,222.52 360.416 1,347.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,069,906 2,396.815 1,280.83 2,174.355 1,411.87 Czech Republic 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 Slovakia 45,650 26.647 1,713.12 24.174 1,888.39 Poland 25,220 20.480 1,231.39 18.580 1,357.37 Ukraine 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 Italy 1,147,366 534.041 2,148.46 484.474 2,368.27 Romania 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 Israel 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 China 1,850,758 1,682.617 1,099.93 1,526.445 1,212.46 Korea, South 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 Taiwan 5,064 10.524 481.15 9.548 530.37 Japan 136,682 28.200 4,846.81 25.583 5,342.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,955,477 6,967.991 1,572.26 6,321.257 1,733.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,227,238 450.642 2,723.31 408.816 3,001.93 Mexico 689,348 271.801 2,536.22 246.574 2,795.70 Belgium 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 Federal Republic of Germany 31,856 8.068 3,947.99 7.320 4,351.91 India 19,086 17.158 1,112.33 15.566 1,226.13 Vietnam 58,980 40.636 1,451.40 36.865 1,599.89 China 311,417 275.191 1,131.64 249.650 1,247.41 Japan 661,024 192.455 3,434.68 174.593 3,786.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,004,645 1,258.711 2,387.08 1,141.884 2,631.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 20,744,568 22,818.722 909.10 20,700.803 1,002.11 Mexico 6,237,072 4,885.598 1,276.62 4,432.142 1,407.24 Brazil 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 Belgium 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 France 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,579 2.505 2,226.65 2.273 2,454.47 Austria 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 Slovakia 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 Turkey 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 China 4,494,482 8,286.927 542.36 7,517.776 597.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 3,121,040 6,383.927 488.89 5,791.403 538.91 Japan 16,073 17.222 933.26 15.624 1,028.74 Australia 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,608,377 43,852.724 812.00 39,782.534 895.08 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 224,764 290.342 774.14 263.394 853.34 Mexico 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 China 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 Korea, South 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 Japan 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,641,799 2,713.684 605.01 2,461.814 666.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,268,743 18,296.964 889.15 16,598.732 980.12 Mexico 7,721,214 8,963.359 861.42 8,131.425 949.55 Dominican Republic 112,543 120.839 931.34 109.624 1,026.63 Colombia 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 Venezuela 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 Chile 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 Brazil 803,582 1,225.949 655.48 1,112.163 722.54 Argentina 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 Sweden 70,489 46.216 1,525.19 41.927 1,681.23 Finland 244,215 230.489 1,059.55 209.097 1,167.95 United Kingdom 373,651 244.372 1,529.02 221.691 1,685.46 Netherlands 84,092 80.441 1,045.39 72.975 1,152.34 Belgium 510,711 350.683 1,456.33 318.135 1,605.33 France 1,043,965 684.511 1,525.12 620.979 1,681.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,100,875 794.539 1,385.55 720.794 1,527.31 Austria 988,247 100.258 9,856.99 90.953 10,865.47 Czech Republic 137,627 119.583 1,150.89 108.484 1,268.64 Poland 1,442,558 1,283.172 1,124.21 1,164.075 1,239.23 Russia 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 Belarus 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 Ukraine 24,193 31.663 764.06 28.725 842.23 Moldova 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 Spain 447,734 379.872 1,178.64 344.615 1,299.23 Italy 979,157 721.326 1,357.44 654.377 1,496.32 Greece 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 Turkey 140,338 216.379 648.57 196.296 714.93 Israel 372,969 520.156 717.03 471.878 790.39 India 724,552 1,152.840 628.49 1,045.840 692.79 Thailand 335,568 516.623 649.54 468.673 716.00 Malaysia 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 Indonesia 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 China 12,849,981 19,756.572 650.42 17,922.866 716.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,151,950 2,461.060 874.40 2,232.637 963.86 Taiwan 1,272,837 1,689.937 753.19 1,533.086 830.25 Japan 3,448,069 3,120.100 1,105.11 2,830.508 1,218.18 Australia 37,466 47.533 788.20 43.122 868.84 Egypt 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 South Africa 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,415,238 69,222.154 843.88 62,797.300 930.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 France 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 Russia 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 China 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 Taiwan 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 Japan 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,710,548 8,037.886 586.04 7,291.850 646.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,497,896 11,582.268 733.70 10,507.260 808.76 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 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 Belgium 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 France 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 Federal Republic of Germany 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 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 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,850,084 48,089.862 683.10 43,626.402 752.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 Netherlands 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 France 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 Japan 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,135,802 12,648.038 722.31 11,474.111 796.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 31,128,041 49,034.527 634.82 44,483.388 699.77 Mexico 9,077,606 14,835.620 611.88 13,458.652 674.48 Sweden 220,039 160.707 1,369.19 145.791 1,509.28 Denmark 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 18,026,717 34,810.633 517.85 31,579.684 570.83 Belgium 1,121,630 1,898.645 590.75 1,722.423 651.19 France 217,552 392.798 553.85 356.341 610.52 Federal Republic of Germany 635,024 1,046.304 606.92 949.192 669.02 Austria 1,618,636 2,829.963 571.96 2,567.300 630.48 Czech Republic 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 Russia 34,030,463 66,409.171 512.44 60,245.404 564.86 Italy 289,447 729.443 396.81 661.740 437.40 Bulgaria 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 Turkey 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 Saudi Arabia 627,075 1,607.514 390.09 1,458.313 430.00 Thailand 39,493,075 82,074.497 481.19 74,456.753 530.42 Malaysia 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 Korea, South 33,728,840 71,318.240 472.93 64,698.838 521.32 Japan 132,505 197.600 670.57 179.260 739.18 Australia 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 New Zealand 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 Egypt 33,596,857 78,736.762 426.70 71,428.810 470.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 222,416,346 444,299.073 500.60 403,061.453 551.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,509,374 31,004.840 726.00 28,127.126 800.27 Mexico 3,155,480 4,785.698 659.36 4,341.514 726.82 Brazil 14,221,416 24,850.015 572.29 22,543.561 630.84 Argentina 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 Sweden 55,998 70.481 794.50 63.940 875.79 United Kingdom 258,210 207.027 1,247.23 187.812 1,374.83 Netherlands 6,792,317 11,294.493 601.38 10,246.195 662.91 Belgium 5,188,199 8,555.013 606.45 7,760.980 668.50 France 91,644 103.396 886.33 93.800 977.01 Federal Republic of Germany 812,363 1,178.252 689.46 1,068.893 760.00 Austria 33,064 57.805 571.99 52.440 630.51 Russia 34,333,861 63,920.677 537.13 57,987.880 592.09 Ukraine 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 Italy 737,516 1,595.727 462.18 1,447.620 509.47 Turkey 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 India 1,471,954 2,418.148 608.71 2,193.708 670.99 China 21,486,659 40,713.199 527.76 36,934.404 581.75 Korea, South 4,781,086 7,775.352 614.90 7,053.683 677.81 Taiwan 25,659,865 56,508.984 454.08 51,264.103 500.54 Japan 708,491 1,201.706 589.57 1,090.170 649.89 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 158,845,371 284,914.178 557.52 258,469.868 614.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 30,073,524 39,649.995 758.47 35,969.881 836.08 Mexico 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 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 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 Brazil 6,004,281 8,597.479 698.38 7,799.504 769.83 Argentina 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 Sweden 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 Finland 223,871 248.174 902.07 225.140 994.36 United Kingdom 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 Netherlands 1,089,198 1,652.411 659.16 1,499.043 726.60 Belgium 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 Federal Republic of Germany 504,078 735.278 685.56 667.034 755.70 Austria 579,020 664.653 871.16 602.964 960.29 Spain 215,571 269.789 799.03 244.749 880.78 Italy 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 United Arab Emirates 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 India 25,181,561 32,762.399 768.61 29,721.557 847.25 Indonesia 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 China 55,790,332 86,965.812 641.52 78,894.080 707.15 Korea, South 17,209,202 22,860.927 752.78 20,739.090 829.80 Taiwan 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 Japan 3,061,005 4,309.059 710.37 3,909.114 783.04 New Zealand 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 South Africa 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 196,474,190 272,040.528 722.22 246,791.086 796.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 163,681 174.287 939.14 158.111 1,035.23 Mexico 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 Belgium 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 Luxembourg 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,151,926 1,629.233 707.04 1,478.016 779.37 Thailand 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 China 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 Korea, South 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 Taiwan 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 Japan 1,901,986 879.808 2,161.82 798.149 2,383.00 New Zealand 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,604,644 11,512.731 834.26 10,444.177 919.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,746,110 7,122.068 1,087.62 6,461.034 1,198.90 Mexico 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 Venezuela 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 Brazil 4,795,865 6,616.684 724.81 6,002.557 798.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 Belgium 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 Luxembourg 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 France 158,750 159.665 994.27 144.846 1,095.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 Austria 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 Italy 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 India 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 China 3,463,814 4,803.042 721.17 4,357.248 794.95 Korea, South 14,057,634 19,505.500 720.70 17,695.097 794.44 Taiwan 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 Japan 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,411,813 67,411.582 807.16 61,154.776 889.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,737,801 4,056.646 674.89 3,680.129 743.94 Mexico 503,813 597.859 842.69 542.369 928.91 United Kingdom 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 Belgium 11,270 15.752 715.46 14.290 788.66 Turkey 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,456,920 4,957.990 697.24 4,497.815 768.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,621,997 2,813.766 931.85 2,552.607 1,027.18 Mexico 1,214,269 1,168.688 1,039.00 1,060.217 1,145.30 Brazil 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 Sweden 615,249 138.335 4,447.51 125.496 4,902.54 United Kingdom 697,839 330.195 2,113.41 299.548 2,329.64 France 295,785 108.256 2,732.25 98.209 3,011.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,964,641 1,846.928 1,605.17 1,675.506 1,769.40 Austria 101,566 23.965 4,238.04 21.741 4,671.63 Switzerland 154,129 67.403 2,286.68 61.147 2,520.63 Russia 74,550 108.709 685.77 98.620 755.93 Italy 172,870 65.864 2,624.64 59.751 2,893.17 India 742,265 630.502 1,177.26 571.982 1,297.71 China 331,707 375.425 883.55 340.580 973.95 Korea, South 1,333,423 1,301.584 1,024.46 1,180.778 1,129.27 Taiwan 376,894 233.846 1,611.72 212.142 1,776.61 Japan 614,327 615.434 998.20 558.313 1,100.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,376,981 9,862.180 1,254.99 8,946.822 1,383.39 GRAND TOTAL 2,054,228,311 3,457,729.375 594.10 3,136,800.209 654.88 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 United Kingdom 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 Federal Republic of Germany 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 Italy 3,961,624 1,745.519 2,269.60 1,583.509 2,501.80 China 3,132 1.085 2,884.57 0.985 3,179.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,278,389 1,797.405 2,380.31 1,630.579 2,623.85 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Brazil 2,079 0.468 4,437.74 0.425 4,891.76 Sweden 7,116,360 1,702.693 4,179.47 1,544.658 4,607.08 United Kingdom 24,444,162 7,059.583 3,462.55 6,404.348 3,816.81 France 2,411 0.168 14,295.58 0.153 15,758.17 Federal Republic of Germany 310,019 82.381 3,763.22 74.735 4,148.24 Czech Republic 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 Spain 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 Italy 2,530,642 876.045 2,888.71 794.735 3,184.26 India 36,456 2.256 16,156.49 2.047 17,809.48 Singapore 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 China 9,975 1.127 8,845.72 1.023 9,750.73 Taiwan 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,023,218 9,955.204 3,518.08 9,031.212 3,878.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 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 United Kingdom 2,099,142 661.098 3,175.23 599.739 3,500.09 France 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 Federal Republic of Germany 140,848 78.042 1,804.76 70.799 1,989.41 Italy 493,579 229.679 2,148.99 208.362 2,368.85 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 4,994,049 1,925.792 2,593.24 1,747.050 2,858.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 80,611 21.739 3,708.00 19.722 4,087.36 India 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 Japan 210,532 50.852 4,140.02 46.133 4,563.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 919,085 260.987 3,521.57 236.764 3,881.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,039 0.990 7,103.09 0.899 7,829.81 Sweden 879,682 247.932 3,548.06 224.921 3,911.07 Finland 659,990 201.798 3,270.53 183.069 3,605.14 United Kingdom 9,612 2.046 4,695.67 1.857 5,176.09 Netherlands 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 Belgium 8,573,347 1,747.528 4,905.98 1,585.332 5,407.92 France 482,161 84.324 5,717.92 76.498 6,302.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,078,584 732.906 2,836.08 664.882 3,126.24 Austria 16,670 2.098 7,942.63 1.904 8,755.25 Italy 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 Slovenia 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 India 49,028 17.515 2,799.09 15.890 3,085.46 Korea, South 287,869 65.744 4,378.63 59.642 4,826.62 Taiwan 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 Japan 1,059,296 401.004 2,641.61 363.785 2,911.87 South Africa 320,684 145.748 2,200.25 132.221 2,425.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,792,589 6,829.651 4,362.24 6,195.757 4,808.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 170,924 59.695 2,863.26 54.155 3,156.20 Sweden 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 Finland 230,218 77.700 2,962.88 70.489 3,266.01 Belgium 3,730,695 1,121.649 3,326.08 1,017.544 3,666.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,442,347 892.029 2,737.97 809.236 3,018.09 Spain 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 Korea, South 2,751 0.492 5,583.15 0.447 6,154.36 Taiwan 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 South Africa 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,803,512 4,731.212 2,917.54 4,292.085 3,216.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 24,168 4.830 5,003.39 4.382 5,515.29 Sweden 1,025,571 339.529 3,020.57 308.016 3,329.60 Norway 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 United Kingdom 396,088 108.982 3,634.43 98.867 4,006.27 Ireland 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 Netherlands 20,168 4.905 4,111.48 4.450 4,532.13 France 219,369 16.787 13,067.72 15.229 14,404.69 Federal Republic of Germany 1,385,964 217.915 6,360.09 197.690 7,010.79 Austria 2,278,457 358.903 6,348.38 325.592 6,997.89 Switzerland 407,104 69.172 5,885.37 62.752 6,487.51 Spain 5,158 0.772 6,675.12 0.701 7,358.06 Portugal 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,458,348 324.500 4,494.13 294.382 4,953.93 India 409,355 122.707 3,336.03 111.318 3,677.35 China 152,014 67.261 2,260.03 61.019 2,491.26 Taiwan 2,412,320 693.072 3,480.62 628.745 3,836.72 Japan 14,248 1.710 8,328.33 1.552 9,180.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,436,735 2,652.341 4,311.94 2,406.164 4,753.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Belgium 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 Italy 1,383,351 377.167 3,667.73 342.161 4,042.98 India 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 China 50,042 18.893 2,648.62 17.140 2,919.60 Taiwan 26,258 2.764 9,497.95 2.508 10,469.70 Japan 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,061,163 1,529.902 3,308.16 1,387.905 3,646.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 255,402 26.572 9,611.58 24.106 10,594.96 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 642,672 136.935 4,693.24 124.226 5,173.41 Norway 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 United Kingdom 729,782 99.330 7,347.02 90.111 8,098.70 Netherlands 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 France 2,562,875 551.177 4,649.82 500.020 5,125.54 Federal Republic of Germany 2,074,631 602.019 3,446.12 546.143 3,798.70 Austria 56,274 18.199 3,092.12 16.510 3,408.48 Switzerland 495,696 132.009 3,755.00 119.757 4,139.18 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 9,079 1.581 5,739.60 1.435 6,326.83 Italy 11,604,360 2,496.433 4,648.38 2,264.727 5,123.96 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 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 China 337,018 113.965 2,957.19 103.388 3,259.74 Korea, South 63,198 21.980 2,875.24 19.940 3,169.41 Taiwan 5,794,968 1,596.143 3,630.61 1,447.997 4,002.06 Japan 321,897 53.462 6,021.03 48.500 6,637.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,422,931 7,889.782 3,855.99 7,157.492 4,250.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 Mexico 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Uruguay 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 Sweden 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 Finland 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 Denmark 3,514 0.248 14,168.21 0.225 15,617.78 United Kingdom 832,924 134.469 6,194.13 121.989 6,827.86 Ireland 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 Netherlands 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 France 3,550,968 564.767 6,287.48 512.349 6,930.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,886,446 392.327 7,357.23 355.914 8,109.95 Austria 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 Czech Republic 1,418,142 86.736 16,350.01 78.686 18,022.80 Slovakia 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 Switzerland 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 Russia 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 Ukraine 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 Spain 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 Italy 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 India 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 Thailand 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 Malaysia 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 Singapore 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 China 13,303,180 3,683.175 3,611.88 3,341.322 3,981.41 Korea, South 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 Taiwan 9,411,008 1,949.360 4,827.74 1,768.431 5,321.67 Japan 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,944,575 13,233.702 5,209.77 12,005.416 5,742.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 187,956 164.475 1,142.76 149.210 1,259.67 Finland 661,190 209.316 3,158.80 189.889 3,481.98 Belgium 255,637 79.854 3,201.28 72.443 3,528.80 France 3,479 3.333 1,043.68 3.024 1,150.46 Federal Republic of Germany 245,401 249.145 984.97 226.021 1,085.74 Italy 27,516 10.998 2,501.71 9.978 2,757.67 India 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 China 497,307 155.038 3,207.63 140.649 3,535.80 Korea, South 13,676 2.105 6,495.63 1.910 7,160.21 Taiwan 2,029 0.662 3,062.69 0.601 3,376.04 Japan 1,138,597 960.080 1,185.94 870.971 1,307.27 South Africa 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,972,138 6,496.807 1,073.16 5,893.806 1,182.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 432,237 131.780 3,279.98 119.549 3,615.56 Mexico 25,983,424 11,549.520 2,249.74 10,477.552 2,479.91 Venezuela 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 Brazil 7,222,564 2,620.562 2,756.11 2,377.335 3,038.09 Sweden 2,324,405 584.742 3,975.09 530.470 4,381.78 Finland 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 United Kingdom 314,055 30.925 10,155.27 28.055 11,194.26 Netherlands 198,406 29.954 6,623.65 27.174 7,301.32 Belgium 4,835,929 1,540.288 3,139.62 1,397.327 3,460.84 France 3,223,987 1,823.884 1,767.65 1,654.601 1,948.50 Federal Republic of Germany 5,204,696 1,758.205 2,960.23 1,595.018 3,263.10 Austria 654,104 122.208 5,352.35 110.866 5,899.95 Spain 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 Italy 4,486,171 1,645.230 2,726.77 1,492.528 3,005.75 Romania 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 India 368,614 152.248 2,421.13 138.118 2,668.83 Thailand 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 Indonesia 302,135 113.460 2,662.90 102.930 2,935.34 China 34,861,495 14,441.725 2,413.94 13,101.317 2,660.92 Korea, South 2,596,978 950.943 2,730.95 862.682 3,010.35 Taiwan 11,544,098 2,321.538 4,972.61 2,106.065 5,481.36 Japan 1,210,931 590.002 2,052.42 535.241 2,262.40 South Africa 5,544,533 2,211.076 2,507.62 2,005.855 2,764.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,939,639 43,709.364 2,629.63 39,652.480 2,898.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 Belgium 67,205 24.365 2,758.21 22.104 3,040.40 France 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,236 3.119 1,678.45 2.830 1,850.18 Slovenia 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 China 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 Japan 97,963 44.904 2,181.57 40.737 2,404.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,530,166 525.991 2,909.11 477.172 3,206.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 63,052 18.259 3,453.05 16.565 3,806.34 Mexico 3,839,084 1,583.785 2,423.99 1,436.786 2,671.99 Sweden 1,161,865 170.829 6,801.31 154.974 7,497.16 Finland 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 Denmark 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 United Kingdom 292,312 54.001 5,413.07 48.989 5,966.89 Belgium 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 France 941,021 200.317 4,697.65 181.725 5,178.27 Federal Republic of Germany 970,024 189.493 5,119.03 171.906 5,642.76 Austria 102,238 18.302 5,585.93 16.604 6,157.43 Hungary 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 Spain 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 Italy 270,899 63.632 4,257.28 57.726 4,692.84 India 988,344 274.709 3,597.78 249.212 3,965.88 Indonesia 57,088 17.251 3,309.23 15.650 3,647.80 China 300,638 94.962 3,165.84 86.149 3,489.74 Korea, South 1,292,412 513.088 2,518.89 465.466 2,776.60 Taiwan 550,283 230.240 2,390.03 208.871 2,634.56 Japan 2,809,714 379.086 7,411.79 343.902 8,170.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,921,729 4,214.072 3,540.93 3,822.943 3,903.20 GRAND TOTAL 361,067,167 109,944.008 3,284.10 99,739.555 3,620.10