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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,322,742 43,691.691 488.03 39,636.447 537.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,392,048 21,542.578 621.65 19,543.104 685.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,125,088 13,949.398 725.84 12,654.685 800.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,146,637 28,900.385 870.11 26,217.996 959.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 21,083,217 33,767.595 624.36 30,633.456 688.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,842,727 53,538.571 669.47 48,569.389 737.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,777,244 8,631.049 669.36 7,829.959 737.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,126,279 7,426.763 1,363.48 6,737.448 1,502.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 574,909 358.647 1,602.99 325.360 1,766.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,846,214 32,518.223 856.33 29,500.044 943.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,582,117 11,881.685 1,227.28 10,778.887 1,352.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 47,328,143 42,432.927 1,115.36 38,494.515 1,229.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 39,721 34.410 1,154.32 31.217 1,272.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,700,956 10,637.022 1,194.03 9,649.747 1,316.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,412,972 730.179 3,304.63 662.408 3,642.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,270,926 23,214.125 916.29 21,059.506 1,010.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 367,991 446.826 823.57 405.354 907.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,580,196 18,701.180 940.06 16,965.430 1,036.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,497,896 11,582.268 733.70 10,507.260 808.76 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 32,955,626 51,832.534 635.81 47,021.698 700.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,024,591 35,104.306 741.35 31,846.100 817.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,831,748 47,144.755 760.04 42,769.015 837.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,411,131 1,169.741 1,206.36 1,061.172 1,329.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,746,110 7,122.068 1,087.62 6,461.034 1,198.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,982,684 4,440.403 671.71 4,028.267 740.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,793,739 3,416.359 1,110.46 3,099.270 1,224.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 423,121,094 523,503.511 808.25 474,914.531 890.94 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 94,675,400 178,000.391 531.88 161,479.284 586.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,337,060 7,895.597 802.61 7,162.768 884.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,088,295 3,475.033 600.94 3,152.498 662.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 135,296 148.964 908.25 135.138 1,001.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,640,363 6,484.627 869.81 5,882.757 958.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,150,288 6,851.020 897.72 6,215.143 989.57 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,430,893 22,623.405 991.49 20,523.614 1,092.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 380,809 220.004 1,730.91 199.585 1,908.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 695,858 273.928 2,540.29 248.504 2,800.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,279,212 4,954.635 1,267.34 4,494.771 1,397.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,601,019 10,219.915 939.44 9,271.354 1,035.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,077,606 14,835.620 611.88 13,458.652 674.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,138,904 16,335.219 1,783.81 14,819.066 1,966.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 503,813 597.859 842.69 542.369 928.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,053,353 2,752.473 1,835.93 2,497.003 2,023.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 221,433,236 304,604.021 726.95 276,332.198 801.33 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 392,835 330.896 1,187.19 300.184 1,308.65 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 70,645 182.381 387.35 165.454 426.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 129,756 131.039 990.21 118.877 1,091.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,031,918 3,890.984 522.21 3,529.843 575.64 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,987,543 19,249.167 414.96 17,462.556 457.41 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,137,808 9,952.502 1,018.62 9,028.761 1,122.83 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 804,595 1,038.027 775.12 941.683 854.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,205 11.321 636.38 10.271 701.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 349,378 538.852 648.37 488.839 714.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,466,957 2,970.427 830.51 2,694.727 915.48 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,766 1,302.873 672.95 1,181.947 741.80 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,598,118 116,428.092 451.76 105,621.819 497.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,372,939 1,368.407 1,003.31 1,241.399 1,105.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,026 1,049.725 748.79 952.295 825.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 778,714 969.451 803.25 879.472 885.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 433,761 702.430 617.51 637.234 680.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 967,529 747.254 1,294.78 677.898 1,427.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,072,093 9,718.551 933.48 8,816.524 1,028.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 858,326 1,287.565 666.63 1,168.060 734.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 187,956 164.475 1,142.76 149.210 1,259.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,016,078 28,389.512 775.50 25,754.540 854.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,373,041 10,366.888 711.21 9,404.686 783.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,795,865 6,616.684 724.81 6,002.557 798.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,079,272 259,539.851 582.10 235,450.659 641.66 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 154,022 75.001 2,053.59 68.040 2,263.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,439,005 510.021 2,821.46 462.684 3,110.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,520,691 10,083.840 745.82 9,147.909 822.12 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,116,360 1,702.693 4,179.47 1,544.658 4,607.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,173,390 3,972.165 1,805.91 3,603.489 1,990.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,756,917 908.934 3,033.13 824.572 3,343.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 782,032 218.117 3,585.37 197.873 3,952.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 822,639 534.958 1,537.76 485.306 1,695.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,914,888 263.861 7,257.18 239.371 7,999.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,412,324 4,194.638 813.50 3,805.313 896.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,111,546 1,547.442 2,010.77 1,403.817 2,216.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,325,516 450.514 5,161.91 408.700 5,690.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,042,642 16,716.623 2,335.56 15,165.070 2,574.51 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,241,863 4,752.167 682.19 4,311.095 751.98 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,047,001 9,511.863 425.47 8,629.020 469.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,188,836 684.972 1,735.60 621.397 1,913.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 245,976 93.166 2,640.18 84.519 2,910.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 248,050 230.500 1,076.13 209.107 1,186.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 728,264 264.393 2,754.47 239.854 3,036.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 359,695 387.153 929.08 351.220 1,024.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,464,595 13,166.253 946.71 11,944.228 1,043.57 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,514 0.248 14,168.21 0.225 15,617.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,494 11.155 6,408.92 10.120 7,064.62 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,419,829 8,052.885 3,156.61 7,305.457 3,479.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,962,731 4,214.601 940.24 3,823.423 1,036.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,891,321 5,421.943 717.70 4,918.706 791.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,258,838 1,181.551 1,065.41 1,071.886 1,174.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,351,472 18,196.054 843.67 16,507.188 929.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,200,750 2,081.669 2,017.97 1,888.459 2,224.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 511,319 89.591 5,707.23 81.276 6,291.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 439,194 124.916 3,515.91 113.322 3,875.63 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 228,335 131.439 1,737.19 119.240 1,914.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 832,924 134.469 6,194.13 121.989 6,827.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 671,753 275.231 2,440.68 249.686 2,690.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 836,432 459.040 1,822.13 416.435 2,008.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,043,973 403.134 2,589.64 365.718 2,854.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,642,066 54,405.295 1,427.10 49,355.668 1,573.11 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 159,314 16.962 9,392.21 15.388 10,353.13 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,576,217 19,450.304 543.76 17,645.024 599.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 370,696 252.671 1,467.11 229.220 1,617.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 154,878 82.726 1,872.18 75.048 2,063.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,095,008 36,637.533 521.19 33,237.021 574.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,814,880 14,331.872 615.05 13,001.660 677.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,255,646 1,911.421 656.92 1,734.013 724.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,260,061 82,177.169 587.27 74,549.895 647.35 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 221,554 240.849 919.89 218.495 1,014.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,848,114 11,256.458 430.70 10,211.690 474.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,166,762 4,714.935 3,004.66 4,277.319 3,312.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,864,983 1,369.262 2,822.68 1,242.174 3,111.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 40,721 13.149 3,096.78 11.929 3,413.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 628,482 360.410 1,743.79 326.959 1,922.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,754,155 2,653.776 1,414.65 2,407.466 1,559.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,104,841 10,831.599 1,025.23 9,826.265 1,130.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 78,475 40.117 1,956.13 36.394 2,156.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,519,342 39,714.181 1,120.99 36,028.110 1,235.68 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,567,520 14,892.224 776.75 13,510.003 856.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,967,173 197.724 9,949.04 179.373 10,966.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,214,627 2,127.655 1,510.88 1,930.177 1,665.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,360 31.281 970.55 28.378 1,069.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 684,524 387.841 1,764.96 351.844 1,945.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,606,306 3,270.855 2,019.75 2,967.271 2,226.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 157,897 82.005 1,925.45 74.394 2,122.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 111,211 63.674 1,746.54 57.765 1,925.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,709,054 1,018.976 1,677.23 924.400 1,848.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,026,306 1,368.994 2,210.61 1,241.931 2,436.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,550,968 564.767 6,287.48 512.349 6,930.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,399,249 721.454 1,939.48 654.493 2,137.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 221,031 396.131 557.97 359.365 615.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,883,663 4,760.518 1,235.93 4,318.671 1,362.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 158,750 159.665 994.27 144.846 1,095.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,537,664 460.693 5,508.36 417.934 6,071.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,051,872 31,048.590 1,451.01 28,166.815 1,599.47 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,246,040 20,352.500 454.30 18,463.483 500.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,207,645 1,625.551 742.91 1,474.676 818.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,109,938 1,229.580 902.70 1,115.457 995.05 STEEL PILING...........................5 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,515,222 3,243.900 1,700.18 2,942.818 1,874.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,494,850 7,795.009 833.21 7,071.516 918.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,667,368 2,688.622 1,364.03 2,439.078 1,503.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,718,923 5,417.021 1,424.94 4,914.241 1,570.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,226,848 2,602.914 2,392.26 2,361.325 2,637.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 982,116 597.755 1,643.01 542.275 1,811.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,512,870 10,163.299 1,329.58 9,219.993 1,465.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 334,660 249.553 1,341.04 226.391 1,478.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 47,846 20.579 2,324.99 18.669 2,562.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,613,896 3,075.908 1,825.12 2,790.418 2,011.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,966,408 3,400.140 1,754.75 3,084.556 1,934.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,886,446 392.327 7,357.23 355.914 8,109.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 102,299 17.713 5,775.35 16.069 6,366.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,151 12.208 4,026.10 11.075 4,438.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,353,112 1,074.866 2,189.21 975.103 2,413.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 927,805 1,313.928 706.13 1,191.976 778.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,637,634 3,648.605 1,819.22 3,309.960 2,005.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,337,858 6,302.125 529.64 5,717.194 583.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,643,042 3,788.150 697.71 3,436.553 769.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,149 3.582 2,274.66 3.250 2,507.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,315,655 4,152.684 1,520.86 3,767.253 1,676.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,679,509 104,502.873 1,078.24 94,803.439 1,188.56 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,825,706 2,315.553 788.45 2,100.635 869.12 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,582,054 430.056 6,003.98 390.141 6,618.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 126,402 56.007 2,256.88 50.809 2,487.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,156,113 714.630 4,416.43 648.302 4,868.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 30,177,231 21,529.089 1,401.70 19,530.867 1,545.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,125,160 135.457 8,306.37 122.885 9,156.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,498,377 4,009.523 623.11 3,637.380 686.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 929,608 247.679 3,753.27 224.691 4,137.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 579,020 664.653 871.16 602.964 960.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 662,571 123.896 5,347.78 112.397 5,894.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,784,140 32,178.242 1,484.98 29,191.619 1,636.91 Czech Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,527,736 3,772.394 404.98 3,422.260 446.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,780,114 6,129.942 616.66 5,560.992 679.76 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,078,524 4,214.337 730.49 3,823.184 805.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,209,210 1,003.625 1,204.84 910.474 1,328.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,418,142 86.736 16,350.01 78.686 18,022.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,627 119.583 1,150.89 108.484 1,268.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,829,936 25,278.995 784.44 22,932.725 864.70 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 374,201 170.856 2,190.15 154.998 2,414.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 53,504 31.246 1,712.34 28.346 1,887.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 724,757 270.846 2,675.89 245.708 2,949.67 Hungary BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,504 12.081 2,276.57 10.960 2,509.49 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 458,792 137.686 3,332.15 124.907 3,673.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 517,962 142.027 3,646.92 128.845 4,020.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,843,741 651.777 2,828.79 591.283 3,118.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 436,477 124.313 3,511.11 112.775 3,870.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 367,687 128.385 2,863.94 116.469 3,156.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,842,357 1,267.228 3,032.09 1,149.611 3,342.31 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 25,220 20.480 1,231.39 18.580 1,357.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,520,645 1,368.982 1,110.79 1,241.920 1,224.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,283,643 7,153.020 738.66 6,489.113 814.23 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 108,804,580 197,840.377 549.96 179,477.822 606.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,327,400 71,657.258 493.01 65,006.390 543.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,159,543 2,427.450 889.63 2,202.147 980.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,794 60.616 508.02 54.990 559.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,560,123 7,645.485 727.24 6,935.870 801.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,625 34.152 1,511.58 30.983 1,666.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 34,030,463 66,409.171 512.44 60,245.404 564.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,333,861 63,920.677 537.13 57,987.880 592.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,310,005 1,229.029 1,879.54 1,114.957 2,071.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,550 108.709 685.77 98.620 755.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,923,230 428,089.941 544.10 388,356.772 599.77 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,471,355 20,777.939 696.48 18,849.435 767.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,009 47.659 1,426.98 43.236 1,572.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,532 22.674 2,096.27 20.570 2,310.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,462 157.315 975.51 142.714 1,075.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,810 45.751 1,438.43 41.505 1,585.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,193 31.663 764.06 28.725 842.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,391,832 117,781.048 495.77 106,849.200 546.49 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,379,552 5,728.689 589.93 5,196.981 650.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,988,557 1,572.156 1,264.86 1,426.237 1,394.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,440,642 1,361.117 1,058.43 1,234.785 1,166.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,837,437 3,619.251 1,336.58 3,283.331 1,473.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,966,115 2,096.509 1,414.79 1,901.922 1,559.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,593,147 1,047.045 1,521.56 949.864 1,677.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 541,055 386.788 1,398.84 350.889 1,541.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,475,713 4,717.497 736.77 4,279.643 812.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,639,059 27,039.719 1,244.06 24,530.028 1,371.34 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,961,624 1,745.519 2,269.60 1,583.509 2,501.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,721,785 48,835.909 465.27 44,303.204 512.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 978,689 1,276.142 766.91 1,157.697 845.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 163,499 84.309 1,939.28 76.484 2,137.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,868,633 1,877.430 1,527.96 1,703.177 1,684.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,383,351 377.167 3,667.73 342.161 4,042.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,373,028 3,193.800 3,874.08 2,897.368 4,270.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,464,536 457.680 3,199.91 415.201 3,527.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 55,860 8.201 6,811.20 7.440 7,508.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 884,800 311.726 2,838.38 282.794 3,128.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,437,468 1,479.540 1,647.45 1,342.217 1,816.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,372,178 568.268 2,414.66 515.525 2,661.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,152,605 2,823.152 1,470.91 2,561.122 1,621.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 316,963 740.442 428.07 671.718 471.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,223,687 3,240.957 1,611.77 2,940.148 1,776.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 443,769 129.496 3,426.89 117.477 3,777.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,762,563 68,669.176 943.11 62,295.647 1,039.60 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,516,962 1,410.199 2,493.95 1,279.312 2,749.10 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,783,438 9,642.284 703.51 8,747.336 775.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,846 41.998 3,186.96 38.100 3,513.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,899,214 2,956.622 642.36 2,682.204 708.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,265,332 2,113.412 1,071.88 1,917.256 1,181.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,187,386 2,990.726 731.39 2,713.142 806.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,095,918 993.083 1,103.55 900.910 1,216.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,288,660 11,638.539 884.02 10,558.308 974.46 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,437,894 28,584.683 470.11 25,931.596 518.21 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 220,328 300.637 732.87 272.734 807.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,634,926 184,652.713 442.10 167,514.171 487.33 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 376,738 520.669 723.56 472.344 797.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 399,482 526.763 758.37 477.872 835.96 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,473,835 3,778.198 390.09 3,427.525 430.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,205 11.781 1,205.70 10.688 1,329.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 627,075 1,607.514 390.09 1,458.313 430.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,527,652 5,583.754 452.68 5,065.498 498.99 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 278,936 86.632 3,219.75 78.592 3,549.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,258,241 3,161.425 714.31 2,867.998 787.39 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,781 18.148 2,247.08 16.464 2,476.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,013,660 8,078.682 373.04 7,328.860 411.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 49,028 17.515 2,799.09 15.890 3,085.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 768,759 583.998 1,316.37 529.795 1,451.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 39,746 7.364 5,396.94 6.681 5,949.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 558,792 594.189 940.43 539.040 1,036.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,439,601 1,104.342 1,303.58 1,001.843 1,436.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,751 17.312 1,371.87 15.706 1,512.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,271,213 2,502.658 2,106.25 2,270.374 2,321.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,840,568 2,570.397 716.06 2,331.826 789.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,181,561 32,762.399 768.61 29,721.557 847.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,730,609 905.211 1,911.83 821.194 2,107.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,685,565 52,563.477 926.22 47,684.798 1,020.99 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,353,052 7,650.119 438.30 6,940.074 483.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 418,437 542.899 770.75 492.510 849.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,493,075 82,074.497 481.19 74,456.753 530.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,946,531 124,092.570 483.08 112,574.918 532.50 Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 58,980 40.636 1,451.40 36.865 1,599.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 152,174 78.681 1,934.04 71.379 2,131.92 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,177 104.321 624.77 94.639 688.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,284,492 36,136.802 478.31 32,782.765 527.24 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 750,984 239.943 3,129.84 217.673 3,450.06 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,728,450 643.942 2,684.17 584.175 2,958.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 302,135 113.460 2,662.90 102.930 2,935.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,088 17.251 3,309.23 15.650 3,647.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,901,385 4,638.923 1,056.58 4,208.362 1,164.68 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,219 6.925 6,095.88 6.283 6,719.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,333 277.643 419.00 251.874 461.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 46,153,986 119,211.213 387.16 108,146.624 426.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 383,596 872.372 439.72 791.403 484.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,080,599 3,749.992 554.83 3,401.937 611.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 59,312 81.984 723.45 74.375 797.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 39,475 58.566 674.02 53.131 742.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,915,006 2,934.383 652.61 2,662.029 719.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 472,397 864.905 546.18 784.629 602.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 65,225 24.788 2,631.23 22.488 2,900.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,416,490 1,583.043 894.79 1,436.113 986.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,104,935 987.821 3,143.21 896.137 3,464.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,032,372 95,462.621 429.83 86,602.258 473.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 67,797,817 62,549.203 1,083.91 56,743.699 1,194.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,300,863 4,078.299 564.17 3,699.772 621.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,162,565 17,531.976 693.74 15,904.746 764.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,850,758 1,682.617 1,099.93 1,526.445 1,212.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,303,180 3,683.175 3,611.88 3,341.322 3,981.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 406,787 296.334 1,372.73 268.830 1,513.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,519,841 9,396.628 587.43 8,524.480 647.53 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,988,360 21,941.119 728.69 19,904.654 803.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 497,307 155.038 3,207.63 140.649 3,535.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 56,348,154 55,154.925 1,021.63 50,035.721 1,126.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 56,267,291 87,569.908 642.54 79,442.107 708.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,463,814 4,803.042 721.17 4,357.248 794.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 640,362 476.743 1,343.20 432.495 1,480.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 354,510,414 530,823.412 667.85 481,555.035 736.18 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,193,351 17,477.661 583.22 15,855.472 642.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,750,826 8,577.822 553.85 7,781.672 610.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 62,602 117.539 532.60 106.630 587.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 741,188 697.803 1,062.17 633.037 1,170.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 217,684 135.876 1,602.07 123.265 1,765.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,182,720 4,511.497 705.47 4,092.763 777.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,594,306 4,912.386 731.68 4,456.443 806.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,336,702 6,832.969 488.32 6,198.767 538.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,513,590 5,516.665 1,543.25 5,004.636 1,701.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,742,516 71,320.346 473.11 64,700.748 521.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,323,561 11,577.329 805.33 10,502.780 887.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,209,202 22,860.927 752.78 20,739.090 829.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,057,634 19,505.500 720.70 17,695.097 794.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 34,573 51.173 675.60 46.424 744.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,739,406 1,865.698 1,468.30 1,692.534 1,618.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 143,598,084 216,509.052 663.24 196,413.764 731.10 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,580 56.901 2,189.41 51.620 2,413.41 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 936,744 343.756 2,725.02 311.851 3,003.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 599,415 1,298.602 461.58 1,178.073 508.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,050,161 3,732.361 1,085.15 3,385.942 1,196.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 105,034 173.557 605.18 157.449 667.10 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,975,512 1,689.776 3,536.27 1,532.940 3,898.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,070,359 344.025 3,111.28 312.095 3,429.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 453,333 246.552 1,838.69 223.669 2,026.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,064 10.524 481.15 9.548 530.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,411,008 1,949.360 4,827.74 1,768.431 5,321.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 950,482 180.806 5,256.90 164.025 5,794.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,275,366 2,483.667 1,318.76 2,253.146 1,453.69 BLACK PLATE...........................28 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,029 0.662 3,062.69 0.601 3,376.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,255,312 58,880.796 632.72 53,415.775 697.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 927,177 464.087 1,997.85 421.013 2,202.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,086,843 150,279.190 878.94 136,331.027 968.87 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,771,754 38,625.848 485.99 35,040.790 535.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,267,497 5,999.084 711.36 5,442.279 784.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 466,758 454.047 1,027.99 411.905 1,133.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,807,553 2,194.193 1,279.54 1,990.539 1,410.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 690,575 989.169 698.14 897.360 769.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,604,662 5,519.156 653.12 5,006.896 719.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,742,522 13,906.623 844.38 12,615.880 930.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,134,858 688.720 1,647.78 624.797 1,816.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 227,074 238.390 952.53 216.264 1,049.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,984,254 3,972.748 5,030.33 3,604.018 5,544.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,866,015 11,045.635 802.67 10,020.435 884.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,154,163 3,436.677 2,372.69 3,117.702 2,615.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 656,197 170.628 3,845.75 154.792 4,239.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 661,024 192.455 3,434.68 174.593 3,786.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 906,770 563.821 1,608.26 511.490 1,772.80 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,788,984 5,039.190 1,347.24 4,571.478 1,485.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,317,411 4,057.712 817.56 3,681.096 901.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,189,038 5,555.713 934.00 5,040.060 1,029.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,548,099 13,312.048 717.25 12,076.491 790.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,177,439 1,218.239 1,787.36 1,105.169 1,970.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,896 50.190 2,129.81 45.532 2,347.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,649,734 1,020.466 3,576.53 925.752 3,942.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,748,617 164,155.827 918.33 148,919.704 1,012.28 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,513,505 10,996.938 592.30 9,976.258 652.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,274 52.519 1,090.53 47.645 1,202.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,066,497 69,929.623 387.05 63,439.105 426.65 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,206,466 5,361.206 411.56 4,863.606 453.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,596,857 78,736.762 426.70 71,428.810 470.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,848,760 95,148.717 429.31 86,317.489 473.24 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,590,361 6,018.395 762.72 5,459.798 840.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,099,843 1,947.623 564.71 1,766.855 622.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,226,493 13,716.007 891.40 12,442.956 982.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,771,482 51,065.774 798.41 46,326.104 880.10 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 90,256 119.815 753.29 108.695 830.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,636,634 1,403.536 1,166.08 1,273.267 1,285.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 650,674 1,088.451 597.80 987.427 658.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,096,025 12,867.405 1,095.48 11,673.117 1,207.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,385,045 2,100.437 659.41 1,905.485 726.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,437,420 25,648.703 679.86 23,268.119 749.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,260 225.514 661.87 204.583 729.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,144,528 2,248.880 1,842.93 2,040.151 2,031.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 574,909 358.647 1,602.99 325.360 1,766.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 409,303 154.419 2,650.59 140.087 2,921.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,937,124 4,911.586 1,616.00 4,455.718 1,781.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 45,987,708 41,531.446 1,107.30 37,676.705 1,220.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,000 11.466 1,220.98 10.402 1,345.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 23,128 15.214 1,520.17 13.802 1,675.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,416,004 1,941.616 1,244.33 1,761.405 1,371.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,185,734 279.537 4,241.77 253.592 4,675.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 526,358 395.402 1,331.20 358.703 1,467.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 143,227 156.484 915.28 141.960 1,008.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 255,478 231.707 1,102.59 210.202 1,215.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,827,585 2,798.007 653.17 2,538.310 720.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,082,980 3,967.685 777.02 3,599.425 856.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,758,224 7,494.760 768.30 6,799.134 846.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,247,450 995.454 1,253.15 903.061 1,381.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 24,785 9.354 2,649.61 8.486 2,920.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,883 383.756 638.12 348.138 703.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,108,690 584.332 1,897.36 530.098 2,091.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,357,412 111,923.623 1,003.88 101,535.432 1,106.58 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 743,002 872.975 851.11 791.950 938.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,337,601 43,999.918 507.67 39,916.066 559.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,696,085 2,618.884 647.64 2,375.813 713.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 526,851 943.741 558.26 856.148 615.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 212,001 126.767 1,672.35 115.002 1,843.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,100 0.733 2,864.79 0.665 3,157.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 40,369 22.046 1,831.11 20.000 2,018.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 848,588 933.386 909.15 846.754 1,002.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,960,731 3,144.408 1,895.66 2,852.560 2,089.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,510 2.127 3,059.99 1.930 3,373.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 42,140 69.036 610.40 62.629 672.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,494,282 1,174.108 1,272.69 1,065.134 1,402.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 33,910,260 53,908.134 629.04 48,904.651 693.40 Dominican Republic WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,213 10.199 1,687.60 9.253 1,860.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,768 32.468 393.24 29.455 433.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,981 42.668 702.65 38.708 774.54 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,557,114 3,960.640 393.15 3,593.034 433.37 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,475 20.608 2,449.20 18.696 2,699.78 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,412 0.117 20,449.82 0.107 22,542.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,685,322 20,611.665 518.41 18,698.594 571.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,361,345 1,352.688 1,006.40 1,227.139 1,109.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 455,911 200.516 2,273.68 181.906 2,506.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 101,295 25.709 3,940.03 23.323 4,343.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,421,791 873.656 2,772.02 792.568 3,055.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 208,614 178.051 1,171.65 161.526 1,291.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,801,911 1,093.690 1,647.55 992.180 1,816.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,788 58.964 606.94 53.492 669.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 572,098 918.934 622.57 833.644 686.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,368,760 1,769.409 773.57 1,605.182 852.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 44,474 63.812 696.94 57.890 768.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,059,721 27,147.220 702.09 24,627.551 773.92 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,202 38.123 2,811.97 34.585 3,099.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 835,708 228.627 3,655.33 207.407 4,029.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 942,910 266.750 3,534.80 241.992 3,896.45 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,293,708 3,724.232 1,689.93 3,378.568 1,862.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,731,346 569.405 3,040.62 516.556 3,351.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,360 81.181 1,716.64 73.647 1,892.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,344 771.499 2,025.07 699.893 2,232.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,690 524.653 1,526.13 475.958 1,682.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 275,560 194.401 1,417.48 176.358 1,562.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 141,500 11.243 12,584.97 10.200 13,872.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,258 4.457 4,320.12 4.044 4,762.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,192,285 4,033.931 791.36 3,659.522 872.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 731,143 892.218 819.47 809.407 903.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,183 3.322 15,706.58 3.014 17,313.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 548,402 141.349 3,879.76 128.230 4,276.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,487,779 10,951.897 1,414.16 9,935.397 1,558.85 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,041,124 2,401.538 433.52 2,178.640 477.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 528,846 483.173 1,094.53 438.328 1,206.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,758 15.465 1,018.92 14.030 1,123.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 715,307 241.463 2,962.38 219.052 3,265.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,074 55.076 1,217.82 49.965 1,342.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 135,824 138.979 977.30 126.080 1,077.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,503,933 3,335.697 750.65 3,026.095 827.45 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 349,103 39.798 8,771.67 36.105 9,669.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,436,900 4,991.541 688.54 4,528.252 758.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,249,226 1,179.504 1,059.11 1,070.029 1,167.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,120,135 994.423 1,126.42 902.126 1,241.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,130,961 730.663 2,916.47 662.847 3,214.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 511,319 89.591 5,707.23 81.276 6,291.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 393,075 112.388 3,497.47 101.957 3,855.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 225,135 127.912 1,760.07 116.040 1,940.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,672 2.626 2,539.97 2.383 2,799.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,244 8.712 21,491.01 7.904 23,689.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 264,167 221.088 1,194.85 200.568 1,317.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,012,743 279.806 3,619.44 253.836 3,989.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,822 18.938 2,841.89 17.181 3,132.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,940,502 8,796.997 1,243.66 7,980.504 1,370.90 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,476 0.974 2,540.94 0.884 2,800.90 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,604,857 7,975.818 577.35 7,235.543 636.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 350,528 247.766 1,414.75 224.770 1,559.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 199,105 171.585 1,160.38 155.660 1,279.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,771 1.878 2,540.01 1.704 2,799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,798 2.140 16,255.52 1.942 17,918.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,068,291 1,826.900 584.76 1,657.337 644.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,824,157 3,007.425 606.55 2,728.291 668.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 166,448 259.010 642.63 234.970 708.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,252,955 13,492.525 611.67 12,240.217 674.25 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 221,554 240.849 919.89 218.495 1,014.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,323 0.890 4,853.66 0.808 5,350.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,466,835 1,681.902 2,655.82 1,525.797 2,927.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 23,324 15.516 1,503.21 14.076 1,657.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,376,888 675.275 3,519.88 612.600 3,880.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,080,713 736.297 1,467.77 667.958 1,617.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,173,637 3,350.732 2,439.36 3,039.734 2,688.93 Luxembourg SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,469 54.983 681.46 49.880 751.18 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,964,762 197.556 9,945.33 179.220 10,962.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,456,083 792.526 1,837.27 718.968 2,025.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 339,605 211.978 1,602.07 192.304 1,765.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,898,354 2,586.524 1,507.18 2,346.456 1,661.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626,156 915.082 2,869.86 830.149 3,163.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,477 0.307 8,054.11 0.279 8,878.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 726,750 364.656 1,992.97 330.811 2,196.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,540,610 971.703 2,614.59 881.515 2,882.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,792 10.697 2,317.46 9.705 2,554.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,684 0.952 28,017.74 0.864 30,884.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,568,032 2,833.236 906.40 2,570.270 999.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,478 2.772 4,500.94 2.515 4,961.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,300,858 152.118 8,551.59 138.000 9,426.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,487,641 9,040.114 1,934.45 8,201.056 2,132.36 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,167,770 1,419.947 822.40 1,288.155 906.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 174,274 139.458 1,249.64 126.515 1,377.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,436,638 2,510.993 1,368.64 2,277.936 1,508.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,320,739 774.934 1,704.32 703.009 1,878.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 496,236 220.496 2,250.54 200.031 2,480.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,226,848 2,602.914 2,392.26 2,361.325 2,637.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 289,641 181.724 1,593.84 164.858 1,756.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,187,527 4,763.434 1,508.90 4,321.316 1,663.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 34,801 15.344 2,268.03 13.920 2,500.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 43,462 18.626 2,333.30 16.898 2,572.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,080,215 1,709.309 1,802.02 1,550.660 1,986.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,896,502 1,003.324 2,886.90 910.201 3,182.27 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 70,443 9.644 7,304.24 8.749 8,051.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 43,572 9.702 4,490.78 8.802 4,950.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 469,963 136.541 3,441.92 123.868 3,794.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,380 18.478 2,564.12 16.763 2,826.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 620,575 712.146 871.41 646.049 960.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,833,780 5,566.846 509.05 5,050.160 561.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,491,116 2,158.916 690.68 1,958.537 761.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,206,247 1,367.913 1,612.86 1,240.951 1,777.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,913 0.462 6,291.98 0.420 6,935.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,380,990 2,116.261 1,125.09 1,919.841 1,240.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,521,632 27,457.425 1,330.12 24,908.964 1,466.20 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 114,113 23.201 4,918.36 21.048 5,421.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 516,712 506.780 1,019.60 459.744 1,123.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 303,597 71.153 4,266.82 64.549 4,703.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,263 16.816 5,367.41 15.256 5,916.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,819 0.248 11,366.02 0.225 12,528.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,156,113 714.630 4,416.43 648.302 4,868.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,842,458 9,932.486 1,091.62 9,010.603 1,203.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,913 35.198 3,889.68 31.932 4,287.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 879,741 1,179.560 745.82 1,070.080 822.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 242,440 67.665 3,582.93 61.385 3,949.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,026 41.138 972.96 37.320 1,072.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 458,767 81.628 5,620.19 74.052 6,195.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,783,962 12,670.509 1,324.65 11,494.496 1,460.17 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 991,570 1,421.481 697.56 1,289.547 768.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,844,151 1,951.326 945.08 1,770.214 1,041.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,801 76.957 1,062.93 69.815 1,171.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 283,860 97.655 2,906.74 88.592 3,204.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 335,391 74.452 4,504.78 67.542 4,965.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 266,471 101.258 2,631.60 91.860 2,900.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,803,244 3,723.132 1,021.52 3,377.570 1,126.03 Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,854 4.598 1,707.82 4.172 1,882.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,854 4.598 1,707.82 4.172 1,882.55 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,300 3.267 2,540.36 2.964 2,800.27 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 105,391 37.148 2,836.98 33.701 3,127.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 191,004 77.804 2,454.92 70.583 2,706.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,968 16.666 658.07 15.120 725.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 213,558 60.982 3,501.98 55.322 3,860.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 520,921 192.602 2,704.64 174.726 2,981.36 Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 71,443 23.600 3,027.18 21.410 3,336.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,087 85.809 910.01 77.845 1,003.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,530 109.409 1,366.70 99.255 1,506.52 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 110,345 96.537 1,143.03 87.577 1,259.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 952,915 155.002 6,147.74 140.616 6,776.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,549 117.197 1,736.80 106.320 1,914.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,706 32.562 1,372.94 29.540 1,513.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,310,005 1,229.029 1,879.54 1,114.957 2,071.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,621,520 1,630.328 2,221.34 1,479.010 2,448.61 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,052,994 2,581.787 1,182.51 2,342.159 1,303.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 63,417 43.056 1,472.89 39.060 1,623.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 344,815 60.214 5,726.41 54.626 6,312.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,461,226 2,685.058 1,289.07 2,435.845 1,420.95 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 47,276 82.507 572.99 74.850 631.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,775,179 1,219.857 1,455.24 1,106.636 1,604.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 664,033 469.712 1,413.70 426.116 1,558.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 274,613 117.357 2,339.97 106.465 2,579.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,354,651 799.167 1,695.08 724.993 1,868.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,969,097 1,435.320 1,371.89 1,302.101 1,512.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 292,091 166.642 1,752.80 151.176 1,932.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 92,926 19.287 4,818.03 17.497 5,310.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,260,142 4,447.708 732.99 4,034.894 807.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,730,008 8,757.561 1,111.04 7,944.728 1,224.71 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 855,046 1,249.152 684.50 1,133.212 754.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,410,285 1,552.930 908.14 1,408.795 1,001.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 191,627 115.810 1,654.65 105.062 1,823.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 45,464 69.324 655.82 62.890 722.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,210,578 299.174 4,046.39 271.407 4,460.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 55,860 8.201 6,811.20 7.440 7,508.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,175 1.984 2,104.17 1.800 2,319.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,175,954 411.352 2,858.75 373.173 3,151.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 224,812 34.227 6,568.10 31.051 7,240.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,237 0.880 2,539.89 0.799 2,799.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 156,851 53.338 2,940.66 48.388 3,241.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,663,767 1,988.497 1,339.59 1,803.935 1,476.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,996,656 5,784.875 1,382.34 5,247.952 1,523.77 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 75,383 28.924 2,606.19 26.240 2,872.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,227,271 1,250.656 2,580.46 1,134.577 2,844.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,302,654 1,279.581 2,581.04 1,160.817 2,845.11 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,477 16.328 2,968.85 14.813 3,272.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,782 2.023 4,339.27 1.836 4,783.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 346,080 250.967 1,378.98 227.674 1,520.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 403,339 269.319 1,497.62 244.323 1,650.84 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 79,990 84.258 949.34 76.438 1,046.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,990 84.258 949.34 76.438 1,046.47 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,611 2.888 904.07 2.620 996.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,604 2.599 2,540.73 2.358 2,800.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,769 0.513 7,337.30 0.466 8,087.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,984 6.000 2,163.65 5.444 2,385.01 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,205 11.781 1,205.70 10.688 1,329.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,205 11.781 1,205.70 10.688 1,329.06 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,108 6.869 2,053.69 6.232 2,263.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 39,746 7.364 5,396.94 6.681 5,949.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,838 5.495 4,884.06 4.985 5,383.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,704 6.483 2,267.81 5.882 2,499.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 109,934 70.642 1,556.20 64.086 1,715.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,665 0.154 30,228.70 0.140 33,321.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 29,141 20.381 1,429.76 18.490 1,576.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 239,136 117.391 2,037.08 106.496 2,245.49 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,200 7.804 3,997.76 7.080 4,406.78 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,728,450 643.942 2,684.17 584.175 2,958.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,728,450 643.942 2,684.17 584.175 2,958.79 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 39,087 5.840 6,692.93 5.298 7,377.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,493 201.586 344.73 182.876 380.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,072,811 3,723.978 556.61 3,378.337 613.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 702,305 532.289 1,319.40 482.885 1,454.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 110,738 181.905 608.77 165.022 671.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,104,935 987.821 3,143.21 896.137 3,464.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,910 22.562 749.49 20.468 826.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,602,615 15,452.624 1,462.70 14,018.389 1,612.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,159,170 1,894.857 1,139.49 1,718.986 1,256.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 95,370 21.142 4,510.86 19.180 4,972.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,025,359 1,109.700 924.00 1,006.704 1,018.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,674,862 1,671.891 1,001.78 1,516.715 1,104.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 476,959 604.096 789.54 548.027 870.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,017 6.355 1,261.34 5.766 1,390.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,158,631 26,416.651 1,293.07 23,964.790 1,425.37 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 48,067 94.174 510.40 85.434 562.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 542,906 407.549 1,332.12 369.723 1,468.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,219 107.664 1,339.52 97.672 1,476.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 726,811 539.531 1,347.11 489.455 1,484.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 195,156 347.597 561.44 315.335 618.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 215,662 449.041 480.27 407.364 529.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,520,289 2,126.194 1,185.35 1,928.852 1,306.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,945,497 2,851.033 682.38 2,586.415 752.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 34,573 51.173 675.60 46.424 744.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 113,571 51.025 2,225.75 46.290 2,453.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,486,751 7,024.988 923.38 6,372.964 1,017.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 329,784 81.889 4,027.18 74.289 4,439.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,203 82.968 1,954.99 75.268 2,155.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,070,359 344.025 3,111.28 312.095 3,429.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,704 17.599 1,460.50 15.966 1,609.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 950,482 180.806 5,256.90 164.025 5,794.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 540,820 475.876 1,136.47 431.708 1,252.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 51,349 50.273 1,021.40 45.607 1,125.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,130,701 1,233.439 2,538.19 1,118.958 2,797.87 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,358,126 1,209.994 1,122.42 1,097.689 1,237.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 434,474 679.883 639.04 616.780 704.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 519,886 553.637 939.04 502.252 1,035.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,668,791 11,287.386 856.60 10,239.748 944.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 562,886 458.874 1,226.67 416.284 1,352.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,464,353 3,463.001 1,289.16 3,141.583 1,421.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 86,706 31.500 2,752.51 28.577 3,034.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,917,911 3,860.240 5,159.76 3,501.952 5,687.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 200,859 243.144 826.09 220.577 910.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,543,073 2,813.708 2,325.43 2,552.554 2,563.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 519,515 142.428 3,647.55 129.209 4,020.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 890,697 546.598 1,629.53 495.866 1,796.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,601,579 1,834.341 1,418.26 1,664.087 1,563.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,046,309 2,900.031 705.62 2,630.865 777.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,269,616 3,764.005 868.65 3,414.649 957.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,487,094 9,002.989 720.55 8,167.377 794.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 275,453 338.431 813.91 307.020 897.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,890,845 2,099.957 900.42 1,905.050 992.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,933 5.285 1,690.07 4.795 1,862.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 225,693 25.945 8,698.87 23.537 9,588.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,972,799 45,261.386 1,369.22 41,060.451 1,509.31 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,055 0.597 13,482.24 0.542 14,861.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,575 0.936 10,219.17 0.850 11,264.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 80,461 19.089 4,214.86 17.318 4,646.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,091 20.624 4,756.10 18.710 5,242.70 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 382,064 84.457 4,523.72 76.619 4,986.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,951 26.187 1,220.08 23.757 1,344.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 414,015 110.645 3,741.81 100.376 4,124.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,686,108 42,288.155 465.52 38,363.180 513.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,376,283 21,539.820 621.00 19,540.602 684.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,474,414 12,860.946 736.68 11,667.258 812.05 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,143,653 1,293.721 884.00 1,173.645 974.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,043,573 16,031.989 688.85 14,543.980 759.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,698,172 31,667.158 622.04 28,727.971 685.68 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 24,188 25.698 941.23 23.313 1,037.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 297,434 352.089 844.77 319.410 931.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 221,999 348.686 636.67 316.323 701.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,381,139 27,885.037 659.18 25,296.888 726.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,627,984 8,405.535 669.56 7,625.376 738.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,225,222 2,287.198 535.69 2,074.912 590.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,726,349 5,151.309 1,111.63 4,673.191 1,225.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,436,911 32,363.803 847.77 29,359.957 934.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,644,993 6,970.098 953.36 6,323.169 1,050.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,340,435 901.480 1,486.93 817.810 1,639.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,721 22.944 1,121.00 20.815 1,235.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,284,952 8,695.406 1,182.80 7,888.342 1,303.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,809 9.905 2,807.47 8.986 3,094.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,227,238 450.642 2,723.31 408.816 3,001.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,744,568 22,818.722 909.10 20,700.803 1,002.11 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 224,764 290.342 774.14 263.394 853.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,268,743 18,296.964 889.15 16,598.732 980.12 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,497,896 11,582.268 733.70 10,507.260 808.76 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,492,380 3,106.860 802.22 2,818.497 884.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 31,128,041 49,034.527 634.82 44,483.388 699.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,509,374 31,004.840 726.00 28,127.126 800.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,073,524 39,649.995 758.47 35,969.881 836.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 163,681 174.287 939.14 158.111 1,035.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,746,110 7,122.068 1,087.62 6,461.034 1,198.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,737,801 4,056.646 674.89 3,680.129 743.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,621,997 2,813.766 931.85 2,552.607 1,027.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 298,123,456 409,502.921 728.01 371,494.906 802.50 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 72,337,799 134,000.472 539.83 121,563.218 595.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,904,649 4,838.919 600.27 4,389.795 661.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,158 8.641 828.37 7.839 913.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,984,759 4,801.577 621.62 4,355.919 685.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,640,975 5,276.713 879.52 4,786.955 969.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,561,444 2,531.291 616.86 2,296.350 679.97 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,143,921 2,274.809 502.86 2,063.673 554.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 115,783 139.721 828.67 126.753 913.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,638,263 6,483.894 869.58 5,882.092 958.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,000 19.841 1,007.98 18.000 1,111.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,301,700 5,917.634 895.92 5,368.389 987.58 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,591,175 3,873.021 927.23 3,513.547 1,022.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,470,162 19,478.997 845.53 17,671.054 932.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 380,809 220.004 1,730.91 199.585 1,908.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 689,348 271.801 2,536.22 246.574 2,795.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,237,072 4,885.598 1,276.62 4,432.142 1,407.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 51,026 50.373 1,012.96 45.698 1,116.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,721,214 8,963.359 861.42 8,131.425 949.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,077,606 14,835.620 611.88 13,458.652 674.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,155,480 4,785.698 659.36 4,341.514 726.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,118,775 7,363.743 966.73 6,680.278 1,065.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 493,176 514.680 958.22 466.910 1,056.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,772,781 4,113.509 917.17 3,731.714 1,011.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 503,813 597.859 842.69 542.369 928.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,214,269 1,168.688 1,039.00 1,060.217 1,145.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,133,157 237,416.472 661.85 215,380.662 729.56 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,445 222.998 522.18 202.301 575.60 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 36,347 46.680 778.63 42.348 858.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 356,488 284.215 1,254.29 257.836 1,382.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 392,835 330.896 1,187.19 300.184 1,308.65 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,936 59.524 519.72 54.000 572.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,523,212 3,105.594 490.47 2,817.349 540.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 70,645 182.381 387.35 165.454 426.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 264,601 379.975 696.36 344.708 767.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,543 120.839 931.34 109.624 1,026.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,001,937 3,848.316 520.21 3,491.135 573.43 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,430,429 15,288.526 420.60 13,869.522 463.64 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,154,354 1,360.626 848.40 1,234.340 935.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,696,246 5,503.241 1,216.78 4,992.458 1,341.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,258 803.643 801.67 729.053 883.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,383 21.438 1,510.48 19.449 1,665.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,560,092 2,242.943 695.56 2,034.765 766.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,087,333 9,931.893 1,015.65 9,010.065 1,119.56 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,136 372.681 1,274.91 338.091 1,405.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 804,595 1,038.027 775.12 941.683 854.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,205 11.321 636.38 10.271 701.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 349,378 538.852 648.37 488.839 714.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 645,149 833.900 773.65 756.502 852.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,952 41.766 1,052.33 37.890 1,159.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 81,804 90.887 900.06 82.452 992.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,407,219 2,927.438 822.30 2,655.728 906.43 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,550 44.940 1,102.58 40.769 1,215.38 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 112,048 146.132 766.76 132.569 845.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 573,557 953.288 601.66 864.809 663.22 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,726 6.483 574.66 5.882 633.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 22,601 34.709 651.15 31.488 717.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 164,834 162.259 1,015.87 147.199 1,119.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,766 1,302.873 672.95 1,181.947 741.80 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 41,910,717 95,815.958 437.41 86,922.800 482.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,945,354 16,978.909 526.85 15,403.012 580.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,620,048 10,942.680 513.59 9,927.036 566.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,594 15.718 737.58 14.260 813.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 615,102 990.029 621.30 898.140 684.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 322,803 768.934 419.81 697.566 462.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,408,184 3,291.584 427.81 2,986.076 471.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 13,564,307 31,291.958 433.48 28,387.595 477.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 270,968 651.371 416.00 590.914 458.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 758,915 569.202 1,333.30 516.372 1,469.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,270,182 8,624.860 842.93 7,824.344 929.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,687,198 9,491.736 1,020.59 8,610.761 1,125.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,307,674 4,802.566 1,105.17 4,356.816 1,218.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 194,523 318.541 610.67 288.976 673.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,011,514 1,323.328 764.37 1,200.504 842.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 73,418 48.690 1,507.86 44.171 1,662.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 657,635 1,254.184 524.35 1,137.777 578.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 803,582 1,225.949 655.48 1,112.163 722.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 834,824 1,015.769 821.86 921.491 905.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,221,416 24,850.015 572.29 22,543.561 630.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,004,281 8,597.479 698.38 7,799.504 769.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,795,865 6,616.684 724.81 6,002.557 798.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,470 33.273 1,967.65 30.185 2,168.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,355,574 229,519.427 541.81 208,216.581 597.24 Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,242 1,712.742 581.08 1,553.774 640.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 297,578 205.142 1,450.59 186.102 1,599.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,820 36.877 1,269.60 33.455 1,399.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 603,297 281.394 2,143.95 255.277 2,363.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 259,006 435.020 595.39 394.644 656.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,670,829 6,263.304 586.09 5,681.976 646.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 705,009 882.608 798.78 800.689 880.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,577,781 9,817.090 670.03 8,905.917 738.59 Sweden OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 652,070 794.056 821.19 720.356 905.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,889 3.261 3,031.82 2.959 3,342.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,949 10.304 2,130.06 9.348 2,347.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 70,489 46.216 1,525.19 41.927 1,681.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 220,039 160.707 1,369.19 145.791 1,509.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 55,998 70.481 794.50 63.940 875.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 114,265 108.999 1,048.30 98.883 1,155.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 615,249 138.335 4,447.51 125.496 4,902.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,759,948 1,332.363 1,320.92 1,208.700 1,456.07 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 129,512 153.307 844.79 139.078 931.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,449 1.535 2,897.39 1.393 3,193.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,092,976 4,595.992 672.97 4,169.415 741.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,226,937 4,750.834 679.24 4,309.886 748.73 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,005,877 7,110.324 422.75 6,450.380 466.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 250,973 397.462 631.44 360.572 696.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,215 230.489 1,059.55 209.097 1,167.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 223,871 248.174 902.07 225.140 994.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,724,936 7,986.451 466.41 7,245.189 514.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,326 3.448 6,475.00 3.128 7,137.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,477 5.238 6,390.96 4.752 7,044.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,803 8.686 6,424.32 7.880 7,081.60 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 626,564 953.503 657.12 865.004 724.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,863,589 3,553.502 524.44 3,223.684 578.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 454,421 430.401 1,055.81 390.454 1,163.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 13,114 21.361 613.90 19.379 676.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 49,183 49.495 993.68 44.902 1,095.34 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,720 7.986 591.02 7.245 651.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,835,249 17,092.649 809.43 15,506.195 892.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,447 3.604 1,788.57 3.270 1,971.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,370 33.272 1,333.55 30.184 1,469.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,340,007 1,251.675 1,070.57 1,135.501 1,180.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 46,119 12.527 3,681.34 11.365 4,057.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 401,276 292.609 1,371.37 265.451 1,511.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,082,574 11,273.880 1,426.53 10,227.495 1,572.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,200 3.527 907.18 3.200 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 373,651 244.372 1,529.02 221.691 1,685.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 258,210 207.027 1,247.23 187.812 1,374.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,295 4.216 544.31 3.825 600.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 921,475 1,359.408 677.85 1,233.235 747.20 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,944 264.707 717.56 240.139 790.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 697,839 330.195 2,113.41 299.548 2,329.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,214,247 37,389.925 995.30 33,919.579 1,097.13 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 141,806 243.577 582.18 220.970 641.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,971,360 11,474.485 520.40 10,409.481 573.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,507 0.665 3,765.42 0.604 4,150.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,652,710 263.092 6,281.85 238.674 6,924.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,092 80.441 1,045.39 72.975 1,152.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,800,202 3,990.339 701.75 3,619.976 773.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,123,776 4,822.756 647.72 4,375.132 713.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,026,717 34,810.633 517.85 31,579.684 570.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,792,317 11,294.493 601.38 10,246.195 662.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,089,198 1,652.411 659.16 1,499.043 726.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,684,685 68,632.896 578.22 62,262.734 637.37 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,848,114 11,256.458 430.70 10,211.690 474.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,126,580 1,285.504 876.37 1,166.190 966.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 134,288 247.612 542.33 224.630 597.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,073 195.373 563.40 177.240 621.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 40,721 13.149 3,096.78 11.929 3,413.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,696 2.755 2,066.93 2.500 2,278.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,190 23.916 1,680.41 21.697 1,852.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 510,711 350.683 1,456.33 318.135 1,605.33 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,907,394 3,674.968 519.02 3,333.876 572.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,665,524 2,300.488 723.99 2,086.969 798.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,121,630 1,898.645 590.75 1,722.423 651.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,188,199 8,555.013 606.45 7,760.980 668.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 386,977 507.832 762.02 460.698 839.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 559,680 872.280 641.63 791.320 707.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 499,339 485.950 1,027.55 440.847 1,132.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,270 15.752 715.46 14.290 788.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,156,386 31,686.386 573.00 28,745.414 631.63 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,521,934 4,924.137 715.24 4,467.104 788.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,293,585 6,012.211 880.47 5,454.188 970.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 133,317 141.652 941.16 128.505 1,037.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,158,285 1,719.968 673.43 1,560.330 742.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,422,930 2,039.270 697.76 1,849.996 769.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,530,051 14,837.241 777.10 13,460.123 856.61 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,422 56.906 727.89 51.625 802.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,276,383 1,250.804 1,020.45 1,134.711 1,124.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,350 73.303 536.81 66.500 591.73 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,360 31.281 970.55 28.378 1,069.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,550 159.075 789.25 144.311 870.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,077 133.153 1,089.55 120.795 1,201.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 155,420 81.697 1,902.38 74.115 2,097.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 111,211 63.674 1,746.54 57.765 1,925.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,812,225 1,587.732 1,141.39 1,440.367 1,258.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 982,304 654.319 1,501.26 593.589 1,654.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 485,696 397.290 1,222.52 360.416 1,347.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 132,160 109.941 1,202.10 99.737 1,325.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,043,965 684.511 1,525.12 620.979 1,681.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 40,163 59.631 673.52 54.097 742.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 7,926,020 11,466.241 691.25 10,402.002 761.97 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 677,663 992.854 682.54 900.703 752.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 217,552 392.798 553.85 356.341 610.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 91,644 103.396 886.33 93.800 977.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 158,750 159.665 994.27 144.846 1,095.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 295,785 108.256 2,732.25 98.209 3,011.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 15,788,700 18,566.539 850.38 16,843.286 937.39 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,768,251 18,850.171 412.11 17,100.593 454.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,066,797 1,547.509 689.36 1,403.877 759.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 935,664 1,090.121 858.31 988.942 946.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 942,984 1,183.468 796.80 1,073.625 878.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,052,503 6,902.980 587.07 6,262.280 647.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 44,583 12.106 3,682.51 10.983 4,059.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 3,255 5.000 650.99 4.536 717.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 960,665 1,695.772 566.51 1,538.379 624.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,850 24.147 366.50 21.906 404.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 56,022 58.294 961.02 52.884 1,059.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,148,056 4,594.506 1,120.48 4,168.067 1,235.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 692,475 416.030 1,664.48 377.417 1,834.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,325,343 5,399.865 1,171.39 4,898.677 1,291.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 299,859 234.209 1,280.30 212.471 1,411.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,384 1.952 2,245.68 1.771 2,475.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,128,647 5,644.785 1,262.87 5,120.865 1,392.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,533,681 1,366.598 1,854.00 1,239.758 2,043.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,069,906 2,396.815 1,280.83 2,174.355 1,411.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,856 8.068 3,947.99 7.320 4,351.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,579 2.505 2,226.65 2.273 2,454.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,100,875 794.539 1,385.55 720.794 1,527.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,997,483 10,051.087 596.70 9,118.196 657.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,219,751 2,784.368 797.22 2,525.937 878.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 635,024 1,046.304 606.92 949.192 669.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 812,363 1,178.252 689.46 1,068.893 760.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 504,078 735.278 685.56 667.034 755.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,151,926 1,629.233 707.04 1,478.016 779.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,127,611 198.895 5,669.36 180.435 6,249.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,964,641 1,846.928 1,605.17 1,675.506 1,769.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,593,112 71,699.799 803.25 65,044.982 885.44 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,292,324 1,806.673 715.31 1,638.987 788.49 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,060 0.424 4,854.03 0.385 5,350.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 233,608 220.579 1,059.07 200.106 1,167.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,309 37.560 1,792.03 34.074 1,975.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,334,773 11,596.602 1,667.28 10,520.264 1,837.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,872,051 1,410.675 1,327.06 1,279.744 1,462.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 93,801 25.578 3,667.25 23.204 4,042.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,224 15.942 3,338.45 14.463 3,680.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 988,247 100.258 9,856.99 90.953 10,865.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,618,636 2,829.963 571.96 2,567.300 630.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,064 57.805 571.99 52.440 630.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 579,020 664.653 871.16 602.964 960.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,936 15.510 1,478.73 14.071 1,630.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 101,566 23.965 4,238.04 21.741 4,671.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,292,619 18,806.192 1,398.08 17,060.696 1,541.12 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 255,788 352.566 725.50 319.843 799.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,527,736 3,772.394 404.98 3,422.260 446.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,788,544 4,708.460 592.24 4,271.445 652.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 140,906 184.999 761.66 167.829 839.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,234,373 2,263.011 545.46 2,052.970 601.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,101 9.550 1,371.77 8.664 1,512.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,209,210 1,003.625 1,204.84 910.474 1,328.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,204,872 1,944.465 1,133.92 1,763.990 1,249.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,454,346 3,709.450 931.23 3,365.158 1,026.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 402,927 351.482 1,146.36 318.860 1,263.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,627 119.583 1,150.89 108.484 1,268.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,236,509 3,047.735 405.71 2,764.860 447.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,605,939 21,467.327 680.38 19,474.837 749.99 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 374,201 170.856 2,190.15 154.998 2,414.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 41,133 23.837 1,725.56 21.625 1,902.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 45,650 26.647 1,713.12 24.174 1,888.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,795 0.386 12,393.03 0.351 13,660.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 465,779 221.727 2,100.68 201.148 2,315.60 Hungary BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,079 5.198 399.92 4.716 440.84 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,688 68.514 754.41 62.155 831.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,999 19.679 1,880.07 17.853 2,072.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,266 10.017 2,222.64 9.088 2,450.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,173 24.480 2,131.24 22.208 2,349.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,652,737 573.973 2,879.47 520.700 3,174.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,129 67.403 2,286.68 61.147 2,520.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,969,992 764.067 2,578.29 693.151 2,842.08 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,216,345 4,559.739 486.07 4,136.527 535.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,163,763 957.480 1,215.44 868.612 1,339.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 286,227 222.737 1,285.04 202.064 1,416.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 25,220 20.480 1,231.39 18.580 1,357.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,442,558 1,283.172 1,124.21 1,164.075 1,239.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,134,113 7,043.610 728.90 6,389.858 803.48 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 108,694,235 197,743.840 549.67 179,390.245 605.91 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,609,155 8,938.763 515.64 8,109.112 568.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,828,914 3,012.302 607.15 2,732.716 669.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 35,327,400 71,657.258 493.01 65,006.390 543.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 419,431 714.077 587.37 647.800 647.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,206,628 2,272.448 530.98 2,061.531 585.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,794 60.616 508.02 54.990 559.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,560,123 7,645.485 727.24 6,935.870 801.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,797,697 3,500.456 799.24 3,175.562 881.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,919 1.590 4,349.84 1.443 4,794.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 361,359 441.856 817.82 400.846 901.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 17,392 31.856 545.94 28.900 601.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 34,030,463 66,409.171 512.44 60,245.404 564.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,333,861 63,920.677 537.13 57,987.880 592.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,550 108.709 685.77 98.620 755.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 229,298,921 426,459.113 537.68 386,877.309 592.69 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 742,396 804.485 922.82 729.817 1,017.24 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,662,746 96,175.827 443.59 87,249.268 488.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,418,361 18,196.151 627.52 16,507.276 691.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,592 4.603 997.56 4.176 1,099.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,462 157.315 975.51 142.714 1,075.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,351 2.496 5,747.91 2.265 6,335.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,810 45.751 1,438.43 41.505 1,585.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 425,798 435.666 977.35 395.230 1,077.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,193 31.663 764.06 28.725 842.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,115 3.262 648.21 2.960 714.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,771,428 115,052.739 476.05 104,374.119 524.76 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 726,267 958.007 758.10 869.090 835.66 Spain IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,303,465 2,439.967 534.21 2,213.502 588.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,332,276 5,646.181 590.18 5,122.131 650.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 208,220 351.526 592.33 318.900 652.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,800 2.927 1,981.05 2.656 2,183.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 767,530 889.822 862.56 807.234 950.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,482,786 2,820.084 1,234.99 2,558.338 1,361.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 997,018 661.189 1,507.92 599.821 1,662.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 433,721 290.440 1,493.32 263.483 1,646.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,244,767 1,046.978 1,188.91 949.803 1,310.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,301,056 880.402 1,477.80 798.688 1,628.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 447,734 379.872 1,178.64 344.615 1,299.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 215,571 269.789 799.03 244.749 880.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,739,944 15,679.183 876.32 14,223.920 965.97 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,336,097 46,710.711 413.95 42,375.257 456.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 485,110 1,046.462 463.57 949.335 511.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 82,888 62.569 1,324.74 56.762 1,460.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 577,041 581.556 992.24 527.579 1,093.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 253,958 158.505 1,602.20 143.794 1,766.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 880,625 309.742 2,843.08 280.994 3,133.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 445,730 248.219 1,795.71 225.181 1,979.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,261,514 1,068.187 1,180.99 969.044 1,301.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,147,366 534.041 2,148.46 484.474 2,368.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 979,157 721.326 1,357.44 654.377 1,496.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 289,447 729.443 396.81 661.740 437.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 737,516 1,595.727 462.18 1,447.620 509.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,049 20.092 1,644.81 18.228 1,813.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,672 7.092 2,914.72 6.434 3,212.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 172,870 65.864 2,624.64 59.751 2,893.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,703,040 53,859.543 495.79 48,860.570 546.52 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,172,640 9,005.497 685.43 8,169.652 755.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 610,798 636.787 959.19 577.684 1,057.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,783,438 9,642.284 703.51 8,747.336 775.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,369 25.669 3,325.70 23.287 3,665.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,899,214 2,956.622 642.36 2,682.204 708.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,265,332 2,113.412 1,071.88 1,917.256 1,181.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,187,386 2,990.726 731.39 2,713.142 806.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,128,956 2,270.412 937.70 2,059.684 1,033.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 749,838 742.115 1,010.41 673.236 1,113.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 243,261 154.170 1,577.87 139.861 1,739.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 9,559,356 11,253.129 849.48 10,208.670 936.40 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,399,094 4,933.855 486.25 4,475.920 536.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,327,124 16,017.577 457.44 14,530.906 504.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,711,676 7,633.250 486.25 6,924.770 536.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,437,894 28,584.683 470.11 25,931.596 518.21 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,440,462 11,124.478 399.16 10,091.960 440.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,468,846 33,151.994 406.28 30,074.992 447.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,050 2.838 722.22 2.575 796.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,494 141.164 683.56 128.062 753.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,311,893 2,654.304 494.25 2,407.945 544.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 687,908 1,558.278 441.45 1,413.647 486.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 232,006 536.510 432.44 486.714 476.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,684,151 113,748.197 428.00 103,190.658 471.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 324,721 537.839 603.75 487.920 665.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,926,589 4,294.713 681.44 3,896.100 751.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 451,465 790.266 571.28 716.918 629.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,249,437 2,213.045 564.58 2,007.642 622.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,372 161.293 988.09 146.323 1,089.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 73,000 5.059 14,428.00 4.590 15,904.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 140,338 216.379 648.57 196.296 714.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,625,908 3,406.781 477.26 3,090.581 526.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,666,204 10,002.284 566.49 9,073.922 624.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,092 23.025 612.03 20.888 674.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,554,936 184,568.454 441.87 167,437.733 487.08 Israel PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,529 0.606 22,315.10 0.550 24,598.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 372,969 520.156 717.03 471.878 790.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 386,498 520.762 742.18 472.428 818.11 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,473,835 3,778.198 390.09 3,427.525 430.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 627,075 1,607.514 390.09 1,458.313 430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100,910 5,385.712 390.09 4,885.838 430.00 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,466 458.744 670.23 416.166 738.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,671,839 2,616.048 639.07 2,373.240 704.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,979,305 3,074.792 643.72 2,789.406 709.58 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 891,802 1,431.495 622.99 1,298.631 686.72 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,325 15.892 272.15 14.417 299.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,965,934 8,059.613 368.00 7,311.560 405.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 345,296 454.422 759.86 412.245 837.60 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,268 47.189 641.41 42.810 707.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 531,954 588.694 903.62 534.055 996.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,329,667 1,033.699 1,286.32 937.757 1,417.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,086 17.158 1,112.33 15.566 1,226.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 724,552 1,152.840 628.49 1,045.840 692.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,471,954 2,418.148 608.71 2,193.708 670.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,181,561 32,762.399 768.61 29,721.557 847.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 440,121 509.813 863.30 462.495 951.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 742,265 630.502 1,177.26 571.982 1,297.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,786,983 47,690.374 708.47 43,263.992 780.95 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 2,800,132 5,963.958 469.51 5,410.414 517.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,054,906 27,128.583 481.22 24,610.644 530.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,353,052 7,650.119 438.30 6,940.074 483.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,160 0.211 19,655.67 0.192 21,666.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 335,568 516.623 649.54 468.673 716.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,493,075 82,074.497 481.19 74,456.753 530.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 378,189 574.436 658.37 521.120 725.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,419,082 123,908.431 479.54 112,407.870 528.60 Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 58,980 40.636 1,451.40 36.865 1,599.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,615 60.495 1,481.34 54.881 1,632.90 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,675,698 9,114.854 403.26 8,268.859 444.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,353,757 25,346.363 447.94 22,993.841 493.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,910 21.448 555.28 19.458 612.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,737 77.161 813.06 70.000 896.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,572 173.677 930.30 157.558 1,025.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,800 4.712 1,018.59 4.275 1,122.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,177 104.321 624.77 94.639 688.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,947 110.075 798.97 99.859 880.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,854 687.115 625.59 623.341 689.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,853,452 35,639.731 444.83 32,331.830 490.34 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,952 10.408 2,685.62 9.442 2,960.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,785,760 3,853.861 722.85 3,496.165 796.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,813,712 3,864.269 728.14 3,505.607 802.63 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,865 74.929 492.00 67.975 542.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 45,731,823 118,854.524 384.77 107,823.041 424.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 383,596 872.372 439.72 791.403 484.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 19,998 24.300 822.95 22.045 907.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,788 26.014 299.37 23.600 330.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 59,312 81.984 723.45 74.375 797.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 39,475 58.566 674.02 53.131 742.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,060,687 2,334.832 454.29 2,118.125 500.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 422,355 846.011 499.23 767.489 550.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 65,225 24.788 2,631.23 22.488 2,900.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 968,734 1,287.171 752.61 1,167.703 829.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,015,462 95,440.059 429.75 86,581.790 473.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 45,195,202 47,096.579 959.63 42,725.310 1,057.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,300,863 4,078.299 564.17 3,699.772 621.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,916,174 12,212.161 730.11 11,078.690 804.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 8,900,644 17,830.810 499.17 16,175.844 550.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,003,395 15,637.119 639.72 14,185.760 705.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,850,758 1,682.617 1,099.93 1,526.445 1,212.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 311,417 275.191 1,131.64 249.650 1,247.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,494,482 8,286.927 542.36 7,517.776 597.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 800,541 1,527.973 523.92 1,386.155 577.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,849,981 19,756.572 650.42 17,922.866 716.96 BLACK PLATE...........................28 450,450 713.546 631.28 647.319 695.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,707,423 2,720.575 627.60 2,468.065 691.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,486,659 40,713.199 527.76 36,934.404 581.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,790,332 86,965.812 641.52 78,894.080 707.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 274,045 337.935 810.94 306.570 893.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,463,814 4,803.042 721.17 4,357.248 794.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 331,707 375.425 883.55 340.580 973.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 268,939,207 484,939.346 554.58 439,929.699 611.32 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,897 8.504 693.41 7.715 764.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,474 21.958 294.84 19.920 325.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,551,276 4,871.371 523.73 4,419.235 577.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,905,482 17,411.917 568.89 15,795.830 627.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,748,075 8,577.329 553.56 7,781.225 610.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,535 23.364 622.10 21.196 685.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 209,134 335.314 623.70 304.192 687.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 198,282 290.253 683.13 263.314 753.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,267 6.231 1,647.63 5.653 1,816.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,628,692 1,926.495 845.42 1,747.688 931.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,135,244 15,806.644 767.73 14,339.551 846.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,182,720 4,511.497 705.47 4,092.763 777.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,603,889 2,910.016 551.16 2,639.923 607.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,406,907 9,483.697 570.13 8,603.468 628.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,399,150 4,564.788 744.65 4,141.108 820.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 342,976 71.650 4,786.81 65.000 5,276.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,121,040 6,383.927 488.89 5,791.403 538.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 556,337 826.423 673.19 749.719 742.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,151,950 2,461.060 874.40 2,232.637 963.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 233,611 252.032 926.91 228.640 1,021.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,728,840 71,318.240 472.93 64,698.838 521.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,781,086 7,775.352 614.90 7,053.683 677.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,209,202 22,860.927 752.78 20,739.090 829.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,738,104 2,365.416 734.80 2,145.870 809.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,057,634 19,505.500 720.70 17,695.097 794.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,333,423 1,301.584 1,024.46 1,180.778 1,129.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,260,227 205,871.500 603.58 186,763.536 665.33 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,573 19.531 438.92 17.719 483.83 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 13,611 19.061 714.07 17.292 787.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 599,415 1,298.602 461.58 1,178.073 508.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,308,057 2,957.399 442.30 2,682.908 487.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 78,776 170.793 461.24 154.941 508.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,870,456 6,300.506 455.59 5,715.725 502.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,341 10.664 1,719.76 9.675 1,895.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,155,491 1,987.041 581.51 1,802.614 641.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,120,580 1,658.023 675.85 1,504.134 745.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 552,925 997.880 554.10 905.262 610.79 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,394,039 2,773.158 502.69 2,515.768 554.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 427,629 228.953 1,867.76 207.703 2,058.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,064 10.524 481.15 9.548 530.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,272,837 1,689.937 753.19 1,533.086 830.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 97,493 211.759 460.40 192.105 507.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 56,306 72.819 773.22 66.061 852.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,659,865 56,508.984 454.08 51,264.103 500.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,123,746 40,827.376 737.83 37,037.983 813.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,774,491 2,431.159 729.90 2,205.511 804.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,999,070 18,682.066 749.33 16,948.090 826.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 376,894 233.846 1,611.72 212.142 1,776.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,905,086 139,070.558 596.14 126,162.724 657.13 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,771,754 38,625.848 485.99 35,040.790 535.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,216,233 5,979.092 705.16 5,424.143 777.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 256,226 403.194 635.49 365.772 700.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 390,131 583.194 668.96 529.065 737.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 256,101 309.286 828.04 280.580 912.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,084,776 4,965.518 621.24 4,504.644 684.80 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 447,418 557.284 802.85 505.560 884.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,059,483 2,617.525 786.81 2,374.580 867.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,221,722 24,764.836 412.75 22,466.288 454.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 250,075 176.384 1,417.79 160.013 1,562.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 140,368 206.889 678.47 187.687 747.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 66,343 112.508 589.67 102.066 650.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,665,156 10,802.491 802.14 9,799.858 884.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,809,992 2,690.708 1,787.63 2,440.970 1,970.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,487,797 5,191.533 671.82 4,709.681 740.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,611,090 622.968 2,586.15 565.148 2,850.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 136,682 28.200 4,846.81 25.583 5,342.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 661,024 192.455 3,434.68 174.593 3,786.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,073 17.222 933.26 15.624 1,028.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 9,131 18.571 491.66 16.848 541.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,448,069 3,120.100 1,105.11 2,830.508 1,218.18 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,197,656 3,346.123 656.78 3,035.553 723.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,819 42.248 895.16 38.327 986.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 622,232 941.199 661.11 853.842 728.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,505 197.600 670.57 179.260 739.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 708,491 1,201.706 589.57 1,090.170 649.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,061,005 4,309.059 710.37 3,909.114 783.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,901,986 879.808 2,161.82 798.149 2,383.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,880,901 1,702.216 1,104.97 1,544.225 1,218.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 614,327 615.434 998.20 558.313 1,100.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,162,566 115,221.211 643.65 104,526.954 709.51 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,010,897 39,469.790 278.97 35,806.402 307.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,171 2.214 980.34 2.009 1,080.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,505,450 10,996.341 591.60 9,975.716 652.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 166,566 340.393 489.33 308.800 539.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 719,263 1,117.241 643.78 1,013.545 709.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,933 42.857 768.42 38.880 847.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,559 48.389 590.19 43.898 650.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,466 47.533 788.20 43.122 868.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,445,293 17,839.250 473.41 16,183.500 521.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,948,598 69,904.013 385.51 63,415.872 424.95 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,502,921 3,070.310 489.50 2,785.340 539.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,990,122 5,597.270 534.21 5,077.760 588.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 526,766 899.573 585.57 816.080 645.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 562,930 551.431 1,020.85 500.250 1,125.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,081 13.525 819.28 12.270 903.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,593,820 10,132.112 552.09 9,191.700 608.57 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,206,466 5,361.206 411.56 4,863.606 453.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,038,073 11,040.802 456.31 10,016.050 503.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,364 9.946 740.39 9.023 816.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,596,857 78,736.762 426.70 71,428.810 470.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,848,760 95,148.717 429.31 86,317.489 473.24 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,549,543 3,257.218 475.73 2,954.900 524.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,887,613 5,788.188 671.65 5,250.958 740.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,441 479.713 524.15 435.189 577.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,067,892 1,921.436 555.78 1,743.098 612.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,947,027 3,919.522 1,007.02 3,555.732 1,110.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 639,384 1,098.707 581.94 996.731 641.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,457 1,642.518 646.85 1,490.068 713.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,681,960 11,504.931 580.79 10,437.101 640.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,077,370 14,019.411 790.15 12,718.200 870.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,164,687 43,631.648 691.35 39,581.977 762.08 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada WIRE RODS..............................3 15,765 2.757 5,716.14 2.502 6,300.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,039 0.990 7,103.09 0.899 7,829.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 24,168 4.830 5,003.39 4.382 5,515.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 255,402 26.572 9,611.58 24.106 10,594.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,786,588 1,719.267 6,273.94 1,559.694 6,915.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,055,975 172.507 6,121.34 156.496 6,747.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 432,237 131.780 3,279.98 119.549 3,615.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 63,052 18.259 3,453.05 16.565 3,806.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,640,226 2,076.966 6,085.91 1,884.193 6,708.56 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,513 9.242 2,111.14 8.385 2,327.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 162,275 54.417 2,982.02 49.367 3,287.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 385,523 82.447 4,675.99 74.795 5,154.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,983,424 11,549.520 2,249.74 10,477.552 2,479.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,839,084 1,583.785 2,423.99 1,436.786 2,671.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,389,819 13,279.413 2,288.49 12,046.885 2,522.63 Venezuela SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,738 42.989 1,389.61 38.999 1,531.78 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 0.468 4,437.74 0.425 4,891.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 170,924 59.695 2,863.26 54.155 3,156.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 61,498 25.349 2,425.97 22.997 2,674.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,956 2.651 7,150.35 2.405 7,881.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 187,956 164.475 1,142.76 149.210 1,259.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,222,564 2,620.562 2,756.11 2,377.335 3,038.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,663,977 2,873.203 2,667.40 2,606.527 2,940.30 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,320 2.684 2,727.14 2.435 3,006.16 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 16,956 0.736 23,027.29 0.668 25,383.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,116,360 1,702.693 4,179.47 1,544.658 4,607.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 351,970 75.072 4,688.38 68.105 5,168.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 879,682 247.932 3,548.06 224.921 3,911.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,382,075 655.854 3,632.02 594.981 4,003.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,025,571 339.529 3,020.57 308.016 3,329.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 642,672 136.935 4,693.24 124.226 5,173.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,218 304.848 13,345.05 276.554 14,710.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,825,141 213.186 8,561.22 193.400 9,437.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,324,405 584.742 3,975.09 530.470 4,381.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,161,865 170.829 6,801.31 154.974 7,497.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,794,915 4,432.362 4,917.22 4,020.973 5,420.31 Norway BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,206 0.727 4,406.72 0.660 4,857.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,720 0.605 19,366.50 0.549 21,347.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,926 1.332 11,199.87 1.209 12,345.74 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 659,990 201.798 3,270.53 183.069 3,605.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 230,218 77.700 2,962.88 70.489 3,266.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 275,493 89.368 3,082.65 81.074 3,398.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,835 0.011 347,905.45 0.010 383,500.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 661,190 209.316 3,158.80 189.889 3,481.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,505,565 654.968 3,825.47 594.178 4,216.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,289,303 389.698 3,308.46 353.529 3,646.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 610,132 221.240 2,757.78 200.706 3,039.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,235,726 1,844.104 3,381.44 1,672.944 3,727.40 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,514 0.248 14,168.21 0.225 15,617.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,691 2.469 6,354.75 2.240 7,004.91 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 258,382 45.788 5,642.90 41.539 6,220.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,444,162 7,059.583 3,462.55 6,404.348 3,816.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,099,142 661.098 3,175.23 599.739 3,500.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,612 2.046 4,695.67 1.857 5,176.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 396,088 108.982 3,634.43 98.867 4,006.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 729,782 99.330 7,347.02 90.111 8,098.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 832,924 134.469 6,194.13 121.989 6,827.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,858 22.146 5,005.66 20.091 5,517.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 314,055 30.925 10,155.27 28.055 11,194.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,312 54.001 5,413.07 48.989 5,966.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 29,487,317 8,218.373 3,587.97 7,455.585 3,955.06 Ireland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 150,034 15.983 9,386.80 14.500 10,347.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,804 0.004 1,543,121.68 0.004 1,701,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 156,838 15.987 9,809.78 14.504 10,813.43 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,413 5.810 4,545.91 5.271 5,011.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,168 4.905 4,111.48 4.450 4,532.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,961 8.467 3,538.16 7.682 3,900.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,485 2.464 4,659.67 2.236 5,136.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,988 0.144 249,219.65 0.131 274,717.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 198,406 29.954 6,623.65 27.174 7,301.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 322,421 51.746 6,230.73 46.944 6,868.20 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,573,347 1,747.528 4,905.98 1,585.332 5,407.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,730,695 1,121.649 3,326.08 1,017.544 3,666.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,567 1.173 3,890.25 1.065 4,288.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,771 9.726 12,107.90 8.824 13,346.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 255,637 79.854 3,201.28 72.443 3,528.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,835,929 1,540.288 3,139.62 1,397.327 3,460.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 67,205 24.365 2,758.21 22.104 3,040.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 604,168 152.474 3,962.41 138.323 4,367.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,189,319 4,677.063 3,889.05 4,242.962 4,286.94 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,411 0.168 14,295.58 0.153 15,758.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 448,459 158.694 2,825.93 143.965 3,115.06 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 482,161 84.324 5,717.92 76.498 6,302.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 219,369 16.787 13,067.72 15.229 14,404.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,562,875 551.177 4,649.82 500.020 5,125.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,550,968 564.767 6,287.48 512.349 6,930.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 328,600 35.990 9,130.20 32.650 10,064.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,479 3.333 1,043.68 3.024 1,150.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,223,987 1,823.884 1,767.65 1,654.601 1,948.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,201 2.490 4,899.76 2.259 5,401.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 941,021 200.317 4,697.65 181.725 5,178.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,775,531 3,441.936 3,421.19 3,122.473 3,771.22 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 38,295 4.274 8,958.39 3.878 9,874.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 310,019 82.381 3,763.22 74.735 4,148.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 140,848 78.042 1,804.76 70.799 1,989.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,078,584 732.906 2,836.08 664.882 3,126.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,442,347 892.029 2,737.97 809.236 3,018.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,385,964 217.915 6,360.09 197.690 7,010.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,074,631 602.019 3,446.12 546.143 3,798.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,886,446 392.327 7,357.23 355.914 8,109.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 782,274 143.786 5,440.52 130.441 5,997.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 245,401 249.145 984.97 226.021 1,085.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,204,696 1,758.205 2,960.23 1,595.018 3,263.10 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,236 3.119 1,678.45 2.830 1,850.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 970,024 189.493 5,119.03 171.906 5,642.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,564,765 5,345.649 3,472.87 4,849.493 3,828.19 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,670 2.098 7,942.63 1.904 8,755.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,278,457 358.903 6,348.38 325.592 6,997.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,274 18.199 3,092.12 16.510 3,408.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,599,816 181.827 8,798.55 164.951 9,698.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 654,104 122.208 5,352.35 110.866 5,899.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 102,238 18.302 5,585.93 16.604 6,157.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,707,559 701.540 6,710.32 636.427 7,396.86 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,611 1.798 1,451.38 1.632 1,599.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,418,142 86.736 16,350.01 78.686 18,022.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,420,753 88.535 16,047.28 80.318 17,689.10 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,124 44.520 5,640.68 40.388 6,217.79 Hungary STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,125 3.615 4,736.45 3.280 5,221.04 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 407,104 69.172 5,885.37 62.752 6,487.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 495,696 132.009 3,755.00 119.757 4,139.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,135 1.730 13,367.98 1.570 14,735.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 425,509 107.646 3,952.85 97.655 4,357.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,351,444 310.558 4,351.66 281.734 4,796.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,697 81.099 3,498.15 73.572 3,856.05 Russia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,789 0.499 5,585.30 0.453 6,156.73 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,532 22.674 2,096.27 20.570 2,310.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 111,646 20.575 5,426.10 18.666 5,981.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 159,178 43.250 3,680.39 39.236 4,056.94 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 386,693 175.151 2,207.76 158.895 2,433.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,372,721 1,590.794 2,748.77 1,443.145 3,029.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,158 0.772 6,675.12 0.701 7,358.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,079 1.581 5,739.60 1.435 6,326.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,920,062 672.658 7,314.35 610.226 8,062.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,321 6.915 13,493.69 6.274 14,874.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 342,920 128.540 2,667.80 116.610 2,940.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 39,153 26.559 1,474.19 24.094 1,625.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,169,107 2,602.975 3,906.72 2,361.380 4,306.43 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,075,163 304.578 3,530.00 276.309 3,891.16 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,961,624 1,745.519 2,269.60 1,583.509 2,501.80 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,530,642 876.045 2,888.71 794.735 3,184.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 493,579 229.679 2,148.99 208.362 2,368.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,611 21.739 3,708.00 19.722 4,087.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,435,132 640.328 2,241.24 580.896 2,470.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,458,348 324.500 4,494.13 294.382 4,953.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,383,351 377.167 3,667.73 342.161 4,042.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,604,360 2,496.433 4,648.38 2,264.727 5,123.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,820,953 480.154 3,792.43 435.589 4,180.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 509,681 113.328 4,497.37 102.810 4,957.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,516 10.998 2,501.71 9.978 2,757.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,486,171 1,645.230 2,726.77 1,492.528 3,005.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 270,899 63.632 4,257.28 57.726 4,692.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 30,062,867 9,024.757 3,331.15 8,187.125 3,671.97 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,683 2.007 5,322.05 1.821 5,866.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,462 88.029 1,788.74 79.859 1,971.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 46,163 40.581 1,137.54 36.815 1,253.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 214,308 130.618 1,640.72 118.495 1,808.58 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 325,965 116.089 2,807.87 105.315 3,095.14 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 412,537 186.259 2,214.85 168.972 2,441.45 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 278,936 86.632 3,219.75 78.592 3,549.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 278,936 86.632 3,219.75 78.592 3,549.17 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,456 2.256 16,156.49 2.047 17,809.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 47,726 19.069 2,502.68 17.300 2,758.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 627,942 188.394 3,333.12 170.909 3,674.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 49,028 17.515 2,799.09 15.890 3,085.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 409,355 122.707 3,336.03 111.318 3,677.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,347,217 1,075.770 3,111.46 975.923 3,429.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,172,223 1,531.610 2,724.08 1,389.454 3,002.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,285 0.093 35,060.03 0.085 38,647.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,546,661 1,349.817 3,368.35 1,224.534 3,712.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 62,595 21.517 2,909.08 19.520 3,206.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 368,614 152.248 2,421.13 138.118 2,668.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 988,344 274.709 3,597.78 249.212 3,965.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,659,446 4,755.711 3,082.49 4,314.310 3,397.87 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,891 9.387 5,101.69 8.516 5,623.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,869 26.275 3,153.82 23.837 3,476.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,689 148.475 2,671.74 134.695 2,945.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 527,449 184.138 2,864.41 167.048 3,157.47 Vietnam IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,559 18.185 3,439.97 16.498 3,791.91 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,431,040 497.070 2,878.95 450.935 3,173.50 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 173,932 53.150 3,272.47 48.217 3,607.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 545,852 178.988 3,049.64 162.376 3,361.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 719,784 232.138 3,100.66 210.593 3,417.89 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 302,135 113.460 2,662.90 102.930 2,935.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,088 17.251 3,309.23 15.650 3,647.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 359,223 130.712 2,748.20 118.580 3,029.37 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,132 1.085 2,884.57 0.985 3,179.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,975 1.127 8,845.72 1.023 9,750.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 422,163 356.689 1,183.56 323.583 1,304.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,014 67.261 2,260.03 61.019 2,491.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,042 18.893 2,648.62 17.140 2,919.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 337,018 113.965 2,957.19 103.388 3,259.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,303,180 3,683.175 3,611.88 3,341.322 3,981.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,463,517 512.655 2,854.78 465.073 3,146.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 497,307 155.038 3,207.63 140.649 3,535.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,861,495 14,441.725 2,413.94 13,101.317 2,660.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,095 20.831 580.61 18.898 640.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 300,638 94.962 3,165.84 86.149 3,489.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,412,576 19,467.414 2,640.96 17,660.546 2,911.15 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 287,869 65.744 4,378.63 59.642 4,826.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,751 0.492 5,583.15 0.447 6,154.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 63,198 21.980 2,875.24 19.940 3,169.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,752,871 1,128.799 4,210.55 1,024.030 4,641.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,841,351 929.410 4,133.11 843.147 4,555.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,676 2.105 6,495.63 1.910 7,160.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,596,978 950.943 2,730.95 862.682 3,010.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,292,412 513.088 2,518.89 465.466 2,776.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,851,106 3,612.564 3,557.34 3,277.264 3,921.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,007 37.369 3,104.33 33.901 3,421.93 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,878 0.379 20,775.59 0.344 22,901.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 923,133 324.695 2,843.07 294.559 3,133.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,896,399 2,531.863 5,488.60 2,296.869 6,050.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,973 6.617 3,169.48 6.003 3,493.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,412,320 693.072 3,480.62 628.745 3,836.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 26,258 2.764 9,497.95 2.508 10,469.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,794,968 1,596.143 3,630.61 1,447.997 4,002.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,411,008 1,949.360 4,827.74 1,768.431 5,321.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,461,709 317.853 4,598.69 288.352 5,069.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,029 0.662 3,062.69 0.601 3,376.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,544,098 2,321.538 4,972.61 2,106.065 5,481.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 550,283 230.240 2,390.03 208.871 2,634.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,051,056 9,975.192 4,616.56 9,049.345 5,088.88 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 51,264 19.991 2,564.29 18.136 2,826.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 210,532 50.852 4,140.02 46.133 4,563.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,059,296 401.004 2,641.61 363.785 2,911.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,248 1.710 8,328.33 1.552 9,180.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 249,728 54.132 4,613.29 49.108 5,085.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 321,897 53.462 6,021.03 48.500 6,637.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,709,746 1,033.252 6,493.81 937.351 7,158.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,336 84.748 8,723.83 76.883 9,616.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,138,597 960.080 1,185.94 870.971 1,307.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,210,931 590.002 2,052.42 535.241 2,262.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 97,963 44.904 2,181.57 40.737 2,404.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,809,714 379.086 7,411.79 343.902 8,170.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,613,252 3,673.229 3,978.31 3,332.299 4,385.34 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,808 4.985 3,972.92 4.523 4,379.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,808 4.985 3,972.92 4.523 4,379.39 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 320,684 145.748 2,200.25 132.221 2,425.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,808 326.377 1,381.25 296.085 1,522.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,876,755 4,640.277 835.46 4,209.590 920.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,544,533 2,211.076 2,507.62 2,005.855 2,764.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/09/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 10,192,780 7,323.479 1,391.79 6,643.751 1,534.19 GRAND TOTAL 361,067,167 109,944.008 3,284.10 99,739.555 3,620.10