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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 Mexico 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 Denmark 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 United Kingdom 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 Federal Republic of Germany 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 Italy 1,172,464 461.673 2,539.60 418.823 2,799.43 India 18,477 6.745 2,739.35 6.119 3,019.61 Taiwan 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,757,843 934.066 1,881.93 847.371 2,074.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 22,433,933 47,824.213 469.09 43,385.409 517.08 Mexico 71,319,849 132,733.125 537.32 120,413.500 592.29 Brazil 92,824,704 197,915.017 469.01 179,545.534 517.00 Sweden 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 Norway 5,864,071 14,364.511 408.23 13,031.269 450.00 United Kingdom 18,895,785 6,796.264 2,780.32 6,165.469 3,064.78 Ireland 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 Netherlands 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 Belgium 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 Federal Republic of Germany 7,254,354 12,130.753 598.01 11,004.838 659.20 Russia 57,977,187 121,165.545 478.50 109,919.565 527.45 Ukraine 10,675,295 21,734.049 491.18 19,716.804 541.43 Spain 567,468 207.708 2,732.04 188.430 3,011.56 Italy 27,228,275 64,159.581 424.38 58,204.610 467.80 Slovenia 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 Singapore 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 China 15,222,998 33,947.157 448.43 30,796.352 494.31 Taiwan 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 Japan 19,658,964 40,030.216 491.10 36,314.812 541.35 Australia 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 395,596,626 776,453.831 509.49 704,387.266 561.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,565,142 25,099.039 580.31 22,769.472 639.68 Mexico 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 Trinidad and Tobago 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 Brazil 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 Argentina 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 Sweden 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 Finland 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,797,853 811.422 2,215.68 736.110 2,442.37 Netherlands 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 France 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 Spain 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 Italy 667,061 1,156.090 577.00 1,048.788 636.03 Turkey 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 India 3,409,058 9,196.366 370.70 8,342.806 408.62 Singapore 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 China 47,556,752 118,524.925 401.24 107,524.034 442.29 Korea, South 500,823 878.688 569.97 797.133 628.28 Taiwan 2,019,073 631.145 3,199.06 572.566 3,526.36 Japan 9,080,985 13,128.467 691.70 11,909.949 762.47 Egypt 1,530,109 3,307.169 462.66 3,000.215 510.00 South Africa 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 109,415,149 230,191.860 475.32 208,826.602 523.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,570,955 9,937.025 761.89 9,014.720 839.84 Mexico 2,211,636 3,732.378 592.55 3,385.958 653.18 Brazil 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 Norway 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 United Kingdom 3,402,948 4,520.944 752.71 4,101.333 829.72 Netherlands 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 Luxembourg 3,809,119 4,843.460 786.45 4,393.915 866.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 Switzerland 28,790 4.567 6,302.57 4.144 6,947.39 Poland 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 Russia 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 Spain 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 Italy 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 Turkey 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 India 993,200 280.233 3,544.18 254.224 3,906.79 Malaysia 672,102 1,496.698 449.06 1,357.782 495.00 China 4,164,038 8,059.572 516.66 7,311.523 569.52 Korea, South 5,441,583 9,236.815 589.12 8,379.500 649.39 Taiwan 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 Japan 3,514,405 6,164.491 570.10 5,592.334 628.43 South Africa 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,423,796 86,101.079 608.86 78,109.607 671.16 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,165,689 1,195.290 975.23 1,084.350 1,075.01 Luxembourg 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 Federal Republic of Germany 284,176 141.806 2,003.97 128.645 2,208.99 China 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,756,453 2,677.409 1,029.52 2,428.906 1,134.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 26,773,573 29,786.222 898.86 27,021.614 990.82 Mexico 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 Brazil 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 Sweden 13,895,089 8,418.409 1,650.56 7,637.055 1,819.43 Norway 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 Finland 993,615 472.749 2,101.78 428.871 2,316.82 United Kingdom 335,934 221.022 1,519.91 200.508 1,675.41 Belgium 11,184,147 2,997.332 3,731.37 2,719.135 4,113.13 France 1,963,158 884.772 2,218.83 802.652 2,445.84 Federal Republic of Germany 7,298,552 3,915.135 1,864.19 3,551.752 2,054.92 Austria 2,521,201 2,115.879 1,191.56 1,919.494 1,313.47 Ukraine 2,127,531 2,362.328 900.61 2,143.069 992.75 Italy 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 Slovenia 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 Turkey 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 India 43,200 22.049 1,959.23 20.003 2,159.68 Thailand 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 Malaysia 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 China 890,791 1,394.942 638.59 1,265.471 703.92 Korea, South 12,827,457 19,936.839 643.40 18,086.402 709.23 Taiwan 8,882,682 967.450 9,181.53 877.657 10,120.90 Japan 3,443,985 2,946.003 1,169.04 2,672.570 1,288.64 Australia 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 South Africa 3,758,990 4,196.974 895.64 3,807.432 987.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 124,626,173 136,042.975 916.08 123,416.146 1,009.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,181,272 33,920.490 624.44 30,772.160 688.33 Mexico 6,580,979 10,499.182 626.81 9,524.701 690.94 Sweden 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 Finland 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 United Kingdom 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 Netherlands 10,383,647 18,716.811 554.78 16,979.611 611.54 Belgium 2,242,810 1,220.326 1,837.88 1,107.062 2,025.91 France 1,689,298 2,653.605 636.60 2,407.311 701.74 Federal Republic of Germany 5,745,661 10,140.423 566.61 9,199.240 624.58 Russia 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 Spain 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 Italy 1,513,495 3,651.860 414.44 3,312.913 456.85 India 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 Malaysia 1,959,349 4,563.045 429.40 4,139.526 473.33 China 205,449 124.172 1,654.55 112.647 1,823.83 Korea, South 761,549 752.050 1,012.63 682.249 1,116.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 678,859 935.371 725.76 848.555 800.02 New Zealand 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,352,716 108,809.327 619.00 98,710.189 682.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 Luxembourg 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 Austria 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 Czech Republic 446,460 924.562 482.89 838.749 532.29 Spain 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 Japan 16,233,972 26,755.015 606.76 24,271.749 668.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,889,669 28,816.362 620.82 26,141.772 684.33 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 Austria 138,142 156.410 883.20 141.893 973.56 China 299,889 426.318 703.44 386.750 775.41 Korea, South 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 Japan 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 901,896 1,173.397 768.62 1,064.489 847.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 230,434 545.839 422.16 495.177 465.36 China 54,388 82.164 661.94 74.538 729.67 Australia 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 644,453 1,186.551 543.13 1,076.422 598.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 33,043,193 51,362.429 643.33 46,595.225 709.15 Mexico 2,733,483 4,160.807 656.96 3,774.622 724.17 Dominican Republic 44,475 82.673 537.96 75.000 593.00 Trinidad and Tobago 286,118 551.919 518.41 500.693 571.44 Brazil 558,196 951.962 586.36 863.606 646.35 Argentina 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 Sweden 3,115,281 1,064.411 2,926.76 965.618 3,226.20 United Kingdom 3,830,639 3,735.696 1,025.41 3,388.968 1,130.33 Netherlands 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 France 1,244,532 552.034 2,254.45 500.797 2,485.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,133,676 1,260.935 1,692.14 1,143.902 1,865.26 Austria 1,175,270 351.862 3,340.14 319.204 3,681.88 Czech Republic 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 Switzerland 567,776 117.874 4,816.78 106.934 5,309.59 Russia 83,975 73.254 1,146.35 66.455 1,263.64 Ukraine 1,818,052 1,906.241 953.74 1,729.314 1,051.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,696,300 1,894.298 895.48 1,718.479 987.09 Portugal 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy 940,832 421.247 2,233.44 382.149 2,461.95 Romania 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 Turkey 5,311,552 9,378.777 566.34 8,508.286 624.28 India 765,483 600.095 1,275.60 544.398 1,406.11 China 3,666,168 4,029.297 909.88 3,655.318 1,002.97 Korea, South 3,735,497 4,266.345 875.57 3,870.365 965.15 Taiwan 2,019,241 532.466 3,792.24 483.046 4,180.23 Japan 8,976,082 10,804.063 830.81 9,801.284 915.81 South Africa 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,476,740 99,896.606 795.59 90,624.703 876.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,883,441 7,302.726 668.71 6,624.924 737.13 Mexico 3,846,669 6,451.627 596.23 5,852.820 657.23 Brazil 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 Luxembourg 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 Italy 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 Turkey 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 India 3,062,342 1,036.583 2,954.26 940.373 3,256.52 Malaysia 908,631 2,023.423 449.06 1,835.619 495.00 China 377,922 664.651 568.60 602.962 626.78 Korea, South 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 Japan 1,351,899 164.364 8,225.01 149.109 9,066.52 Australia 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,429,966 23,861.128 730.48 21,646.458 805.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,098,663 9,944.295 512.72 9,021.316 565.18 Mexico 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 Dominican Republic 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 Brazil 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 Luxembourg 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 Federal Republic of Germany 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 Turkey 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 India 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 Thailand 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 China 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 Hong Kong 4,908,998 14,055.175 349.27 12,750.644 385.00 Taiwan 24,628,707 53,138.957 463.48 48,206.865 510.90 Japan 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,859,456 316,865.716 441.38 287,455.824 486.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,573,933 6,770.604 1,414.04 6,142.191 1,558.72 Mexico 143,103 131.095 1,091.59 118.928 1,203.27 Brazil 171,168 76.621 2,233.94 69.510 2,462.49 Argentina 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 Sweden 1,022,066 284.366 3,594.19 257.973 3,961.91 United Kingdom 3,768,521 1,937.415 1,945.13 1,757.594 2,144.14 France 5,627,138 3,197.678 1,759.76 2,900.886 1,939.80 Federal Republic of Germany 6,533,759 4,455.049 1,466.60 4,041.554 1,616.65 Austria 225,850 95.457 2,365.96 86.598 2,608.03 Czech Republic 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 Switzerland 527,071 91.726 5,746.11 83.213 6,334.00 Latvia 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 Russia 1,652,630 682.440 2,421.65 619.100 2,669.41 Ukraine 1,453,123 1,987.301 731.20 1,802.850 806.01 Spain 622,095 592.269 1,050.36 537.298 1,157.82 Italy 4,873,360 1,183.348 4,118.28 1,073.516 4,539.62 Slovenia 76,008 16.172 4,699.97 14.671 5,180.83 Romania 82,691 39.614 2,087.37 35.938 2,300.93 Saudi Arabia 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 United Arab Emirates 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 India 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 China 1,753,575 1,425.699 1,229.98 1,293.373 1,355.82 Korea, South 289,161 191.655 1,508.75 173.867 1,663.12 Taiwan 5,859,787 1,504.649 3,894.45 1,364.995 4,292.90 Japan 1,355,333 992.308 1,365.84 900.207 1,505.58 South Africa 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,720,397 27,110.597 1,833.98 24,594.327 2,021.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 725,819 472.593 1,535.82 428.730 1,692.95 Mexico 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 Brazil 1,570,526 565.967 2,774.94 513.437 3,058.85 Sweden 1,577,463 506.204 3,116.26 459.221 3,435.08 United Kingdom 316,793 49.398 6,412.95 44.814 7,069.06 Netherlands 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 France 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,685,770 2,589.675 1,809.40 2,349.315 1,994.53 Austria 1,918,959 476.252 4,029.29 432.049 4,441.53 Czech Republic 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 Switzerland 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 Poland 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 Russia 1,008,966 244.825 4,121.16 222.102 4,542.80 Ukraine 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 Slovenia 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 India 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 China 3,612,925 801.916 4,505.36 727.487 4,966.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 Taiwan 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 Japan 4,803,512 3,893.437 1,233.75 3,532.068 1,359.97 Australia 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,639,034 11,399.931 2,161.33 10,341.847 2,382.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,713,005 30,222.488 883.88 27,417.388 974.31 Mexico 4,246,342 4,652.605 912.68 4,220.774 1,006.06 Guatemala 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Dominican Republic 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 Colombia 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 Venezuela 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 Chile 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 Brazil 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 Argentina 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 Sweden 26,769 7.915 3,381.76 7.181 3,727.75 United Kingdom 22,637 42.279 535.42 38.355 590.20 France 39,457 26.511 1,488.29 24.051 1,640.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,960,075 1,150.761 1,703.28 1,043.954 1,877.55 Austria 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 Czech Republic 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 Poland 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 Ukraine 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 Spain 1,004,917 694.804 1,446.33 630.316 1,594.31 Italy 565,152 287.043 1,968.87 260.402 2,170.31 Romania 832,803 1,163.203 715.96 1,055.241 789.21 United Arab Emirates 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 Oman 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 India 1,179,756 1,953.385 603.95 1,772.082 665.75 Thailand 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 Indonesia 918,900 2,026.760 453.38 1,838.647 499.77 China 42,947,408 85,720.956 501.01 77,764.766 552.27 Korea, South 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 Taiwan 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 Japan 3,004,353 3,156.035 951.94 2,863.108 1,049.33 Australia 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 Algeria 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 South Africa 472,585 842.582 560.88 764.378 618.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,882,292 150,141.028 638.61 136,205.688 703.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,473,674 7,998.627 1,309.43 7,256.235 1,443.40 Mexico 42,400 78.043 543.29 70.800 598.87 Colombia 4,831,918 3,886.760 1,243.17 3,526.011 1,370.36 Venezuela 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 3,659,273 2,373.651 1,541.62 2,153.341 1,699.35 United Kingdom 488,428 41.880 11,662.53 37.993 12,855.74 France 33,489 84.089 398.25 76.285 439.00 Federal Republic of Germany 14,862,478 8,892.364 1,671.38 8,067.020 1,842.38 Austria 18,810,503 13,394.818 1,404.31 12,151.578 1,547.99 Russia 2,686,286 2,828.915 949.58 2,566.350 1,046.73 Spain 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 Romania 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 India 6,441,240 5,340.412 1,206.13 4,844.742 1,329.53 China 66,637,705 61,510.753 1,083.35 55,801.633 1,194.19 Korea, South 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 Taiwan 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 Japan 38,164,235 8,191.338 4,659.10 7,431.059 5,135.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 185,125,266 135,601.294 1,365.22 123,015.460 1,504.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 34,857,272 30,035.897 1,160.52 27,248.116 1,279.25 Mexico 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 Brazil 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 Federal Republic of Germany 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 Czech Republic 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 Russia 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 Italy 14,400,518 16,245.538 886.43 14,737.709 977.12 Romania 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 India 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 China 6,164,640 8,941.973 689.40 8,112.024 759.94 Korea, South 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 Taiwan 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 Japan 9,170,286 10,292.814 890.94 9,337.487 982.09 South Africa 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,854,581 86,692.813 886.52 78,646.420 977.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 89,225 71.574 1,246.61 64.931 1,374.15 Mexico 3,224,414 3,462.583 931.22 3,141.204 1,026.49 Venezuela 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 Brazil 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 Argentina 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 Sweden 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 United Kingdom 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 France 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 Federal Republic of Germany 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 Austria 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 Slovakia 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 Russia 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 Ukraine 237,878 197.664 1,203.45 179.318 1,326.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 568,471 459.134 1,238.14 416.520 1,364.81 Romania 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 China 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 Korea, South 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 Taiwan 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 Japan 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,420,051 38,476.845 998.52 34,905.617 1,100.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 Mexico 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 Venezuela 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 Greece 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 China 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 Korea, South 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 Taiwan 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 South Africa 1,813,625 3,126.373 580.11 2,836.199 639.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,905,304 34,022.786 614.45 30,864.961 677.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,480,548 8,025.121 1,305.97 7,280.270 1,439.58 Mexico 11,419,961 13,475.190 847.48 12,224.491 934.19 Costa Rica 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 Dominican Republic 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 Colombia 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 Brazil 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 Argentina 795,547 297.113 2,677.59 269.537 2,951.53 Sweden 651,199 412.572 1,578.39 374.280 1,739.87 Denmark 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 United Kingdom 212,792 141.263 1,506.35 128.152 1,660.47 Netherlands 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 Belgium 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 France 986,558 617.014 1,598.92 559.746 1,762.51 Federal Republic of Germany 4,684,217 2,561.474 1,828.72 2,323.731 2,015.82 Austria 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 Czech Republic 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 Slovakia 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 Switzerland 1,540,520 584.001 2,637.87 529.797 2,907.76 Poland 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 Russia 758,302 979.779 773.95 888.841 853.14 Belarus 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 Ukraine 16,617 21.164 785.14 19.200 865.47 Spain 1,485,509 777.750 1,910.01 705.564 2,105.42 Italy 1,513,272 917.887 1,648.65 832.694 1,817.32 Romania 2,317,530 1,946.730 1,190.47 1,766.045 1,312.27 Turkey 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 16,028 13.123 1,221.37 11.905 1,346.33 United Arab Emirates 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 India 1,129,870 827.947 1,364.66 751.102 1,504.28 Thailand 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 15,867,165 21,673.485 732.10 19,661.861 807.00 Korea, South 2,041,653 2,703.328 755.24 2,452.419 832.51 Taiwan 91,732 57.877 1,584.92 52.506 1,747.08 Japan 8,947,630 4,151.163 2,155.45 3,765.873 2,375.98 Australia 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 South Africa 714,465 1,123.282 636.05 1,019.025 701.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,366,176 68,903.937 1,035.73 62,508.618 1,141.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,392 48.165 1,502.99 43.695 1,656.76 Mexico 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 Brazil 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 Argentina 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 Sweden 135,875 84.778 1,602.70 76.910 1,766.68 Netherlands 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 France 2,176,267 982.247 2,215.60 891.080 2,442.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,073,706 1,987.366 2,552.98 1,802.909 2,814.18 Czech Republic 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 Slovakia 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 Poland 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 Ukraine 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 Italy 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 Romania 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 Turkey 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 India 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 China 2,220,701 2,630.025 844.36 2,385.920 930.75 Korea, South 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 Japan 922,899 441.134 2,092.10 400.191 2,306.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,140,122 8,896.187 1,926.68 8,070.488 2,123.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,639,092 1,729.002 6,153.31 1,568.525 6,782.86 Mexico 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 Uruguay 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Sweden 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 Finland 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 Denmark 57,396 10.013 5,731.92 9.084 6,318.36 United Kingdom 789,219 126.869 6,220.72 115.094 6,857.17 Ireland 16,133 0.469 34,355.91 0.426 37,870.89 France 1,274,304 239.601 5,318.43 217.363 5,862.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,509,721 341.319 7,352.99 309.640 8,105.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 349,976 48.730 7,181.80 44.208 7,916.58 Czech Republic 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 Slovakia 75,003 10.993 6,822.58 9.973 7,520.61 Switzerland 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 Ukraine 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 Spain 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 Italy 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 India 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 Thailand 480,941 137.482 3,498.20 124.722 3,856.10 Malaysia 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 Singapore 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 China 13,960,944 3,495.324 3,994.18 3,170.906 4,402.82 Korea, South 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 Taiwan 8,579,769 1,864.971 4,600.48 1,691.874 5,071.16 Japan 4,519,542 945.006 4,782.55 857.296 5,271.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,886,019 11,480.637 4,867.85 10,415.062 5,365.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,142,221 1,046.702 3,002.02 949.553 3,309.16 Mexico 401,412 163.596 2,453.68 148.412 2,704.71 Ecuador 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 United Kingdom 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 France 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,416 2.086 3,074.75 1.893 3,389.33 Italy 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 India 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 Vietnam 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 China 177,043 74.741 2,368.75 67.804 2,611.10 Taiwan 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 Japan 389,662 91.070 4,278.67 82.618 4,716.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,317,056 1,484.772 2,907.55 1,346.963 3,205.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,453,210 21,617.963 899.86 19,611.492 991.93 Mexico 7,798,994 6,494.342 1,200.89 5,891.570 1,323.75 Finland 311,402 83.709 3,720.03 75.940 4,100.63 Belgium 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 France 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 Federal Republic of Germany 31,504 11.177 2,818.54 10.140 3,106.90 Austria 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 Switzerland 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 Italy 191,639 112.229 1,707.56 101.813 1,882.26 Turkey 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 China 8,800,407 16,073.254 547.52 14,581.415 603.54 Korea, South 3,393,115 7,222.182 469.82 6,551.856 517.89 Taiwan 1,650,573 469.874 3,512.80 426.263 3,872.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,603,780 3,340.481 779.46 3,030.435 859.21 Australia 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 South Africa 38,369 108.598 353.31 98.519 389.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,532,057 69,183.154 744.86 62,761.920 821.07 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 426,872 488.371 874.07 443.043 963.50 Mexico 350,408 276.131 1,268.99 250.502 1,398.82 China 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 Korea, South 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 Japan 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 Algeria 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,146,707 2,786.877 770.29 2,528.213 849.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,644,998 17,889.374 930.44 16,228.972 1,025.63 Mexico 8,423,773 8,540.453 986.34 7,747.771 1,087.25 Dominican Republic 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 Colombia 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 Venezuela 596,265 731.691 814.91 663.780 898.29 Ecuador 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 Chile 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 Brazil 699,611 998.864 700.41 906.155 772.07 Argentina 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 Sweden 1,238,683 217.251 5,701.62 197.087 6,284.96 Finland 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 United Kingdom 1,097,796 354.052 3,100.66 321.191 3,417.89 Netherlands 136,977 76.378 1,793.41 69.289 1,976.89 Belgium 509,177 374.232 1,360.59 339.498 1,499.79 France 927,149 393.715 2,354.87 357.173 2,595.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,130,277 870.174 2,448.10 789.409 2,698.57 Austria 549,408 111.044 4,947.63 100.738 5,453.83 Czech Republic 292,397 226.048 1,293.51 205.068 1,425.85 Switzerland 416,131 60.374 6,892.48 54.771 7,597.65 Poland 1,182,443 1,116.872 1,058.71 1,013.210 1,167.03 Russia 66,756 88.537 753.98 80.320 831.13 Belarus 280,902 302.937 927.26 274.820 1,022.13 Ukraine 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 Moldova 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 Spain 402,619 351.564 1,145.22 318.934 1,262.39 Italy 1,298,290 865.132 1,500.68 784.835 1,654.22 Greece 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 Turkey 98,652 135.197 729.69 122.649 804.34 Israel 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 India 3,287,504 1,333.552 2,465.22 1,209.779 2,717.44 Thailand 505,604 460.470 1,098.02 417.732 1,210.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 62,276 18.103 3,440.04 16.423 3,792.00 Malaysia 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 Indonesia 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 China 13,311,065 16,060.245 828.82 14,569.614 913.62 Korea, South 7,588,368 4,688.484 1,618.51 4,253.323 1,784.10 Hong Kong 175,355 38.745 4,525.86 35.149 4,988.90 Taiwan 3,462,917 2,110.024 1,641.17 1,914.183 1,809.08 Japan 5,718,570 4,314.025 1,325.58 3,913.619 1,461.20 Australia 147,310 107.615 1,368.86 97.627 1,508.91 South Africa 1,151,755 1,708.270 674.22 1,549.717 743.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,910,917 67,497.414 1,109.83 61,232.642 1,223.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 Mexico 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 Brazil 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 Belgium 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 Taiwan 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 Japan 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,364,368 9,092.961 589.95 8,248.998 650.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,601,225 14,818.653 715.40 13,443.260 788.59 Brazil 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 Norway 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 Netherlands 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 Belgium 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 France 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 Spain 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 China 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 Korea, South 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 Taiwan 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,172,803 40,855.220 689.58 37,063.243 760.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,165,938 2,617.815 827.38 2,374.843 912.03 Brazil 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 United Kingdom 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 Netherlands 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 France 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 Federal Republic of Germany 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 Taiwan 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 Japan 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,576,547 6,169.063 741.85 5,596.482 817.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 39,119,377 62,501.313 625.90 56,700.253 689.93 Mexico 14,431,039 23,674.850 609.55 21,477.469 671.92 Sweden 4,326,403 5,892.997 734.16 5,346.039 809.27 Finland 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 Netherlands 10,900,783 21,050.221 517.85 19,096.445 570.83 Belgium 2,914,383 5,038.041 578.48 4,570.436 637.66 France 10,877,813 19,405.940 560.54 17,604.778 617.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,426,734 1,992.499 716.05 1,807.566 789.31 Austria 510,625 724.835 704.47 657.560 776.55 Russia 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 Spain 601,271 968.444 620.86 878.558 684.38 Italy 769,111 1,905.430 403.64 1,728.578 444.94 Turkey 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 India 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 Malaysia 29,518,410 61,604.105 479.16 55,886.320 528.19 Korea, South 45,390,253 96,800.094 468.91 87,815.593 516.88 Taiwan 3,099,282 4,938.094 627.63 4,479.765 691.84 Japan 3,836,246 4,709.084 814.65 4,272.011 898.00 Australia 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 New Zealand 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 Egypt 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 South Africa 883,357 1,015.570 869.81 921.310 958.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 209,027,587 388,034.044 538.68 352,018.663 593.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,166,884 29,930.555 740.61 27,152.551 816.38 Mexico 32,927,798 20,417.267 1,612.74 18,522.239 1,777.74 Dominican Republic 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 Brazil 31,462,896 40,040.129 785.78 36,323.805 866.18 Argentina 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 Sweden 3,761,182 1,911.632 1,967.52 1,734.204 2,168.82 Finland 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 United Kingdom 550,600 405.822 1,356.75 368.156 1,495.56 Netherlands 8,262,465 12,692.094 650.99 11,514.078 717.60 Belgium 10,902,880 12,472.529 874.15 11,314.892 963.59 Luxembourg 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 France 2,369,636 1,408.680 1,682.17 1,277.934 1,854.27 Federal Republic of Germany 3,903,886 3,108.323 1,255.95 2,819.824 1,384.44 Austria 430,492 471.213 913.58 427.478 1,007.05 Russia 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 Spain 326,692 102.151 3,198.12 92.670 3,525.33 Italy 1,800,526 2,283.172 788.61 2,071.260 869.29 Turkey 6,209,835 10,498.189 591.51 9,523.800 652.03 India 10,398,886 16,959.896 613.15 15,385.764 675.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 Indonesia 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 China 48,332,937 48,610.187 994.30 44,098.433 1,096.02 Korea, South 12,231,741 15,784.781 774.91 14,319.717 854.19 Taiwan 34,252,292 44,123.725 776.28 40,028.382 855.70 Japan 8,717,357 11,676.972 746.54 10,593.174 822.92 Australia 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 New Zealand 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 South Africa 6,530,381 3,916.752 1,667.29 3,553.219 1,837.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 254,933,160 288,347.171 884.12 261,584.228 974.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 30,532,785 40,850.084 747.44 37,058.584 823.91 Mexico 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 Costa Rica 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 Colombia 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 Venezuela 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 Brazil 13,428,042 19,285.952 696.26 17,495.927 767.50 Argentina 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 Sweden 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 Netherlands 631,596 968.058 652.44 878.208 719.19 Belgium 378,098 408.476 925.63 370.564 1,020.33 France 298,057 375.336 794.11 340.500 875.35 Federal Republic of Germany 6,128,383 10,979.480 558.17 9,960.420 615.27 Austria 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 Kazakhstan 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Spain 1,491,563 2,034.471 733.15 1,845.642 808.15 Turkey 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 India 61,772,256 75,705.251 815.96 68,678.668 899.44 Pakistan 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Indonesia 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 China 52,836,789 74,404.245 710.13 67,498.415 782.79 Korea, South 16,650,735 21,514.233 773.94 19,517.390 853.12 Hong Kong 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 Taiwan 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 Japan 6,039,962 8,004.939 754.53 7,261.961 831.73 New Zealand 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,705,116 322,258.541 753.14 292,348.114 830.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,338,238 1,056.343 1,266.86 958.299 1,396.47 Mexico 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 Sweden 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 Belgium 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 Luxembourg 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 Federal Republic of Germany 5,581,669 8,543.075 653.36 7,750.150 720.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 Korea, South 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 Taiwan 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 Japan 2,822,345 2,800.459 1,007.81 2,540.535 1,110.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,281,873 16,808.008 790.21 15,247.973 871.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,646,074 4,949.044 1,140.84 4,489.699 1,257.56 Mexico 8,651,007 9,545.260 906.31 8,659.317 999.04 Chile 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 Brazil 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 United Kingdom 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 Belgium 280,061 187.095 1,496.89 169.730 1,650.04 Luxembourg 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 France 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 Federal Republic of Germany 669,955 277.797 2,411.66 252.014 2,658.40 Austria 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 Italy 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 India 636,476 689.253 923.43 625.280 1,017.91 China 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 Korea, South 20,921,423 26,863.994 778.79 24,370.613 858.47 Taiwan 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 Japan 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,775,810 74,937.186 837.71 67,981.891 923.42 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 Sweden 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 United Kingdom 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 France 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 Austria 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 Czech Republic 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 Russia 4,308,077 1,421.885 3,029.83 1,289.913 3,339.82 Korea, South 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 Japan 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,777,843 6,333.101 1,859.73 5,745.295 2,050.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,521,263 4,053.546 621.99 3,677.317 685.63 Mexico 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 Finland 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 United Kingdom 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 Federal Republic of Germany 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 Slovenia 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 26,970 12.841 2,100.15 11.650 2,315.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,391,556 5,482.289 801.04 4,973.451 883.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,914,508 2,875.907 1,013.42 2,608.980 1,117.11 Mexico 3,634,444 1,628.929 2,231.19 1,477.740 2,459.46 Chile 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 Brazil 101,097 81.692 1,237.53 74.110 1,364.15 Sweden 1,485,360 271.794 5,465.01 246.568 6,024.14 Finland 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 United Kingdom 1,015,677 451.609 2,249.02 409.693 2,479.12 Netherlands 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 Belgium 140,577 61.214 2,296.46 55.533 2,531.41 France 1,335,722 236.492 5,648.06 214.542 6,225.92 Federal Republic of Germany 5,004,096 2,878.330 1,738.54 2,611.178 1,916.41 Austria 541,469 95.565 5,665.92 86.696 6,245.61 Hungary 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 Switzerland 137,076 64.868 2,113.13 58.848 2,329.32 Italy 94,677 43.751 2,163.96 39.691 2,385.35 India 1,171,486 447.057 2,620.44 405.564 2,888.54 China 1,278,415 1,813.839 704.81 1,645.488 776.92 Korea, South 1,798,879 1,674.510 1,074.27 1,519.091 1,184.18 Taiwan 633,553 323.306 1,959.60 293.299 2,160.09 Japan 2,695,661 612.046 4,404.34 555.239 4,854.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,161,659 13,960.485 1,802.35 12,664.743 1,986.75 GRAND TOTAL 2,641,145,237 3,698,966.668 714.02 3,355,647.062 787.07 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 Denmark 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 Italy 332,186 140.111 2,370.87 127.107 2,613.44 India 15,706 6.391 2,457.44 5.798 2,708.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 744,908 558.655 1,333.39 506.804 1,469.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,722,653 2,320.231 742.45 2,104.879 818.41 Mexico 23,167,967 40,679.120 569.53 36,903.488 627.80 Brazil 561,603 863.146 650.65 783.034 717.21 Norway 3,547,795 8,690.606 408.23 7,883.988 450.00 United Kingdom 99,428 12.606 7,887.34 11.436 8,694.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,360,210 1,284.788 1,837.04 1,165.541 2,024.99 Russia 201,878 115.896 1,741.87 105.140 1,920.09 Italy 353,427 245.742 1,438.20 222.934 1,585.34 Slovenia 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,031,130 54,221.774 590.74 49,189.180 651.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 515,009 812.016 634.23 736.649 699.12 United Kingdom 2,623,157 3,721.711 704.83 3,376.281 776.94 Japan 7,778 14.055 553.38 12.751 609.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,145,944 4,547.783 691.75 4,125.681 762.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 15,756,563 13,662.757 1,153.25 12,394.649 1,271.24 Mexico 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 Brazil 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 Sweden 13,087,847 8,232.759 1,589.73 7,468.636 1,752.37 Finland 278,571 237.945 1,170.73 215.861 1,290.51 United Kingdom 214,149 196.494 1,089.85 178.257 1,201.35 Belgium 5,405,283 1,726.918 3,130.02 1,566.635 3,450.25 France 930,240 677.452 1,373.14 614.575 1,513.63 Federal Republic of Germany 6,043,968 3,137.010 1,926.66 2,845.849 2,123.78 Austria 2,135,254 1,620.243 1,317.86 1,469.861 1,452.69 Ukraine 1,080,876 815.517 1,325.39 739.825 1,460.99 India 43,200 22.049 1,959.23 20.003 2,159.68 China 830,855 1,361.282 610.35 1,234.935 672.79 Japan 1,900,512 1,735.492 1,095.08 1,574.413 1,207.12 South Africa 445,112 96.011 4,636.04 87.100 5,110.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 49,909,441 35,180.226 1,418.68 31,914.974 1,563.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,278,848 1,745.268 732.75 1,583.281 807.72 Netherlands 6,453,131 11,252.110 573.50 10,207.746 632.18 France 1,017,329 1,394.862 729.34 1,265.398 803.96 Japan 449,716 706.244 636.77 640.694 701.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,199,024 15,098.484 609.27 13,697.119 671.60 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 446,460 924.562 482.89 838.749 532.29 Japan 351,230 495.654 708.62 449.650 781.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 797,690 1,420.216 561.67 1,288.399 619.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,857,026 26,508.506 673.63 24,048.119 742.55 Mexico 1,456,272 2,074.252 702.07 1,881.731 773.90 Trinidad and Tobago 244,621 509.970 479.68 462.638 528.75 Brazil 111,520 65.121 1,712.50 59.077 1,887.71 Sweden 712,987 305.035 2,337.39 276.724 2,576.53 United Kingdom 921,459 621.308 1,483.09 563.642 1,634.83 Netherlands 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 France 916,650 513.800 1,784.06 466.112 1,966.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,039,995 397.487 2,616.42 360.595 2,884.11 Austria 340,330 70.046 4,858.64 63.545 5,355.73 Czech Republic 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 Switzerland 46,139 24.313 1,897.66 22.057 2,091.81 Russia 81,859 71.295 1,148.17 64.678 1,265.64 Ukraine 1,811,803 1,901.581 952.79 1,725.086 1,050.27 Spain 860,520 590.286 1,457.80 535.499 1,606.95 Italy 282,020 308.878 913.04 280.210 1,006.46 Romania 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 Turkey 790,898 679.304 1,164.28 616.255 1,283.39 India 6,592 2.280 2,890.36 2.069 3,186.08 China 1,534,411 1,218.821 1,258.93 1,105.697 1,387.73 Korea, South 2,626,928 2,499.006 1,051.19 2,267.061 1,158.74 Taiwan 672,816 155.848 4,317.13 141.383 4,758.82 Japan 6,663,851 7,770.046 857.63 7,048.870 945.38 South Africa 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,405,549 46,623.934 845.18 42,296.534 931.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 215,134 343.110 627.01 311.265 691.16 Mexico 605,454 1,066.891 567.49 967.868 625.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 848,992 1,440.239 589.48 1,306.564 649.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,322,838 2,928.694 1,817.48 2,656.868 2,003.43 Brazil 137,347 40.904 3,357.74 37.108 3,701.28 Sweden 76,252 51.201 1,489.26 46.449 1,641.63 United Kingdom 1,775,658 642.347 2,764.33 582.728 3,047.15 France 4,076,385 2,554.546 1,595.74 2,317.446 1,759.00 Federal Republic of Germany 519,628 216.955 2,395.09 196.819 2,640.13 Russia 450,064 585.276 768.98 530.954 847.65 Ukraine 604,645 732.750 825.17 664.740 909.60 Spain 222,217 129.193 1,720.04 117.202 1,896.02 Slovenia 52,669 5.506 9,565.67 4.995 10,544.34 Romania 12,534 5.854 2,140.96 5.311 2,360.01 China 1,162,149 915.689 1,269.15 830.700 1,399.00 Korea, South 82,164 58.082 1,414.60 52.692 1,559.33 Taiwan 33,042 15.771 2,095.00 14.308 2,309.34 Japan 739,858 745.962 991.82 676.726 1,093.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,267,450 9,628.737 1,585.61 8,735.046 1,747.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 725,819 472.593 1,535.82 428.730 1,692.95 Mexico 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 Brazil 1,570,526 565.967 2,774.94 513.437 3,058.85 Sweden 1,577,463 506.204 3,116.26 459.221 3,435.08 United Kingdom 316,793 49.398 6,412.95 44.814 7,069.06 Netherlands 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 France 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,685,770 2,589.675 1,809.40 2,349.315 1,994.53 Austria 1,918,959 476.252 4,029.29 432.049 4,441.53 Czech Republic 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 Switzerland 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 Poland 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 Russia 1,008,966 244.825 4,121.16 222.102 4,542.80 Ukraine 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 Slovenia 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 India 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 China 3,612,925 801.916 4,505.36 727.487 4,966.31 Korea, South 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 Taiwan 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 Japan 4,803,512 3,893.437 1,233.75 3,532.068 1,359.97 Australia 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,639,034 11,399.931 2,161.33 10,341.847 2,382.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 297,710 49.353 6,032.16 44.773 6,649.32 Sweden 9,525 0.115 82,294.64 0.105 90,714.29 United Kingdom 2,774 0.967 2,866.21 0.878 3,159.45 France 6,351 1.607 3,951.67 1.458 4,355.97 Federal Republic of Germany 695,285 406.322 1,711.16 368.610 1,886.23 Austria 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 Spain 84,312 47.865 1,761.43 43.423 1,941.64 Italy 337,091 156.294 2,156.77 141.788 2,377.43 Romania 7,965 5.845 1,362.57 5.303 1,501.98 India 26,608 7.860 3,384.99 7.131 3,731.31 China 16,857 6.799 2,479.32 6.168 2,732.98 Japan 307,477 133.306 2,306.54 120.934 2,542.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,800,036 819.999 2,195.17 743.891 2,419.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,386,286 4,048.004 1,577.64 3,672.289 1,739.05 Mexico 17,400 38.360 453.59 34.800 500.00 Colombia 935,735 693.304 1,349.67 628.955 1,487.76 Brazil 1,744,214 1,217.944 1,432.10 1,104.901 1,578.62 United Kingdom 488,428 41.880 11,662.53 37.993 12,855.74 France 11,760 30.864 381.02 28.000 420.00 Federal Republic of Germany 12,287,999 6,664.602 1,843.77 6,046.027 2,032.41 Austria 6,170,492 5,920.548 1,042.22 5,371.033 1,148.85 Russia 1,404,216 1,007.402 1,393.90 913.900 1,536.51 Spain 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 India 6,417,569 5,321.948 1,205.87 4,827.992 1,329.24 China 24,200,004 16,099.176 1,503.18 14,604.931 1,656.97 Japan 36,808,038 7,908.196 4,654.42 7,174.197 5,130.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,117,877 50,829.523 1,950.01 46,111.781 2,149.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 34,503,996 29,878.615 1,154.81 27,105.432 1,272.96 Italy 3,768 1.661 2,268.26 1.507 2,500.33 Japan 97,471 102.862 947.59 93.315 1,044.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,605,235 29,983.139 1,154.16 27,200.254 1,272.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 9,700 1.250 7,759.87 1.134 8,553.79 Mexico 138,667 144.586 959.06 131.167 1,057.18 Sweden 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 Federal Republic of Germany 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 273,604 156.760 1,745.36 142.211 1,923.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,974,834 1,127.224 1,751.94 1,022.601 1,931.19 Mexico 427,021 224.483 1,902.24 203.648 2,096.86 Argentina 712,798 241.410 2,952.64 219.004 3,254.73 Sweden 542,036 364.635 1,486.51 330.792 1,638.60 United Kingdom 209,734 141.230 1,485.05 128.122 1,636.99 France 182,542 91.154 2,002.56 82.694 2,207.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,449,000 1,365.879 1,792.98 1,239.105 1,976.43 Czech Republic 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 Switzerland 245,560 119.922 2,047.65 108.792 2,257.15 Spain 618,934 248.130 2,494.39 225.100 2,749.60 Italy 815,169 277.921 2,933.09 252.126 3,233.18 Romania 1,335,417 972.910 1,372.60 882.610 1,513.03 Saudi Arabia 16,028 13.123 1,221.37 11.905 1,346.33 India 62,797 42.216 1,487.51 38.298 1,639.69 China 831,795 774.235 1,074.34 702.375 1,184.26 Korea, South 204,287 208.029 982.01 188.721 1,082.48 Taiwan 26,225 6.924 3,787.16 6.282 4,174.63 Japan 6,540,159 2,691.239 2,430.17 2,441.452 2,678.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,475,328 8,968.664 1,948.49 8,136.238 2,147.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 135,875 84.778 1,602.70 76.910 1,766.68 France 1,913,700 763.460 2,506.61 692.600 2,763.07 Federal Republic of Germany 2,307,160 743.105 3,104.76 674.134 3,422.41 Turkey 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 China 101,548 103.361 982.45 93.768 1,082.97 Japan 754,899 314.339 2,401.54 285.164 2,647.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,218,834 2,013.299 2,592.18 1,826.435 2,857.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,894,858 456.153 4,153.99 413.816 4,578.99 Mexico 3,285 11.973 274.36 10.862 302.43 United Kingdom 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 France 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 Federal Republic of Germany 4,291 1.688 2,540.95 1.532 2,800.91 Italy 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 Taiwan 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 Japan 2,369 0.932 2,540.33 0.846 2,800.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,994,562 503.713 3,959.72 456.961 4,364.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 397,733 275.780 1,442.21 250.184 1,589.76 Mexico 53,128 76.586 693.70 69.478 764.67 Finland 309,279 82.708 3,739.38 75.032 4,121.96 Federal Republic of Germany 8,053 1.805 4,460.05 1.638 4,916.36 Italy 178,574 103.381 1,727.33 93.786 1,904.06 China 645,291 479.809 1,344.89 435.276 1,482.49 Korea, South 201,403 440.433 457.28 399.555 504.07 Taiwan 1,462,658 412.032 3,549.86 373.790 3,913.05 Japan 512,454 278.928 1,837.22 253.040 2,025.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,768,573 2,151.467 1,751.63 1,951.779 1,930.84 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 318,330 349.249 911.47 316.834 1,004.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 318,330 349.249 911.47 316.834 1,004.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 254,808 206.510 1,233.88 187.343 1,360.11 Mexico 1,217,882 939.374 1,296.48 852.186 1,429.13 Venezuela 15,720 18.959 829.12 17.200 913.95 Brazil 58,983 97.971 602.04 88.878 663.64 United Kingdom 293,403 21.698 13,521.50 19.685 14,904.90 Netherlands 15,295 0.854 17,903.73 0.775 19,735.48 France 3,410 0.273 12,473.79 0.248 13,750.00 Federal Republic of Germany 372,158 98.912 3,762.49 89.732 4,147.44 Austria 173,284 44.959 3,854.19 40.787 4,248.51 Czech Republic 7,614 14.391 529.05 13.056 583.18 Poland 144,497 120.617 1,197.98 109.422 1,320.55 Spain 2,708 0.445 6,080.83 0.404 6,702.97 Italy 649,484 428.158 1,516.92 388.419 1,672.12 Turkey 48,000 46.659 1,028.72 42.329 1,133.97 China 1,521,559 1,482.426 1,026.40 1,344.835 1,131.41 Korea, South 2,492,693 2,026.146 1,230.26 1,838.090 1,356.13 Taiwan 279,828 308.810 906.15 280.148 998.86 Japan 2,550,485 1,697.032 1,502.91 1,539.522 1,656.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,101,811 7,554.202 1,337.24 6,853.059 1,474.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,702,097 4,310.738 626.83 3,910.637 690.96 Sweden 4,284,610 5,845.048 733.03 5,302.540 808.03 Netherlands 1,647,474 3,060.413 538.32 2,776.361 593.39 Belgium 4,190 1.190 3,519.54 1.080 3,879.63 France 1,756,777 2,339.195 751.02 2,122.083 827.85 Austria 297,369 377.409 787.92 342.380 868.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,505,189 3,634.106 689.35 3,296.807 759.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,197,706 19,568.101 674.45 17,751.888 743.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,395,835 3,037.804 788.67 2,755.851 869.36 Dominican Republic 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 Brazil 324,281 525.790 616.75 476.989 679.85 Sweden 1,019,772 1,330.125 766.67 1,206.670 845.11 United Kingdom 372,653 349.713 1,065.59 317.255 1,174.62 Netherlands 2,042,264 3,101.909 658.39 2,814.006 725.75 Belgium 1,775,816 1,720.773 1,031.99 1,561.060 1,137.57 Luxembourg 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 France 379,409 427.539 887.43 387.857 978.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,695,008 2,140.805 791.76 1,942.107 872.77 Austria 85,219 23.053 3,696.54 20.914 4,074.73 Korea, South 5,414,537 8,291.980 652.98 7,522.360 719.79 Taiwan 2,400 2.216 1,082.67 2.011 1,193.44 Japan 5,133,010 7,059.601 727.10 6,404.365 801.49 Australia 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,678,077 28,059.344 736.94 25,455.016 812.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,051,172 6,566.871 769.19 5,957.367 847.89 Brazil 1,176,892 1,510.062 779.37 1,369.906 859.10 Netherlands 59,885 93.209 642.48 84.558 708.21 Belgium 249,446 246.157 1,013.36 223.310 1,117.04 France 293,069 369.252 793.68 334.980 874.89 Federal Republic of Germany 4,552,198 8,117.230 560.81 7,363.830 618.18 Spain 1,459,817 1,994.739 731.83 1,809.598 806.71 China 401,412 643.475 623.82 583.751 687.64 Korea, South 134,985 201.800 668.90 183.070 737.34 Japan 5,580,585 7,390.902 755.06 6,704.916 832.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,959,461 27,133.700 698.74 24,615.286 770.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,221,707 920.846 1,326.72 835.378 1,462.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,584,691 5,571.454 643.40 5,054.340 709.23 Japan 1,498,860 2,151.118 696.78 1,951.462 768.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,305,258 8,643.418 729.49 7,841.180 804.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 Sweden 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 United Kingdom 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 Austria 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 Czech Republic 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 Russia 4,308,077 1,421.885 3,029.83 1,289.913 3,339.82 Korea, South 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 Japan 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,777,843 6,333.101 1,859.73 5,745.295 2,050.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 375,149 557.920 672.41 506.137 741.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 375,149 557.920 672.41 506.137 741.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 513,683 280.387 1,832.05 254.363 2,019.49 Sweden 250,765 72.239 3,471.28 65.535 3,826.43 United Kingdom 68,477 26.748 2,560.01 24.266 2,821.93 France 761,483 48.110 15,827.84 43.645 17,447.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,827,773 1,218.246 1,500.33 1,105.175 1,653.83 Austria 363,508 56.928 6,385.30 51.645 7,038.59 Switzerland 11,407 5.079 2,245.72 4.608 2,475.48 China 68,022 73.937 919.99 67.075 1,014.12 Korea, South 77,635 39.502 1,965.32 35.836 2,166.40 Japan 42,497 1.608 26,424.02 1.459 29,127.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,985,250 1,822.789 2,186.35 1,653.607 2,410.03 GRAND TOTAL 425,954,756 375,569.881 1,134.16 340,711.361 1,250.19 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Taiwan 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 20,634,865 45,502.042 453.49 41,278.770 499.89 Mexico 48,151,882 92,054.004 523.08 83,510.012 576.60 Brazil 92,224,365 197,047.712 468.03 178,758.728 515.92 Norway 2,316,276 5,673.904 408.23 5,147.281 450.00 United Kingdom 613,816 920.938 666.51 835.462 734.70 Belgium 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,433,941 10,723.416 413.48 9,728.123 455.79 Russia 57,775,309 121,049.648 477.29 109,814.425 526.12 Ukraine 10,372,004 21,622.418 479.69 19,615.534 528.76 Italy 26,118,351 63,567.076 410.88 57,667.098 452.92 China 15,209,613 33,946.659 448.04 30,795.900 493.88 Taiwan 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 Japan 19,589,786 40,027.884 489.40 36,312.696 539.47 Australia 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 335,142,469 713,364.207 469.81 647,153.306 517.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,565,142 25,099.039 580.31 22,769.472 639.68 Mexico 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 Trinidad and Tobago 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 Brazil 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 Argentina 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 Finland 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 United Kingdom 262,223 391.512 669.77 355.174 738.29 Netherlands 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 Spain 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 Italy 525,176 1,115.428 470.83 1,011.900 519.00 Turkey 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 India 3,377,653 9,178.414 368.00 8,326.520 405.65 Singapore 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 China 46,876,763 118,155.741 396.74 107,189.116 437.33 Korea, South 500,823 878.688 569.97 797.133 628.28 Taiwan 17,217 17.624 976.86 15.989 1,076.80 Japan 9,001,057 13,116.739 686.23 11,899.309 756.44 Egypt 1,530,109 3,307.169 462.66 3,000.215 510.00 South Africa 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 103,872,688 228,474.825 454.64 207,268.934 501.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,055,946 9,125.008 773.25 8,278.071 852.37 Mexico 2,211,636 3,732.378 592.55 3,385.958 653.18 Brazil 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 Norway 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 United Kingdom 779,791 799.232 975.67 725.052 1,075.50 Netherlands 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 Luxembourg 3,809,119 4,843.460 786.45 4,393.915 866.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 Poland 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 Russia 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 Spain 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 Turkey 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 Malaysia 672,102 1,496.698 449.06 1,357.782 495.00 China 4,164,038 8,059.572 516.66 7,311.523 569.52 Korea, South 5,441,583 9,236.815 589.12 8,379.500 649.39 Taiwan 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 Japan 3,506,627 6,150.435 570.14 5,579.583 628.47 South Africa 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,200,416 81,255.624 593.19 73,713.883 653.89 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,165,689 1,195.290 975.23 1,084.350 1,075.01 Luxembourg 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 Federal Republic of Germany 284,176 141.806 2,003.97 128.645 2,208.99 China 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,756,453 2,677.409 1,029.52 2,428.906 1,134.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,955,182 16,113.397 679.88 14,617.832 749.44 Norway 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 United Kingdom 119,186 22.332 5,336.81 20.260 5,882.82 Belgium 127,412 148.900 855.69 135.080 943.23 France 20,686 15.203 1,360.65 13.792 1,499.85 Federal Republic of Germany 434,173 436.429 994.83 395.922 1,096.61 Austria 380,165 493.992 769.58 448.143 848.31 Ukraine 1,046,655 1,546.811 676.65 1,403.244 745.88 Turkey 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 Thailand 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 Malaysia 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 China 3,797 12.683 299.37 11.506 330.00 Korea, South 11,622,489 19,452.942 597.47 17,647.418 658.59 Japan 821,491 952.603 862.36 864.188 950.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 South Africa 2,621,599 3,830.515 684.40 3,474.986 754.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,545,359 96,532.938 554.68 87,573.233 611.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 19,902,424 32,175.222 618.56 29,188.879 681.85 Mexico 6,580,979 10,499.182 626.81 9,524.701 690.94 United Kingdom 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 Netherlands 3,930,516 7,464.701 526.55 6,771.865 580.42 Belgium 326,676 589.956 553.73 535.200 610.38 France 671,969 1,258.743 533.84 1,141.913 588.46 Federal Republic of Germany 5,707,234 10,120.306 563.94 9,180.990 621.64 Russia 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 Italy 1,513,495 3,651.860 414.44 3,312.913 456.85 India 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 Malaysia 1,959,349 4,563.045 429.40 4,139.526 473.33 China 4,595 1.728 2,658.49 1.568 2,930.48 Korea, South 312,800 578.558 540.65 524.860 595.97 Japan 229,143 229.127 1,000.07 207.861 1,102.39 New Zealand 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,691,329 91,950.420 573.04 83,416.042 631.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 Luxembourg 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 Austria 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 Spain 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 Japan 15,882,742 26,259.361 604.84 23,822.099 666.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,091,979 27,396.146 623.88 24,853.373 687.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 Austria 138,142 156.410 883.20 141.893 973.56 China 299,889 426.318 703.44 386.750 775.41 Korea, South 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 Japan 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 901,896 1,173.397 768.62 1,064.489 847.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 230,434 545.839 422.16 495.177 465.36 China 54,388 82.164 661.94 74.538 729.67 Australia 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 644,453 1,186.551 543.13 1,076.422 598.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,170,102 24,840.600 610.70 22,535.020 673.18 Mexico 1,277,211 2,086.554 612.11 1,892.891 674.74 Dominican Republic 44,475 82.673 537.96 75.000 593.00 Brazil 382,735 880.980 434.44 799.212 478.89 Argentina 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 Sweden 35,680 20.083 1,776.63 18.219 1,958.40 United Kingdom 2,448,920 2,989.638 819.14 2,712.155 902.94 France 3,262 1.726 1,889.68 1.566 2,083.01 Federal Republic of Germany 479,280 741.113 646.70 672.327 712.87 Russia 2,116 1.958 1,080.25 1.777 1,190.77 Ukraine 6,249 4.660 1,340.82 4.228 1,478.00 Spain 835,780 1,304.011 640.93 1,182.980 706.50 Turkey 4,520,654 8,699.472 519.65 7,892.031 572.81 India 401,018 507.695 789.88 460.574 870.69 China 1,992,072 2,772.260 718.57 2,514.953 792.09 Korea, South 1,108,569 1,767.339 627.25 1,603.304 691.43 Taiwan 24,413 7.234 3,374.54 6.563 3,719.79 Japan 2,273,891 3,015.149 754.16 2,735.298 831.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,746,922 51,007.989 622.39 46,273.683 686.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,668,307 6,959.615 670.77 6,313.659 739.40 Mexico 3,241,215 5,384.736 601.93 4,884.952 663.51 Brazil 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 Turkey 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 Malaysia 908,631 2,023.423 449.06 1,835.619 495.00 China 321,412 643.535 499.45 583.806 550.55 Korea, South 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 Japan 1,348,441 164.306 8,206.88 149.056 9,046.54 Australia 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,314,518 21,325.414 624.35 19,346.096 688.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,098,663 9,944.295 512.72 9,021.316 565.18 Mexico 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 Dominican Republic 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 Brazil 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 Luxembourg 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 Federal Republic of Germany 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 Turkey 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 India 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 Thailand 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 China 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 Hong Kong 4,908,998 14,055.175 349.27 12,750.644 385.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 24,628,707 53,138.957 463.48 48,206.865 510.90 Japan 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,859,456 316,865.716 441.38 287,455.824 486.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,012,245 3,812.973 1,052.26 3,459.072 1,159.92 Mexico 74,404 110.500 673.34 100.244 742.23 Brazil 33,821 35.717 946.91 32.402 1,043.79 Argentina 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 United Kingdom 1,348,842 1,138.886 1,184.35 1,033.181 1,305.52 France 281,407 250.069 1,125.32 226.859 1,240.45 Federal Republic of Germany 3,922,250 3,691.000 1,062.65 3,348.420 1,171.37 Austria 124,387 67.937 1,830.90 61.632 2,018.22 Switzerland 13,835 4.701 2,942.77 4.265 3,243.85 Russia 1,202,566 97.164 12,376.62 88.146 13,642.89 Ukraine 716,019 1,215.529 589.06 1,102.710 649.33 Spain 394,010 461.971 852.89 419.094 940.15 Italy 350,469 330.457 1,060.56 299.786 1,169.06 Romania 70,157 33.760 2,078.08 30.627 2,290.69 China 309,104 423.892 729.20 384.549 803.81 Korea, South 49,377 63.018 783.54 57.169 863.70 Japan 245,360 180.855 1,356.67 164.069 1,495.47 South Africa 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,296,619 12,137.675 1,095.48 11,011.117 1,207.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,415,295 30,173.134 875.46 27,372.615 965.03 Mexico 4,246,342 4,652.605 912.68 4,220.774 1,006.06 Guatemala 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Dominican Republic 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 Colombia 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 Venezuela 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 Chile 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 Brazil 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 Argentina 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 Sweden 17,244 7.799 2,210.78 7.076 2,436.97 United Kingdom 19,863 41.311 480.81 37.477 530.01 France 33,106 24.904 1,329.32 22.593 1,465.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,264,790 744.439 1,698.98 675.344 1,872.81 Czech Republic 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 Poland 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 Ukraine 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 Spain 920,605 646.938 1,423.02 586.893 1,568.61 Italy 228,061 130.749 1,744.26 118.614 1,922.72 Romania 824,838 1,157.358 712.69 1,049.938 785.61 United Arab Emirates 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 India 1,153,148 1,945.524 592.72 1,764.951 653.36 Thailand 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 Indonesia 918,900 2,026.760 453.38 1,838.647 499.77 China 42,930,551 85,714.157 500.86 77,758.598 552.10 Korea, South 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 Taiwan 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 Japan 2,696,876 3,022.728 892.20 2,742.174 983.48 Australia 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 Algeria 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 South Africa 472,585 842.582 560.88 764.378 618.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,082,256 149,321.028 630.07 135,461.797 694.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,087,388 3,950.623 1,034.62 3,583.946 1,140.47 Mexico 25,000 39.683 629.99 36.000 694.44 Colombia 3,896,183 3,193.456 1,220.05 2,897.056 1,344.88 Venezuela 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 Brazil 1,915,059 1,155.706 1,657.05 1,048.440 1,826.58 France 21,729 53.225 408.25 48.285 450.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,574,479 2,227.762 1,155.63 2,020.993 1,273.87 Austria 12,640,011 7,474.269 1,691.14 6,780.545 1,864.16 Russia 1,282,070 1,821.513 703.85 1,652.450 775.86 Romania 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 India 23,671 18.463 1,282.03 16.750 1,413.19 China 42,437,701 45,411.577 934.51 41,196.702 1,030.12 Korea, South 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 Taiwan 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 Japan 1,356,197 283.141 4,789.82 256.862 5,279.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,007,389 84,771.771 1,014.58 76,903.679 1,118.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 353,276 157.282 2,246.13 142.684 2,475.93 Mexico 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 Brazil 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 Federal Republic of Germany 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 Czech Republic 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 Russia 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 Italy 14,396,750 16,243.877 886.29 14,736.202 976.96 Romania 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 India 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 China 6,164,640 8,941.973 689.40 8,112.024 759.94 Korea, South 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 Taiwan 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 Japan 9,072,815 10,189.952 890.37 9,244.172 981.46 South Africa 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 42,249,346 56,709.674 745.01 51,446.166 821.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 79,525 70.324 1,130.84 63.797 1,246.53 Mexico 3,085,747 3,317.996 930.00 3,010.037 1,025.15 Venezuela 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 Brazil 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 Argentina 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 United Kingdom 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 France 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 Austria 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 Slovakia 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 Russia 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 Ukraine 237,878 197.664 1,203.45 179.318 1,326.57 Spain 568,471 459.134 1,238.14 416.520 1,364.81 Romania 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 China 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 Korea, South 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 Taiwan 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 Japan 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,146,447 38,320.084 995.47 34,763.406 1,097.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 Venezuela 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 Greece 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 China 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 Korea, South 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 Taiwan 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 South Africa 1,813,625 3,126.373 580.11 2,836.199 639.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,892,644 34,021.285 614.11 30,863.600 676.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,505,714 6,897.897 1,233.09 6,257.669 1,359.25 Mexico 10,992,940 13,250.707 829.61 12,020.843 914.49 Costa Rica 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 Dominican Republic 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 Colombia 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 Brazil 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 Argentina 82,749 55.703 1,485.54 50.533 1,637.52 Sweden 109,163 47.937 2,277.20 43.488 2,510.19 Denmark 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 United Kingdom 3,058 0.033 92,472.39 0.030 101,933.33 Netherlands 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 Belgium 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 804,016 525.859 1,528.96 477.052 1,685.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,235,217 1,195.595 1,869.54 1,084.626 2,060.82 Austria 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 Slovakia 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 Switzerland 1,294,960 464.078 2,790.39 421.005 3,075.88 Poland 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 Russia 758,302 979.779 773.95 888.841 853.14 Belarus 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 Ukraine 16,617 21.164 785.14 19.200 865.47 Spain 866,575 529.620 1,636.22 480.464 1,803.62 Italy 698,103 639.966 1,090.84 580.568 1,202.45 Romania 982,113 973.820 1,008.52 883.435 1,111.70 Turkey 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 United Arab Emirates 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 India 1,067,073 785.731 1,358.06 712.804 1,497.01 Thailand 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 15,035,370 20,899.249 719.42 18,959.486 793.03 Korea, South 1,837,366 2,495.299 736.33 2,263.698 811.67 Taiwan 65,507 50.953 1,285.63 46.224 1,417.16 Japan 2,407,471 1,459.923 1,649.04 1,324.421 1,817.75 Australia 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 South Africa 714,465 1,123.282 636.05 1,019.025 701.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,890,848 59,935.272 899.15 54,372.380 991.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,392 48.165 1,502.99 43.695 1,656.76 Mexico 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 Brazil 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 Argentina 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 Netherlands 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 France 262,567 218.786 1,200.11 198.480 1,322.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,766,546 1,244.261 2,223.44 1,128.775 2,450.93 Czech Republic 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 Slovakia 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 Poland 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 Ukraine 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 Italy 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 Romania 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 India 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 China 2,119,153 2,526.664 838.72 2,292.152 924.53 Korea, South 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 Japan 168,000 126.795 1,324.97 115.027 1,460.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,921,288 6,882.888 1,732.02 6,244.053 1,909.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,247,363 590.548 2,112.21 535.737 2,328.31 Mexico 398,127 151.622 2,625.77 137.550 2,894.42 Ecuador 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,125 0.397 5,340.08 0.361 5,886.43 India 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 Vietnam 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 China 177,043 74.741 2,368.75 67.804 2,611.10 Japan 387,293 90.138 4,296.66 81.772 4,736.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,322,494 981.058 2,367.33 890.002 2,609.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,055,477 21,342.182 892.86 19,361.308 984.20 Mexico 7,745,866 6,417.756 1,206.94 5,822.092 1,330.43 Finland 2,123 1.000 2,121.09 0.908 2,338.11 Belgium 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 France 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 Federal Republic of Germany 23,451 9.371 2,502.28 8.502 2,758.29 Austria 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 Switzerland 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 Italy 13,065 8.848 1,476.56 8.027 1,627.63 Turkey 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 China 8,155,116 15,593.444 522.98 14,146.139 576.49 Korea, South 3,191,712 6,781.749 470.63 6,152.301 518.78 Taiwan 187,915 57.841 3,248.79 52.473 3,581.18 Japan 2,091,326 3,061.553 683.09 2,777.395 752.98 Australia 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 South Africa 38,369 108.598 353.31 98.519 389.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,763,484 67,031.687 712.55 60,810.141 785.45 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 108,542 139.121 780.20 126.209 860.02 Mexico 350,408 276.131 1,268.99 250.502 1,398.82 China 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 Korea, South 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 Japan 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 Algeria 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,828,377 2,437.627 750.06 2,211.379 826.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,634,743 17,537.015 891.53 15,909.317 982.74 Mexico 6,698,012 7,486.508 894.68 6,791.648 986.21 Dominican Republic 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 Colombia 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 Venezuela 580,545 712.732 814.53 646.580 897.87 Ecuador 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 Brazil 640,628 900.893 711.10 817.277 783.86 Argentina 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 Sweden 246,719 109.127 2,260.83 98.999 2,492.14 Finland 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 United Kingdom 309,649 253.886 1,219.64 230.322 1,344.42 Netherlands 74,982 75.334 995.33 68.342 1,097.16 Belgium 482,971 372.113 1,297.91 337.576 1,430.70 France 591,923 360.000 1,644.23 326.587 1,812.45 Federal Republic of Germany 804,020 636.141 1,263.90 577.098 1,393.21 Austria 376,124 66.084 5,691.55 59.951 6,273.86 Czech Republic 272,890 208.812 1,306.86 189.432 1,440.57 Switzerland 2,013 0.037 53,710.69 0.034 59,205.88 Poland 1,037,946 996.255 1,041.85 903.788 1,148.44 Russia 66,756 88.537 753.98 80.320 831.13 Belarus 280,902 302.937 927.26 274.820 1,022.13 Ukraine 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 Moldova 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 Spain 341,822 346.291 987.09 314.150 1,088.09 Italy 494,160 357.660 1,381.65 324.464 1,523.00 Greece 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 Turkey 50,652 88.537 572.10 80.320 630.63 Israel 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 India 286,479 438.607 653.16 397.898 719.98 Thailand 258,562 391.631 660.22 355.282 727.77 Malaysia 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 Indonesia 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 China 9,467,455 13,911.082 680.57 12,619.925 750.20 Korea, South 1,867,372 1,946.380 959.41 1,765.727 1,057.57 Hong Kong 96,572 20.755 4,652.86 18.829 5,128.90 Taiwan 1,089,200 1,377.120 790.93 1,249.303 871.85 Japan 2,617,715 2,545.367 1,028.42 2,309.119 1,133.64 Australia 67,571 86.082 784.95 78.093 865.26 South Africa 1,151,755 1,708.270 674.22 1,549.717 743.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,398,027 56,278.183 859.98 51,054.724 947.96 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 Mexico 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 Brazil 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 Belgium 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 Taiwan 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 Japan 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,364,368 9,092.961 589.95 8,248.998 650.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 10,601,225 14,818.653 715.40 13,443.260 788.59 Brazil 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 Norway 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 Netherlands 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 Belgium 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 France 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 Spain 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 China 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 Korea, South 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 Taiwan 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,172,803 40,855.220 689.58 37,063.243 760.13 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,165,938 2,617.815 827.38 2,374.843 912.03 Brazil 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 United Kingdom 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 Netherlands 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 France 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 Federal Republic of Germany 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 Taiwan 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 Japan 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,576,547 6,169.063 741.85 5,596.482 817.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 36,417,280 58,190.575 625.83 52,789.617 689.86 Mexico 14,431,039 23,674.850 609.55 21,477.469 671.92 Sweden 41,793 47.949 871.61 43.499 960.78 Netherlands 9,253,309 17,989.808 514.36 16,320.084 566.99 Belgium 2,870,522 5,028.041 570.90 4,561.364 629.31 France 9,110,517 17,063.553 533.92 15,479.800 588.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,083,623 1,895.197 571.77 1,719.295 630.27 Austria 213,256 347.426 613.82 315.180 676.62 Russia 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 Spain 601,271 968.444 620.86 878.558 684.38 Italy 769,111 1,905.430 403.64 1,728.578 444.94 Turkey 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 India 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 Malaysia 29,518,410 61,604.105 479.16 55,886.320 528.19 Korea, South 45,390,253 96,800.094 468.91 87,815.593 516.88 Taiwan 3,049,843 4,923.163 619.49 4,466.220 682.87 Japan 214,749 343.127 625.86 311.280 689.89 Australia 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 New Zealand 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 Egypt 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 193,206,025 366,537.969 527.11 332,517.746 581.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 19,418,623 26,755.775 725.77 24,272.438 800.03 Mexico 6,885,776 10,516.092 654.78 9,540.041 721.78 Brazil 22,088,076 36,520.918 604.81 33,131.229 666.68 Argentina 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 Sweden 10,699 16.506 648.19 14.974 714.51 United Kingdom 72,286 43.366 1,666.88 39.341 1,837.42 Netherlands 6,018,295 9,560.819 629.47 8,673.432 693.88 Belgium 5,982,552 9,817.898 609.35 8,906.650 671.69 France 25,832 27.326 945.32 24.790 1,042.03 Federal Republic of Germany 339,738 456.781 743.77 414.385 819.86 Austria 173,416 271.851 637.91 246.620 703.17 Russia 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 Italy 903,704 1,973.489 457.92 1,790.320 504.77 Turkey 6,209,835 10,498.189 591.51 9,523.800 652.03 India 9,658,434 16,740.151 576.96 15,186.414 635.99 China 21,827,538 38,162.570 571.96 34,620.511 630.48 Korea, South 3,837,638 6,307.194 608.45 5,721.792 670.71 Taiwan 20,453,665 41,795.958 489.37 37,916.666 539.44 Japan 2,616,881 4,203.520 622.55 3,813.371 686.24 New Zealand 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 South Africa 1,043,112 2,171.917 480.27 1,970.331 529.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 133,994,408 226,445.834 591.73 205,428.263 652.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,481,613 34,283.213 743.27 31,101.217 819.31 Mexico 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 Costa Rica 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 Colombia 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 Venezuela 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 Brazil 12,251,150 17,775.890 689.20 16,126.021 759.71 Argentina 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 Sweden 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 Netherlands 571,711 874.849 653.50 793.650 720.36 Belgium 128,652 162.319 792.58 147.254 873.67 France 4,988 6.084 819.75 5.520 903.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,576,185 2,862.249 550.68 2,596.590 607.02 Austria 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 Kazakhstan 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Spain 31,746 39.731 799.01 36.044 880.76 Turkey 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 India 61,772,256 75,705.251 815.96 68,678.668 899.44 Pakistan 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Indonesia 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 China 52,435,377 73,760.770 710.88 66,914.664 783.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 16,515,750 21,312.433 774.93 19,334.320 854.22 Hong Kong 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 Taiwan 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 Japan 459,377 614.036 748.13 557.045 824.67 New Zealand 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 223,745,655 295,124.841 758.14 267,732.828 835.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 116,531 135.497 860.03 122.921 948.02 Mexico 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 Sweden 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 Belgium 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 Luxembourg 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,996,978 2,971.621 672.02 2,695.810 740.77 China 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 Korea, South 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 Taiwan 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 Japan 1,323,485 649.341 2,038.20 589.073 2,246.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,976,615 8,164.589 854.50 7,406.793 941.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,646,074 4,949.044 1,140.84 4,489.699 1,257.56 Mexico 8,651,007 9,545.260 906.31 8,659.317 999.04 Chile 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 Brazil 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 United Kingdom 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 Belgium 280,061 187.095 1,496.89 169.730 1,650.04 Luxembourg 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 France 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 Federal Republic of Germany 669,955 277.797 2,411.66 252.014 2,658.40 Austria 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 Italy 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 India 636,476 689.253 923.43 625.280 1,017.91 China 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 Korea, South 20,921,423 26,863.994 778.79 24,370.613 858.47 Taiwan 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 Japan 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,775,810 74,937.186 837.71 67,981.891 923.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,146,114 3,495.626 613.94 3,171.180 676.76 Mexico 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 United Kingdom 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 Federal Republic of Germany 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 Japan 2,456 3.009 816.13 2.730 899.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,089,112 4,586.755 673.49 4,161.036 742.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,364,607 2,583.864 915.14 2,344.043 1,008.77 Mexico 469,565 504.827 930.15 457.972 1,025.31 Chile 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 Brazil 101,097 81.692 1,237.53 74.110 1,364.15 Sweden 308,550 77.736 3,969.20 70.521 4,375.29 United Kingdom 861,559 409.318 2,104.86 371.328 2,320.21 Belgium 41,452 44.545 930.55 40.411 1,025.76 France 167,999 36.296 4,628.47 32.928 5,102.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,377,675 1,481.932 1,604.44 1,344.387 1,768.59 Austria 177,961 38.637 4,605.96 35.051 5,077.20 Switzerland 125,669 59.789 2,101.86 54.240 2,316.91 Italy 91,073 43.569 2,090.27 39.526 2,304.13 India 207,408 186.438 1,112.48 169.134 1,226.29 China 1,034,890 1,699.167 609.06 1,541.459 671.37 Korea, South 1,429,383 1,449.144 986.36 1,314.642 1,087.28 Taiwan 291,272 207.767 1,401.91 188.484 1,545.34 Japan 388,085 338.201 1,147.50 306.811 1,264.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,454,092 9,257.761 1,129.22 8,398.502 1,244.76 GRAND TOTAL 1,932,932,704 3,243,232.585 595.99 2,942,211.939 656.97 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 United Kingdom 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 Federal Republic of Germany 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 Italy 840,278 321.561 2,613.12 291.716 2,880.47 India 2,771 0.353 7,831.18 0.321 8,632.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,002,823 353.890 2,833.71 321.044 3,123.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 76,415 1.940 39,387.81 1.760 43,417.61 Brazil 38,736 4.157 9,316.20 3.772 10,269.35 Sweden 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 United Kingdom 18,182,541 5,862.719 3,101.38 5,318.571 3,418.69 Ireland 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 Netherlands 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 Federal Republic of Germany 460,203 122.548 3,755.28 111.174 4,139.48 Ukraine 303,291 111.631 2,716.91 101.270 2,994.88 Spain 567,468 207.708 2,732.04 188.430 3,011.56 Italy 756,497 346.762 2,181.60 314.578 2,404.80 Singapore 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 China 13,385 0.498 26,864.32 0.452 29,612.83 Japan 69,178 2.332 29,658.43 2.116 32,692.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,423,027 8,867.849 3,205.18 8,044.780 3,533.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 United Kingdom 1,535,630 419.909 3,657.05 380.936 4,031.20 France 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 Italy 141,885 40.662 3,489.37 36.888 3,846.37 India 31,405 17.952 1,749.36 16.286 1,928.34 China 679,989 369.183 1,841.87 334.918 2,030.31 Taiwan 2,001,856 613.520 3,262.90 556.577 3,596.73 Japan 79,928 11.728 6,814.80 10.640 7,512.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,542,461 1,717.034 3,227.93 1,557.668 3,558.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Switzerland 28,790 4.567 6,302.57 4.144 6,947.39 Italy 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 India 993,200 280.233 3,544.18 254.224 3,906.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,077,436 297.671 3,619.55 270.043 3,989.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 61,828 10.067 6,141.40 9.133 6,769.74 Sweden 807,242 185.650 4,348.19 168.419 4,793.06 Finland 715,044 234.803 3,045.29 213.010 3,356.86 United Kingdom 2,599 2.194 1,184.22 1.991 1,305.37 Belgium 5,651,452 1,121.513 5,039.13 1,017.420 5,554.69 France 1,012,232 192.116 5,268.85 174.285 5,807.91 Federal Republic of Germany 820,411 341.695 2,401.00 309.981 2,646.65 Austria 5,782 1.642 3,520.36 1.490 3,880.54 Italy 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 Slovenia 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 China 56,139 20.976 2,676.22 19.030 2,950.03 Korea, South 1,204,968 483.896 2,490.13 438.984 2,744.90 Taiwan 8,882,682 967.450 9,181.53 877.657 10,120.90 Japan 721,982 257.906 2,799.39 233.969 3,085.80 South Africa 692,279 270.447 2,559.75 245.346 2,821.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,171,373 4,329.810 4,889.68 3,927.939 5,389.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 Finland 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 Belgium 1,916,134 630.369 3,039.70 571.862 3,350.69 Federal Republic of Germany 38,427 20.117 1,910.16 18.250 2,105.59 Spain 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 China 200,854 122.443 1,640.38 111.079 1,808.21 Korea, South 448,749 173.491 2,586.57 157.389 2,851.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,462,363 1,760.421 3,102.87 1,597.028 3,420.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,065 13.322 1,205.85 12.086 1,329.22 Trinidad and Tobago 41,497 41.948 989.24 38.055 1,090.45 Brazil 63,941 5.860 10,909.59 5.317 12,025.77 Sweden 2,366,614 739.292 3,201.19 670.675 3,528.70 United Kingdom 460,260 124.749 3,689.47 113.171 4,066.94 France 324,620 36.507 8,891.89 33.119 9,801.62 Federal Republic of Germany 614,401 122.334 5,022.30 110.980 5,536.14 Austria 834,940 281.815 2,962.72 255.659 3,265.83 Switzerland 521,637 93.560 5,575.38 84.877 6,145.80 Portugal 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy 658,812 112.368 5,862.96 101.939 6,462.81 India 357,873 90.119 3,971.10 81.755 4,377.38 China 139,685 38.214 3,655.25 34.668 4,029.22 Taiwan 1,322,012 369.384 3,578.96 335.100 3,945.13 Japan 38,340 18.867 2,032.10 17.116 2,240.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,324,269 2,264.682 3,675.69 2,054.486 4,051.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 India 3,062,342 1,036.583 2,954.26 940.373 3,256.52 China 56,510 21.115 2,676.19 19.156 2,949.99 Japan 3,458 0.058 59,189.54 0.053 65,245.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,266,456 1,095.474 2,981.77 993.798 3,286.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 238,850 28.936 8,254.21 26.251 9,098.70 Mexico 68,699 20.595 3,335.62 18.684 3,676.89 Sweden 945,814 233.165 4,056.41 211.524 4,471.43 United Kingdom 644,021 156.180 4,123.56 141.685 4,545.44 France 1,269,346 393.063 3,229.37 356.581 3,559.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,091,881 547.093 3,823.63 496.315 4,214.83 Austria 101,463 27.520 3,686.84 24.966 4,064.05 Czech Republic 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 Switzerland 513,236 87.025 5,897.55 78.948 6,500.94 Latvia 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 Ukraine 132,459 39.021 3,394.49 35.400 3,741.78 Spain 5,868 1.104 5,312.74 1.002 5,856.29 Italy 4,522,891 852.891 5,303.01 773.730 5,845.57 Slovenia 23,339 10.665 2,188.18 9.676 2,412.05 Saudi Arabia 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 United Arab Emirates 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 India 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 China 282,322 86.116 3,278.36 78.124 3,613.77 Korea, South 157,620 70.554 2,234.02 64.006 2,462.58 Taiwan 5,826,745 1,488.877 3,913.52 1,350.687 4,313.91 Japan 370,115 65.490 5,651.43 59.412 6,229.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,156,328 5,344.184 3,958.76 4,848.164 4,363.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,639,092 1,729.002 6,153.31 1,568.525 6,782.86 Mexico 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 Uruguay 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Sweden 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 Finland 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 Denmark 57,396 10.013 5,731.92 9.084 6,318.36 United Kingdom 789,219 126.869 6,220.72 115.094 6,857.17 Ireland 16,133 0.469 34,355.91 0.426 37,870.89 France 1,274,304 239.601 5,318.43 217.363 5,862.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,509,721 341.319 7,352.99 309.640 8,105.29 Austria 349,976 48.730 7,181.80 44.208 7,916.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 Slovakia 75,003 10.993 6,822.58 9.973 7,520.61 Switzerland 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 Ukraine 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 Spain 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 Italy 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 India 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 Thailand 480,941 137.482 3,498.20 124.722 3,856.10 Malaysia 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 Singapore 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 China 13,960,944 3,495.324 3,994.18 3,170.906 4,402.82 Korea, South 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 Taiwan 8,579,769 1,864.971 4,600.48 1,691.874 5,071.16 Japan 4,519,542 945.006 4,782.55 857.296 5,271.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,886,019 11,480.637 4,867.85 10,415.062 5,365.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 755,447 145.848 5,179.65 132.312 5,709.59 Mexico 507,879 114.570 4,432.88 103.937 4,886.41 Sweden 991,964 108.123 9,174.36 98.088 10,113.00 United Kingdom 494,744 78.466 6,305.13 71.184 6,950.21 Netherlands 46,700 0.189 246,311.28 0.172 271,511.63 Belgium 26,206 2.118 12,369.25 1.922 13,634.76 France 331,816 33.441 9,922.16 30.338 10,937.31 Federal Republic of Germany 954,099 135.120 7,061.11 122.579 7,783.54 Czech Republic 11,893 2.843 4,181.84 2.580 4,609.69 Switzerland 414,118 60.337 6,863.39 54.737 7,565.60 Spain 58,089 4.828 12,031.39 4.380 13,262.33 Italy 154,646 79.313 1,949.81 71.952 2,149.29 India 3,001,025 894.945 3,353.31 811.881 3,696.39 Thailand 247,042 68.839 3,588.68 62.450 3,955.84 Vietnam 62,276 18.103 3,440.04 16.423 3,792.00 China 2,322,051 666.737 3,482.71 604.854 3,839.03 Korea, South 3,228,303 715.957 4,509.07 649.506 4,970.40 Hong Kong 78,783 17.989 4,379.34 16.320 4,827.39 Taiwan 2,093,889 424.094 4,937.32 384.732 5,442.46 Japan 550,370 71.625 7,683.95 64.978 8,470.10 Australia 79,739 21.532 3,703.19 19.534 4,082.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,411,079 3,665.028 4,477.75 3,324.859 4,935.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Finland 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 Belgium 39,671 8.809 4,503.12 7.992 4,963.84 France 10,519 3.191 3,296.26 2.895 3,633.51 Federal Republic of Germany 343,111 97.302 3,526.24 88.271 3,887.02 Taiwan 49,439 14.930 3,311.21 13.545 3,649.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,116,308 731.850 1,525.32 663.924 1,681.38 South Africa 883,357 1,015.570 869.81 921.310 958.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,623,856 1,927.973 1,360.94 1,749.029 1,500.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 352,426 136.975 2,572.92 124.262 2,836.15 Mexico 26,042,022 9,901.175 2,630.19 8,982.198 2,899.29 Brazil 9,050,539 2,993.421 3,023.48 2,715.587 3,332.81 Sweden 2,730,711 565.000 4,833.11 512.560 5,327.59 Finland 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 United Kingdom 105,661 12.742 8,291.87 11.560 9,140.22 Netherlands 201,906 29.365 6,875.60 26.640 7,579.05 Belgium 3,144,512 933.858 3,367.23 847.182 3,711.73 France 1,964,395 953.815 2,059.51 865.287 2,270.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,869,140 510.735 3,659.70 463.332 4,034.13 Austria 171,857 176.308 974.75 159.944 1,074.48 Spain 326,692 102.151 3,198.12 92.670 3,525.33 Italy 896,822 309.683 2,895.93 280.940 3,192.22 India 740,452 219.745 3,369.59 199.350 3,714.33 Thailand 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 Indonesia 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 China 26,505,399 10,447.617 2,536.98 9,477.922 2,796.54 Korea, South 2,979,566 1,185.607 2,513.11 1,075.565 2,770.23 Taiwan 13,796,227 2,325.551 5,932.46 2,109.705 6,539.41 Japan 967,466 413.849 2,337.72 375.438 2,576.90 South Africa 5,487,269 1,744.834 3,144.86 1,582.888 3,466.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,260,675 33,841.993 2,962.61 30,700.949 3,265.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 Slovenia 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 Japan 24,514 9.832 2,493.13 8.920 2,748.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 927,295 337.613 2,746.62 306.278 3,027.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 36,218 11.655 3,107.28 10.574 3,425.19 Mexico 3,164,879 1,124.101 2,815.47 1,019.768 3,103.53 Sweden 926,045 121.818 7,601.84 110.512 8,379.59 Finland 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 United Kingdom 85,641 15.541 5,510.48 14.099 6,074.26 Netherlands 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 Belgium 99,125 16.669 5,946.62 15.122 6,555.02 France 406,240 152.084 2,671.14 137.969 2,944.43 Federal Republic of Germany 798,648 178.151 4,482.98 161.616 4,941.64 Hungary 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 3,604 0.181 19,815.12 0.165 21,842.42 India 964,078 260.619 3,699.18 236.430 4,077.65 China 175,503 40.734 4,308.43 36.954 4,749.23 Korea, South 291,861 185.863 1,570.29 168.613 1,730.95 Taiwan 342,281 115.538 2,962.48 104.815 3,265.57 Japan 2,265,079 272.236 8,320.26 246.969 9,171.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,722,317 2,879.935 3,723.11 2,612.634 4,104.03 GRAND TOTAL 282,257,777 80,164.201 3,521.00 72,723.761 3,881.23