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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,433,933 47,824.213 469.09 43,385.409 517.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,565,142 25,099.039 580.31 22,769.472 639.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,570,955 9,937.025 761.89 9,014.720 839.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,165,689 1,195.290 975.23 1,084.350 1,075.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,773,573 29,786.222 898.86 27,021.614 990.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 21,181,272 33,920.490 624.44 30,772.160 688.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 230,434 545.839 422.16 495.177 465.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,043,193 51,362.429 643.33 46,595.225 709.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,883,441 7,302.726 668.71 6,624.924 737.13 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,098,663 9,944.295 512.72 9,021.316 565.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,573,933 6,770.604 1,414.04 6,142.191 1,558.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 725,819 472.593 1,535.82 428.730 1,692.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,713,005 30,222.488 883.88 27,417.388 974.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,473,674 7,998.627 1,309.43 7,256.235 1,443.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 34,857,272 30,035.897 1,160.52 27,248.116 1,279.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 89,225 71.574 1,246.61 64.931 1,374.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,480,548 8,025.121 1,305.97 7,280.270 1,439.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,392 48.165 1,502.99 43.695 1,656.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,639,092 1,729.002 6,153.31 1,568.525 6,782.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,142,221 1,046.702 3,002.02 949.553 3,309.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,453,210 21,617.963 899.86 19,611.492 991.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 426,872 488.371 874.07 443.043 963.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,644,998 17,889.374 930.44 16,228.972 1,025.63 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,601,225 14,818.653 715.40 13,443.260 788.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,165,938 2,617.815 827.38 2,374.843 912.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,119,377 62,501.313 625.90 56,700.253 689.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,166,884 29,930.555 740.61 27,152.551 816.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,532,785 40,850.084 747.44 37,058.584 823.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,338,238 1,056.343 1,266.86 958.299 1,396.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,646,074 4,949.044 1,140.84 4,489.699 1,257.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,521,263 4,053.546 621.99 3,677.317 685.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,914,508 2,875.907 1,013.42 2,608.980 1,117.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 397,673,827 507,458.325 783.66 460,358.579 863.83 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,319,849 132,733.125 537.32 120,413.500 592.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,211,636 3,732.378 592.55 3,385.958 653.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,580,979 10,499.182 626.81 9,524.701 690.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,733,483 4,160.807 656.96 3,774.622 724.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,846,669 6,451.627 596.23 5,852.820 657.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 143,103 131.095 1,091.59 118.928 1,203.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,246,342 4,652.605 912.68 4,220.774 1,006.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,400 78.043 543.29 70.800 598.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,224,414 3,462.583 931.22 3,141.204 1,026.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,419,961 13,475.190 847.48 12,224.491 934.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 401,412 163.596 2,453.68 148.412 2,704.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,798,994 6,494.342 1,200.89 5,891.570 1,323.75 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 350,408 276.131 1,268.99 250.502 1,398.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,423,773 8,540.453 986.34 7,747.771 1,087.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,431,039 23,674.850 609.55 21,477.469 671.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,927,798 20,417.267 1,612.74 18,522.239 1,777.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,651,007 9,545.260 906.31 8,659.317 999.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,634,444 1,628.929 2,231.19 1,477.740 2,459.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 194,908,498 265,064.938 735.32 240,462.935 810.56 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 462,174 364.071 1,269.46 330.280 1,399.34 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 44,475 82.673 537.96 75.000 593.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,769,405 16,034.267 484.55 14,546.047 534.12 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 286,118 551.919 518.41 500.693 571.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,100,804 6,159.983 503.38 5,588.245 554.88 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,831,918 3,886.760 1,243.17 3,526.011 1,370.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,948,745 7,894.972 1,006.81 7,162.201 1,109.82 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 596,265 731.691 814.91 663.780 898.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,389,574 8,960.527 824.68 8,128.856 909.05 Ecuador PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,695 98.024 823.22 88.926 907.44 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,478 758.294 694.29 687.913 765.33 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,824,704 197,915.017 469.01 179,545.534 517.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 558,196 951.962 586.36 863.606 646.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 171,168 76.621 2,233.94 69.510 2,462.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,570,526 565.967 2,774.94 513.437 3,058.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,659,273 2,373.651 1,541.62 2,153.341 1,699.35 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 699,611 998.864 700.41 906.155 772.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,462,896 40,040.129 785.78 36,323.805 866.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,428,042 19,285.952 696.26 17,495.927 767.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 101,097 81.692 1,237.53 74.110 1,364.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,338,566 309,694.419 569.40 280,950.131 627.65 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 795,547 297.113 2,677.59 269.537 2,951.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,860,141 11,836.807 1,170.94 10,738.174 1,290.74 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,895,089 8,418.409 1,650.56 7,637.055 1,819.43 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,115,281 1,064.411 2,926.76 965.618 3,226.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,022,066 284.366 3,594.19 257.973 3,961.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,577,463 506.204 3,116.26 459.221 3,435.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,769 7.915 3,381.76 7.181 3,727.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 651,199 412.572 1,578.39 374.280 1,739.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 135,875 84.778 1,602.70 76.910 1,766.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,238,683 217.251 5,701.62 197.087 6,284.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,326,403 5,892.997 734.16 5,346.039 809.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,761,182 1,911.632 1,967.52 1,734.204 2,168.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,485,360 271.794 5,465.01 246.568 6,024.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,652,738 22,734.088 1,964.13 20,624.024 2,165.08 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,864,071 14,364.511 408.23 13,031.269 450.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,183,799 17,420.288 469.79 15,803.424 517.85 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 993,615 472.749 2,101.78 428.871 2,316.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 311,402 83.709 3,720.03 75.940 4,100.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,307,333 2,329.464 2,707.63 2,113.255 2,984.65 Denmark INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,396 10.013 5,731.92 9.084 6,318.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,689 13.573 5,207.73 12.314 5,740.54 United Kingdom IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,895,785 6,796.264 2,780.32 6,165.469 3,064.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,797,853 811.422 2,215.68 736.110 2,442.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,402,948 4,520.944 752.71 4,101.333 829.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 335,934 221.022 1,519.91 200.508 1,675.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,830,639 3,735.696 1,025.41 3,388.968 1,130.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,768,521 1,937.415 1,945.13 1,757.594 2,144.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 316,793 49.398 6,412.95 44.814 7,069.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,637 42.279 535.42 38.355 590.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 488,428 41.880 11,662.53 37.993 12,855.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 212,792 141.263 1,506.35 128.152 1,660.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 789,219 126.869 6,220.72 115.094 6,857.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,097,796 354.052 3,100.66 321.191 3,417.89 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 550,600 405.822 1,356.75 368.156 1,495.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,015,677 451.609 2,249.02 409.693 2,479.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,820,695 21,545.127 1,801.83 19,545.416 1,986.18 Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,133 0.469 34,355.91 0.426 37,870.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,820 3.698 5,629.68 3.355 6,205.66 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,383,647 18,716.811 554.78 16,979.611 611.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,977 76.378 1,793.41 69.289 1,976.89 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,900,783 21,050.221 517.85 19,096.445 570.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,262,465 12,692.094 650.99 11,514.078 717.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 631,596 968.058 652.44 878.208 719.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 36,053,118 59,424.341 606.71 53,908.871 668.78 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,184,147 2,997.332 3,731.37 2,719.135 4,113.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,242,810 1,220.326 1,837.88 1,107.062 2,025.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 509,177 374.232 1,360.59 339.498 1,499.79 BLACK PLATE...........................28 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 TIN PLATE.............................29 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,914,383 5,038.041 578.48 4,570.436 637.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,902,880 12,472.529 874.15 11,314.892 963.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 378,098 408.476 925.63 370.564 1,020.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 280,061 187.095 1,496.89 169.730 1,650.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 140,577 61.214 2,296.46 55.533 2,531.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,135,794 25,559.139 1,179.06 23,186.868 1,299.69 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,809,119 4,843.460 786.45 4,393.915 866.91 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,287,068 7,389.420 850.82 6,703.571 937.87 France WIRE RODS..............................3 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,963,158 884.772 2,218.83 802.652 2,445.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,689,298 2,653.605 636.60 2,407.311 701.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,244,532 552.034 2,254.45 500.797 2,485.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,627,138 3,197.678 1,759.76 2,900.886 1,939.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,457 26.511 1,488.29 24.051 1,640.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 33,489 84.089 398.25 76.285 439.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 986,558 617.014 1,598.92 559.746 1,762.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,176,267 982.247 2,215.60 891.080 2,442.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,274,304 239.601 5,318.43 217.363 5,862.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 927,149 393.715 2,354.87 357.173 2,595.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,877,813 19,405.940 560.54 17,604.778 617.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,369,636 1,408.680 1,682.17 1,277.934 1,854.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 298,057 375.336 794.11 340.500 875.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,335,722 236.492 5,648.06 214.542 6,225.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,522,097 40,258.581 981.71 36,521.981 1,082.15 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,254,354 12,130.753 598.01 11,004.838 659.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 STEEL PILING...........................5 284,176 141.806 2,003.97 128.645 2,208.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,298,552 3,915.135 1,864.19 3,551.752 2,054.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,745,661 10,140.423 566.61 9,199.240 624.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,133,676 1,260.935 1,692.14 1,143.902 1,865.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,533,759 4,455.049 1,466.60 4,041.554 1,616.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,685,770 2,589.675 1,809.40 2,349.315 1,994.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,960,075 1,150.761 1,703.28 1,043.954 1,877.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,862,478 8,892.364 1,671.38 8,067.020 1,842.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,684,217 2,561.474 1,828.72 2,323.731 2,015.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,073,706 1,987.366 2,552.98 1,802.909 2,814.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,509,721 341.319 7,352.99 309.640 8,105.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,416 2.086 3,074.75 1.893 3,389.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,504 11.177 2,818.54 10.140 3,106.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,130,277 870.174 2,448.10 789.409 2,698.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,426,734 1,992.499 716.05 1,807.566 789.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,903,886 3,108.323 1,255.95 2,819.824 1,384.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,128,383 10,979.480 558.17 9,960.420 615.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,581,669 8,543.075 653.36 7,750.150 720.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 669,955 277.797 2,411.66 252.014 2,658.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,004,096 2,878.330 1,738.54 2,611.178 1,916.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,354,942 92,195.954 1,077.65 83,638.787 1,187.91 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,521,201 2,115.879 1,191.56 1,919.494 1,313.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 138,142 156.410 883.20 141.893 973.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,175,270 351.862 3,340.14 319.204 3,681.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 225,850 95.457 2,365.96 86.598 2,608.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,918,959 476.252 4,029.29 432.049 4,441.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,810,503 13,394.818 1,404.31 12,151.578 1,547.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 349,976 48.730 7,181.80 44.208 7,916.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 549,408 111.044 4,947.63 100.738 5,453.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 510,625 724.835 704.47 657.560 776.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 430,492 471.213 913.58 427.478 1,007.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 541,469 95.565 5,665.92 86.696 6,245.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,369,012 20,047.796 1,464.95 18,187.060 1,614.83 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 446,460 924.562 482.89 838.749 532.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 292,397 226.048 1,293.51 205.068 1,425.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,236,650 1,822.256 1,776.18 1,653.124 1,957.90 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 75,003 10.993 6,822.58 9.973 7,520.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,012,719 778.748 1,300.44 706.469 1,433.49 Hungary STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,790 4.567 6,302.57 4.144 6,947.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 567,776 117.874 4,816.78 106.934 5,309.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 527,071 91.726 5,746.11 83.213 6,334.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,540,520 584.001 2,637.87 529.797 2,907.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 416,131 60.374 6,892.48 54.771 7,597.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 137,076 64.868 2,113.13 58.848 2,329.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,401,568 982.681 3,461.52 891.474 3,815.67 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,182,443 1,116.872 1,058.71 1,013.210 1,167.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,949,166 2,269.344 858.91 2,058.715 946.79 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,977,187 121,165.545 478.50 109,919.565 527.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 83,975 73.254 1,146.35 66.455 1,263.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,652,630 682.440 2,421.65 619.100 2,669.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,008,966 244.825 4,121.16 222.102 4,542.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,686,286 2,828.915 949.58 2,566.350 1,046.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 758,302 979.779 773.95 888.841 853.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,756 88.537 753.98 80.320 831.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,308,077 1,421.885 3,029.83 1,289.913 3,339.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,643,020 170,174.838 544.40 154,380.060 600.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 280,902 302.937 927.26 274.820 1,022.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 285,139 305.897 932.14 277.506 1,027.51 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,675,295 21,734.049 491.18 19,716.804 541.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,127,531 2,362.328 900.61 2,143.069 992.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,818,052 1,906.241 953.74 1,729.314 1,051.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,453,123 1,987.301 731.20 1,802.850 806.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 237,878 197.664 1,203.45 179.318 1,326.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,617 21.164 785.14 19.200 865.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,595,380 28,966.811 607.43 26,278.257 669.58 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 567,468 207.708 2,732.04 188.430 3,011.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,696,300 1,894.298 895.48 1,718.479 987.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 622,095 592.269 1,050.36 537.298 1,157.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,004,917 694.804 1,446.33 630.316 1,594.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 568,471 459.134 1,238.14 416.520 1,364.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,485,509 777.750 1,910.01 705.564 2,105.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 402,619 351.564 1,145.22 318.934 1,262.39 TIN PLATE.............................29 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 601,271 968.444 620.86 878.558 684.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 326,692 102.151 3,198.12 92.670 3,525.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,491,563 2,034.471 733.15 1,845.642 808.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,072,472 13,896.521 1,156.58 12,606.716 1,274.91 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,172,464 461.673 2,539.60 418.823 2,799.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 27,228,275 64,159.581 424.38 58,204.610 467.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 667,061 1,156.090 577.00 1,048.788 636.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,513,495 3,651.860 414.44 3,312.913 456.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 940,832 421.247 2,233.44 382.149 2,461.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,873,360 1,183.348 4,118.28 1,073.516 4,539.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 565,152 287.043 1,968.87 260.402 2,170.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,400,518 16,245.538 886.43 14,737.709 977.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,513,272 917.887 1,648.65 832.694 1,817.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 191,639 112.229 1,707.56 101.813 1,882.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,298,290 865.132 1,500.68 784.835 1,654.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 769,111 1,905.430 403.64 1,728.578 444.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,800,526 2,283.172 788.61 2,071.260 869.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 94,677 43.751 2,163.96 39.691 2,385.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,337,806 94,745.130 636.84 85,951.361 702.00 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 76,008 16.172 4,699.97 14.671 5,180.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,547,168 608.504 2,542.58 552.026 2,802.71 Greece LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,788,244 2,039.599 876.76 1,850.294 966.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,691 39.614 2,087.37 35.938 2,300.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 832,803 1,163.203 715.96 1,055.241 789.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,317,530 1,946.730 1,190.47 1,766.045 1,312.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,864,808 7,176.161 956.61 6,510.106 1,054.48 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,311,552 9,378.777 566.34 8,508.286 624.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,652 135.197 729.69 122.649 804.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,209,835 10,498.189 591.51 9,523.800 652.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,857,076 267,506.154 455.53 242,677.570 502.14 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,028 13.123 1,221.37 11.905 1,346.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,672 68.742 1,973.63 62.362 2,175.56 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 301,130 265.221 1,135.39 240.605 1,251.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 18,477 6.745 2,739.35 6.119 3,019.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,409,058 9,196.366 370.70 8,342.806 408.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 993,200 280.233 3,544.18 254.224 3,906.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,200 22.049 1,959.23 20.003 2,159.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 765,483 600.095 1,275.60 544.398 1,406.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,062,342 1,036.583 2,954.26 940.373 3,256.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,179,756 1,953.385 603.95 1,772.082 665.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,441,240 5,340.412 1,206.13 4,844.742 1,329.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,129,870 827.947 1,364.66 751.102 1,504.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,287,504 1,333.552 2,465.22 1,209.779 2,717.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,398,886 16,959.896 613.15 15,385.764 675.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 61,772,256 75,705.251 815.96 68,678.668 899.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 636,476 689.253 923.43 625.280 1,017.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,171,486 447.057 2,620.44 405.564 2,888.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,219,820 128,604.256 794.84 116,667.852 876.16 Pakistan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 480,941 137.482 3,498.20 124.722 3,856.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 505,604 460.470 1,098.02 417.732 1,210.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,184,220 47,586.402 508.22 43,169.670 560.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,276 18.103 3,440.04 16.423 3,792.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 153,616 78.977 1,945.07 71.647 2,144.07 Malaysia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 672,102 1,496.698 449.06 1,357.782 495.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,959,349 4,563.045 429.40 4,139.526 473.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 908,631 2,023.423 449.06 1,835.619 495.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,518,410 61,604.105 479.16 55,886.320 528.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,880,463 93,810.042 478.42 85,103.063 527.37 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 547,435 229.263 2,387.80 207.984 2,632.10 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 918,900 2,026.760 453.38 1,838.647 499.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,090,376 2,168.327 502.87 1,967.074 554.31 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,222,998 33,947.157 448.43 30,796.352 494.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 47,556,752 118,524.925 401.24 107,524.034 442.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,164,038 8,059.572 516.66 7,311.523 569.52 STEEL PILING...........................5 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 890,791 1,394.942 638.59 1,265.471 703.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 205,449 124.172 1,654.55 112.647 1,823.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 299,889 426.318 703.44 386.750 775.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 54,388 82.164 661.94 74.538 729.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,666,168 4,029.297 909.88 3,655.318 1,002.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 377,922 664.651 568.60 602.962 626.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,753,575 1,425.699 1,229.98 1,293.373 1,355.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,612,925 801.916 4,505.36 727.487 4,966.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,947,408 85,720.956 501.01 77,764.766 552.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 66,637,705 61,510.753 1,083.35 55,801.633 1,194.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,164,640 8,941.973 689.40 8,112.024 759.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,867,165 21,673.485 732.10 19,661.861 807.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,220,701 2,630.025 844.36 2,385.920 930.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,960,944 3,495.324 3,994.18 3,170.906 4,402.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 177,043 74.741 2,368.75 67.804 2,611.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,800,407 16,073.254 547.52 14,581.415 603.54 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,311,065 16,060.245 828.82 14,569.614 913.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 48,332,937 48,610.187 994.30 44,098.433 1,096.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,836,789 74,404.245 710.13 67,498.415 782.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,278,415 1,813.839 704.81 1,645.488 776.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 376,244,787 552,731.048 680.70 501,429.314 750.34 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 500,823 878.688 569.97 797.133 628.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,441,583 9,236.815 589.12 8,379.500 649.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,827,457 19,936.839 643.40 18,086.402 709.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 761,549 752.050 1,012.63 682.249 1,116.23 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,735,497 4,266.345 875.57 3,870.365 965.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 289,161 191.655 1,508.75 173.867 1,663.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,041,653 2,703.328 755.24 2,452.419 832.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,393,115 7,222.182 469.82 6,551.856 517.89 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,588,368 4,688.484 1,618.51 4,253.323 1,784.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,390,253 96,800.094 468.91 87,815.593 516.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,231,741 15,784.781 774.91 14,319.717 854.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,650,735 21,514.233 773.94 19,517.390 853.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,921,423 26,863.994 778.79 24,370.613 858.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,798,879 1,674.510 1,074.27 1,519.091 1,184.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 162,434,388 247,748.901 655.64 224,754.086 722.72 Hong Kong BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,908,998 14,055.175 349.27 12,750.644 385.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 175,355 38.745 4,525.86 35.149 4,988.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,432,449 14,601.931 372.04 13,246.653 410.10 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,019,073 631.145 3,199.06 572.566 3,526.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,882,682 967.450 9,181.53 877.657 10,120.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,019,241 532.466 3,792.24 483.046 4,180.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,628,707 53,138.957 463.48 48,206.865 510.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,859,787 1,504.649 3,894.45 1,364.995 4,292.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 91,732 57.877 1,584.92 52.506 1,747.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,579,769 1,864.971 4,600.48 1,691.874 5,071.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,650,573 469.874 3,512.80 426.263 3,872.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,462,917 2,110.024 1,641.17 1,914.183 1,809.08 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,099,282 4,938.094 627.63 4,479.765 691.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,252,292 44,123.725 776.28 40,028.382 855.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 633,553 323.306 1,959.60 293.299 2,160.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 165,914,184 211,441.028 784.68 191,816.129 864.96 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,658,964 40,030.216 491.10 36,314.812 541.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,080,985 13,128.467 691.70 11,909.949 762.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,514,405 6,164.491 570.10 5,592.334 628.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,443,985 2,946.003 1,169.04 2,672.570 1,288.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 678,859 935.371 725.76 848.555 800.02 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 16,233,972 26,755.015 606.76 24,271.749 668.84 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,976,082 10,804.063 830.81 9,801.284 915.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,351,899 164.364 8,225.01 149.109 9,066.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,355,333 992.308 1,365.84 900.207 1,505.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,803,512 3,893.437 1,233.75 3,532.068 1,359.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,004,353 3,156.035 951.94 2,863.108 1,049.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 38,164,235 8,191.338 4,659.10 7,431.059 5,135.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,170,286 10,292.814 890.94 9,337.487 982.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,947,630 4,151.163 2,155.45 3,765.873 2,375.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 922,899 441.134 2,092.10 400.191 2,306.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,519,542 945.006 4,782.55 857.296 5,271.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 389,662 91.070 4,278.67 82.618 4,716.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,603,780 3,340.481 779.46 3,030.435 859.21 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,718,570 4,314.025 1,325.58 3,913.619 1,461.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,836,246 4,709.084 814.65 4,272.011 898.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,717,357 11,676.972 746.54 10,593.174 822.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,039,962 8,004.939 754.53 7,261.961 831.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,822,345 2,800.459 1,007.81 2,540.535 1,110.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 26,970 12.841 2,100.15 11.650 2,315.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,695,661 612.046 4,404.34 555.239 4,854.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 183,555,117 188,828.591 972.07 171,302.465 1,071.53 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,310 107.615 1,368.86 97.627 1,508.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,362,276 121,813.814 487.32 110,507.665 537.18 New Zealand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,837,906 14,233.638 550.66 12,912.543 607.00 Algeria STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,336 7.437 986.38 6.747 1,087.30 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,530,109 3,307.169 462.66 3,000.215 510.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,890,799 9,602.647 509.32 8,711.378 561.43 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,758,990 4,196.974 895.64 3,807.432 987.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 472,585 842.582 560.88 764.378 618.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,813,625 3,126.373 580.11 2,836.199 639.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 714,465 1,123.282 636.05 1,019.025 701.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 38,369 108.598 353.31 98.519 389.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,151,755 1,708.270 674.22 1,549.717 743.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 883,357 1,015.570 869.81 921.310 958.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,530,381 3,916.752 1,667.29 3,553.219 1,837.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,618,119 22,651.905 821.92 20,549.469 906.01 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,722,653 2,320.231 742.45 2,104.879 818.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 515,009 812.016 634.23 736.649 699.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,756,563 13,662.757 1,153.25 12,394.649 1,271.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,278,848 1,745.268 732.75 1,583.281 807.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,857,026 26,508.506 673.63 24,048.119 742.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 215,134 343.110 627.01 311.265 691.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,322,838 2,928.694 1,817.48 2,656.868 2,003.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 725,819 472.593 1,535.82 428.730 1,692.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 297,710 49.353 6,032.16 44.773 6,649.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,386,286 4,048.004 1,577.64 3,672.289 1,739.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 34,503,996 29,878.615 1,154.81 27,105.432 1,272.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,700 1.250 7,759.87 1.134 8,553.79 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 12,660 1.500 8,438.62 1.361 9,301.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,974,834 1,127.224 1,751.94 1,022.601 1,931.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,894,858 456.153 4,153.99 413.816 4,578.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 397,733 275.780 1,442.21 250.184 1,589.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 318,330 349.249 911.47 316.834 1,004.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 254,808 206.510 1,233.88 187.343 1,360.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,702,097 4,310.738 626.83 3,910.637 690.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,395,835 3,037.804 788.67 2,755.851 869.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,051,172 6,566.871 769.19 5,957.367 847.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,221,707 920.846 1,326.72 835.378 1,462.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 42,211 12.011 3,514.10 10.897 3,873.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 375,149 557.920 672.41 506.137 741.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 513,683 280.387 1,832.05 254.363 2,019.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,746,659 100,873.402 1,008.66 91,510.837 1,111.85 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 391,318 411.925 949.97 373.693 1,047.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,167,967 40,679.120 569.53 36,903.488 627.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,800 19.946 391.05 18.095 431.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,456,272 2,074.252 702.07 1,881.731 773.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 605,454 1,066.891 567.49 967.868 625.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 112,918 77.611 1,454.91 70.408 1,603.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,400 38.360 453.59 34.800 500.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 138,667 144.586 959.06 131.167 1,057.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 427,021 224.483 1,902.24 203.648 2,096.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,285 11.973 274.36 10.862 302.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,128 76.586 693.70 69.478 764.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,217,882 939.374 1,296.48 852.186 1,429.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,599,112 45,765.113 603.06 41,517.424 664.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,858 32.230 336.89 29.239 371.35 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 244,621 509.970 479.68 462.638 528.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,621 509.970 479.68 462.638 528.75 Colombia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 935,735 693.304 1,349.67 628.955 1,487.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 935,735 693.304 1,349.67 628.955 1,487.76 Venezuela WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,720 18.959 829.12 17.200 913.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,720 18.959 829.12 17.200 913.95 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 561,603 863.146 650.65 783.034 717.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,749,211 1,638.342 1,067.67 1,486.280 1,176.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,520 65.121 1,712.50 59.077 1,887.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 137,347 40.904 3,357.74 37.108 3,701.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,570,526 565.967 2,774.94 513.437 3,058.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,744,214 1,217.944 1,432.10 1,104.901 1,578.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,983 97.971 602.04 88.878 663.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 324,281 525.790 616.75 476.989 679.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,176,892 1,510.062 779.37 1,369.906 859.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,434,577 6,525.251 1,139.35 5,919.610 1,255.92 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 712,798 241.410 2,952.64 219.004 3,254.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 712,798 241.410 2,952.64 219.004 3,254.73 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,087,847 8,232.759 1,589.73 7,468.636 1,752.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 712,987 305.035 2,337.39 276.724 2,576.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 76,252 51.201 1,489.26 46.449 1,641.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,577,463 506.204 3,116.26 459.221 3,435.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,525 0.115 82,294.64 0.105 90,714.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,035 0.887 16,943.51 0.805 18,677.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 542,036 364.635 1,486.51 330.792 1,638.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 135,875 84.778 1,602.70 76.910 1,766.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,284,610 5,845.048 733.03 5,302.540 808.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,019,772 1,330.125 766.67 1,206.670 845.11 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 445,387 407.303 1,093.50 369.500 1,205.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 250,765 72.239 3,471.28 65.535 3,826.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,157,554 17,200.336 1,288.20 15,603.887 1,420.00 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,547,795 8,690.606 408.23 7,883.988 450.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,547,795 8,690.606 408.23 7,883.988 450.00 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 278,571 237.945 1,170.73 215.861 1,290.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 309,279 82.708 3,739.38 75.032 4,121.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 587,850 320.654 1,833.28 290.893 2,020.85 Denmark INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,698 0.227 25,092.91 0.206 27,660.19 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 99,428 12.606 7,887.34 11.436 8,694.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,623,157 3,721.711 704.83 3,376.281 776.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 214,149 196.494 1,089.85 178.257 1,201.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 921,459 621.308 1,483.09 563.642 1,634.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,775,658 642.347 2,764.33 582.728 3,047.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 316,793 49.398 6,412.95 44.814 7,069.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,774 0.967 2,866.21 0.878 3,159.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 488,428 41.880 11,662.53 37.993 12,855.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 209,734 141.230 1,485.05 128.122 1,636.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,414 2.131 2,539.56 1.934 2,799.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 293,403 21.698 13,521.50 19.685 14,904.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 372,653 349.713 1,065.59 317.255 1,174.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,063,844 290.791 3,658.44 263.802 4,032.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 68,477 26.748 2,560.01 24.266 2,821.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,455,371 6,119.030 1,381.82 5,551.093 1,523.19 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,453,131 11,252.110 573.50 10,207.746 632.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 268,309 209.344 1,281.66 189.914 1,412.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 72,050 60.598 1,188.97 54.974 1,310.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,295 0.854 17,903.73 0.775 19,735.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,647,474 3,060.413 538.32 2,776.361 593.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,042,264 3,101.909 658.39 2,814.006 725.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 59,885 93.209 642.48 84.558 708.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,558,408 17,778.439 593.89 16,128.334 654.65 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,405,283 1,726.918 3,130.02 1,566.635 3,450.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,190 1.190 3,519.54 1.080 3,879.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,775,816 1,720.773 1,031.99 1,561.060 1,137.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 249,446 246.157 1,013.36 223.310 1,117.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,434,735 3,695.040 2,012.09 3,352.085 2,217.94 Luxembourg BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 28,404 30.237 939.36 27.431 1,035.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,961 10.780 738.46 9.780 814.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,365 41.018 886.56 37.211 977.26 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 930,240 677.452 1,373.14 614.575 1,513.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,017,329 1,394.862 729.34 1,265.398 803.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 916,650 513.800 1,784.06 466.112 1,966.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,076,385 2,554.546 1,595.74 2,317.446 1,759.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,325,894 561.596 2,360.94 509.472 2,602.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,351 1.607 3,951.67 1.458 4,355.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,760 30.864 381.02 28.000 420.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 182,542 91.154 2,002.56 82.694 2,207.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,913,700 763.460 2,506.61 692.600 2,763.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,468 0.971 2,541.35 0.881 2,801.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,410 0.273 12,473.79 0.248 13,750.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,756,777 2,339.195 751.02 2,122.083 827.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 379,409 427.539 887.43 387.857 978.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 293,069 369.252 793.68 334.980 874.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 371,795 265.871 1,398.40 241.195 1,541.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 761,483 48.110 15,827.84 43.645 17,447.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,949,262 10,040.558 1,389.29 9,108.644 1,531.43 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,360,210 1,284.788 1,837.04 1,165.541 2,024.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,043,968 3,137.010 1,926.66 2,845.849 2,123.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,039,995 397.487 2,616.42 360.595 2,884.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 519,628 216.955 2,395.09 196.819 2,640.13 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,685,770 2,589.675 1,809.40 2,349.315 1,994.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 695,285 406.322 1,711.16 368.610 1,886.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,287,999 6,664.602 1,843.77 6,046.027 2,032.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 110,202 10.036 10,980.08 9.105 12,103.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,449,000 1,365.879 1,792.98 1,239.105 1,976.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,307,160 743.105 3,104.76 674.134 3,422.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,291 1.688 2,540.95 1.532 2,800.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,053 1.805 4,460.05 1.638 4,916.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 372,158 98.912 3,762.49 89.732 4,147.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,695,008 2,140.805 791.76 1,942.107 872.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,552,198 8,117.230 560.81 7,363.830 618.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,584,691 5,571.454 643.40 5,054.340 709.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,015,421 902.442 2,233.30 818.682 2,461.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,827,773 1,218.246 1,500.33 1,105.175 1,653.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,558,810 34,868.451 1,335.27 31,632.136 1,471.88 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,135,254 1,620.243 1,317.86 1,469.861 1,452.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 340,330 70.046 4,858.64 63.545 5,355.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,918,959 476.252 4,029.29 432.049 4,441.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,081 3.659 2,208.12 3.320 2,434.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,170,492 5,920.548 1,042.22 5,371.033 1,148.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 173,284 44.959 3,854.19 40.787 4,248.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 297,369 377.409 787.92 342.380 868.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 85,219 23.053 3,696.54 20.914 4,074.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 364,642 375.039 972.28 340.230 1,071.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 363,508 56.928 6,385.30 51.645 7,038.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,857,138 8,968.142 1,322.14 8,135.764 1,457.41 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 446,460 924.562 482.89 838.749 532.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,423 13.961 1,892.51 12.666 2,086.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 20,544 5.853 3,509.83 5.310 3,868.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 280,992 57.993 4,845.22 52.611 5,340.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,614 14.391 529.05 13.056 583.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,283,824 487.078 2,635.77 441.870 2,905.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,065,857 1,503.841 1,373.72 1,364.262 1,514.27 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,139 24.313 1,897.66 22.057 2,091.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 169,127 58.020 2,914.97 52.635 3,213.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 245,560 119.922 2,047.65 108.792 2,257.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,407 5.079 2,245.72 4.608 2,475.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 472,233 207.335 2,277.62 188.092 2,510.65 Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 11,572 5.643 2,050.38 5.120 2,260.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 144,497 120.617 1,197.98 109.422 1,320.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 156,069 126.260 1,236.08 114.542 1,362.55 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 201,878 115.896 1,741.87 105.140 1,920.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 81,859 71.295 1,148.17 64.678 1,265.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 450,064 585.276 768.98 530.954 847.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,008,966 244.825 4,121.16 222.102 4,542.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,404,216 1,007.402 1,393.90 913.900 1,536.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,308,077 1,421.885 3,029.83 1,289.913 3,339.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,455,060 3,446.581 2,163.03 3,126.687 2,384.33 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,080,876 815.517 1,325.39 739.825 1,460.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,811,803 1,901.581 952.79 1,725.086 1,050.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 604,645 732.750 825.17 664.740 909.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 330,104 30.482 10,829.40 27.653 11,937.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,827,428 3,480.330 1,099.73 3,157.304 1,212.25 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 860,520 590.286 1,457.80 535.499 1,606.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 222,217 129.193 1,720.04 117.202 1,896.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 84,312 47.865 1,761.43 43.423 1,941.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,245,736 1,837.291 1,222.31 1,666.763 1,347.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 618,934 248.130 2,494.39 225.100 2,749.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,708 0.445 6,080.83 0.404 6,702.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,459,817 1,994.739 731.83 1,809.598 806.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,494,244 4,847.951 1,133.31 4,397.989 1,249.26 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 332,186 140.111 2,370.87 127.107 2,613.44 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 353,427 245.742 1,438.20 222.934 1,585.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 282,020 308.878 913.04 280.210 1,006.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 337,091 156.294 2,156.77 141.788 2,377.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,768 1.661 2,268.26 1.507 2,500.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 815,169 277.921 2,933.09 252.126 3,233.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,179 1.251 2,540.92 1.135 2,800.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 178,574 103.381 1,727.33 93.786 1,904.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 649,484 428.158 1,516.92 388.419 1,672.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,954,898 1,663.400 1,776.42 1,509.012 1,958.17 Slovenia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,169 9.634 1,678.29 8.740 1,850.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,669 5.506 9,565.67 4.995 10,544.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,137,783 434.231 2,620.22 393.928 2,888.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,206,621 449.371 2,685.13 407.663 2,959.85 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,761 2.474 8,389.34 2.245 9,247.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,534 5.854 2,140.96 5.311 2,360.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,965 5.845 1,362.57 5.303 1,501.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,335,417 972.910 1,372.60 882.610 1,513.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,376,677 987.085 1,394.69 895.469 1,537.38 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 790,898 679.304 1,164.28 616.255 1,283.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,652 4.253 1,328.69 3.859 1,464.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 48,000 46.659 1,028.72 42.329 1,133.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 844,550 730.218 1,156.57 662.443 1,274.90 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,028 13.123 1,221.37 11.905 1,346.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,028 13.123 1,221.37 11.905 1,346.33 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,706 6.391 2,457.44 5.798 2,708.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,200 22.049 1,959.23 20.003 2,159.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,592 2.280 2,890.36 2.069 3,186.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,113 3.487 10,067.63 3.164 11,097.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,608 7.860 3,384.99 7.131 3,731.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,417,569 5,321.948 1,205.87 4,827.992 1,329.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 62,797 42.216 1,487.51 38.298 1,639.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,607,585 5,406.234 1,222.22 4,904.455 1,347.26 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 830,855 1,361.282 610.35 1,234.935 672.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,534,411 1,218.821 1,258.93 1,105.697 1,387.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,162,149 915.689 1,269.15 830.700 1,399.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,612,925 801.916 4,505.36 727.487 4,966.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,857 6.799 2,479.32 6.168 2,732.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,200,004 16,099.176 1,503.18 14,604.931 1,656.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 831,795 774.235 1,074.34 702.375 1,184.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 101,548 103.361 982.45 93.768 1,082.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 645,291 479.809 1,344.89 435.276 1,482.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,521,559 1,482.426 1,026.40 1,344.835 1,131.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,412 643.475 623.82 583.751 687.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 68,022 73.937 919.99 67.075 1,014.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 34,926,828 23,960.932 1,457.66 21,736.998 1,606.79 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,626,928 2,499.006 1,051.19 2,267.061 1,158.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,164 58.082 1,414.60 52.692 1,559.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,751 147.983 1,572.82 134.248 1,733.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 204,287 208.029 982.01 188.721 1,082.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 201,403 440.433 457.28 399.555 504.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,492,693 2,026.146 1,230.26 1,838.090 1,356.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,414,537 8,291.980 652.98 7,522.360 719.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 134,985 201.800 668.90 183.070 737.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 48,708 41.278 1,179.99 37.447 1,300.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,635 39.502 1,965.32 35.836 2,166.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,516,091 13,954.243 825.28 12,659.080 909.71 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 672,816 155.848 4,317.13 141.383 4,758.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,042 15.771 2,095.00 14.308 2,309.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 957,666 390.268 2,453.86 354.046 2,704.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,225 6.924 3,787.16 6.282 4,174.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 78,698 28.610 2,750.67 25.955 3,032.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,462,658 412.032 3,549.86 373.790 3,913.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,828 308.810 906.15 280.148 998.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,400 2.216 1,082.67 2.011 1,193.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,513,333 1,320.483 2,660.64 1,197.923 2,932.85 Japan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,778 14.055 553.38 12.751 609.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,900,512 1,735.492 1,095.08 1,574.413 1,207.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 449,716 706.244 636.77 640.694 701.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 351,230 495.654 708.62 449.650 781.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,663,851 7,770.046 857.63 7,048.870 945.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 739,858 745.962 991.82 676.726 1,093.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,803,512 3,893.437 1,233.75 3,532.068 1,359.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 307,477 133.306 2,306.54 120.934 2,542.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,808,038 7,908.196 4,654.42 7,174.197 5,130.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 97,471 102.862 947.59 93.315 1,044.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,540,159 2,691.239 2,430.17 2,441.452 2,678.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 754,899 314.339 2,401.54 285.164 2,647.25 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,369 0.932 2,540.33 0.846 2,800.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 512,454 278.928 1,837.22 253.040 2,025.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,550,485 1,697.032 1,502.91 1,539.522 1,656.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,505,189 3,634.106 689.35 3,296.807 759.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,133,010 7,059.601 727.10 6,404.365 801.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,580,585 7,390.902 755.06 6,704.916 832.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,498,860 2,151.118 696.78 1,951.462 768.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,833,934 2,129.399 861.24 1,931.759 949.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,497 1.608 26,424.02 1.459 29,127.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,083,884 50,854.467 1,555.10 46,134.410 1,714.21 Australia TOOL STEEL............................17 12,779 23.882 535.07 21.666 589.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,054 5.017 3,797.34 4.552 4,185.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,833 28.900 1,101.47 26.218 1,214.17 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 445,112 96.011 4,636.04 87.100 5,110.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,359 110.959 1,003.60 100.661 1,106.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 556,471 206.971 2,688.64 187.761 2,963.72 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 20,634,865 45,502.042 453.49 41,278.770 499.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,565,142 25,099.039 580.31 22,769.472 639.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,055,946 9,125.008 773.25 8,278.071 852.37 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,165,689 1,195.290 975.23 1,084.350 1,075.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,955,182 16,113.397 679.88 14,617.832 749.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,902,424 32,175.222 618.56 29,188.879 681.85 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 40,250 8.000 5,030.89 7.258 5,545.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 306,714 364.150 842.27 330.352 928.45 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 230,434 545.839 422.16 495.177 465.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,170,102 24,840.600 610.70 22,535.020 673.18 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,668,307 6,959.615 670.77 6,313.659 739.40 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,098,663 9,944.295 512.72 9,021.316 565.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,012,245 3,812.973 1,052.26 3,459.072 1,159.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,415,295 30,173.134 875.46 27,372.615 965.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,087,388 3,950.623 1,034.62 3,583.946 1,140.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 353,276 157.282 2,246.13 142.684 2,475.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 79,525 70.324 1,130.84 63.797 1,246.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,505,714 6,897.897 1,233.09 6,257.669 1,359.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,392 48.165 1,502.99 43.695 1,656.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,247,363 590.548 2,112.21 535.737 2,328.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,055,477 21,342.182 892.86 19,361.308 984.20 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,542 139.121 780.20 126.209 860.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,634,743 17,537.015 891.53 15,909.317 982.74 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,644 84.843 290.46 76.969 320.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 10,601,225 14,818.653 715.40 13,443.260 788.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,165,938 2,617.815 827.38 2,374.843 912.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,417,280 58,190.575 625.83 52,789.617 689.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,418,623 26,755.775 725.77 24,272.438 800.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,481,613 34,283.213 743.27 31,101.217 819.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 116,531 135.497 860.03 122.921 948.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,646,074 4,949.044 1,140.84 4,489.699 1,257.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,146,114 3,495.626 613.94 3,171.180 676.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,364,607 2,583.864 915.14 2,344.043 1,008.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 283,748,327 404,506.681 701.47 366,962.392 773.24 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 48,151,882 92,054.004 523.08 83,510.012 576.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,584 56.000 563.99 50.803 621.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,211,636 3,732.378 592.55 3,385.958 653.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,580,979 10,499.182 626.81 9,524.701 690.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,277,211 2,086.554 612.11 1,892.891 674.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,241,215 5,384.736 601.93 4,884.952 663.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,773,375 3,858.069 459.65 3,499.983 506.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,404 110.500 673.34 100.244 742.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,246,342 4,652.605 912.68 4,220.774 1,006.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,000 39.683 629.99 36.000 694.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,694 2.352 2,845.69 2.134 3,136.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,085,747 3,317.996 930.00 3,010.037 1,025.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,373,751 3,672.596 918.63 3,331.724 1,012.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,992,940 13,250.707 829.61 12,020.843 914.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 220,699 114.597 1,925.86 103.961 2,122.90 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 398,127 151.622 2,625.77 137.550 2,894.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,745,866 6,417.756 1,206.94 5,822.092 1,330.43 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 350,408 276.131 1,268.99 250.502 1,398.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,698,012 7,486.508 894.68 6,791.648 986.21 BLACK PLATE...........................28 10,048 15.867 633.23 14.395 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,431,039 23,674.850 609.55 21,477.469 671.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,885,776 10,516.092 654.78 9,540.041 721.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,846,435 5,977.466 978.08 5,422.668 1,078.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 67,033 66.430 1,009.07 60.265 1,112.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,651,007 9,545.260 906.31 8,659.317 999.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 517,463 632.855 817.66 574.117 901.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 469,565 504.827 930.15 457.972 1,025.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,364,238 208,097.635 660.10 188,783.053 727.63 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,713 4.691 1,004.60 4.256 1,107.38 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 88,391 99.018 892.67 89.828 984.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 373,783 265.052 1,410.22 240.452 1,554.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 462,174 364.071 1,269.46 330.280 1,399.34 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 44,475 82.673 537.96 75.000 593.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,379,609 15,336.575 481.18 13,913.111 530.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 100,211 170.490 587.78 154.666 647.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 88,635 215.775 410.77 195.748 452.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 145,617 196.523 740.97 178.283 816.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,758,547 16,002.037 484.85 14,516.808 534.45 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,814,686 5,608.064 501.90 5,087.552 553.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 552,802 652.111 847.71 591.586 934.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,896,183 3,193.456 1,220.05 2,897.056 1,344.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 616,938 778.679 792.29 706.406 873.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 103,883 69.053 1,504.39 62.644 1,658.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,843,204 2,508.368 734.82 2,275.554 810.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,013,010 7,201.668 973.80 6,533.246 1,073.43 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,132,813 1,516.099 747.19 1,375.383 823.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,169,730 5,979.663 864.55 5,424.661 953.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 62,058 97.918 633.77 88.830 698.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 365,099 574.708 635.28 521.367 700.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 580,545 712.732 814.53 646.580 897.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 63,609 60.445 1,052.34 54.835 1,160.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,373,854 8,941.567 824.67 8,111.656 909.04 Ecuador PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,672 8.046 2,071.86 7.300 2,283.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,023 89.977 711.55 81.626 784.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,695 98.024 823.22 88.926 907.44 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 139,627 156.909 889.86 142.346 980.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,266 131.033 749.93 118.872 826.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 272,738 455.518 598.74 413.240 660.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,847 14.831 1,068.46 13.455 1,177.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,478 758.294 694.29 687.913 765.33 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,224,365 197,047.712 468.03 178,758.728 515.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,401,489 13,874.524 533.46 12,586.760 588.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,210,486 2,587.727 467.78 2,347.548 515.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 382,735 880.980 434.44 799.212 478.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,403,432 3,159.318 444.22 2,866.086 489.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,642,643 10,297.183 450.87 9,341.450 496.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,821 35.717 946.91 32.402 1,043.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 344,698 226.284 1,523.29 205.282 1,679.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,915,059 1,155.706 1,657.05 1,048.440 1,826.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 362,307 334.694 1,082.50 303.630 1,193.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,106,828 2,901.627 1,415.35 2,632.313 1,560.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,500,238 1,115.925 1,344.39 1,012.351 1,481.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 642,147 417.589 1,537.75 378.831 1,695.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 640,628 900.893 711.10 817.277 783.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 195,927 316.109 619.81 286.770 683.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,063,780 1,270.164 837.51 1,152.274 923.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 287,065 384.963 745.69 349.233 821.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,088,076 36,520.918 604.81 33,131.229 666.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,251,150 17,775.890 689.20 16,126.021 759.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,952,802 8,880.104 782.96 8,055.898 863.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 101,097 81.692 1,237.53 74.110 1,364.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 159,750,773 300,165.728 532.21 272,305.845 586.66 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 657,639 1,319.480 498.41 1,197.013 549.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 740,495 1,284.837 576.33 1,165.585 635.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,385 7.763 1,080.04 7.043 1,190.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 242,489 206.796 1,172.60 187.603 1,292.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,194,135 3,919.706 1,835.38 3,555.899 2,023.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 82,749 55.703 1,485.54 50.533 1,637.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,180,215 108.648 10,862.72 98.564 11,974.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 251,265 413.993 606.93 375.569 669.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,114,271 3,430.811 616.26 3,112.381 679.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 675,700 847.655 797.14 768.980 878.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,147,343 11,595.396 1,133.84 10,519.170 1,249.85 Sweden BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,680 20.083 1,776.63 18.219 1,958.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,244 7.799 2,210.78 7.076 2,436.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 109,163 47.937 2,277.20 43.488 2,510.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 246,719 109.127 2,260.83 98.999 2,492.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 41,793 47.949 871.61 43.499 960.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,699 16.506 648.19 14.974 714.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 75,370 68.325 1,103.10 61.984 1,215.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 25,474 13.197 1,930.15 11.973 2,127.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 308,550 77.736 3,969.20 70.521 4,375.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 870,692 408.663 2,130.59 370.733 2,348.57 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,316,276 5,673.904 408.23 5,147.281 450.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,051,882 1,235.393 851.46 1,120.730 938.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 86,045 102.944 835.84 93.390 921.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,181,801 1,717.439 688.12 1,558.035 758.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,636,004 8,729.681 531.06 7,919.436 585.40 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 66,090 206.488 320.07 187.323 352.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,123 1.000 2,121.09 0.908 2,338.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,989 115.979 1,000.08 105.215 1,102.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 184,202 323.468 569.46 293.446 627.72 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,595 3.333 2,278.46 3.024 2,511.57 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 613,816 920.938 666.51 835.462 734.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 262,223 391.512 669.77 355.174 738.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 779,791 799.232 975.67 725.052 1,075.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 119,186 22.332 5,336.81 20.260 5,882.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,578 9.155 936.89 8.306 1,032.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,448,920 2,989.638 819.14 2,712.155 902.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,348,842 1,138.886 1,184.35 1,033.181 1,305.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,863 41.311 480.81 37.477 530.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,718 0.903 3,006.99 0.820 3,314.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,058 0.033 92,472.39 0.030 101,933.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 309,649 253.886 1,219.64 230.322 1,344.42 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 282,441 417.312 676.81 378.580 746.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 72,286 43.366 1,666.88 39.341 1,837.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 713,157 996.483 715.67 903.995 788.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 130,227 166.595 781.70 151.133 861.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 861,559 409.318 2,104.86 371.328 2,320.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,976,314 8,600.909 927.38 7,802.616 1,022.26 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 224,898 376.714 597.00 341.750 658.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 142,566 126.651 1,125.66 114.896 1,240.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,930,516 7,464.701 526.55 6,771.865 580.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 68,142 45.371 1,501.88 41.160 1,655.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,768,990 490.461 3,606.79 444.939 3,975.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,982 75.334 995.33 68.342 1,097.16 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,695,618 3,807.771 707.93 3,454.353 780.35 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 489,862 799.991 612.33 725.740 674.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,253,309 17,989.808 514.36 16,320.084 566.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,018,295 9,560.819 629.47 8,673.432 693.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 571,711 874.849 653.50 793.650 720.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,238,889 41,612.472 606.52 37,750.211 668.58 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,053 79.278 757.50 71.920 835.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 127,412 148.900 855.69 135.080 943.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 326,676 589.956 553.73 535.200 610.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,635 29.409 1,789.72 26.680 1,972.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,363 6.234 1,982.94 5.656 2,185.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 482,971 372.113 1,297.91 337.576 1,430.70 BLACK PLATE...........................28 892,056 1,841.514 484.41 1,670.594 533.98 TIN PLATE.............................29 558,553 831.724 671.56 754.528 740.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,870,522 5,028.041 570.90 4,561.364 629.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,982,552 9,817.898 609.35 8,906.650 671.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 128,652 162.319 792.58 147.254 873.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,001 11.728 682.18 10.640 751.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 280,061 187.095 1,496.89 169.730 1,650.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 41,452 44.545 930.55 40.411 1,025.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,823,959 19,150.760 617.41 17,373.283 680.58 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,809,119 4,843.460 786.45 4,393.915 866.91 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,288,100 1,322.344 974.10 1,199.611 1,073.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 776,603 702.428 1,105.60 637.233 1,218.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,118 11.310 1,513.42 10.261 1,668.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 64,341 86.377 744.89 78.360 821.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 295,422 382.479 772.39 346.980 851.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,250,703 7,348.401 850.62 6,666.360 937.65 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,686 15.203 1,360.65 13.792 1,499.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 671,969 1,258.743 533.84 1,141.913 588.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,262 1.726 1,889.68 1.566 2,083.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 281,407 250.069 1,125.32 226.859 1,240.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,106 24.904 1,329.32 22.593 1,465.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 21,729 53.225 408.25 48.285 450.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,815,410 1,444.014 1,257.20 1,309.988 1,385.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 804,016 525.859 1,528.96 477.052 1,685.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 262,567 218.786 1,200.11 198.480 1,322.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,322 0.900 2,578.32 0.817 2,842.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 591,923 360.000 1,644.23 326.587 1,812.45 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,546,516 6,450.807 704.80 5,852.076 776.91 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 262,609 395.156 664.57 358.480 732.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,110,517 17,063.553 533.92 15,479.800 588.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,832 27.326 945.32 24.790 1,042.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,988 6.084 819.75 5.520 903.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,165 0.715 7,219.74 0.649 7,958.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 167,999 36.296 4,628.47 32.928 5,102.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,632,023 28,133.374 662.27 25,522.175 730.03 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,433,941 10,723.416 413.48 9,728.123 455.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,655,819 2,580.986 641.55 2,341.432 707.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,434,112 1,655.155 866.45 1,501.532 955.10 STEEL PILING...........................5 284,176 141.806 2,003.97 128.645 2,208.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 434,173 436.429 994.83 395.922 1,096.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,707,234 10,120.306 563.94 9,180.990 621.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 479,280 741.113 646.70 672.327 712.87 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 297,290 267.439 1,111.62 242.617 1,225.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,922,250 3,691.000 1,062.65 3,348.420 1,171.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,264,790 744.439 1,698.98 675.344 1,872.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,574,479 2,227.762 1,155.63 2,020.993 1,273.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 963,417 484.409 1,988.85 439.449 2,192.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,235,217 1,195.595 1,869.54 1,084.626 2,060.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,766,546 1,244.261 2,223.44 1,128.775 2,450.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,125 0.397 5,340.08 0.361 5,886.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,451 9.371 2,502.28 8.502 2,758.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 804,020 636.141 1,263.90 577.098 1,393.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,572,330 7,720.989 592.19 7,004.366 652.78 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 35,854 50.144 715.02 45.490 788.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,083,623 1,895.197 571.77 1,719.295 630.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 339,738 456.781 743.77 414.385 819.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,576,185 2,862.249 550.68 2,596.590 607.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,996,978 2,971.621 672.02 2,695.810 740.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 669,955 277.797 2,411.66 252.014 2,658.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 292,852 288.668 1,014.49 261.876 1,118.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,377,675 1,481.932 1,604.44 1,344.387 1,768.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,227,510 54,905.415 769.10 49,809.369 847.78 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 380,165 493.992 769.58 448.143 848.31 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 209,645 186.742 1,122.64 169.410 1,237.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 138,142 156.410 883.20 141.893 973.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,387 67.937 1,830.90 61.632 2,018.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,640,011 7,474.269 1,691.14 6,780.545 1,864.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,087,358 957.391 1,135.75 868.531 1,251.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,633 4.554 2,554.04 4.132 2,815.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 66,851 39.164 1,706.95 35.529 1,881.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 376,124 66.084 5,691.55 59.951 6,273.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 213,256 347.426 613.82 315.180 676.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 173,416 271.851 637.91 246.620 703.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 406,250 410.031 990.78 371.974 1,092.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,657 29.142 1,463.72 26.438 1,613.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 177,961 38.637 4,605.96 35.051 5,077.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,047,856 10,543.636 1,522.04 9,565.029 1,677.76 Czech Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,794 0.630 9,189.21 0.572 10,129.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 26,674 23.016 1,158.92 20.880 1,277.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,505 21.318 1,149.46 19.340 1,267.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 272,890 208.812 1,306.86 189.432 1,440.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,863 253.778 1,299.81 230.224 1,432.79 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 355,594 349.190 1,018.34 316.780 1,122.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,958 51.971 1,500.01 47.148 1,653.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 504,164 366.593 1,375.27 332.568 1,515.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 937,716 767.755 1,221.37 696.496 1,346.33 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,835 4.701 2,942.77 4.265 3,243.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,294,960 464.078 2,790.39 421.005 3,075.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,249 0.977 4,345.69 0.887 4,790.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,013 0.037 53,710.69 0.034 59,205.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 125,669 59.789 2,101.86 54.240 2,316.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,440,726 529.584 2,720.48 480.431 2,998.82 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 602,848 1,068.105 564.41 968.969 622.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,994 4.767 5,242.59 4.325 5,778.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,909 2.862 1,365.49 2.597 1,505.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 76,086 52.452 1,450.57 47.584 1,598.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,037,946 996.255 1,041.85 903.788 1,148.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,745,783 2,124.443 821.76 1,927.263 905.84 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,775,309 121,049.648 477.29 109,814.425 526.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 619,883 1,041.723 595.06 945.036 655.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,574,998 17,201.761 556.63 15,605.180 613.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,116 1.958 1,080.25 1.777 1,190.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,202,566 97.164 12,376.62 88.146 13,642.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,282,070 1,821.513 703.85 1,652.450 775.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 269,104 449.448 598.74 407.733 660.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 698,944 854.716 817.75 775.386 901.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 758,302 979.779 773.95 888.841 853.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,756 88.537 753.98 80.320 831.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,395,342 17,259.236 544.37 15,657.320 600.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,542,570 5,882.768 602.19 5,336.759 663.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 85,187,960 166,728.256 510.94 151,253.373 563.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,237 2.960 1,431.03 2.686 1,577.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 280,902 302.937 927.26 274.820 1,022.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 285,139 305.897 932.14 277.506 1,027.51 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,372,004 21,622.418 479.69 19,615.534 528.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,046,655 1,546.811 676.65 1,403.244 745.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,249 4.660 1,340.82 4.228 1,478.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 716,019 1,215.529 589.06 1,102.710 649.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 309,913 307.261 1,008.63 278.743 1,111.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 237,878 197.664 1,203.45 179.318 1,326.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,617 21.164 785.14 19.200 865.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 339,213 338.528 1,002.02 307.108 1,104.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,143 45.232 688.51 41.034 758.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,075,691 25,299.270 516.84 22,951.119 569.72 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,207,145 4,928.454 650.74 4,471.020 717.32 Moldova WIRE DRAWN............................23 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 761,654 895.446 850.59 812.336 937.61 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 1,571,656 2,829.383 555.48 2,566.774 612.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 240,841 155.202 1,551.79 140.797 1,710.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 182,739 239.612 762.64 217.373 840.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 835,780 1,304.011 640.93 1,182.980 706.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 394,010 461.971 852.89 419.094 940.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 920,605 646.938 1,423.02 586.893 1,568.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 568,471 459.134 1,238.14 416.520 1,364.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 866,575 529.620 1,636.22 480.464 1,803.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 341,822 346.291 987.09 314.150 1,088.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 242,235 362.443 668.34 328.803 736.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 601,271 968.444 620.86 878.558 684.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,746 39.731 799.01 36.044 880.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,797,751 8,342.785 814.81 7,568.450 898.17 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,118,351 63,567.076 410.88 57,667.098 452.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 525,176 1,115.428 470.83 1,011.900 519.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,513,495 3,651.860 414.44 3,312.913 456.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 350,469 330.457 1,060.56 299.786 1,169.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 228,061 130.749 1,744.26 118.614 1,922.72 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,396,750 16,243.877 886.29 14,736.202 976.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 698,103 639.966 1,090.84 580.568 1,202.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,466,092 603.138 2,430.77 547.158 2,679.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,065 8.848 1,476.56 8.027 1,627.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,160 357.660 1,381.65 324.464 1,523.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 769,111 1,905.430 403.64 1,728.578 444.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 903,704 1,973.489 457.92 1,790.320 504.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,791 3.180 6,537.71 2.885 7,206.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 91,073 43.569 2,090.27 39.526 2,304.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,588,401 90,574.733 525.40 82,168.039 579.16 Greece LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,024,290 1,245.981 822.07 1,130.336 906.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 763,954 793.617 962.62 719.958 1,061.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,788,244 2,039.599 876.76 1,850.294 966.46 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,157 33.760 2,078.08 30.627 2,290.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 824,838 1,157.358 712.69 1,049.938 785.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,618,303 1,634.360 990.18 1,482.667 1,091.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,490,458 1,916.238 777.80 1,738.383 857.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 369,402 402.920 916.81 365.523 1,010.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 982,113 973.820 1,008.52 883.435 1,111.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 132,860 70.618 1,881.38 64.064 2,073.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,488,131 6,189.076 886.74 5,614.637 977.47 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 11,398,675 27,001.260 422.15 24,495.138 465.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 820,104 1,692.507 484.55 1,535.417 534.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 77,999 124.070 628.67 112.555 692.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,520,654 8,699.472 519.65 7,892.031 572.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,142,494 2,377.893 480.46 2,157.189 529.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 83,630,146 193,168.992 432.94 175,240.012 477.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,795,029 5,054.586 552.97 4,585.445 609.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,165,641 13,588.628 527.33 12,327.400 581.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,652 88.537 572.10 80.320 630.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 125,865 204.059 616.80 185.120 679.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,209,835 10,498.189 591.51 9,523.800 652.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,075,432 4,277.738 718.94 3,880.700 792.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,012,526 266,775.936 453.61 242,015.127 500.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,681 152.600 712.19 138.437 785.06 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 125,640 190.047 661.10 172.408 728.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,385 21.759 661.09 19.740 728.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 140,025 211.806 661.10 192.148 728.74 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 896,372 1,415.028 633.47 1,283.693 698.28 India WIRE RODS..............................3 3,377,653 9,178.414 368.00 8,326.520 405.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 182,083 317.796 572.96 288.300 631.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 401,018 507.695 789.88 460.574 870.69 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,139 22.202 366.58 20.142 404.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,153,148 1,945.524 592.72 1,764.951 653.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,671 18.463 1,282.03 16.750 1,413.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,839,501 9,716.885 292.22 8,815.013 322.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,067,073 785.731 1,358.06 712.804 1,497.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 53,550 35.125 1,524.55 31.865 1,680.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,681 7.963 1,090.15 7.224 1,201.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 286,479 438.607 653.16 397.898 719.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,345,346 3,037.417 442.92 2,755.500 488.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,658,434 16,740.151 576.96 15,186.414 635.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 61,772,256 75,705.251 815.96 68,678.668 899.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 636,476 689.253 923.43 625.280 1,017.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 207,408 186.438 1,112.48 169.134 1,226.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,020,916 119,332.922 695.71 108,257.037 766.89 Pakistan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,524 328.971 566.99 298.438 625.00 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,437,732 28,482.008 471.80 25,838.451 520.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,140,719 11,111.119 462.66 10,079.841 510.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,250,406 7,258.726 585.56 6,585.008 645.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,500 14.219 949.38 12.900 1,046.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,562 391.631 660.22 355.282 727.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 23,100,919 47,257.706 488.83 42,871.482 538.84 Vietnam MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,190 57.600 1,478.99 52.254 1,630.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,340 60.874 1,500.48 55.224 1,653.99 Malaysia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 672,102 1,496.698 449.06 1,357.782 495.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,167,448 23,831.355 468.60 21,619.448 516.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,959,349 4,563.045 429.40 4,139.526 473.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 908,631 2,023.423 449.06 1,835.619 495.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,049 42.218 948.61 38.300 1,045.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,518,410 61,604.105 479.16 55,886.320 528.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,265,989 93,560.845 473.13 84,876.995 521.53 Singapore WIRE RODS..............................3 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,638 73.610 620.00 66.778 683.43 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 918,900 2,026.760 453.38 1,838.647 499.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,365 8.302 2,814.18 7.532 3,102.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 94,404 113.179 834.11 102.675 919.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,036,669 2,148.243 482.57 1,948.854 531.94 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,209,613 33,946.659 448.04 30,795.900 493.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 46,876,763 118,155.741 396.74 107,189.116 437.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,164,038 8,059.572 516.66 7,311.523 569.52 STEEL PILING...........................5 18,488 17.967 1,028.96 16.300 1,134.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,797 12.683 299.37 11.506 330.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,595 1.728 2,658.49 1.568 2,930.48 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 299,889 426.318 703.44 386.750 775.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 54,388 82.164 661.94 74.538 729.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,992,072 2,772.260 718.57 2,514.953 792.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 321,412 643.535 499.45 583.806 550.55 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,038 65.019 508.12 58.985 560.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 309,104 423.892 729.20 384.549 803.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,930,551 85,714.157 500.86 77,758.598 552.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,437,701 45,411.577 934.51 41,196.702 1,030.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,164,640 8,941.973 689.40 8,112.024 759.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,332,800 14,759.551 632.32 13,389.644 697.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 9,202,042 16,540.825 556.32 15,005.589 613.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,035,370 20,899.249 719.42 18,959.486 793.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,119,153 2,526.664 838.72 2,292.152 924.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 177,043 74.741 2,368.75 67.804 2,611.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,155,116 15,593.444 522.98 14,146.139 576.49 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 221,721 417.776 530.72 379.001 585.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,467,455 13,911.082 680.57 12,619.925 750.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,730,305 2,770.234 624.61 2,513.115 688.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,827,538 38,162.570 571.96 34,620.511 630.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,435,377 73,760.770 710.88 66,914.664 783.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 781,758 852.912 916.58 773.749 1,010.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,584,521 6,816.908 672.52 6,184.197 741.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,034,890 1,699.167 609.06 1,541.459 671.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,925,178 513,461.151 578.28 465,804.253 637.45 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 500,823 878.688 569.97 797.133 628.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,441,583 9,236.815 589.12 8,379.500 649.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,622,489 19,452.942 597.47 17,647.418 658.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 312,800 578.558 540.65 524.860 595.97 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 141,927 221.010 642.17 200.497 707.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,108,569 1,767.339 627.25 1,603.304 691.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 260,779 592.919 439.82 537.888 484.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,377 63.018 783.54 57.169 863.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,333,934 1,841.235 724.48 1,670.341 798.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,153,793 10,220.139 797.82 9,271.557 879.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,164,343 8,042.354 766.48 7,295.903 844.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,746,462 4,787.073 573.72 4,342.761 632.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,637,086 6,321.598 575.34 5,734.859 634.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,837,366 2,495.299 736.33 2,263.698 811.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 124,109 99.144 1,251.80 89.942 1,379.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,191,712 6,781.749 470.63 6,152.301 518.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 14,709 23.262 632.32 21.103 697.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,867,372 1,946.380 959.41 1,765.727 1,057.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 235,296 236.666 994.21 214.700 1,095.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,390,253 96,800.094 468.91 87,815.593 516.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,837,638 6,307.194 608.45 5,721.792 670.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,515,750 21,312.433 774.93 19,334.320 854.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,098,104 1,336.078 821.89 1,212.070 905.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 20,921,423 26,863.994 778.79 24,370.613 858.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,429,383 1,449.144 986.36 1,314.642 1,087.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,937,080 229,655.133 600.63 208,339.691 662.08 Hong Kong BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,908,998 14,055.175 349.27 12,750.644 385.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,572 20.755 4,652.86 18.829 5,128.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 348,096 508.011 685.21 460.860 755.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,353,666 14,583.941 367.09 13,230.333 404.65 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 10,112 21.520 469.88 19.523 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 648,667 873.950 742.22 792.835 818.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 17,217 17.624 976.86 15.989 1,076.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,872,702 25,374.454 507.31 23,019.324 559.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 24,413 7.234 3,374.54 6.563 3,719.79 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,628,707 53,138.957 463.48 48,206.865 510.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,448,112 4,188.178 584.53 3,799.453 644.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 806,075 1,308.184 616.18 1,186.765 679.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,616 79.181 613.98 71.832 676.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 452,554 669.689 675.77 607.532 744.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,476,751 2,539.202 581.58 2,303.526 641.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,507 50.953 1,285.63 46.224 1,417.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 187,915 57.841 3,248.79 52.473 3,581.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,089,200 1,377.120 790.93 1,249.303 871.85 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,196,830 1,973.275 606.52 1,790.126 668.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 745,144 868.326 858.14 787.733 945.93 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 119,788 168.902 709.21 153.226 781.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,049,843 4,923.163 619.49 4,466.220 682.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,453,665 41,795.958 489.37 37,916.666 539.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,965,150 47,041.777 764.54 42,675.595 842.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,494,910 2,041.405 732.29 1,851.932 807.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,412,801 13,211.555 863.85 11,985.325 952.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 291,272 207.767 1,401.91 188.484 1,545.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,505,951 201,936.225 591.80 183,193.514 652.35 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,589,786 40,027.884 489.40 36,312.696 539.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,001,057 13,116.739 686.23 11,899.309 756.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,506,627 6,150.435 570.14 5,579.583 628.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 821,491 952.603 862.36 864.188 950.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 229,143 229.127 1,000.07 207.861 1,102.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 15,882,742 26,259.361 604.84 23,822.099 666.72 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,224 5.508 2,763.86 4.997 3,046.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,273,891 3,015.149 754.16 2,735.298 831.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,348,441 164.306 8,206.88 149.056 9,046.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,301,011 5,589.374 411.68 5,070.597 453.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 245,360 180.855 1,356.67 164.069 1,495.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,696,876 3,022.728 892.20 2,742.174 983.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,356,197 283.141 4,789.82 256.862 5,279.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,072,815 10,189.952 890.37 9,244.172 981.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,950,563 3,130.262 1,900.98 2,839.727 2,095.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,407,471 1,459.923 1,649.04 1,324.421 1,817.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 168,000 126.795 1,324.97 115.027 1,460.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 387,293 90.138 4,296.66 81.772 4,736.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,091,326 3,061.553 683.09 2,777.395 752.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,128,278 1,576.114 715.86 1,429.827 789.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,617,715 2,545.367 1,028.42 2,309.119 1,133.64 BLACK PLATE...........................28 3,044,863 4,861.350 626.34 4,410.144 690.42 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 932,990 1,334.777 698.99 1,210.890 770.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 214,749 343.127 625.86 311.280 689.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,616,881 4,203.520 622.55 3,813.371 686.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 459,377 614.036 748.13 557.045 824.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,323,485 649.341 2,038.20 589.073 2,246.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,670,760 1,648.650 1,013.41 1,495.631 1,117.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,456 3.009 816.13 2.730 899.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 388,085 338.201 1,147.50 306.811 1,264.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 93,744,953 135,173.337 693.52 122,627.224 764.47 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,993,541 80,275.271 460.83 72,824.522 507.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 623,300 966.746 644.74 877.018 710.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 359,631 558.548 643.87 506.707 709.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,807 19.666 1,007.15 17.841 1,110.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,917 48.556 513.15 44.050 565.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 64,694 94.967 681.22 86.153 750.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,638 13.434 568.52 12.188 626.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,571 86.082 784.95 78.093 865.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,089,605 39,700.106 531.22 36,015.341 585.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,250,704 121,763.381 486.61 110,461.913 536.39 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,786,490 3,289.273 543.13 2,983.980 598.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,924,201 9,259.902 531.78 8,400.445 586.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 771,467 1,291.928 597.14 1,172.018 658.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 355,748 392.532 906.29 356.100 999.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,837,906 14,233.638 550.66 12,912.543 607.00 Algeria STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,617 2.215 1,181.15 2.010 1,301.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 4,719 5.221 903.74 4.737 996.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,336 7.437 986.38 6.747 1,087.30 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,530,109 3,307.169 462.66 3,000.215 510.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,360,690 6,295.477 533.83 5,711.163 588.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,890,799 9,602.647 509.32 8,711.378 561.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,348,351 3,287.954 410.09 2,982.783 452.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,564,150 2,875.102 544.03 2,608.250 599.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,621,599 3,830.515 684.40 3,474.986 754.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,981 211.477 661.92 191.849 729.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 472,585 842.582 560.88 764.378 618.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 90,751 128.008 708.95 116.127 781.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,813,625 3,126.373 580.11 2,836.199 639.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 714,465 1,123.282 636.05 1,019.025 701.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 38,369 108.598 353.31 98.519 389.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,151,755 1,708.270 674.22 1,549.717 743.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,043,112 2,171.917 480.27 1,970.331 529.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,998,743 19,414.082 566.53 17,612.164 624.50 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,500 0.492 5,073.74 0.447 5,592.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 76,415 1.940 39,387.81 1.760 43,417.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 61,828 10.067 6,141.40 9.133 6,769.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,065 13.322 1,205.85 12.086 1,329.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 238,850 28.936 8,254.21 26.251 9,098.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,639,092 1,729.002 6,153.31 1,568.525 6,782.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 755,447 145.848 5,179.65 132.312 5,709.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 352,426 136.975 2,572.92 124.262 2,836.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 36,218 11.655 3,107.28 10.574 3,425.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,178,841 2,078.242 5,860.16 1,885.350 6,459.72 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 68,699 20.595 3,335.62 18.684 3,676.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 161,669 41.745 3,872.72 37.871 4,268.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 507,879 114.570 4,432.88 103.937 4,886.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,042,022 9,901.175 2,630.19 8,982.198 2,899.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,164,879 1,124.101 2,815.47 1,019.768 3,103.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,945,148 11,202.189 2,673.15 10,162.458 2,946.64 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,497 41.948 989.24 38.055 1,090.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,497 41.948 989.24 38.055 1,090.45 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,736 4.157 9,316.20 3.772 10,269.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 63,941 5.860 10,909.59 5.317 12,025.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,050,539 2,993.421 3,023.48 2,715.587 3,332.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,153,216 3,003.440 3,047.58 2,724.676 3,359.38 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,203 30.838 2,244.06 27.976 2,473.66 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,940,405 2,197.279 3,613.74 1,993.339 3,983.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 724,428 163.250 4,437.54 148.098 4,891.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 807,242 185.650 4,348.19 168.419 4,793.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,236,400 586.360 3,814.04 531.937 4,204.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,366,614 739.292 3,201.19 670.675 3,528.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 945,814 233.165 4,056.41 211.524 4,471.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,954,869 225.149 8,682.55 204.252 9,570.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 991,964 108.123 9,174.36 98.088 10,113.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,730,711 565.000 4,833.11 512.560 5,327.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 926,045 121.818 7,601.84 110.512 8,379.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,624,492 5,125.089 4,219.34 4,649.404 4,651.02 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 715,044 234.803 3,045.29 213.010 3,356.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 114,885 42.307 2,715.46 38.381 2,993.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 267,142 73.111 3,653.88 66.326 4,027.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 181,451 56.319 3,221.83 51.092 3,551.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,518,588 737.096 3,416.90 668.683 3,766.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 594,385 180.721 3,288.95 163.948 3,625.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,143,786 360.980 3,168.55 327.476 3,492.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,535,281 1,685.340 3,284.37 1,528.916 3,620.40 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,396 10.013 5,731.92 9.084 6,318.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,396 10.013 5,731.92 9.084 6,318.36 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 88,694 25.811 3,436.19 23.416 3,787.75 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,182,541 5,862.719 3,101.38 5,318.571 3,418.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,535,630 419.909 3,657.05 380.936 4,031.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,599 2.194 1,184.22 1.991 1,305.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 460,260 124.749 3,689.47 113.171 4,066.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 644,021 156.180 4,123.56 141.685 4,545.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 789,219 126.869 6,220.72 115.094 6,857.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,744 78.466 6,305.13 71.184 6,950.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 105,661 12.742 8,291.87 11.560 9,140.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 85,641 15.541 5,510.48 14.099 6,074.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,389,010 6,825.186 3,280.35 6,191.707 3,615.97 Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,687 3.228 1,451.68 2.929 1,600.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,133 0.469 34,355.91 0.426 37,870.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,820 3.698 5,629.68 3.355 6,205.66 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,697 3.236 1,451.31 2.936 1,599.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,700 0.189 246,311.28 0.172 271,511.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 201,906 29.365 6,875.60 26.640 7,579.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,518 0.637 3,952.06 0.578 4,356.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,821 33.428 7,652.74 30.326 8,435.70 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,651,452 1,121.513 5,039.13 1,017.420 5,554.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,916,134 630.369 3,039.70 571.862 3,350.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,206 2.118 12,369.25 1.922 13,634.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,671 8.809 4,503.12 7.992 4,963.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,144,512 933.858 3,367.23 847.182 3,711.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,125 16.669 5,946.62 15.122 6,555.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,877,100 2,713.338 4,008.75 2,461.500 4,418.89 France WIRE RODS..............................3 347,340 80.826 4,297.33 73.325 4,736.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,012,232 192.116 5,268.85 174.285 5,807.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 324,620 36.507 8,891.89 33.119 9,801.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,269,346 393.063 3,229.37 356.581 3,559.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,274,304 239.601 5,318.43 217.363 5,862.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 331,816 33.441 9,922.16 30.338 10,937.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,519 3.191 3,296.26 2.895 3,633.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,964,395 953.815 2,059.51 865.287 2,270.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 406,240 152.084 2,671.14 137.969 2,944.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,940,812 2,084.648 3,329.49 1,891.162 3,670.13 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 68,580 5.670 12,094.62 5.144 13,332.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 460,203 122.548 3,755.28 111.174 4,139.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 820,411 341.695 2,401.00 309.981 2,646.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 38,427 20.117 1,910.16 18.250 2,105.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 614,401 122.334 5,022.30 110.980 5,536.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,091,881 547.093 3,823.63 496.315 4,214.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,509,721 341.319 7,352.99 309.640 8,105.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 954,099 135.120 7,061.11 122.579 7,783.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 343,111 97.302 3,526.24 88.271 3,887.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,869,140 510.735 3,659.70 463.332 4,034.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 798,648 178.151 4,482.98 161.616 4,941.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,568,622 2,422.088 4,363.43 2,197.282 4,809.86 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,782 1.642 3,520.36 1.490 3,880.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 834,940 281.815 2,962.72 255.659 3,265.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 101,463 27.520 3,686.84 24.966 4,064.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 171,857 176.308 974.75 159.944 1,074.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,464,018 536.017 2,731.29 486.267 3,010.73 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 106,469 23.493 4,531.84 21.313 4,995.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 722,568 38.299 18,866.11 34.745 20,796.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,893 2.843 4,181.84 2.580 4,609.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 840,930 64.637 13,009.98 58.638 14,341.04 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 75,003 10.993 6,822.58 9.973 7,520.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,003 10.993 6,822.58 9.973 7,520.61 Hungary STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,811 23.119 727.12 20.974 801.52 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,790 4.567 6,302.57 4.144 6,947.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 521,637 93.560 5,575.38 84.877 6,145.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 513,236 87.025 5,897.55 78.948 6,500.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,828 0.270 40,093.87 0.245 44,195.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 414,118 60.337 6,863.39 54.737 7,565.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,488,609 245.761 6,057.13 222.951 6,676.84 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,241 20.245 4,556.23 18.366 5,022.38 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,314 18.640 2,538.29 16.910 2,797.99 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 303,291 111.631 2,716.91 101.270 2,994.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 132,459 39.021 3,394.49 35.400 3,741.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 256,511 36.557 7,016.73 33.164 7,734.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 692,261 187.209 3,697.78 169.834 4,076.10 Spain IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 567,468 207.708 2,732.04 188.430 3,011.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 506,914 185.331 2,735.17 168.130 3,015.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,868 1.104 5,312.74 1.002 5,856.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,315,446 204.660 11,313.59 185.665 12,471.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,089 4.828 12,031.39 4.380 13,262.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 326,692 102.151 3,198.12 92.670 3,525.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,780,477 705.784 5,356.42 640.277 5,904.44 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 563,572 176.335 3,196.02 159.969 3,523.01 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 840,278 321.561 2,613.12 291.716 2,880.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 756,497 346.762 2,181.60 314.578 2,404.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 141,885 40.662 3,489.37 36.888 3,846.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 55,446 12.869 4,308.33 11.675 4,749.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 527,921 238.040 2,217.78 215.947 2,444.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 658,812 112.368 5,862.96 101.939 6,462.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 144,146 37.716 3,821.81 34.216 4,212.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,522,891 852.891 5,303.01 773.730 5,845.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,091,559 154.945 7,044.80 140.564 7,765.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 154,646 79.313 1,949.81 71.952 2,149.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 896,822 309.683 2,895.93 280.940 3,192.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,604 0.181 19,815.12 0.165 21,842.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,794,507 2,506.996 3,906.87 2,274.310 4,306.58 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,812 1.407 6,260.07 1.277 6,900.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,339 10.665 2,188.18 9.676 2,412.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 308,396 147.059 2,097.09 133.410 2,311.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 340,547 159.132 2,140.02 144.363 2,358.96 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,644 55.619 2,151.12 50.457 2,371.21 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 161,105 53.414 3,016.12 48.457 3,324.70 India IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,771 0.353 7,831.18 0.321 8,632.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,405 17.952 1,749.36 16.286 1,928.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 993,200 280.233 3,544.18 254.224 3,906.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 357,873 90.119 3,971.10 81.755 4,377.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,062,342 1,036.583 2,954.26 940.373 3,256.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,434,886 1,064.468 3,226.85 965.670 3,557.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,287 0.077 42,598.82 0.070 46,957.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,001,025 894.945 3,353.31 811.881 3,696.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 740,452 219.745 3,369.59 199.350 3,714.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 964,078 260.619 3,699.18 236.430 4,077.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,591,319 3,865.099 3,257.70 3,506.360 3,590.99 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 480,941 137.482 3,498.20 124.722 3,856.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 247,042 68.839 3,588.68 62.450 3,955.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 355,318 122.374 2,903.54 111.016 3,200.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,083,301 328.695 3,295.75 298.188 3,632.95 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,276 18.103 3,440.04 16.423 3,792.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,276 18.103 3,440.04 16.423 3,792.00 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 614,474 249.197 2,465.81 226.068 2,718.09 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,524 3.806 1,451.29 3.453 1,599.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 496,273 151.846 3,268.25 137.753 3,602.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 501,797 155.652 3,223.82 141.206 3,553.65 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,707 20.084 2,674.10 18.220 2,947.69 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,385 0.498 26,864.32 0.452 29,612.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 679,989 369.183 1,841.87 334.918 2,030.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 56,139 20.976 2,676.22 19.030 2,950.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 200,854 122.443 1,640.38 111.079 1,808.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 139,685 38.214 3,655.25 34.668 4,029.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 56,510 21.115 2,676.19 19.156 2,949.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 282,322 86.116 3,278.36 78.124 3,613.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,960,944 3,495.324 3,994.18 3,170.906 4,402.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,322,051 666.737 3,482.71 604.854 3,839.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,505,399 10,447.617 2,536.98 9,477.922 2,796.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 175,503 40.734 4,308.43 36.954 4,749.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,392,781 15,308.964 2,899.79 13,888.063 3,196.47 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,204,968 483.896 2,490.13 438.984 2,744.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 448,749 173.491 2,586.57 157.389 2,851.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,620 70.554 2,234.02 64.006 2,462.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,670,150 1,324.153 3,526.90 1,201.252 3,887.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,228,303 715.957 4,509.07 649.506 4,970.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,979,566 1,185.607 2,513.11 1,075.565 2,770.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 291,861 185.863 1,570.29 168.613 1,730.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,981,217 4,139.525 3,135.92 3,755.315 3,456.76 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,783 17.989 4,379.34 16.320 4,827.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,783 17.989 4,379.34 16.320 4,827.39 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,001,856 613.520 3,262.90 556.577 3,596.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,882,682 967.450 9,181.53 877.657 10,120.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,322,012 369.384 3,578.96 335.100 3,945.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,826,745 1,488.877 3,913.52 1,350.687 4,313.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,579,769 1,864.971 4,600.48 1,691.874 5,071.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,093,889 424.094 4,937.32 384.732 5,442.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,439 14.930 3,311.21 13.545 3,649.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,796,227 2,325.551 5,932.46 2,109.705 6,539.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 342,281 115.538 2,962.48 104.815 3,265.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,894,900 8,184.319 5,241.11 7,424.692 5,777.33 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,178 2.332 29,658.43 2.116 32,692.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 79,928 11.728 6,814.80 10.640 7,512.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 721,982 257.906 2,799.39 233.969 3,085.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 38,340 18.867 2,032.10 17.116 2,240.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,458 0.058 59,189.54 0.053 65,245.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 370,115 65.490 5,651.43 59.412 6,229.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,519,542 945.006 4,782.55 857.296 5,271.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 550,370 71.625 7,683.95 64.978 8,470.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,116,308 731.850 1,525.32 663.924 1,681.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 967,466 413.849 2,337.72 375.438 2,576.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/10/06 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,514 9.832 2,493.13 8.920 2,748.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,265,079 272.236 8,320.26 246.969 9,171.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,726,280 2,800.785 3,829.74 2,540.831 4,221.56 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 79,739 21.532 3,703.19 19.534 4,082.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,739 21.532 3,703.19 19.534 4,082.06 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 692,279 270.447 2,559.75 245.346 2,821.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 883,357 1,015.570 869.81 921.310 958.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,487,269 1,744.834 3,144.86 1,582.888 3,466.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,062,905 3,030.852 2,330.34 2,749.544 2,568.76 GRAND TOTAL 282,257,777 80,164.201 3,521.00 72,723.761 3,881.23