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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 334,165 383.769 870.74 348.150 959.83 Brazil 186,939 425.207 439.64 385.742 484.62 Sweden 4,800 10.215 469.89 9.267 517.97 United Kingdom 235,276 65.317 3,602.04 59.255 3,970.57 Belgium 95,534 96.871 986.20 87.880 1,087.10 Federal Republic of Germany 70,591 7.823 9,023.40 7.097 9,946.60 Ukraine 27,113 19.158 1,415.22 17.380 1,560.01 Italy 2,946,055 1,084.665 2,716.10 983.992 2,993.98 India 14,223 16.962 838.50 15.388 924.29 China 5,339 11.362 469.87 10.308 517.95 Japan 5,224 11.117 469.87 10.086 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,925,259 2,132.470 1,840.71 1,934.545 2,029.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,106,247 23,280.555 477.06 21,119.771 525.87 Mexico 58,125,705 103,099.760 563.78 93,530.556 621.46 Brazil 87,110,647 176,372.272 493.90 160,002.279 544.43 Sweden 9,266,699 2,346.545 3,949.08 2,128.751 4,353.12 United Kingdom 42,512,306 51,721.719 821.94 46,921.168 906.04 Belgium 376,709 537.021 701.48 487.178 773.25 France 2,431,279 182.659 13,310.44 165.706 14,672.24 Federal Republic of Germany 2,059,736 2,935.565 701.65 2,663.101 773.44 Czech Republic 2,552 1.758 1,451.50 1.595 1,600.00 Russia 71,047,190 158,049.701 449.52 143,380.318 495.52 Ukraine 73,630,911 152,836.374 481.76 138,650.866 531.05 Spain 952,626 340.200 2,800.19 308.625 3,086.68 Italy 13,378,253 25,256.543 529.69 22,912.357 583.89 Slovenia 202,179 146.585 1,379.26 132.980 1,520.37 India 2,240 0.052 42,335.30 0.048 46,666.67 China 128,044 129.145 991.47 117.159 1,092.91 Taiwan 177,271 23.920 7,410.95 21.700 8,169.17 Japan 554,538 451.362 1,228.59 409.469 1,354.29 Australia 16,417,155 40,562.012 404.74 36,797.249 446.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 389,482,287 738,273.757 527.56 669,750.876 581.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,963,737 25,560.072 585.43 23,187.714 645.33 Mexico 77,665 123.301 629.88 111.857 694.32 Brazil 4,456,871 8,304.144 536.70 7,533.395 591.62 Argentina 2,469,047 5,363.398 460.35 4,865.595 507.45 Sweden 1,329,008 288.771 4,602.29 261.969 5,073.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 3,445,797 2,051.042 1,680.02 1,860.675 1,851.91 France 642,679 180.354 3,563.42 163.615 3,928.00 Federal Republic of Germany 5,527,139 10,467.836 528.01 9,496.264 582.03 Czech Republic 1,419,561 2,924.296 485.44 2,652.878 535.10 Spain 1,971,325 3,471.407 567.87 3,149.209 625.97 Italy 1,004,310 1,088.244 922.87 987.239 1,017.29 Turkey 6,943,891 15,987.092 434.34 14,503.250 478.78 India 48,199 19.182 2,512.67 17.402 2,769.74 Malaysia 3,775,418 8,732.612 432.34 7,922.095 476.57 China 64,913,491 153,263.384 423.54 139,038.243 466.88 Taiwan 3,062,046 990.137 3,092.55 898.238 3,408.95 Japan 3,972,899 6,123.292 648.82 5,554.959 715.20 Australia 6,860 10.099 679.25 9.162 748.74 Egypt 4,003,368 8,869.017 451.39 8,045.840 497.57 South Africa 4,057,372 9,176.623 442.14 8,324.895 487.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 128,090,683 262,994.312 487.05 238,584.494 536.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,955,171 15,387.539 711.95 13,959.345 784.79 Mexico 2,543,190 4,313.304 589.62 3,912.965 649.94 Panama 79,374 71.234 1,114.26 64.623 1,228.26 Brazil 2,090,808 4,262.441 490.52 3,866.823 540.70 United Kingdom 1,933,023 2,453.560 787.84 2,225.833 868.45 Netherlands 27,612 24.054 1,147.89 21.822 1,265.33 Luxembourg 3,533,792 4,209.608 839.46 3,818.894 925.34 Federal Republic of Germany 3,467,679 3,960.893 875.48 3,593.263 965.05 Austria 59,122 8.071 7,325.13 7.322 8,074.57 Poland 4,128,022 7,832.488 527.04 7,105.516 580.96 Russia 171,923 265.462 647.63 240.824 713.89 Spain 3,737,630 6,072.682 615.48 5,509.046 678.45 Italy 3,421,209 3,365.603 1,016.52 3,053.225 1,120.52 Turkey 19,387 21.075 919.90 19.119 1,014.02 India 857,341 203.346 4,216.16 184.473 4,647.51 China 384,013 755.295 508.43 685.193 560.45 Korea, South 417,287 500.991 832.92 454.492 918.14 Taiwan 683,860 1,507.289 453.70 1,367.390 500.12 Japan 2,573,753 4,312.063 596.87 3,911.839 657.94 South Africa 7,603 5.860 1,297.22 5.317 1,429.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,091,799 59,532.867 690.24 54,007.324 760.86 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,031,958 1,060.325 973.25 961.911 1,072.82 Luxembourg 10,788,115 12,708.917 848.86 11,529.339 935.71 Federal Republic of Germany 31,299 36.172 865.27 32.815 953.80 Japan 4,720 7.173 657.95 6.508 725.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 11,856,092 13,812.588 858.35 12,530.573 946.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 24,690,971 27,623.069 893.85 25,059.234 985.30 Mexico 202,857 277.650 730.62 251.880 805.37 Brazil 38,694 10.047 3,851.08 9.115 4,245.09 Sweden 5,900,563 3,344.894 1,764.05 3,034.438 1,944.53 Finland 734,842 405.231 1,813.39 367.620 1,998.92 United Kingdom 442,853 407.846 1,085.83 369.992 1,196.93 Netherlands 3,779 0.916 4,125.45 0.831 4,547.53 Belgium 6,599,604 1,754.506 3,761.52 1,591.662 4,146.36 France 2,183,877 1,282.498 1,702.83 1,163.463 1,877.05 Federal Republic of Germany 4,022,645 2,881.362 1,396.09 2,613.929 1,538.93 Austria 2,693,457 2,872.761 937.58 2,606.126 1,033.51 Czech Republic 876,485 1,048.575 835.88 951.252 921.40 Slovakia 224,465 368.199 609.63 334.025 672.00 Russia 7,546,243 11,348.911 664.93 10,295.562 732.96 Ukraine 31,319,213 47,612.946 657.79 43,193.751 725.09 Italy 370,532 146.421 2,530.59 132.831 2,789.50 Slovenia 7,862 1.492 5,267.57 1.354 5,806.50 Turkey 386,933 621.475 622.60 563.793 686.30 Thailand 9,077,093 18,619.527 487.50 16,891.356 537.38 Malaysia 1,625,316 2,836.402 573.02 2,573.142 631.65 China 3,470,547 5,741.689 604.45 5,208.775 666.29 Korea, South 12,501,543 18,401.805 679.37 16,693.842 748.87 Taiwan 24,561,978 3,005.396 8,172.62 2,726.451 9,008.77 Japan 3,623,499 2,987.420 1,212.92 2,710.143 1,337.01 Australia 2,456,894 3,871.051 634.68 3,511.760 699.62 South Africa 1,770,428 904.451 1,957.46 820.505 2,157.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 147,333,173 158,376.552 930.27 143,676.832 1,025.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,054,461 23,834.076 631.64 21,621.917 696.26 Mexico 11,207,952 19,438.113 576.60 17,633.965 635.59 Brazil 38,652 10.036 3,851.13 9.105 4,245.14 Sweden 3,798,876 765.352 4,963.57 694.316 5,471.39 Finland 329,872 95.140 3,467.21 86.310 3,821.94 United Kingdom 2,738 2.960 924.75 2.686 1,019.36 Netherlands 9,008,020 16,633.117 541.57 15,089.315 596.98 Belgium 2,897,434 868.301 3,336.90 787.710 3,678.30 France 1,930,798 3,144.465 614.03 2,852.612 676.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,627,373 4,234.428 856.64 3,841.410 944.28 Russia 28,748,779 52,436.140 548.26 47,569.280 604.36 Spain 2,819,398 2,136.544 1,319.61 1,938.241 1,454.62 Italy 105,732 285.267 370.64 258.790 408.56 Romania 4,359,259 7,814.723 557.83 7,089.400 614.90 Turkey 914,890 1,803.833 507.19 1,636.411 559.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 1,618,948 4,149.448 390.16 3,764.317 430.08 Thailand 3,244,750 5,929.690 547.20 5,379.326 603.19 Malaysia 1,546,000 3,177.750 486.51 2,882.808 536.28 China 108,677 34.417 3,157.61 31.223 3,480.67 Korea, South 4,584,763 7,723.599 593.60 7,006.734 654.34 Taiwan 147,049 47.326 3,107.11 42.934 3,425.00 Japan 745,966 917.001 813.48 831.890 896.71 New Zealand 1,064,160 1,934.765 550.02 1,755.190 606.29 Egypt 2,078,325 4,689.115 443.22 4,253.895 488.57 South Africa 140,541 61.905 2,270.24 56.160 2,502.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,123,413 162,167.524 617.41 147,115.945 680.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 2,597 15.111 171.85 13.709 189.44 United Kingdom 3,394 6.649 510.44 6.032 562.67 Luxembourg 311,647 376.277 828.24 341.353 912.98 Austria 587,829 502.959 1,168.74 456.277 1,288.32 Czech Republic 108,130 152.185 710.52 138.060 783.21 Poland 47,844 62.161 769.67 56.392 848.42 Spain 267,333 311.945 856.99 282.992 944.67 Korea, South 56,308 110.321 510.40 100.082 562.62 Japan 8,092,556 12,701.100 637.15 11,522.248 702.34 Australia 20,000 11.091 1,803.19 10.062 1,987.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,497,638 14,249.802 666.51 12,927.207 734.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 596,363 730.569 816.30 662.762 899.81 Luxembourg 2,964 2.600 1,139.85 2.359 1,256.46 France 3,169 0.132 23,957.24 0.120 26,408.33 Federal Republic of Germany 11,626 2.877 4,040.97 2.610 4,454.41 Austria 273,535 322.227 848.89 292.320 935.74 Spain 407,640 544.604 748.51 494.057 825.09 Korea, South 64,491 82.732 779.51 75.054 859.26 Japan 15,701 12.687 1,237.51 11.510 1,364.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,375,489 1,698.431 809.86 1,540.792 892.72 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 297,459 302.769 982.46 274.668 1,082.98 China 47,240 57.288 824.60 51.971 908.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 344,699 360.057 957.34 326.639 1,055.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 36,806,929 55,918.207 658.23 50,728.159 725.57 Mexico 3,170,728 5,184.893 611.53 4,703.658 674.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 13,800 33.069 417.31 30.000 460.00 Brazil 806,821 1,105.973 729.51 1,003.323 804.15 Argentina 509,913 853.503 597.43 774.286 658.56 Sweden 3,689,519 1,180.506 3,125.37 1,070.938 3,445.13 United Kingdom 2,643,315 1,509.679 1,750.91 1,369.559 1,930.05 Netherlands 206,995 116.017 1,784.18 105.249 1,966.72 France 2,104,058 1,392.502 1,510.99 1,263.257 1,665.58 Federal Republic of Germany 2,701,510 2,748.258 982.99 2,493.179 1,083.56 Austria 1,372,425 287.978 4,765.72 261.250 5,253.30 Czech Republic 951,759 1,011.245 941.17 917.387 1,037.47 Switzerland 374,050 61.559 6,076.22 55.846 6,697.88 Russia 4,307,729 7,507.054 573.82 6,810.287 632.53 Ukraine 2,031 0.921 2,203.94 0.836 2,429.43 Spain 2,068,310 2,211.507 935.25 2,006.246 1,030.94 Portugal 949,923 231.736 4,099.15 210.228 4,518.54 Italy 3,972,384 2,130.799 1,864.27 1,933.029 2,055.00 Slovenia 2,876 1.097 2,619.54 0.996 2,887.55 Bulgaria 4,334,796 9,684.384 447.61 8,785.528 493.40 Turkey 63,245 131.027 482.69 118.866 532.07 India 948,745 557.348 1,702.25 505.618 1,876.41 China 1,089,525 1,934.500 563.21 1,754.950 620.83 Korea, South 3,407,580 4,919.795 692.63 4,463.165 763.49 Taiwan 4,304,152 3,853.004 1,117.09 3,495.388 1,231.38 Japan 12,581,768 13,762.556 914.20 12,485.185 1,007.74 Egypt 751,461 3,544.444 212.01 3,215.467 233.70 South Africa 1,041,282 1,931.661 539.06 1,752.374 594.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,177,629 123,805.237 768.77 112,314.254 847.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,300,105 7,758.356 683.15 7,038.265 753.04 Mexico 3,663,248 6,332.846 578.45 5,745.063 637.63 Brazil 1,593,911 3,304.669 482.32 2,997.947 531.67 United Kingdom 182,995 137.990 1,326.14 125.183 1,461.82 France 9,839 1.439 6,834.45 1.306 7,533.69 Federal Republic of Germany 54,804 18.008 3,043.24 16.337 3,354.59 Italy 357,721 75.682 4,726.60 68.658 5,210.19 Turkey 56,338 92.531 608.85 83.943 671.15 India 2,663,815 788.025 3,380.37 714.885 3,726.21 Malaysia 2,163,746 4,770.239 453.59 4,327.490 500.00 China 556,887 1,231.760 452.11 1,117.435 498.36 Korea, South 152,052 340.087 447.10 308.522 492.84 Taiwan 288,722 649.073 444.82 588.830 490.33 Japan 1,280,575 2,898.316 441.83 2,629.309 487.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,324,758 28,399.028 645.26 25,763.173 711.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 726,487 1,455.753 499.05 1,320.638 550.10 Mexico 4,990,985 12,251.994 407.36 11,114.826 449.04 Dominican Republic 2,943,646 5,466.628 538.48 4,959.243 593.57 Brazil 3,221,449 6,700.073 480.81 6,078.206 530.00 Federal Republic of Germany 170,429 178.357 955.55 161.803 1,053.31 Switzerland 52,540 29.707 1,768.59 26.950 1,949.54 Bulgaria 6,585,655 14,622.501 450.38 13,265.314 496.46 Turkey 33,014,804 71,686.144 460.55 65,032.595 507.67 India 66,875 157.244 425.29 142.650 468.80 Thailand 5,115,091 11,276.841 453.59 10,230.181 500.00 Malaysia 4,689,048 11,056.233 424.11 10,030.049 467.50 Singapore 2,384,881 5,398.111 441.80 4,897.086 487.00 China 43,375 74.295 583.82 67.400 643.55 Taiwan 1,078,299 2,425.756 444.52 2,200.610 490.00 Japan 2,585,454 5,876.234 439.98 5,330.832 485.00 Australia 47,094 55.225 852.75 50.100 940.00 Egypt 2,058,968 9,711.609 212.01 8,810.226 233.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,775,080 158,422.713 440.44 143,718.709 485.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 11,367,248 8,233.522 1,380.61 7,469.328 1,521.86 Mexico 36,286 38.432 944.16 34.865 1,040.76 Brazil 67,294 33.337 2,018.59 30.243 2,225.11 Sweden 769,585 215.666 3,568.41 195.649 3,933.50 United Kingdom 3,889,741 2,152.102 1,807.41 1,952.355 1,992.33 Netherlands 95,115 55.684 1,708.11 50.516 1,882.87 Belgium 56,580 41.750 1,355.21 37.875 1,493.86 France 2,758,446 977.472 2,822.02 886.748 3,110.74 Federal Republic of Germany 9,595,453 5,927.466 1,618.81 5,377.309 1,784.43 Austria 703,124 110.035 6,389.95 99.823 7,043.71 Czech Republic 215,637 52.969 4,070.98 48.053 4,487.48 Switzerland 811,806 163.732 4,958.11 148.536 5,465.38 Latvia 357,464 77.542 4,609.94 70.345 5,081.58 Ukraine 4,261,529 3,892.811 1,094.72 3,531.500 1,206.72 Spain 1,551,037 1,653.174 938.22 1,499.735 1,034.21 Italy 14,075,467 3,461.424 4,066.38 3,140.152 4,482.42 Slovenia 22,362 9.408 2,376.86 8.535 2,620.04 Romania 3,148 1.983 1,587.45 1.799 1,749.86 Saudi Arabia 217,626 72.825 2,988.33 66.066 3,294.07 United Arab Emirates 405,434 142.750 2,840.16 129.501 3,130.74 India 3,732,808 1,074.058 3,475.42 974.370 3,831.00 Malaysia 61,674 95.560 645.39 86.691 711.42 China 1,570,378 1,265.068 1,241.34 1,147.651 1,368.34 Korea, South 324,957 215.231 1,509.80 195.255 1,664.27 Taiwan 10,454,526 2,568.882 4,069.68 2,330.452 4,486.05 Japan 1,434,554 934.560 1,535.00 847.819 1,692.05 South Africa 78,352 102.773 762.37 93.235 840.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 68,917,631 33,570.226 2,052.94 30,454.406 2,262.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,265,407 834.981 1,515.49 757.483 1,670.54 Mexico 210,062 142.008 1,479.22 128.828 1,630.56 Brazil 1,656,019 734.489 2,254.65 666.318 2,485.33 Sweden 3,768,139 1,143.981 3,293.88 1,037.803 3,630.88 United Kingdom 323,782 66.001 4,905.64 59.876 5,407.54 Netherlands 798,169 680.515 1,172.89 617.353 1,292.89 Belgium 18,231 3.450 5,283.99 3.130 5,824.60 France 3,077,822 1,330.126 2,313.93 1,206.671 2,550.67 Federal Republic of Germany 4,238,512 1,446.720 2,929.74 1,312.443 3,229.48 Austria 3,680,616 676.815 5,438.14 613.997 5,994.52 Czech Republic 169,327 56.656 2,988.66 51.398 3,294.43 Switzerland 177,473 59.687 2,973.35 54.148 3,277.55 Poland 195,554 106.973 1,828.06 97.045 2,015.09 Russia 796,674 253.453 3,143.28 229.929 3,464.87 Ukraine 185,907 22.167 8,386.48 20.110 9,244.51 Spain 251,056 109.101 2,301.13 98.975 2,536.56 Italy 20,702 0.399 51,879.96 0.362 57,187.85 Slovenia 1,951,782 764.539 2,552.88 693.579 2,814.07 India 47,596 28.972 1,642.83 26.283 1,810.90 China 3,463,604 732.276 4,729.91 664.310 5,213.84 Korea, South 373,475 358.990 1,040.35 325.671 1,146.79 Taiwan 590,691 193.769 3,048.42 175.785 3,360.30 Japan 2,927,072 2,277.845 1,285.02 2,066.427 1,416.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,187,672 12,023.924 2,510.63 10,907.924 2,767.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,268,094 31,900.997 854.77 28,940.106 942.23 Mexico 5,111,405 5,547.953 921.31 5,033.020 1,015.57 Guatemala 3,085 2.886 1,068.60 2.619 1,177.93 Dominican Republic 77,466 197.568 392.10 179.231 432.21 Colombia 190,949 196.998 969.29 178.714 1,068.46 Venezuela 1,259,068 1,466.803 858.38 1,330.662 946.20 Chile 120,451 118.876 1,013.24 107.843 1,116.91 Brazil 217,637 125.056 1,740.32 113.449 1,918.37 Argentina 171,667 104.372 1,644.76 94.685 1,813.03 Sweden 135,696 117.964 1,150.31 107.016 1,268.00 United Kingdom 11,991 4.427 2,708.00 4.017 2,985.06 France 129,889 55.128 2,356.10 50.012 2,597.16 Federal Republic of Germany 2,309,667 1,584.309 1,457.84 1,437.262 1,606.99 Austria 5,033 0.518 9,714.60 0.470 10,708.51 Switzerland 8,397 2.033 4,128.80 1.845 4,551.22 Russia 966,687 1,345.268 718.58 1,220.407 792.10 Ukraine 1,926,930 2,252.632 855.41 2,043.554 942.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 94,505 54.668 1,728.71 49.594 1,905.57 Italy 414,982 199.192 2,083.33 180.704 2,296.47 Romania 811,455 1,316.515 616.37 1,194.323 679.43 Turkey 314,988 494.949 636.40 449.011 701.52 United Arab Emirates 16,999 28.911 587.97 26.228 648.12 Oman 1,124,117 1,728.645 650.29 1,568.201 716.82 India 2,063,167 2,752.595 749.54 2,497.113 826.22 Thailand 9,072,477 14,739.353 615.53 13,371.320 678.50 Malaysia 6,581 4.097 1,606.18 3.717 1,770.51 Indonesia 1,412,752 2,660.284 531.05 2,413.370 585.39 China 41,479,468 76,170.015 544.56 69,100.295 600.28 Korea, South 3,304,069 4,444.485 743.41 4,031.971 819.47 Taiwan 2,930,780 4,634.620 632.37 4,204.458 697.06 Japan 1,078,065 1,162.153 927.64 1,054.288 1,022.55 South Africa 468,657 738.997 634.18 670.407 699.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 104,507,174 156,153.279 669.26 141,659.912 737.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 14,577,047 9,435.293 1,544.95 8,559.557 1,703.01 Mexico 115,800 171.960 673.41 156.000 742.31 Colombia 3,573,601 3,050.695 1,171.41 2,767.545 1,291.25 Venezuela 4,861,509 5,176.617 939.13 4,696.150 1,035.21 Brazil 16,719,646 14,645.642 1,141.61 13,286.307 1,258.41 Norway 271,944 13.809 19,692.17 12.528 21,706.90 Finland 2,598 0.182 14,197.99 0.166 15,650.60 United Kingdom 650,443 32.859 19,794.44 29.810 21,819.62 France 193,145 146.153 1,321.52 132.588 1,456.73 Federal Republic of Germany 10,782,852 7,758.176 1,389.87 7,038.101 1,532.07 Austria 10,549,403 7,353.313 1,434.65 6,670.816 1,581.43 Czech Republic 2,928,001 2,168.083 1,350.50 1,966.853 1,488.67 Russia 11,324,527 13,267.504 853.55 12,036.081 940.88 Ukraine 4,516,120 4,413.244 1,023.31 4,003.629 1,128.01 Italy 3,626 0.169 21,360.08 0.154 23,545.45 Greece 1,855,392 2,633.902 704.43 2,389.437 776.50 Romania 1,114,708 1,024.002 1,088.58 928.960 1,199.95 Turkey 814,624 1,207.476 674.65 1,095.405 743.67 India 1,472,748 852.535 1,727.49 773.407 1,904.23 Singapore 31,200 7.165 4,354.49 6.500 4,800.00 China 77,330,813 80,249.800 963.63 72,801.415 1,062.22 Korea, South 8,832,126 10,902.258 810.12 9,890.365 893.00 Taiwan 2,604,900 3,725.448 699.22 3,379.671 770.76 Japan 14,375,854 3,207.087 4,482.53 2,909.422 4,941.14 South Africa 1,455,063 1,415.061 1,028.27 1,283.723 1,133.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 190,957,690 172,858.447 1,104.71 156,814.590 1,217.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 34,673,969 25,857.965 1,340.94 23,457.958 1,478.13 Brazil 9,434,644 8,615.840 1,095.03 7,816.161 1,207.07 Netherlands 39,289 54.862 716.14 49.770 789.41 Federal Republic of Germany 1,441,975 986.875 1,461.15 895.279 1,610.64 Czech Republic 1,750,514 1,516.096 1,154.62 1,375.380 1,272.75 Poland 935,660 709.188 1,319.34 643.365 1,454.32 Russia 689,808 1,152.095 598.74 1,045.164 660.00 Ukraine 1,309,251 1,613.197 811.59 1,463.469 894.62 Italy 2,786,027 3,201.880 870.12 2,904.698 959.15 Romania 2,295,876 3,059.465 750.42 2,775.501 827.19 India 2,794,037 2,617.738 1,067.35 2,374.773 1,176.55 China 5,481,046 9,050.635 605.60 8,210.601 667.56 Korea, South 6,666,756 8,337.144 799.65 7,563.332 881.46 Japan 11,573,491 13,380.477 864.95 12,138.568 953.45 South Africa 199,969 315.167 634.49 285.915 699.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,072,312 80,468.630 1,019.93 72,999.934 1,124.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 3,482,642 3,950.990 881.46 3,584.279 971.64 Venezuela 510,537 226.667 2,252.36 205.629 2,482.81 Brazil 3,612,673 2,470.780 1,462.16 2,241.455 1,611.75 Argentina 877,599 686.972 1,277.49 623.211 1,408.19 Sweden 5,411 2.385 2,268.38 2.164 2,500.46 United Kingdom 82,974 7.971 10,408.29 7.232 11,473.17 France 41,120 26.717 1,539.05 24.238 1,696.51 Federal Republic of Germany 69,273 9.853 7,030.25 8.939 7,749.52 Austria 477,388 419.314 1,138.50 380.396 1,254.98 Czech Republic 2,547,624 2,566.267 992.74 2,328.079 1,094.30 Slovakia 601,094 594.316 1,011.40 539.155 1,114.88 Poland 821,159 686.442 1,196.25 622.730 1,318.64 Russia 7,024,546 8,276.383 848.75 7,508.211 935.58 Ukraine 1,036,480 1,302.452 795.79 1,181.565 877.21 Spain 68,096 71.488 952.55 64.853 1,050.01 Italy 10,265 3.941 2,604.10 3.576 2,870.53 Romania 510,061 579.689 879.89 525.886 969.91 Turkey 131,347 214.854 611.33 194.913 673.88 India 927,403 662.097 1,400.70 600.645 1,544.01 China 15,928,415 23,408.591 680.45 21,235.923 750.07 Korea, South 2,820,757 4,639.566 607.98 4,208.945 670.18 Taiwan 1,070,556 1,731.475 618.29 1,570.769 681.55 Japan 2,066,443 1,348.892 1,531.96 1,223.695 1,688.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,723,863 53,888.113 829.94 48,886.488 914.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 3,898,962 4,418.592 882.40 4,008.481 972.68 Venezuela 275,079 424.199 648.47 384.827 714.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 8,220 8.629 952.49 7.829 1,049.94 Turkey 696,345 1,062.260 655.53 963.667 722.60 India 5,224,729 6,938.886 752.96 6,294.854 830.00 China 19,475,597 35,530.826 548.13 32,233.033 604.21 Korea, South 10,396,528 16,955.540 613.16 15,381.812 675.90 Taiwan 1,416,398 2,519.564 562.16 2,285.711 619.68 Japan 6,156,635 8,568.349 718.53 7,773.078 792.05 South Africa 969,060 1,749.476 553.91 1,587.099 610.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,517,553 78,176.327 620.62 70,920.391 684.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,736,147 10,490.202 1,214.10 9,516.554 1,338.32 Mexico 13,649,101 15,169.236 899.79 13,761.304 991.85 Costa Rica 151,534 172.320 879.37 156.327 969.34 Dominican Republic 192,716 294.976 653.33 267.598 720.17 Colombia 623,719 769.770 810.27 698.324 893.17 Venezuela 49,526 53.261 929.87 48.318 1,025.00 Brazil 697,065 633.328 1,100.64 574.546 1,213.24 Argentina 164,155 78.719 2,085.32 71.413 2,298.67 Sweden 705,536 458.060 1,540.27 415.546 1,697.85 Denmark 38,414 6.246 6,149.39 5.667 6,778.54 United Kingdom 720,189 428.234 1,681.76 388.488 1,853.83 Netherlands 35,369 6.230 5,676.97 5.652 6,257.78 Belgium 39,409 19.559 2,014.84 17.744 2,220.98 France 733,266 464.239 1,579.50 421.151 1,741.10 Federal Republic of Germany 4,170,988 2,064.277 2,020.56 1,872.682 2,227.28 Austria 163,569 58.106 2,815.00 52.713 3,103.01 Czech Republic 273,723 56.282 4,863.34 51.059 5,360.92 Slovakia 51,531 34.806 1,480.50 31.576 1,631.97 Switzerland 2,217,757 859.772 2,579.47 779.973 2,843.38 Russia 1,064,876 1,478.475 720.25 1,341.251 793.94 Ukraine 708,053 836.773 846.17 759.108 932.74 Spain 454,427 216.622 2,097.78 196.517 2,312.41 Italy 1,989,471 1,045.237 1,903.37 948.224 2,098.10 Romania 1,620,472 1,283.271 1,262.77 1,164.165 1,391.96 Turkey 2,514,055 3,740.528 672.11 3,393.351 740.88 Saudi Arabia 48,265 39.437 1,223.84 35.777 1,349.05 United Arab Emirates 54,400 110.458 492.49 100.206 542.88 India 3,487,707 2,677.857 1,302.42 2,429.312 1,435.68 Thailand 739,217 1,235.719 598.21 1,121.026 659.41 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 9,861,575 13,532.960 728.71 12,276.899 803.26 Korea, South 3,054,278 3,734.742 817.80 3,388.102 901.47 Hong Kong 47,318 41.640 1,136.33 37.776 1,252.59 Taiwan 412,627 299.931 1,375.74 272.093 1,516.49 Japan 10,143,700 4,818.153 2,105.31 4,370.957 2,320.70 Australia 56,973 92.218 617.81 83.659 681.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 20,771 38.488 539.67 34.916 594.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,698,049 67,343.424 1,094.36 61,092.944 1,206.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 68,783 44.698 1,538.81 40.550 1,696.25 Mexico 270,481 168.866 1,601.75 153.193 1,765.62 Brazil 225,815 158.337 1,426.17 143.641 1,572.08 Argentina 434,123 172.402 2,518.08 156.401 2,775.70 Sweden 257,839 182.680 1,411.42 165.725 1,555.82 Netherlands 569,839 230.086 2,476.63 208.731 2,730.02 Belgium 81,819 43.237 1,892.34 39.224 2,085.94 France 1,019,764 558.597 1,825.58 506.751 2,012.36 Federal Republic of Germany 5,000,974 2,778.621 1,799.80 2,520.724 1,983.94 Czech Republic 439,721 382.568 1,149.39 347.060 1,266.99 Poland 397,182 295.134 1,345.76 267.742 1,483.45 Russia 1,001,727 2,122.169 472.03 1,925.200 520.32 Ukraine 616,303 687.031 897.05 623.265 988.83 Italy 1,266,021 467.531 2,707.88 424.138 2,984.93 Romania 264,619 173.597 1,524.33 157.485 1,680.28 India 40,578 37.121 1,093.12 33.676 1,204.95 China 1,516,271 658.178 2,303.74 597.090 2,539.43 Korea, South 183,862 186.943 983.52 169.592 1,084.14 Japan 2,954,153 740.599 3,988.87 671.861 4,396.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,609,874 10,088.404 1,646.43 9,152.049 1,814.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 14,346,592 2,056.333 6,976.78 1,865.475 7,690.58 Mexico 201,779 49.174 4,103.36 44.610 4,523.18 Brazil 150,637 36.775 4,096.15 33.362 4,515.23 Uruguay 123,173 50.909 2,419.47 46.184 2,667.01 Sweden 1,791,660 207.752 8,624.01 188.470 9,506.34 Finland 407,093 104.387 3,899.82 94.699 4,298.81 Denmark 48,811 9.708 5,027.89 8.807 5,542.30 United Kingdom 1,115,531 198.429 5,621.81 180.012 6,196.98 Ireland 28,345 2.062 13,743.54 1.871 15,149.65 Netherlands 12,758 1.789 7,131.16 1.623 7,860.75 Belgium 141,097 10.829 13,029.43 9.824 14,362.48 France 2,490,727 490.267 5,080.35 444.763 5,600.12 Federal Republic of Germany 924,310 124.657 7,414.82 113.087 8,173.44 Austria 1,400,461 181.170 7,730.08 164.355 8,520.95 Czech Republic 584,693 35.922 16,276.69 32.588 17,941.97 Slovakia 311,287 47.730 6,521.82 43.300 7,189.08 Switzerland 53,488 8.294 6,448.31 7.525 7,108.04 Ukraine 502,606 77.227 6,508.09 70.060 7,173.94 Spain 2,275,312 310.097 7,337.40 281.316 8,088.10 Italy 876,798 327.093 2,680.58 296.734 2,954.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece 15,824 20.988 753.95 19.040 831.09 India 412,024 75.584 5,451.18 68.569 6,008.90 Thailand 450,693 130.464 3,454.54 118.355 3,807.98 Malaysia 993,727 274.053 3,626.04 248.617 3,997.02 Singapore 434,371 113.767 3,818.07 103.208 4,208.70 Indonesia 22,986 19.543 1,176.12 17.730 1,296.45 China 18,568,773 4,214.601 4,405.82 3,823.423 4,856.58 Korea, South 5,533,444 1,165.230 4,748.80 1,057.080 5,234.65 Hong Kong 48,746 19.028 2,561.79 17.262 2,823.89 Taiwan 10,668,649 2,436.553 4,378.58 2,210.405 4,826.56 Japan 8,992,852 1,463.323 6,145.50 1,327.505 6,774.25 Australia 2,547 0.338 7,526.38 0.307 8,296.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,931,794 14,264.087 5,183.07 12,940.166 5,713.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,169,283 986.654 3,212.15 895.078 3,540.79 Mexico 294,990 119.957 2,459.11 108.824 2,710.71 Sweden 14,115 0.431 32,749.15 0.391 36,099.74 United Kingdom 12,773 3.228 3,956.12 2.929 4,360.87 Ireland 6,622 2.605 2,541.19 2.364 2,801.18 France 35,623 17.827 1,998.19 16.173 2,202.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,141,094 46.351 24,618.50 42.049 27,137.24 Austria 10,143 3.647 2,780.77 3.309 3,065.28 Hungary 7,980 3.141 2,540.12 2.850 2,800.00 Switzerland 17,926 7.055 2,540.57 6.401 2,800.50 Italy 7,305 2.189 3,336.85 1.986 3,678.25 India 8,065 5.034 1,602.02 4.567 1,765.93 Vietnam 88,428 58.541 1,510.52 53.108 1,665.06 China 232,207 160.556 1,446.27 145.654 1,594.24 Korea, South 18,659 19.290 967.27 17.500 1,066.23 Taiwan 27,572 4.646 5,934.26 4.215 6,541.40 Japan 776,954 250.648 3,099.77 227.385 3,416.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,869,739 1,691.808 3,469.51 1,534.783 3,824.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,893,569 25,242.908 906.93 22,899.988 999.72 Mexico 7,865,706 5,496.086 1,431.15 4,985.967 1,577.57 Finland 1,014,660 399.694 2,538.59 362.597 2,798.31 Netherlands 15,216 8.758 1,737.19 7.946 1,914.93 Belgium 3,091 1.742 1,773.63 1.581 1,955.09 France 11,448 11.171 1,024.71 10.135 1,129.55 Federal Republic of Germany 16,838 6.350 2,651.48 5.761 2,922.76 Austria 116,629 66.423 1,755.85 60.258 1,935.49 Switzerland 49,135 14.494 3,389.96 13.149 3,736.79 Spain 2,569 1.650 1,556.82 1.497 1,716.10 Italy 367,230 192.470 1,907.98 174.606 2,103.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 2,469,127 4,189.407 589.37 3,800.568 649.67 India 98,768 151.521 651.84 137.458 718.53 Thailand 216,377 366.921 589.71 332.866 650.04 Malaysia 4,985 5.092 978.86 4.620 1,079.00 China 9,363,626 16,340.167 573.04 14,823.555 631.67 Korea, South 3,798,924 7,595.813 500.13 6,890.808 551.30 Taiwan 1,439,288 343.879 4,185.45 311.962 4,613.66 Japan 2,172,544 2,481.066 875.65 2,250.786 965.24 Australia 40,954 73.413 557.85 66.600 614.92 South Africa 3,289 9.153 359.31 8.304 396.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,963,973 62,998.189 824.85 57,151.012 909.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 429,024 532.120 806.25 482.732 888.74 Mexico 297,732 338.635 879.21 307.205 969.16 France 6,200 6.233 994.61 5.655 1,096.37 China 262,602 522.731 502.37 474.214 553.76 Japan 546,589 818.364 667.90 742.408 736.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,542,147 2,218.085 695.26 2,012.214 766.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 18,056,339 18,925.920 954.05 17,169.311 1,051.66 Mexico 8,396,393 7,868.688 1,067.06 7,138.356 1,176.24 Dominican Republic 255,058 294.471 866.16 267.140 954.77 Barbados 3,089 0.104 29,497.84 0.095 32,515.79 Colombia 74,855 56.705 1,320.08 51.442 1,455.13 Venezuela 510,779 605.787 843.17 549.561 929.43 Chile 36,409 38.766 939.20 35.168 1,035.29 Brazil 1,291,788 1,522.763 848.32 1,381.428 935.11 Argentina 78,631 108.601 724.03 98.522 798.11 Sweden 2,547,877 508.532 5,010.25 461.333 5,522.86 Finland 22,813 24.645 925.65 22.358 1,020.35 Denmark 10,239 1.006 10,173.79 0.913 11,214.68 United Kingdom 943,460 395.710 2,384.22 358.983 2,628.15 Ireland 5,450 0.632 8,613.52 0.574 9,494.77 Netherlands 190,463 94.881 2,007.38 86.075 2,212.76 Belgium 929,197 526.187 1,765.91 477.349 1,946.58 Luxembourg 27,743 3.729 7,439.56 3.383 8,200.71 France 875,730 371.493 2,357.32 337.013 2,598.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,056,756 772.061 2,663.98 700.403 2,936.53 Austria 1,462,254 217.325 6,728.42 197.154 7,416.81 Czech Republic 431,164 402.216 1,071.97 364.885 1,181.64 Switzerland 814,798 165.926 4,910.60 150.526 5,413.01 Poland 1,060,370 1,031.082 1,028.40 935.383 1,133.62 Russia 161,405 184.983 872.54 167.814 961.81 Belarus 508,948 526.049 967.49 477.224 1,066.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Moldova 786,707 1,026.745 766.21 931.448 844.61 Spain 122,886 55.415 2,217.54 50.272 2,444.42 Portugal 3,712 0.073 50,260.76 0.067 55,402.99 Italy 2,861,821 2,119.959 1,349.94 1,923.195 1,488.06 Greece 1,069,246 1,100.623 971.49 998.469 1,070.89 Turkey 161,350 135.226 1,193.19 122.675 1,315.26 Israel 153,707 196.675 781.53 178.421 861.48 India 5,048,570 2,328.422 2,168.24 2,112.310 2,390.07 Thailand 294,936 279.952 1,053.52 253.969 1,161.31 Malaysia 65,892 53.872 1,223.12 48.872 1,348.26 Indonesia 28,755 9.722 2,957.61 8.820 3,260.20 China 13,279,838 15,584.814 852.10 14,138.310 939.28 Korea, South 8,594,824 5,235.521 1,641.64 4,749.587 1,809.59 Taiwan 3,512,928 1,989.368 1,765.85 1,804.725 1,946.52 Japan 7,051,637 5,550.556 1,270.44 5,035.382 1,400.42 Australia 392,256 386.821 1,014.05 350.919 1,117.80 South Africa 674,837 759.776 888.20 689.258 979.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,855,910 71,461.821 1,187.43 64,829.092 1,308.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Brazil 39,784 64.000 621.62 58.060 685.22 Belgium 668,477 1,324.418 504.73 1,201.493 556.37 India 111,547 183.716 607.17 166.665 669.29 China 453,163 733.295 617.98 665.235 681.21 Taiwan 196,277 330.842 593.26 300.135 653.96 Japan 1,035,751 1,246.849 830.69 1,131.123 915.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,504,999 3,883.123 645.10 3,522.711 711.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 11,304,738 15,526.538 728.09 14,085.443 802.58 Brazil 1,203,034 1,446.308 831.80 1,312.069 916.90 Norway 891,434 1,314.344 678.23 1,192.354 747.63 Netherlands 7,257,567 11,129.811 652.08 10,096.798 718.80 Belgium 1,190,888 1,744.781 682.54 1,582.840 752.37 France 5,449,438 7,810.286 697.73 7,085.375 769.11 Federal Republic of Germany 7,565,621 12,484.894 605.98 11,326.109 667.98 China 1,729,868 2,783.726 621.42 2,525.355 685.00 Korea, South 496,974 621.945 799.06 564.220 880.82 Japan 83,675 93.667 893.32 84.974 984.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,173,237 54,956.306 676.41 49,855.537 745.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,300,069 3,964.521 832.40 3,596.554 917.56 Netherlands 876,235 1,290.445 679.02 1,170.673 748.49 France 131,017 207.219 632.26 187.986 696.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,427,668 1,680.113 849.74 1,524.174 936.68 Korea, South 410,403 569.993 720.01 517.090 793.68 Japan 705,239 947.272 744.49 859.351 820.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,850,631 8,659.565 791.11 7,855.828 872.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 32,561,087 52,625.895 618.73 47,741.423 682.03 Mexico 20,669,917 35,439.373 583.25 32,150.068 642.92 Brazil 170,905 45.957 3,718.76 41.692 4,099.23 Sweden 5,585,938 7,421.214 752.70 6,732.414 829.71 Finland 950,028 513.628 1,849.64 465.956 2,038.88 United Kingdom 3,399 0.319 10,632.83 0.290 11,720.69 Netherlands 18,092,793 38,338.820 471.92 34,780.403 520.20 Belgium 235,330 408.351 576.29 370.450 635.25 France 10,362,989 17,194.192 602.70 15,598.313 664.37 Federal Republic of Germany 641,768 686.108 935.37 622.427 1,031.07 Austria 1,197,802 1,477.956 810.44 1,340.780 893.36 Slovakia 136,327 223.623 609.63 202.868 672.00 Russia 19,574,218 35,659.143 548.93 32,349.440 605.09 Spain 2,294,761 4,360.702 526.24 3,955.964 580.08 Italy 615,794 1,357.872 453.50 1,231.842 499.90 Romania 140,177 251.106 558.24 227.800 615.35 Turkey 1,015,665 1,694.476 599.40 1,537.204 660.72 Saudi Arabia 6,940,068 17,937.257 386.91 16,272.411 426.49 India 1,930,819 3,220.377 599.56 2,921.478 660.90 Thailand 9,843,384 19,544.719 503.63 17,730.676 555.16 Malaysia 4,095,703 8,131.445 503.69 7,376.725 555.22 China 752,838 1,663.336 452.61 1,508.954 498.91 Korea, South 35,493,476 73,463.684 483.14 66,645.152 532.57 Taiwan 35,472 16.178 2,192.52 14.677 2,416.84 Japan 3,227,148 3,741.520 862.52 3,394.251 950.77 Australia 9,527,330 18,086.208 526.77 16,407.537 580.67 New Zealand 3,563,915 6,377.839 558.80 5,785.880 615.97 Egypt 24,719,559 49,838.567 495.99 45,212.801 546.74 South Africa 1,568,551 716.898 2,187.97 650.360 2,411.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 215,947,161 400,436.777 539.28 363,270.236 594.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,590,348 30,996.399 728.81 28,119.469 803.37 Mexico 43,438,079 29,436.397 1,475.66 26,704.258 1,626.63 Dominican Republic 13,741 23.506 584.55 21.325 644.36 Venezuela 20,581 25.990 791.87 23.578 872.89 Brazil 28,235,311 35,360.927 798.49 32,078.903 880.18 Argentina 56,869 104.582 543.77 94.876 599.40 Sweden 5,934,239 4,379.711 1,354.94 3,973.209 1,493.56 Finland 3,177,644 855.026 3,716.43 775.667 4,096.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 338,223 271.751 1,244.60 246.529 1,371.94 Netherlands 8,828,189 14,199.854 621.71 12,881.895 685.32 Belgium 7,688,269 7,067.678 1,087.81 6,411.692 1,199.10 Luxembourg 62,126 102.338 607.06 92.840 669.17 France 3,459,862 2,337.073 1,480.42 2,120.158 1,631.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,296,498 1,888.004 1,216.36 1,712.769 1,340.81 Austria 204,609 130.069 1,573.08 117.997 1,734.02 Russia 21,548,931 36,532.093 589.86 33,141.367 650.21 Ukraine 1,757,655 3,338.431 526.49 3,028.575 580.36 Spain 95,941 60.764 1,578.89 55.125 1,740.43 Italy 6,393,630 2,635.290 2,426.16 2,390.696 2,674.38 Turkey 32,144 55.161 582.72 50.042 642.34 Israel 361,099 125.961 2,866.75 114.270 3,160.05 India 3,276,669 5,519.621 593.64 5,007.318 654.38 Thailand 1,110,749 990.686 1,121.19 898.736 1,235.90 Indonesia 264,382 118.027 2,240.00 107.073 2,469.18 China 53,001,252 57,784.243 917.23 52,420.999 1,011.07 Korea, South 14,818,056 17,407.267 851.26 15,791.612 938.35 Hong Kong 197,648 60.611 3,260.89 54.986 3,594.51 Taiwan 47,033,757 46,752.803 1,006.01 42,413.442 1,108.94 Japan 10,517,579 13,781.884 763.15 12,502.719 841.22 New Zealand 279,433 464.061 602.15 420.990 663.75 South Africa 10,420,786 4,491.798 2,319.96 4,074.892 2,557.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 297,454,299 317,298.024 937.46 287,848.007 1,033.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,403,467 34,062.117 745.80 30,900.642 822.10 Mexico 7,304,868 7,821.505 933.95 7,095.552 1,029.50 Costa Rica 138,848 109.040 1,273.36 98.920 1,403.64 Colombia 2,464,593 3,314.909 743.49 3,007.236 819.55 Venezuela 66,932 63.603 1,052.33 57.700 1,160.00 Brazil 23,623,912 33,997.413 694.87 30,841.943 765.97 Argentina 3,382,146 4,268.413 792.37 3,872.241 873.43 Sweden 81,334 65.932 1,233.59 59.813 1,359.80 Netherlands 729,699 1,116.841 653.36 1,013.182 720.21 Belgium 437,584 398.906 1,096.96 361.882 1,209.19 France 1,395,181 1,712.550 814.68 1,553.600 898.03 Federal Republic of Germany 3,444,339 5,643.029 610.37 5,119.272 672.82 Austria 281,230 283.869 990.70 257.522 1,092.06 Kazakhstan 3,068,011 5,022.150 610.90 4,556.020 673.40 Spain 3,241,509 4,452.149 728.08 4,038.923 802.57 Italy 32,378 22.376 1,446.94 20.300 1,594.98 Turkey 47,162 81.229 580.60 73.690 640.01 India 54,147,152 70,316.618 770.05 63,790.181 848.83 Thailand 6,314,915 10,791.236 585.19 9,789.648 645.06 Indonesia 5,300,918 7,073.491 749.41 6,416.965 826.08 China 54,998,522 83,713.580 656.98 75,943.704 724.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 23,825,677 30,290.109 786.58 27,478.733 867.06 Taiwan 28,809,832 36,686.707 785.29 33,281.631 865.64 Japan 6,410,811 7,990.434 802.31 7,248.802 884.40 South Africa 11,038,755 12,382.658 891.47 11,233.362 982.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 265,989,775 361,680.875 735.43 328,111.464 810.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,458,833 1,195.139 1,220.64 1,084.213 1,345.52 United Kingdom 8,912 7.135 1,249.01 6.473 1,376.80 Luxembourg 468,048 691.093 677.26 626.950 746.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,817,529 8,776.348 662.86 7,961.772 730.68 Thailand 108,360 154.064 703.34 139.765 775.30 China 421,009 550.087 765.35 499.031 843.65 Korea, South 881,022 1,474.895 597.35 1,338.003 658.46 Taiwan 867,743 1,201.407 722.27 1,089.899 796.17 Japan 1,388,088 1,063.263 1,305.50 964.577 1,439.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,419,544 15,113.436 755.59 13,710.683 832.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,076,448 6,939.219 1,163.88 6,295.156 1,282.96 Mexico 12,956,152 14,988.362 864.41 13,597.218 952.85 Brazil 7,980,841 10,262.417 777.68 9,309.911 857.24 United Kingdom 113,991 111.488 1,022.44 101.141 1,127.05 Belgium 475,244 342.564 1,387.31 310.769 1,529.25 Luxembourg 2,194,052 2,715.157 808.08 2,463.150 890.75 France 72,877 56.282 1,294.83 51.059 1,427.31 Federal Republic of Germany 923,028 267.426 3,451.52 242.605 3,804.65 Italy 4,965 0.967 5,130.04 0.878 5,654.90 India 359,804 471.904 762.45 428.105 840.46 China 5,008,171 6,567.368 762.58 5,957.818 840.60 Korea, South 18,240,383 21,702.739 840.46 19,688.400 926.45 Taiwan 18,325,950 20,949.752 874.76 19,005.301 964.25 Japan 853,170 512.160 1,665.83 464.624 1,836.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,585,076 85,887.812 880.04 77,916.135 970.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Brazil 257,419 41.086 6,265.30 37.273 6,906.31 Sweden 915,210 810.495 1,129.20 735.269 1,244.73 United Kingdom 658,448 174.103 3,781.94 157.944 4,168.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,457,191 1,209.176 1,205.11 1,096.947 1,328.41 Austria 138,362 139.684 990.53 126.720 1,091.87 Czech Republic 272,645 104.355 2,612.65 94.670 2,879.95 Russia 7,704,710 2,476.868 3,110.67 2,246.978 3,428.92 Korea, South 668,621 905.835 738.13 821.760 813.65 Japan 3,454,884 4,187.989 824.95 3,799.281 909.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 15,527,490 10,049.595 1,545.09 9,116.842 1,703.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,036,422 3,164.793 643.46 2,871.053 709.29 Mexico 629,130 795.919 790.44 722.046 871.32 Sweden 95,185 6.172 15,419.71 5.600 16,997.32 Finland 826,642 198.893 4,156.21 180.433 4,581.43 United Kingdom 362,141 378.802 956.02 343.644 1,053.83 Netherlands 71,994 22.149 3,250.32 20.094 3,582.86 Federal Republic of Germany 943,986 1,150.796 820.29 1,043.985 904.21 Austria 7,697 0.886 8,684.83 0.804 9,573.38 Italy 6,864 0.938 7,317.18 0.851 8,065.80 Slovenia 141,182 45.754 3,085.63 41.508 3,401.32 China 141,459 309.668 456.81 280.927 503.54 Japan 215,122 455.045 472.75 412.810 521.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,477,824 6,529.820 838.89 5,923.755 924.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,064,039 3,306.847 1,228.98 2,999.922 1,354.71 Mexico 3,017,413 1,193.883 2,527.39 1,083.073 2,785.97 Chile 24,891 22.067 1,127.97 20.019 1,243.37 Brazil 153,904 113.173 1,359.90 102.669 1,499.03 Sweden 3,775,456 642.501 5,876.18 582.868 6,477.38 Finland 759,572 201.974 3,760.74 183.228 4,145.50 Denmark 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 United Kingdom 1,577,000 625.409 2,521.55 567.362 2,779.53 Netherlands 3,190 0.854 3,734.09 0.775 4,116.13 Belgium 1,560,422 391.233 3,988.47 354.921 4,396.53 France 2,591,243 469.066 5,524.26 425.530 6,089.45 Federal Republic of Germany 8,657,996 5,413.205 1,599.42 4,910.779 1,763.06 Austria 913,461 168.471 5,422.04 152.835 5,976.78 Switzerland 345,997 120.854 2,862.93 109.637 3,155.84 Russia 34,006 46.609 729.60 42.283 804.25 Spain 32,294 23.443 1,377.50 21.268 1,518.43 Italy 251,120 74.892 3,353.09 67.941 3,696.15 Turkey 7,597 9.400 808.15 8.528 890.83 India 1,410,875 409.790 3,442.92 371.756 3,795.16 Malaysia 6,495 0.477 13,607.77 0.433 15,000.00 Indonesia 541,220 106.058 5,103.02 96.215 5,625.11 China 904,824 1,067.818 847.36 968.709 934.05 Korea, South 1,437,952 1,208.863 1,189.51 1,096.663 1,311.21 Taiwan 1,031,992 421.124 2,450.56 382.038 2,701.28 Japan 3,566,359 781.707 4,562.27 709.153 5,029.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,681,495 16,821.949 2,180.57 15,260.620 2,403.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 2,865,364,911 3,822,747.401 749.56 3,467,939.085 826.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 334,165 383.769 870.74 348.150 959.83 Brazil 182,557 415.882 438.96 377.282 483.87 Belgium 95,534 96.871 986.20 87.880 1,087.10 Ukraine 27,113 19.158 1,415.22 17.380 1,560.01 Italy 584,947 234.548 2,493.93 212.779 2,749.08 India 7,283 2.193 3,320.11 1.990 3,659.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,231,599 1,152.423 1,068.70 1,045.461 1,178.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,438,590 1,594.585 902.17 1,446.584 994.47 Mexico 16,044,791 23,674.505 677.72 21,477.156 747.06 Brazil 3,345,890 4,720.410 708.81 4,282.286 781.33 United Kingdom 260,249 57.126 4,555.69 51.824 5,021.79 Belgium 9,226 9.355 986.18 8.487 1,087.07 France 2,431,279 182.659 13,310.44 165.706 14,672.24 Federal Republic of Germany 976,663 1,107.763 881.65 1,004.946 971.86 Russia 901,920 1,656.993 544.31 1,503.200 600.00 Italy 2,459,507 1,670.407 1,472.40 1,515.369 1,623.04 Slovenia 8,726 3.306 2,638.70 3.000 2,908.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,876,841 34,677.114 803.90 31,458.558 886.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 735,304 1,277.645 575.51 1,159.061 634.40 United Kingdom 1,557,567 2,219.728 701.69 2,013.704 773.48 Luxembourg 4,314 11.812 365.21 10.716 402.58 Federal Republic of Germany 147,698 177.746 830.95 161.249 915.96 Austria 59,122 8.071 7,325.13 7.322 8,074.57 Spain 3,576,936 5,962.525 599.90 5,409.114 661.28 Italy 2,600,717 3,219.013 807.92 2,920.241 890.58 Japan 380,725 420.357 905.72 381.342 998.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,062,383 13,296.900 681.54 12,062.749 751.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 14,457,793 13,563.083 1,065.97 12,304.226 1,175.03 Mexico 14,188 1.598 8,876.65 1.450 9,784.83 Sweden 5,340,001 3,212.566 1,662.22 2,914.392 1,832.29 Finland 321,191 283.536 1,132.80 257.220 1,248.70 United Kingdom 440,347 407.173 1,081.47 369.382 1,192.12 Belgium 1,172,151 656.430 1,785.64 595.504 1,968.33 France 1,318,740 1,021.513 1,290.97 926.702 1,423.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 3,121,215 2,358.068 1,323.63 2,139.204 1,459.05 Austria 452,795 396.839 1,141.00 360.007 1,257.74 Russia 226,846 213.587 1,062.08 193.763 1,170.74 Ukraine 2,454,808 1,983.291 1,237.74 1,799.212 1,364.38 China 3,470,547 5,741.689 604.45 5,208.775 666.29 Japan 2,554,611 2,457.895 1,039.35 2,229.766 1,145.69 South Africa 462,208 97.223 4,754.06 88.200 5,240.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,807,441 32,394.498 1,105.36 29,387.803 1,218.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,751,906 3,931.730 699.92 3,566.807 771.53 Netherlands 5,216,843 8,946.476 583.12 8,116.109 642.78 France 615,433 866.994 709.85 786.524 782.47 Japan 296,324 356.399 831.44 323.320 916.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,880,506 14,101.600 629.75 12,792.760 694.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 3,394 6.649 510.44 6.032 562.67 Czech Republic 108,130 152.185 710.52 138.060 783.21 Spain 88,308 92.655 953.08 84.056 1,050.59 Korea, South 56,308 110.321 510.40 100.082 562.62 Japan 325,603 464.175 701.47 421.093 773.23 Australia 20,000 11.091 1,803.19 10.062 1,987.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 601,743 837.078 718.86 759.385 792.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 20,494,892 29,791.722 687.94 27,026.604 758.32 Mexico 1,540,166 2,462.618 625.42 2,234.051 689.41 Brazil 286,580 108.353 2,644.85 98.297 2,915.45 Sweden 1,128,117 440.628 2,560.24 399.732 2,822.18 United Kingdom 583,472 354.066 1,647.92 321.204 1,816.52 Netherlands 193,105 112.271 1,719.98 101.851 1,895.96 France 653,357 358.700 1,821.45 325.408 2,007.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,346,774 1,235.208 1,090.32 1,120.563 1,201.87 Austria 210,880 46.828 4,503.25 42.482 4,963.98 Czech Republic 910,529 945.649 962.86 857.879 1,061.37 Switzerland 51,870 4.265 12,159.09 3.870 13,403.10 Russia 4,235,663 7,356.189 575.80 6,673.425 634.71 Ukraine 2,031 0.921 2,203.94 0.836 2,429.43 Spain 1,182,248 769.882 1,535.62 698.426 1,692.73 Italy 955,349 1,544.256 618.65 1,400.926 681.94 Bulgaria 4,334,796 9,684.384 447.61 8,785.528 493.40 China 225,047 229.268 981.59 207.989 1,082.01 Korea, South 2,256,801 2,629.067 858.40 2,385.051 946.23 Taiwan 1,152,863 238.235 4,839.17 216.124 5,334.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 10,619,774 11,199.453 948.24 10,159.976 1,045.26 Egypt 751,461 3,544.444 212.01 3,215.467 233.70 South Africa 1,027,072 1,903.069 539.69 1,726.436 594.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,142,847 74,959.490 722.29 68,002.125 796.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 196,162 330.385 593.74 299.721 654.48 Mexico 355,987 604.152 589.23 548.078 649.52 United Kingdom 182,995 137.990 1,326.14 125.183 1,461.82 Malaysia 135,330 298.350 453.59 270.659 500.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 870,474 1,370.879 634.98 1,243.641 699.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,608,707 3,020.727 1,856.74 2,740.359 2,046.71 Brazil 43,133 13.541 3,185.15 12.285 3,511.03 Sweden 116,285 58.477 1,988.54 53.050 2,191.99 United Kingdom 1,688,451 701.661 2,406.36 636.537 2,652.56 Belgium 56,580 41.750 1,355.21 37.875 1,493.86 France 480,725 320.160 1,501.51 290.445 1,655.13 Federal Republic of Germany 885,126 364.164 2,430.56 330.365 2,679.24 Czech Republic 23,616 17.783 1,327.97 16.133 1,463.83 Ukraine 3,458,567 3,678.477 940.22 3,337.060 1,036.41 Spain 199,348 107.826 1,848.78 97.819 2,037.93 Italy 149,777 67.526 2,218.05 61.259 2,444.98 Romania 3,148 1.983 1,587.45 1.799 1,749.86 China 276,356 219.988 1,256.23 199.570 1,384.76 Korea, South 146,113 93.914 1,555.81 85.198 1,714.98 Taiwan 23,686 12.374 1,914.09 11.226 2,109.92 Japan 639,247 621.393 1,028.73 563.719 1,133.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,798,865 9,341.753 1,477.12 8,474.699 1,628.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,265,407 834.981 1,515.49 757.483 1,670.54 Mexico 210,062 142.008 1,479.22 128.828 1,630.56 Brazil 1,656,019 734.489 2,254.65 666.318 2,485.33 Sweden 3,768,139 1,143.981 3,293.88 1,037.803 3,630.88 United Kingdom 323,782 66.001 4,905.64 59.876 5,407.54 Netherlands 798,169 680.515 1,172.89 617.353 1,292.89 Belgium 18,231 3.450 5,283.99 3.130 5,824.60 France 3,077,822 1,330.126 2,313.93 1,206.671 2,550.67 Federal Republic of Germany 4,238,512 1,446.720 2,929.74 1,312.443 3,229.48 Austria 3,680,616 676.815 5,438.14 613.997 5,994.52 Czech Republic 169,327 56.656 2,988.66 51.398 3,294.43 Switzerland 177,473 59.687 2,973.35 54.148 3,277.55 Poland 195,554 106.973 1,828.06 97.045 2,015.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 796,674 253.453 3,143.28 229.929 3,464.87 Ukraine 185,907 22.167 8,386.48 20.110 9,244.51 Spain 251,056 109.101 2,301.13 98.975 2,536.56 Italy 20,702 0.399 51,879.96 0.362 57,187.85 Slovenia 1,951,782 764.539 2,552.88 693.579 2,814.07 India 47,596 28.972 1,642.83 26.283 1,810.90 China 3,463,604 732.276 4,729.91 664.310 5,213.84 Korea, South 373,475 358.990 1,040.35 325.671 1,146.79 Taiwan 590,691 193.769 3,048.42 175.785 3,360.30 Japan 2,927,072 2,277.845 1,285.02 2,066.427 1,416.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,187,672 12,023.924 2,510.63 10,907.924 2,767.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 260,818 32.905 7,926.37 29.851 8,737.33 Mexico 193,931 100.560 1,928.50 91.227 2,125.81 Argentina 92,702 38.841 2,386.70 35.236 2,630.89 Sweden 13,015 0.167 77,677.72 0.152 85,625.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,242,114 901.023 1,378.56 817.395 1,519.60 Italy 335,455 157.804 2,125.76 143.158 2,343.25 India 281,923 201.924 1,396.18 183.183 1,539.02 China 28,524 40.278 708.17 36.540 780.62 Japan 131,669 52.939 2,487.16 48.026 2,741.62 South Africa 23,312 19.107 1,220.05 17.334 1,344.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,603,463 1,545.552 1,684.49 1,402.102 1,856.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,143,101 5,754.900 1,762.52 5,220.759 1,942.84 Colombia 1,642,958 1,246.578 1,317.97 1,130.877 1,452.82 Brazil 6,235,503 3,359.838 1,855.89 3,047.995 2,045.77 Norway 271,944 13.809 19,692.17 12.528 21,706.90 United Kingdom 650,443 32.859 19,794.44 29.810 21,819.62 France 177,356 116.442 1,523.12 105.635 1,678.95 Federal Republic of Germany 7,890,134 4,983.983 1,583.10 4,521.395 1,745.07 Austria 2,544,634 2,714.257 937.51 2,462.334 1,033.42 Czech Republic 1,932,210 1,311.171 1,473.65 1,189.475 1,624.42 Russia 3,368,008 3,229.056 1,043.03 2,929.352 1,149.75 Italy 3,626 0.169 21,360.08 0.154 23,545.45 Romania 524,457 446.481 1,174.65 405.041 1,294.82 India 1,011,588 803.406 1,259.12 728.838 1,387.95 Singapore 31,200 7.165 4,354.49 6.500 4,800.00 China 22,359,380 15,684.809 1,425.54 14,229.024 1,571.39 Japan 14,051,797 3,142.639 4,471.34 2,850.955 4,928.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,838,339 42,847.569 1,699.94 38,870.672 1,873.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 32,797,036 24,651.282 1,330.44 22,363.274 1,466.56 Japan 2,590,931 2,870.938 902.47 2,604.472 994.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,387,967 27,522.221 1,285.80 24,967.746 1,417.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Sweden 5,411 2.385 2,268.38 2.164 2,500.46 United Kingdom 15,704 2.425 6,475.65 2.200 7,138.18 Federal Republic of Germany 6,591 3.828 1,721.64 3.473 1,897.78 Spain 68,096 71.488 952.55 64.853 1,050.01 Italy 10,265 3.941 2,604.10 3.576 2,870.53 China 193,403 203.037 952.55 184.193 1,050.00 Japan 105,377 22.344 4,715.92 20.271 5,198.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 404,847 309.451 1,308.27 280.730 1,442.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Switzerland 8,220 8.629 952.49 7.829 1,049.94 China 502,077 889.898 564.20 807.303 621.92 Korea, South 18,523 26.500 698.96 24.041 770.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 528,820 925.029 571.68 839.173 630.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,062,555 2,463.665 1,243.09 2,235.000 1,370.27 Mexico 1,766,583 864.605 2,043.22 784.357 2,252.27 Argentina 118,316 44.201 2,676.74 40.099 2,950.60 Sweden 665,199 437.045 1,522.04 396.481 1,677.76 United Kingdom 584,927 426.505 1,371.44 386.919 1,511.76 France 568,818 340.593 1,670.08 308.981 1,840.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,534,423 1,229.612 2,061.16 1,115.486 2,272.03 Czech Republic 273,723 56.282 4,863.34 51.059 5,360.92 Switzerland 173,083 74.992 2,308.01 68.032 2,544.14 Ukraine 6,686 1.677 3,985.18 1.522 4,392.90 Spain 5,623 2.350 2,392.64 2.132 2,637.43 Italy 1,513,846 718.229 2,107.75 651.567 2,323.39 Romania 725,552 479.290 1,513.80 434.805 1,668.68 Turkey 9,493 6.919 1,371.98 6.277 1,512.35 Saudi Arabia 48,265 39.437 1,223.84 35.777 1,349.05 India 845,508 617.448 1,369.36 560.140 1,509.46 China 726,463 746.369 973.33 677.095 1,072.91 Korea, South 30,965 25.970 1,192.32 23.560 1,314.30 Japan 6,662,774 3,501.939 1,902.60 3,176.907 2,097.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,322,802 12,077.135 1,682.75 10,956.196 1,854.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 205,630 63.368 3,244.98 57.487 3,576.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 253,585 182.597 1,388.76 165.650 1,530.85 Belgium 81,819 43.237 1,892.34 39.224 2,085.94 France 623,655 283.127 2,202.74 256.849 2,428.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,281,148 409.899 3,125.51 371.855 3,445.29 Italy 485,394 65.885 7,367.28 59.770 8,121.03 China 428,735 91.443 4,688.53 82.956 5,168.22 Japan 2,921,311 728.297 4,011.15 660.701 4,421.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,281,277 1,867.857 3,362.83 1,694.492 3,706.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,786,303 419.239 4,260.82 380.328 4,696.74 Mexico 2,160 0.446 4,838.32 0.405 5,333.33 Sweden 14,115 0.431 32,749.15 0.391 36,099.74 United Kingdom 12,773 3.228 3,956.12 2.929 4,360.87 Ireland 6,622 2.605 2,541.19 2.364 2,801.18 France 30,108 14.787 2,036.04 13.415 2,244.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,125,148 39.067 28,800.47 35.441 31,747.07 Hungary 7,980 3.141 2,540.12 2.850 2,800.00 Switzerland 17,926 7.055 2,540.57 6.401 2,800.50 Italy 3,666 0.182 20,034.58 0.166 22,084.34 India 4,445 1.749 2,540.92 1.587 2,800.88 Taiwan 27,572 4.646 5,934.26 4.215 6,541.40 Japan 13,125 5.165 2,540.93 4.686 2,800.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,051,943 501.747 6,082.62 455.178 6,704.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 884,415 636.904 1,388.62 577.790 1,530.69 Mexico 46,532 70.257 662.30 63.737 730.06 Finland 984,129 380.073 2,589.31 344.797 2,854.23 Federal Republic of Germany 12,771 2.915 4,380.21 2.645 4,828.36 Spain 2,569 1.650 1,556.82 1.497 1,716.10 Italy 364,404 190.926 1,908.61 173.206 2,103.88 Turkey 2,829 2.094 1,350.75 1.900 1,488.95 India 65,135 82.892 785.78 75.199 866.17 China 971,190 733.543 1,323.97 665.460 1,459.43 Korea, South 184,514 353.758 521.58 320.924 574.95 Taiwan 1,439,288 343.879 4,185.45 311.962 4,613.66 Japan 731,236 383.934 1,904.58 348.300 2,099.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,689,012 3,182.831 1,787.41 2,887.417 1,970.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 29,060 30.665 947.65 27.819 1,044.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,060 30.665 947.65 27.819 1,044.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 344,950 294.918 1,169.64 267.546 1,289.31 Mexico 1,374,004 1,032.907 1,330.23 937.038 1,466.33 Barbados 3,089 0.104 29,497.84 0.095 32,515.79 Brazil 72,897 117.239 621.78 106.358 685.39 Sweden 11,736 1.902 6,168.44 1.726 6,799.54 United Kingdom 169,983 7.580 22,423.44 6.877 24,717.61 Ireland 3,000 0.016 181,437.00 0.015 200,000.00 Netherlands 34,722 2.124 16,346.28 1.927 18,018.68 France 80,311 3.966 20,249.29 3.598 22,321.01 Federal Republic of Germany 443,088 140.426 3,155.30 127.393 3,478.12 Austria 229,157 41.031 5,584.93 37.223 6,156.33 Poland 191,677 159.998 1,197.99 145.148 1,320.56 Moldova 2,880 3.051 943.89 2.768 1,040.46 Italy 1,850,303 1,433.822 1,290.47 1,300.742 1,422.50 Turkey 122,162 107.382 1,137.63 97.416 1,254.02 China 1,276,168 1,133.761 1,125.61 1,028.531 1,240.77 Korea, South 2,408,887 2,021.275 1,191.77 1,833.671 1,313.70 Taiwan 236,714 147.436 1,605.53 133.752 1,769.80 Japan 2,906,523 2,023.138 1,436.64 1,835.361 1,583.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,762,251 8,672.084 1,356.33 7,867.185 1,495.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 3,019,486 4,611.121 654.83 4,183.140 721.82 Sweden 5,342,960 7,147.433 747.54 6,484.044 824.02 Finland 547,364 401.832 1,362.17 364.536 1,501.54 Netherlands 643,460 1,201.380 535.60 1,089.874 590.40 France 1,896,655 2,569.006 738.28 2,330.564 813.82 Federal Republic of Germany 60,716 23.148 2,622.89 21.000 2,891.24 Austria 1,164,102 1,419.974 819.80 1,288.180 903.68 Malaysia 6,029 10.117 595.93 9.178 656.90 Japan 1,573,730 2,140.336 735.27 1,941.681 810.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,254,502 19,524.349 730.09 17,712.197 804.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,021,736 2,467.670 819.29 2,238.634 903.11 Dominican Republic 13,741 23.506 584.55 21.325 644.36 Brazil 268,440 406.135 660.96 368.440 728.59 Sweden 2,832,870 3,519.315 804.95 3,192.670 887.30 United Kingdom 275,971 266.518 1,035.46 241.782 1,141.40 Netherlands 3,153,486 4,901.977 643.31 4,447.000 709.13 Belgium 11,776 18.981 620.38 17.220 683.86 France 1,159,064 1,111.929 1,042.39 1,008.726 1,149.04 Federal Republic of Germany 417,099 400.078 1,042.54 362.945 1,149.21 China 468,943 782.684 599.15 710.040 660.45 Korea, South 5,760,637 8,482.812 679.10 7,695.480 748.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 50,801 88.950 571.11 80.695 629.54 Japan 7,806,395 10,305.109 757.53 9,348.641 835.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,240,959 32,775.672 739.60 29,733.598 815.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,345,360 5,764.805 753.77 5,229.745 830.89 Brazil 102,995 152.708 674.45 138.535 743.46 Netherlands 116,358 174.107 668.31 157.948 736.69 Belgium 159,340 175.020 910.41 158.776 1,003.55 France 1,372,411 1,690.659 811.76 1,533.741 894.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,902,312 4,867.179 596.30 4,415.432 657.31 Spain 3,241,509 4,452.149 728.08 4,038.923 802.57 China 1,884,921 3,026.578 622.79 2,745.667 686.51 Japan 5,738,662 7,228.391 793.91 6,557.488 875.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,863,868 27,531.600 721.49 24,976.255 795.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,291,130 1,013.214 1,274.29 919.173 1,404.66 United Kingdom 8,912 7.135 1,249.01 6.473 1,376.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,749,042 5,765.907 650.21 5,230.745 716.73 Japan 1,378,424 1,055.491 1,305.95 957.526 1,439.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,427,508 7,841.748 819.65 7,113.917 903.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Brazil 257,419 41.086 6,265.30 37.273 6,906.31 Sweden 915,210 810.495 1,129.20 735.269 1,244.73 United Kingdom 658,448 174.103 3,781.94 157.944 4,168.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,457,191 1,209.176 1,205.11 1,096.947 1,328.41 Austria 138,362 139.684 990.53 126.720 1,091.87 Czech Republic 272,645 104.355 2,612.65 94.670 2,879.95 Russia 7,704,710 2,476.868 3,110.67 2,246.978 3,428.92 Korea, South 668,621 905.835 738.13 821.760 813.65 Japan 3,454,884 4,187.989 824.95 3,799.281 909.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,527,490 10,049.595 1,545.09 9,116.842 1,703.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 228,928 345.658 662.30 313.576 730.06 United Kingdom 132,322 116.247 1,138.28 105.458 1,254.74 Federal Republic of Germany 444,196 506.015 877.83 459.050 967.64 China 12,901 1.214 10,620.32 1.102 11,706.90 Japan 7,042 4.166 1,690.05 3.780 1,862.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 825,389 973.303 848.03 882.966 934.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,698,820 745.241 2,279.56 676.072 2,512.78 Brazil 15,805 4.901 3,224.21 4.447 3,554.08 Sweden 714,575 188.616 3,788.51 171.110 4,176.11 United Kingdom 51,126 16.984 3,010.17 15.408 3,318.15 France 1,532,705 133.444 11,485.70 121.059 12,660.81 Federal Republic of Germany 3,697,218 2,755.960 1,341.54 2,500.166 1,478.79 Austria 686,794 120.514 5,698.85 109.329 6,281.90 Switzerland 178,698 47.340 3,774.70 42.947 4,160.90 China 252,511 201.073 1,255.81 182.411 1,384.30 Japan 211,232 42.146 5,011.81 38.235 5,524.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,039,484 4,256.225 2,123.83 3,861.184 2,341.12 GRAND TOTAL 431,539,352 396,590.304 1,088.12 359,780.774 1,199.45 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 4,382 9.325 469.89 8.460 517.97 Sweden 4,800 10.215 469.89 9.267 517.97 India 6,940 14.768 469.91 13.398 517.99 China 5,339 11.362 469.87 10.308 517.95 Japan 5,224 11.117 469.87 10.086 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,685 56.789 469.89 51.519 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 9,667,657 21,685.970 445.80 19,673.187 491.41 Mexico 42,080,914 79,425.255 529.82 72,053.400 584.02 Brazil 83,764,757 171,651.861 487.99 155,719.993 537.92 United Kingdom 20,309,131 44,399.564 457.42 40,278.619 504.22 Belgium 367,483 527.666 696.43 478.691 767.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,076,642 1,823.372 590.47 1,654.136 650.88 Russia 70,145,270 156,392.707 448.52 141,877.118 494.41 Ukraine 72,548,119 152,456.727 475.86 138,306.456 524.55 Italy 9,442,153 23,070.031 409.28 20,928.786 451.16 China 51,440 122.874 418.64 111.470 461.47 Japan 512,733 434.762 1,179.34 394.410 1,300.00 Australia 16,417,155 40,562.012 404.74 36,797.249 446.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 326,383,454 692,552.806 471.28 628,273.515 519.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,963,737 25,560.072 585.43 23,187.714 645.33 Mexico 77,665 123.301 629.88 111.857 694.32 Brazil 4,456,871 8,304.144 536.70 7,533.395 591.62 Argentina 2,469,047 5,363.398 460.35 4,865.595 507.45 United Kingdom 842,373 1,439.318 585.26 1,305.728 645.14 Federal Republic of Germany 5,527,139 10,467.836 528.01 9,496.264 582.03 Czech Republic 1,419,561 2,924.296 485.44 2,652.878 535.10 Spain 1,971,325 3,471.407 567.87 3,149.209 625.97 Italy 450,310 815.076 552.48 739.425 609.00 Turkey 6,943,891 15,987.092 434.34 14,503.250 478.78 Malaysia 3,775,418 8,732.612 432.34 7,922.095 476.57 China 64,558,171 153,013.603 421.91 138,811.645 465.08 Taiwan 14,960 20.225 739.67 18.348 815.35 Japan 3,941,639 6,108.178 645.31 5,541.248 711.33 Australia 6,860 10.099 679.25 9.162 748.74 Egypt 4,003,368 8,869.017 451.39 8,045.840 497.57 South Africa 4,057,372 9,176.623 442.14 8,324.895 487.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 119,479,707 260,386.303 458.86 236,218.548 505.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,212,955 14,107.878 723.92 12,798.456 797.98 Mexico 2,543,190 4,313.304 589.62 3,912.965 649.94 Panama 79,374 71.234 1,114.26 64.623 1,228.26 Brazil 2,090,808 4,262.441 490.52 3,866.823 540.70 United Kingdom 375,456 233.832 1,605.66 212.129 1,769.94 Netherlands 27,612 24.054 1,147.89 21.822 1,265.33 Luxembourg 3,529,478 4,197.796 840.79 3,808.178 926.82 Federal Republic of Germany 3,319,981 3,783.146 877.57 3,432.014 967.36 Poland 4,128,022 7,832.488 527.04 7,105.516 580.96 Russia 171,923 265.462 647.63 240.824 713.89 Spain 160,694 110.156 1,458.78 99.932 1,608.03 Italy 17,146 8.289 2,068.43 7.520 2,280.05 Turkey 19,387 21.075 919.90 19.119 1,014.02 China 384,013 755.295 508.43 685.193 560.45 Korea, South 417,287 500.991 832.92 454.492 918.14 Taiwan 683,860 1,507.289 453.70 1,367.390 500.12 Japan 1,993,930 3,846.814 518.33 3,489.772 571.36 South Africa 7,603 5.860 1,297.22 5.317 1,429.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,162,719 45,847.412 657.89 41,592.085 725.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,031,958 1,060.325 973.25 961.911 1,072.82 Luxembourg 10,788,115 12,708.917 848.86 11,529.339 935.71 Federal Republic of Germany 31,299 36.172 865.27 32.815 953.80 Japan 4,720 7.173 657.95 6.508 725.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,856,092 13,812.588 858.35 12,530.573 946.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,078,760 14,031.406 718.30 12,729.081 791.79 Mexico 180,892 270.792 668.01 245.659 736.35 Sweden 6,795 18.726 362.86 16.988 399.99 United Kingdom 2,506 0.672 3,726.89 0.610 4,108.20 France 108,530 125.088 867.63 113.478 956.40 Federal Republic of Germany 50,837 140.096 362.87 127.093 400.00 Austria 2,168,692 2,460.757 881.31 2,232.362 971.48 Czech Republic 876,485 1,048.575 835.88 951.252 921.40 Slovakia 224,465 368.199 609.63 334.025 672.00 Russia 7,319,397 11,135.324 657.31 10,101.799 724.56 Ukraine 28,864,405 45,629.655 632.58 41,394.539 697.30 Turkey 386,933 621.475 622.60 563.793 686.30 Thailand 9,077,093 18,619.527 487.50 16,891.356 537.38 Malaysia 1,625,316 2,836.402 573.02 2,573.142 631.65 Korea, South 11,003,630 17,873.063 615.65 16,214.175 678.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 159,442 256.957 620.50 233.108 683.98 Australia 2,456,894 3,871.051 634.68 3,511.760 699.62 South Africa 117,229 275.109 426.12 249.575 469.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,708,301 119,582.880 624.74 108,483.795 688.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,180,807 19,869.597 613.04 18,025.401 675.76 Mexico 11,207,952 19,438.113 576.60 17,633.965 635.59 United Kingdom 2,738 2.960 924.75 2.686 1,019.36 Netherlands 3,791,177 7,686.641 493.22 6,973.206 543.68 Belgium 84,122 143.223 587.35 129.930 647.44 France 1,315,365 2,277.471 577.55 2,066.088 636.65 Federal Republic of Germany 2,344,135 3,852.852 608.42 3,495.250 670.66 Russia 28,748,779 52,436.140 548.26 47,569.280 604.36 Spain 719,716 1,374.449 523.64 1,246.880 577.21 Italy 105,732 285.267 370.64 258.790 408.56 Romania 4,359,259 7,814.723 557.83 7,089.400 614.90 Turkey 914,890 1,803.833 507.19 1,636.411 559.08 Saudi Arabia 1,618,948 4,149.448 390.16 3,764.317 430.08 Thailand 3,244,750 5,929.690 547.20 5,379.326 603.19 Malaysia 1,546,000 3,177.750 486.51 2,882.808 536.28 Korea, South 4,584,763 7,723.599 593.60 7,006.734 654.34 Japan 449,642 560.602 802.07 508.570 884.13 New Zealand 1,064,160 1,934.765 550.02 1,755.190 606.29 Egypt 2,078,325 4,689.115 443.22 4,253.895 488.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,361,260 145,150.247 553.64 131,678.127 610.29 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 2,597 15.111 171.85 13.709 189.44 Luxembourg 311,647 376.277 828.24 341.353 912.98 Austria 587,829 502.959 1,168.74 456.277 1,288.32 Poland 47,844 62.161 769.67 56.392 848.42 Spain 179,025 219.289 816.39 198.936 899.91 Japan 7,766,953 12,236.925 634.71 11,101.155 699.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,895,895 13,412.724 663.24 12,167.822 731.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 596,363 730.569 816.30 662.762 899.81 Luxembourg 2,964 2.600 1,139.85 2.359 1,256.46 France 3,169 0.132 23,957.24 0.120 26,408.33 Federal Republic of Germany 11,626 2.877 4,040.97 2.610 4,454.41 Austria 273,535 322.227 848.89 292.320 935.74 Spain 407,640 544.604 748.51 494.057 825.09 Korea, South 64,491 82.732 779.51 75.054 859.26 Japan 15,701 12.687 1,237.51 11.510 1,364.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,375,489 1,698.431 809.86 1,540.792 892.72 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 297,459 302.769 982.46 274.668 1,082.98 China 47,240 57.288 824.60 51.971 908.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 344,699 360.057 957.34 326.639 1,055.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,309,702 26,126.200 624.27 23,701.297 688.14 Mexico 1,630,562 2,722.274 598.97 2,469.607 660.25 Dominican Republic 13,800 33.069 417.31 30.000 460.00 Brazil 478,363 994.087 481.21 901.821 530.44 Argentina 509,913 853.503 597.43 774.286 658.56 Sweden 47,120 29.169 1,615.39 26.462 1,780.67 United Kingdom 983,893 928.444 1,059.72 842.271 1,168.14 France 710,038 950.410 747.09 862.198 823.52 Federal Republic of Germany 918,682 1,387.129 662.29 1,258.383 730.05 Czech Republic 41,230 65.596 628.54 59.508 692.85 Russia 72,066 150.864 477.69 136.862 526.56 Spain 886,062 1,441.624 614.63 1,307.820 677.51 Turkey 63,245 131.027 482.69 118.866 532.07 India 330,163 392.504 841.17 356.074 927.23 China 672,023 1,651.729 406.86 1,498.424 448.49 Korea, South 1,150,779 2,290.727 502.36 2,078.114 553.76 Taiwan 1,403,352 3,120.494 449.72 2,830.866 495.73 Japan 1,961,994 2,563.103 765.48 2,325.209 843.79 South Africa 14,210 28.591 497.00 25.938 547.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,197,197 45,860.553 614.85 41,604.006 677.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,103,943 7,427.971 687.12 6,738.544 757.43 Mexico 3,307,261 5,728.693 577.32 5,196.985 636.38 Brazil 1,593,911 3,304.669 482.32 2,997.947 531.67 Federal Republic of Germany 45,200 17.966 2,515.78 16.299 2,773.18 Turkey 56,338 92.531 608.85 83.943 671.15 Malaysia 2,028,416 4,471.889 453.59 4,056.831 500.00 China 556,887 1,231.760 452.11 1,117.435 498.36 Korea, South 152,052 340.087 447.10 308.522 492.84 Taiwan 288,722 649.073 444.82 588.830 490.33 Japan 1,183,381 2,877.038 411.32 2,610.006 453.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,316,111 26,141.682 547.64 23,715.342 603.66 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 726,487 1,455.753 499.05 1,320.638 550.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,990,985 12,251.994 407.36 11,114.826 449.04 Dominican Republic 2,943,646 5,466.628 538.48 4,959.243 593.57 Brazil 3,221,449 6,700.073 480.81 6,078.206 530.00 Federal Republic of Germany 170,429 178.357 955.55 161.803 1,053.31 Switzerland 52,540 29.707 1,768.59 26.950 1,949.54 Bulgaria 6,585,655 14,622.501 450.38 13,265.314 496.46 Turkey 33,014,804 71,686.144 460.55 65,032.595 507.67 India 66,875 157.244 425.29 142.650 468.80 Thailand 5,115,091 11,276.841 453.59 10,230.181 500.00 Malaysia 4,689,048 11,056.233 424.11 10,030.049 467.50 Singapore 2,384,881 5,398.111 441.80 4,897.086 487.00 China 43,375 74.295 583.82 67.400 643.55 Taiwan 1,078,299 2,425.756 444.52 2,200.610 490.00 Japan 2,585,454 5,876.234 439.98 5,330.832 485.00 Australia 47,094 55.225 852.75 50.100 940.00 Egypt 2,058,968 9,711.609 212.01 8,810.226 233.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,775,080 158,422.713 440.44 143,718.709 485.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,264,985 5,121.213 1,028.07 4,645.888 1,133.26 Mexico 28,287 34.522 819.39 31.318 903.22 Brazil 17,827 18.909 942.78 17.154 1,039.23 Sweden 13,723 16.663 823.53 15.117 907.79 United Kingdom 1,432,464 1,303.193 1,099.19 1,182.238 1,211.65 Netherlands 35,042 39.636 884.08 35.958 974.53 France 370,234 315.177 1,174.69 285.924 1,294.87 Federal Republic of Germany 4,527,623 4,306.126 1,051.44 3,906.453 1,159.01 Austria 618,950 81.066 7,635.12 73.542 8,416.28 Spain 1,349,080 1,544.773 873.32 1,401.395 962.67 Italy 616,358 582.401 1,058.30 528.346 1,166.58 Malaysia 61,674 95.560 645.39 86.691 711.42 China 778,637 911.401 854.33 826.810 941.74 Korea, South 85,848 102.238 839.69 92.749 925.59 Japan 295,435 238.157 1,240.50 216.053 1,367.42 South Africa 78,352 102.773 762.37 93.235 840.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,574,519 14,813.815 1,051.35 13,438.871 1,158.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,007,276 31,868.092 847.47 28,910.255 934.18 Mexico 4,917,474 5,447.392 902.72 4,941.793 995.08 Guatemala 3,085 2.886 1,068.60 2.619 1,177.93 Dominican Republic 77,466 197.568 392.10 179.231 432.21 Colombia 190,949 196.998 969.29 178.714 1,068.46 Venezuela 1,259,068 1,466.803 858.38 1,330.662 946.20 Chile 120,451 118.876 1,013.24 107.843 1,116.91 Brazil 217,637 125.056 1,740.32 113.449 1,918.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 78,965 65.531 1,205.00 59.449 1,328.28 Sweden 122,681 117.797 1,041.46 106.864 1,148.01 United Kingdom 11,991 4.427 2,708.00 4.017 2,985.06 France 129,889 55.128 2,356.10 50.012 2,597.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,067,553 683.286 1,562.38 619.867 1,722.23 Austria 5,033 0.518 9,714.60 0.470 10,708.51 Switzerland 8,397 2.033 4,128.80 1.845 4,551.22 Russia 966,687 1,345.268 718.58 1,220.407 792.10 Ukraine 1,926,930 2,252.632 855.41 2,043.554 942.93 Spain 94,505 54.668 1,728.71 49.594 1,905.57 Italy 79,527 41.387 1,921.53 37.546 2,118.12 Romania 811,455 1,316.515 616.37 1,194.323 679.43 Turkey 314,988 494.949 636.40 449.011 701.52 United Arab Emirates 16,999 28.911 587.97 26.228 648.12 Oman 1,124,117 1,728.645 650.29 1,568.201 716.82 India 1,781,244 2,550.670 698.34 2,313.930 769.79 Thailand 9,072,477 14,739.353 615.53 13,371.320 678.50 Malaysia 6,581 4.097 1,606.18 3.717 1,770.51 Indonesia 1,412,752 2,660.284 531.05 2,413.370 585.39 China 41,450,944 76,129.736 544.48 69,063.755 600.18 Korea, South 3,304,069 4,444.485 743.41 4,031.971 819.47 Taiwan 2,930,780 4,634.620 632.37 4,204.458 697.06 Japan 946,396 1,109.213 853.21 1,006.262 940.51 South Africa 445,345 719.889 618.63 653.073 681.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 101,903,711 154,607.726 659.11 140,257.810 726.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,433,946 3,680.393 1,204.75 3,338.798 1,328.01 Mexico 115,800 171.960 673.41 156.000 742.31 Colombia 1,930,643 1,804.117 1,070.13 1,636.668 1,179.62 Venezuela 4,861,509 5,176.617 939.13 4,696.150 1,035.21 Brazil 10,484,143 11,285.803 928.97 10,238.312 1,024.01 Finland 2,598 0.182 14,197.99 0.166 15,650.60 France 15,789 29.710 531.43 26.953 585.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,892,718 2,774.192 1,042.72 2,516.706 1,149.41 Austria 8,004,769 4,639.056 1,725.52 4,208.482 1,902.06 Czech Republic 995,791 856.912 1,162.07 777.378 1,280.96 Russia 7,956,519 10,038.447 792.60 9,106.729 873.70 Ukraine 4,516,120 4,413.244 1,023.31 4,003.629 1,128.01 Greece 1,855,392 2,633.902 704.43 2,389.437 776.50 Romania 590,251 577.521 1,022.04 523.919 1,126.61 Turkey 814,624 1,207.476 674.65 1,095.405 743.67 India 461,160 49.128 9,386.74 44.569 10,347.10 China 54,971,433 64,564.990 851.41 58,572.391 938.52 Korea, South 8,832,126 10,902.258 810.12 9,890.365 893.00 Taiwan 2,604,900 3,725.448 699.22 3,379.671 770.76 Japan 324,057 64.448 5,028.13 58.467 5,542.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,455,063 1,415.061 1,028.27 1,283.723 1,133.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 118,119,351 130,010.878 908.53 117,943.918 1,001.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,876,933 1,206.682 1,555.45 1,094.684 1,714.59 Brazil 9,434,644 8,615.840 1,095.03 7,816.161 1,207.07 Netherlands 39,289 54.862 716.14 49.770 789.41 Federal Republic of Germany 1,441,975 986.875 1,461.15 895.279 1,610.64 Czech Republic 1,750,514 1,516.096 1,154.62 1,375.380 1,272.75 Poland 935,660 709.188 1,319.34 643.365 1,454.32 Russia 689,808 1,152.095 598.74 1,045.164 660.00 Ukraine 1,309,251 1,613.197 811.59 1,463.469 894.62 Italy 2,786,027 3,201.880 870.12 2,904.698 959.15 Romania 2,295,876 3,059.465 750.42 2,775.501 827.19 India 2,794,037 2,617.738 1,067.35 2,374.773 1,176.55 China 5,481,046 9,050.635 605.60 8,210.601 667.56 Korea, South 6,666,756 8,337.144 799.65 7,563.332 881.46 Japan 8,982,560 10,509.538 854.71 9,534.096 942.15 South Africa 199,969 315.167 634.49 285.915 699.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,684,345 52,946.409 881.73 48,032.188 971.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 3,482,642 3,950.990 881.46 3,584.279 971.64 Venezuela 510,537 226.667 2,252.36 205.629 2,482.81 Brazil 3,612,673 2,470.780 1,462.16 2,241.455 1,611.75 Argentina 877,599 686.972 1,277.49 623.211 1,408.19 United Kingdom 67,270 5.546 12,127.65 5.032 13,368.44 France 41,120 26.717 1,539.05 24.238 1,696.51 Federal Republic of Germany 62,682 6.025 10,403.25 5.466 11,467.62 Austria 477,388 419.314 1,138.50 380.396 1,254.98 Czech Republic 2,547,624 2,566.267 992.74 2,328.079 1,094.30 Slovakia 601,094 594.316 1,011.40 539.155 1,114.88 Poland 821,159 686.442 1,196.25 622.730 1,318.64 Russia 7,024,546 8,276.383 848.75 7,508.211 935.58 Ukraine 1,036,480 1,302.452 795.79 1,181.565 877.21 Romania 510,061 579.689 879.89 525.886 969.91 Turkey 131,347 214.854 611.33 194.913 673.88 India 927,403 662.097 1,400.70 600.645 1,544.01 China 15,735,012 23,205.553 678.07 21,051.730 747.45 Korea, South 2,820,757 4,639.566 607.98 4,208.945 670.18 Taiwan 1,070,556 1,731.475 618.29 1,570.769 681.55 Japan 1,961,066 1,326.547 1,478.32 1,203.424 1,629.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,319,016 53,578.661 827.18 48,605.758 911.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 3,898,962 4,418.592 882.40 4,008.481 972.68 Venezuela 275,079 424.199 648.47 384.827 714.81 Turkey 696,345 1,062.260 655.53 963.667 722.60 India 5,224,729 6,938.886 752.96 6,294.854 830.00 China 18,973,520 34,640.927 547.72 31,425.730 603.76 Korea, South 10,378,005 16,929.039 613.03 15,357.771 675.75 Taiwan 1,416,398 2,519.564 562.16 2,285.711 619.68 Japan 6,156,635 8,568.349 718.53 7,773.078 792.05 South Africa 969,060 1,749.476 553.91 1,587.099 610.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,988,733 77,251.297 621.20 70,081.218 684.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,673,592 8,026.537 1,205.20 7,281.554 1,328.51 Mexico 11,882,518 14,304.631 830.68 12,976.947 915.66 Costa Rica 151,534 172.320 879.37 156.327 969.34 Dominican Republic 192,716 294.976 653.33 267.598 720.17 Colombia 623,719 769.770 810.27 698.324 893.17 Venezuela 49,526 53.261 929.87 48.318 1,025.00 Brazil 697,065 633.328 1,100.64 574.546 1,213.24 Argentina 45,839 34.517 1,327.98 31.314 1,463.85 Sweden 40,337 21.015 1,919.39 19.065 2,115.76 Denmark 38,414 6.246 6,149.39 5.667 6,778.54 United Kingdom 135,262 1.729 78,207.56 1.569 86,209.05 Netherlands 35,369 6.230 5,676.97 5.652 6,257.78 Belgium 39,409 19.559 2,014.84 17.744 2,220.98 France 164,448 123.646 1,329.99 112.170 1,466.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,636,565 834.665 1,960.74 757.196 2,161.35 Austria 163,569 58.106 2,815.00 52.713 3,103.01 Slovakia 51,531 34.806 1,480.50 31.576 1,631.97 Switzerland 2,044,674 784.780 2,605.41 711.941 2,871.97 Russia 1,064,876 1,478.475 720.25 1,341.251 793.94 Ukraine 701,367 835.095 839.86 757.586 925.79 Spain 448,804 214.272 2,094.55 194.385 2,308.84 Italy 475,625 327.008 1,454.47 296.657 1,603.28 Romania 894,920 803.981 1,113.11 729.360 1,226.99 Turkey 2,504,562 3,733.608 670.82 3,387.074 739.45 United Arab Emirates 54,400 110.458 492.49 100.206 542.88 India 2,642,199 2,060.408 1,282.37 1,869.172 1,413.57 Thailand 739,217 1,235.719 598.21 1,121.026 659.41 Vietnam 6,150 3.273 1,878.51 2.970 2,070.71 China 9,135,112 12,786.591 714.43 11,599.804 787.52 Korea, South 3,023,313 3,708.771 815.18 3,364.542 898.58 Hong Kong 47,318 41.640 1,136.33 37.776 1,252.59 Taiwan 412,627 299.931 1,375.74 272.093 1,516.49 Japan 3,480,926 1,316.214 2,644.65 1,194.050 2,915.23 Australia 56,973 92.218 617.81 83.659 681.01 South Africa 20,771 38.488 539.67 34.916 594.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 53,375,247 55,266.288 965.78 50,136.748 1,064.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 68,783 44.698 1,538.81 40.550 1,696.25 Mexico 270,481 168.866 1,601.75 153.193 1,765.62 Brazil 225,815 158.337 1,426.17 143.641 1,572.08 Argentina 228,493 109.033 2,095.61 98.914 2,310.02 Sweden 4,254 0.082 51,455.53 0.075 56,720.00 Netherlands 569,839 230.086 2,476.63 208.731 2,730.02 France 396,109 275.469 1,437.94 249.902 1,585.06 Federal Republic of Germany 3,719,826 2,368.721 1,570.39 2,148.869 1,731.06 Czech Republic 439,721 382.568 1,149.39 347.060 1,266.99 Poland 397,182 295.134 1,345.76 267.742 1,483.45 Russia 1,001,727 2,122.169 472.03 1,925.200 520.32 Ukraine 616,303 687.031 897.05 623.265 988.83 Italy 780,627 401.646 1,943.57 364.368 2,142.41 Romania 264,619 173.597 1,524.33 157.485 1,680.28 India 40,578 37.121 1,093.12 33.676 1,204.95 China 1,087,536 566.735 1,918.95 514.134 2,115.28 Korea, South 183,862 186.943 983.52 169.592 1,084.14 Japan 32,842 12.301 2,669.69 11.160 2,942.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,328,597 8,220.547 1,256.44 7,457.557 1,384.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,382,980 567.414 2,437.34 514.750 2,686.70 Mexico 292,830 119.511 2,450.23 108.419 2,700.91 France 5,515 3.040 1,814.04 2.758 1,999.64 Federal Republic of Germany 15,946 7.284 2,189.16 6.608 2,413.14 Austria 10,143 3.647 2,780.77 3.309 3,065.28 Italy 3,639 2.006 1,813.87 1.820 1,999.45 India 3,620 3.284 1,102.02 2.980 1,214.77 Vietnam 88,428 58.541 1,510.52 53.108 1,665.06 China 232,207 160.556 1,446.27 145.654 1,594.24 Korea, South 18,659 19.290 967.27 17.500 1,066.23 Japan 763,829 245.483 3,111.53 222.699 3,429.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,817,796 1,190.060 2,367.78 1,079.605 2,610.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,009,154 24,606.004 894.46 22,322.198 985.98 Mexico 7,819,174 5,425.828 1,441.10 4,922.230 1,588.54 Finland 30,531 19.621 1,556.03 17.800 1,715.22 Netherlands 15,216 8.758 1,737.19 7.946 1,914.93 Belgium 3,091 1.742 1,773.63 1.581 1,955.09 France 11,448 11.171 1,024.71 10.135 1,129.55 Federal Republic of Germany 4,067 3.434 1,184.06 3.116 1,305.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 116,629 66.423 1,755.85 60.258 1,935.49 Switzerland 49,135 14.494 3,389.96 13.149 3,736.79 Italy 2,826 1.543 1,831.22 1.400 2,018.57 Turkey 2,466,298 4,187.313 588.99 3,798.668 649.25 India 33,633 68.628 490.07 62.259 540.21 Thailand 216,377 366.921 589.71 332.866 650.04 Malaysia 4,985 5.092 978.86 4.620 1,079.00 China 8,392,436 15,606.623 537.75 14,158.095 592.77 Korea, South 3,614,410 7,242.055 499.09 6,569.884 550.15 Japan 1,441,308 2,097.131 687.28 1,902.486 757.59 Australia 40,954 73.413 557.85 66.600 614.92 South Africa 3,289 9.153 359.31 8.304 396.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,274,961 59,815.357 773.63 54,263.595 852.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 399,964 501.455 797.61 454.913 879.21 Mexico 297,732 338.635 879.21 307.205 969.16 France 6,200 6.233 994.61 5.655 1,096.37 China 262,602 522.731 502.37 474.214 553.76 Japan 546,589 818.364 667.90 742.408 736.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,513,087 2,187.420 691.72 1,984.395 762.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,363,446 18,392.512 889.68 16,685.411 980.70 Mexico 6,219,545 6,670.305 932.42 6,051.201 1,027.82 Dominican Republic 255,058 294.471 866.16 267.140 954.77 Colombia 74,855 56.705 1,320.08 51.442 1,455.13 Venezuela 510,779 605.787 843.17 549.561 929.43 Chile 36,409 38.766 939.20 35.168 1,035.29 Brazil 1,079,461 1,389.078 777.11 1,260.151 856.61 Argentina 78,631 108.601 724.03 98.522 798.11 Sweden 441,203 216.631 2,036.65 196.525 2,245.02 Finland 22,813 24.645 925.65 22.358 1,020.35 United Kingdom 560,937 343.327 1,633.82 311.462 1,800.98 Netherlands 116,977 89.408 1,308.34 81.110 1,442.20 Belgium 797,447 507.981 1,569.84 460.833 1,730.45 Luxembourg 27,743 3.729 7,439.56 3.383 8,200.71 France 610,741 332.850 1,834.88 301.957 2,022.61 Federal Republic of Germany 708,708 519.710 1,363.66 471.474 1,503.18 Austria 1,233,097 176.293 6,994.56 159.931 7,710.18 Czech Republic 398,006 397.609 1,001.00 360.705 1,103.41 Switzerland 2,249 2.339 961.48 2.122 1,059.85 Poland 868,693 871.084 997.25 790.235 1,099.28 Russia 161,405 184.983 872.54 167.814 961.81 Belarus 508,948 526.049 967.49 477.224 1,066.48 Moldova 783,827 1,023.694 765.68 928.680 844.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 52,362 50.236 1,042.31 45.574 1,148.94 Italy 796,492 584.763 1,362.07 530.489 1,501.43 Greece 1,069,246 1,100.623 971.49 998.469 1,070.89 Turkey 39,188 27.843 1,407.45 25.259 1,551.45 Israel 153,707 196.675 781.53 178.421 861.48 India 788,210 1,135.634 694.07 1,030.231 765.08 Thailand 187,953 243.805 770.91 221.177 849.79 Malaysia 65,892 53.872 1,223.12 48.872 1,348.26 Indonesia 28,755 9.722 2,957.61 8.820 3,260.20 China 9,443,304 13,760.638 686.25 12,483.445 756.47 Korea, South 2,151,903 2,326.266 925.05 2,110.354 1,019.69 Taiwan 1,355,110 1,496.736 905.38 1,357.817 998.01 Japan 3,351,261 3,446.708 972.31 3,126.802 1,071.79 Australia 285,426 358.803 795.49 325.501 876.88 South Africa 674,837 759.776 888.20 689.258 979.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,304,624 58,328.674 896.72 52,914.898 988.47 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Brazil 39,784 64.000 621.62 58.060 685.22 Belgium 668,477 1,324.418 504.73 1,201.493 556.37 India 111,547 183.716 607.17 166.665 669.29 China 453,163 733.295 617.98 665.235 681.21 Taiwan 196,277 330.842 593.26 300.135 653.96 Japan 1,035,751 1,246.849 830.69 1,131.123 915.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,504,999 3,883.123 645.10 3,522.711 711.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 11,304,738 15,526.538 728.09 14,085.443 802.58 Brazil 1,203,034 1,446.308 831.80 1,312.069 916.90 Norway 891,434 1,314.344 678.23 1,192.354 747.63 Netherlands 7,257,567 11,129.811 652.08 10,096.798 718.80 Belgium 1,190,888 1,744.781 682.54 1,582.840 752.37 France 5,449,438 7,810.286 697.73 7,085.375 769.11 Federal Republic of Germany 7,565,621 12,484.894 605.98 11,326.109 667.98 China 1,729,868 2,783.726 621.42 2,525.355 685.00 Korea, South 496,974 621.945 799.06 564.220 880.82 Japan 83,675 93.667 893.32 84.974 984.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,173,237 54,956.306 676.41 49,855.537 745.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,300,069 3,964.521 832.40 3,596.554 917.56 Netherlands 876,235 1,290.445 679.02 1,170.673 748.49 France 131,017 207.219 632.26 187.986 696.95 Federal Republic of Germany 1,427,668 1,680.113 849.74 1,524.174 936.68 Korea, South 410,403 569.993 720.01 517.090 793.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 705,239 947.272 744.49 859.351 820.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,850,631 8,659.565 791.11 7,855.828 872.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 29,541,601 48,014.774 615.26 43,558.283 678.21 Mexico 20,669,917 35,439.373 583.25 32,150.068 642.92 Brazil 2,006 2.460 815.33 2.232 898.75 Sweden 242,978 273.780 887.49 248.370 978.29 Netherlands 17,449,333 37,137.440 469.86 33,690.529 517.93 Belgium 235,330 408.351 576.29 370.450 635.25 France 8,461,535 14,624.050 578.60 13,266.719 637.80 Federal Republic of Germany 358,989 595.141 603.20 539.903 664.91 Austria 33,700 57.981 581.22 52.600 640.68 Slovakia 136,327 223.623 609.63 202.868 672.00 Russia 19,574,218 35,659.143 548.93 32,349.440 605.09 Spain 2,283,686 4,358.273 523.99 3,953.760 577.60 Italy 513,366 1,317.702 389.59 1,195.400 429.45 Romania 140,177 251.106 558.24 227.800 615.35 Turkey 1,015,665 1,694.476 599.40 1,537.204 660.72 Saudi Arabia 6,940,068 17,937.257 386.91 16,272.411 426.49 India 1,766,496 3,168.129 557.58 2,874.080 614.63 Thailand 9,843,384 19,544.719 503.63 17,730.676 555.16 Malaysia 4,089,674 8,121.328 503.57 7,367.547 555.09 China 721,234 1,653.743 436.12 1,500.251 480.74 Korea, South 35,381,192 73,433.161 481.81 66,617.462 531.11 Taiwan 26,262 13.834 1,898.37 12.550 2,092.59 Japan 383,688 589.586 650.77 534.864 717.36 Australia 9,527,330 18,086.208 526.77 16,407.537 580.67 New Zealand 3,563,915 6,377.839 558.80 5,785.880 615.97 Egypt 24,719,559 49,838.567 495.99 45,212.801 546.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,621,630 378,822.055 521.67 343,661.685 575.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 20,368,031 28,473.410 715.34 25,830.651 788.52 Mexico 10,782,532 18,140.938 594.38 16,457.187 655.19 Venezuela 20,581 25.990 791.87 23.578 872.89 Brazil 18,979,374 32,551.183 583.06 29,529.945 642.72 Argentina 56,869 104.582 543.77 94.876 599.40 Sweden 183,960 176.884 1,040.00 160.467 1,146.40 Netherlands 5,674,703 9,297.877 610.32 8,434.895 672.77 Belgium 3,479,749 5,912.906 588.50 5,364.100 648.71 Luxembourg 62,126 102.338 607.06 92.840 669.17 France 142,671 212.712 670.72 192.970 739.34 Federal Republic of Germany 851,110 1,238.859 687.01 1,123.875 757.30 Austria 56,319 79.708 706.57 72.310 778.85 Russia 21,548,931 36,532.093 589.86 33,141.367 650.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 1,757,655 3,338.431 526.49 3,028.575 580.36 Italy 241,697 577.655 418.41 524.040 461.22 Turkey 32,144 55.161 582.72 50.042 642.34 India 3,128,889 5,479.197 571.05 4,970.646 629.47 Thailand 393,060 684.171 574.51 620.670 633.28 China 27,067,516 47,714.310 567.28 43,285.707 625.32 Korea, South 4,749,160 7,584.454 626.17 6,880.503 690.23 Taiwan 24,303,411 43,075.763 564.20 39,077.686 621.93 Japan 2,243,837 3,310.339 677.83 3,003.090 747.18 New Zealand 279,433 464.061 602.15 420.990 663.75 South Africa 890,301 1,475.132 603.54 1,338.218 665.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 147,294,059 246,608.165 597.28 223,719.228 658.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,058,107 28,297.312 744.17 25,670.897 820.31 Mexico 7,304,868 7,821.505 933.95 7,095.552 1,029.50 Costa Rica 138,848 109.040 1,273.36 98.920 1,403.64 Colombia 2,464,593 3,314.909 743.49 3,007.236 819.55 Venezuela 66,932 63.603 1,052.33 57.700 1,160.00 Brazil 23,520,917 33,844.704 694.97 30,703.408 766.07 Argentina 3,382,146 4,268.413 792.37 3,872.241 873.43 Sweden 81,334 65.932 1,233.59 59.813 1,359.80 Netherlands 613,341 942.733 650.60 855.234 717.16 Belgium 278,244 223.885 1,242.79 203.106 1,369.94 France 22,770 21.890 1,040.16 19.859 1,146.58 Federal Republic of Germany 542,027 775.850 698.62 703.840 770.10 Austria 281,230 283.869 990.70 257.522 1,092.06 Kazakhstan 3,068,011 5,022.150 610.90 4,556.020 673.40 Italy 32,378 22.376 1,446.94 20.300 1,594.98 Turkey 47,162 81.229 580.60 73.690 640.01 India 54,147,152 70,316.618 770.05 63,790.181 848.83 Thailand 6,314,915 10,791.236 585.19 9,789.648 645.06 Indonesia 5,300,918 7,073.491 749.41 6,416.965 826.08 China 53,113,601 80,687.001 658.27 73,198.037 725.62 Korea, South 23,825,677 30,290.109 786.58 27,478.733 867.06 Taiwan 28,809,832 36,686.707 785.29 33,281.631 865.64 Japan 672,149 762.043 882.04 691.314 972.28 South Africa 11,038,755 12,382.658 891.47 11,233.362 982.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 246,125,907 334,149.275 736.57 303,135.209 811.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 167,703 181.925 921.82 165.040 1,016.14 Luxembourg 468,048 691.093 677.26 626.950 746.55 Federal Republic of Germany 2,068,487 3,010.441 687.10 2,731.027 757.40 Thailand 108,360 154.064 703.34 139.765 775.30 China 421,009 550.087 765.35 499.031 843.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 881,022 1,474.895 597.35 1,338.003 658.46 Taiwan 867,743 1,201.407 722.27 1,089.899 796.17 Japan 9,664 7.772 1,243.37 7.051 1,370.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,992,036 7,271.687 686.50 6,596.766 756.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,076,448 6,939.219 1,163.88 6,295.156 1,282.96 Mexico 12,956,152 14,988.362 864.41 13,597.218 952.85 Brazil 7,980,841 10,262.417 777.68 9,309.911 857.24 United Kingdom 113,991 111.488 1,022.44 101.141 1,127.05 Belgium 475,244 342.564 1,387.31 310.769 1,529.25 Luxembourg 2,194,052 2,715.157 808.08 2,463.150 890.75 France 72,877 56.282 1,294.83 51.059 1,427.31 Federal Republic of Germany 923,028 267.426 3,451.52 242.605 3,804.65 Italy 4,965 0.967 5,130.04 0.878 5,654.90 India 359,804 471.904 762.45 428.105 840.46 China 5,008,171 6,567.368 762.58 5,957.818 840.60 Korea, South 18,240,383 21,702.739 840.46 19,688.400 926.45 Taiwan 18,325,950 20,949.752 874.76 19,005.301 964.25 Japan 853,170 512.160 1,665.83 464.624 1,836.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,585,076 85,887.812 880.04 77,916.135 970.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,780,930 2,808.424 634.14 2,547.761 699.02 Mexico 629,130 795.919 790.44 722.046 871.32 United Kingdom 229,819 262.555 875.32 238.186 964.87 Federal Republic of Germany 499,790 644.780 775.13 584.935 854.44 China 128,558 308.454 416.78 279.825 459.42 Japan 133,221 418.095 318.64 379.290 351.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,401,448 5,238.229 649.35 4,752.043 715.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,360,425 2,561.163 921.62 2,323.449 1,015.91 Mexico 328,307 301.544 1,088.75 273.557 1,200.14 Chile 24,891 22.067 1,127.97 20.019 1,243.37 Brazil 138,099 108.271 1,275.49 98.222 1,405.99 Sweden 686,897 141.711 4,847.13 128.559 5,343.05 United Kingdom 1,149,749 539.805 2,129.93 489.703 2,347.85 Netherlands 3,190 0.854 3,734.09 0.775 4,116.13 France 95,121 7.535 12,623.22 6.836 13,914.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,907,644 2,369.704 1,649.00 2,149.760 1,817.71 Austria 183,798 41.657 4,412.13 37.791 4,863.54 Switzerland 167,299 73.513 2,275.77 66.690 2,508.61 Russia 34,006 46.609 729.60 42.283 804.25 Italy 179,211 42.573 4,209.45 38.622 4,640.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 7,597 9.400 808.15 8.528 890.83 India 386,352 229.366 1,684.43 208.078 1,856.77 China 652,313 866.744 752.60 786.298 829.60 Korea, South 1,122,928 1,066.642 1,052.77 967.642 1,160.48 Taiwan 312,270 217.665 1,434.63 197.463 1,581.41 Japan 325,374 358.137 908.52 324.897 1,001.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,065,471 9,004.968 1,339.87 8,169.172 1,476.95 GRAND TOTAL 2,040,701,170 3,325,983.521 613.56 3,017,282.346 676.34 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 235,276 65.317 3,602.04 59.255 3,970.57 Federal Republic of Germany 70,591 7.823 9,023.40 7.097 9,946.60 Italy 2,361,108 850.116 2,777.39 771.213 3,061.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,666,975 923.257 2,888.66 837.565 3,184.20 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Sweden 9,266,699 2,346.545 3,949.08 2,128.751 4,353.12 United Kingdom 21,942,926 7,265.028 3,020.35 6,590.725 3,329.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,431 4.430 1,451.63 4.019 1,600.15 Czech Republic 2,552 1.758 1,451.50 1.595 1,600.00 Ukraine 1,082,792 379.646 2,852.10 344.410 3,143.90 Spain 952,626 340.200 2,800.19 308.625 3,086.68 Italy 1,476,593 516.104 2,861.04 468.202 3,153.75 Slovenia 193,453 143.278 1,350.19 129.980 1,488.33 India 2,240 0.052 42,335.30 0.048 46,666.67 China 76,604 6.271 12,215.50 5.689 13,465.28 Taiwan 177,271 23.920 7,410.95 21.700 8,169.17 Japan 41,805 16.599 2,518.42 15.059 2,776.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,221,992 11,043.836 3,189.29 10,018.803 3,515.59 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,329,008 288.771 4,602.29 261.969 5,073.15 United Kingdom 2,603,424 611.724 4,255.88 554.947 4,691.30 France 642,679 180.354 3,563.42 163.615 3,928.00 Italy 554,000 273.168 2,028.06 247.814 2,235.55 India 48,199 19.182 2,512.67 17.402 2,769.74 China 355,320 249.781 1,422.52 226.598 1,568.06 Taiwan 3,047,086 969.912 3,141.61 879.890 3,463.03 Japan 31,260 15.113 2,068.31 13.711 2,279.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,610,976 2,608.008 3,301.74 2,365.946 3,639.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,912 2.015 3,430.23 1.828 3,781.18 Italy 803,346 138.300 5,808.71 125.464 6,403.00 India 857,341 203.346 4,216.16 184.473 4,647.51 Japan 199,098 44.891 4,435.08 40.725 4,888.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,866,697 388.553 4,804.22 352.490 5,295.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 154,418 28.579 5,403.08 25.927 5,955.88 Mexico 7,777 5.259 1,478.76 4.771 1,630.06 Brazil 38,694 10.047 3,851.08 9.115 4,245.09 Sweden 553,767 113.601 4,874.63 103.058 5,373.35 Finland 413,651 121.695 3,399.08 110.400 3,746.84 Netherlands 3,779 0.916 4,125.45 0.831 4,547.53 Belgium 5,427,453 1,098.075 4,942.69 996.158 5,448.39 France 756,607 135.896 5,567.54 123.283 6,137.16 Federal Republic of Germany 850,593 383.198 2,219.72 347.632 2,446.82 Austria 71,970 15.164 4,745.96 13.757 5,231.52 Italy 370,532 146.421 2,530.59 132.831 2,789.50 Slovenia 7,862 1.492 5,267.57 1.354 5,806.50 Korea, South 1,497,913 528.742 2,832.97 479.667 3,122.82 Taiwan 24,561,978 3,005.396 8,172.62 2,726.451 9,008.77 Japan 909,446 272.567 3,336.59 247.269 3,677.96 South Africa 1,190,991 532.118 2,238.21 482.730 2,467.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,817,431 6,399.173 5,753.47 5,805.234 6,342.11 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 121,748 32.748 3,717.66 29.709 4,098.02 Brazil 38,652 10.036 3,851.13 9.105 4,245.14 Sweden 3,798,876 765.352 4,963.57 694.316 5,471.39 Finland 329,872 95.140 3,467.21 86.310 3,821.94 Belgium 2,813,312 725.078 3,880.01 657.780 4,276.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,283,238 381.575 3,362.99 346.160 3,707.07 Spain 2,099,682 762.094 2,755.15 691.361 3,037.03 China 108,677 34.417 3,157.61 31.223 3,480.67 Taiwan 147,049 47.326 3,107.11 42.934 3,425.00 South Africa 140,541 61.905 2,270.24 56.160 2,502.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,881,647 2,915.676 3,732.12 2,645.058 4,113.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 2,335 0.284 8,210.38 0.258 9,050.39 Brazil 41,878 3.532 11,853.70 3.205 13,066.46 Sweden 2,514,282 710.708 3,537.71 644.744 3,899.66 United Kingdom 1,075,950 227.168 4,736.35 206.084 5,220.93 Netherlands 13,890 3.745 3,708.30 3.398 4,087.70 France 740,663 83.390 8,881.82 75.651 9,790.52 Federal Republic of Germany 436,054 125.920 3,462.94 114.233 3,817.23 Austria 1,161,545 241.150 4,816.68 218.768 5,309.48 Switzerland 322,180 57.293 5,623.30 51.976 6,198.63 Portugal 949,923 231.736 4,099.15 210.228 4,518.54 Italy 3,017,035 586.542 5,143.76 532.103 5,670.02 Slovenia 2,876 1.097 2,619.54 0.996 2,887.55 India 618,582 164.843 3,752.53 149.544 4,136.45 China 192,455 53.502 3,597.10 48.537 3,965.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,747,937 494.274 3,536.37 448.398 3,898.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,837,585 2,985.193 4,300.42 2,708.123 4,740.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A France 9,839 1.439 6,834.45 1.306 7,533.69 Federal Republic of Germany 9,604 0.041 229,279.07 0.038 252,736.84 Italy 357,721 75.682 4,726.60 68.658 5,210.19 India 2,663,815 788.025 3,380.37 714.885 3,726.21 Japan 97,194 21.277 4,567.84 19.303 5,035.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,138,173 886.467 3,540.09 804.190 3,902.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 493,556 91.581 5,389.28 83.081 5,940.66 Mexico 7,999 3.909 2,045.83 3.547 2,255.15 Brazil 6,334 0.886 7,146.90 0.804 7,878.11 Sweden 639,577 140.524 4,551.35 127.482 5,017.00 United Kingdom 768,826 147.246 5,221.35 133.580 5,755.55 Netherlands 60,073 16.047 3,743.46 14.558 4,126.46 France 1,907,487 342.134 5,575.26 310.379 6,145.67 Federal Republic of Germany 4,182,704 1,257.175 3,327.06 1,140.491 3,667.46 Austria 84,174 28.969 2,905.57 26.281 3,202.85 Czech Republic 192,021 35.185 5,457.35 31.920 6,015.70 Switzerland 811,806 163.732 4,958.11 148.536 5,465.38 Latvia 357,464 77.542 4,609.94 70.345 5,081.58 Ukraine 802,962 214.333 3,746.32 194.440 4,129.61 Spain 2,609 0.574 4,542.89 0.521 5,007.68 Italy 13,309,332 2,811.496 4,733.90 2,550.547 5,218.23 Slovenia 22,362 9.408 2,376.86 8.535 2,620.04 Saudi Arabia 217,626 72.825 2,988.33 66.066 3,294.07 United Arab Emirates 405,434 142.750 2,840.16 129.501 3,130.74 India 3,732,808 1,074.058 3,475.42 974.370 3,831.00 China 515,385 133.678 3,855.41 121.271 4,249.86 Korea, South 92,996 19.078 4,874.31 17.308 5,373.01 Taiwan 10,430,840 2,556.508 4,080.11 2,319.226 4,497.55 Japan 499,872 75.008 6,664.16 68.047 7,345.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,544,247 9,414.657 4,200.29 8,540.836 4,630.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 14,346,592 2,056.333 6,976.78 1,865.475 7,690.58 Mexico 201,779 49.174 4,103.36 44.610 4,523.18 Brazil 150,637 36.775 4,096.15 33.362 4,515.23 Uruguay 123,173 50.909 2,419.47 46.184 2,667.01 Sweden 1,791,660 207.752 8,624.01 188.470 9,506.34 Finland 407,093 104.387 3,899.82 94.699 4,298.81 Denmark 48,811 9.708 5,027.89 8.807 5,542.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,115,531 198.429 5,621.81 180.012 6,196.98 Ireland 28,345 2.062 13,743.54 1.871 15,149.65 Netherlands 12,758 1.789 7,131.16 1.623 7,860.75 Belgium 141,097 10.829 13,029.43 9.824 14,362.48 France 2,490,727 490.267 5,080.35 444.763 5,600.12 Federal Republic of Germany 924,310 124.657 7,414.82 113.087 8,173.44 Austria 1,400,461 181.170 7,730.08 164.355 8,520.95 Czech Republic 584,693 35.922 16,276.69 32.588 17,941.97 Slovakia 311,287 47.730 6,521.82 43.300 7,189.08 Switzerland 53,488 8.294 6,448.31 7.525 7,108.04 Ukraine 502,606 77.227 6,508.09 70.060 7,173.94 Spain 2,275,312 310.097 7,337.40 281.316 8,088.10 Italy 876,798 327.093 2,680.58 296.734 2,954.83 Greece 15,824 20.988 753.95 19.040 831.09 India 412,024 75.584 5,451.18 68.569 6,008.90 Thailand 450,693 130.464 3,454.54 118.355 3,807.98 Malaysia 993,727 274.053 3,626.04 248.617 3,997.02 Singapore 434,371 113.767 3,818.07 103.208 4,208.70 Indonesia 22,986 19.543 1,176.12 17.730 1,296.45 China 18,568,773 4,214.601 4,405.82 3,823.423 4,856.58 Korea, South 5,533,444 1,165.230 4,748.80 1,057.080 5,234.65 Hong Kong 48,746 19.028 2,561.79 17.262 2,823.89 Taiwan 10,668,649 2,436.553 4,378.58 2,210.405 4,826.56 Japan 8,992,852 1,463.323 6,145.50 1,327.505 6,774.25 Australia 2,547 0.338 7,526.38 0.307 8,296.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,931,794 14,264.087 5,183.07 12,940.166 5,713.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,347,943 238.489 5,652.00 216.354 6,230.27 Mexico 802,844 165.475 4,851.74 150.117 5,348.12 Brazil 139,430 16.445 8,478.37 14.919 9,345.80 Sweden 2,094,938 289.998 7,223.97 263.082 7,963.06 Denmark 10,239 1.006 10,173.79 0.913 11,214.68 United Kingdom 212,540 44.802 4,743.95 40.644 5,229.31 Ireland 2,450 0.616 3,976.03 0.559 4,382.83 Netherlands 38,764 3.348 11,575.42 3.038 12,759.71 Belgium 131,750 18.205 7,236.72 16.516 7,977.11 France 184,678 34.676 5,325.74 31.458 5,870.62 Federal Republic of Germany 904,960 111.924 8,085.47 101.536 8,912.70 Czech Republic 33,158 4.607 7,196.28 4.180 7,932.54 Switzerland 812,549 163.587 4,967.06 148.404 5,475.25 Spain 70,524 5.178 13,618.20 4.698 15,011.49 Portugal 3,712 0.073 50,260.76 0.067 55,402.99 Italy 215,026 101.372 2,121.14 91.964 2,338.15 India 4,260,360 1,192.787 3,571.77 1,082.079 3,937.20 Thailand 106,983 36.146 2,959.67 32.792 3,262.47 China 2,560,366 690.414 3,708.45 626.334 4,087.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,034,034 887.979 4,542.93 805.562 5,007.73 Taiwan 1,921,104 345.195 5,565.27 313.156 6,134.65 Japan 793,853 80.710 9,835.86 73.219 10,842.17 Australia 106,830 28.018 3,812.83 25.418 4,202.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,789,035 4,461.062 4,660.11 4,047.009 5,136.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 168,899 43.497 3,882.99 39.460 4,280.26 Finland 402,664 111.796 3,601.76 101.420 3,970.26 United Kingdom 3,399 0.319 10,632.83 0.290 11,720.69 France 4,799 1.135 4,226.78 1.030 4,659.22 Federal Republic of Germany 222,063 67.818 3,274.37 61.524 3,609.37 Spain 11,075 2.429 4,558.56 2.204 5,024.95 Italy 102,428 40.170 2,549.84 36.442 2,810.71 India 164,323 52.247 3,145.10 47.398 3,466.88 China 31,604 9.593 3,294.34 8.703 3,631.39 Korea, South 112,284 30.522 3,678.67 27.690 4,055.04 Taiwan 9,210 2.344 3,928.15 2.127 4,330.04 Japan 1,269,730 1,011.597 1,255.17 917.706 1,383.59 South Africa 1,568,551 716.898 2,187.97 650.360 2,411.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,071,029 2,090.371 1,947.51 1,896.354 2,146.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 200,581 55.318 3,625.94 50.184 3,996.91 Mexico 32,655,547 11,295.459 2,891.03 10,247.071 3,186.82 Brazil 8,987,497 2,403.608 3,739.17 2,180.518 4,121.73 Sweden 2,917,409 683.512 4,268.26 620.072 4,704.95 Finland 3,177,644 855.026 3,716.43 775.667 4,096.66 United Kingdom 62,252 5.232 11,896.79 4.747 13,113.97 Belgium 4,196,744 1,135.790 3,695.00 1,030.372 4,073.04 France 2,158,127 1,012.430 2,131.63 918.462 2,349.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,028,289 249.066 4,128.58 225.949 4,550.98 Austria 148,290 50.361 2,944.52 45.687 3,245.78 Spain 95,941 60.764 1,578.89 55.125 1,740.43 Italy 6,151,933 2,057.635 2,989.81 1,866.656 3,295.70 Israel 361,099 125.961 2,866.75 114.270 3,160.05 India 147,780 40.423 3,655.75 36.672 4,029.78 Thailand 717,689 306.515 2,341.45 278.066 2,581.00 Indonesia 264,382 118.027 2,240.00 107.073 2,469.18 China 25,464,793 9,287.247 2,741.91 8,425.252 3,022.44 Korea, South 4,308,259 1,340.001 3,215.12 1,215.629 3,544.06 Hong Kong 197,648 60.611 3,260.89 54.986 3,594.51 Taiwan 22,679,545 3,588.089 6,320.79 3,255.061 6,967.47 Japan 467,347 166.435 2,807.97 150.988 3,095.26 South Africa 9,530,485 3,016.665 3,159.28 2,736.674 3,482.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/11/06 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 125,919,281 37,914.186 3,321.17 34,395.181 3,660.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 26,564 10.710 2,480.29 9.716 2,734.05 Sweden 95,185 6.172 15,419.71 5.600 16,997.32 Finland 826,642 198.893 4,156.21 180.433 4,581.43 Netherlands 71,994 22.149 3,250.32 20.094 3,582.86 Austria 7,697 0.886 8,684.83 0.804 9,573.38 Italy 6,864 0.938 7,317.18 0.851 8,065.80 Slovenia 141,182 45.754 3,085.63 41.508 3,401.32 Japan 74,859 32.782 2,283.49 29.740 2,517.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,250,987 318.287 3,930.36 288.746 4,332.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,794 0.442 10,845.50 0.401 11,955.11 Mexico 2,689,106 892.338 3,013.55 809.516 3,321.87 Sweden 2,373,984 312.173 7,604.70 283.199 8,382.74 Finland 759,572 201.974 3,760.74 183.228 4,145.50 Denmark 12,177 2.221 5,482.28 2.015 6,043.18 United Kingdom 376,125 68.619 5,481.28 62.251 6,042.07 Belgium 1,560,422 391.233 3,988.47 354.921 4,396.53 France 963,417 328.086 2,936.47 297.635 3,236.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,053,134 287.541 3,662.55 260.853 4,037.27 Austria 42,869 6.299 6,804.92 5.715 7,501.14 Spain 32,294 23.443 1,377.50 21.268 1,518.43 Italy 71,909 32.318 2,225.00 29.319 2,452.64 India 1,024,523 180.424 5,678.42 163.678 6,259.38 Malaysia 6,495 0.477 13,607.77 0.433 15,000.00 Indonesia 541,220 106.058 5,103.02 96.215 5,625.11 Korea, South 315,024 142.221 2,215.03 129.021 2,441.65 Taiwan 719,722 203.459 3,537.43 184.575 3,899.35 Japan 3,029,753 381.422 7,943.29 346.021 8,755.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,576,540 3,560.755 4,374.50 3,230.264 4,822.06 GRAND TOTAL 393,124,389 100,173.575 3,924.43 90,875.965 4,325.94