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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 14,060 17.828 788.61 16.174 869.30 Mexico 612,825 714.716 857.44 648.380 945.16 Brazil 76,504 12.714 6,017.28 11.534 6,632.91 United Kingdom 108,964 22.728 4,794.15 20.619 5,284.64 Belgium 27,698 26.085 1,061.83 23.664 1,170.47 Italy 5,732,768 2,029.256 2,825.06 1,840.911 3,114.09 India 24,401 19.902 1,226.04 18.055 1,351.48 China 43,170 48.662 887.13 44.146 977.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,640,390 2,891.894 2,296.21 2,623.483 2,531.14 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,560,914 11,607.640 479.07 10,530.277 528.09 Mexico 65,845,751 118,959.903 553.51 107,918.640 610.14 Brazil 8,847,947 20,744.186 426.53 18,818.815 470.16 Sweden 10,243,281 2,625.707 3,901.15 2,382.002 4,300.28 United Kingdom 28,495,527 8,460.164 3,368.20 7,674.934 3,712.80 Netherlands 8,985 6.190 1,451.40 5.616 1,599.89 Belgium 6,584,654 12,120.247 543.28 10,995.307 598.86 France 2,111,148 149.352 14,135.37 135.490 15,581.58 Federal Republic of Germany 8,820,243 15,202.223 580.19 13,791.229 639.55 Switzerland 34,450 126.581 272.16 114.833 300.00 Russia 33,972,916 83,641.855 406.17 75,878.636 447.73 Ukraine 68,181,330 172,241.953 395.85 156,255.316 436.35 Spain 1,203,163 265.236 4,536.18 240.619 5,000.28 Italy 4,686,828 1,186.910 3,948.76 1,076.747 4,352.77 Slovenia 24,313 22.520 1,079.61 20.430 1,190.06 Singapore 11,670 42.879 272.16 38.900 300.00 China 1,195,748 3,251.610 367.74 2,949.812 405.36 Hong Kong 14,304 0.262 54,522.58 0.238 60,100.84 Taiwan 492,908 266.367 1,850.48 241.645 2,039.80 Japan 16,663,218 40,591.644 410.51 36,824.131 452.51 Australia 15,052,992 40,111.072 375.28 36,388.163 413.68 New Zealand 2,041 0.143 14,242.80 0.130 15,700.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 278,054,331 531,624.654 523.03 482,281.910 576.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,066,408 23,733.232 550.55 21,530.432 606.88 Mexico 5,640 10.000 563.99 9.072 621.69 Trinidad and Tobago 4,225,484 10,221.909 413.38 9,273.163 455.67 Brazil 6,199,152 11,102.445 558.36 10,071.972 615.49 Argentina 5,684,830 11,905.871 477.48 10,800.828 526.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,501,724 495.727 5,046.57 449.717 5,562.89 Finland 15,010 12.306 1,219.71 11.164 1,344.50 United Kingdom 2,782,579 1,700.926 1,635.92 1,543.055 1,803.29 Belgium 112,255 31.012 3,619.68 28.134 3,990.01 France 175,097 55.197 3,172.21 50.074 3,496.76 Federal Republic of Germany 3,297,206 4,730.771 696.97 4,291.685 768.28 Austria 2,532 0.848 2,983.11 0.770 3,288.31 Spain 954,363 1,806.747 528.22 1,639.054 582.26 Italy 635,604 263.175 2,415.13 238.749 2,662.23 India 2,880,176 5,793.493 497.14 5,255.770 548.00 China 36,981,604 90,801.212 407.28 82,373.498 448.95 Hong Kong 711,268 1,600.079 444.52 1,451.568 490.00 Taiwan 2,946,923 568.576 5,182.98 515.804 5,713.26 Japan 5,452,330 7,250.014 752.04 6,577.104 828.99 South Africa 2,496,449 5,313.456 469.84 4,820.288 517.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,126,634 177,397.004 513.69 160,931.901 566.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,707,664 12,981.552 670.77 11,776.670 739.40 Mexico 2,294,091 3,962.284 578.98 3,594.525 638.22 Brazil 4,369,418 7,490.968 583.29 6,795.694 642.97 Norway 352,359 421.018 836.92 381.942 922.55 United Kingdom 1,269,763 1,518.983 835.93 1,377.999 921.45 Belgium 4,529 4.481 1,010.49 4.066 1,113.87 Luxembourg 6,586,202 7,465.501 882.22 6,772.591 972.48 France 15,875 4.099 3,872.43 3.719 4,268.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,030,870 987.958 1,043.43 896.261 1,150.19 Poland 84,793 64.296 1,318.78 58.329 1,453.70 Russia 8,085,473 14,380.345 562.26 13,045.634 619.78 Spain 104,919 86.017 1,219.74 78.034 1,344.53 Italy 4,397,087 4,053.946 1,084.64 3,677.679 1,195.61 Turkey 365,524 441.462 827.98 400.488 912.70 India 300,746 76.370 3,938.00 69.282 4,340.90 Thailand 3,458,119 5,948.132 581.38 5,396.057 640.86 China 115,838 212.032 546.32 192.353 602.22 Korea, South 1,086,404 1,836.683 591.50 1,666.212 652.02 Taiwan 22,739,699 42,157.392 539.40 38,244.554 594.59 Japan 326,295 489.331 666.82 443.914 735.04 South Africa 326,158 411.635 792.35 373.430 873.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,021,826 104,994.497 628.81 95,249.433 693.15 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 481,573 507.146 949.57 460.076 1,046.72 Luxembourg 3,176,913 3,283.730 967.47 2,978.951 1,066.45 Federal Republic of Germany 273,774 129.188 2,119.18 117.198 2,336.00 China 9,938 10.207 973.61 9.260 1,073.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,942,198 3,930.273 1,003.03 3,565.485 1,105.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 20,455,476 22,233.442 920.03 20,169.845 1,014.16 Mexico 4,850 10.692 453.59 9.700 500.00 Brazil 2,104,300 1,589.833 1,323.60 1,442.273 1,459.02 Sweden 11,564,550 6,730.578 1,718.21 6,105.880 1,894.00 Finland 1,420,544 765.831 1,854.90 694.751 2,044.68 United Kingdom 2,025,502 1,692.694 1,196.61 1,535.587 1,319.04 Netherlands 14,928 2.675 5,579.92 2.427 6,150.80 Belgium 8,255,492 1,832.004 4,506.26 1,661.967 4,967.30 France 3,824,945 2,252.118 1,698.38 2,043.088 1,872.14 Federal Republic of Germany 4,687,458 1,844.618 2,541.15 1,673.410 2,801.14 Austria 1,196,198 1,254.465 953.55 1,138.032 1,051.11 Russia 8,734 12.011 727.11 10.897 801.51 Ukraine 12,382,110 18,249.499 678.49 16,555.672 747.91 Italy 2,965,420 835.469 3,549.41 757.925 3,912.55 Slovenia 185,895 49.215 3,777.13 44.648 4,163.57 Turkey 55,662 94.169 591.08 85.429 651.56 India 298,122 75.083 3,970.52 68.115 4,376.75 Thailand 11,197,411 21,503.687 520.72 19,507.823 574.00 Malaysia 9,510,831 18,939.748 502.16 17,181.856 553.54 Indonesia 13,199 22.052 598.52 20.006 659.75 China 2,447,432 608.024 4,025.22 551.591 4,437.04 Korea, South 7,181,958 10,273.869 699.05 9,320.300 770.57 Taiwan 7,463,601 1,612.095 4,629.75 1,462.469 5,103.43 Japan 5,879,058 4,900.611 1,199.66 4,445.761 1,322.40 Australia 2,376,381 3,705.375 641.33 3,361.461 706.95 South Africa 3,791,090 2,765.870 1,370.67 2,509.156 1,510.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,311,147 123,855.740 979.46 112,360.069 1,079.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,981,847 31,018.641 547.47 28,139.646 603.48 Mexico 5,326,855 10,710.874 497.33 9,716.745 548.21 Brazil 1,100,004 234.654 4,687.76 212.875 5,167.37 Sweden 7,786,619 1,565.139 4,975.03 1,419.871 5,484.03 Finland 1,115,836 266.477 4,187.36 241.744 4,615.78 Netherlands 8,856,859 15,414.046 574.60 13,983.392 633.38 Belgium 4,057,481 1,051.362 3,859.26 953.780 4,254.11 France 719,932 1,150.720 625.64 1,043.916 689.65 Federal Republic of Germany 7,731,937 9,785.373 790.15 8,877.144 870.99 Spain 608,344 220.726 2,756.10 200.240 3,038.07 Italy 1,052,693 2,084.812 504.93 1,891.311 556.59 India 1,445,192 2,807.316 514.79 2,546.755 567.46 Malaysia 182,753 317.245 576.06 287.800 635.00 China 3,304,309 870.691 3,795.04 789.878 4,183.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 181,461 134.831 1,345.84 122.317 1,483.53 Japan 2,148,904 1,726.652 1,244.55 1,566.393 1,371.88 Australia 1,371,877 3,428.650 400.12 3,110.420 441.06 New Zealand 477,186 828.948 575.65 752.010 634.55 Egypt 126,661 242.817 521.63 220.280 575.00 South Africa 9,772 32.015 305.23 29.044 336.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,586,522 83,891.997 769.88 76,105.561 848.64 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 403,988 477.009 846.92 432.736 933.57 Federal Republic of Germany 15,277 15.743 970.39 14.282 1,069.67 Czech Republic 6,070,731 9,613.021 631.51 8,720.789 696.12 Poland 42,168 45.624 924.24 41.390 1,018.80 Spain 180,809 189.168 955.81 171.611 1,053.60 Japan 10,883,308 16,616.906 654.95 15,074.608 721.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,596,281 26,957.474 652.74 24,455.416 719.52 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 189,477 250.200 757.30 226.978 834.78 United Kingdom 13,354 7.063 1,890.54 6.408 2,083.96 Austria 313,319 332.228 943.08 301.393 1,039.57 Spain 380,060 421.930 900.76 382.769 992.92 China 113,313 163.969 691.06 148.751 761.76 Korea, South 645,243 1,017.865 633.92 923.392 698.77 Japan 103,520 126.884 815.86 115.108 899.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,758,286 2,320.143 757.84 2,104.799 835.37 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 77,601 83.840 925.58 76.059 1,020.27 Poland 35,712 38.305 932.30 34.750 1,027.68 China 40,968 56.322 727.38 51.095 801.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 154,281 178.468 864.47 161.904 952.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,636,497 40,369.969 635.04 36,623.031 700.01 Mexico 3,075,368 4,818.677 638.22 4,371.432 703.52 Dominican Republic 32,100 66.138 485.34 60.000 535.00 Trinidad and Tobago 678,014 1,713.556 395.68 1,554.513 436.16 Brazil 2,433,667 2,741.980 887.56 2,487.484 978.36 Argentina 1,671,730 2,790.716 599.03 2,531.696 660.32 Sweden 3,827,618 1,200.763 3,187.65 1,089.315 3,513.78 Finland 58,023 65.318 888.31 59.256 979.19 United Kingdom 3,712,825 3,138.141 1,183.13 2,846.875 1,304.18 Netherlands 200,871 141.104 1,423.56 128.008 1,569.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,293,382 221.832 5,830.45 201.243 6,426.97 Federal Republic of Germany 2,247,011 1,960.439 1,146.18 1,778.481 1,263.44 Austria 2,650,973 1,112.128 2,383.69 1,008.906 2,627.57 Czech Republic 40,006 40.921 977.64 37.123 1,077.66 Switzerland 403,167 84.067 4,795.74 76.265 5,286.40 Russia 2,904 1.798 1,614.26 1.632 1,779.41 Belarus 222,130 474.528 468.11 430.485 516.00 Ukraine 19,134 40.653 470.66 36.880 518.82 Spain 1,313,244 862.043 1,523.41 782.033 1,679.27 Portugal 624,063 148.597 4,199.70 134.805 4,629.38 Italy 4,364,802 832.044 5,245.88 754.818 5,782.59 Slovenia 58,028 32.666 1,776.35 29.635 1,958.09 Turkey 1,320,965 2,075.982 636.31 1,883.300 701.41 India 1,100,008 321.504 3,421.44 291.664 3,771.49 China 2,328,241 3,835.090 607.09 3,479.137 669.20 Korea, South 8,627,633 8,576.220 1,005.99 7,780.219 1,108.92 Taiwan 3,132,834 2,703.741 1,158.70 2,452.794 1,277.25 Japan 8,917,530 10,330.437 863.23 9,371.618 951.55 South Africa 41,124 33.708 1,219.98 30.580 1,344.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,033,892 90,734.776 882.06 82,313.228 972.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,312,836 6,942.387 621.23 6,298.030 684.79 Mexico 1,302,570 2,285.002 570.05 2,072.920 628.37 Brazil 3,214,533 6,492.884 495.09 5,890.247 545.74 Sweden 20,000 5.787 3,455.94 5.250 3,809.52 Federal Republic of Germany 14,269 3.158 4,518.19 2.865 4,980.45 Italy 765,987 212.361 3,607.00 192.651 3,976.03 Turkey 861,831 1,639.240 525.75 1,487.094 579.54 India 2,449,529 608.659 4,024.46 552.167 4,436.21 China 1,119,308 2,361.279 474.03 2,142.117 522.52 Korea, South 1,187,024 1,845.515 643.19 1,674.224 709.00 Taiwan 110,962 256.136 433.21 232.363 477.54 Japan 2,028,269 4,521.997 448.53 4,102.288 494.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,387,118 27,174.408 639.83 24,652.216 705.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 274,387 553.806 495.46 502.405 546.15 Mexico 17,924,259 43,127.776 415.61 39,124.872 458.13 Dominican Republic 1,601,067 3,066.805 522.06 2,782.160 575.48 Brazil 2,450,398 5,476.165 447.47 4,967.895 493.25 Federal Republic of Germany 124,215 108.339 1,146.53 98.284 1,263.84 Turkey 8,589,012 17,987.131 477.51 16,317.656 526.36 China 117,239 141.233 830.11 128.125 915.04 Taiwan 8,782,458 19,690.720 446.02 17,863.126 491.65 Japan 9,620 19.898 483.44 18.052 532.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 39,872,655 90,171.878 442.19 81,802.575 487.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,587,942 5,551.372 1,366.86 5,036.122 1,506.70 Mexico 16,397 20.951 782.61 19.007 862.68 Brazil 666,702 982.716 678.43 891.506 747.84 Sweden 935,623 211.568 4,422.31 191.932 4,874.76 Norway 6,747 0.385 17,487.93 0.350 19,277.14 Finland 9,394 9.950 944.07 9.027 1,040.66 United Kingdom 4,784,517 2,010.241 2,380.07 1,823.661 2,623.58 Netherlands 10,146 2.128 4,766.60 1.931 5,254.27 France 6,591,885 2,642.982 2,494.11 2,397.674 2,749.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,244,842 3,171.164 1,653.92 2,876.833 1,823.13 Austria 417,806 159.818 2,614.25 144.985 2,881.72 Czech Republic 287,398 111.597 2,575.30 101.240 2,838.78 Switzerland 722,986 156.949 4,606.50 142.382 5,077.79 Latvia 467,200 96.814 4,825.70 87.829 5,319.43 Russia 5,752,224 7,736.972 743.47 7,018.865 819.54 Ukraine 2,099,125 1,951.961 1,075.39 1,770.790 1,185.42 Spain 1,419,611 1,495.263 949.40 1,356.481 1,046.54 Portugal 102,773 23.149 4,439.51 21.001 4,893.72 Italy 13,459,771 2,921.033 4,607.88 2,649.918 5,079.32 Slovenia 114,911 41.654 2,758.69 37.788 3,040.94 Romania 92,471 27.817 3,324.15 25.236 3,664.25 Israel 6,087 17.636 345.13 16.000 380.44 Saudi Arabia 198,430 73.568 2,697.22 66.740 2,973.18 United Arab Emirates 288,416 94.443 3,053.84 85.678 3,366.28 India 3,987,176 1,111.606 3,586.86 1,008.433 3,953.83 China 4,360,088 5,243.395 831.54 4,756.730 916.61 Korea, South 672,768 746.157 901.64 676.903 993.89 Taiwan 6,159,810 1,365.801 4,510.03 1,239.035 4,971.46 Japan 1,729,221 1,421.959 1,216.08 1,289.980 1,340.50 South Africa 42,542 66.346 641.20 60.189 706.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,235,009 39,467.414 1,728.89 35,804.246 1,905.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 648,119 425.538 1,523.06 386.042 1,678.88 Mexico 234,458 77.572 3,022.42 70.373 3,331.65 Brazil 2,904,145 1,022.955 2,838.97 928.010 3,129.43 Sweden 3,974,610 1,539.173 2,582.30 1,396.315 2,846.50 United Kingdom 375,204 36.009 10,419.67 32.667 11,485.72 Netherlands 249,898 216.770 1,152.82 196.651 1,270.77 France 2,449,864 1,114.030 2,199.10 1,010.632 2,424.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,263,344 1,611.888 2,644.94 1,462.281 2,915.54 Austria 4,502,409 721.368 6,241.48 654.415 6,880.05 Czech Republic 176,233 67.367 2,615.99 61.115 2,883.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 67,547 20.920 3,228.71 18.979 3,559.04 Poland 71,021 50.017 1,419.93 45.375 1,565.20 Russia 441,456 214.077 2,062.13 194.208 2,273.11 Ukraine 756,110 196.089 3,855.95 177.889 4,250.46 Spain 438,178 205.380 2,133.49 186.318 2,351.77 Italy 98,863 118.454 834.61 107.460 920.00 Slovenia 2,320,738 889.524 2,608.97 806.963 2,875.89 India 48,084 32.289 1,489.13 29.293 1,641.48 China 4,905,525 803.142 6,107.91 728.599 6,732.82 Korea, South 349,264 63.999 5,457.33 58.059 6,015.67 Taiwan 622,890 191.635 3,250.39 173.849 3,582.94 Japan 3,575,225 2,990.684 1,195.45 2,713.104 1,317.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,473,185 12,608.891 2,654.73 11,438.597 2,926.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,982,900 23,024.567 867.89 20,887.542 956.69 Mexico 2,959,172 3,151.118 939.09 2,858.647 1,035.17 Dominican Republic 41,825 101.106 413.67 91.722 456.00 Colombia 317,559 285.924 1,110.64 259.386 1,224.27 Venezuela 653,345 482.078 1,355.27 437.334 1,493.93 Chile 38,144 43.852 869.83 39.782 958.83 Brazil 23,372 1.322 17,668.94 1.200 19,476.67 Argentina 5,178 0.245 21,064.59 0.223 23,219.73 Sweden 105,380 89.605 1,176.04 81.289 1,296.36 United Kingdom 114,113 111.578 1,022.72 101.222 1,127.35 Netherlands 11,499 3.947 2,913.07 3.581 3,211.11 France 256,550 99.077 2,589.38 89.882 2,854.30 Federal Republic of Germany 3,619,974 2,303.717 1,571.36 2,089.898 1,732.13 Czech Republic 7,940 0.854 9,294.26 0.775 10,245.16 Switzerland 2,286 0.007 296,260.70 0.007 326,571.43 Russia 603,098 635.056 949.68 576.114 1,046.84 Ukraine 167,043 119.609 1,396.57 108.508 1,539.45 Spain 1,525,353 681.304 2,238.87 618.069 2,467.93 Italy 183,048 72.382 2,528.91 65.664 2,787.65 Romania 656,387 600.046 1,093.89 544.353 1,205.81 United Arab Emirates 241,920 374.445 646.08 339.691 712.18 Oman 279,911 446.557 626.82 405.110 690.95 India 877,226 1,351.209 649.22 1,225.797 715.64 Pakistan 389,266 521.835 745.96 473.401 822.28 Thailand 4,091,229 5,987.819 683.26 5,432.060 753.16 Malaysia 16,514 10.797 1,529.48 9.795 1,685.96 China 27,835,502 47,529.531 585.65 43,118.078 645.56 Korea, South 3,918,310 4,788.421 818.29 4,343.984 902.01 Taiwan 2,291,886 3,659.790 626.23 3,320.107 690.30 Japan 633,950 303.943 2,085.75 275.733 2,299.14 South Africa 128,533 229.894 559.10 208.557 616.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 71,978,413 97,011.647 741.96 88,007.511 817.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 20,724,502 13,702.960 1,512.41 12,431.120 1,667.15 Mexico 34,476 44.198 780.03 40.096 859.84 Colombia 5,521,099 5,078.537 1,087.14 4,607.173 1,198.37 Venezuela 318,079 438.004 726.20 397.351 800.50 Brazil 214,196 271.490 788.96 246.292 869.68 United Kingdom 535,935 33.088 16,197.23 30.017 17,854.38 France 2,335,008 613.055 3,808.80 556.155 4,198.48 Federal Republic of Germany 15,100,485 9,389.997 1,608.15 8,518.465 1,772.68 Austria 9,542,302 8,086.155 1,180.08 7,335.639 1,300.81 Russia 1,961,265 2,483.263 789.79 2,252.779 870.60 Ukraine 4,786,369 4,935.244 969.83 4,477.180 1,069.06 Spain 779,627 509.479 1,530.24 462.192 1,686.80 Italy 3,133 0.131 23,884.12 0.119 26,327.73 Romania 471,998 636.392 741.68 577.326 817.56 Singapore 11,050 5.340 2,069.02 4.845 2,280.70 China 97,890,031 93,172.227 1,050.64 84,524.447 1,158.13 Korea, South 15,137,525 19,887.807 761.15 18,041.921 839.02 Taiwan 2,362,573 3,128.908 755.08 2,838.499 832.33 Japan 15,275,831 3,447.094 4,431.51 3,127.152 4,884.90 South Africa 2,289,240 2,257.308 1,014.15 2,047.796 1,117.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 195,294,724 168,120.686 1,161.63 152,516.564 1,280.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 39,989,306 33,553.543 1,191.81 30,439.271 1,313.74 Brazil 6,645,369 5,713.177 1,163.17 5,182.909 1,282.17 United Kingdom 19,669 15.966 1,231.86 14.485 1,357.89 Federal Republic of Germany 10,174,192 8,431.081 1,206.75 7,648.551 1,330.21 Czech Republic 68,496 59.712 1,147.10 54.170 1,264.46 Russia 143,338 218.772 655.19 198.467 722.23 Ukraine 4,084,863 5,007.484 815.75 4,542.715 899.21 Spain 102,185 63.838 1,600.69 57.913 1,764.46 Italy 4,710,176 2,110.345 2,231.95 1,914.474 2,460.30 Romania 824,745 1,007.607 818.52 914.086 902.26 China 8,004,561 14,679.553 545.29 13,317.071 601.08 Korea, South 10,467,907 12,487.995 838.24 11,328.922 924.00 Taiwan 158,871 250.783 633.50 227.507 698.31 Japan 10,268,850 11,574.918 887.16 10,500.592 977.93 South Africa 12,467 19.633 634.99 17.811 699.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,674,995 95,194.413 1,005.05 86,358.944 1,107.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 130,943 123.922 1,056.65 112.421 1,164.76 Mexico 3,036,775 3,560.502 852.91 3,230.034 940.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 432,054 455.002 949.57 412.771 1,046.72 Brazil 164,378 218.753 751.43 198.450 828.31 United Kingdom 64,230 22.268 2,884.29 20.202 3,179.39 France 5,490 14.220 386.05 12.901 425.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,625,692 3,034.643 1,853.82 2,752.983 2,043.49 Austria 322,856 294.681 1,095.61 267.331 1,207.70 Ukraine 3,148,005 3,397.184 926.65 3,081.875 1,021.46 Italy 2,411,428 1,605.948 1,501.56 1,456.892 1,655.19 Romania 319,182 352.565 905.31 319.842 997.94 China 14,449,302 20,790.169 695.01 18,860.530 766.11 Korea, South 4,008,246 6,323.006 633.91 5,736.137 698.77 Taiwan 2,188,928 2,955.779 740.56 2,681.439 816.33 Japan 4,288,016 2,411.958 1,777.81 2,188.093 1,959.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,595,525 45,560.609 891.02 41,331.901 982.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,678,783 3,032.579 883.33 2,751.111 973.71 Venezuela 137,511 181.206 758.86 164.388 836.50 Romania 2,103,446 2,704.031 777.89 2,453.057 857.48 China 13,287,917 22,650.677 586.65 20,548.355 646.67 Korea, South 12,492,475 19,090.375 654.39 17,318.502 721.34 Taiwan 1,692,982 2,827.901 598.67 2,565.430 659.92 Japan 402,043 558.117 720.36 506.316 794.06 South Africa 3,350,653 4,970.533 674.10 4,509.193 743.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,145,810 56,015.423 645.28 50,816.352 711.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,198,770 6,847.075 1,197.41 6,211.564 1,319.92 Mexico 12,207,480 11,451.594 1,066.01 10,388.715 1,175.07 Costa Rica 3,890 0.472 8,225.99 0.429 9,067.60 Dominican Republic 74,667 100.646 741.87 91.305 817.78 Colombia 421,144 485.174 868.03 440.143 956.83 Brazil 726,813 552.397 1,315.74 501.127 1,450.36 Argentina 386,958 153.254 2,524.94 139.030 2,783.27 Sweden 1,016,376 592.320 1,715.92 537.344 1,891.48 Norway 2,328 0.962 2,419.16 0.873 2,666.67 Finland 2,034 0.936 2,170.84 0.850 2,392.94 Denmark 18,743 2.465 7,600.97 2.237 8,378.63 United Kingdom 441,992 290.283 1,522.62 263.341 1,678.40 Netherlands 6,676 1.552 4,301.40 1.408 4,741.48 Belgium 52,981 33.325 1,589.82 30.232 1,752.48 France 1,802,180 1,286.082 1,401.29 1,166.715 1,544.66 Federal Republic of Germany 3,589,609 1,827.508 1,964.21 1,657.888 2,165.17 Austria 421,415 114.327 3,686.04 103.716 4,063.16 Czech Republic 278,597 59.358 4,693.48 53.849 5,173.67 Slovakia 5,042 1.048 4,809.70 0.951 5,301.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 1,882,741 680.258 2,767.69 617.120 3,050.85 Russia 159,556 79.240 2,013.56 71.886 2,219.57 Ukraine 45,057 18.658 2,414.78 16.927 2,661.84 Spain 3,338,579 1,584.953 2,106.42 1,437.846 2,321.93 Italy 1,052,503 717.655 1,466.59 651.046 1,616.63 Romania 2,272,317 1,902.683 1,194.27 1,726.086 1,316.46 Turkey 1,586,763 2,261.484 701.65 2,051.585 773.43 Saudi Arabia 11,841 9.347 1,266.74 8.480 1,396.34 India 1,340,824 1,030.397 1,301.27 934.761 1,434.40 Vietnam 13,940 6.547 2,128.98 5.940 2,346.80 China 15,845,501 21,812.875 726.43 19,788.313 800.75 Korea, South 1,507,502 1,868.568 806.77 1,695.137 889.31 Hong Kong 195,716 189.502 1,032.79 171.914 1,138.45 Taiwan 366,836 291.018 1,260.52 264.008 1,389.49 Japan 8,022,936 3,724.289 2,154.22 3,378.620 2,374.62 Australia 81,396 85.242 954.87 77.331 1,052.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,381,703 60,063.512 1,121.84 54,488.717 1,236.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 164,011 57.559 2,849.42 52.217 3,140.95 Mexico 238,446 138.465 1,722.06 125.614 1,898.24 Chile 32,269 49.042 657.97 44.491 725.29 Brazil 74,635 47.066 1,585.74 42.698 1,747.97 Argentina 538,847 240.945 2,236.39 218.582 2,465.19 Sweden 379,585 247.210 1,535.47 224.266 1,692.57 Belgium 48,464 21.404 2,264.18 19.418 2,495.83 France 1,059,882 453.764 2,335.76 411.648 2,574.73 Federal Republic of Germany 4,783,067 2,195.182 2,178.89 1,991.437 2,401.82 Slovakia 484,159 287.376 1,684.75 260.704 1,857.12 Italy 749,064 384.096 1,950.20 348.447 2,149.72 Romania 599,881 412.235 1,455.19 373.974 1,604.07 India 46,899 45.635 1,027.68 41.400 1,132.83 Thailand 1,276,546 57.448 22,220.88 52.116 24,494.32 China 728,751 239.215 3,046.42 217.013 3,358.10 Korea, South 290,427 227.661 1,275.70 206.531 1,406.22 Japan 783,795 242.526 3,231.80 220.016 3,562.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,278,728 5,346.838 2,296.45 4,850.572 2,531.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,576,178 1,306.319 7,330.66 1,185.073 8,080.67 Mexico 213,196 39.431 5,406.69 35.772 5,959.86 Uruguay 123,699 51.790 2,388.43 46.984 2,632.79 Sweden 5,078,481 517.960 9,804.76 469.886 10,807.90 Finland 288,570 61.701 4,676.84 55.975 5,155.34 Denmark 80,754 16.979 4,755.83 15.404 5,242.40 United Kingdom 847,052 80.564 10,513.95 73.087 11,589.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 344,669 56.153 6,137.93 50.942 6,765.91 France 9,285,566 1,032.118 8,996.61 936.322 9,917.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,312,917 308.961 7,486.11 280.285 8,252.02 Austria 827,335 69.905 11,835.09 63.417 13,045.95 Czech Republic 5,313,912 335.811 15,824.10 304.643 17,443.08 Slovakia 140,243 21.442 6,540.53 19.452 7,209.70 Switzerland 1,085,617 66.393 16,351.31 60.231 18,024.22 Ukraine 125,762 14.382 8,743.82 13.048 9,638.41 Spain 3,632,660 580.478 6,258.05 526.601 6,898.32 Italy 2,298,759 899.472 2,555.67 815.988 2,817.15 India 110,059 18.164 6,058.86 16.479 6,678.74 Thailand 1,925,756 497.123 3,873.80 450.983 4,270.13 Malaysia 522,074 137.095 3,808.10 124.371 4,197.71 Singapore 336,425 94.212 3,570.92 85.468 3,936.27 China 20,769,098 4,717.769 4,402.31 4,279.890 4,852.72 Korea, South 5,344,021 1,064.440 5,020.50 965.644 5,534.15 Taiwan 11,972,152 2,413.430 4,960.64 2,189.428 5,468.16 Japan 5,952,498 969.388 6,140.46 879.415 6,768.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,507,453 15,371.493 5,757.90 13,944.788 6,346.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,638,167 524.831 3,121.32 476.119 3,440.67 Mexico 516,691 215.721 2,395.18 195.699 2,640.23 Brazil 4,915 1.934 2,540.63 1.755 2,800.57 Sweden 2,413 0.950 2,539.49 0.862 2,799.30 United Kingdom 74,609 11.372 6,560.45 10.317 7,231.66 Federal Republic of Germany 49,952 9.178 5,442.02 8.327 5,998.80 Austria 18,171 17.102 1,062.49 15.515 1,171.19 Hungary 2,365 0.930 2,542.05 0.844 2,802.13 Switzerland 3,984 2.347 1,696.82 2.130 1,870.42 Spain 2,107 0.828 2,541.81 0.752 2,801.86 Italy 133,322 32.711 4,075.74 29.675 4,492.74 Thailand 3,060 3.493 875.98 3.169 965.60 Vietnam 152,362 98.048 1,553.95 88.948 1,712.93 China 463,789 375.452 1,235.28 340.605 1,361.66 Korea, South 19,100 0.716 26,657.28 0.650 29,384.62 Taiwan 16,588 2.268 7,312.14 2.058 8,060.25 Japan 352,653 96.269 3,663.20 87.334 4,037.98 Australia 9,307 3.662 2,540.83 3.323 2,800.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,463,555 1,397.820 2,477.82 1,268.082 2,731.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 14,546,904 16,986.249 856.39 15,409.671 944.01 Mexico 4,049,943 2,066.101 1,960.19 1,874.336 2,160.73 Finland 520,852 108.330 4,807.98 98.276 5,299.89 United Kingdom 152,570 168.179 907.18 152.570 1,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 4,723 0.649 7,274.42 0.589 8,018.68 France 13,553 8.637 1,569.05 7.836 1,729.58 Federal Republic of Germany 24,695 9.469 2,607.72 8.591 2,874.52 Austria 175,620 100.185 1,752.94 90.887 1,932.29 Switzerland 29,155 6.599 4,417.73 5.987 4,869.72 Spain 3,316 2.261 1,466.00 2.052 1,615.98 Italy 517,229 172.120 3,005.04 156.145 3,312.49 Turkey 587,801 979.702 599.98 888.771 661.36 United Arab Emirates 2,566 4.346 590.37 3.943 650.77 India 198,498 248.362 799.23 225.311 881.00 Thailand 79,558 157.782 504.23 143.138 555.81 China 7,238,121 12,998.499 556.84 11,792.044 613.81 Korea, South 6,280,902 11,937.700 526.14 10,829.703 579.97 Taiwan 1,645,059 346.835 4,743.05 314.644 5,228.32 Japan 776,326 575.809 1,348.23 522.366 1,486.17 Australia 15,869 20.484 774.69 18.583 853.95 South Africa 151,646 356.484 425.39 323.397 468.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,014,906 47,254.793 783.30 42,868.840 863.45 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 987,286 1,220.574 808.87 1,107.287 891.63 Mexico 87,260 69.414 1,257.08 62.972 1,385.70 China 1,525,317 2,771.259 550.41 2,514.045 606.72 Korea, South 109,640 165.039 664.33 149.721 732.30 Taiwan 29,684 44.823 662.25 40.663 730.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,739,187 4,271.111 641.33 3,874.688 706.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,885,283 12,794.839 928.91 11,607.286 1,023.95 Mexico 6,973,730 6,568.175 1,061.75 5,958.550 1,170.37 Dominican Republic 295,733 370.498 798.20 336.111 879.87 Colombia 25,713 17.022 1,510.49 15.443 1,665.03 Venezuela 290,048 352.698 822.37 319.963 906.50 Ecuador 17,655 25.735 686.01 23.347 756.20 Chile 8,693 7.020 1,238.21 6.369 1,364.89 Brazil 892,397 1,212.609 735.93 1,100.061 811.23 Argentina 157,971 261.482 604.14 237.213 665.95 Sweden 3,243,641 527.549 6,148.51 478.585 6,777.57 Finland 2,971 3.712 800.25 3.368 882.13 Denmark 9,374 1.699 5,514.88 1.542 6,079.12 United Kingdom 905,991 304.269 2,977.59 276.029 3,282.23 Ireland 33,050 0.201 163,838.60 0.183 180,601.09 Netherlands 292,754 127.648 2,293.43 115.801 2,528.08 Belgium 877,643 498.553 1,760.38 452.280 1,940.49 Luxembourg 8,562 1.405 6,092.01 1.275 6,715.29 France 1,263,691 485.831 2,601.09 440.739 2,867.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,162,149 736.111 2,937.26 667.789 3,237.77 Austria 911,638 148.268 6,148.56 134.507 6,777.62 Czech Republic 293,007 190.050 1,541.73 172.411 1,699.47 Switzerland 392,596 76.455 5,134.98 69.359 5,660.35 Poland 438,058 389.803 1,123.79 353.624 1,238.77 Belarus 27,379 20.261 1,351.28 18.381 1,489.53 Moldova 480,586 698.609 687.92 633.768 758.30 Spain 56,526 14.315 3,948.53 12.987 4,352.51 Italy 3,366,247 2,416.392 1,393.09 2,192.115 1,535.62 Greece 250,515 200.342 1,250.43 181.748 1,378.36 Turkey 39,433 41.505 950.07 37.653 1,047.27 Israel 67,100 87.247 769.07 79.150 847.76 India 5,199,034 2,173.535 2,391.97 1,971.799 2,636.70 Thailand 821,169 791.392 1,037.63 717.939 1,143.79 Malaysia 53,253 49.219 1,081.95 44.651 1,192.65 Indonesia 25,817 9.238 2,794.51 8.381 3,080.42 China 13,606,205 16,169.469 841.48 14,668.700 927.57 Korea, South 7,218,073 4,439.417 1,625.91 4,027.373 1,792.25 Hong Kong 144,424 38.951 3,707.81 35.336 4,087.16 Taiwan 3,075,639 1,576.646 1,950.75 1,430.310 2,150.33 Japan 5,341,239 3,743.077 1,426.96 3,395.664 1,572.96 Australia 226,449 256.503 882.83 232.696 973.15 South Africa 841,006 1,194.714 703.94 1,083.827 775.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,222,442 59,022.485 1,223.64 53,544.313 1,348.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 199,485 384.047 519.43 348.402 572.57 India 26,087 47.961 543.91 43.510 599.56 China 172,006 301.660 570.20 273.662 628.53 Taiwan 445,614 734.155 606.97 666.015 669.08 Japan 2,718,352 3,600.060 755.09 3,265.921 832.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,561,544 5,067.885 702.77 4,597.510 774.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,919,811 11,880.701 750.78 10,777.994 827.59 Mexico 2,111 2.431 868.12 2.206 956.94 Brazil 1,131,951 1,511.206 749.04 1,370.944 825.67 Norway 461,610 705.253 654.53 639.795 721.50 Netherlands 10,562,870 15,920.099 663.49 14,442.475 731.38 Belgium 248,614 360.356 689.91 326.910 760.50 France 3,254,507 4,778.603 681.06 4,335.077 750.74 Federal Republic of Germany 11,951,977 19,369.563 617.05 17,571.777 680.18 China 4,309,783 6,919.862 622.81 6,277.595 686.53 Taiwan 33,515 52.777 635.02 47.879 699.99 Japan 302,627 333.770 906.69 302.792 999.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 41,179,376 61,834.624 665.96 56,095.444 734.09 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,906,270 2,462.068 774.26 2,233.552 853.47 United Kingdom 14,623 23.479 622.81 21.300 686.53 Netherlands 178,227 299.469 595.14 271.674 656.03 France 466,085 689.297 676.17 625.320 745.35 Federal Republic of Germany 44,500 65.018 684.42 58.984 754.44 Japan 1,856,329 2,414.616 768.79 2,190.504 847.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,466,034 5,953.949 750.10 5,401.334 826.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,656,108 44,498.358 531.62 40,368.243 586.01 Mexico 15,719,928 31,955.370 491.93 28,989.433 542.26 Brazil 207,591 221.950 935.30 201.350 1,031.00 Sweden 4,708,538 6,076.687 774.85 5,512.680 854.13 Finland 575,909 384.508 1,497.78 348.820 1,651.02 United Kingdom 12,684 48.212 263.08 43.738 290.00 Netherlands 15,925,707 32,910.472 483.91 29,855.887 533.42 Belgium 105,089 79.030 1,329.73 71.695 1,465.78 France 4,933,181 7,584.672 650.41 6,880.701 716.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,379,352 4,147.919 573.63 3,762.930 632.31 Spain 1,423,324 2,596.266 548.22 2,355.294 604.31 Italy 5,199,646 9,845.944 528.10 8,932.093 582.13 Turkey 3,827,409 6,437.575 594.54 5,840.072 655.37 India 892,817 1,734.034 514.88 1,573.090 567.56 Malaysia 759,349 1,339.207 567.01 1,214.909 625.03 Korea, South 28,816,090 60,719.102 474.58 55,083.459 523.14 Taiwan 35,194 8.473 4,153.44 7.687 4,578.38 Japan 4,496,720 5,866.838 766.46 5,322.308 844.88 Australia 16,439,032 39,395.735 417.28 35,739.220 459.97 New Zealand 2,014,143 3,652.926 551.38 3,313.880 607.79 Egypt 29,830,162 55,650.187 536.03 50,485.015 590.87 South Africa 832,833 445.323 1,870.17 403.991 2,061.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 162,790,806 315,598.798 515.82 286,306.495 568.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,480,383 22,188.510 652.61 20,129.084 719.38 Mexico 29,000,057 16,915.471 1,714.41 15,345.462 1,889.81 Colombia 129,662 10.650 12,174.23 9.662 13,419.79 Venezuela 1,253,835 2,303.526 544.31 2,089.725 600.00 Brazil 39,517,579 55,802.022 708.17 50,622.758 780.63 Sweden 8,020,695 5,266.029 1,523.10 4,777.263 1,678.93 Finland 2,541,348 557.726 4,556.62 505.961 5,022.81 United Kingdom 539,791 50.278 10,736.00 45.612 11,834.41 Netherlands 4,432,455 6,465.632 685.54 5,865.525 755.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 11,373,562 12,270.501 926.90 11,131.615 1,021.74 Luxembourg 246,286 314.963 781.95 285.730 861.95 France 5,778,558 4,464.000 1,294.48 4,049.674 1,426.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,948,656 1,149.248 1,695.59 1,042.581 1,869.07 Austria 142,996 32.476 4,403.09 29.462 4,853.57 Russia 2,495,408 4,727.293 527.87 4,288.530 581.88 Italy 8,588,480 2,415.720 3,555.25 2,191.505 3,918.99 Greece 8,425,241 14,293.617 589.44 12,966.955 649.75 India 190,666 41.086 4,640.61 37.273 5,115.39 Thailand 225,745 55.176 4,091.35 50.055 4,509.94 Indonesia 55,727 14.164 3,934.22 12.850 4,336.73 China 52,108,756 47,657.205 1,093.41 43,233.902 1,205.28 Korea, South 9,981,074 13,938.275 716.09 12,644.594 789.36 Taiwan 43,700,503 64,280.954 679.84 58,314.717 749.39 Japan 7,144,950 9,002.533 793.66 8,166.963 874.86 Australia 692,378 1,123.838 616.08 1,019.529 679.12 New Zealand 182,492 303.410 601.47 275.249 663.01 South Africa 245,508 128.730 1,907.15 116.782 2,102.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 253,442,791 285,773.044 886.87 259,249.018 977.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,999,411 27,569.302 725.42 25,010.458 799.64 Mexico 11,499,395 14,341.886 801.80 13,010.744 883.84 Venezuela 22,063 20.965 1,052.33 19.020 1,159.99 Brazil 22,203,114 28,673.767 774.34 26,012.412 853.56 Argentina 4,994,630 6,917.842 721.99 6,275.763 795.86 Sweden 39,822 39.649 1,004.36 35.969 1,107.12 Finland 407,243 410.621 991.77 372.510 1,093.24 Netherlands 550,459 867.193 634.76 786.705 699.70 Belgium 746,421 883.799 844.56 801.770 930.97 Luxembourg 573,718 754.884 760.01 684.820 837.76 France 32,430 37.423 866.57 33.950 955.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,063,727 6,525.245 622.77 5,919.605 686.49 Austria 113,881 112.502 1,012.25 102.061 1,115.81 Switzerland 25,439 35.483 716.93 32.190 790.28 Kazakhstan 118,602 134.506 881.76 122.022 971.97 Spain 2,236,813 3,061.720 730.57 2,777.547 805.32 Italy 947,983 1,121.275 845.45 1,017.204 931.95 India 29,534,621 41,639.591 709.29 37,774.813 781.86 China 28,814,507 41,420.951 695.65 37,576.466 766.82 Korea, South 18,271,371 21,301.005 857.77 19,323.953 945.53 Taiwan 23,314,211 27,100.503 860.29 24,585.170 948.30 Japan 2,787,970 3,756.248 742.22 3,407.612 818.16 South Africa 1,934,445 2,544.475 760.25 2,308.310 838.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 173,232,276 229,270.848 755.58 207,991.074 832.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 936,249 785.384 1,192.09 712.489 1,314.05 Mexico 5,407 1.041 5,190.63 0.945 5,721.69 Brazil 604,296 855.951 705.99 776.506 778.22 Argentina 980,381 2,688.306 364.68 2,438.791 401.99 United Kingdom 4,623 3.579 1,291.63 3.247 1,423.78 Federal Republic of Germany 5,761,545 8,651.595 665.95 7,848.598 734.09 Spain 100,250 139.056 720.93 126.150 794.69 India 127,525 141.034 904.21 127.944 996.73 China 141,931 164.443 863.10 149.181 951.40 Korea, South 1,526,647 1,528.723 998.64 1,386.835 1,100.81 Taiwan 724,891 1,040.713 696.53 944.120 767.80 Japan 556,730 596.717 932.99 541.333 1,028.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,470,475 16,596.547 691.14 15,056.139 761.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,205,984 1,940.818 1,136.63 1,760.681 1,252.92 Mexico 5,227,500 6,073.357 860.73 5,509.659 948.79 Chile 193,054 227.599 848.22 206.475 935.00 Brazil 5,161,828 6,033.319 855.55 5,473.337 943.09 United Kingdom 685,495 587.951 1,165.90 533.381 1,285.19 Belgium 220,529 165.032 1,336.28 149.715 1,472.99 Luxembourg 643,082 787.504 816.61 714.412 900.16 France 33,005 9.185 3,593.14 8.333 3,960.76 Federal Republic of Germany 264,235 93.606 2,822.84 84.918 3,111.65 Italy 4,357 0.906 4,808.52 0.822 5,300.49 Thailand 27,702 30.063 921.45 27.273 1,015.73 China 7,972,378 9,710.019 821.05 8,808.784 905.05 Korea, South 13,854,617 16,658.033 831.71 15,111.918 916.80 Taiwan 19,266,419 21,220.074 907.93 19,250.533 1,000.83 Japan 1,120,046 616.429 1,816.99 559.216 2,002.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,880,231 64,153.901 886.62 58,199.457 977.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 26,640 20.594 1,293.55 18.683 1,425.90 Brazil 364,167 92.588 3,933.17 83.995 4,335.58 Sweden 428,445 392.115 1,092.65 355.721 1,204.44 United Kingdom 1,088,851 272.248 3,999.47 246.980 4,408.66 Federal Republic of Germany 5,405,425 2,581.700 2,093.75 2,342.080 2,307.96 Austria 562,776 537.519 1,046.99 487.630 1,154.10 Czech Republic 117,396 35.319 3,323.86 32.041 3,663.93 Russia 13,321,232 4,371.624 3,047.20 3,965.872 3,358.97 Korea, South 193,062 267.100 722.81 242.310 796.76 Japan 2,446,031 2,561.343 954.98 2,323.612 1,052.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,954,025 11,132.155 2,151.79 10,098.924 2,371.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,853,591 3,054.993 606.74 2,771.444 668.82 Mexico 528,680 654.939 807.22 594.151 889.81 Finland 1,870,606 393.387 4,755.13 356.875 5,241.63 United Kingdom 50,032 51.789 966.06 46.983 1,064.90 Federal Republic of Germany 26,125 40.449 645.87 36.695 711.95 Italy 4,619 0.662 6,972.19 0.601 7,685.52 Slovenia 182,610 46.175 3,954.67 41.890 4,359.27 Malaysia 3,904 6.020 648.42 5.462 714.76 Japan 194,491 45.201 4,302.77 41.006 4,742.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,714,658 4,293.619 1,098.06 3,895.107 1,210.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,050,289 1,970.148 1,040.68 1,787.289 1,147.15 Mexico 2,927,038 1,394.727 2,098.64 1,265.276 2,313.36 Brazil 133,000 100.795 1,319.51 91.440 1,454.51 Argentina 3,400 0.815 4,168.15 0.740 4,594.59 Sweden 3,916,926 575.763 6,803.01 522.324 7,499.04 Finland 909,123 188.889 4,812.98 171.358 5,305.40 United Kingdom 1,837,686 535.974 3,428.68 486.228 3,779.47 Belgium 557,338 156.223 3,567.56 141.724 3,932.56 France 1,099,082 155.995 7,045.59 141.517 7,766.43 Federal Republic of Germany 8,942,871 5,579.149 1,602.91 5,061.321 1,766.90 Austria 1,342,369 258.836 5,186.16 234.813 5,716.76 Hungary 10,982 10.328 1,063.26 9.370 1,172.04 Switzerland 152,853 79.367 1,925.89 72.001 2,122.93 Italy 234,071 49.627 4,716.59 45.021 5,199.15 Slovenia 10,239 3.736 2,740.02 3.390 3,020.35 India 773,239 606.620 1,274.67 550.317 1,405.08 Malaysia 10,988 2.336 4,701.96 2.120 5,183.02 Indonesia 520,219 99.615 5,222.25 90.370 5,756.55 China 651,835 821.061 793.89 744.855 875.12 Korea, South 1,432,803 1,137.946 1,259.11 1,032.328 1,387.93 Taiwan 1,155,595 688.713 1,677.90 624.791 1,849.57 Japan 3,765,810 963.903 3,906.83 874.439 4,306.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,437,756 15,380.580 2,109.01 13,953.032 2,324.78 GRAND TOTAL 2,381,621,168 2,987,886.309 797.09 2,710,565.629 878.64 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 612,825 714.716 857.44 648.380 945.16 Brazil 2,162 0.156 13,812.21 0.142 15,225.35 Belgium 27,698 26.085 1,061.83 23.664 1,170.47 Italy 191,127 74.655 2,560.13 67.726 2,822.06 India 13,001 5.350 2,429.81 4.854 2,678.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 846,813 820.963 1,031.49 744.766 1,137.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,189,327 983.028 1,209.86 891.789 1,333.64 Mexico 18,082,901 34,036.871 531.27 30,877.739 585.63 United Kingdom 248,611 70.479 3,527.42 63.938 3,888.31 Belgium 1,468,784 2,394.183 613.48 2,171.967 676.25 France 2,087,748 149.175 13,995.22 135.330 15,427.09 Federal Republic of Germany 3,396,125 3,437.523 987.96 3,118.470 1,089.04 Russia 88,015 76.992 1,143.17 69.846 1,260.13 Italy 2,506,879 443.392 5,653.86 402.239 6,232.31 Slovenia 24,313 22.520 1,079.61 20.430 1,190.06 China 97,244 113.091 859.87 102.595 947.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,189,947 41,727.258 699.54 37,854.343 771.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 761,901 1,206.383 631.56 1,094.413 696.17 United Kingdom 88,351 136.261 648.40 123.614 714.73 France 15,875 4.099 3,872.43 3.719 4,268.62 Italy 3,004,344 3,688.036 814.62 3,345.731 897.96 Japan 3,609 3.591 1,004.92 3.258 1,107.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,874,080 5,038.371 768.92 4,570.735 847.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,506,586 8,627.367 1,333.73 7,826.618 1,470.19 Brazil 2,104,300 1,589.833 1,323.60 1,442.273 1,459.02 Sweden 10,123,950 6,452.686 1,568.95 5,853.780 1,729.47 Finland 895,919 659.118 1,359.27 597.942 1,498.34 United Kingdom 1,907,120 1,666.264 1,144.55 1,511.610 1,261.65 Belgium 2,187,399 695.097 3,146.90 630.582 3,468.86 France 2,622,067 1,995.338 1,314.10 1,810.141 1,448.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,590,566 1,053.993 1,509.09 956.167 1,663.48 Austria 591,906 512.933 1,153.96 465.326 1,272.02 Ukraine 2,208,024 1,682.340 1,312.47 1,526.194 1,446.75 Japan 4,562,487 4,521.803 1,009.00 4,102.112 1,112.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 3,104 0.238 13,036.58 0.216 14,370.37 South Africa 848,850 111.112 7,639.52 100.800 8,421.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,152,278 29,568.126 1,391.78 26,823.761 1,534.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,392,388 2,137.678 651.36 1,939.270 718.00 Netherlands 6,625,151 11,083.481 597.75 10,054.768 658.91 France 62,479 80.854 772.73 73.350 851.79 Federal Republic of Germany 11,887 20.183 588.95 18.310 649.21 Japan 574,803 864.311 665.04 784.090 733.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,666,708 14,186.508 610.91 12,869.788 673.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 6,713 13.152 510.39 11.932 562.60 Japan 317,093 409.338 774.65 371.346 853.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 323,806 422.491 766.42 383.278 844.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,191,127 19,543.602 674.96 17,729.663 744.01 Mexico 1,772,708 2,646.325 669.88 2,400.707 738.41 Trinidad and Tobago 668,026 1,696.841 393.69 1,539.349 433.97 Brazil 1,198,680 387.206 3,095.71 351.268 3,412.44 Sweden 2,164,418 816.492 2,650.87 740.710 2,922.09 Finland 58,023 65.318 888.31 59.256 979.19 United Kingdom 1,145,249 624.516 1,833.82 566.552 2,021.44 Netherlands 188,762 100.429 1,879.55 91.108 2,071.85 France 222,161 104.599 2,123.92 94.891 2,341.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,095,399 1,059.594 1,033.79 961.248 1,139.56 Austria 159,466 39.396 4,047.71 35.740 4,461.84 Czech Republic 40,006 40.921 977.64 37.123 1,077.66 Switzerland 32,572 6.551 4,972.04 5.943 5,480.73 Russia 2,904 1.798 1,614.26 1.632 1,779.41 Ukraine 19,134 40.653 470.66 36.880 518.82 Spain 1,193,576 669.377 1,783.11 607.249 1,965.55 Italy 62,950 25.525 2,466.20 23.156 2,718.52 India 11,106 4.839 2,295.03 4.390 2,529.84 China 362,743 231.526 1,566.75 210.037 1,727.04 Korea, South 8,350,732 7,946.403 1,050.88 7,208.858 1,158.40 Taiwan 1,293,454 289.600 4,466.34 262.721 4,923.30 Japan 7,361,925 8,347.791 881.90 7,572.991 972.13 South Africa 41,124 33.708 1,219.98 30.580 1,344.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,636,245 44,723.019 908.62 40,572.052 1,001.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 245,687 400.684 613.17 363.495 675.90 Mexico 163,415 284.751 573.89 258.322 632.60 Korea, South 7,499 2.571 2,915.98 2.333 3,214.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 416,601 688.007 605.52 624.150 667.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,135,206 2,473.125 1,672.06 2,243.582 1,843.13 Brazil 180,219 44.426 4,056.57 40.303 4,471.60 Sweden 148,160 60.617 2,444.19 54.991 2,694.26 United Kingdom 2,672,524 670.718 3,984.57 608.466 4,392.23 France 2,631,509 1,559.363 1,687.55 1,414.631 1,860.21 Federal Republic of Germany 621,685 279.876 2,221.28 253.900 2,448.54 Czech Republic 118,918 89.000 1,336.15 80.740 1,472.85 Russia 3,603,475 4,263.154 845.26 3,867.470 931.74 Ukraine 606,500 668.882 906.74 606.800 999.51 Spain 145,563 59.545 2,444.56 54.019 2,694.66 Italy 29,837 26.384 1,130.84 23.936 1,246.53 Slovenia 2,790 0.734 3,800.37 0.666 4,189.19 Romania 10,204 2.597 3,929.08 2.356 4,331.07 China 2,258,356 2,706.015 834.57 2,454.857 919.95 Korea, South 212,744 141.875 1,499.52 128.707 1,652.93 Taiwan 7,287 4.080 1,785.70 3.702 1,968.40 Japan 1,218,694 1,167.466 1,043.88 1,059.108 1,150.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,603,671 14,217.865 1,308.47 12,898.234 1,442.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 648,119 425.538 1,523.06 386.042 1,678.88 Mexico 234,458 77.572 3,022.42 70.373 3,331.65 Brazil 2,904,145 1,022.955 2,838.97 928.010 3,129.43 Sweden 3,974,610 1,539.173 2,582.30 1,396.315 2,846.50 United Kingdom 375,204 36.009 10,419.67 32.667 11,485.72 Netherlands 249,898 216.770 1,152.82 196.651 1,270.77 France 2,449,864 1,114.030 2,199.10 1,010.632 2,424.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,263,344 1,611.888 2,644.94 1,462.281 2,915.54 Austria 4,502,409 721.368 6,241.48 654.415 6,880.05 Czech Republic 176,233 67.367 2,615.99 61.115 2,883.63 Switzerland 67,547 20.920 3,228.71 18.979 3,559.04 Poland 71,021 50.017 1,419.93 45.375 1,565.20 Russia 441,456 214.077 2,062.13 194.208 2,273.11 Ukraine 756,110 196.089 3,855.95 177.889 4,250.46 Spain 438,178 205.380 2,133.49 186.318 2,351.77 Italy 98,863 118.454 834.61 107.460 920.00 Slovenia 2,320,738 889.524 2,608.97 806.963 2,875.89 India 48,084 32.289 1,489.13 29.293 1,641.48 China 4,905,525 803.142 6,107.91 728.599 6,732.82 Korea, South 349,264 63.999 5,457.33 58.059 6,015.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 622,890 191.635 3,250.39 173.849 3,582.94 Japan 3,575,225 2,990.684 1,195.45 2,713.104 1,317.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,473,185 12,608.891 2,654.73 11,438.597 2,926.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 330,660 61.495 5,376.96 55.788 5,927.08 Mexico 80,247 49.697 1,614.70 45.085 1,779.90 Sweden 7,797 0.062 124,093.36 0.057 136,789.47 United Kingdom 114,113 111.578 1,022.72 101.222 1,127.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,644,383 1,148.245 1,432.08 1,041.671 1,578.60 Spain 652,677 190.588 3,424.54 172.899 3,774.90 Italy 150,554 65.384 2,302.59 59.316 2,538.17 Romania 149,265 17.661 8,451.56 16.022 9,316.25 India 7,550 3.274 2,305.37 2.971 2,541.23 China 164,750 55.134 2,988.16 50.017 3,293.88 Korea, South 329,832 95.239 3,463.18 86.400 3,817.50 Japan 387,920 150.316 2,580.69 136.365 2,844.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,019,748 1,948.679 2,062.81 1,767.813 2,273.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 17,504,882 10,722.768 1,632.50 9,727.535 1,799.52 Colombia 1,785,167 1,309.912 1,362.81 1,188.333 1,502.24 United Kingdom 535,935 33.088 16,197.23 30.017 17,854.38 France 2,328,636 597.447 3,897.64 541.995 4,296.42 Federal Republic of Germany 10,761,634 5,921.152 1,817.49 5,371.581 2,003.44 Austria 5,633,929 5,402.382 1,042.86 4,900.960 1,149.56 Russia 7,071 4.683 1,509.70 4.249 1,664.16 Spain 779,627 509.479 1,530.24 462.192 1,686.80 Italy 3,133 0.131 23,884.12 0.119 26,327.73 Romania 374,165 538.972 694.22 488.948 765.24 Singapore 11,050 5.340 2,069.02 4.845 2,280.70 China 45,013,696 39,487.112 1,139.96 35,822.116 1,256.59 Taiwan 8,793 1.857 4,734.05 1.685 5,218.40 Japan 15,251,333 3,443.547 4,428.96 3,123.935 4,882.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,999,051 67,977.876 1,471.05 61,668.510 1,621.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 39,504,329 33,058.774 1,194.97 29,990.424 1,317.23 Federal Republic of Germany 10,174,192 8,431.081 1,206.75 7,648.551 1,330.21 China 205,062 353.191 580.60 320.410 640.00 Korea, South 5,082 4.570 1,111.99 4.146 1,225.76 Japan 993,866 796.677 1,247.51 722.734 1,375.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,882,531 42,644.295 1,193.18 38,686.265 1,315.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 45,861 20.220 2,268.01 18.344 2,500.05 Federal Republic of Germany 4,485,119 2,410.656 1,860.54 2,186.911 2,050.89 China 159,876 139.095 1,149.40 126.185 1,267.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,690,856 2,569.971 1,825.26 2,331.440 2,012.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,640,880 2,180.476 1,211.15 1,978.096 1,335.06 Mexico 4,130,935 2,030.715 2,034.23 1,842.235 2,242.35 Costa Rica 3,890 0.472 8,225.99 0.429 9,067.60 Argentina 344,531 120.980 2,847.81 109.752 3,139.18 Sweden 945,803 557.710 1,695.87 505.947 1,869.37 Norway 2,328 0.962 2,419.16 0.873 2,666.67 United Kingdom 428,168 275.045 1,556.72 249.517 1,715.99 France 489,509 278.508 1,757.61 252.659 1,937.43 Federal Republic of Germany 2,119,253 1,099.005 1,928.34 997.001 2,125.63 Czech Republic 278,597 59.358 4,693.48 53.849 5,173.67 Switzerland 479,433 189.779 2,526.27 172.165 2,784.73 Ukraine 28,394 6.080 4,669.80 5.516 5,147.57 Spain 2,365,407 998.229 2,369.60 905.579 2,612.04 Italy 180,479 86.076 2,096.74 78.087 2,311.26 Romania 1,012,028 675.506 1,498.18 612.809 1,651.46 Saudi Arabia 11,841 9.347 1,266.74 8.480 1,396.34 India 36,821 25.798 1,427.25 23.404 1,573.28 China 374,099 205.415 1,821.18 186.350 2,007.51 Korea, South 62,542 112.903 553.94 102.424 610.62 Japan 5,868,366 2,815.918 2,084.00 2,554.559 2,297.21 Australia 7,792 4.551 1,711.98 4.129 1,887.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,811,096 11,732.843 1,858.98 10,643.860 2,049.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 22,100 2.862 7,719.98 2.597 8,509.82 Sweden 379,585 247.210 1,535.47 224.266 1,692.57 France 740,322 229.756 3,222.20 208.432 3,551.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,412,208 564.924 4,269.97 512.491 4,706.83 Italy 48,844 7.021 6,956.13 6.370 7,667.82 India 7,661 5.489 1,395.57 4.980 1,538.35 Thailand 1,276,546 57.448 22,220.88 52.116 24,494.32 China 635,991 159.062 3,998.37 144.299 4,407.45 Japan 783,795 242.526 3,231.80 220.016 3,562.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,307,052 1,516.302 4,159.49 1,375.567 4,585.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 949,278 209.302 4,535.44 189.876 4,999.46 Mexico 4,992 1.278 3,904.02 1.160 4,303.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 4,915 1.934 2,540.63 1.755 2,800.57 Sweden 2,413 0.950 2,539.49 0.862 2,799.30 United Kingdom 72,153 11.019 6,547.58 9.997 7,217.47 Federal Republic of Germany 39,238 4.652 8,433.10 4.221 9,295.90 Hungary 2,365 0.930 2,542.05 0.844 2,802.13 Switzerland 3,984 2.347 1,696.82 2.130 1,870.42 Spain 2,107 0.828 2,541.81 0.752 2,801.86 Korea, South 19,100 0.716 26,657.28 0.650 29,384.62 Taiwan 16,588 2.268 7,312.14 2.058 8,060.25 Japan 12,974 4.451 2,914.76 4.038 3,212.98 Australia 9,307 3.662 2,540.83 3.323 2,800.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,139,414 244.344 4,663.14 221.666 5,140.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 343,550 415.382 827.07 376.829 911.69 Mexico 7,949 22.652 350.91 20.550 386.81 Finland 517,918 107.090 4,836.26 97.151 5,331.06 Federal Republic of Germany 10,876 2.112 5,149.55 1.916 5,676.41 Italy 500,170 163.395 3,061.10 148.230 3,374.28 United Arab Emirates 2,566 4.346 590.37 3.943 650.77 India 198,498 248.362 799.23 225.311 881.00 China 491,501 146.860 3,346.71 133.230 3,689.12 Korea, South 333,689 637.036 523.81 577.910 577.41 Taiwan 1,355,169 296.322 4,573.30 268.819 5,041.20 Japan 618,758 373.486 1,656.71 338.821 1,826.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,380,644 2,417.048 1,812.39 2,192.710 1,997.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 116,062 199.990 580.34 181.428 639.71 China 325,551 405.924 802.00 368.249 884.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 441,613 605.915 728.84 549.677 803.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 167,328 146.066 1,145.56 132.509 1,262.77 Mexico 1,196,293 932.798 1,282.48 846.221 1,413.69 Chile 4,554 3.249 1,401.40 2.948 1,544.78 Brazil 55,350 77.063 718.24 69.911 791.72 United Kingdom 140,460 6.287 22,339.27 5.704 24,624.82 Netherlands 47,770 2.798 17,068.23 2.539 18,814.49 Federal Republic of Germany 493,122 69.209 7,125.04 62.786 7,854.01 Austria 175,991 35.966 4,893.23 32.628 5,393.86 Czech Republic 13,679 19.894 687.58 18.048 757.92 Poland 48,030 40.092 1,197.99 36.371 1,320.56 Spain 2,046 0.253 8,070.00 0.230 8,895.65 Italy 2,127,850 1,514.626 1,404.87 1,374.046 1,548.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 39,433 41.505 950.07 37.653 1,047.27 India 4,960 0.033 149,987.92 0.030 165,333.33 China 1,436,130 1,376.961 1,042.97 1,249.159 1,149.68 Korea, South 2,118,999 1,828.622 1,158.80 1,658.899 1,277.35 Taiwan 113,455 98.110 1,156.41 89.004 1,274.72 Japan 2,253,504 1,267.509 1,777.90 1,149.866 1,959.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,438,954 7,461.049 1,399.13 6,768.552 1,542.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,081,383 1,625.316 665.34 1,474.463 733.41 Sweden 4,607,025 6,013.756 766.08 5,455.590 844.46 Finland 495,102 363.773 1,361.02 330.010 1,500.26 Netherlands 1,094,453 2,074.282 527.63 1,881.758 581.61 France 2,011,403 2,577.358 780.41 2,338.141 860.26 Japan 3,015,931 4,527.665 666.11 4,107.430 734.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,305,297 17,182.153 716.17 15,587.392 789.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,898,641 2,509.283 756.65 2,276.384 834.06 Brazil 198,483 322.331 615.77 292.414 678.77 Sweden 3,311,530 4,240.255 780.97 3,846.696 860.88 Netherlands 1,785,947 2,527.761 706.53 2,293.147 778.82 Belgium 768,041 398.839 1,925.69 361.821 2,122.71 Luxembourg 246,286 314.963 781.95 285.730 861.95 France 2,278,871 2,525.708 902.27 2,291.285 994.58 Federal Republic of Germany 388,876 225.557 1,724.07 204.622 1,900.46 Austria 121,696 31.911 3,813.50 28.950 4,203.66 China 539,743 991.475 544.38 899.452 600.08 Korea, South 4,433,894 6,516.377 680.42 5,911.560 750.04 Taiwan 28,753 45.040 638.38 40.860 703.70 Japan 3,612,810 4,861.118 743.21 4,409.934 819.24 Australia 74,695 19.589 3,813.08 17.771 4,203.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,688,266 25,530.212 771.18 23,160.626 850.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,848,968 5,167.140 744.89 4,687.552 821.10 Brazil 103,989 146.340 710.60 132.758 783.30 Finland 407,243 410.621 991.77 372.510 1,093.24 Luxembourg 573,718 754.884 760.01 684.820 837.76 France 32,430 37.423 866.57 33.950 955.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,910,576 4,893.588 594.77 4,439.390 655.63 Spain 2,236,813 3,061.720 730.57 2,777.547 805.32 India 294,398 367.681 800.69 333.555 882.61 China 28,806 43.312 665.08 39.292 733.13 Japan 2,568,079 3,539.073 725.64 3,210.594 799.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,005,020 18,421.786 705.96 16,711.968 778.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 919,650 764.077 1,203.61 693.160 1,326.75 United Kingdom 4,623 3.579 1,291.63 3.247 1,423.78 Federal Republic of Germany 3,426,543 5,148.806 665.50 4,670.920 733.59 Korea, South 2,347 2.022 1,160.31 1.835 1,279.02 Japan 500,289 545.700 916.78 495.051 1,010.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,853,452 6,464.186 750.82 5,864.213 827.64 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 26,640 20.594 1,293.55 18.683 1,425.90 Brazil 364,167 92.588 3,933.17 83.995 4,335.58 Sweden 428,445 392.115 1,092.65 355.721 1,204.44 United Kingdom 1,088,851 272.248 3,999.47 246.980 4,408.66 Federal Republic of Germany 5,405,425 2,581.700 2,093.75 2,342.080 2,307.96 Austria 562,776 537.519 1,046.99 487.630 1,154.10 Czech Republic 117,396 35.319 3,323.86 32.041 3,663.93 Russia 13,321,232 4,371.624 3,047.20 3,965.872 3,358.97 Korea, South 193,062 267.100 722.81 242.310 796.76 Japan 2,446,031 2,561.343 954.98 2,323.612 1,052.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,954,025 11,132.155 2,151.79 10,098.924 2,371.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 176,636 353.799 499.25 320.962 550.33 United Kingdom 45,739 38.785 1,179.27 35.186 1,299.92 Federal Republic of Germany 5,708 6.806 838.58 6.175 924.37 Japan 16,167 12.026 1,344.31 10.910 1,481.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 244,250 411.418 593.68 373.233 654.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 136,586 83.981 1,626.38 76.187 1,792.77 Mexico 2,479 2.239 1,106.75 2.032 1,219.98 Sweden 597,530 139.292 4,289.75 126.364 4,728.64 United Kingdom 3,191 2.256 1,414.18 2.047 1,558.87 France 872,516 71.242 12,247.15 64.630 13,500.17 Federal Republic of Germany 5,382,001 3,730.400 1,442.74 3,384.163 1,590.35 Austria 664,965 117.468 5,660.78 106.566 6,239.94 Italy 2,239 0.399 5,611.01 0.362 6,185.08 China 205,068 191.809 1,069.12 174.007 1,178.50 Korea, South 62,436 20.943 2,981.11 19.000 3,286.11 Japan 146,512 52.298 2,801.48 47.444 3,088.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,075,523 4,412.332 1,830.22 4,002.802 2,017.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 463,420,126 386,674.078 1,198.48 350,784.921 1,321.09 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 14,060 17.828 788.61 16.174 869.30 Brazil 3,484 7.414 469.91 6.726 517.99 India 6,574 13.990 469.89 12.692 517.96 China 43,170 48.662 887.13 44.146 977.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,288 87.896 765.54 79.738 843.86 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,371,587 10,624.611 411.46 9,638.488 453.56 Mexico 47,762,850 84,923.032 562.43 77,040.901 619.97 Brazil 8,842,410 20,743.331 426.28 18,818.039 469.89 United Kingdom 166,435 440.444 377.88 399.565 416.54 Belgium 5,115,870 9,726.064 526.00 8,823.340 579.81 Federal Republic of Germany 5,424,118 11,764.699 461.05 10,672.759 508.22 Switzerland 34,450 126.581 272.16 114.833 300.00 Russia 33,884,901 83,564.863 405.49 75,808.790 446.98 Ukraine 67,606,015 172,075.493 392.89 156,104.306 433.08 Italy 124,553 143.300 869.17 130.000 958.10 Singapore 11,670 42.879 272.16 38.900 300.00 China 1,079,778 3,133.700 344.57 2,842.846 379.82 Japan 16,639,428 40,587.653 409.96 36,820.510 451.91 Australia 15,052,992 40,111.072 375.28 36,388.163 413.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 206,117,057 478,007.729 431.20 433,641.440 475.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,066,408 23,733.232 550.55 21,530.432 606.88 Mexico 5,640 10.000 563.99 9.072 621.69 Trinidad and Tobago 4,225,484 10,221.909 413.38 9,273.163 455.67 Brazil 6,199,152 11,102.445 558.36 10,071.972 615.49 Argentina 5,684,830 11,905.871 477.48 10,800.828 526.33 Finland 15,010 12.306 1,219.71 11.164 1,344.50 United Kingdom 504,260 1,130.042 446.23 1,025.158 491.89 Federal Republic of Germany 3,152,376 4,629.990 680.86 4,200.258 750.52 Spain 954,363 1,806.747 528.22 1,639.054 582.26 India 2,356,701 5,638.971 417.93 5,115.590 460.69 China 34,913,464 89,850.310 388.57 81,510.854 428.33 Hong Kong 711,268 1,600.079 444.52 1,451.568 490.00 Japan 5,448,449 7,248.462 751.67 6,575.696 828.57 South Africa 2,496,449 5,313.456 469.84 4,820.288 517.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,733,854 174,203.825 457.70 158,035.097 504.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,945,763 11,775.169 674.79 10,682.257 743.83 Mexico 2,294,091 3,962.284 578.98 3,594.525 638.22 Brazil 4,369,418 7,490.968 583.29 6,795.694 642.97 Norway 352,359 421.018 836.92 381.942 922.55 United Kingdom 1,181,412 1,382.722 854.41 1,254.385 941.83 Belgium 4,529 4.481 1,010.49 4.066 1,113.87 Luxembourg 6,586,202 7,465.501 882.22 6,772.591 972.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,030,870 987.958 1,043.43 896.261 1,150.19 Poland 84,793 64.296 1,318.78 58.329 1,453.70 Russia 8,085,473 14,380.345 562.26 13,045.634 619.78 Spain 104,919 86.017 1,219.74 78.034 1,344.53 Italy 83,846 15.469 5,419.97 14.034 5,974.49 Turkey 365,524 441.462 827.98 400.488 912.70 Thailand 3,458,119 5,948.132 581.38 5,396.057 640.86 China 115,838 212.032 546.32 192.353 602.22 Korea, South 1,086,404 1,836.683 591.50 1,666.212 652.02 Taiwan 22,739,699 42,157.392 539.40 38,244.554 594.59 Japan 322,686 485.739 664.32 440.656 732.29 South Africa 326,158 411.635 792.35 373.430 873.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,538,103 99,529.315 608.24 90,291.502 670.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 481,573 507.146 949.57 460.076 1,046.72 Luxembourg 3,176,913 3,283.730 967.47 2,978.951 1,066.45 Federal Republic of Germany 273,774 129.188 2,119.18 117.198 2,336.00 China 9,938 10.207 973.61 9.260 1,073.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,942,198 3,930.273 1,003.03 3,565.485 1,105.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,898,629 13,601.134 654.26 12,338.745 721.19 Mexico 4,850 10.692 453.59 9.700 500.00 United Kingdom 118,382 26.430 4,479.06 23.977 4,937.31 Belgium 57,630 62.324 924.67 56.540 1,019.28 France 36,234 48.474 747.49 43.975 823.97 Federal Republic of Germany 97,661 116.432 838.78 105.626 924.59 Austria 604,292 741.531 814.92 672.706 898.30 Russia 8,734 12.011 727.11 10.897 801.51 Ukraine 10,174,086 16,567.158 614.11 15,029.478 676.94 Turkey 55,662 94.169 591.08 85.429 651.56 Thailand 11,197,411 21,503.687 520.72 19,507.823 574.00 Malaysia 9,510,831 18,939.748 502.16 17,181.856 553.54 Indonesia 13,199 22.052 598.52 20.006 659.75 Korea, South 6,459,425 10,070.288 641.43 9,135.615 707.06 Japan 61,290 102.960 595.28 93.404 656.18 Australia 2,373,277 3,705.137 640.54 3,361.245 706.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,068,955 1,484.316 720.17 1,346.550 793.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,740,548 87,108.552 582.50 79,023.572 642.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,346,009 28,842.493 532.06 26,165.477 586.50 Mexico 5,326,855 10,710.874 497.33 9,716.745 548.21 Netherlands 2,231,708 4,330.565 515.34 3,928.624 568.06 France 657,453 1,069.865 614.52 970.566 677.39 Federal Republic of Germany 5,524,954 9,172.196 602.36 8,320.879 663.99 Italy 1,052,693 2,084.812 504.93 1,891.311 556.59 India 1,445,192 2,807.316 514.79 2,546.755 567.46 Malaysia 182,753 317.245 576.06 287.800 635.00 China 17,257 23.712 727.75 21.512 802.20 Korea, South 53,677 101.004 531.43 91.630 585.80 Japan 635,280 713.960 889.80 647.694 980.83 Australia 1,371,877 3,428.650 400.12 3,110.420 441.06 New Zealand 477,186 828.948 575.65 752.010 634.55 Egypt 126,661 242.817 521.63 220.280 575.00 South Africa 9,772 32.015 305.23 29.044 336.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,459,327 64,706.479 532.55 58,700.747 587.03 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 403,988 477.009 846.92 432.736 933.57 Federal Republic of Germany 8,564 2.590 3,306.01 2.350 3,644.26 Czech Republic 6,070,731 9,613.021 631.51 8,720.789 696.12 Poland 42,168 45.624 924.24 41.390 1,018.80 Spain 180,809 189.168 955.81 171.611 1,053.60 Japan 10,566,215 16,207.567 651.93 14,703.262 718.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,272,475 26,534.982 650.93 24,072.138 717.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 189,477 250.200 757.30 226.978 834.78 United Kingdom 13,354 7.063 1,890.54 6.408 2,083.96 Austria 313,319 332.228 943.08 301.393 1,039.57 Spain 380,060 421.930 900.76 382.769 992.92 China 113,313 163.969 691.06 148.751 761.76 Korea, South 645,243 1,017.865 633.92 923.392 698.77 Japan 103,520 126.884 815.86 115.108 899.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,758,286 2,320.143 757.84 2,104.799 835.37 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 77,601 83.840 925.58 76.059 1,020.27 Poland 35,712 38.305 932.30 34.750 1,027.68 China 40,968 56.322 727.38 51.095 801.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 154,281 178.468 864.47 161.904 952.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,400,097 20,822.329 595.52 18,889.705 656.45 Mexico 1,302,660 2,172.351 599.65 1,970.725 661.01 Dominican Republic 32,100 66.138 485.34 60.000 535.00 Brazil 1,234,987 2,354.774 524.46 2,136.216 578.12 Argentina 1,671,730 2,790.716 599.03 2,531.696 660.32 Sweden 33,224 21.038 1,579.18 19.086 1,740.75 United Kingdom 1,909,718 2,336.958 817.18 2,120.054 900.79 France 7,635 2.313 3,299.84 2.099 3,637.45 Federal Republic of Germany 585,771 716.269 817.81 649.789 901.48 Switzerland 16,037 21.448 747.69 19.458 824.19 Belarus 222,130 474.528 468.11 430.485 516.00 Spain 119,668 192.666 621.12 174.784 684.66 Italy 2,527 0.283 8,920.06 0.257 9,832.68 Turkey 1,320,965 2,075.982 636.31 1,883.300 701.41 India 82,222 85.884 957.36 77.913 1,055.31 China 1,901,672 3,587.633 530.06 3,254.647 584.29 Korea, South 276,901 629.817 439.65 571.361 484.63 Taiwan 977,768 2,210.701 442.29 2,005.515 487.54 Japan 1,534,518 1,982.302 774.11 1,798.315 853.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,632,330 42,544.139 602.49 38,595.405 664.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,064,670 6,541.683 621.35 5,934.517 684.92 Mexico 1,139,155 2,000.251 569.51 1,814.598 627.77 Brazil 3,214,533 6,492.884 495.09 5,890.247 545.74 Sweden 20,000 5.787 3,455.94 5.250 3,809.52 Italy 15,000 18.849 795.78 17.100 877.19 Turkey 861,831 1,639.240 525.75 1,487.094 579.54 China 1,119,308 2,361.279 474.03 2,142.117 522.52 Korea, South 165,404 276.597 598.00 250.925 659.18 Taiwan 110,962 256.136 433.21 232.363 477.54 Japan 2,022,712 4,521.897 447.31 4,102.198 493.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,733,575 24,114.606 528.04 21,876.409 582.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 274,387 553.806 495.46 502.405 546.15 Mexico 17,924,259 43,127.776 415.61 39,124.872 458.13 Dominican Republic 1,601,067 3,066.805 522.06 2,782.160 575.48 Brazil 2,450,398 5,476.165 447.47 4,967.895 493.25 Federal Republic of Germany 124,215 108.339 1,146.53 98.284 1,263.84 Turkey 8,589,012 17,987.131 477.51 16,317.656 526.36 China 117,239 141.233 830.11 128.125 915.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 8,782,458 19,690.720 446.02 17,863.126 491.65 Japan 9,620 19.898 483.44 18.052 532.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,872,655 90,171.878 442.19 81,802.575 487.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,011,001 3,005.183 1,001.94 2,726.257 1,104.45 Mexico 14,128 19.516 723.90 17.705 797.97 Brazil 480,820 937.494 512.88 850.481 565.35 Finland 9,394 9.950 944.07 9.027 1,040.66 United Kingdom 1,339,507 1,160.860 1,153.89 1,053.115 1,271.95 France 276,493 231.637 1,193.65 210.138 1,315.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,262,042 2,222.755 1,017.67 2,016.450 1,121.79 Austria 211,116 114.556 1,842.90 103.924 2,031.45 Switzerland 13,699 6.911 1,982.06 6.270 2,184.85 Russia 2,148,749 3,473.817 618.56 3,151.395 681.84 Ukraine 712,762 1,106.598 644.10 1,003.890 710.00 Spain 1,251,509 1,431.720 874.13 1,298.835 963.56 Italy 536,002 502.458 1,066.76 455.823 1,175.90 Romania 82,267 25.220 3,261.86 22.880 3,595.59 Israel 6,087 17.636 345.13 16.000 380.44 China 1,558,254 2,407.543 647.24 2,184.087 713.46 Korea, South 396,044 594.112 666.61 538.970 734.82 Taiwan 79,835 16.160 4,939.98 14.661 5,445.40 Japan 261,328 215.190 1,214.40 195.218 1,338.65 South Africa 42,542 66.346 641.20 60.189 706.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,693,579 17,565.673 836.49 15,935.315 922.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,652,240 22,963.071 855.82 20,831.754 943.38 Mexico 2,878,925 3,101.420 928.26 2,813.562 1,023.23 Dominican Republic 41,825 101.106 413.67 91.722 456.00 Colombia 317,559 285.924 1,110.64 259.386 1,224.27 Venezuela 653,345 482.078 1,355.27 437.334 1,493.93 Chile 38,144 43.852 869.83 39.782 958.83 Brazil 23,372 1.322 17,668.94 1.200 19,476.67 Argentina 5,178 0.245 21,064.59 0.223 23,219.73 Sweden 97,583 89.542 1,089.79 81.232 1,201.29 Netherlands 11,499 3.947 2,913.07 3.581 3,211.11 France 256,550 99.077 2,589.38 89.882 2,854.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,975,591 1,155.472 1,709.77 1,048.227 1,884.70 Czech Republic 7,940 0.854 9,294.26 0.775 10,245.16 Switzerland 2,286 0.007 296,260.70 0.007 326,571.43 Russia 603,098 635.056 949.68 576.114 1,046.84 Ukraine 167,043 119.609 1,396.57 108.508 1,539.45 Spain 872,676 490.715 1,778.37 445.170 1,960.32 Italy 32,494 6.997 4,643.68 6.348 5,118.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 507,122 582.385 870.77 528.331 959.86 United Arab Emirates 241,920 374.445 646.08 339.691 712.18 Oman 279,911 446.557 626.82 405.110 690.95 India 869,676 1,347.934 645.19 1,222.826 711.20 Pakistan 389,266 521.835 745.96 473.401 822.28 Thailand 4,091,229 5,987.819 683.26 5,432.060 753.16 Malaysia 16,514 10.797 1,529.48 9.795 1,685.96 China 27,670,752 47,474.397 582.86 43,068.061 642.49 Korea, South 3,588,478 4,693.181 764.62 4,257.584 842.84 Taiwan 2,291,886 3,659.790 626.23 3,320.107 690.30 Japan 246,030 153.626 1,601.48 139.368 1,765.33 South Africa 128,533 229.894 559.10 208.557 616.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,958,665 95,062.967 714.88 86,239.698 788.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,219,620 2,980.191 1,080.34 2,703.585 1,190.87 Mexico 34,476 44.198 780.03 40.096 859.84 Colombia 3,735,932 3,768.624 991.32 3,418.840 1,092.75 Venezuela 318,079 438.004 726.20 397.351 800.50 Brazil 214,196 271.490 788.96 246.292 869.68 France 6,372 15.608 408.23 14.160 450.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,338,851 3,468.844 1,250.81 3,146.884 1,378.78 Austria 3,908,373 2,683.773 1,456.30 2,434.679 1,605.29 Russia 1,954,194 2,478.579 788.43 2,248.530 869.10 Ukraine 4,786,369 4,935.244 969.83 4,477.180 1,069.06 Romania 97,833 97.420 1,004.24 88.378 1,106.98 China 52,876,335 53,685.115 984.93 48,702.331 1,085.70 Korea, South 15,137,525 19,887.807 761.15 18,041.921 839.02 Taiwan 2,353,780 3,127.051 752.72 2,836.814 829.73 Japan 24,498 3.546 6,908.37 3.217 7,615.17 South Africa 2,289,240 2,257.308 1,014.15 2,047.796 1,117.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,295,673 100,142.809 951.60 90,848.054 1,048.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 484,977 494.768 980.21 448.847 1,080.50 Brazil 6,645,369 5,713.177 1,163.17 5,182.909 1,282.17 United Kingdom 19,669 15.966 1,231.86 14.485 1,357.89 Czech Republic 68,496 59.712 1,147.10 54.170 1,264.46 Russia 143,338 218.772 655.19 198.467 722.23 Ukraine 4,084,863 5,007.484 815.75 4,542.715 899.21 Spain 102,185 63.838 1,600.69 57.913 1,764.46 Italy 4,710,176 2,110.345 2,231.95 1,914.474 2,460.30 Romania 824,745 1,007.607 818.52 914.086 902.26 China 7,799,499 14,326.362 544.42 12,996.661 600.12 Korea, South 10,462,825 12,483.425 838.14 11,324.776 923.89 Taiwan 158,871 250.783 633.50 227.507 698.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 9,274,984 10,778.240 860.53 9,777.858 948.57 South Africa 12,467 19.633 634.99 17.811 699.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,792,464 52,550.118 852.38 47,672.679 939.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 130,943 123.922 1,056.65 112.421 1,164.76 Mexico 3,036,775 3,560.502 852.91 3,230.034 940.17 Venezuela 432,054 455.002 949.57 412.771 1,046.72 Brazil 164,378 218.753 751.43 198.450 828.31 United Kingdom 18,369 2.048 8,968.83 1.858 9,886.44 France 5,490 14.220 386.05 12.901 425.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,140,573 623.987 1,827.88 566.072 2,014.89 Austria 322,856 294.681 1,095.61 267.331 1,207.70 Ukraine 3,148,005 3,397.184 926.65 3,081.875 1,021.46 Italy 2,411,428 1,605.948 1,501.56 1,456.892 1,655.19 Romania 319,182 352.565 905.31 319.842 997.94 China 14,289,426 20,651.074 691.95 18,734.345 762.74 Korea, South 4,008,246 6,323.006 633.91 5,736.137 698.77 Taiwan 2,188,928 2,955.779 740.56 2,681.439 816.33 Japan 4,288,016 2,411.958 1,777.81 2,188.093 1,959.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,904,669 42,990.637 835.17 39,000.461 920.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,678,783 3,032.579 883.33 2,751.111 973.71 Venezuela 137,511 181.206 758.86 164.388 836.50 Romania 2,103,446 2,704.031 777.89 2,453.057 857.48 China 13,287,917 22,650.677 586.65 20,548.355 646.67 Korea, South 12,492,475 19,090.375 654.39 17,318.502 721.34 Taiwan 1,692,982 2,827.901 598.67 2,565.430 659.92 Japan 402,043 558.117 720.36 506.316 794.06 South Africa 3,350,653 4,970.533 674.10 4,509.193 743.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,145,810 56,015.423 645.28 50,816.352 711.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 5,557,890 4,666.598 1,190.99 4,233.468 1,312.85 Mexico 8,076,545 9,420.878 857.30 8,546.480 945.01 Dominican Republic 74,667 100.646 741.87 91.305 817.78 Colombia 421,144 485.174 868.03 440.143 956.83 Brazil 726,813 552.397 1,315.74 501.127 1,450.36 Argentina 42,427 32.273 1,314.61 29.278 1,449.11 Sweden 70,573 34.609 2,039.14 31.397 2,247.76 Finland 2,034 0.936 2,170.84 0.850 2,392.94 Denmark 18,743 2.465 7,600.97 2.237 8,378.63 United Kingdom 13,824 15.238 907.18 13.824 1,000.00 Netherlands 6,676 1.552 4,301.40 1.408 4,741.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 52,981 33.325 1,589.82 30.232 1,752.48 France 1,312,671 1,007.573 1,302.80 914.056 1,436.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,470,356 728.503 2,018.33 660.887 2,224.82 Austria 421,415 114.327 3,686.04 103.716 4,063.16 Slovakia 5,042 1.048 4,809.70 0.951 5,301.79 Switzerland 1,403,308 490.478 2,861.10 444.955 3,153.82 Russia 159,556 79.240 2,013.56 71.886 2,219.57 Ukraine 16,663 12.578 1,324.72 11.411 1,460.26 Spain 973,172 586.723 1,658.65 532.267 1,828.35 Italy 872,024 631.579 1,380.70 572.959 1,521.97 Romania 1,260,289 1,227.177 1,026.98 1,113.277 1,132.05 Turkey 1,586,763 2,261.484 701.65 2,051.585 773.43 India 1,304,003 1,004.598 1,298.03 911.357 1,430.84 Vietnam 13,940 6.547 2,128.98 5.940 2,346.80 China 15,471,402 21,607.459 716.02 19,601.963 789.28 Korea, South 1,444,960 1,755.665 823.03 1,592.713 907.23 Hong Kong 195,716 189.502 1,032.79 171.914 1,138.45 Taiwan 366,836 291.018 1,260.52 264.008 1,389.49 Japan 2,154,570 908.371 2,371.90 824.061 2,614.58 Australia 73,604 80.691 912.17 73.202 1,005.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,570,607 48,330.668 942.89 43,844.857 1,039.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 141,911 54.696 2,594.51 49.620 2,859.96 Mexico 238,446 138.465 1,722.06 125.614 1,898.24 Chile 32,269 49.042 657.97 44.491 725.29 Brazil 74,635 47.066 1,585.74 42.698 1,747.97 Argentina 538,847 240.945 2,236.39 218.582 2,465.19 Belgium 48,464 21.404 2,264.18 19.418 2,495.83 France 319,560 224.007 1,426.56 203.216 1,572.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,370,859 1,630.258 1,454.28 1,478.946 1,603.07 Slovakia 484,159 287.376 1,684.75 260.704 1,857.12 Italy 700,220 377.075 1,856.98 342.077 2,046.97 Romania 599,881 412.235 1,455.19 373.974 1,604.07 India 39,238 40.146 977.38 36.420 1,077.38 China 92,760 80.153 1,157.28 72.714 1,275.68 Korea, South 290,427 227.661 1,275.70 206.531 1,406.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,971,676 3,830.536 1,558.97 3,475.005 1,718.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 688,889 315.528 2,183.28 286.243 2,406.66 Mexico 511,699 214.442 2,386.18 194.539 2,630.32 United Kingdom 2,456 0.352 6,962.64 0.320 7,675.00 Federal Republic of Germany 10,714 4.526 2,367.17 4.106 2,609.35 Austria 18,171 17.102 1,062.49 15.515 1,171.19 Italy 133,322 32.711 4,075.74 29.675 4,492.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 3,060 3.493 875.98 3.169 965.60 Vietnam 152,362 98.048 1,553.95 88.948 1,712.93 China 463,789 375.452 1,235.28 340.605 1,361.66 Japan 339,679 91.818 3,699.48 83.296 4,077.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,324,141 1,153.475 2,014.90 1,046.416 2,221.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 14,203,354 16,570.867 857.13 15,032.842 944.82 Mexico 4,041,994 2,043.448 1,978.03 1,853.786 2,180.40 Finland 2,934 1.240 2,365.94 1.125 2,608.00 United Kingdom 152,570 168.179 907.18 152.570 1,000.00 Netherlands 4,723 0.649 7,274.42 0.589 8,018.68 France 13,553 8.637 1,569.05 7.836 1,729.58 Federal Republic of Germany 13,819 7.357 1,878.11 6.675 2,070.26 Austria 175,620 100.185 1,752.94 90.887 1,932.29 Switzerland 29,155 6.599 4,417.73 5.987 4,869.72 Spain 3,316 2.261 1,466.00 2.052 1,615.98 Italy 17,059 8.724 1,955.23 7.915 2,155.27 Turkey 587,801 979.702 599.98 888.771 661.36 Thailand 79,558 157.782 504.23 143.138 555.81 China 6,746,620 12,851.638 524.96 11,658.814 578.67 Korea, South 5,947,213 11,300.664 526.27 10,251.793 580.11 Taiwan 289,890 50.513 5,738.87 45.825 6,326.02 Japan 157,568 202.323 778.79 183.545 858.47 Australia 15,869 20.484 774.69 18.583 853.95 South Africa 151,646 356.484 425.39 323.397 468.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,634,262 44,837.745 727.83 40,676.130 802.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 871,224 1,020.584 853.65 925.859 940.99 Mexico 87,260 69.414 1,257.08 62.972 1,385.70 China 1,199,766 2,365.334 507.23 2,145.796 559.12 Korea, South 109,640 165.039 664.33 149.721 732.30 Taiwan 29,684 44.823 662.25 40.663 730.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,297,574 3,665.196 626.86 3,325.011 691.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,007,916 12,516.620 879.46 11,354.890 969.44 Mexico 5,054,822 5,494.570 919.97 4,984.592 1,014.09 Dominican Republic 295,733 370.498 798.20 336.111 879.87 Colombia 25,713 17.022 1,510.49 15.443 1,665.03 Venezuela 290,048 352.698 822.37 319.963 906.50 Ecuador 17,655 25.735 686.01 23.347 756.20 Chile 4,139 3.771 1,097.59 3.421 1,209.88 Brazil 837,047 1,135.545 737.13 1,030.150 812.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 157,971 261.482 604.14 237.213 665.95 Sweden 265,157 136.073 1,948.63 123.444 2,147.99 Finland 2,971 3.712 800.25 3.368 882.13 United Kingdom 414,163 247.889 1,670.75 224.882 1,841.69 Netherlands 107,435 100.050 1,073.81 90.764 1,183.67 Belgium 811,121 492.876 1,645.69 447.130 1,814.06 Luxembourg 8,562 1.405 6,092.01 1.275 6,715.29 France 765,337 416.203 1,838.85 377.574 2,026.99 Federal Republic of Germany 791,378 503.386 1,572.11 456.665 1,732.95 Austria 735,647 112.302 6,550.59 101.879 7,220.79 Czech Republic 222,443 162.933 1,365.24 147.811 1,504.92 Switzerland 4,673 3.756 1,243.92 3.408 1,371.19 Poland 390,028 349.711 1,115.29 317.253 1,229.39 Belarus 27,379 20.261 1,351.28 18.381 1,489.53 Moldova 480,586 698.609 687.92 633.768 758.30 Spain 8,681 10.956 792.28 9.940 873.34 Italy 869,558 743.736 1,169.17 674.707 1,288.79 Greece 250,515 200.342 1,250.43 181.748 1,378.36 Israel 67,100 87.247 769.07 79.150 847.76 India 720,909 1,026.129 702.55 930.889 774.43 Thailand 507,225 711.737 712.66 645.678 785.57 Malaysia 53,253 49.219 1,081.95 44.651 1,192.65 Indonesia 25,817 9.238 2,794.51 8.381 3,080.42 China 9,161,502 13,976.586 655.49 12,679.350 722.55 Korea, South 1,834,171 1,993.116 920.25 1,808.125 1,014.40 Taiwan 917,252 1,149.433 798.00 1,042.749 879.65 Japan 2,448,516 2,398.601 1,020.81 2,175.975 1,125.25 Australia 212,284 252.938 839.27 229.462 925.14 South Africa 841,006 1,194.714 703.94 1,083.827 775.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,635,713 47,231.120 860.36 42,847.364 948.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Belgium 199,485 384.047 519.43 348.402 572.57 India 26,087 47.961 543.91 43.510 599.56 China 172,006 301.660 570.20 273.662 628.53 Taiwan 445,614 734.155 606.97 666.015 669.08 Japan 2,718,352 3,600.060 755.09 3,265.921 832.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,561,544 5,067.885 702.77 4,597.510 774.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,919,811 11,880.701 750.78 10,777.994 827.59 Mexico 2,111 2.431 868.12 2.206 956.94 Brazil 1,131,951 1,511.206 749.04 1,370.944 825.67 Norway 461,610 705.253 654.53 639.795 721.50 Netherlands 10,562,870 15,920.099 663.49 14,442.475 731.38 Belgium 248,614 360.356 689.91 326.910 760.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,254,507 4,778.603 681.06 4,335.077 750.74 Federal Republic of Germany 11,951,977 19,369.563 617.05 17,571.777 680.18 China 4,309,783 6,919.862 622.81 6,277.595 686.53 Taiwan 33,515 52.777 635.02 47.879 699.99 Japan 302,627 333.770 906.69 302.792 999.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,179,376 61,834.624 665.96 56,095.444 734.09 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,906,270 2,462.068 774.26 2,233.552 853.47 United Kingdom 14,623 23.479 622.81 21.300 686.53 Netherlands 178,227 299.469 595.14 271.674 656.03 France 466,085 689.297 676.17 625.320 745.35 Federal Republic of Germany 44,500 65.018 684.42 58.984 754.44 Japan 1,856,329 2,414.616 768.79 2,190.504 847.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,466,034 5,953.949 750.10 5,401.334 826.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 22,574,725 42,873.041 526.55 38,893.780 580.42 Mexico 15,719,928 31,955.370 491.93 28,989.433 542.26 Brazil 123,818 200.664 617.04 182.040 680.17 Sweden 101,513 62.930 1,613.09 57.090 1,778.12 United Kingdom 12,684 48.212 263.08 43.738 290.00 Netherlands 14,831,254 30,836.190 480.97 27,974.129 530.18 Belgium 33,522 60.395 555.04 54.790 611.83 France 2,916,467 5,006.361 582.55 4,541.696 642.15 Federal Republic of Germany 2,376,295 4,147.488 572.95 3,762.539 631.57 Spain 1,423,324 2,596.266 548.22 2,355.294 604.31 Italy 5,193,594 9,844.231 527.58 8,930.539 581.55 Turkey 3,827,409 6,437.575 594.54 5,840.072 655.37 India 892,817 1,734.034 514.88 1,573.090 567.56 Malaysia 759,349 1,339.207 567.01 1,214.909 625.03 Korea, South 28,794,819 60,698.167 474.39 55,064.467 522.93 Japan 328,564 538.809 609.80 488.800 672.18 Australia 16,439,032 39,395.735 417.28 35,739.220 459.97 New Zealand 2,014,143 3,652.926 551.38 3,313.880 607.79 Egypt 29,830,162 55,650.187 536.03 50,485.015 590.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 148,193,419 297,077.798 498.84 269,504.521 549.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 12,387,792 19,646.160 630.55 17,822.702 695.06 Mexico 4,540,544 8,164.677 556.12 7,406.873 613.02 Venezuela 1,253,835 2,303.526 544.31 2,089.725 600.00 Brazil 31,267,446 53,192.695 587.81 48,255.615 647.95 Sweden 10,559 16.288 648.23 14.777 714.56 Netherlands 2,646,508 3,937.871 672.07 3,572.378 740.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 7,045,145 11,040.405 638.12 10,015.690 703.41 France 46,549 69.699 667.86 63.230 736.19 Federal Republic of Germany 451,235 650.816 693.34 590.411 764.27 Russia 2,495,408 4,727.293 527.87 4,288.530 581.88 Greece 8,425,241 14,293.617 589.44 12,966.955 649.75 China 20,438,188 37,063.023 551.44 33,623.019 607.86 Korea, South 4,450,007 6,928.814 642.25 6,285.717 707.96 Taiwan 35,405,521 62,174.986 569.45 56,404.215 627.71 Japan 2,508,000 3,730.618 672.27 3,384.361 741.06 Australia 579,025 1,102.784 525.06 1,000.430 578.78 New Zealand 182,492 303.410 601.47 275.249 663.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 134,133,495 229,346.691 584.85 208,059.877 644.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 16,150,443 22,402.162 720.93 20,322.906 794.69 Mexico 11,499,395 14,341.886 801.80 13,010.744 883.84 Venezuela 22,063 20.965 1,052.33 19.020 1,159.99 Brazil 22,099,125 28,527.427 774.66 25,879.654 853.92 Argentina 4,994,630 6,917.842 721.99 6,275.763 795.86 Sweden 39,822 39.649 1,004.36 35.969 1,107.12 Netherlands 550,459 867.193 634.76 786.705 699.70 Belgium 746,421 883.799 844.56 801.770 930.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,153,151 1,631.657 706.74 1,480.215 779.04 Austria 113,881 112.502 1,012.25 102.061 1,115.81 Switzerland 25,439 35.483 716.93 32.190 790.28 Kazakhstan 118,602 134.506 881.76 122.022 971.97 Italy 947,983 1,121.275 845.45 1,017.204 931.95 India 29,240,223 41,271.910 708.48 37,441.258 780.96 China 28,785,701 41,377.639 695.68 37,537.174 766.86 Korea, South 18,271,371 21,301.005 857.77 19,323.953 945.53 Taiwan 23,314,211 27,100.503 860.29 24,585.170 948.30 Japan 219,891 217.175 1,012.51 197.018 1,116.10 South Africa 1,934,445 2,544.475 760.25 2,308.310 838.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,227,256 210,849.062 759.91 191,279.106 837.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 16,599 21.306 779.06 19.329 858.76 Mexico 5,407 1.041 5,190.63 0.945 5,721.69 Brazil 604,296 855.951 705.99 776.506 778.22 Argentina 980,381 2,688.306 364.68 2,438.791 401.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,335,002 3,502.789 666.61 3,177.678 734.81 Spain 100,250 139.056 720.93 126.150 794.69 India 127,525 141.034 904.21 127.944 996.73 China 141,931 164.443 863.10 149.181 951.40 Korea, South 1,524,300 1,526.700 998.43 1,385.000 1,100.58 Taiwan 724,891 1,040.713 696.53 944.120 767.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 56,441 51.017 1,106.31 46.282 1,219.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,617,023 10,132.361 653.06 9,191.926 719.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,205,984 1,940.818 1,136.63 1,760.681 1,252.92 Mexico 5,227,500 6,073.357 860.73 5,509.659 948.79 Chile 193,054 227.599 848.22 206.475 935.00 Brazil 5,161,828 6,033.319 855.55 5,473.337 943.09 United Kingdom 685,495 587.951 1,165.90 533.381 1,285.19 Belgium 220,529 165.032 1,336.28 149.715 1,472.99 Luxembourg 643,082 787.504 816.61 714.412 900.16 France 33,005 9.185 3,593.14 8.333 3,960.76 Federal Republic of Germany 264,235 93.606 2,822.84 84.918 3,111.65 Italy 4,357 0.906 4,808.52 0.822 5,300.49 Thailand 27,702 30.063 921.45 27.273 1,015.73 China 7,972,378 9,710.019 821.05 8,808.784 905.05 Korea, South 13,854,617 16,658.033 831.71 15,111.918 916.80 Taiwan 19,266,419 21,220.074 907.93 19,250.533 1,000.83 Japan 1,120,046 616.429 1,816.99 559.216 2,002.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,880,231 64,153.901 886.62 58,199.457 977.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,676,955 2,701.193 620.82 2,450.482 684.34 Mexico 528,680 654.939 807.22 594.151 889.81 United Kingdom 4,293 13.003 330.13 11.797 363.91 Federal Republic of Germany 14,676 31.479 466.20 28.558 513.90 Malaysia 3,904 6.020 648.42 5.462 714.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,228,508 3,406.637 654.17 3,090.450 721.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,730,879 1,846.262 937.50 1,674.902 1,033.42 Mexico 511,842 494.797 1,034.45 448.873 1,140.28 Brazil 133,000 100.795 1,319.51 91.440 1,454.51 Sweden 616,946 145.954 4,226.97 132.408 4,659.43 United Kingdom 645,995 354.356 1,823.01 321.467 2,009.52 France 91,495 6.440 14,205.53 5.843 15,658.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,757,716 1,669.780 1,651.54 1,514.800 1,820.51 Austria 538,984 114.703 4,698.95 104.057 5,179.70 Switzerland 152,853 79.367 1,925.89 72.001 2,122.93 Italy 108,750 29.181 3,726.68 26.473 4,107.96 India 650,223 569.790 1,141.16 516.905 1,257.92 China 360,319 605.775 594.81 549.550 655.66 Korea, South 862,557 853.050 1,011.14 773.875 1,114.59 Taiwan 608,220 491.833 1,236.64 446.184 1,363.16 Japan 479,552 453.569 1,057.29 411.471 1,165.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 10,249,331 7,815.659 1,311.38 7,090.249 1,445.55 GRAND TOTAL 1,524,983,027 2,502,453.234 609.40 2,270,188.027 671.74 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 70,858 5.143 13,776.54 4.666 15,186.03 United Kingdom 108,964 22.728 4,794.15 20.619 5,284.64 Italy 5,541,641 1,954.601 2,835.18 1,773.185 3,125.25 India 4,826 0.561 8,601.33 0.509 9,481.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,726,289 1,983.034 2,887.64 1,798.979 3,183.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Brazil 5,537 0.855 6,473.05 0.776 7,135.31 Sweden 10,243,281 2,625.707 3,901.15 2,382.002 4,300.28 United Kingdom 28,080,481 7,949.239 3,532.47 7,211.431 3,893.88 Netherlands 8,985 6.190 1,451.40 5.616 1,599.89 France 23,400 0.176 132,675.81 0.160 146,250.00 Ukraine 575,315 166.459 3,456.18 151.010 3,809.78 Spain 1,203,163 265.236 4,536.18 240.619 5,000.28 Italy 2,055,396 600.217 3,424.42 544.508 3,774.78 China 18,726 4.818 3,886.51 4.371 4,284.15 Hong Kong 14,304 0.262 54,522.58 0.238 60,100.84 Taiwan 492,908 266.367 1,850.48 241.645 2,039.80 Japan 23,790 3.991 5,960.21 3.621 6,570.01 New Zealand 2,041 0.143 14,242.80 0.130 15,700.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,747,327 11,889.666 3,595.33 10,786.127 3,963.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 2,501,724 495.727 5,046.57 449.717 5,562.89 United Kingdom 2,278,319 570.883 3,990.86 517.897 4,399.17 Belgium 112,255 31.012 3,619.68 28.134 3,990.01 France 175,097 55.197 3,172.21 50.074 3,496.76 Federal Republic of Germany 144,830 100.780 1,437.08 91.427 1,584.11 Austria 2,532 0.848 2,983.11 0.770 3,288.31 Italy 635,604 263.175 2,415.13 238.749 2,662.23 India 523,475 154.521 3,387.71 140.180 3,734.31 China 2,068,140 950.901 2,174.92 862.644 2,397.44 Taiwan 2,946,923 568.576 5,182.98 515.804 5,713.26 Japan 3,881 1.552 2,500.56 1.408 2,756.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,392,780 3,193.178 3,567.85 2,896.804 3,932.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 1,308,897 350.440 3,735.01 317.914 4,117.14 India 300,746 76.370 3,938.00 69.282 4,340.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,609,643 426.810 3,771.33 387.196 4,157.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 50,261 4.940 10,173.14 4.482 11,213.97 Sweden 1,440,600 277.892 5,184.02 252.100 5,714.40 Finland 524,625 106.713 4,916.20 96.809 5,419.18 Netherlands 14,928 2.675 5,579.92 2.427 6,150.80 Belgium 6,010,463 1,074.582 5,593.30 974.845 6,165.56 France 1,166,644 208.305 5,600.63 188.972 6,173.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,999,231 674.192 4,448.63 611.617 4,903.77 Italy 2,965,420 835.469 3,549.41 757.925 3,912.55 Slovenia 185,895 49.215 3,777.13 44.648 4,163.57 India 298,122 75.083 3,970.52 68.115 4,376.75 China 2,447,432 608.024 4,025.22 551.591 4,437.04 Korea, South 722,533 203.580 3,549.13 184.685 3,912.25 Taiwan 7,463,601 1,612.095 4,629.75 1,462.469 5,103.43 Japan 1,255,281 275.847 4,550.63 250.245 5,016.21 South Africa 1,873,285 1,170.440 1,600.50 1,061.806 1,764.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,418,321 7,179.060 4,097.80 6,512.736 4,517.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 243,450 38.469 6,328.38 34.899 6,975.84 Brazil 1,100,004 234.654 4,687.76 212.875 5,167.37 Sweden 7,786,619 1,565.139 4,975.03 1,419.871 5,484.03 Finland 1,115,836 266.477 4,187.36 241.744 4,615.78 Belgium 4,057,481 1,051.362 3,859.26 953.780 4,254.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,195,096 592.993 3,701.72 537.955 4,080.45 Spain 608,344 220.726 2,756.10 200.240 3,038.07 China 3,287,052 846.978 3,880.92 768.366 4,277.98 Korea, South 127,784 33.826 3,777.62 30.687 4,164.11 Japan 938,821 148.380 6,327.10 134.609 6,974.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,460,487 4,999.009 4,292.95 4,535.026 4,732.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 45,273 4.037 11,212.39 3.663 12,359.54 Trinidad and Tobago 9,988 16.715 597.53 15.164 658.67 Sweden 1,629,976 363.232 4,487.42 329.519 4,946.53 United Kingdom 657,858 176.666 3,723.73 160.269 4,104.71 Netherlands 12,109 40.675 297.70 36.900 328.16 France 1,063,586 114.919 9,255.07 104.253 10,201.97 Federal Republic of Germany 565,841 184.575 3,065.64 167.444 3,379.29 Austria 2,491,507 1,072.731 2,322.58 973.166 2,560.21 Switzerland 354,558 56.067 6,323.72 50.864 6,970.71 Portugal 624,063 148.597 4,199.70 134.805 4,629.38 Italy 4,299,325 806.235 5,332.59 731.405 5,878.17 Slovenia 58,028 32.666 1,776.35 29.635 1,958.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,006,680 230.780 4,362.06 209.361 4,808.35 China 63,826 15.931 4,006.23 14.453 4,416.11 Taiwan 861,612 203.440 4,235.21 184.558 4,668.52 Japan 21,087 0.343 61,313.49 0.312 67,586.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,765,317 3,467.617 3,969.68 3,145.771 4,375.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,479 0.019 124,939.53 0.018 137,722.22 Federal Republic of Germany 14,269 3.158 4,518.19 2.865 4,980.45 Italy 750,987 193.511 3,880.83 175.551 4,277.89 India 2,449,529 608.659 4,024.46 552.167 4,436.21 Korea, South 1,014,121 1,566.346 647.44 1,420.966 713.68 Japan 5,557 0.099 56,013.63 0.090 61,744.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,236,942 2,371.795 1,786.39 2,151.657 1,969.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 441,735 73.064 6,045.82 66.283 6,664.38 Mexico 2,269 1.435 1,580.95 1.302 1,742.70 Brazil 5,663 0.795 7,115.50 0.722 7,843.49 Sweden 787,463 150.951 5,216.66 136.941 5,750.38 Norway 6,747 0.385 17,487.93 0.350 19,277.14 United Kingdom 772,486 178.662 4,323.71 162.080 4,766.08 Netherlands 10,146 2.128 4,766.60 1.931 5,254.27 France 3,683,883 851.981 4,323.90 772.905 4,766.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,361,115 668.532 3,531.79 606.483 3,893.13 Austria 206,690 45.261 4,566.52 41.061 5,033.73 Czech Republic 168,480 22.597 7,455.73 20.500 8,218.54 Switzerland 709,287 150.037 4,727.39 136.112 5,211.05 Latvia 467,200 96.814 4,825.70 87.829 5,319.43 Ukraine 779,863 176.479 4,418.99 160.100 4,871.10 Spain 22,539 3.998 5,637.45 3.627 6,214.23 Portugal 102,773 23.149 4,439.51 21.001 4,893.72 Italy 12,893,932 2,392.190 5,390.01 2,170.159 5,941.47 Slovenia 112,121 40.919 2,740.01 37.122 3,020.34 Saudi Arabia 198,430 73.568 2,697.22 66.740 2,973.18 United Arab Emirates 288,416 94.443 3,053.84 85.678 3,366.28 India 3,987,176 1,111.606 3,586.86 1,008.433 3,953.83 China 543,478 129.836 4,185.85 117.786 4,614.11 Korea, South 63,980 10.169 6,291.10 9.226 6,934.75 Taiwan 6,072,688 1,345.560 4,513.13 1,220.672 4,974.87 Japan 249,199 39.301 6,340.65 35.654 6,989.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,937,759 7,683.875 4,546.89 6,970.697 5,012.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,576,178 1,306.319 7,330.66 1,185.073 8,080.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 213,196 39.431 5,406.69 35.772 5,959.86 Uruguay 123,699 51.790 2,388.43 46.984 2,632.79 Sweden 5,078,481 517.960 9,804.76 469.886 10,807.90 Finland 288,570 61.701 4,676.84 55.975 5,155.34 Denmark 80,754 16.979 4,755.83 15.404 5,242.40 United Kingdom 847,052 80.564 10,513.95 73.087 11,589.64 Belgium 344,669 56.153 6,137.93 50.942 6,765.91 France 9,285,566 1,032.118 8,996.61 936.322 9,917.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,312,917 308.961 7,486.11 280.285 8,252.02 Austria 827,335 69.905 11,835.09 63.417 13,045.95 Czech Republic 5,313,912 335.811 15,824.10 304.643 17,443.08 Slovakia 140,243 21.442 6,540.53 19.452 7,209.70 Switzerland 1,085,617 66.393 16,351.31 60.231 18,024.22 Ukraine 125,762 14.382 8,743.82 13.048 9,638.41 Spain 3,632,660 580.478 6,258.05 526.601 6,898.32 Italy 2,298,759 899.472 2,555.67 815.988 2,817.15 India 110,059 18.164 6,058.86 16.479 6,678.74 Thailand 1,925,756 497.123 3,873.80 450.983 4,270.13 Malaysia 522,074 137.095 3,808.10 124.371 4,197.71 Singapore 336,425 94.212 3,570.92 85.468 3,936.27 China 20,769,098 4,717.769 4,402.31 4,279.890 4,852.72 Korea, South 5,344,021 1,064.440 5,020.50 965.644 5,534.15 Taiwan 11,972,152 2,413.430 4,960.64 2,189.428 5,468.16 Japan 5,952,498 969.388 6,140.46 879.415 6,768.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,507,453 15,371.493 5,757.90 13,944.788 6,346.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 710,039 132.152 5,372.87 119.887 5,922.57 Mexico 722,615 140.805 5,131.99 127.737 5,657.05 Sweden 2,978,484 391.475 7,608.35 355.141 8,386.76 Denmark 9,374 1.699 5,514.88 1.542 6,079.12 United Kingdom 351,368 50.092 7,014.41 45.443 7,732.06 Ireland 33,050 0.201 163,838.60 0.183 180,601.09 Netherlands 137,549 24.799 5,546.38 22.498 6,113.83 Belgium 66,522 5.676 11,718.01 5.150 12,916.89 France 498,354 69.627 7,157.43 63.165 7,889.72 Federal Republic of Germany 877,649 163.514 5,367.40 148.338 5,916.55 Czech Republic 56,885 7.222 7,876.25 6.552 8,682.08 Switzerland 387,923 72.698 5,336.05 65.951 5,881.99 Spain 45,799 3.105 14,749.08 2.817 16,258.08 Italy 368,839 158.029 2,333.99 143.362 2,572.78 India 4,473,165 1,147.373 3,898.61 1,040.880 4,297.48 Thailand 313,944 79.654 3,941.34 72.261 4,344.58 China 3,008,573 815.920 3,687.34 740.191 4,064.59 Korea, South 3,264,903 617.678 5,285.76 560.349 5,826.55 Hong Kong 144,424 38.951 3,707.81 35.336 4,087.16 Taiwan 2,044,932 329.102 6,213.66 298.557 6,849.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 639,219 76.966 8,305.14 69.823 9,154.85 Australia 14,165 3.564 3,973.49 3.234 4,380.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,147,775 4,330.315 4,883.66 3,928.397 5,383.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 83,773 21.285 3,935.66 19.310 4,338.32 Finland 80,807 20.734 3,897.23 18.810 4,295.96 Belgium 71,567 18.634 3,840.55 16.905 4,233.48 France 5,311 0.952 5,576.46 0.864 6,146.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,057 0.431 7,092.75 0.391 7,818.41 Italy 6,052 1.712 3,533.00 1.554 3,894.47 Korea, South 21,271 20.935 1,016.05 18.992 1,120.00 Taiwan 35,194 8.473 4,153.44 7.687 4,578.38 Japan 1,152,225 800.363 1,439.63 726.078 1,586.92 South Africa 832,833 445.323 1,870.17 403.991 2,061.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,292,090 1,338.847 1,711.99 1,214.582 1,887.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 193,950 33.067 5,865.34 29.998 6,465.43 Mexico 24,459,513 8,750.793 2,795.12 7,938.589 3,081.09 Colombia 129,662 10.650 12,174.23 9.662 13,419.79 Brazil 8,051,650 2,286.996 3,520.62 2,074.729 3,880.82 Sweden 4,698,606 1,009.485 4,654.46 915.790 5,130.66 Finland 2,541,348 557.726 4,556.62 505.961 5,022.81 United Kingdom 539,791 50.278 10,736.00 45.612 11,834.41 Belgium 3,560,376 831.257 4,283.12 754.104 4,721.33 France 3,453,138 1,868.592 1,847.99 1,695.159 2,037.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,108,545 272.874 4,062.47 247.548 4,478.10 Austria 21,300 0.564 37,740.31 0.512 41,601.56 Italy 8,588,480 2,415.720 3,555.25 2,191.505 3,918.99 India 190,666 41.086 4,640.61 37.273 5,115.39 Thailand 225,745 55.176 4,091.35 50.055 4,509.94 Indonesia 55,727 14.164 3,934.22 12.850 4,336.73 China 31,130,825 9,602.706 3,241.88 8,711.431 3,573.56 Korea, South 1,097,173 493.082 2,225.13 447.317 2,452.79 Taiwan 8,266,229 2,060.926 4,010.93 1,869.642 4,421.29 Japan 1,024,140 410.796 2,493.06 372.668 2,748.13 Australia 38,658 1.463 26,408.10 1.328 29,109.94 South Africa 245,508 128.730 1,907.15 116.782 2,102.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,621,030 30,896.140 3,224.38 28,028.515 3,554.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 1,870,606 393.387 4,755.13 356.875 5,241.63 Federal Republic of Germany 5,741 2.162 2,654.51 1.962 2,926.10 Italy 4,619 0.662 6,972.19 0.601 7,685.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 182,610 46.175 3,954.67 41.890 4,359.27 Japan 178,324 33.175 5,375.23 30.096 5,925.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,241,900 475.563 4,714.20 431.424 5,196.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 182,824 39.903 4,581.64 36.200 5,050.39 Mexico 2,412,717 897.690 2,687.69 814.371 2,962.68 Argentina 3,400 0.815 4,168.15 0.740 4,594.59 Sweden 2,702,450 290.516 9,302.23 263.552 10,253.95 Finland 909,123 188.889 4,812.98 171.358 5,305.40 United Kingdom 1,188,500 179.361 6,626.29 162.714 7,304.23 Belgium 557,338 156.223 3,567.56 141.724 3,932.56 France 135,071 78.312 1,724.77 71.044 1,901.23 Federal Republic of Germany 803,154 178.969 4,487.67 162.358 4,946.81 Austria 138,420 26.664 5,191.09 24.190 5,722.20 Hungary 10,982 10.328 1,063.26 9.370 1,172.04 Italy 123,082 20.046 6,139.79 18.186 6,767.95 Slovenia 10,239 3.736 2,740.02 3.390 3,020.35 India 123,016 36.830 3,340.07 33.412 3,681.79 Malaysia 10,988 2.336 4,701.96 2.120 5,183.02 Indonesia 520,219 99.615 5,222.25 90.370 5,756.55 China 86,448 23.477 3,682.24 21.298 4,058.97 Korea, South 507,810 263.951 1,923.87 239.453 2,120.71 Taiwan 547,375 196.880 2,780.24 178.607 3,064.69 Japan 3,139,746 458.036 6,854.79 415.524 7,556.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,112,902 3,152.588 4,476.61 2,859.981 4,934.61 GRAND TOTAL 393,218,015 98,758.996 3,981.59 89,592.680 4,388.95