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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,155 21.270 712.50 19.296 785.40 Mexico 1,018,097 1,028.522 989.86 933.060 1,091.14 Brazil 22,354 1.704 13,117.21 1.546 14,459.25 Sweden 2,625 5.586 469.88 5.068 517.96 United Kingdom 5,770 3.722 1,550.03 3.377 1,708.62 Netherlands 551,111 315.365 1,747.53 286.095 1,926.32 Belgium 37,975 41.242 920.76 37.415 1,014.97 Federal Republic of Germany 69,191 55.798 1,240.00 50.620 1,366.87 Italy 8,115,027 1,592.507 5,095.75 1,444.699 5,617.11 India 3,395 1.175 2,889.21 1.066 3,184.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,840,700 3,066.895 3,208.68 2,782.242 3,536.97 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 36,467,400 79,922.233 456.29 72,504.251 502.97 Mexico 63,386,026 112,131.565 565.28 101,724.074 623.12 Brazil 55,235,424 111,920.811 493.52 101,532.881 544.02 Sweden 13,276,745 2,277.423 5,829.72 2,066.044 6,426.17 United Kingdom 23,411,757 6,548.134 3,575.33 5,940.369 3,941.13 Ireland 2,010 1.384 1,451.78 1.256 1,600.32 Belgium 1,444,565 1,892.861 763.16 1,717.176 841.24 Federal Republic of Germany 4,255,930 9,231.862 461.00 8,375.007 508.17 Czech Republic 5,868 4.042 1,451.69 3.667 1,600.22 Switzerland 246,990 823.601 299.89 747.159 330.57 Russia 29,269,830 60,082.960 487.16 54,506.360 537.00 Ukraine 43,103,599 88,491.185 487.09 80,277.876 536.93 Spain 2,408,768 490.213 4,913.72 444.714 5,416.44 Italy 20,759,382 29,917.869 693.88 27,141.042 764.87 China 45,584 3.802 11,986.41 3.450 13,212.75 Taiwan 15,965 5.820 2,743.03 5.280 3,023.67 Japan 18,225,553 39,946.195 456.25 36,238.589 502.93 Australia 17,694,672 40,469.097 437.24 36,712.958 481.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 329,256,068 584,161.064 563.64 529,942.153 621.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,736,397 25,444.251 579.16 23,082.643 638.42 Mexico 8,460 15.000 563.99 13.608 621.69 Trinidad and Tobago 2,875,637 5,964.377 482.14 5,410.794 531.46 Brazil 9,870,132 17,284.206 571.05 15,679.973 629.47 Sweden 510,260 74.821 6,819.69 67.877 7,517.42 United Kingdom 4,467,774 2,980.407 1,499.05 2,703.781 1,652.42 France 1,697,986 297.260 5,712.12 269.670 6,296.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,087,431 3,020.988 690.98 2,740.595 761.67 Spain 341,517 482.721 707.48 437.918 779.87 Italy 728,929 262.779 2,773.91 238.390 3,057.72 India 744,442 117.429 6,339.50 106.530 6,988.10 China 22,910,155 48,966.518 467.87 44,421.691 515.74 Korea, South 881,897 1,688.869 522.18 1,532.117 575.61 Taiwan 3,150,779 544.193 5,789.82 493.684 6,382.18 Japan 8,099,768 13,387.532 605.02 12,144.969 666.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,111,564 120,531.358 606.58 109,344.240 668.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,724,880 9,848.337 784.38 8,934.264 864.64 Mexico 3,892,376 5,963.388 652.71 5,409.897 719.49 Brazil 593,154 1,146.553 517.34 1,040.136 570.27 Norway 381,241 441.269 863.96 400.313 952.36 United Kingdom 8,643,093 12,186.012 709.26 11,054.968 781.83 Luxembourg 9,652,347 9,742.158 990.78 8,837.940 1,092.15 Federal Republic of Germany 424,807 455.483 932.65 413.208 1,028.07 Switzerland 99,061 123.610 801.39 112.138 883.38 Poland 19,257 10.533 1,828.14 9.556 2,015.17 Russia 6,696,752 9,859.022 679.25 8,943.957 748.75 Spain 12,571 7.332 1,714.41 6.652 1,889.81 Italy 1,199,481 170.634 7,029.54 154.797 7,748.74 India 1,062,769 189.425 5,610.48 171.844 6,184.50 China 834,703 1,374.662 607.21 1,247.073 669.33 Korea, South 1,806,724 2,318.803 779.16 2,103.584 858.88 Taiwan 12,260,002 18,875.464 649.52 17,123.538 715.97 Japan 5,246,065 7,563.995 693.56 6,861.943 764.52 South Africa 9,530 11.130 856.24 10.097 943.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,558,813 80,287.819 754.27 72,835.905 831.44 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 489,126 516.459 947.08 468.524 1,043.97 Luxembourg 6,619,322 6,674.285 991.76 6,054.812 1,093.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,108,448 7,190.745 988.56 6,523.336 1,089.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 30,499,835 33,870.287 900.49 30,726.617 992.62 Mexico 17,334 14.516 1,194.10 13.169 1,316.27 Brazil 3,446 0.685 5,025.98 0.622 5,540.19 Sweden 9,155,933 5,040.668 1,816.41 4,572.819 2,002.25 Finland 549,386 322.870 1,701.57 292.903 1,875.66 United Kingdom 1,687,260 1,388.440 1,215.22 1,259.572 1,339.55 Netherlands 18,539 2.530 7,325.04 2.296 8,074.48 Belgium 21,440,837 5,445.901 3,937.06 4,940.440 4,339.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 7,439,710 2,556.209 2,910.45 2,318.955 3,208.22 Federal Republic of Germany 14,099,093 5,919.145 2,381.95 5,369.760 2,625.65 Austria 2,106,070 1,745.951 1,206.26 1,583.901 1,329.67 Russia 417,620 658.821 633.89 597.673 698.74 Ukraine 3,758,694 3,739.719 1,005.07 3,392.617 1,107.90 Spain 109,487 31.567 3,468.29 28.638 3,823.14 Italy 2,384,274 459.521 5,188.60 416.871 5,719.45 Slovenia 257,676 42.207 6,104.98 38.290 6,729.59 Thailand 9,655,604 18,116.716 532.97 16,435.213 587.49 China 15,182,497 2,775.992 5,469.21 2,518.339 6,028.77 Korea, South 4,000,025 5,119.784 781.29 4,644.592 861.22 Taiwan 16,893,204 1,839.455 9,183.81 1,668.726 10,123.41 Japan 7,918,581 4,553.645 1,738.95 4,130.999 1,916.87 Australia 3,929,871 5,231.102 751.25 4,745.578 828.11 South Africa 13,387,453 8,830.064 1,516.12 8,010.502 1,671.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,912,429 107,705.806 1,531.14 97,709.092 1,687.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 20,903,176 36,118.870 578.73 32,766.497 637.94 Mexico 2,330,894 4,200.392 554.92 3,810.533 611.70 Brazil 202,610 59.800 3,388.11 54.250 3,734.75 Sweden 15,491,412 1,995.967 7,761.35 1,810.712 8,555.43 Finland 151,825 25.320 5,996.23 22.970 6,609.71 United Kingdom 38,659 34.736 1,112.94 31.512 1,226.80 Netherlands 6,162,954 11,330.046 543.95 10,278.448 599.60 Belgium 4,445,055 1,571.602 2,828.36 1,425.734 3,117.73 France 1,497,567 2,060.491 726.80 1,869.247 801.16 Federal Republic of Germany 6,710,381 1,363.498 4,921.45 1,236.945 5,424.96 China 1,045,034 285.271 3,663.30 258.794 4,038.09 Korea, South 998,629 1,706.429 585.22 1,548.047 645.09 Japan 758,918 1,033.846 734.07 937.890 809.18 Australia 142,790 259.131 551.03 235.080 607.41 New Zealand 1,443,348 3,078.104 468.91 2,792.410 516.88 South Africa 295,617 182.357 1,621.08 165.432 1,786.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,618,869 65,305.865 958.86 59,244.501 1,056.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 846,413 969.183 873.33 879.229 962.68 Austria 100,253 18.183 5,513.34 16.496 6,077.41 Czech Republic 1,847,203 2,369.628 779.53 2,149.691 859.29 Spain 991,725 1,186.151 836.09 1,076.059 921.63 China 1,015,992 2,061.001 492.96 1,869.710 543.40 Korea, South 192,953 312.786 616.88 283.755 680.00 Japan 16,411,439 25,227.996 650.52 22,886.460 717.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,405,978 32,144.931 665.92 29,161.400 734.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 249,465 310.394 803.70 281.585 885.93 Luxembourg 16,380 11.699 1,400.01 10.614 1,543.24 Austria 168,546 185.984 906.24 168.722 998.96 Spain 182,404 187.908 970.71 170.468 1,070.02 China 85,183 112.435 757.62 102.000 835.13 Korea, South 462,597 728.465 635.03 660.853 700.00 Japan 78,855 88.214 893.90 80.027 985.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,243,430 1,625.102 765.14 1,474.269 843.42 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 849,752 934.920 908.90 848.146 1,001.89 Poland 69,450 67.985 1,021.55 61.675 1,126.06 India 33,072 40.383 818.96 36.635 902.74 Australia 342,915 503.284 681.35 456.572 751.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,295,189 1,546.573 837.46 1,403.028 923.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 30,997,037 44,248.599 700.52 40,141.666 772.19 Mexico 6,099,559 9,726.506 627.11 8,823.741 691.27 Brazil 2,827,754 4,184.939 675.70 3,796.514 744.83 Argentina 172,172 309.090 557.03 280.402 614.02 Sweden 2,408,704 724.469 3,324.78 657.228 3,664.94 Finland 8,187 5.675 1,442.44 5.149 1,590.02 United Kingdom 11,418,961 16,310.861 700.08 14,796.969 771.71 Netherlands 757,047 335.353 2,257.46 304.228 2,488.42 Belgium 20,458 22.218 920.78 20.156 1,014.98 France 519,621 165.885 3,132.40 150.489 3,452.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,230,879 2,920.855 1,106.14 2,649.756 1,219.31 Austria 758,528 143.666 5,279.79 130.332 5,819.97 Czech Republic 233,382 251.550 927.77 228.203 1,022.69 Switzerland 505,652 62.361 8,108.46 56.573 8,938.04 Poland 44,637 12.261 3,640.57 11.123 4,013.04 Russia 354,996 190.699 1,861.54 173.000 2,052.00 Ukraine 2,779 1.094 2,538.84 0.993 2,798.59 Spain 601,060 296.329 2,028.35 268.826 2,235.87 Portugal 710,117 131.264 5,409.83 119.081 5,963.31 Italy 4,495,884 570.980 7,873.97 517.985 8,679.56 Slovenia 96,421 59.260 1,627.08 53.760 1,793.55 Turkey 804,567 1,515.269 530.97 1,374.630 585.30 India 2,283,717 789.413 2,892.93 716.144 3,188.91 China 8,688,270 7,565.611 1,148.39 6,863.409 1,265.88 Korea, South 4,180,625 3,836.129 1,089.80 3,480.079 1,201.30 Taiwan 4,123,150 2,656.255 1,552.24 2,409.715 1,711.05 Japan 11,415,938 14,430.553 791.09 13,091.182 872.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 244,800 200.674 1,219.89 182.049 1,344.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,004,902 111,667.832 877.65 101,303.382 967.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,952,421 7,072.601 700.23 6,416.158 771.87 Mexico 1,723,698 2,626.808 656.19 2,383.001 723.33 Brazil 2,391,428 5,490.311 435.57 4,980.728 480.14 United Kingdom 21,079 4.873 4,325.39 4.421 4,767.93 Switzerland 9,641 1.099 8,772.49 0.997 9,670.01 Italy 40,347 9.902 4,074.61 8.983 4,491.48 India 1,675,680 355.174 4,717.91 322.209 5,200.60 China 199,408 258.549 771.26 234.552 850.17 Korea, South 14,051 28.145 499.23 25.533 550.31 Taiwan 325,814 599.979 543.04 544.292 598.60 Japan 120,455 19.273 6,249.64 17.485 6,889.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,474,022 16,466.717 696.80 14,938.359 768.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 869,260 1,835.348 473.62 1,665.001 522.08 Mexico 18,061,347 27,662.871 652.91 25,095.342 719.71 Dominican Republic 2,257,215 3,640.450 620.04 3,302.562 683.47 Brazil 2,196,545 4,714.797 465.88 4,277.194 513.55 United Kingdom 128,938 96.687 1,333.56 87.713 1,470.00 Luxembourg 68,366 37.956 1,801.14 34.434 1,985.42 Federal Republic of Germany 360,368 382.418 942.34 346.924 1,038.75 Switzerland 2,273,705 3,589.515 633.43 3,256.355 698.24 Turkey 9,397,606 17,602.363 533.88 15,968.600 588.51 China 105,897 190.034 557.25 172.396 614.27 Taiwan 23,468,657 44,930.359 522.33 40,760.148 575.77 Japan 5,639,513 11,172.449 504.77 10,135.479 556.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,827,417 115,855.253 559.56 105,102.148 616.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,542,666 5,270.674 1,241.33 4,781.477 1,368.34 Mexico 136,508 115.648 1,180.37 104.915 1,301.13 Brazil 250,703 32.691 7,668.81 29.657 8,453.42 Sweden 509,551 86.801 5,870.30 78.745 6,470.90 Norway 2,679 0.330 8,101.16 0.300 8,930.00 Denmark 116,905 6.885 16,979.58 6.246 18,716.78 United Kingdom 3,756,738 1,504.629 2,496.79 1,364.977 2,752.24 Netherlands 44,789 6.370 7,030.96 5.779 7,750.30 Belgium 41,764 12.471 3,348.74 11.314 3,691.36 France 7,490,935 2,900.698 2,582.46 2,631.470 2,846.67 Federal Republic of Germany 8,144,104 4,448.123 1,830.91 4,035.271 2,018.23 Austria 239,333 70.350 3,402.00 63.821 3,750.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 635,032 71.605 8,868.54 64.959 9,775.89 Switzerland 273,808 72.668 3,767.89 65.924 4,153.39 Latvia 727,534 96.621 7,529.70 87.654 8,300.07 Lithuania 115,994 17.073 6,793.73 15.489 7,488.80 Russia 2,611,005 2,883.304 905.56 2,615.691 998.21 Ukraine 2,869,125 1,487.777 1,928.46 1,349.689 2,125.77 Spain 947,600 980.222 966.72 889.243 1,065.63 Italy 17,875,680 2,890.166 6,185.00 2,621.916 6,817.79 Slovenia 320,738 109.862 2,919.44 99.666 3,218.13 Romania 86,469 38.793 2,228.95 35.193 2,456.99 Saudi Arabia 481,291 201.252 2,391.48 182.573 2,636.16 United Arab Emirates 370,987 93.344 3,974.37 84.681 4,380.99 India 6,119,736 1,242.334 4,926.00 1,127.027 5,429.98 Malaysia 3,788 2.939 1,288.50 2.667 1,420.32 China 1,360,359 846.615 1,606.82 768.037 1,771.22 Korea, South 450,380 268.423 1,677.87 243.510 1,849.53 Taiwan 10,952,138 2,285.558 4,791.89 2,073.424 5,282.15 Japan 1,060,275 1,041.041 1,018.48 944.417 1,122.68 South Africa 242,977 330.138 735.98 299.497 811.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,781,591 29,415.421 2,542.26 26,685.229 2,802.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 483,055 287.439 1,680.54 260.761 1,852.48 Mexico 148,129 91.897 1,611.89 83.368 1,776.81 Brazil 2,518,589 823.355 3,058.93 746.936 3,371.89 Sweden 969,628 509.105 1,904.57 461.853 2,099.43 United Kingdom 2,718,332 332.206 8,182.65 301.373 9,019.83 Netherlands 160,072 42.576 3,759.61 38.625 4,144.26 Belgium 2,922 3.194 914.70 2.898 1,008.28 France 1,792,231 679.484 2,637.63 616.418 2,907.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,827,144 1,900.007 2,540.59 1,723.658 2,800.52 Austria 2,760,852 455.518 6,060.89 413.240 6,680.99 Czech Republic 82,806 20.850 3,971.47 18.915 4,377.80 Switzerland 91,520 22.364 4,092.15 20.289 4,510.82 Poland 9,657 1.947 4,957.94 1.767 5,465.20 Russia 686,988 511.074 1,344.20 463.639 1,481.73 Ukraine 291,436 43.591 6,685.54 39.546 7,369.54 Spain 680,875 388.632 1,751.97 352.562 1,931.22 Italy 139,450 45.690 3,052.04 41.450 3,364.29 Slovenia 1,618,586 586.237 2,760.97 531.826 3,043.45 Turkey 89,161 52.982 1,682.84 48.065 1,855.01 India 30,285 5.757 5,260.21 5.223 5,798.39 China 4,927,705 1,302.443 3,783.43 1,181.557 4,170.52 Korea, South 1,082,544 414.547 2,611.39 376.071 2,878.56 Taiwan 1,361,006 455.186 2,990.00 412.938 3,295.91 Japan 3,246,995 2,626.421 1,236.28 2,382.650 1,362.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 30,719,968 11,602.515 2,647.70 10,525.628 2,918.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,872,982 33,200.706 809.41 30,119.183 892.22 Mexico 4,621,401 4,722.418 978.61 4,284.107 1,078.73 Dominican Republic 350,984 318.996 1,100.27 289.389 1,212.84 Colombia 52,062 32.722 1,591.03 29.685 1,753.82 Venezuela 1,249,990 1,371.817 911.19 1,244.492 1,004.42 Ecuador 28,787 26.290 1,094.97 23.850 1,207.00 Chile 192,310 202.587 949.27 183.784 1,046.39 Brazil 102,090 88.322 1,155.88 80.125 1,274.13 Sweden 598,273 292.856 2,042.89 265.675 2,251.90 United Kingdom 71,287 20.204 3,528.32 18.329 3,889.30 Netherlands 8,648 4.531 1,908.38 4.111 2,103.62 France 545,384 279.824 1,949.02 253.853 2,148.42 Federal Republic of Germany 5,178,289 2,906.750 1,781.47 2,636.960 1,963.73 Slovakia 287,122 215.958 1,329.53 195.914 1,465.55 Switzerland 37,345 9.083 4,111.51 8.240 4,532.16 Russia 412,722 519.035 795.17 470.861 876.53 Ukraine 363,631 353.892 1,027.52 321.046 1,132.64 Spain 3,416,917 2,205.777 1,549.08 2,001.048 1,707.56 Italy 1,862,985 570.109 3,267.77 517.195 3,602.09 Romania 11,151 1.170 9,525.44 1.062 10,500.00 United Arab Emirates 140,924 196.469 717.28 178.234 790.67 Oman 299,978 503.658 595.60 456.911 656.53 India 324,060 307.231 1,054.77 278.716 1,162.69 China 55,977,346 99,867.248 560.52 90,598.069 617.86 Korea, South 1,006,232 886.431 1,135.15 804.157 1,251.29 Taiwan 518,412 779.286 665.24 706.957 733.30 Japan 2,156,361 1,512.382 1,425.80 1,372.011 1,571.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,687,673 151,395.762 704.69 137,343.963 776.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,272,315 10,420.708 1,177.69 9,453.510 1,298.18 Mexico 1,163,143 869.628 1,337.52 788.914 1,474.36 Colombia 3,200,732 2,530.952 1,264.64 2,296.042 1,394.02 Venezuela 4,412,895 4,337.367 1,017.41 3,934.795 1,121.51 Brazil 9,638,624 9,067.080 1,063.04 8,225.519 1,171.80 Argentina 363,171 121.225 2,995.83 109.974 3,302.34 Sweden 9,906 3.407 2,907.34 3.091 3,204.79 Norway 1,162,221 16.865 68,911.73 15.300 75,962.16 United Kingdom 288,405 178.693 1,613.97 162.108 1,779.09 France 738,000 115.742 6,376.21 105.000 7,028.57 Federal Republic of Germany 17,515,836 13,964.365 1,254.32 12,668.263 1,382.65 Austria 21,086,739 16,140.933 1,306.41 14,642.813 1,440.07 Czech Republic 83,732 18.543 4,515.54 16.822 4,977.53 Russia 1,214,340 1,827.291 664.56 1,657.691 732.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 521,273 501.907 1,038.58 455.323 1,144.84 Spain 6,858,901 4,608.093 1,488.45 4,180.393 1,640.73 Greece 8,279 7.209 1,148.41 6.540 1,265.90 India 1,445,637 1,175.044 1,230.28 1,065.983 1,356.15 Singapore 938,444 87.082 10,776.49 79.000 11,879.04 China 58,902,195 62,877.407 936.78 57,041.441 1,032.62 Korea, South 7,449,425 10,308.361 722.66 9,351.591 796.59 Taiwan 1,668,838 2,405.095 693.88 2,181.867 764.87 Japan 15,966,706 3,979.075 4,012.67 3,609.758 4,423.21 Australia 125,166 4.739 26,406.68 4.300 29,108.37 South Africa 140,978 170.445 827.11 154.626 911.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 167,175,901 145,737.269 1,147.10 132,210.664 1,264.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 36,846,513 26,926.455 1,368.41 24,427.276 1,508.42 Brazil 2,039,126 1,440.118 1,415.94 1,306.454 1,560.81 United Kingdom 29,968,342 19,267.655 1,555.37 17,479.328 1,714.50 Federal Republic of Germany 24,471,043 19,615.451 1,247.54 17,794.843 1,375.18 Czech Republic 913,142 696.759 1,310.56 632.090 1,444.64 Poland 291,470 181.527 1,605.65 164.679 1,769.93 Russia 1,200,086 2,066.980 580.60 1,875.134 640.00 Italy 12,318,223 12,248.801 1,005.67 11,111.929 1,108.56 Greece 34,815,966 25,692.755 1,355.09 23,308.082 1,493.73 India 49,646,758 37,335.723 1,329.74 33,870.408 1,465.79 China 1,835,019 2,030.180 903.87 1,841.749 996.35 Korea, South 5,049,562 6,519.221 774.57 5,914.140 853.81 Japan 17,373,823 18,907.811 918.87 17,152.883 1,012.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 216,769,073 172,929.441 1,253.51 156,878.995 1,381.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 63,433 40.175 1,578.88 36.447 1,740.42 Mexico 4,486,070 5,334.211 841.00 4,839.117 927.04 Venezuela 140,596 189.093 743.53 171.543 819.60 Norway 3,251 0.950 3,421.41 0.862 3,771.46 United Kingdom 486,732 45.955 10,591.41 41.690 11,675.03 Netherlands 4,580 10.975 417.29 9.957 459.98 France 1,288,147 577.744 2,229.61 524.121 2,457.73 Federal Republic of Germany 202,258 74.798 2,704.04 67.856 2,980.69 Austria 1,849,892 1,629.633 1,135.16 1,478.379 1,251.30 Czech Republic 460,069 363.972 1,264.02 330.190 1,393.35 Slovakia 435,310 371.918 1,170.44 337.399 1,290.19 Switzerland 17,310 28.754 601.98 26.086 663.57 Poland 89,489 59.147 1,512.97 53.658 1,667.77 Russia 12,792 10.345 1,236.52 9.385 1,363.03 Ukraine 78,710 105.937 742.98 96.105 819.00 Spain 282,016 151.174 1,865.50 137.143 2,056.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,619,016 869.438 1,862.14 788.742 2,052.66 China 6,714,305 9,559.321 702.38 8,672.073 774.24 Korea, South 1,444,626 2,173.136 664.77 1,971.437 732.78 Hong Kong 51,987 64.958 800.32 58.929 882.20 Taiwan 499,680 903.505 553.05 819.647 609.63 Japan 252,333 111.260 2,267.94 100.934 2,499.98 South Africa 179,023 217.525 823.00 197.336 907.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,661,625 22,893.936 902.49 20,769.036 994.83 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 209,731 146.534 1,431.27 132.934 1,577.71 Mexico 2,408,009 2,404.071 1,001.64 2,180.938 1,104.12 Venezuela 69,309 91.308 759.06 82.834 836.72 Denmark 3,607 3.786 952.61 3.435 1,050.07 United Kingdom 7,073 7.425 952.57 6.736 1,050.03 China 11,002,348 18,428.420 597.03 16,717.987 658.11 Korea, South 4,838,055 7,172.099 674.57 6,506.421 743.58 Taiwan 1,029,970 1,773.442 580.77 1,608.840 640.19 Japan 2,026,114 2,564.346 790.11 2,326.337 870.95 South Africa 456,597 607.930 751.07 551.505 827.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,050,813 33,199.366 664.19 30,117.967 732.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,580,904 8,267.715 1,279.79 7,500.347 1,410.72 Mexico 15,303,005 17,080.502 895.93 15,495.176 987.60 Dominican Republic 81,392 68.050 1,196.06 61.734 1,318.43 Colombia 334,668 291.912 1,146.47 264.819 1,263.76 Brazil 33,337 28.599 1,165.65 25.945 1,284.91 Argentina 388,239 147.439 2,633.21 133.755 2,902.61 Sweden 706,392 354.904 1,990.37 321.964 2,194.01 United Kingdom 183,916 20.385 9,022.11 18.493 9,945.17 Netherlands 62,462 26.998 2,313.50 24.493 2,550.20 Belgium 200,751 86.820 2,312.26 78.762 2,548.83 France 2,930,879 1,792.381 1,635.19 1,626.022 1,802.48 Federal Republic of Germany 4,122,744 2,085.875 1,976.51 1,892.275 2,178.72 Austria 403,289 161.853 2,491.69 146.831 2,746.62 Switzerland 1,495,610 492.847 3,034.63 447.104 3,345.11 Russia 331,671 373.066 889.04 338.440 980.00 Ukraine 120,805 116.622 1,035.87 105.798 1,141.85 Spain 3,855,524 2,099.408 1,836.48 1,904.552 2,024.37 Italy 2,206,122 918.950 2,400.70 833.658 2,646.32 Romania 51,136 44.905 1,138.74 40.738 1,255.24 Turkey 63,361 40.912 1,548.70 37.115 1,707.15 Saudi Arabia 25,931 19.384 1,337.74 17.585 1,474.61 India 3,047,763 2,542.496 1,198.73 2,306.515 1,321.37 Thailand 413,705 802.558 515.48 728.069 568.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 6,970 3.273 2,128.98 2.970 2,346.80 China 9,033,474 10,130.619 891.70 9,190.346 982.93 Korea, South 673,874 754.175 893.52 684.177 984.94 Taiwan 459,015 253.436 1,811.16 229.914 1,996.46 Japan 8,132,358 3,429.094 2,371.58 3,110.823 2,614.21 Australia 35,411 37.139 953.47 33.692 1,051.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,284,708 52,472.331 1,244.17 47,602.112 1,371.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 58,373 60.667 962.17 55.037 1,060.61 Mexico 1,615,746 1,168.217 1,383.09 1,059.789 1,524.59 Brazil 555,339 359.816 1,543.40 326.420 1,701.30 Argentina 415,297 186.161 2,230.84 168.883 2,459.08 Sweden 239,362 104.949 2,280.73 95.209 2,514.07 Netherlands 356,944 152.913 2,334.28 138.721 2,573.11 France 3,755,494 1,956.411 1,919.58 1,774.827 2,115.98 Federal Republic of Germany 8,765,675 3,843.113 2,280.88 3,486.415 2,514.24 Austria 72,594 15.753 4,608.23 14.291 5,079.70 Czech Republic 1,356,404 944.272 1,436.45 856.630 1,583.42 Slovakia 283,703 154.144 1,840.49 139.838 2,028.80 Poland 40,330 18.770 2,148.62 17.028 2,368.45 Russia 2,608 0.104 24,904.62 0.095 27,452.63 Ukraine 129,943 152.111 854.26 137.993 941.66 Italy 3,260,551 678.755 4,803.72 615.757 5,295.19 Romania 64,971 35.441 1,833.19 32.152 2,020.75 India 166,000 157.744 1,052.34 143.103 1,160.00 Vietnam 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 Indonesia 15,580 4.850 3,212.26 4.400 3,540.91 China 1,560,803 1,791.773 871.09 1,625.470 960.22 Japan 1,397,637 276.103 5,062.00 250.477 5,579.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,143,989 12,081.935 1,998.35 10,960.551 2,202.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,039,295 1,796.909 8,369.54 1,630.129 9,225.83 Mexico 360,448 113.316 3,180.90 102.799 3,506.34 Uruguay 271,923 91.970 2,956.64 83.434 3,259.14 Sweden 2,134,291 191.549 11,142.23 173.771 12,282.20 Finland 479,124 89.742 5,338.88 81.413 5,885.10 Denmark 102,407 12.000 8,533.31 10.887 9,406.36 United Kingdom 629,587 22.564 27,901.90 20.470 30,756.57 Ireland 24,076 2.282 10,546.30 2.071 11,625.30 Netherlands 31,871 7.327 4,349.77 6.647 4,794.79 Belgium 11,608 1.273 9,117.41 1.155 10,050.22 France 7,883,755 928.960 8,486.64 842.739 9,354.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,630,543 422.574 8,591.49 383.353 9,470.50 Austria 2,034,557 198.848 10,231.72 180.392 11,278.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 5,342,521 256.872 20,798.33 233.031 22,926.22 Slovakia 314,802 39.431 7,983.44 35.772 8,800.23 Switzerland 162,696 29.367 5,539.95 26.642 6,106.75 Russia 219,166 39.826 5,503.02 36.130 6,066.04 Ukraine 6,402 0.303 21,119.27 0.275 23,280.00 Spain 8,244,564 596.241 13,827.57 540.901 15,242.28 Italy 1,676,007 311.032 5,388.53 282.164 5,939.83 India 4,610,750 183.699 25,099.48 166.649 27,667.43 Thailand 1,439,431 325.310 4,424.79 295.117 4,877.49 Malaysia 1,336,869 261.536 5,111.60 237.262 5,634.57 Singapore 543,230 99.446 5,462.56 90.216 6,021.44 China 30,550,389 4,810.872 6,350.28 4,364.351 6,999.98 Korea, South 6,054,127 882.945 6,856.74 800.995 7,558.26 Taiwan 15,657,450 2,544.220 6,154.12 2,308.079 6,783.76 Japan 12,153,166 1,366.466 8,893.86 1,239.638 9,803.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,945,055 15,626.892 7,739.55 14,176.482 8,531.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,078,066 931.194 2,231.61 844.766 2,459.93 Mexico 378,465 241.627 1,566.31 219.201 1,726.57 Brazil 8,929 3.514 2,540.86 3.188 2,800.82 Sweden 2,500 0.984 2,539.71 0.893 2,799.55 United Kingdom 154,202 10.489 14,700.48 9.516 16,204.50 Netherlands 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 France 4,709 2.371 1,986.02 2.151 2,189.21 Federal Republic of Germany 37,548 29.750 1,262.11 26.989 1,391.23 Austria 64,748 36.004 1,798.32 32.663 1,982.30 Italy 11,954 5.005 2,388.13 4.541 2,632.46 India 19,381 3.342 5,798.86 3.032 6,392.15 Vietnam 112,320 78.266 1,435.10 71.002 1,581.93 China 971,061 1,291.813 751.70 1,171.914 828.61 Japan 507,089 183.495 2,763.50 166.464 3,046.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,354,472 2,819.237 1,544.56 2,557.570 1,702.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,935,817 28,131.213 779.77 25,520.215 859.55 Mexico 6,286,519 3,783.764 1,661.45 3,432.574 1,831.43 Colombia 78,822 91.555 860.92 83.058 949.00 Sweden 45,122 21.249 2,123.46 19.277 2,340.72 Finland 747,245 222.915 3,352.14 202.226 3,695.10 Belgium 19,506 9.766 1,997.24 8.860 2,201.58 Federal Republic of Germany 99,684 39.631 2,515.28 35.953 2,772.62 Austria 54,536 26.383 2,067.02 23.935 2,278.50 Switzerland 31,576 10.306 3,063.67 9.350 3,377.11 Ukraine 1,000,358 1,306.966 765.40 1,185.660 843.71 Italy 1,149,018 229.724 5,001.71 208.403 5,513.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 64,743 124.933 518.22 113.338 571.24 China 8,514,901 16,239.737 524.33 14,732.446 577.97 Korea, South 5,312,040 5,790.480 917.37 5,253.037 1,011.23 Hong Kong 211,871 13.972 15,163.00 12.676 16,714.34 Taiwan 3,829,154 1,898.817 2,016.60 1,722.579 2,222.92 Japan 1,116,332 1,339.289 833.53 1,214.983 918.80 South Africa 55,186 131.649 419.19 119.430 462.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,552,430 59,412.358 850.87 53,898.000 937.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 258,451 363.740 710.54 329.980 783.23 Mexico 17,531 29.386 596.57 26.659 657.60 China 1,339,064 2,033.192 658.60 1,844.482 725.98 Korea, South 149,138 228.719 652.06 207.491 718.77 Japan 10,868 24.082 451.29 21.847 497.46 South Africa 403,370 637.916 632.32 578.708 697.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,178,422 3,317.037 656.74 3,009.167 723.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,395,681 18,232.579 899.25 16,540.323 991.26 Mexico 9,543,178 10,993.774 868.05 9,973.387 956.86 Dominican Republic 159,185 207.975 765.40 188.672 843.71 Colombia 35,916 19.353 1,855.81 17.557 2,045.68 Venezuela 582,151 718.324 810.43 651.653 893.35 Ecuador 35,328 44.994 785.17 40.818 865.50 Chile 51,750 71.976 718.98 65.296 792.54 Brazil 1,091,435 1,290.441 845.78 1,170.669 932.32 Argentina 112,769 174.565 646.00 158.363 712.09 Sweden 2,477,622 250.472 9,891.79 227.225 10,903.83 Finland 3,123 3.095 1,008.95 2.808 1,112.18 United Kingdom 700,642 231.599 3,025.23 210.104 3,334.74 Ireland 14,743 2.044 7,210.04 1.855 7,947.71 Netherlands 122,881 4.134 29,718.95 3.751 32,759.53 Belgium 505,442 221.023 2,286.83 200.509 2,520.79 Luxembourg 9,898 1.655 5,978.24 1.502 6,589.88 France 2,575,776 458.617 5,616.39 416.051 6,191.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,201,440 664.462 3,313.12 602.790 3,652.08 Austria 417,751 127.240 3,283.15 115.431 3,619.05 Czech Republic 266,928 282.996 943.22 256.730 1,039.72 Switzerland 529,509 62.542 8,466.33 56.738 9,332.53 Poland 372,788 324.448 1,148.99 294.335 1,266.54 Russia 74,005 86.183 858.70 78.184 946.55 Belarus 346,359 386.185 896.87 350.342 988.63 Spain 123,860 13.226 9,364.44 11.999 10,322.53 Italy 3,012,799 1,550.124 1,943.58 1,406.250 2,142.43 Greece 205,570 226.764 906.54 205.717 999.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 87,500 71.876 1,217.37 65.205 1,341.92 Israel 50,787 62.144 817.23 56.377 900.85 India 8,135,136 2,396.251 3,394.94 2,173.843 3,742.28 Thailand 378,016 390.301 968.52 354.076 1,067.61 Vietnam 101,624 20.848 4,874.52 18.913 5,373.24 Malaysia 774,631 1,011.088 766.14 917.244 844.52 Indonesia 53,542 22.325 2,398.29 20.253 2,643.66 China 15,700,743 15,563.580 1,008.81 14,119.047 1,112.03 Korea, South 8,748,939 3,861.417 2,265.73 3,503.020 2,497.54 Hong Kong 288,453 42.865 6,729.25 38.887 7,417.72 Taiwan 2,736,412 1,029.733 2,657.40 934.159 2,929.28 Japan 7,071,555 5,429.527 1,302.43 4,925.586 1,435.68 Australia 679,870 533.686 1,273.91 484.152 1,404.25 South Africa 261,158 401.857 649.88 364.559 716.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,036,895 67,488.307 1,289.66 61,224.380 1,421.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 124,338 131.363 946.52 119.171 1,043.36 Belgium 71,404 99.351 718.70 90.130 792.23 China 136,258 226.203 602.37 205.208 664.00 Taiwan 859,036 1,305.709 657.91 1,184.520 725.22 Japan 1,544,775 2,341.574 659.72 2,124.241 727.21 Australia 7,175,827 13,647.425 525.80 12,380.740 579.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,911,638 17,751.627 558.35 16,104.010 615.48 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,101,898 13,634.275 740.92 12,368.810 816.72 Netherlands 5,458,499 7,951.041 686.51 7,213.066 756.75 Belgium 354,842 504.990 702.67 458.120 774.56 France 1,724,331 2,265.026 761.29 2,054.798 839.17 Federal Republic of Germany 8,935,723 13,926.112 641.65 12,633.560 707.30 Thailand 23,180 6.283 3,689.22 5.700 4,066.67 China 922,786 1,403.655 657.42 1,273.375 724.68 Taiwan 286,347 337.292 848.96 305.987 935.81 Japan 543,909 598.474 908.83 542.927 1,001.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,351,515 40,627.152 697.85 36,856.343 769.24 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,984,875 4,913.060 811.08 4,457.055 894.06 Netherlands 1,746,625 2,524.561 691.85 2,290.244 762.64 France 326,480 473.309 689.78 429.379 760.35 Federal Republic of Germany 255,207 357.557 713.75 324.371 786.78 Japan 2,790,450 3,536.861 788.96 3,208.588 869.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,103,637 11,805.350 771.14 10,709.637 850.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,847,237 32,821.518 574.23 29,775.189 632.98 Mexico 3,294,700 5,779.443 570.07 5,243.024 628.40 Brazil 109,872 22.955 4,786.28 20.825 5,275.97 Sweden 3,399,944 3,426.866 992.14 3,108.802 1,093.65 Finland 633,037 446.722 1,417.07 405.260 1,562.05 Netherlands 8,335,424 16,118.647 517.13 14,622.595 570.04 Belgium 3,041,030 4,393.943 692.10 3,986.120 762.90 France 5,235,298 6,416.284 815.94 5,820.757 899.42 Federal Republic of Germany 771,294 1,309.774 588.88 1,188.208 649.12 Austria 969,401 1,081.038 896.73 980.702 988.48 Spain 2,982,008 3,537.743 842.91 3,209.388 929.15 Italy 366,749 74.450 4,926.11 67.540 5,430.10 Malaysia 98,205 159.394 616.11 144.600 679.15 China 2,157,917 651.757 3,310.92 591.265 3,649.66 Korea, South 30,406,503 64,710.098 469.89 58,704.030 517.96 Taiwan 105,364 20.349 5,177.65 18.461 5,707.38 Japan 4,878,452 6,193.365 787.69 5,618.528 868.28 Australia 20,229,415 41,075.789 492.49 37,263.340 542.88 New Zealand 2,982,617 6,198.912 481.15 5,623.560 530.38 South Africa 2,082,348 1,324.406 1,572.29 1,201.482 1,733.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,926,815 195,763.462 566.64 177,593.676 624.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 12,955,816 18,918.369 684.83 17,162.461 754.89 Mexico 26,067,194 14,052.461 1,854.99 12,748.182 2,044.78 Dominican Republic 15,100 13.269 1,137.94 12.038 1,254.36 Venezuela 21,006 25.393 827.21 23.037 911.84 Brazil 6,568,603 1,795.640 3,658.08 1,628.978 4,032.35 Sweden 4,112,440 1,949.240 2,109.77 1,768.322 2,325.62 Finland 1,204,919 220.806 5,456.91 200.312 6,015.21 United Kingdom 534,482 44.542 11,999.46 40.408 13,227.13 Netherlands 6,411,708 10,335.767 620.34 9,376.453 683.81 Belgium 10,592,869 4,407.398 2,403.43 3,998.326 2,649.33 Luxembourg 16,953 23.589 718.67 21.400 792.20 France 4,429,480 3,419.952 1,295.19 3,102.530 1,427.70 Federal Republic of Germany 3,008,805 1,105.339 2,722.07 1,002.747 3,000.56 Austria 89,543 41.780 2,143.16 37.903 2,362.43 Switzerland 208,143 21.170 9,831.52 19.206 10,837.39 Italy 11,149,195 2,234.389 4,989.82 2,027.005 5,500.33 Romania 152,471 22.284 6,842.08 20.216 7,542.10 India 975,888 277.466 3,517.14 251.713 3,876.99 Thailand 215,597 46.633 4,623.24 42.305 5,096.25 Indonesia 1,419,007 296.548 4,785.08 269.024 5,274.65 China 40,950,248 18,914.394 2,165.03 17,158.855 2,386.54 Korea, South 2,065,755 2,412.959 856.11 2,189.001 943.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 12,665,051 8,335.234 1,519.46 7,561.600 1,674.92 Japan 7,380,023 7,844.864 940.75 7,116.743 1,036.99 Australia 7,680,289 15,107.176 508.39 13,705.004 560.40 New Zealand 124,135 229.390 541.15 208.100 596.52 South Africa 4,574,064 839.016 5,451.70 761.143 6,009.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,588,784 112,935.082 1,466.23 102,453.012 1,616.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,918,900 42,525.234 774.10 38,578.255 853.30 Mexico 5,116,965 5,274.577 970.12 4,785.018 1,069.37 Guatemala 107,819 108.346 995.13 98.290 1,096.95 Colombia 1,352,769 1,664.222 812.85 1,509.758 896.02 Venezuela 10,423 9.904 1,052.37 8.985 1,160.04 Brazil 28,889 45.213 638.95 41.017 704.32 Sweden 91,301 80.214 1,138.22 72.769 1,254.67 Finland 119,451 130.138 917.87 118.060 1,011.78 United Kingdom 2,016 2.617 770.06 2.375 848.84 Netherlands 1,159,030 1,456.541 795.74 1,321.353 877.15 Luxembourg 18,504 25.275 732.08 22.930 806.98 France 24,759 21.794 1,136.00 19.772 1,252.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,762,979 5,651.788 842.74 5,127.218 928.96 Austria 1,007,156 862.181 1,168.15 782.158 1,287.66 Spain 3,589,966 4,581.884 783.51 4,156.617 863.67 Italy 196,856 87.505 2,249.63 79.384 2,479.79 India 18,357,276 22,196.204 827.05 20,136.064 911.66 Thailand 37,339 37.934 984.29 34.414 1,084.99 Indonesia 2,330,601 2,917.724 798.77 2,646.916 880.50 China 17,965,383 27,105.199 662.80 24,589.430 730.61 Korea, South 9,755,285 12,710.655 767.49 11,530.916 846.01 Taiwan 18,402,319 20,384.740 902.75 18,492.731 995.11 Japan 2,304,455 2,632.812 875.28 2,388.448 964.83 Australia 230,986 293.959 785.77 266.676 866.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 119,891,427 150,806.676 795.00 136,809.554 876.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,550,118 1,356.851 1,142.44 1,230.915 1,259.32 Sweden 2,262 0.435 5,195.07 0.395 5,726.58 United Kingdom 23,084 13.652 1,690.87 12.385 1,863.87 Luxembourg 35,762 50.827 703.59 46.110 775.58 Federal Republic of Germany 8,018,547 9,871.239 812.31 8,955.040 895.42 China 256,105 386.356 662.87 350.497 730.69 Korea, South 1,905,822 1,956.803 973.95 1,775.183 1,073.59 Taiwan 522,544 728.600 717.19 660.975 790.57 Japan 5,746,964 7,162.249 802.40 6,497.485 884.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,061,208 21,527.014 839.00 19,528.985 924.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 920,970 847.259 1,087.00 768.621 1,198.21 Mexico 3,782,263 4,098.756 922.78 3,718.330 1,017.19 United Kingdom 532,171 132.336 4,021.34 120.054 4,432.76 Netherlands 53,386 52.054 1,025.58 47.223 1,130.51 Belgium 147,408 89.254 1,651.55 80.970 1,820.53 Luxembourg 269,942 378.665 712.88 343.520 785.81 France 2,192,677 2,470.564 887.52 2,241.259 978.32 Federal Republic of Germany 306,789 104.082 2,947.56 94.422 3,249.13 Italy 75,641 19.321 3,914.90 17.528 4,315.44 China 3,137,809 4,091.029 767.00 3,711.321 845.47 Korea, South 2,974,979 4,018.580 740.31 3,645.596 816.05 Taiwan 13,292,146 15,129.636 878.55 13,725.379 968.44 Japan 1,704,205 963.134 1,769.44 873.741 1,950.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,390,386 32,394.675 907.26 29,387.964 1,000.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 53,744 41.634 1,290.86 37.770 1,422.93 Sweden 440,842 390.154 1,129.92 353.942 1,245.52 United Kingdom 847,082 192.595 4,398.24 174.720 4,848.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,296,151 1,343.904 1,708.57 1,219.170 1,883.37 Austria 48,860 2.806 17,409.69 2.546 19,190.89 Czech Republic 273,710 77.478 3,532.74 70.287 3,894.18 Slovakia 22,700 22.421 1,012.44 20.340 1,116.03 Russia 4,684,161 1,730.522 2,706.79 1,569.904 2,983.72 Italy 101,002 22.121 4,565.85 20.068 5,032.99 China 333,447 69.500 4,797.75 63.050 5,288.61 Korea, South 1,963,049 2,443.756 803.29 2,216.939 885.48 Taiwan 96,401 120.739 798.42 109.533 880.11 Japan 3,322,426 3,016.771 1,101.32 2,736.770 1,214.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,483,575 9,474.406 1,528.71 8,595.039 1,685.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,898,595 5,873.590 663.75 5,328.433 731.66 Mexico 768,568 989.069 777.06 897.269 856.56 United Kingdom 150,367 359.447 418.33 326.085 461.13 Federal Republic of Germany 21,256 22.537 943.12 20.446 1,039.62 Italy 129,049 18.315 7,045.70 16.616 7,766.55 Taiwan 109,016 20.005 5,449.21 18.149 6,006.72 Japan 115,884 71.709 1,616.01 65.054 1,781.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,192,735 7,354.676 706.05 6,672.052 778.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,819,664 3,444.273 1,108.99 3,124.593 1,222.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 3,829,961 1,539.710 2,487.46 1,396.802 2,741.95 Peru 19,124 18.607 1,027.78 16.880 1,132.94 Brazil 239,118 59.349 4,028.98 53.841 4,441.19 Sweden 4,480,809 613.834 7,299.71 556.861 8,046.55 United Kingdom 1,169,505 330.271 3,541.05 299.617 3,903.33 Belgium 3,274,669 735.966 4,449.48 667.658 4,904.71 France 1,557,995 234.424 6,646.05 212.666 7,326.02 Federal Republic of Germany 11,136,414 7,026.426 1,584.93 6,374.269 1,747.09 Austria 1,097,191 147.828 7,422.04 134.108 8,181.40 Switzerland 207,232 65.336 3,171.78 59.272 3,496.29 Italy 308,973 94.901 3,255.73 86.093 3,588.83 India 824,713 252.540 3,265.67 229.101 3,599.78 Malaysia 42,177 12.175 3,464.22 11.045 3,818.65 Indonesia 958,147 152.075 6,300.45 137.961 6,945.06 China 870,170 397.307 2,190.17 360.431 2,414.25 Korea, South 1,700,414 974.850 1,744.28 884.370 1,922.74 Taiwan 1,377,294 653.004 2,109.16 592.396 2,324.95 Japan 4,166,288 918.296 4,536.97 833.065 5,001.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,079,858 17,671.179 2,324.68 16,031.029 2,562.52 GRAND TOTAL 2,450,982,022 2,646,059.085 926.28 2,400,465.101 1,021.04 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,155 21.270 712.50 19.296 785.40 Mexico 1,018,097 1,028.522 989.86 933.060 1,091.14 Netherlands 551,111 315.365 1,747.53 286.095 1,926.32 Belgium 37,975 41.242 920.76 37.415 1,014.97 Italy 203,149 82.456 2,463.72 74.803 2,715.79 India 3,395 1.175 2,889.21 1.066 3,184.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,828,882 1,490.032 1,227.41 1,351.735 1,352.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 693,660 789.522 878.58 716.243 968.47 Mexico 25,251,852 35,226.217 716.85 31,956.696 790.19 Brazil 5,728,624 6,485.692 883.27 5,883.723 973.64 United Kingdom 192,715 47.745 4,036.30 43.314 4,449.25 Federal Republic of Germany 271,031 477.298 567.84 432.998 625.94 Russia 513,682 302.457 1,698.36 274.385 1,872.12 Ukraine 122,280 94.170 1,298.50 85.430 1,431.35 Italy 3,493,047 415.262 8,411.66 376.720 9,272.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,266,891 43,838.367 827.29 39,769.509 911.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 105,585 153.538 687.68 139.288 758.03 United Kingdom 7,047,562 11,177.162 630.53 10,139.754 695.04 Italy 484,862 55.937 8,667.87 50.746 9,554.68 Japan 747,249 704.203 1,061.13 638.843 1,169.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,385,258 12,090.842 693.52 10,968.631 764.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 17,526,323 14,263.901 1,228.72 12,939.997 1,354.43 Sweden 7,057,432 4,736.735 1,489.94 4,297.095 1,642.37 Finland 359,367 260.911 1,377.35 236.695 1,518.27 United Kingdom 1,592,628 1,339.152 1,189.28 1,214.859 1,310.96 Belgium 5,678,199 1,328.942 4,272.72 1,205.597 4,709.86 France 2,869,384 1,906.967 1,504.68 1,729.972 1,658.63 Federal Republic of Germany 11,887,211 5,139.385 2,312.96 4,662.373 2,549.61 Austria 198,856 140.873 1,411.60 127.798 1,556.02 Ukraine 2,232,406 1,901.243 1,174.18 1,724.780 1,294.31 Spain 106,858 31.032 3,443.45 28.152 3,795.75 China 29,273 18.330 1,596.97 16.629 1,760.36 Japan 3,423,820 3,046.175 1,123.97 2,763.445 1,238.97 South Africa 1,161,264 170.359 6,816.53 154.548 7,513.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 54,123,021 34,284.010 1,578.67 31,101.940 1,740.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,334,775 5,013.910 665.10 4,548.544 733.15 Netherlands 3,496,863 5,995.286 583.27 5,438.834 642.94 France 843,689 987.434 854.43 895.786 941.84 Japan 438,050 611.661 716.16 554.890 789.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,113,377 12,608.292 643.50 11,438.054 709.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 1,847,203 2,369.628 779.53 2,149.691 859.29 Spain 502,410 563.630 891.38 511.317 982.58 China 1,015,992 2,061.001 492.96 1,869.710 543.40 Korea, South 192,953 312.786 616.88 283.755 680.00 Japan 2,034,254 2,524.468 805.81 2,290.160 888.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,592,812 7,831.515 714.14 7,104.633 787.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,369,346 24,391.202 712.12 22,127.333 784.97 Mexico 2,898,054 4,818.596 601.43 4,371.358 662.96 Brazil 1,227,397 1,179.083 1,040.98 1,069.647 1,147.48 Sweden 1,921,868 630.326 3,049.00 571.823 3,360.95 United Kingdom 2,798,618 3,733.682 749.56 3,387.141 826.25 Netherlands 750,882 334.440 2,245.19 303.399 2,474.90 France 342,537 137.071 2,498.97 124.349 2,754.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,586,024 1,619.939 979.06 1,469.585 1,079.23 Austria 79,353 17.857 4,443.69 16.200 4,898.33 Czech Republic 141,193 99.007 1,426.09 89.818 1,571.99 Russia 354,996 190.699 1,861.54 173.000 2,052.00 Ukraine 2,779 1.094 2,538.84 0.993 2,798.59 Spain 601,060 296.329 2,028.35 268.826 2,235.87 Italy 54,157 20.734 2,611.93 18.810 2,879.16 Slovenia 96,421 59.260 1,627.08 53.760 1,793.55 Turkey 804,567 1,515.269 530.97 1,374.630 585.30 India 55,608 37.435 1,485.43 33.961 1,637.41 China 6,046,999 3,360.930 1,799.20 3,048.986 1,983.28 Korea, South 3,821,253 3,349.266 1,140.92 3,038.404 1,257.65 Taiwan 973,959 202.142 4,818.17 183.381 5,311.12 Japan 8,413,586 10,818.379 777.71 9,814.272 857.28 South Africa 244,800 200.674 1,219.89 182.049 1,344.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,585,457 57,013.426 887.26 51,721.725 978.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 63,320 89.935 704.06 81.588 776.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 525,023 756.471 694.04 686.260 765.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 588,343 846.407 695.11 767.848 766.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,227,040 1,404.581 1,585.55 1,274.215 1,747.77 Brazil 123,689 16.857 7,337.27 15.293 8,087.95 Sweden 2,999 0.498 6,019.13 0.452 6,634.96 United Kingdom 1,897,560 529.722 3,582.18 480.556 3,948.68 Belgium 41,764 12.471 3,348.74 11.314 3,691.36 France 3,715,795 2,206.254 1,684.21 2,001.481 1,856.52 Federal Republic of Germany 619,703 191.752 3,231.79 173.955 3,562.43 Russia 2,455,215 2,822.213 869.96 2,560.270 958.97 Ukraine 1,110,408 1,176.937 943.47 1,067.700 1,040.00 Spain 117,499 72.847 1,612.95 66.086 1,777.97 Italy 93,212 66.343 1,404.99 60.186 1,548.73 China 315,885 244.787 1,290.44 222.068 1,422.47 Korea, South 331,830 166.173 1,996.89 150.750 2,201.19 Taiwan 82,241 38.648 2,127.94 35.061 2,345.65 Japan 739,569 781.406 946.46 708.880 1,043.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,874,409 9,731.495 1,425.72 8,828.267 1,571.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 483,055 287.439 1,680.54 260.761 1,852.48 Mexico 148,129 91.897 1,611.89 83.368 1,776.81 Brazil 2,518,589 823.355 3,058.93 746.936 3,371.89 Sweden 969,628 509.105 1,904.57 461.853 2,099.43 United Kingdom 2,718,332 332.206 8,182.65 301.373 9,019.83 Netherlands 160,072 42.576 3,759.61 38.625 4,144.26 Belgium 2,922 3.194 914.70 2.898 1,008.28 France 1,792,231 679.484 2,637.63 616.418 2,907.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,827,144 1,900.007 2,540.59 1,723.658 2,800.52 Austria 2,760,852 455.518 6,060.89 413.240 6,680.99 Czech Republic 82,806 20.850 3,971.47 18.915 4,377.80 Switzerland 91,520 22.364 4,092.15 20.289 4,510.82 Poland 9,657 1.947 4,957.94 1.767 5,465.20 Russia 686,988 511.074 1,344.20 463.639 1,481.73 Ukraine 291,436 43.591 6,685.54 39.546 7,369.54 Spain 680,875 388.632 1,751.97 352.562 1,931.22 Italy 139,450 45.690 3,052.04 41.450 3,364.29 Slovenia 1,618,586 586.237 2,760.97 531.826 3,043.45 Turkey 89,161 52.982 1,682.84 48.065 1,855.01 India 30,285 5.757 5,260.21 5.223 5,798.39 China 4,927,705 1,302.443 3,783.43 1,181.557 4,170.52 Korea, South 1,082,544 414.547 2,611.39 376.071 2,878.56 Taiwan 1,361,006 455.186 2,990.00 412.938 3,295.91 Japan 3,246,995 2,626.421 1,236.28 2,382.650 1,362.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 30,719,968 11,602.515 2,647.70 10,525.628 2,918.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 62,624 8.629 7,256.55 7.829 7,998.98 Mexico 119,772 66.739 1,794.62 60.545 1,978.23 France 29,252 14.495 2,018.02 13.150 2,224.49 Federal Republic of Germany 2,978,555 1,746.753 1,705.19 1,584.629 1,879.65 Spain 735,452 247.145 2,975.78 224.207 3,280.24 Italy 1,524,649 390.101 3,908.34 353.894 4,308.21 India 9,351 5.060 1,847.76 4.591 2,036.81 China 183,708 49.333 3,723.77 44.755 4,104.75 Japan 699,576 239.718 2,918.32 217.469 3,216.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,342,939 2,767.978 2,291.54 2,511.069 2,525.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,544,611 4,434.974 1,475.68 4,023.342 1,626.66 Colombia 2,226,917 1,620.728 1,374.02 1,470.301 1,514.60 Venezuela 1,927,684 1,715.012 1,124.01 1,555.834 1,239.00 Brazil 4,797,458 3,160.282 1,518.05 2,866.961 1,673.36 United Kingdom 180,370 174.406 1,034.19 158.219 1,140.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,799,179 975.987 1,843.45 885.401 2,032.05 Austria 10,292,021 9,025.670 1,140.31 8,187.953 1,256.97 Spain 6,657,742 4,487.058 1,483.77 4,070.592 1,635.57 India 1,445,637 1,175.044 1,230.28 1,065.983 1,356.15 Singapore 938,444 87.082 10,776.49 79.000 11,879.04 China 16,899,349 14,056.517 1,202.24 12,751.862 1,325.25 Japan 857,325 463.213 1,850.82 420.220 2,040.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,566,737 41,375.979 1,318.80 37,535.668 1,453.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 35,045,328 25,014.190 1,401.02 22,692.498 1,544.36 Federal Republic of Germany 20,391,158 16,894.028 1,207.00 15,326.009 1,330.49 Japan 2,038,228 1,933.111 1,054.38 1,753.690 1,162.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,474,714 43,841.330 1,310.97 39,772.197 1,445.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 5,287 2.331 2,267.75 2.115 2,499.76 Spain 20,713 13.385 1,547.44 12.143 1,705.76 China 53,626 7.697 6,966.73 6.983 7,679.51 Japan 252,333 111.260 2,267.94 100.934 2,499.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 331,959 134.674 2,464.89 122.175 2,717.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,506 8.499 1,118.36 7.711 1,232.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,506 8.499 1,118.36 7.711 1,232.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,409,300 2,246.882 1,517.35 2,038.338 1,672.59 Mexico 3,012,433 1,577.470 1,909.66 1,431.058 2,105.04 Argentina 250,169 85.512 2,925.51 77.576 3,224.82 Sweden 616,828 349.915 1,762.79 317.438 1,943.14 United Kingdom 83,682 12.912 6,480.71 11.714 7,143.76 Netherlands 9,543 1.225 7,785.31 1.112 8,581.83 France 1,277,487 664.072 1,923.71 602.437 2,120.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,912,477 1,567.426 1,858.13 1,421.946 2,048.23 Austria 113,968 86.417 1,318.80 78.397 1,453.73 Switzerland 312,061 119.695 2,607.12 108.586 2,873.86 Spain 1,056,290 364.883 2,894.87 331.017 3,191.04 Italy 1,683,631 587.802 2,864.28 533.246 3,157.33 Saudi Arabia 25,931 19.384 1,337.74 17.585 1,474.61 India 503,227 305.162 1,649.05 276.839 1,817.76 China 971,671 1,076.490 902.63 976.576 994.98 Korea, South 4,084 0.617 6,615.97 0.560 7,292.86 Taiwan 140,767 19.774 7,118.66 17.939 7,846.98 Japan 6,983,315 2,949.735 2,367.44 2,675.956 2,609.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,366,864 12,035.384 1,941.51 10,918.320 2,140.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 239,362 104.949 2,280.73 95.209 2,514.07 France 2,413,830 917.188 2,631.77 832.060 2,901.03 Federal Republic of Germany 4,758,080 1,295.153 3,673.76 1,174.944 4,049.62 Austria 72,594 15.753 4,608.23 14.291 5,079.70 Italy 1,331,015 158.220 8,412.42 143.535 9,273.10 India 166,000 157.744 1,052.34 143.103 1,160.00 Indonesia 15,580 4.850 3,212.26 4.400 3,540.91 China 332,510 190.064 1,749.46 172.424 1,928.44 Japan 1,392,474 272.135 5,116.85 246.877 5,640.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,721,445 3,116.060 3,440.71 2,826.843 3,792.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 871,215 185.212 4,703.87 168.022 5,185.12 Mexico 2,595 0.207 12,522.05 0.188 13,803.19 Brazil 8,929 3.514 2,540.86 3.188 2,800.82 Sweden 2,500 0.984 2,539.71 0.893 2,799.55 United Kingdom 154,202 10.489 14,700.48 9.516 16,204.50 Netherlands 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 France 4,709 2.371 1,986.02 2.151 2,189.21 Federal Republic of Germany 24,653 6.845 3,601.42 6.210 3,969.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 9,434 3.713 2,540.33 3.369 2,800.24 India 19,381 3.342 5,798.86 3.032 6,392.15 Japan 8,547 3.364 2,540.53 3.052 2,800.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,109,665 221.422 5,011.53 200.871 5,524.27 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 728,728 447.786 1,627.40 406.225 1,793.90 Mexico 16,859 22.190 759.74 20.131 837.46 Finland 744,425 221.647 3,358.60 201.075 3,702.23 Federal Republic of Germany 34,912 5.880 5,936.58 5.335 6,543.96 Ukraine 1,000,358 1,306.966 765.40 1,185.660 843.71 Italy 1,144,797 229.326 4,991.99 208.042 5,502.72 China 371,106 80.843 4,590.43 73.340 5,060.08 Taiwan 3,616,922 1,858.943 1,945.69 1,686.406 2,144.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,658,107 4,173.585 1,834.90 3,786.214 2,022.63 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 80,050 85.349 937.91 77.428 1,033.86 China 11,800 14.281 826.24 12.956 910.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,850 99.631 921.90 90.384 1,016.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 748,385 781.246 957.94 708.735 1,055.94 Mexico 1,265,333 963.654 1,313.06 874.213 1,447.40 Brazil 107,067 154.789 691.69 140.423 762.46 Sweden 7,971 2.621 3,040.86 2.378 3,351.98 United Kingdom 80,739 6.802 11,869.26 6.171 13,083.62 Netherlands 63,211 2.625 24,073.92 2.382 26,536.94 France 28,804 1.155 24,933.74 1.048 27,484.73 Federal Republic of Germany 485,548 190.200 2,552.82 172.547 2,814.00 Austria 315,846 80.440 3,926.48 72.974 4,328.20 Italy 1,871,593 1,301.415 1,438.12 1,180.625 1,585.26 Turkey 87,500 71.876 1,217.37 65.205 1,341.92 Malaysia 58,145 68.099 853.82 61.779 941.18 China 1,616,383 1,532.917 1,054.45 1,390.640 1,162.33 Korea, South 1,501,971 1,194.595 1,257.31 1,083.719 1,385.94 Taiwan 102,274 66.592 1,535.81 60.412 1,692.94 Japan 3,231,702 2,084.453 1,550.38 1,890.985 1,709.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,572,472 8,503.487 1,360.91 7,714.236 1,500.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,248,199 3,624.044 620.36 3,287.679 683.83 Sweden 3,273,314 3,405.980 961.05 3,089.854 1,059.37 Finland 633,037 446.722 1,417.07 405.260 1,562.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 800,087 1,382.275 578.82 1,253.980 638.04 France 4,051,165 4,635.278 873.99 4,205.055 963.40 Austria 969,401 1,081.038 896.73 980.702 988.48 Spain 686,304 242.106 2,834.72 219.635 3,124.75 China 67,636 39.510 1,711.86 35.843 1,887.01 Japan 3,425,456 4,694.320 729.70 4,258.617 804.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,154,599 19,551.276 826.27 17,736.625 910.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,254,291 1,491.862 840.76 1,353.395 926.77 Dominican Republic 15,100 13.269 1,137.94 12.038 1,254.36 Brazil 300,331 382.828 784.51 347.296 864.77 Sweden 1,245,642 1,350.242 922.53 1,224.920 1,016.92 Netherlands 2,464,806 3,612.748 682.25 3,277.431 752.05 Luxembourg 16,953 23.589 718.67 21.400 792.20 France 1,548,479 2,119.785 730.49 1,923.038 805.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,041,768 715.173 1,456.66 648.795 1,605.70 Austria 67,343 41.129 1,637.34 37.312 1,804.86 China 613,828 1,115.070 550.48 1,011.575 606.80 Korea, South 104,187 159.052 655.05 144.290 722.07 Japan 4,306,530 4,305.083 1,000.34 3,905.507 1,102.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,979,258 15,329.835 846.67 13,906.997 933.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,635,777 5,303.123 874.16 4,810.914 963.60 Brazil 24,042 38.307 627.61 34.752 691.82 Finland 106,067 114.441 926.82 103.820 1,021.64 Netherlands 115,966 154.833 748.97 140.463 825.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,250,053 4,044.985 803.48 3,669.550 885.68 Spain 3,537,550 4,515.658 783.40 4,096.538 863.55 Japan 1,961,309 2,245.555 873.42 2,037.134 962.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,630,764 16,416.906 830.29 14,893.171 915.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,205,544 854.045 1,411.57 774.777 1,555.99 United Kingdom 23,084 13.652 1,690.87 12.385 1,863.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,974,191 3,621.069 821.36 3,284.980 905.39 China 14,052 14.063 999.20 12.758 1,101.43 Japan 4,255,198 5,027.214 846.43 4,560.614 933.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,472,069 9,530.045 888.99 8,645.514 979.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 53,744 41.634 1,290.86 37.770 1,422.93 Sweden 440,842 390.154 1,129.92 353.942 1,245.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 847,082 192.595 4,398.24 174.720 4,848.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,296,151 1,343.904 1,708.57 1,219.170 1,883.37 Austria 48,860 2.806 17,409.69 2.546 19,190.89 Czech Republic 273,710 77.478 3,532.74 70.287 3,894.18 Slovakia 22,700 22.421 1,012.44 20.340 1,116.03 Russia 4,684,161 1,730.522 2,706.79 1,569.904 2,983.72 Italy 101,002 22.121 4,565.85 20.068 5,032.99 China 333,447 69.500 4,797.75 63.050 5,288.61 Korea, South 1,963,049 2,443.756 803.29 2,216.939 885.48 Taiwan 96,401 120.739 798.42 109.533 880.11 Japan 3,322,426 3,016.771 1,101.32 2,736.770 1,214.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,483,575 9,474.406 1,528.71 8,595.039 1,685.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 75,300 107.685 699.26 97.691 770.80 Mexico 2,374 2.400 988.82 2.178 1,089.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,674 110.086 705.57 99.869 777.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,122,915 492.062 2,282.06 446.392 2,515.54 Brazil 43,524 10.355 4,203.14 9.394 4,633.17 Sweden 803,547 175.896 4,568.28 159.571 5,035.67 United Kingdom 3,891 1.124 3,460.64 1.020 3,814.71 Belgium 4,482 1.111 4,033.73 1.008 4,446.43 France 887,498 70.875 12,521.97 64.297 13,803.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,934,919 2,418.002 1,213.78 2,193.576 1,337.96 Austria 866,115 112.318 7,711.21 101.894 8,500.16 Switzerland 167,674 42.906 3,907.91 38.924 4,307.73 China 14,668 18.212 805.39 16.522 887.79 Japan 407,934 88.741 4,596.88 80.505 5,067.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,257,167 3,431.607 2,114.80 3,113.103 2,331.17 GRAND TOTAL 456,379,782 381,459.104 1,196.41 346,053.975 1,318.81 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 2,625 5.586 469.88 5.068 517.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,625 5.586 469.88 5.068 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 35,773,740 79,132.710 452.07 71,788.008 498.32 Mexico 38,134,174 76,905.348 495.86 69,767.378 546.59 Brazil 49,506,800 105,435.119 469.55 95,649.158 517.59 United Kingdom 259,105 686.364 377.50 622.660 416.13 Belgium 1,444,565 1,892.861 763.16 1,717.176 841.24 Federal Republic of Germany 3,984,899 8,754.563 455.18 7,942.009 501.75 Switzerland 246,990 823.601 299.89 747.159 330.57 Russia 28,756,148 59,780.502 481.03 54,231.975 530.24 Ukraine 39,738,252 87,815.072 452.52 79,664.516 498.82 Italy 10,615,427 28,056.784 378.36 25,452.694 417.06 Japan 18,211,897 39,942.613 455.95 36,235.340 502.60 Australia 17,694,672 40,469.097 437.24 36,712.958 481.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 244,366,669 529,694.641 461.33 480,531.031 508.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,736,397 25,444.251 579.16 23,082.643 638.42 Mexico 8,460 15.000 563.99 13.608 621.69 Trinidad and Tobago 2,875,637 5,964.377 482.14 5,410.794 531.46 Brazil 9,870,132 17,284.206 571.05 15,679.973 629.47 United Kingdom 1,498,646 2,426.768 617.55 2,201.528 680.73 Federal Republic of Germany 1,949,914 2,960.066 658.74 2,685.328 726.14 Spain 341,517 482.721 707.48 437.918 779.87 China 21,995,301 48,576.519 452.80 44,067.890 499.12 Korea, South 874,188 1,687.218 518.12 1,530.619 571.13 Japan 8,099,768 13,387.532 605.02 12,144.969 666.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,249,960 118,228.663 526.52 107,255.270 580.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,431,750 9,679.798 767.76 8,781.368 846.31 Mexico 3,892,376 5,963.388 652.71 5,409.897 719.49 Brazil 593,154 1,146.553 517.34 1,040.136 570.27 Norway 381,241 441.269 863.96 400.313 952.36 United Kingdom 1,595,531 1,008.850 1,581.53 915.214 1,743.34 Luxembourg 9,652,347 9,742.158 990.78 8,837.940 1,092.15 Federal Republic of Germany 424,807 455.483 932.65 413.208 1,028.07 Switzerland 58,631 119.684 489.88 108.576 540.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 19,257 10.533 1,828.14 9.556 2,015.17 Russia 6,696,752 9,859.022 679.25 8,943.957 748.75 Spain 12,571 7.332 1,714.41 6.652 1,889.81 Italy 55,991 19.111 2,929.65 17.338 3,229.38 India 2,299 0.318 7,216.67 0.289 7,955.02 China 834,703 1,374.662 607.21 1,247.073 669.33 Korea, South 1,806,724 2,318.803 779.16 2,103.584 858.88 Taiwan 12,260,002 18,875.464 649.52 17,123.538 715.97 Japan 4,320,044 6,830.428 632.47 6,196.462 697.18 South Africa 9,530 11.130 856.24 10.097 943.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,047,710 67,863.994 737.47 61,565.198 812.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 489,126 516.459 947.08 468.524 1,043.97 Luxembourg 6,619,322 6,674.285 991.76 6,054.812 1,093.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,108,448 7,190.745 988.56 6,523.336 1,089.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,894,318 19,594.564 658.06 17,775.895 725.38 Mexico 17,334 14.516 1,194.10 13.169 1,316.27 Finland 65,852 40.785 1,614.59 37.000 1,779.78 United Kingdom 24,765 36.595 676.72 33.199 745.96 Belgium 2,206,672 2,496.932 883.75 2,265.180 974.17 France 198,906 171.796 1,157.80 155.851 1,276.26 Federal Republic of Germany 566,239 414.141 1,367.26 375.703 1,507.15 Austria 1,749,997 1,576.785 1,109.85 1,430.436 1,223.40 Russia 417,620 658.821 633.89 597.673 698.74 Ukraine 1,526,288 1,838.475 830.19 1,667.837 915.13 Thailand 9,655,604 18,116.716 532.97 16,435.213 587.49 Korea, South 3,425,087 5,008.706 683.83 4,543.823 753.79 Taiwan 34,287 63.161 542.85 57.299 598.39 Japan 1,581,847 1,094.579 1,445.16 992.986 1,593.02 Australia 3,929,871 5,231.102 751.25 4,745.578 828.11 South Africa 6,395,779 6,415.358 996.95 5,819.917 1,098.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,690,466 62,773.038 711.94 56,946.759 784.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 17,568,401 31,104.959 564.81 28,217.953 622.60 Mexico 2,330,894 4,200.392 554.92 3,810.533 611.70 Brazil 13,135 20.249 648.66 18.370 715.02 United Kingdom 38,659 34.736 1,112.94 31.512 1,226.80 Netherlands 2,666,091 5,334.759 499.76 4,839.614 550.89 Belgium 402,704 765.764 525.88 694.690 579.69 France 653,878 1,073.056 609.36 973.461 671.70 Federal Republic of Germany 177,811 299.464 593.76 271.670 654.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 900,283 1,701.649 529.06 1,543.711 583.19 Japan 320,868 422.185 760.02 383.000 837.78 Australia 142,790 259.131 551.03 235.080 607.41 New Zealand 1,443,348 3,078.104 468.91 2,792.410 516.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,658,862 48,294.453 552.01 43,812.004 608.48 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 846,413 969.183 873.33 879.229 962.68 Austria 100,253 18.183 5,513.34 16.496 6,077.41 Spain 489,315 622.521 786.02 564.742 866.44 Japan 14,377,185 22,703.528 633.26 20,596.300 698.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,813,166 24,313.416 650.39 22,056.767 716.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 249,465 310.394 803.70 281.585 885.93 Luxembourg 16,380 11.699 1,400.01 10.614 1,543.24 Austria 168,546 185.984 906.24 168.722 998.96 Spain 182,404 187.908 970.71 170.468 1,070.02 China 85,183 112.435 757.62 102.000 835.13 Korea, South 462,597 728.465 635.03 660.853 700.00 Japan 78,855 88.214 893.90 80.027 985.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,243,430 1,625.102 765.14 1,474.269 843.42 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 849,752 934.920 908.90 848.146 1,001.89 Poland 69,450 67.985 1,021.55 61.675 1,126.06 India 33,072 40.383 818.96 36.635 902.74 Australia 342,915 503.284 681.35 456.572 751.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,295,189 1,546.573 837.46 1,403.028 923.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,616,439 19,856.425 685.74 18,013.451 755.90 Mexico 3,201,505 4,907.910 652.32 4,452.383 719.05 Brazil 1,600,357 3,005.855 532.41 2,726.867 586.88 Argentina 172,172 309.090 557.03 280.402 614.02 United Kingdom 8,412,016 12,533.424 671.17 11,370.135 739.83 Federal Republic of Germany 761,432 1,048.997 725.87 951.635 800.13 Czech Republic 92,189 152.543 604.35 138.385 666.18 India 372,071 426.091 873.22 386.544 962.56 China 2,500,387 4,176.163 598.73 3,788.553 659.98 Korea, South 341,602 485.388 703.77 440.337 775.77 Taiwan 1,114,476 2,010.306 554.38 1,823.720 611.10 Japan 2,782,433 3,582.174 776.74 3,249.695 856.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 34,967,079 52,494.372 666.11 47,622.107 734.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,850,821 6,960.916 696.87 6,314.839 768.16 Mexico 1,198,675 1,870.336 640.89 1,696.741 706.46 Brazil 2,391,428 5,490.311 435.57 4,980.728 480.14 China 150,264 245.042 613.22 222.299 675.95 Korea, South 14,051 28.145 499.23 25.533 550.31 Taiwan 325,814 599.979 543.04 544.292 598.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,931,053 15,194.731 587.77 13,784.432 647.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 869,260 1,835.348 473.62 1,665.001 522.08 Mexico 18,061,347 27,662.871 652.91 25,095.342 719.71 Dominican Republic 2,257,215 3,640.450 620.04 3,302.562 683.47 Brazil 2,196,545 4,714.797 465.88 4,277.194 513.55 United Kingdom 128,938 96.687 1,333.56 87.713 1,470.00 Luxembourg 68,366 37.956 1,801.14 34.434 1,985.42 Federal Republic of Germany 360,368 382.418 942.34 346.924 1,038.75 Switzerland 2,273,705 3,589.515 633.43 3,256.355 698.24 Turkey 9,397,606 17,602.363 533.88 15,968.600 588.51 China 105,897 190.034 557.25 172.396 614.27 Taiwan 23,468,657 44,930.359 522.33 40,760.148 575.77 Japan 5,639,513 11,172.449 504.77 10,135.479 556.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,827,417 115,855.253 559.56 105,102.148 616.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,198,375 3,852.379 1,089.81 3,494.821 1,201.31 Mexico 121,861 108.898 1,119.03 98.791 1,233.52 United Kingdom 945,737 775.421 1,219.64 703.451 1,344.42 France 392,011 303.109 1,293.30 274.976 1,425.62 Federal Republic of Germany 3,662,793 3,407.677 1,074.86 3,091.394 1,184.84 Austria 109,960 43.856 2,507.27 39.786 2,763.79 Czech Republic 12,425 5.444 2,282.20 4.939 2,515.69 Ukraine 63,182 78.682 802.99 71.380 885.15 Spain 822,195 903.319 910.19 819.478 1,003.32 Italy 706,813 578.998 1,220.75 525.259 1,345.65 Romania 86,469 38.793 2,228.95 35.193 2,456.99 India 54,564 5.621 9,705.81 5.100 10,698.82 Malaysia 3,788 2.939 1,288.50 2.667 1,420.32 China 411,176 493.822 832.64 447.988 917.83 Korea, South 66,877 77.698 860.72 70.487 948.78 Japan 283,032 249.588 1,133.99 226.423 1,250.01 South Africa 242,977 330.138 735.98 299.497 811.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,184,235 11,256.392 1,082.43 10,211.630 1,193.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,810,358 33,192.076 807.73 30,111.354 890.37 Mexico 4,501,629 4,655.678 966.91 4,223.562 1,065.84 Dominican Republic 350,984 318.996 1,100.27 289.389 1,212.84 Colombia 52,062 32.722 1,591.03 29.685 1,753.82 Venezuela 1,249,990 1,371.817 911.19 1,244.492 1,004.42 Ecuador 28,787 26.290 1,094.97 23.850 1,207.00 Chile 192,310 202.587 949.27 183.784 1,046.39 Brazil 102,090 88.322 1,155.88 80.125 1,274.13 Sweden 598,273 292.856 2,042.89 265.675 2,251.90 United Kingdom 71,287 20.204 3,528.32 18.329 3,889.30 Netherlands 8,648 4.531 1,908.38 4.111 2,103.62 France 516,132 265.329 1,945.25 240.703 2,144.27 Federal Republic of Germany 2,199,734 1,159.996 1,896.33 1,052.331 2,090.34 Slovakia 287,122 215.958 1,329.53 195.914 1,465.55 Switzerland 37,345 9.083 4,111.51 8.240 4,532.16 Russia 412,722 519.035 795.17 470.861 876.53 Ukraine 363,631 353.892 1,027.52 321.046 1,132.64 Spain 2,681,465 1,958.631 1,369.05 1,776.841 1,509.12 Italy 338,336 180.008 1,879.56 163.301 2,071.86 Romania 11,151 1.170 9,525.44 1.062 10,500.00 United Arab Emirates 140,924 196.469 717.28 178.234 790.67 Oman 299,978 503.658 595.60 456.911 656.53 India 314,709 302.171 1,041.49 274.125 1,148.05 China 55,793,638 99,817.914 558.95 90,553.314 616.14 Korea, South 1,006,232 886.431 1,135.15 804.157 1,251.29 Taiwan 518,412 779.286 665.24 706.957 733.30 Japan 1,456,785 1,272.664 1,144.67 1,154.542 1,261.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,344,734 148,627.783 675.14 134,832.894 744.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,665,387 5,936.737 954.29 5,385.719 1,051.93 Mexico 1,163,143 869.628 1,337.52 788.914 1,474.36 Colombia 973,815 910.223 1,069.86 825.741 1,179.32 Venezuela 2,485,211 2,622.354 947.70 2,378.961 1,044.66 Brazil 4,841,166 5,906.797 819.59 5,358.558 903.45 Argentina 363,171 121.225 2,995.83 109.974 3,302.34 Sweden 9,906 3.407 2,907.34 3.091 3,204.79 Federal Republic of Germany 9,871,117 8,922.476 1,106.32 8,094.337 1,219.51 Austria 10,794,718 7,115.263 1,517.12 6,454.860 1,672.34 Czech Republic 83,732 18.543 4,515.54 16.822 4,977.53 Russia 1,214,340 1,827.291 664.56 1,657.691 732.55 Ukraine 521,273 501.907 1,038.58 455.323 1,144.84 Spain 201,159 121.034 1,661.99 109.801 1,832.03 China 40,366,568 48,048.286 840.13 43,588.685 926.08 Korea, South 7,449,425 10,308.361 722.66 9,351.591 796.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,668,838 2,405.095 693.88 2,181.867 764.87 Japan 29,410 12.027 2,445.27 10.911 2,695.44 Australia 125,166 4.739 26,406.68 4.300 29,108.37 South Africa 140,978 170.445 827.11 154.626 911.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,968,523 95,825.848 918.00 86,931.772 1,011.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,801,185 1,912.264 941.91 1,734.778 1,038.28 Brazil 2,039,126 1,440.118 1,415.94 1,306.454 1,560.81 United Kingdom 29,968,342 19,267.655 1,555.37 17,479.328 1,714.50 Federal Republic of Germany 4,079,885 2,721.422 1,499.17 2,468.834 1,652.56 Czech Republic 913,142 696.759 1,310.56 632.090 1,444.64 Poland 291,470 181.527 1,605.65 164.679 1,769.93 Russia 1,200,086 2,066.980 580.60 1,875.134 640.00 Italy 12,318,223 12,248.801 1,005.67 11,111.929 1,108.56 Greece 34,815,966 25,692.755 1,355.09 23,308.082 1,493.73 India 49,646,758 37,335.723 1,329.74 33,870.408 1,465.79 China 1,835,019 2,030.180 903.87 1,841.749 996.35 Korea, South 5,049,562 6,519.221 774.57 5,914.140 853.81 Japan 15,335,595 16,974.699 903.44 15,399.193 995.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 159,294,359 129,088.111 1,234.00 117,106.798 1,360.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 35,544 16.720 2,125.72 15.169 2,343.20 Mexico 4,486,070 5,334.211 841.00 4,839.117 927.04 Venezuela 140,596 189.093 743.53 171.543 819.60 United Kingdom 481,445 43.623 11,036.25 39.575 12,165.38 Netherlands 4,580 10.975 417.29 9.957 459.98 France 499,245 404.681 1,233.67 367.121 1,359.89 Federal Republic of Germany 202,258 74.798 2,704.04 67.856 2,980.69 Austria 3,563 0.146 24,303.01 0.133 26,789.47 Czech Republic 460,069 363.972 1,264.02 330.190 1,393.35 Slovakia 435,310 371.918 1,170.44 337.399 1,290.19 Switzerland 7,859 18.832 417.30 17.085 459.99 Poland 89,489 59.147 1,512.97 53.658 1,667.77 Russia 12,792 10.345 1,236.52 9.385 1,363.03 Ukraine 78,710 105.937 742.98 96.105 819.00 Spain 261,303 137.788 1,896.40 125.000 2,090.42 Italy 1,605,795 868.570 1,848.78 787.954 2,037.93 China 6,572,775 9,453.059 695.31 8,575.674 766.44 Korea, South 1,412,524 2,122.946 665.36 1,925.905 733.43 Hong Kong 51,987 64.958 800.32 58.929 882.20 Taiwan 471,064 851.280 553.36 772.269 609.97 South Africa 179,023 217.525 823.00 197.336 907.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,492,001 20,720.536 844.19 18,797.360 930.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 1,241,058 1,454.681 853.15 1,319.665 940.43 Venezuela 69,309 91.308 759.06 82.834 836.72 China 11,002,348 18,428.420 597.03 16,717.987 658.11 Korea, South 4,541,205 6,708.864 676.90 6,086.181 746.15 Taiwan 1,016,477 1,748.817 581.24 1,586.501 640.70 Japan 2,026,114 2,564.346 790.11 2,326.337 870.95 South Africa 456,597 607.930 751.07 551.505 827.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,353,108 31,604.369 644.00 28,671.010 709.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,171,604 6,020.832 1,191.13 5,462.009 1,313.00 Mexico 12,290,572 15,503.031 792.79 14,064.118 873.90 Dominican Republic 81,392 68.050 1,196.06 61.734 1,318.43 Colombia 334,668 291.912 1,146.47 264.819 1,263.76 Brazil 33,337 28.599 1,165.65 25.945 1,284.91 Argentina 138,070 61.926 2,229.57 56.179 2,457.68 Sweden 89,564 4.989 17,952.08 4.526 19,788.78 United Kingdom 100,234 7.472 13,413.60 6.779 14,785.96 Netherlands 52,919 25.773 2,053.26 23.381 2,263.33 Belgium 200,751 86.820 2,312.26 78.762 2,548.83 France 1,653,392 1,128.309 1,465.37 1,023.585 1,615.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,210,267 518.448 2,334.40 470.329 2,573.23 Austria 289,321 75.435 3,835.34 68.434 4,227.74 Switzerland 1,183,549 373.152 3,171.76 338.518 3,496.27 Russia 331,671 373.066 889.04 338.440 980.00 Ukraine 120,805 116.622 1,035.87 105.798 1,141.85 Spain 2,799,234 1,734.524 1,613.83 1,573.535 1,778.95 Italy 522,491 331.147 1,577.82 300.412 1,739.25 Romania 51,136 44.905 1,138.74 40.738 1,255.24 Turkey 63,361 40.912 1,548.70 37.115 1,707.15 India 2,544,536 2,237.334 1,137.31 2,029.676 1,253.67 Thailand 413,705 802.558 515.48 728.069 568.22 Vietnam 6,970 3.273 2,128.98 2.970 2,346.80 China 8,061,803 9,054.129 890.40 8,213.770 981.50 Korea, South 669,790 753.558 888.84 683.617 979.77 Taiwan 318,248 233.662 1,362.00 211.975 1,501.35 Japan 1,149,043 479.358 2,397.04 434.867 2,642.29 Australia 35,411 37.139 953.47 33.692 1,051.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,917,844 40,436.947 1,036.62 36,683.792 1,142.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 58,373 60.667 962.17 55.037 1,060.61 Mexico 1,615,746 1,168.217 1,383.09 1,059.789 1,524.59 Brazil 555,339 359.816 1,543.40 326.420 1,701.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 415,297 186.161 2,230.84 168.883 2,459.08 Netherlands 356,944 152.913 2,334.28 138.721 2,573.11 France 1,341,664 1,039.222 1,291.03 942.767 1,423.11 Federal Republic of Germany 4,007,595 2,547.959 1,572.86 2,311.471 1,733.79 Czech Republic 1,356,404 944.272 1,436.45 856.630 1,583.42 Slovakia 283,703 154.144 1,840.49 139.838 2,028.80 Poland 40,330 18.770 2,148.62 17.028 2,368.45 Russia 2,608 0.104 24,904.62 0.095 27,452.63 Ukraine 129,943 152.111 854.26 137.993 941.66 Italy 1,929,536 520.535 3,706.83 472.222 4,086.08 Romania 64,971 35.441 1,833.19 32.152 2,020.75 Vietnam 30,635 19.859 1,542.61 18.016 1,700.43 China 1,228,293 1,601.708 766.86 1,453.046 845.32 Japan 5,163 3.968 1,301.05 3.600 1,434.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,422,544 8,965.875 1,497.07 8,133.708 1,650.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,206,851 745.982 1,617.80 676.744 1,783.32 Mexico 375,870 241.420 1,556.91 219.013 1,716.20 Federal Republic of Germany 12,895 22.904 562.98 20.779 620.58 Austria 64,748 36.004 1,798.32 32.663 1,982.30 Italy 2,520 1.291 1,950.60 1.172 2,150.17 Vietnam 112,320 78.266 1,435.10 71.002 1,581.93 China 971,061 1,291.813 751.70 1,171.914 828.61 Japan 498,542 180.130 2,767.67 163.412 3,050.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,244,807 2,597.815 1,249.05 2,356.699 1,376.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,207,089 27,683.427 766.06 25,113.990 844.43 Mexico 6,269,660 3,761.573 1,666.77 3,412.443 1,837.29 Colombia 78,822 91.555 860.92 83.058 949.00 Sweden 45,122 21.249 2,123.46 19.277 2,340.72 Finland 2,820 1.268 2,222.64 1.151 2,450.04 Belgium 19,506 9.766 1,997.24 8.860 2,201.58 Federal Republic of Germany 64,772 33.750 1,919.14 30.618 2,115.49 Austria 54,536 26.383 2,067.02 23.935 2,278.50 Switzerland 31,576 10.306 3,063.67 9.350 3,377.11 Italy 4,221 0.397 10,607.28 0.361 11,692.52 Thailand 64,743 124.933 518.22 113.338 571.24 China 8,143,795 16,158.893 503.98 14,659.106 555.55 Korea, South 5,312,040 5,790.480 917.37 5,253.037 1,011.23 Hong Kong 211,871 13.972 15,163.00 12.676 16,714.34 Taiwan 212,232 39.873 5,322.58 36.173 5,867.14 Japan 1,116,332 1,339.289 833.53 1,214.983 918.80 South Africa 55,186 131.649 419.19 119.430 462.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 42,894,323 55,238.772 776.53 50,111.786 855.97 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 178,401 278.390 640.83 252.552 706.39 Mexico 17,531 29.386 596.57 26.659 657.60 China 1,327,264 2,018.911 657.42 1,831.526 724.68 Korea, South 149,138 228.719 652.06 207.491 718.77 Japan 10,868 24.082 451.29 21.847 497.46 South Africa 403,370 637.916 632.32 578.708 697.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,086,572 3,217.406 648.53 2,918.783 714.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,961,384 17,330.497 863.30 15,721.967 951.62 Mexico 8,277,845 10,030.119 825.30 9,099.174 909.74 Dominican Republic 159,185 207.975 765.40 188.672 843.71 Colombia 35,916 19.353 1,855.81 17.557 2,045.68 Venezuela 582,151 718.324 810.43 651.653 893.35 Ecuador 35,328 44.994 785.17 40.818 865.50 Chile 51,750 71.976 718.98 65.296 792.54 Brazil 978,922 1,135.293 862.26 1,029.921 950.48 Argentina 112,769 174.565 646.00 158.363 712.09 Sweden 165,391 37.567 4,402.46 34.081 4,852.88 Finland 3,123 3.095 1,008.95 2.808 1,112.18 United Kingdom 301,953 178.441 1,692.17 161.879 1,865.30 Belgium 468,237 218.290 2,145.02 198.030 2,364.48 Luxembourg 9,898 1.655 5,978.24 1.502 6,589.88 France 507,133 293.053 1,730.51 265.854 1,907.56 Federal Republic of Germany 510,018 366.488 1,391.63 332.473 1,534.01 Austria 101,905 46.800 2,177.42 42.457 2,400.19 Czech Republic 266,928 282.996 943.22 256.730 1,039.72 Switzerland 3,077 3.200 961.56 2.903 1,059.94 Poland 372,788 324.448 1,148.99 294.335 1,266.54 Russia 74,005 86.183 858.70 78.184 946.55 Belarus 346,359 386.185 896.87 350.342 988.63 Spain 13,036 6.857 1,900.99 6.221 2,095.48 Italy 102,161 100.399 1,017.54 91.081 1,121.65 Greece 205,570 226.764 906.54 205.717 999.29 Israel 50,787 62.144 817.23 56.377 900.85 India 638,200 875.528 728.93 794.266 803.51 Thailand 284,776 350.661 812.11 318.115 895.20 Malaysia 716,486 942.988 759.80 855.465 837.54 Indonesia 53,542 22.325 2,398.29 20.253 2,643.66 China 10,943,078 13,398.449 816.74 12,154.872 900.30 Korea, South 1,843,413 1,863.472 989.24 1,690.514 1,090.45 Taiwan 601,554 685.575 877.44 621.944 967.22 Japan 3,171,811 3,274.951 968.51 2,970.987 1,067.60 Australia 426,514 474.277 899.29 430.257 991.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 261,158 401.857 649.88 364.559 716.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,638,151 54,647.758 871.73 49,575.627 960.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 124,338 131.363 946.52 119.171 1,043.36 Belgium 71,404 99.351 718.70 90.130 792.23 China 136,258 226.203 602.37 205.208 664.00 Taiwan 859,036 1,305.709 657.91 1,184.520 725.22 Japan 1,544,775 2,341.574 659.72 2,124.241 727.21 Australia 7,175,827 13,647.425 525.80 12,380.740 579.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,911,638 17,751.627 558.35 16,104.010 615.48 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,101,898 13,634.275 740.92 12,368.810 816.72 Netherlands 5,458,499 7,951.041 686.51 7,213.066 756.75 Belgium 354,842 504.990 702.67 458.120 774.56 France 1,724,331 2,265.026 761.29 2,054.798 839.17 Federal Republic of Germany 8,935,723 13,926.112 641.65 12,633.560 707.30 Thailand 23,180 6.283 3,689.22 5.700 4,066.67 China 922,786 1,403.655 657.42 1,273.375 724.68 Taiwan 286,347 337.292 848.96 305.987 935.81 Japan 543,909 598.474 908.83 542.927 1,001.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,351,515 40,627.152 697.85 36,856.343 769.24 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,984,875 4,913.060 811.08 4,457.055 894.06 Netherlands 1,746,625 2,524.561 691.85 2,290.244 762.64 France 326,480 473.309 689.78 429.379 760.35 Federal Republic of Germany 255,207 357.557 713.75 324.371 786.78 Japan 2,790,450 3,536.861 788.96 3,208.588 869.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,103,637 11,805.350 771.14 10,709.637 850.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 16,537,960 29,185.298 566.65 26,476.465 624.63 Mexico 3,294,700 5,779.443 570.07 5,243.024 628.40 Netherlands 7,535,337 14,736.371 511.34 13,368.615 563.66 Belgium 2,862,061 4,357.413 656.83 3,952.980 724.03 France 1,083,412 1,728.491 626.80 1,568.062 690.92 Federal Republic of Germany 694,097 1,296.722 535.27 1,176.367 590.03 Spain 2,295,704 3,295.637 696.59 2,989.753 767.86 Malaysia 98,205 159.394 616.11 144.600 679.15 China 65,147 184.778 352.57 167.628 388.64 Korea, South 30,364,726 64,694.642 469.35 58,690.009 517.37 Japan 272,617 406.400 670.81 368.680 739.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 20,229,415 41,075.789 492.49 37,263.340 542.88 New Zealand 2,982,617 6,198.912 481.15 5,623.560 530.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,315,998 173,099.294 510.20 157,033.083 562.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,504,724 17,330.788 663.83 15,722.231 731.75 Mexico 4,347,986 6,937.730 626.72 6,293.805 690.84 Venezuela 21,006 25.393 827.21 23.037 911.84 Sweden 149,188 232.666 641.21 211.072 706.81 Netherlands 3,946,902 6,723.019 587.07 6,099.022 647.14 Belgium 1,573,208 2,756.518 570.72 2,500.672 629.11 France 21,468 34.899 615.14 31.660 678.08 Federal Republic of Germany 80,887 67.301 1,201.86 61.055 1,324.82 India 55,694 51.817 1,074.81 47.008 1,184.78 China 5,515,777 9,990.817 552.08 9,063.520 608.57 Korea, South 1,352,517 2,122.011 637.37 1,925.057 702.59 Taiwan 4,077,538 7,031.967 579.86 6,379.295 639.18 Japan 2,126,489 3,114.537 682.76 2,825.462 752.62 Australia 7,680,289 15,107.176 508.39 13,705.004 560.40 New Zealand 124,135 229.390 541.15 208.100 596.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,577,808 71,756.036 593.37 65,096.000 654.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,283,123 37,222.111 759.85 33,767.341 837.59 Mexico 5,116,965 5,274.577 970.12 4,785.018 1,069.37 Guatemala 107,819 108.346 995.13 98.290 1,096.95 Colombia 1,352,769 1,664.222 812.85 1,509.758 896.02 Venezuela 10,423 9.904 1,052.37 8.985 1,160.04 Brazil 4,847 6.905 701.86 6.265 773.66 Sweden 91,301 80.214 1,138.22 72.769 1,254.67 Finland 13,384 15.696 852.65 14.240 939.89 United Kingdom 2,016 2.617 770.06 2.375 848.84 Netherlands 1,043,064 1,301.708 801.30 1,180.890 883.29 Luxembourg 18,504 25.275 732.08 22.930 806.98 France 24,759 21.794 1,136.00 19.772 1,252.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,512,926 1,606.803 941.58 1,457.668 1,037.91 Austria 1,007,156 862.181 1,168.15 782.158 1,287.66 Spain 52,416 66.225 791.47 60.079 872.45 Italy 196,856 87.505 2,249.63 79.384 2,479.79 India 18,357,276 22,196.204 827.05 20,136.064 911.66 Thailand 37,339 37.934 984.29 34.414 1,084.99 Indonesia 2,330,601 2,917.724 798.77 2,646.916 880.50 China 17,965,383 27,105.199 662.80 24,589.430 730.61 Korea, South 9,755,285 12,710.655 767.49 11,530.916 846.01 Taiwan 18,402,319 20,384.740 902.75 18,492.731 995.11 Japan 343,146 387.257 886.09 351.314 976.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 230,986 293.959 785.77 266.676 866.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,260,663 134,389.770 790.69 121,916.383 871.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 344,574 502.805 685.30 456.138 755.42 Sweden 2,262 0.435 5,195.07 0.395 5,726.58 Luxembourg 35,762 50.827 703.59 46.110 775.58 Federal Republic of Germany 5,044,356 6,250.169 807.08 5,670.060 889.65 China 242,053 372.293 650.17 337.739 716.69 Korea, South 1,905,822 1,956.803 973.95 1,775.183 1,073.59 Taiwan 522,544 728.600 717.19 660.975 790.57 Japan 1,491,766 2,135.034 698.71 1,936.871 770.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,589,139 11,996.969 799.30 10,883.471 881.07 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 920,970 847.259 1,087.00 768.621 1,198.21 Mexico 3,782,263 4,098.756 922.78 3,718.330 1,017.19 United Kingdom 532,171 132.336 4,021.34 120.054 4,432.76 Netherlands 53,386 52.054 1,025.58 47.223 1,130.51 Belgium 147,408 89.254 1,651.55 80.970 1,820.53 Luxembourg 269,942 378.665 712.88 343.520 785.81 France 2,192,677 2,470.564 887.52 2,241.259 978.32 Federal Republic of Germany 306,789 104.082 2,947.56 94.422 3,249.13 Italy 75,641 19.321 3,914.90 17.528 4,315.44 China 3,137,809 4,091.029 767.00 3,711.321 845.47 Korea, South 2,974,979 4,018.580 740.31 3,645.596 816.05 Taiwan 13,292,146 15,129.636 878.55 13,725.379 968.44 Japan 1,704,205 963.134 1,769.44 873.741 1,950.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,390,386 32,394.675 907.26 29,387.964 1,000.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,823,295 5,765.904 663.09 5,230.742 730.93 Mexico 766,194 986.668 776.55 895.091 856.00 United Kingdom 150,367 359.447 418.33 326.085 461.13 Federal Republic of Germany 18,586 22.185 837.77 20.126 923.48 Italy 2,635 4.150 634.91 3.765 699.87 Japan 24,244 28.042 864.54 25.440 952.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,785,321 7,166.398 667.74 6,501.249 736.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,646,648 2,924.146 905.10 2,652.742 997.70 Mexico 355,286 345.390 1,028.65 313.333 1,133.89 Peru 19,124 18.607 1,027.78 16.880 1,132.94 Brazil 195,594 48.994 3,992.17 44.447 4,400.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 728,012 179.801 4,048.98 163.113 4,463.24 United Kingdom 577,773 247.884 2,330.82 224.877 2,569.28 France 224,867 39.096 5,751.55 35.468 6,340.00 Federal Republic of Germany 6,791,117 4,450.467 1,525.93 4,037.397 1,682.05 Austria 217,390 33.373 6,513.84 30.276 7,180.27 Switzerland 39,558 22.429 1,763.63 20.348 1,944.07 Italy 181,113 77.007 2,351.89 69.860 2,592.51 India 242,431 159.819 1,516.90 144.986 1,672.10 China 236,167 250.513 942.73 227.262 1,039.18 Korea, South 1,037,063 753.459 1,376.40 683.527 1,517.22 Taiwan 636,803 502.324 1,267.71 455.701 1,397.41 Japan 340,593 383.282 888.62 347.708 979.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,469,539 10,436.597 1,386.42 9,467.925 1,528.27 GRAND TOTAL 1,453,798,919 2,158,732.067 673.45 1,958,369.342 742.35 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 22,354 1.704 13,117.21 1.546 14,459.25 United Kingdom 5,770 3.722 1,550.03 3.377 1,708.62 Federal Republic of Germany 69,191 55.798 1,240.00 50.620 1,366.87 Italy 7,911,878 1,510.051 5,239.48 1,369.896 5,775.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,009,193 1,571.277 5,097.25 1,425.439 5,618.76 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Sweden 13,276,745 2,277.423 5,829.72 2,066.044 6,426.17 United Kingdom 22,959,937 5,814.023 3,949.06 5,274.395 4,353.09 Ireland 2,010 1.384 1,451.78 1.256 1,600.32 Czech Republic 5,868 4.042 1,451.69 3.667 1,600.22 Ukraine 3,243,067 581.943 5,572.83 527.930 6,142.99 Spain 2,408,768 490.213 4,913.72 444.714 5,416.44 Italy 6,650,908 1,445.821 4,600.09 1,311.628 5,070.73 China 45,584 3.802 11,986.41 3.450 13,212.75 Taiwan 15,965 5.820 2,743.03 5.280 3,023.67 Japan 13,656 3.581 3,813.03 3.249 4,203.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,622,508 10,628.056 4,574.92 9,641.613 5,042.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 510,260 74.821 6,819.69 67.877 7,517.42 United Kingdom 2,969,128 553.639 5,362.93 502.253 5,911.62 France 1,697,986 297.260 5,712.12 269.670 6,296.53 Federal Republic of Germany 137,517 60.921 2,257.28 55.267 2,488.23 Italy 728,929 262.779 2,773.91 238.390 3,057.72 India 744,442 117.429 6,339.50 106.530 6,988.10 China 914,854 389.998 2,345.79 353.801 2,585.79 Korea, South 7,709 1.651 4,668.55 1.498 5,146.19 Taiwan 3,150,779 544.193 5,789.82 493.684 6,382.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,861,604 2,302.694 4,716.91 2,088.970 5,199.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 187,545 15.000 12,502.79 13.608 13,781.97 Switzerland 40,430 3.926 10,296.88 3.562 11,350.36 Italy 658,628 95.584 6,890.52 86.713 7,595.49 India 1,060,470 189.106 5,607.78 171.555 6,181.52 Japan 178,772 29.363 6,088.27 26.638 6,711.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,125,845 332.981 6,384.27 302.076 7,037.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 79,194 11.822 6,698.70 10.725 7,384.06 Brazil 3,446 0.685 5,025.98 0.622 5,540.19 Sweden 2,098,501 303.933 6,904.47 275.724 7,610.88 Finland 124,167 21.173 5,864.35 19.208 6,464.34 United Kingdom 69,867 12.692 5,504.80 11.514 6,068.00 Netherlands 18,539 2.530 7,325.04 2.296 8,074.48 Belgium 13,555,966 1,620.025 8,367.75 1,469.663 9,223.86 France 4,371,420 477.446 9,155.84 433.132 10,092.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,645,643 365.618 4,500.98 331.684 4,961.48 Austria 157,217 28.293 5,556.74 25.667 6,125.26 Spain 2,629 0.535 4,907.39 0.486 5,409.47 Italy 2,384,274 459.521 5,188.60 416.871 5,719.45 Slovenia 257,676 42.207 6,104.98 38.290 6,729.59 China 15,153,224 2,757.662 5,494.95 2,501.710 6,057.15 Korea, South 574,938 111.078 5,175.95 100.769 5,705.50 Taiwan 16,858,917 1,776.293 9,491.06 1,611.427 10,462.10 Japan 2,912,914 412.890 7,054.93 374.568 7,776.73 South Africa 5,830,410 2,244.345 2,597.82 2,036.037 2,863.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,098,942 10,648.757 6,207.20 9,660.393 6,842.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 189,475 39.550 4,790.66 35.880 5,280.80 Sweden 15,491,412 1,995.967 7,761.35 1,810.712 8,555.43 Finland 151,825 25.320 5,996.23 22.970 6,609.71 Belgium 4,042,351 805.837 5,016.33 731.044 5,529.56 Federal Republic of Germany 6,532,570 1,064.033 6,139.44 965.275 6,767.57 China 1,045,034 285.271 3,663.30 258.794 4,038.09 Korea, South 98,346 4.779 20,576.11 4.336 22,681.27 South Africa 295,617 182.357 1,621.08 165.432 1,786.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,846,630 4,403.118 6,324.30 3,994.443 6,971.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,252 0.972 11,573.29 0.882 12,757.37 Sweden 486,836 94.142 5,171.25 85.405 5,700.32 Finland 8,187 5.675 1,442.44 5.149 1,590.02 United Kingdom 208,327 43.754 4,761.32 39.693 5,248.46 Netherlands 6,165 0.913 6,746.44 0.829 7,436.67 Belgium 20,458 22.218 920.78 20.156 1,014.98 France 177,084 28.814 6,145.68 26.140 6,774.45 Federal Republic of Germany 883,423 251.917 3,506.79 228.536 3,865.57 Austria 679,175 125.808 5,398.46 114.132 5,950.79 Switzerland 505,652 62.361 8,108.46 56.573 8,938.04 Poland 44,637 12.261 3,640.57 11.123 4,013.04 Portugal 710,117 131.264 5,409.83 119.081 5,963.31 Italy 4,441,727 550.246 8,072.26 499.175 8,898.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,856,038 325.886 5,695.36 295.639 6,278.06 China 140,884 28.516 4,940.39 25.870 5,445.84 Korea, South 17,770 1.474 12,048.34 1.338 13,281.02 Taiwan 2,034,715 443.805 4,584.70 402.614 5,053.76 Japan 219,919 29.999 7,330.78 27.215 8,080.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,452,366 2,160.033 5,764.89 1,959.550 6,354.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 38,280 21.749 1,760.02 19.731 1,940.09 United Kingdom 21,079 4.873 4,325.39 4.421 4,767.93 Switzerland 9,641 1.099 8,772.49 0.997 9,670.01 Italy 40,347 9.902 4,074.61 8.983 4,491.48 India 1,675,680 355.174 4,717.91 322.209 5,200.60 China 49,144 13.506 3,638.51 12.253 4,010.77 Japan 120,455 19.273 6,249.64 17.485 6,889.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,954,626 425.579 4,592.86 386.079 5,062.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 117,251 13.713 8,549.82 12.441 9,424.56 Mexico 14,647 6.750 2,169.75 6.124 2,391.74 Brazil 127,014 15.833 8,021.80 14.364 8,842.52 Sweden 506,552 86.303 5,869.44 78.293 6,469.95 Norway 2,679 0.330 8,101.16 0.300 8,930.00 Denmark 116,905 6.885 16,979.58 6.246 18,716.78 United Kingdom 913,441 199.485 4,578.99 180.970 5,047.47 Netherlands 44,789 6.370 7,030.96 5.779 7,750.30 France 3,383,129 391.334 8,645.10 355.013 9,529.59 Federal Republic of Germany 3,861,608 848.693 4,550.06 769.922 5,015.58 Austria 129,373 26.494 4,883.10 24.035 5,382.69 Czech Republic 622,607 66.160 9,410.53 60.020 10,373.33 Switzerland 273,808 72.668 3,767.89 65.924 4,153.39 Latvia 727,534 96.621 7,529.70 87.654 8,300.07 Lithuania 115,994 17.073 6,793.73 15.489 7,488.80 Russia 155,790 61.091 2,550.12 55.421 2,811.03 Ukraine 1,695,535 232.156 7,303.41 210.609 8,050.63 Spain 7,906 4.055 1,949.50 3.679 2,148.95 Italy 17,075,655 2,244.824 7,606.68 2,036.471 8,384.92 Slovenia 320,738 109.862 2,919.44 99.666 3,218.13 Saudi Arabia 481,291 201.252 2,391.48 182.573 2,636.16 United Arab Emirates 370,987 93.344 3,974.37 84.681 4,380.99 India 6,065,172 1,236.712 4,904.27 1,121.927 5,406.03 China 633,298 108.005 5,863.57 97.981 6,463.48 Korea, South 51,673 24.551 2,104.65 22.273 2,319.98 Taiwan 10,869,897 2,246.909 4,837.71 2,038.363 5,332.66 Japan 37,674 10.046 3,749.98 9.114 4,133.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 48,722,947 8,427.533 5,781.40 7,645.332 6,372.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 62,317 48.996 1,271.86 44.449 1,401.99 Norway 1,162,221 16.865 68,911.73 15.300 75,962.16 United Kingdom 108,035 4.286 25,201.27 3.889 27,779.63 France 738,000 115.742 6,376.21 105.000 7,028.57 Federal Republic of Germany 5,845,540 4,065.901 1,437.70 3,688.525 1,584.79 Greece 8,279 7.209 1,148.41 6.540 1,265.90 China 1,636,278 772.603 2,117.88 700.894 2,334.56 Japan 15,079,971 3,503.835 4,303.85 3,178.627 4,744.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,640,641 8,535.440 2,886.86 7,743.224 3,182.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 27,889 23.454 1,189.04 21.278 1,310.70 Norway 3,251 0.950 3,421.41 0.862 3,771.46 France 788,902 173.062 4,558.47 157.000 5,024.85 Austria 1,846,329 1,629.486 1,133.07 1,478.246 1,249.00 Switzerland 9,451 9.921 952.54 9.001 1,049.99 Italy 13,221 0.868 15,220.68 0.788 16,777.92 China 87,904 98.564 891.84 89.416 983.09 Korea, South 32,102 50.190 639.60 45.532 705.04 Taiwan 28,616 52.225 547.93 47.378 603.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,837,665 2,038.725 1,391.88 1,849.501 1,534.29 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 200,225 138.034 1,450.54 125.223 1,598.95 Mexico 1,166,951 949.390 1,229.16 861.273 1,354.91 Denmark 3,607 3.786 952.61 3.435 1,050.07 United Kingdom 7,073 7.425 952.57 6.736 1,050.03 Korea, South 296,850 463.235 640.82 420.240 706.38 Taiwan 13,493 24.624 547.95 22.339 604.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,688,199 1,586.496 1,064.10 1,439.246 1,172.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,039,295 1,796.909 8,369.54 1,630.129 9,225.83 Mexico 360,448 113.316 3,180.90 102.799 3,506.34 Uruguay 271,923 91.970 2,956.64 83.434 3,259.14 Sweden 2,134,291 191.549 11,142.23 173.771 12,282.20 Finland 479,124 89.742 5,338.88 81.413 5,885.10 Denmark 102,407 12.000 8,533.31 10.887 9,406.36 United Kingdom 629,587 22.564 27,901.90 20.470 30,756.57 Ireland 24,076 2.282 10,546.30 2.071 11,625.30 Netherlands 31,871 7.327 4,349.77 6.647 4,794.79 Belgium 11,608 1.273 9,117.41 1.155 10,050.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 7,883,755 928.960 8,486.64 842.739 9,354.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,630,543 422.574 8,591.49 383.353 9,470.50 Austria 2,034,557 198.848 10,231.72 180.392 11,278.53 Czech Republic 5,342,521 256.872 20,798.33 233.031 22,926.22 Slovakia 314,802 39.431 7,983.44 35.772 8,800.23 Switzerland 162,696 29.367 5,539.95 26.642 6,106.75 Russia 219,166 39.826 5,503.02 36.130 6,066.04 Ukraine 6,402 0.303 21,119.27 0.275 23,280.00 Spain 8,244,564 596.241 13,827.57 540.901 15,242.28 Italy 1,676,007 311.032 5,388.53 282.164 5,939.83 India 4,610,750 183.699 25,099.48 166.649 27,667.43 Thailand 1,439,431 325.310 4,424.79 295.117 4,877.49 Malaysia 1,336,869 261.536 5,111.60 237.262 5,634.57 Singapore 543,230 99.446 5,462.56 90.216 6,021.44 China 30,550,389 4,810.872 6,350.28 4,364.351 6,999.98 Korea, South 6,054,127 882.945 6,856.74 800.995 7,558.26 Taiwan 15,657,450 2,544.220 6,154.12 2,308.079 6,783.76 Japan 12,153,166 1,366.466 8,893.86 1,239.638 9,803.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,945,055 15,626.892 7,739.55 14,176.482 8,531.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 685,912 120.836 5,676.37 109.621 6,257.12 Brazil 5,446 0.358 15,201.63 0.325 16,756.92 Sweden 2,304,260 210.283 10,957.88 190.766 12,078.99 United Kingdom 317,950 46.356 6,858.79 42.054 7,560.52 Ireland 14,743 2.044 7,210.04 1.855 7,947.71 Netherlands 59,670 1.509 39,541.07 1.369 43,586.56 Belgium 37,205 2.732 13,615.09 2.479 15,008.07 France 2,039,839 164.408 12,407.13 149.149 13,676.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,205,874 107.772 11,189.02 97.770 12,333.78 Switzerland 526,432 59.342 8,871.02 53.835 9,778.62 Spain 110,824 6.369 17,400.12 5.778 19,180.34 Italy 1,039,045 148.309 7,005.93 134.544 7,722.72 India 7,496,936 1,520.722 4,929.85 1,379.577 5,434.23 Thailand 93,240 39.640 2,352.16 35.961 2,592.81 Vietnam 101,624 20.848 4,874.52 18.913 5,373.24 China 3,141,282 632.213 4,968.70 573.535 5,477.05 Korea, South 5,403,555 803.349 6,726.28 728.787 7,414.45 Hong Kong 288,453 42.865 6,729.25 38.887 7,417.72 Taiwan 2,032,584 277.565 7,322.91 251.803 8,072.12 Japan 668,042 70.122 9,526.80 63.614 10,501.49 Australia 253,356 59.409 4,264.60 53.895 4,700.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,826,272 4,337.061 6,415.93 3,934.517 7,072.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 61,078 12.175 5,016.66 11.045 5,529.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 109,872 22.955 4,786.28 20.825 5,275.97 Sweden 126,630 20.886 6,062.74 18.948 6,683.03 Belgium 178,969 36.530 4,899.15 33.140 5,400.39 France 100,721 52.514 1,917.98 47.640 2,114.21 Federal Republic of Germany 77,197 13.052 5,914.36 11.841 6,519.47 Italy 366,749 74.450 4,926.11 67.540 5,430.10 China 2,025,134 427.469 4,737.49 387.794 5,222.19 Korea, South 41,777 15.455 2,703.05 14.021 2,979.60 Taiwan 105,364 20.349 5,177.65 18.461 5,707.38 Japan 1,180,379 1,092.644 1,080.30 991.231 1,190.82 South Africa 2,082,348 1,324.406 1,572.29 1,201.482 1,733.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,456,218 3,112.890 2,074.03 2,823.968 2,286.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 196,801 95.719 2,056.02 86.835 2,266.38 Mexico 21,719,208 7,114.730 3,052.71 6,454.377 3,365.04 Brazil 6,268,272 1,412.812 4,436.73 1,281.682 4,890.66 Sweden 2,717,610 366.331 7,418.45 332.330 8,177.44 Finland 1,204,919 220.806 5,456.91 200.312 6,015.21 United Kingdom 534,482 44.542 11,999.46 40.408 13,227.13 Belgium 9,019,661 1,650.880 5,463.55 1,497.654 6,022.53 France 2,859,533 1,265.267 2,260.02 1,147.832 2,491.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,886,150 322.863 5,841.94 292.897 6,439.64 Austria 22,200 0.651 34,077.00 0.591 37,563.45 Switzerland 208,143 21.170 9,831.52 19.206 10,837.39 Italy 11,149,195 2,234.389 4,989.82 2,027.005 5,500.33 Romania 152,471 22.284 6,842.08 20.216 7,542.10 India 920,194 225.648 4,078.00 204.705 4,495.22 Thailand 215,597 46.633 4,623.24 42.305 5,096.25 Indonesia 1,419,007 296.548 4,785.08 269.024 5,274.65 China 34,820,643 7,808.506 4,459.32 7,083.760 4,915.56 Korea, South 609,051 131.895 4,617.66 119.654 5,090.10 Taiwan 8,587,513 1,303.267 6,589.22 1,182.305 7,263.37 Japan 947,004 425.242 2,226.97 385.774 2,454.82 South Africa 4,574,064 839.016 5,451.70 761.143 6,009.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,031,718 25,849.209 4,256.68 23,450.015 4,692.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,670 0.352 7,569.32 0.320 8,343.75 Italy 126,414 14.165 8,923.89 12.851 9,836.90 Taiwan 109,016 20.005 5,449.21 18.149 6,006.72 Japan 91,640 43.666 2,098.61 39.614 2,313.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 329,740 78.191 4,217.09 70.934 4,648.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 27/09/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 50,101 28.063 1,785.26 25.459 1,967.91 Mexico 3,474,675 1,194.319 2,909.33 1,083.469 3,206.99 Sweden 2,949,250 258.135 11,425.18 234.177 12,594.11 United Kingdom 587,841 81.262 7,233.87 73.720 7,973.97 Belgium 3,270,187 734.855 4,450.11 666.650 4,905.40 France 445,630 124.452 3,580.74 112.901 3,947.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,410,378 157.956 8,928.89 143.296 9,842.41 Austria 13,686 2.136 6,406.47 1.938 7,061.92 Italy 127,860 17.893 7,145.49 16.233 7,876.55 India 582,282 92.720 6,279.94 84.115 6,922.45 Malaysia 42,177 12.175 3,464.22 11.045 3,818.65 Indonesia 958,147 152.075 6,300.45 137.961 6,945.06 China 619,335 128.581 4,816.68 116.647 5,309.48 Korea, South 663,351 221.391 2,996.28 200.843 3,302.83 Taiwan 740,491 150.680 4,914.32 136.695 5,417.10 Japan 3,417,761 446.272 7,658.46 404.852 8,442.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,353,152 3,802.974 5,088.95 3,450.001 5,609.61 GRAND TOTAL 540,803,321 105,867.913 5,108.28 96,041.783 5,630.92