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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 141,309 186.788 756.52 169.452 833.92 Mexico 5,747 5.081 1,130.93 4.610 1,246.64 Brazil 26,133 55.615 469.88 50.454 517.96 Sweden 270,048 74.497 3,624.93 67.583 3,995.80 United Kingdom 14,618 5.576 2,621.31 5.059 2,889.50 Belgium 431,799 423.844 1,018.77 384.505 1,123.00 France 314,069 532.617 589.67 483.183 650.00 Federal Republic of Germany 399,240 245.335 1,627.32 222.565 1,793.81 Italy 4,931,171 1,678.768 2,937.37 1,522.954 3,237.90 India 37,571 26.732 1,405.46 24.251 1,549.26 China 6,132 1.565 3,917.51 1.420 4,318.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,577,837 3,236.424 2,032.44 2,936.036 2,240.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 41,794,283 91,520.843 456.66 83,026.336 503.39 Mexico 40,326,982 60,701.992 664.34 55,067.937 732.31 Brazil 8,581,147 16,164.044 530.88 14,663.779 585.19 Sweden 14,808,028 2,596.885 5,702.22 2,355.856 6,285.63 United Kingdom 24,217,074 6,623.399 3,656.29 6,008.649 4,030.37 Belgium 1,345,569 1,540.021 873.73 1,397.084 963.13 France 1,250,333 100.176 12,481.25 90.879 13,758.22 Federal Republic of Germany 2,484,457 4,433.511 560.38 4,022.015 617.71 Czech Republic 7,670 5.284 1,451.42 4.794 1,599.92 Switzerland 141,920 353.840 401.08 320.999 442.12 Russia 21,024,683 44,682.242 470.54 40,535.060 518.68 Ukraine 32,684,369 78,199.857 417.96 70,941.737 460.72 Spain 1,953,879 403.354 4,844.08 365.917 5,339.68 Italy 24,173,530 46,750.600 517.07 42,411.443 569.98 China 173,151 174.649 991.42 158.439 1,092.86 Korea, South 19,058 47.658 399.89 43.235 440.80 Taiwan 10,350 4.692 2,205.63 4.257 2,431.29 Japan 13,358 9.203 1,451.45 8.349 1,599.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 215,009,841 354,312.258 606.84 321,426.765 668.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,313,605 38,401.820 581.06 34,837.555 640.50 Mexico 1,023,025 1,984.931 515.40 1,800.700 568.13 Brazil 6,417,748 11,442.371 560.88 10,380.348 618.26 Sweden 1,141,156 215.415 5,297.46 195.422 5,839.44 United Kingdom 1,161,621 604.519 1,921.56 548.411 2,118.16 Belgium 18,368 22.346 821.98 20.272 906.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,560,802 316.848 4,926.02 287.440 5,430.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,370,923 2,766.883 856.89 2,510.075 944.56 Austria 15,372 2.548 6,031.68 2.312 6,648.79 Spain 676,146 915.170 738.82 830.229 814.41 Italy 439,458 178.794 2,457.89 162.200 2,709.36 India 58,194 18.008 3,231.48 16.337 3,562.10 Malaysia 18,332 23.340 785.42 21.174 865.78 China 1,230,235 1,197.835 1,027.05 1,086.658 1,132.13 Korea, South 1,062,694 2,207.185 481.47 2,002.326 530.73 Taiwan 1,509,882 367.490 4,108.63 333.382 4,528.98 Japan 7,512,258 11,745.954 639.56 10,655.754 705.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,529,819 72,411.465 670.20 65,690.595 738.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,918,769 12,894.580 769.22 11,697.770 847.92 Mexico 3,737,520 5,699.438 655.77 5,170.445 722.86 Peru 103,406 185.604 557.13 168.378 614.13 Brazil 220,944 406.587 543.41 368.850 599.01 Norway 414,299 422.195 981.30 383.009 1,081.70 United Kingdom 6,704,979 8,195.046 818.17 7,434.423 901.88 Luxembourg 2,404,416 3,845.416 625.27 3,488.504 689.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,240,572 1,123.995 1,103.72 1,019.672 1,216.64 Russia 3,146 1.604 1,960.17 1.456 2,160.71 Spain 5,505 2.978 1,848.28 2.702 2,037.38 Italy 3,572,944 3,515.279 1,016.40 3,189.009 1,120.39 Turkey 28,876 48.939 590.04 44.397 650.40 India 581,241 115.303 5,040.95 104.602 5,556.69 China 10,881,790 18,504.138 588.07 16,786.677 648.24 Korea, South 1,346,244 1,876.051 717.59 1,701.926 791.01 Taiwan 84,574 131.375 643.76 119.182 709.62 Japan 760,750 790.775 962.03 717.380 1,060.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,009,975 57,759.312 727.33 52,398.382 801.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 419,199 444.730 942.59 403.453 1,039.03 Luxembourg 3,440,165 3,360.067 1,023.84 3,048.203 1,128.59 Federal Republic of Germany 92,710 35.584 2,605.33 32.282 2,871.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,952,074 3,840.383 1,029.08 3,483.938 1,134.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 26,482,580 29,460.853 898.91 26,726.444 990.88 Mexico 16,869 22.416 752.52 20.336 829.51 Brazil 2,635,164 2,277.705 1,156.94 2,066.300 1,275.31 Sweden 7,049,331 4,283.653 1,645.64 3,886.066 1,814.00 Finland 833,763 527.665 1,580.10 478.690 1,741.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 2,000,392 1,746.220 1,145.56 1,584.145 1,262.76 Netherlands 26,648 3.669 7,261.84 3.329 8,004.81 Belgium 10,615,373 3,135.461 3,385.59 2,844.444 3,731.97 France 10,018,907 2,464.765 4,064.85 2,235.998 4,480.73 Federal Republic of Germany 7,134,835 3,441.905 2,072.93 3,122.445 2,285.02 Austria 3,543,423 3,067.646 1,155.09 2,782.923 1,273.27 Czech Republic 140,886 251.152 560.96 227.842 618.35 Russia 614,550 1,072.555 572.98 973.006 631.60 Ukraine 943,451 1,144.274 824.50 1,038.069 908.85 Spain 2,661 0.255 10,405.26 0.232 11,469.83 Italy 527,593 136.200 3,873.65 123.559 4,269.97 Romania 2,825,395 4,046.709 698.20 3,671.114 769.63 Malaysia 1,253,961 2,490.123 503.57 2,259.003 555.09 China 15,000,860 13,322.309 1,126.00 12,085.799 1,241.20 Korea, South 5,189,615 5,525.989 939.13 5,013.095 1,035.21 Taiwan 1,169,500 420.532 2,781.00 381.501 3,065.52 Japan 5,638,298 2,465.468 2,286.91 2,236.636 2,520.88 Australia 1,322,869 1,831.342 722.35 1,661.366 796.25 South Africa 6,634,259 6,185.327 1,072.58 5,611.236 1,182.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,621,183 89,324.204 1,249.62 81,033.578 1,377.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 20,081,563 35,999.813 557.82 32,658.491 614.90 Mexico 755,907 1,481.796 510.13 1,344.264 562.32 Sweden 1,657,290 326.184 5,080.83 295.910 5,600.66 Finland 247,175 160.011 1,544.73 145.160 1,702.78 United Kingdom 54,853 49.096 1,117.24 44.540 1,231.54 Netherlands 10,444,415 19,923.042 524.24 18,073.885 577.87 Belgium 72,055 66.414 1,084.93 60.250 1,195.93 Luxembourg 1,578,555 2,315.590 681.71 2,100.669 751.45 France 1,846,802 3,678.841 502.01 3,337.390 553.37 Federal Republic of Germany 607,001 316.005 1,920.86 286.675 2,117.38 China 1,182,941 315.368 3,750.97 286.098 4,134.74 Korea, South 1,086,906 2,112.821 514.43 1,916.720 567.07 Japan 1,754,976 2,624.417 668.71 2,380.832 737.13 Australia 1,921,364 3,912.013 491.14 3,548.920 541.39 New Zealand 1,757,081 3,698.473 475.08 3,355.200 523.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,048,884 76,979.893 585.20 69,835.004 645.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 99,990 95.276 1,049.48 86.433 1,156.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,217 0.810 3,970.63 0.735 4,376.87 Czech Republic 179,821 229.389 783.91 208.099 864.11 Spain 174,004 204.571 850.58 185.584 937.60 Korea, South 545,846 813.096 671.32 737.629 740.00 Japan 8,685,102 13,263.787 654.80 12,032.709 721.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 9,687,980 14,606.931 663.25 13,251.189 731.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 69,800 90.000 775.55 81.647 854.90 Austria 132,151 145.650 907.32 132.132 1,000.14 Spain 110,370 103.781 1,063.48 94.149 1,172.29 China 564,687 614.648 918.72 557.600 1,012.71 Korea, South 93,274 124.558 748.83 112.998 825.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 970,282 1,078.639 899.54 978.526 991.58 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 500,540 426.975 1,172.29 387.346 1,292.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,387 4.038 591.01 3.664 651.47 Switzerland 70,479 46.050 1,530.48 41.776 1,687.07 Poland 26,066 17.237 1,512.13 15.638 1,666.84 India 33,565 37.970 883.98 34.446 974.42 China 257,115 297.703 863.66 270.072 952.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 890,152 829.976 1,072.50 752.942 1,182.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 30,310,428 42,269.294 717.08 38,346.070 790.44 Mexico 3,355,698 4,954.031 677.37 4,494.223 746.67 Peru 292,631 523.637 558.84 475.036 616.02 Brazil 644,901 319.577 2,017.98 289.916 2,224.44 Sweden 3,317,244 970.906 3,416.65 880.792 3,766.21 Finland 202,547 174.921 1,157.93 158.686 1,276.40 United Kingdom 9,077,647 12,261.499 740.34 11,123.448 816.08 Netherlands 187,108 109.257 1,712.54 99.117 1,887.75 Belgium 124,740 179.191 696.13 162.560 767.35 France 1,748,549 377.307 4,634.28 342.288 5,108.41 Federal Republic of Germany 2,133,957 1,285.560 1,659.94 1,166.241 1,829.77 Austria 677,374 115.197 5,880.14 104.505 6,481.74 Czech Republic 2,018,975 2,178.631 926.72 1,976.422 1,021.53 Switzerland 88,859 8.426 10,545.73 7.644 11,624.67 Poland 45,272 11.341 3,991.65 10.289 4,400.04 Russia 5,379 2.705 1,988.49 2.454 2,191.93 Ukraine 220,452 120.151 1,834.78 109.000 2,022.50 Spain 1,226,566 943.601 1,299.88 856.021 1,432.87 Portugal 743,613 173.200 4,293.36 157.125 4,732.62 Italy 2,097,200 475.662 4,409.01 431.514 4,860.10 Slovenia 43,547 21.803 1,997.23 19.780 2,201.57 Turkey 3,936,669 4,927.499 798.92 4,470.154 880.66 India 1,489,126 695.964 2,139.66 631.369 2,358.57 China 12,461,572 14,500.117 859.41 13,154.289 947.34 Korea, South 547,410 612.133 894.27 555.318 985.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,183,067 1,190.516 1,833.71 1,080.019 2,021.32 Japan 10,004,328 12,194.729 820.38 11,062.876 904.32 South Africa 170,451 147.473 1,155.81 133.786 1,274.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,355,310 101,744.343 878.23 92,300.942 968.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,087,219 8,467.144 718.92 7,681.266 792.48 Mexico 3,209,205 4,875.022 658.30 4,422.547 725.65 Peru 505,156 911.023 554.49 826.467 611.22 Brazil 203,476 380.183 535.20 344.897 589.96 United Kingdom 24,089 3.341 7,209.89 3.031 7,947.54 Italy 341,385 54.357 6,280.41 49.312 6,922.96 Turkey 277,946 476.471 583.34 432.248 643.02 India 2,773,648 636.925 4,354.75 577.809 4,800.29 China 208,483 352.697 591.11 319.962 651.59 Korea, South 184,215 355.775 517.78 322.754 570.76 Taiwan 212,372 408.616 519.73 370.691 572.91 Japan 1,803,496 3,362.197 536.40 3,050.135 591.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,830,690 20,283.755 780.46 18,401.119 860.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 275,652 536.005 514.27 486.256 566.89 Mexico 20,537,959 30,247.459 679.00 27,440.041 748.47 Dominican Republic 2,080,853 3,550.110 586.14 3,220.607 646.11 Belgium 433,935 476.220 911.21 432.020 1,004.43 Federal Republic of Germany 177,538 159.335 1,114.24 144.547 1,228.24 Switzerland 389,614 707.021 551.06 641.399 607.44 Turkey 12,068,951 22,591.083 534.24 20,494.292 588.89 India 13,364 23.578 566.79 21.390 624.78 Taiwan 1,151,620 2,199.542 523.57 1,995.392 577.14 Japan 3,032,144 6,519.116 465.12 5,914.045 512.70 Australia 70,082 72.959 960.56 66.188 1,058.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,231,712 67,082.433 599.74 60,856.177 661.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,444,373 4,473.649 1,440.52 4,058.428 1,587.90 Mexico 107,786 74.876 1,439.51 67.927 1,586.79 Brazil 5,160 0.956 5,392.94 0.868 5,944.70 Sweden 446,899 122.937 3,635.17 111.527 4,007.09 Denmark 13,047 9.140 1,427.41 8.292 1,573.44 United Kingdom 4,187,273 1,646.022 2,543.87 1,493.247 2,804.14 Netherlands 33,213 6.704 4,954.02 6.082 5,460.87 France 5,057,393 2,371.376 2,132.68 2,151.277 2,350.88 Federal Republic of Germany 7,023,314 4,264.239 1,647.03 3,868.454 1,815.54 Austria 441,142 54.670 8,069.15 49.596 8,894.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 190,179 30.219 6,293.18 27.415 6,937.04 Switzerland 117,978 16.902 6,979.78 15.334 7,693.88 Latvia 313,351 50.795 6,168.86 46.081 6,800.00 Russia 4,331,654 5,866.598 738.36 5,322.090 813.90 Ukraine 5,290,076 3,353.185 1,577.63 3,041.960 1,739.04 Spain 652,427 650.171 1,003.47 589.826 1,106.13 Italy 11,134,067 1,942.454 5,731.96 1,762.166 6,318.40 Slovenia 312,669 92.864 3,366.95 84.245 3,711.43 Romania 125,938 39.467 3,190.96 35.804 3,517.43 Saudi Arabia 125,169 55.672 2,248.32 50.505 2,478.35 United Arab Emirates 91,645 37.667 2,433.03 34.171 2,681.95 India 5,354,869 1,279.182 4,186.17 1,160.455 4,614.46 Malaysia 43,919 65.846 666.99 59.735 735.23 China 2,281,422 1,512.013 1,508.86 1,371.676 1,663.24 Korea, South 499,170 397.696 1,255.15 360.784 1,383.57 Taiwan 6,028,887 1,764.054 3,417.63 1,600.324 3,767.29 Japan 781,056 593.085 1,316.94 538.038 1,451.67 South Africa 182,068 237.746 765.81 215.680 844.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,616,144 31,010.198 1,986.96 28,131.987 2,190.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 959,978 458.306 2,094.62 415.769 2,308.92 Mexico 176,486 104.351 1,691.27 94.666 1,864.30 Brazil 3,237,928 1,075.208 3,011.44 975.413 3,319.55 Sweden 3,945,403 1,661.288 2,374.91 1,507.096 2,617.88 United Kingdom 473,145 107.151 4,415.67 97.206 4,867.45 Netherlands 208,472 153.066 1,361.97 138.860 1,501.31 France 4,300,023 4,059.040 1,059.37 3,682.301 1,167.75 Federal Republic of Germany 6,606,005 2,670.755 2,473.46 2,422.869 2,726.52 Austria 4,377,008 628.962 6,959.10 570.585 7,671.09 Czech Republic 82,278 21.630 3,803.77 19.623 4,192.94 Switzerland 50,809 19.885 2,555.05 18.040 2,816.46 Russia 649,296 394.907 1,644.17 358.254 1,812.39 Ukraine 1,245,537 247.953 5,023.26 224.940 5,537.20 Spain 1,134,023 629.836 1,800.50 571.378 1,984.72 Italy 14,277 3.634 3,928.38 3.297 4,330.30 Slovenia 1,896,280 612.953 3,093.68 556.062 3,410.20 China 6,013,053 1,273.225 4,722.69 1,155.051 5,205.88 Korea, South 450,276 255.816 1,760.15 232.073 1,940.23 Taiwan 2,190,882 769.165 2,848.39 697.775 3,139.81 Japan 4,549,870 3,476.950 1,308.58 3,154.237 1,442.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,561,029 18,624.089 2,285.27 16,895.495 2,519.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,569,524 28,198.171 835.85 25,580.958 921.37 Mexico 4,332,713 4,919.321 880.75 4,462.735 970.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 292,975 252.753 1,159.13 229.294 1,277.73 Colombia 273,022 193.562 1,410.51 175.597 1,554.82 Venezuela 841,957 903.045 932.35 819.229 1,027.74 Chile 292,631 248.442 1,177.86 225.383 1,298.37 Argentina 273,626 93.921 2,913.35 85.204 3,211.42 Sweden 13,094 9.543 1,371.99 8.658 1,512.36 United Kingdom 13,034 12.266 1,062.57 11.128 1,171.28 France 372,221 177.122 2,101.49 160.683 2,316.49 Federal Republic of Germany 1,678,784 828.379 2,026.59 751.493 2,233.93 Slovakia 194,770 140.197 1,389.26 127.185 1,531.39 Switzerland 212,505 128.509 1,653.61 116.582 1,822.79 Russia 1,112,393 1,416.307 785.42 1,284.853 865.77 Ukraine 61,464 42.520 1,445.51 38.574 1,593.40 Spain 1,686,313 875.959 1,925.10 794.657 2,122.06 Italy 336,798 132.211 2,547.42 119.940 2,808.05 Romania 9,576 0.878 10,899.88 0.797 12,015.06 United Arab Emirates 58,485 78.519 744.84 71.232 821.05 Oman 762,919 1,107.849 688.65 1,005.024 759.11 India 2,362,956 2,695.129 876.75 2,444.981 966.45 Vietnam 142,228 242.544 586.40 220.033 646.39 Malaysia 85,781 160.866 533.24 145.936 587.80 China 16,593,239 22,072.490 751.76 20,023.832 828.67 Korea, South 2,837,126 3,512.631 807.69 3,186.607 890.33 Hong Kong 16,869 23.008 733.16 20.873 808.17 Taiwan 2,367,122 3,762.485 629.14 3,413.270 693.51 Japan 3,823,035 3,403.497 1,123.27 3,087.602 1,238.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,617,160 75,632.137 854.36 68,612.340 941.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 18,862,494 15,395.573 1,225.19 13,966.633 1,350.54 Mexico 2,191,544 1,405.747 1,558.99 1,275.273 1,718.49 Colombia 12,407,406 9,704.078 1,278.58 8,803.394 1,409.39 Venezuela 3,769,226 4,395.493 857.52 3,987.526 945.25 Brazil 1,954,454 1,915.103 1,020.55 1,737.353 1,124.96 Argentina 4,363,280 2,740.016 1,592.43 2,485.702 1,755.35 Sweden 42,902 8.938 4,799.61 8.109 5,290.66 United Kingdom 1,344,184 86.276 15,579.90 78.269 17,173.90 France 1,453,288 912.929 1,591.89 828.196 1,754.76 Federal Republic of Germany 10,310,739 6,699.216 1,539.10 6,077.429 1,696.56 Austria 19,330,945 12,287.828 1,573.18 11,147.334 1,734.13 Russia 2,674,348 4,255.478 628.45 3,860.506 692.75 Ukraine 131,950 63.515 2,077.46 57.620 2,290.00 Spain 590,020 348.452 1,693.26 316.111 1,866.50 Italy 3,425 0.121 28,246.44 0.110 31,136.36 Greece 3,507,462 5,243.880 668.87 4,757.170 737.30 Romania 1,561,637 1,144.560 1,364.40 1,038.328 1,503.99 Turkey 1,945,486 2,149.429 905.12 1,949.930 997.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 119,893 84.370 1,421.02 76.540 1,566.41 China 89,870,348 100,114.034 897.68 90,821.950 989.52 Korea, South 13,225,094 18,125.958 729.62 16,443.598 804.27 Japan 14,663,032 3,173.817 4,620.00 2,879.240 5,092.67 South Africa 767,990 933.161 823.00 846.550 907.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 205,091,147 191,187.984 1,072.72 173,442.871 1,182.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 65,078,547 52,002.860 1,251.44 47,176.215 1,379.48 United Kingdom 27,486,582 20,103.499 1,367.25 18,237.593 1,507.14 Federal Republic of Germany 36,511,075 25,992.189 1,404.69 23,579.724 1,548.41 Czech Republic 146,654 92.847 1,579.51 84.230 1,741.11 Poland 430,053 288.702 1,489.60 261.907 1,642.01 Spain 68,655 33.620 2,042.06 30.500 2,250.98 Italy 19,244,224 19,744.648 974.66 17,912.049 1,074.37 Greece 18,287,768 15,387.006 1,188.52 13,958.861 1,310.12 Romania 3,602,009 4,014.630 897.22 3,642.013 989.02 India 67,141,412 49,643.176 1,352.48 45,035.545 1,490.85 China 5,150,770 8,027.894 641.61 7,282.785 707.25 Korea, South 6,674,396 8,013.235 832.92 7,269.487 918.14 Japan 7,174,664 6,877.618 1,043.19 6,239.272 1,149.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 256,996,809 210,221.930 1,222.50 190,710.181 1,347.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 987,603 696.750 1,417.44 632.082 1,562.46 Mexico 3,655,402 3,873.882 943.60 3,514.328 1,040.14 Venezuela 1,347,881 1,986.907 678.38 1,802.493 747.79 Brazil 414,461 297.230 1,394.41 269.643 1,537.07 Argentina 17,341,582 10,628.422 1,631.62 9,641.945 1,798.56 United Kingdom 2,291 1.009 2,268.95 0.916 2,501.09 France 2,703,415 1,300.970 2,078.00 1,180.221 2,290.60 Federal Republic of Germany 848,269 147.298 5,758.84 133.627 6,348.04 Austria 1,468,774 1,459.998 1,006.01 1,324.489 1,108.94 Czech Republic 62,356 44.731 1,394.00 40.580 1,536.62 Slovakia 527,589 338.901 1,556.76 307.446 1,716.04 Poland 250,229 152.666 1,639.05 138.497 1,806.75 Ukraine 58,658 68.185 860.27 61.857 948.28 Spain 135,928 77.865 1,745.69 70.638 1,924.29 Italy 289,446 97.454 2,970.07 88.409 3,273.94 China 12,058,513 19,657.331 613.44 17,832.836 676.20 Korea, South 803,634 1,171.036 686.26 1,062.347 756.47 Taiwan 350,390 594.188 589.69 539.039 650.03 South Africa 283,755 340.417 833.55 308.822 918.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,590,176 42,935.250 1,015.25 38,950.215 1,119.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 28,570 21.436 1,332.76 19.447 1,469.12 Mexico 2,268,536 2,756.433 823.00 2,500.595 907.20 Venezuela 2,040,905 2,961.771 689.08 2,686.875 759.58 Italy 3,817 5.754 663.36 5.220 731.23 China 14,730,112 26,487.494 556.12 24,029.058 613.01 Korea, South 6,222,975 8,744.249 711.66 7,932.652 784.48 Taiwan 967,839 1,571.213 615.98 1,425.381 679.00 Japan 887,894 1,079.121 822.79 978.963 906.97 South Africa 374,471 578.594 647.21 524.892 713.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,525,119 44,206.069 622.65 40,103.083 686.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,279,699 6,947.519 1,335.69 6,302.685 1,472.34 Mexico 14,019,066 16,642.782 842.35 15,098.083 928.53 Dominican Republic 41,181 31.192 1,320.24 28.297 1,455.31 Colombia 189,959 151.779 1,251.55 137.692 1,379.59 Brazil 561,132 420.625 1,334.04 381.585 1,470.53 Argentina 4,358,880 1,862.928 2,339.80 1,690.021 2,579.19 Sweden 1,383,437 695.634 1,988.74 631.069 2,192.21 Denmark 2,612 0.261 9,998.17 0.237 11,021.10 United Kingdom 9,390 0.659 14,244.93 0.598 15,702.34 Ireland 2,279 2.512 907.18 2.279 1,000.00 Belgium 111,509 63.468 1,756.91 57.578 1,936.66 France 1,810,438 1,072.086 1,688.70 972.581 1,861.48 Federal Republic of Germany 3,090,882 1,150.387 2,686.82 1,043.614 2,961.71 Austria 615,722 332.433 1,852.16 301.579 2,041.66 Czech Republic 253,119 38.031 6,655.43 34.502 7,336.36 Slovakia 3,601 0.563 6,392.90 0.511 7,046.97 Switzerland 2,203,456 724.007 3,043.41 656.809 3,354.79 Russia 3,160 0.815 3,873.93 0.740 4,270.27 Ukraine 353,671 420.942 840.19 381.873 926.15 Spain 2,821,838 1,440.546 1,958.87 1,306.842 2,159.28 Italy 939,151 542.119 1,732.37 491.803 1,909.61 Romania 2,620,879 2,319.810 1,129.78 2,104.497 1,245.37 Turkey 92,645 56.217 1,647.96 51.000 1,816.57 Saudi Arabia 3,143 2.610 1,204.09 2.368 1,327.28 India 1,176,659 1,078.283 1,091.23 978.203 1,202.88 China 10,423,418 10,504.759 992.26 9,529.760 1,093.78 Korea, South 5,197,105 5,670.142 916.57 5,143.868 1,010.35 Taiwan 320,203 245.277 1,305.47 222.512 1,439.04 Japan 9,248,702 5,657.303 1,634.83 5,132.221 1,802.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,136,936 58,075.703 1,224.90 52,685.407 1,350.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 162,381 37.411 4,340.42 33.939 4,784.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,408,073 870.026 1,618.43 789.275 1,784.01 Brazil 86,899 44.081 1,971.33 39.990 2,173.02 Argentina 2,603,317 1,419.245 1,834.30 1,287.518 2,021.97 Sweden 411,474 162.789 2,527.65 147.680 2,786.25 Netherlands 648,166 258.302 2,509.33 234.328 2,766.06 France 5,941,345 2,530.798 2,347.62 2,295.902 2,587.80 Federal Republic of Germany 4,667,086 1,580.181 2,953.51 1,433.517 3,255.69 Czech Republic 123,753 81.637 1,515.89 74.060 1,670.98 Slovakia 522,362 289.954 1,801.53 263.042 1,985.85 Poland 102,629 74.914 1,369.95 67.961 1,510.12 Italy 604,916 141.240 4,282.89 128.131 4,721.07 Romania 753,881 406.632 1,853.96 368.891 2,043.64 China 1,111,225 698.737 1,590.33 633.884 1,753.04 Korea, South 331,580 259.032 1,280.07 234.990 1,411.04 Japan 1,780,574 363.112 4,903.65 329.410 5,405.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,259,661 9,218.095 2,306.30 8,362.518 2,542.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,447,037 1,770.102 8,726.64 1,605.810 9,619.47 Mexico 293,152 85.932 3,411.41 77.957 3,760.43 Brazil 4,035 0.928 4,347.38 0.842 4,792.16 Uruguay 456,506 160.002 2,853.12 145.152 3,145.02 Sweden 2,350,227 173.901 13,514.69 157.761 14,897.39 Norway 22,438 0.085 260,966.88 0.078 287,666.67 Finland 199,715 48.990 4,076.65 44.443 4,493.73 Denmark 35,748 3.089 11,569.76 2.803 12,753.48 United Kingdom 730,031 13.793 52,926.81 12.513 58,341.80 Ireland 15,202 0.859 17,680.80 0.780 19,489.74 Netherlands 3,119 0.246 12,631.74 0.224 13,924.11 France 6,848,988 732.442 9,350.89 664.461 10,307.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,969,860 157.241 12,527.62 142.647 13,809.33 Austria 2,117,924 185.440 11,421.03 168.229 12,589.53 Czech Republic 705,586 14.150 49,863.44 12.837 54,965.02 Slovakia 314,486 41.021 7,666.39 37.214 8,450.74 Switzerland 492,247 13.763 35,764.78 12.486 39,423.91 Ukraine 649,344 60.946 10,654.28 55.290 11,744.33 Spain 10,733,740 699.909 15,335.91 634.947 16,904.94 Italy 1,486,126 197.000 7,543.76 178.716 8,315.57 India 965,898 109.704 8,804.57 99.522 9,705.37 Thailand 1,365,855 265.266 5,148.99 240.646 5,675.79 Malaysia 1,234,185 267.962 4,605.80 243.092 5,077.03 Singapore 408,651 86.441 4,727.51 78.418 5,211.19 Philippines 8,162 0.683 11,942.65 0.620 13,164.52 China 23,138,721 3,248.068 7,123.84 2,946.599 7,852.69 Korea, South 4,226,766 749.834 5,636.93 680.239 6,213.65 Taiwan 4,905,457 1,584.715 3,095.48 1,437.630 3,412.18 Japan 9,900,050 1,181.347 8,380.30 1,071.701 9,237.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 7,612 0.488 15,588.02 0.443 17,182.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,036,868 11,854.362 7,679.61 10,754.100 8,465.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,115,629 455.955 4,639.99 413.636 5,114.71 Mexico 1,295,169 334.619 3,870.57 303.562 4,266.57 United Kingdom 2,974 1.524 1,950.81 1.383 2,150.40 Ireland 36,469 15.698 2,323.16 14.241 2,560.85 Belgium 22,095 5.483 4,029.00 4.975 4,441.21 France 18,751 7.379 2,540.80 6.695 2,800.75 Federal Republic of Germany 294,403 42.563 6,916.79 38.613 7,624.45 Switzerland 13,228 0.562 23,529.89 0.510 25,937.25 Italy 9,612 1.159 8,288.84 1.052 9,136.88 India 69,097 44.905 1,538.70 40.738 1,696.13 Singapore 2,190 0.862 2,540.58 0.782 2,800.51 China 1,307,091 1,367.941 955.52 1,240.976 1,053.28 Japan 446,980 159.856 2,796.14 145.019 3,082.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,633,688 2,438.512 2,310.30 2,212.182 2,546.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 19,725,122 24,911.793 791.80 22,599.605 872.81 Mexico 5,355,526 4,511.780 1,187.01 4,093.020 1,308.45 Finland 891,058 282.494 3,154.25 256.275 3,476.96 United Kingdom 134,170 137.636 974.81 124.862 1,074.55 Netherlands 16,821 2.421 6,945.73 2.197 7,656.35 Belgium 14,886 9.639 1,544.24 8.745 1,702.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,578 197.318 7,082.87 179.004 7,807.52 Italy 220,590 43.438 5,078.18 39.407 5,597.74 India 61,148 31.913 1,916.08 28.951 2,112.12 China 3,722,941 5,851.925 636.19 5,308.779 701.28 Korea, South 3,541,504 5,660.965 625.60 5,135.543 689.61 Taiwan 686,456 338.033 2,030.73 306.659 2,238.50 Japan 1,636,875 1,799.292 909.73 1,632.291 1,002.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,404,675 43,778.653 854.40 39,715.338 941.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 270,239 305.022 885.96 276.712 976.61 Mexico 3,004 3.352 896.15 3.041 987.83 China 183,778 227.221 808.81 206.132 891.55 Korea, South 19,138 25.694 744.82 23.310 821.02 Japan 16,815 35.628 471.95 32.322 520.23 South Africa 673,300 1,168.796 576.06 1,060.315 635.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,166,274 1,765.717 660.51 1,601.832 728.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,868,505 17,522.555 905.60 15,896.199 998.26 Mexico 8,611,930 9,993.005 861.80 9,065.505 949.97 Dominican Republic 184,216 229.983 800.99 208.638 882.95 Colombia 56,391 39.022 1,445.07 35.401 1,592.92 Venezuela 263,922 400.954 658.23 363.740 725.58 Ecuador 16,743 19.540 856.83 17.727 944.49 Peru 19,168 18.505 1,035.79 16.788 1,141.77 Brazil 723,659 833.323 868.40 755.979 957.25 Argentina 56,549 86.678 652.40 78.633 719.15 Sweden 2,611,556 331.507 7,877.81 300.739 8,683.80 United Kingdom 935,949 296.886 3,152.55 269.331 3,475.09 Ireland 22,800 0.288 78,945.87 0.262 87,022.90 Netherlands 42,660 5.626 7,582.39 5.104 8,358.15 Belgium 906,024 343.065 2,640.96 311.224 2,911.16 France 1,389,316 448.450 3,098.03 406.828 3,415.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,577,770 573.066 2,753.21 519.877 3,034.89 Austria 361,241 84.833 4,258.22 76.960 4,693.88 Czech Republic 149,704 159.218 940.24 144.441 1,036.44 Switzerland 262,524 45.183 5,810.14 40.990 6,404.59 Poland 245,528 215.274 1,140.53 195.294 1,257.22 Belarus 422,602 469.729 899.67 426.132 991.72 Spain 142,290 86.842 1,638.49 78.782 1,806.12 Italy 2,435,136 1,226.600 1,985.27 1,112.754 2,188.39 Greece 143,471 152.177 942.79 138.053 1,039.25 India 6,771,026 2,044.332 3,312.10 1,854.588 3,650.96 Thailand 183,632 161.370 1,137.95 146.393 1,254.38 Vietnam 3,575 0.741 4,819.00 0.673 5,312.04 Malaysia 354,452 319.208 1,110.41 289.581 1,224.02 Indonesia 41,738 18.426 2,265.14 16.716 2,496.89 China 11,818,187 11,765.753 1,004.46 10,673.715 1,107.22 Korea, South 8,089,877 4,478.352 1,806.44 4,062.694 1,991.26 Taiwan 1,652,042 694.910 2,377.35 630.412 2,620.58 Japan 7,243,158 5,461.459 1,326.23 4,954.554 1,461.92 Australia 133,213 45.107 2,953.22 40.921 3,255.37 New Zealand 17,343 11.590 1,496.27 10.515 1,649.36 South Africa 618,384 915.619 675.37 830.636 744.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,376,281 59,499.197 1,250.04 53,976.779 1,377.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 56,321 66.671 844.76 60.483 931.19 Taiwan 24,151 34.987 690.28 31.740 760.90 Japan 283,482 400.008 708.69 362.882 781.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 363,954 501.667 725.49 455.105 799.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 7,997,891 10,775.113 742.26 9,775.021 818.20 Brazil 4,747,476 6,096.777 778.69 5,530.905 858.35 United Kingdom 1,346,956 1,847.885 728.92 1,676.374 803.49 Netherlands 4,248,543 5,880.510 722.48 5,334.711 796.40 France 4,062,229 5,429.116 748.23 4,925.213 824.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,966,220 4,101.108 723.27 3,720.464 797.27 Spain 6,738 10.610 635.01 9.626 699.98 China 1,809,608 2,732.334 662.29 2,478.733 730.05 Korea, South 413,255 436.856 945.97 396.310 1,042.76 Japan 115,799 129.807 892.09 117.759 983.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,714,715 37,440.120 740.24 33,965.116 815.98 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,893,884 3,359.674 861.36 3,047.846 949.48 Brazil 262,234 301.359 870.17 273.389 959.20 United Kingdom 427,710 650.585 657.42 590.201 724.69 Netherlands 771,996 1,048.685 736.16 951.352 811.47 France 343,470 486.215 706.42 441.087 778.69 Federal Republic of Germany 3,379,736 3,952.704 855.04 3,585.834 942.52 Korea, South 50,956 73.821 690.26 66.970 760.88 Taiwan 36,612 18.629 1,965.32 16.900 2,166.39 Japan 1,016,609 1,203.164 844.95 1,091.493 931.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,183,207 11,094.839 827.70 10,065.072 912.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 48,451,849 90,347.229 536.28 81,961.651 591.15 Mexico 2,685,961 5,048.387 532.04 4,579.821 586.48 Brazil 46,476 22.506 2,064.96 20.418 2,276.23 Sweden 9,193,070 9,258.630 992.92 8,399.291 1,094.51 Finland 5,151 1.674 3,076.31 1.519 3,391.05 United Kingdom 31,002 69.357 446.99 62.920 492.72 Netherlands 13,620,849 26,998.215 504.51 24,492.376 556.13 Belgium 39,139 10.008 3,910.39 9.080 4,310.46 Luxembourg 1,032,848 2,081.600 496.18 1,888.397 546.94 France 4,137,074 6,673.465 619.93 6,054.068 683.35 Federal Republic of Germany 235,789 210.216 1,121.65 190.705 1,236.41 Austria 1,016,981 1,198.595 848.48 1,087.348 935.29 Russia 614,751 1,085.021 566.58 984.315 624.55 Spain 395,866 147.294 2,687.59 133.623 2,962.56 Italy 495,028 146.884 3,370.20 133.251 3,715.00 Malaysia 7,171 8.588 834.99 7.791 920.42 China 2,467,564 635.380 3,883.60 576.408 4,280.93 Korea, South 30,669,624 65,833.653 465.87 59,723.303 513.53 Taiwan 162,098 49.760 3,257.56 45.142 3,590.85 Japan 2,986,277 3,018.632 989.28 2,738.458 1,090.50 Australia 20,562,273 43,543.662 472.22 39,502.157 520.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 3,547,048 7,252.059 489.11 6,578.960 539.15 South Africa 336,681 228.469 1,473.64 207.264 1,624.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 142,740,570 263,869.295 540.95 239,378.266 596.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,557,761 26,889.357 652.96 24,393.622 719.77 Mexico 29,766,131 15,758.510 1,888.89 14,295.884 2,082.15 Dominican Republic 10,928 9.018 1,211.80 8.181 1,335.78 Venezuela 19,416 23.591 823.00 21.402 907.20 Brazil 3,884,735 1,543.379 2,517.03 1,400.131 2,774.55 Sweden 8,227,667 5,528.401 1,488.25 5,015.283 1,640.52 Finland 1,446,209 326.118 4,434.61 295.850 4,888.32 United Kingdom 220,065 29.455 7,470.99 26.722 8,235.35 Netherlands 11,519,907 19,621.206 587.12 17,800.064 647.18 Belgium 1,407,599 1,219.007 1,154.71 1,105.865 1,272.85 Luxembourg 2,866,977 4,904.203 584.60 4,449.020 644.41 France 3,715,585 1,692.555 2,195.25 1,535.461 2,419.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,950,533 745.326 2,617.02 676.149 2,884.77 Switzerland 98,273 10.868 9,041.76 9.860 9,966.84 Spain 164,818 48.865 3,372.89 44.330 3,717.98 Italy 372,830 76.401 4,879.90 69.310 5,379.17 India 265,114 148.386 1,786.65 134.614 1,969.44 Thailand 236,885 83.773 2,827.69 75.998 3,116.99 Indonesia 225,863 75.260 3,001.09 68.275 3,308.14 China 28,260,776 15,936.251 1,773.36 14,457.128 1,954.80 Korea, South 6,369,168 8,893.884 716.13 8,068.399 789.40 Taiwan 2,255,613 1,120.166 2,013.64 1,016.198 2,219.66 Japan 6,757,952 6,337.105 1,066.41 5,748.927 1,175.52 Australia 2,205,918 4,023.512 548.26 3,650.070 604.35 New Zealand 450,010 837.535 537.30 759.800 592.27 South Africa 309,523 189.575 1,632.72 171.980 1,799.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 130,566,256 116,071.720 1,124.88 105,298.523 1,239.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 36,989,827 47,325.287 781.61 42,932.791 861.58 Mexico 7,030,955 7,911.808 888.67 7,177.474 979.59 Colombia 2,014,936 2,469.375 815.97 2,240.180 899.45 Brazil 212,089 285.735 742.26 259.215 818.20 Sweden 114,523 100.174 1,143.23 90.877 1,260.20 United Kingdom 8,759 3.540 2,473.86 3.212 2,726.96 Netherlands 1,710,071 2,115.460 808.37 1,919.114 891.07 France 149,615 152.448 981.41 138.299 1,081.82 Federal Republic of Germany 3,835,448 4,205.134 912.09 3,814.835 1,005.40 Austria 609,483 519.838 1,172.45 471.590 1,292.40 Spain 1,804,730 2,227.041 810.37 2,020.339 893.28 Italy 4,525 7.674 589.63 6.962 649.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 261,247 272.733 957.88 247.420 1,055.88 Indonesia 804,301 962.383 835.74 873.060 921.24 China 16,102,053 23,215.333 693.60 21,060.602 764.56 Korea, South 9,197,674 11,740.294 783.43 10,650.619 863.58 Taiwan 6,076,667 6,855.792 886.36 6,219.472 977.04 Japan 1,039,421 1,018.293 1,020.75 923.781 1,125.18 Australia 185,400 250.718 739.47 227.448 815.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,151,724 111,639.070 789.61 101,277.290 870.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,553,444 2,169.329 1,177.07 1,967.983 1,297.49 Brazil 2,947,197 105.821 27,850.55 96.000 30,699.97 Luxembourg 226,115 316.010 715.53 286.680 788.74 France 405,377 569.023 712.41 516.210 785.29 Federal Republic of Germany 5,359,605 6,316.763 848.47 5,730.473 935.28 Russia 11,511 12.524 919.08 11.362 1,013.11 Thailand 8,299 8.838 938.98 8.018 1,035.05 China 31,009 9.690 3,199.97 8.791 3,527.36 Korea, South 2,804,888 3,134.090 894.96 2,843.200 986.53 Taiwan 134,088 195.533 685.75 177.385 755.92 Japan 1,661,661 1,575.181 1,054.90 1,428.981 1,162.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,143,194 14,412.807 1,120.06 13,075.083 1,234.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 967,359 928.765 1,041.55 842.562 1,148.12 Mexico 1,470,915 1,645.280 894.02 1,492.574 985.49 Brazil 3,540 4.335 816.54 3.933 900.08 United Kingdom 417,300 109.679 3,804.71 99.500 4,193.97 Netherlands 1,544,528 1,313.012 1,176.32 1,191.145 1,296.68 Belgium 73,117 41.772 1,750.38 37.895 1,929.46 Luxembourg 241,030 300.842 801.18 272.920 883.15 France 30,823 8.223 3,748.28 7.460 4,131.77 Federal Republic of Germany 825,612 394.599 2,092.28 357.975 2,306.34 Italy 11,037 3.064 3,601.65 2.780 3,970.14 China 3,590,453 4,669.666 768.89 4,236.251 847.55 Korea, South 9,589,699 12,670.456 756.86 11,494.448 834.29 Taiwan 4,934,754 5,978.728 825.39 5,423.813 909.83 Japan 1,537,508 843.691 1,822.36 765.384 2,008.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,237,675 28,912.118 872.91 26,228.640 962.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 63,847 20.819 3,066.71 18.887 3,380.47 Mexico 29,345 21.376 1,372.80 19.392 1,513.25 Sweden 988,162 824.710 1,198.19 748.165 1,320.78 United Kingdom 926,385 220.818 4,195.24 200.323 4,624.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 57,307 40.454 1,416.57 36.700 1,561.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,480,608 1,368.910 1,812.10 1,241.855 1,997.50 Austria 39,369 2.222 17,715.76 2.016 19,528.27 Czech Republic 665,798 179.374 3,711.77 162.726 4,091.53 Poland 76,630 21.467 3,569.58 19.475 3,934.79 Russia 8,641,841 2,864.488 3,016.89 2,598.621 3,325.55 Italy 423,042 83.460 5,068.78 75.714 5,587.37 China 19,327 7.428 2,601.75 6.739 2,867.93 Korea, South 1,185,404 1,379.735 859.15 1,251.675 947.05 Taiwan 137,938 101.286 1,361.85 91.886 1,501.19 Japan 2,992,990 3,366.140 889.15 3,053.712 980.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,727,993 10,502.693 1,783.16 9,527.886 1,965.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,631,316 3,964.770 663.67 3,596.780 731.58 Mexico 599,891 771.510 777.55 699.903 857.11 Peru 8,414 15.205 553.36 13.794 609.98 United Kingdom 164,033 57.109 2,872.25 51.809 3,166.11 Federal Republic of Germany 344,012 79.555 4,324.15 72.172 4,766.56 Italy 153,938 112.678 1,366.17 102.220 1,505.95 Slovenia 122,338 30.574 4,001.27 27.737 4,410.64 Turkey 33,294 55.320 601.84 50.186 663.41 Malaysia 3,181 4.830 658.55 4.382 725.92 China 116,852 25.797 4,529.61 23.403 4,993.04 Taiwan 80,949 19.459 4,159.96 17.653 4,585.57 Japan 364,321 1,041.367 349.85 944.713 385.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,622,539 6,178.179 748.20 5,604.752 824.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,915,473 3,091.246 1,266.63 2,804.332 1,396.22 Mexico 3,035,228 1,422.075 2,134.36 1,290.086 2,352.73 Brazil 138,215 46.014 3,003.70 41.744 3,311.01 Sweden 5,219,939 736.467 7,087.81 668.112 7,812.97 Finland 779,853 156.736 4,975.57 142.189 5,484.62 United Kingdom 2,105,459 878.011 2,397.99 796.519 2,643.33 Netherlands 150,273 141.128 1,064.79 128.030 1,173.73 Belgium 284,036 60.607 4,686.50 54.982 5,165.98 France 2,169,127 355.742 6,097.47 322.724 6,721.31 Federal Republic of Germany 7,615,260 5,104.676 1,491.82 4,630.886 1,644.45 Austria 844,375 117.128 7,208.98 106.257 7,946.54 Switzerland 209,983 100.859 2,081.94 91.498 2,294.95 Italy 292,404 92.878 3,148.24 84.258 3,470.34 India 993,751 234.152 4,244.03 212.420 4,678.24 China 177,206 117.784 1,504.50 106.852 1,658.42 Korea, South 1,815,532 1,175.463 1,544.52 1,066.363 1,702.55 Taiwan 695,450 399.376 1,741.34 362.308 1,919.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,037,442 859.287 4,698.59 779.533 5,179.31 Australia 24,071 7.038 3,420.02 6.385 3,769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,503,077 15,096.676 2,285.48 13,695.478 2,519.30 GRAND TOTAL 2,131,682,610 2,279,657.116 935.09 2,068,070.731 1,030.76 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 141,309 186.788 756.52 169.452 833.92 Mexico 5,747 5.081 1,130.93 4.610 1,246.64 United Kingdom 14,618 5.576 2,621.31 5.059 2,889.50 Belgium 431,799 423.844 1,018.77 384.505 1,123.00 Federal Republic of Germany 399,240 245.335 1,627.32 222.565 1,793.81 Italy 610,798 240.281 2,542.01 217.980 2,802.08 India 30,221 11.090 2,724.98 10.061 3,003.78 China 6,132 1.565 3,917.51 1.420 4,318.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,639,864 1,119.564 1,464.73 1,015.652 1,614.59 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,111,697 2,842.943 742.79 2,579.076 818.78 Mexico 32,185,400 46,561.872 691.24 42,240.232 761.96 Brazil 500,061 180.846 2,765.12 164.061 3,048.02 United Kingdom 677,465 130.832 5,178.12 118.689 5,707.90 France 1,241,182 93.872 13,221.95 85.160 14,574.71 Federal Republic of Germany 375,883 619.428 606.82 561.936 668.91 Russia 492,150 284.308 1,731.04 257.920 1,908.15 Italy 3,479,781 1,202.794 2,893.08 1,091.157 3,189.07 China 71,184 46.026 1,546.57 41.755 1,704.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,134,803 51,962.925 791.62 47,139.986 872.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 185,245 254.369 728.25 230.760 802.76 United Kingdom 6,483,973 8,027.230 807.75 7,282.183 890.39 Italy 3,361,351 3,493.455 962.19 3,169.210 1,060.63 China 245,703 368.993 665.87 334.745 734.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,276,272 12,144.047 846.20 11,016.898 932.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 14,365,249 10,979.627 1,308.35 9,960.553 1,442.21 Brazil 1,153,375 729.751 1,580.50 662.020 1,742.21 Sweden 6,836,290 4,243.975 1,610.82 3,850.071 1,775.63 Finland 738,650 501.760 1,472.12 455.190 1,622.73 United Kingdom 1,678,496 1,397.517 1,201.06 1,267.807 1,323.94 Belgium 3,624,693 946.806 3,828.33 858.929 4,220.01 France 1,940,845 866.736 2,239.26 786.290 2,468.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,489,710 3,136.444 2,069.13 2,845.335 2,280.82 Austria 1,261,347 1,023.776 1,232.05 928.755 1,358.11 Ukraine 29,418 17.151 1,715.14 15.560 1,890.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 2,661 0.255 10,405.26 0.232 11,469.83 China 9,218,250 11,701.094 787.81 10,615.057 868.41 Japan 1,654,040 1,191.395 1,388.32 1,080.816 1,530.36 Australia 926,714 1,322.773 700.58 1,200.000 772.26 South Africa 582,138 68.065 8,552.61 61.748 9,427.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,501,876 38,127.133 1,324.57 34,588.363 1,460.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,424,907 1,931.206 737.83 1,751.962 813.32 Finland 247,175 160.011 1,544.73 145.160 1,702.78 Netherlands 6,010,923 10,396.658 578.16 9,431.693 637.31 Luxembourg 800,496 955.725 837.58 867.020 923.27 Japan 1,212,902 1,889.216 642.01 1,713.869 707.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,696,403 15,332.819 632.40 13,909.704 697.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 179,821 229.389 783.91 208.099 864.11 Spain 165,752 198.591 834.64 180.159 920.03 Japan 777,264 973.411 798.50 883.064 880.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,122,837 1,401.392 801.23 1,271.322 883.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,187,861 24,520.223 741.75 22,244.379 817.64 Mexico 1,723,334 2,481.170 694.56 2,250.881 765.63 Brazil 535,891 207.257 2,585.63 188.021 2,850.17 Sweden 1,639,518 587.837 2,789.07 533.277 3,074.42 Finland 202,547 174.921 1,157.93 158.686 1,276.40 United Kingdom 541,121 276.890 1,954.28 251.191 2,154.22 Netherlands 183,747 108.798 1,688.88 98.700 1,861.67 France 925,988 230.050 4,025.16 208.698 4,436.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,291,861 830.691 1,555.16 753.591 1,714.27 Austria 81,972 18.411 4,452.12 16.703 4,907.62 Czech Republic 1,687,005 1,712.229 985.27 1,553.309 1,086.07 Switzerland 88,859 8.426 10,545.73 7.644 11,624.67 Russia 5,379 2.705 1,988.49 2.454 2,191.93 Ukraine 220,452 120.151 1,834.78 109.000 2,022.50 Spain 1,226,566 943.601 1,299.88 856.021 1,432.87 Italy 80,739 7.656 10,544.95 6.946 11,623.81 Slovenia 43,547 21.803 1,997.23 19.780 2,201.57 Turkey 1,786,958 1,463.527 1,220.99 1,327.690 1,345.92 India 20,373 8.521 2,390.65 7.731 2,635.23 China 7,196,088 7,667.850 938.48 6,956.159 1,034.49 Korea, South 403,015 332.900 1,210.62 302.002 1,334.48 Taiwan 735,304 168.045 4,375.63 152.448 4,823.31 Japan 8,094,683 9,702.261 834.31 8,801.746 919.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 170,451 147.473 1,155.81 133.786 1,274.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,073,259 51,743.407 909.74 46,940.843 1,002.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 193,974 297.992 650.94 270.334 717.53 Mexico 197,636 299.045 660.89 271.290 728.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 391,610 597.038 655.92 541.624 723.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,530,043 1,069.058 2,366.61 969.834 2,608.74 Brazil 5,160 0.956 5,392.94 0.868 5,944.70 Sweden 114,928 62.453 1,840.21 56.657 2,028.49 United Kingdom 1,779,268 505.852 3,517.36 458.902 3,877.23 France 2,814,882 1,548.881 1,817.36 1,405.122 2,003.30 Federal Republic of Germany 671,373 172.524 3,891.46 156.512 4,289.59 Austria 72,070 28.398 2,537.78 25.763 2,797.42 Russia 2,101,702 2,342.080 897.37 2,124.700 989.18 Ukraine 3,670,967 2,471.182 1,485.51 2,241.820 1,637.49 Spain 58,683 24.860 2,360.50 22.553 2,602.00 Italy 161,960 47.196 3,431.61 42.816 3,782.70 Romania 29,834 7.557 3,947.63 6.856 4,351.52 China 64,878 35.800 1,812.19 32.478 1,997.60 Korea, South 283,395 209.210 1,354.59 189.793 1,493.18 Taiwan 83,435 39.603 2,106.74 35.928 2,322.28 Japan 362,782 362.837 999.85 329.161 1,102.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,805,360 8,928.457 1,658.22 8,099.763 1,827.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 959,978 458.306 2,094.62 415.769 2,308.92 Mexico 176,486 104.351 1,691.27 94.666 1,864.30 Brazil 3,237,928 1,075.208 3,011.44 975.413 3,319.55 Sweden 3,945,403 1,661.288 2,374.91 1,507.096 2,617.88 United Kingdom 473,145 107.151 4,415.67 97.206 4,867.45 Netherlands 208,472 153.066 1,361.97 138.860 1,501.31 France 4,300,023 4,059.040 1,059.37 3,682.301 1,167.75 Federal Republic of Germany 6,606,005 2,670.755 2,473.46 2,422.869 2,726.52 Austria 4,377,008 628.962 6,959.10 570.585 7,671.09 Czech Republic 82,278 21.630 3,803.77 19.623 4,192.94 Switzerland 50,809 19.885 2,555.05 18.040 2,816.46 Russia 649,296 394.907 1,644.17 358.254 1,812.39 Ukraine 1,245,537 247.953 5,023.26 224.940 5,537.20 Spain 1,134,023 629.836 1,800.50 571.378 1,984.72 Italy 14,277 3.634 3,928.38 3.297 4,330.30 Slovenia 1,896,280 612.953 3,093.68 556.062 3,410.20 China 6,013,053 1,273.225 4,722.69 1,155.051 5,205.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 450,276 255.816 1,760.15 232.073 1,940.23 Taiwan 2,190,882 769.165 2,848.39 697.775 3,139.81 Japan 4,549,870 3,476.950 1,308.58 3,154.237 1,442.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,561,029 18,624.089 2,285.27 16,895.495 2,519.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 7,205 1.395 5,162.93 1.266 5,691.15 Mexico 16,439 7.945 2,068.98 7.208 2,280.66 Argentina 221,281 89.745 2,465.64 81.416 2,717.91 France 62,223 23.733 2,621.70 21.531 2,889.93 Federal Republic of Germany 795,065 402.763 1,974.02 365.381 2,175.99 Spain 479,916 211.644 2,267.55 192.001 2,499.55 Italy 231,437 107.589 2,151.10 97.604 2,371.18 India 6,309 8.101 778.70 7.350 858.37 China 9,902 7.426 1,333.37 6.737 1,469.79 Japan 422,752 164.565 2,568.90 149.291 2,831.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,252,529 1,024.912 2,197.78 929.785 2,422.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 10,651,879 7,439.763 1,431.75 6,749.242 1,578.23 Mexico 359,817 70.981 5,069.19 64.393 5,587.83 Colombia 4,489,962 3,528.778 1,272.38 3,201.255 1,402.56 Venezuela 303,413 271.205 1,118.75 246.034 1,233.22 Brazil 655,193 510.963 1,282.27 463.538 1,413.46 Argentina 63,490 42.091 1,508.37 38.185 1,662.69 United Kingdom 26,040 7.290 3,571.68 6.614 3,937.10 France 1,440,843 882.445 1,632.78 800.541 1,799.84 Federal Republic of Germany 10,302,307 6,699.063 1,537.87 6,077.290 1,695.21 Austria 11,466,454 6,945.824 1,650.84 6,301.148 1,819.74 Spain 568,063 331.937 1,711.35 301.129 1,886.44 India 30,618 23.446 1,305.89 21.270 1,439.49 China 23,591,562 19,719.619 1,196.35 17,889.343 1,318.75 Japan 2,508,784 662.582 3,786.37 601.085 4,173.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,458,425 47,135.994 1,409.93 42,761.067 1,554.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 65,078,547 52,002.860 1,251.44 47,176.215 1,379.48 United Kingdom 11,743,385 8,751.670 1,341.84 7,939.384 1,479.13 Federal Republic of Germany 21,575,744 17,350.931 1,243.49 15,740.505 1,370.71 India 27,670 2.012 13,746.88 1.826 15,153.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,425,346 78,107.475 1,260.13 70,857.930 1,389.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 91,648 20.846 4,396.24 18.912 4,846.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 116,392 23.312 4,992.63 21.149 5,503.43 France 3,075 3.228 952.40 2.929 1,049.85 Federal Republic of Germany 7,527 1.144 6,578.40 1.038 7,251.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 218,642 48.532 4,505.06 44.028 4,965.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Italy 3,817 5.754 663.36 5.220 731.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,817 5.754 663.36 5.220 731.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,591,584 1,746.947 1,483.49 1,584.805 1,635.27 Mexico 1,877,587 978.619 1,918.61 887.789 2,114.90 Argentina 3,920,142 1,596.344 2,455.70 1,448.180 2,706.94 Sweden 1,266,035 681.384 1,858.03 618.142 2,048.13 United Kingdom 9,390 0.659 14,244.93 0.598 15,702.34 France 983,462 505.937 1,943.84 458.979 2,142.72 Federal Republic of Germany 983,150 384.681 2,555.75 348.977 2,817.23 Austria 291,742 213.257 1,368.03 193.464 1,507.99 Czech Republic 253,119 38.031 6,655.43 34.502 7,336.36 Switzerland 399,886 144.755 2,762.49 131.320 3,045.13 Spain 1,041,099 448.843 2,319.51 407.184 2,556.83 Italy 317,255 101.059 3,139.28 91.680 3,460.46 Romania 980,896 623.226 1,573.90 565.382 1,734.93 Saudi Arabia 3,143 2.610 1,204.09 2.368 1,327.28 India 370,019 220.900 1,675.05 200.398 1,846.42 China 812,946 459.184 1,770.41 416.565 1,951.55 Korea, South 148,772 101.141 1,470.93 91.754 1,621.42 Japan 5,883,983 3,407.426 1,726.81 3,091.166 1,903.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,134,210 11,655.013 1,899.11 10,573.253 2,093.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 100,000 0.376 265,258.77 0.342 292,397.66 Sweden 411,474 162.789 2,527.65 147.680 2,786.25 France 4,486,451 1,679.850 2,670.74 1,523.935 2,943.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,902,246 715.195 4,057.97 648.815 4,473.15 Slovakia 6,881 2.109 3,261.41 1.914 3,595.09 Italy 336,312 46.151 7,287.12 41.868 8,032.67 China 804,565 335.210 2,400.18 304.098 2,645.74 Japan 1,603,729 358.091 4,478.55 324.855 4,936.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,651,658 3,299.775 3,227.99 2,993.507 3,558.25 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,400,122 266.359 5,256.52 241.637 5,794.32 Mexico 746,150 112.052 6,658.95 101.652 7,340.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 2,974 1.524 1,950.81 1.383 2,150.40 Ireland 25,185 9.913 2,540.58 8.993 2,800.51 France 18,751 7.379 2,540.80 6.695 2,800.75 Federal Republic of Germany 248,816 36.388 6,837.79 33.011 7,537.37 Italy 2,268 0.892 2,540.12 0.810 2,800.00 India 69,097 44.905 1,538.70 40.738 1,696.13 Singapore 2,190 0.862 2,540.58 0.782 2,800.51 China 193,890 17.046 11,374.42 15.464 12,538.15 Japan 24,518 9.649 2,540.82 8.754 2,800.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,733,961 506.973 5,392.71 459.919 5,944.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,083,140 335.255 3,230.79 304.139 3,561.33 Mexico 150,217 84.282 1,782.30 76.460 1,964.65 Finland 891,058 282.494 3,154.25 256.275 3,476.96 United Kingdom 102,927 113.457 907.18 102.927 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,317,918 159.567 8,259.33 144.757 9,104.35 Italy 214,280 40.213 5,328.57 36.481 5,873.74 China 704,052 382.113 1,842.52 346.648 2,031.03 Korea, South 632,292 1,055.846 598.85 957.848 660.12 Taiwan 686,456 338.033 2,030.73 306.659 2,238.50 Japan 25,911 15.409 1,681.53 13.979 1,853.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,808,251 2,806.674 2,069.44 2,546.173 2,281.17 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 7,740 8.906 869.01 8.080 957.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,740 8.906 869.01 8.080 957.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 640,851 666.215 961.93 604.381 1,060.34 Mexico 1,091,339 844.331 1,292.55 765.965 1,424.79 Brazil 138,336 117.597 1,176.35 106.683 1,296.70 Sweden 20,749 7.931 2,616.15 7.195 2,883.81 United Kingdom 246,627 10.613 23,238.09 9.628 25,615.60 France 40,051 3.261 12,279.04 2.959 13,535.32 Federal Republic of Germany 309,205 107.556 2,874.80 97.574 3,168.93 Austria 308,333 60.978 5,056.40 55.319 5,573.73 Italy 1,455,609 989.801 1,470.61 897.933 1,621.07 India 256,775 34.755 7,387.96 31.530 8,143.83 China 2,191,553 2,194.152 998.82 1,990.502 1,101.01 Korea, South 2,475,225 1,886.668 1,311.96 1,711.557 1,446.18 Taiwan 274,314 111.018 2,470.89 100.714 2,723.69 Japan 2,767,885 1,719.838 1,609.39 1,560.212 1,774.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,216,852 8,754.721 1,395.46 7,942.152 1,538.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,581,456 2,242.899 705.09 2,034.725 777.23 Sweden 9,193,070 9,258.630 992.92 8,399.291 1,094.51 Finland 5,151 1.674 3,076.31 1.519 3,391.05 Netherlands 1,117,313 1,899.537 588.20 1,723.232 648.38 France 955,436 377.345 2,531.99 342.322 2,791.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,947 0.709 4,151.36 0.644 4,576.09 Austria 981,457 1,193.769 822.15 1,082.970 906.26 Spain 391,800 146.321 2,677.66 132.741 2,951.61 Japan 1,175,465 1,518.352 774.17 1,377.427 853.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,404,095 16,639.242 925.77 15,094.871 1,020.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,014,103 1,171.589 865.58 1,062.848 954.14 Dominican Republic 10,928 9.018 1,211.80 8.181 1,335.78 Brazil 15,608 20.990 743.58 19.042 819.66 Sweden 4,746,464 4,921.983 964.34 4,465.150 1,063.00 United Kingdom 61,973 20.425 3,034.05 18.530 3,344.47 Netherlands 3,161,457 5,002.882 631.93 4,538.540 696.58 Luxembourg 368,365 522.385 705.16 473.900 777.31 France 561,489 436.800 1,285.46 396.259 1,416.97 Federal Republic of Germany 329,688 244.425 1,348.83 221.739 1,486.83 India 51,570 22.566 2,285.24 20.472 2,519.05 Korea, South 4,671,924 7,487.204 623.99 6,792.280 687.83 Japan 3,107,595 4,083.741 760.97 3,704.709 838.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,101,164 23,944.013 755.98 21,721.650 833.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,375,691 8,632.436 854.42 7,831.217 941.83 Brazil 13,382 18.645 717.70 16.915 791.13 Netherlands 145,693 194.635 748.54 176.570 825.13 France 99,496 110.771 898.21 100.490 990.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,915,047 3,153.998 924.24 2,861.260 1,018.80 Spain 1,618,547 1,998.089 810.05 1,812.637 892.92 India 24,887 28.792 864.36 26.120 952.79 Japan 771,596 718.950 1,073.23 652.221 1,183.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,964,339 14,856.319 872.65 13,477.430 961.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,766,632 1,310.168 1,348.40 1,188.565 1,486.36 Brazil 2,947,197 105.821 27,850.55 96.000 30,699.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,025,920 1,303.934 786.79 1,182.910 867.28 Japan 1,004,710 742.869 1,352.47 673.920 1,490.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,744,459 3,462.794 1,947.69 3,141.395 2,146.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 63,847 20.819 3,066.71 18.887 3,380.47 Mexico 29,345 21.376 1,372.80 19.392 1,513.25 Sweden 988,162 824.710 1,198.19 748.165 1,320.78 United Kingdom 926,385 220.818 4,195.24 200.323 4,624.46 France 57,307 40.454 1,416.57 36.700 1,561.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,480,608 1,368.910 1,812.10 1,241.855 1,997.50 Austria 39,369 2.222 17,715.76 2.016 19,528.27 Czech Republic 665,798 179.374 3,711.77 162.726 4,091.53 Poland 76,630 21.467 3,569.58 19.475 3,934.79 Russia 8,641,841 2,864.488 3,016.89 2,598.621 3,325.55 Italy 423,042 83.460 5,068.78 75.714 5,587.37 China 19,327 7.428 2,601.75 6.739 2,867.93 Korea, South 1,185,404 1,379.735 859.15 1,251.675 947.05 Taiwan 137,938 101.286 1,361.85 91.886 1,501.19 Japan 2,992,990 3,366.140 889.15 3,053.712 980.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,727,993 10,502.693 1,783.16 9,527.886 1,965.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 135,273 249.774 541.58 226.592 596.99 United Kingdom 3,549 0.496 7,154.67 0.450 7,886.67 Italy 53,209 13.719 3,878.39 12.446 4,275.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 192,031 263.990 727.42 239.488 801.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,389,795 759.003 1,831.08 688.557 2,018.42 Mexico 133,477 187.991 710.02 170.543 782.66 Sweden 1,141,843 262.715 4,346.30 238.332 4,790.98 United Kingdom 14,328 4.214 3,399.99 3.823 3,747.84 Netherlands 150,273 141.128 1,064.79 128.030 1,173.73 France 831,762 52.877 15,729.87 47.970 17,339.21 Federal Republic of Germany 2,784,227 1,957.731 1,422.17 1,776.025 1,567.67 Austria 545,789 64.056 8,520.45 58.111 9,392.18 Switzerland 62,829 25.460 2,467.75 23.097 2,720.22 Japan 271,619 50.490 5,379.63 45.804 5,930.03 Australia 24,071 7.038 3,420.02 6.385 3,769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,350,013 3,512.709 2,092.41 3,186.677 2,306.48 GRAND TOTAL 519,598,838 426,517.372 1,218.24 386,930.161 1,342.87 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 26,133 55.615 469.88 50.454 517.96 France 314,069 532.617 589.67 483.183 650.00 India 7,350 15.641 469.89 14.190 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 347,552 603.875 575.54 547.827 634.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 39,643,883 88,666.184 447.11 80,436.632 492.86 Mexico 8,108,174 14,118.235 574.31 12,807.851 633.06 Brazil 8,049,067 15,978.452 503.75 14,495.412 555.28 United Kingdom 7,590 18.924 401.07 17.168 442.10 Belgium 1,345,569 1,540.021 873.73 1,397.084 963.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,635,973 3,714.405 440.44 3,369.653 485.50 Switzerland 141,920 353.840 401.08 320.999 442.12 Russia 20,532,533 44,397.934 462.47 40,277.140 509.78 Ukraine 32,684,369 78,199.857 417.96 70,941.737 460.72 Italy 17,332,186 44,394.312 390.41 40,273.854 430.36 China 50,460 125.808 401.08 114.132 442.12 Korea, South 19,058 47.658 399.89 43.235 440.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,550,782 291,555.634 444.34 264,494.897 489.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,313,605 38,401.820 581.06 34,837.555 640.50 Mexico 1,023,025 1,984.931 515.40 1,800.700 568.13 Brazil 6,417,748 11,442.371 560.88 10,380.348 618.26 United Kingdom 228,916 413.151 554.07 374.805 610.76 Belgium 18,368 22.346 821.98 20.272 906.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,900,571 2,596.038 732.10 2,355.087 807.01 Spain 676,146 915.170 738.82 830.229 814.41 Malaysia 18,332 23.340 785.42 21.174 865.78 China 588,815 887.653 663.34 805.266 731.21 Korea, South 1,035,385 2,203.478 469.89 1,998.963 517.96 Japan 7,512,258 11,745.954 639.56 10,655.754 705.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,733,169 70,636.257 590.82 64,080.153 651.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,733,524 12,640.211 770.04 11,467.010 848.83 Mexico 3,737,520 5,699.438 655.77 5,170.445 722.86 Peru 103,406 185.604 557.13 168.378 614.13 Brazil 220,944 406.587 543.41 368.850 599.01 Norway 414,299 422.195 981.30 383.009 1,081.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 217,892 167.383 1,301.75 151.848 1,434.93 Luxembourg 2,404,416 3,845.416 625.27 3,488.504 689.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,240,572 1,123.995 1,103.72 1,019.672 1,216.64 Russia 3,146 1.604 1,960.17 1.456 2,160.71 Spain 5,505 2.978 1,848.28 2.702 2,037.38 Italy 38,563 7.870 4,899.69 7.140 5,400.98 Turkey 28,876 48.939 590.04 44.397 650.40 China 10,636,087 18,135.145 586.49 16,451.932 646.49 Korea, South 1,346,244 1,876.051 717.59 1,701.926 791.01 Taiwan 84,574 131.375 643.76 119.182 709.62 Japan 760,750 790.775 962.03 717.380 1,060.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,976,318 45,485.574 681.01 41,263.831 750.69 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 419,199 444.730 942.59 403.453 1,039.03 Luxembourg 3,440,165 3,360.067 1,023.84 3,048.203 1,128.59 Federal Republic of Germany 92,710 35.584 2,605.33 32.282 2,871.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,952,074 3,840.383 1,029.08 3,483.938 1,134.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,886,802 18,432.736 644.87 16,721.902 710.85 Mexico 16,869 22.416 752.52 20.336 829.51 Brazil 1,385,335 1,525.959 907.84 1,384.328 1,000.73 United Kingdom 311,991 347.280 898.38 315.048 990.30 Belgium 758,463 1,229.850 616.71 1,115.702 679.81 France 974,910 900.477 1,082.66 816.900 1,193.43 Federal Republic of Germany 15,276 21.137 722.68 19.176 796.62 Austria 2,190,070 2,027.259 1,080.31 1,839.099 1,190.84 Czech Republic 140,886 251.152 560.96 227.842 618.35 Russia 614,550 1,072.555 572.98 973.006 631.60 Ukraine 914,033 1,127.122 810.94 1,022.509 893.91 Romania 2,825,395 4,046.709 698.20 3,671.114 769.63 Malaysia 1,253,961 2,490.123 503.57 2,259.003 555.09 China 246,786 311.378 792.56 282.478 873.65 Korea, South 3,589,343 5,266.021 681.60 4,777.256 751.34 Japan 457,026 456.914 1,000.24 414.506 1,102.58 Australia 396,155 508.568 778.96 461.366 858.66 South Africa 3,113,354 4,295.543 724.79 3,896.853 798.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,091,205 44,333.211 701.31 40,218.424 773.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 18,656,656 34,068.606 547.62 30,906.529 603.65 Mexico 755,907 1,481.796 510.13 1,344.264 562.32 United Kingdom 54,853 49.096 1,117.24 44.540 1,231.54 Netherlands 4,433,492 9,526.383 465.39 8,642.192 513.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 27,621 56.052 492.77 50.850 543.19 Luxembourg 778,059 1,359.864 572.16 1,233.649 630.70 France 1,846,802 3,678.841 502.01 3,337.390 553.37 Federal Republic of Germany 65,072 128.397 506.80 116.480 558.65 Korea, South 1,086,906 2,112.821 514.43 1,916.720 567.07 Japan 542,074 735.200 737.31 666.963 812.75 Australia 1,921,364 3,912.013 491.14 3,548.920 541.39 New Zealand 1,757,081 3,698.473 475.08 3,355.200 523.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,925,887 60,807.550 525.03 55,163.697 578.75 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 99,990 95.276 1,049.48 86.433 1,156.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,217 0.810 3,970.63 0.735 4,376.87 Spain 8,252 5.980 1,379.92 5.425 1,521.11 Korea, South 545,846 813.096 671.32 737.629 740.00 Japan 7,907,838 12,290.376 643.42 11,149.645 709.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,565,143 13,205.539 648.60 11,979.867 714.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 69,800 90.000 775.55 81.647 854.90 Austria 132,151 145.650 907.32 132.132 1,000.14 Spain 110,370 103.781 1,063.48 94.149 1,172.29 China 564,687 614.648 918.72 557.600 1,012.71 Korea, South 93,274 124.558 748.83 112.998 825.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 970,282 1,078.639 899.54 978.526 991.58 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 500,540 426.975 1,172.29 387.346 1,292.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,387 4.038 591.01 3.664 651.47 Switzerland 70,479 46.050 1,530.48 41.776 1,687.07 Poland 26,066 17.237 1,512.13 15.638 1,666.84 India 33,565 37.970 883.98 34.446 974.42 China 257,115 297.703 863.66 270.072 952.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 890,152 829.976 1,072.50 752.942 1,182.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,091,848 17,741.230 681.57 16,094.578 751.30 Mexico 1,632,364 2,472.860 660.11 2,243.342 727.65 Peru 292,631 523.637 558.84 475.036 616.02 Brazil 30,537 57.916 527.26 52.541 581.20 United Kingdom 7,717,654 11,763.241 656.08 10,671.436 723.21 Belgium 124,740 179.191 696.13 162.560 767.35 France 2,424 1.002 2,419.16 0.909 2,666.67 Federal Republic of Germany 227,985 318.334 716.18 288.788 789.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 331,970 466.402 711.77 423.113 784.59 Italy 4,825 5.133 939.91 4.657 1,036.07 Turkey 2,149,711 3,463.972 620.59 3,142.464 684.08 India 429,520 460.188 933.36 417.476 1,028.85 China 5,188,337 6,814.866 761.33 6,182.345 839.22 Korea, South 144,395 279.233 517.11 253.316 570.02 Taiwan 426,313 793.933 536.96 720.245 591.90 Japan 1,861,481 2,468.767 754.01 2,239.629 831.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,656,735 47,809.912 683.05 43,372.435 752.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,893,245 8,169.151 721.40 7,410.932 795.21 Mexico 3,011,569 4,575.976 658.13 4,151.257 725.46 Peru 505,156 911.023 554.49 826.467 611.22 Brazil 203,476 380.183 535.20 344.897 589.96 Turkey 277,946 476.471 583.34 432.248 643.02 China 153,270 340.003 450.79 308.446 496.91 Korea, South 184,215 355.775 517.78 322.754 570.76 Taiwan 212,372 408.616 519.73 370.691 572.91 Japan 1,659,809 3,326.592 498.95 3,017.835 550.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,101,058 18,943.795 638.79 17,185.527 704.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 275,652 536.005 514.27 486.256 566.89 Mexico 20,537,959 30,247.459 679.00 27,440.041 748.47 Dominican Republic 2,080,853 3,550.110 586.14 3,220.607 646.11 Belgium 433,935 476.220 911.21 432.020 1,004.43 Federal Republic of Germany 177,538 159.335 1,114.24 144.547 1,228.24 Switzerland 389,614 707.021 551.06 641.399 607.44 Turkey 12,068,951 22,591.083 534.24 20,494.292 588.89 India 13,364 23.578 566.79 21.390 624.78 Taiwan 1,151,620 2,199.542 523.57 1,995.392 577.14 Japan 3,032,144 6,519.116 465.12 5,914.045 512.70 Australia 70,082 72.959 960.56 66.188 1,058.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,231,712 67,082.433 599.74 60,856.177 661.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,858,971 3,400.405 1,134.86 3,084.797 1,250.96 Mexico 88,062 65.142 1,351.84 59.096 1,490.15 Sweden 3,471 1.570 2,209.71 1.425 2,435.79 United Kingdom 1,286,439 882.751 1,457.31 800.819 1,606.40 France 623,527 521.662 1,195.27 473.244 1,317.56 Federal Republic of Germany 3,705,410 3,472.418 1,067.10 3,150.126 1,176.27 Russia 2,229,952 3,524.518 632.70 3,197.390 697.43 Ukraine 595,100 655.985 907.18 595.100 1,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 583,180 623.460 935.39 565.594 1,031.09 Italy 232,530 159.562 1,457.29 144.753 1,606.39 Romania 96,104 31.909 3,011.75 28.948 3,319.88 India 134,869 18.188 7,415.22 16.500 8,173.88 Malaysia 43,919 65.846 666.99 59.735 735.23 China 1,234,387 1,278.559 965.45 1,159.890 1,064.23 Korea, South 182,286 182.856 996.88 165.885 1,098.87 Taiwan 11,868 7.500 1,582.37 6.804 1,744.27 Japan 294,596 207.043 1,422.87 187.827 1,568.44 South Africa 182,068 237.746 765.81 215.680 844.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,386,739 15,337.128 1,003.23 13,913.613 1,105.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,562,319 28,196.775 835.64 25,579.692 921.13 Mexico 4,316,274 4,911.376 878.83 4,455.527 968.75 Dominican Republic 292,975 252.753 1,159.13 229.294 1,277.73 Colombia 273,022 193.562 1,410.51 175.597 1,554.82 Venezuela 841,957 903.045 932.35 819.229 1,027.74 Chile 292,631 248.442 1,177.86 225.383 1,298.37 Argentina 52,345 4.175 12,536.06 3.788 13,818.64 Sweden 13,094 9.543 1,371.99 8.658 1,512.36 United Kingdom 13,034 12.266 1,062.57 11.128 1,171.28 France 309,998 153.388 2,021.00 139.152 2,227.77 Federal Republic of Germany 883,719 425.615 2,076.33 386.112 2,288.76 Slovakia 194,770 140.197 1,389.26 127.185 1,531.39 Switzerland 212,505 128.509 1,653.61 116.582 1,822.79 Russia 1,112,393 1,416.307 785.42 1,284.853 865.77 Ukraine 61,464 42.520 1,445.51 38.574 1,593.40 Spain 1,206,397 664.314 1,816.00 602.656 2,001.80 Italy 105,361 24.621 4,279.28 22.336 4,717.09 Romania 9,576 0.878 10,899.88 0.797 12,015.06 United Arab Emirates 58,485 78.519 744.84 71.232 821.05 Oman 762,919 1,107.849 688.65 1,005.024 759.11 India 2,356,647 2,687.027 877.05 2,437.631 966.78 Vietnam 142,228 242.544 586.40 220.033 646.39 Malaysia 85,781 160.866 533.24 145.936 587.80 China 16,583,337 22,065.064 751.57 20,017.095 828.46 Korea, South 2,837,126 3,512.631 807.69 3,186.607 890.33 Hong Kong 16,869 23.008 733.16 20.873 808.17 Taiwan 2,367,122 3,762.485 629.14 3,413.270 693.51 Japan 3,400,283 3,238.932 1,049.82 2,938.311 1,157.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,364,631 74,607.224 835.91 67,682.555 921.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 8,059,211 7,886.140 1,021.95 7,154.188 1,126.50 Mexico 1,831,727 1,334.766 1,372.32 1,210.880 1,512.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 7,917,444 6,175.299 1,282.11 5,602.139 1,413.29 Venezuela 3,465,813 4,124.287 840.34 3,741.492 926.32 Brazil 1,299,261 1,404.140 925.31 1,273.815 1,019.98 Argentina 4,299,790 2,697.924 1,593.74 2,447.517 1,756.80 Sweden 42,902 8.938 4,799.61 8.109 5,290.66 United Kingdom 294,803 15.763 18,702.16 14.300 20,615.59 France 12,445 30.484 408.24 27.655 450.01 Federal Republic of Germany 8,432 0.153 55,031.54 0.139 60,661.87 Austria 7,864,491 5,342.004 1,472.20 4,846.186 1,622.82 Russia 2,674,348 4,255.478 628.45 3,860.506 692.75 Ukraine 131,950 63.515 2,077.46 57.620 2,290.00 Spain 21,957 16.514 1,329.53 14.982 1,465.56 Greece 3,507,462 5,243.880 668.87 4,757.170 737.30 Romania 1,561,637 1,144.560 1,364.40 1,038.328 1,503.99 Turkey 1,945,486 2,149.429 905.12 1,949.930 997.72 India 89,275 60.924 1,465.33 55.270 1,615.25 China 64,464,786 79,436.498 811.53 72,063.600 894.55 Korea, South 13,225,094 18,125.958 729.62 16,443.598 804.27 South Africa 767,990 933.161 823.00 846.550 907.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,486,304 140,449.825 879.22 127,413.974 969.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A United Kingdom 15,743,197 11,351.829 1,386.84 10,298.209 1,528.73 Federal Republic of Germany 14,935,331 8,641.257 1,728.37 7,839.219 1,905.21 Czech Republic 146,654 92.847 1,579.51 84.230 1,741.11 Poland 430,053 288.702 1,489.60 261.907 1,642.01 Spain 68,655 33.620 2,042.06 30.500 2,250.98 Italy 19,244,224 19,744.648 974.66 17,912.049 1,074.37 Greece 18,287,768 15,387.006 1,188.52 13,958.861 1,310.12 Romania 3,602,009 4,014.630 897.22 3,642.013 989.02 India 67,113,742 49,641.163 1,351.98 45,033.719 1,490.30 China 5,150,770 8,027.894 641.61 7,282.785 707.25 Korea, South 6,674,396 8,013.235 832.92 7,269.487 918.14 Japan 7,174,664 6,877.618 1,043.19 6,239.272 1,149.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,571,463 132,114.454 1,200.26 119,852.251 1,323.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 493,214 539.237 914.65 489.188 1,008.23 Mexico 3,536,839 3,848.243 919.08 3,491.069 1,013.11 Venezuela 1,347,881 1,986.907 678.38 1,802.493 747.79 Brazil 414,461 297.230 1,394.41 269.643 1,537.07 Argentina 17,341,582 10,628.422 1,631.62 9,641.945 1,798.56 France 778,409 603.285 1,290.28 547.292 1,422.29 Federal Republic of Germany 838,479 145.156 5,776.37 131.684 6,367.36 Czech Republic 62,356 44.731 1,394.00 40.580 1,536.62 Slovakia 527,589 338.901 1,556.76 307.446 1,716.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 250,229 152.666 1,639.05 138.497 1,806.75 Ukraine 58,658 68.185 860.27 61.857 948.28 Spain 135,928 77.865 1,745.69 70.638 1,924.29 Italy 289,446 97.454 2,970.07 88.409 3,273.94 China 12,048,226 19,655.483 612.97 17,831.160 675.68 Korea, South 745,936 1,162.335 641.76 1,054.453 707.42 Taiwan 350,390 594.188 589.69 539.039 650.03 South Africa 283,755 340.417 833.55 308.822 918.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,503,378 40,580.714 973.45 36,814.215 1,073.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 28,570 21.436 1,332.76 19.447 1,469.12 Mexico 2,203,216 2,685.907 820.29 2,436.615 904.21 Venezuela 2,040,905 2,961.771 689.08 2,686.875 759.58 China 14,730,112 26,487.494 556.12 24,029.058 613.01 Korea, South 6,222,975 8,744.249 711.66 7,932.652 784.48 Taiwan 967,839 1,571.213 615.98 1,425.381 679.00 Japan 887,894 1,079.121 822.79 978.963 906.97 South Africa 374,471 578.594 647.21 524.892 713.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,455,982 44,129.789 622.16 40,033.883 685.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,688,115 5,200.571 1,286.03 4,717.880 1,417.61 Mexico 12,141,479 15,664.163 775.11 14,210.294 854.41 Dominican Republic 41,181 31.192 1,320.24 28.297 1,455.31 Colombia 189,959 151.779 1,251.55 137.692 1,379.59 Brazil 561,132 420.625 1,334.04 381.585 1,470.53 Argentina 438,738 266.583 1,645.78 241.841 1,814.16 Sweden 117,402 14.249 8,238.98 12.927 9,081.92 Denmark 2,612 0.261 9,998.17 0.237 11,021.10 Ireland 2,279 2.512 907.18 2.279 1,000.00 Belgium 111,509 63.468 1,756.91 57.578 1,936.66 France 826,976 566.149 1,460.70 513.602 1,610.15 Federal Republic of Germany 2,107,732 765.706 2,752.66 694.637 3,034.29 Austria 323,980 119.176 2,718.49 108.115 2,996.62 Slovakia 3,601 0.563 6,392.90 0.511 7,046.97 Switzerland 1,803,570 579.252 3,113.62 525.489 3,432.17 Russia 3,160 0.815 3,873.93 0.740 4,270.27 Ukraine 353,671 420.942 840.19 381.873 926.15 Spain 1,780,739 991.702 1,795.64 899.658 1,979.35 Italy 621,896 441.059 1,410.00 400.123 1,554.26 Romania 1,639,983 1,696.583 966.64 1,539.115 1,065.54 Turkey 92,645 56.217 1,647.96 51.000 1,816.57 India 806,640 857.383 940.82 777.805 1,037.07 China 9,610,472 10,045.575 956.69 9,113.195 1,054.57 Korea, South 5,048,333 5,569.000 906.51 5,052.114 999.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 320,203 245.277 1,305.47 222.512 1,439.04 Japan 3,364,719 2,249.877 1,495.51 2,041.055 1,648.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,002,726 46,420.690 1,055.62 42,112.154 1,163.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 62,381 37.034 1,684.41 33.597 1,856.74 Mexico 1,408,073 870.026 1,618.43 789.275 1,784.01 Brazil 86,899 44.081 1,971.33 39.990 2,173.02 Argentina 2,603,317 1,419.245 1,834.30 1,287.518 2,021.97 Netherlands 648,166 258.302 2,509.33 234.328 2,766.06 France 1,454,894 850.947 1,709.73 771.967 1,884.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,764,840 864.985 2,040.31 784.702 2,249.06 Czech Republic 123,753 81.637 1,515.89 74.060 1,670.98 Slovakia 515,481 287.844 1,790.83 261.128 1,974.05 Poland 102,629 74.914 1,369.95 67.961 1,510.12 Italy 268,604 95.088 2,824.77 86.263 3,113.78 Romania 753,881 406.632 1,853.96 368.891 2,043.64 China 306,660 363.526 843.57 329.786 929.88 Korea, South 331,580 259.032 1,280.07 234.990 1,411.04 Japan 176,845 5.021 35,220.88 4.555 38,824.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,608,003 5,918.319 1,792.40 5,369.011 1,975.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 715,507 189.596 3,773.84 171.999 4,159.95 Mexico 549,019 222.567 2,466.75 201.910 2,719.13 Ireland 11,284 5.784 1,950.59 5.248 2,150.15 Belgium 22,095 5.483 4,029.00 4.975 4,441.21 Federal Republic of Germany 45,587 6.175 7,382.34 5.602 8,137.63 Switzerland 13,228 0.562 23,529.89 0.510 25,937.25 Italy 7,344 0.266 27,530.44 0.242 30,347.11 China 1,113,201 1,350.895 824.05 1,225.512 908.36 Japan 422,462 150.206 2,812.54 136.265 3,100.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,899,727 1,931.538 1,501.25 1,752.263 1,654.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 18,641,982 24,576.537 758.53 22,295.466 836.13 Mexico 5,205,309 4,427.498 1,175.68 4,016.560 1,295.96 United Kingdom 31,243 24.179 1,292.14 21.935 1,424.34 Netherlands 16,821 2.421 6,945.73 2.197 7,656.35 Belgium 14,886 9.639 1,544.24 8.745 1,702.23 Federal Republic of Germany 79,660 37.750 2,110.15 34.247 2,326.04 Italy 6,310 3.225 1,956.37 2.926 2,156.53 India 61,148 31.913 1,916.08 28.951 2,112.12 China 3,018,889 5,469.811 551.92 4,962.131 608.39 Korea, South 2,909,212 4,605.119 631.73 4,177.695 696.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,610,964 1,783.883 903.07 1,618.312 995.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,596,424 40,971.979 771.17 37,169.165 850.07 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 262,499 296.116 886.47 268.632 977.17 Mexico 3,004 3.352 896.15 3.041 987.83 China 183,778 227.221 808.81 206.132 891.55 Korea, South 19,138 25.694 744.82 23.310 821.02 Japan 16,815 35.628 471.95 32.322 520.23 South Africa 673,300 1,168.796 576.06 1,060.315 635.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,158,534 1,756.810 659.45 1,593.752 726.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,629,365 16,723.920 874.76 15,171.690 964.25 Mexico 7,509,049 9,148.243 820.82 8,299.149 904.80 Dominican Republic 184,216 229.983 800.99 208.638 882.95 Colombia 56,391 39.022 1,445.07 35.401 1,592.92 Venezuela 263,922 400.954 658.23 363.740 725.58 Ecuador 16,743 19.540 856.83 17.727 944.49 Peru 19,168 18.505 1,035.79 16.788 1,141.77 Brazil 585,323 715.726 817.80 649.296 901.47 Argentina 56,549 86.678 652.40 78.633 719.15 Sweden 381,947 138.360 2,760.51 125.519 3,042.94 United Kingdom 428,655 255.200 1,679.68 231.514 1,851.53 Belgium 757,537 330.066 2,295.11 299.431 2,529.92 France 563,934 341.925 1,649.29 310.190 1,818.03 Federal Republic of Germany 714,490 414.010 1,725.78 375.584 1,902.34 Austria 52,908 23.855 2,217.89 21.641 2,444.80 Czech Republic 149,704 159.218 940.24 144.441 1,036.44 Poland 245,528 215.274 1,140.53 195.294 1,257.22 Belarus 422,602 469.729 899.67 426.132 991.72 Spain 62,462 83.005 752.51 75.301 829.50 Italy 173,390 129.317 1,340.81 117.315 1,477.99 Greece 143,471 152.177 942.79 138.053 1,039.25 India 624,373 647.060 964.94 587.004 1,063.66 Thailand 176,039 161.272 1,091.56 146.304 1,203.24 Malaysia 354,452 319.208 1,110.41 289.581 1,224.02 Indonesia 41,738 18.426 2,265.14 16.716 2,496.89 China 7,981,257 9,107.604 876.33 8,262.282 965.99 Korea, South 1,887,770 1,982.248 952.34 1,798.266 1,049.77 Taiwan 342,786 424.008 808.44 384.654 891.15 Japan 3,554,481 3,586.574 991.05 3,253.687 1,092.45 Australia 35,745 17.956 1,990.63 16.290 2,194.29 New Zealand 17,343 11.590 1,496.27 10.515 1,649.36 South Africa 618,384 915.619 675.37 830.636 744.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 43,051,722 47,286.289 910.45 42,897.412 1,003.60 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 56,321 66.671 844.76 60.483 931.19 Taiwan 24,151 34.987 690.28 31.740 760.90 Japan 283,482 400.008 708.69 362.882 781.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 363,954 501.667 725.49 455.105 799.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,997,891 10,775.113 742.26 9,775.021 818.20 Brazil 4,747,476 6,096.777 778.69 5,530.905 858.35 United Kingdom 1,346,956 1,847.885 728.92 1,676.374 803.49 Netherlands 4,248,543 5,880.510 722.48 5,334.711 796.40 France 4,062,229 5,429.116 748.23 4,925.213 824.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,966,220 4,101.108 723.27 3,720.464 797.27 Spain 6,738 10.610 635.01 9.626 699.98 China 1,809,608 2,732.334 662.29 2,478.733 730.05 Korea, South 413,255 436.856 945.97 396.310 1,042.76 Japan 115,799 129.807 892.09 117.759 983.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,714,715 37,440.120 740.24 33,965.116 815.98 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,893,884 3,359.674 861.36 3,047.846 949.48 Brazil 262,234 301.359 870.17 273.389 959.20 United Kingdom 427,710 650.585 657.42 590.201 724.69 Netherlands 771,996 1,048.685 736.16 951.352 811.47 France 343,470 486.215 706.42 441.087 778.69 Federal Republic of Germany 3,379,736 3,952.704 855.04 3,585.834 942.52 Korea, South 50,956 73.821 690.26 66.970 760.88 Taiwan 36,612 18.629 1,965.32 16.900 2,166.39 Japan 1,016,609 1,203.164 844.95 1,091.493 931.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,183,207 11,094.839 827.70 10,065.072 912.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 46,870,393 88,104.329 531.99 79,926.926 586.42 Mexico 2,683,470 5,047.582 531.63 4,579.091 586.03 United Kingdom 31,002 69.357 446.99 62.920 492.72 Netherlands 12,503,536 25,098.677 498.18 22,769.144 549.14 Luxembourg 1,032,848 2,081.600 496.18 1,888.397 546.94 France 3,162,295 6,283.997 503.23 5,700.748 554.72 Federal Republic of Germany 91,956 149.224 616.23 135.374 679.27 Russia 614,751 1,085.021 566.58 984.315 624.55 Italy 54,248 70.320 771.44 63.794 850.36 Malaysia 7,171 8.588 834.99 7.791 920.42 Korea, South 30,669,624 65,833.653 465.87 59,723.303 513.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 4,124 10.101 408.25 9.164 450.02 Japan 338,249 565.592 598.04 513.097 659.23 Australia 20,562,273 43,543.662 472.22 39,502.157 520.54 New Zealand 3,547,048 7,252.059 489.11 6,578.960 539.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,172,988 245,203.769 498.25 222,445.180 549.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,284,348 25,673.175 634.29 23,290.320 699.19 Mexico 3,669,451 6,243.659 587.71 5,664.154 647.84 Venezuela 19,416 23.591 823.00 21.402 907.20 Brazil 305,390 500.581 610.07 454.120 672.49 Sweden 8,750 11.441 764.73 10.380 842.97 Netherlands 8,358,450 14,618.323 571.78 13,261.524 630.28 Belgium 553,425 1,053.853 525.14 956.040 578.87 Luxembourg 2,498,612 4,381.818 570.22 3,975.120 628.56 Federal Republic of Germany 204,226 162.354 1,257.90 147.286 1,386.59 India 105,957 85.911 1,233.32 77.938 1,359.50 China 4,424,497 8,697.761 508.69 7,890.479 560.74 Korea, South 577,271 826.354 698.58 749.656 770.05 Taiwan 329,113 404.103 814.43 366.597 897.75 Japan 1,058,913 1,500.635 705.64 1,361.354 777.84 Australia 2,205,918 4,023.512 548.26 3,650.070 604.35 New Zealand 450,010 837.535 537.30 759.800 592.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,053,747 69,044.616 594.60 62,636.240 655.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 29,614,136 38,692.851 765.36 35,101.574 843.67 Mexico 7,030,955 7,911.808 888.67 7,177.474 979.59 Colombia 2,014,936 2,469.375 815.97 2,240.180 899.45 Brazil 198,707 267.089 743.97 242.300 820.09 Sweden 114,523 100.174 1,143.23 90.877 1,260.20 United Kingdom 8,759 3.540 2,473.86 3.212 2,726.96 Netherlands 1,564,378 1,920.825 814.43 1,742.544 897.76 France 50,119 41.677 1,202.55 37.809 1,325.58 Federal Republic of Germany 920,401 1,051.136 875.62 953.575 965.21 Austria 609,483 519.838 1,172.45 471.590 1,292.40 Spain 186,183 228.952 813.20 207.702 896.39 Italy 4,525 7.674 589.63 6.962 649.96 India 236,360 243.941 968.92 221.300 1,068.05 Indonesia 804,301 962.383 835.74 873.060 921.24 China 16,102,053 23,215.333 693.60 21,060.602 764.56 Korea, South 9,197,674 11,740.294 783.43 10,650.619 863.58 Taiwan 6,076,667 6,855.792 886.36 6,219.472 977.04 Japan 267,825 299.343 894.71 271.560 986.25 Australia 185,400 250.718 739.47 227.448 815.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 75,187,385 96,782.751 776.87 87,799.860 856.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 786,812 859.161 915.79 779.418 1,009.49 Luxembourg 226,115 316.010 715.53 286.680 788.74 France 405,377 569.023 712.41 516.210 785.29 Federal Republic of Germany 4,333,685 5,012.828 864.52 4,547.563 952.97 Russia 11,511 12.524 919.08 11.362 1,013.11 Thailand 8,299 8.838 938.98 8.018 1,035.05 China 31,009 9.690 3,199.97 8.791 3,527.36 Korea, South 2,804,888 3,134.090 894.96 2,843.200 986.53 Taiwan 134,088 195.533 685.75 177.385 755.92 Japan 656,951 832.312 789.31 755.061 870.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,398,735 10,950.013 858.33 9,933.688 946.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 967,359 928.765 1,041.55 842.562 1,148.12 Mexico 1,470,915 1,645.280 894.02 1,492.574 985.49 Brazil 3,540 4.335 816.54 3.933 900.08 United Kingdom 417,300 109.679 3,804.71 99.500 4,193.97 Netherlands 1,544,528 1,313.012 1,176.32 1,191.145 1,296.68 Belgium 73,117 41.772 1,750.38 37.895 1,929.46 Luxembourg 241,030 300.842 801.18 272.920 883.15 France 30,823 8.223 3,748.28 7.460 4,131.77 Federal Republic of Germany 825,612 394.599 2,092.28 357.975 2,306.34 Italy 11,037 3.064 3,601.65 2.780 3,970.14 China 3,590,453 4,669.666 768.89 4,236.251 847.55 Korea, South 9,589,699 12,670.456 756.86 11,494.448 834.29 Taiwan 4,934,754 5,978.728 825.39 5,423.813 909.83 Japan 1,537,508 843.691 1,822.36 765.384 2,008.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,237,675 28,912.118 872.91 26,228.640 962.22 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,472,560 3,705.164 667.33 3,361.270 735.60 Mexico 599,891 771.510 777.55 699.903 857.11 Peru 8,414 15.205 553.36 13.794 609.98 United Kingdom 43,538 51.653 842.89 46.859 929.13 Italy 95,455 98.037 973.66 88.938 1,073.28 Turkey 33,294 55.320 601.84 50.186 663.41 Malaysia 3,181 4.830 658.55 4.382 725.92 Japan 329,554 1,024.869 321.56 929.746 354.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,585,887 5,726.591 626.18 5,195.078 690.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,204,229 2,271.347 970.45 2,060.532 1,069.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 184,964 239.162 773.38 216.965 852.51 Brazil 138,215 46.014 3,003.70 41.744 3,311.01 Sweden 720,658 160.450 4,491.48 145.558 4,951.00 United Kingdom 1,457,377 794.845 1,833.53 721.072 2,021.13 France 69,527 3.956 17,574.21 3.589 19,372.25 Federal Republic of Germany 4,546,332 3,097.689 1,467.65 2,810.177 1,617.81 Austria 298,586 53.071 5,626.07 48.146 6,201.68 Switzerland 147,154 75.399 1,951.67 68.401 2,151.34 Italy 172,282 73.024 2,359.23 66.247 2,600.60 India 129,345 84.542 1,529.93 76.696 1,686.46 China 65,177 95.919 679.49 87.017 749.01 Korea, South 883,137 777.649 1,135.65 705.472 1,251.84 Taiwan 466,165 287.990 1,618.68 261.261 1,784.29 Japan 375,857 438.555 857.03 397.851 944.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,859,005 8,499.620 1,395.24 7,710.728 1,537.99 GRAND TOTAL 1,255,835,000 1,771,873.657 708.76 1,607,417.197 781.28 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 270,048 74.497 3,624.93 67.583 3,995.80 Italy 4,320,373 1,438.487 3,003.41 1,304.974 3,310.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,590,421 1,512.984 3,034.02 1,372.557 3,344.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 38,703 11.715 3,303.61 10.628 3,641.61 Mexico 33,408 21.885 1,526.51 19.854 1,682.68 Brazil 32,019 4.746 6,745.74 4.306 7,435.90 Sweden 14,808,028 2,596.885 5,702.22 2,355.856 6,285.63 United Kingdom 23,532,019 6,473.643 3,635.05 5,872.792 4,006.96 France 9,151 6.304 1,451.59 5.719 1,600.10 Federal Republic of Germany 472,601 99.677 4,741.30 90.426 5,226.38 Czech Republic 7,670 5.284 1,451.42 4.794 1,599.92 Spain 1,953,879 403.354 4,844.08 365.917 5,339.68 Italy 3,361,563 1,153.493 2,914.25 1,046.432 3,212.40 China 51,507 2.813 18,309.71 2.552 20,182.99 Taiwan 10,350 4.692 2,205.63 4.257 2,431.29 Japan 13,358 9.203 1,451.45 8.349 1,599.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,324,256 10,793.699 4,106.49 9,791.882 4,526.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,141,156 215.415 5,297.46 195.422 5,839.44 United Kingdom 932,705 191.367 4,873.89 173.606 5,372.54 France 1,560,802 316.848 4,926.02 287.440 5,430.01 Federal Republic of Germany 470,352 170.844 2,753.09 154.988 3,034.76 Austria 15,372 2.548 6,031.68 2.312 6,648.79 Italy 439,458 178.794 2,457.89 162.200 2,709.36 India 58,194 18.008 3,231.48 16.337 3,562.10 China 641,420 310.181 2,067.89 281.392 2,279.45 Korea, South 27,309 3.707 7,366.73 3.363 8,120.43 Taiwan 1,509,882 367.490 4,108.63 333.382 4,528.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,796,650 1,775.207 3,828.65 1,610.442 4,220.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 3,114 0.432 7,206.57 0.392 7,943.88 Italy 173,030 13.954 12,399.89 12.659 13,668.54 India 581,241 115.303 5,040.95 104.602 5,556.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 757,385 129.690 5,839.96 117.653 6,437.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 230,529 48.489 4,754.20 43.989 5,240.61 Brazil 96,454 21.993 4,385.61 19.952 4,834.30 Sweden 213,041 39.677 5,369.29 35.995 5,918.63 Finland 95,113 25.904 3,671.71 23.500 4,047.36 United Kingdom 9,905 1.421 6,965.63 1.290 7,678.29 Netherlands 26,648 3.669 7,261.84 3.329 8,004.81 Belgium 6,232,217 958.804 6,499.99 869.813 7,165.01 France 7,103,152 697.551 10,182.98 632.808 11,224.81 Federal Republic of Germany 629,849 284.323 2,215.25 257.934 2,441.90 Austria 92,006 16.610 5,538.95 15.069 6,105.65 Italy 527,593 136.200 3,873.65 123.559 4,269.97 China 5,535,824 1,309.836 4,226.35 1,188.264 4,658.75 Korea, South 1,600,272 259.967 6,155.65 235.839 6,785.44 Taiwan 1,169,500 420.532 2,781.00 381.501 3,065.52 Japan 3,527,232 817.158 4,316.46 741.314 4,758.08 South Africa 2,938,767 1,821.717 1,613.18 1,652.635 1,778.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,028,102 6,863.860 4,374.81 6,226.791 4,822.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 1,657,290 326.184 5,080.83 295.910 5,600.66 Belgium 44,434 10.361 4,288.28 9.400 4,727.02 Federal Republic of Germany 541,929 187.607 2,888.63 170.195 3,184.17 China 1,182,941 315.368 3,750.97 286.098 4,134.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,426,594 839.523 4,081.59 761.603 4,499.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 30,719 7.840 3,917.87 7.113 4,318.71 Brazil 78,473 54.403 1,442.43 49.354 1,590.00 Sweden 1,677,726 383.069 4,379.69 347.515 4,827.78 United Kingdom 818,872 221.367 3,699.16 200.821 4,077.62 Netherlands 3,361 0.459 7,311.87 0.417 8,059.95 France 820,137 146.255 5,607.55 132.681 6,181.27 Federal Republic of Germany 614,111 136.534 4,497.85 123.862 4,958.03 Austria 595,402 96.785 6,151.79 87.802 6,781.19 Poland 45,272 11.341 3,991.65 10.289 4,400.04 Portugal 743,613 173.200 4,293.36 157.125 4,732.62 Italy 2,011,636 462.872 4,345.98 419.911 4,790.62 India 1,039,233 227.254 4,572.99 206.162 5,040.86 China 77,147 17.399 4,433.74 15.785 4,887.36 Taiwan 1,021,450 228.537 4,469.50 207.326 4,926.78 Japan 48,164 23.700 2,032.17 21.501 2,240.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,625,316 2,191.023 4,393.07 1,987.664 4,842.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 24,089 3.341 7,209.89 3.031 7,947.54 Italy 341,385 54.357 6,280.41 49.312 6,922.96 India 2,773,648 636.925 4,354.75 577.809 4,800.29 China 55,213 12.694 4,349.46 11.516 4,794.46 Japan 143,687 35.604 4,035.63 32.300 4,448.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,338,022 742.922 4,493.10 673.968 4,952.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 55,359 4.185 13,226.46 3.797 14,579.67 Mexico 19,724 9.734 2,026.19 8.831 2,233.50 Sweden 328,500 58.913 5,576.02 53.445 6,146.51 Denmark 13,047 9.140 1,427.41 8.292 1,573.44 United Kingdom 1,121,566 257.418 4,356.98 233.526 4,802.75 Netherlands 33,213 6.704 4,954.02 6.082 5,460.87 France 1,618,984 300.832 5,381.67 272.911 5,932.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,646,531 619.295 4,273.45 561.816 4,710.67 Austria 369,072 26.271 14,048.44 23.833 15,485.76 Czech Republic 190,179 30.219 6,293.18 27.415 6,937.04 Switzerland 117,978 16.902 6,979.78 15.334 7,693.88 Latvia 313,351 50.795 6,168.86 46.081 6,800.00 Ukraine 1,024,009 226.017 4,530.66 205.040 4,994.19 Spain 10,564 1.850 5,707.86 1.679 6,291.84 Italy 10,739,577 1,735.695 6,187.48 1,574.597 6,820.52 Slovenia 312,669 92.864 3,366.95 84.245 3,711.43 Saudi Arabia 125,169 55.672 2,248.32 50.505 2,478.35 United Arab Emirates 91,645 37.667 2,433.03 34.171 2,681.95 India 5,220,000 1,260.994 4,139.59 1,143.955 4,563.12 China 982,157 197.653 4,969.09 179.308 5,477.49 Korea, South 33,489 5.628 5,950.00 5.106 6,558.75 Taiwan 5,933,584 1,716.950 3,455.88 1,557.592 3,809.46 Japan 123,678 23.203 5,330.11 21.050 5,875.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,424,045 6,744.612 4,659.13 6,118.611 5,135.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 151,404 69.669 2,173.18 63.203 2,395.52 United Kingdom 1,023,341 63.223 16,186.20 57.355 17,842.23 Italy 3,425 0.121 28,246.44 0.110 31,136.36 China 1,814,000 957.915 1,893.69 869.007 2,087.44 Japan 12,154,248 2,511.235 4,839.95 2,278.155 5,335.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,146,418 3,602.164 4,204.81 3,267.830 4,635.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 402,741 136.666 2,946.88 123.982 3,248.38 Mexico 2,171 2.325 933.41 2.110 1,028.91 United Kingdom 2,291 1.009 2,268.95 0.916 2,501.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,921,931 694.455 2,767.53 630.000 3,050.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,263 0.997 2,268.46 0.905 2,500.55 Austria 1,468,774 1,459.998 1,006.01 1,324.489 1,108.94 China 10,287 1.847 5,568.15 1.676 6,137.83 Korea, South 57,698 8.701 6,630.70 7.894 7,309.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,868,156 2,306.003 1,677.43 2,091.972 1,849.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 65,320 70.525 926.19 63.980 1,020.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,320 70.525 926.19 63.980 1,020.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,447,037 1,770.102 8,726.64 1,605.810 9,619.47 Mexico 293,152 85.932 3,411.41 77.957 3,760.43 Brazil 4,035 0.928 4,347.38 0.842 4,792.16 Uruguay 456,506 160.002 2,853.12 145.152 3,145.02 Sweden 2,350,227 173.901 13,514.69 157.761 14,897.39 Norway 22,438 0.085 260,966.88 0.078 287,666.67 Finland 199,715 48.990 4,076.65 44.443 4,493.73 Denmark 35,748 3.089 11,569.76 2.803 12,753.48 United Kingdom 730,031 13.793 52,926.81 12.513 58,341.80 Ireland 15,202 0.859 17,680.80 0.780 19,489.74 Netherlands 3,119 0.246 12,631.74 0.224 13,924.11 France 6,848,988 732.442 9,350.89 664.461 10,307.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,969,860 157.241 12,527.62 142.647 13,809.33 Austria 2,117,924 185.440 11,421.03 168.229 12,589.53 Czech Republic 705,586 14.150 49,863.44 12.837 54,965.02 Slovakia 314,486 41.021 7,666.39 37.214 8,450.74 Switzerland 492,247 13.763 35,764.78 12.486 39,423.91 Ukraine 649,344 60.946 10,654.28 55.290 11,744.33 Spain 10,733,740 699.909 15,335.91 634.947 16,904.94 Italy 1,486,126 197.000 7,543.76 178.716 8,315.57 India 965,898 109.704 8,804.57 99.522 9,705.37 Thailand 1,365,855 265.266 5,148.99 240.646 5,675.79 Malaysia 1,234,185 267.962 4,605.80 243.092 5,077.03 Singapore 408,651 86.441 4,727.51 78.418 5,211.19 Philippines 8,162 0.683 11,942.65 0.620 13,164.52 China 23,138,721 3,248.068 7,123.84 2,946.599 7,852.69 Korea, South 4,226,766 749.834 5,636.93 680.239 6,213.65 Taiwan 4,905,457 1,584.715 3,095.48 1,437.630 3,412.18 Japan 9,900,050 1,181.347 8,380.30 1,071.701 9,237.70 Australia 7,612 0.488 15,588.02 0.443 17,182.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,036,868 11,854.362 7,679.61 10,754.100 8,465.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 598,289 132.418 4,518.17 120.128 4,980.43 Mexico 11,542 0.431 26,779.36 0.391 29,519.18 Sweden 2,208,860 185.215 11,925.87 168.025 13,146.02 United Kingdom 260,667 31.073 8,388.85 28.189 9,247.12 Ireland 22,800 0.288 78,945.87 0.262 87,022.90 Netherlands 42,660 5.626 7,582.39 5.104 8,358.15 Belgium 148,487 12.999 11,422.47 11.793 12,591.11 France 785,331 103.263 7,605.12 93.679 8,383.21 Federal Republic of Germany 554,075 51.498 10,758.97 46.719 11,859.74 Switzerland 262,524 45.183 5,810.14 40.990 6,404.59 Spain 79,828 3.837 20,804.01 3.481 22,932.49 Italy 806,137 107.481 7,500.21 97.506 8,267.56 India 5,889,878 1,362.515 4,322.80 1,236.054 4,765.07 Thailand 7,593 0.098 77,396.13 0.089 85,314.61 Vietnam 3,575 0.741 4,819.00 0.673 5,312.04 China 1,645,377 463.996 3,546.10 420.931 3,908.90 Korea, South 3,726,882 609.435 6,115.30 552.871 6,740.96 Taiwan 1,034,942 159.883 6,473.10 145.044 7,135.37 Japan 920,792 155.045 5,938.85 140.655 6,546.46 Australia 97,468 27.151 3,589.85 24.631 3,957.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,107,707 3,458.186 5,525.35 3,137.215 6,090.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Mexico 2,491 0.804 3,095.61 0.730 3,412.33 Brazil 46,476 22.506 2,064.96 20.418 2,276.23 Belgium 39,139 10.008 3,910.39 9.080 4,310.46 France 19,343 12.123 1,595.53 10.998 1,758.77 Federal Republic of Germany 140,886 60.282 2,337.11 54.687 2,576.22 Austria 35,524 4.825 7,361.09 4.378 8,114.21 Spain 4,066 0.972 4,182.10 0.882 4,609.98 Italy 440,780 76.563 5,757.07 69.457 6,346.08 China 2,467,564 635.380 3,883.60 576.408 4,280.93 Taiwan 157,974 39.658 3,983.31 35.978 4,390.85 Japan 1,472,563 934.686 1,575.46 847.934 1,736.65 South Africa 336,681 228.469 1,473.64 207.264 1,624.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,163,487 2,026.283 2,548.25 1,838.214 2,808.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 259,310 44.592 5,815.05 40.454 6,410.00 Mexico 26,096,680 9,514.850 2,742.73 8,631.730 3,023.34 Brazil 3,563,737 1,021.808 3,487.68 926.969 3,844.51 Sweden 3,472,453 594.975 5,836.29 539.753 6,433.41 Finland 1,446,209 326.118 4,434.61 295.850 4,888.32 United Kingdom 158,092 9.030 17,507.16 8.192 19,298.34 Belgium 854,174 165.153 5,171.99 149.825 5,701.14 France 3,154,096 1,255.754 2,511.71 1,139.202 2,768.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/12/07 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,416,619 338.546 4,184.42 307.124 4,612.53 Switzerland 98,273 10.868 9,041.76 9.860 9,966.84 Spain 164,818 48.865 3,372.89 44.330 3,717.98 Italy 372,830 76.401 4,879.90 69.310 5,379.17 India 107,587 39.908 2,695.87 36.204 2,971.69 Thailand 236,885 83.773 2,827.69 75.998 3,116.99 Indonesia 225,863 75.260 3,001.09 68.275 3,308.14 China 23,836,279 7,238.489 3,292.99 6,566.649 3,629.90 Korea, South 1,119,973 580.325 1,929.90 526.463 2,127.35 Taiwan 1,926,500 716.062 2,690.41 649.601 2,965.67 Japan 2,591,444 752.728 3,442.73 682.864 3,794.96 South Africa 309,523 189.575 1,632.72 171.980 1,799.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,411,345 23,083.090 3,093.66 20,940.633 3,410.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 23,483 9.830 2,388.81 8.918 2,633.21 United Kingdom 116,946 4.960 23,575.92 4.500 25,988.00 Federal Republic of Germany 344,012 79.555 4,324.15 72.172 4,766.56 Italy 5,274 0.921 5,723.08 0.836 6,308.61 Slovenia 122,338 30.574 4,001.27 27.737 4,410.64 China 116,852 25.797 4,529.61 23.403 4,993.04 Taiwan 80,949 19.459 4,159.96 17.653 4,585.57 Japan 34,767 16.498 2,107.31 14.967 2,322.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 844,621 187.597 4,502.29 170.186 4,962.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 321,449 60.894 5,278.74 55.243 5,818.82 Mexico 2,716,787 994.921 2,730.65 902.578 3,010.03 Sweden 3,357,438 313.301 10,716.33 284.222 11,812.73 Finland 779,853 156.736 4,975.57 142.189 5,484.62 United Kingdom 633,754 78.951 8,027.09 71.624 8,848.35 Belgium 284,036 60.607 4,686.50 54.982 5,165.98 France 1,267,838 298.908 4,241.56 271.165 4,675.52 Federal Republic of Germany 284,701 49.255 5,780.07 44.684 6,371.43 Italy 120,122 19.853 6,050.35 18.011 6,669.37 India 864,406 149.610 5,777.73 135.724 6,368.85 China 112,029 21.864 5,123.82 19.835 5,648.05 Korea, South 932,395 397.814 2,343.80 360.891 2,583.59 Taiwan 229,285 111.385 2,058.49 101.047 2,269.09 Japan 3,389,966 370.242 9,156.08 335.878 10,092.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,294,059 3,084.346 4,958.61 2,798.073 5,465.93 GRAND TOTAL 356,248,772 81,266.086 4,383.73 73,723.374 4,832.24