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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 55,227 117.533 469.88 106.625 517.96 Sweden 196,154 38.464 5,099.67 34.894 5,621.42 United Kingdom 64,251 17.581 3,654.39 15.950 4,028.28 France 416,452 611.432 681.11 554.682 750.79 Italy 6,046,966 1,644.166 3,677.83 1,491.563 4,054.11 India 9,193 2.332 3,941.28 2.116 4,344.52 China 105,268 21.263 4,950.62 19.290 5,457.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,893,511 2,452.774 2,810.50 2,225.120 3,098.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 35,957,175 76,880.855 467.70 69,745.159 515.55 Mexico 87,530,913 140,235.827 624.17 127,219.839 688.03 Brazil 31,448,070 68,800.257 457.09 62,414.561 503.86 Sweden 13,267,596 2,620.935 5,062.16 2,377.673 5,580.08 United Kingdom 16,425,975 4,830.897 3,400.19 4,382.518 3,748.07 Belgium 612,523 1,248.887 490.45 1,132.972 540.63 France 288,178 110.330 2,611.96 100.090 2,879.19 Federal Republic of Germany 8,841,667 17,091.344 517.32 15,505.011 570.25 Czech Republic 7,635 5.260 1,451.46 4.772 1,599.96 Russia 70,589 64.683 1,091.30 58.680 1,202.95 Ukraine 21,745,204 57,817.923 376.10 52,451.553 414.58 Spain 1,532,155 322.540 4,750.27 292.604 5,236.27 Italy 13,072,345 20,518.442 637.10 18,614.023 702.28 Slovenia 27,314 12.152 2,247.51 11.025 2,477.46 China 797,767 591.614 1,348.46 536.704 1,486.42 Taiwan 8,580 1.558 5,504.70 1.414 6,067.89 Japan 167,767 401.607 417.74 364.332 460.48 Australia 23,534 20.036 1,174.54 18.177 1,294.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 231,824,987 391,575.156 592.03 355,231.107 652.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,408,350 36,371.105 561.11 32,995.321 618.52 Mexico 664,948 1,290.059 515.44 1,170.323 568.17 Trinidad and Tobago 1,767,659 3,919.143 451.03 3,555.388 497.18 Brazil 2,909,217 5,229.740 556.28 4,744.342 613.20 Sweden 1,013,557 177.127 5,722.20 160.687 6,307.65 United Kingdom 1,753,435 523.265 3,350.94 474.699 3,693.78 France 943,670 262.852 3,590.11 238.456 3,957.42 Federal Republic of Germany 932,349 1,277.903 729.59 1,159.295 804.24 Italy 80,570 40.830 1,973.27 37.041 2,175.16 India 323,043 95.722 3,374.79 86.838 3,720.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 595,853 804.185 740.94 729.545 816.75 Malaysia 4,450,153 8,550.462 520.46 7,756.851 573.71 China 1,766,191 3,540.014 498.92 3,211.448 549.97 Taiwan 3,016,788 676.954 4,456.41 614.123 4,912.35 Japan 5,432,642 9,493.402 572.25 8,612.272 630.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,058,425 72,252.770 637.46 65,546.629 702.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 12,076,772 16,339.950 739.09 14,823.358 814.71 Mexico 4,109,929 6,034.904 681.03 5,474.775 750.70 Brazil 1,474,577 2,006.362 734.95 1,820.142 810.14 United Kingdom 2,462,947 2,966.042 830.38 2,690.749 915.34 Netherlands 28,634 21.384 1,338.99 19.400 1,475.98 Belgium 34,434 7.569 4,549.00 6.867 5,014.42 Luxembourg 5,343,992 7,999.491 668.04 7,257.019 736.39 France 76,474 80.283 952.55 72.832 1,050.01 Federal Republic of Germany 5,768,085 6,795.112 848.86 6,164.424 935.71 Switzerland 48,924 4.960 9,862.92 4.500 10,872.00 Poland 2,329,469 3,745.499 621.94 3,397.861 685.57 Russia 4,351 5.303 820.45 4.811 904.39 Spain 5,898 3.422 1,723.21 3.105 1,899.52 Italy 1,202,862 1,032.806 1,164.65 936.947 1,283.81 India 222,232 51.017 4,356.02 46.282 4,801.69 China 532,346 828.729 642.36 751.811 708.08 Korea, South 230,385 142.747 1,613.94 129.498 1,779.06 Taiwan 447,454 823.206 543.55 746.801 599.16 Japan 17,975 22.090 813.71 20.040 896.96 Australia 35,195 39.751 885.37 36.062 975.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,452,935 48,950.637 744.69 44,407.284 820.88 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 773,844 861.564 898.19 781.598 990.08 Luxembourg 6,626,650 6,019.660 1,100.83 5,460.946 1,213.46 Federal Republic of Germany 309,401 270.870 1,142.25 245.730 1,259.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,709,895 7,152.095 1,077.99 6,488.274 1,188.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 26,597,940 30,259.033 879.01 27,450.541 968.94 Mexico 36,219 38.143 949.55 34.603 1,046.70 Brazil 2,094,844 1,701.871 1,230.91 1,543.912 1,356.84 Sweden 8,373,057 5,197.068 1,611.11 4,714.703 1,775.95 United Kingdom 2,437,686 2,092.149 1,165.16 1,897.967 1,284.37 Netherlands 2,286 0.363 6,284.32 0.330 6,927.27 Belgium 17,176,033 3,843.508 4,468.84 3,486.773 4,926.05 France 9,046,023 1,829.772 4,943.80 1,659.942 5,449.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 8,204,807 4,592.929 1,786.40 4,166.637 1,969.17 Austria 1,483,265 1,287.006 1,152.49 1,167.553 1,270.40 Czech Republic 1,127,325 1,139.020 989.73 1,033.302 1,090.99 Ukraine 200,504 245.993 815.08 223.162 898.47 Italy 256,131 67.595 3,789.15 61.322 4,176.82 Romania 4,569,484 6,682.515 683.80 6,062.278 753.76 Thailand 10,665,494 17,819.140 598.54 16,165.257 659.78 Malaysia 16,935,881 30,345.809 558.10 27,529.263 615.20 China 5,473,767 1,482.290 3,692.78 1,344.712 4,070.59 Korea, South 3,075,491 3,163.143 972.29 2,869.556 1,071.77 Taiwan 2,989,510 1,038.684 2,878.17 942.279 3,172.64 Japan 4,748,253 3,791.309 1,252.40 3,439.419 1,380.54 Australia 764,707 1,180.339 647.87 1,070.786 714.15 South Africa 3,196,282 3,585.024 891.57 3,252.280 982.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,454,989 121,382.714 1,066.50 110,116.577 1,175.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 28,220,196 53,635.998 526.14 48,657.773 579.97 Mexico 1,485,060 2,689.983 552.07 2,440.313 608.55 Brazil 85,356 22.239 3,838.10 20.175 4,230.78 Sweden 712,469 154.582 4,608.99 140.235 5,080.54 Finland 107,848 94.556 1,140.57 85.780 1,257.26 Netherlands 3,186,893 6,150.339 518.17 5,579.496 571.18 Belgium 747,030 174.352 4,284.60 158.170 4,722.96 France 192,907 380.032 507.61 344.760 559.54 Federal Republic of Germany 3,075,037 3,000.788 1,024.74 2,722.270 1,129.59 China 324,615 111.869 2,901.74 101.486 3,198.62 Korea, South 4,198 0.553 7,586.38 0.502 8,362.55 Japan 1,190,754 1,702.453 699.43 1,544.440 770.99 Australia 1,485,347 3,013.971 492.82 2,734.230 543.24 New Zealand 1,955,692 3,795.069 515.32 3,442.830 568.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,773,402 74,926.790 570.87 67,972.460 629.28 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 194,952 189.820 1,027.04 172.202 1,132.11 Austria 330,739 248.797 1,329.35 225.705 1,465.36 Czech Republic 4,138,322 5,684.462 728.01 5,156.859 802.49 Spain 299,478 258.333 1,159.27 234.356 1,277.88 China 85,879 74.957 1,145.71 68.000 1,262.93 Korea, South 353,099 514.127 686.79 466.409 757.06 Japan 716,597 877.885 816.28 796.405 899.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,119,066 7,848.383 779.66 7,119.936 859.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 288,350 350.807 821.96 318.247 906.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 74,411 82.050 906.89 74.435 999.68 Federal Republic of Germany 16,999 10.439 1,628.26 9.471 1,794.85 Austria 1,492,895 1,077.311 1,385.76 977.321 1,527.54 Spain 52,039 58.659 887.14 53.215 977.90 China 8,575,528 15,654.791 547.79 14,201.792 603.83 Korea, South 279,826 412.075 679.06 373.829 748.54 Japan 18,690 16.618 1,124.65 15.076 1,239.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,798,738 17,662.754 611.38 16,023.386 673.94 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 418,532 333.332 1,255.60 302.394 1,384.06 Switzerland 4,920 8.324 591.02 7.552 651.48 Poland 26,685 18.849 1,415.69 17.100 1,560.53 India 13,692 15.377 890.41 13.950 981.51 China 64,417 75.406 854.26 68.408 941.66 Australia 245,203 381.684 642.42 346.258 708.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 773,449 832.974 928.54 755.662 1,023.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,642,668 31,882.230 678.83 28,923.081 748.28 Mexico 3,645,867 5,074.487 718.47 4,603.499 791.98 Brazil 724,645 263.956 2,745.32 239.457 3,026.20 Sweden 4,579,710 1,254.990 3,649.20 1,138.509 4,022.55 Finland 107,570 127.125 846.17 115.326 932.75 United Kingdom 7,729,213 10,155.878 761.06 9,213.261 838.92 Netherlands 604,644 185.640 3,257.07 168.410 3,590.31 Belgium 206,030 44.073 4,674.67 39.983 5,152.94 France 992,405 235.912 4,206.67 214.016 4,637.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,166,544 4,835.433 1,068.48 4,386.633 1,177.79 Austria 1,037,817 170.308 6,093.76 154.501 6,717.22 Czech Republic 477,084 462.273 1,032.04 419.368 1,137.63 Switzerland 55,559 5.269 10,544.41 4.780 11,623.22 Poland 28,412 21.673 1,310.90 19.662 1,445.02 Spain 126,064 14.107 8,936.03 12.798 9,850.29 Portugal 919,169 204.564 4,493.29 185.578 4,953.01 Italy 4,636,991 631.773 7,339.65 573.135 8,090.57 Slovenia 67,607 32.490 2,080.82 29.475 2,293.71 Turkey 226,359 234.571 964.99 212.800 1,063.72 India 1,739,943 576.255 3,019.40 522.770 3,328.31 China 11,999,832 13,352.300 898.71 12,113.007 990.66 Korea, South 1,490,322 1,873.804 795.35 1,699.887 876.72 Taiwan 3,309,835 1,934.772 1,710.71 1,755.197 1,885.73 Japan 14,025,320 17,436.561 804.36 15,818.187 886.66 Australia 8,495 5.563 1,526.95 5.047 1,683.18 South Africa 73,687 67.602 1,090.00 61.328 1,201.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 85,621,792 91,083.621 940.03 82,629.695 1,036.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,793,351 6,781.902 706.79 6,152.440 779.10 Mexico 3,094,718 4,862.183 636.49 4,410.900 701.61 Brazil 11,437 3.627 3,152.68 3.291 3,475.24 United Kingdom 48,752 19.442 2,507.49 17.638 2,764.03 France 75,662 6.477 11,681.32 5.876 12,876.45 Italy 611,036 117.551 5,198.03 106.641 5,729.84 India 1,832,307 423.368 4,327.92 384.074 4,770.71 China 33,679 59.066 570.19 53.584 628.53 Korea, South 132,886 261.334 508.49 237.079 560.51 Taiwan 177,602 340.730 521.24 309.106 574.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,811,430 12,875.685 839.68 11,680.629 925.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 843,694 1,666.202 506.36 1,511.554 558.16 Mexico 30,166,709 46,809.171 644.46 42,464.578 710.40 Dominican Republic 1,035,791 1,766.850 586.24 1,602.860 646.21 Trinidad and Tobago 858,326 1,522.203 563.87 1,380.920 621.56 Brazil 1,118,367 2,110.178 529.99 1,914.322 584.21 Belgium 59,625 65.434 911.22 59.361 1,004.45 Federal Republic of Germany 515,587 626.962 822.36 568.771 906.49 Switzerland 35,304 129.719 272.16 117.680 300.00 Italy 16,321 5.978 2,729.75 5.424 3,009.03 China 2,166 2.632 822.85 2.388 907.04 Australia 172,382 194.239 887.47 176.211 978.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,824,272 54,899.573 634.33 49,804.069 699.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,856,872 3,983.628 1,470.24 3,613.888 1,620.66 Mexico 156,908 68.667 2,285.04 62.294 2,518.83 Brazil 250,015 57.690 4,333.73 52.336 4,777.11 Sweden 788,138 177.459 4,441.22 160.989 4,895.60 Denmark 66,622 12.001 5,550.93 10.888 6,118.85 United Kingdom 3,808,572 1,379.307 2,761.22 1,251.287 3,043.72 Netherlands 5,976 0.897 6,660.12 0.814 7,341.52 France 6,688,232 2,375.106 2,815.97 2,154.661 3,104.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,818,813 3,056.829 1,903.55 2,773.110 2,098.30 Austria 344,762 75.391 4,572.96 68.394 5,040.82 Czech Republic 442,774 116.211 3,810.08 105.425 4,199.90 Switzerland 618,157 109.384 5,651.23 99.232 6,229.41 Latvia 312,916 57.548 5,437.45 52.207 5,993.76 Poland 57,902 18.551 3,121.08 16.830 3,440.40 Ukraine 1,143,426 205.517 5,563.65 186.442 6,132.88 Spain 725,012 699.774 1,036.07 634.825 1,142.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal 64,692 10.672 6,061.52 9.682 6,681.68 Italy 13,863,157 2,349.364 5,900.81 2,131.308 6,504.53 Slovenia 596,934 139.688 4,273.33 126.723 4,710.54 Romania 111,758 37.499 2,980.25 34.019 3,285.16 United Arab Emirates 143,387 37.848 3,788.40 34.336 4,176.00 India 6,350,921 1,521.611 4,173.81 1,380.383 4,600.84 China 7,046,083 4,372.485 1,611.46 3,966.653 1,776.33 Korea, South 511,155 346.191 1,476.51 314.060 1,627.57 Taiwan 5,954,034 1,625.226 3,663.51 1,474.381 4,038.33 Japan 339,688 201.339 1,687.14 182.652 1,859.76 South Africa 15,664 21.306 735.17 19.329 810.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,082,570 23,057.202 2,692.55 20,917.148 2,968.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,012,619 531.159 1,906.43 481.860 2,101.48 Mexico 162,597 94.308 1,724.10 85.555 1,900.50 Brazil 2,690,379 886.218 3,035.80 803.964 3,346.39 Sweden 3,394,030 999.271 3,396.50 906.524 3,744.00 United Kingdom 624,547 62.793 9,946.10 56.965 10,963.70 Netherlands 285,169 212.025 1,344.98 192.346 1,482.58 Belgium 171,982 59.894 2,871.44 54.335 3,165.22 France 1,980,632 818.341 2,420.30 742.387 2,667.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,642,108 1,469.548 2,478.39 1,333.152 2,731.95 Austria 4,233,640 630.752 6,712.05 572.209 7,398.77 Poland 106,279 33.440 3,178.12 30.337 3,503.28 Russia 712,148 418.045 1,703.52 379.245 1,877.80 Ukraine 1,582,236 575.078 2,751.34 521.703 3,032.83 Spain 20,040 4.836 4,143.11 4.388 4,567.00 Italy 50,792 38.487 1,319.71 34.915 1,454.73 Slovenia 2,895,164 889.196 3,255.93 806.666 3,589.05 China 4,732,677 1,148.108 4,122.15 1,041.547 4,543.89 Korea, South 927,098 438.510 2,114.20 397.810 2,330.50 Taiwan 2,510,448 907.309 2,766.91 823.098 3,050.00 Japan 4,789,230 3,853.841 1,242.72 3,496.147 1,369.86 Australia 12,410 17.537 707.62 15.910 780.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,536,225 14,088.706 2,593.30 12,781.063 2,858.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 20,488,891 23,842.787 859.33 21,629.819 947.25 Mexico 4,519,636 5,564.189 812.27 5,047.749 895.38 Dominican Republic 401,898 343.434 1,170.23 311.559 1,289.96 Venezuela 549,208 405.823 1,353.32 368.157 1,491.78 Chile 184,915 203.121 910.37 184.269 1,003.51 Brazil 3,162 0.159 19,782.89 0.145 21,806.90 Argentina 276,573 80.887 3,419.23 73.380 3,769.05 Sweden 12,932 4.857 2,662.06 4.407 2,934.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 8,666 1.119 7,737.86 1.016 8,529.53 United Kingdom 99,055 39.823 2,487.37 36.127 2,741.86 Netherlands 2,481 0.205 12,100.68 0.186 13,338.71 France 382,612 188.716 2,027.44 171.201 2,234.87 Federal Republic of Germany 7,396,790 3,782.923 1,955.31 3,431.811 2,155.36 Slovakia 238,576 180.445 1,322.15 163.697 1,457.42 Switzerland 434,139 266.895 1,626.62 242.124 1,793.04 Russia 16,588 1.604 10,335.43 1.456 11,392.86 Ukraine 107,255 92.852 1,155.12 84.234 1,273.30 Italy 2,766,330 1,018.250 2,716.75 923.742 2,994.70 Romania 6,730 0.652 10,313.10 0.592 11,368.24 United Arab Emirates 381,804 490.596 778.24 445.062 857.87 Oman 506,112 720.933 702.02 654.020 773.85 India 3,479,610 4,171.295 834.18 3,784.137 919.53 Thailand 11,154,886 15,230.632 732.40 13,817.001 807.33 Vietnam 707,335 914.652 773.34 829.759 852.46 Philippines 232,518 353.072 658.56 320.302 725.93 China 2,921,178 3,135.565 931.63 2,844.538 1,026.94 Korea, South 3,961,737 5,449.663 726.97 4,943.853 801.35 Taiwan 3,768,711 5,531.541 681.31 5,018.131 751.02 Japan 2,065,601 1,611.757 1,281.58 1,462.162 1,412.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,075,929 73,628.462 911.01 66,794.636 1,004.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 20,998,540 15,854.090 1,324.49 14,382.593 1,460.00 Mexico 1,107,052 642.293 1,723.59 582.679 1,899.93 Colombia 3,406,509 2,780.676 1,225.06 2,522.588 1,350.40 Brazil 4,032 9.876 408.23 8.960 450.00 Argentina 479,423 336.409 1,425.12 305.186 1,570.92 Sweden 47,257 9.794 4,825.08 8.885 5,318.74 United Kingdom 924,483 18.957 48,765.97 17.198 53,755.26 France 375,796 269.995 1,391.86 244.936 1,534.26 Federal Republic of Germany 8,270,350 5,600.551 1,476.70 5,080.736 1,627.79 Austria 8,587,554 5,339.219 1,608.39 4,843.660 1,772.95 Czech Republic 710,262 590.700 1,202.41 535.875 1,325.42 Italy 4,887 0.722 6,768.57 0.655 7,461.07 Romania 1,737,868 1,512.331 1,149.13 1,371.964 1,266.70 India 5,963,133 5,090.511 1,171.42 4,618.036 1,291.27 China 47,162,704 44,190.804 1,067.25 40,089.235 1,176.44 Korea, South 8,919,632 12,185.958 731.96 11,054.919 806.85 Taiwan 3,205,973 4,565.826 702.17 4,142.049 774.01 Japan 12,198,190 2,734.210 4,461.32 2,480.435 4,917.76 South Africa 1,031,987 1,258.992 819.69 1,142.139 903.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,135,632 102,991.923 1,215.00 93,432.728 1,339.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 53,709,102 42,929.435 1,251.10 38,944.940 1,379.10 United Kingdom 28,908,685 20,381.710 1,418.36 18,489.982 1,563.48 Federal Republic of Germany 11,098,936 8,045.317 1,379.55 7,298.591 1,520.70 Czech Republic 138,937 86.509 1,606.03 78.480 1,770.35 Poland 319,002 214.559 1,486.78 194.645 1,638.89 Italy 22,690,647 23,731.267 956.15 21,528.650 1,053.97 Greece 28,635,419 25,173.011 1,137.54 22,836.578 1,253.93 India 15,366,584 12,512.290 1,228.12 11,350.962 1,353.77 China 971,012 1,239.397 783.45 1,124.363 863.61 Korea, South 6,122,941 6,919.459 884.89 6,277.230 975.42 Japan 13,307,411 13,180.814 1,009.60 11,957.437 1,112.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 181,268,676 154,413.772 1,173.92 140,081.858 1,294.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 689,320 240.251 2,869.15 217.953 3,162.70 Mexico 1,982,708 2,229.286 889.39 2,022.375 980.39 Brazil 4,583 3.498 1,309.90 3.174 1,443.92 Argentina 175,640 164.895 1,065.16 149.591 1,174.13 United Kingdom 121,271 138.410 876.17 125.564 965.81 France 426,973 370.259 1,153.17 335.894 1,271.15 Federal Republic of Germany 14,887 11.294 1,318.10 10.246 1,452.96 Austria 837,815 850.192 985.44 771.282 1,086.26 Czech Republic 2,525,780 2,880.660 876.81 2,613.292 966.51 Slovakia 344,402 270.857 1,271.52 245.718 1,401.61 Ukraine 39,083 45.318 862.41 41.112 950.65 Spain 117,998 5.401 21,846.13 4.900 24,081.22 Italy 5,265,420 2,756.433 1,910.23 2,500.595 2,105.67 China 3,610,023 5,318.039 678.83 4,824.446 748.28 Korea, South 770,918 1,187.877 648.99 1,077.625 715.39 Taiwan 321,134 539.416 595.34 489.351 656.24 Japan 5,606,417 2,492.114 2,249.66 2,260.809 2,479.83 South Africa 203,757 249.775 815.76 226.593 899.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,058,129 19,753.986 1,167.26 17,920.520 1,286.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 15,107 2.372 6,368.42 2.152 7,019.98 Mexico 3,091,498 3,526.145 876.74 3,198.866 966.44 Federal Republic of Germany 18,375 17.053 1,077.47 15.471 1,187.71 Italy 17,277 13.307 1,298.33 12.072 1,431.16 China 5,281,101 9,269.162 569.75 8,408.845 628.04 Korea, South 8,052,575 12,706.462 633.74 11,527.112 698.58 Taiwan 817,723 1,298.500 629.74 1,177.980 694.17 Japan 741,659 850.017 872.52 771.123 961.79 South Africa 115,679 205.047 564.16 186.016 621.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,150,994 27,888.068 650.85 25,299.637 717.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,087,608 6,199.001 1,465.98 5,623.641 1,615.97 Mexico 11,250,590 13,579.214 828.52 12,318.860 913.28 Costa Rica 37,673 44.531 845.99 40.398 932.55 Dominican Republic 90,084 70.910 1,270.39 64.329 1,400.36 Argentina 2,423,650 860.463 2,816.68 780.600 3,104.86 Sweden 801,375 477.438 1,678.49 433.125 1,850.22 United Kingdom 202,198 86.740 2,331.06 78.690 2,569.55 Netherlands 8,166 0.938 8,705.14 0.851 9,595.77 Belgium 50,115 27.509 1,821.75 24.956 2,008.13 France 2,444,424 1,352.121 1,807.84 1,226.624 1,992.81 Federal Republic of Germany 4,179,922 1,912.168 2,185.96 1,734.691 2,409.61 Austria 222,627 72.787 3,058.58 66.032 3,371.50 Czech Republic 250,487 37.572 6,666.80 34.085 7,348.89 Switzerland 1,120,356 396.578 2,825.06 359.770 3,114.09 Russia 5,160 1.137 4,535.92 1.032 5,000.00 Ukraine 37,757 43.827 861.48 39.760 949.62 Spain 507,387 231.810 2,188.80 210.295 2,412.74 Italy 3,950,918 1,746.930 2,261.63 1,584.789 2,493.02 Romania 2,295,534 1,934.580 1,186.58 1,755.022 1,307.98 Turkey 57,550 37.033 1,554.01 33.596 1,713.00 India 987,596 781.876 1,263.11 709.307 1,392.34 Vietnam 6,970 3.273 2,128.98 2.970 2,346.80 China 5,513,407 4,928.852 1,118.60 4,471.381 1,233.04 Korea, South 423,224 296.862 1,425.66 269.309 1,571.52 Taiwan 264,973 187.147 1,415.85 169.777 1,560.71 Japan 7,140,457 2,952.186 2,418.70 2,678.179 2,666.16 Australia 75,614 86.787 871.26 78.732 960.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,435,822 38,350.282 1,393.36 34,790.801 1,535.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 43,405 19.271 2,252.27 17.483 2,482.70 Mexico 1,893,796 1,453.854 1,302.60 1,318.915 1,435.87 Argentina 917,571 223.844 4,099.15 203.068 4,518.54 Sweden 361,640 202.884 1,782.49 184.054 1,964.86 United Kingdom 97,730 10.582 9,235.33 9.600 10,180.21 Netherlands 205,659 82.320 2,498.27 74.680 2,753.87 France 2,782,561 1,341.896 2,073.60 1,217.348 2,285.76 Federal Republic of Germany 11,522,833 3,919.467 2,939.90 3,555.682 3,240.68 Czech Republic 52,409 35.086 1,493.71 31.830 1,646.53 Slovakia 472,727 258.222 1,830.69 234.256 2,017.99 Poland 28,715 22.067 1,301.25 20.019 1,434.39 Italy 2,221,905 654.384 3,395.41 593.648 3,742.80 Romania 251,836 124.680 2,019.86 113.108 2,226.51 China 765,076 639.272 1,196.79 579.938 1,319.24 Korea, South 241,411 279.132 864.86 253.225 953.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,038,092 228.663 17,659.55 207.440 19,466.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,897,366 9,495.631 2,727.29 8,614.294 3,006.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,448,135 1,232.745 9,286.70 1,118.328 10,236.83 Mexico 839,256 116.183 7,223.53 105.400 7,962.58 Uruguay 459,132 166.914 2,750.71 151.422 3,032.14 Sweden 2,324,032 213.445 10,888.15 193.635 12,002.13 Norway 302,763 2.866 105,639.25 2.600 116,447.31 Finland 536,296 131.791 4,069.29 119.559 4,485.62 Denmark 208,495 19.846 10,505.64 18.004 11,580.48 United Kingdom 301,481 5.533 54,481.88 5.020 60,055.98 Ireland 20,771 2.906 7,145.67 2.637 7,876.75 Netherlands 3,136 0.009 316,103.57 0.009 348,444.44 Belgium 28,519 2.936 9,711.72 2.664 10,705.33 France 3,740,037 376.927 9,922.43 341.943 10,937.60 Federal Republic of Germany 5,901,266 614.824 9,598.29 557.760 10,580.30 Austria 425,070 37.877 11,222.20 34.362 12,370.35 Czech Republic 810,619 292.396 2,772.33 265.258 3,055.96 Slovakia 155,532 21.053 7,387.63 19.099 8,143.46 Switzerland 575,187 20.439 28,141.57 18.542 31,020.76 Ukraine 219,784 21.874 10,047.61 19.844 11,075.59 Spain 4,102,666 282.670 14,513.98 256.434 15,998.92 Italy 1,885,691 412.618 4,570.06 374.321 5,037.63 India 155,691 22.429 6,941.25 20.348 7,651.42 Thailand 1,244,899 277.845 4,480.55 252.057 4,938.96 Malaysia 372,639 103.911 3,586.12 94.267 3,953.02 Singapore 167,272 30.094 5,558.28 27.301 6,126.96 China 18,586,559 2,768.268 6,714.15 2,511.332 7,401.08 Korea, South 4,356,911 643.475 6,770.91 583.751 7,463.65 Taiwan 5,015,512 1,921.929 2,609.62 1,743.546 2,876.62 Japan 6,940,503 712.537 9,740.55 646.403 10,737.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,127,854 10,456.352 6,802.36 9,485.846 7,498.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,325,498 424.292 3,124.02 384.912 3,443.64 Mexico 461,433 200.575 2,300.55 181.959 2,535.92 United Kingdom 2,122 0.835 2,539.64 0.758 2,799.47 Ireland 4,754 2.620 1,814.37 2.377 2,000.00 Netherlands 2,333 0.066 35,274.38 0.060 38,883.33 France 26,300 14.116 1,863.11 12.806 2,053.72 Federal Republic of Germany 248,459 71.780 3,461.38 65.118 3,815.52 Israel 44,540 21.919 2,031.98 19.885 2,239.88 India 30,018 14.895 2,015.24 13.513 2,221.42 Vietnam 176,037 118.575 1,484.60 107.570 1,636.49 China 274,769 93.057 2,952.69 84.420 3,254.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 7,500 5.423 1,382.90 4.920 1,524.39 Japan 554,034 228.040 2,429.54 206.875 2,678.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,157,797 1,196.198 2,639.86 1,085.173 2,909.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 18,549,142 23,707.431 782.42 21,507.026 862.47 Mexico 4,323,441 3,274.262 1,320.43 2,970.362 1,455.53 Sweden 73,057 32.410 2,254.14 29.402 2,484.76 Finland 2,167,077 774.015 2,799.79 702.175 3,086.23 Netherlands 41,875 25.132 1,666.16 22.800 1,836.62 Belgium 15,949 6.941 2,297.71 6.297 2,532.79 France 2,503 0.997 2,509.04 0.905 2,765.75 Federal Republic of Germany 56,736 18.399 3,083.52 16.692 3,398.99 Austria 73,795 44.990 1,640.22 40.815 1,808.04 Switzerland 3,667 7.626 480.80 6.919 529.99 Italy 443,837 104.167 4,260.81 94.499 4,696.74 India 66,389 32.752 2,026.96 29.713 2,234.34 China 1,081,895 869.932 1,243.65 789.190 1,370.89 Korea, South 1,551,174 2,214.745 700.38 2,009.184 772.04 Taiwan 376,494 291.139 1,293.18 264.117 1,425.48 Japan 1,048,594 1,040.037 1,008.23 943.506 1,111.38 Australia 40,777 50.838 802.09 46.120 884.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,916,402 32,495.821 920.62 29,479.722 1,014.81 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 310,851 316.053 983.54 286.719 1,084.17 Mexico 35,954 32.100 1,120.05 29.121 1,234.64 China 104,025 174.418 596.41 158.230 657.43 Korea, South 444,681 674.722 659.06 612.098 726.49 Japan 496,042 527.517 940.33 478.556 1,036.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,391,553 1,724.812 806.79 1,564.724 889.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,806,051 14,681.680 940.36 13,319.000 1,036.57 Mexico 10,056,554 12,295.099 817.93 11,153.930 901.62 Dominican Republic 420,690 525.547 800.48 476.769 882.38 Venezuela 256,672 290.365 883.96 263.415 974.40 Ecuador 55,684 70.335 791.70 63.807 872.69 Brazil 833,304 981.226 849.25 890.154 936.13 Sweden 1,660,335 196.126 8,465.63 177.923 9,331.76 Finland 11,125 13.884 801.24 12.596 883.22 United Kingdom 578,274 157.850 3,663.42 143.200 4,038.23 Ireland 27,675 0.094 291,934.24 0.086 321,802.33 Netherlands 55,066 2.229 24,693.55 2.023 27,219.97 Belgium 960,944 476.843 2,015.22 432.585 2,221.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 910,401 416.858 2,183.96 378.168 2,407.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,664,930 626.918 2,655.74 568.731 2,927.45 Austria 475,501 111.109 4,279.57 100.797 4,717.41 Czech Republic 251,160 276.456 908.50 250.797 1,001.45 Switzerland 220,260 28.620 7,695.91 25.964 8,483.28 Poland 579,079 482.709 1,199.64 437.907 1,322.38 Russia 2,605 3.759 692.82 3.411 763.71 Belarus 673,121 745.757 902.60 676.540 994.95 Spain 115,083 10.202 11,279.34 9.256 12,433.34 Italy 2,837,184 1,297.092 2,187.34 1,176.703 2,411.13 Greece 113,614 104.374 1,088.52 94.687 1,199.89 Turkey 98,799 83.578 1,182.11 75.821 1,303.06 India 4,296,900 1,492.230 2,879.52 1,353.729 3,174.12 Thailand 164,407 83.005 1,980.69 75.301 2,183.33 Malaysia 428,926 544.962 787.07 494.382 867.60 Indonesia 14,626 4.303 3,398.69 3.904 3,746.41 China 10,621,490 9,867.619 1,076.40 8,951.756 1,186.53 Korea, South 8,280,267 4,459.647 1,856.71 4,045.725 2,046.67 Hong Kong 248,862 43.312 5,745.80 39.292 6,333.66 Taiwan 1,462,549 781.293 1,871.96 708.778 2,063.48 Japan 5,759,320 4,243.454 1,357.22 3,849.598 1,496.08 Australia 470,863 118.745 3,965.32 107.724 4,371.01 New Zealand 19,380 18.430 1,051.51 16.720 1,159.09 South Africa 978,127 1,407.307 695.03 1,276.688 766.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,409,828 56,943.035 1,218.93 51,657.867 1,343.64 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 35,188 42.561 826.76 38.611 911.35 Belgium 291,573 426.440 683.74 386.860 753.69 France 230,885 352.753 654.52 320.013 721.49 China 406,817 739.638 550.02 670.989 606.29 Japan 311,414 433.900 717.71 393.628 791.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,275,877 1,995.294 639.44 1,810.101 704.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,950,131 9,389.800 740.18 8,518.286 815.91 Brazil 824,619 1,026.109 803.64 930.871 885.86 Netherlands 3,399,177 4,560.930 745.28 4,137.608 821.53 Belgium 23,752 35.218 674.41 31.950 743.41 France 3,034,464 4,126.307 735.39 3,743.324 810.63 Federal Republic of Germany 9,414,915 14,350.871 656.05 13,018.895 723.17 Spain 105,309 152.059 692.55 137.946 763.41 China 2,162,770 3,274.745 660.44 2,970.800 728.01 Korea, South 296,480 328.080 903.68 297.630 996.14 Taiwan 130,532 162.584 802.86 147.494 885.00 Japan 104,612 120.426 868.68 109.249 957.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 26,446,761 37,527.134 704.74 34,044.053 776.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,105,118 2,449.396 859.44 2,222.056 947.37 Netherlands 297,922 399.168 746.36 362.120 822.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,332,541 1,523.684 874.55 1,382.264 964.03 Taiwan 55,920 18.441 3,032.26 16.730 3,342.50 Japan 2,137,207 2,638.751 809.93 2,393.836 892.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,928,708 7,029.443 843.41 6,377.006 929.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 57,762,590 110,769.884 521.46 100,488.777 574.82 Mexico 5,291,018 9,602.608 551.00 8,711.342 607.37 Sweden 7,367,709 8,191.270 899.46 7,430.998 991.48 Netherlands 6,678,083 13,271.206 503.20 12,039.439 554.68 Belgium 270,255 523.305 516.44 474.735 569.28 France 705,527 1,157.444 609.56 1,050.016 671.92 Federal Republic of Germany 918,332 1,015.883 903.97 921.594 996.46 Austria 134,039 8.616 15,555.61 7.817 17,147.12 Spain 497,334 179.013 2,778.20 162.398 3,062.44 Italy 134,688 28.241 4,769.20 25.620 5,257.14 China 274,662 90.977 3,019.03 82.533 3,327.91 Korea, South 51,012 71.028 718.19 64.436 791.67 Taiwan 15,251 6.056 2,518.29 5.494 2,775.94 Japan 2,113,055 3,321.677 636.14 3,013.376 701.23 Australia 18,591,140 38,738.791 479.91 35,143.250 529.01 New Zealand 3,555,117 6,880.944 516.66 6,242.290 569.52 South Africa 1,468,890 1,021.412 1,438.10 926.610 1,585.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,828,702 194,878.360 543.05 176,790.725 598.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,956,838 29,219.515 614.55 26,507.506 677.42 Mexico 29,868,019 13,314.462 2,243.28 12,078.681 2,472.79 Dominican Republic 76,800 61.667 1,245.38 55.944 1,372.80 Brazil 7,121,737 1,959.938 3,633.65 1,778.027 4,005.42 Sweden 5,679,927 4,473.279 1,269.75 4,058.092 1,399.65 Finland 428,592 76.271 5,619.32 69.192 6,194.24 United Kingdom 341,113 30.991 11,006.67 28.115 12,132.78 Netherlands 2,569,693 4,029.562 637.71 3,655.559 702.95 Belgium 2,852,013 2,071.091 1,377.06 1,878.863 1,517.95 Luxembourg 147,023 217.232 676.80 197.070 746.04 France 7,148,157 4,558.170 1,568.21 4,135.104 1,728.65 Federal Republic of Germany 3,840,841 2,341.937 1,640.03 2,124.571 1,807.82 Austria 540,998 164.982 3,279.12 149.670 3,614.61 Italy 1,904,121 498.445 3,820.12 452.182 4,210.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,403,712 470.446 2,983.79 426.782 3,289.06 Thailand 561,472 177.588 3,161.64 161.106 3,485.11 Indonesia 240,108 46.532 5,159.96 42.214 5,687.88 China 31,118,546 33,045.612 941.68 29,978.484 1,038.03 Korea, South 1,591,759 637.738 2,495.94 578.547 2,751.30 Taiwan 11,909,408 4,411.066 2,699.89 4,001.653 2,976.12 Japan 5,110,882 4,888.451 1,045.50 4,434.730 1,152.47 Australia 82,903 15.522 5,340.74 14.082 5,887.16 New Zealand 593,715 1,067.279 556.29 968.220 613.20 South Africa 782,782 519.629 1,506.42 471.400 1,660.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 133,871,159 108,297.419 1,236.14 98,245.794 1,362.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 29,066,652 37,012.870 785.31 33,577.521 865.66 Mexico 5,217,194 5,596.793 932.18 5,077.327 1,027.55 Brazil 1,164,227 1,464.670 794.87 1,328.727 876.20 Sweden 52,234 46.808 1,115.91 42.464 1,230.08 Finland 175,000 177.306 986.99 160.850 1,087.97 Netherlands 1,876,818 2,319.802 809.04 2,104.490 891.82 France 1,099,061 1,273.477 863.04 1,155.280 951.34 Federal Republic of Germany 3,334,744 3,547.974 939.90 3,218.669 1,036.06 Austria 556,981 450.560 1,236.19 408.742 1,362.67 Spain 1,381,156 1,708.050 808.62 1,549.518 891.35 India 9,704,238 11,761.799 825.06 10,670.128 909.48 China 11,333,522 15,280.324 741.71 13,862.081 817.59 Korea, South 2,001,522 2,387.547 838.32 2,165.947 924.09 Taiwan 8,980,303 9,735.318 922.45 8,831.735 1,016.82 Japan 1,245,334 1,988.445 626.29 1,803.888 690.36 Australia 33,611 39.159 858.31 35.525 946.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,222,597 94,790.910 814.66 85,992.892 898.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,685,726 1,414.624 1,191.64 1,283.326 1,313.56 Brazil 206,867 316.958 652.66 287.540 719.44 Luxembourg 58,780 83.885 700.71 76.100 772.40 France 132,929 191.008 695.93 173.280 767.13 Federal Republic of Germany 5,318,331 6,851.862 776.19 6,215.907 855.60 Spain 3,677 1.337 2,749.97 1.213 3,031.33 Thailand 13,760 14.651 939.13 13.292 1,035.21 China 222,550 357.599 622.34 324.409 686.02 Korea, South 387,059 232.011 1,668.28 210.477 1,838.96 Taiwan 108,458 160.132 677.30 145.270 746.60 Japan 616,918 688.148 896.49 624.278 988.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,755,055 10,312.220 849.00 9,355.092 935.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 564,590 520.955 1,083.76 472.603 1,194.64 Mexico 3,420,958 3,649.376 937.41 3,310.660 1,033.32 Brazil 523,126 632.067 827.64 573.402 912.32 United Kingdom 510,937 135.641 3,766.82 123.052 4,152.20 Belgium 336,154 255.807 1,314.09 232.065 1,448.53 Luxembourg 537,777 770.228 698.20 698.740 769.64 France 21,250 5.680 3,741.06 5.153 4,123.81 Federal Republic of Germany 745,270 258.391 2,884.27 234.409 3,179.36 Italy 7,755 0.914 8,476.17 0.830 9,343.37 India 73,353 24.535 2,989.70 22.258 3,295.58 China 2,470,548 3,333.656 741.09 3,024.243 816.91 Korea, South 4,018,787 5,209.169 771.48 4,725.680 850.41 Taiwan 7,206,149 7,868.114 915.87 7,137.835 1,009.57 Japan 516,830 322.206 1,604.03 292.301 1,768.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,953,484 22,986.745 911.55 20,853.231 1,004.81 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 16,744 2.247 7,449.68 2.039 8,211.87 Brazil 277,471 172.914 1,604.68 156.865 1,768.85 Sweden 549,314 449.157 1,222.99 407.469 1,348.11 United Kingdom 462,431 111.176 4,159.42 100.858 4,584.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,235,072 965.235 1,279.56 875.647 1,410.47 Austria 332,616 280.449 1,186.01 254.420 1,307.35 Czech Republic 423,353 114.301 3,703.81 103.693 4,082.75 Russia 1,392,885 403.718 3,450.14 366.247 3,803.13 Italy 816,909 160.403 5,092.83 145.516 5,613.88 China 40,999 0.475 86,296.24 0.431 95,125.29 Korea, South 6,685 4.667 1,432.34 4.234 1,578.89 Taiwan 26,954 20.579 1,309.78 18.669 1,443.78 Japan 3,616,576 3,278.197 1,103.22 2,973.932 1,216.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,198,009 5,963.524 1,542.38 5,410.020 1,700.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,357,826 3,738.836 630.63 3,391.816 695.15 Mexico 526,421 671.269 784.22 608.966 864.45 United Kingdom 62,075 7.170 8,656.96 6.505 9,542.66 Federal Republic of Germany 6,871 2.291 2,998.20 2.079 3,304.95 Italy 33,656 4.024 8,362.70 3.651 9,218.30 Slovenia 180,799 30.345 5,958.01 27.529 6,567.58 Korea, South 150,606 32.337 4,657.33 29.336 5,133.83 Japan 101,425 77.657 1,306.05 70.450 1,439.67 Australia 48,473 60.832 796.83 55.186 878.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,468,152 4,624.765 749.91 4,195.518 826.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,071,541 2,123.140 975.70 1,926.081 1,075.52 Mexico 3,678,778 1,528.860 2,406.22 1,386.959 2,652.41 Brazil 53,047 35.049 1,513.51 31.796 1,668.35 Sweden 3,408,450 547.513 6,225.33 496.696 6,862.25 Finland 852,670 190.955 4,465.28 173.232 4,922.13 Denmark 23,204 1.455 15,947.21 1.320 17,578.79 United Kingdom 1,900,399 633.577 2,999.47 574.772 3,306.35 Belgium 902,395 156.187 5,777.64 141.691 6,368.75 France 1,825,555 236.187 7,729.25 214.266 8,520.04 Federal Republic of Germany 12,103,417 8,930.276 1,355.32 8,101.413 1,493.99 Austria 1,283,757 246.356 5,210.97 223.491 5,744.11 Switzerland 475,605 160.397 2,965.17 145.510 3,268.54 Italy 140,384 32.269 4,350.42 29.274 4,795.52 India 743,302 361.503 2,056.14 327.951 2,266.50 China 413,464 437.783 944.45 397.151 1,041.08 Korea, South 1,774,588 1,123.058 1,580.14 1,018.822 1,741.80 Taiwan 668,863 401.688 1,665.13 364.406 1,835.49 Japan 3,373,102 742.445 4,543.23 673.535 5,008.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,692,521 17,888.706 1,995.25 16,228.366 2,199.39 GRAND TOTAL 1,846,402,693 1,976,674.714 934.10 1,793,209.643 1,029.66 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A India 9,193 2.332 3,941.28 2.116 4,344.52 China 105,268 21.263 4,950.62 19.290 5,457.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,461 23.596 4,850.85 21.406 5,347.15 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 953,146 1,208.407 788.76 1,096.249 869.46 Mexico 62,388,564 88,955.170 701.35 80,698.796 773.10 United Kingdom 149,330 40.818 3,658.38 37.030 4,032.68 France 288,178 110.330 2,611.96 100.090 2,879.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,478,298 2,264.572 652.79 2,054.386 719.58 Italy 1,965,301 168.731 11,647.48 153.071 12,839.15 Slovenia 18,486 8.945 2,066.57 8.115 2,278.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,241,303 92,756.976 724.92 84,147.737 799.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 253,635 357.887 708.70 324.670 781.21 United Kingdom 2,151,691 2,639.327 815.24 2,394.358 898.65 Italy 969,648 1,011.447 958.67 917.570 1,056.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,374,974 4,008.661 841.92 3,636.598 928.06 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,355,702 10,096.403 1,322.82 9,159.306 1,458.16 Brazil 1,465,043 1,009.302 1,451.54 915.624 1,600.05 Sweden 8,206,306 5,155.475 1,591.77 4,676.970 1,754.62 United Kingdom 2,146,694 1,780.737 1,205.51 1,615.458 1,328.85 Belgium 5,078,819 1,467.250 3,461.45 1,331.068 3,815.60 France 2,544,184 1,219.840 2,085.67 1,106.621 2,299.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,838,038 3,356.862 1,739.14 3,045.295 1,917.07 Austria 483,271 364.280 1,326.64 330.470 1,462.37 China 342,059 275.222 1,242.84 249.678 1,370.00 Japan 1,804,443 1,420.240 1,270.52 1,288.421 1,400.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,264,559 26,145.616 1,578.26 23,718.911 1,739.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,846,555 2,688.855 686.74 2,439.289 757.01 Finland 107,848 94.556 1,140.57 85.780 1,257.26 Netherlands 2,342,954 4,393.325 533.30 3,985.559 587.86 Federal Republic of Germany 102,053 76.412 1,335.56 69.320 1,472.20 Japan 253,483 345.058 734.61 313.032 809.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,652,893 7,598.207 612.37 6,892.980 675.02 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 72,929 49.708 1,467.13 45.095 1,617.23 Austria 152,164 95.239 1,597.70 86.400 1,761.16 Czech Republic 967,562 1,240.081 780.24 1,124.983 860.07 Spain 299,478 258.333 1,159.27 234.356 1,277.88 Korea, South 33,774 49.639 680.39 45.032 750.00 Japan 716,597 877.885 816.28 796.405 899.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,242,504 2,570.887 872.27 2,332.271 961.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,011,518 18,862.340 689.81 17,111.632 760.39 Mexico 1,730,745 2,161.101 800.86 1,960.519 882.80 Brazil 664,900 229.369 2,898.81 208.081 3,195.39 Sweden 2,349,668 758.437 3,098.04 688.043 3,415.00 Finland 107,570 127.125 846.17 115.326 932.75 United Kingdom 836,261 342.501 2,441.63 310.712 2,691.43 Netherlands 427,309 146.698 2,912.83 133.083 3,210.85 France 424,592 158.434 2,679.93 143.729 2,954.12 Federal Republic of Germany 1,429,982 534.229 2,676.72 484.645 2,950.58 Austria 91,075 22.451 4,056.45 20.368 4,471.47 Czech Republic 386,815 325.901 1,186.91 295.653 1,308.34 Switzerland 55,559 5.269 10,544.41 4.780 11,623.22 Spain 10,056 7.738 1,299.52 7.020 1,432.48 Italy 27,408 2.599 10,544.58 2.358 11,623.41 Slovenia 67,607 32.490 2,080.82 29.475 2,293.71 India 4,214 0.487 8,649.04 0.442 9,533.94 China 7,939,173 7,607.120 1,043.65 6,901.066 1,150.43 Korea, South 1,175,768 1,314.956 894.15 1,192.909 985.63 Taiwan 572,260 150.371 3,805.63 136.415 4,194.99 Japan 12,684,124 15,678.178 809.03 14,223.008 891.80 South Africa 73,687 67.602 1,090.00 61.328 1,201.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,070,291 48,535.405 908.00 44,030.592 1,000.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 135,141 157.619 857.39 142.990 945.11 Mexico 86,936 93.326 931.53 84.664 1,026.84 United Kingdom 38,428 18.739 2,050.67 17.000 2,260.47 France 12,462 2.389 5,214.64 2.168 5,748.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 272,967 272.074 1,003.28 246.822 1,105.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,438,114 1,073.347 2,271.50 973.725 2,503.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 67,615 32.690 2,068.36 29.656 2,279.98 Sweden 123,351 58.694 2,101.57 53.247 2,316.58 United Kingdom 1,600,354 463.668 3,451.51 420.633 3,804.63 France 2,778,760 1,559.755 1,781.54 1,414.987 1,963.81 Federal Republic of Germany 723,721 94.127 7,688.74 85.391 8,475.38 Austria 33,531 16.211 2,068.32 14.707 2,279.93 Czech Republic 126,349 67.731 1,865.44 61.445 2,056.29 Ukraine 2,644 0.795 3,322.16 0.722 3,662.05 Spain 115,407 56.913 2,027.76 51.631 2,235.23 Italy 207,918 125.091 1,662.13 113.481 1,832.18 Romania 11,252 2.986 3,768.05 2.709 4,153.56 China 5,169,075 3,169.421 1,630.92 2,875.252 1,797.78 Korea, South 394,965 280.675 1,407.19 254.625 1,551.16 Taiwan 45,167 21.021 2,148.65 19.070 2,368.48 Japan 166,276 143.521 1,158.54 130.201 1,277.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,004,499 7,166.655 1,954.12 6,501.482 2,154.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,012,619 531.159 1,906.43 481.860 2,101.48 Mexico 162,597 94.308 1,724.10 85.555 1,900.50 Brazil 2,690,379 886.218 3,035.80 803.964 3,346.39 Sweden 3,394,030 999.271 3,396.50 906.524 3,744.00 United Kingdom 624,547 62.793 9,946.10 56.965 10,963.70 Netherlands 285,169 212.025 1,344.98 192.346 1,482.58 Belgium 171,982 59.894 2,871.44 54.335 3,165.22 France 1,980,632 818.341 2,420.30 742.387 2,667.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,642,108 1,469.548 2,478.39 1,333.152 2,731.95 Austria 4,233,640 630.752 6,712.05 572.209 7,398.77 Poland 106,279 33.440 3,178.12 30.337 3,503.28 Russia 712,148 418.045 1,703.52 379.245 1,877.80 Ukraine 1,582,236 575.078 2,751.34 521.703 3,032.83 Spain 20,040 4.836 4,143.11 4.388 4,567.00 Italy 50,792 38.487 1,319.71 34.915 1,454.73 Slovenia 2,895,164 889.196 3,255.93 806.666 3,589.05 China 4,732,677 1,148.108 4,122.15 1,041.547 4,543.89 Korea, South 927,098 438.510 2,114.20 397.810 2,330.50 Taiwan 2,510,448 907.309 2,766.91 823.098 3,050.00 Japan 4,789,230 3,853.841 1,242.72 3,496.147 1,369.86 Australia 12,410 17.537 707.62 15.910 780.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,536,225 14,088.706 2,593.30 12,781.063 2,858.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 391,864 24.410 16,052.98 22.145 17,695.37 Argentina 276,573 80.887 3,419.23 73.380 3,769.05 Sweden 6,650 0.067 98,898.04 0.061 109,016.39 United Kingdom 37,349 13.567 2,752.88 12.308 3,034.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 4,045 1.158 3,491.50 1.051 3,848.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,970,091 1,834.753 2,163.83 1,664.461 2,385.21 Italy 2,567,872 914.960 2,806.54 830.038 3,093.68 China 311,664 209.602 1,486.93 190.148 1,639.06 Taiwan 29,425 1.168 25,182.94 1.060 27,759.43 Japan 330,822 134.792 2,454.30 122.282 2,705.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,926,355 3,215.368 2,465.15 2,916.934 2,717.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 16,143,474 10,860.999 1,486.37 9,852.936 1,638.44 Mexico 1,107,052 642.293 1,723.59 582.679 1,899.93 Colombia 2,422,711 1,930.690 1,254.84 1,751.493 1,383.23 Brazil 4,032 9.876 408.23 8.960 450.00 France 367,268 261.190 1,406.13 236.948 1,549.99 Federal Republic of Germany 7,927,996 5,485.478 1,445.27 4,976.344 1,593.14 Austria 3,361,642 1,917.240 1,753.38 1,739.292 1,932.76 Czech Republic 710,262 590.700 1,202.41 535.875 1,325.42 Italy 2,052 0.634 3,231.85 0.576 3,562.50 Romania 996,377 800.326 1,244.96 726.044 1,372.34 India 5,431,187 4,715.645 1,151.74 4,277.963 1,269.57 China 9,899,868 7,120.743 1,390.29 6,459.832 1,532.53 Japan 1,185,112 300.634 3,942.04 272.731 4,345.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,559,033 34,636.455 1,430.83 31,421.673 1,577.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 53,431,810 42,774.395 1,249.15 38,804.290 1,376.96 United Kingdom 6,513,504 4,792.567 1,359.08 4,347.745 1,498.13 Federal Republic of Germany 10,718,686 7,850.929 1,365.28 7,122.245 1,504.96 Italy 27,899 16.713 1,669.28 15.162 1,840.06 China 587,253 683.411 859.30 619.981 947.21 Japan 439,449 377.171 1,165.12 342.164 1,284.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,718,601 56,495.188 1,269.46 51,251.587 1,399.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 519,933 211.823 2,454.56 192.163 2,705.69 Argentina 175,640 164.895 1,065.16 149.591 1,174.13 Federal Republic of Germany 8,066 6.946 1,161.12 6.302 1,279.91 Italy 7,052 4.225 1,669.05 3.833 1,839.81 China 132,734 139.346 952.55 126.413 1,050.00 Japan 5,597,723 2,490.957 2,247.22 2,259.759 2,477.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,441,148 3,018.194 2,134.11 2,738.061 2,352.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Federal Republic of Germany 8,363 8.779 952.52 7.965 1,049.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 17,277 13.307 1,298.33 12.072 1,431.16 Taiwan 4,992 1.299 3,841.11 1.179 4,234.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,632 23.386 1,309.81 21.216 1,443.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,852,189 1,931.419 1,994.49 1,752.155 2,198.54 Mexico 627,561 423.835 1,480.67 384.497 1,632.16 Argentina 2,193,203 668.586 3,280.36 606.532 3,615.97 Sweden 766,007 461.493 1,659.84 418.660 1,829.66 United Kingdom 13,986 10.324 1,354.68 9.366 1,493.27 Netherlands 8,166 0.938 8,705.14 0.851 9,595.77 France 1,235,174 515.952 2,393.97 468.064 2,638.90 Federal Republic of Germany 2,584,025 1,124.367 2,298.20 1,020.009 2,533.34 Austria 33,223 6.443 5,156.44 5.845 5,684.00 Czech Republic 250,487 37.572 6,666.80 34.085 7,348.89 Switzerland 160,195 64.684 2,476.55 58.681 2,729.93 Italy 3,461,556 1,471.326 2,352.68 1,334.765 2,593.38 Romania 1,111,948 746.338 1,489.87 677.067 1,642.30 India 270,325 175.985 1,536.07 159.651 1,693.22 China 863,656 596.755 1,447.25 541.368 1,595.32 Taiwan 32,758 13.622 2,404.72 12.358 2,650.75 Japan 5,470,977 2,063.702 2,651.05 1,872.160 2,922.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,935,436 10,313.347 2,223.86 9,356.114 2,451.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 6,021 2.024 2,973.41 1.837 3,277.63 Sweden 361,640 202.884 1,782.49 184.054 1,964.86 France 1,483,630 474.635 3,125.83 430.582 3,445.64 Federal Republic of Germany 7,348,727 1,686.981 4,356.14 1,530.404 4,801.82 Italy 901,029 130.061 6,927.71 117.990 7,636.49 China 114,948 54.564 2,106.65 49.500 2,322.18 Japan 4,015,434 228.239 17,593.11 207.055 19,393.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,231,429 2,779.391 5,120.34 2,521.422 5,644.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 773,955 199.060 3,888.03 180.585 4,285.82 Mexico 21,960 8.582 2,558.67 7.786 2,820.45 United Kingdom 2,122 0.835 2,539.64 0.758 2,799.47 Netherlands 2,333 0.066 35,274.38 0.060 38,883.33 France 7,549 3.780 1,996.60 3.430 2,200.87 Federal Republic of Germany 248,459 71.780 3,461.38 65.118 3,815.52 Israel 44,540 21.919 2,031.98 19.885 2,239.88 India 30,018 14.895 2,015.24 13.513 2,221.42 China 50,409 1.785 28,228.57 1.620 31,116.67 Japan 10,385 4.087 2,540.75 3.708 2,800.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,191,730 326.794 3,646.73 296.463 4,019.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,173,847 579.243 2,026.52 525.481 2,233.85 Mexico 111,542 47.193 2,363.52 42.813 2,605.33 Finland 2,167,077 774.015 2,799.79 702.175 3,086.23 Federal Republic of Germany 37,146 9.411 3,946.86 8.538 4,350.67 Italy 424,202 95.053 4,462.78 86.231 4,919.37 China 595,835 169.527 3,514.68 153.793 3,874.27 Taiwan 376,494 291.139 1,293.18 264.117 1,425.48 Japan 2,477 2.730 907.18 2.477 1,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,888,620 1,968.314 2,483.66 1,785.625 2,737.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 24,718 28.634 863.22 25.977 951.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,718 28.634 863.22 25.977 951.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 432,231 440.131 982.05 399.281 1,082.52 Mexico 778,594 619.643 1,256.52 562.131 1,385.08 Brazil 139,042 134.345 1,034.96 121.876 1,140.85 Sweden 5,722 0.769 7,436.84 0.698 8,197.71 United Kingdom 80,522 3.515 22,906.35 3.189 25,249.92 France 9,179 0.767 11,964.15 0.696 13,188.22 Federal Republic of Germany 275,028 172.679 1,592.71 156.652 1,755.66 Austria 384,973 62.659 6,143.86 56.844 6,772.45 Spain 3,929 0.415 9,454.46 0.377 10,421.75 Italy 1,476,408 999.891 1,476.57 907.087 1,627.64 Turkey 98,799 83.578 1,182.11 75.821 1,303.06 China 2,507,505 2,360.331 1,062.35 2,141.257 1,171.04 Korea, South 2,459,489 1,869.142 1,315.84 1,695.658 1,450.46 Taiwan 37,905 46.492 815.30 42.177 898.71 Japan 1,911,955 1,197.359 1,596.81 1,086.227 1,760.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,601,281 7,991.722 1,326.53 7,249.971 1,462.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,846,014 2,989.312 617.54 2,711.859 680.72 Sweden 7,280,843 8,169.793 891.19 7,411.514 982.37 Netherlands 423,815 997.164 425.02 904.613 468.50 France 93,000 2.893 32,140.27 2.625 35,428.57 Federal Republic of Germany 260,058 95.508 2,722.87 86.644 3,001.45 Spain 386,732 160.487 2,409.73 145.592 2,656.27 Japan 31,341 23.313 1,344.31 21.150 1,481.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 10,321,803 12,438.474 829.83 11,283.997 914.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 545,949 636.574 857.64 577.491 945.38 Dominican Republic 76,800 61.667 1,245.38 55.944 1,372.80 Sweden 3,138,116 3,574.713 877.87 3,242.926 967.68 Netherlands 408,966 643.017 636.01 583.336 701.08 Belgium 2,862 0.510 5,607.70 0.463 6,181.43 Luxembourg 54,352 59.811 908.72 54.260 1,001.70 France 2,850,411 3,178.219 896.86 2,883.233 988.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,770,950 1,732.195 1,022.37 1,571.422 1,126.97 Austria 218,299 156.956 1,390.82 142.389 1,533.12 India 50,820 22.161 2,293.12 20.105 2,527.73 Japan 2,028,544 2,530.963 801.49 2,296.052 883.49 Australia 82,903 15.522 5,340.74 14.082 5,887.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,228,972 12,612.315 890.32 11,441.703 981.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,058,111 8,417.727 838.48 7,636.436 924.27 Brazil 180,365 192.063 939.09 174.237 1,035.17 Finland 175,000 177.306 986.99 160.850 1,087.97 France 1,099,061 1,273.477 863.04 1,155.280 951.34 Federal Republic of Germany 2,390,475 2,496.776 957.42 2,265.038 1,055.38 Spain 1,285,139 1,593.209 806.64 1,445.336 889.16 China 12,376 3.417 3,621.72 3.100 3,992.26 Japan 194,263 236.332 821.99 214.397 906.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,394,790 14,390.310 861.33 13,054.674 949.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,290,713 908.513 1,420.69 824.190 1,566.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,071,452 2,844.717 728.17 2,580.685 802.68 Japan 438,337 471.102 930.45 427.377 1,025.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,800,502 4,224.333 899.67 3,832.252 991.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 16,744 2.247 7,449.68 2.039 8,211.87 Brazil 277,471 172.914 1,604.68 156.865 1,768.85 Sweden 549,314 449.157 1,222.99 407.469 1,348.11 United Kingdom 462,431 111.176 4,159.42 100.858 4,584.97 Federal Republic of Germany 1,235,072 965.235 1,279.56 875.647 1,410.47 Austria 332,616 280.449 1,186.01 254.420 1,307.35 Czech Republic 423,353 114.301 3,703.81 103.693 4,082.75 Russia 1,392,885 403.718 3,450.14 366.247 3,803.13 Italy 816,909 160.403 5,092.83 145.516 5,613.88 China 40,999 0.475 86,296.24 0.431 95,125.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 6,685 4.667 1,432.34 4.234 1,578.89 Taiwan 26,954 20.579 1,309.78 18.669 1,443.78 Japan 3,616,576 3,278.197 1,103.22 2,973.932 1,216.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,198,009 5,963.524 1,542.38 5,410.020 1,700.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 62,183 122.355 508.22 110.999 560.21 United Kingdom 62,075 7.170 8,656.96 6.505 9,542.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 124,258 129.525 959.33 117.504 1,057.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 283,725 254.271 1,115.84 230.671 1,230.00 Mexico 92,036 129.628 710.00 117.597 782.64 Sweden 1,082,585 256.174 4,225.96 232.398 4,658.32 United Kingdom 10,478 6.360 1,647.40 5.770 1,815.94 Belgium 4,132 0.780 5,294.48 0.708 5,836.16 France 909,413 53.541 16,985.21 48.572 18,722.99 Federal Republic of Germany 5,737,914 4,989.714 1,149.95 4,526.594 1,267.60 Austria 523,625 77.989 6,714.04 70.751 7,400.96 Switzerland 332,865 82.923 4,014.12 75.227 4,424.81 China 107,688 113.357 949.99 102.836 1,047.18 Japan 81,517 19.344 4,213.97 17.549 4,645.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,165,978 5,984.085 1,531.73 5,428.673 1,688.44 GRAND TOTAL 459,557,971 379,706.156 1,210.30 344,463.728 1,334.13 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Brazil 55,227 117.533 469.88 106.625 517.96 France 416,452 611.432 681.11 554.682 750.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 471,679 728.965 647.05 661.307 713.25 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 34,957,443 75,671.372 461.96 68,647.934 509.23 Mexico 25,048,358 51,236.806 488.87 46,481.262 538.89 Brazil 31,427,274 68,796.860 456.81 62,411.480 503.55 Belgium 612,523 1,248.887 490.45 1,132.972 540.63 Federal Republic of Germany 6,971,268 14,758.710 472.35 13,388.881 520.68 Russia 70,589 64.683 1,091.30 58.680 1,202.95 Ukraine 21,745,204 57,817.923 376.10 52,451.553 414.58 Italy 7,816,883 19,548.256 399.88 17,733.885 440.79 China 640,602 577.736 1,108.81 524.114 1,222.26 Japan 158,524 395.238 401.08 358.554 442.12 Australia 23,534 20.036 1,174.54 18.177 1,294.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,472,202 290,136.513 446.25 263,207.492 491.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,408,350 36,371.105 561.11 32,995.321 618.52 Mexico 664,948 1,290.059 515.44 1,170.323 568.17 Trinidad and Tobago 1,767,659 3,919.143 451.03 3,555.388 497.18 Brazil 2,909,217 5,229.740 556.28 4,744.342 613.20 United Kingdom 62,197 156.269 398.01 141.765 438.73 Federal Republic of Germany 932,349 1,277.903 729.59 1,159.295 804.24 Thailand 595,853 804.185 740.94 729.545 816.75 Malaysia 4,450,153 8,550.462 520.46 7,756.851 573.71 China 1,464,905 3,380.231 433.37 3,066.495 477.71 Japan 5,392,796 9,475.576 569.13 8,596.101 627.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,648,427 70,454.677 548.56 63,915.426 604.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 11,823,137 15,982.063 739.78 14,498.688 815.46 Mexico 4,109,929 6,034.904 681.03 5,474.775 750.70 Brazil 1,474,577 2,006.362 734.95 1,820.142 810.14 United Kingdom 311,256 326.715 952.68 296.391 1,050.15 Netherlands 28,634 21.384 1,338.99 19.400 1,475.98 Belgium 34,434 7.569 4,549.00 6.867 5,014.42 Luxembourg 5,343,992 7,999.491 668.04 7,257.019 736.39 France 76,474 80.283 952.55 72.832 1,050.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 5,768,085 6,795.112 848.86 6,164.424 935.71 Poland 2,329,469 3,745.499 621.94 3,397.861 685.57 Russia 4,351 5.303 820.45 4.811 904.39 Spain 5,898 3.422 1,723.21 3.105 1,899.52 Italy 20,690 4.221 4,900.69 3.830 5,402.09 China 532,346 828.729 642.36 751.811 708.08 Korea, South 230,385 142.747 1,613.94 129.498 1,779.06 Taiwan 447,454 823.206 543.55 746.801 599.16 Japan 17,975 22.090 813.71 20.040 896.96 Australia 35,195 39.751 885.37 36.062 975.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,594,281 44,868.860 726.43 40,704.357 800.76 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 773,844 861.564 898.19 781.598 990.08 Luxembourg 6,626,650 6,019.660 1,100.83 5,460.946 1,213.46 Federal Republic of Germany 309,401 270.870 1,142.25 245.730 1,259.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,709,895 7,152.095 1,077.99 6,488.274 1,188.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,242,238 20,162.629 656.77 18,291.235 723.97 Mexico 36,219 38.143 949.55 34.603 1,046.70 Brazil 629,801 692.568 909.37 628.288 1,002.41 United Kingdom 278,527 308.252 903.57 279.642 996.01 Belgium 323,547 752.369 430.04 682.538 474.04 France 6,239 5.104 1,222.18 4.631 1,347.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,020,164 690.997 1,476.36 626.863 1,627.41 Austria 958,974 914.398 1,048.75 829.529 1,156.05 Czech Republic 1,127,325 1,139.020 989.73 1,033.302 1,090.99 Ukraine 200,504 245.993 815.08 223.162 898.47 Romania 4,569,484 6,682.515 683.80 6,062.278 753.76 Thailand 10,665,494 17,819.140 598.54 16,165.257 659.78 Malaysia 16,935,881 30,345.809 558.10 27,529.263 615.20 Korea, South 2,011,371 2,959.694 679.59 2,684.990 749.12 Japan 2,264,717 2,238.903 1,011.53 2,031.100 1,115.02 Australia 764,707 1,180.339 647.87 1,070.786 714.15 South Africa 2,624,529 3,239.704 810.11 2,939.011 893.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,659,721 89,415.585 644.85 81,116.478 710.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 26,373,641 50,947.143 517.67 46,218.484 570.63 Mexico 1,485,060 2,689.983 552.07 2,440.313 608.55 Netherlands 843,939 1,757.014 480.33 1,593.937 529.47 Belgium 21,233 41.876 507.03 37.990 558.91 France 192,907 380.032 507.61 344.760 559.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,431,090 2,510.171 570.12 2,277.190 628.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 29,317 44.224 662.91 40.120 730.73 Japan 932,555 1,354.755 688.36 1,229.014 758.78 Australia 1,485,347 3,013.971 492.82 2,734.230 543.24 New Zealand 1,955,692 3,795.069 515.32 3,442.830 568.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,750,781 66,534.244 522.30 60,358.868 575.74 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 122,023 140.111 870.90 127.107 960.00 Austria 178,575 153.557 1,162.92 139.305 1,281.90 Czech Republic 3,170,760 4,444.381 713.43 4,031.876 786.42 China 85,879 74.957 1,145.71 68.000 1,262.93 Korea, South 319,325 464.488 687.48 421.377 757.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,876,562 5,277.495 734.55 4,787.665 809.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 288,350 350.807 821.96 318.247 906.06 Luxembourg 74,411 82.050 906.89 74.435 999.68 Federal Republic of Germany 16,999 10.439 1,628.26 9.471 1,794.85 Austria 1,492,895 1,077.311 1,385.76 977.321 1,527.54 Spain 52,039 58.659 887.14 53.215 977.90 China 8,575,528 15,654.791 547.79 14,201.792 603.83 Korea, South 279,826 412.075 679.06 373.829 748.54 Japan 18,690 16.618 1,124.65 15.076 1,239.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,798,738 17,662.754 611.38 16,023.386 673.94 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 418,532 333.332 1,255.60 302.394 1,384.06 Switzerland 4,920 8.324 591.02 7.552 651.48 Poland 26,685 18.849 1,415.69 17.100 1,560.53 India 13,692 15.377 890.41 13.950 981.51 China 64,417 75.406 854.26 68.408 941.66 Australia 245,203 381.684 642.42 346.258 708.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 773,449 832.974 928.54 755.662 1,023.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 8,549,208 13,011.875 657.03 11,804.178 724.25 Mexico 1,915,122 2,913.385 657.35 2,642.980 724.61 Brazil 12,808 2.045 6,260.36 1.856 6,900.86 United Kingdom 6,235,711 9,670.468 644.82 8,772.904 710.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,817,405 4,139.225 680.66 3,755.043 750.30 Czech Republic 90,269 136.372 661.93 123.715 729.65 Turkey 226,359 234.571 964.99 212.800 1,063.72 India 249,925 271.288 921.25 246.109 1,015.51 China 3,921,349 5,696.276 688.41 5,167.577 758.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 314,554 558.847 562.86 506.978 620.45 Taiwan 661,560 1,260.349 524.90 1,143.370 578.61 Japan 1,341,196 1,758.383 762.74 1,595.179 840.78 Australia 8,495 5.563 1,526.95 5.047 1,683.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,343,961 39,658.654 664.27 35,977.736 732.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,658,210 6,624.282 703.20 6,009.450 775.15 Mexico 3,007,782 4,768.857 630.71 4,326.236 695.24 Brazil 11,437 3.627 3,152.68 3.291 3,475.24 China 33,679 59.066 570.19 53.584 628.53 Korea, South 132,886 261.334 508.49 237.079 560.51 Taiwan 177,602 340.730 521.24 309.106 574.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,021,596 12,057.900 665.26 10,938.746 733.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 843,694 1,666.202 506.36 1,511.554 558.16 Mexico 30,166,709 46,809.171 644.46 42,464.578 710.40 Dominican Republic 1,035,791 1,766.850 586.24 1,602.860 646.21 Trinidad and Tobago 858,326 1,522.203 563.87 1,380.920 621.56 Brazil 1,118,367 2,110.178 529.99 1,914.322 584.21 Belgium 59,625 65.434 911.22 59.361 1,004.45 Federal Republic of Germany 515,587 626.962 822.36 568.771 906.49 Switzerland 35,304 129.719 272.16 117.680 300.00 Italy 16,321 5.978 2,729.75 5.424 3,009.03 China 2,166 2.632 822.85 2.388 907.04 Australia 172,382 194.239 887.47 176.211 978.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,824,272 54,899.573 634.33 49,804.069 699.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,253,224 2,886.242 1,127.15 2,618.356 1,242.47 Mexico 52,167 39.249 1,329.10 35.607 1,465.08 Sweden 19,086 4.401 4,336.22 3.993 4,779.86 United Kingdom 836,356 671.598 1,245.32 609.264 1,372.73 France 466,869 397.441 1,174.69 360.553 1,294.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,658,481 2,405.866 1,105.00 2,182.566 1,218.05 Switzerland 29,775 10.789 2,759.65 9.788 3,041.99 Spain 598,751 640.181 935.28 580.763 1,030.97 Italy 398,568 310.807 1,282.36 281.960 1,413.56 Romania 100,506 34.513 2,912.09 31.310 3,210.03 India 82,091 20.031 4,098.16 18.172 4,517.44 China 918,140 1,045.947 877.81 948.868 967.62 Korea, South 30,497 30.517 999.33 27.685 1,101.57 Taiwan 4,275 0.720 5,929.99 0.654 6,536.70 Japan 104,032 49.764 2,090.47 45.146 2,304.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 15,664 21.306 735.17 19.329 810.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,568,482 8,569.381 1,116.59 7,774.014 1,230.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 20,097,027 23,818.376 843.76 21,607.674 930.09 Mexico 4,519,636 5,564.189 812.27 5,047.749 895.38 Dominican Republic 401,898 343.434 1,170.23 311.559 1,289.96 Venezuela 549,208 405.823 1,353.32 368.157 1,491.78 Chile 184,915 203.121 910.37 184.269 1,003.51 Brazil 3,162 0.159 19,782.89 0.145 21,806.90 Sweden 6,282 4.790 1,311.31 4.346 1,445.47 Denmark 8,666 1.119 7,737.86 1.016 8,529.53 United Kingdom 61,706 26.255 2,350.17 23.819 2,590.62 Netherlands 2,481 0.205 12,100.68 0.186 13,338.71 France 378,567 187.558 2,018.40 170.150 2,224.90 Federal Republic of Germany 3,426,699 1,948.169 1,758.93 1,767.350 1,938.89 Slovakia 238,576 180.445 1,322.15 163.697 1,457.42 Switzerland 434,139 266.895 1,626.62 242.124 1,793.04 Russia 16,588 1.604 10,335.43 1.456 11,392.86 Ukraine 107,255 92.852 1,155.12 84.234 1,273.30 Italy 198,458 103.290 1,921.35 93.704 2,117.92 Romania 6,730 0.652 10,313.10 0.592 11,368.24 United Arab Emirates 381,804 490.596 778.24 445.062 857.87 Oman 506,112 720.933 702.02 654.020 773.85 India 3,479,610 4,171.295 834.18 3,784.137 919.53 Thailand 11,154,886 15,230.632 732.40 13,817.001 807.33 Vietnam 707,335 914.652 773.34 829.759 852.46 Philippines 232,518 353.072 658.56 320.302 725.93 China 2,609,514 2,925.963 891.85 2,654.390 983.09 Korea, South 3,961,737 5,449.663 726.97 4,943.853 801.35 Taiwan 3,739,286 5,530.372 676.14 5,017.071 745.31 Japan 1,734,779 1,476.964 1,174.56 1,339.880 1,294.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,149,574 70,413.093 840.04 63,877.702 925.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,855,066 4,993.090 972.36 4,529.657 1,071.84 Colombia 983,798 849.986 1,157.43 771.095 1,275.85 Argentina 479,423 336.409 1,425.12 305.186 1,570.92 Sweden 36,866 7.906 4,662.52 7.173 5,139.55 France 8,528 8.805 968.51 7.988 1,067.60 Federal Republic of Germany 342,354 115.072 2,975.12 104.392 3,279.50 Austria 5,225,912 3,421.978 1,527.16 3,104.368 1,683.41 Romania 741,491 712.004 1,041.41 645.920 1,147.96 India 531,946 374.866 1,419.03 340.073 1,564.21 China 33,160,623 35,947.281 922.48 32,610.834 1,016.86 Korea, South 8,919,632 12,185.958 731.96 11,054.919 806.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 3,205,973 4,565.826 702.17 4,142.049 774.01 South Africa 1,031,987 1,258.992 819.69 1,142.139 903.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,523,599 64,778.180 918.88 58,765.793 1,012.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 130,792 90.444 1,446.10 82.050 1,594.05 United Kingdom 22,395,181 15,589.143 1,436.59 14,142.237 1,583.57 Federal Republic of Germany 380,250 194.388 1,956.14 176.346 2,156.27 Czech Republic 138,937 86.509 1,606.03 78.480 1,770.35 Poland 319,002 214.559 1,486.78 194.645 1,638.89 Italy 22,662,748 23,714.554 955.65 21,513.488 1,053.42 Greece 28,635,419 25,173.011 1,137.54 22,836.578 1,253.93 India 15,363,134 12,510.769 1,227.99 11,349.582 1,353.63 China 383,759 555.985 690.23 504.382 760.85 Korea, South 6,122,941 6,919.459 884.89 6,277.230 975.42 Japan 12,867,962 12,803.643 1,005.02 11,615.273 1,107.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 109,400,125 97,852.468 1,118.01 88,770.291 1,232.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 157,019 26.000 6,039.14 23.587 6,657.01 Mexico 1,982,708 2,229.286 889.39 2,022.375 980.39 Brazil 4,583 3.498 1,309.90 3.174 1,443.92 United Kingdom 121,271 138.410 876.17 125.564 965.81 France 426,973 370.259 1,153.17 335.894 1,271.15 Federal Republic of Germany 4,152 3.170 1,309.68 2.876 1,443.67 Austria 456,638 511.708 892.38 464.214 983.68 Czech Republic 2,525,780 2,880.660 876.81 2,613.292 966.51 Slovakia 344,402 270.857 1,271.52 245.718 1,401.61 Ukraine 39,083 45.318 862.41 41.112 950.65 Spain 117,998 5.401 21,846.13 4.900 24,081.22 Italy 5,258,368 2,752.208 1,910.60 2,496.762 2,106.07 China 3,235,567 5,096.885 634.81 4,623.818 699.76 Korea, South 770,918 1,187.877 648.99 1,077.625 715.39 Taiwan 316,381 538.779 587.22 488.773 647.30 South Africa 203,757 249.775 815.76 226.593 899.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,965,598 16,310.098 978.88 14,796.277 1,079.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 2,957,093 3,475.577 850.82 3,152.992 937.87 Federal Republic of Germany 10,012 8.273 1,210.06 7.506 1,333.87 China 5,276,758 9,268.437 569.33 8,408.187 627.57 Korea, South 8,052,575 12,706.462 633.74 11,527.112 698.58 Taiwan 812,731 1,297.200 626.53 1,176.801 690.63 Japan 741,659 850.017 872.52 771.123 961.79 South Africa 115,679 205.047 564.16 186.016 621.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 17,966,507 27,811.016 646.02 25,229.737 712.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 5,235,419 4,267.581 1,226.79 3,871.486 1,352.30 Mexico 10,623,029 13,155.379 807.50 11,934.363 890.12 Costa Rica 37,673 44.531 845.99 40.398 932.55 Dominican Republic 90,084 70.910 1,270.39 64.329 1,400.36 Argentina 230,447 191.877 1,201.01 174.068 1,323.89 Sweden 35,368 15.944 2,218.13 14.465 2,445.07 United Kingdom 188,212 76.416 2,462.97 69.324 2,714.96 Belgium 50,115 27.509 1,821.75 24.956 2,008.13 France 1,209,250 836.169 1,446.18 758.560 1,594.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,595,897 787.801 2,025.76 714.682 2,233.02 Austria 189,404 66.344 2,854.84 60.187 3,146.93 Switzerland 960,161 331.893 2,892.98 301.089 3,188.96 Russia 5,160 1.137 4,535.92 1.032 5,000.00 Ukraine 37,757 43.827 861.48 39.760 949.62 Spain 507,387 231.810 2,188.80 210.295 2,412.74 Italy 489,362 275.604 1,775.60 250.024 1,957.26 Romania 1,183,586 1,188.241 996.08 1,077.955 1,097.99 Turkey 57,550 37.033 1,554.01 33.596 1,713.00 India 717,271 605.891 1,183.83 549.656 1,304.95 Vietnam 6,970 3.273 2,128.98 2.970 2,346.80 China 4,649,751 4,332.096 1,073.33 3,930.013 1,183.14 Korea, South 423,224 296.862 1,425.66 269.309 1,571.52 Taiwan 232,215 173.524 1,338.22 157.419 1,475.14 Japan 1,669,480 888.483 1,879.02 806.019 2,071.27 Australia 75,614 86.787 871.26 78.732 960.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,500,386 28,036.935 1,087.86 25,434.687 1,199.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 37,384 17.246 2,167.60 15.646 2,389.36 Mexico 1,893,796 1,453.854 1,302.60 1,318.915 1,435.87 Argentina 917,571 223.844 4,099.15 203.068 4,518.54 United Kingdom 97,730 10.582 9,235.33 9.600 10,180.21 Netherlands 205,659 82.320 2,498.27 74.680 2,753.87 France 1,298,931 867.260 1,497.74 786.766 1,650.98 Federal Republic of Germany 4,174,106 2,232.486 1,869.71 2,025.278 2,061.00 Czech Republic 52,409 35.086 1,493.71 31.830 1,646.53 Slovakia 472,727 258.222 1,830.69 234.256 2,017.99 Poland 28,715 22.067 1,301.25 20.019 1,434.39 Italy 1,320,876 524.323 2,519.20 475.658 2,776.94 Romania 251,836 124.680 2,019.86 113.108 2,226.51 China 650,128 584.707 1,111.89 530.438 1,225.64 Korea, South 241,411 279.132 864.86 253.225 953.35 Japan 22,658 0.424 53,389.60 0.385 58,851.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 11,665,937 6,716.239 1,736.97 6,092.872 1,914.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 551,543 225.231 2,448.78 204.327 2,699.32 Mexico 439,473 191.992 2,289.01 174.173 2,523.20 Ireland 4,754 2.620 1,814.37 2.377 2,000.00 France 18,751 10.335 1,814.27 9.376 1,999.89 Vietnam 176,037 118.575 1,484.60 107.570 1,636.49 China 224,360 91.271 2,458.16 82.800 2,709.66 Taiwan 7,500 5.423 1,382.90 4.920 1,524.39 Japan 543,649 223.953 2,427.51 203.167 2,675.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,966,067 869.403 2,261.40 788.710 2,492.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 17,375,295 23,128.187 751.26 20,981.545 828.12 Mexico 4,211,899 3,227.069 1,305.18 2,927.549 1,438.71 Sweden 73,057 32.410 2,254.14 29.402 2,484.76 Netherlands 41,875 25.132 1,666.16 22.800 1,836.62 Belgium 15,949 6.941 2,297.71 6.297 2,532.79 France 2,503 0.997 2,509.04 0.905 2,765.75 Federal Republic of Germany 19,590 8.988 2,179.51 8.154 2,402.50 Austria 73,795 44.990 1,640.22 40.815 1,808.04 Switzerland 3,667 7.626 480.80 6.919 529.99 Italy 19,635 9.113 2,154.40 8.268 2,374.82 India 66,389 32.752 2,026.96 29.713 2,234.34 China 486,060 700.405 693.97 635.397 764.97 Korea, South 1,551,174 2,214.745 700.38 2,009.184 772.04 Japan 1,046,117 1,037.306 1,008.49 941.029 1,111.67 Australia 40,777 50.838 802.09 46.120 884.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,027,782 30,527.507 819.84 27,694.097 903.72 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 286,133 287.418 995.53 260.742 1,097.38 Mexico 35,954 32.100 1,120.05 29.121 1,234.64 China 104,025 174.418 596.41 158.230 657.43 Korea, South 444,681 674.722 659.06 612.098 726.49 Japan 496,042 527.517 940.33 478.556 1,036.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,366,835 1,696.177 805.83 1,538.747 888.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,440,327 14,106.126 881.91 12,796.866 972.14 Mexico 9,217,347 11,673.817 789.57 10,590.312 870.36 Dominican Republic 420,690 525.547 800.48 476.769 882.38 Venezuela 256,672 290.365 883.96 263.415 974.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ecuador 55,684 70.335 791.70 63.807 872.69 Brazil 694,262 846.881 819.79 768.278 903.66 Sweden 185,842 54.308 3,421.96 49.268 3,772.06 Finland 11,125 13.884 801.24 12.596 883.22 United Kingdom 167,057 98.111 1,702.73 89.005 1,876.94 Belgium 844,816 467.636 1,806.56 424.233 1,991.40 France 592,606 363.665 1,629.54 329.912 1,796.25 Federal Republic of Germany 708,343 352.472 2,009.64 319.758 2,215.25 Austria 90,528 48.449 1,868.49 43.953 2,059.65 Czech Republic 251,160 276.456 908.50 250.797 1,001.45 Switzerland 2,352 3.988 589.75 3.618 650.08 Poland 579,079 482.709 1,199.64 437.907 1,322.38 Russia 2,605 3.759 692.82 3.411 763.71 Belarus 673,121 745.757 902.60 676.540 994.95 Spain 5,316 4.523 1,175.10 4.104 1,295.32 Italy 222,944 145.766 1,529.46 132.237 1,685.94 Greece 113,614 104.374 1,088.52 94.687 1,199.89 India 493,017 630.581 781.85 572.054 861.84 Thailand 77,083 66.739 1,154.98 60.545 1,273.15 Malaysia 428,926 544.962 787.07 494.382 867.60 Indonesia 14,626 4.303 3,398.69 3.904 3,746.41 China 6,125,166 7,028.821 871.44 6,376.441 960.59 Korea, South 1,710,827 1,879.133 910.43 1,704.722 1,003.58 Taiwan 492,088 581.454 846.30 527.487 932.89 Japan 2,951,448 2,825.127 1,044.71 2,562.913 1,151.60 Australia 70,854 44.092 1,606.94 40.000 1,771.35 New Zealand 19,380 18.430 1,051.51 16.720 1,159.09 South Africa 978,127 1,407.307 695.03 1,276.688 766.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,897,032 45,709.892 894.71 41,467.329 986.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 35,188 42.561 826.76 38.611 911.35 Belgium 291,573 426.440 683.74 386.860 753.69 France 230,885 352.753 654.52 320.013 721.49 China 406,817 739.638 550.02 670.989 606.29 Japan 311,414 433.900 717.71 393.628 791.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,275,877 1,995.294 639.44 1,810.101 704.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,950,131 9,389.800 740.18 8,518.286 815.91 Brazil 824,619 1,026.109 803.64 930.871 885.86 Netherlands 3,399,177 4,560.930 745.28 4,137.608 821.53 Belgium 23,752 35.218 674.41 31.950 743.41 France 3,034,464 4,126.307 735.39 3,743.324 810.63 Federal Republic of Germany 9,414,915 14,350.871 656.05 13,018.895 723.17 Spain 105,309 152.059 692.55 137.946 763.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,162,770 3,274.745 660.44 2,970.800 728.01 Korea, South 296,480 328.080 903.68 297.630 996.14 Taiwan 130,532 162.584 802.86 147.494 885.00 Japan 104,612 120.426 868.68 109.249 957.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,446,761 37,527.134 704.74 34,044.053 776.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,105,118 2,449.396 859.44 2,222.056 947.37 Netherlands 297,922 399.168 746.36 362.120 822.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,332,541 1,523.684 874.55 1,382.264 964.03 Taiwan 55,920 18.441 3,032.26 16.730 3,342.50 Japan 2,137,207 2,638.751 809.93 2,393.836 892.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,928,708 7,029.443 843.41 6,377.006 929.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 55,909,382 107,777.716 518.75 97,774.327 571.82 Mexico 5,291,018 9,602.608 551.00 8,711.342 607.37 Netherlands 6,254,268 12,274.041 509.55 11,134.826 561.69 Belgium 267,506 523.035 511.45 474.490 563.78 France 593,937 1,142.883 519.68 1,036.807 572.85 Federal Republic of Germany 404,043 740.593 545.57 671.855 601.38 Korea, South 51,012 71.028 718.19 64.436 791.67 Japan 1,202,914 2,528.547 475.73 2,293.860 524.41 Australia 18,591,140 38,738.791 479.91 35,143.250 529.01 New Zealand 3,555,117 6,880.944 516.66 6,242.290 569.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,120,337 180,280.189 510.98 163,547.483 563.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,352,391 28,572.100 607.32 25,920.181 669.45 Mexico 2,345,570 3,803.807 616.64 3,450.757 679.73 Sweden 522,106 562.388 928.37 510.190 1,023.36 Netherlands 2,160,727 3,386.545 638.03 3,072.223 703.31 Belgium 968,359 1,666.187 581.18 1,511.540 640.64 Luxembourg 92,671 157.421 588.68 142.810 648.91 Federal Republic of Germany 209,908 184.481 1,137.83 167.359 1,254.24 India 192,004 179.973 1,066.85 163.269 1,176.00 China 13,585,810 27,243.979 498.67 24,715.329 549.69 Korea, South 69,110 66.317 1,042.11 60.162 1,148.73 Taiwan 1,276,500 1,610.551 792.59 1,461.068 873.68 Japan 1,085,731 1,591.678 682.13 1,443.947 751.92 New Zealand 593,715 1,067.279 556.29 968.220 613.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,454,602 70,092.710 577.16 63,587.055 636.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 22,008,541 28,595.143 769.66 25,941.085 848.40 Mexico 5,217,194 5,596.793 932.18 5,077.327 1,027.55 Brazil 983,862 1,272.607 773.11 1,154.490 852.20 Sweden 52,234 46.808 1,115.91 42.464 1,230.08 Netherlands 1,876,818 2,319.802 809.04 2,104.490 891.82 Federal Republic of Germany 944,269 1,051.197 898.28 953.631 990.18 Austria 556,981 450.560 1,236.19 408.742 1,362.67 Spain 96,017 114.840 836.09 104.182 921.63 India 9,704,238 11,761.799 825.06 10,670.128 909.48 China 11,321,146 15,276.907 741.06 13,858.981 816.88 Korea, South 2,001,522 2,387.547 838.32 2,165.947 924.09 Taiwan 8,980,303 9,735.318 922.45 8,831.735 1,016.82 Japan 1,051,071 1,752.113 599.89 1,589.491 661.26 Australia 33,611 39.159 858.31 35.525 946.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,827,807 80,400.600 806.31 72,938.218 888.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 395,013 506.110 780.49 459.136 860.34 Brazil 206,867 316.958 652.66 287.540 719.44 Luxembourg 58,780 83.885 700.71 76.100 772.40 France 132,929 191.008 695.93 173.280 767.13 Federal Republic of Germany 3,246,879 4,007.145 810.27 3,635.222 893.17 Spain 3,677 1.337 2,749.97 1.213 3,031.33 Thailand 13,760 14.651 939.13 13.292 1,035.21 China 222,550 357.599 622.34 324.409 686.02 Korea, South 387,059 232.011 1,668.28 210.477 1,838.96 Taiwan 108,458 160.132 677.30 145.270 746.60 Japan 178,581 217.046 822.78 196.901 906.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,954,553 6,087.887 813.84 5,522.840 897.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 564,590 520.955 1,083.76 472.603 1,194.64 Mexico 3,420,958 3,649.376 937.41 3,310.660 1,033.32 Brazil 523,126 632.067 827.64 573.402 912.32 United Kingdom 510,937 135.641 3,766.82 123.052 4,152.20 Belgium 336,154 255.807 1,314.09 232.065 1,448.53 Luxembourg 537,777 770.228 698.20 698.740 769.64 France 21,250 5.680 3,741.06 5.153 4,123.81 Federal Republic of Germany 745,270 258.391 2,884.27 234.409 3,179.36 Italy 7,755 0.914 8,476.17 0.830 9,343.37 India 73,353 24.535 2,989.70 22.258 3,295.58 China 2,470,548 3,333.656 741.09 3,024.243 816.91 Korea, South 4,018,787 5,209.169 771.48 4,725.680 850.41 Taiwan 7,206,149 7,868.114 915.87 7,137.835 1,009.57 Japan 516,830 322.206 1,604.03 292.301 1,768.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 20,953,484 22,986.745 911.55 20,853.231 1,004.81 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,295,643 3,616.480 634.77 3,280.817 699.72 Mexico 526,421 671.269 784.22 608.966 864.45 Japan 33,700 56.786 593.45 51.516 654.17 Australia 48,473 60.832 796.83 55.186 878.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,904,237 4,405.369 659.25 3,996.485 726.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,771,821 1,861.756 951.69 1,688.958 1,049.06 Mexico 312,620 310.578 1,006.57 281.752 1,109.56 Brazil 53,047 35.049 1,513.51 31.796 1,668.35 Sweden 533,890 119.376 4,472.30 108.297 4,929.87 United Kingdom 917,728 486.282 1,887.23 441.148 2,080.32 Belgium 11,556 15.922 725.75 14.445 800.00 France 118,347 7.669 15,430.10 6.958 17,008.77 Federal Republic of Germany 5,471,788 3,814.870 1,434.33 3,460.793 1,581.08 Austria 600,218 145.400 4,128.04 131.905 4,550.38 Switzerland 142,740 77.473 1,842.43 70.283 2,030.93 Italy 40,473 14.871 2,721.55 13.491 3,000.00 India 332,594 252.188 1,318.83 228.782 1,453.76 China 279,173 318.988 875.18 289.382 964.72 Korea, South 917,819 838.208 1,094.98 760.410 1,207.01 Taiwan 374,743 277.411 1,350.85 251.664 1,489.06 Japan 280,407 318.689 879.88 289.110 969.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,158,964 8,894.739 1,366.98 8,069.174 1,506.84 GRAND TOTAL 1,040,968,818 1,518,670.805 685.45 1,377,715.368 755.58 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 196,154 38.464 5,099.67 34.894 5,621.42 United Kingdom 64,251 17.581 3,654.39 15.950 4,028.28 Italy 6,046,966 1,644.166 3,677.83 1,491.563 4,054.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,307,371 1,700.212 3,709.76 1,542.407 4,089.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 46,586 1.075 43,301.35 0.976 47,731.56 Mexico 93,991 43.851 2,143.42 39.781 2,362.71 Brazil 20,796 3.396 6,123.28 3.081 6,749.76 Sweden 13,267,596 2,620.935 5,062.16 2,377.673 5,580.08 United Kingdom 16,276,645 4,790.079 3,397.99 4,345.488 3,745.64 Federal Republic of Germany 392,101 68.061 5,761.02 61.744 6,350.43 Czech Republic 7,635 5.260 1,451.46 4.772 1,599.96 Spain 1,532,155 322.540 4,750.27 292.604 5,236.27 Italy 3,290,161 801.453 4,105.24 727.067 4,525.25 Slovenia 8,828 3.207 2,752.11 2.910 3,033.68 China 157,165 13.878 11,324.68 12.590 12,483.32 Taiwan 8,580 1.558 5,504.70 1.414 6,067.89 Japan 9,243 6.369 1,451.21 5.778 1,599.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,111,482 8,681.666 4,044.32 7,875.878 4,458.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,013,557 177.127 5,722.20 160.687 6,307.65 United Kingdom 1,691,238 366.996 4,608.32 332.934 5,079.80 France 943,670 262.852 3,590.11 238.456 3,957.42 Italy 80,570 40.830 1,973.27 37.041 2,175.16 India 323,043 95.722 3,374.79 86.838 3,720.06 China 301,286 159.783 1,885.59 144.953 2,078.51 Taiwan 3,016,788 676.954 4,456.41 614.123 4,912.35 Japan 39,846 17.825 2,235.34 16.171 2,464.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,409,998 1,798.093 4,121.03 1,631.203 4,542.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Switzerland 48,924 4.960 9,862.92 4.500 10,872.00 Italy 212,524 17.137 12,401.02 15.547 13,669.78 India 222,232 51.017 4,356.02 46.282 4,801.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 483,680 73.115 6,615.32 66.329 7,292.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 166,751 41.593 4,009.06 37.733 4,419.24 United Kingdom 12,465 3.160 3,944.21 2.867 4,347.75 Netherlands 2,286 0.363 6,284.32 0.330 6,927.27 Belgium 11,773,667 1,623.888 7,250.29 1,473.167 7,992.08 France 6,495,600 604.827 10,739.60 548.690 11,838.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,346,605 545.069 2,470.52 494.479 2,723.28 Austria 41,020 8.326 4,926.23 7.554 5,430.24 Italy 256,131 67.595 3,789.15 61.322 4,176.82 China 5,131,708 1,207.068 4,251.38 1,095.034 4,686.35 Korea, South 1,064,120 203.449 5,230.40 184.566 5,765.53 Taiwan 2,989,510 1,038.684 2,878.17 942.279 3,172.64 Japan 679,093 132.164 5,138.23 119.898 5,663.92 South Africa 571,753 345.319 1,655.72 313.269 1,825.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,530,709 5,821.511 5,244.46 5,281.188 5,781.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 85,356 22.239 3,838.10 20.175 4,230.78 Sweden 712,469 154.582 4,608.99 140.235 5,080.54 Belgium 725,797 132.475 5,478.72 120.180 6,039.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,541,894 414.204 3,722.54 375.760 4,103.40 China 295,298 67.644 4,365.45 61.366 4,812.08 Korea, South 4,198 0.553 7,586.38 0.502 8,362.55 Japan 4,716 2.638 1,787.09 2.394 1,969.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,369,728 794.338 4,242.18 720.612 4,676.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 81,942 8.014 10,223.70 7.271 11,269.70 Brazil 46,937 32.540 1,442.43 29.520 1,590.01 Sweden 2,230,042 496.553 4,491.04 450.466 4,950.52 United Kingdom 657,241 142.909 4,599.01 129.645 5,069.54 Netherlands 177,335 38.941 4,553.90 35.327 5,019.81 Belgium 206,030 44.073 4,674.67 39.983 5,152.94 France 567,813 77.478 7,328.69 70.287 8,078.49 Federal Republic of Germany 919,157 161.979 5,674.54 146.945 6,255.11 Austria 946,742 147.856 6,403.12 134.133 7,058.23 Poland 28,412 21.673 1,310.90 19.662 1,445.02 Spain 116,008 6.369 18,214.04 5.778 20,077.54 Portugal 919,169 204.564 4,493.29 185.578 4,953.01 Italy 4,609,583 629.173 7,326.41 570.777 8,075.98 India 1,485,804 304.479 4,879.82 276.219 5,379.08 China 139,310 48.902 2,848.70 44.364 3,140.16 Taiwan 2,076,015 524.051 3,961.47 475.412 4,366.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,207,540 2,889.561 5,262.92 2,621.367 5,801.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 10,324 0.703 14,679.90 0.638 16,181.82 France 63,200 4.087 15,462.27 3.708 17,044.23 Italy 611,036 117.551 5,198.03 106.641 5,729.84 India 1,832,307 423.368 4,327.92 384.074 4,770.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,516,867 545.711 4,612.09 495.061 5,083.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 165,534 24.038 6,886.32 21.807 7,590.87 Mexico 104,741 29.417 3,560.51 26.687 3,924.79 Brazil 182,400 25.000 7,295.88 22.680 8,042.33 Sweden 645,701 114.363 5,646.03 103.749 6,223.68 Denmark 66,622 12.001 5,550.93 10.888 6,118.85 United Kingdom 1,371,862 244.040 5,621.45 221.390 6,196.59 Netherlands 5,976 0.897 6,660.12 0.814 7,341.52 France 3,442,603 417.909 8,237.68 379.121 9,080.49 Federal Republic of Germany 2,436,611 556.835 4,375.82 505.153 4,823.51 Austria 311,231 59.179 5,259.08 53.687 5,797.14 Czech Republic 316,425 48.479 6,526.97 43.980 7,194.75 Switzerland 588,382 98.595 5,967.66 89.444 6,578.22 Latvia 312,916 57.548 5,437.45 52.207 5,993.76 Poland 57,902 18.551 3,121.08 16.830 3,440.40 Ukraine 1,140,782 204.721 5,572.37 185.720 6,142.48 Spain 10,854 2.679 4,050.43 2.431 4,464.83 Portugal 64,692 10.672 6,061.52 9.682 6,681.68 Italy 13,256,671 1,913.465 6,928.10 1,735.867 7,636.92 Slovenia 596,934 139.688 4,273.33 126.723 4,710.54 United Arab Emirates 143,387 37.848 3,788.40 34.336 4,176.00 India 6,268,830 1,501.580 4,174.82 1,362.211 4,601.95 China 958,868 157.115 6,102.94 142.533 6,727.34 Korea, South 85,693 34.998 2,448.49 31.750 2,698.99 Taiwan 5,904,592 1,603.484 3,682.35 1,454.657 4,059.10 Japan 69,380 8.052 8,616.08 7.305 9,497.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,509,589 7,321.166 5,260.03 6,641.652 5,798.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Sweden 10,391 1.887 5,506.17 1.712 6,069.51 United Kingdom 924,483 18.957 48,765.97 17.198 53,755.26 Italy 2,835 0.087 32,555.31 0.079 35,886.08 China 4,102,213 1,122.779 3,653.62 1,018.569 4,027.43 Japan 11,013,078 2,433.576 4,525.47 2,207.704 4,988.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,053,000 3,577.288 4,487.48 3,245.262 4,946.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 146,500 64.595 2,267.96 58.600 2,500.00 India 3,450 1.521 2,267.96 1.380 2,500.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 149,950 66.116 2,267.96 59.980 2,500.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 12,368 2.428 5,093.08 2.203 5,614.16 Federal Republic of Germany 2,669 1.177 2,267.11 1.068 2,499.06 Austria 381,177 338.484 1,126.13 307.068 1,241.34 China 241,722 81.808 2,954.75 74.215 3,257.05 Taiwan 4,753 0.637 7,459.95 0.578 8,223.18 Japan 8,694 1.157 7,511.49 1.050 8,280.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 651,383 425.692 1,530.17 386.182 1,686.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 15,107 2.372 6,368.42 2.152 7,019.98 Mexico 134,405 50.567 2,657.94 45.874 2,929.87 China 4,343 0.725 5,987.70 0.658 6,600.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 153,855 53.664 2,866.96 48.684 3,160.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,448,135 1,232.745 9,286.70 1,118.328 10,236.83 Mexico 839,256 116.183 7,223.53 105.400 7,962.58 Uruguay 459,132 166.914 2,750.71 151.422 3,032.14 Sweden 2,324,032 213.445 10,888.15 193.635 12,002.13 Norway 302,763 2.866 105,639.25 2.600 116,447.31 Finland 536,296 131.791 4,069.29 119.559 4,485.62 Denmark 208,495 19.846 10,505.64 18.004 11,580.48 United Kingdom 301,481 5.533 54,481.88 5.020 60,055.98 Ireland 20,771 2.906 7,145.67 2.637 7,876.75 Netherlands 3,136 0.009 316,103.57 0.009 348,444.44 Belgium 28,519 2.936 9,711.72 2.664 10,705.33 France 3,740,037 376.927 9,922.43 341.943 10,937.60 Federal Republic of Germany 5,901,266 614.824 9,598.29 557.760 10,580.30 Austria 425,070 37.877 11,222.20 34.362 12,370.35 Czech Republic 810,619 292.396 2,772.33 265.258 3,055.96 Slovakia 155,532 21.053 7,387.63 19.099 8,143.46 Switzerland 575,187 20.439 28,141.57 18.542 31,020.76 Ukraine 219,784 21.874 10,047.61 19.844 11,075.59 Spain 4,102,666 282.670 14,513.98 256.434 15,998.92 Italy 1,885,691 412.618 4,570.06 374.321 5,037.63 India 155,691 22.429 6,941.25 20.348 7,651.42 Thailand 1,244,899 277.845 4,480.55 252.057 4,938.96 Malaysia 372,639 103.911 3,586.12 94.267 3,953.02 Singapore 167,272 30.094 5,558.28 27.301 6,126.96 China 18,586,559 2,768.268 6,714.15 2,511.332 7,401.08 Korea, South 4,356,911 643.475 6,770.91 583.751 7,463.65 Taiwan 5,015,512 1,921.929 2,609.62 1,743.546 2,876.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 6,940,503 712.537 9,740.55 646.403 10,737.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,127,854 10,456.352 6,802.36 9,485.846 7,498.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 933,493 135.422 6,893.20 122.853 7,598.46 Mexico 60,613 1.639 36,978.62 1.487 40,761.94 Sweden 1,468,771 141.048 10,413.24 127.957 11,478.63 United Kingdom 330,695 56.224 5,881.69 51.006 6,483.45 Ireland 27,675 0.094 291,934.24 0.086 321,802.33 Netherlands 55,066 2.229 24,693.55 2.023 27,219.97 Belgium 116,128 9.206 12,613.69 8.352 13,904.21 France 308,616 52.425 5,886.71 47.560 6,488.98 Federal Republic of Germany 681,559 101.766 6,697.29 92.321 7,382.49 Switzerland 217,908 24.632 8,846.45 22.346 9,751.54 Spain 105,838 5.263 20,107.78 4.775 22,165.03 Italy 1,137,832 151.434 7,513.70 137.379 8,282.43 India 3,803,883 861.648 4,414.66 781.675 4,866.32 Thailand 87,324 16.265 5,368.60 14.756 5,917.86 China 1,988,819 478.466 4,156.65 434.058 4,581.92 Korea, South 4,109,951 711.370 5,777.51 645.345 6,368.61 Hong Kong 248,862 43.312 5,745.80 39.292 6,333.66 Taiwan 932,556 153.346 6,081.35 139.114 6,703.54 Japan 895,917 220.967 4,054.53 200.458 4,469.35 Australia 400,009 74.652 5,358.25 67.724 5,906.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,911,515 3,241.419 5,525.82 2,940.567 6,091.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 7,194 2.856 2,518.83 2.591 2,776.53 Sweden 86,866 21.477 4,044.53 19.484 4,458.32 Belgium 2,749 0.270 10,178.99 0.245 11,220.41 France 18,590 11.666 1,593.40 10.584 1,756.42 Federal Republic of Germany 254,231 179.781 1,414.11 163.095 1,558.79 Austria 134,039 8.616 15,555.61 7.817 17,147.12 Spain 110,602 18.525 5,970.28 16.806 6,581.10 Italy 134,688 28.241 4,769.20 25.620 5,257.14 China 274,662 90.977 3,019.03 82.533 3,327.91 Taiwan 15,251 6.056 2,518.29 5.494 2,775.94 Japan 878,800 769.816 1,141.57 698.366 1,258.37 South Africa 1,468,890 1,021.412 1,438.10 926.610 1,585.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,386,562 2,159.697 1,568.07 1,959.245 1,728.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 58,498 10.840 5,396.43 9.834 5,948.55 Mexico 27,522,449 9,510.655 2,893.85 8,627.924 3,189.93 Brazil 7,121,737 1,959.938 3,633.65 1,778.027 4,005.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,019,705 336.178 6,007.84 304.976 6,622.50 Finland 428,592 76.271 5,619.32 69.192 6,194.24 United Kingdom 341,113 30.991 11,006.67 28.115 12,132.78 Belgium 1,880,792 404.393 4,650.89 366.860 5,126.73 France 4,297,746 1,379.951 3,114.42 1,251.871 3,433.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,859,983 425.260 4,373.75 385.790 4,821.23 Austria 322,699 8.025 40,207.07 7.281 44,320.70 Italy 1,904,121 498.445 3,820.12 452.182 4,210.96 India 1,160,888 268.311 4,326.65 243.408 4,769.31 Thailand 561,472 177.588 3,161.64 161.106 3,485.11 Indonesia 240,108 46.532 5,159.96 42.214 5,687.88 China 17,532,736 5,801.633 3,022.03 5,263.155 3,331.22 Korea, South 1,522,649 571.421 2,664.67 518.385 2,937.29 Taiwan 10,632,908 2,800.514 3,796.77 2,540.585 4,185.22 Japan 1,996,607 765.809 2,607.18 694.731 2,873.93 South Africa 782,782 519.629 1,506.42 471.400 1,660.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,187,585 25,592.394 3,211.41 23,217.036 3,539.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,871 2.291 2,998.20 2.079 3,304.95 Italy 33,656 4.024 8,362.70 3.651 9,218.30 Slovenia 180,799 30.345 5,958.01 27.529 6,567.58 Korea, South 150,606 32.337 4,657.33 29.336 5,133.83 Japan 67,725 20.871 3,244.91 18.934 3,576.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 439,657 89.870 4,892.13 81.529 5,392.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 15,995 7.112 2,248.98 6.452 2,479.08 Mexico 3,274,122 1,088.653 3,007.50 987.610 3,315.20 Sweden 1,791,975 171.961 10,420.78 156.001 11,486.95 Finland 852,670 190.955 4,465.28 173.232 4,922.13 Denmark 23,204 1.455 15,947.21 1.320 17,578.79 United Kingdom 972,193 140.934 6,898.17 127.854 7,603.93 Belgium 886,707 139.484 6,357.04 126.538 7,007.44 France 797,795 174.976 4,559.44 158.736 5,025.92 Federal Republic of Germany 893,715 125.692 7,110.35 114.026 7,837.82 Austria 159,914 22.966 6,962.88 20.835 7,675.26 Italy 99,911 17.397 5,742.75 15.783 6,330.29 India 410,708 109.315 3,757.10 99.169 4,141.50 China 26,603 5.437 4,892.33 4.933 5,392.86 Korea, South 856,769 284.850 3,007.79 258.412 3,315.52 Taiwan 294,120 124.276 2,366.65 112.742 2,608.79 Japan 3,011,178 404.411 7,445.83 366.876 8,207.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,367,579 3,009.881 4,773.47 2,730.519 5,261.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 22/01/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 345,875,904 78,297.753 4,417.44 71,030.547 4,869.40