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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 125,242 166.127 753.89 150.708 831.02 United Kingdom 18,944 1.549 12,223.12 1.406 13,473.68 Italy 3,697,178 1,044.137 3,540.89 947.226 3,903.16 India 5,249 11.170 469.88 10.134 517.96 China 14,220 12.287 1,157.28 11.147 1,275.68 Japan 5,470 11.641 469.87 10.561 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,866,303 1,246.914 3,100.70 1,131.182 3,417.93 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 57,160,018 118,624.514 481.86 107,614.380 531.16 Mexico 99,021,599 144,706.171 684.29 131,275.268 754.31 Brazil 33,779,754 72,110.465 468.44 65,417.532 516.37 Argentina 355,881 667.184 533.41 605.260 587.98 Sweden 15,101,567 3,201.180 4,717.50 2,904.063 5,200.15 United Kingdom 26,886,186 7,726.314 3,479.82 7,009.197 3,835.84 Belgium 175,011 358.499 488.18 325.225 538.12 Federal Republic of Germany 272,298 680.937 399.89 617.736 440.80 Czech Republic 5,140 3.540 1,451.72 3.212 1,600.25 Switzerland 68,836 180.580 381.19 163.820 420.19 Russia 28,909,395 56,421.298 512.38 51,184.555 564.81 Ukraine 27,961,229 59,957.891 466.35 54,392.900 514.06 Spain 1,525,949 269.614 5,659.75 244.590 6,238.80 Italy 4,986,622 988.962 5,042.28 897.172 5,558.16 India 28,582,626 46,320.497 617.06 42,021.260 680.19 China 465,378 386.283 1,204.76 350.431 1,328.02 Taiwan 61,970 7.527 8,232.28 6.829 9,074.54 Japan 191,827 267.806 716.29 242.950 789.57 Australia 18,191,054 39,308.351 462.78 35,659.947 510.13 New Zealand 7,423 0.173 42,891.94 0.157 47,280.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 343,709,763 552,187.796 622.45 500,936.484 686.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 26,863,185 42,142.457 637.44 38,231.005 702.65 Mexico 15,792 28.000 563.98 25.402 621.68 Trinidad and Tobago 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 Brazil 7,274,930 12,795.273 568.56 11,607.680 626.73 Sweden 1,220,794 232.493 5,250.86 210.915 5,788.09 Finland 49,229 40.528 1,214.67 36.767 1,338.95 United Kingdom 2,828,851 1,799.851 1,571.71 1,632.798 1,732.52 France 481,306 104.815 4,591.94 95.087 5,061.74 Federal Republic of Germany 2,394,989 3,132.408 764.58 2,841.674 842.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 84,001 13.961 6,016.46 12.666 6,632.01 Italy 619,207 185.297 3,341.69 168.099 3,683.59 India 497,119 141.709 3,508.01 128.557 3,866.92 Malaysia 24,236 29.175 830.68 26.468 915.67 China 1,077,484 1,283.023 839.80 1,163.940 925.72 Korea, South 14,134 23.750 595.11 21.546 655.99 Taiwan 2,320,407 547.677 4,236.81 496.845 4,670.28 Japan 7,142,632 10,350.663 690.07 9,389.967 760.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,694,974 79,026.906 704.76 71,692.024 776.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,581,759 10,420.146 823.57 9,453.001 907.83 Mexico 7,495,081 10,862.509 690.00 9,854.306 760.59 Brazil 736,287 1,327.185 554.77 1,204.003 611.53 United Kingdom 5,830,832 6,892.094 846.02 6,252.405 932.57 Netherlands 250,915 128.155 1,957.89 116.261 2,158.20 Luxembourg 10,627,942 11,420.979 930.56 10,360.941 1,025.77 France 39,705 41.682 952.55 37.814 1,050.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,305,424 5,550.727 775.65 5,035.537 855.01 Poland 19,572 11.297 1,732.41 10.249 1,909.65 Russia 8,050 12.334 652.62 11.190 719.39 Spain 15,036,845 25,518.470 589.25 23,149.974 649.54 Italy 103,297 42.971 2,403.86 38.983 2,649.80 Turkey 2,387,645 2,744.311 870.03 2,489.598 959.05 India 456,452 98.498 4,634.12 89.356 5,108.24 China 219,020 149.880 1,461.30 135.969 1,610.81 Korea, South 364,650 407.969 893.82 370.104 985.26 Taiwan 17,414,263 26,381.729 660.09 23,933.109 727.62 Japan 743,605 554.729 1,340.48 503.242 1,477.63 South Africa 59,192 61.935 955.70 56.187 1,053.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,680,536 102,627.611 727.68 93,102.229 802.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,426 879.894 940.37 798.227 1,036.58 United Kingdom 11,200 17.021 657.98 15.442 725.29 Luxembourg 6,204,070 5,260.489 1,179.37 4,772.237 1,300.03 Federal Republic of Germany 53,803 81.768 657.99 74.179 725.31 Japan 479,879 561.610 854.47 509.485 941.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,576,378 6,800.784 1,114.04 6,169.570 1,228.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 37,896,201 36,945.363 1,025.74 33,516.279 1,130.68 Mexico 32,791 45.103 727.02 40.917 801.40 Brazil 3,665,552 2,759.439 1,328.37 2,503.322 1,464.28 Sweden 10,342,130 4,950.150 2,089.26 4,490.702 2,303.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 3,544,095 1,478.714 2,396.74 1,341.468 2,641.95 United Kingdom 1,374,408 1,102.134 1,247.04 999.840 1,374.63 Netherlands 35,610 6.093 5,843.86 5.528 6,441.75 Belgium 13,132,666 2,245.179 5,849.27 2,036.793 6,447.72 France 7,217,735 2,101.618 3,434.37 1,906.557 3,785.74 Federal Republic of Germany 11,226,468 5,230.567 2,146.32 4,745.092 2,365.91 Austria 77,615 67.389 1,151.73 61.135 1,269.57 Spain 154,873 81.713 1,895.32 74.129 2,089.24 Italy 113,168 55.652 2,033.48 50.487 2,241.53 Slovenia 15,347 1.413 10,860.04 1.282 11,971.14 India 497,092 132.641 3,747.65 120.330 4,131.07 China 3,397,076 1,232.371 2,756.54 1,117.989 3,038.56 Korea, South 1,798,917 2,140.113 840.57 1,941.479 926.57 Taiwan 3,679,180 837.904 4,390.93 760.134 4,840.17 Japan 5,685,545 3,945.214 1,441.12 3,579.039 1,588.57 Australia 1,301,263 2,067.811 629.29 1,875.888 693.68 South Africa 2,884,801 2,135.881 1,350.64 1,937.640 1,488.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,072,533 69,562.471 1,553.60 63,106.030 1,712.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 29,949,575 50,047.675 598.42 45,402.500 659.65 Mexico 969,212 1,685.735 574.95 1,529.274 633.77 Brazil 80,654 22.889 3,523.63 20.765 3,884.13 Sweden 3,621,466 678.515 5,337.34 615.539 5,883.41 Finland 266,739 109.889 2,427.34 99.690 2,675.68 Netherlands 730,463 1,443.025 506.20 1,309.091 557.99 Belgium 192,064 35.637 5,389.35 32.330 5,940.74 France 981,373 1,559.190 629.41 1,414.474 693.81 Federal Republic of Germany 8,151,663 4,568.412 1,784.35 4,144.395 1,966.91 China 2,129,841 604.510 3,523.25 548.403 3,883.72 Korea, South 315,855 475.671 664.02 431.522 731.96 Japan 614,313 790.193 777.42 716.852 856.96 New Zealand 2,225,215 4,318.986 515.22 3,918.120 567.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,228,433 66,340.333 757.13 60,182.955 834.60 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,175 6.220 510.42 5.643 562.64 Luxembourg 183,180 169.823 1,078.65 154.061 1,189.01 Austria 46,600 2.810 16,578.36 2.550 18,274.51 Czech Republic 4,414,229 6,078.996 726.14 5,514.774 800.44 Spain 406,813 388.315 1,047.64 352.274 1,154.82 Japan 12,575,270 16,732.632 751.54 15,179.593 828.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,629,267 23,378.798 754.07 21,208.895 831.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 441,566 519.958 849.23 471.699 936.12 Luxembourg 361,560 404.828 893.12 367.254 984.50 Austria 43,513 30.801 1,412.67 27.943 1,557.21 Czech Republic 595,524 561.977 1,059.69 509.818 1,168.11 China 3,420,686 6,030.465 567.23 5,470.748 625.27 Korea, South 628,508 932.100 674.29 845.588 743.28 Japan 867,075 976.545 887.90 885.907 978.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,358,432 9,456.678 672.37 8,578.957 741.17 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 417,610 307.576 1,357.74 279.029 1,496.65 India 12,037 12.974 927.76 11.770 1,022.68 China 238,465 245.393 971.77 222.617 1,071.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 668,112 565.944 1,180.53 513.416 1,301.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 31,822,614 42,504.839 748.68 38,559.753 825.28 Mexico 2,929,556 3,670.260 798.19 3,329.605 879.85 Brazil 2,570,861 2,691.667 955.12 2,441.840 1,052.84 Argentina 86,819 166.199 522.38 150.774 575.82 Sweden 4,664,428 1,318.998 3,536.34 1,196.576 3,898.15 Finland 72,200 55.986 1,289.60 50.790 1,421.54 United Kingdom 4,253,274 2,563.427 1,659.21 2,325.503 1,828.97 Netherlands 218,277 83.663 2,609.00 75.898 2,875.93 France 1,273,370 312.884 4,069.78 283.844 4,486.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,961,830 1,228.761 1,596.59 1,114.714 1,759.94 Austria 1,289,791 208.422 6,188.34 189.078 6,821.48 Czech Republic 238,140 251.588 946.55 228.237 1,043.39 Switzerland 48,580 4.606 10,545.84 4.179 11,624.79 Poland 57,759 15.614 3,699.12 14.165 4,077.59 Russia 181,268 116.971 1,549.67 106.115 1,708.22 Ukraine 199,395 43.508 4,582.93 39.470 5,051.81 Spain 58,266 46.478 1,253.60 42.165 1,381.86 Portugal 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 Italy 1,603,067 269.414 5,950.18 244.409 6,558.95 Romania 29,671 47.103 629.90 42.732 694.35 Turkey 4,075,153 4,847.943 840.59 4,397.982 926.60 India 2,282,188 884.411 2,580.46 802.325 2,844.47 China 14,179,704 16,919.384 838.07 15,349.012 923.82 Korea, South 494,140 397.488 1,243.15 360.596 1,370.34 Taiwan 3,543,846 1,233.005 2,874.15 1,118.564 3,168.21 Japan 9,758,896 11,503.127 848.37 10,435.465 935.17 South Africa 67,149 48.399 1,387.40 43.907 1,529.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,284,513 91,517.806 964.67 83,023.581 1,063.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,626,386 9,740.611 782.95 8,836.537 863.05 Mexico 1,409,047 2,046.153 688.63 1,856.240 759.09 Brazil 375,207 686.584 546.48 622.859 602.39 United Kingdom 10,186 1.273 8,000.51 1.155 8,819.05 Netherlands 3,286 0.314 10,459.68 0.285 11,529.82 France 98,900 6.157 16,061.69 5.586 17,704.98 Switzerland 10,439 1.097 9,508.14 0.996 10,480.92 Italy 1,828,163 221.184 8,265.34 200.655 9,110.98 Turkey 107,469 167.479 641.68 151.935 707.34 India 1,689,387 375.482 4,499.24 340.632 4,959.57 China 60,523 79.950 757.00 72.530 834.45 Taiwan 156,251 280.242 557.56 254.232 614.60 Japan 268,694 58.434 4,598.20 53.011 5,068.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,643,938 13,664.966 998.46 12,396.653 1,100.61 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 434,372 852.262 509.67 773.160 561.81 Mexico 35,558,157 56,566.099 628.61 51,315.917 692.93 Dominican Republic 3,206,418 5,175.538 619.53 4,695.171 682.92 Federal Republic of Germany 671,097 739.850 907.07 671.181 999.87 Turkey 30,252,020 55,963.284 540.57 50,769.052 595.88 China 3,043 4.188 726.46 3.800 800.79 Australia 46,092 39.762 1,159.18 36.072 1,277.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,171,199 119,340.987 587.99 108,264.353 648.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,345,399 4,975.910 1,476.19 4,514.071 1,627.22 Mexico 133,351 97.736 1,364.39 88.665 1,503.99 Dominican Republic 2,462 4.377 562.45 3.971 619.99 Brazil 75,828 25.791 2,940.00 23.398 3,240.79 Sweden 725,084 171.441 4,229.34 155.529 4,662.05 Denmark 9,654 4.304 2,242.76 3.905 2,472.22 United Kingdom 4,325,578 1,598.085 2,706.73 1,449.759 2,983.65 Netherlands 41,370 6.664 6,207.45 6.046 6,842.54 Belgium 5,093 0.457 11,133.24 0.415 12,272.29 France 6,078,371 2,784.630 2,182.83 2,526.175 2,406.16 Federal Republic of Germany 6,701,664 4,043.826 1,657.26 3,668.499 1,826.81 Austria 902,554 57.998 15,561.79 52.615 17,153.93 Czech Republic 99,114 14.815 6,690.08 13.440 7,374.55 Switzerland 736,214 100.042 7,359.02 90.757 8,111.93 Latvia 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 Russia 10,908 5.538 1,969.66 5.024 2,171.18 Spain 956,247 963.687 992.28 874.243 1,093.80 Italy 13,376,189 2,672.737 5,004.68 2,424.667 5,516.71 Slovenia 229,028 51.713 4,428.76 46.914 4,881.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 53,027 19.534 2,714.59 17.721 2,992.33 Saudi Arabia 276,318 128.485 2,150.58 116.560 2,370.61 United Arab Emirates 186,154 48.940 3,803.69 44.398 4,192.85 India 7,271,890 1,755.904 4,141.39 1,592.930 4,565.10 Malaysia 61,765 87.390 706.77 79.279 779.08 China 2,141,181 1,001.413 2,138.16 908.467 2,356.92 Korea, South 717,002 518.337 1,383.27 470.228 1,524.80 Taiwan 7,383,453 1,766.482 4,179.75 1,602.526 4,607.38 Japan 778,933 596.655 1,305.50 541.277 1,439.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,846,903 23,541.507 2,584.66 21,356.502 2,849.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,499,481 766.633 1,955.93 695.478 2,156.04 Mexico 97,770 63.969 1,528.39 58.032 1,684.76 Brazil 2,592,350 778.154 3,331.41 705.930 3,672.25 Sweden 3,914,292 1,455.640 2,689.05 1,320.535 2,964.17 United Kingdom 804,350 175.544 4,582.04 159.251 5,050.83 Netherlands 595,741 409.814 1,453.68 371.778 1,602.41 France 2,220,955 519.778 4,272.89 471.535 4,710.05 Federal Republic of Germany 4,176,596 1,692.620 2,467.53 1,535.520 2,719.99 Austria 4,575,393 674.153 6,786.87 611.582 7,481.24 Czech Republic 74,391 18.468 4,028.08 16.754 4,440.19 Switzerland 118,674 37.735 3,144.90 34.233 3,466.65 Poland 47,113 19.185 2,455.63 17.405 2,706.87 Ukraine 511,040 144.054 3,547.55 130.684 3,910.50 Spain 64,952 31.081 2,089.71 28.197 2,303.51 Italy 2,748 0.567 4,840.67 0.515 5,335.92 Slovenia 1,362,393 395.462 3,445.06 358.758 3,797.53 China 5,176,143 1,577.308 3,281.63 1,430.911 3,617.38 Korea, South 491,387 217.239 2,261.96 197.076 2,493.39 Taiwan 2,083,628 644.532 3,232.78 584.710 3,563.52 Japan 4,511,837 3,615.441 1,247.94 3,279.874 1,375.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,921,234 13,237.386 2,638.08 12,008.758 2,907.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,791,408 31,633.931 878.53 28,697.828 968.42 Mexico 5,714,580 6,277.169 910.38 5,694.554 1,003.52 Dominican Republic 767,532 697.926 1,099.73 633.148 1,212.25 Colombia 14,663 9.280 1,580.00 8.419 1,741.66 Venezuela 783,521 570.885 1,372.47 517.899 1,512.88 Ecuador 24,348 18.579 1,310.48 16.855 1,444.56 Chile 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 Argentina 1,077,070 514.236 2,094.50 466.508 2,308.79 Sweden 5,493 0.059 92,280.87 0.054 101,722.22 United Kingdom 21,568 8.308 2,596.02 7.537 2,861.62 Netherlands 13,909 17.643 788.33 16.006 868.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 90,186 45.828 1,967.90 41.575 2,169.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,320,745 582.047 2,269.14 528.025 2,501.29 Switzerland 317,951 201.469 1,578.16 182.770 1,739.62 Russia 1,524,807 2,525.202 603.84 2,290.826 665.61 Ukraine 380,839 311.740 1,221.66 282.806 1,346.64 Italy 1,161,684 377.092 3,080.63 342.093 3,395.81 Turkey 2,371,744 3,057.711 775.66 2,773.910 855.02 United Arab Emirates 664,352 516.588 1,286.04 468.641 1,417.61 Oman 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 India 1,368,168 1,567.132 873.04 1,421.679 962.36 Pakistan 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 Vietnam 849,696 962.390 882.90 873.066 973.23 Malaysia 62,630 106.180 589.85 96.325 650.19 China 3,855,401 3,631.836 1,061.56 3,294.748 1,170.17 Korea, South 3,252,615 4,030.692 806.96 3,656.584 889.52 Hong Kong 30,411 25.597 1,188.03 23.222 1,309.58 Taiwan 3,953,637 6,069.792 651.36 5,506.425 718.00 Japan 2,214,229 1,736.201 1,275.33 1,575.056 1,405.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,608,417 66,705.890 908.59 60,514.583 1,001.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 20,305,571 14,743.968 1,377.21 13,375.507 1,518.12 Mexico 1,427,404 1,127.027 1,266.52 1,022.422 1,396.10 Colombia 3,123,978 1,663.511 1,877.94 1,509.113 2,070.08 Argentina 836,277 664.556 1,258.40 602.876 1,387.15 Sweden 149,144 18.878 7,900.34 17.126 8,708.63 Norway 23,931 0.691 34,624.95 0.627 38,167.46 United Kingdom 1,351,689 207.894 6,501.79 188.599 7,167.00 France 930,491 645.627 1,441.22 585.704 1,588.67 Federal Republic of Germany 3,638,577 3,495.207 1,041.02 3,170.800 1,147.53 Austria 19,369,850 11,832.299 1,637.03 10,734.085 1,804.52 Russia 1,917,679 3,012.222 636.63 2,732.643 701.77 Spain 37,990 9.304 4,082.92 8.441 4,500.65 Italy 3,944 0.052 74,540.37 0.048 82,166.67 Turkey 1,520,426 1,992.118 763.22 1,807.220 841.31 India 345,902 300.233 1,152.11 272.367 1,269.98 China 80,038,981 92,356.047 866.63 83,784.021 955.30 Korea, South 10,774,289 15,375.026 700.77 13,947.993 772.46 Taiwan 25,328 17.372 1,457.94 15.760 1,607.11 Japan 10,775,654 2,710.298 3,975.82 2,458.742 4,382.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 156,597,105 150,172.340 1,042.78 136,234.094 1,149.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 45,321,870 35,613.070 1,272.62 32,307.643 1,402.82 Brazil 1,893,299 1,212.996 1,560.84 1,100.412 1,720.54 United Kingdom 313,956 419.744 747.97 380.786 824.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 35,162,005 23,886.140 1,472.07 21,669.148 1,622.68 Czech Republic 20,579 13.415 1,534.01 12.170 1,690.96 Italy 41,539,753 38,697.585 1,073.45 35,105.869 1,183.27 Greece 27,740,409 23,713.113 1,169.83 21,512.181 1,289.52 Romania 1,056,997 618.652 1,708.55 561.232 1,883.35 Turkey 3,319,935 3,554.677 933.96 3,224.750 1,029.52 India 95,835,324 73,661.146 1,301.03 66,824.287 1,434.14 China 3,890,570 6,240.942 623.39 5,661.689 687.17 Korea, South 4,687,528 5,879.371 797.28 5,333.678 878.85 Taiwan 42,147 66.054 638.06 59.924 703.34 Japan 2,750,085 2,455.816 1,119.83 2,227.880 1,234.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 263,574,457 216,032.727 1,220.07 195,981.649 1,344.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 942,079 816.867 1,153.28 741.050 1,271.28 Mexico 7,179,605 6,599.028 1,087.98 5,986.540 1,199.29 Brazil 10,055 12.016 836.78 10.901 922.39 Argentina 5,708,825 4,794.793 1,190.63 4,349.765 1,312.44 Sweden 27,859 9.497 2,933.29 8.616 3,233.40 France 336,220 289.210 1,162.55 262.367 1,281.49 Federal Republic of Germany 272,325 24.663 11,041.80 22.374 12,171.49 Austria 1,372,918 891.636 1,539.77 808.879 1,697.31 Czech Republic 3,890 2.733 1,422.96 2.480 1,568.55 Slovakia 58,938 52.357 1,125.68 47.498 1,240.85 Italy 1,522,757 888.924 1,713.03 806.419 1,888.30 India 535,976 35.174 15,237.52 31.910 16,796.49 China 9,880,101 13,220.290 747.34 11,993.249 823.81 Korea, South 1,414,800 2,215.619 638.56 2,009.977 703.89 Taiwan 42,181 71.795 587.51 65.132 647.62 Japan 4,148,532 2,305.850 1,799.13 2,091.833 1,983.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,457,061 32,230.460 1,038.06 29,238.990 1,144.26 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 5,009,171 5,527.966 906.15 5,014.888 998.86 Israel 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 China 13,693,670 21,681.649 631.58 19,669.267 696.20 Korea, South 6,557,276 10,320.725 635.35 9,362.807 700.35 Taiwan 487,049 814.040 598.31 738.485 659.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,793,843 38,393.383 671.83 34,829.901 740.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,090,322 7,421.724 1,359.57 6,732.877 1,498.66 Mexico 18,423,153 19,571.197 941.34 17,754.697 1,037.65 Dominican Republic 532,944 500.438 1,064.95 453.990 1,173.91 Colombia 19,825 15.903 1,246.62 14.427 1,374.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 233,491 136.474 1,710.87 123.808 1,885.91 Argentina 1,388,096 634.501 2,187.70 575.610 2,411.52 Sweden 901,588 532.944 1,691.71 483.479 1,864.79 Norway 2,905 3.213 904.07 2.915 996.57 United Kingdom 37,279 23.699 1,572.97 21.500 1,733.91 Netherlands 45,581 22.923 1,988.38 20.796 2,191.82 Belgium 53,759 32.757 1,641.13 29.717 1,809.03 France 1,432,379 931.301 1,538.04 844.863 1,695.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,667,034 1,075.511 2,479.78 975.688 2,733.49 Austria 210,577 41.467 5,078.08 37.619 5,597.62 Czech Republic 430,336 66.003 6,519.94 59.877 7,187.00 Switzerland 934,555 297.061 3,146.00 269.490 3,467.87 Russia 3,928 0.686 5,719.78 0.623 6,304.98 Ukraine 86,626 73.297 1,181.85 66.494 1,302.76 Spain 232,955 49.459 4,710.01 44.869 5,191.89 Italy 2,230,407 1,010.328 2,207.61 916.555 2,433.47 Turkey 45,326 42.769 1,059.77 38.800 1,168.20 Saudi Arabia 20,289 16.966 1,195.81 15.392 1,318.15 India 1,317,908 1,159.331 1,136.78 1,051.728 1,253.09 Singapore 2,275 2.516 904.01 2.283 996.50 China 4,158,790 3,277.156 1,269.02 2,972.987 1,398.86 Korea, South 703,247 620.685 1,133.02 563.077 1,248.94 Hong Kong 159,965 119.600 1,337.49 108.500 1,474.33 Taiwan 413,878 171.425 2,414.33 155.515 2,661.34 Japan 4,285,143 2,144.611 1,998.10 1,945.559 2,202.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,064,561 39,995.960 1,276.74 36,283.735 1,407.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,770 56.562 1,587.08 51.313 1,749.46 Mexico 2,686,829 1,617.128 1,661.48 1,467.035 1,831.47 Argentina 2,210,616 1,342.124 1,647.10 1,217.555 1,815.62 Sweden 496,653 208.530 2,381.68 189.176 2,625.35 Netherlands 28,036 12.667 2,213.18 11.492 2,439.61 France 4,003,694 2,277.160 1,758.20 2,065.806 1,938.08 Federal Republic of Germany 10,547,395 5,620.467 1,876.60 5,098.804 2,068.60 Italy 778,483 333.420 2,334.84 302.474 2,573.72 Romania 205,780 90.349 2,277.59 81.964 2,510.61 India 24,030 22.321 1,076.53 20.250 1,186.67 China 923,110 833.328 1,107.74 755.983 1,221.07 Korea, South 60,541 67.863 892.10 61.565 983.37 Japan 1,073,482 62.301 17,230.43 56.519 18,993.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,128,419 12,544.228 1,843.75 11,379.936 2,032.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 13,926,643 1,545.392 9,011.72 1,401.957 9,933.72 Mexico 249,848 67.357 3,709.27 61.106 4,088.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 2,694 0.619 4,348.68 0.562 4,793.59 Uruguay 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 Sweden 3,271,479 285.332 11,465.51 258.849 12,638.56 Finland 193,235 44.404 4,351.71 40.283 4,796.94 Denmark 15,316 1.938 7,899.06 1.759 8,707.22 United Kingdom 693,841 16.068 43,180.50 14.577 47,598.34 Ireland 124,573 23.155 5,379.93 21.006 5,930.35 Netherlands 29,500 1.995 14,785.61 1.810 16,298.34 France 2,110,683 251.540 8,391.02 228.194 9,249.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,426,489 250.244 9,696.48 227.018 10,688.53 Austria 1,698,069 153.212 11,083.10 138.992 12,217.03 Czech Republic 633,326 33.102 19,132.33 30.030 21,089.78 Slovakia 161,825 21.102 7,668.47 19.144 8,453.04 Switzerland 464,956 4.874 95,386.95 4.422 105,146.09 Ukraine 195,333 19.777 9,876.44 17.942 10,886.91 Spain 3,452,253 221.670 15,573.82 201.096 17,167.19 Italy 263,152 15.575 16,895.08 14.130 18,623.64 Thailand 720,933 158.859 4,538.18 144.115 5,002.48 Malaysia 636,743 149.047 4,272.07 135.214 4,709.15 Singapore 267,311 47.602 5,615.52 43.184 6,190.05 China 16,577,254 2,715.087 6,105.60 2,463.087 6,730.28 Korea, South 8,229,344 1,338.032 6,150.33 1,213.843 6,779.58 Hong Kong 41,898 4.925 8,506.99 4.468 9,377.35 Taiwan 7,430,362 1,569.092 4,735.45 1,423.457 5,219.94 Japan 5,942,725 516.138 11,513.82 468.233 12,691.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,927,872 9,519.239 7,345.95 8,635.711 8,097.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,792,421 651.668 4,285.03 591.184 4,723.44 Mexico 304,277 126.936 2,397.08 115.155 2,642.33 Denmark 4,197 0.394 10,635.35 0.358 11,723.46 United Kingdom 11,966 4.709 2,541.05 4.272 2,801.03 Ireland 10,410 4.097 2,540.70 3.717 2,800.65 Netherlands 28,549 11.236 2,540.63 10.194 2,800.57 France 4,141 1.630 2,540.00 1.479 2,799.86 Federal Republic of Germany 298,670 90.895 3,285.86 82.459 3,622.04 Italy 2,787 1.096 2,541.03 0.995 2,801.01 India 115,036 42.452 2,709.78 38.512 2,987.02 Vietnam 85,482 58.321 1,465.71 52.908 1,615.67 China 99,312 54.988 1,806.04 49.885 1,990.82 Korea, South 53,037 36.700 1,445.14 33.294 1,592.99 Taiwan 54,936 36.023 1,525.00 32.680 1,681.03 Japan 455,667 161.779 2,816.59 146.764 3,104.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,320,888 1,282.931 3,367.98 1,163.856 3,712.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 23,555,725 28,091.321 838.54 25,484.025 924.33 Mexico 6,539,384 6,491.798 1,007.33 5,889.262 1,110.39 Sweden 100,379 48.296 2,078.38 43.814 2,291.03 Finland 1,141,950 253.749 4,500.30 230.198 4,960.73 Netherlands 31,622 7.751 4,079.49 7.032 4,496.87 Federal Republic of Germany 59,540 25.210 2,361.67 22.871 2,603.30 Austria 37,191 16.097 2,310.42 14.603 2,546.81 Italy 104,021 27.481 3,785.10 24.931 4,172.36 India 63,874 32.818 1,946.31 29.772 2,145.44 China 706,456 863.512 818.12 783.366 901.82 Korea, South 2,727,062 4,531.280 601.83 4,110.710 663.40 Taiwan 953,000 222.842 4,276.57 202.159 4,714.11 Japan 1,042,927 896.091 1,163.86 812.921 1,282.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,063,131 41,508.252 892.91 37,655.664 984.26 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 576,512 613.993 938.95 557.006 1,035.02 China 818,430 1,193.149 685.94 1,082.407 756.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,394,942 1,807.142 771.90 1,639.413 850.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,511,948 20,141.701 968.73 18,272.249 1,067.85 Mexico 12,425,258 14,010.160 886.87 12,709.807 977.61 Dominican Republic 268,982 294.009 914.88 266.721 1,008.48 Colombia 82,236 60.411 1,361.27 54.804 1,500.55 Venezuela 87,121 114.782 759.01 104.129 836.66 Ecuador 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 Brazil 1,615,996 1,911.859 845.25 1,734.410 931.73 Sweden 2,281,982 254.265 8,974.79 230.666 9,893.01 Finland 4,453 5.157 863.37 4.679 951.70 United Kingdom 636,467 156.855 4,057.66 142.297 4,472.81 Ireland 36,538 1.121 32,592.65 1.017 35,927.24 Netherlands 70,271 2.690 26,115.85 2.441 28,787.79 Belgium 804,392 427.859 1,880.04 388.148 2,072.38 France 909,577 396.242 2,295.51 359.465 2,530.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,642,257 586.086 2,802.07 531.689 3,088.75 Austria 494,179 129.772 3,808.03 117.728 4,197.63 Czech Republic 81,806 91.517 893.89 83.023 985.34 Switzerland 206,676 25.878 7,986.26 23.477 8,803.34 Poland 104,594 86.836 1,204.49 78.777 1,327.72 Russia 112,004 110.722 1,011.57 100.446 1,115.07 Belarus 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 Spain 119,261 12.350 9,656.53 11.204 10,644.50 Italy 2,893,613 1,473.588 1,963.65 1,336.817 2,164.55 Greece 19,119 18.123 1,054.95 16.441 1,162.89 Turkey 37,135 34.810 1,066.76 31.580 1,175.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Arab Emirates 20,470 19.621 1,043.26 17.800 1,150.00 India 6,185,501 1,617.339 3,824.49 1,467.226 4,215.78 Thailand 274,780 121.031 2,270.32 109.798 2,502.60 Malaysia 357,095 436.231 818.59 395.743 902.34 Indonesia 71,077 25.769 2,758.15 23.378 3,040.34 China 8,327,506 7,148.982 1,164.85 6,485.450 1,284.03 Korea, South 6,568,063 3,557.748 1,846.13 3,227.536 2,035.01 Taiwan 1,877,292 1,129.762 1,661.67 1,024.904 1,831.68 Japan 7,746,249 5,549.539 1,395.84 5,034.459 1,538.65 Australia 38,356 15.649 2,450.94 14.197 2,701.70 South Africa 174,419 255.662 682.22 231.933 752.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,431,582 60,589.103 1,261.47 54,965.526 1,390.54 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 112,720 141.406 797.13 128.282 878.69 China 197,684 330.368 598.37 299.705 659.60 Japan 1,305,969 1,957.866 667.04 1,776.147 735.28 Australia 1,500,146 2,566.676 584.47 2,328.450 644.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,116,519 4,996.317 623.76 4,532.584 687.58 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,763,328 5,880.096 810.08 5,334.335 892.96 Brazil 114,137 143.862 793.38 130.510 874.55 Netherlands 3,329,342 4,672.178 712.59 4,238.530 785.49 France 68,201 75.431 904.15 68.430 996.65 Federal Republic of Germany 5,106,905 5,411.020 943.80 4,908.797 1,040.36 China 3,071,920 4,621.932 664.64 4,192.948 732.64 Korea, South 2,856,326 3,605.726 792.16 3,271.061 873.21 Taiwan 37,014 45.587 811.94 41.356 895.01 Japan 312,437 355.408 879.09 322.421 969.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,659,610 24,811.243 792.37 22,508.388 873.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,268,437 3,533.212 925.06 3,205.277 1,019.71 Netherlands 151,036 202.141 747.18 183.380 823.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,250,361 2,606.441 863.38 2,364.525 951.72 Korea, South 1,330,752 1,151.629 1,155.54 1,044.741 1,273.76 Japan 1,750,287 2,164.860 808.50 1,963.929 891.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,750,873 9,658.285 906.05 8,761.852 998.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 51,914,799 88,674.996 585.45 80,444.626 645.35 Mexico 4,548,009 7,820.498 581.55 7,094.639 641.05 Brazil 25,920 12.529 2,068.64 11.367 2,280.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,605,328 2,707.114 962.40 2,455.854 1,060.86 Finland 739,932 201.804 3,666.58 183.074 4,041.71 United Kingdom 42,494 15.599 2,723.99 14.152 3,002.69 Netherlands 7,598,504 16,228.762 468.21 14,722.490 516.12 Belgium 99,797 39.975 2,496.47 36.265 2,751.88 France 2,723,963 4,083.997 666.98 3,704.941 735.22 Federal Republic of Germany 715,155 1,121.558 637.64 1,017.461 702.88 Austria 154,227 153.432 1,005.18 139.192 1,108.02 Russia 49,945 95.305 524.05 86.460 577.67 Spain 160,778 68.657 2,341.74 62.285 2,581.33 Italy 136,369 32.392 4,209.89 29.386 4,640.61 Turkey 11,980 0.541 22,134.57 0.491 24,399.19 India 104,062 25.410 4,095.24 23.052 4,514.23 Thailand 249,337 134.068 1,859.77 121.625 2,050.05 Malaysia 108,785 207.998 523.01 188.693 576.52 China 47,049 13.951 3,372.22 12.657 3,717.23 Korea, South 30,132,204 61,963.856 486.29 56,212.681 536.04 Taiwan 25,527 5.189 4,918.80 4.708 5,422.05 Japan 2,636,678 2,049.236 1,286.66 1,859.037 1,418.30 Australia 26,501,893 53,940.993 491.31 48,934.460 541.58 New Zealand 5,576,974 10,632.781 524.51 9,645.900 578.17 South Africa 839,342 592.192 1,417.35 537.228 1,562.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,749,051 250,822.847 549.19 227,542.724 605.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 31,389,585 47,906.162 655.23 43,459.752 722.27 Mexico 23,900,987 12,639.209 1,891.02 11,466.101 2,084.49 Dominican Republic 73,752 62.533 1,179.41 56.729 1,300.08 Colombia 19,610 25.160 779.40 22.825 859.15 Brazil 12,616,252 17,046.880 740.09 15,464.674 815.81 Sweden 7,501,894 3,711.713 2,021.14 3,367.211 2,227.93 Finland 2,701,998 598.269 4,516.36 542.741 4,978.43 United Kingdom 193,937 44.016 4,406.02 39.931 4,856.80 Netherlands 2,852,064 4,588.628 621.55 4,162.735 685.14 Belgium 5,584,375 5,272.239 1,059.20 4,782.897 1,167.57 France 3,193,375 1,383.830 2,307.63 1,255.390 2,543.73 Federal Republic of Germany 3,747,280 1,069.678 3,503.18 970.396 3,861.60 Austria 25,200 0.601 41,870.08 0.546 46,153.85 Switzerland 3,185 0.358 8,890.41 0.325 9,800.00 Spain 696,898 184.168 3,784.02 167.075 4,171.17 Italy 607,427 144.194 4,212.56 130.811 4,643.55 India 1,074,747 370.132 2,903.68 335.779 3,200.76 Thailand 347,247 111.063 3,126.57 100.755 3,446.45 Indonesia 132,206 23.507 5,623.90 21.326 6,199.29 China 60,817,449 24,690.669 2,463.18 22,399.005 2,715.19 Korea, South 3,672,551 2,610.270 1,406.96 2,367.998 1,550.91 Taiwan 18,406,074 5,056.239 3,640.27 4,586.945 4,012.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,905,134 4,887.824 1,003.54 4,434.161 1,106.21 Australia 519,421 890.347 583.39 807.710 643.08 New Zealand 1,001,681 1,776.892 563.73 1,611.970 621.40 South Africa 674,513 327.003 2,062.71 296.653 2,273.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 186,658,842 135,421.597 1,378.35 122,852.441 1,519.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 39,101,828 49,631.855 787.84 45,025.275 868.44 Mexico 7,529,162 8,222.069 915.73 7,458.938 1,009.41 Costa Rica 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 Colombia 878,803 931.051 943.88 844.636 1,040.45 Brazil 2,480,094 3,386.421 732.36 3,072.111 807.29 Sweden 56,114 47.452 1,182.54 43.048 1,303.52 Finland 381,447 389.060 980.43 352.950 1,080.74 Netherlands 371,610 434.456 855.35 394.132 942.86 Belgium 312,272 441.492 707.31 400.515 779.68 France 3,323,168 3,733.090 890.19 3,386.604 981.27 Federal Republic of Germany 863,503 1,110.750 777.41 1,007.656 856.94 Austria 403,848 320.376 1,260.54 290.641 1,389.51 Spain 2,680,071 3,316.351 808.14 3,008.544 890.82 Italy 76,932 61.909 1,242.66 56.163 1,369.80 India 19,096 21.081 905.81 19.125 998.48 China 12,564,616 17,802.911 705.76 16,150.534 777.97 Korea, South 10,515,825 12,715.711 826.99 11,535.503 911.61 Taiwan 4,740,553 5,275.164 898.66 4,785.550 990.60 Japan 3,181,506 3,607.363 881.95 3,272.546 972.18 Australia 1,510,252 1,549.152 974.89 1,405.368 1,074.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,129,912 113,129.443 805.54 102,629.334 887.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,541,694 1,946.658 1,305.67 1,765.979 1,439.25 Luxembourg 65,857 93.531 704.12 84.850 776.16 Federal Republic of Germany 5,711,504 7,102.634 804.14 6,443.403 886.41 India 537,584 623.395 862.35 565.535 950.58 Thailand 217,021 252.578 859.22 229.135 947.13 China 22,550 7.048 3,199.41 6.394 3,526.74 Korea, South 1,610,536 1,869.571 861.45 1,696.047 949.58 Taiwan 177,089 258.938 683.90 234.905 753.87 Japan 985,974 779.506 1,264.87 707.157 1,394.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,869,809 12,933.861 917.73 11,733.405 1,011.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,408,742 1,320.607 1,066.74 1,198.035 1,175.88 Mexico 7,273,480 8,354.237 870.63 7,578.839 959.71 Brazil 3,510,980 3,888.374 902.94 3,527.475 995.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 968,495 255.470 3,791.02 231.759 4,178.89 Belgium 554,625 416.833 1,330.57 378.145 1,466.70 Luxembourg 71,807 104.014 690.36 94.360 760.99 France 47,345 20.282 2,334.28 18.400 2,573.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,080,199 442.187 2,442.85 401.146 2,692.78 Italy 37,922 2.454 15,447.81 2.227 17,028.29 China 3,963,281 5,075.724 780.83 4,604.621 860.72 Korea, South 9,370,227 12,151.344 771.13 11,023.517 850.02 Taiwan 2,709,807 3,114.723 870.00 2,825.630 959.01 Japan 1,354,324 894.679 1,513.75 811.640 1,668.63 Australia 111,654 129.152 864.51 117.165 952.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,462,888 36,170.085 897.51 32,812.959 989.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 129,175 66.261 1,949.49 60.111 2,148.94 Brazil 343,761 201.906 1,702.57 183.167 1,876.76 Sweden 98,037 58.609 1,672.70 53.170 1,843.84 United Kingdom 455,835 103.329 4,411.47 93.739 4,862.81 France 547,579 129.611 4,224.76 117.582 4,657.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,751,009 1,277.998 2,152.59 1,159.381 2,372.83 Austria 165,162 164.288 1,005.32 149.040 1,108.17 Czech Republic 46,412 12.553 3,697.25 11.388 4,075.52 Russia 3,795,447 1,111.989 3,413.20 1,008.780 3,762.41 Italy 1,021,033 198.322 5,148.35 179.915 5,675.09 China 393,894 99.049 3,976.75 89.856 4,383.61 Korea, South 113,042 78.289 1,443.90 71.023 1,591.63 Taiwan 226,149 167.675 1,348.73 152.113 1,486.72 Japan 2,106,131 1,953.093 1,078.36 1,771.817 1,188.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,192,666 5,622.978 2,168.36 5,101.082 2,390.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,517,687 3,841.242 655.44 3,484.718 722.49 Mexico 407,937 529.967 769.74 480.779 848.49 Sweden 3,639 0.418 8,687.49 0.380 9,576.32 Finland 282,513 65.443 4,316.93 59.369 4,758.59 United Kingdom 421,429 372.077 1,132.64 337.543 1,248.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,515 1.209 2,906.80 1.097 3,204.19 Italy 89,068 12.273 7,257.15 11.134 7,999.64 Turkey 11,508 17.667 651.35 16.028 717.99 Malaysia 4,710 7.417 634.99 6.729 699.96 China 19,618 8.291 2,366.01 7.522 2,608.08 Korea, South 345,842 65.859 5,251.19 59.747 5,788.44 Taiwan 4,126 0.529 7,798.01 0.480 8,595.83 Japan 132,243 136.101 971.65 123.469 1,071.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,243,835 5,058.499 838.95 4,588.995 924.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,032,043 3,532.585 1,141.39 3,204.709 1,258.16 Mexico 3,790,999 1,427.019 2,656.58 1,294.571 2,928.38 Brazil 179,488 49.067 3,658.01 44.513 4,032.26 Sweden 3,233,450 487.654 6,630.61 442.393 7,309.00 Finland 1,145,989 247.421 4,631.73 224.457 5,105.61 United Kingdom 2,026,087 527.937 3,837.74 478.937 4,230.38 France 1,455,654 240.180 6,060.67 217.888 6,680.74 Federal Republic of Germany 8,753,830 5,594.511 1,564.72 5,075.257 1,724.81 Austria 1,537,003 224.309 6,852.16 203.490 7,553.21 Switzerland 137,647 57.413 2,397.45 52.085 2,642.74 Spain 129,749 35.256 3,680.16 31.984 4,056.68 Italy 344,924 79.855 4,319.33 72.444 4,761.25 India 738,881 210.176 3,515.53 190.669 3,875.20 Thailand 154,043 94.318 1,633.23 85.564 1,800.32 China 218,030 134.984 1,615.22 122.456 1,780.48 Korea, South 2,577,051 1,409.849 1,827.89 1,278.994 2,014.90 Taiwan 1,192,818 462.060 2,581.52 419.174 2,845.64 Japan 5,315,995 1,242.168 4,279.61 1,126.877 4,717.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,963,681 16,056.771 2,302.06 14,566.462 2,537.59 GRAND TOTAL 2,284,512,482 2,457,960.485 929.43 2,229,824.872 1,024.53 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 125,242 166.127 753.89 150.708 831.02 China 14,220 12.287 1,157.28 11.147 1,275.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,462 178.414 781.67 161.855 861.65 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,694,547 1,924.657 880.44 1,746.020 970.52 Mexico 51,767,393 57,785.705 895.85 52,422.325 987.51 United Kingdom 240,654 64.893 3,708.47 58.870 4,087.89 Russia 1,494,177 1,010.918 1,478.04 917.090 1,629.26 Italy 2,316,038 211.889 10,930.40 192.223 12,048.70 India 2,800 0.013 211,676.50 0.012 233,333.33 China 226,673 102.024 2,221.75 92.555 2,449.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,742,282 61,100.101 945.04 55,429.095 1,041.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 638,861 825.967 773.47 749.305 852.60 United Kingdom 5,050,495 6,110.745 826.49 5,543.577 911.05 China 107,284 37.890 2,831.40 34.374 3,121.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,796,640 6,974.603 831.11 6,327.256 916.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,693,967 14,080.943 1,540.66 12,774.021 1,698.29 Brazil 1,661,127 1,039.815 1,597.52 943.305 1,760.96 Sweden 9,302,087 4,769.427 1,950.36 4,326.753 2,149.90 Finland 2,111,712 1,185.232 1,781.69 1,075.225 1,963.97 United Kingdom 1,325,633 1,082.469 1,224.64 982.000 1,349.93 Belgium 4,456,134 966.199 4,612.02 876.522 5,083.88 France 5,047,233 1,564.976 3,225.12 1,419.723 3,555.08 Federal Republic of Germany 9,764,075 4,052.347 2,409.49 3,676.229 2,656.00 Austria 63,655 64.259 990.60 58.295 1,091.95 Spain 154,873 81.713 1,895.32 74.129 2,089.24 China 850,531 667.593 1,274.02 605.631 1,404.37 Japan 2,582,753 2,218.072 1,164.41 2,012.202 1,283.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,013,780 31,773.050 1,857.35 28,824.035 2,047.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,709,587 4,013.945 675.04 3,641.391 744.11 Finland 103,700 69.357 1,495.15 62.920 1,648.12 Netherlands 500,217 936.222 534.29 849.327 588.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 93,786 93.773 1,000.13 85.070 1,102.46 Japan 209,673 292.039 717.96 264.934 791.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,616,963 5,405.338 669.15 4,903.642 737.61 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,175 6.220 510.42 5.643 562.64 Luxembourg 55,184 42.646 1,294.00 38.688 1,426.39 Spain 406,813 388.315 1,047.64 352.274 1,154.82 Japan 1,921,526 2,386.107 805.30 2,164.641 887.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,386,698 2,823.289 845.36 2,561.246 931.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,939,897 23,123.138 775.84 20,976.964 855.22 Mexico 1,934,036 2,229.616 867.43 2,022.675 956.18 Brazil 1,888,577 1,454.605 1,298.34 1,319.596 1,431.18 Sweden 2,580,870 856.071 3,014.78 776.615 3,323.23 Finland 72,200 55.986 1,289.60 50.790 1,421.54 United Kingdom 1,183,192 595.250 1,987.72 540.002 2,191.09 Netherlands 59,133 41.580 1,422.14 37.721 1,567.64 France 930,416 271.514 3,426.76 246.314 3,777.36 Federal Republic of Germany 550,144 343.142 1,603.25 311.294 1,767.28 Austria 77,909 16.293 4,781.67 14.781 5,270.89 Czech Republic 149,912 122.311 1,225.66 110.959 1,351.06 Switzerland 48,580 4.606 10,545.84 4.179 11,624.79 Poland 25,927 7.561 3,428.66 6.860 3,779.45 Russia 146,010 99.158 1,472.49 89.955 1,623.14 Spain 28,166 10.995 2,561.58 9.975 2,823.66 Italy 4,848 3.730 1,299.66 3.384 1,432.62 Romania 29,671 47.103 629.90 42.732 694.35 Turkey 2,252,770 2,002.899 1,124.75 1,817.000 1,239.83 India 3,433 1.796 1,910.65 1.630 2,106.13 China 11,597,119 14,201.157 816.63 12,883.077 900.18 Korea, South 494,140 397.488 1,243.15 360.596 1,370.34 Taiwan 462,414 136.295 3,392.74 123.645 3,739.85 Japan 7,143,421 8,389.998 851.42 7,611.281 938.53 South Africa 67,149 48.399 1,387.40 43.907 1,529.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,669,934 54,460.702 912.03 49,405.932 1,005.34 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 157,423 213.718 736.59 193.882 811.95 Mexico 433,416 576.045 752.40 522.580 829.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 590,839 789.763 748.12 716.462 824.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,568,421 1,000.989 2,565.88 908.083 2,828.40 Mexico 60,258 19.248 3,130.52 17.462 3,450.81 Sweden 109,645 61.290 1,788.93 55.602 1,971.96 United Kingdom 1,467,880 485.041 3,026.30 440.022 3,335.92 France 3,552,157 2,105.170 1,687.35 1,909.779 1,859.98 Federal Republic of Germany 345,033 145.226 2,375.83 131.747 2,618.91 Italy 311,129 203.118 1,531.76 184.266 1,688.48 Romania 4,825 1.776 2,715.36 1.612 2,993.18 China 894,972 475.999 1,880.19 431.820 2,072.56 Korea, South 529,441 457.441 1,157.40 414.984 1,275.81 Taiwan 87,521 36.686 2,385.68 33.281 2,629.76 Japan 481,885 467.842 1,030.01 424.420 1,135.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,413,167 5,459.832 1,907.23 4,953.078 2,102.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,499,481 766.633 1,955.93 695.478 2,156.04 Mexico 97,770 63.969 1,528.39 58.032 1,684.76 Brazil 2,592,350 778.154 3,331.41 705.930 3,672.25 Sweden 3,914,292 1,455.640 2,689.05 1,320.535 2,964.17 United Kingdom 804,350 175.544 4,582.04 159.251 5,050.83 Netherlands 595,741 409.814 1,453.68 371.778 1,602.41 France 2,220,955 519.778 4,272.89 471.535 4,710.05 Federal Republic of Germany 4,176,596 1,692.620 2,467.53 1,535.520 2,719.99 Austria 4,575,393 674.153 6,786.87 611.582 7,481.24 Czech Republic 74,391 18.468 4,028.08 16.754 4,440.19 Switzerland 118,674 37.735 3,144.90 34.233 3,466.65 Poland 47,113 19.185 2,455.63 17.405 2,706.87 Ukraine 511,040 144.054 3,547.55 130.684 3,910.50 Spain 64,952 31.081 2,089.71 28.197 2,303.51 Italy 2,748 0.567 4,840.67 0.515 5,335.92 Slovenia 1,362,393 395.462 3,445.06 358.758 3,797.53 China 5,176,143 1,577.308 3,281.63 1,430.911 3,617.38 Korea, South 491,387 217.239 2,261.96 197.076 2,493.39 Taiwan 2,083,628 644.532 3,232.78 584.710 3,563.52 Japan 4,511,837 3,615.441 1,247.94 3,279.874 1,375.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,921,234 13,237.386 2,638.08 12,008.758 2,907.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Argentina 31,720 22.885 1,386.06 20.761 1,527.86 Sweden 5,493 0.059 92,280.87 0.054 101,722.22 United Kingdom 10,273 4.545 2,259.82 4.124 2,491.03 Federal Republic of Germany 286,072 116.028 2,465.54 105.259 2,717.79 Italy 1,000,732 298.336 3,354.38 270.646 3,697.57 India 4,915 1.801 2,728.77 1.634 3,007.96 China 655,536 269.845 2,429.30 244.800 2,677.84 Japan 15,055 3.105 4,848.30 2.817 5,344.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,009,796 716.606 2,804.60 650.095 3,091.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 16,221,940 10,677.571 1,519.25 9,686.533 1,674.69 Mexico 252,751 135.608 1,863.83 123.022 2,054.52 Colombia 2,400,960 1,085.665 2,211.51 984.899 2,437.77 Norway 23,931 0.691 34,624.95 0.627 38,167.46 United Kingdom 91,455 1.318 69,370.07 1.196 76,467.39 France 930,491 645.627 1,441.22 585.704 1,588.67 Federal Republic of Germany 2,817,177 2,323.178 1,212.64 2,107.553 1,336.71 Austria 12,107,310 6,752.602 1,792.98 6,125.860 1,976.43 India 242,356 235.566 1,028.82 213.702 1,134.08 China 14,746,078 12,354.471 1,193.58 11,207.791 1,315.70 Taiwan 25,328 17.372 1,457.94 15.760 1,607.11 Japan 1,314,862 440.799 2,982.90 399.887 3,288.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,174,639 34,670.474 1,476.03 31,452.534 1,627.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 45,307,733 35,590.061 1,273.04 32,286.770 1,403.29 Brazil 31,848 15.228 2,091.35 13.815 2,305.32 United Kingdom 313,956 419.744 747.97 380.786 824.49 Federal Republic of Germany 33,802,994 23,046.969 1,466.70 20,907.865 1,616.76 Japan 1,044,394 645.258 1,618.57 585.369 1,784.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,500,925 59,717.263 1,348.03 54,174.605 1,485.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 251,054 110.696 2,267.95 100.422 2,499.99 Italy 707,854 334.886 2,113.71 303.804 2,329.97 China 73,642 37.098 1,985.05 33.655 2,188.14 Japan 4,141,692 2,303.651 1,797.88 2,089.838 1,981.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,174,242 2,786.332 1,857.01 2,527.719 2,047.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Israel 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,399,891 1,707.235 1,991.46 1,548.778 2,195.21 Mexico 3,591,357 1,528.097 2,350.21 1,386.267 2,590.67 Brazil 15,383 9.446 1,628.38 8.570 1,794.98 Argentina 1,264,381 573.230 2,205.71 520.026 2,431.38 Sweden 836,668 522.046 1,602.67 473.593 1,766.64 Norway 2,905 3.213 904.07 2.915 996.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 16,442 11.017 1,492.34 9.995 1,645.02 Belgium 9,053 10.014 903.99 9.085 996.48 France 706,915 425.133 1,662.81 385.675 1,832.93 Federal Republic of Germany 1,484,938 618.564 2,400.62 561.152 2,646.23 Austria 19,524 4.807 4,061.43 4.361 4,476.95 Czech Republic 430,336 66.003 6,519.94 59.877 7,187.00 Switzerland 166,742 62.979 2,647.56 57.134 2,918.44 Spain 27,316 14.793 1,846.55 13.420 2,035.47 Italy 1,936,285 780.293 2,481.48 707.871 2,735.36 Saudi Arabia 20,289 16.966 1,195.81 15.392 1,318.15 India 245,485 127.616 1,923.61 115.772 2,120.42 Singapore 2,275 2.516 904.01 2.283 996.50 China 863,960 579.729 1,490.28 525.922 1,642.75 Japan 2,440,934 1,429.823 1,707.16 1,297.114 1,881.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,481,079 8,493.528 2,058.16 7,705.202 2,268.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 496,653 208.530 2,381.68 189.176 2,625.35 France 1,907,492 540.441 3,529.51 490.280 3,890.62 Federal Republic of Germany 3,239,104 940.233 3,445.00 852.966 3,797.46 China 138,674 67.977 2,040.00 61.668 2,248.72 Japan 1,024,780 59.014 17,364.91 53.537 19,141.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,806,703 1,816.197 3,747.78 1,647.627 4,131.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,076,672 441.194 4,706.93 400.245 5,188.50 United Kingdom 11,966 4.709 2,541.05 4.272 2,801.03 Ireland 10,410 4.097 2,540.70 3.717 2,800.65 Netherlands 28,549 11.236 2,540.63 10.194 2,800.57 France 4,141 1.630 2,540.00 1.479 2,799.86 Federal Republic of Germany 194,276 67.842 2,863.62 61.546 3,156.60 Italy 2,787 1.096 2,541.03 0.995 2,801.01 India 115,036 42.452 2,709.78 38.512 2,987.02 Korea, South 53,037 36.700 1,445.14 33.294 1,592.99 Japan 125,727 43.025 2,922.16 39.032 3,221.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,622,601 653.985 4,010.18 593.286 4,420.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 419,324 354.971 1,181.29 322.025 1,302.15 Mexico 80,180 36.837 2,176.61 33.418 2,399.31 Finland 1,141,950 253.749 4,500.30 230.198 4,960.73 Federal Republic of Germany 49,528 24.055 2,058.89 21.823 2,269.53 Italy 91,558 20.674 4,428.45 18.756 4,881.53 China 183,113 92.369 1,982.40 83.796 2,185.22 Korea, South 1,331,409 2,225.083 598.36 2,018.562 659.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 953,000 222.842 4,276.57 202.159 4,714.11 Japan 8,398 2.101 3,997.14 1.906 4,406.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,258,460 3,232.684 1,317.31 2,932.643 1,452.09 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 92,345 27.230 3,391.25 24.703 3,738.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,345 27.230 3,391.25 24.703 3,738.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 828,570 792.329 1,045.74 718.789 1,152.73 Mexico 1,036,967 753.128 1,376.88 683.227 1,517.75 Brazil 142,267 154.874 918.59 140.500 1,012.58 United Kingdom 201,135 8.865 22,686.39 8.043 25,007.46 Netherlands 56,002 2.635 21,248.09 2.391 23,422.00 France 3,371 0.185 18,203.10 0.168 20,065.48 Federal Republic of Germany 228,075 89.838 2,538.73 81.500 2,798.47 Austria 355,046 74.234 4,782.79 67.344 5,272.13 Italy 1,817,448 1,203.234 1,510.47 1,091.556 1,665.01 Turkey 37,135 34.810 1,066.76 31.580 1,175.90 China 1,630,039 1,486.321 1,096.69 1,348.369 1,208.90 Korea, South 2,312,341 1,858.176 1,244.41 1,685.710 1,371.73 Taiwan 205,728 218.754 940.45 198.451 1,036.67 Japan 2,777,645 1,657.959 1,675.34 1,504.076 1,846.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,631,769 8,335.349 1,395.47 7,561.704 1,538.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,622,266 3,365.656 779.12 3,053.273 858.84 Sweden 2,451,760 2,689.541 911.59 2,439.912 1,004.86 Finland 105,602 60.932 1,733.10 55.277 1,910.41 Netherlands 25,370 48.170 526.67 43.700 580.55 France 871,675 931.309 935.97 844.870 1,031.73 Federal Republic of Germany 15,183 4.929 3,080.01 4.472 3,395.13 Austria 126,087 149.826 841.56 135.920 927.66 Spain 160,778 68.657 2,341.74 62.285 2,581.33 Turkey 11,980 0.541 22,134.57 0.491 24,399.19 Japan 682,381 867.033 787.03 786.560 867.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,073,082 8,186.599 863.98 7,426.760 952.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,664,603 2,529.527 1,053.40 2,294.749 1,161.17 Dominican Republic 73,752 62.533 1,179.41 56.729 1,300.08 Sweden 2,017,951 2,180.366 925.51 1,977.996 1,020.20 United Kingdom 71,626 31.336 2,285.71 28.428 2,519.56 Netherlands 1,029,375 1,285.385 800.83 1,166.082 882.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 95,430 43.793 2,179.08 39.729 2,402.02 France 174,142 7.829 22,241.17 7.103 24,516.68 Federal Republic of Germany 298,528 238.609 1,251.12 216.463 1,379.12 Korea, South 125,422 169.292 740.86 153.580 816.66 Japan 2,816,312 3,170.582 888.26 2,876.305 979.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,367,141 9,719.256 963.77 8,817.164 1,062.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 11,393,757 13,994.484 814.16 12,695.586 897.46 Brazil 50,143 63.615 788.22 57.711 868.86 Finland 138,759 138.880 999.13 125.990 1,101.35 France 3,297,959 3,712.572 888.32 3,367.990 979.21 Federal Republic of Germany 635,892 822.686 772.95 746.329 852.03 Spain 2,552,825 3,158.016 808.36 2,864.905 891.07 Japan 2,488,406 2,952.977 842.68 2,678.897 928.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,557,741 24,843.232 827.50 22,537.408 912.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,056,577 1,357.320 1,515.17 1,231.341 1,670.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,629,694 3,435.225 765.51 3,116.385 843.83 Japan 694,568 445.716 1,558.32 404.347 1,717.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,380,839 5,238.262 1,027.22 4,752.073 1,132.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 129,175 66.261 1,949.49 60.111 2,148.94 Brazil 343,761 201.906 1,702.57 183.167 1,876.76 Sweden 98,037 58.609 1,672.70 53.170 1,843.84 United Kingdom 455,835 103.329 4,411.47 93.739 4,862.81 France 547,579 129.611 4,224.76 117.582 4,657.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,751,009 1,277.998 2,152.59 1,159.381 2,372.83 Austria 165,162 164.288 1,005.32 149.040 1,108.17 Czech Republic 46,412 12.553 3,697.25 11.388 4,075.52 Russia 3,795,447 1,111.989 3,413.20 1,008.780 3,762.41 Italy 1,021,033 198.322 5,148.35 179.915 5,675.09 China 393,894 99.049 3,976.75 89.856 4,383.61 Korea, South 113,042 78.289 1,443.90 71.023 1,591.63 Taiwan 226,149 167.675 1,348.73 152.113 1,486.72 Japan 2,106,131 1,953.093 1,078.36 1,771.817 1,188.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,192,666 5,622.978 2,168.36 5,101.082 2,390.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 124,219 240.605 516.28 218.274 569.10 United Kingdom 314,280 52.026 6,040.72 47.198 6,658.76 Federal Republic of Germany 3,515 1.209 2,906.80 1.097 3,204.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 25,929 42.725 606.87 38.760 668.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 467,943 336.567 1,390.34 305.329 1,532.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,038,118 478.453 2,169.74 434.046 2,391.72 Sweden 834,190 193.411 4,313.03 175.460 4,754.30 United Kingdom 4,906 1.803 2,720.45 1.636 2,998.78 France 734,019 44.214 16,601.21 40.111 18,299.69 Federal Republic of Germany 3,263,386 2,711.442 1,203.56 2,459.780 1,326.70 Austria 1,092,795 144.706 7,551.78 131.276 8,324.41 Switzerland 25,010 6.815 3,669.53 6.183 4,044.96 Japan 367,629 121.595 3,023.37 110.310 3,332.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,360,053 3,702.444 1,987.89 3,358.802 2,191.27 GRAND TOTAL 468,489,700 360,350.480 1,300.09 326,904.548 1,433.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A India 5,249 11.170 469.88 10.134 517.96 Japan 5,470 11.641 469.87 10.561 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,719 22.812 469.88 20.695 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 55,462,376 116,697.725 475.27 105,866.426 523.89 Mexico 47,158,324 86,877.037 542.82 78,813.545 598.35 Brazil 33,779,754 72,110.465 468.44 65,417.532 516.37 Argentina 355,881 667.184 533.41 605.260 587.98 Belgium 175,011 358.499 488.18 325.225 538.12 Federal Republic of Germany 272,298 680.937 399.89 617.736 440.80 Switzerland 68,836 180.580 381.19 163.820 420.19 Russia 27,415,218 55,410.379 494.77 50,267.465 545.39 Ukraine 26,563,181 59,663.971 445.21 54,126.260 490.76 Italy 188,260 207.521 907.18 188.260 1,000.00 India 28,579,826 46,320.483 617.00 42,021.248 680.13 China 160,284 270.445 592.67 245.344 653.30 Japan 188,227 265.326 709.42 240.700 782.00 Australia 18,191,054 39,308.351 462.78 35,659.947 510.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 238,558,530 479,018.910 498.01 434,558.768 548.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 26,841,399 42,137.419 637.00 38,226.435 702.17 Mexico 15,792 28.000 563.98 25.402 621.68 Trinidad and Tobago 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 Brazil 7,274,930 12,795.273 568.56 11,607.680 626.73 Finland 49,229 40.528 1,214.67 36.767 1,338.95 United Kingdom 883,821 1,331.954 663.55 1,208.329 731.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,110,952 3,018.352 699.37 2,738.204 770.93 Malaysia 24,236 29.175 830.68 26.468 915.67 China 775,555 1,133.726 684.08 1,028.500 754.06 Korea, South 14,134 23.750 595.11 21.546 655.99 Japan 7,135,908 10,348.008 689.59 9,387.558 760.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,912,634 77,062.007 621.74 69,909.497 685.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,942,898 9,594.179 827.89 8,703.696 912.59 Mexico 7,495,081 10,862.509 690.00 9,854.306 760.59 Brazil 736,287 1,327.185 554.77 1,204.003 611.53 United Kingdom 780,337 781.348 998.70 708.828 1,100.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 250,915 128.155 1,957.89 116.261 2,158.20 Luxembourg 10,627,942 11,420.979 930.56 10,360.941 1,025.77 France 39,705 41.682 952.55 37.814 1,050.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,305,424 5,550.727 775.65 5,035.537 855.01 Poland 19,572 11.297 1,732.41 10.249 1,909.65 Russia 8,050 12.334 652.62 11.190 719.39 Spain 15,036,845 25,518.470 589.25 23,149.974 649.54 Italy 46,243 32.104 1,440.38 29.125 1,587.74 Turkey 2,387,645 2,744.311 870.03 2,489.598 959.05 China 111,736 111.989 997.74 101.595 1,099.82 Korea, South 364,650 407.969 893.82 370.104 985.26 Taiwan 17,414,263 26,381.729 660.09 23,933.109 727.62 Japan 331,528 455.783 727.38 413.480 801.80 South Africa 59,192 61.935 955.70 56.187 1,053.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,958,313 95,444.696 712.02 86,585.997 784.86 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,426 879.894 940.37 798.227 1,036.58 United Kingdom 11,200 17.021 657.98 15.442 725.29 Luxembourg 6,204,070 5,260.489 1,179.37 4,772.237 1,300.03 Federal Republic of Germany 53,803 81.768 657.99 74.179 725.31 Japan 479,879 561.610 854.47 509.485 941.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,576,378 6,800.784 1,114.04 6,169.570 1,228.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 16,092,242 22,847.113 704.34 20,726.559 776.41 Mexico 32,791 45.103 727.02 40.917 801.40 Brazil 1,991,420 1,717.992 1,159.16 1,558.537 1,277.75 Belgium 10,463 8.577 1,219.88 7.781 1,344.69 France 376,911 290.040 1,299.51 263.120 1,432.47 Federal Republic of Germany 585,792 744.246 787.09 675.169 867.62 Italy 40,024 37.971 1,054.06 34.447 1,161.90 Korea, South 1,528,968 2,080.522 734.90 1,887.419 810.08 Japan 1,490,081 1,467.797 1,015.18 1,331.564 1,119.05 Australia 1,301,263 2,067.811 629.29 1,875.888 693.68 South Africa 485,617 466.317 1,041.39 423.036 1,147.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,935,572 31,773.493 753.32 28,824.437 830.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 27,239,988 46,033.729 591.74 41,761.109 652.28 Mexico 969,212 1,685.735 574.95 1,529.274 633.77 Netherlands 230,246 506.802 454.31 459.764 500.79 France 887,587 1,465.416 605.69 1,329.404 667.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,382,209 2,618.760 527.81 2,375.700 581.81 Korea, South 259,743 459.614 565.13 416.955 622.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 404,640 498.154 812.28 451.918 895.38 New Zealand 2,225,215 4,318.986 515.22 3,918.120 567.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,598,840 57,587.200 583.44 52,242.244 643.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 127,996 127.176 1,006.44 115.373 1,109.41 Austria 46,600 2.810 16,578.36 2.550 18,274.51 Czech Republic 4,414,229 6,078.996 726.14 5,514.774 800.44 Japan 10,653,744 14,346.524 742.60 13,014.952 818.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,242,569 20,555.508 741.53 18,647.649 817.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 441,566 519.958 849.23 471.699 936.12 Luxembourg 361,560 404.828 893.12 367.254 984.50 Austria 43,513 30.801 1,412.67 27.943 1,557.21 Czech Republic 595,524 561.977 1,059.69 509.818 1,168.11 China 3,420,686 6,030.465 567.23 5,470.748 625.27 Korea, South 628,508 932.100 674.29 845.588 743.28 Japan 867,075 976.545 887.90 885.907 978.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,358,432 9,456.678 672.37 8,578.957 741.17 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 417,610 307.576 1,357.74 279.029 1,496.65 India 12,037 12.974 927.76 11.770 1,022.68 China 238,465 245.393 971.77 222.617 1,071.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 668,112 565.944 1,180.53 513.416 1,301.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,788,254 19,367.320 711.93 17,569.743 784.77 Mexico 995,520 1,440.643 691.02 1,306.930 761.72 Brazil 682,284 1,237.061 551.54 1,122.244 607.96 Argentina 86,819 166.199 522.38 150.774 575.82 United Kingdom 1,411,151 1,742.617 809.79 1,580.876 892.64 Netherlands 4,153 1.667 2,490.11 1.513 2,744.88 Federal Republic of Germany 472,050 689.067 685.06 625.112 755.14 Czech Republic 88,228 129.276 682.47 117.278 752.30 Russia 35,258 17.813 1,979.30 16.160 2,181.81 Spain 25,243 35.020 720.81 31.770 794.55 Turkey 1,822,383 2,845.044 640.55 2,580.982 706.08 India 466,713 506.073 922.22 459.102 1,016.58 China 2,430,640 2,693.520 902.40 2,443.521 994.73 Taiwan 270,772 450.830 600.61 408.987 662.06 Japan 2,559,427 3,107.595 823.60 2,819.164 907.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 25,138,895 34,429.753 730.15 31,234.156 804.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,468,963 9,526.893 783.99 8,642.655 864.20 Mexico 975,631 1,470.108 663.65 1,333.660 731.54 Brazil 375,207 686.584 546.48 622.859 602.39 Italy 3,474 3.040 1,142.70 2.758 1,259.61 Turkey 107,469 167.479 641.68 151.935 707.34 China 60,523 79.950 757.00 72.530 834.45 Taiwan 156,251 280.242 557.56 254.232 614.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,147,518 12,214.299 748.92 11,080.629 825.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 434,372 852.262 509.67 773.160 561.81 Mexico 35,558,157 56,566.099 628.61 51,315.917 692.93 Dominican Republic 3,206,418 5,175.538 619.53 4,695.171 682.92 Federal Republic of Germany 671,097 739.850 907.07 671.181 999.87 Turkey 30,252,020 55,963.284 540.57 50,769.052 595.88 China 3,043 4.188 726.46 3.800 800.79 Australia 46,092 39.762 1,159.18 36.072 1,277.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,171,199 119,340.987 587.99 108,264.353 648.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,638,069 3,945.498 1,175.53 3,579.297 1,295.80 Mexico 61,542 72.869 844.55 66.106 930.96 Dominican Republic 2,462 4.377 562.45 3.971 619.99 Brazil 8,140 1.006 8,088.16 0.913 8,915.66 United Kingdom 988,597 740.840 1,334.43 672.079 1,470.95 France 473,843 334.529 1,416.45 303.480 1,561.36 Federal Republic of Germany 3,934,095 3,364.829 1,169.18 3,052.523 1,288.80 Switzerland 35,962 21.506 1,672.18 19.510 1,843.26 Russia 10,908 5.538 1,969.66 5.024 2,171.18 Spain 921,542 959.545 960.39 870.485 1,058.65 Italy 434,816 356.561 1,219.47 323.467 1,344.24 Romania 48,202 17.757 2,714.52 16.109 2,992.24 India 63,131 6.613 9,545.25 6.000 10,521.83 Malaysia 61,765 87.390 706.77 79.279 779.08 China 451,781 378.872 1,192.44 343.707 1,314.44 Korea, South 85,302 41.935 2,034.14 38.043 2,242.25 Japan 116,076 90.293 1,285.54 81.913 1,417.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,336,233 10,429.963 1,182.77 9,461.906 1,303.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,791,408 31,633.931 878.53 28,697.828 968.42 Mexico 5,714,580 6,277.169 910.38 5,694.554 1,003.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 767,532 697.926 1,099.73 633.148 1,212.25 Colombia 14,663 9.280 1,580.00 8.419 1,741.66 Venezuela 783,521 570.885 1,372.47 517.899 1,512.88 Ecuador 24,348 18.579 1,310.48 16.855 1,444.56 Chile 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 Argentina 1,045,350 491.351 2,127.50 445.747 2,345.16 United Kingdom 11,295 3.762 3,002.24 3.413 3,309.41 Netherlands 13,909 17.643 788.33 16.006 868.99 France 90,186 45.828 1,967.90 41.575 2,169.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,034,673 466.019 2,220.23 422.766 2,447.39 Switzerland 317,951 201.469 1,578.16 182.770 1,739.62 Russia 1,524,807 2,525.202 603.84 2,290.826 665.61 Ukraine 380,839 311.740 1,221.66 282.806 1,346.64 Italy 160,952 78.756 2,043.66 71.447 2,252.75 Turkey 2,371,744 3,057.711 775.66 2,773.910 855.02 United Arab Emirates 664,352 516.588 1,286.04 468.641 1,417.61 Oman 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 India 1,363,253 1,565.331 870.90 1,420.045 960.01 Pakistan 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 Vietnam 849,696 962.390 882.90 873.066 973.23 Malaysia 62,630 106.180 589.85 96.325 650.19 China 3,199,865 3,361.991 951.78 3,049.948 1,049.15 Korea, South 3,252,615 4,030.692 806.96 3,656.584 889.52 Hong Kong 30,411 25.597 1,188.03 23.222 1,309.58 Taiwan 3,953,637 6,069.792 651.36 5,506.425 718.00 Japan 2,199,174 1,733.096 1,268.93 1,572.239 1,398.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,598,621 65,989.283 888.00 59,864.488 978.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,996,060 4,051.888 986.22 3,675.812 1,087.12 Mexico 1,174,653 991.418 1,184.82 899.400 1,306.04 Colombia 723,018 577.846 1,251.23 524.214 1,379.24 Argentina 836,277 664.556 1,258.40 602.876 1,387.15 Sweden 15,046 5.899 2,550.36 5.352 2,811.29 United Kingdom 459,086 117.967 3,891.64 107.018 4,289.80 Federal Republic of Germany 815,390 1,171.586 695.97 1,062.846 767.18 Austria 7,262,540 5,079.697 1,429.72 4,608.225 1,576.00 Russia 1,917,679 3,012.222 636.63 2,732.643 701.77 Turkey 1,520,426 1,992.118 763.22 1,807.220 841.31 India 96,346 63.724 1,511.91 57.810 1,666.60 China 64,372,236 79,706.076 807.62 72,308.157 890.25 Korea, South 10,774,289 15,375.026 700.77 13,947.993 772.46 Japan 6,750 2.515 2,683.39 2.282 2,957.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,969,796 112,812.544 832.97 102,341.848 918.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,425 21.812 523.78 19.788 577.37 Brazil 1,861,451 1,197.767 1,554.10 1,086.597 1,713.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,359,011 839.170 1,619.47 761.283 1,785.16 Czech Republic 20,579 13.415 1,534.01 12.170 1,690.96 Italy 41,539,753 38,697.585 1,073.45 35,105.869 1,183.27 Greece 27,740,409 23,713.113 1,169.83 21,512.181 1,289.52 Romania 1,056,997 618.652 1,708.55 561.232 1,883.35 Turkey 3,319,935 3,554.677 933.96 3,224.750 1,029.52 India 95,831,864 73,659.621 1,301.01 66,822.903 1,434.12 China 3,890,570 6,240.942 623.39 5,661.689 687.17 Korea, South 4,687,528 5,879.371 797.28 5,333.678 878.85 Taiwan 42,147 66.054 638.06 59.924 703.34 Japan 1,705,691 1,810.557 942.08 1,642.511 1,038.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,067,360 156,312.742 1,171.16 141,804.575 1,290.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 673,575 705.445 954.82 639.970 1,052.51 Mexico 7,179,605 6,599.028 1,087.98 5,986.540 1,199.29 Brazil 10,055 12.016 836.78 10.901 922.39 Argentina 5,708,825 4,794.793 1,190.63 4,349.765 1,312.44 Sweden 27,859 9.497 2,933.29 8.616 3,233.40 France 336,220 289.210 1,162.55 262.367 1,281.49 Federal Republic of Germany 59,270 5.643 10,501.73 5.120 11,576.17 Austria 589,845 555.688 1,061.47 504.112 1,170.07 Czech Republic 3,890 2.733 1,422.96 2.480 1,568.55 Slovakia 58,938 52.357 1,125.68 47.498 1,240.85 Italy 814,903 554.038 1,470.84 502.615 1,621.33 China 9,647,452 13,142.669 734.06 11,922.833 809.16 Korea, South 1,409,279 2,213.185 636.76 2,007.769 701.91 Taiwan 42,181 71.795 587.51 65.132 647.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,561,897 29,008.105 915.67 26,315.718 1,009.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 5,009,171 5,527.966 906.15 5,014.888 998.86 China 13,693,670 21,681.649 631.58 19,669.267 696.20 Korea, South 6,557,276 10,320.725 635.35 9,362.807 700.35 Taiwan 487,049 814.040 598.31 738.485 659.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,747,166 38,344.380 671.47 34,785.447 740.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,690,431 5,714.489 1,170.78 5,184.099 1,290.57 Mexico 14,831,796 18,043.100 822.02 16,368.430 906.12 Dominican Republic 532,944 500.438 1,064.95 453.990 1,173.91 Colombia 19,825 15.903 1,246.62 14.427 1,374.16 Brazil 218,108 127.028 1,717.01 115.238 1,892.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 123,715 61.270 2,019.15 55.584 2,225.73 Sweden 64,920 10.897 5,957.36 9.886 6,566.86 United Kingdom 20,837 12.682 1,643.03 11.505 1,811.13 Netherlands 45,581 22.923 1,988.38 20.796 2,191.82 Belgium 44,706 22.742 1,965.71 20.632 2,166.83 France 725,464 506.167 1,433.25 459.188 1,579.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,182,096 456.947 2,586.94 414.536 2,851.61 Austria 191,053 36.660 5,211.39 33.258 5,744.57 Switzerland 767,813 234.082 3,280.10 212.356 3,615.69 Russia 3,928 0.686 5,719.78 0.623 6,304.98 Ukraine 86,626 73.297 1,181.85 66.494 1,302.76 Spain 205,639 34.666 5,931.91 31.449 6,538.81 Italy 294,122 230.034 1,278.60 208.684 1,409.41 Turkey 45,326 42.769 1,059.77 38.800 1,168.20 India 1,072,423 1,031.714 1,039.46 935.956 1,145.80 China 3,294,830 2,697.426 1,221.47 2,447.065 1,346.44 Korea, South 703,247 620.685 1,133.02 563.077 1,248.94 Hong Kong 159,965 119.600 1,337.49 108.500 1,474.33 Taiwan 413,878 171.425 2,414.33 155.515 2,661.34 Japan 1,844,209 714.788 2,580.08 648.445 2,844.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,583,482 31,502.431 1,066.06 28,578.533 1,175.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,770 56.562 1,587.08 51.313 1,749.46 Mexico 2,686,829 1,617.128 1,661.48 1,467.035 1,831.47 Argentina 2,210,616 1,342.124 1,647.10 1,217.555 1,815.62 Netherlands 28,036 12.667 2,213.18 11.492 2,439.61 France 2,096,202 1,736.719 1,206.99 1,575.526 1,330.48 Federal Republic of Germany 7,308,291 4,680.233 1,561.52 4,245.838 1,721.28 Italy 778,483 333.420 2,334.84 302.474 2,573.72 Romania 205,780 90.349 2,277.59 81.964 2,510.61 India 24,030 22.321 1,076.53 20.250 1,186.67 China 784,436 765.351 1,024.94 694.315 1,129.80 Korea, South 60,541 67.863 892.10 61.565 983.37 Japan 48,702 3.287 14,816.14 2.982 16,331.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,321,716 10,728.031 1,521.41 9,732.309 1,677.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 715,749 210.474 3,400.65 190.939 3,748.57 Mexico 304,277 126.936 2,397.08 115.155 2,642.33 Denmark 4,197 0.394 10,635.35 0.358 11,723.46 Federal Republic of Germany 104,394 23.052 4,528.51 20.913 4,991.82 Vietnam 85,482 58.321 1,465.71 52.908 1,615.67 China 99,312 54.988 1,806.04 49.885 1,990.82 Taiwan 54,936 36.023 1,525.00 32.680 1,681.03 Japan 329,940 118.754 2,778.34 107.732 3,062.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,698,287 628.945 2,700.21 570.570 2,976.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,136,401 27,736.349 834.15 25,162.000 919.50 Mexico 6,459,204 6,454.961 1,000.66 5,855.844 1,103.04 Sweden 100,379 48.296 2,078.38 43.814 2,291.03 Netherlands 31,622 7.751 4,079.49 7.032 4,496.87 Federal Republic of Germany 10,012 1.155 8,666.73 1.048 9,553.44 Austria 37,191 16.097 2,310.42 14.603 2,546.81 Italy 12,463 6.806 1,830.97 6.175 2,018.30 India 63,874 32.818 1,946.31 29.772 2,145.44 China 523,343 771.143 678.66 699.570 748.09 Korea, South 1,395,653 2,306.197 605.17 2,092.148 667.09 Japan 1,034,529 893.990 1,157.20 811.015 1,275.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,804,671 38,275.568 857.07 34,723.021 944.75 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 484,167 586.763 825.15 532.303 909.57 China 818,430 1,193.149 685.94 1,082.407 756.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,302,597 1,779.912 731.83 1,614.710 806.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,581,768 19,124.124 919.35 17,349.119 1,013.41 Mexico 11,386,087 13,256.966 858.88 12,026.521 946.75 Dominican Republic 268,982 294.009 914.88 266.721 1,008.48 Colombia 82,236 60.411 1,361.27 54.804 1,500.55 Venezuela 87,121 114.782 759.01 104.129 836.66 Ecuador 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 Brazil 1,473,729 1,756.984 838.78 1,593.910 924.60 Sweden 185,763 58.571 3,171.57 53.135 3,496.06 Finland 4,453 5.157 863.37 4.679 951.70 United Kingdom 252,932 126.844 1,994.04 115.071 2,198.05 Ireland 10,466 0.643 16,257.87 0.584 17,921.23 Belgium 760,612 425.215 1,788.77 385.749 1,971.78 France 531,262 356.442 1,490.46 323.359 1,642.95 Federal Republic of Germany 643,118 375.875 1,710.98 340.989 1,886.04 Austria 139,133 55.538 2,505.15 50.384 2,761.45 Czech Republic 81,806 91.517 893.89 83.023 985.34 Poland 104,594 86.836 1,204.49 78.777 1,327.72 Russia 112,004 110.722 1,011.57 100.446 1,115.07 Belarus 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 Spain 5,462 5.330 1,024.62 4.836 1,129.45 Italy 193,291 130.910 1,476.51 118.760 1,627.58 Greece 19,119 18.123 1,054.95 16.441 1,162.89 United Arab Emirates 20,470 19.621 1,043.26 17.800 1,150.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 188,694 242.969 776.62 220.418 856.07 Thailand 154,462 96.925 1,593.62 87.929 1,756.67 Malaysia 357,095 436.231 818.59 395.743 902.34 Indonesia 71,077 25.769 2,758.15 23.378 3,040.34 China 5,122,321 5,315.219 963.71 4,821.887 1,062.31 Korea, South 1,207,166 1,181.373 1,021.83 1,071.724 1,126.38 Taiwan 603,754 744.774 810.65 675.648 893.59 Japan 3,835,108 3,736.457 1,026.40 3,389.658 1,131.41 Australia 8,251 8.073 1,022.01 7.324 1,126.57 South Africa 174,419 255.662 682.22 231.933 752.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,011,664 48,883.046 941.26 44,345.966 1,037.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 112,720 141.406 797.13 128.282 878.69 China 197,684 330.368 598.37 299.705 659.60 Japan 1,305,969 1,957.866 667.04 1,776.147 735.28 Australia 1,500,146 2,566.676 584.47 2,328.450 644.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,116,519 4,996.317 623.76 4,532.584 687.58 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,763,328 5,880.096 810.08 5,334.335 892.96 Brazil 114,137 143.862 793.38 130.510 874.55 Netherlands 3,329,342 4,672.178 712.59 4,238.530 785.49 France 68,201 75.431 904.15 68.430 996.65 Federal Republic of Germany 5,106,905 5,411.020 943.80 4,908.797 1,040.36 China 3,071,920 4,621.932 664.64 4,192.948 732.64 Korea, South 2,856,326 3,605.726 792.16 3,271.061 873.21 Taiwan 37,014 45.587 811.94 41.356 895.01 Japan 312,437 355.408 879.09 322.421 969.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,659,610 24,811.243 792.37 22,508.388 873.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,268,437 3,533.212 925.06 3,205.277 1,019.71 Netherlands 151,036 202.141 747.18 183.380 823.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,250,361 2,606.441 863.38 2,364.525 951.72 Korea, South 1,330,752 1,151.629 1,155.54 1,044.741 1,273.76 Japan 1,750,287 2,164.860 808.50 1,963.929 891.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,750,873 9,658.285 906.05 8,761.852 998.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 49,221,086 85,295.913 577.06 77,379.173 636.10 Mexico 4,548,009 7,820.498 581.55 7,094.639 641.05 Netherlands 7,573,134 16,180.591 468.04 14,678.790 515.92 Belgium 22,770 23.851 954.64 21.638 1,052.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,852,288 3,152.687 587.53 2,860.071 647.64 Federal Republic of Germany 497,277 996.522 499.01 904.030 550.07 Russia 49,945 95.305 524.05 86.460 577.67 Malaysia 108,785 207.998 523.01 188.693 576.52 Korea, South 30,132,204 61,963.856 486.29 56,212.681 536.04 Japan 58,922 71.737 821.36 65.079 905.39 Australia 26,501,893 53,940.993 491.31 48,934.460 541.58 New Zealand 5,576,974 10,632.781 524.51 9,645.900 578.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,143,287 240,382.738 524.76 218,071.614 578.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 28,610,975 45,345.754 630.95 41,136.988 695.50 Mexico 2,869,403 4,680.072 613.11 4,245.692 675.84 Colombia 19,610 25.160 779.40 22.825 859.15 Brazil 8,252,381 15,630.808 527.96 14,180.035 581.97 Sweden 750,499 852.489 880.36 773.366 970.43 Netherlands 1,822,689 3,303.243 551.79 2,996.653 608.24 Belgium 2,564,415 4,619.620 555.11 4,190.850 611.91 France 85,524 140.743 607.66 127.680 669.83 Federal Republic of Germany 128,383 95.963 1,337.83 87.057 1,474.70 India 148,525 121.927 1,218.14 110.611 1,342.77 China 4,849,917 8,832.120 549.12 8,012.367 605.30 Korea, South 1,143,427 1,594.729 717.00 1,446.715 790.36 Taiwan 150,168 152.003 987.93 137.895 1,089.00 Japan 977,481 1,300.638 751.54 1,179.920 828.43 Australia 519,421 890.347 583.39 807.710 643.08 New Zealand 1,001,681 1,776.892 563.73 1,611.970 621.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,894,499 89,362.516 603.10 81,068.334 664.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,708,071 35,637.371 777.50 32,329.689 857.05 Mexico 7,529,162 8,222.069 915.73 7,458.938 1,009.41 Costa Rica 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 Colombia 878,803 931.051 943.88 844.636 1,040.45 Brazil 2,429,951 3,322.806 731.29 3,014.400 806.11 Sweden 56,114 47.452 1,182.54 43.048 1,303.52 Finland 242,688 250.180 970.05 226.960 1,069.30 Netherlands 371,610 434.456 855.35 394.132 942.86 Belgium 312,272 441.492 707.31 400.515 779.68 France 25,209 20.518 1,228.60 18.614 1,354.30 Federal Republic of Germany 227,611 288.063 790.14 261.327 870.98 Austria 403,848 320.376 1,260.54 290.641 1,389.51 Spain 127,246 158.334 803.65 143.639 885.87 Italy 76,932 61.909 1,242.66 56.163 1,369.80 India 19,096 21.081 905.81 19.125 998.48 China 12,564,616 17,802.911 705.76 16,150.534 777.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 10,515,825 12,715.711 826.99 11,535.503 911.61 Taiwan 4,740,553 5,275.164 898.66 4,785.550 990.60 Japan 693,100 654.385 1,059.16 593.649 1,167.52 Australia 1,510,252 1,549.152 974.89 1,405.368 1,074.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,572,171 88,286.211 799.36 80,091.926 881.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 485,117 589.337 823.16 534.638 907.37 Luxembourg 65,857 93.531 704.12 84.850 776.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,081,810 3,667.408 840.32 3,327.018 926.30 India 537,584 623.395 862.35 565.535 950.58 Thailand 217,021 252.578 859.22 229.135 947.13 China 22,550 7.048 3,199.41 6.394 3,526.74 Korea, South 1,610,536 1,869.571 861.45 1,696.047 949.58 Taiwan 177,089 258.938 683.90 234.905 753.87 Japan 291,406 333.790 873.02 302.810 962.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,488,970 7,695.599 843.21 6,981.332 929.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,408,742 1,320.607 1,066.74 1,198.035 1,175.88 Mexico 7,273,480 8,354.237 870.63 7,578.839 959.71 Brazil 3,510,980 3,888.374 902.94 3,527.475 995.32 United Kingdom 968,495 255.470 3,791.02 231.759 4,178.89 Belgium 554,625 416.833 1,330.57 378.145 1,466.70 Luxembourg 71,807 104.014 690.36 94.360 760.99 France 47,345 20.282 2,334.28 18.400 2,573.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,080,199 442.187 2,442.85 401.146 2,692.78 Italy 37,922 2.454 15,447.81 2.227 17,028.29 China 3,963,281 5,075.724 780.83 4,604.621 860.72 Korea, South 9,370,227 12,151.344 771.13 11,023.517 850.02 Taiwan 2,709,807 3,114.723 870.00 2,825.630 959.01 Japan 1,354,324 894.679 1,513.75 811.640 1,668.63 Australia 111,654 129.152 864.51 117.165 952.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,462,888 36,170.085 897.51 32,812.959 989.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,389,699 3,598.769 664.03 3,264.750 731.97 Mexico 407,937 529.967 769.74 480.779 848.49 United Kingdom 107,149 320.050 334.79 290.345 369.04 Turkey 11,508 17.667 651.35 16.028 717.99 Malaysia 4,710 7.417 634.99 6.729 699.96 Japan 49,660 69.666 712.83 63.200 785.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,970,663 4,543.539 653.82 4,121.831 720.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,960,202 3,045.490 972.00 2,762.823 1,071.44 Mexico 279,891 260.796 1,073.21 236.591 1,183.02 Brazil 179,488 49.067 3,658.01 44.513 4,032.26 Sweden 337,355 68.693 4,911.00 62.318 5,413.44 United Kingdom 851,845 377.444 2,256.87 342.412 2,487.78 France 140,153 28.397 4,935.36 25.762 5,440.30 Federal Republic of Germany 4,513,299 2,723.367 1,657.25 2,470.598 1,826.80 Austria 278,294 57.758 4,818.20 52.398 5,311.16 Switzerland 112,637 50.598 2,226.10 45.902 2,453.86 Italy 124,845 41.633 2,998.69 37.769 3,305.49 India 139,647 84.516 1,652.31 76.672 1,821.36 China 87,939 105.227 835.70 95.461 921.20 Korea, South 836,942 799.704 1,046.56 725.480 1,153.64 Taiwan 284,352 169.615 1,676.45 153.873 1,847.97 Japan 588,676 510.471 1,153.20 463.092 1,271.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,715,565 8,372.783 1,399.24 7,595.664 1,542.40 GRAND TOTAL 1,414,056,246 2,003,247.354 705.88 1,817,315.943 778.10 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 18,944 1.549 12,223.12 1.406 13,473.68 Italy 3,697,178 1,044.137 3,540.89 947.226 3,903.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,716,122 1,045.687 3,553.76 948.632 3,917.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,095 2.131 1,451.78 1.934 1,600.31 Mexico 95,882 43.428 2,207.80 39.398 2,433.68 Sweden 15,101,567 3,201.180 4,717.50 2,904.063 5,200.15 United Kingdom 26,645,532 7,661.421 3,477.88 6,950.327 3,833.71 Czech Republic 5,140 3.540 1,451.72 3.212 1,600.25 Ukraine 1,398,048 293.920 4,756.56 266.640 5,243.20 Spain 1,525,949 269.614 5,659.75 244.590 6,238.80 Italy 2,482,324 569.551 4,358.38 516.689 4,804.29 China 78,421 13.814 5,676.86 12.532 6,257.66 Taiwan 61,970 7.527 8,232.28 6.829 9,074.54 Japan 3,600 2.480 1,451.50 2.250 1,600.00 New Zealand 7,423 0.173 42,891.94 0.157 47,280.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,408,951 12,068.785 3,928.23 10,948.621 4,330.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,786 5.037 4,324.71 4.570 4,767.18 Sweden 1,220,794 232.493 5,250.86 210.915 5,788.09 United Kingdom 1,945,030 467.896 4,156.96 424.469 4,582.27 France 481,306 104.815 4,591.94 95.087 5,061.74 Federal Republic of Germany 284,037 114.056 2,490.33 103.470 2,745.11 Austria 84,001 13.961 6,016.46 12.666 6,632.01 Italy 619,207 185.297 3,341.69 168.099 3,683.59 India 497,119 141.709 3,508.01 128.557 3,866.92 China 301,929 149.297 2,022.34 135.440 2,229.25 Taiwan 2,320,407 547.677 4,236.81 496.845 4,670.28 Japan 6,724 2.655 2,532.13 2.409 2,791.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,782,340 1,964.899 3,960.68 1,782.527 4,365.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 57,054 10.866 5,250.41 9.858 5,787.58 India 456,452 98.498 4,634.12 89.356 5,108.24 Japan 412,077 98.945 4,164.68 89.762 4,590.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 925,583 208.310 4,443.29 188.976 4,897.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 109,992 17.305 6,356.02 15.699 7,006.31 Brazil 13,005 1.631 7,971.58 1.480 8,787.16 Sweden 1,040,043 180.722 5,754.91 163.949 6,343.70 Finland 1,432,383 293.482 4,880.64 266.243 5,379.98 United Kingdom 48,775 19.665 2,480.27 17.840 2,734.02 Netherlands 35,610 6.093 5,843.86 5.528 6,441.75 Belgium 8,666,069 1,270.402 6,821.51 1,152.490 7,519.43 France 1,793,591 246.602 7,273.21 223.714 8,017.34 Federal Republic of Germany 876,601 433.973 2,019.94 393.694 2,226.60 Austria 13,960 3.130 4,459.26 2.840 4,915.49 Italy 73,144 17.681 4,136.85 16.040 4,560.10 Slovenia 15,347 1.413 10,860.04 1.282 11,971.14 India 497,092 132.641 3,747.65 120.330 4,131.07 China 2,546,545 564.777 4,508.93 512.358 4,970.25 Korea, South 269,949 59.590 4,530.03 54.060 4,993.51 Taiwan 3,679,180 837.904 4,390.93 760.134 4,840.17 Japan 1,612,711 259.344 6,218.42 235.273 6,854.64 South Africa 2,399,184 1,669.564 1,437.01 1,514.604 1,584.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,123,181 6,015.926 4,176.11 5,457.558 4,603.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 80,654 22.889 3,523.63 20.765 3,884.13 Sweden 3,621,466 678.515 5,337.34 615.539 5,883.41 Finland 163,039 40.531 4,022.48 36.770 4,434.02 Belgium 192,064 35.637 5,389.35 32.330 5,940.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,769,454 1,949.651 3,472.13 1,768.695 3,827.37 China 2,129,841 604.510 3,523.25 548.403 3,883.72 Korea, South 56,112 16.057 3,494.47 14.567 3,851.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,012,630 3,347.794 3,886.93 3,037.069 4,284.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 94,463 14.380 6,568.71 13.046 7,240.76 Sweden 2,083,558 462.927 4,500.83 419.961 4,961.31 United Kingdom 1,658,931 225.560 7,354.71 204.625 8,107.18 Netherlands 154,991 40.415 3,834.97 36.664 4,227.33 France 342,954 41.369 8,289.97 37.530 9,138.13 Federal Republic of Germany 939,636 196.550 4,780.62 178.308 5,269.74 Austria 1,211,882 192.129 6,307.63 174.297 6,952.97 Poland 31,832 8.052 3,953.12 7.305 4,357.56 Ukraine 199,395 43.508 4,582.93 39.470 5,051.81 Spain 4,857 0.462 10,490.95 0.420 11,564.29 Portugal 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 Italy 1,598,219 265.684 6,015.48 241.025 6,630.93 India 1,812,042 376.541 4,812.33 341.593 5,304.68 China 151,945 24.707 6,149.83 22.414 6,779.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,810,660 645.879 4,351.68 585.932 4,796.90 Japan 56,048 5.533 10,128.67 5.020 11,164.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,475,684 2,627.350 5,129.00 2,383.493 5,653.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 10,186 1.273 8,000.51 1.155 8,819.05 Netherlands 3,286 0.314 10,459.68 0.285 11,529.82 France 98,900 6.157 16,061.69 5.586 17,704.98 Switzerland 10,439 1.097 9,508.14 0.996 10,480.92 Italy 1,824,689 218.144 8,364.61 197.897 9,220.40 India 1,689,387 375.482 4,499.24 340.632 4,959.57 Japan 268,694 58.434 4,598.20 53.011 5,068.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,905,581 660.903 5,909.45 599.562 6,514.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 138,909 29.421 4,721.30 26.691 5,204.34 Mexico 11,551 5.618 2,055.89 5.097 2,266.24 Brazil 67,688 24.785 2,730.96 22.485 3,010.36 Sweden 615,439 110.150 5,587.25 99.927 6,158.89 Denmark 9,654 4.304 2,242.76 3.905 2,472.22 United Kingdom 1,869,101 372.204 5,021.71 337.658 5,535.49 Netherlands 41,370 6.664 6,207.45 6.046 6,842.54 Belgium 5,093 0.457 11,133.24 0.415 12,272.29 France 2,052,371 344.930 5,950.10 312.916 6,558.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,422,536 533.770 4,538.53 484.229 5,002.87 Austria 902,554 57.998 15,561.79 52.615 17,153.93 Czech Republic 99,114 14.815 6,690.08 13.440 7,374.55 Switzerland 700,252 78.536 8,916.28 71.247 9,828.51 Latvia 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 Spain 34,705 4.142 8,377.82 3.758 9,234.97 Italy 12,630,244 2,113.057 5,977.24 1,916.934 6,588.77 Slovenia 229,028 51.713 4,428.76 46.914 4,881.87 Saudi Arabia 276,318 128.485 2,150.58 116.560 2,370.61 United Arab Emirates 186,154 48.940 3,803.69 44.398 4,192.85 India 7,208,759 1,749.290 4,120.96 1,586.930 4,542.58 China 794,428 146.541 5,421.19 132.940 5,975.84 Korea, South 102,259 18.960 5,393.16 17.201 5,944.95 Taiwan 7,295,932 1,729.796 4,217.80 1,569.245 4,649.33 Japan 180,972 38.519 4,698.23 34.944 5,178.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,097,503 7,651.711 4,978.95 6,941.518 5,488.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 87,571 14.508 6,035.79 13.162 6,653.32 Sweden 134,098 12.978 10,332.23 11.774 11,389.33 United Kingdom 801,148 88.609 9,041.36 80.385 9,966.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 6,010 0.442 13,596.46 0.401 14,987.53 Spain 37,990 9.304 4,082.92 8.441 4,500.65 Italy 3,944 0.052 74,540.37 0.048 82,166.67 India 7,200 0.942 7,639.45 0.855 8,421.05 China 920,667 295.499 3,115.63 268.073 3,434.39 Japan 9,454,042 2,266.983 4,170.32 2,056.573 4,596.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,452,670 2,689.321 4,258.57 2,439.712 4,694.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,712 1.196 2,267.54 1.085 2,499.54 India 3,460 1.525 2,267.96 1.384 2,500.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,172 2.721 2,267.78 2.469 2,499.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 17,450 0.725 24,058.33 0.658 26,519.76 Federal Republic of Germany 213,055 19.019 11,202.06 17.254 12,348.15 Austria 783,073 335.948 2,330.94 304.767 2,569.42 India 535,976 35.174 15,237.52 31.910 16,796.49 China 159,007 40.522 3,923.96 36.761 4,325.43 Korea, South 5,521 2.433 2,268.37 2.208 2,500.45 Japan 6,840 2.199 3,110.35 1.995 3,428.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,720,922 436.022 3,946.87 395.553 4,350.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 13,926,643 1,545.392 9,011.72 1,401.957 9,933.72 Mexico 249,848 67.357 3,709.27 61.106 4,088.76 Brazil 2,694 0.619 4,348.68 0.562 4,793.59 Uruguay 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 Sweden 3,271,479 285.332 11,465.51 258.849 12,638.56 Finland 193,235 44.404 4,351.71 40.283 4,796.94 Denmark 15,316 1.938 7,899.06 1.759 8,707.22 United Kingdom 693,841 16.068 43,180.50 14.577 47,598.34 Ireland 124,573 23.155 5,379.93 21.006 5,930.35 Netherlands 29,500 1.995 14,785.61 1.810 16,298.34 France 2,110,683 251.540 8,391.02 228.194 9,249.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,426,489 250.244 9,696.48 227.018 10,688.53 Austria 1,698,069 153.212 11,083.10 138.992 12,217.03 Czech Republic 633,326 33.102 19,132.33 30.030 21,089.78 Slovakia 161,825 21.102 7,668.47 19.144 8,453.04 Switzerland 464,956 4.874 95,386.95 4.422 105,146.09 Ukraine 195,333 19.777 9,876.44 17.942 10,886.91 Spain 3,452,253 221.670 15,573.82 201.096 17,167.19 Italy 263,152 15.575 16,895.08 14.130 18,623.64 Thailand 720,933 158.859 4,538.18 144.115 5,002.48 Malaysia 636,743 149.047 4,272.07 135.214 4,709.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Singapore 267,311 47.602 5,615.52 43.184 6,190.05 China 16,577,254 2,715.087 6,105.60 2,463.087 6,730.28 Korea, South 8,229,344 1,338.032 6,150.33 1,213.843 6,779.58 Hong Kong 41,898 4.925 8,506.99 4.468 9,377.35 Taiwan 7,430,362 1,569.092 4,735.45 1,423.457 5,219.94 Japan 5,942,725 516.138 11,513.82 468.233 12,691.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,927,872 9,519.239 7,345.95 8,635.711 8,097.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,101,610 225.247 4,890.67 204.341 5,391.04 Mexico 2,204 0.065 33,888.74 0.059 37,355.93 Sweden 2,096,219 195.694 10,711.70 177.531 11,807.62 United Kingdom 182,400 21.145 8,625.89 19.183 9,508.42 Ireland 26,072 0.477 54,623.85 0.433 60,212.47 Netherlands 14,269 0.055 258,892.45 0.050 285,380.00 Belgium 43,780 2.644 16,555.46 2.399 18,249.27 France 374,944 39.614 9,464.73 35.938 10,433.08 Federal Republic of Germany 771,064 120.372 6,405.66 109.200 7,061.03 Switzerland 206,676 25.878 7,986.26 23.477 8,803.34 Spain 113,799 7.019 16,211.80 6.368 17,870.45 Italy 882,874 139.443 6,331.41 126.501 6,979.19 India 5,996,807 1,374.370 4,363.31 1,246.808 4,809.73 Thailand 120,318 24.106 4,991.11 21.869 5,501.76 China 1,575,146 347.441 4,533.55 315.194 4,997.39 Korea, South 3,048,556 518.198 5,882.99 470.102 6,484.88 Taiwan 1,067,810 166.234 6,423.54 150.805 7,080.73 Japan 1,133,496 155.122 7,307.09 140.725 8,054.69 Australia 30,105 7.576 3,973.64 6.873 4,380.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,788,149 3,370.708 5,573.95 3,057.856 6,144.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 71,447 13.426 5,321.48 12.180 5,865.93 Brazil 25,920 12.529 2,068.64 11.367 2,280.29 Sweden 153,568 17.573 8,738.84 15.942 9,632.92 Finland 634,330 140.872 4,502.88 127.797 4,963.58 United Kingdom 42,494 15.599 2,723.99 14.152 3,002.69 Belgium 77,027 16.123 4,777.31 14.627 5,266.08 Federal Republic of Germany 202,695 120.106 1,687.62 108.959 1,860.29 Austria 28,140 3.606 7,802.01 3.272 8,600.24 Italy 136,369 32.392 4,209.89 29.386 4,640.61 India 104,062 25.410 4,095.24 23.052 4,514.23 Thailand 249,337 134.068 1,859.77 121.625 2,050.05 China 47,049 13.951 3,372.22 12.657 3,717.23 Taiwan 25,527 5.189 4,918.80 4.708 5,422.05 Japan 1,895,375 1,110.465 1,706.83 1,007.398 1,881.46 South Africa 839,342 592.192 1,417.35 537.228 1,562.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,532,682 2,253.509 2,011.39 2,044.350 2,217.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 114,007 30.881 3,691.79 28.015 4,069.50 Mexico 21,031,584 7,959.136 2,642.45 7,220.409 2,912.80 Brazil 4,363,871 1,416.071 3,081.67 1,284.639 3,396.96 Sweden 4,733,444 678.857 6,972.67 615.849 7,686.05 Finland 2,701,998 598.269 4,516.36 542.741 4,978.43 United Kingdom 122,311 12.679 9,646.07 11.503 10,632.97 Belgium 2,924,530 608.826 4,803.55 552.318 5,295.01 France 2,933,709 1,235.257 2,374.98 1,120.607 2,617.96 Federal Republic of Germany 3,320,369 735.104 4,516.87 666.876 4,978.99 Austria 25,200 0.601 41,870.08 0.546 46,153.85 Switzerland 3,185 0.358 8,890.41 0.325 9,800.00 Spain 696,898 184.168 3,784.02 167.075 4,171.17 Italy 607,427 144.194 4,212.56 130.811 4,643.55 India 926,222 248.205 3,731.68 225.168 4,113.47 Thailand 347,247 111.063 3,126.57 100.755 3,446.45 Indonesia 132,206 23.507 5,623.90 21.326 6,199.29 China 55,967,532 15,858.549 3,529.17 14,386.638 3,890.24 Korea, South 2,403,702 846.247 2,840.42 767.703 3,131.03 Taiwan 18,255,906 4,904.236 3,722.48 4,449.050 4,103.33 Japan 1,111,341 416.603 2,667.63 377.936 2,940.55 South Africa 674,513 327.003 2,062.71 296.653 2,273.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,397,202 36,339.823 3,395.65 32,966.943 3,743.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,769 1.867 2,018.41 1.694 2,224.91 Sweden 3,639 0.418 8,687.49 0.380 9,576.32 Finland 282,513 65.443 4,316.93 59.369 4,758.59 Italy 89,068 12.273 7,257.15 11.134 7,999.64 China 19,618 8.291 2,366.01 7.522 2,608.08 Korea, South 345,842 65.859 5,251.19 59.747 5,788.44 Taiwan 4,126 0.529 7,798.01 0.480 8,595.83 Japan 56,654 23.709 2,389.50 21.509 2,633.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 805,229 178.392 4,513.81 161.835 4,975.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 33,723 8.642 3,902.17 7.840 4,301.40 Mexico 3,511,108 1,166.222 3,010.67 1,057.980 3,318.69 Sweden 2,061,905 225.549 9,141.70 204.615 10,077.00 Finland 1,145,989 247.421 4,631.73 224.457 5,105.61 United Kingdom 1,169,336 148.689 7,864.27 134.889 8,668.88 France 581,482 167.567 3,470.13 152.015 3,825.16 Federal Republic of Germany 977,145 159.701 6,118.56 144.879 6,744.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 165,914 21.843 7,595.61 19.816 8,372.73 Spain 129,749 35.256 3,680.16 31.984 4,056.68 Italy 220,079 38.222 5,757.82 34.675 6,346.91 India 599,234 125.660 4,768.69 113.997 5,256.58 Thailand 154,043 94.318 1,633.23 85.564 1,800.32 China 130,091 29.756 4,371.79 26.995 4,819.08 Korea, South 1,740,109 610.144 2,851.96 553.514 3,143.75 Taiwan 908,466 292.444 3,106.46 265.301 3,424.28 Japan 4,359,690 610.101 7,145.84 553.475 7,876.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,888,063 3,981.542 4,492.75 3,611.996 4,952.40 GRAND TOTAL 401,966,536 94,362.650 4,259.81 85,604.381 4,695.63