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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 125,242 166.127 753.89 150.708 831.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,160,018 118,624.514 481.86 107,614.380 531.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 26,863,185 42,142.457 637.44 38,231.005 702.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,581,759 10,420.146 823.57 9,453.001 907.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,426 879.894 940.37 798.227 1,036.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 37,896,201 36,945.363 1,025.74 33,516.279 1,130.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 29,949,575 50,047.675 598.42 45,402.500 659.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,175 6.220 510.42 5.643 562.64 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 441,566 519.958 849.23 471.699 936.12 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 417,610 307.576 1,357.74 279.029 1,496.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,822,614 42,504.839 748.68 38,559.753 825.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,626,386 9,740.611 782.95 8,836.537 863.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 434,372 852.262 509.67 773.160 561.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,345,399 4,975.910 1,476.19 4,514.071 1,627.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,499,481 766.633 1,955.93 695.478 2,156.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,791,408 31,633.931 878.53 28,697.828 968.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,305,571 14,743.968 1,377.21 13,375.507 1,518.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 45,321,870 35,613.070 1,272.62 32,307.643 1,402.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 942,079 816.867 1,153.28 741.050 1,271.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,090,322 7,421.724 1,359.57 6,732.877 1,498.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 89,770 56.562 1,587.08 51.313 1,749.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,926,643 1,545.392 9,011.72 1,401.957 9,933.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,792,421 651.668 4,285.03 591.184 4,723.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,555,725 28,091.321 838.54 25,484.025 924.33 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 576,512 613.993 938.95 557.006 1,035.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,511,948 20,141.701 968.73 18,272.249 1,067.85 BLACK PLATE...........................28 112,720 141.406 797.13 128.282 878.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,763,328 5,880.096 810.08 5,334.335 892.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,268,437 3,533.212 925.06 3,205.277 1,019.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 51,914,799 88,674.996 585.45 80,444.626 645.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,389,585 47,906.162 655.23 43,459.752 722.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 39,101,828 49,631.855 787.84 45,025.275 868.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,541,694 1,946.658 1,305.67 1,765.979 1,439.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,408,742 1,320.607 1,066.74 1,198.035 1,175.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 129,175 66.261 1,949.49 60.111 2,148.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,517,687 3,841.242 655.44 3,484.718 722.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,032,043 3,532.585 1,141.39 3,204.709 1,258.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 517,078,316 666,705.479 775.57 604,825.208 854.92 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 99,021,599 144,706.171 684.29 131,275.268 754.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,792 28.000 563.98 25.402 621.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,495,081 10,862.509 690.00 9,854.306 760.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,791 45.103 727.02 40.917 801.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 969,212 1,685.735 574.95 1,529.274 633.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,929,556 3,670.260 798.19 3,329.605 879.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,409,047 2,046.153 688.63 1,856.240 759.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,558,157 56,566.099 628.61 51,315.917 692.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,351 97.736 1,364.39 88.665 1,503.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 97,770 63.969 1,528.39 58.032 1,684.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,714,580 6,277.169 910.38 5,694.554 1,003.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,427,404 1,127.027 1,266.52 1,022.422 1,396.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,179,605 6,599.028 1,087.98 5,986.540 1,199.29 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,009,171 5,527.966 906.15 5,014.888 998.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,423,153 19,571.197 941.34 17,754.697 1,037.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,686,829 1,617.128 1,661.48 1,467.035 1,831.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 249,848 67.357 3,709.27 61.106 4,088.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 304,277 126.936 2,397.08 115.155 2,642.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,539,384 6,491.798 1,007.33 5,889.262 1,110.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,425,258 14,010.160 886.87 12,709.807 977.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,548,009 7,820.498 581.55 7,094.639 641.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,900,987 12,639.209 1,891.02 11,466.101 2,084.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,529,162 8,222.069 915.73 7,458.938 1,009.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,273,480 8,354.237 870.63 7,578.839 959.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 407,937 529.967 769.74 480.779 848.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,790,999 1,427.019 2,656.58 1,294.571 2,928.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,072,439 320,180.514 796.65 290,462.959 878.16 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,206,418 5,175.538 619.53 4,695.171 682.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,462 4.377 562.45 3.971 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 767,532 697.926 1,099.73 633.148 1,212.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 532,944 500.438 1,064.95 453.990 1,173.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 268,982 294.009 914.88 266.721 1,008.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 73,752 62.533 1,179.41 56.729 1,300.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,852,090 6,734.822 720.45 6,109.730 794.16 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 Colombia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,663 9.280 1,580.00 8.419 1,741.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,123,978 1,663.511 1,877.94 1,509.113 2,070.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,825 15.903 1,246.62 14.427 1,374.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,236 60.411 1,361.27 54.804 1,500.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,610 25.160 779.40 22.825 859.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 878,803 931.051 943.88 844.636 1,040.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,139,115 2,705.318 1,529.99 2,454.224 1,686.53 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 783,521 570.885 1,372.47 517.899 1,512.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,121 114.782 759.01 104.129 836.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 870,642 685.668 1,269.77 622.028 1,399.68 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,348 18.579 1,310.48 16.855 1,444.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,230 38.120 1,055.35 34.582 1,163.32 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,779,754 72,110.465 468.44 65,417.532 516.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,274,930 12,795.273 568.56 11,607.680 626.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 736,287 1,327.185 554.77 1,204.003 611.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,665,552 2,759.439 1,328.37 2,503.322 1,464.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 80,654 22.889 3,523.63 20.765 3,884.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,570,861 2,691.667 955.12 2,441.840 1,052.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 375,207 686.584 546.48 622.859 602.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,828 25.791 2,940.00 23.398 3,240.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,592,350 778.154 3,331.41 705.930 3,672.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,893,299 1,212.996 1,560.84 1,100.412 1,720.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 10,055 12.016 836.78 10.901 922.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 233,491 136.474 1,710.87 123.808 1,885.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,694 0.619 4,348.68 0.562 4,793.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,615,996 1,911.859 845.25 1,734.410 931.73 TIN PLATE.............................29 114,137 143.862 793.38 130.510 874.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,920 12.529 2,068.64 11.367 2,280.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,616,252 17,046.880 740.09 15,464.674 815.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,480,094 3,386.421 732.36 3,072.111 807.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,510,980 3,888.374 902.94 3,527.475 995.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 343,761 201.906 1,702.57 183.167 1,876.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 179,488 49.067 3,658.01 44.513 4,032.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 74,177,590 121,200.460 612.02 109,951.239 674.64 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 355,881 667.184 533.41 605.260 587.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 86,819 166.199 522.38 150.774 575.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,077,070 514.236 2,094.50 466.508 2,308.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 836,277 664.556 1,258.40 602.876 1,387.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,708,825 4,794.793 1,190.63 4,349.765 1,312.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,388,096 634.501 2,187.70 575.610 2,411.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,210,616 1,342.124 1,647.10 1,217.555 1,815.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,663,584 8,783.597 1,327.88 7,968.348 1,463.74 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,101,567 3,201.180 4,717.50 2,904.063 5,200.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,220,794 232.493 5,250.86 210.915 5,788.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,342,130 4,950.150 2,089.26 4,490.702 2,303.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,621,466 678.515 5,337.34 615.539 5,883.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,664,428 1,318.998 3,536.34 1,196.576 3,898.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 725,084 171.441 4,229.34 155.529 4,662.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,914,292 1,455.640 2,689.05 1,320.535 2,964.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,493 0.059 92,280.87 0.054 101,722.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 149,144 18.878 7,900.34 17.126 8,708.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 27,859 9.497 2,933.29 8.616 3,233.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 901,588 532.944 1,691.71 483.479 1,864.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 496,653 208.530 2,381.68 189.176 2,625.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,271,479 285.332 11,465.51 258.849 12,638.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 100,379 48.296 2,078.38 43.814 2,291.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,281,982 254.265 8,974.79 230.666 9,893.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,605,328 2,707.114 962.40 2,455.854 1,060.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,501,894 3,711.713 2,021.14 3,367.211 2,227.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 56,114 47.452 1,182.54 43.048 1,303.52 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 98,037 58.609 1,672.70 53.170 1,843.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,639 0.418 8,687.49 0.380 9,576.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,233,450 487.654 6,630.61 442.393 7,309.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,322,800 20,379.189 2,960.02 18,487.695 3,262.86 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,931 0.691 34,624.95 0.627 38,167.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,905 3.213 904.07 2.915 996.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 26,836 3.904 6,873.30 3.542 7,576.51 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 49,229 40.528 1,214.67 36.767 1,338.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,544,095 1,478.714 2,396.74 1,341.468 2,641.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 266,739 109.889 2,427.34 99.690 2,675.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 72,200 55.986 1,289.60 50.790 1,421.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 193,235 44.404 4,351.71 40.283 4,796.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,141,950 253.749 4,500.30 230.198 4,960.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,453 5.157 863.37 4.679 951.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 739,932 201.804 3,666.58 183.074 4,041.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,701,998 598.269 4,516.36 542.741 4,978.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 381,447 389.060 980.43 352.950 1,080.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 282,513 65.443 4,316.93 59.369 4,758.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,145,989 247.421 4,631.73 224.457 5,105.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,523,780 3,490.430 3,015.04 3,166.466 3,323.51 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,654 4.304 2,242.76 3.905 2,472.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,316 1.938 7,899.06 1.759 8,707.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,197 0.394 10,635.35 0.358 11,723.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,167 6.638 4,393.87 6.022 4,843.41 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 18,944 1.549 12,223.12 1.406 13,473.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,886,186 7,726.314 3,479.82 7,009.197 3,835.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,828,851 1,799.851 1,571.71 1,632.798 1,732.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,830,832 6,892.094 846.02 6,252.405 932.57 STEEL PILING...........................5 11,200 17.021 657.98 15.442 725.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,374,408 1,102.134 1,247.04 999.840 1,374.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,253,274 2,563.427 1,659.21 2,325.503 1,828.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,186 1.273 8,000.51 1.155 8,819.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,325,578 1,598.085 2,706.73 1,449.759 2,983.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 804,350 175.544 4,582.04 159.251 5,050.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,568 8.308 2,596.02 7.537 2,861.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,351,689 207.894 6,501.79 188.599 7,167.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 313,956 419.744 747.97 380.786 824.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,279 23.699 1,572.97 21.500 1,733.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 693,841 16.068 43,180.50 14.577 47,598.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,966 4.709 2,541.05 4.272 2,801.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 636,467 156.855 4,057.66 142.297 4,472.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 42,494 15.599 2,723.99 14.152 3,002.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 193,937 44.016 4,406.02 39.931 4,856.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 968,495 255.470 3,791.02 231.759 4,178.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 455,835 103.329 4,411.47 93.739 4,862.81 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 421,429 372.077 1,132.64 337.543 1,248.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,026,087 527.937 3,837.74 478.937 4,230.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,518,852 24,033.008 2,226.89 21,802.385 2,454.72 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,573 23.155 5,379.93 21.006 5,930.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,410 4.097 2,540.70 3.717 2,800.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,538 1.121 32,592.65 1.017 35,927.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 171,521 28.373 6,045.12 25.740 6,663.60 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,915 128.155 1,957.89 116.261 2,158.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,610 6.093 5,843.86 5.528 6,441.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 730,463 1,443.025 506.20 1,309.091 557.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 218,277 83.663 2,609.00 75.898 2,875.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,286 0.314 10,459.68 0.285 11,529.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 41,370 6.664 6,207.45 6.046 6,842.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 595,741 409.814 1,453.68 371.778 1,602.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,909 17.643 788.33 16.006 868.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,581 22.923 1,988.38 20.796 2,191.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,036 12.667 2,213.18 11.492 2,439.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 29,500 1.995 14,785.61 1.810 16,298.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 28,549 11.236 2,540.63 10.194 2,800.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,622 7.751 4,079.49 7.032 4,496.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 70,271 2.690 26,115.85 2.441 28,787.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,329,342 4,672.178 712.59 4,238.530 785.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 151,036 202.141 747.18 183.380 823.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,598,504 16,228.762 468.21 14,722.490 516.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,852,064 4,588.628 621.55 4,162.735 685.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 371,610 434.456 855.35 394.132 942.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,425,686 28,280.808 580.81 25,655.925 640.23 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 175,011 358.499 488.18 325.225 538.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,132,666 2,245.179 5,849.27 2,036.793 6,447.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 192,064 35.637 5,389.35 32.330 5,940.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,093 0.457 11,133.24 0.415 12,272.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,759 32.757 1,641.13 29.717 1,809.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 804,392 427.859 1,880.04 388.148 2,072.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 99,797 39.975 2,496.47 36.265 2,751.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,584,375 5,272.239 1,059.20 4,782.897 1,167.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 312,272 441.492 707.31 400.515 779.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 554,625 416.833 1,330.57 378.145 1,466.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,914,054 9,270.931 2,255.87 8,410.450 2,486.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,627,942 11,420.979 930.56 10,360.941 1,025.77 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,204,070 5,260.489 1,179.37 4,772.237 1,300.03 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 183,180 169.823 1,078.65 154.061 1,189.01 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 361,560 404.828 893.12 367.254 984.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 65,857 93.531 704.12 84.850 776.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 71,807 104.014 690.36 94.360 760.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,514,416 17,453.664 1,003.48 15,833.703 1,106.15 France WIRE RODS..............................3 481,306 104.815 4,591.94 95.087 5,061.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,705 41.682 952.55 37.814 1,050.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,217,735 2,101.618 3,434.37 1,906.557 3,785.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 981,373 1,559.190 629.41 1,414.474 693.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,273,370 312.884 4,069.78 283.844 4,486.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 98,900 6.157 16,061.69 5.586 17,704.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,078,371 2,784.630 2,182.83 2,526.175 2,406.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,220,955 519.778 4,272.89 471.535 4,710.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,186 45.828 1,967.90 41.575 2,169.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 930,491 645.627 1,441.22 585.704 1,588.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 336,220 289.210 1,162.55 262.367 1,281.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,432,379 931.301 1,538.04 844.863 1,695.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,003,694 2,277.160 1,758.20 2,065.806 1,938.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,110,683 251.540 8,391.02 228.194 9,249.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,141 1.630 2,540.00 1.479 2,799.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 909,577 396.242 2,295.51 359.465 2,530.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,201 75.431 904.15 68.430 996.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,723,963 4,083.997 666.98 3,704.941 735.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,193,375 1,383.830 2,307.63 1,255.390 2,543.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,323,168 3,733.090 890.19 3,386.604 981.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 47,345 20.282 2,334.28 18.400 2,573.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 547,579 129.611 4,224.76 117.582 4,657.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,455,654 240.180 6,060.67 217.888 6,680.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,568,371 21,935.724 1,803.83 19,899.760 1,988.38 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 272,298 680.937 399.89 617.736 440.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,394,989 3,132.408 764.58 2,841.674 842.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,305,424 5,550.727 775.65 5,035.537 855.01 STEEL PILING...........................5 53,803 81.768 657.99 74.179 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,226,468 5,230.567 2,146.32 4,745.092 2,365.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,151,663 4,568.412 1,784.35 4,144.395 1,966.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,961,830 1,228.761 1,596.59 1,114.714 1,759.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 671,097 739.850 907.07 671.181 999.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,701,664 4,043.826 1,657.26 3,668.499 1,826.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,176,596 1,692.620 2,467.53 1,535.520 2,719.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,320,745 582.047 2,269.14 528.025 2,501.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,638,577 3,495.207 1,041.02 3,170.800 1,147.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 35,162,005 23,886.140 1,472.07 21,669.148 1,622.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 272,325 24.663 11,041.80 22.374 12,171.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,667,034 1,075.511 2,479.78 975.688 2,733.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 10,547,395 5,620.467 1,876.60 5,098.804 2,068.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,426,489 250.244 9,696.48 227.018 10,688.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 298,670 90.895 3,285.86 82.459 3,622.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 59,540 25.210 2,361.67 22.871 2,603.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,642,257 586.086 2,802.07 531.689 3,088.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,106,905 5,411.020 943.80 4,908.797 1,040.36 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,250,361 2,606.441 863.38 2,364.525 951.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 715,155 1,121.558 637.64 1,017.461 702.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,747,280 1,069.678 3,503.18 970.396 3,861.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 863,503 1,110.750 777.41 1,007.656 856.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,711,504 7,102.634 804.14 6,443.403 886.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,199 442.187 2,442.85 401.146 2,692.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,751,009 1,277.998 2,152.59 1,159.381 2,372.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,515 1.209 2,906.80 1.097 3,204.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,753,830 5,594.511 1,564.72 5,075.257 1,724.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 128,934,130 88,324.346 1,459.78 80,126.522 1,609.13 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 84,001 13.961 6,016.46 12.666 6,632.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 77,615 67.389 1,151.73 61.135 1,269.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 46,600 2.810 16,578.36 2.550 18,274.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,513 30.801 1,412.67 27.943 1,557.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,289,791 208.422 6,188.34 189.078 6,821.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 902,554 57.998 15,561.79 52.615 17,153.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,575,393 674.153 6,786.87 611.582 7,481.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,369,850 11,832.299 1,637.03 10,734.085 1,804.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,372,918 891.636 1,539.77 808.879 1,697.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 210,577 41.467 5,078.08 37.619 5,597.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,698,069 153.212 11,083.10 138.992 12,217.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,191 16.097 2,310.42 14.603 2,546.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,179 129.772 3,808.03 117.728 4,197.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 154,227 153.432 1,005.18 139.192 1,108.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,200 0.601 41,870.08 0.546 46,153.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 403,848 320.376 1,260.54 290.641 1,389.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 165,162 164.288 1,005.32 149.040 1,108.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,537,003 224.309 6,852.16 203.490 7,553.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,487,691 14,983.034 2,168.30 13,592.384 2,390.14 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,140 3.540 1,451.72 3.212 1,600.25 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,414,229 6,078.996 726.14 5,514.774 800.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 595,524 561.977 1,059.69 509.818 1,168.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 238,140 251.588 946.55 228.237 1,043.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 99,114 14.815 6,690.08 13.440 7,374.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 74,391 18.468 4,028.08 16.754 4,440.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 20,579 13.415 1,534.01 12.170 1,690.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,890 2.733 1,422.96 2.480 1,568.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 430,336 66.003 6,519.94 59.877 7,187.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 633,326 33.102 19,132.33 30.030 21,089.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 81,806 91.517 893.89 83.023 985.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 46,412 12.553 3,697.25 11.388 4,075.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,642,887 7,148.710 929.24 6,485.203 1,024.31 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 58,938 52.357 1,125.68 47.498 1,240.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 161,825 21.102 7,668.47 19.144 8,453.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 220,763 73.460 3,005.21 66.642 3,312.67 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 68,836 180.580 381.19 163.820 420.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,580 4.606 10,545.84 4.179 11,624.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,439 1.097 9,508.14 0.996 10,480.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 736,214 100.042 7,359.02 90.757 8,111.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 118,674 37.735 3,144.90 34.233 3,466.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 317,951 201.469 1,578.16 182.770 1,739.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 934,555 297.061 3,146.00 269.490 3,467.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 464,956 4.874 95,386.95 4.422 105,146.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,676 25.878 7,986.26 23.477 8,803.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,185 0.358 8,890.41 0.325 9,800.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 137,647 57.413 2,397.45 52.085 2,642.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,047,713 911.119 3,345.02 826.554 3,687.25 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,572 11.297 1,732.41 10.249 1,909.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 57,759 15.614 3,699.12 14.165 4,077.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 47,113 19.185 2,455.63 17.405 2,706.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,594 86.836 1,204.49 78.777 1,327.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 229,038 132.934 1,722.94 120.596 1,899.22 Russia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,909,395 56,421.298 512.38 51,184.555 564.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,050 12.334 652.62 11.190 719.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 181,268 116.971 1,549.67 106.115 1,708.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,908 5.538 1,969.66 5.024 2,171.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,524,807 2,525.202 603.84 2,290.826 665.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,917,679 3,012.222 636.63 2,732.643 701.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,928 0.686 5,719.78 0.623 6,304.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,004 110.722 1,011.57 100.446 1,115.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,945 95.305 524.05 86.460 577.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,795,447 1,111.989 3,413.20 1,008.780 3,762.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,513,431 63,412.272 575.81 57,526.662 634.72 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 27,961,229 59,957.891 466.35 54,392.900 514.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 199,395 43.508 4,582.93 39.470 5,051.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 511,040 144.054 3,547.55 130.684 3,910.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 380,839 311.740 1,221.66 282.806 1,346.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,626 73.297 1,181.85 66.494 1,302.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 195,333 19.777 9,876.44 17.942 10,886.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,334,462 60,550.269 484.46 54,930.296 534.03 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,525,949 269.614 5,659.75 244.590 6,238.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,036,845 25,518.470 589.25 23,149.974 649.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 154,873 81.713 1,895.32 74.129 2,089.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 406,813 388.315 1,047.64 352.274 1,154.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,266 46.478 1,253.60 42.165 1,381.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 956,247 963.687 992.28 874.243 1,093.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 64,952 31.081 2,089.71 28.197 2,303.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,990 9.304 4,082.92 8.441 4,500.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 232,955 49.459 4,710.01 44.869 5,191.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,452,253 221.670 15,573.82 201.096 17,167.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 119,261 12.350 9,656.53 11.204 10,644.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 160,778 68.657 2,341.74 62.285 2,581.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 696,898 184.168 3,784.02 167.075 4,171.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,680,071 3,316.351 808.14 3,008.544 890.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 129,749 35.256 3,680.16 31.984 4,056.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,713,900 31,196.580 824.25 28,301.070 908.58 Portugal IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,697,178 1,044.137 3,540.89 947.226 3,903.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,986,622 988.962 5,042.28 897.172 5,558.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 619,207 185.297 3,341.69 168.099 3,683.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 103,297 42.971 2,403.86 38.983 2,649.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 113,168 55.652 2,033.48 50.487 2,241.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,603,067 269.414 5,950.18 244.409 6,558.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,828,163 221.184 8,265.34 200.655 9,110.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,376,189 2,672.737 5,004.68 2,424.667 5,516.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,748 0.567 4,840.67 0.515 5,335.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,161,684 377.092 3,080.63 342.093 3,395.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,944 0.052 74,540.37 0.048 82,166.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 41,539,753 38,697.585 1,073.45 35,105.869 1,183.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,522,757 888.924 1,713.03 806.419 1,888.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,230,407 1,010.328 2,207.61 916.555 2,433.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 778,483 333.420 2,334.84 302.474 2,573.72 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 263,152 15.575 16,895.08 14.130 18,623.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,787 1.096 2,541.03 0.995 2,801.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 104,021 27.481 3,785.10 24.931 4,172.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,893,613 1,473.588 1,963.65 1,336.817 2,164.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 136,369 32.392 4,209.89 29.386 4,640.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 607,427 144.194 4,212.56 130.811 4,643.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 76,932 61.909 1,242.66 56.163 1,369.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 37,922 2.454 15,447.81 2.227 17,028.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,021,033 198.322 5,148.35 179.915 5,675.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,068 12.273 7,257.15 11.134 7,999.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 344,924 79.855 4,319.33 72.444 4,761.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,143,915 48,837.474 1,620.56 44,304.624 1,786.36 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,347 1.413 10,860.04 1.282 11,971.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 229,028 51.713 4,428.76 46.914 4,881.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,362,393 395.462 3,445.06 358.758 3,797.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,606,768 448.589 3,581.82 406.954 3,948.28 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 27,740,409 23,713.113 1,169.83 21,512.181 1,289.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,119 18.123 1,054.95 16.441 1,162.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,759,528 23,731.236 1,169.75 21,528.622 1,289.42 Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,671 47.103 629.90 42.732 694.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 53,027 19.534 2,714.59 17.721 2,992.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,056,997 618.652 1,708.55 561.232 1,883.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 205,780 90.349 2,277.59 81.964 2,510.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,345,475 775.640 1,734.66 703.649 1,912.14 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,387,645 2,744.311 870.03 2,489.598 959.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,075,153 4,847.943 840.59 4,397.982 926.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 107,469 167.479 641.68 151.935 707.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,252,020 55,963.284 540.57 50,769.052 595.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,371,744 3,057.711 775.66 2,773.910 855.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,520,426 1,992.118 763.22 1,807.220 841.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,319,935 3,554.677 933.96 3,224.750 1,029.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,326 42.769 1,059.77 38.800 1,168.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,135 34.810 1,066.76 31.580 1,175.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,980 0.541 22,134.57 0.491 24,399.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,508 17.667 651.35 16.028 717.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,140,341 72,423.316 609.48 65,701.346 671.83 Israel LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 276,318 128.485 2,150.58 116.560 2,370.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,289 16.966 1,195.81 15.392 1,318.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,607 145.452 2,039.21 131.952 2,247.84 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 186,154 48.940 3,803.69 44.398 4,192.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 664,352 516.588 1,286.04 468.641 1,417.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,470 19.621 1,043.26 17.800 1,150.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 870,976 585.149 1,488.47 530.839 1,640.75 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,249 11.170 469.88 10.134 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,582,626 46,320.497 617.06 42,021.260 680.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 497,119 141.709 3,508.01 128.557 3,866.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 456,452 98.498 4,634.12 89.356 5,108.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 497,092 132.641 3,747.65 120.330 4,131.07 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 12,037 12.974 927.76 11.770 1,022.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,282,188 884.411 2,580.46 802.325 2,844.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,689,387 375.482 4,499.24 340.632 4,959.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,271,890 1,755.904 4,141.39 1,592.930 4,565.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,368,168 1,567.132 873.04 1,421.679 962.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 345,902 300.233 1,152.11 272.367 1,269.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 95,835,324 73,661.146 1,301.03 66,824.287 1,434.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 535,976 35.174 15,237.52 31.910 16,796.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,317,908 1,159.331 1,136.78 1,051.728 1,253.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,030 22.321 1,076.53 20.250 1,186.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 115,036 42.452 2,709.78 38.512 2,987.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,874 32.818 1,946.31 29.772 2,145.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,185,501 1,617.339 3,824.49 1,467.226 4,215.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 104,062 25.410 4,095.24 23.052 4,514.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,074,747 370.132 2,903.68 335.779 3,200.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,096 21.081 905.81 19.125 998.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 537,584 623.395 862.35 565.535 950.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 738,881 210.176 3,515.53 190.669 3,875.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,560,129 129,421.436 1,155.61 117,409.185 1,273.84 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 720,933 158.859 4,538.18 144.115 5,002.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 274,780 121.031 2,270.32 109.798 2,502.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 249,337 134.068 1,859.77 121.625 2,050.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 347,247 111.063 3,126.57 100.755 3,446.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 217,021 252.578 859.22 229.135 947.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,043 94.318 1,633.23 85.564 1,800.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,963,361 871.919 2,251.77 790.992 2,482.15 Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 849,696 962.390 882.90 873.066 973.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,482 58.321 1,465.71 52.908 1,615.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 935,178 1,020.711 916.20 925.974 1,009.94 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 24,236 29.175 830.68 26.468 915.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 61,765 87.390 706.77 79.279 779.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,630 106.180 589.85 96.325 650.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 636,743 149.047 4,272.07 135.214 4,709.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 357,095 436.231 818.59 395.743 902.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 108,785 207.998 523.01 188.693 576.52 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,710 7.417 634.99 6.729 699.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,255,964 1,023.441 1,227.20 928.451 1,352.75 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,275 2.516 904.01 2.283 996.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 267,311 47.602 5,615.52 43.184 6,190.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,586 50.118 5,378.94 45.467 5,929.27 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 71,077 25.769 2,758.15 23.378 3,040.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,206 23.507 5,623.90 21.326 6,199.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 203,283 49.277 4,125.25 44.704 4,547.31 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 14,220 12.287 1,157.28 11.147 1,275.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 465,378 386.283 1,204.76 350.431 1,328.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,077,484 1,283.023 839.80 1,163.940 925.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 219,020 149.880 1,461.30 135.969 1,610.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,397,076 1,232.371 2,756.54 1,117.989 3,038.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,129,841 604.510 3,523.25 548.403 3,883.72 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 3,420,686 6,030.465 567.23 5,470.748 625.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 238,465 245.393 971.77 222.617 1,071.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,179,704 16,919.384 838.07 15,349.012 923.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 60,523 79.950 757.00 72.530 834.45 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,043 4.188 726.46 3.800 800.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,141,181 1,001.413 2,138.16 908.467 2,356.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,176,143 1,577.308 3,281.63 1,430.911 3,617.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,855,401 3,631.836 1,061.56 3,294.748 1,170.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 80,038,981 92,356.047 866.63 83,784.021 955.30 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,890,570 6,240.942 623.39 5,661.689 687.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,880,101 13,220.290 747.34 11,993.249 823.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,693,670 21,681.649 631.58 19,669.267 696.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,158,790 3,277.156 1,269.02 2,972.987 1,398.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 923,110 833.328 1,107.74 755.983 1,221.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,577,254 2,715.087 6,105.60 2,463.087 6,730.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 99,312 54.988 1,806.04 49.885 1,990.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 706,456 863.512 818.12 783.366 901.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 818,430 1,193.149 685.94 1,082.407 756.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,327,506 7,148.982 1,164.85 6,485.450 1,284.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 197,684 330.368 598.37 299.705 659.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,071,920 4,621.932 664.64 4,192.948 732.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,049 13.951 3,372.22 12.657 3,717.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 60,817,449 24,690.669 2,463.18 22,399.005 2,715.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,564,616 17,802.911 705.76 16,150.534 777.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,550 7.048 3,199.41 6.394 3,526.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,963,281 5,075.724 780.83 4,604.621 860.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 393,894 99.049 3,976.75 89.856 4,383.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 19,618 8.291 2,366.01 7.522 2,608.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 218,030 134.984 1,615.22 122.456 1,780.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 256,808,436 235,528.367 1,090.35 213,667.801 1,201.91 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 14,134 23.750 595.11 21.546 655.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 364,650 407.969 893.82 370.104 985.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,798,917 2,140.113 840.57 1,941.479 926.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 315,855 475.671 664.02 431.522 731.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 628,508 932.100 674.29 845.588 743.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 494,140 397.488 1,243.15 360.596 1,370.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 717,002 518.337 1,383.27 470.228 1,524.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 491,387 217.239 2,261.96 197.076 2,493.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,252,615 4,030.692 806.96 3,656.584 889.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,774,289 15,375.026 700.77 13,947.993 772.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,687,528 5,879.371 797.28 5,333.678 878.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,414,800 2,215.619 638.56 2,009.977 703.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,557,276 10,320.725 635.35 9,362.807 700.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 703,247 620.685 1,133.02 563.077 1,248.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 60,541 67.863 892.10 61.565 983.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,229,344 1,338.032 6,150.33 1,213.843 6,779.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 53,037 36.700 1,445.14 33.294 1,592.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,727,062 4,531.280 601.83 4,110.710 663.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,568,063 3,557.748 1,846.13 3,227.536 2,035.01 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,856,326 3,605.726 792.16 3,271.061 873.21 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,330,752 1,151.629 1,155.54 1,044.741 1,273.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,132,204 61,963.856 486.29 56,212.681 536.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,672,551 2,610.270 1,406.96 2,367.998 1,550.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,515,825 12,715.711 826.99 11,535.503 911.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,610,536 1,869.571 861.45 1,696.047 949.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,370,227 12,151.344 771.13 11,023.517 850.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 113,042 78.289 1,443.90 71.023 1,591.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 345,842 65.859 5,251.19 59.747 5,788.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,577,051 1,409.849 1,827.89 1,278.994 2,014.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,376,751 150,708.527 745.66 136,720.515 821.95 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,411 25.597 1,188.03 23.222 1,309.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,965 119.600 1,337.49 108.500 1,474.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,898 4.925 8,506.99 4.468 9,377.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 232,274 150.123 1,547.22 136.190 1,705.51 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 61,970 7.527 8,232.28 6.829 9,074.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,320,407 547.677 4,236.81 496.845 4,670.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,414,263 26,381.729 660.09 23,933.109 727.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,679,180 837.904 4,390.93 760.134 4,840.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,543,846 1,233.005 2,874.15 1,118.564 3,168.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 156,251 280.242 557.56 254.232 614.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,383,453 1,766.482 4,179.75 1,602.526 4,607.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,083,628 644.532 3,232.78 584.710 3,563.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,953,637 6,069.792 651.36 5,506.425 718.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,328 17.372 1,457.94 15.760 1,607.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,147 66.054 638.06 59.924 703.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 42,181 71.795 587.51 65.132 647.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 487,049 814.040 598.31 738.485 659.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 413,878 171.425 2,414.33 155.515 2,661.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,430,362 1,569.092 4,735.45 1,423.457 5,219.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 54,936 36.023 1,525.00 32.680 1,681.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 953,000 222.842 4,276.57 202.159 4,714.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,877,292 1,129.762 1,661.67 1,024.904 1,831.68 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,014 45.587 811.94 41.356 895.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,527 5.189 4,918.80 4.708 5,422.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,406,074 5,056.239 3,640.27 4,586.945 4,012.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,740,553 5,275.164 898.66 4,785.550 990.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 177,089 258.938 683.90 234.905 753.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,709,807 3,114.723 870.00 2,825.630 959.01 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 226,149 167.675 1,348.73 152.113 1,486.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,126 0.529 7,798.01 0.480 8,595.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,192,818 462.060 2,581.52 419.174 2,845.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,441,965 56,253.411 1,412.22 51,032.251 1,556.70 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,470 11.641 469.87 10.561 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 191,827 267.806 716.29 242.950 789.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,142,632 10,350.663 690.07 9,389.967 760.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 743,605 554.729 1,340.48 503.242 1,477.63 STEEL PILING...........................5 479,879 561.610 854.47 509.485 941.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,685,545 3,945.214 1,441.12 3,579.039 1,588.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 614,313 790.193 777.42 716.852 856.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,575,270 16,732.632 751.54 15,179.593 828.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 867,075 976.545 887.90 885.907 978.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,758,896 11,503.127 848.37 10,435.465 935.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 268,694 58.434 4,598.20 53.011 5,068.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 778,933 596.655 1,305.50 541.277 1,439.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,511,837 3,615.441 1,247.94 3,279.874 1,375.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,214,229 1,736.201 1,275.33 1,575.056 1,405.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,775,654 2,710.298 3,975.82 2,458.742 4,382.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,750,085 2,455.816 1,119.83 2,227.880 1,234.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,148,532 2,305.850 1,799.13 2,091.833 1,983.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,285,143 2,144.611 1,998.10 1,945.559 2,202.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,073,482 62.301 17,230.43 56.519 18,993.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,942,725 516.138 11,513.82 468.233 12,691.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 455,667 161.779 2,816.59 146.764 3,104.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,042,927 896.091 1,163.86 812.921 1,282.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,746,249 5,549.539 1,395.84 5,034.459 1,538.65 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,305,969 1,957.866 667.04 1,776.147 735.28 TIN PLATE.............................29 312,437 355.408 879.09 322.421 969.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,750,287 2,164.860 808.50 1,963.929 891.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,636,678 2,049.236 1,286.66 1,859.037 1,418.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,905,134 4,887.824 1,003.54 4,434.161 1,106.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,181,506 3,607.363 881.95 3,272.546 972.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 985,974 779.506 1,264.87 707.157 1,394.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,354,324 894.679 1,513.75 811.640 1,668.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,106,131 1,953.093 1,078.36 1,771.817 1,188.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 132,243 136.101 971.65 123.469 1,071.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,315,995 1,242.168 4,279.61 1,126.877 4,717.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,045,347 88,531.435 1,220.42 80,314.390 1,345.28 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,191,054 39,308.351 462.78 35,659.947 510.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,301,263 2,067.811 629.29 1,875.888 693.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 46,092 39.762 1,159.18 36.072 1,277.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,356 15.649 2,450.94 14.197 2,701.70 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,500,146 2,566.676 584.47 2,328.450 644.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,501,893 53,940.993 491.31 48,934.460 541.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 519,421 890.347 583.39 807.710 643.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,510,252 1,549.152 974.89 1,405.368 1,074.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 111,654 129.152 864.51 117.165 952.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,720,131 100,507.897 494.69 91,179.257 545.30 New Zealand BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,423 0.173 42,891.94 0.157 47,280.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,225,215 4,318.986 515.22 3,918.120 567.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,576,974 10,632.781 524.51 9,645.900 578.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,001,681 1,776.892 563.73 1,611.970 621.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,811,293 16,728.833 526.71 15,176.147 580.60 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 59,192 61.935 955.70 56.187 1,053.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,884,801 2,135.881 1,350.64 1,937.640 1,488.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 67,149 48.399 1,387.40 43.907 1,529.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,419 255.662 682.22 231.933 752.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,342 592.192 1,417.35 537.228 1,562.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 674,513 327.003 2,062.71 296.653 2,273.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,699,416 3,421.075 1,373.67 3,103.548 1,514.21 GRAND TOTAL 2,284,512,482 2,457,960.485 929.43 2,229,824.873 1,024.53 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 125,242 166.127 753.89 150.708 831.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,694,547 1,924.657 880.44 1,746.020 970.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 638,861 825.967 773.47 749.305 852.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,693,967 14,080.943 1,540.66 12,774.021 1,698.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,709,587 4,013.945 675.04 3,641.391 744.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,175 6.220 510.42 5.643 562.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,939,897 23,123.138 775.84 20,976.964 855.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 157,423 213.718 736.59 193.882 811.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,568,421 1,000.989 2,565.88 908.083 2,828.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,499,481 766.633 1,955.93 695.478 2,156.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,221,940 10,677.571 1,519.25 9,686.533 1,674.69 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 45,307,733 35,590.061 1,273.04 32,286.770 1,403.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 251,054 110.696 2,267.95 100.422 2,499.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,399,891 1,707.235 1,991.46 1,548.778 2,195.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,076,672 441.194 4,706.93 400.245 5,188.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 419,324 354.971 1,181.29 322.025 1,302.15 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 92,345 27.230 3,391.25 24.703 3,738.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 828,570 792.329 1,045.74 718.789 1,152.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,622,266 3,365.656 779.12 3,053.273 858.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,664,603 2,529.527 1,053.40 2,294.749 1,161.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,393,757 13,994.484 814.16 12,695.586 897.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,056,577 1,357.320 1,515.17 1,231.341 1,670.19 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 129,175 66.261 1,949.49 60.111 2,148.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 124,219 240.605 516.28 218.274 569.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,038,118 478.453 2,169.74 434.046 2,391.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,656,845 117,855.939 1,168.01 106,917.140 1,287.51 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,767,393 57,785.705 895.85 52,422.325 987.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,934,036 2,229.616 867.43 2,022.675 956.18 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 433,416 576.045 752.40 522.580 829.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,258 19.248 3,130.52 17.462 3,450.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 97,770 63.969 1,528.39 58.032 1,684.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 252,751 135.608 1,863.83 123.022 2,054.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,591,357 1,528.097 2,350.21 1,386.267 2,590.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 80,180 36.837 2,176.61 33.418 2,399.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,036,967 753.128 1,376.88 683.227 1,517.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,254,128 63,128.257 938.63 57,269.008 1,034.66 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 73,752 62.533 1,179.41 56.729 1,300.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 73,752 62.533 1,179.41 56.729 1,300.08 Colombia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,400,960 1,085.665 2,211.51 984.899 2,437.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,400,960 1,085.665 2,211.51 984.899 2,437.77 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,661,127 1,039.815 1,597.52 943.305 1,760.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,888,577 1,454.605 1,298.34 1,319.596 1,431.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,592,350 778.154 3,331.41 705.930 3,672.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,848 15.228 2,091.35 13.815 2,305.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,383 9.446 1,628.38 8.570 1,794.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 142,267 154.874 918.59 140.500 1,012.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 50,143 63.615 788.22 57.711 868.86 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 343,761 201.906 1,702.57 183.167 1,876.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,725,456 3,717.647 1,809.06 3,372.594 1,994.15 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,720 22.885 1,386.06 20.761 1,527.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,264,381 573.230 2,205.71 520.026 2,431.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,296,101 596.115 2,174.24 540.787 2,396.69 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,302,087 4,769.427 1,950.36 4,326.753 2,149.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,580,870 856.071 3,014.78 776.615 3,323.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 109,645 61.290 1,788.93 55.602 1,971.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,914,292 1,455.640 2,689.05 1,320.535 2,964.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,493 0.059 92,280.87 0.054 101,722.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 836,668 522.046 1,602.67 473.593 1,766.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 496,653 208.530 2,381.68 189.176 2,625.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,451,760 2,689.541 911.59 2,439.912 1,004.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,017,951 2,180.366 925.51 1,977.996 1,020.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 98,037 58.609 1,672.70 53.170 1,843.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 834,190 193.411 4,313.03 175.460 4,754.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,647,646 12,994.996 1,742.80 11,788.866 1,921.10 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,931 0.691 34,624.95 0.627 38,167.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,905 3.213 904.07 2.915 996.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,836 3.904 6,873.30 3.542 7,576.51 Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,111,712 1,185.232 1,781.69 1,075.225 1,963.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 103,700 69.357 1,495.15 62.920 1,648.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 72,200 55.986 1,289.60 50.790 1,421.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,141,950 253.749 4,500.30 230.198 4,960.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 105,602 60.932 1,733.10 55.277 1,910.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 138,759 138.880 999.13 125.990 1,101.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,673,923 1,764.138 2,082.56 1,600.400 2,295.63 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 240,654 64.893 3,708.47 58.870 4,087.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,050,495 6,110.745 826.49 5,543.577 911.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,325,633 1,082.469 1,224.64 982.000 1,349.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,183,192 595.250 1,987.72 540.002 2,191.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,467,880 485.041 3,026.30 440.022 3,335.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 804,350 175.544 4,582.04 159.251 5,050.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,273 4.545 2,259.82 4.124 2,491.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 91,455 1.318 69,370.07 1.196 76,467.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 313,956 419.744 747.97 380.786 824.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,442 11.017 1,492.34 9.995 1,645.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,966 4.709 2,541.05 4.272 2,801.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,135 8.865 22,686.39 8.043 25,007.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 71,626 31.336 2,285.71 28.428 2,519.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 455,835 103.329 4,411.47 93.739 4,862.81 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 314,280 52.026 6,040.72 47.198 6,658.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,906 1.803 2,720.45 1.636 2,998.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,564,078 9,152.641 1,263.47 8,303.139 1,392.74 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,410 4.097 2,540.70 3.717 2,800.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,410 4.097 2,540.70 3.717 2,800.65 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 500,217 936.222 534.29 849.327 588.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 59,133 41.580 1,422.14 37.721 1,567.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 595,741 409.814 1,453.68 371.778 1,602.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 28,549 11.236 2,540.63 10.194 2,800.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,002 2.635 21,248.09 2.391 23,422.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,370 48.170 526.67 43.700 580.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,029,375 1,285.385 800.83 1,166.082 882.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,294,387 2,735.046 838.88 2,481.193 924.71 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,456,134 966.199 4,612.02 876.522 5,083.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,053 10.014 903.99 9.085 996.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 95,430 43.793 2,179.08 39.729 2,402.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,560,617 1,020.008 4,471.16 925.336 4,928.61 Luxembourg RAILS STANDARD.........................7 55,184 42.646 1,294.00 38.688 1,426.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,184 42.646 1,294.00 38.688 1,426.39 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,047,233 1,564.976 3,225.12 1,419.723 3,555.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 93,786 93.773 1,000.13 85.070 1,102.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 930,416 271.514 3,426.76 246.314 3,777.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,552,157 2,105.170 1,687.35 1,909.779 1,859.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,220,955 519.778 4,272.89 471.535 4,710.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 930,491 645.627 1,441.22 585.704 1,588.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 706,915 425.133 1,662.81 385.675 1,832.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,907,492 540.441 3,529.51 490.280 3,890.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,141 1.630 2,540.00 1.479 2,799.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,371 0.185 18,203.10 0.168 20,065.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 871,675 931.309 935.97 844.870 1,031.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 174,142 7.829 22,241.17 7.103 24,516.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,297,959 3,712.572 888.32 3,367.990 979.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 547,579 129.611 4,224.76 117.582 4,657.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 734,019 44.214 16,601.21 40.111 18,299.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,022,331 10,993.769 1,912.20 9,973.383 2,107.84 Federal Republic of Germany PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,764,075 4,052.347 2,409.49 3,676.229 2,656.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 550,144 343.142 1,603.25 311.294 1,767.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 345,033 145.226 2,375.83 131.747 2,618.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,176,596 1,692.620 2,467.53 1,535.520 2,719.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 286,072 116.028 2,465.54 105.259 2,717.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,817,177 2,323.178 1,212.64 2,107.553 1,336.71 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 33,802,994 23,046.969 1,466.70 20,907.865 1,616.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,484,938 618.564 2,400.62 561.152 2,646.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,239,104 940.233 3,445.00 852.966 3,797.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 194,276 67.842 2,863.62 61.546 3,156.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,528 24.055 2,058.89 21.823 2,269.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 228,075 89.838 2,538.73 81.500 2,798.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,183 4.929 3,080.01 4.472 3,395.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 298,528 238.609 1,251.12 216.463 1,379.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 635,892 822.686 772.95 746.329 852.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,629,694 3,435.225 765.51 3,116.385 843.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,751,009 1,277.998 2,152.59 1,159.381 2,372.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,515 1.209 2,906.80 1.097 3,204.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,263,386 2,711.442 1,203.56 2,459.780 1,326.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 66,535,219 41,952.149 1,585.98 38,058.361 1,748.24 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,655 64.259 990.60 58.295 1,091.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 77,909 16.293 4,781.67 14.781 5,270.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,575,393 674.153 6,786.87 611.582 7,481.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,107,310 6,752.602 1,792.98 6,125.860 1,976.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,524 4.807 4,061.43 4.361 4,476.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 355,046 74.234 4,782.79 67.344 5,272.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 126,087 149.826 841.56 135.920 927.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 165,162 164.288 1,005.32 149.040 1,108.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,092,795 144.706 7,551.78 131.276 8,324.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,582,881 8,045.171 2,309.82 7,298.459 2,546.14 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 149,912 122.311 1,225.66 110.959 1,351.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 74,391 18.468 4,028.08 16.754 4,440.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 430,336 66.003 6,519.94 59.877 7,187.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 46,412 12.553 3,697.25 11.388 4,075.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 701,051 219.335 3,196.25 198.978 3,523.26 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,580 4.606 10,545.84 4.179 11,624.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 118,674 37.735 3,144.90 34.233 3,466.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 166,742 62.979 2,647.56 57.134 2,918.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 25,010 6.815 3,669.53 6.183 4,044.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 359,006 112.136 3,201.49 101.729 3,529.04 Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,927 7.561 3,428.66 6.860 3,779.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 47,113 19.185 2,455.63 17.405 2,706.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,040 26.747 2,730.71 24.265 3,010.10 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,494,177 1,010.918 1,478.04 917.090 1,629.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 146,010 99.158 1,472.49 89.955 1,623.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,795,447 1,111.989 3,413.20 1,008.780 3,762.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,435,634 2,222.066 2,446.21 2,015.825 2,696.48 Ukraine TOOL STEEL............................17 511,040 144.054 3,547.55 130.684 3,910.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 511,040 144.054 3,547.55 130.684 3,910.50 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 154,873 81.713 1,895.32 74.129 2,089.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 406,813 388.315 1,047.64 352.274 1,154.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 28,166 10.995 2,561.58 9.975 2,823.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 64,952 31.081 2,089.71 28.197 2,303.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,316 14.793 1,846.55 13.420 2,035.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 160,778 68.657 2,341.74 62.285 2,581.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,552,825 3,158.016 808.36 2,864.905 891.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,395,723 3,753.572 904.66 3,405.185 997.22 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,316,038 211.889 10,930.40 192.223 12,048.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,848 3.730 1,299.66 3.384 1,432.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 311,129 203.118 1,531.76 184.266 1,688.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,748 0.567 4,840.67 0.515 5,335.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,000,732 298.336 3,354.38 270.646 3,697.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 707,854 334.886 2,113.71 303.804 2,329.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,936,285 780.293 2,481.48 707.871 2,735.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,787 1.096 2,541.03 0.995 2,801.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 91,558 20.674 4,428.45 18.756 4,881.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,817,448 1,203.234 1,510.47 1,091.556 1,665.01 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,021,033 198.322 5,148.35 179.915 5,675.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,212,460 3,256.150 2,829.25 2,953.931 3,118.71 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,362,393 395.462 3,445.06 358.758 3,797.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,362,393 395.462 3,445.06 358.758 3,797.53 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,671 47.103 629.90 42.732 694.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,825 1.776 2,715.36 1.612 2,993.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,496 48.880 705.72 44.344 777.92 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,252,770 2,002.899 1,124.75 1,817.000 1,239.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,135 34.810 1,066.76 31.580 1,175.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,980 0.541 22,134.57 0.491 24,399.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,301,885 2,038.251 1,129.34 1,849.071 1,244.89 Israel LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 46,677 49.002 952.55 44.454 1,050.01 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,289 16.966 1,195.81 15.392 1,318.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,289 16.966 1,195.81 15.392 1,318.15 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,800 0.013 211,676.50 0.012 233,333.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,433 1.796 1,910.65 1.630 2,106.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,915 1.801 2,728.77 1.634 3,007.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 242,356 235.566 1,028.82 213.702 1,134.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 245,485 127.616 1,923.61 115.772 2,120.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 115,036 42.452 2,709.78 38.512 2,987.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 614,025 409.246 1,500.38 371.262 1,653.89 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,275 2.516 904.01 2.283 996.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,275 2.516 904.01 2.283 996.50 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 14,220 12.287 1,157.28 11.147 1,275.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 226,673 102.024 2,221.75 92.555 2,449.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 107,284 37.890 2,831.40 34.374 3,121.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 850,531 667.593 1,274.02 605.631 1,404.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,597,119 14,201.157 816.63 12,883.077 900.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 894,972 475.999 1,880.19 431.820 2,072.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,176,143 1,577.308 3,281.63 1,430.911 3,617.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 655,536 269.845 2,429.30 244.800 2,677.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,746,078 12,354.471 1,193.58 11,207.791 1,315.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 73,642 37.098 1,985.05 33.655 2,188.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 863,960 579.729 1,490.28 525.922 1,642.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 138,674 67.977 2,040.00 61.668 2,248.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 183,113 92.369 1,982.40 83.796 2,185.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,630,039 1,486.321 1,096.69 1,348.369 1,208.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 393,894 99.049 3,976.75 89.856 4,383.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,551,878 32,061.125 1,171.26 29,085.372 1,291.09 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 494,140 397.488 1,243.15 360.596 1,370.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 529,441 457.441 1,157.40 414.984 1,275.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 491,387 217.239 2,261.96 197.076 2,493.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 53,037 36.700 1,445.14 33.294 1,592.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,312,341 1,858.176 1,244.41 1,685.710 1,371.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 125,422 169.292 740.86 153.580 816.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 113,042 78.289 1,443.90 71.023 1,591.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,450,219 5,439.711 1,001.93 4,934.825 1,104.44 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 462,414 136.295 3,392.74 123.645 3,739.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 87,521 36.686 2,385.68 33.281 2,629.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,083,628 644.532 3,232.78 584.710 3,563.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,328 17.372 1,457.94 15.760 1,607.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 953,000 222.842 4,276.57 202.159 4,714.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 205,728 218.754 940.45 198.451 1,036.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 226,149 167.675 1,348.73 152.113 1,486.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,043,768 1,444.158 2,800.09 1,310.119 3,086.57 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,582,753 2,218.072 1,164.41 2,012.202 1,283.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 209,673 292.039 717.96 264.934 791.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,921,526 2,386.107 805.30 2,164.641 887.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,143,421 8,389.998 851.42 7,611.281 938.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 481,885 467.842 1,030.01 424.420 1,135.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,511,837 3,615.441 1,247.94 3,279.874 1,375.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,055 3.105 4,848.30 2.817 5,344.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,314,862 440.799 2,982.90 399.887 3,288.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,044,394 645.258 1,618.57 585.369 1,784.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,141,692 2,303.651 1,797.88 2,089.838 1,981.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,440,934 1,429.823 1,707.16 1,297.114 1,881.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,024,780 59.014 17,364.91 53.537 19,141.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 125,727 43.025 2,922.16 39.032 3,221.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,398 2.101 3,997.14 1.906 4,406.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,777,645 1,657.959 1,675.34 1,504.076 1,846.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 682,381 867.033 787.03 786.560 867.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,816,312 3,170.582 888.26 2,876.305 979.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,488,406 2,952.977 842.68 2,678.897 928.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 694,568 445.716 1,558.32 404.347 1,717.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,106,131 1,953.093 1,078.36 1,771.817 1,188.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,929 42.725 606.87 38.760 668.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 367,629 121.595 3,023.37 110.310 3,332.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,925,938 33,507.966 1,161.69 30,397.924 1,280.55 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 67,149 48.399 1,387.40 43.907 1,529.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,149 48.399 1,387.40 43.907 1,529.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 468,489,700 360,350.480 1,300.09 326,904.549 1,433.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 55,462,376 116,697.725 475.27 105,866.426 523.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 26,841,399 42,137.419 637.00 38,226.435 702.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,942,898 9,594.179 827.89 8,703.696 912.59 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,426 879.894 940.37 798.227 1,036.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,092,242 22,847.113 704.34 20,726.559 776.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 27,239,988 46,033.729 591.74 41,761.109 652.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 441,566 519.958 849.23 471.699 936.12 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 417,610 307.576 1,357.74 279.029 1,496.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,788,254 19,367.320 711.93 17,569.743 784.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,468,963 9,526.893 783.99 8,642.655 864.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 434,372 852.262 509.67 773.160 561.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,638,069 3,945.498 1,175.53 3,579.297 1,295.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,791,408 31,633.931 878.53 28,697.828 968.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,996,060 4,051.888 986.22 3,675.812 1,087.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,425 21.812 523.78 19.788 577.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 673,575 705.445 954.82 639.970 1,052.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,690,431 5,714.489 1,170.78 5,184.099 1,290.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 89,770 56.562 1,587.08 51.313 1,749.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 715,749 210.474 3,400.65 190.939 3,748.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,136,401 27,736.349 834.15 25,162.000 919.50 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 484,167 586.763 825.15 532.303 909.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,581,768 19,124.124 919.35 17,349.119 1,013.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 112,720 141.406 797.13 128.282 878.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,763,328 5,880.096 810.08 5,334.335 892.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,268,437 3,533.212 925.06 3,205.277 1,019.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,221,086 85,295.913 577.06 77,379.173 636.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,610,975 45,345.754 630.95 41,136.988 695.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,708,071 35,637.371 777.50 32,329.689 857.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 485,117 589.337 823.16 534.638 907.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,408,742 1,320.607 1,066.74 1,198.035 1,175.88 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,389,699 3,598.769 664.03 3,264.750 731.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,960,202 3,045.490 972.00 2,762.823 1,071.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,694,294 546,939.376 664.96 496,175.196 733.00 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,158,324 86,877.037 542.82 78,813.545 598.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,792 28.000 563.98 25.402 621.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,495,081 10,862.509 690.00 9,854.306 760.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,791 45.103 727.02 40.917 801.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 969,212 1,685.735 574.95 1,529.274 633.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,520 1,440.643 691.02 1,306.930 761.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 975,631 1,470.108 663.65 1,333.660 731.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,558,157 56,566.099 628.61 51,315.917 692.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 61,542 72.869 844.55 66.106 930.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,714,580 6,277.169 910.38 5,694.554 1,003.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,174,653 991.418 1,184.82 899.400 1,306.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,179,605 6,599.028 1,087.98 5,986.540 1,199.29 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,009,171 5,527.966 906.15 5,014.888 998.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,831,796 18,043.100 822.02 16,368.430 906.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,686,829 1,617.128 1,661.48 1,467.035 1,831.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 304,277 126.936 2,397.08 115.155 2,642.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,459,204 6,454.961 1,000.66 5,855.844 1,103.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,386,087 13,256.966 858.88 12,026.521 946.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,548,009 7,820.498 581.55 7,094.639 641.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,869,403 4,680.072 613.11 4,245.692 675.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,529,162 8,222.069 915.73 7,458.938 1,009.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,273,480 8,354.237 870.63 7,578.839 959.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 407,937 529.967 769.74 480.779 848.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 279,891 260.796 1,073.21 236.591 1,183.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 170,916,134 247,810.427 689.71 224,809.902 760.27 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,212 131.720 1,056.87 119.495 1,165.00 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,206,418 5,175.538 619.53 4,695.171 682.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,462 4.377 562.45 3.971 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 767,532 697.926 1,099.73 633.148 1,212.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 532,944 500.438 1,064.95 453.990 1,173.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 268,982 294.009 914.88 266.721 1,008.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,778,338 6,672.289 716.15 6,053.001 789.42 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,786,678 6,175.816 451.22 5,602.608 497.39 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,663 9.280 1,580.00 8.419 1,741.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 723,018 577.846 1,251.23 524.214 1,379.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,825 15.903 1,246.62 14.427 1,374.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,236 60.411 1,361.27 54.804 1,500.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,610 25.160 779.40 22.825 859.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 878,803 931.051 943.88 844.636 1,040.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,738,155 1,619.653 1,073.16 1,469.325 1,182.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 783,521 570.885 1,372.47 517.899 1,512.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,121 114.782 759.01 104.129 836.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 870,642 685.668 1,269.77 622.028 1,399.68 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,348 18.579 1,310.48 16.855 1,444.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,230 38.120 1,055.35 34.582 1,163.32 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 262,799 248.529 1,057.42 225.462 1,165.60 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,779,754 72,110.465 468.44 65,417.532 516.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,274,930 12,795.273 568.56 11,607.680 626.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 736,287 1,327.185 554.77 1,204.003 611.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,991,420 1,717.992 1,159.16 1,558.537 1,277.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 682,284 1,237.061 551.54 1,122.244 607.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 375,207 686.584 546.48 622.859 602.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,140 1.006 8,088.16 0.913 8,915.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,861,451 1,197.767 1,554.10 1,086.597 1,713.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 10,055 12.016 836.78 10.901 922.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 218,108 127.028 1,717.01 115.238 1,892.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,473,729 1,756.984 838.78 1,593.910 924.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 114,137 143.862 793.38 130.510 874.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,252,381 15,630.808 527.96 14,180.035 581.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,429,951 3,322.806 731.29 3,014.400 806.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,510,980 3,888.374 902.94 3,527.475 995.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 179,488 49.067 3,658.01 44.513 4,032.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,898,302 116,004.285 542.21 105,237.347 597.68 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 355,881 667.184 533.41 605.260 587.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 86,819 166.199 522.38 150.774 575.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,045,350 491.351 2,127.50 445.747 2,345.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 836,277 664.556 1,258.40 602.876 1,387.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,708,825 4,794.793 1,190.63 4,349.765 1,312.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 123,715 61.270 2,019.15 55.584 2,225.73 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,210,616 1,342.124 1,647.10 1,217.555 1,815.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,367,483 8,187.482 1,266.26 7,427.561 1,395.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,046 5.899 2,550.36 5.352 2,811.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 27,859 9.497 2,933.29 8.616 3,233.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 64,920 10.897 5,957.36 9.886 6,566.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 100,379 48.296 2,078.38 43.814 2,291.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 185,763 58.571 3,171.57 53.135 3,496.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 750,499 852.489 880.36 773.366 970.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 56,114 47.452 1,182.54 43.048 1,303.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 337,355 68.693 4,911.00 62.318 5,413.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,935 1,101.798 1,395.84 999.535 1,538.65 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 49,229 40.528 1,214.67 36.767 1,338.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,453 5.157 863.37 4.679 951.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 242,688 250.180 970.05 226.960 1,069.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,370 295.866 1,001.70 268.406 1,104.19 Denmark PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,197 0.394 10,635.35 0.358 11,723.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,197 0.394 10,635.35 0.358 11,723.46 United Kingdom WIRE RODS..............................3 883,821 1,331.954 663.55 1,208.329 731.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 780,337 781.348 998.70 708.828 1,100.88 STEEL PILING...........................5 11,200 17.021 657.98 15.442 725.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,411,151 1,742.617 809.79 1,580.876 892.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 988,597 740.840 1,334.43 672.079 1,470.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,295 3.762 3,002.24 3.413 3,309.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 459,086 117.967 3,891.64 107.018 4,289.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,837 12.682 1,643.03 11.505 1,811.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 252,932 126.844 1,994.04 115.071 2,198.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 968,495 255.470 3,791.02 231.759 4,178.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 107,149 320.050 334.79 290.345 369.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 851,845 377.444 2,256.87 342.412 2,487.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,746,745 5,828.003 1,157.64 5,287.077 1,276.08 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,466 0.643 16,257.87 0.584 17,921.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,466 0.643 16,257.87 0.584 17,921.23 Netherlands STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,915 128.155 1,957.89 116.261 2,158.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 230,246 506.802 454.31 459.764 500.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,153 1.667 2,490.11 1.513 2,744.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,909 17.643 788.33 16.006 868.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,581 22.923 1,988.38 20.796 2,191.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,036 12.667 2,213.18 11.492 2,439.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,622 7.751 4,079.49 7.032 4,496.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,329,342 4,672.178 712.59 4,238.530 785.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 151,036 202.141 747.18 183.380 823.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,573,134 16,180.591 468.04 14,678.790 515.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,822,689 3,303.243 551.79 2,996.653 608.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 371,610 434.456 855.35 394.132 942.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,852,273 25,490.224 543.43 23,124.349 599.03 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 175,011 358.499 488.18 325.225 538.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,463 8.577 1,219.88 7.781 1,344.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,706 22.742 1,965.71 20.632 2,166.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 760,612 425.215 1,788.77 385.749 1,971.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,770 23.851 954.64 21.638 1,052.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,564,415 4,619.620 555.11 4,190.850 611.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 312,272 441.492 707.31 400.515 779.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 554,625 416.833 1,330.57 378.145 1,466.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,444,874 6,316.831 703.66 5,730.535 775.65 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,627,942 11,420.979 930.56 10,360.941 1,025.77 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,204,070 5,260.489 1,179.37 4,772.237 1,300.03 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 127,996 127.176 1,006.44 115.373 1,109.41 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 361,560 404.828 893.12 367.254 984.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 65,857 93.531 704.12 84.850 776.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 71,807 104.014 690.36 94.360 760.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,459,232 17,411.018 1,002.77 15,795.015 1,105.36 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,705 41.682 952.55 37.814 1,050.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 376,911 290.040 1,299.51 263.120 1,432.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 887,587 1,465.416 605.69 1,329.404 667.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 473,843 334.529 1,416.45 303.480 1,561.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,186 45.828 1,967.90 41.575 2,169.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 336,220 289.210 1,162.55 262.367 1,281.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 725,464 506.167 1,433.25 459.188 1,579.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,096,202 1,736.719 1,206.99 1,575.526 1,330.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,262 356.442 1,490.46 323.359 1,642.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,201 75.431 904.15 68.430 996.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,852,288 3,152.687 587.53 2,860.071 647.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 85,524 140.743 607.66 127.680 669.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,209 20.518 1,228.60 18.614 1,354.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 47,345 20.282 2,334.28 18.400 2,573.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 140,153 28.397 4,935.36 25.762 5,440.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,776,100 8,504.097 914.39 7,714.790 1,007.95 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 272,298 680.937 399.89 617.736 440.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,110,952 3,018.352 699.37 2,738.204 770.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,305,424 5,550.727 775.65 5,035.537 855.01 STEEL PILING...........................5 53,803 81.768 657.99 74.179 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 585,792 744.246 787.09 675.169 867.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,382,209 2,618.760 527.81 2,375.700 581.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 472,050 689.067 685.06 625.112 755.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 671,097 739.850 907.07 671.181 999.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,934,095 3,364.829 1,169.18 3,052.523 1,288.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,034,673 466.019 2,220.23 422.766 2,447.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 815,390 1,171.586 695.97 1,062.846 767.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,359,011 839.170 1,619.47 761.283 1,785.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 59,270 5.643 10,501.73 5.120 11,576.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,182,096 456.947 2,586.94 414.536 2,851.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,308,291 4,680.233 1,561.52 4,245.838 1,721.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 104,394 23.052 4,528.51 20.913 4,991.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 10,012 1.155 8,666.73 1.048 9,553.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 643,118 375.875 1,710.98 340.989 1,886.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,106,905 5,411.020 943.80 4,908.797 1,040.36 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,250,361 2,606.441 863.38 2,364.525 951.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 497,277 996.522 499.01 904.030 550.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 128,383 95.963 1,337.83 87.057 1,474.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 227,611 288.063 790.14 261.327 870.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,081,810 3,667.408 840.32 3,327.018 926.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,199 442.187 2,442.85 401.146 2,692.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,513,299 2,723.367 1,657.25 2,470.598 1,826.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,189,820 41,739.202 1,034.75 37,865.178 1,140.62 Austria RAILS STANDARD.........................7 46,600 2.810 16,578.36 2.550 18,274.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 43,513 30.801 1,412.67 27.943 1,557.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,262,540 5,079.697 1,429.72 4,608.225 1,576.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 589,845 555.688 1,061.47 504.112 1,170.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 191,053 36.660 5,211.39 33.258 5,744.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,191 16.097 2,310.42 14.603 2,546.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 139,133 55.538 2,505.15 50.384 2,761.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 403,848 320.376 1,260.54 290.641 1,389.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 278,294 57.758 4,818.20 52.398 5,311.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,992,017 6,155.430 1,460.83 5,584.114 1,610.29 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,414,229 6,078.996 726.14 5,514.774 800.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 595,524 561.977 1,059.69 509.818 1,168.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 88,228 129.276 682.47 117.278 752.30 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 20,579 13.415 1,534.01 12.170 1,690.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,890 2.733 1,422.96 2.480 1,568.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 81,806 91.517 893.89 83.023 985.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,204,256 6,877.916 756.66 6,239.543 834.08 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 58,938 52.357 1,125.68 47.498 1,240.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,938 52.357 1,125.68 47.498 1,240.85 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 68,836 180.580 381.19 163.820 420.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,962 21.506 1,672.18 19.510 1,843.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 317,951 201.469 1,578.16 182.770 1,739.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 767,813 234.082 3,280.10 212.356 3,615.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 112,637 50.598 2,226.10 45.902 2,453.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,303,199 688.236 1,893.53 624.358 2,087.26 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,572 11.297 1,732.41 10.249 1,909.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,594 86.836 1,204.49 78.777 1,327.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,166 98.134 1,265.27 89.026 1,394.72 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 27,415,218 55,410.379 494.77 50,267.465 545.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,050 12.334 652.62 11.190 719.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,258 17.813 1,979.30 16.160 2,181.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,908 5.538 1,969.66 5.024 2,171.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,524,807 2,525.202 603.84 2,290.826 665.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,917,679 3,012.222 636.63 2,732.643 701.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,928 0.686 5,719.78 0.623 6,304.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,004 110.722 1,011.57 100.446 1,115.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,945 95.305 524.05 86.460 577.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,077,797 61,190.206 507.89 55,510.837 559.85 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 329,027 345.420 952.54 313.360 1,050.00 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,563,181 59,663.971 445.21 54,126.260 490.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 380,839 311.740 1,221.66 282.806 1,346.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,626 73.297 1,181.85 66.494 1,302.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,030,646 60,049.009 450.14 54,475.560 496.20 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,036,845 25,518.470 589.25 23,149.974 649.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,243 35.020 720.81 31.770 794.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 921,542 959.545 960.39 870.485 1,058.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 205,639 34.666 5,931.91 31.449 6,538.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,462 5.330 1,024.62 4.836 1,129.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 127,246 158.334 803.65 143.639 885.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,321,977 26,711.368 611.05 24,232.153 673.57 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 188,260 207.521 907.18 188.260 1,000.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 46,243 32.104 1,440.38 29.125 1,587.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 40,024 37.971 1,054.06 34.447 1,161.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,474 3.040 1,142.70 2.758 1,259.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 434,816 356.561 1,219.47 323.467 1,344.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 160,952 78.756 2,043.66 71.447 2,252.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 41,539,753 38,697.585 1,073.45 35,105.869 1,183.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 814,903 554.038 1,470.84 502.615 1,621.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 294,122 230.034 1,278.60 208.684 1,409.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 778,483 333.420 2,334.84 302.474 2,573.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,463 6.806 1,830.97 6.175 2,018.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 193,291 130.910 1,476.51 118.760 1,627.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 76,932 61.909 1,242.66 56.163 1,369.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 37,922 2.454 15,447.81 2.227 17,028.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 124,845 41.633 2,998.69 37.769 3,305.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,746,483 40,774.748 1,097.41 36,990.240 1,209.68 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 27,740,409 23,713.113 1,169.83 21,512.181 1,289.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,119 18.123 1,054.95 16.441 1,162.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,759,528 23,731.236 1,169.75 21,528.622 1,289.42 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,202 17.757 2,714.52 16.109 2,992.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,056,997 618.652 1,708.55 561.232 1,883.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 205,780 90.349 2,277.59 81.964 2,510.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,310,979 726.759 1,803.87 659.305 1,988.43 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,387,645 2,744.311 870.03 2,489.598 959.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,822,383 2,845.044 640.55 2,580.982 706.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 107,469 167.479 641.68 151.935 707.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 30,252,020 55,963.284 540.57 50,769.052 595.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,371,744 3,057.711 775.66 2,773.910 855.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,520,426 1,992.118 763.22 1,807.220 841.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,319,935 3,554.677 933.96 3,224.750 1,029.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 45,326 42.769 1,059.77 38.800 1,168.20 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,508 17.667 651.35 16.028 717.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,838,456 70,385.065 594.42 63,852.275 655.24 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 664,352 516.588 1,286.04 468.641 1,417.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,470 19.621 1,043.26 17.800 1,150.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 684,822 536.209 1,277.15 486.441 1,407.82 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 593,943 809.031 734.14 733.941 809.25 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,249 11.170 469.88 10.134 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 28,579,826 46,320.483 617.00 42,021.248 680.13 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 12,037 12.974 927.76 11.770 1,022.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 466,713 506.073 922.22 459.102 1,016.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 63,131 6.613 9,545.25 6.000 10,521.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,363,253 1,565.331 870.90 1,420.045 960.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 96,346 63.724 1,511.91 57.810 1,666.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 95,831,864 73,659.621 1,301.01 66,822.903 1,434.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,072,423 1,031.714 1,039.46 935.956 1,145.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,030 22.321 1,076.53 20.250 1,186.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,874 32.818 1,946.31 29.772 2,145.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,694 242.969 776.62 220.418 856.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 148,525 121.927 1,218.14 110.611 1,342.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,096 21.081 905.81 19.125 998.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 537,584 623.395 862.35 565.535 950.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 139,647 84.516 1,652.31 76.672 1,821.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 128,612,292 124,326.737 1,034.47 112,787.351 1,140.31 Pakistan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,488 152.803 775.43 138.621 854.76 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 154,462 96.925 1,593.62 87.929 1,756.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 217,021 252.578 859.22 229.135 947.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 371,483 349.503 1,062.89 317.064 1,171.63 Vietnam STANDARD PIPE.........................18 849,696 962.390 882.90 873.066 973.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,482 58.321 1,465.71 52.908 1,615.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 935,178 1,020.711 916.20 925.974 1,009.94 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 24,236 29.175 830.68 26.468 915.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 61,765 87.390 706.77 79.279 779.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,630 106.180 589.85 96.325 650.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 357,095 436.231 818.59 395.743 902.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 108,785 207.998 523.01 188.693 576.52 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,710 7.417 634.99 6.729 699.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 619,221 874.393 708.17 793.237 780.63 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 71,077 25.769 2,758.15 23.378 3,040.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,077 25.769 2,758.15 23.378 3,040.34 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 160,284 270.445 592.67 245.344 653.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 775,555 1,133.726 684.08 1,028.500 754.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 111,736 111.989 997.74 101.595 1,099.82 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 3,420,686 6,030.465 567.23 5,470.748 625.27 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 238,465 245.393 971.77 222.617 1,071.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,430,640 2,693.520 902.40 2,443.521 994.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 60,523 79.950 757.00 72.530 834.45 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,043 4.188 726.46 3.800 800.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 451,781 378.872 1,192.44 343.707 1,314.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,199,865 3,361.991 951.78 3,049.948 1,049.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 64,372,236 79,706.076 807.62 72,308.157 890.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,890,570 6,240.942 623.39 5,661.689 687.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,647,452 13,142.669 734.06 11,922.833 809.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,693,670 21,681.649 631.58 19,669.267 696.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,294,830 2,697.426 1,221.47 2,447.065 1,346.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 784,436 765.351 1,024.94 694.315 1,129.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 99,312 54.988 1,806.04 49.885 1,990.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 523,343 771.143 678.66 699.570 748.09 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 818,430 1,193.149 685.94 1,082.407 756.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,122,321 5,315.219 963.71 4,821.887 1,062.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 197,684 330.368 598.37 299.705 659.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,071,920 4,621.932 664.64 4,192.948 732.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,849,917 8,832.120 549.12 8,012.367 605.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,564,616 17,802.911 705.76 16,150.534 777.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,550 7.048 3,199.41 6.394 3,526.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,963,281 5,075.724 780.83 4,604.621 860.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 87,939 105.227 835.70 95.461 921.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,857,085 182,654.492 754.74 165,701.415 831.96 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 14,134 23.750 595.11 21.546 655.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 364,650 407.969 893.82 370.104 985.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,528,968 2,080.522 734.90 1,887.419 810.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 259,743 459.614 565.13 416.955 622.95 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 628,508 932.100 674.29 845.588 743.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,302 41.935 2,034.14 38.043 2,242.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,252,615 4,030.692 806.96 3,656.584 889.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,774,289 15,375.026 700.77 13,947.993 772.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,687,528 5,879.371 797.28 5,333.678 878.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,409,279 2,213.185 636.76 2,007.769 701.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,557,276 10,320.725 635.35 9,362.807 700.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 703,247 620.685 1,133.02 563.077 1,248.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 60,541 67.863 892.10 61.565 983.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,395,653 2,306.197 605.17 2,092.148 667.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,207,166 1,181.373 1,021.83 1,071.724 1,126.38 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,856,326 3,605.726 792.16 3,271.061 873.21 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,330,752 1,151.629 1,155.54 1,044.741 1,273.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,132,204 61,963.856 486.29 56,212.681 536.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,143,427 1,594.729 717.00 1,446.715 790.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,515,825 12,715.711 826.99 11,535.503 911.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,610,536 1,869.571 861.45 1,696.047 949.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,370,227 12,151.344 771.13 11,023.517 850.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 836,942 799.704 1,046.56 725.480 1,153.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,725,138 141,793.289 639.84 128,632.745 705.30 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,411 25.597 1,188.03 23.222 1,309.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,965 119.600 1,337.49 108.500 1,474.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 190,376 145.198 1,311.14 131.722 1,445.29 Taiwan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,414,263 26,381.729 660.09 23,933.109 727.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 270,772 450.830 600.61 408.987 662.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 156,251 280.242 557.56 254.232 614.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,953,637 6,069.792 651.36 5,506.425 718.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,147 66.054 638.06 59.924 703.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 42,181 71.795 587.51 65.132 647.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 487,049 814.040 598.31 738.485 659.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 413,878 171.425 2,414.33 155.515 2,661.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 54,936 36.023 1,525.00 32.680 1,681.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 603,754 744.774 810.65 675.648 893.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 37,014 45.587 811.94 41.356 895.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 150,168 152.003 987.93 137.895 1,089.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,740,553 5,275.164 898.66 4,785.550 990.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 177,089 258.938 683.90 234.905 753.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,709,807 3,114.723 870.00 2,825.630 959.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 284,352 169.615 1,676.45 153.873 1,847.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,537,851 44,102.742 715.10 40,009.346 788.26 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,470 11.641 469.87 10.561 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 188,227 265.326 709.42 240.700 782.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,135,908 10,348.008 689.59 9,387.558 760.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 331,528 455.783 727.38 413.480 801.80 STEEL PILING...........................5 479,879 561.610 854.47 509.485 941.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,490,081 1,467.797 1,015.18 1,331.564 1,119.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 404,640 498.154 812.28 451.918 895.38 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,653,744 14,346.524 742.60 13,014.952 818.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 867,075 976.545 887.90 885.907 978.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,559,427 3,107.595 823.60 2,819.164 907.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 116,076 90.293 1,285.54 81.913 1,417.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,199,174 1,733.096 1,268.93 1,572.239 1,398.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,750 2.515 2,683.39 2.282 2,957.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,705,691 1,810.557 942.08 1,642.511 1,038.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,844,209 714.788 2,580.08 648.445 2,844.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,702 3.287 14,816.14 2.982 16,331.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 329,940 118.754 2,778.34 107.732 3,062.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,034,529 893.990 1,157.20 811.015 1,275.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,835,108 3,736.457 1,026.40 3,389.658 1,131.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,305,969 1,957.866 667.04 1,776.147 735.28 TIN PLATE.............................29 312,437 355.408 879.09 322.421 969.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,750,287 2,164.860 808.50 1,963.929 891.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 58,922 71.737 821.36 65.079 905.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 977,481 1,300.638 751.54 1,179.920 828.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 693,100 654.385 1,059.16 593.649 1,167.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 291,406 333.790 873.02 302.810 962.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,354,324 894.679 1,513.75 811.640 1,668.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,660 69.666 712.83 63.200 785.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 588,676 510.471 1,153.20 463.092 1,271.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,618,420 49,456.233 861.74 44,865.953 949.91 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,191,054 39,308.351 462.78 35,659.947 510.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,301,263 2,067.811 629.29 1,875.888 693.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 46,092 39.762 1,159.18 36.072 1,277.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,251 8.073 1,022.01 7.324 1,126.57 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,500,146 2,566.676 584.47 2,328.450 644.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,501,893 53,940.993 491.31 48,934.460 541.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 519,421 890.347 583.39 807.710 643.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,510,252 1,549.152 974.89 1,405.368 1,074.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 111,654 129.152 864.51 117.165 952.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,690,026 100,500.321 494.43 91,172.384 545.01 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,225,215 4,318.986 515.22 3,918.120 567.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,576,974 10,632.781 524.51 9,645.900 578.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,001,681 1,776.892 563.73 1,611.970 621.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,803,870 16,728.660 526.27 15,175.990 580.12 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 59,192 61.935 955.70 56.187 1,053.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 485,617 466.317 1,041.39 423.036 1,147.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,419 255.662 682.22 231.933 752.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 719,228 783.915 917.48 711.156 1,011.35 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,095 2.131 1,451.78 1.934 1,600.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,786 5.037 4,324.71 4.570 4,767.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 109,992 17.305 6,356.02 15.699 7,006.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 94,463 14.380 6,568.71 13.046 7,240.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 138,909 29.421 4,721.30 26.691 5,204.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 87,571 14.508 6,035.79 13.162 6,653.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,712 1.196 2,267.54 1.085 2,499.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 17,450 0.725 24,058.33 0.658 26,519.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,926,643 1,545.392 9,011.72 1,401.957 9,933.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,101,610 225.247 4,890.67 204.341 5,391.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 71,447 13.426 5,321.48 12.180 5,865.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 114,007 30.881 3,691.79 28.015 4,069.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,769 1.867 2,018.41 1.694 2,224.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 33,723 8.642 3,902.17 7.840 4,301.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,727,177 1,910.163 8,233.42 1,732.872 9,075.79 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 95,882 43.428 2,207.80 39.398 2,433.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,551 5.618 2,055.89 5.097 2,266.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 249,848 67.357 3,709.27 61.106 4,088.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,204 0.065 33,888.74 0.059 37,355.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,031,584 7,959.136 2,642.45 7,220.409 2,912.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,511,108 1,166.222 3,010.67 1,057.980 3,318.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,902,177 9,241.829 2,694.51 8,384.049 2,970.19 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,005 1.631 7,971.58 1.480 8,787.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 80,654 22.889 3,523.63 20.765 3,884.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,688 24.785 2,730.96 22.485 3,010.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,694 0.619 4,348.68 0.562 4,793.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,920 12.529 2,068.64 11.367 2,280.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,363,871 1,416.071 3,081.67 1,284.639 3,396.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,553,832 1,478.527 3,079.98 1,341.298 3,395.09 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,087 63.088 2,664.30 57.233 2,936.89 Sweden IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,101,567 3,201.180 4,717.50 2,904.063 5,200.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,220,794 232.493 5,250.86 210.915 5,788.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,040,043 180.722 5,754.91 163.949 6,343.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,621,466 678.515 5,337.34 615.539 5,883.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,083,558 462.927 4,500.83 419.961 4,961.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 615,439 110.150 5,587.25 99.927 6,158.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 134,098 12.978 10,332.23 11.774 11,389.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,271,479 285.332 11,465.51 258.849 12,638.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,096,219 195.694 10,711.70 177.531 11,807.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 153,568 17.573 8,738.84 15.942 9,632.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,733,444 678.857 6,972.67 615.849 7,686.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,639 0.418 8,687.49 0.380 9,576.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,061,905 225.549 9,141.70 204.615 10,077.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,137,219 6,282.394 5,752.14 5,699.294 6,340.65 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,432,383 293.482 4,880.64 266.243 5,379.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 163,039 40.531 4,022.48 36.770 4,434.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 193,235 44.404 4,351.71 40.283 4,796.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 634,330 140.872 4,502.88 127.797 4,963.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,701,998 598.269 4,516.36 542.741 4,978.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 282,513 65.443 4,316.93 59.369 4,758.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,145,989 247.421 4,631.73 224.457 5,105.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,553,487 1,430.424 4,581.50 1,297.660 5,050.23 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,654 4.304 2,242.76 3.905 2,472.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,316 1.938 7,899.06 1.759 8,707.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,970 6.243 3,999.37 5.664 4,408.55 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 18,944 1.549 12,223.12 1.406 13,473.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,645,532 7,661.421 3,477.88 6,950.327 3,833.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,945,030 467.896 4,156.96 424.469 4,582.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,775 19.665 2,480.27 17.840 2,734.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,658,931 225.560 7,354.71 204.625 8,107.18 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,186 1.273 8,000.51 1.155 8,819.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,869,101 372.204 5,021.71 337.658 5,535.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 801,148 88.609 9,041.36 80.385 9,966.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 693,841 16.068 43,180.50 14.577 47,598.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 182,400 21.145 8,625.89 19.183 9,508.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 42,494 15.599 2,723.99 14.152 3,002.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 122,311 12.679 9,646.07 11.503 10,632.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,169,336 148.689 7,864.27 134.889 8,668.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 35,208,029 9,052.364 3,889.37 8,212.169 4,287.30 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,573 23.155 5,379.93 21.006 5,930.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,072 0.477 54,623.85 0.433 60,212.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,645 23.632 6,374.50 21.439 7,026.68 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,610 6.093 5,843.86 5.528 6,441.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 154,991 40.415 3,834.97 36.664 4,227.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,286 0.314 10,459.68 0.285 11,529.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 41,370 6.664 6,207.45 6.046 6,842.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 29,500 1.995 14,785.61 1.810 16,298.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,269 0.055 258,892.45 0.050 285,380.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 279,026 55.537 5,024.08 50.383 5,538.10 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,666,069 1,270.402 6,821.51 1,152.490 7,519.43 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 192,064 35.637 5,389.35 32.330 5,940.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,093 0.457 11,133.24 0.415 12,272.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,780 2.644 16,555.46 2.399 18,249.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 77,027 16.123 4,777.31 14.627 5,266.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,924,530 608.826 4,803.55 552.318 5,295.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,908,563 1,934.091 6,157.19 1,754.579 6,787.13 France WIRE RODS..............................3 481,306 104.815 4,591.94 95.087 5,061.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,793,591 246.602 7,273.21 223.714 8,017.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 342,954 41.369 8,289.97 37.530 9,138.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 98,900 6.157 16,061.69 5.586 17,704.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,052,371 344.930 5,950.10 312.916 6,558.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,110,683 251.540 8,391.02 228.194 9,249.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 374,944 39.614 9,464.73 35.938 10,433.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,933,709 1,235.257 2,374.98 1,120.607 2,617.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 581,482 167.567 3,470.13 152.015 3,825.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,769,940 2,437.856 4,417.79 2,211.587 4,869.78 Federal Republic of Germany WIRE RODS..............................3 284,037 114.056 2,490.33 103.470 2,745.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 876,601 433.973 2,019.94 393.694 2,226.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,769,454 1,949.651 3,472.13 1,768.695 3,827.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 939,636 196.550 4,780.62 178.308 5,269.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,422,536 533.770 4,538.53 484.229 5,002.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,010 0.442 13,596.46 0.401 14,987.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 213,055 19.019 11,202.06 17.254 12,348.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,426,489 250.244 9,696.48 227.018 10,688.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 771,064 120.372 6,405.66 109.200 7,061.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 202,695 120.106 1,687.62 108.959 1,860.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,320,369 735.104 4,516.87 666.876 4,978.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 977,145 159.701 6,118.56 144.879 6,744.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,209,091 4,632.994 4,146.15 4,202.983 4,570.35 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 84,001 13.961 6,016.46 12.666 6,632.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,960 3.130 4,459.26 2.840 4,915.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,211,882 192.129 6,307.63 174.297 6,952.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 902,554 57.998 15,561.79 52.615 17,153.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 783,073 335.948 2,330.94 304.767 2,569.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,698,069 153.212 11,083.10 138.992 12,217.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 28,140 3.606 7,802.01 3.272 8,600.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,200 0.601 41,870.08 0.546 46,153.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 165,914 21.843 7,595.61 19.816 8,372.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,912,793 782.432 6,278.87 709.811 6,921.27 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,140 3.540 1,451.72 3.212 1,600.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 99,114 14.815 6,690.08 13.440 7,374.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 633,326 33.102 19,132.33 30.030 21,089.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 737,580 51.458 14,333.61 46.682 15,800.09 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 161,825 21.102 7,668.47 19.144 8,453.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 161,825 21.102 7,668.47 19.144 8,453.04 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,439 1.097 9,508.14 0.996 10,480.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 700,252 78.536 8,916.28 71.247 9,828.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 464,956 4.874 95,386.95 4.422 105,146.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,676 25.878 7,986.26 23.477 8,803.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,185 0.358 8,890.41 0.325 9,800.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,385,508 110.745 12,510.70 100.467 13,790.68 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 223,072 38.606 5,778.13 35.023 6,369.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,832 8.052 3,953.12 7.305 4,357.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,832 8.052 3,953.12 7.305 4,357.56 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,398,048 293.920 4,756.56 266.640 5,243.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 199,395 43.508 4,582.93 39.470 5,051.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 195,333 19.777 9,876.44 17.942 10,886.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,792,776 357.206 5,018.88 324.052 5,532.37 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,525,949 269.614 5,659.75 244.590 6,238.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,857 0.462 10,490.95 0.420 11,564.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,705 4.142 8,377.82 3.758 9,234.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,990 9.304 4,082.92 8.441 4,500.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,452,253 221.670 15,573.82 201.096 17,167.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 113,799 7.019 16,211.80 6.368 17,870.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 696,898 184.168 3,784.02 167.075 4,171.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 129,749 35.256 3,680.16 31.984 4,056.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,996,200 731.639 8,195.57 663.732 9,034.07 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,271 83.646 3,876.68 75.883 4,273.30 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,697,178 1,044.137 3,540.89 947.226 3,903.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,482,324 569.551 4,358.38 516.689 4,804.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 619,207 185.297 3,341.69 168.099 3,683.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 57,054 10.866 5,250.41 9.858 5,787.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 73,144 17.681 4,136.85 16.040 4,560.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,598,219 265.684 6,015.48 241.025 6,630.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,824,689 218.144 8,364.61 197.897 9,220.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,630,244 2,113.057 5,977.24 1,916.934 6,588.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,944 0.052 74,540.37 0.048 82,166.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 263,152 15.575 16,895.08 14.130 18,623.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 882,874 139.443 6,331.41 126.501 6,979.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 136,369 32.392 4,209.89 29.386 4,640.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 607,427 144.194 4,212.56 130.811 4,643.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,068 12.273 7,257.15 11.134 7,999.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 220,079 38.222 5,757.82 34.675 6,346.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,184,972 4,806.575 5,239.69 4,360.453 5,775.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,347 1.413 10,860.04 1.282 11,971.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 229,028 51.713 4,428.76 46.914 4,881.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,375 53.126 4,599.83 48.196 5,070.44 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 276,318 128.485 2,150.58 116.560 2,370.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 276,318 128.485 2,150.58 116.560 2,370.61 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 186,154 48.940 3,803.69 44.398 4,192.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,154 48.940 3,803.69 44.398 4,192.85 India WIRE RODS..............................3 497,119 141.709 3,508.01 128.557 3,866.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 456,452 98.498 4,634.12 89.356 5,108.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 497,092 132.641 3,747.65 120.330 4,131.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,812,042 376.541 4,812.33 341.593 5,304.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,689,387 375.482 4,499.24 340.632 4,959.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,208,759 1,749.290 4,120.96 1,586.930 4,542.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,200 0.942 7,639.45 0.855 8,421.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,460 1.525 2,267.96 1.384 2,500.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 535,976 35.174 15,237.52 31.910 16,796.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,996,807 1,374.370 4,363.31 1,246.808 4,809.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 104,062 25.410 4,095.24 23.052 4,514.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 926,222 248.205 3,731.68 225.168 4,113.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 599,234 125.660 4,768.69 113.997 5,256.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,333,812 4,685.452 4,339.78 4,250.572 4,783.78 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 720,933 158.859 4,538.18 144.115 5,002.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,318 24.106 4,991.11 21.869 5,501.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 249,337 134.068 1,859.77 121.625 2,050.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 347,247 111.063 3,126.57 100.755 3,446.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,043 94.318 1,633.23 85.564 1,800.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,591,878 522.416 3,047.15 473.928 3,358.90 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 636,743 149.047 4,272.07 135.214 4,709.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 636,743 149.047 4,272.07 135.214 4,709.15 Singapore IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 267,311 47.602 5,615.52 43.184 6,190.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,311 47.602 5,615.52 43.184 6,190.05 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,206 23.507 5,623.90 21.326 6,199.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,206 23.507 5,623.90 21.326 6,199.29 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 78,421 13.814 5,676.86 12.532 6,257.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 301,929 149.297 2,022.34 135.440 2,229.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,546,545 564.777 4,508.93 512.358 4,970.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,129,841 604.510 3,523.25 548.403 3,883.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 151,945 24.707 6,149.83 22.414 6,779.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 794,428 146.541 5,421.19 132.940 5,975.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 920,667 295.499 3,115.63 268.073 3,434.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 159,007 40.522 3,923.96 36.761 4,325.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,577,254 2,715.087 6,105.60 2,463.087 6,730.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,575,146 347.441 4,533.55 315.194 4,997.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,049 13.951 3,372.22 12.657 3,717.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 55,967,532 15,858.549 3,529.17 14,386.638 3,890.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 19,618 8.291 2,366.01 7.522 2,608.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 130,091 29.756 4,371.79 26.995 4,819.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,399,473 20,812.749 3,911.04 18,881.014 4,311.18 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 269,949 59.590 4,530.03 54.060 4,993.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 56,112 16.057 3,494.47 14.567 3,851.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 102,259 18.960 5,393.16 17.201 5,944.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,521 2.433 2,268.37 2.208 2,500.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,229,344 1,338.032 6,150.33 1,213.843 6,779.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,048,556 518.198 5,882.99 470.102 6,484.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,403,702 846.247 2,840.42 767.703 3,131.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 345,842 65.859 5,251.19 59.747 5,788.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,740,109 610.144 2,851.96 553.514 3,143.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,201,394 3,475.525 4,661.57 3,152.945 5,138.50 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,898 4.925 8,506.99 4.468 9,377.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,898 4.925 8,506.99 4.468 9,377.35 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 61,970 7.527 8,232.28 6.829 9,074.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,320,407 547.677 4,236.81 496.845 4,670.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,679,180 837.904 4,390.93 760.134 4,840.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,810,660 645.879 4,351.68 585.932 4,796.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,295,932 1,729.796 4,217.80 1,569.245 4,649.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,430,362 1,569.092 4,735.45 1,423.457 5,219.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,067,810 166.234 6,423.54 150.805 7,080.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,527 5.189 4,918.80 4.708 5,422.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,255,906 4,904.236 3,722.48 4,449.050 4,103.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,126 0.529 7,798.01 0.480 8,595.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 908,466 292.444 3,106.46 265.301 3,424.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,860,346 10,706.510 4,096.61 9,712.786 4,515.73 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,600 2.480 1,451.50 2.250 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,724 2.655 2,532.13 2.409 2,791.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 412,077 98.945 4,164.68 89.762 4,590.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,612,711 259.344 6,218.42 235.273 6,854.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 56,048 5.533 10,128.67 5.020 11,164.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 268,694 58.434 4,598.20 53.011 5,068.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 180,972 38.519 4,698.23 34.944 5,178.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,454,042 2,266.983 4,170.32 2,056.573 4,596.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,840 2.199 3,110.35 1.995 3,428.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,942,725 516.138 11,513.82 468.233 12,691.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,133,496 155.122 7,307.09 140.725 8,054.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,895,375 1,110.465 1,706.83 1,007.398 1,881.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,111,341 416.603 2,667.63 377.936 2,940.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 56,654 23.709 2,389.50 21.509 2,633.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,359,690 610.101 7,145.84 553.475 7,876.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,500,989 5,567.236 4,760.17 5,050.513 5,247.19 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,105 7.576 3,973.64 6.873 4,380.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,105 7.576 3,973.64 6.873 4,380.18 New Zealand BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,423 0.173 42,891.94 0.157 47,280.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,423 0.173 42,891.94 0.157 47,280.25 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,399,184 1,669.564 1,437.01 1,514.604 1,584.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 839,342 592.192 1,417.35 537.228 1,562.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 674,513 327.003 2,062.71 296.653 2,273.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,913,039 2,588.760 1,511.55 2,348.485 1,666.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/03/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 401,966,536 94,362.650 4,259.81 85,604.381 4,695.63