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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 125,200 167.525 747.35 151.977 823.81 Sweden 36,540 17.162 2,129.00 15.570 2,346.82 Italy 6,114,091 1,766.799 3,460.55 1,602.814 3,814.60 India 24,580 12.081 2,034.54 10.960 2,242.70 China 2,976 1.861 1,598.45 1.689 1,761.99 Japan 5,491 11.685 469.89 10.601 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,308,878 1,977.117 3,190.95 1,793.611 3,517.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 58,000,617 115,901.958 500.43 105,144.518 551.63 Mexico 83,787,467 137,939.374 607.42 125,136.531 669.57 Brazil 6,374,602 9,991.923 637.98 9,064.523 703.25 Sweden 14,986,014 3,178.588 4,714.68 2,883.568 5,197.04 United Kingdom 21,120,568 5,834.289 3,620.08 5,292.780 3,990.45 Belgium 1,046,169 2,205.243 474.40 2,000.564 522.94 France 703,810 56.140 12,536.54 50.930 13,819.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,028 2,763.860 505.46 2,507.333 557.18 Czech Republic 108,441 21.920 4,947.00 19.886 5,453.13 Poland 28,410,838 61,460.606 462.26 55,756.140 509.56 Russia 27,766,408 55,515.545 500.16 50,362.870 551.33 Ukraine 26,685,525 57,815.893 461.56 52,449.711 508.78 Spain 462,396 121.127 3,817.43 109.885 4,208.00 Italy 9,047,082 1,659.918 5,450.32 1,505.853 6,007.94 Slovenia 59,364 40.917 1,450.81 37.120 1,599.25 India 542,265 477.808 1,134.90 433.461 1,251.01 China 56,529 34.792 1,624.76 31.563 1,790.99 Taiwan 6,270 1.535 4,083.31 1.393 4,501.08 Japan 174,877 425.958 410.55 386.423 452.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 280,736,270 455,447.404 616.40 413,175.052 679.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,948,327 34,582.389 663.58 31,372.625 731.48 Mexico 6,768 11.999 564.01 10.886 621.72 Trinidad and Tobago 3,026,769 6,613.866 457.64 6,000.000 504.46 Brazil 8,126,814 14,215.568 571.68 12,896.150 630.17 Sweden 1,462,368 238.028 6,143.66 215.936 6,772.23 Finland 26,327 20.753 1,268.57 18.827 1,398.36 United Kingdom 1,878,470 440.417 4,265.20 399.540 4,701.58 France 1,915,933 389.644 4,917.13 353.480 5,420.20 Federal Republic of Germany 7,163,951 13,322.911 537.72 12,086.345 592.73 Austria 18,056 2.961 6,096.07 2.687 6,719.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 285,738 57.255 4,990.61 51.941 5,501.20 India 332,301 177.478 1,872.34 161.006 2,063.90 Thailand 65,720 131.394 500.17 119.199 551.35 China 291,981 183.551 1,590.73 166.515 1,753.48 Korea, South 2,076,250 4,200.087 494.33 3,810.256 544.91 Taiwan 2,254,817 575.923 3,915.13 522.469 4,315.70 Japan 5,844,837 9,992.950 584.90 9,065.455 644.74 Australia 2,288 2.204 1,037.82 2.000 1,144.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,727,715 85,159.385 677.88 77,255.317 747.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 12,780,588 15,326.738 833.88 13,904.187 919.19 Mexico 5,357,360 7,597.923 705.11 6,892.722 777.25 Panama 23,760 20.165 1,178.24 18.294 1,298.79 Brazil 1,989,183 3,708.860 536.33 3,364.623 591.21 Norway 3,925,330 3,600.789 1,090.13 3,266.582 1,201.66 United Kingdom 341,214 230.101 1,482.88 208.745 1,634.60 Netherlands 234,651 128.490 1,826.21 116.565 2,013.05 Luxembourg 10,626,863 9,653.043 1,100.88 8,757.096 1,213.51 France 16,606 6.441 2,577.81 5.844 2,841.55 Federal Republic of Germany 3,403,775 3,324.092 1,023.97 3,015.567 1,128.73 Austria 4,560 14.362 317.50 13.029 349.99 Poland 2,172 0.513 4,228.34 0.466 4,660.94 Russia 3,771,760 6,479.408 582.11 5,878.022 641.67 Spain 6,317,465 10,428.437 605.79 9,460.522 667.77 Italy 172,685 40.345 4,280.14 36.601 4,718.04 Turkey 137,375 178.489 769.65 161.923 848.40 India 357,125 75.272 4,744.43 68.286 5,229.84 China 80,998 85.056 952.28 77.162 1,049.71 Korea, South 702,532 808.654 868.77 733.599 957.65 Taiwan 33,183 30.959 1,071.82 28.086 1,181.48 Japan 1,021,000 1,359.045 751.26 1,232.906 828.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,300,185 63,097.193 813.03 57,240.827 896.22 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 984,174 975.624 1,008.76 885.072 1,111.97 Luxembourg 8,910,342 7,685.894 1,159.31 6,972.528 1,277.92 Japan 4,012 6.096 658.04 5.531 725.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,898,528 8,667.615 1,142.01 7,863.131 1,258.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 44,301,030 41,885.605 1,057.67 37,997.993 1,165.88 Mexico 47,309 47.579 994.32 43.163 1,096.05 Brazil 2,705,225 1,428.343 1,893.96 1,295.772 2,087.73 Sweden 22,275,404 11,910.524 1,870.23 10,805.049 2,061.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 278,669 276.567 1,007.60 250.898 1,110.69 Finland 1,811,171 927.340 1,953.08 841.269 2,152.90 United Kingdom 556,855 429.363 1,296.93 389.512 1,429.62 Netherlands 24,495 5.964 4,106.73 5.411 4,526.89 Belgium 14,402,224 3,254.751 4,424.98 2,952.662 4,877.71 France 4,749,669 1,661.659 2,858.39 1,507.433 3,150.83 Federal Republic of Germany 10,887,746 4,207.534 2,587.68 3,817.012 2,852.43 Austria 8,112,189 5,604.210 1,447.52 5,084.056 1,595.61 Czech Republic 41,666 31.746 1,312.46 28.800 1,446.74 Russia 4,294,137 6,405.423 670.39 5,810.904 738.98 Ukraine 12,526,255 8,763.164 1,429.42 7,949.811 1,575.67 Spain 468,114 198.128 2,362.68 179.739 2,604.41 Italy 389,719 87.713 4,443.11 79.572 4,897.69 Romania 97,710 107.171 911.72 97.224 1,005.00 Thailand 13,320,262 22,355.012 595.85 20,280.132 656.81 China 9,309,487 6,745.223 1,380.16 6,119.166 1,521.37 Korea, South 1,685,774 1,580.446 1,066.64 1,433.757 1,175.77 Taiwan 5,154,973 1,119.330 4,605.41 1,015.440 5,076.59 Japan 5,969,184 3,651.270 1,634.82 3,312.378 1,802.08 Australia 583,291 757.025 770.50 686.762 849.33 South Africa 3,796,844 3,888.914 976.32 3,527.965 1,076.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 167,789,402 127,330.015 1,317.75 115,511.880 1,452.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 46,942,078 72,401.848 648.35 65,681.871 714.69 Mexico 1,026,184 1,607.042 638.55 1,457.885 703.89 Brazil 333,391 91.039 3,662.03 82.590 4,036.70 Sweden 2,140,494 405.752 5,275.36 368.093 5,815.09 Finland 741,998 210.164 3,530.56 190.658 3,891.77 United Kingdom 69,425 52.910 1,312.11 48.000 1,446.35 Netherlands 421,171 830.392 507.19 753.320 559.09 Belgium 1,647,764 506.996 3,250.05 459.940 3,582.56 France 128,007 152.705 838.26 138.532 924.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,497,092 1,554.184 963.27 1,409.933 1,061.82 China 1,200,140 356.668 3,364.86 323.564 3,709.13 Korea, South 403,120 468.090 861.20 424.645 949.31 Japan 653,288 699.740 933.61 634.794 1,029.13 Australia 1,620,872 3,055.815 530.42 2,772.190 584.69 New Zealand 2,196,080 4,183.700 524.91 3,795.390 578.62 South Africa 41,799 31.195 1,339.91 28.300 1,477.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,062,903 86,608.250 705.05 78,569.705 777.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 109,443 161.025 679.66 146.080 749.20 Netherlands 3,628 7.107 510.43 6.448 562.66 Luxembourg 472,619 456.812 1,034.60 414.413 1,140.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 35,329 19.842 1,780.45 18.001 1,962.61 Austria 25,672 28.632 896.60 25.975 988.33 Czech Republic 17,644 18.702 943.38 16.967 1,039.90 Spain 310,833 316.033 983.54 286.701 1,084.17 Japan 16,615,777 23,209.374 715.91 21,055.196 789.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,590,945 24,217.531 726.37 21,969.781 800.69 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 172,875 203.165 850.91 184.309 937.96 France 26,460 23.676 1,117.56 21.479 1,231.90 Czech Republic 488,899 567.306 861.79 514.652 949.96 Spain 30,833 23.622 1,305.24 21.430 1,438.78 China 9,376,832 16,764.949 559.31 15,208.911 616.54 Korea, South 40,494 54.972 736.63 49.870 811.99 Japan 324,915 331.966 978.76 301.155 1,078.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,461,308 17,969.660 582.17 16,301.806 641.73 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 373,436 262.941 1,420.22 238.537 1,565.53 India 34,806 37.169 936.40 33.720 1,032.21 China 57,272 56.455 1,014.45 51.216 1,118.24 Australia 621,179 960.784 646.53 871.609 712.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,086,693 1,317.352 824.91 1,195.082 909.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 39,508,562 52,382.147 754.24 47,520.298 831.40 Mexico 2,358,128 3,275.045 720.03 2,971.072 793.70 Dominican Republic 3,751 6.197 605.27 5.622 667.20 Brazil 1,578,945 1,850.073 853.45 1,678.359 940.77 Argentina 42,893 83.173 515.70 75.454 568.47 Sweden 8,220,436 2,139.623 3,842.00 1,941.034 4,235.08 Norway 44,671 3.400 13,136.10 3.085 14,480.06 Finland 82,769 64.130 1,290.64 58.178 1,422.69 United Kingdom 11,167,799 12,047.054 927.01 10,928.907 1,021.86 Netherlands 783,330 819.085 956.35 743.062 1,054.19 France 1,271,939 335.642 3,789.56 304.490 4,177.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,065,675 1,222.061 1,690.32 1,108.636 1,863.26 Austria 845,832 150.042 5,637.30 136.116 6,214.05 Czech Republic 5,350,580 4,999.715 1,070.18 4,535.667 1,179.67 Poland 80,555 35.365 2,277.79 32.083 2,510.83 Russia 2,187 1.179 1,854.22 1.070 2,043.93 Ukraine 399,950 84.007 4,760.91 76.210 5,248.00 Spain 1,437,444 913.500 1,573.56 828.714 1,734.55 Portugal 803,868 181.464 4,429.89 164.622 4,883.11 Italy 1,938,991 386.064 5,022.45 350.232 5,536.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 36,351 15.878 2,289.28 14.405 2,523.50 Turkey 683,172 1,081.147 631.90 980.801 696.54 India 3,298,791 1,263.787 2,610.24 1,146.489 2,877.30 China 8,432,603 7,844.802 1,074.93 7,116.687 1,184.91 Korea, South 5,345,442 4,669.477 1,144.76 4,236.080 1,261.88 Taiwan 4,240,913 1,017.311 4,168.74 922.890 4,595.25 Japan 14,857,379 17,274.701 860.07 15,671.350 948.06 Australia 5,293 2.792 1,895.67 2.533 2,089.62 South Africa 119,380 84.308 1,416.00 76.483 1,560.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 115,007,629 114,233.182 1,006.78 103,630.629 1,109.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,097,710 7,609.587 801.32 6,903.304 883.30 Mexico 1,965,667 2,771.164 709.33 2,513.959 781.90 Brazil 2,102,513 3,869.486 543.36 3,510.340 598.95 United Kingdom 15,383 0.692 22,221.70 0.628 24,495.22 Austria 19,922 0.834 23,874.42 0.757 26,317.04 Switzerland 10,460 1.167 8,960.49 1.059 9,877.24 Spain 215,418 340.442 632.76 308.844 697.50 Italy 1,737,499 218.203 7,962.74 197.951 8,777.42 Turkey 214,184 356.633 600.57 323.533 662.02 India 2,363,805 530.594 4,455.02 481.347 4,910.81 China 72,630 68.629 1,058.29 62.260 1,166.56 Korea, South 21,044 19.166 1,097.93 17.388 1,210.26 Japan 1,714,476 3,082.739 556.15 2,796.615 613.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,550,711 18,869.343 877.12 17,117.985 966.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 36,267 40.488 895.73 36.731 987.37 Mexico 40,331,469 62,226.851 648.14 56,451.266 714.45 Dominican Republic 3,578,044 5,926.162 603.77 5,376.126 665.54 Federal Republic of Germany 668,270 646.656 1,033.42 586.637 1,139.15 Switzerland 126,852 239.899 528.77 217.633 582.87 Turkey 18,743,974 28,500.813 657.66 25,855.510 724.95 Taiwan 5,079 7.341 691.83 6.660 762.61 Japan 12,757,376 24,175.351 527.70 21,931.516 581.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,247,331 121,763.564 626.19 110,462.079 690.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,085,981 6,230.098 1,458.40 5,651.852 1,607.61 Mexico 21,378 12.743 1,677.52 11.561 1,849.15 Brazil 171,511 29.784 5,758.41 27.020 6,347.56 Sweden 712,574 172.448 4,132.09 156.443 4,554.85 Norway 6,615 0.370 17,860.20 0.336 19,687.50 Denmark 6,946 2.214 3,136.54 2.009 3,457.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 3,825,558 1,611.890 2,373.34 1,462.283 2,616.15 Netherlands 254,847 39.317 6,481.81 35.668 7,144.98 France 7,957,699 2,743.151 2,900.93 2,488.546 3,197.73 Federal Republic of Germany 6,982,343 4,399.985 1,586.90 3,991.601 1,749.26 Austria 842,761 70.509 11,952.48 63.965 13,175.35 Czech Republic 331,300 42.767 7,746.54 38.798 8,539.10 Switzerland 710,113 113.506 6,256.17 102.971 6,896.24 Latvia 396,624 74.173 5,347.25 67.289 5,894.34 Ukraine 170,298 77.558 2,195.73 70.360 2,420.38 Spain 1,618,982 1,413.160 1,145.65 1,281.998 1,262.86 Italy 14,500,107 2,471.084 5,867.91 2,241.731 6,468.26 Slovenia 993,383 211.785 4,690.51 192.129 5,170.40 Romania 91,654 18.366 4,990.23 16.662 5,500.78 Saudi Arabia 159,608 73.842 2,161.46 66.989 2,382.60 United Arab Emirates 222,365 94.955 2,341.79 86.142 2,581.38 India 4,895,576 1,230.732 3,977.77 1,116.502 4,384.74 Malaysia 19,579 2.593 7,548.57 2.353 8,320.87 China 2,217,116 1,753.355 1,264.50 1,590.618 1,393.87 Korea, South 992,662 866.566 1,145.51 786.136 1,262.71 Taiwan 9,575,417 2,104.205 4,550.61 1,908.904 5,016.19 Japan 789,921 757.563 1,042.71 687.250 1,149.39 South Africa 114,438 132.563 863.27 120.260 951.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,667,356 26,751.297 2,529.50 24,268.376 2,788.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,038,647 559.601 1,856.05 507.662 2,045.94 Mexico 238,713 130.402 1,830.59 118.299 2,017.88 Brazil 2,796,957 815.158 3,431.18 739.500 3,782.23 Sweden 4,434,976 1,408.278 3,149.22 1,277.569 3,471.42 United Kingdom 285,925 100.798 2,836.60 91.443 3,126.81 Netherlands 498,899 319.531 1,561.35 289.874 1,721.09 France 2,624,852 547.866 4,791.05 497.016 5,281.22 Federal Republic of Germany 6,411,750 1,744.858 3,674.65 1,582.909 4,050.61 Austria 4,411,461 558.273 7,901.98 506.457 8,710.44 Czech Republic 107,897 21.234 5,081.11 19.264 5,600.97 Switzerland 170,052 30.080 5,653.14 27.289 6,231.52 Russia 1,310,989 595.788 2,200.43 540.490 2,425.56 Ukraine 878,201 208.758 4,206.77 189.383 4,637.17 Spain 315,958 172.581 1,830.78 156.563 2,018.09 Italy 378,422 315.883 1,197.98 286.565 1,320.55 Slovenia 3,922,935 1,147.463 3,418.79 1,040.962 3,768.57 Turkey 67,325 55.600 1,210.87 50.440 1,334.75 India 88,752 65.195 1,361.33 59.144 1,500.61 China 5,212,931 1,605.321 3,247.28 1,456.324 3,579.51 Korea, South 803,235 379.564 2,116.20 344.335 2,332.71 Taiwan 2,972,001 964.502 3,081.38 874.982 3,396.64 Japan 4,899,150 3,683.370 1,330.07 3,341.498 1,466.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 43,870,028 15,430.114 2,843.14 13,997.968 3,134.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 34,066,009 38,440.030 886.21 34,872.219 976.88 Mexico 5,410,434 5,682.053 952.20 5,154.674 1,049.62 Guatemala 9,068 8.358 1,084.84 7.583 1,195.83 Dominican Republic 856,381 755.329 1,133.78 685.224 1,249.78 Colombia 43,576 27.493 1,584.94 24.942 1,747.09 Venezuela 738,072 600.779 1,228.52 545.018 1,354.22 Argentina 18,684 11.578 1,613.66 10.504 1,778.75 Sweden 22,707 4.784 4,746.42 4.340 5,232.03 United Kingdom 104,304 12.086 8,629.55 10.965 9,512.45 France 76,047 42.781 1,777.56 38.811 1,959.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,686,204 1,756.532 2,098.57 1,593.500 2,313.28 Austria 10,205 0.515 19,781.67 0.468 21,805.56 Czech Republic 20,309 16.409 1,237.67 14.886 1,364.30 Slovakia 118,259 80.162 1,475.25 72.722 1,626.18 Switzerland 215,370 140.547 1,532.36 127.503 1,689.14 Russia 981,136 1,250.318 784.71 1,134.270 864.99 Ukraine 139,652 113.072 1,235.06 102.578 1,361.42 Spain 5,141,943 3,169.805 1,622.16 2,875.600 1,788.13 Italy 1,855,967 781.261 2,375.60 708.749 2,618.65 Romania 1,505,158 1,940.037 775.84 1,759.973 855.22 United Arab Emirates 661,404 1,278.930 517.15 1,160.227 570.06 Oman 1,175,414 1,746.708 672.93 1,584.588 741.78 India 5,537,805 6,538.162 847.00 5,931.323 933.65 Thailand 15,582,366 20,207.886 771.10 18,332.291 850.00 Vietnam 923,305 1,091.246 846.10 989.962 932.67 Malaysia 224,504 217.022 1,034.47 196.880 1,140.31 China 5,489,604 4,351.648 1,261.50 3,947.750 1,390.57 Korea, South 6,417,687 8,185.704 784.01 7,425.948 864.22 Taiwan 6,550,573 9,359.818 699.86 8,491.087 771.46 Japan 6,565,331 5,708.569 1,150.08 5,178.729 1,267.75 South Africa 611,179 923.664 661.69 837.935 729.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 104,758,657 114,443.304 915.38 103,821.249 1,009.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 27,294,375 19,610.491 1,391.83 17,790.344 1,534.22 Mexico 4,819,367 2,860.346 1,684.89 2,594.863 1,857.27 Colombia 11,311,506 8,646.901 1,308.16 7,844.339 1,442.00 Venezuela 4,489,750 4,838.353 927.95 4,389.282 1,022.89 Brazil 3,763,903 2,612.266 1,440.86 2,369.809 1,588.27 Argentina 2,233,483 1,297.928 1,720.81 1,177.461 1,896.86 Sweden 32,000 3.196 10,010.32 2.900 11,034.48 United Kingdom 512,248 16.799 30,492.37 15.240 33,612.07 France 2,392,250 1,535.176 1,558.29 1,392.689 1,717.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 21,729,901 15,860.384 1,370.07 14,388.303 1,510.25 Austria 35,848,473 22,628.774 1,584.20 20,528.485 1,746.28 Czech Republic 1,399,032 1,230.616 1,136.85 1,116.397 1,253.17 Russia 1,561,648 2,901.900 538.15 2,632.561 593.20 Ukraine 831,790 786.449 1,057.65 713.455 1,165.86 Spain 1,648,630 1,262.192 1,306.16 1,145.042 1,439.80 Italy 580,322 228.932 2,534.91 207.684 2,794.25 Romania 135,256 81.548 1,658.59 73.980 1,828.28 India 7,768,125 6,737.687 1,152.94 6,112.329 1,270.89 Singapore 185,977 74.611 2,492.62 67.686 2,747.64 China 88,592,449 101,134.869 875.98 91,748.036 965.61 Korea, South 15,782,384 21,656.158 728.77 19,646.142 803.33 Taiwan 2,716,768 3,799.298 715.07 3,446.667 788.23 Japan 6,461,301 2,042.938 3,162.75 1,853.323 3,486.33 South Africa 718,401 848.034 847.14 769.324 933.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,809,339 222,695.857 1,090.32 202,026.341 1,201.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 76,887,924 60,590.801 1,268.97 54,967.066 1,398.80 United Kingdom 64,962 97.153 668.65 88.136 737.07 Federal Republic of Germany 7,602,381 3,298.580 2,304.74 2,992.423 2,540.54 Czech Republic 495,340 319.782 1,548.99 290.102 1,707.47 Poland 29,950 19.850 1,508.78 18.008 1,663.15 Russia 553,474 948.834 583.32 860.768 643.00 Italy 48,305,720 42,235.217 1,143.73 38,315.156 1,260.75 Romania 6,770,450 7,142.634 947.89 6,479.691 1,044.87 India 67,497,305 61,347.510 1,100.25 55,653.541 1,212.81 Thailand 873,920 763.297 1,144.93 692.452 1,262.07 Singapore 63,000 9.430 6,680.61 8.555 7,364.11 China 1,204,430 1,566.734 768.75 1,421.318 847.40 Korea, South 4,744,607 5,426.317 874.37 4,922.674 963.83 Taiwan 267,135 404.812 659.90 367.240 727.41 Japan 8,777,940 8,352.621 1,050.92 7,577.373 1,158.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 224,138,538 192,523.579 1,164.21 174,654.503 1,283.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 346,991 314.837 1,102.13 285.616 1,214.89 Mexico 11,969,125 8,304.043 1,441.36 7,533.304 1,588.83 Venezuela 270,262 388.539 695.58 352.477 766.75 Brazil 8,079,790 2,314.340 3,491.18 2,099.535 3,848.37 Argentina 239,650 219.640 1,091.10 199.255 1,202.73 Sweden 4,104 0.314 13,063.46 0.285 14,400.00 United Kingdom 271,139 24.807 10,929.71 22.505 12,047.94 Netherlands 8,814 0.275 31,983.71 0.250 35,256.00 France 1,589,747 1,256.687 1,265.03 1,140.048 1,394.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,448,856 1,861.331 1,852.90 1,688.572 2,042.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 951,317 732.657 1,298.45 664.656 1,431.29 Czech Republic 6,572,651 7,603.724 864.40 6,897.985 952.84 Slovakia 130,532 119.152 1,095.51 108.093 1,207.59 Poland 141,227 104.427 1,352.39 94.735 1,490.76 Russia 1,081,537 1,142.904 946.31 1,036.826 1,043.12 Ukraine 464,000 598.789 774.90 543.213 854.18 Italy 1,373,767 910.364 1,509.03 825.869 1,663.42 India 42,860 82.424 519.99 74.774 573.19 China 11,926,274 17,079.376 698.29 15,494.154 769.73 Korea, South 3,239,906 5,077.544 638.09 4,606.272 703.37 Taiwan 178,544 294.883 605.47 267.514 667.42 South Africa 790,058 946.013 835.14 858.209 920.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,121,151 49,377.080 1,075.83 44,794.147 1,185.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 5,220,828 5,580.010 935.63 5,062.102 1,031.36 Sweden 11,400 0.820 13,900.42 0.744 15,322.58 Austria 9,888 0.757 13,057.13 0.687 14,393.01 Ukraine 3,180,657 4,583.489 693.94 4,158.073 764.94 Italy 77,068 12.051 6,394.85 10.933 7,049.12 China 3,076,130 5,613.776 547.96 5,092.734 604.02 Korea, South 6,404,230 9,884.508 647.91 8,967.078 714.19 Taiwan 1,393,786 2,235.395 623.51 2,027.917 687.30 Japan 1,280,330 1,503.728 851.44 1,364.160 938.55 South Africa 1,539,252 2,457.562 626.33 2,229.464 690.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,193,569 31,872.101 696.33 28,913.892 767.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,162,015 8,111.543 1,252.78 7,358.671 1,380.96 Mexico 21,627,045 20,719.480 1,043.80 18,796.402 1,150.59 Dominican Republic 96,549 77.626 1,243.76 70.422 1,371.01 Colombia 29,731 25.552 1,163.52 23.181 1,282.56 Brazil 1,710,405 1,584.150 1,079.70 1,437.118 1,190.16 Argentina 402,785 156.011 2,581.77 141.531 2,845.91 Sweden 1,603,611 784.292 2,044.66 711.498 2,253.85 United Kingdom 25,434 11.040 2,303.65 10.016 2,539.34 Netherlands 41,003 18.685 2,194.40 16.951 2,418.91 Belgium 72,037 34.647 2,079.12 31.432 2,291.84 France 2,060,220 1,239.464 1,662.18 1,124.424 1,832.24 Federal Republic of Germany 7,969,523 3,729.535 2,136.87 3,383.379 2,355.49 Austria 546,044 164.795 3,313.46 149.500 3,652.47 Czech Republic 255,751 38.461 6,649.47 34.892 7,329.79 Switzerland 1,293,085 437.214 2,957.56 396.634 3,260.15 Russia 658,695 828.938 794.62 752.001 875.92 Ukraine 1,182,609 1,079.050 1,095.97 978.898 1,208.10 Spain 1,760,808 723.984 2,432.11 656.788 2,680.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 3,633,358 1,981.404 1,833.73 1,797.500 2,021.34 Romania 3,530,576 3,068.453 1,150.60 2,783.655 1,268.32 Turkey 133,972 115.373 1,161.20 104.665 1,280.01 Saudi Arabia 9,382 7.830 1,198.09 7.104 1,320.66 India 1,505,979 1,211.363 1,243.21 1,098.931 1,370.40 China 5,637,929 4,786.718 1,177.83 4,342.439 1,298.33 Korea, South 1,068,232 746.813 1,430.39 677.498 1,576.73 Taiwan 230,891 164.382 1,404.60 149.125 1,548.31 Japan 9,189,704 3,781.461 2,430.20 3,430.485 2,678.84 Australia 102,058 113.789 896.90 103.228 988.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,539,431 55,742.068 1,373.10 50,568.368 1,513.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 24,591 16.731 1,469.70 15.179 1,620.07 Mexico 3,128,487 2,060.145 1,518.58 1,868.933 1,673.94 Brazil 633,197 375.669 1,685.51 340.802 1,857.96 Argentina 1,239,914 691.336 1,793.50 627.170 1,977.00 Sweden 394,373 163.979 2,405.01 148.760 2,651.07 Netherlands 49,427 22.267 2,219.66 20.201 2,446.76 Belgium 20,796 4.480 4,641.04 4.065 5,115.87 France 3,352,883 1,190.304 2,816.83 1,079.826 3,105.02 Federal Republic of Germany 10,573,334 3,843.297 2,751.11 3,486.582 3,032.58 Czech Republic 334,438 156.797 2,132.93 142.244 2,351.16 Slovakia 212,578 110.209 1,928.86 99.980 2,126.21 Spain 2,440 1.156 2,110.13 1.049 2,326.02 Italy 2,116,587 832.476 2,542.52 755.210 2,802.65 Romania 232,753 110.882 2,099.09 100.591 2,313.86 China 810,600 632.208 1,282.17 573.530 1,413.35 Korea, South 661,750 44.740 14,790.82 40.588 16,304.08 Japan 1,418,047 252.422 5,617.75 228.994 6,192.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,206,195 10,509.106 2,398.51 9,533.704 2,643.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,190,297 1,716.314 8,850.53 1,557.015 9,756.04 Mexico 279,409 70.348 3,971.79 63.819 4,378.15 Brazil 13,710 0.694 19,742.07 0.630 21,761.90 Uruguay 255,399 99.679 2,562.19 90.428 2,824.34 Sweden 2,468,639 192.161 12,846.69 174.326 14,161.05 Finland 673,530 162.113 4,154.68 147.067 4,579.75 Denmark 39,998 5.982 6,686.12 5.427 7,370.19 United Kingdom 718,380 9.898 72,572.78 8.980 79,997.77 Ireland 22,658 0.871 25,986.09 0.791 28,644.75 France 7,462,191 765.507 9,748.03 694.457 10,745.36 Federal Republic of Germany 7,154,848 622.059 11,501.87 564.323 12,678.64 Austria 1,867,005 126.269 14,785.85 114.550 16,298.60 Slovakia 162,315 21.053 7,709.81 19.099 8,498.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 532,026 4.588 115,937.07 4.163 127,798.70 Spain 11,296,342 746.231 15,137.85 676.970 16,686.62 Italy 225,974 49.724 4,544.55 45.109 5,009.51 India 2,475 0.105 23,388.36 0.096 25,781.25 Thailand 686,945 138.186 4,971.13 125.361 5,479.73 Malaysia 967,856 224.923 4,303.05 204.047 4,743.30 Singapore 596,548 121.748 4,899.86 110.448 5,401.17 China 18,639,119 3,002.335 6,208.21 2,723.674 6,843.37 Korea, South 10,879,901 1,811.912 6,004.65 1,643.740 6,618.99 Taiwan 8,467,732 1,813.393 4,669.55 1,645.083 5,147.30 Japan 7,381,292 729.179 10,122.73 661.501 11,158.40 Australia 2,202 0.040 53,989.77 0.037 59,513.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,986,791 12,435.325 7,718.88 11,281.141 8,508.61 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,903,886 737.694 3,936.44 669.225 4,339.18 Mexico 368,953 162.200 2,274.67 147.146 2,507.39 United Kingdom 16,230 7.200 2,254.07 6.532 2,484.69 Netherlands 3,130 1.725 1,814.37 1.565 2,000.00 France 64,972 16.623 3,908.34 15.081 4,308.20 Federal Republic of Germany 265,950 98.843 2,690.63 89.669 2,965.91 Switzerland 34,593 15.524 2,228.22 14.084 2,456.19 Spain 3,241 0.151 21,461.22 0.137 23,656.93 India 126,636 64.506 1,963.16 58.519 2,164.02 Thailand 262,149 17.644 14,857.10 16.007 16,377.15 Vietnam 27,793 20.635 1,346.87 18.720 1,484.67 China 216,647 111.333 1,945.93 101.000 2,145.02 Taiwan 28,840 16.964 1,700.01 15.390 1,873.94 Japan 716,841 225.355 3,180.94 204.439 3,506.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,039,861 1,496.402 3,367.98 1,357.514 3,712.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 25,410,756 27,898.417 910.83 25,309.026 1,004.02 Mexico 6,202,396 6,167.089 1,005.72 5,594.691 1,108.62 Finland 1,768,789 554.627 3,189.15 503.150 3,515.43 United Kingdom 428,478 304.730 1,406.09 276.447 1,549.95 Netherlands 2,247 0.360 6,233.78 0.327 6,871.56 Belgium 18,818 6.278 2,997.09 5.696 3,303.72 Federal Republic of Germany 27,462 6.718 4,087.47 6.095 4,505.66 Austria 11,458 3.600 3,182.65 3.266 3,508.27 Switzerland 3,433 0.940 3,651.07 0.853 4,024.62 Ukraine 752,954 886.787 849.08 804.480 935.95 Spain 3,077 1.168 2,633.40 1.060 2,902.83 Italy 541,823 127.957 4,234.40 116.081 4,667.63 India 73,389 38.210 1,920.65 34.664 2,117.15 China 512,041 226.219 2,263.47 205.223 2,495.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,147,689 3,508.725 612.10 3,183.063 674.72 Taiwan 1,602,560 408.415 3,923.85 370.508 4,325.30 Japan 3,895,161 4,545.475 856.93 4,123.587 944.61 Australia 52,325 63.849 819.51 57.923 903.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,454,856 44,749.571 971.07 40,596.140 1,070.42 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 180,797 209.883 861.42 190.403 949.55 Mexico 8,324 5.771 1,442.21 5.236 1,589.76 Korea, South 187,586 292.202 641.97 265.082 707.65 Japan 37,246 77.378 481.35 70.197 530.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 413,953 585.236 707.33 530.918 779.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 21,739,911 21,446.602 1,013.68 19,456.036 1,117.39 Mexico 9,703,608 9,366.643 1,035.98 8,497.278 1,141.97 Dominican Republic 175,478 171.799 1,021.41 155.854 1,125.91 Colombia 45,393 30.562 1,485.24 27.726 1,637.20 Venezuela 408,715 592.560 689.74 537.562 760.31 Ecuador 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 Brazil 1,845,960 2,258.250 817.43 2,048.651 901.06 Sweden 2,201,752 300.202 7,334.23 272.339 8,084.60 United Kingdom 1,145,382 298.948 3,831.36 271.202 4,223.35 Ireland 30,561 0.167 182,397.90 0.152 201,059.21 Netherlands 14,593 0.058 249,783.97 0.053 275,339.62 Belgium 835,133 418.123 1,997.34 379.315 2,201.69 France 1,647,760 650.642 2,532.51 590.253 2,791.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,930,315 708.451 4,136.22 642.697 4,559.40 Austria 296,974 100.064 2,967.83 90.777 3,271.47 Czech Republic 43,176 19.646 2,197.64 17.823 2,422.49 Slovakia 24,843 9.941 2,498.86 9.019 2,754.52 Switzerland 463,560 47.693 9,719.52 43.267 10,713.94 Poland 20,977 19.185 1,093.37 17.405 1,205.23 Belarus 444,786 428.405 1,038.24 388.643 1,144.46 Spain 96,858 14.240 6,801.46 12.919 7,497.33 Italy 2,782,236 1,262.247 2,204.19 1,145.092 2,429.71 Turkey 34,954 36.199 965.58 32.840 1,064.37 United Arab Emirates 40,856 39.387 1,037.28 35.732 1,143.40 India 5,494,873 1,417.736 3,875.81 1,286.149 4,272.35 Thailand 360,649 177.488 2,031.96 161.015 2,239.85 Malaysia 481,601 579.982 830.37 526.151 915.33 Indonesia 45,212 21.954 2,059.33 19.917 2,270.02 China 10,077,637 8,788.130 1,146.73 7,972.460 1,264.06 Korea, South 7,049,562 3,873.698 1,819.85 3,514.161 2,006.04 Hong Kong 106,588 21.717 4,907.88 19.702 5,410.01 Taiwan 2,682,321 1,380.963 1,942.36 1,252.789 2,141.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 9,001,174 5,794.443 1,553.41 5,256.632 1,712.35 Australia 131,834 23.316 5,654.21 21.152 6,232.70 South Africa 223,428 302.096 739.59 274.057 815.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,644,542 60,621.094 1,363.30 54,994.547 1,502.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 83,796 113.167 740.46 102.664 816.22 China 63,217 102.628 615.98 93.103 679.00 Japan 788,334 1,088.780 724.05 987.725 798.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 935,347 1,304.576 716.97 1,183.492 790.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,146,214 11,421.195 800.81 10,361.137 882.74 Brazil 571,214 661.506 863.50 600.109 951.85 Netherlands 10,055,787 13,766.821 730.44 12,489.054 805.17 Belgium 381,514 408.461 934.03 370.550 1,029.59 France 415,900 453.875 916.33 411.749 1,010.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,883,687 3,125.680 922.58 2,835.570 1,016.97 China 426,904 574.166 743.52 520.875 819.59 Korea, South 203,570 240.513 846.40 218.190 932.99 Japan 133,777 150.574 888.44 136.599 979.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,218,567 30,802.794 786.25 27,943.833 866.69 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,291,583 3,578.553 919.81 3,246.410 1,013.91 Brazil 408,776 437.970 933.34 397.320 1,028.83 Netherlands 14,544 19.804 734.39 17.966 809.53 France 500,011 632.390 790.67 573.695 871.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,408,705 1,489.000 946.07 1,350.799 1,042.87 Taiwan 78,646 39.838 1,974.11 36.141 2,176.09 Japan 1,383,460 1,702.124 812.78 1,544.142 895.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,085,725 7,899.682 896.96 7,166.473 988.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 47,966,129 74,792.731 641.32 67,850.844 706.93 Mexico 5,892,429 9,506.685 619.82 8,624.322 683.23 Brazil 103,413 27.397 3,774.48 24.855 4,160.65 Sweden 3,474,178 3,326.053 1,044.53 3,017.346 1,151.40 Finland 179,651 49.537 3,626.54 44.940 3,997.57 Netherlands 1,023,999 2,043.706 501.05 1,854.020 552.31 Belgium 1,008,602 1,341.105 752.07 1,216.631 829.01 France 849,821 1,364.101 622.99 1,237.492 686.73 Federal Republic of Germany 917,047 1,071.662 855.72 972.196 943.27 Austria 399,438 395.950 1,008.81 359.200 1,112.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 2,378,638 872.578 2,725.99 791.590 3,004.89 Italy 448,950 142.345 3,153.94 129.134 3,476.62 China 1,421,111 392.212 3,623.32 355.809 3,994.03 Korea, South 31,342,464 63,571.194 493.03 57,670.834 543.47 Taiwan 27,445 5.227 5,250.46 4.742 5,787.64 Japan 3,515,231 4,618.688 761.09 4,190.005 838.96 Australia 13,653,846 24,138.725 565.64 21,898.290 623.51 New Zealand 3,781,380 7,076.147 534.38 6,419.375 589.06 South Africa 2,976,489 1,495.658 1,990.09 1,356.839 2,193.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,360,261 196,231.711 618.45 178,018.464 681.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 30,450,822 45,423.947 670.37 41,207.924 738.96 Mexico 27,206,171 15,755.592 1,726.76 14,293.237 1,903.43 Dominican Republic 143,029 123.398 1,159.08 111.945 1,277.67 Brazil 15,155,740 10,805.759 1,402.56 9,802.823 1,546.06 Sweden 5,787,334 2,992.943 1,933.66 2,715.153 2,131.49 Finland 1,891,570 374.743 5,047.63 339.962 5,564.06 United Kingdom 4,005,060 3,155.342 1,269.30 2,862.479 1,399.16 Netherlands 1,650,388 2,384.441 692.15 2,163.130 762.96 Belgium 4,501,977 4,213.022 1,068.59 3,821.991 1,177.91 Luxembourg 25,628 30.115 851.00 27.320 938.07 France 2,944,030 1,222.285 2,408.63 1,108.839 2,655.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,981,284 716.741 2,764.29 650.217 3,047.11 Austria 5,765 0.246 23,347.86 0.224 25,736.61 Switzerland 202,166 24.523 8,243.90 22.247 9,087.34 Spain 352,693 94.525 3,731.20 85.752 4,112.94 Italy 4,127,419 1,040.048 3,968.49 943.516 4,374.51 India 1,553,762 316.605 4,907.56 287.220 5,409.66 Thailand 1,209,852 433.505 2,790.86 393.270 3,076.39 Indonesia 792,617 176.813 4,482.77 160.403 4,941.41 China 52,048,656 22,268.702 2,337.30 20,201.833 2,576.43 Korea, South 3,932,816 2,620.151 1,500.99 2,376.962 1,654.56 Taiwan 21,782,878 6,036.236 3,608.69 5,475.983 3,977.89 Japan 4,811,834 5,205.920 924.30 4,722.733 1,018.87 New Zealand 400,861 691.358 579.82 627.190 639.14 South Africa 1,936,075 556.376 3,479.80 504.736 3,835.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 188,900,427 126,663.348 1,491.36 114,907.089 1,643.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 42,274,191 53,435.987 791.12 48,476.326 872.06 Mexico 6,033,784 6,336.533 952.22 5,748.408 1,049.64 Brazil 363,737 516.057 704.84 468.160 776.95 Sweden 81,155 69.932 1,160.47 63.442 1,279.20 United Kingdom 15,284 17.344 881.18 15.735 971.34 Netherlands 923,621 1,044.502 884.27 947.557 974.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 26,152 13.519 1,934.34 12.265 2,132.25 France 1,570,966 1,741.921 901.86 1,580.245 994.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,132,036 1,242.251 911.28 1,126.952 1,004.51 Austria 574,697 443.312 1,296.37 402.166 1,429.00 Spain 2,120,860 2,612.146 811.92 2,369.700 894.99 Italy 6,652 11.281 589.66 10.234 649.99 India 27,719,067 33,807.118 819.92 30,669.311 903.80 China 23,896,012 35,850.153 666.55 32,522.721 734.75 Korea, South 4,582,218 5,688.415 805.54 5,160.445 887.95 Taiwan 19,038,102 21,023.719 905.55 19,072.403 998.20 Japan 1,570,069 1,592.187 986.11 1,444.409 1,087.00 Australia 1,272,803 1,712.824 743.10 1,553.849 819.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 133,201,406 167,159.210 796.85 151,644.328 878.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,421,433 1,858.226 1,303.09 1,685.755 1,436.41 Belgium 35,183 50.210 700.71 45.550 772.40 Luxembourg 372,790 516.553 721.69 468.610 795.52 Federal Republic of Germany 4,215,779 4,800.896 878.12 4,355.301 967.97 Thailand 107,854 115.128 936.81 104.443 1,032.66 China 184,095 164.195 1,121.19 148.956 1,235.90 Korea, South 1,643,357 1,812.924 906.47 1,644.658 999.21 Taiwan 207,359 281.447 736.76 255.325 812.14 Japan 3,021,085 3,797.976 795.45 3,445.467 876.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,208,935 13,397.559 911.28 12,154.065 1,004.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,641,235 1,238.729 1,324.93 1,123.757 1,460.49 Mexico 8,150,901 8,952.633 910.45 8,121.695 1,003.60 United Kingdom 1,038,946 877.388 1,184.13 795.954 1,305.28 Belgium 393,497 303.730 1,295.55 275.540 1,428.09 Luxembourg 332,700 397.113 837.80 360.255 923.51 France 22,257 5.729 3,884.42 5.198 4,281.84 Federal Republic of Germany 1,202,086 538.529 2,232.16 488.546 2,460.54 India 21,051 21.809 965.23 19.785 1,063.99 China 579,202 725.222 798.65 657.911 880.37 Korea, South 4,178,538 5,700.697 732.99 5,171.587 807.98 Taiwan 9,220,308 10,072.590 915.39 9,137.703 1,009.04 Japan 1,496,524 972.309 1,539.14 882.065 1,696.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,277,245 29,806.485 948.69 27,039.996 1,045.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 87,753 28.602 3,067.99 25.948 3,381.88 Brazil 117,260 58.726 1,996.71 53.276 2,200.99 Sweden 801,196 598.672 1,338.29 543.107 1,475.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 513,588 115.642 4,441.18 104.909 4,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,198,645 1,244.907 962.84 1,129.361 1,061.35 Austria 213,474 192.518 1,108.85 174.650 1,222.30 Czech Republic 49,888 13.504 3,694.20 12.251 4,072.16 Russia 6,266,876 1,923.886 3,257.40 1,745.321 3,590.67 Italy 618,075 117.746 5,249.19 106.818 5,786.24 China 6,918 4.386 1,577.26 3.979 1,738.63 Korea, South 3,471,460 4,189.552 828.60 3,800.699 913.37 Hong Kong 17,035 17.070 997.93 15.486 1,100.03 Taiwan 547,304 618.346 885.11 560.955 975.66 Japan 3,385,444 2,921.211 1,158.92 2,650.079 1,277.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,294,916 12,044.774 1,435.89 10,926.839 1,582.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,958,151 2,908.165 673.33 2,638.244 742.22 Mexico 489,812 611.744 800.68 554.965 882.60 Finland 1,139,712 274.411 4,153.30 248.942 4,578.22 United Kingdom 403,045 167.622 2,404.47 152.065 2,650.48 Federal Republic of Germany 95,527 12.697 7,523.28 11.519 8,292.99 Spain 32,870 21.113 1,556.81 19.154 1,716.09 Italy 9,619 1.246 7,715.48 1.131 8,504.86 Slovenia 589,859 108.698 5,426.54 98.610 5,981.74 Korea, South 148,381 28.816 5,149.15 26.142 5,675.96 Taiwan 37,283 6.153 6,059.22 5.582 6,679.15 Japan 29,711 14.855 1,999.95 13.477 2,204.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,933,970 4,155.526 1,187.33 3,769.831 1,308.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,514,751 3,252.208 1,080.73 2,950.355 1,191.30 Mexico 4,376,943 1,730.793 2,528.86 1,570.150 2,787.60 Brazil 78,219 44.643 1,752.08 40.500 1,931.33 Sweden 3,169,108 499.524 6,344.25 453.161 6,993.34 Finland 1,003,221 249.915 4,014.23 226.720 4,424.93 United Kingdom 1,901,519 899.820 2,113.22 816.304 2,329.43 Belgium 674,758 109.729 6,149.28 99.545 6,778.42 France 396,107 89.547 4,423.44 81.236 4,876.00 Federal Republic of Germany 7,540,235 4,925.864 1,530.74 4,468.670 1,687.36 Austria 957,932 131.502 7,284.52 119.297 8,029.81 Switzerland 296,106 106.860 2,770.97 96.942 3,054.47 Spain 34,491 9.625 3,583.34 8.732 3,949.95 Italy 154,308 52.615 2,932.75 47.732 3,232.80 India 832,691 423.033 1,968.38 383.770 2,169.77 Malaysia 3,667 0.332 11,015.39 0.302 12,142.38 China 151,952 117.925 1,288.55 106.980 1,420.38 Korea, South 3,090,897 1,413.377 2,186.89 1,282.195 2,410.63 Taiwan 1,004,911 483.897 2,076.70 438.985 2,289.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,610,310 886.700 5,199.40 804.401 5,731.36 Australia 30,635 3.614 8,475.64 3.279 9,342.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,822,761 15,431.533 2,191.80 13,999.256 2,416.04 GRAND TOTAL 2,531,852,325 2,570,786.961 984.85 2,332,179.358 1,085.62 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 125,200 167.525 747.35 151.977 823.81 Italy 424,246 162.491 2,610.88 147.410 2,878.00 India 24,580 12.081 2,034.54 10.960 2,242.70 China 2,976 1.861 1,598.45 1.689 1,761.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 577,002 343.960 1,677.52 312.036 1,849.15 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,599,712 19,284.378 549.65 17,494.499 605.89 Mexico 21,572,961 21,180.141 1,018.55 19,214.307 1,122.76 Brazil 238,857 190.104 1,256.45 172.460 1,385.00 United Kingdom 266,926 42.494 6,281.49 38.550 6,924.15 Belgium 188,746 149.037 1,266.43 135.205 1,396.00 France 703,810 56.140 12,536.54 50.930 13,819.16 Federal Republic of Germany 39,362 5.163 7,623.53 4.684 8,403.50 Czech Republic 99,321 15.637 6,351.51 14.186 7,001.34 Russia 454,557 263.088 1,727.77 238.670 1,904.54 Italy 4,633,179 598.951 7,735.48 543.360 8,526.90 Slovenia 59,364 40.917 1,450.81 37.120 1,599.25 India 534,285 456.690 1,169.91 414.303 1,289.60 China 42,775 18.189 2,351.67 16.501 2,592.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,433,855 42,300.936 932.22 38,374.775 1,027.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,223,393 1,588.716 770.05 1,441.260 848.84 Federal Republic of Germany 55,998 20.134 2,781.15 18.266 3,065.70 Korea, South 2,977 1.417 2,100.07 1.286 2,314.93 Japan 9,038 7.521 1,201.69 6.823 1,324.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,291,406 1,617.790 798.25 1,467.635 879.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 26,057,020 16,778.708 1,552.98 15,221.393 1,711.87 Brazil 1,707,472 1,139.068 1,499.01 1,033.346 1,652.37 Sweden 19,791,137 11,454.255 1,727.84 10,391.129 1,904.62 Finland 1,607,000 885.203 1,815.40 803.043 2,001.14 United Kingdom 537,184 422.456 1,271.57 383.246 1,401.67 Belgium 6,286,097 2,085.620 3,014.02 1,892.044 3,322.38 France 3,845,950 1,308.054 2,940.21 1,186.647 3,241.02 Federal Republic of Germany 8,232,578 2,936.528 2,803.51 2,663.975 3,090.34 Austria 2,143,157 750.933 2,853.99 681.236 3,145.98 Russia 662,072 500.582 1,322.60 454.121 1,457.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 10,841,416 6,718.909 1,613.57 6,095.294 1,778.65 Spain 438,292 175.999 2,490.30 159.664 2,745.09 China 4,830,959 5,745.912 840.76 5,212.606 926.78 Japan 3,500,602 3,133.571 1,117.13 2,842.729 1,231.42 South Africa 158,697 207.950 763.15 188.650 841.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,639,633 54,243.757 1,670.97 49,209.123 1,841.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,929,352 9,061.883 764.67 8,220.805 842.90 Sweden 10,093 10.516 959.77 9.540 1,057.97 Finland 53,248 30.203 1,762.98 27.400 1,943.36 Netherlands 191,358 341.165 560.90 309.500 618.28 France 104,882 113.424 924.69 102.897 1,019.29 Japan 382,088 489.089 781.22 443.695 861.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,671,021 10,046.282 763.57 9,113.837 841.69 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 58,965 115.526 510.40 104.804 562.62 Netherlands 3,628 7.107 510.43 6.448 562.66 Luxembourg 67,730 37.775 1,792.98 34.269 1,976.42 Austria 5,900 11.559 510.38 10.487 562.60 Czech Republic 17,644 18.702 943.38 16.967 1,039.90 Spain 310,833 316.033 983.54 286.701 1,084.17 Japan 2,913,181 2,972.888 979.92 2,696.960 1,080.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,377,881 3,479.594 970.77 3,156.636 1,070.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,457,431 27,393.032 783.32 24,850.548 863.46 Mexico 1,216,500 1,642.703 740.55 1,490.236 816.31 Brazil 734,223 296.290 2,478.05 268.790 2,731.59 Sweden 3,710,421 1,034.033 3,588.30 938.060 3,955.42 Norway 44,671 3.400 13,136.10 3.085 14,480.06 Finland 82,769 64.130 1,290.64 58.178 1,422.69 United Kingdom 1,034,279 426.284 2,426.26 386.719 2,674.50 Netherlands 666,736 797.568 835.96 723.542 921.49 France 684,735 220.398 3,106.81 199.942 3,424.67 Federal Republic of Germany 785,746 565.227 1,390.14 512.766 1,532.37 Austria 76,441 19.927 3,835.94 18.078 4,228.40 Czech Republic 4,950,280 4,383.556 1,129.28 3,976.697 1,244.82 Russia 2,187 1.179 1,854.22 1.070 2,043.93 Spain 1,437,444 913.500 1,573.56 828.714 1,734.55 Italy 101,980 30.631 3,329.30 27.788 3,669.93 Slovenia 24,434 11.673 2,093.12 10.590 2,307.27 India 4,491 2.425 1,851.89 2.200 2,041.36 China 5,710,679 5,171.324 1,104.30 4,691.348 1,217.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,749,948 3,942.252 1,204.88 3,576.352 1,328.15 Taiwan 553,895 108.677 5,096.66 98.591 5,618.11 Japan 12,784,108 14,610.892 874.97 13,254.782 964.49 South Africa 119,380 84.308 1,416.00 76.483 1,560.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,932,778 61,723.418 987.19 55,994.559 1,088.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 192,803 257.694 748.18 233.777 824.73 Mexico 189,679 277.898 682.55 252.105 752.38 Austria 19,922 0.834 23,874.42 0.757 26,317.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 402,404 536.427 750.16 486.639 826.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,428,395 1,327.246 2,583.09 1,204.058 2,847.37 Brazil 43,480 13.713 3,170.52 12.441 3,494.90 Sweden 107,448 38.982 2,756.34 35.364 3,038.34 United Kingdom 1,729,900 571.343 3,027.78 518.314 3,337.55 France 3,707,301 1,977.550 1,874.69 1,794.004 2,066.50 Federal Republic of Germany 417,758 137.697 3,033.88 124.917 3,344.28 Austria 44,231 1.256 35,197.98 1.140 38,799.12 Czech Republic 6,204 1.772 3,500.11 1.608 3,858.21 Spain 618,256 374.681 1,650.09 339.905 1,818.91 Italy 127,052 88.076 1,442.51 79.902 1,590.10 Romania 43,595 8.735 4,990.38 7.925 5,500.95 China 912,729 654.356 1,394.85 593.622 1,537.56 Korea, South 678,421 584.999 1,159.69 530.703 1,278.34 Taiwan 16,409 6.256 2,622.62 5.676 2,890.94 Japan 592,004 596.537 992.40 541.170 1,093.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,473,183 6,383.206 1,954.06 5,790.749 2,153.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,038,647 559.601 1,856.05 507.662 2,045.94 Mexico 238,713 130.402 1,830.59 118.299 2,017.88 Brazil 2,796,957 815.158 3,431.18 739.500 3,782.23 Sweden 4,434,976 1,408.278 3,149.22 1,277.569 3,471.42 United Kingdom 285,925 100.798 2,836.60 91.443 3,126.81 Netherlands 498,899 319.531 1,561.35 289.874 1,721.09 France 2,624,852 547.866 4,791.05 497.016 5,281.22 Federal Republic of Germany 6,411,750 1,744.858 3,674.65 1,582.909 4,050.61 Austria 4,411,461 558.273 7,901.98 506.457 8,710.44 Czech Republic 107,897 21.234 5,081.11 19.264 5,600.97 Switzerland 170,052 30.080 5,653.14 27.289 6,231.52 Russia 1,310,989 595.788 2,200.43 540.490 2,425.56 Ukraine 878,201 208.758 4,206.77 189.383 4,637.17 Spain 315,958 172.581 1,830.78 156.563 2,018.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 378,422 315.883 1,197.98 286.565 1,320.55 Slovenia 3,922,935 1,147.463 3,418.79 1,040.962 3,768.57 Turkey 67,325 55.600 1,210.87 50.440 1,334.75 India 88,752 65.195 1,361.33 59.144 1,500.61 China 5,212,931 1,605.321 3,247.28 1,456.324 3,579.51 Korea, South 803,235 379.564 2,116.20 344.335 2,332.71 Taiwan 2,972,001 964.502 3,081.38 874.982 3,396.64 Japan 4,899,150 3,683.370 1,330.07 3,341.498 1,466.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,870,028 15,430.114 2,843.14 13,997.968 3,134.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 397,387 194.654 2,041.50 176.588 2,250.36 Mexico 99,006 47.972 2,063.80 43.520 2,274.95 Sweden 16,554 0.253 65,293.65 0.230 71,973.91 United Kingdom 100,541 11.707 8,587.64 10.621 9,466.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,251,599 549.907 2,276.02 498.868 2,508.88 Spain 1,904,061 906.591 2,100.24 822.446 2,315.12 Italy 1,740,607 722.328 2,409.72 655.286 2,656.26 India 16,962 1.855 9,143.00 1.683 10,078.43 China 717,537 183.177 3,917.16 166.176 4,317.93 Taiwan 44,831 2.062 21,737.04 1.871 23,960.98 Japan 1,041,661 306.034 3,403.74 277.630 3,751.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,330,746 2,926.546 2,504.91 2,654.919 2,761.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 21,471,866 14,447.827 1,486.17 13,106.852 1,638.22 Colombia 7,321,145 5,051.619 1,449.27 4,582.753 1,597.54 Brazil 3,390,653 2,283.142 1,485.08 2,071.233 1,637.02 Argentina 409,774 185.495 2,209.07 168.279 2,435.09 Sweden 32,000 3.196 10,010.32 2.900 11,034.48 France 1,505,236 1,052.699 1,429.88 954.993 1,576.17 Federal Republic of Germany 12,621,920 8,024.487 1,572.93 7,279.695 1,733.85 Austria 22,025,507 12,450.638 1,769.03 11,295.032 1,950.02 Czech Republic 1,399,032 1,230.616 1,136.85 1,116.397 1,253.17 Russia 107,892 104.324 1,034.19 94.642 1,140.00 Romania 135,256 81.548 1,658.59 73.980 1,828.28 India 7,638,925 6,612.759 1,155.18 5,998.996 1,273.37 China 18,462,593 16,958.716 1,088.68 15,384.693 1,200.06 Japan 681,405 238.925 2,851.95 216.750 3,143.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,203,204 68,725.998 1,414.36 62,347.195 1,559.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 76,863,358 60,571.146 1,268.98 54,949.235 1,398.81 United Kingdom 64,962 97.153 668.65 88.136 737.07 Italy 18,202 4.055 4,488.33 3.679 4,947.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 14,180 1.250 11,343.81 1.134 12,504.41 Singapore 63,000 9.430 6,680.61 8.555 7,364.11 Japan 2,459,566 1,802.836 1,364.28 1,635.506 1,503.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,483,268 62,485.871 1,272.02 56,686.245 1,402.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Brazil 12,384 8.335 1,485.66 7.562 1,637.66 France 152,073 62.451 2,435.06 56.655 2,684.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,439,466 1,859.638 1,849.53 1,687.036 2,038.76 Austria 478,717 343.341 1,394.29 311.474 1,536.94 Italy 106,597 50.043 2,130.07 45.399 2,348.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,189,237 2,323.810 1,802.74 2,108.126 1,987.19 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Korea, South 28,964 13.658 2,120.55 12.391 2,337.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,964 13.658 2,120.55 12.391 2,337.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,411,281 1,675.686 1,438.98 1,520.158 1,586.20 Mexico 5,558,323 2,714.963 2,047.29 2,462.974 2,256.75 Brazil 64,783 45.095 1,436.57 40.910 1,583.55 Argentina 201,641 71.132 2,834.74 64.530 3,124.76 Sweden 1,224,331 632.207 1,936.60 573.529 2,134.73 United Kingdom 18,377 10.648 1,725.81 9.660 1,902.38 Netherlands 2,732 0.297 9,179.37 0.270 10,118.52 France 560,092 292.137 1,917.22 265.023 2,113.37 Federal Republic of Germany 5,793,023 2,594.960 2,232.41 2,354.109 2,460.81 Austria 121,871 40.007 3,046.22 36.294 3,357.88 Czech Republic 255,751 38.461 6,649.47 34.892 7,329.79 Switzerland 188,150 77.223 2,436.43 70.056 2,685.71 Spain 1,216,119 535.306 2,271.82 485.622 2,504.25 Italy 2,467,927 1,083.684 2,277.35 983.102 2,510.35 Romania 1,187,975 733.496 1,619.61 665.417 1,785.31 Saudi Arabia 9,382 7.830 1,198.09 7.104 1,320.66 India 155,449 91.115 1,706.06 82.659 1,880.61 China 1,038,888 773.498 1,343.10 701.706 1,480.52 Japan 6,853,088 2,699.290 2,538.85 2,448.756 2,798.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,329,183 14,117.044 2,077.57 12,806.771 2,290.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 394,373 163.979 2,405.01 148.760 2,651.07 France 2,428,246 726.620 3,341.84 659.179 3,683.74 Federal Republic of Germany 4,571,964 830.553 5,504.72 753.466 6,067.91 Czech Republic 145,874 39.610 3,682.72 35.934 4,059.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 20,361 5.681 3,583.86 5.154 3,950.52 Spain 2,440 1.156 2,110.13 1.049 2,326.02 Italy 666,115 69.302 9,611.73 62.870 10,595.12 China 102,533 33.425 3,067.52 30.323 3,381.36 Japan 1,110,473 112.635 9,859.02 102.181 10,867.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,442,379 1,982.964 4,761.75 1,798.916 5,248.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,102,543 418.361 5,025.66 379.531 5,539.85 United Kingdom 11,079 4.360 2,540.62 3.956 2,800.56 France 64,972 16.623 3,908.34 15.081 4,308.20 Federal Republic of Germany 260,913 98.627 2,645.45 89.473 2,916.11 Switzerland 34,593 15.524 2,228.22 14.084 2,456.19 Spain 3,241 0.151 21,461.22 0.137 23,656.93 India 126,636 64.506 1,963.16 58.519 2,164.02 Thailand 262,149 17.644 14,857.10 16.007 16,377.15 Japan 14,541 5.722 2,541.20 5.191 2,801.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,880,667 641.521 4,490.36 581.979 4,949.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 445,154 461.719 964.12 418.865 1,062.76 Mexico 46,269 20.584 2,247.75 18.674 2,477.72 Finland 1,768,789 554.627 3,189.15 503.150 3,515.43 United Kingdom 252,907 150.699 1,678.22 136.712 1,849.93 Federal Republic of Germany 20,596 4.843 4,252.25 4.394 4,687.30 Ukraine 752,954 886.787 849.08 804.480 935.95 Italy 539,543 126.833 4,253.96 115.061 4,689.19 China 144,619 73.236 1,974.69 66.439 2,176.72 Korea, South 19,494 32.657 596.93 29.626 658.00 Taiwan 1,561,606 359.374 4,345.35 326.019 4,789.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,551,931 2,671.362 2,078.31 2,423.420 2,290.95 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 18,085 21.037 859.65 19.085 947.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,085 21.037 859.65 19.085 947.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,393,832 1,293.684 1,077.41 1,173.611 1,187.64 Mexico 825,664 550.520 1,499.79 499.424 1,653.23 Venezuela 15,920 17.857 891.51 16.200 982.72 Brazil 109,504 101.476 1,079.11 92.058 1,189.51 Sweden 11,206 4.821 2,324.17 4.374 2,561.96 United Kingdom 532,806 25.540 20,861.18 23.170 22,995.51 France 107,644 24.585 4,378.27 22.304 4,826.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 827,886 149.371 5,542.45 135.508 6,109.50 Austria 152,579 46.624 3,272.51 42.297 3,607.32 Italy 1,603,549 1,006.984 1,592.43 913.521 1,755.35 Turkey 34,954 36.199 965.58 32.840 1,064.37 China 1,864,816 1,652.150 1,128.72 1,498.806 1,244.20 Korea, South 1,615,217 1,318.800 1,224.76 1,196.396 1,350.07 Taiwan 250,504 308.347 812.41 279.728 895.53 Japan 3,590,293 2,191.701 1,638.13 1,988.279 1,805.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,936,374 8,728.667 1,482.06 7,918.516 1,633.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,656,563 3,812.205 696.86 3,458.376 768.15 Sweden 3,474,178 3,326.053 1,044.53 3,017.346 1,151.40 Netherlands 22,190 38.062 582.98 34.530 642.63 Belgium 23,175 7.429 3,119.29 6.740 3,438.43 France 186,000 6.784 27,414.53 6.155 30,219.33 Austria 364,377 391.144 931.57 354.840 1,026.88 Japan 1,224,397 1,612.797 759.18 1,463.106 836.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,950,880 9,194.478 864.75 8,341.093 953.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,348,512 1,580.079 853.45 1,433.424 940.76 Dominican Republic 143,029 123.398 1,159.08 111.945 1,277.67 Brazil 81,385 106.503 764.16 96.618 842.34 Sweden 2,017,870 2,126.109 949.09 1,928.775 1,046.19 United Kingdom 3,868,344 3,137.718 1,232.85 2,846.491 1,358.99 Netherlands 1,170,847 1,581.347 740.41 1,434.575 816.16 Luxembourg 25,628 30.115 851.00 27.320 938.07 France 72,531 5.112 14,186.94 4.638 15,638.42 Federal Republic of Germany 356,267 261.088 1,364.54 236.856 1,504.15 Korea, South 190,929 246.421 774.81 223.550 854.08 Japan 3,113,959 3,975.681 783.25 3,606.679 863.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,389,301 13,173.576 940.47 11,950.871 1,036.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 9,669,005 11,706.261 825.97 10,619.745 910.47 Netherlands 18,896 23.246 812.85 21.089 896.01 France 1,545,031 1,720.475 898.03 1,560.790 989.90 Federal Republic of Germany 370,847 408.582 907.64 370.660 1,000.50 Spain 2,095,617 2,581.736 811.71 2,342.113 894.75 Japan 771,496 722.201 1,068.26 655.170 1,177.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,470,892 17,162.504 843.17 15,569.567 929.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,793,048 1,169.016 1,533.81 1,060.514 1,690.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,102,386 2,398.446 876.56 2,175.835 966.24 Japan 2,210,746 2,942.215 751.39 2,669.134 828.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,106,180 6,509.678 938.02 5,905.483 1,033.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 87,753 28.602 3,067.99 25.948 3,381.88 Brazil 117,260 58.726 1,996.71 53.276 2,200.99 Sweden 801,196 598.672 1,338.29 543.107 1,475.21 United Kingdom 513,588 115.642 4,441.18 104.909 4,895.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,198,645 1,244.907 962.84 1,129.361 1,061.35 Austria 213,474 192.518 1,108.85 174.650 1,222.30 Czech Republic 49,888 13.504 3,694.20 12.251 4,072.16 Russia 6,266,876 1,923.886 3,257.40 1,745.321 3,590.67 Italy 618,075 117.746 5,249.19 106.818 5,786.24 China 6,918 4.386 1,577.26 3.979 1,738.63 Korea, South 3,471,460 4,189.552 828.60 3,800.699 913.37 Hong Kong 17,035 17.070 997.93 15.486 1,100.03 Taiwan 547,304 618.346 885.11 560.955 975.66 Japan 3,385,444 2,921.211 1,158.92 2,650.079 1,277.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,294,916 12,044.774 1,435.89 10,926.839 1,582.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 75,178 155.893 482.24 141.424 531.58 United Kingdom 389,457 146.223 2,663.43 132.652 2,935.93 Federal Republic of Germany 95,527 12.697 7,523.28 11.519 8,292.99 Spain 32,870 21.113 1,556.81 19.154 1,716.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 593,032 335.928 1,765.35 304.749 1,945.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 744,407 341.517 2,179.70 309.820 2,402.71 Brazil 15,446 7.655 2,017.62 6.945 2,224.05 Sweden 737,522 156.524 4,711.85 141.997 5,193.93 United Kingdom 16,694 6.137 2,719.93 5.568 2,998.20 France 102,170 10.419 9,806.08 9.452 10,809.35 Federal Republic of Germany 3,064,511 2,615.550 1,171.65 2,372.788 1,291.52 Austria 575,176 64.203 8,958.71 58.244 9,875.28 Switzerland 68,998 19.067 3,618.57 17.298 3,988.78 China 37,031 38.981 949.98 35.363 1,047.17 Japan 52,916 20.990 2,520.99 19.042 2,778.91 Australia 30,635 3.614 8,475.64 3.279 9,342.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,445,506 3,284.661 1,657.86 2,979.796 1,827.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 573,313,936 422,449.577 1,357.12 383,239.918 1,495.97 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Japan 5,491 11.685 469.89 10.601 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,491 11.685 469.89 10.601 517.97 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 47,373,056 96,610.789 490.35 87,643.859 540.52 Mexico 62,154,470 116,737.733 532.43 105,902.720 586.90 Brazil 6,135,745 9,801.818 625.98 8,892.063 690.02 Belgium 857,423 2,056.205 416.99 1,865.359 459.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,087,777 2,720.650 399.82 2,468.133 440.73 Poland 28,410,838 61,460.606 462.26 55,756.140 509.56 Russia 27,311,851 55,252.457 494.31 50,124.200 544.88 Ukraine 26,299,499 57,724.983 455.60 52,367.239 502.21 Italy 160,206 167.264 957.80 151.740 1,055.79 India 7,980 21.118 377.88 19.158 416.54 China 6,205 16.421 377.87 14.897 416.53 Japan 169,306 422.120 401.08 382.941 442.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 199,974,356 402,992.168 496.22 365,588.449 546.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,948,327 34,582.389 663.58 31,372.625 731.48 Mexico 6,768 11.999 564.01 10.886 621.72 Trinidad and Tobago 3,026,769 6,613.866 457.64 6,000.000 504.46 Brazil 8,126,814 14,215.568 571.68 12,896.150 630.17 Finland 26,327 20.753 1,268.57 18.827 1,398.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,940,101 13,222.187 524.88 11,994.970 578.58 India 82,262 119.314 689.46 108.240 760.00 Thailand 65,720 131.394 500.17 119.199 551.35 China 14,600 16.358 892.51 14.840 983.83 Korea, South 2,076,250 4,200.087 494.33 3,810.256 544.91 Japan 5,816,712 9,980.730 582.79 9,054.369 642.42 Australia 2,288 2.204 1,037.82 2.000 1,144.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,132,938 83,116.853 591.13 75,402.362 651.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 11,557,195 13,738.021 841.26 12,462.927 927.33 Mexico 5,357,360 7,597.923 705.11 6,892.722 777.25 Panama 23,760 20.165 1,178.24 18.294 1,298.79 Brazil 1,989,183 3,708.860 536.33 3,364.623 591.21 Norway 3,925,330 3,600.789 1,090.13 3,266.582 1,201.66 United Kingdom 341,214 230.101 1,482.88 208.745 1,634.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 234,651 128.490 1,826.21 116.565 2,013.05 Luxembourg 10,626,863 9,653.043 1,100.88 8,757.096 1,213.51 France 5,045 3.980 1,267.45 3.611 1,397.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,347,777 3,303.957 1,013.26 2,997.301 1,116.93 Austria 4,560 14.362 317.50 13.029 349.99 Poland 2,172 0.513 4,228.34 0.466 4,660.94 Russia 3,771,760 6,479.408 582.11 5,878.022 641.67 Spain 6,317,465 10,428.437 605.79 9,460.522 667.77 Italy 78,131 9.156 8,532.48 8.307 9,405.44 Turkey 137,375 178.489 769.65 161.923 848.40 China 80,998 85.056 952.28 77.162 1,049.71 Korea, South 699,555 807.236 866.60 732.313 955.27 Taiwan 33,183 30.959 1,071.82 28.086 1,181.48 Japan 991,415 1,346.439 736.32 1,221.470 811.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,524,992 61,365.395 807.05 55,669.766 889.62 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 984,174 975.624 1,008.76 885.072 1,111.97 Luxembourg 8,910,342 7,685.894 1,159.31 6,972.528 1,277.92 Japan 4,012 6.096 658.04 5.531 725.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,898,528 8,667.615 1,142.01 7,863.131 1,258.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 18,129,085 25,091.489 722.52 22,762.623 796.44 Mexico 30,888 42.928 719.52 38.944 793.14 Brazil 27,052 29.605 913.74 26.858 1,007.22 Norway 278,669 276.567 1,007.60 250.898 1,110.69 France 65,145 135.490 480.81 122.915 530.00 Federal Republic of Germany 910,534 693.431 1,313.08 629.071 1,447.43 Austria 5,896,636 4,837.010 1,219.07 4,388.063 1,343.79 Czech Republic 41,666 31.746 1,312.46 28.800 1,446.74 Russia 3,632,065 5,904.840 615.10 5,356.783 678.03 Ukraine 1,684,839 2,044.254 824.18 1,854.517 908.51 Spain 27,775 21.164 1,312.35 19.200 1,446.61 Romania 97,710 107.171 911.72 97.224 1,005.00 Thailand 13,320,262 22,355.012 595.85 20,280.132 656.81 Korea, South 1,018,915 1,444.636 705.31 1,310.553 777.47 Australia 583,291 757.025 770.50 686.762 849.33 South Africa 2,164,804 2,692.660 803.96 2,442.741 886.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,909,336 66,465.036 720.82 60,296.084 794.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 40,012,726 63,339.965 631.71 57,461.066 696.34 Mexico 1,026,184 1,607.042 638.55 1,457.885 703.89 United Kingdom 69,425 52.910 1,312.11 48.000 1,446.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 229,813 489.227 469.75 443.820 517.81 Belgium 92,285 179.555 513.96 162.890 566.55 France 23,125 39.280 588.71 35.635 648.94 Federal Republic of Germany 809,158 1,380.284 586.23 1,252.173 646.20 China 19,624 9.817 1,998.94 8.906 2,203.46 Korea, South 343,610 450.391 762.91 408.588 840.97 Japan 155,775 189.919 820.22 172.292 904.13 Australia 1,620,872 3,055.815 530.42 2,772.190 584.69 New Zealand 2,196,080 4,183.700 524.91 3,795.390 578.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,598,677 74,977.910 621.50 68,018.835 685.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 50,478 45.498 1,109.43 41.276 1,222.94 Luxembourg 404,889 419.036 966.24 380.144 1,065.09 Federal Republic of Germany 35,329 19.842 1,780.45 18.001 1,962.61 Austria 19,772 17.072 1,158.11 15.488 1,276.60 Japan 13,702,596 20,236.485 677.12 18,358.236 746.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,213,064 20,737.936 685.37 18,813.145 755.49 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 172,875 203.165 850.91 184.309 937.96 France 26,460 23.676 1,117.56 21.479 1,231.90 Czech Republic 488,899 567.306 861.79 514.652 949.96 Spain 30,833 23.622 1,305.24 21.430 1,438.78 China 9,376,832 16,764.949 559.31 15,208.911 616.54 Korea, South 40,494 54.972 736.63 49.870 811.99 Japan 324,915 331.966 978.76 301.155 1,078.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,461,308 17,969.660 582.17 16,301.806 641.73 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 373,436 262.941 1,420.22 238.537 1,565.53 India 34,806 37.169 936.40 33.720 1,032.21 China 57,272 56.455 1,014.45 51.216 1,118.24 Australia 621,179 960.784 646.53 871.609 712.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,086,693 1,317.352 824.91 1,195.082 909.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,944,580 24,973.522 718.54 22,655.605 792.06 Mexico 1,141,628 1,632.341 699.38 1,480.836 770.93 Dominican Republic 3,751 6.197 605.27 5.622 667.20 Brazil 844,722 1,553.783 543.65 1,409.569 599.28 Argentina 42,893 83.173 515.70 75.454 568.47 Sweden 23,491 61.653 381.02 55.931 420.00 United Kingdom 8,906,792 11,350.565 784.70 10,297.063 864.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 280,590 416.094 674.34 377.475 743.33 Czech Republic 400,300 616.158 649.67 558.970 716.14 Turkey 683,172 1,081.147 631.90 980.801 696.54 India 688,040 714.801 962.56 648.457 1,061.04 China 2,647,525 2,662.029 994.55 2,414.953 1,096.30 Korea, South 595,494 727.225 818.86 659.728 902.64 Japan 2,073,271 2,663.809 778.31 2,416.568 857.94 Australia 5,293 2.792 1,895.67 2.533 2,089.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,281,542 48,545.296 747.38 44,039.565 823.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,904,907 7,351.892 803.18 6,669.527 885.36 Mexico 1,775,988 2,493.266 712.31 2,261.854 785.19 Brazil 2,102,513 3,869.486 543.36 3,510.340 598.95 Spain 215,418 340.442 632.76 308.844 697.50 Turkey 214,184 356.633 600.57 323.533 662.02 China 72,630 68.629 1,058.29 62.260 1,166.56 Korea, South 21,044 19.166 1,097.93 17.388 1,210.26 Japan 1,598,372 3,050.914 523.90 2,767.744 577.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,905,056 17,550.433 678.33 15,921.490 747.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 36,267 40.488 895.73 36.731 987.37 Mexico 40,331,469 62,226.851 648.14 56,451.266 714.45 Dominican Republic 3,578,044 5,926.162 603.77 5,376.126 665.54 Federal Republic of Germany 668,270 646.656 1,033.42 586.637 1,139.15 Switzerland 126,852 239.899 528.77 217.633 582.87 Turkey 18,743,974 28,500.813 657.66 25,855.510 724.95 Taiwan 5,079 7.341 691.83 6.660 762.61 Japan 12,757,376 24,175.351 527.70 21,931.516 581.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,247,331 121,763.564 626.19 110,462.079 690.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,515,978 4,879.136 1,130.52 4,426.279 1,246.19 Mexico 2,440 1.104 2,209.11 1.002 2,435.13 Sweden 5,776 0.628 9,192.81 0.570 10,133.33 United Kingdom 1,078,381 843.234 1,278.86 764.970 1,409.70 France 362,162 252.001 1,437.14 228.612 1,584.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,229,016 3,705.689 1,141.22 3,361.746 1,257.98 Spain 993,187 1,037.635 957.16 941.327 1,055.09 Italy 587,151 452.428 1,297.78 410.436 1,430.55 Romania 48,059 9.630 4,990.09 8.737 5,500.63 India 90,899 7.732 11,755.13 7.015 12,957.80 China 1,028,302 1,035.896 992.67 939.750 1,094.23 Korea, South 207,150 261.749 791.41 237.455 872.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 46,757 47.773 978.73 43.339 1,078.87 Japan 155,720 153.148 1,016.79 138.934 1,120.82 South Africa 114,438 132.563 863.27 120.260 951.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,465,416 12,820.353 1,128.32 11,630.432 1,243.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 33,668,622 38,245.375 880.33 34,695.631 970.40 Mexico 5,311,428 5,634.081 942.73 5,111.154 1,039.18 Guatemala 9,068 8.358 1,084.84 7.583 1,195.83 Dominican Republic 856,381 755.329 1,133.78 685.224 1,249.78 Colombia 43,576 27.493 1,584.94 24.942 1,747.09 Venezuela 738,072 600.779 1,228.52 545.018 1,354.22 Argentina 18,684 11.578 1,613.66 10.504 1,778.75 Sweden 6,153 4.530 1,358.13 4.110 1,497.08 United Kingdom 3,763 0.379 9,923.65 0.344 10,938.95 France 76,047 42.781 1,777.56 38.811 1,959.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,434,605 1,206.624 2,017.70 1,094.632 2,224.13 Austria 10,205 0.515 19,781.67 0.468 21,805.56 Czech Republic 20,309 16.409 1,237.67 14.886 1,364.30 Slovakia 118,259 80.162 1,475.25 72.722 1,626.18 Switzerland 215,370 140.547 1,532.36 127.503 1,689.14 Russia 981,136 1,250.318 784.71 1,134.270 864.99 Ukraine 139,652 113.072 1,235.06 102.578 1,361.42 Spain 3,237,882 2,263.214 1,430.66 2,053.154 1,577.03 Italy 115,360 58.932 1,957.48 53.463 2,157.75 Romania 1,505,158 1,940.037 775.84 1,759.973 855.22 United Arab Emirates 661,404 1,278.930 517.15 1,160.227 570.06 Oman 1,175,414 1,746.708 672.93 1,584.588 741.78 India 5,520,843 6,536.307 844.64 5,929.640 931.06 Thailand 15,582,366 20,207.886 771.10 18,332.291 850.00 Vietnam 923,305 1,091.246 846.10 989.962 932.67 Malaysia 224,504 217.022 1,034.47 196.880 1,140.31 China 4,772,067 4,168.470 1,144.80 3,781.574 1,261.93 Korea, South 6,417,687 8,185.704 784.01 7,425.948 864.22 Taiwan 6,505,742 9,357.756 695.22 8,489.216 766.35 Japan 5,523,670 5,402.535 1,022.42 4,901.099 1,127.03 South Africa 611,179 923.664 661.69 837.935 729.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,427,911 111,516.758 873.66 101,166.330 963.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,734,268 5,155.253 1,112.32 4,676.769 1,226.12 Mexico 4,819,367 2,860.346 1,684.89 2,594.863 1,857.27 Colombia 3,990,361 3,595.282 1,109.89 3,261.586 1,223.44 Venezuela 4,489,750 4,838.353 927.95 4,389.282 1,022.89 Brazil 373,250 329.123 1,134.07 298.576 1,250.10 Argentina 1,823,709 1,112.432 1,639.39 1,009.182 1,807.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 173,628 5.062 34,294.08 4.593 37,802.74 France 887,014 482.477 1,838.46 437.696 2,026.55 Federal Republic of Germany 9,107,981 7,835.896 1,162.34 7,108.608 1,281.26 Austria 13,822,966 10,178.136 1,358.10 9,233.453 1,497.05 Russia 1,453,756 2,797.576 519.65 2,537.919 572.81 Ukraine 831,790 786.449 1,057.65 713.455 1,165.86 Spain 1,648,630 1,262.192 1,306.16 1,145.042 1,439.80 Italy 580,322 228.932 2,534.91 207.684 2,794.25 India 129,200 124.928 1,034.19 113.333 1,140.00 Singapore 185,977 74.611 2,492.62 67.686 2,747.64 China 67,943,555 83,252.780 816.11 75,525.673 899.61 Korea, South 15,649,040 21,593.247 724.72 19,589.070 798.87 Taiwan 2,712,582 3,796.825 714.43 3,444.423 787.53 Japan 626,500 406.336 1,541.83 368.622 1,699.57 South Africa 718,401 848.034 847.14 769.324 933.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,702,047 151,564.278 908.54 137,496.839 1,001.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 24,566 19.655 1,249.84 17.831 1,377.71 Federal Republic of Germany 7,602,381 3,298.580 2,304.74 2,992.423 2,540.54 Czech Republic 495,340 319.782 1,548.99 290.102 1,707.47 Poland 29,950 19.850 1,508.78 18.008 1,663.15 Russia 553,474 948.834 583.32 860.768 643.00 Italy 48,287,518 42,231.162 1,143.41 38,311.477 1,260.39 Romania 6,770,450 7,142.634 947.89 6,479.691 1,044.87 India 67,483,125 61,346.260 1,100.04 55,652.407 1,212.58 Thailand 873,920 763.297 1,144.93 692.452 1,262.07 China 1,195,805 1,565.881 763.66 1,420.544 841.79 Korea, South 4,744,607 5,426.317 874.37 4,922.674 963.83 Taiwan 267,135 404.812 659.90 367.240 727.41 Japan 6,318,374 6,549.785 964.67 5,941.867 1,063.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,646,645 130,036.855 1,112.35 117,967.484 1,226.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 308,868 300.564 1,027.62 272.668 1,132.76 Mexico 11,958,767 8,301.288 1,440.59 7,530.804 1,587.98 Venezuela 270,262 388.539 695.58 352.477 766.75 Brazil 8,067,406 2,306.004 3,498.43 2,091.973 3,856.36 Argentina 239,650 219.640 1,091.10 199.255 1,202.73 United Kingdom 271,139 24.807 10,929.71 22.505 12,047.94 Netherlands 8,814 0.275 31,983.71 0.250 35,256.00 France 1,437,674 1,194.236 1,203.84 1,083.393 1,327.01 Federal Republic of Germany 3,002 1.203 2,493.93 1.092 2,749.08 Austria 459,820 385.109 1,194.00 349.366 1,316.16 Czech Republic 6,572,651 7,603.724 864.40 6,897.985 952.84 Slovakia 130,532 119.152 1,095.51 108.093 1,207.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 141,227 104.427 1,352.39 94.735 1,490.76 Russia 1,081,537 1,142.904 946.31 1,036.826 1,043.12 Ukraine 464,000 598.789 774.90 543.213 854.18 Italy 1,155,808 845.912 1,366.34 767.399 1,506.14 India 42,860 82.424 519.99 74.774 573.19 China 11,926,274 17,079.376 698.29 15,494.154 769.73 Korea, South 3,235,168 5,075.455 637.41 4,604.377 702.63 Taiwan 178,544 294.883 605.47 267.514 667.42 South Africa 790,058 946.013 835.14 858.209 920.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,744,061 47,014.734 1,036.78 42,651.062 1,142.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 5,220,828 5,580.010 935.63 5,062.102 1,031.36 Ukraine 3,180,657 4,583.489 693.94 4,158.073 764.94 Italy 77,068 12.051 6,394.85 10.933 7,049.12 China 3,008,517 5,600.321 537.20 5,080.528 592.17 Korea, South 6,375,266 9,870.849 645.87 8,954.687 711.95 Taiwan 1,393,786 2,235.395 623.51 2,027.917 687.30 Japan 1,280,330 1,503.728 851.44 1,364.160 938.55 South Africa 1,539,252 2,457.562 626.33 2,229.464 690.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,075,704 31,843.410 693.26 28,887.864 764.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,750,734 6,435.857 1,204.30 5,838.513 1,327.52 Mexico 16,068,722 18,004.517 892.48 16,333.428 983.79 Dominican Republic 96,549 77.626 1,243.76 70.422 1,371.01 Colombia 29,731 25.552 1,163.52 23.181 1,282.56 Brazil 1,645,622 1,539.055 1,069.24 1,396.208 1,178.64 Argentina 201,144 84.879 2,369.77 77.001 2,612.23 Sweden 379,280 152.084 2,493.87 137.969 2,749.02 United Kingdom 7,057 0.392 17,983.16 0.356 19,823.03 Netherlands 38,271 18.387 2,081.34 16.681 2,294.29 Belgium 72,037 34.647 2,079.12 31.432 2,291.84 France 1,500,128 947.327 1,583.54 859.401 1,745.55 Federal Republic of Germany 2,176,500 1,134.575 1,918.34 1,029.270 2,114.61 Austria 424,173 124.788 3,399.14 113.206 3,746.91 Switzerland 1,104,935 359.990 3,069.34 326.578 3,383.37 Russia 658,695 828.938 794.62 752.001 875.92 Ukraine 1,182,609 1,079.050 1,095.97 978.898 1,208.10 Spain 544,689 188.678 2,886.87 171.166 3,182.23 Italy 1,165,431 897.719 1,298.21 814.398 1,431.03 Romania 2,342,601 2,334.957 1,003.27 2,118.238 1,105.92 Turkey 133,972 115.373 1,161.20 104.665 1,280.01 India 1,350,530 1,120.247 1,205.56 1,016.272 1,328.91 China 4,599,041 4,013.220 1,145.97 3,640.733 1,263.22 Korea, South 1,068,232 746.813 1,430.39 677.498 1,576.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 230,891 164.382 1,404.60 149.125 1,548.31 Japan 2,336,616 1,082.170 2,159.19 981.729 2,380.10 Australia 102,058 113.789 896.90 103.228 988.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,210,248 41,625.023 1,134.18 37,761.597 1,250.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 24,591 16.731 1,469.70 15.179 1,620.07 Mexico 3,128,487 2,060.145 1,518.58 1,868.933 1,673.94 Brazil 633,197 375.669 1,685.51 340.802 1,857.96 Argentina 1,239,914 691.336 1,793.50 627.170 1,977.00 Netherlands 49,427 22.267 2,219.66 20.201 2,446.76 Belgium 20,796 4.480 4,641.04 4.065 5,115.87 France 924,637 463.683 1,994.11 420.647 2,198.13 Federal Republic of Germany 6,001,370 3,012.743 1,991.99 2,733.116 2,195.80 Czech Republic 188,564 117.186 1,609.09 106.310 1,773.72 Slovakia 192,217 104.527 1,838.91 94.826 2,027.05 Italy 1,450,472 763.173 1,900.58 692.340 2,095.03 Romania 232,753 110.882 2,099.09 100.591 2,313.86 China 708,067 598.783 1,182.51 543.207 1,303.49 Korea, South 661,750 44.740 14,790.82 40.588 16,304.08 Japan 307,574 139.787 2,200.30 126.813 2,425.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,763,816 8,526.141 1,848.88 7,734.788 2,038.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 801,343 319.332 2,509.43 289.694 2,766.17 Mexico 368,953 162.200 2,274.67 147.146 2,507.39 United Kingdom 5,151 2.839 1,814.02 2.576 1,999.61 Netherlands 3,130 1.725 1,814.37 1.565 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 5,037 0.216 23,313.73 0.196 25,698.98 Vietnam 27,793 20.635 1,346.87 18.720 1,484.67 China 216,647 111.333 1,945.93 101.000 2,145.02 Taiwan 28,840 16.964 1,700.01 15.390 1,873.94 Japan 702,300 219.633 3,197.60 199.248 3,524.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,159,194 854.880 2,525.73 775.535 2,784.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,965,602 27,436.698 909.93 24,890.161 1,003.03 Mexico 6,156,127 6,146.504 1,001.57 5,576.017 1,104.04 United Kingdom 175,571 154.031 1,139.84 139.735 1,256.46 Netherlands 2,247 0.360 6,233.78 0.327 6,871.56 Belgium 18,818 6.278 2,997.09 5.696 3,303.72 Federal Republic of Germany 6,866 1.875 3,661.81 1.701 4,036.45 Austria 11,458 3.600 3,182.65 3.266 3,508.27 Switzerland 3,433 0.940 3,651.07 0.853 4,024.62 Spain 3,077 1.168 2,633.40 1.060 2,902.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 2,280 1.124 2,027.83 1.020 2,235.29 India 73,389 38.210 1,920.65 34.664 2,117.15 China 367,422 152.983 2,401.72 138.784 2,647.44 Korea, South 2,128,195 3,476.068 612.24 3,153.437 674.88 Taiwan 40,954 49.040 835.10 44.489 920.54 Japan 3,895,161 4,545.475 856.93 4,123.587 944.61 Australia 52,325 63.849 819.51 57.923 903.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,902,925 42,078.209 900.77 38,172.720 992.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 162,712 188.845 861.61 171.318 949.77 Mexico 8,324 5.771 1,442.21 5.236 1,589.76 Korea, South 187,586 292.202 641.97 265.082 707.65 Japan 37,246 77.378 481.35 70.197 530.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 395,868 564.199 701.65 511.833 773.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,436,536 19,983.770 972.62 18,128.977 1,072.13 Mexico 8,738,181 8,793.935 993.66 7,977.726 1,095.32 Dominican Republic 175,478 171.799 1,021.41 155.854 1,125.91 Colombia 45,393 30.562 1,485.24 27.726 1,637.20 Venezuela 392,795 574.703 683.47 521.362 753.40 Ecuador 15,882 19.540 812.77 17.727 895.92 Brazil 1,734,057 2,156.169 804.23 1,956.045 886.51 Sweden 355,730 117.052 3,039.07 106.188 3,350.00 United Kingdom 358,933 203.884 1,760.47 184.961 1,940.59 Belgium 741,056 410.819 1,803.85 372.689 1,988.40 France 1,014,642 585.765 1,732.16 531.398 1,909.38 Federal Republic of Germany 971,214 443.140 2,191.66 402.010 2,415.90 Austria 144,395 53.440 2,702.00 48.480 2,978.44 Czech Republic 36,852 18.996 1,939.97 17.233 2,138.46 Slovakia 24,843 9.941 2,498.86 9.019 2,754.52 Poland 20,977 19.185 1,093.37 17.405 1,205.23 Belarus 444,786 428.405 1,038.24 388.643 1,144.46 Spain 8,839 9.339 946.37 8.473 1,043.20 Italy 94,995 59.410 1,598.97 53.896 1,762.56 United Arab Emirates 40,856 39.387 1,037.28 35.732 1,143.40 India 183,331 242.744 755.24 220.214 832.51 Thailand 177,226 146.776 1,207.46 133.153 1,331.00 Malaysia 481,601 579.982 830.37 526.151 915.33 Indonesia 45,212 21.954 2,059.33 19.917 2,270.02 China 6,405,398 6,735.428 951.00 6,110.280 1,048.30 Korea, South 1,815,383 1,925.171 942.97 1,746.487 1,039.45 Taiwan 851,412 832.981 1,022.13 755.668 1,126.70 Japan 3,671,800 3,432.528 1,069.71 3,113.938 1,179.15 South Africa 223,428 302.096 739.59 274.057 815.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 48,651,231 48,348.913 1,006.25 43,861.409 1,109.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 83,796 113.167 740.46 102.664 816.22 China 63,217 102.628 615.98 93.103 679.00 Japan 788,334 1,088.780 724.05 987.725 798.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 935,347 1,304.576 716.97 1,183.492 790.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,146,214 11,421.195 800.81 10,361.137 882.74 Brazil 571,214 661.506 863.50 600.109 951.85 Netherlands 10,055,787 13,766.821 730.44 12,489.054 805.17 Belgium 381,514 408.461 934.03 370.550 1,029.59 France 415,900 453.875 916.33 411.749 1,010.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,883,687 3,125.680 922.58 2,835.570 1,016.97 China 426,904 574.166 743.52 520.875 819.59 Korea, South 203,570 240.513 846.40 218.190 932.99 Japan 133,777 150.574 888.44 136.599 979.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,218,567 30,802.794 786.25 27,943.833 866.69 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,291,583 3,578.553 919.81 3,246.410 1,013.91 Brazil 408,776 437.970 933.34 397.320 1,028.83 Netherlands 14,544 19.804 734.39 17.966 809.53 France 500,011 632.390 790.67 573.695 871.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,408,705 1,489.000 946.07 1,350.799 1,042.87 Taiwan 78,646 39.838 1,974.11 36.141 2,176.09 Japan 1,383,460 1,702.124 812.78 1,544.142 895.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,085,725 7,899.682 896.96 7,166.473 988.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 45,218,308 70,935.167 637.46 64,351.320 702.68 Mexico 5,885,741 9,490.136 620.20 8,609.309 683.65 Netherlands 1,001,809 2,005.643 499.49 1,819.490 550.60 Belgium 664,002 1,253.526 529.71 1,137.180 583.90 France 663,821 1,357.316 489.07 1,231.337 539.11 Federal Republic of Germany 331,479 714.551 463.90 648.230 511.36 Italy 17,884 23.330 766.55 21.165 844.98 Korea, South 31,342,464 63,571.194 493.03 57,670.834 543.47 Japan 841,490 1,819.478 462.49 1,650.604 509.81 Australia 13,653,846 24,138.725 565.64 21,898.290 623.51 New Zealand 3,781,380 7,076.147 534.38 6,419.375 589.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,402,224 182,385.218 566.94 165,457.134 624.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 28,621,601 43,684.292 655.19 39,629.735 722.23 Mexico 5,229,680 8,022.907 651.84 7,278.261 718.53 Brazil 4,287,099 7,627.564 562.05 6,919.612 619.56 Sweden 404,030 484.843 833.32 439.843 918.58 Netherlands 479,541 803.094 597.12 728.555 658.21 Belgium 2,145,220 3,740.218 573.55 3,393.070 632.24 Federal Republic of Germany 121,890 159.474 764.32 144.673 842.52 China 5,430,300 9,465.110 573.72 8,586.606 632.42 Korea, South 1,153,697 1,649.643 699.36 1,496.532 770.91 Japan 732,372 1,059.943 690.95 961.565 761.65 New Zealand 400,861 691.358 579.82 627.190 639.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,006,291 77,388.451 633.25 70,205.642 698.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,605,186 41,729.725 781.34 37,856.581 861.28 Mexico 6,033,784 6,336.533 952.22 5,748.408 1,049.64 Brazil 363,737 516.057 704.84 468.160 776.95 Sweden 81,155 69.932 1,160.47 63.442 1,279.20 United Kingdom 15,284 17.344 881.18 15.735 971.34 Netherlands 904,725 1,021.255 885.89 926.468 976.53 Belgium 26,152 13.519 1,934.34 12.265 2,132.25 France 25,935 21.445 1,209.35 19.455 1,333.08 Federal Republic of Germany 761,189 833.668 913.06 756.292 1,006.48 Austria 574,697 443.312 1,296.37 402.166 1,429.00 Spain 25,243 30.409 830.10 27.587 915.03 Italy 6,652 11.281 589.66 10.234 649.99 India 27,719,067 33,807.118 819.92 30,669.311 903.80 China 23,896,012 35,850.153 666.55 32,522.721 734.75 Korea, South 4,582,218 5,688.415 805.54 5,160.445 887.95 Taiwan 19,038,102 21,023.719 905.55 19,072.403 998.20 Japan 798,573 869.986 917.91 789.239 1,011.83 Australia 1,272,803 1,712.824 743.10 1,553.849 819.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 118,730,514 149,996.705 791.55 136,074.761 872.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 628,385 689.210 911.75 625.241 1,005.03 Belgium 35,183 50.210 700.71 45.550 772.40 Luxembourg 372,790 516.553 721.69 468.610 795.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,113,393 2,402.449 879.68 2,179.466 969.68 Thailand 107,854 115.128 936.81 104.443 1,032.66 China 184,095 164.195 1,121.19 148.956 1,235.90 Korea, South 1,643,357 1,812.924 906.47 1,644.658 999.21 Taiwan 207,359 281.447 736.76 255.325 812.14 Japan 810,339 855.760 946.92 776.333 1,043.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,102,755 6,887.880 886.01 6,248.582 976.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,641,235 1,238.729 1,324.93 1,123.757 1,460.49 Mexico 8,150,901 8,952.633 910.45 8,121.695 1,003.60 United Kingdom 1,038,946 877.388 1,184.13 795.954 1,305.28 Belgium 393,497 303.730 1,295.55 275.540 1,428.09 Luxembourg 332,700 397.113 837.80 360.255 923.51 France 22,257 5.729 3,884.42 5.198 4,281.84 Federal Republic of Germany 1,202,086 538.529 2,232.16 488.546 2,460.54 India 21,051 21.809 965.23 19.785 1,063.99 China 579,202 725.222 798.65 657.911 880.37 Korea, South 4,178,538 5,700.697 732.99 5,171.587 807.98 Taiwan 9,220,308 10,072.590 915.39 9,137.703 1,009.04 Japan 1,496,524 972.309 1,539.14 882.065 1,696.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,277,245 29,806.485 948.69 27,039.996 1,045.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,882,973 2,752.272 684.15 2,496.820 754.15 Mexico 489,812 611.744 800.68 554.965 882.60 United Kingdom 13,588 21.399 634.98 19.413 699.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,386,373 3,385.415 704.90 3,071.198 777.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,756,895 2,909.536 947.54 2,639.488 1,044.48 Mexico 329,749 311.534 1,058.47 282.619 1,166.76 Brazil 62,773 36.988 1,697.12 33.555 1,870.75 Sweden 728,932 149.421 4,878.36 135.553 5,377.47 United Kingdom 1,631,211 849.629 1,919.91 770.771 2,116.34 France 173,455 32.428 5,348.78 29.419 5,896.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,332,533 2,181.012 1,527.98 1,978.582 1,684.30 Austria 324,610 55.862 5,810.83 50.678 6,405.34 Switzerland 227,108 87.792 2,586.87 79.644 2,851.54 Italy 131,293 50.263 2,612.11 45.598 2,879.36 India 415,099 338.523 1,226.21 307.103 1,351.66 China 110,181 78.634 1,401.18 71.336 1,544.54 Korea, South 1,412,271 941.480 1,500.05 854.097 1,653.53 Taiwan 428,772 317.950 1,348.55 288.440 1,486.52 Japan 347,045 331.949 1,045.47 301.140 1,152.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,411,927 8,673.008 1,431.10 7,868.023 1,577.52 GRAND TOTAL 1,522,941,346 2,050,804.885 742.61 1,860,459.421 818.58 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 36,540 17.162 2,129.00 15.570 2,346.82 Italy 5,689,845 1,604.307 3,546.60 1,455.404 3,909.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,726,385 1,621.470 3,531.60 1,470.974 3,892.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 27,849 6.790 4,101.33 6.160 4,520.94 Mexico 60,036 21.499 2,792.44 19.504 3,078.14 Sweden 14,986,014 3,178.588 4,714.68 2,883.568 5,197.04 United Kingdom 20,853,642 5,791.795 3,600.55 5,254.230 3,968.92 Federal Republic of Germany 269,889 38.047 7,093.50 34.516 7,819.24 Czech Republic 9,120 6.283 1,451.50 5.700 1,600.00 Ukraine 386,026 90.909 4,246.25 82.472 4,680.69 Spain 462,396 121.127 3,817.43 109.885 4,208.00 Italy 4,253,697 893.701 4,759.64 810.753 5,246.60 China 7,549 0.181 41,505.09 0.165 45,751.52 Taiwan 6,270 1.535 4,083.31 1.393 4,501.08 Japan 5,571 3.838 1,451.44 3.482 1,599.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,328,059 10,154.299 4,070.01 9,211.828 4,486.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,462,368 238.028 6,143.66 215.936 6,772.23 United Kingdom 1,878,470 440.417 4,265.20 399.540 4,701.58 France 1,915,933 389.644 4,917.13 353.480 5,420.20 Federal Republic of Germany 223,850 100.723 2,222.42 91.375 2,449.79 Austria 18,056 2.961 6,096.07 2.687 6,719.76 Italy 285,738 57.255 4,990.61 51.941 5,501.20 India 250,039 58.164 4,298.82 52.766 4,738.64 China 277,381 167.193 1,659.05 151.675 1,828.79 Taiwan 2,254,817 575.923 3,915.13 522.469 4,315.70 Japan 28,125 12.220 2,301.51 11.086 2,536.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,594,777 2,042.532 4,207.90 1,852.955 4,638.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 11,561 2.461 4,696.81 2.233 5,177.34 Italy 94,554 31.188 3,031.67 28.294 3,341.84 India 357,125 75.272 4,744.43 68.286 5,229.84 Japan 20,547 5.084 4,040.74 4.613 4,454.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 483,787 114.007 4,243.46 103.426 4,677.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 114,925 15.407 7,459.27 13.977 8,222.44 Mexico 16,421 4.650 3,530.90 4.219 3,892.15 Brazil 970,701 259.669 3,738.22 235.568 4,120.68 Sweden 2,484,267 456.268 5,444.75 413.920 6,001.80 Finland 204,171 42.136 4,845.42 38.226 5,341.16 United Kingdom 19,671 6.907 2,847.95 6.266 3,139.32 Netherlands 24,495 5.964 4,106.73 5.411 4,526.89 Belgium 8,116,127 1,169.130 6,942.02 1,060.618 7,652.26 France 838,574 218.115 3,844.63 197.871 4,237.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,744,634 577.573 3,020.63 523.966 3,329.67 Austria 72,396 16.266 4,450.54 14.757 4,905.88 Spain 2,047 0.964 2,122.29 0.875 2,339.43 Italy 389,719 87.713 4,443.11 79.572 4,897.69 China 4,478,528 999.311 4,481.62 906.560 4,940.13 Korea, South 666,859 135.809 4,910.27 123.204 5,412.64 Taiwan 5,154,973 1,119.330 4,605.41 1,015.440 5,076.59 Japan 2,468,582 517.699 4,768.37 469.649 5,256.23 South Africa 1,473,343 988.303 1,490.78 896.574 1,643.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,240,433 6,621.221 4,416.17 6,006.673 4,867.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 333,391 91.039 3,662.03 82.590 4,036.70 Sweden 2,130,401 395.236 5,390.19 358.553 5,941.66 Finland 688,750 179.961 3,827.22 163.258 4,218.78 Belgium 1,555,479 327.441 4,750.40 297.050 5,236.42 Federal Republic of Germany 687,934 173.900 3,955.90 157.760 4,360.64 China 1,180,516 346.850 3,403.53 314.658 3,751.74 Korea, South 59,510 17.699 3,362.18 16.057 3,706.17 Japan 115,425 20.731 5,567.71 18.807 6,137.34 South Africa 41,799 31.195 1,339.91 28.300 1,477.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,793,205 1,584.057 4,288.48 1,437.033 4,727.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 106,551 15.592 6,833.61 14.145 7,532.77 Sweden 4,486,524 1,043.935 4,297.70 947.043 4,737.40 United Kingdom 1,226,728 270.203 4,540.01 245.125 5,004.50 Netherlands 116,594 21.517 5,418.66 19.520 5,973.05 France 587,204 115.244 5,095.29 104.548 5,616.60 Federal Republic of Germany 999,339 240.739 4,151.13 218.395 4,575.83 Austria 769,391 130.114 5,913.18 118.038 6,518.16 Poland 80,555 35.365 2,277.79 32.083 2,510.83 Ukraine 399,950 84.007 4,760.91 76.210 5,248.00 Portugal 803,868 181.464 4,429.89 164.622 4,883.11 Italy 1,837,011 355.433 5,168.37 322.444 5,697.15 Slovenia 11,917 4.205 2,833.79 3.815 3,123.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,606,260 546.561 4,768.47 495.832 5,256.34 China 74,399 11.448 6,498.52 10.386 7,163.39 Taiwan 3,687,018 908.633 4,057.76 824.299 4,472.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,793,309 3,964.467 4,488.20 3,596.505 4,947.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 15,383 0.692 22,221.70 0.628 24,495.22 Switzerland 10,460 1.167 8,960.49 1.059 9,877.24 Italy 1,737,499 218.203 7,962.74 197.951 8,777.42 India 2,363,805 530.594 4,455.02 481.347 4,910.81 Japan 116,104 31.824 3,648.22 28.871 4,021.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,243,251 782.482 5,422.81 709.856 5,977.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 141,608 23.716 5,970.93 21.515 6,581.83 Mexico 18,938 11.639 1,627.07 10.559 1,793.54 Brazil 128,031 16.070 7,966.79 14.579 8,781.88 Sweden 599,350 132.838 4,511.87 120.509 4,973.49 Norway 6,615 0.370 17,860.20 0.336 19,687.50 Denmark 6,946 2.214 3,136.54 2.009 3,457.44 United Kingdom 1,017,277 197.312 5,155.66 178.999 5,683.14 Netherlands 254,847 39.317 6,481.81 35.668 7,144.98 France 3,888,236 513.599 7,570.56 465.930 8,345.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,335,569 556.598 4,196.15 504.938 4,625.46 Austria 798,530 69.252 11,530.67 62.825 12,710.39 Czech Republic 325,096 40.994 7,930.15 37.190 8,741.49 Switzerland 710,113 113.506 6,256.17 102.971 6,896.24 Latvia 396,624 74.173 5,347.25 67.289 5,894.34 Ukraine 170,298 77.558 2,195.73 70.360 2,420.38 Spain 7,539 0.844 8,928.55 0.766 9,842.04 Italy 13,785,904 1,930.579 7,140.81 1,751.393 7,871.39 Slovenia 993,383 211.785 4,690.51 192.129 5,170.40 Saudi Arabia 159,608 73.842 2,161.46 66.989 2,382.60 United Arab Emirates 222,365 94.955 2,341.79 86.142 2,581.38 India 4,804,677 1,222.999 3,928.60 1,109.487 4,330.54 Malaysia 19,579 2.593 7,548.57 2.353 8,320.87 China 276,085 63.102 4,375.16 57.246 4,822.78 Korea, South 107,091 19.817 5,403.90 17.978 5,956.78 Taiwan 9,512,251 2,050.176 4,639.72 1,859.889 5,114.42 Japan 42,197 7.877 5,356.91 7.146 5,904.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,728,757 7,547.738 5,396.15 6,847.195 5,948.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 88,241 7.410 11,907.02 6.723 13,125.24 United Kingdom 338,620 11.736 28,852.35 10.647 31,804.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,186,301 923.372 2,367.73 837.670 2,609.98 Korea, South 133,344 62.911 2,119.56 57.072 2,336.42 Taiwan 4,186 2.473 1,692.28 2.244 1,865.42 Japan 5,153,396 1,397.676 3,687.12 1,267.951 4,064.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,904,088 2,405.581 3,285.73 2,182.307 3,621.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A China 8,625 0.853 10,109.14 0.774 11,143.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,625 0.853 10,109.14 0.774 11,143.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 38,123 14.272 2,671.04 12.948 2,944.32 Mexico 10,358 2.755 3,758.65 2.500 4,143.20 Sweden 4,104 0.314 13,063.46 0.285 14,400.00 Federal Republic of Germany 6,388 0.489 13,052.02 0.444 14,387.39 Austria 12,780 4.206 3,038.21 3.816 3,349.06 Italy 111,362 14.408 7,729.01 13.071 8,519.78 Korea, South 4,738 2.088 2,268.20 1.895 2,500.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 187,853 38.535 4,874.78 34.959 5,373.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Sweden 11,400 0.820 13,900.42 0.744 15,322.58 Austria 9,888 0.757 13,057.13 0.687 14,393.01 China 67,613 13.454 5,025.19 12.206 5,539.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,901 15.032 5,914.03 13.637 6,519.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,190,297 1,716.314 8,850.53 1,557.015 9,756.04 Mexico 279,409 70.348 3,971.79 63.819 4,378.15 Brazil 13,710 0.694 19,742.07 0.630 21,761.90 Uruguay 255,399 99.679 2,562.19 90.428 2,824.34 Sweden 2,468,639 192.161 12,846.69 174.326 14,161.05 Finland 673,530 162.113 4,154.68 147.067 4,579.75 Denmark 39,998 5.982 6,686.12 5.427 7,370.19 United Kingdom 718,380 9.898 72,572.78 8.980 79,997.77 Ireland 22,658 0.871 25,986.09 0.791 28,644.75 France 7,462,191 765.507 9,748.03 694.457 10,745.36 Federal Republic of Germany 7,154,848 622.059 11,501.87 564.323 12,678.64 Austria 1,867,005 126.269 14,785.85 114.550 16,298.60 Slovakia 162,315 21.053 7,709.81 19.099 8,498.61 Switzerland 532,026 4.588 115,937.07 4.163 127,798.70 Spain 11,296,342 746.231 15,137.85 676.970 16,686.62 Italy 225,974 49.724 4,544.55 45.109 5,009.51 India 2,475 0.105 23,388.36 0.096 25,781.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 686,945 138.186 4,971.13 125.361 5,479.73 Malaysia 967,856 224.923 4,303.05 204.047 4,743.30 Singapore 596,548 121.748 4,899.86 110.448 5,401.17 China 18,639,119 3,002.335 6,208.21 2,723.674 6,843.37 Korea, South 10,879,901 1,811.912 6,004.65 1,643.740 6,618.99 Taiwan 8,467,732 1,813.393 4,669.55 1,645.083 5,147.30 Japan 7,381,292 729.179 10,122.73 661.501 11,158.40 Australia 2,202 0.040 53,989.77 0.037 59,513.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,986,791 12,435.325 7,718.88 11,281.141 8,508.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 909,543 169.147 5,377.22 153.448 5,927.37 Mexico 139,763 22.187 6,299.23 20.128 6,943.71 Brazil 2,399 0.604 3,971.42 0.548 4,377.74 Sweden 1,834,816 178.328 10,288.96 161.777 11,341.64 United Kingdom 253,643 69.523 3,648.29 63.071 4,021.55 Ireland 30,561 0.167 182,397.90 0.152 201,059.21 Netherlands 14,593 0.058 249,783.97 0.053 275,339.62 Belgium 94,077 7.303 12,880.36 6.626 14,198.16 France 525,474 40.290 13,042.11 36.551 14,376.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,131,215 115.939 9,756.90 105.179 10,755.14 Czech Republic 6,324 0.650 9,723.79 0.590 10,718.64 Switzerland 463,560 47.693 9,719.52 43.267 10,713.94 Spain 88,019 4.900 17,959.86 4.446 19,797.35 Italy 1,083,692 195.853 5,533.19 177.675 6,099.29 India 5,311,542 1,174.991 4,520.49 1,065.935 4,982.99 Thailand 183,423 30.712 5,972.24 27.862 6,583.27 China 1,807,423 400.551 4,512.34 363.374 4,974.00 Korea, South 3,618,962 629.726 5,746.88 571.278 6,334.85 Hong Kong 106,588 21.717 4,907.88 19.702 5,410.01 Taiwan 1,580,405 239.634 6,595.06 217.393 7,269.81 Japan 1,739,081 170.213 10,217.07 154.415 11,262.38 Australia 131,834 23.316 5,654.21 21.152 6,232.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,056,937 3,543.513 5,942.39 3,214.622 6,550.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 91,258 45.357 2,011.95 41.148 2,217.80 Mexico 6,688 16.548 404.13 15.013 445.48 Brazil 103,413 27.397 3,774.48 24.855 4,160.65 Finland 179,651 49.537 3,626.54 44.940 3,997.57 Belgium 321,425 80.150 4,010.29 72.711 4,420.58 Federal Republic of Germany 585,568 357.111 1,639.74 323.966 1,807.50 Austria 35,061 4.806 7,295.14 4.360 8,041.51 Spain 2,378,638 872.578 2,725.99 791.590 3,004.89 Italy 431,066 119.015 3,621.93 107.969 3,992.50 China 1,421,111 392.212 3,623.32 355.809 3,994.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 27,445 5.227 5,250.46 4.742 5,787.64 Japan 1,449,344 1,186.411 1,221.62 1,076.295 1,346.60 South Africa 2,976,489 1,495.658 1,990.09 1,356.839 2,193.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,007,157 4,652.013 2,151.15 4,220.237 2,371.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 480,709 159.576 3,012.41 144.765 3,320.62 Mexico 21,976,491 7,732.685 2,842.03 7,014.976 3,132.80 Brazil 10,787,256 3,071.692 3,511.83 2,786.593 3,871.13 Sweden 3,365,434 381.989 8,810.28 346.535 9,711.67 Finland 1,891,570 374.743 5,047.63 339.962 5,564.06 United Kingdom 136,716 17.623 7,757.49 15.988 8,551.16 Belgium 2,356,757 472.804 4,984.63 428.921 5,494.62 France 2,871,499 1,217.172 2,359.15 1,104.201 2,600.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,503,127 296.177 5,075.08 268.688 5,594.32 Austria 5,765 0.246 23,347.86 0.224 25,736.61 Switzerland 202,166 24.523 8,243.90 22.247 9,087.34 Spain 352,693 94.525 3,731.20 85.752 4,112.94 Italy 4,127,419 1,040.048 3,968.49 943.516 4,374.51 India 1,553,762 316.605 4,907.56 287.220 5,409.66 Thailand 1,209,852 433.505 2,790.86 393.270 3,076.39 Indonesia 792,617 176.813 4,482.77 160.403 4,941.41 China 46,618,356 12,803.592 3,641.04 11,615.227 4,013.56 Korea, South 2,588,190 724.086 3,574.42 656.880 3,940.13 Taiwan 21,782,878 6,036.236 3,608.69 5,475.983 3,977.89 Japan 965,503 170.294 5,669.59 154.489 6,249.66 South Africa 1,936,075 556.376 3,479.80 504.736 3,835.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,504,835 36,101.320 3,531.86 32,750.576 3,893.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 1,139,712 274.411 4,153.30 248.942 4,578.22 Italy 9,619 1.246 7,715.48 1.131 8,504.86 Slovenia 589,859 108.698 5,426.54 98.610 5,981.74 Korea, South 148,381 28.816 5,149.15 26.142 5,675.96 Taiwan 37,283 6.153 6,059.22 5.582 6,679.15 Japan 29,711 14.855 1,999.95 13.477 2,204.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,954,565 434.182 4,501.71 393.884 4,962.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 13,449 1.154 11,653.04 1.047 12,845.27 Mexico 4,047,194 1,419.259 2,851.62 1,287.531 3,143.38 Sweden 1,702,654 193.577 8,795.70 175.611 9,695.60 Finland 1,003,221 249.915 4,014.23 226.720 4,424.93 United Kingdom 253,614 44.053 5,756.91 39.965 6,345.90 Belgium 674,758 109.729 6,149.28 99.545 6,778.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 120,482 46.699 2,579.95 42.365 2,843.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,143,191 129.301 8,841.31 117.300 9,745.87 Austria 58,146 11.436 5,084.26 10.375 5,604.43 Spain 34,491 9.625 3,583.34 8.732 3,949.95 Italy 23,015 2.352 9,783.91 2.134 10,784.91 India 417,592 84.510 4,941.28 76.667 5,446.83 Malaysia 3,667 0.332 11,015.39 0.302 12,142.38 China 4,740 0.309 15,302.69 0.281 16,868.33 Korea, South 1,678,626 471.897 3,557.19 428.098 3,921.13 Taiwan 576,139 165.947 3,471.82 150.545 3,827.02 Japan 4,210,349 533.759 7,888.09 484.219 8,695.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,965,328 3,473.863 4,595.84 3,151.437 5,066.05 GRAND TOTAL 435,597,043 97,532.498 4,466.17 88,480.019 4,923.11