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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 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 6,036,625 1,746.583 3,456.25 1,584.474 3,809.86 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 6,170,292 1,927.656 3,200.93 1,748.741 3,528.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 56,559,924 112,929.621 500.84 102,448.058 552.08 Mexico 83,787,467 137,939.374 607.42 125,136.531 669.57 Brazil 4,212,767 7,735.801 544.58 7,017.803 600.30 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 287,534 385.944 745.01 350.123 821.24 France 703,810 56.140 12,536.54 50.930 13,819.16 Federal Republic of Germany 959,056 1,668.622 574.76 1,513.749 633.56 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 9,026,002 1,632.581 5,528.67 1,481.053 6,094.31 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 275,916,055 447,277.070 616.88 405,763.047 679.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,626,602 32,470.107 666.05 29,456.394 734.19 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 5,816,712 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 56,377,865 83,034.883 678.97 75,328.000 748.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 12,434,556 14,877.988 835.77 13,497.088 921.28 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 94,554 31.188 3,031.67 28.294 3,341.84 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 50,876,022 62,639.286 812.21 56,825.421 895.30 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 44,158,539 41,711.386 1,058.67 37,839.944 1,166.98 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 445,924 337.773 1,320.19 306.423 1,455.26 Netherlands 24,495 5.964 4,106.73 5.411 4,526.89 Belgium 12,135,037 2,946.692 4,118.19 2,673.195 4,539.53 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 5,925,177 3,637.458 1,628.93 3,299.848 1,795.59 Australia 583,291 757.025 770.50 686.762 849.33 South Africa 2,917,779 3,288.720 887.21 2,983.478 977.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,345,721 126,142.141 1,302.86 114,434.258 1,436.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 46,361,960 71,324.946 650.01 64,704.921 716.51 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 615,126 648.438 948.63 588.254 1,045.68 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 60,444,623 85,480.045 707.12 77,546.215 779.47 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 50,478 45.498 1,109.43 41.276 1,222.94 Netherlands 3,628 7.107 510.43 6.448 562.66 Luxembourg 472,619 456.812 1,034.60 414.413 1,140.45 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 16,610,706 23,205.843 715.80 21,051.993 789.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,526,909 24,098.473 727.30 21,861.774 801.71 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 38,628,373 51,082.771 756.19 46,341.524 833.56 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 1,347,426 1,803.944 746.93 1,636.511 823.35 Argentina 42,893 83.173 515.70 75.454 568.47 Sweden 7,719,162 2,039.468 3,784.89 1,850.175 4,172.13 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 1,174,094 293.854 3,995.50 266.580 4,404.28 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 5,255,825 4,892.824 1,074.19 4,438.697 1,184.09 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 1,850,319 358.823 5,156.63 325.519 5,684.21 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 3,291,732 1,260.874 2,610.67 1,143.846 2,877.78 China 7,933,272 7,378.894 1,075.13 6,694.022 1,185.13 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 13,471,633 15,440.037 872.51 14,006.970 961.78 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 111,221,239 110,308.115 1,008.28 100,069.867 1,111.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,904,916 7,379.651 800.16 6,694.709 882.03 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 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 116,104 31.824 3,648.22 28.871 4,021.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,544,127 15,248.049 953.84 13,832.802 1,051.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 21,380 17.849 1,197.78 16.193 1,320.32 Mexico 40,284,359 62,128.871 648.40 56,362.380 714.74 Dominican Republic 2,930,229 4,845.764 604.70 4,396.005 666.57 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 75,537,519 120,562.547 626.54 109,372.534 690.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,673,192 5,893.672 1,471.61 5,346.651 1,622.17 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 565,351 145.755 3,878.77 132.227 4,275.61 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 3,505,638 1,467.691 2,388.54 1,331.468 2,632.91 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 6,828,287 4,268.370 1,599.74 3,872.202 1,763.41 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 13,810,989 2,367.024 5,834.75 2,147.329 6,431.71 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 181,343 75.891 2,389.49 68.848 2,633.96 India 4,783,012 1,213.203 3,942.46 1,100.600 4,345.82 China 2,150,850 1,745.545 1,232.19 1,583.533 1,358.26 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 778,190 736.010 1,057.31 667.698 1,165.48 South Africa 114,438 132.563 863.27 120.260 951.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,693,088 25,939.755 2,532.53 23,532.157 2,791.63 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 2,736,471 796.230 3,436.78 722.328 3,788.40 Sweden 4,324,843 1,383.142 3,126.82 1,254.766 3,446.73 United Kingdom 269,478 89.377 3,015.05 81.082 3,323.52 Netherlands 334,214 205.758 1,624.30 186.661 1,790.49 France 2,314,591 470.166 4,922.92 426.528 5,426.59 Federal Republic of Germany 6,180,113 1,641.645 3,764.58 1,489.276 4,149.74 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 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 4,233,555 3,085.800 1,371.95 2,799.392 1,512.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,243,459 14,426.772 2,928.13 13,087.752 3,227.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 33,123,490 37,666.100 879.40 34,170.121 969.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 3,621,315 1,733.641 2,088.85 1,572.734 2,302.56 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 5,402,541 6,375.511 847.39 5,783.768 934.09 Thailand 15,582,366 20,207.886 771.10 18,332.291 850.00 Vietnam 708,410 915.320 773.95 830.365 853.13 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 6,558,996 5,707.177 1,149.25 5,177.466 1,266.84 South Africa 611,179 923.664 661.69 837.935 729.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,394,755 113,306.514 912.52 102,789.970 1,005.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 27,191,375 19,542.203 1,391.42 17,728.394 1,533.78 Mexico 4,047,531 2,507.501 1,614.17 2,274.768 1,779.32 Colombia 10,068,085 7,707.767 1,306.23 6,992.371 1,439.87 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 2,206,239 1,279.625 1,724.13 1,160.857 1,900.53 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 Federal Republic of Germany 21,309,078 15,492.168 1,375.47 14,054.263 1,516.20 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,648,630 1,262.192 1,306.16 1,145.042 1,439.80 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 15,649,040 21,593.247 724.72 19,589.070 798.87 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 239,394,093 220,575.680 1,085.31 200,102.948 1,196.35 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 76,750,238 60,495.070 1,268.70 54,880.220 1,398.50 United Kingdom 64,962 97.153 668.65 88.136 737.07 Federal Republic of Germany 5,126,239 2,176.701 2,355.05 1,974.671 2,596.00 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 46,036,987 43,951.881 1,047.44 39,872.487 1,154.61 Thailand 873,920 763.297 1,144.93 692.452 1,262.07 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 200,001,392 173,900.909 1,150.09 157,760.296 1,267.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 346,991 314.837 1,102.13 285.616 1,214.89 Mexico 11,907,613 8,277.996 1,438.47 7,509.674 1,585.64 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 1,501,446 1,218.493 1,232.22 1,105.399 1,358.28 Federal Republic of Germany 3,376,799 1,830.987 1,844.25 1,661.044 2,032.94 Austria 491,497 347.547 1,414.19 315.290 1,558.87 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 1,285,584 873.901 1,471.09 792.790 1,621.59 India 42,860 82.424 519.99 74.774 573.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 11,520,191 16,482.536 698.93 14,952.710 770.44 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 51,945,195 48,264.081 1,076.27 43,784.451 1,186.38 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 10,095,477 8,041.500 1,255.42 7,295.129 1,383.87 Mexico 21,397,719 20,502.534 1,043.66 18,599.592 1,150.44 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 2,048,475 1,228.304 1,667.73 1,114.299 1,838.35 Federal Republic of Germany 7,908,315 3,718.679 2,126.65 3,373.530 2,344.23 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 Italy 3,197,025 1,590.877 2,009.60 1,443.220 2,215.20 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 1,399,248 1,118.970 1,250.48 1,015.113 1,378.42 China 5,424,379 4,657.769 1,164.59 4,225.459 1,283.74 Korea, South 1,035,372 729.447 1,419.39 661.744 1,564.61 Taiwan 230,891 164.382 1,404.60 149.125 1,548.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 8,582,389 3,423.466 2,506.93 3,105.717 2,763.42 Australia 102,058 113.789 896.90 103.228 988.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,773,825 54,445.832 1,373.36 49,392.442 1,513.87 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 188,564 117.186 1,609.09 106.310 1,773.72 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 1,144,138 236.312 4,841.63 214.379 5,336.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,786,412 10,453.386 2,371.14 9,483.155 2,613.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,053,388 1,698.114 8,864.77 1,540.504 9,771.73 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 174,149 67.091 2,595.71 60.864 2,861.28 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 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 18,028,782 2,915.308 6,184.18 2,644.724 6,816.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 95,158,295 12,297.509 7,738.01 11,156.116 8,529.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,872,828 728.126 3,945.51 660.545 4,349.18 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 27,464 1.860 14,760.03 1.688 16,270.14 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 79,939 40.497 1,973.91 36.739 2,175.86 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 4,924,598 1,448.062 3,400.82 1,313.661 3,748.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,641,022 27,063.852 910.48 24,551.921 1,003.63 Mexico 6,166,436 6,132.686 1,005.50 5,563.481 1,108.38 Finland 1,768,789 554.627 3,189.15 503.150 3,515.43 United Kingdom 315,077 234.948 1,341.05 213.142 1,478.25 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 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 42,535,761 43,810.821 970.90 39,744.520 1,070.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 273,142 237.113 1,151.95 215.106 1,269.80 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 506,298 612.467 826.65 555.621 911.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 20,844,645 20,541.432 1,014.76 18,634.879 1,118.58 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 1,613,002 2,002.474 805.50 1,816.615 887.92 Sweden 2,105,324 288.134 7,306.75 261.391 8,054.31 United Kingdom 1,087,136 289.524 3,754.91 262.652 4,139.07 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 2,870,453 707.656 4,056.28 641.975 4,471.28 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 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 10,010,208 8,742.155 1,145.05 7,930.752 1,262.20 Korea, South 7,028,864 3,855.179 1,823.23 3,497.361 2,009.76 Hong Kong 106,588 21.717 4,907.88 19.702 5,410.01 Taiwan 2,572,691 1,361.679 1,889.35 1,235.295 2,082.65 Japan 8,969,977 5,791.580 1,548.80 5,254.035 1,707.25 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 81,047,985 59,341.276 1,365.79 53,833.516 1,505.53 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 46,647,836 72,841.602 640.40 66,080.809 705.92 Mexico 5,878,876 9,486.358 619.72 8,605.882 683.12 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 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 879,278 1,048.771 838.39 951.430 924.16 Austria 399,438 395.950 1,008.81 359.200 1,112.02 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 3,397,143 4,455.976 762.38 4,042.395 840.38 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 119,692,907 194,025.114 616.89 176,016.673 680.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 30,275,741 45,234.789 669.30 41,036.322 737.78 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 5,680,981 2,828.871 2,008.21 2,566.310 2,213.68 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 1,934,229 651.215 2,970.18 590.773 3,274.06 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 1,355,896 275.918 4,914.12 250.309 5,416.89 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 52,040,670 22,267.559 2,337.06 20,200.796 2,576.17 Korea, South 3,932,816 2,620.151 1,500.99 2,376.962 1,654.56 Taiwan 21,576,412 5,975.608 3,610.75 5,420.982 3,980.17 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 1,900,127 536.622 3,540.90 486.816 3,903.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 188,123,672 126,122.380 1,491.60 114,416.331 1,644.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 42,163,937 53,322.631 790.73 48,373.491 871.63 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 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 27,700,211 33,786.952 819.85 30,651.016 903.73 China 22,158,744 33,189.921 667.63 30,109.399 735.94 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 1,188,617 1,601.224 742.32 1,452.607 818.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,224,690 164,240.336 798.98 148,996.369 880.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,329,835 1,773.112 1,313.98 1,608.541 1,448.42 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 12,117,337 13,312.445 910.23 12,076.851 1,003.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,634,211 1,235.561 1,322.65 1,120.883 1,457.97 Mexico 8,150,901 8,952.633 910.45 8,121.695 1,003.60 United Kingdom 855,802 658.028 1,300.55 596.954 1,433.61 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 1,095,985 478.545 2,290.24 434.129 2,524.56 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 8,920,033 9,749.155 914.95 8,844.288 1,008.56 Japan 1,496,524 972.309 1,539.14 882.065 1,696.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,680,701 29,200.538 947.95 26,490.290 1,044.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 79,393 25.873 3,068.51 23.472 3,382.46 Brazil 108,764 53.285 2,041.15 48.340 2,249.98 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 5,057,888 1,569.517 3,222.57 1,423.843 3,552.28 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 16,069,072 11,682.235 1,375.51 10,597.949 1,516.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,919,586 2,861.317 670.87 2,595.744 739.51 Mexico 489,812 611.744 800.68 554.965 882.60 Finland 544,540 134.532 4,047.64 122.046 4,461.76 United Kingdom 403,045 167.622 2,404.47 152.065 2,650.48 Federal Republic of Germany 300,413 97.963 3,066.58 88.871 3,380.33 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 4,505,119 4,054.065 1,111.26 3,677.787 1,224.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,459,220 3,190.987 1,084.06 2,894.816 1,194.97 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 3,100,018 493.687 6,279.31 447.866 6,921.75 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 382,277 86.050 4,442.46 78.064 4,896.97 Federal Republic of Germany 7,305,280 4,720.525 1,547.56 4,282.390 1,705.89 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 764,456 403.420 1,894.94 365.977 2,088.81 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 3,014,474 1,317.593 2,287.86 1,195.301 2,521.94 Taiwan 1,004,911 483.897 2,076.70 438.985 2,289.17 Japan 4,378,474 862.120 5,078.72 782.103 5,598.33 Australia 30,635 3.614 8,475.64 3.279 9,342.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,072,861 15,015.663 2,202.56 13,621.985 2,427.90 GRAND TOTAL 2,467,731,624 2,513,027.903 981.98 2,279,781.207 1,082.44 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 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 China 2,976 1.861 1,598.45 1.689 1,761.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 552,422 331.879 1,664.53 301.076 1,834.83 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 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 39,194,998 42,110.832 930.76 38,202.315 1,025.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,161,204 1,508.453 769.80 1,368.446 848.56 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 1,229,217 1,537.526 799.48 1,394.821 881.27 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 426,253 330.866 1,288.29 300.157 1,420.10 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 4,830,959 5,745.912 840.76 5,212.606 926.78 Japan 3,456,595 3,119.759 1,107.97 2,830.199 1,221.33 South Africa 158,697 207.950 763.15 188.650 841.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,484,695 54,138.355 1,671.36 49,113.504 1,842.36 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 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 2,908,110 2,969.357 979.37 2,693.757 1,079.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,313,845 3,360.537 986.11 3,048.629 1,087.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 20,860,453 26,488.349 787.53 24,029.833 868.11 Mexico 1,216,500 1,642.703 740.55 1,490.236 816.31 Brazil 502,704 250.160 2,009.52 226.942 2,215.12 Sweden 3,212,300 934.573 3,437.18 847.831 3,788.84 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 586,890 178.609 3,285.88 162.032 3,622.06 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 4,883,342 4,318.294 1,130.85 3,917.492 1,246.55 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 48,927 9.554 5,120.66 8.668 5,644.55 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 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 11,398,362 12,776.227 892.15 11,590.402 983.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 119,380 84.308 1,416.00 76.483 1,560.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,002,578 58,710.353 987.94 53,261.152 1,089.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 171,381 234.109 732.05 212.381 806.95 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 380,982 512.842 742.88 465.243 818.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,357,246 1,285.965 2,610.68 1,166.609 2,877.78 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 1,458,176 454.856 3,205.79 412.639 3,533.78 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 12,130,310 6,225.439 1,948.51 5,647.625 2,147.86 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 2,736,471 796.230 3,436.78 722.328 3,788.40 Sweden 4,324,843 1,383.142 3,126.82 1,254.766 3,446.73 United Kingdom 269,478 89.377 3,015.05 81.082 3,323.52 Netherlands 334,214 205.758 1,624.30 186.661 1,790.49 France 2,314,591 470.166 4,922.92 426.528 5,426.59 Federal Republic of Germany 6,180,113 1,641.645 3,764.58 1,489.276 4,149.74 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 India 88,752 65.195 1,361.33 59.144 1,500.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,233,555 3,085.800 1,371.95 2,799.392 1,512.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,243,459 14,426.772 2,928.13 13,087.752 3,227.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 28,243 8.424 3,352.30 7.643 3,695.28 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 1,186,710 527.017 2,251.75 478.102 2,482.13 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 6,896,713 2,717.425 2,537.96 2,465.208 2,797.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 21,368,866 14,379.538 1,486.06 13,044.902 1,638.10 Colombia 6,077,724 4,112.485 1,477.87 3,730.785 1,629.07 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 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 95,721,527 67,637.028 1,415.22 61,359.297 1,560.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 76,725,672 60,475.414 1,268.71 54,862.389 1,398.51 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 India 14,180 1.250 11,343.81 1.134 12,504.41 Japan 2,459,566 1,802.836 1,364.28 1,635.506 1,503.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,282,582 62,380.709 1,270.95 56,590.844 1,400.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Brazil 12,384 8.335 1,485.66 7.562 1,637.66 France 63,772 24.257 2,628.96 22.006 2,897.94 Federal Republic of Germany 3,367,409 1,829.293 1,840.82 1,659.508 2,029.16 Italy 30,350 14.042 2,161.32 12.739 2,382.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,473,915 1,875.929 1,851.84 1,701.815 2,041.30 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 5,552,979 2,709.892 2,049.15 2,458.374 2,258.80 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 548,347 280.976 1,951.57 254.898 2,151.24 Federal Republic of Germany 5,731,815 2,584.103 2,218.11 2,344.260 2,445.04 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 944,285 749.220 1,260.36 679.682 1,389.30 Japan 6,245,773 2,341.295 2,667.66 2,123.988 2,940.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,548,968 13,707.683 2,082.70 12,435.405 2,295.78 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 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 836,564 96.524 8,666.81 87.566 9,553.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,022,596 1,927.244 4,681.61 1,748.367 5,160.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,080,340 411.228 5,058.85 373.060 5,576.42 United Kingdom 11,079 4.360 2,540.62 3.956 2,800.56 France 27,464 1.860 14,760.03 1.688 16,270.14 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 79,939 40.497 1,973.91 36.739 2,175.86 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 2,774,259 595.617 4,657.79 540.335 5,134.33 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 139,506 80.917 1,724.06 73.407 1,900.45 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 5,438,530 2,601.580 2,090.47 2,360.115 2,304.35 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 110,430 48.267 2,287.85 43.788 2,521.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,430 48.267 2,287.85 43.788 2,521.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,306,754 1,215.042 1,075.48 1,102.268 1,185.51 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 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 1,828,618 1,617.149 1,130.77 1,467.054 1,246.46 Korea, South 1,594,519 1,300.281 1,226.29 1,179.596 1,351.75 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,792,400 8,596.505 1,488.09 7,798.621 1,640.34 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 317,781 215.573 1,474.12 195.565 1,624.94 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 12,350,815 13,128.061 940.80 11,909.580 1,037.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 9,615,515 11,632.966 826.57 10,553.253 911.14 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 14,417,402 17,089.210 843.66 15,503.075 929.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,701,450 1,083.902 1,569.74 983.300 1,730.35 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 6,014,582 6,424.565 936.19 5,828.269 1,031.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 79,393 25.873 3,068.51 23.472 3,382.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 108,764 53.285 2,041.15 48.340 2,249.98 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 5,057,888 1,569.517 3,222.57 1,423.843 3,552.28 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 16,069,072 11,682.235 1,375.51 10,597.949 1,516.24 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 300,413 97.963 3,066.58 88.871 3,380.33 Spain 32,870 21.113 1,556.81 19.154 1,716.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 797,918 421.194 1,894.42 382.101 2,088.24 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 3,012,631 2,564.495 1,174.75 2,326.472 1,294.94 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 5,393,626 3,233.607 1,667.99 2,933.480 1,838.64 GRAND TOTAL 562,288,706 414,675.825 1,355.97 376,187.687 1,494.70 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 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 45,932,363 93,638.452 490.53 84,947.399 540.72 Mexico 62,154,470 116,737.733 532.43 105,902.720 586.90 Brazil 4,212,767 7,735.801 544.58 7,017.803 600.30 Belgium 98,788 236.906 416.99 214.918 459.65 Federal Republic of Germany 649,805 1,625.411 399.78 1,474.549 440.68 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 139,126 139.927 994.27 126.940 1,096.00 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 195,392,998 395,011.938 494.65 358,348.904 545.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,626,602 32,470.107 666.05 29,456.394 734.19 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 47,811,213 81,004.570 590.23 73,486.131 650.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 11,273,352 13,369.535 843.21 12,128.642 929.48 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 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 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 49,163,018 60,987.752 806.11 55,327.174 888.59 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 17,986,594 24,917.270 721.85 22,604.574 795.71 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 47,766,845 66,290.817 720.57 60,138.035 794.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 39,432,608 62,263.062 633.32 56,484.116 698.12 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 Netherlands 229,813 489.227 469.75 443.820 517.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 117,613 138.617 848.47 125.752 935.28 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 45,980,397 73,849.705 622.62 66,995.345 686.32 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 17,661,369 24,578.830 718.56 22,297.546 792.08 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 Federal Republic of Germany 280,590 416.094 674.34 377.475 743.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 372,483 574.530 648.33 521.205 714.66 Turkey 683,172 1,081.147 631.90 980.801 696.54 India 680,981 711.887 956.58 645.814 1,054.45 China 2,148,194 2,196.120 978.18 1,992.288 1,078.25 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 35,464,124 47,640.154 744.42 43,218.433 820.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,733,535 7,145.541 802.39 6,482.328 884.49 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 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,919,894 13,952.725 710.96 12,657.703 783.70 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 21,380 17.849 1,197.78 16.193 1,320.32 Mexico 40,284,359 62,128.871 648.40 56,362.380 714.74 Dominican Republic 2,930,229 4,845.764 604.70 4,396.005 666.57 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 75,537,519 120,562.547 626.54 109,372.534 690.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,174,338 4,583.990 1,128.78 4,158.527 1,244.27 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 1,042,617 821.162 1,269.68 744.946 1,399.59 France 362,162 252.001 1,437.14 228.612 1,584.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,074,960 3,574.074 1,140.14 3,242.347 1,256.79 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 Taiwan 46,757 47.773 978.73 43.339 1,078.87 Japan 143,989 131.596 1,094.17 119.382 1,206.12 South Africa 114,438 132.563 863.27 120.260 951.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,922,225 12,349.967 1,127.31 11,203.705 1,242.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 33,095,247 37,657.675 878.84 34,162.478 968.76 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 5,385,579 6,373.655 844.97 5,782.085 931.43 Thailand 15,582,366 20,207.886 771.10 18,332.291 850.00 Vietnam 708,410 915.320 773.95 830.365 853.13 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 5,517,335 5,401.143 1,021.51 4,899.836 1,126.02 South Africa 611,179 923.664 661.69 837.935 729.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,498,042 110,589.088 872.58 100,324.762 961.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,734,268 5,155.253 1,112.32 4,676.769 1,226.12 Mexico 4,047,531 2,507.501 1,614.17 2,274.768 1,779.32 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 1,796,465 1,094.129 1,641.91 992.578 1,809.90 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 8,687,158 7,467.680 1,163.30 6,774.568 1,282.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 135,901,822 150,595.982 902.43 136,618.416 994.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 24,566 19.655 1,249.84 17.831 1,377.71 Federal Republic of Germany 5,126,239 2,176.701 2,355.05 1,974.671 2,596.00 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 46,022,807 43,950.630 1,047.15 39,871.353 1,154.28 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 120,710,185 111,519.346 1,082.41 101,168.678 1,193.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 308,868 300.564 1,027.62 272.668 1,132.76 Mexico 11,907,613 8,277.996 1,438.47 7,509.674 1,585.64 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 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 19,670 22.530 873.05 20.439 962.38 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 11,520,191 16,482.536 698.93 14,952.710 770.44 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 47,382,674 45,433.233 1,042.91 41,216.348 1,149.61 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 7,684,196 6,365.814 1,207.10 5,774.971 1,330.60 Mexico 15,844,740 17,792.642 890.52 16,141.218 981.63 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 729,098 507.193 1,437.52 460.118 1,584.59 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 1,243,799 1,027.854 1,210.09 932.454 1,333.90 China 4,480,094 3,908.548 1,146.23 3,545.777 1,263.50 Korea, South 1,035,372 729.447 1,419.39 661.744 1,564.61 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 46,224,857 40,738.148 1,134.68 36,957.037 1,250.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 792,488 316.897 2,500.77 287.485 2,756.62 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 2,150,339 852.445 2,522.55 773.326 2,780.64 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,195,868 26,602.133 909.55 24,133.056 1,002.60 Mexico 6,120,167 6,112.101 1,001.32 5,544.807 1,103.77 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 37,097,231 41,209.240 900.22 37,384.405 992.32 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 18,628,348 19,157.242 972.39 17,379.163 1,071.88 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 1,501,099 1,900.394 789.89 1,724.009 870.70 Sweden 323,055 111.236 2,904.22 100.912 3,201.35 United Kingdom 300,687 194.459 1,546.27 176.411 1,704.47 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 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 6,396,864 6,727.316 950.88 6,102.921 1,048.16 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,485,787 47,233.315 1,005.35 42,849.355 1,108.20 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 43,900,015 68,984.038 636.38 62,581.285 701.49 Mexico 5,872,188 9,469.809 620.10 8,590.869 683.54 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 723,402 1,656.766 436.63 1,502.994 481.31 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 101,952,290 180,251.051 565.61 163,521.049 623.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 28,460,107 43,496.363 654.31 39,459.248 721.25 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 297,677 320.772 928.00 291.000 1,022.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 113,321 139.464 812.54 126.520 895.68 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 48,729,875 77,016.440 632.72 69,868.159 697.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,548,422 41,689.664 780.73 37,820.238 860.61 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 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 27,700,211 33,786.952 819.85 30,651.016 903.73 China 22,158,744 33,189.921 667.63 30,109.399 735.94 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 1,188,617 1,601.224 742.32 1,452.607 818.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,807,288 147,151.126 793.79 133,493.294 875.00 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,102,755 6,887.880 886.01 6,248.582 976.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,634,211 1,235.561 1,322.65 1,120.883 1,457.97 Mexico 8,150,901 8,952.633 910.45 8,121.695 1,003.60 United Kingdom 855,802 658.028 1,300.55 596.954 1,433.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,095,985 478.545 2,290.24 434.129 2,524.56 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 8,920,033 9,749.155 914.95 8,844.288 1,008.56 Japan 1,496,524 972.309 1,539.14 882.065 1,696.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,680,701 29,200.538 947.95 26,490.290 1,044.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,844,408 2,705.423 681.74 2,454.320 751.49 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 2,347,808 3,338.567 703.24 3,028.698 775.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,701,364 2,848.315 948.41 2,583.949 1,045.44 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 3,149,458 2,026.728 1,553.96 1,838.618 1,712.95 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 1,335,848 845.696 1,579.58 767.203 1,741.19 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 12,096,898 8,361.718 1,446.70 7,585.626 1,594.71 GRAND TOTAL 1,476,266,896 2,001,673.357 737.52 1,815,888.036 812.97 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Italy 5,612,379 1,584.091 3,542.96 1,437.064 3,905.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,612,379 1,584.091 3,542.96 1,437.064 3,905.45 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,566,652 2,030.312 4,219.38 1,841.869 4,651.06 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 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 114,925 15.407 7,459.27 13.977 8,222.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 5,848,940 861.071 6,792.63 781.151 7,487.59 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 594,278 388.109 1,531.21 352.087 1,687.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,094,181 5,712.968 4,567.53 5,182.719 5,034.84 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 4,483,371 1,043.241 4,297.54 946.413 4,737.22 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 1,801,392 349.268 5,157.62 316.851 5,685.30 Slovenia 11,917 4.205 2,833.79 3.815 3,123.72 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 3,687,018 908.633 4,057.76 824.299 4,472.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,754,537 3,957.607 4,486.18 3,590.282 4,945.17 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 452,127 106.144 4,259.53 96.293 4,695.33 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 1,004,845 191.673 5,242.49 173.883 5,778.86 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 13,096,786 1,826.519 7,170.35 1,656.991 7,903.96 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 181,343 75.891 2,389.49 68.848 2,633.96 India 4,692,113 1,205.470 3,892.35 1,093.585 4,290.58 China 209,819 55.293 3,794.67 50.161 4,182.91 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 39,640,553 7,364.349 5,382.76 6,680.827 5,933.48 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 China 2,186,301 923.372 2,367.73 837.670 2,609.98 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,770,744 2,342.669 3,317.05 2,125.235 3,656.42 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 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 491,497 347.547 1,414.19 315.290 1,558.87 Ukraine 444,330 576.259 771.06 522.774 849.95 Italy 99,426 13.946 7,129.13 12.652 7,858.52 Korea, South 4,738 2.088 2,268.20 1.895 2,500.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,088,606 954.918 1,140.00 866.288 1,256.63 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 15,053,388 1,698.114 8,864.77 1,540.504 9,771.73 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 174,149 67.091 2,595.71 60.864 2,861.28 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 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 18,028,782 2,915.308 6,184.18 2,644.724 6,816.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 95,158,295 12,297.509 7,738.01 11,156.116 8,529.70 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 1,771,063 172.076 10,292.31 156.105 11,345.33 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 1,071,353 115.144 9,304.45 104.457 10,256.40 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 1,784,726 397.688 4,487.75 360.777 4,946.90 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 1,470,775 220.350 6,674.70 199.899 7,357.59 Japan 1,707,884 167.350 10,205.42 151.818 11,249.55 Australia 131,834 23.316 5,654.21 21.152 6,232.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,769,798 3,511.455 5,914.87 3,185.540 6,520.02 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 Belgium 321,425 80.150 4,010.29 72.711 4,420.58 Federal Republic of Germany 547,799 334.220 1,639.03 303.200 1,806.72 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 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 9,789,737 4,579.585 2,137.69 4,154.531 2,356.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 467,122 158.346 2,949.99 143.650 3,251.81 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 1,355,896 275.918 4,914.12 250.309 5,416.89 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 46,610,370 12,802.449 3,640.74 11,614.190 4,013.23 Korea, South 2,588,190 724.086 3,574.42 656.880 3,940.13 Taiwan 21,576,412 5,975.608 3,610.75 5,420.982 3,980.17 Japan 965,503 170.294 5,669.59 154.489 6,249.66 South Africa 1,900,127 536.622 3,540.90 486.816 3,903.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,042,982 35,977.878 3,531.14 32,638.592 3,892.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 544,540 134.532 4,047.64 122.046 4,461.76 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 1,359,393 294.303 4,619.01 266.988 5,091.59 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 1,633,564 187.741 8,701.15 170.316 9,591.37 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 France 106,652 43.202 2,468.63 39.193 2,721.20 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 14/04/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 349,357 64.897 5,383.22 58.874 5,933.98 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 3,978,513 509.180 7,813.56 461.921 8,612.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,582,337 3,420.337 4,555.79 3,102.879 5,021.90 GRAND TOTAL 429,176,022 96,678.719 4,439.20 87,705.484 4,893.38