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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 32,825 41.365 793.54 37.526 874.73 United Kingdom 66,305 5.118 12,955.18 4.643 14,280.64 Belgium 58,118 46.940 1,238.11 42.584 1,364.78 Federal Republic of Germany 15,749 4.189 3,758.82 3.801 4,143.38 Italy 12,355,792 2,913.065 4,241.51 2,642.689 4,675.46 India 27,099 7.210 3,758.42 6.541 4,142.94 China 2,284 0.847 2,694.42 0.769 2,970.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,558,172 3,018.737 4,160.07 2,738.553 4,585.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 125,236,801 137,192.015 912.86 124,458.537 1,006.25 Mexico 91,353,537 96,484.932 946.82 87,529.683 1,043.69 Brazil 43,417,141 72,929.467 595.33 66,160.519 656.24 Sweden 16,849,743 3,149.600 5,349.80 2,857.270 5,897.15 United Kingdom 28,377,456 6,988.344 4,060.68 6,339.721 4,476.14 Netherlands 271,310 81.328 3,335.98 73.780 3,677.28 Belgium 1,540,082 2,092.672 735.94 1,898.441 811.24 Federal Republic of Germany 11,539,643 10,980.355 1,050.94 9,961.214 1,158.46 Switzerland 108,352 259.383 417.73 235.309 460.47 Russia 74,828,283 98,938.320 756.31 89,755.360 833.69 Ukraine 147,876,154 180,774.634 818.01 163,996.036 901.71 Spain 1,217,341 183.726 6,625.83 166.674 7,303.72 Italy 1,747,275 809.262 2,159.09 734.151 2,379.99 India 14,523 9.923 1,463.57 9.002 1,613.31 Singapore 3,418 2.354 1,451.67 2.136 1,600.19 China 702,300 202.083 3,475.30 183.327 3,830.86 Taiwan 2,970 2.045 1,451.69 1.856 1,600.22 Japan 25,089,385 38,765.108 647.22 35,167.125 713.43 Australia 8,585,180 12,015.037 714.54 10,899.862 787.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 578,760,894 661,860.598 874.45 600,430.003 963.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 34,183,171 34,493.726 991.00 31,292.191 1,092.39 Mexico 25,000 19.840 1,260.05 17.999 1,388.97 Trinidad and Tobago 4,506,831 5,992.938 752.02 5,436.704 828.96 Brazil 9,796,337 11,902.720 823.03 10,797.969 907.24 Sweden 1,777,913 316.299 5,620.98 286.942 6,196.07 Finland 60,960 41.930 1,453.82 38.039 1,602.57 United Kingdom 3,688,139 828.576 4,451.18 751.672 4,906.58 Netherlands 775,434 687.373 1,128.11 623.575 1,243.53 France 2,296,016 493.975 4,648.04 448.127 5,123.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,937,877 1,906.389 1,016.52 1,729.448 1,120.52 Austria 16,688 2.537 6,576.50 2.302 7,249.35 Spain 450,190 507.518 887.04 460.413 977.80 Italy 303,525 97.843 3,102.15 88.762 3,419.54 India 1,168,044 246.956 4,729.76 224.035 5,213.67 Malaysia 6,306,418 7,206.688 875.08 6,537.800 964.61 China 14,531,661 17,093.737 850.12 15,507.182 937.09 Korea, South 1,668,707 2,511.811 664.34 2,278.678 732.31 Taiwan 2,328,464 622.439 3,740.87 564.668 4,123.60 Japan 7,518,548 10,750.935 699.34 9,753.087 770.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,339,923 95,724.238 975.09 86,839.593 1,074.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,507,703 9,883.993 1,063.10 8,966.611 1,171.87 Mexico 12,123,772 12,552.123 965.87 11,387.098 1,064.69 Brazil 9,704 13.396 724.37 12.153 798.49 Norway 914,487 740.393 1,235.14 671.674 1,361.50 United Kingdom 5,612,856 4,927.665 1,139.05 4,470.304 1,255.59 Netherlands 250,809 107.067 2,342.53 97.130 2,582.20 Luxembourg 11,736,534 8,517.204 1,377.98 7,726.680 1,518.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,463,766 1,607.223 1,532.93 1,458.049 1,689.77 Switzerland 39,675 4.773 8,312.37 4.330 9,162.82 Poland 3,607 1.808 1,994.04 1.641 2,198.05 Spain 49,864 23.664 2,107.13 21.468 2,322.71 Italy 2,364,259 458.731 5,153.91 416.154 5,681.21 India 558,412 105.599 5,288.03 95.798 5,829.06 Vietnam 61,071 34.149 1,788.34 30.980 1,971.30 China 114,676 53.875 2,128.54 48.875 2,346.31 Korea, South 8,058,429 8,277.792 973.50 7,509.489 1,073.10 Taiwan 115,209 96.089 1,198.98 87.171 1,321.64 Japan 3,879,137 3,513.153 1,104.18 3,187.080 1,217.14 South Africa 118,387 109.115 1,084.97 98.988 1,195.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,982,357 51,027.820 1,155.89 46,291.673 1,274.15 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 802,694 572.109 1,403.04 519.009 1,546.59 Luxembourg 11,945,052 8,518.007 1,402.33 7,727.409 1,545.80 Federal Republic of Germany 236,440 359.336 657.99 325.985 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,984,186 9,449.454 1,374.07 8,572.403 1,514.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 55,782,778 39,332.333 1,418.24 35,681.703 1,563.34 Mexico 94,292 100.515 938.09 91.186 1,034.06 Brazil 5,171,406 3,361.368 1,538.48 3,049.383 1,695.89 Sweden 9,122,204 4,547.478 2,005.99 4,125.404 2,211.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 2,824,567 1,294.290 2,182.33 1,174.161 2,405.60 United Kingdom 207,357 79.951 2,593.53 72.531 2,858.87 Netherlands 11,455 2.504 4,573.86 2.272 5,041.81 Belgium 8,928,876 2,034.522 4,388.68 1,845.688 4,837.70 France 8,251,873 2,656.648 3,106.12 2,410.072 3,423.91 Federal Republic of Germany 10,145,431 3,049.750 3,326.64 2,766.688 3,666.99 Austria 4,931,965 3,609.591 1,366.35 3,274.567 1,506.14 Poland 447,385 190.103 2,353.38 172.459 2,594.15 Russia 12,533,622 11,938.402 1,049.86 10,830.340 1,157.27 Ukraine 17,403,097 27,264.717 638.30 24,734.143 703.61 Spain 445,776 214.743 2,075.85 194.812 2,288.24 Italy 1,694,787 410.367 4,129.93 372.279 4,552.46 Slovenia 1,155,446 203.513 5,677.50 184.624 6,258.37 India 469,414 124.820 3,760.72 113.235 4,145.49 Thailand 4,608 4.938 933.10 4.480 1,028.57 Malaysia 40,461 34.874 1,160.17 31.638 1,278.87 China 3,067,620 829.819 3,696.73 752.800 4,074.95 Korea, South 1,844,045 1,543.510 1,194.71 1,400.250 1,316.94 Taiwan 11,447,906 2,205.984 5,189.48 2,001.236 5,720.42 Japan 7,401,848 4,829.735 1,532.56 4,381.464 1,689.35 Australia 154,360 49.649 3,109.01 45.041 3,427.10 South Africa 800,683 481.083 1,664.33 436.432 1,834.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,383,262 110,395.220 1,489.04 100,148.888 1,641.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 58,170,890 59,106.866 984.16 53,620.862 1,084.86 Mexico 2,984,584 2,748.829 1,085.77 2,493.697 1,196.85 Brazil 1,419,779 288.959 4,913.41 262.140 5,416.11 Sweden 4,414,927 692.747 6,373.07 628.450 7,025.10 Finland 488,178 101.404 4,814.15 91.993 5,306.69 Netherlands 2,575,924 2,926.344 880.25 2,654.736 970.31 Belgium 1,583,229 326.707 4,846.02 296.384 5,341.82 France 1,529,531 1,959.151 780.71 1,777.313 860.59 Federal Republic of Germany 11,301,786 6,648.829 1,699.82 6,031.718 1,873.73 Russia 2,927,706 4,664.847 627.61 4,231.880 691.82 China 3,084,026 827.057 3,728.91 750.294 4,110.42 Korea, South 5,410,706 6,119.298 884.20 5,551.336 974.67 Japan 1,010,374 1,161.542 869.86 1,053.734 958.85 Australia 1,649,807 2,066.094 798.51 1,874.330 880.21 New Zealand 1,929,995 2,207.157 874.43 2,002.300 963.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,481,442 91,845.838 1,094.02 83,321.167 1,205.95 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 16,835 17.169 980.51 15.576 1,080.83 United Kingdom 4,102 4.183 980.57 3.795 1,080.90 Luxembourg 89,133 91.196 977.37 82.732 1,077.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 223,937 119.052 1,880.99 108.003 2,073.43 Czech Republic 4,261,116 5,166.992 824.68 4,687.418 909.05 Spain 301,693 203.043 1,485.85 184.198 1,637.87 China 67,890 64.347 1,055.05 58.375 1,163.00 Korea, South 64,241 48.669 1,319.95 44.152 1,455.00 Japan 20,021,662 25,419.163 787.66 23,059.884 868.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,050,609 31,133.818 804.61 28,244.133 886.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 565,845 602.670 938.90 546.734 1,034.95 Luxembourg 180,804 146.148 1,237.12 132.584 1,363.69 China 927,372 929.347 997.87 843.090 1,099.97 Korea, South 22,101 8.948 2,469.78 8.118 2,722.47 Japan 169,997 148.263 1,146.59 134.502 1,263.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,866,119 1,835.378 1,016.75 1,665.028 1,120.77 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 335,633 290.336 1,156.01 263.389 1,274.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,003 3.389 590.92 3.075 651.38 China 110,838 90.907 1,219.24 82.470 1,343.98 Australia 153,149 232.120 659.78 210.576 727.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 601,623 616.754 975.47 559.510 1,075.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 54,029,557 52,127.788 1,036.48 47,289.548 1,142.53 Mexico 6,819,394 6,221.272 1,096.14 5,643.845 1,208.29 Brazil 4,708,263 3,445.376 1,366.55 3,125.594 1,506.36 Argentina 3,092 2.210 1,399.01 2.005 1,542.14 Sweden 8,078,043 1,852.198 4,361.33 1,680.287 4,807.54 Finland 47,573 43.003 1,106.26 39.012 1,219.45 United Kingdom 19,721,549 15,198.775 1,297.57 13,788.101 1,430.33 Netherlands 136,517 141.050 967.86 127.959 1,066.88 France 2,812,201 560.608 5,016.33 508.576 5,529.56 Federal Republic of Germany 6,470,142 4,338.455 1,491.35 3,935.782 1,643.93 Austria 597,139 81.153 7,358.17 73.621 8,110.99 Czech Republic 9,121 4.323 2,109.75 3.922 2,325.60 Switzerland 33,420 24.642 1,356.21 22.355 1,494.97 Ukraine 578,061 101.070 5,719.36 91.690 6,304.52 Spain 978,177 401.031 2,439.15 363.810 2,688.70 Portugal 1,343,011 253.672 5,294.27 230.128 5,835.93 Italy 4,704,962 1,165.640 4,036.37 1,057.452 4,449.34 Slovenia 251,898 78.451 3,210.88 71.170 3,539.38 Turkey 405,212 176.898 2,290.64 160.480 2,525.00 India 2,225,979 813.572 2,736.05 738.061 3,015.98 China 1,902,362 1,250.046 1,521.83 1,134.023 1,677.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 3,109,312 1,921.331 1,618.31 1,743.003 1,783.88 Taiwan 1,751,563 316.206 5,539.30 286.858 6,106.03 Japan 15,210,158 16,881.887 900.97 15,314.995 993.15 Australia 9,464 4.490 2,107.41 4.074 2,323.02 South Africa 55,605 40.901 1,359.49 37.105 1,498.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,991,775 107,446.062 1,265.67 97,473.456 1,395.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 9,127,811 8,709.105 1,048.08 7,900.770 1,155.31 Mexico 7,513,977 7,674.411 979.09 6,962.111 1,079.27 Brazil 18,127 4.307 4,207.92 3.908 4,638.43 United Kingdom 11,070 0.708 15,618.25 0.643 17,216.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,743 0.077 35,548.69 0.070 39,185.71 Switzerland 10,470 1.101 9,507.73 0.999 10,480.48 Italy 1,279,992 258.752 4,946.79 234.736 5,452.90 India 3,243,497 733.330 4,422.97 665.266 4,875.49 China 203,961 141.877 1,437.59 128.709 1,584.67 Japan 177,286 33.483 5,294.68 30.376 5,836.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,588,934 17,557.155 1,229.64 15,927.588 1,355.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 108,646 104.328 1,041.39 94.645 1,147.93 Mexico 32,549,212 38,512.022 845.17 34,937.529 931.64 Panama 1,414,800 1,293.526 1,093.75 1,173.468 1,205.66 Dominican Republic 9,795,956 10,436.806 938.60 9,468.114 1,034.63 United Kingdom 165,776 407.267 407.04 369.467 448.69 Luxembourg 1,276,330 966.059 1,321.17 876.395 1,456.34 Federal Republic of Germany 538,901 522.743 1,030.91 474.225 1,136.38 Switzerland 121,385 52.866 2,296.05 47.960 2,530.96 Turkey 17,547,363 19,446.397 902.35 17,641.480 994.67 Japan 12,510,518 15,098.032 828.62 13,696.709 913.40 Australia 42,999 41.215 1,043.27 37.390 1,150.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,071,886 86,881.267 875.58 78,817.382 965.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 11,125,543 5,711.063 1,948.07 5,180.991 2,147.38 Mexico 226,298 201.786 1,121.47 183.058 1,236.21 Dominican Republic 4,517 8.030 562.49 7.285 620.04 Brazil 953,211 129.553 7,357.66 117.529 8,110.43 Sweden 939,338 206.847 4,541.21 187.649 5,005.82 Norway 3,569 0.259 13,777.63 0.235 15,187.23 Denmark 76,841 13.708 5,605.42 12.436 6,178.92 United Kingdom 4,945,376 1,685.413 2,934.22 1,528.982 3,234.42 Netherlands 207,873 29.874 6,958.13 27.102 7,670.02 Belgium 189,367 99.910 1,895.37 90.637 2,089.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 7,793,589 3,524.248 2,211.42 3,197.145 2,437.67 Federal Republic of Germany 9,394,713 3,581.575 2,623.07 3,249.152 2,891.44 Austria 155,480 19.343 8,037.90 17.548 8,860.27 Czech Republic 267,463 33.400 8,007.87 30.300 8,827.16 Switzerland 990,658 145.859 6,791.84 132.322 7,486.72 Latvia 631,939 115.900 5,452.44 105.143 6,010.28 Russia 1,135,846 1,460.297 777.82 1,324.760 857.40 Ukraine 2,612,453 951.111 2,746.74 862.834 3,027.76 Spain 812,229 615.785 1,319.01 558.631 1,453.96 Italy 22,248,524 3,267.238 6,809.58 2,963.990 7,506.27 Slovenia 99,031 23.182 4,271.76 21.031 4,708.81 Romania 56,101 9.356 5,995.99 8.488 6,609.45 Saudi Arabia 78,769 36.627 2,150.54 33.228 2,370.56 United Arab Emirates 165,214 54.331 3,040.83 49.289 3,351.94 India 7,330,807 1,505.418 4,869.61 1,365.693 5,367.83 China 1,585,727 779.226 2,035.00 706.903 2,243.20 Korea, South 811,966 421.035 1,928.50 381.957 2,125.80 Taiwan 10,878,817 2,294.290 4,741.69 2,081.346 5,226.82 Japan 957,973 758.962 1,262.21 688.519 1,391.35 Australia 27,943 9.451 2,956.55 8.574 3,259.04 South Africa 224,822 230.204 976.62 208.838 1,076.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,931,997 27,923.295 3,113.24 25,331.595 3,431.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,489,572 659.234 2,259.55 598.048 2,490.72 Mexico 140,352 93.405 1,502.61 84.736 1,656.34 Brazil 4,022,402 877.923 4,581.72 796.439 5,050.48 Sweden 4,369,982 871.607 5,013.71 790.709 5,526.66 United Kingdom 500,724 79.700 6,282.58 72.303 6,925.36 Netherlands 30,043 28.581 1,051.12 25.929 1,158.66 France 2,498,834 438.787 5,694.87 398.061 6,277.52 Federal Republic of Germany 5,447,773 1,412.093 3,857.94 1,281.030 4,252.65 Austria 2,856,689 373.534 7,647.72 338.865 8,430.17 Czech Republic 73,473 23.526 3,122.97 21.343 3,442.49 Switzerland 156,451 43.729 3,577.68 39.671 3,943.71 Poland 52,877 19.951 2,650.23 18.100 2,921.38 Russia 666,492 345.136 1,931.09 313.103 2,128.67 Ukraine 107,190 18.893 5,673.35 17.140 6,253.79 Spain 434,648 160.570 2,706.90 145.667 2,983.85 Italy 797,007 519.453 1,534.32 471.240 1,691.30 Slovenia 1,857,335 534.339 3,475.94 484.745 3,831.57 India 22,411 3.625 6,181.49 3.289 6,813.93 China 7,022,612 1,476.244 4,757.08 1,339.227 5,243.78 Korea, South 891,555 341.462 2,610.99 309.770 2,878.12 Taiwan 3,000,265 890.128 3,370.60 807.511 3,715.45 Japan 5,819,620 4,340.016 1,340.92 3,937.198 1,478.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 42,258,307 13,551.948 3,118.25 12,294.124 3,437.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 37,769,071 31,730.297 1,190.32 28,785.250 1,312.10 Mexico 5,759,505 3,706.106 1,554.06 3,362.124 1,713.06 Guatemala 495,981 300.256 1,651.86 272.388 1,820.86 Nicaragua 137,661 126.061 1,092.02 114.361 1,203.74 Dominican Republic 1,217,147 876.085 1,389.30 794.772 1,531.44 Colombia 73,062 39.924 1,830.00 36.219 2,017.23 Venezuela 1,747,528 1,546.423 1,130.05 1,402.892 1,245.66 Brazil 9,734 5.066 1,921.35 4.596 2,117.93 Argentina 303,912 104.736 2,901.69 95.015 3,198.57 Denmark 9,676 1.067 9,068.10 0.968 9,995.87 United Kingdom 69,564 10.136 6,862.49 9.196 7,564.59 Netherlands 7,820 2.310 3,384.63 2.096 3,730.92 France 500,123 310.117 1,612.69 281.334 1,777.68 Federal Republic of Germany 3,395,136 1,847.090 1,838.10 1,675.653 2,026.16 Slovakia 181,350 123.016 1,474.19 111.599 1,625.01 Switzerland 260,657 167.159 1,559.33 151.645 1,718.86 Russia 1,735,361 1,927.519 900.31 1,748.617 992.42 Ukraine 349,965 208.671 1,677.11 189.304 1,848.69 Spain 8,764,952 3,894.351 2,250.68 3,532.897 2,480.95 Italy 1,183,723 389.337 3,040.35 353.201 3,351.41 Romania 1,726,143 1,680.783 1,026.99 1,524.782 1,132.06 Turkey 5,186,587 5,951.469 871.48 5,399.084 960.64 United Arab Emirates 2,567,593 2,586.226 992.80 2,346.186 1,094.37 Oman 606,474 741.930 817.43 673.068 901.06 India 2,980,619 2,940.237 1,013.73 2,667.339 1,117.45 Pakistan 850,249 950.307 894.71 862.105 986.25 Vietnam 2,867,614 2,915.221 983.67 2,644.645 1,084.31 Malaysia 1,034,761 1,103.726 937.52 1,001.284 1,033.43 Indonesia 432,599 419.590 1,031.00 380.646 1,136.49 China 9,812,514 8,133.172 1,206.48 7,378.292 1,329.92 Korea, South 13,719,313 14,582.798 940.79 13,229.296 1,037.04 Taiwan 4,808,009 5,884.379 817.08 5,338.221 900.68 Japan 1,539,085 705.857 2,180.45 640.343 2,403.53 South Africa 693,096 892.168 776.87 809.362 856.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 112,796,584 96,803.607 1,165.21 87,818.780 1,284.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 37,664,123 21,614.146 1,742.57 19,608.029 1,920.85 Mexico 18,477,586 10,802.224 1,710.54 9,799.616 1,885.54 Colombia 21,794,756 12,784.778 1,704.74 11,598.159 1,879.16 Venezuela 2,923,090 2,489.324 1,174.25 2,258.278 1,294.39 Brazil 4,598,363 1,751.180 2,625.86 1,588.645 2,894.52 Argentina 2,846,516 2,257.862 1,260.71 2,048.299 1,389.70 Sweden 20,174 3.295 6,120.92 2.990 6,747.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 668,455 63.377 10,547.22 57.495 11,626.32 France 6,099,990 4,015.973 1,518.93 3,643.231 1,674.34 Federal Republic of Germany 36,047,814 16,516.831 2,182.49 14,983.822 2,405.78 Austria 38,467,902 18,562.197 2,072.38 16,839.347 2,284.41 Czech Republic 951,699 748.722 1,271.10 679.230 1,401.14 Russia 4,659,413 4,335.901 1,074.61 3,933.465 1,184.56 Ukraine 5,890,553 4,905.115 1,200.90 4,449.847 1,323.77 Spain 9,020,662 4,816.728 1,872.78 4,369.664 2,064.38 Italy 252,749 174.386 1,449.36 158.201 1,597.64 Romania 765,260 1,038.349 737.00 941.975 812.40 Turkey 296,910 108.514 2,736.12 98.443 3,016.06 India 2,215,839 1,532.023 1,446.35 1,389.829 1,594.32 China 172,365,943 147,922.631 1,165.24 134,193.192 1,284.46 Korea, South 41,492,842 42,681.928 972.14 38,720.405 1,071.60 Hong Kong 199,738 115.717 1,726.09 104.977 1,902.68 Taiwan 1,602,352 1,806.771 886.86 1,639.076 977.59 Japan 20,395,509 11,179.064 1,824.44 10,141.480 2,011.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 429,718,238 312,227.049 1,376.30 283,247.695 1,517.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,565,237 12,916.619 1,669.57 11,717.763 1,840.39 Brazil 399,653 267.261 1,495.36 242.456 1,648.35 France 136,080 306.519 443.95 278.070 489.37 Federal Republic of Germany 43,162,417 27,511.466 1,568.89 24,957.990 1,729.40 Czech Republic 3,975,948 2,143.118 1,855.22 1,944.205 2,045.03 Poland 1,287,653 815.192 1,579.57 739.530 1,741.18 Italy 19,835,576 14,913.365 1,330.05 13,529.181 1,466.13 Greece 15,749,072 11,169.838 1,409.96 10,133.110 1,554.22 Romania 4,118,151 3,507.440 1,174.12 3,181.897 1,294.24 Turkey 13,103,811 11,373.622 1,152.12 10,317.980 1,270.00 India 61,030,208 44,377.980 1,375.24 40,259.038 1,515.94 Thailand 931,264 531.802 1,751.15 482.443 1,930.31 China 7,188,824 8,186.324 878.15 7,426.511 967.99 Korea, South 13,166,148 13,177.010 999.18 11,953.986 1,101.40 Taiwan 782,160 792.459 987.00 718.907 1,087.98 Japan 15,273,689 12,729.902 1,199.83 11,548.377 1,322.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 221,705,891 164,719.924 1,345.96 149,431.444 1,483.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 861,165 230.473 3,736.51 209.082 4,118.79 Mexico 22,926,955 13,005.193 1,762.91 11,798.116 1,943.27 Guatemala 3,069 1.942 1,580.11 1.762 1,741.77 Venezuela 420,797 445.258 945.06 403.932 1,041.75 Brazil 2,165,821 1,322.475 1,637.70 1,199.730 1,805.26 Argentina 4,149,070 3,117.492 1,330.90 2,828.142 1,467.07 United Kingdom 9,033 1.870 4,828.88 1.697 5,322.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 9,394 11.756 799.07 10.665 880.83 France 2,799,436 1,665.800 1,680.54 1,511.189 1,852.47 Federal Republic of Germany 199,381 108.343 1,840.26 98.288 2,028.54 Austria 1,984,802 1,630.709 1,217.14 1,479.355 1,341.67 Czech Republic 1,086,300 934.250 1,162.75 847.538 1,281.71 Slovakia 560,344 454.896 1,231.81 412.675 1,357.83 Poland 306,646 206.058 1,488.15 186.933 1,640.41 Russia 8,747,808 7,982.852 1,095.82 7,241.924 1,207.94 Ukraine 4,206,073 3,893.798 1,080.20 3,532.396 1,190.71 Spain 2,165,077 1,399.227 1,547.34 1,269.358 1,705.65 Italy 5,754,052 2,992.965 1,922.53 2,715.173 2,119.22 Romania 265,098 163.205 1,624.32 148.058 1,790.50 India 39,260 49.133 799.05 44.573 880.80 China 15,003,463 16,162.222 928.30 14,662.126 1,023.28 Korea, South 5,209,933 6,568.978 793.11 5,959.279 874.26 Taiwan 6,280 6.682 939.81 6.062 1,035.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,879,257 62,355.587 1,264.99 56,568.053 1,394.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 68,476 63.946 1,070.84 58.011 1,180.40 Mexico 10,192,336 7,386.634 1,379.83 6,701.044 1,521.01 Ukraine 6,973,697 6,525.885 1,068.62 5,920.185 1,177.95 Italy 1,247,775 327.801 3,806.49 297.377 4,195.94 China 7,167,637 9,561.402 749.64 8,673.961 826.34 Korea, South 16,261,145 20,397.569 797.21 18,504.369 878.77 Taiwan 1,788,105 2,611.325 684.75 2,368.955 754.81 Japan 3,082,894 3,625.445 850.35 3,288.950 937.35 South Africa 1,534,996 2,346.304 654.22 2,128.532 721.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,317,061 52,846.314 914.29 47,941.384 1,007.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,646,801 6,073.557 1,588.33 5,509.840 1,750.83 Mexico 26,064,895 18,073.992 1,442.12 16,396.455 1,589.67 Costa Rica 255,503 208.332 1,226.42 188.996 1,351.90 Dominican Republic 225,391 150.789 1,494.74 136.794 1,647.67 Colombia 132,484 88.516 1,496.71 80.301 1,649.84 Brazil 223,364 139.028 1,606.60 126.125 1,770.97 Argentina 4,314,687 2,509.883 1,719.08 2,276.929 1,894.96 Sweden 941,638 354.977 2,652.67 322.030 2,924.07 United Kingdom 110,427 14.551 7,588.65 13.201 8,365.05 Netherlands 134,727 58.507 2,302.74 53.077 2,538.33 Belgium 39,986 16.063 2,489.17 14.573 2,743.84 France 2,265,653 1,140.926 1,985.80 1,035.031 2,188.97 Federal Republic of Germany 10,777,183 5,304.780 2,031.60 4,812.417 2,239.45 Austria 524,436 104.448 5,021.01 94.754 5,534.71 Switzerland 1,493,370 530.044 2,817.45 480.848 3,105.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,366,957 1,382.443 988.80 1,254.132 1,089.96 Ukraine 165,337 123.381 1,340.05 111.930 1,477.15 Spain 4,070,558 1,792.205 2,271.26 1,625.862 2,503.63 Italy 4,808,905 1,992.548 2,413.44 1,807.610 2,660.37 Romania 3,896,896 2,630.356 1,481.51 2,386.220 1,633.08 Saudi Arabia 28,374 23.493 1,207.74 21.313 1,331.30 India 1,791,871 1,298.188 1,380.29 1,177.697 1,521.50 Malaysia 233,837 244.230 957.44 221.562 1,055.40 China 5,196,091 3,465.983 1,499.17 3,144.288 1,652.55 Korea, South 979,867 626.422 1,564.23 568.281 1,724.26 Hong Kong 118,395 87.843 1,347.80 79.690 1,485.69 Taiwan 338,077 155.692 2,171.44 141.242 2,393.60 Japan 6,592,581 2,329.403 2,830.16 2,113.200 3,119.71 Australia 80,570 71.336 1,129.44 64.715 1,245.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,818,861 50,991.929 1,702.60 46,259.113 1,876.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 149,525 47.738 3,132.14 43.308 3,452.60 Mexico 1,294,882 548.396 2,361.22 497.497 2,602.79 Brazil 228,787 135.717 1,685.76 123.121 1,858.23 Argentina 729,496 266.524 2,737.07 241.787 3,017.10 Sweden 622,437 228.542 2,723.51 207.330 3,002.16 France 8,492,853 3,503.515 2,424.09 3,178.337 2,672.11 Federal Republic of Germany 19,381,322 4,101.765 4,725.12 3,721.060 5,208.55 Czech Republic 1,350,136 534.368 2,526.60 484.771 2,785.10 Slovakia 436,237 244.157 1,786.70 221.496 1,969.50 Poland 314,049 162.811 1,928.91 147.700 2,126.26 Italy 1,817,992 348.894 5,210.72 316.512 5,743.83 China 939,755 794.579 1,182.71 720.831 1,303.71 Japan 137,556 32.332 4,254.35 29.332 4,689.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,895,027 10,949.345 3,278.28 9,933.082 3,613.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 12,050,306 1,261.896 9,549.36 1,144.774 10,526.36 Mexico 617,857 117.748 5,247.24 106.820 5,784.09 Uruguay 262,034 99.180 2,641.99 89.975 2,912.30 Sweden 3,143,430 322.030 9,761.29 292.141 10,759.98 Finland 46,480 11.479 4,048.97 10.414 4,463.22 Denmark 57,704 5.383 10,718.31 4.884 11,814.91 United Kingdom 1,113,030 30.133 36,936.17 27.337 40,715.15 Ireland 18,477 0.707 26,109.12 0.642 28,780.37 Netherlands 8,545 0.877 9,738.56 0.796 10,734.92 Belgium 4,453 0.114 38,843.22 0.104 42,817.31 France 6,444,901 629.789 10,233.41 571.336 11,280.40 Federal Republic of Germany 4,138,688 304.933 13,572.43 276.631 14,961.04 Austria 1,147,709 125.134 9,171.81 113.520 10,110.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 6,049,172 268.224 22,552.67 243.329 24,860.05 Switzerland 197,630 5.303 37,266.05 4.811 41,078.78 Ukraine 834,314 76.866 10,854.09 69.732 11,964.58 Spain 8,559,622 673.158 12,715.62 610.679 14,016.57 Italy 3,252,687 576.974 5,637.48 523.423 6,214.26 India 158,861 25.356 6,265.11 23.003 6,906.10 Thailand 2,811,297 694.174 4,049.84 629.745 4,464.18 Vietnam 42,339 18.715 2,262.30 16.978 2,493.76 Malaysia 2,513,848 591.211 4,252.03 536.338 4,687.06 Singapore 215,534 39.493 5,457.44 35.828 6,015.80 China 10,394,804 1,314.307 7,908.96 1,192.320 8,718.13 Korea, South 9,015,603 1,562.238 5,770.95 1,417.239 6,361.39 Taiwan 11,516,366 2,015.124 5,714.96 1,828.091 6,299.67 Japan 9,740,936 1,173.051 8,303.93 1,064.175 9,153.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,356,627 11,943.611 7,900.18 10,835.065 8,708.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,657,411 850.038 4,302.64 771.142 4,742.85 Mexico 386,161 123.567 3,125.09 112.099 3,444.82 United Kingdom 18,256 7.184 2,540.90 6.518 2,800.86 Netherlands 6,079 2.393 2,540.20 2.171 2,800.09 France 3,035 1.194 2,539.95 1.084 2,799.82 Federal Republic of Germany 193,295 51.143 3,779.43 46.397 4,166.11 Italy 14,331 1.841 7,780.29 1.671 8,576.30 Israel 11,017 4.336 2,540.53 3.934 2,800.46 India 40,177 8.934 4,496.97 8.105 4,957.06 Singapore 3,900 1.535 2,539.86 1.393 2,799.71 China 312,276 136.537 2,287.10 123.865 2,521.10 Korea, South 26,125 23.589 1,107.49 21.400 1,220.79 Taiwan 64,360 36.023 1,786.61 32.680 1,969.40 Japan 985,613 339.162 2,906.02 307.683 3,203.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,722,036 1,587.484 3,604.47 1,440.142 3,973.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 40,639,904 32,503.609 1,250.32 29,486.787 1,378.24 Mexico 8,030,956 5,374.322 1,494.32 4,875.505 1,647.20 Colombia 322,248 268.755 1,199.04 243.811 1,321.71 Argentina 17,785 5.361 3,317.08 4.864 3,656.46 Sweden 174,068 60.010 2,900.61 54.441 3,197.37 Finland 1,589,349 360.379 4,410.21 326.931 4,861.42 United Kingdom 34,764 8.571 4,055.73 7.776 4,470.68 Netherlands 77,483 24.750 3,130.60 22.453 3,450.90 Belgium 306,440 126.641 2,419.75 114.887 2,667.32 France 2,634 0.804 3,273.32 0.730 3,608.22 Federal Republic of Germany 254,709 59.657 4,269.55 54.120 4,706.37 Austria 28,769 11.748 2,448.75 10.658 2,699.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 3,857 1.058 3,644.80 0.960 4,017.71 Ukraine 909,844 917.299 991.87 832.160 1,093.35 Italy 12,117 4.598 2,634.79 4.172 2,904.36 India 2,112 0.860 2,453.23 0.781 2,704.23 China 1,833,525 1,061.370 1,727.51 962.859 1,904.25 Korea, South 4,269,638 4,567.812 934.72 4,143.851 1,030.36 Taiwan 3,077,519 603.343 5,100.78 547.344 5,622.64 Japan 998,547 545.094 1,831.88 494.502 2,019.30 Australia 31,454 28.462 1,105.09 25.821 1,218.16 South Africa 89,886 132.001 680.95 119.750 750.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,707,608 46,666.515 1,343.74 42,335.163 1,481.22 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 475,847 406.462 1,170.70 368.737 1,290.48 China 38,497 54.238 709.78 49.204 782.40 Japan 846,977 830.765 1,019.51 753.658 1,123.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,361,321 1,291.466 1,054.09 1,171.599 1,161.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 23,694,957 16,563.251 1,430.57 15,025.933 1,576.94 Mexico 16,283,179 13,079.797 1,244.91 11,865.796 1,372.28 Dominican Republic 145,127 89.031 1,630.06 80.768 1,796.84 Venezuela 855,028 781.638 1,093.89 709.091 1,205.81 Chile 153,875 135.579 1,134.94 122.996 1,251.06 Brazil 947,027 752.955 1,257.75 683.070 1,386.43 Sweden 1,918,865 251.938 7,616.40 228.555 8,395.64 United Kingdom 1,711,974 532.624 3,214.22 483.189 3,543.07 Ireland 119,327 16.973 7,030.24 15.398 7,749.51 Netherlands 60,841 5.138 11,839.13 4.662 13,050.41 Belgium 1,417,241 567.363 2,497.94 514.704 2,753.51 Luxembourg 8,160 0.953 8,557.95 0.865 9,433.53 France 886,253 348.729 2,541.38 316.362 2,801.39 Federal Republic of Germany 2,484,557 798.796 3,110.38 724.656 3,428.60 Austria 377,408 99.318 3,799.99 90.100 4,188.77 Czech Republic 214,276 142.711 1,501.46 129.466 1,655.08 Slovakia 58,195 51.994 1,119.24 47.169 1,233.76 Switzerland 487,318 64.318 7,576.61 58.349 8,351.78 Belarus 342,820 306.154 1,119.76 277.739 1,234.32 Spain 127,819 6.599 19,367.88 5.987 21,349.42 Italy 3,265,261 1,557.098 2,097.02 1,412.576 2,311.56 Greece 130,090 92.573 1,405.27 83.981 1,549.04 Turkey 186,087 138.098 1,347.49 125.281 1,485.36 United Arab Emirates 388,101 313.639 1,237.41 284.529 1,364.01 India 4,754,748 1,258.689 3,777.54 1,141.864 4,164.02 Thailand 436,973 188.785 2,314.66 171.263 2,551.47 Vietnam 17,100 6.964 2,455.34 6.318 2,706.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 859,142 659.639 1,302.44 598.415 1,435.70 Indonesia 46,667 16.217 2,877.62 14.712 3,172.04 China 23,165,503 17,500.214 1,323.73 15,875.932 1,459.16 Korea, South 9,050,894 3,474.337 2,605.07 3,151.867 2,871.60 Taiwan 2,453,577 804.064 3,051.47 729.435 3,363.67 Japan 9,497,129 5,786.808 1,641.17 5,249.706 1,809.08 Australia 271,872 79.015 3,440.73 71.682 3,792.75 South Africa 578,569 484.308 1,194.63 439.357 1,316.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,395,960 66,956.324 1,603.97 60,741.773 1,768.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 26,863 28.980 926.92 26.291 1,021.76 Federal Republic of Germany 17,961 33.985 528.49 30.831 582.56 China 141,652 155.988 908.10 141.510 1,001.00 Japan 388,370 534.158 727.07 484.581 801.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 574,846 753.113 763.29 683.213 841.39 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 11,544,366 13,513.128 854.31 12,258.907 941.71 Norway 190,366 226.723 839.64 205.680 925.54 Netherlands 2,351,917 3,321.427 708.10 3,013.149 780.55 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,600,468 2,898.954 897.04 2,629.888 988.81 China 1,537,088 2,067.538 743.44 1,875.640 819.50 Korea, South 428,532 412.947 1,037.74 374.620 1,143.91 Japan 367,775 387.108 950.06 351.179 1,047.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,088,714 22,904.945 833.39 20,779.023 918.65 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,770,604 4,171.378 903.92 3,784.212 996.40 Netherlands 2,314,720 2,912.206 794.83 2,641.910 876.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,501,953 1,676.782 895.74 1,521.152 987.38 Japan 1,488,499 1,712.070 869.41 1,553.165 958.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,075,776 10,472.438 866.63 9,500.439 955.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 81,581,818 83,803.100 973.49 76,024.915 1,073.09 Mexico 5,717,297 5,346.899 1,069.27 4,850.627 1,178.67 Brazil 762,368 395.913 1,925.59 359.167 2,122.60 Sweden 2,564,246 2,492.030 1,028.98 2,260.733 1,134.25 Finland 949,205 528.155 1,797.21 479.135 1,981.08 United Kingdom 81,659 32.804 2,489.24 29.760 2,743.92 Netherlands 7,472,182 13,682.042 546.13 12,412.144 602.01 Belgium 245,015 286.678 854.67 260.070 942.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,547,249 2,973.785 856.57 2,697.774 944.20 Federal Republic of Germany 696,032 731.450 951.58 663.561 1,048.93 Austria 35,572 2.064 17,229.25 1.873 18,991.99 Russia 3,614,679 4,176.106 865.56 3,788.501 954.12 Spain 7,493 2.839 2,638.80 2.576 2,908.77 Italy 105,282 22.562 4,666.32 20.468 5,143.74 Slovenia 36,855 5.291 6,965.48 4.800 7,678.13 Thailand 210,004 92.846 2,261.84 84.229 2,493.25 China 1,830,213 467.818 3,912.23 424.398 4,312.49 Korea, South 55,187,911 72,304.140 763.27 65,593.231 841.37 Taiwan 34,157 7.194 4,747.47 6.527 5,233.19 Japan 3,552,261 3,299.094 1,076.74 2,992.889 1,186.90 Australia 38,933,858 45,064.038 863.97 40,881.420 952.36 New Zealand 3,676,068 3,924.249 936.76 3,560.020 1,032.60 South Africa 216,596 145.246 1,491.24 131.765 1,643.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 210,058,020 239,786.354 876.02 217,530.583 965.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 27,464,128 27,292.787 1,006.28 24,759.607 1,109.23 Mexico 30,581,233 12,876.375 2,374.99 11,681.255 2,617.97 Dominican Republic 102,572 87.363 1,174.08 79.255 1,294.20 Brazil 10,582,220 7,952.474 1,330.68 7,214.366 1,466.83 Sweden 6,379,953 3,018.084 2,113.91 2,737.961 2,330.18 Finland 4,001,024 685.310 5,838.27 621.703 6,435.59 United Kingdom 2,627,921 1,442.578 1,821.68 1,308.686 2,008.06 Netherlands 3,328,224 4,106.746 810.43 3,725.579 893.34 Belgium 5,215,875 3,722.161 1,401.30 3,376.689 1,544.67 Luxembourg 31,554 33.840 932.42 30.700 1,027.82 France 4,217,758 1,585.844 2,659.63 1,438.654 2,931.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,113,700 2,674.040 2,286.32 2,425.849 2,520.23 Switzerland 132,895 14.223 9,343.59 12.903 10,299.54 Spain 432,905 114.651 3,775.84 104.010 4,162.15 Italy 1,522,420 352.383 4,320.35 319.677 4,762.37 Romania 1,061,368 217.607 4,877.45 197.410 5,376.47 Bahrain 723,463 199.883 3,619.43 181.331 3,989.74 India 2,024,377 423.968 4,774.83 384.618 5,263.34 Thailand 2,720,575 702.197 3,874.37 637.023 4,270.76 Indonesia 718,010 141.899 5,059.99 128.729 5,577.69 China 70,668,220 32,213.131 2,193.77 29,223.270 2,418.22 Korea, South 9,369,405 8,017.971 1,168.55 7,273.783 1,288.11 Hong Kong 92,742 26.212 3,538.02 23.780 3,900.00 Taiwan 12,145,606 5,319.632 2,283.17 4,825.891 2,516.76 Japan 6,513,416 6,294.490 1,034.78 5,710.267 1,140.65 Australia 131,256 17.460 7,517.26 15.840 8,286.36 New Zealand 526,105 541.300 971.93 491.060 1,071.37 South Africa 1,039,108 626.419 1,658.81 568.278 1,828.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 210,468,033 120,701.041 1,743.71 109,498.174 1,922.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 36,701,472 43,231.985 848.94 39,219.409 935.80 Mexico 5,471,279 4,448.929 1,229.80 4,036.002 1,355.62 Colombia 1,897,784 1,443.987 1,314.27 1,309.964 1,448.73 Brazil 794,304 793.432 1,001.10 719.790 1,103.52 Sweden 159,758 110.856 1,441.13 100.567 1,588.57 Netherlands 2,545,622 2,315.387 1,099.44 2,100.485 1,211.92 France 4,914,187 5,078.041 967.73 4,606.723 1,066.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,620,679 2,285.270 709.18 2,073.163 781.74 Austria 945,236 710.167 1,331.00 644.253 1,467.18 Spain 1,089,590 1,317.989 826.71 1,195.660 911.29 Italy 200,400 99.852 2,006.95 90.585 2,212.29 India 20,491,380 17,535.797 1,168.55 15,908.212 1,288.10 Singapore 215,757 241.560 893.18 219.140 984.56 Indonesia 186,715 164.156 1,137.42 148.920 1,253.79 China 32,321,844 35,975.751 898.43 32,636.662 990.35 Korea, South 18,447,161 21,204.760 869.95 19,236.641 958.96 Taiwan 7,202,274 6,725.326 1,070.92 6,101.115 1,180.48 Japan 5,654,657 6,271.691 901.62 5,689.584 993.86 Australia 3,966,195 5,361.333 739.78 4,863.721 815.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,826,294 155,316.276 932.46 140,900.596 1,027.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,157,549 1,530.702 1,409.52 1,388.630 1,553.72 Brazil 22,754 11.704 1,944.07 10.618 2,142.96 United Kingdom 7,239 5.627 1,286.41 5.105 1,418.02 Luxembourg 1,419,345 1,858.764 763.60 1,686.243 841.72 Federal Republic of Germany 8,150,064 7,155.724 1,138.96 6,491.566 1,255.49 Thailand 16,075 16.745 959.98 15.191 1,058.19 China 160,864 137.806 1,167.32 125.016 1,286.75 Korea, South 2,731,234 2,404.993 1,135.65 2,181.774 1,251.84 Taiwan 2,158,569 2,395.849 900.96 2,173.479 993.14 Japan 2,440,511 2,188.422 1,115.19 1,985.304 1,229.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,264,204 17,706.340 1,087.98 16,062.926 1,199.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,358,266 1,167.739 1,163.16 1,059.356 1,282.16 Mexico 16,993,507 12,851.031 1,322.35 11,658.263 1,457.64 United Kingdom 687,456 341.683 2,011.97 309.970 2,217.81 Belgium 504,483 362.318 1,392.37 328.690 1,534.83 Luxembourg 234,132 310.278 754.59 281.480 831.79 France 38,450 9.011 4,266.82 8.175 4,703.36 Federal Republic of Germany 335,159 107.657 3,113.21 97.665 3,431.72 India 268,417 204.941 1,309.72 185.920 1,443.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 21,898 23.665 925.31 21.469 1,019.98 China 6,580,009 6,489.153 1,014.00 5,886.863 1,117.74 Korea, South 18,076,823 18,039.393 1,002.07 16,365.067 1,104.60 Taiwan 12,028,406 11,633.486 1,033.95 10,553.724 1,139.73 Japan 1,039,416 528.419 1,967.03 479.374 2,168.28 Australia 16,585 4.430 3,743.63 4.019 4,126.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,183,007 52,073.210 1,117.33 47,240.035 1,231.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 124,969 29.078 4,297.57 26.380 4,737.26 Sweden 821,451 606.258 1,354.95 549.989 1,493.58 United Kingdom 521,359 117.942 4,420.44 106.996 4,872.70 France 621,321 131.991 4,707.27 119.741 5,188.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,530,580 1,747.527 1,448.09 1,585.331 1,596.25 Austria 1,046,492 937.945 1,115.73 850.890 1,229.88 Czech Republic 4,405 1.175 3,748.73 1.066 4,132.27 Poland 423,250 107.254 3,946.21 97.300 4,349.95 Russia 4,004,096 1,203.068 3,328.24 1,091.406 3,668.75 China 182,003 114.691 1,586.90 104.046 1,749.26 Korea, South 3,213,233 2,871.552 1,118.99 2,605.029 1,233.47 Taiwan 226,694 164.934 1,374.45 149.626 1,515.07 Japan 4,781,052 4,880.655 979.59 4,427.657 1,079.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,500,905 12,914.077 1,432.62 11,715.457 1,579.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,503,575 2,005.293 749.80 1,819.172 826.52 Mexico 422,228 365.713 1,154.53 331.770 1,272.65 Finland 363,636 54.189 6,710.44 49.160 7,396.99 United Kingdom 733,030 453.726 1,615.58 411.614 1,780.87 Italy 22,057 2.752 8,013.53 2.497 8,833.40 Japan 146,041 139.476 1,047.07 126.531 1,154.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,190,567 3,021.152 1,056.08 2,740.744 1,164.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,714,154 2,543.653 1,460.17 2,307.564 1,609.56 Mexico 7,462,121 2,696.006 2,767.84 2,445.777 3,051.02 Chile 21,563 16.288 1,323.79 14.777 1,459.23 Brazil 37,909 21.848 1,735.05 19.821 1,912.57 Sweden 4,478,440 689.541 6,494.81 625.542 7,159.30 Finland 738,215 135.556 5,445.80 122.975 6,002.97 Denmark 2,785 0.704 3,953.85 0.639 4,358.37 United Kingdom 1,577,981 472.465 3,339.88 428.614 3,681.59 Netherlands 10,341 4.291 2,409.76 3.893 2,656.31 Belgium 390,749 31.408 12,441.01 28.493 13,713.86 France 1,447,908 341.311 4,242.18 309.633 4,676.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 9,449,420 4,931.517 1,916.13 4,473.799 2,112.17 Austria 1,022,780 155.635 6,571.65 141.190 7,244.00 Switzerland 425,920 113.253 3,760.76 102.742 4,145.53 Italy 134,383 31.907 4,211.64 28.946 4,642.54 Romania 328,636 54.173 6,066.41 49.145 6,687.07 India 979,433 229.441 4,268.77 208.146 4,705.51 China 1,735,186 765.801 2,265.84 694.724 2,497.66 Korea, South 2,847,572 1,725.148 1,650.62 1,565.029 1,819.50 Taiwan 1,377,793 484.887 2,841.47 439.883 3,132.18 Japan 4,111,691 1,038.308 3,959.99 941.938 4,365.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,294,980 16,483.154 2,565.95 14,953.270 2,828.48 GRAND TOTAL 3,433,051,303 2,841,738.853 1,208.08 2,577,982.849 1,331.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 32,825 41.365 793.54 37.526 874.73 United Kingdom 66,305 5.118 12,955.18 4.643 14,280.64 Belgium 58,118 46.940 1,238.11 42.584 1,364.78 China 2,284 0.847 2,694.42 0.769 2,970.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 159,532 94.271 1,692.26 85.522 1,865.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 17,448,256 17,467.868 998.88 15,846.588 1,101.07 Mexico 15,698,178 11,393.142 1,377.86 10,335.688 1,518.83 United Kingdom 508,789 90.876 5,598.67 82.442 6,171.48 Netherlands 271,310 81.328 3,335.98 73.780 3,677.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,711,295 2,160.561 1,254.90 1,960.029 1,383.29 Italy 1,010,725 319.922 3,159.28 290.229 3,482.51 India 11,968 4.308 2,777.49 3.909 3,061.65 China 207,271 76.027 2,726.26 68.971 3,005.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,867,792 31,594.036 1,198.57 28,661.636 1,321.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,412,043 1,371.420 1,029.62 1,244.132 1,134.96 United Kingdom 3,557,444 3,382.415 1,051.75 3,068.477 1,159.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,969,487 4,753.836 1,045.36 4,312.609 1,152.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 27,453,416 14,430.700 1,902.43 13,091.315 2,097.07 Brazil 2,354,560 1,596.414 1,474.91 1,448.243 1,625.80 Sweden 8,126,837 4,393.808 1,849.61 3,985.997 2,038.85 Finland 2,109,479 1,140.891 1,848.97 1,035.000 2,038.14 United Kingdom 49,365 35.113 1,405.89 31.854 1,549.73 Belgium 4,110,706 1,236.786 3,323.70 1,121.994 3,663.75 France 5,405,062 2,234.397 2,419.02 2,027.012 2,666.52 Federal Republic of Germany 8,895,505 2,685.272 3,312.70 2,436.039 3,651.63 Austria 1,267,672 871.910 1,453.90 790.984 1,602.65 Poland 447,385 190.103 2,353.38 172.459 2,594.15 Ukraine 3,858 1.561 2,469.95 1.417 2,722.65 Spain 445,776 214.743 2,075.85 194.812 2,288.24 Italy 73,266 62.432 1,173.52 56.638 1,293.58 China 421,940 280.151 1,506.12 254.149 1,660.21 Japan 5,514,089 4,436.681 1,242.84 4,024.891 1,370.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,678,916 33,810.969 1,972.11 30,672.804 2,173.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,677,289 4,078.867 1,146.71 3,700.287 1,264.03 Netherlands 175,151 196.938 889.37 178.660 980.36 France 541,567 519.486 1,042.51 471.270 1,149.17 Japan 364,600 468.867 777.62 425.350 857.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,758,607 5,264.160 1,093.93 4,775.567 1,205.85 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 16,835 17.169 980.51 15.576 1,080.83 United Kingdom 4,102 4.183 980.57 3.795 1,080.90 Czech Republic 203,826 394.909 516.13 358.256 568.94 Spain 301,693 203.043 1,485.85 184.198 1,637.87 Japan 957,991 1,614.445 593.39 1,464.601 654.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,484,447 2,233.751 664.55 2,026.426 732.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 28,325,219 27,310.925 1,037.14 24,776.062 1,143.25 Mexico 2,917,399 2,546.317 1,145.73 2,309.981 1,262.95 Brazil 4,155,712 3,399.197 1,222.56 3,083.701 1,347.64 Sweden 3,134,767 796.292 3,936.70 722.385 4,339.47 Finland 47,573 43.003 1,106.26 39.012 1,219.45 United Kingdom 1,831,752 878.257 2,085.67 796.742 2,299.05 Netherlands 103,729 135.412 766.02 122.844 844.40 France 971,623 316.376 3,071.10 287.012 3,385.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,537,504 378.532 4,061.75 343.399 4,477.31 Austria 240,140 39.585 6,066.43 35.911 6,687.09 Czech Republic 9,121 4.323 2,109.75 3.922 2,325.60 Switzerland 33,420 24.642 1,356.21 22.355 1,494.97 Spain 978,177 401.031 2,439.15 363.810 2,688.70 Italy 1,264,301 644.569 1,961.47 584.744 2,162.14 Turkey 405,212 176.898 2,290.64 160.480 2,525.00 China 1,347,270 881.683 1,528.07 799.850 1,684.40 Korea, South 3,104,415 1,918.459 1,618.18 1,740.398 1,783.74 Japan 12,852,725 14,104.747 911.23 12,795.615 1,004.46 South Africa 55,605 40.901 1,359.49 37.105 1,498.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,315,664 54,041.158 1,171.62 49,025.328 1,291.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 662,435 635.921 1,041.69 576.898 1,148.27 Mexico 72,784 76.393 952.75 69.303 1,050.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 735,219 712.314 1,032.16 646.201 1,137.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 4,724,572 1,904.348 2,480.94 1,727.596 2,734.77 Sweden 319,258 105.893 3,014.90 96.065 3,323.35 United Kingdom 2,026,860 701.943 2,887.50 636.793 3,182.92 Belgium 179,988 92.508 1,945.64 83.922 2,144.71 France 4,801,390 2,570.797 1,867.67 2,332.189 2,058.75 Federal Republic of Germany 745,061 221.284 3,366.98 200.746 3,711.46 Russia 759,582 884.240 859.02 802.170 946.91 Ukraine 1,220,275 768.641 1,587.57 697.300 1,750.00 Spain 158,212 54.035 2,927.94 49.020 3,227.50 Italy 449,205 119.093 3,771.86 108.040 4,157.77 Romania 8,094 0.953 8,488.73 0.865 9,357.23 China 95,573 66.310 1,441.29 60.156 1,588.75 Korea, South 501,613 295.187 1,699.30 267.790 1,873.16 Taiwan 19,685 8.029 2,451.67 7.284 2,702.50 Japan 661,218 604.113 1,094.53 548.043 1,206.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,670,586 8,397.382 1,985.21 7,617.979 2,188.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,489,572 659.234 2,259.55 598.048 2,490.72 Mexico 140,352 93.405 1,502.61 84.736 1,656.34 Brazil 4,022,402 877.923 4,581.72 796.439 5,050.48 Sweden 4,369,982 871.607 5,013.71 790.709 5,526.66 United Kingdom 500,724 79.700 6,282.58 72.303 6,925.36 Netherlands 30,043 28.581 1,051.12 25.929 1,158.66 France 2,498,834 438.787 5,694.87 398.061 6,277.52 Federal Republic of Germany 5,447,773 1,412.093 3,857.94 1,281.030 4,252.65 Austria 2,856,689 373.534 7,647.72 338.865 8,430.17 Czech Republic 73,473 23.526 3,122.97 21.343 3,442.49 Switzerland 156,451 43.729 3,577.68 39.671 3,943.71 Poland 52,877 19.951 2,650.23 18.100 2,921.38 Russia 666,492 345.136 1,931.09 313.103 2,128.67 Ukraine 107,190 18.893 5,673.35 17.140 6,253.79 Spain 434,648 160.570 2,706.90 145.667 2,983.85 Italy 797,007 519.453 1,534.32 471.240 1,691.30 Slovenia 1,857,335 534.339 3,475.94 484.745 3,831.57 India 22,411 3.625 6,181.49 3.289 6,813.93 China 7,022,612 1,476.244 4,757.08 1,339.227 5,243.78 Korea, South 891,555 341.462 2,610.99 309.770 2,878.12 Taiwan 3,000,265 890.128 3,370.60 807.511 3,715.45 Japan 5,819,620 4,340.016 1,340.92 3,937.198 1,478.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,258,307 13,551.948 3,118.25 12,294.124 3,437.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 287,229 144.312 1,990.33 130.918 2,193.96 Mexico 665,691 271.858 2,448.67 246.626 2,699.19 United Kingdom 69,564 10.136 6,862.49 9.196 7,564.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 12,067 5.501 2,193.35 4.991 2,417.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,102,848 505.964 2,179.70 459.003 2,402.70 Spain 2,918,912 756.788 3,856.97 686.547 4,251.58 Italy 1,063,389 305.587 3,479.82 277.224 3,835.85 India 5,360 0.565 9,478.58 0.513 10,448.34 China 80,599 11.852 6,800.43 10.752 7,496.19 Japan 671,105 235.952 2,844.23 214.053 3,135.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,876,764 2,248.519 3,058.35 2,039.823 3,371.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 16,204,358 8,834.920 1,834.13 8,014.907 2,021.78 Mexico 4,190,465 2,627.227 1,595.01 2,383.381 1,758.20 Colombia 7,427,455 4,282.650 1,734.31 3,885.156 1,911.75 Venezuela 150,108 67.331 2,229.39 61.082 2,457.48 Brazil 3,555,711 1,313.326 2,707.41 1,191.430 2,984.41 France 6,069,608 4,001.708 1,516.75 3,630.290 1,671.93 Federal Republic of Germany 19,214,541 7,449.080 2,579.45 6,757.694 2,843.36 Austria 13,529,379 6,098.269 2,218.56 5,532.259 2,445.54 Czech Republic 940,841 740.863 1,269.93 672.100 1,399.85 Spain 8,827,270 4,700.444 1,877.96 4,264.173 2,070.10 Italy 227,576 154.066 1,477.13 139.767 1,628.25 Romania 600,619 884.839 678.79 802.713 748.24 India 2,147,076 1,492.577 1,438.50 1,354.044 1,585.68 China 31,858,972 25,047.537 1,271.94 22,722.750 1,402.07 Korea, South 207,297 203.858 1,016.87 184.937 1,120.91 Japan 11,473,773 6,836.141 1,678.40 6,201.645 1,850.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,625,049 74,734.842 1,694.32 67,798.328 1,867.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,129,552 12,654.616 1,669.71 11,480.078 1,840.54 Federal Republic of Germany 32,355,930 22,888.415 1,413.64 20,764.027 1,558.27 Italy 430,860 241.812 1,781.79 219.369 1,964.09 India 10,200 6.517 1,564.91 5.913 1,725.01 China 510,797 439.822 1,161.37 399.000 1,280.19 Japan 6,453,405 5,205.552 1,239.72 4,722.399 1,366.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,890,744 41,436.736 1,469.49 37,590.786 1,619.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 522,564 26.000 20,098.45 23.587 22,154.75 Argentina 87,137 67.535 1,290.24 61.267 1,422.25 France 51,501 20.620 2,497.51 18.707 2,753.03 Austria 1,984,802 1,630.709 1,217.14 1,479.355 1,341.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,646,004 1,744.865 1,516.45 1,582.916 1,671.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,398,607 1,201.522 1,996.31 1,090.003 2,200.55 Mexico 6,679,018 3,855.019 1,732.55 3,497.216 1,909.81 Argentina 1,892,315 838.579 2,256.57 760.747 2,487.44 Sweden 874,189 331.027 2,640.84 300.303 2,911.02 United Kingdom 63,500 8.388 7,569.81 7.610 8,344.28 Netherlands 88,387 39.305 2,248.74 35.657 2,478.81 France 512,034 234.446 2,184.02 212.686 2,407.46 Federal Republic of Germany 7,658,227 3,740.253 2,047.52 3,393.102 2,257.00 Austria 38,614 20.689 1,866.38 18.769 2,057.33 Switzerland 170,660 70.409 2,423.84 63.874 2,671.82 Spain 1,014,665 415.226 2,443.64 376.687 2,693.66 Italy 4,266,835 1,787.513 2,387.02 1,621.605 2,631.24 Romania 2,787,611 1,592.766 1,750.17 1,444.934 1,929.23 Saudi Arabia 28,374 23.493 1,207.74 21.313 1,331.30 India 168,614 104.808 1,608.78 95.081 1,773.37 China 274,861 114.688 2,396.58 104.044 2,641.78 Japan 4,316,500 1,519.103 2,841.48 1,378.108 3,132.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,233,011 15,897.241 2,090.49 14,421.739 2,304.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 52,152 4.817 10,826.43 4.370 11,934.10 Sweden 622,437 228.542 2,723.51 207.330 3,002.16 France 4,256,935 1,436.869 2,962.65 1,303.506 3,265.76 Federal Republic of Germany 14,935,779 1,414.453 10,559.40 1,283.171 11,639.74 Czech Republic 726,413 193.300 3,757.95 175.359 4,142.43 Italy 1,102,829 43.208 25,523.49 39.198 28,134.83 China 149,669 85.879 1,742.77 77.909 1,921.07 Japan 132,681 28.907 4,589.93 26.224 5,059.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,978,895 3,435.977 6,396.69 3,117.067 7,051.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,454,182 307.365 4,731.12 278.837 5,215.17 Mexico 15,731 5.407 2,908.87 4.906 3,206.48 United Kingdom 18,256 7.184 2,540.90 6.518 2,800.86 Netherlands 6,079 2.393 2,540.20 2.171 2,800.09 France 3,035 1.194 2,539.95 1.084 2,799.82 Federal Republic of Germany 88,786 24.513 3,621.97 22.238 3,992.54 Italy 3,110 1.223 2,541.75 1.110 2,801.80 Israel 11,017 4.336 2,540.53 3.934 2,800.46 India 8,387 3.411 2,458.34 3.095 2,709.85 Singapore 3,900 1.535 2,539.86 1.393 2,799.71 China 35,257 23.275 1,514.78 21.115 1,669.76 Japan 3,972 1.563 2,541.14 1.418 2,801.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,651,712 383.404 4,308.01 347.819 4,748.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 730,224 487.234 1,498.71 442.012 1,652.05 Mexico 58,970 45.226 1,303.88 41.029 1,437.28 Argentina 17,785 5.361 3,317.08 4.864 3,656.46 Finland 1,589,349 360.379 4,410.21 326.931 4,861.42 Netherlands 22,306 9.949 2,241.93 9.026 2,471.31 Federal Republic of Germany 219,556 50.652 4,334.57 45.951 4,778.05 Ukraine 909,844 917.299 991.87 832.160 1,093.35 China 139,649 27.974 4,992.02 25.378 5,502.76 Taiwan 3,077,519 603.343 5,100.78 547.344 5,622.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,765,202 2,507.421 2,698.07 2,274.695 2,974.11 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 88,294 67.907 1,300.20 61.605 1,433.23 China 8,225 9.820 837.53 8.909 923.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,519 77.728 1,241.75 70.514 1,368.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,566,212 1,073.521 1,458.95 973.883 1,608.21 Mexico 850,863 414.552 2,052.48 376.076 2,262.48 Brazil 133,484 96.707 1,380.28 87.732 1,521.50 Sweden 27,729 10.701 2,591.20 9.708 2,856.30 United Kingdom 675,633 28.341 23,838.98 25.711 26,277.97 France 71,671 44.896 1,596.38 40.729 1,759.70 Federal Republic of Germany 473,883 94.874 4,994.82 86.069 5,505.85 Austria 339,220 85.368 3,973.60 77.445 4,380.14 Italy 2,286,053 1,352.027 1,690.83 1,226.539 1,863.82 Turkey 132,280 98.393 1,344.40 89.261 1,481.95 China 3,107,318 2,230.256 1,393.26 2,023.255 1,535.80 Korea, South 1,730,738 1,245.301 1,389.81 1,129.719 1,532.01 Taiwan 234,291 185.083 1,265.87 167.905 1,395.38 Japan 3,933,894 2,025.444 1,942.24 1,837.453 2,140.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,563,269 8,985.471 1,732.05 8,151.485 1,909.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 9,622,482 8,935.102 1,076.93 8,105.791 1,187.11 Brazil 555,652 344.617 1,612.37 312.632 1,777.34 Sweden 2,472,963 2,478.588 997.73 2,248.538 1,099.81 Finland 864,343 515.556 1,676.52 467.705 1,848.05 Netherlands 967,337 1,252.881 772.09 1,136.595 851.08 France 1,604,006 1,710.880 937.53 1,552.085 1,033.45 Federal Republic of Germany 90,589 26.667 3,397.03 24.192 3,744.58 Spain 7,493 2.839 2,638.80 2.576 2,908.77 Japan 934,538 1,189.554 785.62 1,079.146 866.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 17,119,403 16,456.687 1,040.27 14,929.260 1,146.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,554,250 1,368.822 1,135.47 1,241.775 1,251.64 Dominican Republic 102,572 87.363 1,174.08 79.255 1,294.20 Sweden 2,242,200 2,282.390 982.39 2,070.550 1,082.90 United Kingdom 1,823,970 1,367.847 1,333.46 1,240.891 1,469.89 Netherlands 516,778 622.452 830.23 564.680 915.17 Luxembourg 31,554 33.840 932.42 30.700 1,027.82 France 115,829 91.919 1,260.11 83.388 1,389.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,706,701 1,494.356 1,142.10 1,355.658 1,258.95 China 219,083 165.396 1,324.59 150.045 1,460.12 Taiwan 95,955 150.167 638.99 136.230 704.36 Japan 3,783,496 4,441.567 851.84 4,029.323 938.99 Australia 131,256 17.460 7,517.26 15.840 8,286.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,323,644 12,123.585 1,016.50 10,998.335 1,120.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 11,575,170 13,924.035 831.31 12,631.676 916.36 Netherlands 19,916 20.593 967.11 18.682 1,066.05 France 4,914,187 5,078.041 967.73 4,606.723 1,066.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,331,005 1,971.020 675.29 1,788.080 744.38 Spain 915,446 1,114.603 821.32 1,011.152 905.35 China 1,506,062 1,488.169 1,012.02 1,350.045 1,115.56 Japan 2,731,772 2,952.868 925.12 2,678.798 1,019.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,993,558 26,549.332 866.07 24,085.156 954.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,749,430 1,130.529 1,547.44 1,025.599 1,705.76 United Kingdom 7,239 5.627 1,286.41 5.105 1,418.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,448,354 2,975.721 1,158.83 2,699.530 1,277.39 China 18,028 13.461 1,339.23 12.212 1,476.25 Japan 684,708 504.244 1,357.89 457.443 1,496.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,907,759 4,629.583 1,276.09 4,199.889 1,406.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 124,969 29.078 4,297.57 26.380 4,737.26 Sweden 821,451 606.258 1,354.95 549.989 1,493.58 United Kingdom 521,359 117.942 4,420.44 106.996 4,872.70 France 621,321 131.991 4,707.27 119.741 5,188.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,530,580 1,747.527 1,448.09 1,585.331 1,596.25 Austria 1,046,492 937.945 1,115.73 850.890 1,229.88 Czech Republic 4,405 1.175 3,748.73 1.066 4,132.27 Poland 423,250 107.254 3,946.21 97.300 4,349.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 4,004,096 1,203.068 3,328.24 1,091.406 3,668.75 China 182,003 114.691 1,586.90 104.046 1,749.26 Korea, South 3,213,233 2,871.552 1,118.99 2,605.029 1,233.47 Taiwan 226,694 164.934 1,374.45 149.626 1,515.07 Japan 4,781,052 4,880.655 979.59 4,427.657 1,079.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,500,905 12,914.077 1,432.62 11,715.457 1,579.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 182,232 211.222 862.75 191.618 951.02 United Kingdom 628,959 138.492 4,541.48 125.638 5,006.12 Japan 68,564 50.518 1,357.19 45.830 1,496.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 879,755 400.233 2,198.10 363.086 2,422.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,278,478 499.250 2,560.79 452.913 2,822.79 Sweden 1,261,631 259.047 4,870.27 235.004 5,368.55 United Kingdom 43,565 15.002 2,903.86 13.610 3,200.96 France 154,796 10.553 14,667.71 9.574 16,168.37 Federal Republic of Germany 3,776,153 2,143.935 1,761.32 1,944.946 1,941.52 Austria 730,856 102.018 7,163.93 92.550 7,896.88 Switzerland 272,354 61.395 4,436.06 55.697 4,889.92 China 216,358 70.254 3,079.62 63.734 3,394.70 Taiwan 59,648 41.940 1,422.20 38.048 1,567.70 Japan 470,433 187.126 2,513.99 169.758 2,771.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,264,272 3,390.525 2,437.46 3,075.834 2,686.84 GRAND TOTAL 602,215,022 382,370.064 1,574.95 346,880.384 1,736.09 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 107,701,435 119,707.127 899.71 108,596.509 991.76 Mexico 75,601,515 85,070.160 888.70 77,174.373 979.62 Brazil 43,417,141 72,929.467 595.33 66,160.519 656.24 United Kingdom 34,925 39.068 893.95 35.442 985.41 Belgium 1,540,082 2,092.672 735.94 1,898.441 811.24 Federal Republic of Germany 8,763,819 8,810.160 994.74 7,992.445 1,096.51 Switzerland 108,352 259.383 417.73 235.309 460.47 Russia 74,828,283 98,938.320 756.31 89,755.360 833.69 Ukraine 147,876,154 180,774.634 818.01 163,996.036 901.71 India 2,555 5.614 455.11 5.093 501.67 China 135,928 93.365 1,455.87 84.700 1,604.82 Japan 25,082,699 38,763.049 647.08 35,165.257 713.28 Australia 8,585,180 12,015.037 714.54 10,899.862 787.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 493,678,068 619,498.062 796.90 561,999.346 878.43 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 34,183,171 34,493.726 991.00 31,292.191 1,092.39 Mexico 25,000 19.840 1,260.05 17.999 1,388.97 Trinidad and Tobago 4,506,831 5,992.938 752.02 5,436.704 828.96 Brazil 9,796,337 11,902.720 823.03 10,797.969 907.24 Finland 60,960 41.930 1,453.82 38.039 1,602.57 Netherlands 775,434 687.373 1,128.11 623.575 1,243.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,696,158 1,826.559 928.61 1,657.027 1,023.62 Spain 450,190 507.518 887.04 460.413 977.80 Malaysia 6,306,418 7,206.688 875.08 6,537.800 964.61 China 13,591,649 16,725.075 812.65 15,172.738 895.79 Korea, South 1,668,707 2,511.811 664.34 2,278.678 732.31 Japan 7,468,364 10,732.615 695.86 9,736.468 767.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,529,219 92,648.799 869.19 84,049.601 958.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,095,660 8,512.573 1,068.50 7,722.479 1,177.82 Mexico 12,123,772 12,552.123 965.87 11,387.098 1,064.69 Brazil 9,704 13.396 724.37 12.153 798.49 Norway 914,487 740.393 1,235.14 671.674 1,361.50 United Kingdom 2,040,803 1,543.954 1,321.80 1,400.652 1,457.04 Netherlands 250,809 107.067 2,342.53 97.130 2,582.20 Luxembourg 11,736,534 8,517.204 1,377.98 7,726.680 1,518.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,463,766 1,607.223 1,532.93 1,458.049 1,689.77 Poland 3,607 1.808 1,994.04 1.641 2,198.05 Spain 49,864 23.664 2,107.13 21.468 2,322.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 150,210 28.232 5,320.48 25.612 5,864.83 Vietnam 61,071 34.149 1,788.34 30.980 1,971.30 China 114,676 53.875 2,128.54 48.875 2,346.31 Korea, South 8,058,429 8,277.792 973.50 7,509.489 1,073.10 Taiwan 115,209 96.089 1,198.98 87.171 1,321.64 Japan 3,613,847 3,458.921 1,044.79 3,137.882 1,151.68 South Africa 118,387 109.115 1,084.97 98.988 1,195.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,920,835 45,677.586 1,114.79 41,438.021 1,228.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 802,694 572.109 1,403.04 519.009 1,546.59 Luxembourg 11,945,052 8,518.007 1,402.33 7,727.409 1,545.80 Federal Republic of Germany 236,440 359.336 657.99 325.985 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,984,186 9,449.454 1,374.07 8,572.403 1,514.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 28,181,078 24,873.540 1,132.97 22,564.903 1,248.89 Mexico 94,292 100.515 938.09 91.186 1,034.06 Brazil 1,767,887 1,542.474 1,146.14 1,399.310 1,263.40 United Kingdom 34,324 37.953 904.37 34.431 996.89 Belgium 202,549 161.918 1,250.93 146.890 1,378.92 France 23,406 14.701 1,592.08 13.337 1,754.97 Federal Republic of Germany 283,130 135.519 2,089.22 122.941 2,302.97 Austria 3,222,865 2,679.625 1,202.73 2,430.916 1,325.78 Russia 12,533,622 11,938.402 1,049.86 10,830.340 1,157.27 Ukraine 17,399,239 27,263.155 638.20 24,732.726 703.49 Thailand 4,608 4.938 933.10 4.480 1,028.57 Malaysia 40,461 34.874 1,160.17 31.638 1,278.87 China 23,200 9.834 2,358.97 8.922 2,600.31 Korea, South 1,064,904 1,387.944 767.25 1,259.122 845.75 Japan 5,104 8.203 622.18 7.442 685.84 Australia 154,360 49.649 3,109.01 45.041 3,427.10 South Africa 115,928 92.124 1,258.38 83.574 1,387.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,150,957 70,335.377 926.29 63,807.199 1,021.06 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 53,493,601 55,027.998 972.12 49,920.575 1,071.57 Mexico 2,984,584 2,748.829 1,085.77 2,493.697 1,196.85 Netherlands 2,372,717 2,726.056 870.38 2,473.038 959.43 France 987,964 1,439.665 686.25 1,306.043 756.46 Federal Republic of Germany 2,832,579 4,472.053 633.40 4,056.980 698.20 Russia 2,927,706 4,664.847 627.61 4,231.880 691.82 Korea, South 5,410,706 6,119.298 884.20 5,551.336 974.67 Japan 507,447 671.349 755.86 609.038 833.19 Australia 1,649,807 2,066.094 798.51 1,874.330 880.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 1,929,995 2,207.157 874.43 2,002.300 963.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,097,106 82,143.352 914.22 74,519.217 1,007.75 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 89,133 91.196 977.37 82.732 1,077.37 Federal Republic of Germany 223,937 119.052 1,880.99 108.003 2,073.43 Czech Republic 4,057,290 4,772.082 850.21 4,329.162 937.20 China 67,890 64.347 1,055.05 58.375 1,163.00 Korea, South 64,241 48.669 1,319.95 44.152 1,455.00 Japan 19,063,671 23,804.717 800.84 21,595.283 882.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,566,162 28,900.066 815.44 26,217.707 898.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 565,845 602.670 938.90 546.734 1,034.95 Luxembourg 180,804 146.148 1,237.12 132.584 1,363.69 China 927,372 929.347 997.87 843.090 1,099.97 Korea, South 22,101 8.948 2,469.78 8.118 2,722.47 Japan 169,997 148.263 1,146.59 134.502 1,263.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,866,119 1,835.378 1,016.75 1,665.028 1,120.77 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 335,633 290.336 1,156.01 263.389 1,274.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,003 3.389 590.92 3.075 651.38 China 110,838 90.907 1,219.24 82.470 1,343.98 Australia 153,149 232.120 659.78 210.576 727.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 601,623 616.754 975.47 559.510 1,075.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,658,900 24,814.100 1,034.05 22,510.980 1,139.84 Mexico 3,901,995 3,674.954 1,061.78 3,333.864 1,170.41 Brazil 20,493 4.908 4,174.93 4.453 4,602.07 Argentina 3,092 2.210 1,399.01 2.005 1,542.14 United Kingdom 16,432,646 14,041.872 1,170.26 12,738.576 1,289.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,830,131 3,748.660 1,021.73 3,400.729 1,126.27 India 577,209 477.866 1,207.89 433.513 1,331.47 China 398,698 316.121 1,261.22 286.781 1,390.25 Korea, South 4,897 2.871 1,705.37 2.605 1,879.85 Japan 2,357,433 2,777.140 848.87 2,519.380 935.72 Australia 9,464 4.490 2,107.41 4.074 2,323.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,194,958 49,865.198 1,066.78 45,236.960 1,175.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 8,465,376 8,073.184 1,048.58 7,323.872 1,155.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 7,441,193 7,598.018 979.36 6,892.808 1,079.56 Brazil 18,127 4.307 4,207.92 3.908 4,638.43 China 114,211 117.406 972.79 106.509 1,072.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,038,907 15,792.916 1,015.58 14,327.097 1,119.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 108,646 104.328 1,041.39 94.645 1,147.93 Mexico 32,549,212 38,512.022 845.17 34,937.529 931.64 Panama 1,414,800 1,293.526 1,093.75 1,173.468 1,205.66 Dominican Republic 9,795,956 10,436.806 938.60 9,468.114 1,034.63 United Kingdom 165,776 407.267 407.04 369.467 448.69 Luxembourg 1,276,330 966.059 1,321.17 876.395 1,456.34 Federal Republic of Germany 538,901 522.743 1,030.91 474.225 1,136.38 Switzerland 121,385 52.866 2,296.05 47.960 2,530.96 Turkey 17,547,363 19,446.397 902.35 17,641.480 994.67 Japan 12,510,518 15,098.032 828.62 13,696.709 913.40 Australia 42,999 41.215 1,043.27 37.390 1,150.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,071,886 86,881.267 875.58 78,817.382 965.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,958,092 3,741.790 1,592.31 3,394.496 1,755.22 Mexico 226,298 201.786 1,121.47 183.058 1,236.21 Dominican Republic 4,517 8.030 562.49 7.285 620.04 Brazil 4,804 1.510 3,181.11 1.370 3,506.57 United Kingdom 1,420,999 839.296 1,693.08 761.397 1,866.30 Belgium 9,379 7.402 1,267.09 6.715 1,396.72 France 619,075 468.430 1,321.59 424.953 1,456.81 Federal Republic of Germany 4,243,932 2,622.889 1,618.04 2,379.446 1,783.58 Austria 20,938 6.907 3,031.38 6.266 3,341.53 Switzerland 16,767 5.369 3,122.72 4.871 3,442.21 Russia 376,264 576.056 653.17 522.590 720.00 Spain 646,359 560.672 1,152.83 508.634 1,270.77 Italy 419,147 302.153 1,387.20 274.109 1,529.13 Romania 48,007 8.402 5,713.14 7.623 6,297.65 India 131,920 17.202 7,668.58 15.606 8,453.16 China 681,134 577.595 1,179.26 523.986 1,299.91 Korea, South 145,998 104.264 1,400.27 94.587 1,543.53 Japan 241,146 147.778 1,631.81 134.062 1,798.76 South Africa 224,822 230.204 976.62 208.838 1,076.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,439,598 10,427.743 1,480.63 9,459.892 1,632.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 37,481,842 31,585.985 1,186.66 28,654.332 1,308.07 Mexico 5,093,814 3,434.247 1,483.24 3,115.498 1,634.99 Guatemala 495,981 300.256 1,651.86 272.388 1,820.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Nicaragua 137,661 126.061 1,092.02 114.361 1,203.74 Dominican Republic 1,217,147 876.085 1,389.30 794.772 1,531.44 Colombia 73,062 39.924 1,830.00 36.219 2,017.23 Venezuela 1,747,528 1,546.423 1,130.05 1,402.892 1,245.66 Brazil 9,734 5.066 1,921.35 4.596 2,117.93 Argentina 303,912 104.736 2,901.69 95.015 3,198.57 Denmark 9,676 1.067 9,068.10 0.968 9,995.87 Netherlands 7,820 2.310 3,384.63 2.096 3,730.92 France 488,056 304.615 1,602.20 276.343 1,766.12 Federal Republic of Germany 2,292,288 1,341.126 1,709.23 1,216.650 1,884.10 Slovakia 181,350 123.016 1,474.19 111.599 1,625.01 Switzerland 260,657 167.159 1,559.33 151.645 1,718.86 Russia 1,735,361 1,927.519 900.31 1,748.617 992.42 Ukraine 349,965 208.671 1,677.11 189.304 1,848.69 Spain 5,846,040 3,137.562 1,863.24 2,846.350 2,053.87 Italy 120,334 83.750 1,436.82 75.977 1,583.82 Romania 1,726,143 1,680.783 1,026.99 1,524.782 1,132.06 Turkey 5,186,587 5,951.469 871.48 5,399.084 960.64 United Arab Emirates 2,567,593 2,586.226 992.80 2,346.186 1,094.37 Oman 606,474 741.930 817.43 673.068 901.06 India 2,975,259 2,939.671 1,012.11 2,666.826 1,115.66 Pakistan 850,249 950.307 894.71 862.105 986.25 Vietnam 2,867,614 2,915.221 983.67 2,644.645 1,084.31 Malaysia 1,034,761 1,103.726 937.52 1,001.284 1,033.43 Indonesia 432,599 419.590 1,031.00 380.646 1,136.49 China 9,731,915 8,121.320 1,198.32 7,367.540 1,320.92 Korea, South 13,719,313 14,582.798 940.79 13,229.296 1,037.04 Taiwan 4,808,009 5,884.379 817.08 5,338.221 900.68 Japan 867,980 469.904 1,847.14 426.290 2,036.13 South Africa 693,096 892.168 776.87 809.362 856.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,919,820 94,555.087 1,120.19 85,778.957 1,234.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 21,424,535 12,750.118 1,680.34 11,566.716 1,852.26 Mexico 14,287,121 8,174.997 1,747.66 7,416.235 1,926.47 Colombia 14,367,301 8,502.128 1,689.85 7,713.003 1,862.74 Venezuela 2,772,982 2,421.993 1,144.92 2,197.196 1,262.05 Brazil 1,042,652 437.854 2,381.28 397.215 2,624.91 Argentina 2,846,516 2,257.862 1,260.71 2,048.299 1,389.70 Sweden 20,174 3.295 6,120.92 2.990 6,747.16 France 30,382 14.265 2,129.83 12.941 2,347.73 Federal Republic of Germany 16,833,273 9,067.751 1,856.39 8,226.128 2,046.32 Austria 24,938,523 12,463.927 2,000.86 11,307.088 2,205.57 Czech Republic 10,858 7.859 1,381.52 7.130 1,522.86 Russia 4,659,413 4,335.901 1,074.61 3,933.465 1,184.56 Ukraine 5,890,553 4,905.115 1,200.90 4,449.847 1,323.77 Spain 193,392 116.283 1,663.10 105.491 1,833.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 20,000 20.128 993.63 18.260 1,095.29 Romania 164,641 153.510 1,072.51 139.262 1,182.24 Turkey 296,910 108.514 2,736.12 98.443 3,016.06 India 64,311 35.141 1,830.05 31.880 2,017.28 China 135,962,336 121,300.830 1,120.87 110,042.293 1,235.55 Korea, South 41,285,545 42,478.070 971.93 38,535.468 1,071.36 Hong Kong 199,738 115.717 1,726.09 104.977 1,902.68 Taiwan 1,602,352 1,806.771 886.86 1,639.076 977.59 Japan 3,543,915 2,495.864 1,419.91 2,264.211 1,565.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 292,457,423 233,973.902 1,249.96 212,257.614 1,377.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 435,685 262.002 1,662.90 237.685 1,833.04 Brazil 399,653 267.261 1,495.36 242.456 1,648.35 France 136,080 306.519 443.95 278.070 489.37 Federal Republic of Germany 10,806,487 4,623.051 2,337.52 4,193.963 2,576.68 Czech Republic 3,975,948 2,143.118 1,855.22 1,944.205 2,045.03 Poland 1,287,653 815.192 1,579.57 739.530 1,741.18 Italy 19,404,716 14,671.552 1,322.61 13,309.812 1,457.93 Greece 15,749,072 11,169.838 1,409.96 10,133.110 1,554.22 Romania 4,118,151 3,507.440 1,174.12 3,181.897 1,294.24 Turkey 13,103,811 11,373.622 1,152.12 10,317.980 1,270.00 India 61,020,008 44,371.462 1,375.21 40,253.125 1,515.91 Thailand 931,264 531.802 1,751.15 482.443 1,930.31 China 6,562,027 7,720.157 849.99 7,003.611 936.95 Korea, South 13,166,148 13,177.010 999.18 11,953.986 1,101.40 Taiwan 782,160 792.459 987.00 718.907 1,087.98 Japan 8,820,284 7,524.350 1,172.23 6,825.978 1,292.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,699,147 123,256.842 1,303.77 111,816.758 1,437.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 312,154 198.409 1,573.28 179.994 1,734.25 Mexico 22,926,955 13,005.193 1,762.91 11,798.116 1,943.27 Guatemala 3,069 1.942 1,580.11 1.762 1,741.77 Venezuela 420,797 445.258 945.06 403.932 1,041.75 Brazil 2,165,821 1,322.475 1,637.70 1,199.730 1,805.26 Argentina 4,061,933 3,049.956 1,331.80 2,766.875 1,468.06 Netherlands 9,394 11.756 799.07 10.665 880.83 France 2,747,935 1,645.179 1,670.30 1,492.482 1,841.18 Federal Republic of Germany 199,381 108.343 1,840.26 98.288 2,028.54 Czech Republic 1,086,300 934.250 1,162.75 847.538 1,281.71 Slovakia 560,344 454.896 1,231.81 412.675 1,357.83 Poland 306,646 206.058 1,488.15 186.933 1,640.41 Russia 8,747,808 7,982.852 1,095.82 7,241.924 1,207.94 Ukraine 4,206,073 3,893.798 1,080.20 3,532.396 1,190.71 Spain 2,165,077 1,399.227 1,547.34 1,269.358 1,705.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 5,749,622 2,991.485 1,922.00 2,713.831 2,118.64 Romania 265,098 163.205 1,624.32 148.058 1,790.50 India 39,260 49.133 799.05 44.573 880.80 China 15,003,463 16,162.222 928.30 14,662.126 1,023.28 Korea, South 5,209,933 6,568.978 793.11 5,959.279 874.26 Taiwan 6,280 6.682 939.81 6.062 1,035.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,193,343 60,601.307 1,257.29 54,976.597 1,385.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 68,476 63.946 1,070.84 58.011 1,180.40 Mexico 10,121,374 7,365.138 1,374.23 6,681.543 1,514.83 Ukraine 6,973,697 6,525.885 1,068.62 5,920.185 1,177.95 Italy 134,474 189.917 708.07 172.290 780.51 China 7,167,637 9,561.402 749.64 8,673.961 826.34 Korea, South 16,261,145 20,397.569 797.21 18,504.369 878.77 Taiwan 1,788,105 2,611.325 684.75 2,368.955 754.81 Japan 3,082,894 3,625.445 850.35 3,288.950 937.35 South Africa 1,534,996 2,346.304 654.22 2,128.532 721.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,132,798 52,686.933 894.58 47,796.796 986.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,248,194 4,872.034 1,487.71 4,419.837 1,639.92 Mexico 19,385,877 14,218.973 1,363.38 12,899.239 1,502.87 Costa Rica 255,503 208.332 1,226.42 188.996 1,351.90 Dominican Republic 225,391 150.789 1,494.74 136.794 1,647.67 Colombia 132,484 88.516 1,496.71 80.301 1,649.84 Brazil 223,364 139.028 1,606.60 126.125 1,770.97 Argentina 2,422,372 1,671.304 1,449.39 1,516.182 1,597.68 Sweden 67,449 23.949 2,816.25 21.727 3,104.39 United Kingdom 46,927 6.163 7,614.29 5.591 8,393.31 Netherlands 46,340 19.202 2,413.26 17.420 2,660.16 Belgium 39,986 16.063 2,489.17 14.573 2,743.84 France 1,753,619 906.479 1,934.54 822.345 2,132.46 Federal Republic of Germany 3,118,956 1,564.526 1,993.55 1,419.315 2,197.51 Austria 485,822 83.759 5,800.23 75.985 6,393.66 Switzerland 1,322,710 459.635 2,877.74 416.974 3,172.16 Russia 1,366,957 1,382.443 988.80 1,254.132 1,089.96 Ukraine 165,337 123.381 1,340.05 111.930 1,477.15 Spain 3,055,893 1,376.979 2,219.27 1,249.175 2,446.33 Italy 542,070 205.035 2,643.79 186.005 2,914.28 Romania 1,109,285 1,037.589 1,069.10 941.286 1,178.48 India 1,623,257 1,193.379 1,360.22 1,082.616 1,499.38 Malaysia 233,837 244.230 957.44 221.562 1,055.40 China 4,921,230 3,351.294 1,468.46 3,040.244 1,618.70 Korea, South 979,867 626.422 1,564.23 568.281 1,724.26 Hong Kong 118,395 87.843 1,347.80 79.690 1,485.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 338,077 155.692 2,171.44 141.242 2,393.60 Japan 2,276,081 810.299 2,808.94 735.092 3,096.32 Australia 80,570 71.336 1,129.44 64.715 1,245.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,585,850 35,094.687 1,526.89 31,837.374 1,683.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 97,373 42.921 2,268.61 38.938 2,500.72 Mexico 1,294,882 548.396 2,361.22 497.497 2,602.79 Brazil 228,787 135.717 1,685.76 123.121 1,858.23 Argentina 729,496 266.524 2,737.07 241.787 3,017.10 France 4,235,918 2,066.646 2,049.66 1,874.831 2,259.36 Federal Republic of Germany 4,445,543 2,687.311 1,654.27 2,437.889 1,823.52 Czech Republic 623,723 341.068 1,828.73 309.412 2,015.83 Slovakia 436,237 244.157 1,786.70 221.496 1,969.50 Poland 314,049 162.811 1,928.91 147.700 2,126.26 Italy 715,163 305.686 2,339.53 277.314 2,578.89 China 790,086 708.699 1,114.84 642.922 1,228.90 Japan 4,875 3.425 1,422.95 3.108 1,568.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,916,132 7,513.368 1,852.18 6,816.015 2,041.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,203,229 542.673 4,059.96 492.305 4,475.33 Mexico 370,430 118.160 3,134.99 107.193 3,455.73 Federal Republic of Germany 104,509 26.630 3,924.38 24.159 4,325.88 Italy 11,221 0.618 18,145.32 0.561 20,001.78 India 31,790 5.522 5,756.37 5.010 6,345.31 China 277,019 113.262 2,445.81 102.750 2,696.05 Korea, South 26,125 23.589 1,107.49 21.400 1,220.79 Taiwan 64,360 36.023 1,786.61 32.680 1,969.40 Japan 981,641 337.599 2,907.71 306.265 3,205.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,070,324 1,204.079 3,380.44 1,092.323 3,726.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 39,909,680 32,016.374 1,246.54 29,044.775 1,374.07 Mexico 7,971,986 5,329.096 1,495.94 4,834.476 1,648.99 Colombia 322,248 268.755 1,199.04 243.811 1,321.71 Sweden 174,068 60.010 2,900.61 54.441 3,197.37 United Kingdom 34,764 8.571 4,055.73 7.776 4,470.68 Netherlands 55,177 14.800 3,727.99 13.427 4,109.41 Belgium 306,440 126.641 2,419.75 114.887 2,667.32 France 2,634 0.804 3,273.32 0.730 3,608.22 Federal Republic of Germany 35,153 9.004 3,903.82 8.169 4,303.22 Austria 28,769 11.748 2,448.75 10.658 2,699.29 Switzerland 3,857 1.058 3,644.80 0.960 4,017.71 Italy 12,117 4.598 2,634.79 4.172 2,904.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,112 0.860 2,453.23 0.781 2,704.23 China 1,693,876 1,033.395 1,639.14 937.481 1,806.84 Korea, South 4,269,638 4,567.812 934.72 4,143.851 1,030.36 Japan 998,547 545.094 1,831.88 494.502 2,019.30 Australia 31,454 28.462 1,105.09 25.821 1,218.16 South Africa 89,886 132.001 680.95 119.750 750.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,942,406 44,159.094 1,266.84 40,060.468 1,396.45 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 387,553 338.554 1,144.73 307.132 1,261.85 China 30,272 44.417 681.53 40.295 751.26 Japan 846,977 830.765 1,019.51 753.658 1,123.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,264,802 1,213.738 1,042.07 1,101.085 1,148.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 21,423,230 15,352.261 1,395.44 13,927.341 1,538.21 Mexico 15,432,316 12,665.244 1,218.48 11,489.720 1,343.14 Dominican Republic 145,127 89.031 1,630.06 80.768 1,796.84 Venezuela 855,028 781.638 1,093.89 709.091 1,205.81 Chile 153,875 135.579 1,134.94 122.996 1,251.06 Brazil 813,543 656.247 1,239.69 595.338 1,366.52 Sweden 332,727 138.151 2,408.42 125.329 2,654.83 United Kingdom 886,531 480.196 1,846.18 435.627 2,035.07 Belgium 1,381,975 564.383 2,448.65 512.000 2,699.17 Luxembourg 8,160 0.953 8,557.95 0.865 9,433.53 France 502,410 272.343 1,844.77 247.066 2,033.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,169,700 576.580 2,028.69 523.065 2,236.24 Austria 38,188 13.949 2,737.54 12.655 3,017.62 Czech Republic 214,276 142.711 1,501.46 129.466 1,655.08 Slovakia 58,195 51.994 1,119.24 47.169 1,233.76 Belarus 342,820 306.154 1,119.76 277.739 1,234.32 Italy 160,929 76.326 2,108.44 69.242 2,324.15 Greece 130,090 92.573 1,405.27 83.981 1,549.04 Turkey 53,807 39.705 1,355.16 36.020 1,493.81 United Arab Emirates 388,101 313.639 1,237.41 284.529 1,364.01 India 542,292 369.220 1,468.75 334.951 1,619.02 Thailand 147,699 140.771 1,049.21 127.706 1,156.55 Malaysia 859,142 659.639 1,302.44 598.415 1,435.70 Indonesia 46,667 16.217 2,877.62 14.712 3,172.04 China 17,858,242 14,746.749 1,211.00 13,378.030 1,334.89 Korea, South 1,614,782 1,307.248 1,235.25 1,185.916 1,361.63 Taiwan 458,570 353.796 1,296.14 320.959 1,428.75 Japan 3,882,684 3,591.753 1,081.00 3,258.385 1,191.60 Australia 90,817 44.092 2,059.70 40.000 2,270.43 South Africa 578,569 484.308 1,194.63 439.357 1,316.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 70,570,492 54,463.464 1,295.74 49,408.438 1,428.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 26,863 28.980 926.92 26.291 1,021.76 Federal Republic of Germany 17,961 33.985 528.49 30.831 582.56 China 141,652 155.988 908.10 141.510 1,001.00 Japan 388,370 534.158 727.07 484.581 801.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 574,846 753.113 763.29 683.213 841.39 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 11,544,366 13,513.128 854.31 12,258.907 941.71 Norway 190,366 226.723 839.64 205.680 925.54 Netherlands 2,351,917 3,321.427 708.10 3,013.149 780.55 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,600,468 2,898.954 897.04 2,629.888 988.81 China 1,537,088 2,067.538 743.44 1,875.640 819.50 Korea, South 428,532 412.947 1,037.74 374.620 1,143.91 Japan 367,775 387.108 950.06 351.179 1,047.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,088,714 22,904.945 833.39 20,779.023 918.65 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,770,604 4,171.378 903.92 3,784.212 996.40 Netherlands 2,314,720 2,912.206 794.83 2,641.910 876.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,501,953 1,676.782 895.74 1,521.152 987.38 Japan 1,488,499 1,712.070 869.41 1,553.165 958.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,075,776 10,472.438 866.63 9,500.439 955.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 71,959,336 74,867.997 961.15 67,919.124 1,059.49 Mexico 5,712,283 5,344.544 1,068.81 4,848.491 1,178.16 Netherlands 6,504,845 12,429.161 523.35 11,275.549 576.90 Belgium 181,886 270.981 671.21 245.830 739.89 France 894,065 1,229.042 727.45 1,114.969 801.87 Federal Republic of Germany 523,618 688.968 760.00 625.022 837.76 Russia 3,614,679 4,176.106 865.56 3,788.501 954.12 Korea, South 55,154,191 72,295.822 762.90 65,585.685 840.95 Japan 578,289 739.498 782.00 670.862 862.01 Australia 38,933,858 45,064.038 863.97 40,881.420 952.36 New Zealand 3,676,068 3,924.249 936.76 3,560.020 1,032.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 187,733,118 221,030.411 849.35 200,515.472 936.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 25,557,665 25,849.363 988.72 23,450.155 1,089.87 Mexico 4,900,644 4,315.251 1,135.66 3,914.731 1,251.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 5,657,862 6,876.436 822.79 6,238.200 906.97 Sweden 135,564 130.304 1,040.37 118.210 1,146.81 Netherlands 2,811,446 3,484.293 806.89 3,160.899 889.45 Belgium 2,341,224 3,145.312 744.35 2,853.380 820.51 Federal Republic of Germany 238,253 199.780 1,192.57 181.238 1,314.59 China 16,034,085 17,720.966 904.81 16,076.195 997.38 Korea, South 5,730,935 7,054.274 812.41 6,399.532 895.52 Taiwan 2,615,093 2,716.412 962.70 2,464.289 1,061.20 Japan 1,256,186 1,575.168 797.49 1,428.969 879.09 New Zealand 526,105 541.300 971.93 491.060 1,071.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,805,062 73,608.865 921.15 66,776.858 1,015.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,126,302 29,307.950 857.32 26,587.733 945.03 Mexico 5,471,279 4,448.929 1,229.80 4,036.002 1,355.62 Colombia 1,897,784 1,443.987 1,314.27 1,309.964 1,448.73 Brazil 794,304 793.432 1,001.10 719.790 1,103.52 Sweden 159,758 110.856 1,441.13 100.567 1,588.57 Netherlands 2,525,706 2,294.794 1,100.62 2,081.803 1,213.23 Federal Republic of Germany 289,674 314.250 921.79 285.083 1,016.10 Austria 945,236 710.167 1,331.00 644.253 1,467.18 Spain 174,144 203.385 856.23 184.508 943.83 Italy 200,400 99.852 2,006.95 90.585 2,212.29 India 20,491,380 17,535.797 1,168.55 15,908.212 1,288.10 Singapore 215,757 241.560 893.18 219.140 984.56 Indonesia 186,715 164.156 1,137.42 148.920 1,253.79 China 30,815,782 34,487.582 893.53 31,286.617 984.95 Korea, South 18,447,161 21,204.760 869.95 19,236.641 958.96 Taiwan 7,202,274 6,725.326 1,070.92 6,101.115 1,180.48 Japan 2,922,885 3,318.822 880.70 3,010.786 970.80 Australia 3,966,195 5,361.333 739.78 4,863.721 815.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 121,832,736 128,766.944 946.15 116,815.440 1,042.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 408,119 400.173 1,019.86 363.031 1,124.20 Brazil 22,754 11.704 1,944.07 10.618 2,142.96 Luxembourg 1,419,345 1,858.764 763.60 1,686.243 841.72 Federal Republic of Germany 4,701,710 4,180.002 1,124.81 3,792.036 1,239.89 Thailand 16,075 16.745 959.98 15.191 1,058.19 China 142,836 124.345 1,148.71 112.804 1,266.23 Korea, South 2,731,234 2,404.993 1,135.65 2,181.774 1,251.84 Taiwan 2,158,569 2,395.849 900.96 2,173.479 993.14 Japan 1,755,803 1,684.177 1,042.53 1,527.861 1,149.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,356,445 13,076.756 1,021.39 11,863.037 1,125.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,358,266 1,167.739 1,163.16 1,059.356 1,282.16 Mexico 16,993,507 12,851.031 1,322.35 11,658.263 1,457.64 United Kingdom 687,456 341.683 2,011.97 309.970 2,217.81 Belgium 504,483 362.318 1,392.37 328.690 1,534.83 Luxembourg 234,132 310.278 754.59 281.480 831.79 France 38,450 9.011 4,266.82 8.175 4,703.36 Federal Republic of Germany 335,159 107.657 3,113.21 97.665 3,431.72 India 268,417 204.941 1,309.72 185.920 1,443.72 Thailand 21,898 23.665 925.31 21.469 1,019.98 China 6,580,009 6,489.153 1,014.00 5,886.863 1,117.74 Korea, South 18,076,823 18,039.393 1,002.07 16,365.067 1,104.60 Taiwan 12,028,406 11,633.486 1,033.95 10,553.724 1,139.73 Japan 1,039,416 528.419 1,967.03 479.374 2,168.28 Australia 16,585 4.430 3,743.63 4.019 4,126.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,183,007 52,073.210 1,117.33 47,240.035 1,231.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,321,343 1,794.070 736.51 1,627.554 811.86 Mexico 422,228 365.713 1,154.53 331.770 1,272.65 United Kingdom 104,071 315.234 330.14 285.976 363.92 Japan 47,276 74.451 634.99 67.541 699.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,894,918 2,549.470 743.26 2,312.841 819.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,431,619 2,043.605 1,189.87 1,853.928 1,311.60 Mexico 582,095 489.810 1,188.41 444.349 1,310.00 Chile 21,563 16.288 1,323.79 14.777 1,459.23 Brazil 37,909 21.848 1,735.05 19.821 1,912.57 Sweden 948,657 172.123 5,511.49 156.148 6,075.37 United Kingdom 803,435 365.532 2,197.98 331.606 2,422.86 Netherlands 10,341 4.291 2,409.76 3.893 2,656.31 France 275,354 85.803 3,209.11 77.840 3,537.44 Federal Republic of Germany 4,157,287 2,494.972 1,666.27 2,263.402 1,836.74 Austria 291,924 53.616 5,444.68 48.640 6,001.73 Switzerland 153,566 51.858 2,961.27 47.045 3,264.24 Italy 110,612 30.268 3,654.38 27.459 4,028.26 India 133,528 105.254 1,268.62 95.485 1,398.42 China 503,260 357.887 1,406.20 324.670 1,550.07 Korea, South 1,641,153 1,500.240 1,093.93 1,360.996 1,205.85 Taiwan 266,147 159.035 1,673.50 144.275 1,844.72 Japan 441,376 405.666 1,088.03 368.015 1,199.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,809,826 8,358.106 1,532.62 7,582.349 1,689.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 2,339,246,609 2,356,388.726 992.73 2,137,680.496 1,094.29 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Federal Republic of Germany 15,749 4.189 3,758.82 3.801 4,143.38 Italy 12,355,792 2,913.065 4,241.51 2,642.689 4,675.46 India 27,099 7.210 3,758.42 6.541 4,142.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,398,640 2,924.465 4,239.63 2,653.031 4,673.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 87,110 17.019 5,118.19 15.440 5,641.84 Mexico 53,844 21.629 2,489.37 19.622 2,744.06 Sweden 16,849,743 3,149.600 5,349.80 2,857.270 5,897.15 United Kingdom 27,833,742 6,858.399 4,058.34 6,221.837 4,473.56 Federal Republic of Germany 64,529 9.634 6,697.91 8.740 7,383.18 Spain 1,217,341 183.726 6,625.83 166.674 7,303.72 Italy 736,550 489.340 1,505.19 443.922 1,659.19 Singapore 3,418 2.354 1,451.67 2.136 1,600.19 China 359,101 32.690 10,985.00 29.656 12,108.88 Taiwan 2,970 2.045 1,451.69 1.856 1,600.22 Japan 6,686 2.059 3,247.02 1.868 3,579.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,215,034 10,768.499 4,384.55 9,769.021 4,833.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,777,913 316.299 5,620.98 286.942 6,196.07 United Kingdom 3,688,139 828.576 4,451.18 751.672 4,906.58 France 2,296,016 493.975 4,648.04 448.127 5,123.58 Federal Republic of Germany 241,719 79.830 3,027.90 72.421 3,337.69 Austria 16,688 2.537 6,576.50 2.302 7,249.35 Italy 303,525 97.843 3,102.15 88.762 3,419.54 India 1,168,044 246.956 4,729.76 224.035 5,213.67 China 940,012 368.661 2,549.80 334.444 2,810.67 Taiwan 2,328,464 622.439 3,740.87 564.668 4,123.60 Japan 50,184 18.319 2,739.41 16.619 3,019.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,810,704 3,075.438 4,165.49 2,789.992 4,591.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 14,609 1.295 11,279.20 1.175 12,433.19 Switzerland 39,675 4.773 8,312.37 4.330 9,162.82 Italy 2,214,049 430.498 5,142.99 390.542 5,669.17 India 558,412 105.599 5,288.03 95.798 5,829.06 Japan 265,290 54.231 4,891.81 49.198 5,392.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,092,035 596.397 5,184.52 541.043 5,714.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 148,284 28.092 5,278.44 25.485 5,818.48 Brazil 1,048,959 222.479 4,714.86 201.830 5,197.24 Sweden 995,367 153.669 6,477.31 139.407 7,140.01 Finland 715,088 153.398 4,661.63 139.161 5,138.57 United Kingdom 123,668 6.885 17,961.86 6.246 19,799.55 Netherlands 11,455 2.504 4,573.86 2.272 5,041.81 Belgium 4,615,621 635.817 7,259.35 576.804 8,002.06 France 2,823,405 407.549 6,927.76 369.723 7,636.54 Federal Republic of Germany 966,796 228.958 4,222.58 207.708 4,654.59 Austria 441,428 58.055 7,603.56 52.667 8,381.49 Italy 1,621,521 347.934 4,660.42 315.641 5,137.23 Slovenia 1,155,446 203.513 5,677.50 184.624 6,258.37 India 469,414 124.820 3,760.72 113.235 4,145.49 China 2,622,480 539.833 4,857.94 489.729 5,354.96 Korea, South 779,141 155.566 5,008.40 141.128 5,520.81 Taiwan 11,447,906 2,205.984 5,189.48 2,001.236 5,720.42 Japan 1,882,655 384.850 4,891.91 349.131 5,392.40 South Africa 684,755 388.959 1,760.48 352.858 1,940.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,553,389 6,248.874 5,209.48 5,668.885 5,742.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 1,419,779 288.959 4,913.41 262.140 5,416.11 Sweden 4,414,927 692.747 6,373.07 628.450 7,025.10 Finland 488,178 101.404 4,814.15 91.993 5,306.69 Netherlands 28,056 3.348 8,377.87 3.038 9,235.02 Belgium 1,583,229 326.707 4,846.02 296.384 5,341.82 Federal Republic of Germany 8,469,207 2,176.775 3,890.71 1,974.738 4,288.78 China 3,084,026 827.057 3,728.91 750.294 4,110.42 Japan 138,327 21.325 6,486.52 19.346 7,150.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,625,729 4,438.326 4,421.88 4,026.383 4,874.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 45,438 2.762 16,448.79 2.506 18,131.68 Brazil 532,058 41.270 12,891.96 37.440 14,210.95 Sweden 4,943,276 1,055.905 4,681.55 957.902 5,160.52 United Kingdom 1,457,151 278.645 5,229.41 252.783 5,764.43 Netherlands 32,788 5.638 5,815.21 5.115 6,410.17 France 1,840,578 244.232 7,536.17 221.564 8,307.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,102,507 211.262 5,218.66 191.654 5,752.59 Austria 356,999 41.568 8,588.28 37.710 9,466.96 Ukraine 578,061 101.070 5,719.36 91.690 6,304.52 Portugal 1,343,011 253.672 5,294.27 230.128 5,835.93 Italy 3,440,661 521.071 6,603.05 472.708 7,278.62 Slovenia 251,898 78.451 3,210.88 71.170 3,539.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,648,770 335.706 4,911.34 304.548 5,413.83 China 156,394 52.240 2,993.72 47.392 3,300.01 Taiwan 1,751,563 316.206 5,539.30 286.858 6,106.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,481,153 3,539.705 5,503.61 3,211.168 6,066.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 11,070 0.708 15,618.25 0.643 17,216.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,743 0.077 35,548.69 0.070 39,185.71 Switzerland 10,470 1.101 9,507.73 0.999 10,480.48 Italy 1,279,992 258.752 4,946.79 234.736 5,452.90 India 3,243,497 733.330 4,422.97 665.266 4,875.49 China 89,750 24.471 3,667.56 22.200 4,042.79 Japan 177,286 33.483 5,294.68 30.376 5,836.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,814,808 1,051.924 4,577.14 954.290 5,045.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 442,879 64.925 6,821.39 58.899 7,519.30 Brazil 948,407 128.043 7,406.92 116.159 8,164.73 Sweden 620,080 100.954 6,142.20 91.584 6,770.61 Norway 3,569 0.259 13,777.63 0.235 15,187.23 Denmark 76,841 13.708 5,605.42 12.436 6,178.92 United Kingdom 1,497,517 144.173 10,386.91 130.792 11,449.61 Netherlands 207,873 29.874 6,958.13 27.102 7,670.02 France 2,373,124 485.020 4,892.84 440.003 5,393.43 Federal Republic of Germany 4,405,720 737.401 5,974.65 668.960 6,585.92 Austria 134,542 12.436 10,818.51 11.282 11,925.37 Czech Republic 267,463 33.400 8,007.87 30.300 8,827.16 Switzerland 973,891 140.490 6,932.07 127.451 7,641.30 Latvia 631,939 115.900 5,452.44 105.143 6,010.28 Ukraine 1,392,178 182.469 7,629.63 165.534 8,410.22 Spain 7,658 1.076 7,110.77 0.977 7,838.28 Italy 21,380,172 2,845.991 7,512.38 2,581.841 8,280.98 Slovenia 99,031 23.182 4,271.76 21.031 4,708.81 Saudi Arabia 78,769 36.627 2,150.54 33.228 2,370.56 United Arab Emirates 165,214 54.331 3,040.83 49.289 3,351.94 India 7,198,887 1,488.215 4,837.26 1,350.087 5,332.17 China 809,020 135.320 5,978.53 122.761 6,590.20 Korea, South 164,355 21.583 7,614.93 19.580 8,394.02 Taiwan 10,859,132 2,286.261 4,749.73 2,074.062 5,235.68 Japan 55,609 7.070 7,865.24 6.414 8,669.94 Australia 27,943 9.451 2,956.55 8.574 3,259.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,821,813 9,098.170 6,025.59 8,253.724 6,642.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 35,230 29.107 1,210.34 26.406 1,334.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 668,455 63.377 10,547.22 57.495 11,626.32 Italy 5,173 0.191 26,970.51 0.174 29,729.89 India 4,452 4.304 1,034.26 3.905 1,140.08 China 4,544,635 1,574.264 2,886.83 1,428.149 3,182.19 Japan 5,377,821 1,847.058 2,911.56 1,675.624 3,209.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,635,766 3,518.304 3,022.98 3,191.753 3,332.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A China 116,000 26.345 4,403.07 23.900 4,853.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,000 26.345 4,403.07 23.900 4,853.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 26,447 6.063 4,361.45 5.501 4,807.67 United Kingdom 9,033 1.870 4,828.88 1.697 5,322.92 Italy 4,430 1.479 2,994.66 1.342 3,301.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,910 9.413 4,239.55 8.540 4,673.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 70,962 21.496 3,301.15 19.501 3,638.89 Italy 1,113,301 137.884 8,074.14 125.087 8,900.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,184,263 159.380 7,430.39 144.588 8,190.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 12,050,306 1,261.896 9,549.36 1,144.774 10,526.36 Mexico 617,857 117.748 5,247.24 106.820 5,784.09 Uruguay 262,034 99.180 2,641.99 89.975 2,912.30 Sweden 3,143,430 322.030 9,761.29 292.141 10,759.98 Finland 46,480 11.479 4,048.97 10.414 4,463.22 Denmark 57,704 5.383 10,718.31 4.884 11,814.91 United Kingdom 1,113,030 30.133 36,936.17 27.337 40,715.15 Ireland 18,477 0.707 26,109.12 0.642 28,780.37 Netherlands 8,545 0.877 9,738.56 0.796 10,734.92 Belgium 4,453 0.114 38,843.22 0.104 42,817.31 France 6,444,901 629.789 10,233.41 571.336 11,280.40 Federal Republic of Germany 4,138,688 304.933 13,572.43 276.631 14,961.04 Austria 1,147,709 125.134 9,171.81 113.520 10,110.19 Czech Republic 6,049,172 268.224 22,552.67 243.329 24,860.05 Switzerland 197,630 5.303 37,266.05 4.811 41,078.78 Ukraine 834,314 76.866 10,854.09 69.732 11,964.58 Spain 8,559,622 673.158 12,715.62 610.679 14,016.57 Italy 3,252,687 576.974 5,637.48 523.423 6,214.26 India 158,861 25.356 6,265.11 23.003 6,906.10 Thailand 2,811,297 694.174 4,049.84 629.745 4,464.18 Vietnam 42,339 18.715 2,262.30 16.978 2,493.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 2,513,848 591.211 4,252.03 536.338 4,687.06 Singapore 215,534 39.493 5,457.44 35.828 6,015.80 China 10,394,804 1,314.307 7,908.96 1,192.320 8,718.13 Korea, South 9,015,603 1,562.238 5,770.95 1,417.239 6,361.39 Taiwan 11,516,366 2,015.124 5,714.96 1,828.091 6,299.67 Japan 9,740,936 1,173.051 8,303.93 1,064.175 9,153.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,356,627 11,943.611 7,900.18 10,835.065 8,708.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 705,515 137.468 5,132.21 124.709 5,657.29 Sweden 1,558,409 103.085 15,117.57 93.518 16,664.27 United Kingdom 149,810 24.086 6,219.64 21.851 6,855.98 Ireland 119,327 16.973 7,030.24 15.398 7,749.51 Netherlands 60,841 5.138 11,839.13 4.662 13,050.41 Belgium 35,266 2.980 11,831.65 2.704 13,042.16 France 312,172 31.489 9,913.46 28.567 10,927.71 Federal Republic of Germany 840,974 127.341 6,604.10 115.522 7,279.77 Switzerland 487,318 64.318 7,576.61 58.349 8,351.78 Spain 127,819 6.599 19,367.88 5.987 21,349.42 Italy 818,279 128.744 6,355.84 116.795 7,006.11 India 4,212,456 889.469 4,735.92 806.913 5,220.46 Thailand 289,274 48.013 6,024.86 43.557 6,641.27 Vietnam 17,100 6.964 2,455.34 6.318 2,706.55 China 2,199,943 523.208 4,204.71 474.647 4,634.90 Korea, South 5,705,374 921.787 6,189.47 836.232 6,822.72 Taiwan 1,760,716 265.184 6,639.60 240.571 7,318.90 Japan 1,680,551 169.610 9,908.30 153.868 10,922.03 Australia 181,055 34.923 5,184.34 31.682 5,714.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,262,199 3,507.388 6,062.12 3,181.850 6,682.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Mexico 5,014 2.354 2,129.51 2.136 2,347.38 Brazil 206,716 51.296 4,029.86 46.535 4,442.16 Sweden 91,283 13.442 6,790.53 12.195 7,485.28 Finland 84,862 12.599 6,735.39 11.430 7,424.50 United Kingdom 81,659 32.804 2,489.24 29.760 2,743.92 Belgium 63,129 15.696 4,021.75 14.240 4,433.22 France 49,178 33.862 1,452.26 30.720 1,600.85 Federal Republic of Germany 81,825 15.814 5,173.93 14.347 5,703.28 Austria 35,572 2.064 17,229.25 1.873 18,991.99 Italy 105,282 22.562 4,666.32 20.468 5,143.74 Slovenia 36,855 5.291 6,965.48 4.800 7,678.13 Thailand 210,004 92.846 2,261.84 84.229 2,493.25 China 1,830,213 467.818 3,912.23 424.398 4,312.49 Korea, South 33,720 8.318 4,053.84 7.546 4,468.59 Taiwan 34,157 7.194 4,747.47 6.527 5,233.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,039,434 1,370.041 1,488.59 1,242.881 1,640.89 South Africa 216,596 145.246 1,491.24 131.765 1,643.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,205,499 2,299.255 2,263.99 2,085.850 2,495.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 352,213 74.601 4,721.28 67.677 5,204.32 Mexico 25,680,589 8,561.124 2,999.67 7,766.524 3,306.57 Brazil 4,924,358 1,076.038 4,576.38 976.166 5,044.59 Sweden 4,002,189 605.390 6,610.92 549.201 7,287.29 Finland 4,001,024 685.310 5,838.27 621.703 6,435.59 United Kingdom 803,951 74.731 10,757.91 67.795 11,858.56 Belgium 2,874,651 576.849 4,983.37 523.309 5,493.22 France 4,101,929 1,493.924 2,745.74 1,355.266 3,026.66 Federal Republic of Germany 4,168,746 979.902 4,254.24 888.953 4,689.50 Switzerland 132,895 14.223 9,343.59 12.903 10,299.54 Spain 432,905 114.651 3,775.84 104.010 4,162.15 Italy 1,522,420 352.383 4,320.35 319.677 4,762.37 Romania 1,061,368 217.607 4,877.45 197.410 5,376.47 Bahrain 723,463 199.883 3,619.43 181.331 3,989.74 India 2,024,377 423.968 4,774.83 384.618 5,263.34 Thailand 2,720,575 702.197 3,874.37 637.023 4,270.76 Indonesia 718,010 141.899 5,059.99 128.729 5,577.69 China 54,415,052 14,326.769 3,798.14 12,997.030 4,186.73 Korea, South 3,638,470 963.696 3,775.54 874.251 4,161.81 Hong Kong 92,742 26.212 3,538.02 23.780 3,900.00 Taiwan 9,434,558 2,453.052 3,846.05 2,225.372 4,239.54 Japan 1,473,734 277.754 5,305.88 251.975 5,848.73 South Africa 1,039,108 626.419 1,658.81 568.278 1,828.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 130,339,327 34,968.590 3,727.33 31,722.981 4,108.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 363,636 54.189 6,710.44 49.160 7,396.99 Italy 22,057 2.752 8,013.53 2.497 8,833.40 Japan 30,201 14.506 2,081.91 13.160 2,294.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 415,894 71.448 5,820.89 64.817 6,416.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,057 0.796 5,090.52 0.723 5,611.34 Mexico 6,880,026 2,206.196 3,118.50 2,001.428 3,437.56 Sweden 2,268,152 258.370 8,778.67 234.390 9,676.83 Finland 738,215 135.556 5,445.80 122.975 6,002.97 Denmark 2,785 0.704 3,953.85 0.639 4,358.37 United Kingdom 730,981 91.930 7,951.45 83.398 8,764.97 Belgium 390,749 31.408 12,441.01 28.493 13,713.86 France 1,017,758 244.954 4,154.89 222.219 4,579.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/08/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,515,980 292.609 5,180.90 265.451 5,710.96 Italy 23,771 1.639 14,502.15 1.487 15,985.88 Romania 328,636 54.173 6,066.41 49.145 6,687.07 India 845,905 124.187 6,811.52 112.661 7,508.41 China 1,015,568 337.659 3,007.67 306.320 3,315.38 Korea, South 1,206,419 224.907 5,364.06 204.033 5,912.86 Taiwan 1,051,998 283.911 3,705.38 257.560 4,084.48 Japan 3,199,882 445.515 7,182.43 404.165 7,917.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,220,882 4,734.521 4,482.16 4,295.087 4,940.73 GRAND TOTAL 491,589,672 102,980.062 4,773.64 93,421.968 5,262.04