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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 54,441,650 58,964.186 923.30 53,491.425 1,017.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 35,894,734 33,225.357 1,080.34 30,141.546 1,190.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,177,753 11,011.518 1,105.91 9,989.484 1,219.06 STEEL PILING...........................5 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 46,631,295 32,698.488 1,426.10 29,663.578 1,572.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 43,527,784 46,508.334 935.91 42,191.663 1,031.67 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 631,020 1,280.320 492.86 1,161.488 543.29 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,572,841 38,473.356 1,080.56 34,902.452 1,191.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,727,197 5,291.444 1,082.35 4,800.319 1,193.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,671,241 4,364.255 1,986.88 3,959.187 2,190.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 837,648 371.982 2,251.85 337.457 2,482.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,972,832 30,067.544 1,329.43 27,276.825 1,465.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,172,429 20,106.787 1,848.75 18,240.576 2,037.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,631,219 2,720.694 1,702.22 2,468.173 1,876.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,213,378 570.041 2,128.58 517.133 2,346.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,626,636 6,286.703 1,531.27 5,703.203 1,687.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,677 16.265 2,623.74 14.756 2,892.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,278,578 1,337.384 9,928.77 1,213.255 10,944.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,267,606 813.645 4,016.01 738.127 4,426.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,591,879 29,894.469 1,257.49 27,119.814 1,386.14 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,082,978 14,744.053 1,497.75 13,375.584 1,650.99 BLACK PLATE...........................28 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,927,662 10,718.511 832.92 9,723.673 918.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,294,170 2,249.735 1,019.75 2,040.926 1,124.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,138,357 61,623.489 959.67 55,903.905 1,057.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,620,613 25,374.967 1,049.09 23,019.790 1,156.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 32,195,866 37,661.089 854.88 34,165.575 942.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,262,491 1,534.050 1,474.85 1,391.668 1,625.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,780,615 2,197.984 810.11 1,993.979 893.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,654,297 2,958.760 1,573.06 2,684.143 1,734.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 560,282,910 485,829.151 1,153.25 440,736.917 1,271.24 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 99,793,091 99,087.930 1,007.12 89,891.084 1,110.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,281,982 9,160.062 1,013.31 8,309.871 1,116.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,894,215 3,021.304 957.94 2,740.882 1,055.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,343,992 3,950.391 1,099.64 3,583.736 1,212.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,496,107 6,405.802 1,014.10 5,811.248 1,117.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,382,556 41,465.907 925.64 37,617.249 1,020.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 301,664 169.480 1,779.94 153.750 1,962.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,129,289 3,815.131 1,344.46 3,461.030 1,482.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,954,965 4,920.356 2,226.46 4,463.674 2,454.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,391,366 8,460.803 1,582.75 7,675.514 1,744.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,732,201 7,004.086 1,532.28 6,354.002 1,689.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 347,952 105.032 3,312.80 95.284 3,651.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,591,941 3,222.105 1,735.49 2,923.046 1,913.05 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,285,553 11,006.963 1,297.87 9,985.352 1,430.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,177,189 5,954.882 1,037.33 5,402.180 1,143.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,136,241 12,499.074 2,251.07 11,338.973 2,481.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,236,516 10,647.380 1,337.09 9,659.144 1,473.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,291,461 1,518.664 850.39 1,377.710 937.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,858,708 1,969.794 2,974.27 1,786.968 3,278.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 300,314,916 248,208.178 1,209.93 225,170.735 1,333.72 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua STANDARD PIPE.........................18 61,093 49.307 1,239.02 44.731 1,365.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,093 49.307 1,239.02 44.731 1,365.79 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 469,159 348.474 1,346.32 316.131 1,484.07 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,421,203 2,198.312 1,101.39 1,994.276 1,214.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,117 90.558 1,492.05 82.153 1,644.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,470,777 2,911.843 1,191.95 2,641.581 1,313.90 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,012,276 6,148.286 1,953.76 5,577.633 2,153.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,450,701 7,920.584 1,824.45 7,185.435 2,011.11 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,801,488 2,114.737 1,797.62 1,918.458 1,981.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,360,947 4,419.365 1,439.33 4,009.182 1,586.59 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,267,168 76,393.979 932.89 69,303.472 1,028.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 390,744 325.688 1,199.75 295.460 1,322.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,720,868 3,194.867 1,477.64 2,898.336 1,628.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,666,033 1,863.705 1,967.07 1,690.726 2,168.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 570,603 292.951 1,947.77 265.761 2,147.05 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,949,192 89,138.679 1,076.40 80,865.273 1,186.53 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 579,632 323.463 1,791.96 293.441 1,975.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,364,073 5,486.818 1,706.65 4,977.559 1,881.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,568,249 1,768.166 1,452.49 1,604.054 1,601.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,036,494 1,283.059 1,587.22 1,163.972 1,749.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,727,809 9,218.015 1,706.20 8,362.445 1,880.77 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,970,027 7,241.327 2,067.30 6,569.224 2,278.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,332,183 2,489.513 2,945.23 2,258.449 3,246.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,127,514 941.914 4,382.05 854.491 4,830.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 433,381 64.603 6,708.36 58.607 7,394.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 783,329 302.031 2,593.54 273.998 2,858.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,238,991 124.549 9,947.82 112.989 10,965.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,460,926 4,496.208 992.15 4,078.893 1,093.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,650,415 4,661.581 1,426.64 4,228.917 1,572.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,666,267 426.672 6,248.98 387.071 6,888.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 61,128,008 24,693.478 2,475.47 22,401.553 2,728.74 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,592,879 3,134.866 3,698.05 2,843.904 4,076.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,858,327 10,005.562 1,684.90 9,076.896 1,857.28 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,184,907 580.043 2,042.79 526.207 2,251.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,349,921 1,496.801 3,574.24 1,357.876 3,939.92 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,338,000 332.528 7,030.97 301.665 7,750.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,479,508 351.991 7,044.24 319.321 7,764.94 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 89,983 25.236 3,565.62 22.894 3,930.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,197,378 4,804.268 3,995.90 4,358.360 4,404.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,304,969 1,598.863 1,441.63 1,450.465 1,589.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,467,624 6,284.158 1,188.33 5,700.894 1,309.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 607,842 286.201 2,123.82 259.638 2,341.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,501,223 15,712.073 1,304.81 14,253.757 1,438.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,708,620 1,871.386 2,516.11 1,697.694 2,773.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 415,391 20.925 19,851.26 18.983 21,882.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 165,626 56.362 2,938.60 51.131 3,239.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 562,857 13.900 40,492.90 12.610 44,635.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,346,673 360.704 3,733.45 327.226 4,115.42 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,953,453 1,342.738 1,454.83 1,218.112 1,603.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,352,183 400.382 3,377.23 363.221 3,722.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,249,015 34,040.908 1,916.78 30,881.401 2,112.89 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,010 2.610 57,469.10 2.368 63,348.82 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,277,091 5,399.129 606.97 4,898.009 669.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 462,052 425.427 1,086.09 385.941 1,197.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 11,747 7.206 1,629.96 6.538 1,796.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 61,521 2.450 25,106.13 2.223 27,674.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,712,196 30,231.131 784.36 27,425.229 864.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,907,579 5,740.491 854.91 5,207.688 942.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 902,936 848.559 1,064.08 769.800 1,172.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,050,189 43,564.679 781.60 39,521.224 861.57 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,156,138 2,863.271 753.03 2,597.517 830.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,681,042 1,159.559 4,899.31 1,051.935 5,400.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 652,813 192.574 3,389.92 174.701 3,736.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,510,298 1,293.572 1,940.59 1,173.510 2,139.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,622,701 6,619.067 2,058.10 6,004.719 2,268.67 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,390,342 18,627.418 1,416.75 16,898.515 1,561.70 France WIRE RODS..............................3 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,752,131 2,417.726 1,965.54 2,193.325 2,166.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,155,675 2,589.642 832.42 2,349.285 917.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,425,078 395.156 3,606.36 358.480 3,975.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,278,069 1,500.611 2,850.88 1,361.332 3,142.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,281,355 302.813 4,231.50 274.708 4,664.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,843,045 1,928.475 1,992.79 1,749.484 2,196.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 844,251 456.543 1,849.23 414.169 2,038.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,474,035 2,747.600 1,992.30 2,492.582 2,196.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,014,486 280.491 3,616.81 254.458 3,986.85 TIN PLATE.............................29 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,968,412 6,846.989 871.68 6,211.486 960.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,734,919 1,263.029 2,957.11 1,145.801 3,259.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,127,903 245.116 4,601.50 222.366 5,072.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,693,690 25,106.816 1,939.46 22,776.527 2,137.89 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,562,594 794.743 3,224.43 720.979 3,554.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,613,904 4,943.386 1,135.64 4,484.566 1,251.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,704,767 1,541.719 1,754.38 1,398.625 1,933.88 STEEL PILING...........................5 298,977 454.380 657.99 412.207 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,509,111 2,865.187 2,620.81 2,599.255 2,888.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,390,385 2,244.084 619.58 2,035.800 682.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,304,928 271.800 4,801.06 246.573 5,292.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,453,652 3,526.185 2,397.39 3,198.903 2,642.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,412,061 1,003.110 2,404.58 910.007 2,650.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,337,909 16,676.707 1,639.29 15,128.859 1,807.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,361,472 11,129.319 1,649.83 10,096.352 1,818.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,776,058 960.341 1,849.40 871.207 2,038.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,783,203 3,461.103 2,248.76 3,139.861 2,478.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,646,744 5,264.328 2,592.30 4,775.720 2,857.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 741,800 14.229 52,130.28 12.909 57,463.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 708,233 247.054 2,866.71 224.124 3,160.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,777,800 695.495 2,556.16 630.943 2,817.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 412,779 395.265 1,044.31 358.579 1,151.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,308,665 2,644.568 872.98 2,399.113 962.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 28,715 16.910 1,698.05 15.341 1,871.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,348,294 995.059 3,364.92 902.703 3,709.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 593,578 515.438 1,151.60 467.598 1,269.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,826,996 3,324.437 1,151.17 3,015.880 1,268.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 315,101 182.701 1,724.68 165.744 1,901.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,159,360 2,363.331 1,336.82 2,143.979 1,473.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 176,632 91.427 1,931.93 82.942 2,129.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,657,627 5,522.403 1,748.81 5,009.842 1,927.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,529,997 73,831.703 1,862.75 66,979.014 2,053.33 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,513,206 1,728.157 1,454.27 1,567.759 1,603.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,577,549 200.406 7,871.74 181.806 8,677.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,795,743 305.089 9,163.67 276.773 10,101.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,193,717 8,035.808 2,139.64 7,289.965 2,358.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 421,631 87.025 4,844.93 78.948 5,340.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 198,702 48.145 4,127.10 43.677 4,549.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 248,830 216.639 1,148.59 196.532 1,266.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,558,404 260.853 5,974.26 236.642 6,585.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,832,954 12,445.414 2,477.46 11,290.293 2,730.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 458,550 63.107 7,266.20 57.250 8,009.61 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,081,216 4,966.117 1,023.18 4,505.187 1,127.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,576,032 1,514.875 1,040.37 1,374.272 1,146.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 306,353 46.671 6,563.98 42.340 7,235.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,678,654 3,309.834 1,413.56 3,002.632 1,558.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,305,117 13,445.201 1,287.08 12,197.285 1,418.77 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,991,110 1,460.761 1,363.06 1,325.181 1,502.52 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,800 10.635 3,836.35 9.648 4,228.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,115,672 1,054.546 2,006.24 956.669 2,211.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,972 1.322 4,514.76 1.200 4,976.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 197,729 62.066 3,185.75 56.306 3,511.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,492,803 1,910.971 2,874.35 1,733.605 3,168.43 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Poland RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,358,642 593.229 2,290.25 538.169 2,524.56 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,302,154 20,110.650 959.80 18,244.080 1,058.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 TOOL STEEL............................17 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,607,890 3,885.444 1,185.94 3,524.817 1,307.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,023,471 8,260.850 971.26 7,494.120 1,070.64 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 133,436,867 152,430.509 875.39 138,282.671 964.96 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Ukraine INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,771,817 42,458.098 1,148.70 38,517.350 1,266.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,818,774 436.250 4,169.10 395.760 4,595.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,928,205 143,452.290 996.35 130,137.766 1,098.28 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,703,989 1,699.852 2,179.01 1,542.081 2,401.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,922,764 2,645.618 1,482.74 2,400.065 1,634.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,160,944 345.721 3,358.04 313.633 3,701.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,368,792 5,131.457 2,215.51 4,655.181 2,442.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,585,087 690.333 2,296.12 626.260 2,531.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 388,790 95.128 4,087.01 86.299 4,505.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 928,100 1,122.903 826.52 1,018.681 911.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,785,998 14,620.946 2,721.16 13,263.903 2,999.57 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,891,158 375.916 5,030.79 341.026 5,545.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,891,158 375.916 5,030.79 341.026 5,545.50 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 12,770,163 3,341.734 3,821.42 3,031.571 4,212.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,413,317 1,495.037 2,951.98 1,356.276 3,254.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,174,914 1,018.332 5,081.75 923.816 5,601.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 737,706 165.970 4,444.80 150.566 4,899.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,872,816 1,784.521 6,653.22 1,618.891 7,333.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,153,680 506.134 2,279.39 459.158 2,512.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,944,542 3,099.449 1,917.93 2,811.774 2,114.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,421,624 2,938.282 1,845.17 2,665.566 2,033.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,040,801 1,559.659 2,590.82 1,414.900 2,855.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,402,392 306.849 11,088.16 278.369 12,222.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,807,962 1,530.858 2,487.47 1,388.772 2,741.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 76,629 17.711 4,326.41 16.068 4,769.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 106,117 62.596 1,695.24 56.787 1,868.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 219,403 45.658 4,805.27 41.421 5,296.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,879,751 19,355.756 3,455.29 17,559.252 3,808.80 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,278 14.522 2,979.97 13.175 3,284.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,163,166 739.154 4,279.44 670.550 4,717.27 Serbia SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 144,816 167.953 862.24 152.365 950.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,816 167.953 862.24 152.365 950.45 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,607 39.649 3,142.75 35.969 3,464.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,953,676 712.315 4,146.58 646.202 4,570.82 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 192,383 104.105 1,847.96 94.443 2,037.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,656,309 12,897.713 1,136.35 11,700.612 1,252.61 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,595 78.480 2,135.51 71.196 2,353.99 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 840,550 520.559 1,614.70 472.244 1,779.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,260,192 5,027.938 1,245.08 4,561.270 1,372.47 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,092,231 42,400.787 921.97 38,465.358 1,016.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,662,965 876.494 3,038.20 795.143 3,349.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,134,311 1,959.066 4,662.58 1,777.236 5,139.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,174,409 9,170.733 1,000.40 8,319.552 1,102.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,528,424 3,656.554 1,785.40 3,317.171 1,968.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,333,014 14,470.524 1,336.03 13,127.443 1,472.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,670 3.833 2,000.61 3.478 2,205.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,762,071 1,183.661 1,488.66 1,073.800 1,640.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 64,824 44.865 1,444.86 40.701 1,592.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 931,349 167.148 5,571.97 151.635 6,142.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,403,402 2,654.240 3,542.78 2,407.887 3,905.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,454,163 747.343 1,945.78 677.979 2,144.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,507,213 1,212.712 1,242.84 1,100.155 1,370.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 840,294 258.858 3,246.15 234.833 3,578.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,670,563 95,914.415 1,299.81 87,012.119 1,432.80 Pakistan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,572,931 381.417 4,123.91 346.016 4,545.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 268,950 80.006 3,361.59 72.581 3,705.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,207,655 2,908.108 759.14 2,638.192 836.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,855,111 8,157.965 1,208.04 7,400.784 1,331.63 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 491,372 503.855 975.22 457.090 1,075.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,729,647 5,228.845 1,095.78 4,743.530 1,207.89 Malaysia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,503,199 2,362.584 1,059.52 2,143.301 1,167.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,831,530 4,105.913 1,907.38 3,724.823 2,102.52 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 238,180 91.231 2,610.72 82.764 2,877.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 265,809 62.693 4,239.79 56.875 4,673.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 657,296 199.607 3,292.94 181.081 3,629.85 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,631,075 366.342 4,452.33 332.340 4,907.85 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 809,921 436.584 1,855.13 396.063 2,044.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,171,758 26,421.798 801.30 23,969.459 883.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,163,026 4,296.464 1,434.44 3,897.688 1,581.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,200,221 334.925 3,583.55 303.839 3,950.19 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,014,980 79,418.648 894.19 72,047.406 985.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,332,908 764.496 1,743.51 693.540 1,921.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,654,055 11,174.975 1,221.84 10,137.770 1,346.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 226,249,423 191,714.597 1,180.14 173,920.605 1,300.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,583,773 13,001.584 967.86 11,794.842 1,066.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,250,069 25,850.179 976.79 23,450.895 1,076.72 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,878,550 8,432.898 815.68 7,650.199 899.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,799,063 7,591.417 1,422.54 6,886.820 1,568.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,278,368 2,397.518 1,367.40 2,174.993 1,507.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,264,823 2,152.638 7,555.76 1,952.841 8,328.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 178,517 81.257 2,196.92 73.716 2,421.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,640,906 1,290.165 1,271.86 1,170.419 1,401.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,696,139 17,248.119 1,431.82 15,647.235 1,578.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,150,327 543.722 3,954.82 493.257 4,359.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,786,301 21,219.598 2,581.87 19,250.101 2,846.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 49,646,271 54,028.948 918.88 49,014.251 1,012.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,645,286 1,675.112 982.19 1,519.637 1,082.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,898,628 740.410 2,564.29 671.689 2,826.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 574,925,584 493,181.445 1,165.75 447,406.808 1,285.02 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,726,859 4,402.001 1,300.97 3,993.430 1,434.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,253,414 3,588.695 1,463.88 3,255.611 1,613.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 407,959 247.829 1,646.13 224.827 1,814.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,176,107 11,950.657 1,018.87 10,841.457 1,123.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,904,605 31,842.903 1,190.36 28,887.404 1,312.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,099,452 13,350.922 1,130.97 12,111.757 1,246.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,562,454 3,201.668 800.35 2,904.506 882.23 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,392,765 11,528.159 901.51 10,458.173 993.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,094,120 763.477 1,433.08 692.615 1,579.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,522,877 944.983 6,902.63 857.275 7,608.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,768,090 4,208.939 895.26 3,818.287 986.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 19,398 9.852 1,968.85 8.938 2,170.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,303,995 3,679.567 2,528.56 3,338.048 2,787.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 34,089,327 39,060.221 872.74 35,434.847 962.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,906,560 2,719.233 1,436.64 2,466.848 1,583.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,242,569 1,805.587 1,242.02 1,638.002 1,369.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,445,566 1,560.711 2,207.69 1,415.854 2,433.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,315,919 167,987.242 1,121.01 152,395.506 1,235.71 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,356,653 1,727.839 4,836.48 1,567.470 5,331.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,058,670 437.543 4,705.06 396.933 5,186.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,960 0.999 6,961.42 0.907 7,673.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,185,462 2,169.470 4,233.97 1,968.111 4,667.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,403,675 9,914.695 948.46 8,994.463 1,045.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 837,664 1,080.777 775.06 980.465 854.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,066,208 2,275.232 908.13 2,064.057 1,001.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,859,639 2,126.627 5,576.73 1,929.245 6,147.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,181,840 418.911 5,208.36 380.030 5,741.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,179,652 1,018.215 3,122.77 923.710 3,442.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,654,213 2,663.486 2,498.31 2,416.275 2,753.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,287,868 13,304.046 1,224.28 12,069.231 1,349.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,022,361 15,153.615 1,189.31 13,747.133 1,310.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 831,332 448.353 1,854.19 406.740 2,043.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,361,931 56,796.839 1,731.82 51,525.241 1,909.00 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,517,180 8,330.789 662.26 7,557.567 730.02 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,049,048 1,015.882 1,032.65 921.593 1,138.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,304,835 4,484.209 1,629.01 4,068.008 1,795.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,222,113 1,758.213 695.09 1,595.025 766.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,832,777 12,491.160 867.24 11,331.793 955.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,857,437 16,299.015 911.55 14,786.222 1,004.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 283,702 64.915 4,370.35 58.890 4,817.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 864,326 588.456 1,468.80 533.839 1,619.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,672,144 4,181.613 1,356.45 3,793.497 1,495.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,390,983 2,489.313 1,362.22 2,258.268 1,501.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,813,906 10,123.549 2,846.23 9,183.932 3,137.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 23,603,608 21,117.309 1,117.74 19,157.306 1,232.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,516,010 2,991.414 2,846.82 2,713.766 3,138.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 393,996 130.695 3,014.61 118.565 3,323.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,317,341 909.927 8,041.67 825.473 8,864.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 867,082 235.818 3,676.90 213.931 4,053.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,010,282 612.353 1,649.83 555.518 1,818.63 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,610,625 4,445.893 1,711.83 4,033.248 1,886.97 BLACK PLATE...........................28 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,984,650 5,477.122 910.09 4,968.763 1,003.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,790,791 9,048.405 1,192.56 8,208.578 1,314.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,187,397 3,231.662 986.30 2,931.716 1,087.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 7,875,569 6,928.721 1,136.66 6,285.632 1,252.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,751,083 1,005.306 1,741.84 911.999 1,920.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,107,947 3,202.282 1,282.82 2,905.063 1,414.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 66,822 51.793 1,290.17 46.986 1,422.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,770,195 852.474 4,422.65 773.352 4,875.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,547,566 174,957.219 1,214.85 158,718.564 1,339.15 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 740,033 216.343 3,420.63 196.264 3,770.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 474,214 435.831 1,088.07 395.380 1,199.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,316 42.997 3,612.18 39.007 3,981.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,048,524 61,509.949 911.21 55,800.903 1,004.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,763,941 62,565.811 923.25 56,758.765 1,017.71 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,190,376 2,306.019 949.85 2,091.986 1,047.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,354,574 1,475.229 1,596.07 1,338.306 1,759.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 321,714 233.930 1,375.26 212.218 1,515.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,702,274 1,272.470 1,337.77 1,154.366 1,474.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,022,630 5,504.677 1,457.42 4,993.761 1,606.53 GRAND TOTAL 3,174,801,468 2,547,278.202 1,246.35 2,310,852.566 1,373.87 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,186,378 5,741.303 1,251.70 5,208.424 1,379.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,527,551 1,386.870 1,101.44 1,258.148 1,214.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,856,667 13,426.632 1,702.34 12,180.440 1,876.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,776,253 3,244.253 1,163.98 2,943.138 1,283.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,403,237 24,009.155 1,099.72 21,780.746 1,212.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 293,490 277.259 1,058.54 251.526 1,166.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,926,943 1,481.708 2,650.28 1,344.184 2,921.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 837,648 371.982 2,251.85 337.457 2,482.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,676,290 6,716.148 1,887.43 6,092.789 2,080.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,567,211 2,640.010 1,730.00 2,394.978 1,906.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 717,227 283.996 2,525.48 257.637 2,783.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,995,628 1,932.428 1,550.19 1,753.070 1,708.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,463 2.179 5,260.02 1.977 5,798.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,460,080 368.477 3,962.47 334.277 4,367.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 924,472 723.996 1,276.90 656.799 1,407.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,499,028 944.745 1,586.70 857.059 1,749.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,604,012 4,199.300 1,096.38 3,809.542 1,208.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,014,871 2,439.705 1,235.75 2,213.264 1,362.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,762,489 11,873.792 822.19 10,771.726 906.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,870,886 1,204.322 1,553.48 1,092.543 1,712.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 147,195 187.590 784.66 170.179 864.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,313,236 554.972 2,366.31 503.463 2,608.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,467,286 84,049.814 1,338.10 76,248.731 1,475.01 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,437,279 11,939.769 1,460.44 10,831.580 1,609.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,153,954 902.435 1,278.71 818.676 1,409.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 237,700 197.377 1,204.29 179.058 1,327.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 109,428 49.793 2,197.63 45.172 2,422.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,481,454 2,805.715 2,310.09 2,545.303 2,546.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,553,480 1,685.335 2,108.47 1,528.911 2,324.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,330 2.732 1,950.50 2.479 2,150.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 218,988 71.139 3,078.27 64.537 3,393.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 719,287 344.585 2,087.40 312.603 2,300.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,197,307 18,148.833 1,663.87 16,464.349 1,834.10 Colombia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,435,501 3,966.204 2,126.84 3,598.081 2,344.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,435,501 3,966.204 2,126.84 3,598.081 2,344.44 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,711,817 1,633.726 1,047.80 1,482.092 1,155.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,834,119 2,592.863 1,478.72 2,352.207 1,630.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,638,193 1,851.689 1,964.80 1,679.825 2,165.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,008 19.114 1,622.26 17.340 1,788.24 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,431,251 6,942.635 1,934.60 6,298.255 2,132.54 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 426,258 222.443 1,916.26 201.797 2,112.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 749,264 392.019 1,911.29 355.634 2,106.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 203,490 91.279 2,229.32 82.807 2,457.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,379,012 705.741 1,953.99 640.238 2,153.91 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,636,308 7,010.844 1,945.03 6,360.133 2,144.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,629,256 1,553.894 1,048.50 1,409.670 1,155.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,509,019 352.603 4,279.64 319.877 4,717.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,389 6.015 2,225.82 5.457 2,453.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 678,455 262.634 2,583.27 238.258 2,847.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,841 4.786 5,816.89 4.342 6,412.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,457,426 4,495.216 991.59 4,077.993 1,093.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,427,011 3,479.594 984.89 3,156.636 1,085.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 421,751 89.637 4,705.06 81.318 5,186.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,168,158 18,429.921 1,528.39 16,719.348 1,684.76 Norway LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,592,879 3,134.866 3,698.05 2,843.904 4,076.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,592,879 3,134.866 3,698.05 2,843.904 4,076.40 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 970,401 517.061 1,876.76 469.070 2,068.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,319,400 622.688 2,118.88 564.894 2,335.66 Denmark OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,338,000 332.528 7,030.97 301.665 7,750.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,338,000 332.528 7,030.97 301.665 7,750.32 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 10,684 4.139 2,581.19 3.755 2,845.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 205,214 47.223 4,345.64 42.840 4,790.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,761,299 5,931.141 1,139.97 5,380.643 1,256.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 511,288 261.238 1,957.17 236.992 2,157.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,340,872 565.570 2,370.83 513.077 2,613.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,815,471 1,193.100 2,359.79 1,082.363 2,601.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,801 5.489 4,517.89 4.980 4,980.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 97,271 10.551 9,218.85 9.572 10,162.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 555,762 13.677 40,633.38 12.408 44,790.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 516,182 20.861 24,743.60 18.925 27,275.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,789,338 1,325.042 1,350.40 1,202.059 1,488.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,450 8.253 4,174.24 7.487 4,601.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,879,481 9,631.278 1,648.74 8,737.351 1,817.43 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,104,373 3,064.715 686.65 2,780.264 756.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 293,831 237.853 1,235.35 215.777 1,361.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 676,046 716.127 944.03 649.660 1,040.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,423,874 2,968.605 816.50 2,693.074 900.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 106,358 117.269 906.95 106.385 999.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,614,112 7,115.186 789.03 6,454.790 869.76 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,226,490 524.627 6,150.06 475.934 6,779.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,373,877 619.858 5,442.98 562.326 5,999.86 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,963,290 2,238.184 1,770.76 2,030.447 1,951.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 808,591 811.938 995.88 736.578 1,097.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 420,662 256.623 1,639.22 232.805 1,806.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,632,251 835.267 1,954.17 757.742 2,154.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,281,355 302.813 4,231.50 274.708 4,664.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,840,069 1,921.185 1,998.80 1,742.871 2,203.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 276,793 132.408 2,090.45 120.119 2,304.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,608,731 733.750 3,555.34 665.647 3,919.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,791 18.675 2,291.31 16.942 2,525.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,321,659 2,249.607 1,032.03 2,040.810 1,137.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 82,091 4.345 18,891.86 3.942 20,824.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 178,244 7.211 24,717.26 6.542 27,246.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,581,680 10,515.859 1,767.01 9,539.830 1,947.80 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,630,020 312.444 5,216.99 283.445 5,750.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,908,751 1,083.675 2,684.15 983.094 2,958.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 505,553 115.062 4,393.72 104.383 4,843.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,056,728 310.067 3,408.05 281.289 3,756.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 925,358 510.429 1,812.90 463.054 1,998.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,380,558 6,389.129 1,781.24 5,796.122 1,963.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,720,189 8,449.139 1,387.15 7,664.933 1,529.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,519 4.236 1,302.82 3.843 1,436.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,212,329 1,805.974 2,332.44 1,638.353 2,571.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,998,633 583.051 5,142.99 528.936 5,669.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 248,138 5.108 48,577.27 4.634 53,547.26 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 214,315 60.135 3,563.87 54.554 3,928.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 443,934 172.247 2,577.31 156.260 2,841.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,458 0.920 4,843.39 0.835 5,338.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 279,090 134.575 2,073.85 122.085 2,286.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 266,373 162.725 1,636.95 147.622 1,804.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,248,328 1,936.695 1,160.91 1,756.941 1,279.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,159,360 2,363.331 1,336.82 2,143.979 1,473.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 149,471 76.229 1,960.81 69.154 2,161.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,376,548 2,726.805 1,605.01 2,473.717 1,769.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,891,363 28,466.078 1,893.18 25,823.999 2,086.87 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,228,888 770.282 1,595.37 698.789 1,758.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,934 26.521 5,766.39 24.060 6,356.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,795,743 305.089 9,163.67 276.773 10,101.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,524,548 2,460.753 1,838.68 2,232.359 2,026.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 103,965 18.776 5,536.90 17.034 6,103.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,318 38.249 4,479.01 34.699 4,937.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,000,132 124.068 8,061.13 112.553 8,885.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,359,152 4,640.734 2,447.71 4,210.005 2,698.13 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 455,487 60.997 7,467.31 55.336 8,231.30 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 83,984 110.559 759.63 100.298 837.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,451,347 1,364.624 1,063.55 1,237.967 1,172.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,307 17.791 4,513.84 16.140 4,975.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,354,219 3,073.187 1,416.84 2,787.950 1,561.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,588,367 4,666.173 1,411.94 4,233.083 1,556.40 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,800 10.635 3,836.35 9.648 4,228.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 208,849 76.311 2,736.78 69.229 3,016.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 79,469 18.156 4,376.97 16.471 4,824.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 492,052 146.262 3,364.17 132.687 3,708.37 Poland SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 Russia TOOL STEEL............................17 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,710,357 1,149.999 1,487.27 1,043.262 1,639.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,234,409 1,942.473 2,179.91 1,762.183 2,402.93 Ukraine INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 18,975,357 9,981.030 1,901.14 9,054.641 2,095.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 203,608 112.204 1,814.62 101.790 2,000.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,425,502 12,035.253 1,780.23 10,918.201 1,962.37 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,375,477 1,477.406 2,284.73 1,340.281 2,518.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,364,931 645.156 2,115.66 585.276 2,332.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 636,954 100.326 6,348.79 91.015 6,998.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,285,264 4,672.126 2,201.41 4,238.483 2,426.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 669,593 259.530 2,580.02 235.442 2,843.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 714,926 864.705 826.79 784.448 911.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,146,946 8,484.394 2,138.86 7,696.915 2,357.69 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 617,857 233.083 2,650.79 211.450 2,922.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 317,097 180.371 1,758.03 163.630 1,937.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 475,438 288.120 1,650.13 261.379 1,818.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,898 2.048 7,762.34 1.858 8,556.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 237,534 88.416 2,686.54 80.210 2,961.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 211,034 130.942 1,611.65 118.789 1,776.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 316,422 207.426 1,525.47 188.174 1,681.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,597,458 1,421.266 2,531.16 1,289.352 2,790.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,183,152 209.554 15,190.07 190.105 16,744.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,864,353 1,341.118 2,135.79 1,216.643 2,354.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,902,265 4,344.833 2,969.56 3,941.568 3,273.38 Slovenia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,428 5.875 2,285.49 5.330 2,519.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,876,641 511.489 3,668.97 464.016 4,044.35 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,999 3.998 3,001.19 3.627 3,308.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,483 26.500 1,489.89 24.041 1,642.32 Turkey TOOL STEEL............................17 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,087 51.286 1,308.09 46.526 1,441.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 375,367 201.679 1,861.20 182.961 2,051.62 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 118,907 29.903 3,976.36 27.128 4,383.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,275 20.635 1,224.85 18.720 1,350.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,398 9.745 1,272.17 8.841 1,402.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,791,422 2,072.247 1,347.05 1,879.912 1,484.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 278,601 127.097 2,192.02 115.301 2,416.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,246,343 2,262.770 1,434.68 2,052.751 1,581.46 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,492 22.538 1,929.64 20.447 2,127.06 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 349,519 112.983 3,093.54 102.497 3,410.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,125,399 1,576.754 1,347.96 1,430.408 1,485.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,879,112 77,226.804 891.91 70,058.998 983.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,908 6.343 1,561.84 5.755 1,721.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 87,903 15.244 5,766.04 13.830 6,355.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,335,228 33,094.480 1,279.22 30,022.816 1,410.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 165,597 77.776 2,129.13 70.558 2,346.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 344,703 202.135 1,705.31 183.374 1,879.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 586,740 378.959 1,548.29 343.786 1,706.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 75,626 34.546 2,189.11 31.340 2,413.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 498,195 277.990 1,792.13 252.189 1,975.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,478,721 1,739.420 1,425.03 1,577.976 1,570.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,192 1.677 1,306.54 1.522 1,440.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 376,440 362.897 1,037.32 329.215 1,143.45 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,645,286 1,675.112 982.19 1,519.637 1,082.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,160 14.484 3,670.16 13.140 4,045.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,198,904 117,959.752 1,052.89 107,011.318 1,160.61 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,061,688 2,398.773 1,693.24 2,176.131 1,866.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 218,931 114.634 1,909.81 103.995 2,105.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 645,000 137.788 4,681.07 125.000 5,160.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 67,454 48.120 1,401.78 43.654 1,545.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,569,903 1,562.318 1,644.93 1,417.312 1,813.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 133,528 144.744 922.51 131.310 1,016.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,214,429 5,583.772 1,650.22 5,065.515 1,819.05 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 639,151 126.503 5,052.44 114.762 5,569.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,631 29.147 3,178.03 26.442 3,503.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,094,838 399.994 5,237.17 362.869 5,772.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 262,073 161.983 1,617.90 146.949 1,783.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,796 16.409 1,754.89 14.886 1,934.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,443 42.500 1,422.16 38.556 1,567.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,991,646 2,046.517 2,927.73 1,856.570 3,227.27 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,433,976 1,839.614 1,323.09 1,668.871 1,458.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 802,959 1,209.979 663.61 1,097.675 731.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 223,666 248.122 901.43 225.093 993.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,632,851 13,687.050 922.98 12,416.687 1,017.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 497,519 471.381 1,055.45 427.630 1,163.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,672,144 4,181.613 1,356.45 3,793.497 1,495.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 147,327 53.710 2,743.00 48.725 3,023.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,882,661 2,268.193 3,475.30 2,057.671 3,830.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,222,628 3,998.094 1,306.28 3,627.011 1,439.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,465,164 2,247.264 2,876.90 2,038.685 3,171.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 330,245 105.149 3,140.72 95.390 3,462.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 159,352 14.626 10,894.70 13.269 12,009.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 107,546 115.030 934.93 104.354 1,030.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,161,630 1,452.673 2,176.42 1,317.844 2,399.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,008,123 2,984.665 672.81 2,707.644 741.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,364,130 6,071.019 1,213.00 5,507.538 1,337.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,764,804 1,758.861 1,003.38 1,595.613 1,106.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,434,823 3,077.404 1,116.14 2,791.775 1,230.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,107,947 3,202.282 1,282.82 2,905.063 1,414.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,180 37.330 1,183.47 33.866 1,304.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 193,486 25.490 7,590.38 23.125 8,366.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,657,161 49,049.561 1,318.20 44,497.026 1,453.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 707,181 185.824 3,805.64 168.577 4,195.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 707,181 185.824 3,805.64 168.577 4,195.00 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,965 6.137 1,786.51 5.568 1,969.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 321,714 233.930 1,375.26 212.218 1,515.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 332,679 240.067 1,385.77 217.786 1,527.55 GRAND TOTAL 593,245,879 407,219.803 1,456.82 369,423.696 1,605.87 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,220,069 53,210.623 887.42 48,271.879 978.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 35,894,734 33,225.357 1,080.34 30,141.546 1,190.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,639,191 9,622.400 1,105.67 8,729.297 1,218.79 STEEL PILING...........................5 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,720,755 19,264.240 1,231.34 17,476.230 1,357.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,751,531 43,264.080 918.81 39,248.525 1,012.82 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 631,020 1,280.320 492.86 1,161.488 543.29 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,951,059 14,448.239 1,034.80 13,107.226 1,140.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,430,293 5,014.017 1,083.02 4,548.641 1,193.83 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,639,008 2,865.407 1,618.97 2,599.455 1,784.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,972,832 30,067.544 1,329.43 27,276.825 1,465.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,246,359 13,355.526 1,815.46 12,115.933 2,001.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 64,008 80.683 793.32 73.195 874.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 447,388 275.943 1,621.30 250.332 1,787.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,631,008 4,354.275 1,522.87 3,950.133 1,678.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 31,214 14.086 2,215.89 12.779 2,442.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,807,526 445.168 4,060.32 403.850 4,475.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 36,667,407 29,170.472 1,257.00 26,463.015 1,385.61 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,131,985 13,699.376 1,469.55 12,427.869 1,619.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,927,662 10,718.511 832.92 9,723.673 918.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,294,170 2,249.735 1,019.75 2,040.926 1,124.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 54,534,345 57,424.189 949.68 52,094.363 1,046.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,474,212 22,910.572 1,024.60 20,784.128 1,129.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,433,377 25,787.297 869.94 23,393.849 958.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,605 329.728 1,187.66 299.125 1,309.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,633,420 2,010.394 812.49 1,823.800 895.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,294,673 2,396.708 1,374.67 2,174.258 1,515.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 433,181,284 400,209.648 1,082.39 363,064.188 1,193.13 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 82,355,812 87,148.160 945.01 79,059.504 1,041.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,281,982 9,160.062 1,013.31 8,309.871 1,116.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,894,215 3,021.304 957.94 2,740.882 1,055.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,190,038 3,047.956 1,046.62 2,765.060 1,153.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,258,407 6,208.424 1,008.05 5,632.190 1,111.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,382,556 41,465.907 925.64 37,617.249 1,020.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,246 145.643 1,072.79 132.126 1,182.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,019,861 3,765.337 1,333.18 3,415.858 1,469.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,473,511 2,114.641 2,115.49 1,918.371 2,331.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,391,366 8,460.803 1,582.75 7,675.514 1,744.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,178,721 5,318.750 1,349.70 4,825.091 1,487.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 342,622 102.299 3,349.19 92.805 3,691.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,372,953 3,150.965 1,705.18 2,858.509 1,879.63 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,530,371 10,661.322 1,269.11 9,671.792 1,398.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,177,189 5,954.882 1,037.33 5,402.180 1,143.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,547,460 4,905.742 1,130.81 4,450.416 1,246.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 14,236,516 10,647.380 1,337.09 9,659.144 1,473.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,291,461 1,518.664 850.39 1,377.710 937.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 237,641 190.081 1,250.21 172.439 1,378.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,292,066 220,565.568 1,093.97 200,093.774 1,205.89 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua STANDARD PIPE.........................18 61,093 49.307 1,239.02 44.731 1,365.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,093 49.307 1,239.02 44.731 1,365.79 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,421,203 2,198.312 1,101.39 1,994.276 1,214.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,117 90.558 1,492.05 82.153 1,644.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,470,777 2,911.843 1,191.95 2,641.581 1,313.90 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,576,775 2,182.081 1,639.16 1,979.552 1,806.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,015,200 3,954.379 1,521.15 3,587.354 1,676.78 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,801,488 2,114.737 1,797.62 1,918.458 1,981.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,360,947 4,419.365 1,439.33 4,009.182 1,586.59 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,555,351 74,760.253 930.38 67,821.380 1,025.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 370,003 322.621 1,146.87 292.677 1,264.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 504,098 578.825 870.90 525.102 960.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,840 12.016 2,316.85 10.901 2,553.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 312,540 222.716 1,403.31 202.045 1,546.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,655,385 80,806.290 948.63 73,306.254 1,045.69 Argentina IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,374 101.020 1,518.25 91.644 1,673.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,614,809 5,094.798 1,690.90 4,621.925 1,863.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,568,249 1,768.166 1,452.49 1,604.054 1,601.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,833,004 1,191.780 1,538.04 1,081.165 1,695.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,348,797 8,512.273 1,685.66 7,722.207 1,858.12 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,090 13.001 622.22 11.795 685.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,155 31.636 605.47 28.700 667.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,874 39.396 2,662.01 35.740 2,934.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 162,525 27.859 5,833.67 25.274 6,430.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,500 0.992 3,527.94 0.900 3,888.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 683,941 715.237 956.24 648.853 1,054.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 504,783 118.640 4,254.72 107.629 4,690.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,663,418 1,030.873 1,613.60 935.193 1,778.69 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,265,448 6,870.695 766.36 6,232.992 844.77 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 38,618 23.080 1,673.21 20.938 1,844.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,736 42.122 1,631.81 38.213 1,798.76 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,345 3.054 7,970.20 2.771 8,785.64 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 50,920 104.524 487.16 94.823 537.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 921,250 1,302.395 707.35 1,181.514 779.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 697,213 350.360 1,989.99 317.842 2,193.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,446,028 14,990.961 1,230.48 13,599.575 1,356.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 970,467 522.246 1,858.26 473.774 2,048.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 68,355 45.810 1,492.11 41.559 1,644.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,095 0.222 31,863.75 0.202 35,123.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 704,785 323.691 2,177.34 293.648 2,400.10 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 870,756 340.232 2,559.30 308.654 2,821.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,879,227 18,955.248 1,259.77 17,195.917 1,388.66 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,172,718 2,334.413 502.36 2,117.745 553.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 163,680 186.711 876.65 169.382 966.34 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 11,747 7.206 1,629.96 6.538 1,796.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,036,150 29,515.004 780.49 26,775.569 860.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,483,705 2,771.886 896.03 2,514.614 987.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 796,578 731.289 1,089.28 663.415 1,200.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,365,879 36,445.387 778.31 33,062.709 857.94 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,156,138 2,863.271 753.03 2,597.517 830.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 518,189 348.253 1,487.97 315.930 1,640.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 549,519 181.738 3,023.69 164.870 3,333.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 638,241 924.100 690.66 838.330 761.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,874,033 5,083.161 958.86 4,611.368 1,056.96 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,390,342 18,627.418 1,416.75 16,898.515 1,561.70 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 116,350 29.642 3,925.14 26.891 4,326.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,347,084 1,777.704 757.77 1,612.707 835.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,916 31.370 1,304.28 28.459 1,437.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 468,924 293.489 1,597.76 266.249 1,761.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,976 7.289 408.25 6.613 450.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 567,458 324.134 1,750.69 294.050 1,929.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,865,304 2,013.850 1,422.80 1,826.935 1,568.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 504,143 215.852 2,335.59 195.818 2,574.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,583,350 4,564.128 785.11 4,140.509 865.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,442 48.589 605.93 44.080 667.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 242,733 48.061 5,050.43 43.601 5,567.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,765,867 11,428.266 1,117.04 10,367.552 1,231.33 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 714,252 455.148 1,569.27 412.904 1,729.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,469,956 4,894.024 1,117.68 4,439.786 1,232.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,704,767 1,541.719 1,754.38 1,398.625 1,933.88 STEEL PILING...........................5 298,977 454.380 657.99 412.207 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,039,576 1,319.827 1,545.33 1,197.328 1,703.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 956,631 2,126.137 449.94 1,928.800 495.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,991 2.380 1,256.20 2.160 1,384.72 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,489,585 2,724.885 1,647.62 2,471.975 1,816.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,486,703 492.681 3,017.58 446.953 3,326.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,957,351 10,287.578 1,551.13 9,332.737 1,709.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,641,283 2,680.179 2,477.92 2,431.419 2,731.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,770,539 956.104 1,851.83 867.364 2,041.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,570,874 1,655.128 2,157.46 1,501.508 2,378.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 10,648,111 4,681.276 2,274.62 4,246.784 2,507.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 493,662 9.121 54,119.97 8.275 59,657.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 493,918 186.918 2,642.42 169.570 2,912.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 865,014 450.179 1,921.49 408.396 2,118.08 TIN PLATE.............................29 412,779 395.265 1,044.31 358.579 1,151.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,308,665 2,644.568 872.98 2,399.113 962.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,257 15.990 1,517.00 14.506 1,672.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 235,415 232.323 1,013.31 210.760 1,116.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 327,205 352.713 927.68 319.976 1,022.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,578,668 1,387.742 1,137.58 1,258.939 1,253.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 315,101 182.701 1,724.68 165.744 1,901.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,495 10.944 593.43 9.929 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,138,949 2,664.620 1,553.30 2,417.304 1,712.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 68,293,035 43,067.025 1,585.74 39,069.759 1,747.98 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,199,998 943.006 1,272.52 855.481 1,402.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,669,169 5,575.054 2,272.47 5,057.606 2,504.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 317,666 68.248 4,654.55 61.914 5,130.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,384 9.896 2,767.03 8.978 3,050.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 473,017 121.504 3,893.00 110.227 4,291.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,848,793 7,444.592 2,128.90 6,753.623 2,346.71 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,997,232 4,855.557 1,029.18 4,404.889 1,134.47 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 124,685 150.250 829.85 136.305 914.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 322,329 236.577 1,362.46 214.620 1,501.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,200,685 8,694.066 1,058.27 7,887.127 1,166.54 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,991,110 1,460.761 1,363.06 1,325.181 1,502.52 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,906,823 978.234 1,949.25 887.440 2,148.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,972 1.322 4,514.76 1.200 4,976.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 118,260 43.910 2,693.20 39.835 2,968.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,585,276 1,545.501 1,672.77 1,402.056 1,843.92 Poland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 622,781 411.005 1,515.26 372.858 1,670.29 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,302,154 20,110.650 959.80 18,244.080 1,058.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,893,153 2,734.674 1,057.95 2,480.856 1,166.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,023,471 8,260.850 971.26 7,494.120 1,070.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,147,502 150,472.777 858.28 136,506.646 946.09 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,796,460 32,477.068 917.46 29,462.709 1,011.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,396,494 130,909.271 904.42 118,758.927 996.95 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 328,512 222.446 1,476.81 201.800 1,627.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,550,579 2,000.241 1,275.14 1,814.589 1,405.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 523,990 245.394 2,135.30 222.618 2,353.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,083,528 459.330 2,358.93 416.698 2,600.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 915,494 430.802 2,125.09 390.818 2,342.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 213,174 258.197 825.62 234.233 910.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,797,377 5,125.994 1,521.14 4,650.225 1,676.77 Italy IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 172,252 126.298 1,363.85 114.576 1,503.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 151,292 97.943 1,544.68 88.853 1,702.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 916,146 417.718 2,193.21 378.948 2,417.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,733,508 2,968.506 1,931.45 2,692.985 2,129.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,105,202 2,730.856 1,869.45 2,477.392 2,060.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 443,343 138.392 3,203.51 125.548 3,531.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,240 97.294 2,253.37 88.264 2,483.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,269 44.974 1,895.95 40.800 2,089.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,000 4.376 2,056.59 3.970 2,267.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 106,117 62.596 1,695.24 56.787 1,868.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 72,360 22.655 3,193.88 20.553 3,520.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,054,323 6,732.544 1,938.99 6,107.663 2,137.37 Serbia SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 144,816 167.953 862.24 152.365 950.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,816 167.953 862.24 152.365 950.45 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 112,608 35.650 3,158.63 32.342 3,481.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 650,739 310.803 2,093.73 281.956 2,307.95 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,296 52.819 2,372.16 47.917 2,614.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,280,942 12,696.033 1,124.83 11,517.651 1,239.92 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 813,618 514.398 1,581.69 466.655 1,743.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,050,949 4,971.174 1,217.21 4,509.775 1,341.74 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,973,324 42,370.883 919.81 38,438.230 1,013.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 556,173 446.829 1,244.71 405.357 1,372.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,104 7.366 10,873.73 6.683 11,986.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,162,011 9,160.988 1,000.11 8,310.711 1,102.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,091,832 814.056 1,341.22 738.500 1,478.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,329,564 14,470.185 1,335.82 13,127.135 1,472.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,150 2.690 799.04 2.441 880.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,483,470 1,056.563 1,404.05 958.499 1,547.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 64,824 44.865 1,444.86 40.701 1,592.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,305,655 930.856 1,402.64 844.459 1,546.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 554,149 533.535 1,038.64 484.015 1,144.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,507,213 1,212.712 1,242.84 1,100.155 1,370.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 282,268 140.544 2,008.39 127.500 2,213.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,589,952 87,264.395 1,061.03 79,164.950 1,169.58 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,501 46.504 1,623.53 42.188 1,789.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,135,805 2,876.728 742.44 2,609.725 818.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,601,363 6,945.828 806.44 6,301.151 888.94 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 491,372 503.855 975.22 457.090 1,075.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,719,534 5,224.876 1,094.67 4,739.930 1,206.67 Malaysia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,503,199 2,362.584 1,059.52 2,143.301 1,167.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,373,012 3,092.903 1,090.56 2,805.836 1,202.14 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 238,180 91.231 2,610.72 82.764 2,877.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,180 91.231 2,610.72 82.764 2,877.82 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 204,674 302.359 676.92 274.296 746.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 20,904,169 26,321.614 794.18 23,878.574 875.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,219,595 2,288.900 969.72 2,076.456 1,068.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,200 1.570 2,673.81 1.425 2,947.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,115,868 2,182.001 969.69 1,979.479 1,068.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 872,396 665.365 1,311.15 603.610 1,445.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,566,152 11,159.730 1,215.63 10,123.940 1,340.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 180,112,678 157,628.289 1,142.64 142,998.019 1,259.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,408,133 12,983.880 955.66 11,778.782 1,053.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,416,724 25,248.607 967.05 22,905.158 1,065.99 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,878,550 8,432.898 815.68 7,650.199 899.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,454,360 7,389.282 1,414.80 6,703.446 1,559.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,691,628 2,018.559 1,333.44 1,831.207 1,469.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 102,891 46.711 2,202.69 42.376 2,428.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,142,711 1,012.175 1,128.97 918.230 1,244.47 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,815,256 14,943.087 1,326.05 13,556.145 1,461.72 BLACK PLATE...........................28 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,539,818 9,008.771 947.94 8,172.622 1,044.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 49,269,831 53,666.050 918.08 48,685.036 1,012.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 439,072 326.350 1,345.40 296.060 1,483.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 373,594,085 356,826.169 1,046.99 323,707.347 1,154.11 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,923,936 3,974.677 987.23 3,605.768 1,088.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,191,726 1,189.922 1,001.52 1,079.480 1,103.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 173,129 131.445 1,317.12 119.245 1,451.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,531,107 11,812.868 976.15 10,716.457 1,076.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,904,605 31,842.903 1,190.36 28,887.404 1,312.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,099,452 13,350.922 1,130.97 12,111.757 1,246.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,562,454 3,201.668 800.35 2,904.506 882.23 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,392,765 11,528.159 901.51 10,458.173 993.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,026,666 715.356 1,435.18 648.961 1,582.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,768,090 4,208.939 895.26 3,818.287 986.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 19,398 9.852 1,968.85 8.938 2,170.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,789,391 1,323.667 1,351.84 1,200.811 1,490.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 34,060,325 39,054.921 872.11 35,430.039 961.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,741,305 1,986.883 876.40 1,802.471 966.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,242,569 1,805.587 1,242.02 1,638.002 1,369.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,410,055 1,118.933 1,260.18 1,015.080 1,389.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 161,718,850 159,201.148 1,015.81 144,424.893 1,119.74 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,600 10.000 1,959.97 9.072 2,160.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,403,675 9,914.695 948.46 8,994.463 1,045.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 837,664 1,080.777 775.06 980.465 854.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,066,208 2,275.232 908.13 2,064.057 1,001.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 87,002 18.916 4,599.20 17.161 5,069.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 677,205 531.187 1,274.89 481.885 1,405.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,403,454 1,177.184 1,192.21 1,067.924 1,314.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,287,868 13,304.046 1,224.28 12,069.231 1,349.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,022,361 15,153.615 1,189.31 13,747.133 1,310.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 455,973 282.631 1,613.31 256.399 1,778.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,301,592 45,821.170 1,119.60 41,568.278 1,234.15 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,502,319 8,325.900 660.87 7,553.132 728.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,015,109 1,008.577 1,006.48 914.966 1,109.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,605,370 2,239.004 1,163.63 2,031.191 1,282.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 419,154 548.234 764.55 497.350 842.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,609,111 12,243.037 866.54 11,106.700 955.20 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,224,586 2,611.964 851.69 2,369.535 938.83 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,767 70.488 1,500.49 63.946 1,654.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,243,656 2,435.603 1,331.77 2,209.543 1,468.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,841,470 4,067.527 1,927.82 3,690.000 2,125.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,380,980 17,119.215 1,073.70 15,530.295 1,183.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,050,846 744.149 2,755.96 675.081 3,037.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,751 25.546 2,495.53 23.175 2,750.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 707,730 221.191 3,199.62 200.662 3,526.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 902,736 497.323 1,815.19 451.164 2,000.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,374,904 2,874.851 1,173.94 2,608.022 1,294.05 BLACK PLATE...........................28 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 798,025 966.795 825.43 877.062 909.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,282,173 2,796.965 815.95 2,537.365 899.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,422,593 1,472.801 965.91 1,336.103 1,064.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,440,746 3,851.317 1,153.05 3,493.857 1,271.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,751,083 1,005.306 1,741.84 911.999 1,920.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 409,787 336.521 1,217.72 305.287 1,342.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,037,613 118,351.239 988.90 107,366.469 1,090.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,852 30.519 1,076.42 27.687 1,186.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 474,214 435.831 1,088.07 395.380 1,199.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,568 22.046 2,112.29 20.000 2,328.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,048,524 61,509.949 911.21 55,800.903 1,004.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,911,845 62,356.364 912.69 56,568.758 1,006.06 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,190,376 2,306.019 949.85 2,091.986 1,047.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 231,130 151.874 1,521.85 137.778 1,677.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,596,374 2,090.551 1,241.96 1,896.517 1,369.02 GRAND TOTAL 2,149,937,409 2,047,606.444 1,049.98 1,857,557.844 1,157.40 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 35,203 12.259 2,871.39 11.122 3,165.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,011 2.247 4,898.98 2.039 5,400.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 53,873 7.614 7,074.81 6.908 7,798.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 218,545 15.961 13,692.04 14.480 15,092.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,414 0.167 20,375.85 0.152 22,460.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,290 17.138 6,143.40 15.548 6,771.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 249,780 35.113 7,113.60 31.854 7,841.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 48,763 10.101 4,827.27 9.164 5,321.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,278,578 1,337.384 9,928.77 1,213.255 10,944.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 451,965 99.931 4,522.77 90.656 4,985.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 131,530 24.689 5,327.35 22.398 5,872.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 46,388 7.079 6,552.86 6.422 7,223.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,634,340 1,569.688 9,323.08 1,423.998 10,276.94 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,418 23.836 6,100.68 21.624 6,724.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,895 1.054 34,026.55 0.957 37,507.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,588,781 7,593.332 2,974.82 6,888.557 3,279.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,621,067 1,779.713 3,158.41 1,614.529 3,481.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,825,543 9,493.776 3,036.26 8,612.612 3,346.90 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,741 3.067 6,761.02 2.783 7,452.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 382,651 23.178 16,509.02 21.027 18,198.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 227,055 51.120 4,441.54 46.376 4,895.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,862,556 1,389.754 4,218.41 1,260.764 4,650.00 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,325,629 217.481 6,095.36 197.296 6,718.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,702,927 935.618 6,095.36 848.779 6,718.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,599,340 557.674 4,661.03 505.914 5,137.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 419,992 58.587 7,168.59 53.150 7,902.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,048,625 91.902 11,410.13 83.373 12,577.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,539,463 466.749 5,440.74 423.428 5,997.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,739,733 218.394 7,966.02 198.124 8,781.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,296,432 5,232.683 5,980.95 4,747.012 6,592.87 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 175,888 39.902 4,407.94 36.199 4,858.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,961,785 831.990 4,761.82 754.769 5,249.00 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,163 16.407 7,140.65 14.885 7,871.21 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 79,299 21.097 3,758.76 19.139 4,143.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,941,244 4,652.520 4,071.18 4,220.697 4,487.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,383,719 296.467 4,667.35 268.951 5,144.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,112 2.655 3,431.41 2.409 3,782.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,554 24.962 3,867.89 22.646 4,263.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 714,323 155.541 4,592.49 141.105 5,062.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 922,682 156.039 5,913.12 141.557 6,518.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 390,590 15.435 25,304.39 14.003 27,893.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,706 16.152 7,782.61 14.653 8,578.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 164,115 17.695 9,274.45 16.053 10,223.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 446,977 51.896 8,612.80 47.080 9,493.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,490,307 5,454.381 4,673.36 4,948.133 5,151.50 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,010 2.610 57,469.10 2.368 63,348.82 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,541 0.862 5,267.94 0.782 5,806.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 61,521 2.450 25,106.13 2.223 27,674.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,198 4.106 17,095.99 3.725 18,845.10 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,936,363 286.679 6,754.46 260.071 7,445.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 103,294 10.836 9,531.76 9.831 10,506.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,872,057 369.472 5,066.84 335.180 5,585.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,374,791 916.047 5,867.37 831.025 6,467.66 France WIRE RODS..............................3 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 672,491 149.899 4,486.27 135.987 4,945.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 963,500 107.162 8,991.04 97.216 9,910.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,176,894 371.854 5,854.15 337.341 6,453.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 467,552 45.964 10,172.10 41.698 11,212.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 63,403 33.253 1,906.66 30.167 2,101.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,623,386 1,210.093 2,994.30 1,097.779 3,300.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 706,926 189.843 3,723.73 172.223 4,104.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,346,143 3,162.690 5,484.62 2,869.145 6,045.75 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 218,322 27.149 8,041.35 24.630 8,864.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 143,948 49.361 2,916.20 44.780 3,214.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,560,784 461.684 5,546.61 418.833 6,114.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 433,754 117.947 3,677.52 107.000 4,053.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 796,384 154.356 5,159.38 140.030 5,687.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,907,339 491.232 5,918.45 445.639 6,523.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 468,852 73.068 6,416.57 66.287 7,073.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,833,789 628.160 4,511.25 569.858 4,972.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 20,666 4.253 4,858.22 3.859 5,355.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,142,130 130.977 8,720.03 118.821 9,612.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,345,599 2,298.600 6,676.06 2,085.256 7,359.10 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 84,320 14.869 5,670.83 13.489 6,251.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,424,615 173.885 8,192.85 157.746 9,031.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,243 3.849 7,597.02 3.492 8,374.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 85,255 15.280 5,579.43 13.862 6,150.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,625,009 360.086 10,067.05 326.665 11,097.02 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,063 2.109 1,451.78 1.914 1,600.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 226,046 28.880 7,826.93 26.200 8,627.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,106 0.068 30,815.03 0.062 33,967.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,516,065 84.960 17,844.33 77.075 19,670.00 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,415,475 219.207 11,019.11 198.862 12,146.49 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,380 0.770 5,684.51 0.699 6,266.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,956 15.258 3,601.74 13.842 3,970.24 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,615,166 324.046 4,984.37 293.970 5,494.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,106,209 507.766 6,117.40 460.638 6,743.28 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,254 0.220 32,903.60 0.200 36,270.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 388,790 95.128 4,087.01 86.299 4,505.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,841,675 1,010.557 13,697.06 916.763 15,098.42 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,891,158 375.916 5,030.79 341.026 5,545.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,891,158 375.916 5,030.79 341.026 5,545.50 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 12,152,306 3,108.650 3,909.19 2,820.121 4,309.14 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,923,968 1,188.368 3,301.98 1,078.070 3,639.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,699,476 730.211 6,435.77 662.437 7,094.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 737,706 165.970 4,444.80 150.566 4,899.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,705,626 1,684.529 6,948.90 1,528.180 7,659.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 858,340 144.765 5,929.18 131.329 6,535.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,629 13.335 5,071.25 12.098 5,590.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,043 23.003 6,392.33 20.868 7,046.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,923,163 8,278.378 4,943.38 7,510.021 5,449.14 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,850 8.647 3,451.81 7.845 3,804.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,286,525 227.664 5,650.96 206.534 6,229.12 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,263,454 375.011 6,035.69 340.205 6,653.21 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,932 6.160 4,371.50 5.589 4,818.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 209,243 56.763 3,686.22 51.495 4,063.37 India WIRE RODS..............................3 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,106,792 429.665 4,903.33 389.786 5,405.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,028,932 1,931.064 4,675.62 1,751.833 5,153.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,645,170 770.249 3,434.17 698.759 3,785.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,450 0.339 10,161.65 0.308 11,201.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,520 1.143 4,828.99 1.037 5,323.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 931,349 167.148 5,571.97 151.635 6,142.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,097,747 1,723.383 4,698.75 1,563.428 5,179.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 900,014 213.808 4,209.44 193.964 4,640.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 558,026 118.314 4,716.47 107.333 5,199.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,834,268 6,387.250 4,514.35 5,794.418 4,976.21 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,572,931 381.417 4,123.91 346.016 4,545.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 193,449 33.502 5,774.16 30.393 6,364.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 71,850 31.379 2,289.71 28.467 2,523.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,253,748 1,212.137 3,509.29 1,099.633 3,868.33 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 Singapore IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 265,809 62.693 4,239.79 56.875 4,673.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 375,624 85.836 4,376.02 77.870 4,823.73 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 255,728 21.241 12,039.06 19.270 13,270.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 267,589 100.183 2,670.99 90.885 2,944.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,818,032 430.809 4,220.04 390.824 4,651.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,196,021 333.354 3,587.84 302.414 3,954.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,000 9.842 2,032.00 8.929 2,239.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 450,604 92.787 4,856.33 84.175 5,353.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,801,517 991.827 3,832.84 899.771 4,224.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 175,640 17.703 9,921.42 16.060 10,936.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 667,748 523.795 1,274.83 475.179 1,405.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,264,823 2,152.638 7,555.76 1,952.841 8,328.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,402,162 565.611 4,247.02 513.114 4,681.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,148,135 542.044 3,963.02 491.735 4,368.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 46,246,483 12,210.826 3,787.33 11,077.479 4,174.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,406,396 399.575 3,519.72 362.489 3,879.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,132,595 18,395.523 4,193.01 16,688.143 4,622.00 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,802,923 427.324 4,219.10 387.662 4,650.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,899 1.749 9,088.43 1.587 10,018.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,522,877 944.983 6,902.63 857.275 7,608.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,944,701 793.581 6,230.87 719.925 6,868.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,002 5.299 5,472.17 4.808 6,032.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,031,727 587.605 3,457.64 533.067 3,811.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,035,511 441.777 4,607.55 400.774 5,078.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,382,640 3,202.321 5,428.14 2,905.098 5,983.50 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,356,653 1,727.839 4,836.48 1,567.470 5,331.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,419,519 311.040 4,563.78 282.171 5,030.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,960 0.999 6,961.42 0.907 7,673.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,073,231 2,130.322 4,259.09 1,932.597 4,694.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,859,639 2,126.627 5,576.73 1,929.245 6,147.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,240,374 325.045 6,892.50 294.876 7,597.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,221,963 1,469.893 3,552.61 1,333.465 3,916.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 314,916 123.221 2,555.68 111.785 2,817.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,068,693 8,929.152 4,599.39 8,100.393 5,069.96 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 14,861 4.888 3,039.84 4.435 3,350.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 33,939 7.305 4,645.99 6.627 5,121.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,265,489 405.590 5,585.65 367.946 6,157.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 283,702 64.915 4,370.35 58.890 4,817.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 261,040 46.586 5,603.28 42.263 6,176.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,089,775 3,787.828 3,455.75 3,436.261 3,809.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,317,341 909.927 8,041.67 825.473 8,864.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,074,091 118.368 9,074.14 107.382 10,002.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,178,502 1,525.661 1,427.91 1,384.057 1,574.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,144,488 180.420 6,343.44 163.675 6,992.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 22,642 14.462 1,565.59 13.120 1,725.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,166,922 490.462 6,457.01 444.940 7,117.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,852,792 7,556.417 4,082.99 6,855.069 4,500.73 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,748 20.951 5,190.43 19.007 5,721.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,915 23.622 6,134.61 21.430 6,762.25 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,112,479 1,317.217 1,603.74 1,194.960 1,767.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,702,274 1,272.470 1,337.77 1,154.366 1,474.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,093,577 3,174.058 1,604.75 2,879.458 1,768.94 GRAND TOTAL 431,618,180 92,451.954 4,668.57 83,871.026 5,146.21