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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 50,546,772 53,815.192 939.27 48,820.335 1,035.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 46,608,213 32,684.694 1,426.00 29,651.064 1,571.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 89,820,015 96,052.991 935.11 87,137.832 1,030.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 27,313,273 26,022.005 1,049.62 23,606.773 1,157.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 39,621,179 42,516.142 931.91 38,570.007 1,027.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 10,984,926 12,784.444 859.24 11,597.856 947.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 49,391,926 45,237.160 1,091.84 41,038.473 1,203.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 8,517,110 4,315.992 1,973.38 3,915.404 2,175.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 90,291,842 67,255.586 1,342.52 61,013.258 1,479.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,888,142 974.606 7,067.62 884.148 7,790.71 Stainless Steel Bar 414,400 43.735 9,475.19 39.676 10,444.60 Stainless Steel Rod 7,839 0.582 13,468.60 0.528 14,846.59 Stainless Steel Wire 451,965 99.931 4,522.77 90.656 4,985.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 421,167,675 382,149.670 1,102.10 346,680.446 1,214.86 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 52,392,306 43,987.123 1,191.08 39,904.458 1,312.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,031,464 10,151.987 988.13 9,209.731 1,089.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,618,463 4,966.469 1,131.28 4,505.507 1,247.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 20,055,652 14,998.736 1,337.16 13,606.629 1,473.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 20,179,434 18,841.891 1,070.99 17,093.081 1,180.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 258,385 209.078 1,235.83 189.673 1,362.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 38,092,978 41,177.331 925.10 37,355.457 1,019.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,014,733 11,535.306 1,475.01 10,464.657 1,625.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,038,787 1,621.933 3,106.65 1,471.394 3,424.50 Stainless Steel Bar 145,418 23.836 6,100.68 21.624 6,724.84 Stainless Steel Wire 35,895 1.054 34,026.55 0.957 37,507.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 169,103,612 147,726.821 1,144.70 134,015.556 1,261.82 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 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 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 Costa Rica Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 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 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,328,265 2,128.390 1,093.91 1,930.844 1,205.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 909,556 614.259 1,480.74 557.247 1,632.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,242,722 2,751.363 1,178.59 2,495.996 1,299.17 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 406,699 302.820 1,343.04 274.714 1,480.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,332,823 1,717.096 1,358.59 1,557.724 1,497.58 Venezuela Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 211,816 109.080 1,941.84 98.956 2,140.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,991,173 1,699.004 1,171.96 1,541.311 1,291.87 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 7,507,068 7,859.863 955.11 7,130.350 1,052.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 370,003 322.621 1,146.87 292.677 1,264.20 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 66,290 31.370 2,113.12 28.459 2,329.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,357,213 3,174.727 1,372.47 2,880.065 1,512.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 355,717 29.539 12,041.99 26.798 13,274.01 Stainless Steel Bar 503,857 42.076 11,974.84 38.171 13,199.99 Stainless Steel Wire 227,055 51.120 4,441.54 46.376 4,895.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,829,194 12,700.710 1,167.59 11,521.894 1,287.04 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 597,642 32.822 18,208.35 29.776 20,071.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 600,559 38.181 15,728.91 34.638 17,338.15 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,647,898 7,024.838 1,942.81 6,372.828 2,141.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,086,682 6,049.111 1,006.21 5,487.663 1,109.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,293,147 4,852.769 1,090.75 4,402.360 1,202.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 533,344 159.051 3,353.28 144.289 3,696.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,657,064 413.328 4,009.08 374.965 4,419.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 499,769 262.304 1,905.30 237.959 2,100.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 118,978 52.605 2,261.70 47.723 2,493.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 122,068 7.923 15,405.99 7.188 16,982.19 Stainless Steel Bar 3,033,370 618.320 4,905.82 560.931 5,407.74 Stainless Steel Rod 170,758 26.606 6,417.91 24.137 7,074.53 Stainless Steel Wire 1,048,625 91.902 11,410.13 83.373 12,577.51 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 32,211,703 19,558.762 1,646.92 17,743.416 1,815.42 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,765 0.196 44,671.22 0.178 49,241.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,274,213 6,870.891 767.62 6,233.170 846.15 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 921,329 491.532 1,874.40 445.911 2,066.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 70,695 2.177 32,472.63 1.975 35,794.94 Stainless Steel Wire 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,346,764 599.354 2,247.03 543.725 2,476.92 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 15,885 1.307 12,150.62 1.186 13,393.76 Stainless Steel Bar 46,527 5.684 8,184.72 5.157 9,022.11 Stainless Steel Wire 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,923 14.002 7,064.59 12.703 7,787.37 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 500,528 253.400 1,975.25 229.881 2,177.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 752,214 288.542 2,606.95 261.761 2,873.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,624,735 1,773.831 1,479.70 1,609.193 1,631.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 19,935,627 15,643.100 1,274.40 14,191.186 1,404.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,612,575 1,615.497 2,236.20 1,465.555 2,464.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 144,346 49.037 2,943.59 44.486 3,244.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 575,835 27.449 20,977.79 24.902 23,124.05 Stainless Steel Bar 1,071,426 174.748 6,131.25 158.529 6,758.55 Stainless Steel Rod 1,958,410 435.956 4,492.22 395.493 4,951.82 Stainless Steel Wire 125,706 16.152 7,782.61 14.653 8,578.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,020,543 20,891.400 1,532.71 18,952.365 1,689.53 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,746 1.105 8,814.98 1.003 9,716.85 Stainless Steel Wire 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,673 3.677 36,894.64 3.336 40,669.36 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,484,100 14,266.143 594.70 12,942.031 655.55 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,016,688 2,291.006 880.26 2,078.367 970.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,729,583 3,026.995 901.75 2,746.045 994.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 550,822 779.655 706.49 707.292 778.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 184,573 150.194 1,228.89 136.254 1,354.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 59,237 3.440 17,218.49 3.121 18,980.13 Stainless Steel Bar 4,541 0.862 5,267.94 0.782 5,806.91 Stainless Steel Wire 53,821 2.398 22,438.24 2.176 24,733.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,083,365 20,520.696 686.30 18,616.068 756.52 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,744,679 872.880 4,290.03 791.864 4,728.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 638,241 924.100 690.66 838.330 761.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 135,838 60.066 2,261.48 54.491 2,492.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 106,041 26.108 4,061.59 23.685 4,477.14 Stainless Steel Wire 103,294 10.836 9,531.76 9.831 10,506.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,751,588 2,694.955 2,134.21 2,444.823 2,352.56 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 355,178 424.833 836.04 385.403 921.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,988,276 1,450.759 1,370.51 1,316.107 1,510.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,343,454 1,875.593 1,249.45 1,701.510 1,377.28 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,999,905 1,232.316 2,434.36 1,117.939 2,683.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,063,582 4,011.866 763.63 3,639.505 841.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 756,135 257.387 2,937.73 233.498 3,238.29 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 769,783 829.401 928.12 752.421 1,023.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 615,966 752.763 818.27 682.896 901.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 641,384 371.291 1,727.44 336.830 1,904.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,101,175 1,128.756 1,861.50 1,023.991 2,051.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,598 19.381 804.77 17.583 887.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,024,779 309.347 3,312.72 280.635 3,651.64 Stainless Steel Bar 2,560,120 441.269 5,801.72 400.313 6,395.30 Stainless Steel Rod 2,666,223 420.047 6,347.43 381.061 6,996.84 Stainless Steel Wire 467,552 45.964 10,172.10 41.698 11,212.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,682,202 9,819.794 1,800.67 8,908.370 1,984.90 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 567,802 223.835 2,536.70 203.060 2,796.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,948,327 2,403.503 2,058.80 2,180.422 2,269.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,141,312 2,230.222 511.75 2,023.224 564.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,864,273 6,187.640 1,432.58 5,613.335 1,579.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,958,779 5,173.546 1,345.07 4,693.364 1,482.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 594,748 551.474 1,078.47 500.289 1,188.81 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,309,281 1,610.573 2,054.72 1,461.088 2,264.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,453,338 2,980.728 1,829.53 2,704.072 2,016.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,877,183 11,623.360 1,882.17 10,544.538 2,074.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,807,114 218.885 12,824.55 198.570 14,136.65 Stainless Steel Bar 4,141,387 674.674 6,138.34 612.055 6,766.36 Stainless Steel Rod 143,948 49.361 2,916.20 44.780 3,214.56 Stainless Steel Wire 468,852 73.068 6,416.57 66.287 7,073.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,617,655 34,263.355 1,798.35 31,083.202 1,982.35 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,428,886 1,713.288 1,417.67 1,554.270 1,562.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,473,149 245.572 5,998.83 222.780 6,612.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 152,934 26.521 5,766.39 24.060 6,356.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 398,724 81.920 4,867.21 74.317 5,365.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,299,238 218.004 5,959.70 197.770 6,569.44 Stainless Steel Bar 1,585,942 194.698 8,145.61 176.628 8,979.00 Stainless Steel Rod 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,523,839 3,406.246 2,502.41 3,090.096 2,758.44 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,576,032 1,514.875 1,040.37 1,374.272 1,146.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 80,307 17.791 4,513.84 16.140 4,975.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,895 5.078 963.90 4.607 1,062.51 Stainless Steel Bar 226,046 28.880 7,826.93 26.200 8,627.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,887,280 1,566.625 1,204.68 1,421.219 1,327.93 Slovakia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,735 0.751 14,279.52 0.682 15,740.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,273,721 1,091.821 1,166.60 990.484 1,285.96 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 12,020 0.451 26,596.01 0.410 29,317.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,002 2.019 7,924.00 1.832 8,734.72 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 197,729 62.066 3,185.75 56.306 3,511.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,596,595 635.095 2,513.95 576.149 2,771.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 106,356 23.125 4,599.10 20.979 5,069.64 Stainless Steel Bar 775,024 115.619 6,703.25 104.888 7,389.06 Stainless Steel Wire 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,575,502 940.857 3,800.26 853.532 4,189.07 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 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 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 313,637 26.264 11,941.36 23.827 13,163.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,637 26.264 11,941.36 23.827 13,163.09 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 26,055,488 27,062.947 962.77 24,551.100 1,061.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 24,003 22.425 1,070.35 20.344 1,179.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 Stainless Steel Bar 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 125,033,896 146,441.197 853.82 132,849.257 941.17 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 48,771,817 42,458.098 1,148.70 38,517.350 1,266.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 203,608 112.204 1,814.62 101.790 2,000.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 Stainless Steel Bar 2,291,560 426.314 5,375.28 386.746 5,925.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,496,964 127,104.602 971.62 115,307.388 1,071.02 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 909,919 1,102.258 825.50 999.952 909.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,750,939 1,723.575 2,176.25 1,563.602 2,398.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,928,011 2,652.735 1,480.74 2,406.522 1,632.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 316,533 186.830 1,694.22 169.490 1,867.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,108,842 497.930 2,226.90 451.715 2,454.74 Stainless Steel Bar 58,301 3.141 18,557.82 2.850 20,456.49 Stainless Steel Wire 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,671,600 6,336.435 1,684.16 5,748.319 1,856.47 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,000 4.376 2,056.59 3.970 2,267.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 72,360 22.655 3,193.88 20.553 3,520.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 69,398 43.166 1,607.68 39.160 1,772.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 737,545 418.666 1,761.65 379.808 1,941.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 167,190 99.991 1,672.04 90.711 1,843.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,171,071 233.767 5,009.56 212.070 5,522.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,864,583 1,966.766 5,015.64 1,784.221 5,528.79 Stainless Steel Bar 17,510,996 2,673.889 6,548.89 2,425.712 7,218.91 Stainless Steel Rod 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 Stainless Steel Wire 858,340 144.765 5,929.18 131.329 6,535.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,731,356 5,695.257 5,395.96 5,166.652 5,948.02 Slovenia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,428 5.875 2,285.49 5.330 2,519.32 Stainless Steel Bar 184,946 48.196 3,837.35 43.723 4,229.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,374 54.071 3,668.72 49.053 4,044.07 Romania Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 124,607 39.649 3,142.75 35.969 3,464.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 677,601 211.772 3,199.66 192.117 3,527.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 802,208 251.421 3,190.69 228.086 3,517.13 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,773,687 3,130.982 1,205.27 2,840.380 1,328.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,484,480 8,439.588 1,123.81 7,656.268 1,238.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 107,991 2.109 51,184.86 1.914 56,421.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,392,171 11,602.306 1,154.27 10,525.438 1,272.36 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,098,181 124.481 8,822.02 112.928 9,724.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,098,181 124.481 8,822.02 112.928 9,724.61 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 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 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,326,790 4,289.444 1,008.71 3,891.320 1,111.91 Stainless Steel Bar 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 Stainless Steel Wire 26,932 6.160 4,371.50 5.589 4,818.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,536,033 4,346.208 1,043.68 3,942.815 1,150.46 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 38,973,324 42,370.883 919.81 38,438.230 1,013.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 668,867 593.089 1,127.77 538.042 1,243.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,339,623 16,962.680 1,140.13 15,388.289 1,256.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 575,835 426.311 1,350.74 386.743 1,488.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 105,379 28.002 3,763.27 25.403 4,148.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 29,325,794 24,252.035 1,209.21 22,001.083 1,332.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,219,133 4,152.885 2,219.93 3,767.435 2,447.06 Stainless Steel Bar 16,181,456 3,478.723 4,651.55 3,155.846 5,127.45 Stainless Steel Rod 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 Stainless Steel Wire 8,097,747 1,723.383 4,698.75 1,563.428 5,179.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,148,708 94,116.867 1,308.47 85,381.410 1,442.34 Pakistan Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,168,778 5,614.951 742.44 5,093.800 818.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 221,580 230.538 961.14 209.141 1,059.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,135,504 1,053.833 1,077.50 956.022 1,187.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,443,099 1,430.180 3,106.67 1,297.438 3,424.52 Stainless Steel Wire 193,449 33.502 5,774.16 30.393 6,364.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,162,410 8,363.006 1,215.16 7,586.794 1,339.49 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,133,309 4,689.106 1,094.73 4,253.887 1,206.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 639,370 284.801 2,244.96 258.368 2,474.65 Stainless Steel Wire 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,877,645 5,009.791 1,173.23 4,544.808 1,293.27 Malaysia Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,808,323 1,733.945 1,042.90 1,573.009 1,149.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,812,917 2,124.768 1,794.51 1,927.558 1,978.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,621,240 3,858.713 1,456.77 3,500.567 1,605.81 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 Indonesia Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 71,158 39.073 1,821.13 35.447 2,007.45 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 71,158 39.073 1,821.13 35.447 2,007.45 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 993,905 247.010 4,023.74 224.084 4,435.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 993,905 247.010 4,023.74 224.084 4,435.41 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,344,994 3,865.654 1,124.00 3,506.864 1,239.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,392 3.248 1,967.67 2.947 2,168.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,928,855 9,377.282 952.18 8,506.930 1,049.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 58,319,485 61,890.696 942.30 56,146.311 1,038.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 73,067,511 81,066.242 901.33 73,542.079 993.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 403,466 354.493 1,138.15 321.591 1,254.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,573,919 14,731.147 989.33 13,363.876 1,090.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 19,699,632 7,184.016 2,742.15 6,517.232 3,022.70 Stainless Steel Bar 442,334 100.107 4,418.59 90.816 4,870.66 Stainless Steel Rod 267,589 100.183 2,670.99 90.885 2,944.26 Stainless Steel Wire 2,329,802 556.227 4,188.58 504.601 4,617.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 183,527,534 180,619.397 1,016.10 163,855.207 1,120.06 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,923,936 3,974.677 987.23 3,605.768 1,088.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 41,588,527 47,405.127 877.30 43,005.220 967.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,071,175 3,286.608 934.45 2,981.562 1,030.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 26,242,684 24,065.804 1,090.46 21,832.137 1,202.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,487,555 3,761.459 1,458.89 3,412.340 1,608.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 319,528 210.571 1,517.43 191.027 1,672.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 30,790,825 29,389.147 1,047.69 26,661.394 1,154.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,557,683 1,962.814 3,340.96 1,780.636 3,682.78 Stainless Steel Bar 15,899 1.749 9,088.43 1.587 10,018.27 Stainless Steel Wire 4,944,701 793.581 6,230.87 719.925 6,868.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,467,943 115,292.995 1,070.91 104,592.076 1,180.47 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,054 0.476 6,413.29 0.432 7,069.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,677 72.535 1,484.48 65.803 1,636.35 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,300,921 1,923.380 1,196.29 1,744.862 1,318.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 29,165,235 24,052.495 1,212.57 21,820.063 1,336.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 87,909 63.596 1,382.29 57.694 1,523.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,063,147 471.300 2,255.77 427.557 2,486.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 112,231 39.147 2,866.88 35.514 3,160.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 11,733,841 10,275.826 1,141.89 9,322.076 1,258.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,597,954 729.456 3,561.49 661.752 3,925.87 Stainless Steel Bar 9,839,927 2,294.755 4,288.01 2,081.768 4,726.72 Stainless Steel Rod 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 Stainless Steel Wire 2,240,374 325.045 6,892.50 294.876 7,597.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,696,849 40,896.073 1,508.63 37,100.304 1,662.97 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,039,346 4,078.619 1,235.55 3,700.062 1,361.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,042,630 5,710.584 707.92 5,180.557 780.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,091,017 10,059.754 1,003.11 9,126.058 1,105.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 16,675,348 13,612.762 1,224.98 12,349.294 1,350.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,465,522 4,874.075 916.18 4,421.688 1,009.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 19,805,516 20,721.970 955.77 18,798.661 1,053.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 607,934 543.598 1,118.35 493.144 1,232.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 28,265,803 23,019.664 1,227.90 20,883.094 1,353.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,123,317 259.314 8,188.20 235.246 9,025.94 Stainless Steel Bar 574,610 118.187 4,861.85 107.218 5,359.27 Stainless Steel Rod 14,861 4.888 3,039.84 4.435 3,350.85 Stainless Steel Wire 1,051,310 116.420 9,030.28 105.615 9,954.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 126,499,809 122,024.495 1,036.68 110,698.791 1,142.74 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 740,033 216.343 3,420.63 196.264 3,770.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 55,332,234 60,872.917 908.98 55,222.997 1,001.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 258,093 291.788 884.52 264.706 975.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,238 17.965 1,237.82 16.298 1,364.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 54,197 18.740 2,891.99 17.001 3,187.87 Stainless Steel Bar 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 Stainless Steel Wire 108,748 20.951 5,190.43 19.007 5,721.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,551,710 61,441.377 920.42 55,738.696 1,014.59 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,048,296 2,172.397 942.87 1,970.766 1,039.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 242,095 158.011 1,532.13 143.346 1,688.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 295,149 212.267 1,390.46 192.566 1,532.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 105,608 60.502 1,745.51 54.887 1,924.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,311,385 975.753 1,343.97 885.189 1,481.47 GRAND TOTAL 1,818,007,074 1,613,815.359 1,126.53 1,464,029.079 1,241.78