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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 89,983 25.236 3,565.62 22.894 3,930.42 Ukraine 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 Italy 12,770,163 3,341.734 3,821.42 3,031.571 4,212.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,984,467 3,425.051 3,791.03 3,107.155 4,178.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 54,441,650 58,964.186 923.30 53,491.425 1,017.76 Mexico 58,231,861 54,154.251 1,075.30 49,127.924 1,185.31 Brazil 15,946,516 16,069.502 992.35 14,578.012 1,093.87 Sweden 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 United Kingdom 19,197,378 4,804.268 3,995.90 4,358.360 4,404.73 Belgium 846,457 1,805.021 468.95 1,637.488 516.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,855,618 342.397 5,419.48 310.618 5,973.96 Czech Republic 458,550 63.107 7,266.20 57.250 8,009.61 Switzerland 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 Russia 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 Ukraine 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 Spain 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 Italy 4,244,908 1,376.627 3,083.56 1,248.856 3,399.04 India 39,092,231 42,400.787 921.97 38,465.358 1,016.30 China 809,921 436.584 1,855.13 396.063 2,044.93 Taiwan 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 Japan 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 376,700,140 384,665.482 979.29 348,962.754 1,079.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 31,691,775 29,478.739 1,075.07 26,742.670 1,185.06 Brazil 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 Sweden 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 Finland 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 United Kingdom 2,304,969 1,598.863 1,441.63 1,450.465 1,589.12 Netherlands 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 France 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,613,904 4,943.386 1,135.64 4,484.566 1,251.83 Austria 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 Spain 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 Italy 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 India 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 China 21,171,758 26,421.798 801.30 23,969.459 883.28 Korea, South 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 Taiwan 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 5,517,180 8,330.789 662.26 7,557.567 730.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,414,878 75,693.339 996.32 68,667.862 1,098.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,811,174 9,753.494 1,108.44 8,848.224 1,221.85 Mexico 9,192,468 9,072.776 1,013.19 8,230.687 1,116.85 Brazil 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 Norway 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 United Kingdom 839,359 494.697 1,696.71 448.782 1,870.30 Luxembourg 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 France 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,601,576 1,522.435 1,708.82 1,381.131 1,883.66 Spain 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 Italy 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 Turkey 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 India 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 Vietnam 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 China 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 Korea, South 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 Taiwan 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 Japan 1,049,048 1,015.882 1,032.65 921.593 1,138.30 South Africa 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,095,296 33,234.888 1,236.51 30,150.192 1,363.02 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 Luxembourg 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 Federal Republic of Germany 189,118 287.417 657.99 260.741 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,331,491 11,403.657 1,432.13 10,345.227 1,578.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 46,564,767 32,655.014 1,425.96 29,624.139 1,571.85 Mexico 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 Brazil 390,744 325.688 1,199.75 295.460 1,322.49 Sweden 14,970,027 7,241.327 2,067.30 6,569.224 2,278.81 Finland 1,097,217 531.435 2,064.63 482.110 2,275.86 United Kingdom 597,082 278.363 2,144.97 252.527 2,364.43 Netherlands 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 Belgium 5,681,042 1,159.559 4,899.31 1,051.935 5,400.56 France 3,672,396 1,382.216 2,656.89 1,253.926 2,928.72 Federal Republic of Germany 7,329,147 2,818.377 2,600.48 2,556.790 2,866.54 Austria 2,491,586 1,724.249 1,445.03 1,564.213 1,592.87 Slovakia 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 Russia 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 Ukraine 48,771,817 42,458.098 1,148.70 38,517.350 1,266.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 Italy 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 Slovenia 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 China 6,163,026 4,296.464 1,434.44 3,897.688 1,581.20 Korea, South 5,726,859 4,402.001 1,300.97 3,993.430 1,434.07 Taiwan 7,651,394 1,575.860 4,855.38 1,429.597 5,352.13 Japan 7,304,835 4,484.209 1,629.01 4,068.008 1,795.68 Australia 740,033 216.343 3,420.63 196.264 3,770.60 South Africa 1,921,176 1,232.234 1,559.10 1,117.865 1,718.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 166,493,920 110,503.104 1,506.69 100,246.758 1,660.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 36,968,421 40,098.881 921.93 36,377.104 1,016.26 Mexico 2,797,980 2,929.459 955.12 2,657.562 1,052.84 Brazil 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 Sweden 7,332,183 2,489.513 2,945.23 2,258.449 3,246.56 Finland 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 Netherlands 848,016 1,381.487 613.84 1,253.265 676.65 Belgium 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 France 583,683 730.610 798.90 662.799 880.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,390,385 2,244.084 619.58 2,035.800 682.97 Russia 18,224,073 18,999.961 959.16 17,236.480 1,057.30 Thailand 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 China 921,338 253.495 3,634.54 229.967 4,006.39 Korea, South 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 Japan 1,222,113 1,758.213 695.09 1,595.025 766.20 New Zealand 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 South Africa 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,283,368 83,202.976 988.95 75,480.492 1,090.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 Luxembourg 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 Federal Republic of Germany 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 Czech Republic 5,009,807 4,870.644 1,028.57 4,418.576 1,133.81 Spain 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 Japan 10,815,835 12,478.215 866.78 11,320.050 955.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,923,717 18,299.628 924.81 16,601.148 1,019.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 609,127 1,257.786 484.28 1,141.045 533.83 Czech Republic 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 Poland 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 Spain 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 China 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 Japan 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,024,067 14,500.525 622.33 13,154.659 686.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 Switzerland 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 India 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 China 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 465,395 363.469 1,280.42 329.734 1,411.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 40,573,974 37,652.968 1,077.58 34,158.208 1,187.83 Mexico 4,343,992 3,950.391 1,099.64 3,583.736 1,212.14 Brazil 4,720,868 3,194.867 1,477.64 2,898.336 1,628.82 Sweden 4,108,359 910.278 4,513.30 825.791 4,975.06 Finland 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 United Kingdom 20,156,908 15,490.530 1,301.24 14,052.777 1,434.37 Netherlands 189,114 151.056 1,251.94 137.036 1,380.03 France 1,361,469 310.677 4,382.26 281.842 4,830.61 Federal Republic of Germany 1,304,928 271.800 4,801.06 246.573 5,292.26 Austria 1,577,549 200.406 7,871.74 181.806 8,677.10 Czech Republic 1,576,032 1,514.875 1,040.37 1,374.272 1,146.81 Ukraine 1,818,774 436.250 4,169.10 395.760 4,595.65 Spain 3,703,989 1,699.852 2,179.01 1,542.081 2,401.94 Portugal 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 Italy 5,142,100 1,014.311 5,069.55 920.168 5,588.22 Slovenia 43,278 14.522 2,979.97 13.175 3,284.86 Turkey 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 India 2,637,437 855.277 3,083.72 775.895 3,399.22 China 71,014,980 79,418.648 894.19 72,047.406 985.67 Korea, South 5,253,414 3,588.695 1,463.88 3,255.611 1,613.65 Taiwan 2,058,670 437.543 4,705.06 396.933 5,186.44 Japan 14,849,500 16,298.376 911.10 14,785.643 1,004.32 South Africa 287,213 208.928 1,374.69 189.537 1,515.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 189,002,454 168,462.571 1,121.93 152,826.717 1,236.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,563,474 5,153.125 1,079.63 4,674.838 1,190.09 Mexico 6,496,107 6,405.802 1,014.10 5,811.248 1,117.85 Brazil 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 Switzerland 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 Italy 560,620 122.685 4,569.59 111.298 5,037.11 Turkey 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 India 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 Japan 279,631 64.295 4,349.15 58.328 4,794.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,211,573 13,330.582 1,291.13 12,093.304 1,423.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 Mexico 38,092,978 41,177.331 925.10 37,355.457 1,019.74 Dominican Republic 2,328,265 2,128.390 1,093.91 1,930.844 1,205.83 Federal Republic of Germany 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 Switzerland 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 Turkey 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 Taiwan 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 Japan 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,877,366 82,869.301 903.56 75,177.787 996.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,622,400 4,333.131 1,989.88 3,930.952 2,193.46 Mexico 301,664 169.480 1,779.94 153.750 1,962.04 Dominican Republic 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 Brazil 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 Sweden 433,381 64.603 6,708.36 58.607 7,394.70 Denmark 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 United Kingdom 4,502,520 1,763.413 2,553.30 1,599.742 2,814.53 Belgium 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 France 4,278,069 1,500.611 2,850.88 1,361.332 3,142.56 Federal Republic of Germany 8,364,224 3,470.651 2,409.99 3,148.523 2,656.55 Austria 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 Czech Republic 306,353 46.671 6,563.98 42.340 7,235.55 Switzerland 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 Latvia 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Russia 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 Ukraine 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 Spain 3,922,764 2,645.618 1,482.74 2,400.065 1,634.44 Italy 11,580,924 1,743.550 6,642.15 1,581.723 7,321.71 Slovenia 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 Romania 124,607 39.649 3,142.75 35.969 3,464.29 Saudi Arabia 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 United Arab Emirates 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 India 9,134,311 1,959.066 4,662.58 1,777.236 5,139.62 China 1,274,998 756.517 1,685.35 686.301 1,857.78 Korea, South 407,959 247.829 1,646.13 224.827 1,814.55 Taiwan 8,475,542 2,011.606 4,213.32 1,824.899 4,644.39 Japan 864,326 588.456 1,468.80 533.839 1,619.08 Australia 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,433,699 21,962.908 2,979.28 19,924.421 3,284.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 754,734 343.741 2,195.65 311.837 2,420.28 Mexico 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 Brazil 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 Sweden 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 United Kingdom 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 France 1,195,910 245.226 4,876.75 222.466 5,375.70 Federal Republic of Germany 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 Austria 2,683,929 281.328 9,540.20 255.217 10,516.26 Czech Republic 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 Switzerland 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 Russia 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 Spain 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 Italy 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 Slovenia 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 Turkey 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 India 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 China 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 Korea, South 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 Taiwan 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 Japan 5,656,548 4,181.011 1,352.91 3,792.951 1,491.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,171,396 10,696.401 2,914.19 9,703.615 3,212.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 39,508,251 29,686.932 1,330.83 26,931.540 1,466.99 Mexico 5,072,525 3,772.975 1,344.44 3,422.787 1,481.99 Guatemala 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 Dominican Republic 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 Colombia 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 Venezuela 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 Argentina 579,632 323.463 1,791.96 293.441 1,975.29 Sweden 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 Denmark 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 United Kingdom 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 France 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,406,402 1,002.267 2,400.96 909.242 2,646.60 Austria 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 Czech Republic 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 Slovakia 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 Switzerland 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 Russia 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 Ukraine 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 Spain 1,160,944 345.721 3,358.04 313.633 3,701.60 Italy 1,115,290 454.448 2,454.16 412.269 2,705.25 Romania 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 United Arab Emirates 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 Oman 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India 9,174,409 9,170.733 1,000.40 8,319.552 1,102.75 Pakistan 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 Vietnam 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 Malaysia 1,526,297 1,436.378 1,062.60 1,303.061 1,171.32 China 12,127,681 9,954.369 1,218.33 9,030.455 1,342.98 Korea, South 11,747,161 11,445.060 1,026.40 10,382.787 1,131.41 Taiwan 8,695,864 9,198.230 945.38 8,344.497 1,042.11 Japan 3,390,983 2,489.313 1,362.22 2,258.268 1,501.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,432,783 94,652.543 1,198.41 85,867.367 1,321.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 36,664,669 19,842.747 1,847.76 18,001.043 2,036.81 Mexico 10,954,965 4,920.356 2,226.46 4,463.674 2,454.25 Colombia 6,888,329 3,811.408 1,807.29 3,457.653 1,992.20 Venezuela 2,863,856 1,757.249 1,629.74 1,594.150 1,796.48 Brazil 3,666,033 1,863.705 1,967.07 1,690.726 2,168.32 Argentina 8,614,809 5,094.798 1,690.90 4,621.925 1,863.90 Sweden 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 United Kingdom 415,391 20.925 19,851.26 18.983 21,882.26 France 3,843,045 1,928.475 1,992.79 1,749.484 2,196.67 Federal Republic of Germany 27,337,909 16,676.707 1,639.29 15,128.859 1,807.00 Austria 17,193,717 8,035.808 2,139.64 7,289.965 2,358.55 Czech Republic 4,678,654 3,309.834 1,413.56 3,002.632 1,558.18 Poland 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 Russia 4,607,890 3,885.444 1,185.94 3,524.817 1,307.27 Ukraine 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 Spain 11,368,792 5,131.457 2,215.51 4,655.181 2,442.18 Italy 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 Romania 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 Turkey 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 United Arab Emirates 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 India 6,446,144 3,645.112 1,768.44 3,306.791 1,949.37 Singapore 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 China 222,468,109 188,686.382 1,179.04 171,173.454 1,299.66 Korea, South 36,750,067 31,129.928 1,180.54 28,240.604 1,301.32 Taiwan 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 Japan 28,813,906 10,123.549 2,846.23 9,183.932 3,137.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 442,613,902 317,155.443 1,395.57 287,718.659 1,538.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,631,219 2,720.694 1,702.22 2,468.173 1,876.38 Mexico 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 18,490,967 11,144.400 1,659.22 10,110.033 1,828.97 Czech Republic 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 Ukraine 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 Italy 5,944,542 3,099.449 1,917.93 2,811.774 2,114.16 Turkey 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 India 19,333,014 14,470.524 1,336.03 13,127.443 1,472.72 Thailand 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 China 12,583,773 13,001.584 967.86 11,794.842 1,066.89 Korea, South 15,097,268 13,347.963 1,131.05 12,109.072 1,246.77 Taiwan 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 Japan 22,067,117 19,762.504 1,116.62 17,928.248 1,230.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,963,759 86,774.864 1,255.71 78,720.855 1,384.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,213,378 570.041 2,128.58 517.133 2,346.36 Mexico 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 Brazil 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 Argentina 2,455,511 1,688.556 1,454.21 1,531.833 1,602.99 United Kingdom 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 France 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,776,058 960.341 1,849.40 871.207 2,038.62 Austria 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 Czech Republic 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 Slovakia 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 Ukraine 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 Spain 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 Italy 5,421,624 2,938.282 1,845.17 2,665.566 2,033.95 India 7,670 3.833 2,000.61 3.478 2,205.29 China 24,534,227 25,311.388 969.30 22,962.112 1,068.47 Korea, South 2,492,849 3,107.435 802.22 2,819.019 884.30 Taiwan 819,000 1,061.257 771.73 962.757 850.68 Japan 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,830,776 54,902.081 1,235.49 49,806.345 1,361.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 Mexico 13,295,757 8,417.348 1,579.57 7,636.092 1,741.17 Ukraine 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 China 6,751,798 8,247.839 818.61 7,482.316 902.37 Korea, South 10,355,619 11,489.948 901.28 10,423.509 993.49 Taiwan 1,873,946 2,072.232 904.31 1,879.898 996.83 Japan 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,600,445 40,377.378 1,055.06 36,629.752 1,163.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,586,118 6,265.264 1,530.04 5,683.754 1,686.58 Mexico 10,680,449 6,971.170 1,532.09 6,324.141 1,688.84 Costa Rica 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 Dominican Republic 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 Colombia 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 Brazil 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 Argentina 2,036,494 1,283.059 1,587.22 1,163.972 1,749.61 Sweden 783,329 302.031 2,593.54 273.998 2,858.89 Denmark 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 United Kingdom 148,924 55.965 2,661.00 50.771 2,933.25 Netherlands 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 Belgium 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 France 795,976 433.546 1,835.96 393.307 2,023.80 Federal Republic of Germany 7,735,271 3,447.053 2,244.02 3,127.115 2,473.61 Austria 421,631 87.025 4,844.93 78.948 5,340.62 Slovakia 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 Switzerland 2,115,672 1,054.546 2,006.24 956.669 2,211.50 Russia 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 Ukraine 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 Spain 1,585,087 690.333 2,296.12 626.260 2,531.04 Italy 3,734,013 1,548.035 2,412.10 1,404.355 2,658.88 Saudi Arabia 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 United Arab Emirates 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 India 1,645,439 1,126.142 1,461.13 1,021.620 1,610.62 Thailand 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 Vietnam 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 Malaysia 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 China 10,731,818 7,550.193 1,421.40 6,849.422 1,566.82 Korea, South 1,094,120 763.477 1,433.08 692.615 1,579.69 Hong Kong 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 Japan 8,516,010 2,991.414 2,846.82 2,713.766 3,138.08 Australia 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,672,931 37,123.570 1,742.10 33,677.946 1,920.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 42,677 16.265 2,623.74 14.756 2,892.18 Mexico 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 Brazil 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 Argentina 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 Sweden 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 France 5,474,035 2,747.600 1,992.30 2,492.582 2,196.13 Federal Republic of Germany 13,646,744 5,264.328 2,592.30 4,775.720 2,857.53 Czech Republic 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 Slovakia 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 Italy 3,402,392 306.849 11,088.16 278.369 12,222.60 Romania 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 India 37,324 22.984 1,623.89 20.851 1,790.03 China 3,278,368 2,397.518 1,367.40 2,174.993 1,507.30 Korea, South 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 Japan 393,996 130.695 3,014.61 118.565 3,323.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,597,090 12,626.015 2,423.34 11,454.132 2,671.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 13,117,207 1,314.928 9,975.61 1,192.883 10,996.22 Mexico 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 Costa Rica 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 Uruguay 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 Sweden 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 Denmark 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 United Kingdom 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 Ireland 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 France 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 Austria 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 Czech Republic 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 Switzerland 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 Ukraine 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 Spain 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 Italy 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 India 833,848 149.826 5,565.44 135.920 6,134.84 Thailand 1,335,128 322.397 4,141.25 292.474 4,564.95 Malaysia 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 Singapore 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 China 14,997,684 1,986.982 7,547.97 1,802.561 8,320.21 Korea, South 6,501,552 944.238 6,885.50 856.599 7,589.96 Taiwan 11,774,373 2,107.098 5,587.96 1,911.528 6,159.67 Japan 7,213,861 889.232 8,112.46 806.698 8,942.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,137,001 11,516.516 8,434.58 10,447.611 9,297.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,241,452 807.242 4,015.46 732.318 4,426.29 Mexico 347,952 105.032 3,312.80 95.284 3,651.74 United Kingdom 562,857 13.900 40,492.90 12.610 44,635.77 France 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 Federal Republic of Germany 741,800 14.229 52,130.28 12.909 57,463.78 Czech Republic 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 Hungary 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Italy 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 Vietnam 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 Singapore 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 China 178,517 81.257 2,196.92 73.716 2,421.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 Taiwan 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 Japan 867,082 235.818 3,676.90 213.931 4,053.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,016,769 1,297.646 4,636.68 1,177.205 5,111.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 35,898,990 28,514.519 1,258.97 25,867.944 1,387.78 Mexico 5,513,933 3,161.901 1,743.87 2,868.430 1,922.28 Colombia 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 Sweden 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 Finland 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 United Kingdom 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 Netherlands 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 Belgium 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 France 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 Federal Republic of Germany 525,543 192.510 2,729.94 174.643 3,009.24 Austria 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 Ukraine 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 Italy 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 Turkey 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 Thailand 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 China 1,599,291 1,266.025 1,263.24 1,148.519 1,392.48 Korea, South 3,664,156 4,084.409 897.11 3,705.315 988.89 Taiwan 2,181,840 418.911 5,208.36 380.030 5,741.23 Japan 1,010,282 612.353 1,649.83 555.518 1,818.63 Australia 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,397,017 40,900.331 1,329.99 37,104.167 1,466.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 Mexico 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 China 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 Japan 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 923,608 915.928 1,008.38 830.917 1,111.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 21,629,014 14,454.424 1,496.36 13,112.837 1,649.45 Mexico 14,285,553 11,006.963 1,297.87 9,985.352 1,430.65 Dominican Republic 127,497 83.925 1,519.17 76.136 1,674.60 Venezuela 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 Ecuador 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil 570,603 292.951 1,947.77 265.761 2,147.05 Sweden 1,234,491 124.201 9,939.40 112.674 10,956.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 Denmark 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 United Kingdom 1,205,817 289.325 4,167.68 262.472 4,594.08 Ireland 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 Netherlands 53,821 2.398 22,438.24 2.176 24,733.92 Belgium 652,813 192.574 3,389.92 174.701 3,736.74 France 1,014,486 280.491 3,616.81 254.458 3,986.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,718,968 670.887 2,562.23 608.619 2,824.37 Austria 198,702 48.145 4,127.10 43.677 4,549.35 Czech Republic 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 Switzerland 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 Belarus 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Spain 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 Italy 3,807,962 1,530.858 2,487.47 1,388.772 2,741.96 Turkey 192,383 104.105 1,847.96 94.443 2,037.03 United Arab Emirates 840,550 520.559 1,614.70 472.244 1,779.91 India 9,403,402 2,654.240 3,542.78 2,407.887 3,905.25 Thailand 268,950 80.006 3,361.59 72.581 3,705.52 Vietnam 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 Malaysia 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 Indonesia 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 China 23,546,735 16,540.003 1,423.62 15,004.843 1,569.28 Korea, South 9,303,995 3,679.567 2,528.56 3,338.048 2,787.26 Taiwan 3,151,500 998.883 3,155.02 906.172 3,477.82 Japan 7,530,491 4,396.069 1,713.01 3,988.048 1,888.26 Australia 155,316 42.997 3,612.18 39.007 3,981.75 South Africa 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,591,326 61,674.665 1,728.28 55,950.331 1,905.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 China 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 Japan 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 823,985 961.667 856.83 872.410 944.49 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,767,551 10,595.339 827.49 9,611.933 912.15 Brazil 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 Norway 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 Netherlands 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 Belgium 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 France 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 Federal Republic of Germany 349,235 326.339 1,070.16 296.050 1,179.65 China 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 Korea, South 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 Taiwan 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,707,126 20,679.162 807.92 18,759.826 890.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,217,375 2,189.104 1,012.91 1,985.923 1,116.55 United Kingdom 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 Netherlands 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 France 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 Federal Republic of Germany 245,513 225.134 1,090.52 204.239 1,202.09 Taiwan 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 Japan 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,800,846 8,432.539 925.09 7,649.873 1,019.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 51,476,187 54,145.129 950.71 49,119.649 1,047.98 Mexico 6,071,187 5,848.658 1,038.05 5,305.815 1,144.25 Sweden 4,460,926 4,496.208 992.15 4,078.893 1,093.66 Finland 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 United Kingdom 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 Netherlands 7,636,084 12,884.655 592.65 11,688.766 653.28 Belgium 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 France 2,543,302 3,314.509 767.32 3,006.873 845.83 Federal Republic of Germany 28,715 16.910 1,698.05 15.341 1,871.78 Austria 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 Slovakia 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 Russia 7,831,415 8,062.986 971.28 7,314.620 1,070.65 Spain 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 Italy 76,629 17.711 4,326.41 16.068 4,769.04 Thailand 2,207,655 2,908.108 759.14 2,638.192 836.81 China 2,150,327 543.722 3,954.82 493.257 4,359.45 Korea, South 33,867,174 38,840.597 871.95 35,235.607 961.16 Taiwan 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 Japan 4,954,839 5,440.701 910.70 4,935.723 1,003.87 Australia 55,302,878 60,824.653 909.22 55,179.213 1,002.24 New Zealand 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 South Africa 1,596,178 1,210.787 1,318.30 1,098.408 1,453.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 182,570,425 200,717.811 909.59 182,088.187 1,002.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 26,502,161 25,263.531 1,049.03 22,918.697 1,156.36 Mexico 27,893,784 12,372.408 2,254.52 11,224.063 2,485.18 Brazil 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 Sweden 6,650,415 4,661.581 1,426.64 4,228.917 1,572.60 Finland 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 United Kingdom 1,951,020 1,342.267 1,453.53 1,217.685 1,602.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 4,020,399 4,659.895 862.77 4,227.387 951.04 Belgium 2,510,298 1,293.572 1,940.59 1,173.510 2,139.14 France 3,734,919 1,263.029 2,957.11 1,145.801 3,259.66 Federal Republic of Germany 3,236,115 911.130 3,551.76 826.564 3,915.14 Austria 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 Switzerland 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 Spain 73,427 19.984 3,674.12 18.130 4,050.03 Italy 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 Romania 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 India 1,454,163 747.343 1,945.78 677.979 2,144.85 Thailand 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 Singapore 186,366 42.284 4,407.41 38.360 4,858.34 Indonesia 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 China 53,163,715 20,790.234 2,557.15 18,860.589 2,818.77 Korea, South 3,875,533 2,700.418 1,435.16 2,449.779 1,581.99 Taiwan 6,456,087 2,616.510 2,467.44 2,373.659 2,719.89 Japan 10,790,791 9,048.405 1,192.56 8,208.578 1,314.57 New Zealand 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 South Africa 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 168,264,036 91,892.787 1,831.09 83,363.758 2,018.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 31,994,359 37,498.065 853.23 34,017.682 940.52 Mexico 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 Colombia 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 Brazil 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 Argentina 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 Sweden 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 Netherlands 725,872 658.107 1,102.97 597.025 1,215.82 France 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 Federal Republic of Germany 593,578 515.438 1,151.60 467.598 1,269.42 Austria 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 Spain 909,919 1,102.258 825.50 999.952 909.96 Italy 69,398 43.166 1,607.68 39.160 1,772.17 India 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 China 49,646,271 54,028.948 918.88 49,014.251 1,012.89 Korea, South 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 Taiwan 11,098,820 8,910.030 1,245.65 8,083.046 1,373.10 Japan 3,131,549 3,176.789 985.76 2,881.936 1,086.61 Australia 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 South Africa 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 138,734,432 141,286.754 981.94 128,173.224 1,082.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,262,491 1,534.050 1,474.85 1,391.668 1,625.74 Mexico 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 Luxembourg 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 Federal Republic of Germany 3,789,065 3,293.462 1,150.48 2,987.780 1,268.19 Thailand 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 China 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 Korea, South 2,141,740 1,772.352 1,208.42 1,607.852 1,332.05 Japan 7,865,659 6,921.389 1,136.43 6,278.981 1,252.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,494,302 14,835.024 1,179.26 13,458.112 1,299.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 Mexico 13,738,709 10,341.581 1,328.49 9,381.728 1,464.41 United Kingdom 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 Belgium 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 Luxembourg 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 France 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 Federal Republic of Germany 291,518 167.291 1,742.58 151.764 1,920.86 India 1,155,878 902.913 1,280.16 819.110 1,411.14 Thailand 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 China 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 Korea, South 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 Taiwan 17,679,418 14,851.031 1,190.45 13,472.633 1,312.25 Japan 1,721,250 992.383 1,734.46 900.275 1,911.92 Australia 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,229,177 47,425.376 1,206.72 43,023.590 1,330.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 Brazil 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 Sweden 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 United Kingdom 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 France 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,133,018 2,335.761 1,341.33 2,118.968 1,478.56 Poland 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 Russia 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 China 232,739 223.302 1,042.26 202.577 1,148.89 Korea, South 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 Taiwan 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 Japan 3,562,686 2,684.042 1,327.36 2,434.923 1,463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,521,311 8,667.131 1,560.07 7,862.692 1,719.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,472,726 1,846.275 797.67 1,674.913 879.29 Mexico 1,162,297 1,373.869 846.00 1,246.354 932.56 Finland 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 France 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 Federal Republic of Germany 176,632 91.427 1,931.93 82.942 2,129.58 Italy 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 Turkey 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 China 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 Japan 66,822 51.793 1,290.17 46.986 1,422.17 Australia 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,544,969 3,530.499 1,004.10 3,202.816 1,106.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,654,297 2,958.760 1,573.06 2,684.143 1,734.00 Mexico 5,858,708 1,969.794 2,974.27 1,786.968 3,278.57 Brazil 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 Sweden 2,666,267 426.672 6,248.98 387.071 6,888.32 Finland 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 United Kingdom 1,352,183 400.382 3,377.23 363.221 3,722.76 Belgium 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 France 1,127,903 245.116 4,601.50 222.366 5,072.28 Federal Republic of Germany 8,780,374 4,904.654 1,790.21 4,449.429 1,973.37 Austria 1,558,404 260.853 5,974.26 236.642 6,585.49 Switzerland 197,729 62.066 3,185.75 56.306 3,511.69 Spain 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 Italy 219,403 45.658 4,805.27 41.421 5,296.90 Romania 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 India 672,744 177.868 3,782.25 161.360 4,169.21 China 1,750,266 696.195 2,514.04 631.578 2,771.26 Korea, South 3,311,814 1,477.838 2,240.98 1,340.673 2,470.26 Taiwan 778,438 436.615 1,782.89 396.091 1,965.30 Japan 3,116,245 678.419 4,593.39 615.452 5,063.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,729,203 15,258.967 2,538.13 13,842.706 2,797.81 GRAND TOTAL 2,956,610,446 2,346,218.595 1,260.16 2,128,454.306 1,389.09 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 10,684 4.139 2,581.19 3.755 2,845.27 Ukraine 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 Italy 617,857 233.083 2,650.79 211.450 2,922.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 752,862 295.303 2,549.45 267.895 2,810.29 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 7,186,378 5,741.303 1,251.70 5,208.424 1,379.76 Mexico 17,437,279 11,939.769 1,460.44 10,831.580 1,609.86 Brazil 1,711,817 1,633.726 1,047.80 1,482.092 1,155.00 United Kingdom 205,214 47.223 4,345.64 42.840 4,790.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,630,020 312.444 5,216.99 283.445 5,750.75 Czech Republic 455,487 60.997 7,467.31 55.336 8,231.30 Italy 317,097 180.371 1,758.03 163.630 1,937.89 India 118,907 29.903 3,976.36 27.128 4,383.18 China 349,519 112.983 3,093.54 102.497 3,410.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,411,718 20,058.722 1,466.28 18,196.972 1,616.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,161,414 1,049.716 1,106.41 952.287 1,219.61 United Kingdom 133,034 141.681 938.97 128.531 1,035.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,294,448 1,191.397 1,086.50 1,080.818 1,197.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,822,990 13,408.429 1,702.14 12,163.926 1,876.28 Sweden 13,636,308 7,010.844 1,945.03 6,360.133 2,144.03 Finland 882,711 468.452 1,884.31 424.973 2,077.10 United Kingdom 500,528 253.400 1,975.25 229.881 2,177.34 Belgium 3,226,490 524.627 6,150.06 475.934 6,779.28 France 2,883,555 1,202.674 2,397.62 1,091.048 2,642.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,908,751 1,083.675 2,684.15 983.094 2,958.77 Austria 1,228,888 770.282 1,595.37 698.789 1,758.60 Ukraine 18,975,357 9,981.030 1,901.14 9,054.641 2,095.65 Spain 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 China 2,125,399 1,576.754 1,347.96 1,430.408 1,485.87 Japan 2,433,976 1,839.614 1,323.09 1,668.871 1,458.46 Australia 707,181 185.824 3,805.64 168.577 4,195.00 South Africa 10,965 6.137 1,786.51 5.568 1,969.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,671,116 38,443.275 1,890.35 34,875.163 2,083.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,776,253 3,244.253 1,163.98 2,943.138 1,283.07 Sweden 1,629,256 1,553.894 1,048.50 1,409.670 1,155.77 Netherlands 169,426 148.635 1,139.87 134.840 1,256.50 France 173,954 188.856 921.09 171.328 1,015.33 Japan 802,959 1,209.979 663.61 1,097.675 731.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,551,848 6,345.619 1,032.50 5,756.651 1,138.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 Federal Republic of Germany 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 Czech Republic 12,575 15.087 833.48 13.687 918.76 Spain 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 Japan 206,724 235.178 879.01 213.350 968.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 633,155 496.275 1,275.81 450.214 1,406.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,879,043 23,600.233 1,096.56 21,409.778 1,208.75 Mexico 1,153,954 902.435 1,278.71 818.676 1,409.54 Brazil 3,834,119 2,592.863 1,478.72 2,352.207 1,630.01 Sweden 1,509,019 352.603 4,279.64 319.877 4,717.50 Finland 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 United Kingdom 1,340,872 565.570 2,370.83 513.077 2,613.39 Netherlands 60,649 22.720 2,669.31 20.612 2,942.41 France 357,053 172.144 2,074.15 156.167 2,286.35 Federal Republic of Germany 505,553 115.062 4,393.72 104.383 4,843.25 Austria 152,934 26.521 5,766.39 24.060 6,356.36 Czech Republic 1,451,347 1,364.624 1,063.55 1,237.967 1,172.36 Ukraine 203,608 112.204 1,814.62 101.790 2,000.28 Spain 3,375,477 1,477.406 2,284.73 1,340.281 2,518.48 Italy 475,438 288.120 1,650.13 261.379 1,818.96 Slovenia 13,428 5.875 2,285.49 5.330 2,519.32 China 68,879,112 77,226.804 891.91 70,058.998 983.16 Korea, South 4,061,688 2,398.773 1,693.24 2,176.131 1,866.47 Taiwan 639,151 126.503 5,052.44 114.762 5,569.36 Japan 12,624,914 13,686.412 922.44 12,416.108 1,016.82 South Africa 287,213 208.928 1,374.69 189.537 1,515.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,865,772 125,288.351 1,012.59 113,659.713 1,116.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 233,226 232.704 1,002.24 211.106 1,104.78 Mexico 237,700 197.377 1,204.29 179.058 1,327.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 470,926 430.082 1,094.97 390.164 1,207.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,926,943 1,481.708 2,650.28 1,344.184 2,921.43 Sweden 13,389 6.015 2,225.82 5.457 2,453.55 United Kingdom 2,815,471 1,193.100 2,359.79 1,082.363 2,601.23 Belgium 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 France 1,632,251 835.267 1,954.17 757.742 2,154.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,056,728 310.067 3,408.05 281.289 3,756.73 Czech Republic 80,307 17.791 4,513.84 16.140 4,975.65 Spain 1,364,931 645.156 2,115.66 585.276 2,332.12 Italy 15,898 2.048 7,762.34 1.858 8,556.51 Romania 11,999 3.998 3,001.19 3.627 3,308.24 India 25,275 20.635 1,224.85 18.720 1,350.16 China 9,908 6.343 1,561.84 5.755 1,721.63 Korea, South 218,931 114.634 1,909.81 103.995 2,105.21 Taiwan 92,631 29.147 3,178.03 26.442 3,503.18 Japan 497,519 471.381 1,055.45 427.630 1,163.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,909,568 5,232.527 2,276.06 4,746.870 2,508.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 754,734 343.741 2,195.65 311.837 2,420.28 Mexico 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 Brazil 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 Sweden 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 United Kingdom 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 France 1,195,910 245.226 4,876.75 222.466 5,375.70 Federal Republic of Germany 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 Austria 2,683,929 281.328 9,540.20 255.217 10,516.26 Czech Republic 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 Switzerland 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 Russia 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 Spain 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 Italy 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 Slovenia 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 Turkey 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 India 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 China 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 Korea, South 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 Taiwan 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 Japan 5,656,548 4,181.011 1,352.91 3,792.951 1,491.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,171,396 10,696.401 2,914.19 9,703.615 3,212.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Mexico 109,428 49.793 2,197.63 45.172 2,422.47 Argentina 426,258 222.443 1,916.26 201.797 2,112.31 Sweden 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 United Kingdom 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 925,358 510.429 1,812.90 463.054 1,998.38 Spain 636,954 100.326 6,348.79 91.015 6,998.34 Italy 237,534 88.416 2,686.54 80.210 2,961.40 India 12,398 9.745 1,272.17 8.841 1,402.33 China 87,903 15.244 5,766.04 13.830 6,355.97 Korea, South 645,000 137.788 4,681.07 125.000 5,160.00 Japan 147,327 53.710 2,743.00 48.725 3,023.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,243,088 1,190.818 2,723.41 1,080.293 3,002.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,309,879 6,538.025 1,882.81 5,931.199 2,075.45 Mexico 6,481,454 2,805.715 2,310.09 2,545.303 2,546.44 Colombia 3,311,554 1,629.326 2,032.47 1,478.101 2,240.41 Brazil 3,638,193 1,851.689 1,964.80 1,679.825 2,165.82 United Kingdom 24,801 5.489 4,517.89 4.980 4,980.12 France 3,840,069 1,921.185 1,998.80 1,742.871 2,203.30 Federal Republic of Germany 11,380,558 6,389.129 1,781.24 5,796.122 1,963.48 Austria 4,524,548 2,460.753 1,838.68 2,232.359 2,026.80 Czech Republic 4,354,219 3,073.187 1,416.84 2,787.950 1,561.80 Russia 1,710,357 1,149.999 1,487.27 1,043.262 1,639.43 Spain 10,285,264 4,672.126 2,201.41 4,238.483 2,426.64 Romania 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 India 2,709,142 2,060.805 1,314.60 1,869.532 1,449.10 Singapore 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 China 41,564,842 32,474.115 1,279.94 29,460.030 1,410.89 Japan 7,882,661 2,268.193 3,475.30 2,057.671 3,830.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,085,025 69,343.410 1,645.22 62,907.302 1,813.54 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,567,211 2,640.010 1,730.00 2,394.978 1,906.99 Mexico 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 Federal Republic of Germany 11,720,189 8,449.139 1,387.15 7,664.933 1,529.07 Italy 211,034 130.942 1,611.65 118.789 1,776.54 Japan 5,222,628 3,998.094 1,306.28 3,627.011 1,439.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,798,062 15,267.346 1,427.76 13,850.308 1,573.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 717,227 283.996 2,525.48 257.637 2,783.87 Federal Republic of Germany 5,519 4.236 1,302.82 3.843 1,436.12 Austria 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 Italy 316,422 207.426 1,525.47 188.174 1,681.54 China 117,503 62.781 1,871.63 56.954 2,063.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,318,708 1,242.641 1,865.95 1,127.306 2,056.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,981,389 1,928.809 1,545.71 1,749.787 1,703.86 Mexico 3,553,480 1,685.335 2,108.47 1,528.911 2,324.19 Argentina 203,490 91.279 2,229.32 82.807 2,457.40 Sweden 678,455 262.634 2,583.27 238.258 2,847.56 United Kingdom 97,271 10.551 9,218.85 9.572 10,162.04 France 228,518 109.412 2,088.60 99.257 2,302.29 Federal Republic of Germany 4,212,329 1,805.974 2,332.44 1,638.353 2,571.08 Austria 103,965 18.776 5,536.90 17.034 6,103.38 Switzerland 208,849 76.311 2,736.78 69.229 3,016.78 Spain 669,593 259.530 2,580.02 235.442 2,843.98 Italy 3,290,670 1,409.643 2,334.40 1,278.807 2,573.23 Saudi Arabia 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 India 193,797 88.990 2,177.72 80.731 2,400.53 China 344,703 202.135 1,705.31 183.374 1,879.78 Korea, South 67,454 48.120 1,401.78 43.654 1,545.20 Japan 6,465,164 2,247.264 2,876.90 2,038.685 3,171.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,303,837 10,248.684 2,273.84 9,297.453 2,506.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 11,463 2.179 5,260.02 1.977 5,798.18 Sweden 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 France 2,608,731 733.750 3,555.34 665.647 3,919.09 Federal Republic of Germany 2,998,633 583.051 5,142.99 528.936 5,669.18 Czech Republic 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 Italy 3,183,152 209.554 15,190.07 190.105 16,744.18 China 586,740 378.959 1,548.29 343.786 1,706.70 Japan 330,245 105.149 3,140.72 95.390 3,462.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,264,456 2,174.714 4,719.91 1,972.868 5,202.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,443,109 363.157 3,973.78 329.451 4,380.34 Mexico 5,330 2.732 1,950.50 2.479 2,150.06 United Kingdom 555,762 13.677 40,633.38 12.408 44,790.62 France 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 Federal Republic of Germany 248,138 5.108 48,577.27 4.634 53,547.26 Czech Republic 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 Hungary 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Singapore 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 China 75,626 34.546 2,189.11 31.340 2,413.08 Korea, South 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 Japan 159,352 14.626 10,894.70 13.269 12,009.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,505,896 439.980 5,695.47 399.144 6,278.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 903,051 722.343 1,250.17 655.299 1,378.07 Mexico 218,988 71.139 3,078.27 64.537 3,393.22 Finland 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 Netherlands 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 31,625 5.592 5,655.38 5.073 6,233.98 Ukraine 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 Italy 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 China 498,195 277.990 1,792.13 252.189 1,975.48 Taiwan 2,094,838 399.994 5,237.17 362.869 5,772.99 Japan 107,546 115.030 934.93 104.354 1,030.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,115,533 3,702.575 1,921.78 3,358.921 2,118.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,490,534 937.429 1,590.02 850.422 1,752.70 Mexico 719,287 344.585 2,087.40 312.603 2,300.96 Brazil 31,008 19.114 1,622.26 17.340 1,788.24 Sweden 23,341 4.439 5,258.16 4.027 5,796.13 United Kingdom 516,182 20.861 24,743.60 18.925 27,275.14 France 42,791 18.675 2,291.31 16.942 2,525.73 Federal Republic of Germany 433,896 163.541 2,653.13 148.362 2,924.58 Austria 171,318 38.249 4,479.01 34.699 4,937.26 Italy 2,864,353 1,341.118 2,135.79 1,216.643 2,354.31 Turkey 67,087 51.286 1,308.09 46.526 1,441.92 China 2,371,691 1,666.843 1,422.86 1,512.135 1,568.44 Korea, South 2,569,903 1,562.318 1,644.93 1,417.312 1,813.22 Taiwan 258,245 161.432 1,599.71 146.449 1,763.38 Japan 3,104,277 1,404.797 2,209.77 1,274.411 2,435.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,663,913 7,734.691 1,895.86 7,016.796 2,089.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 4,564,850 4,164.367 1,096.17 3,777.852 1,208.32 Sweden 4,457,426 4,495.216 991.59 4,077.993 1,093.04 Finland 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 Federal Republic of Germany 4,458 0.920 4,843.39 0.835 5,338.92 Austria 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 Spain 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 China 2,192 1.677 1,306.54 1.522 1,440.21 Japan 2,008,123 2,984.665 672.81 2,707.644 741.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,371,705 11,900.023 955.60 10,795.523 1,053.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,014,871 2,439.705 1,235.75 2,213.264 1,362.18 Sweden 3,427,011 3,479.594 984.89 3,156.636 1,085.65 United Kingdom 1,789,338 1,325.042 1,350.40 1,202.059 1,488.56 Netherlands 2,230,534 2,669.733 835.49 2,421.942 920.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 82,091 4.345 18,891.86 3.942 20,824.71 Federal Republic of Germany 264,482 127.485 2,074.60 115.653 2,286.86 Korea, South 133,528 144.744 922.51 131.310 1,016.89 Taiwan 28,796 16.409 1,754.89 14.886 1,934.44 Japan 7,364,130 6,071.019 1,213.00 5,507.538 1,337.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,334,781 16,278.080 1,126.35 14,767.230 1,241.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 9,720,327 11,833.591 821.42 10,735.257 905.46 France 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 Federal Republic of Germany 266,373 162.725 1,636.95 147.622 1,804.43 Spain 714,926 864.705 826.79 784.448 911.37 China 376,440 362.897 1,037.32 329.215 1,143.45 Japan 1,764,804 1,758.861 1,003.38 1,595.613 1,106.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,583,526 15,805.723 859.41 14,338.715 947.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,870,886 1,204.322 1,553.48 1,092.543 1,712.41 Sweden 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 Federal Republic of Germany 2,210,397 1,905.720 1,159.87 1,728.841 1,278.54 Japan 3,434,823 3,077.404 1,116.14 2,791.775 1,230.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,584,153 6,226.876 1,217.97 5,648.929 1,342.58 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 Brazil 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 Sweden 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 United Kingdom 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 France 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,133,018 2,335.761 1,341.33 2,118.968 1,478.56 Poland 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 Russia 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 China 232,739 223.302 1,042.26 202.577 1,148.89 Korea, South 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 Taiwan 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 Japan 3,562,686 2,684.042 1,327.36 2,434.923 1,463.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,521,311 8,667.131 1,560.07 7,862.692 1,719.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 147,195 187.590 784.66 170.179 864.94 United Kingdom 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 Federal Republic of Germany 149,471 76.229 1,960.81 69.154 2,161.42 Japan 44,180 37.330 1,183.47 33.866 1,304.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 630,594 334.508 1,885.14 303.461 2,078.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,313,236 554.972 2,366.31 503.463 2,608.41 Sweden 421,751 89.637 4,705.06 81.318 5,186.44 United Kingdom 34,450 8.253 4,174.24 7.487 4,601.31 France 178,244 7.211 24,717.26 6.542 27,246.10 Federal Republic of Germany 4,002,580 2,440.549 1,640.03 2,214.030 1,807.83 Austria 1,000,132 124.068 8,061.13 112.553 8,885.88 Switzerland 79,469 18.156 4,376.97 16.471 4,824.78 China 53,160 14.484 3,670.16 13.140 4,045.66 Taiwan 60,443 42.500 1,422.16 38.556 1,567.67 Japan 193,486 25.490 7,590.38 23.125 8,366.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,336,951 3,325.325 2,206.39 3,016.685 2,432.12 GRAND TOTAL 553,394,348 382,360.491 1,447.31 346,871.701 1,595.39 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 47,220,069 53,210.623 887.42 48,271.879 978.21 Mexico 40,794,582 42,214.481 966.36 38,296.344 1,065.23 Brazil 14,234,699 14,435.776 986.07 13,095.920 1,086.96 United Kingdom 50,920 104.524 487.16 94.823 537.00 Belgium 846,457 1,805.021 468.95 1,637.488 516.92 Federal Republic of Germany 7,276 2.803 2,595.63 2.543 2,861.19 Switzerland 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 Russia 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 Ukraine 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 Italy 3,843 7.888 487.19 7.156 537.03 India 38,973,324 42,370.883 919.81 38,438.230 1,013.92 China 204,674 302.359 676.92 274.296 746.18 Japan 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 310,690,537 356,235.833 872.15 323,171.803 961.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 31,691,775 29,478.739 1,075.07 26,742.670 1,185.06 Brazil 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 Finland 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 United Kingdom 921,250 1,302.395 707.35 1,181.514 779.72 Netherlands 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 Federal Republic of Germany 5,469,956 4,894.024 1,117.68 4,439.786 1,232.03 Spain 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 China 20,904,169 26,321.614 794.18 23,878.574 875.44 Korea, South 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 Japan 5,502,319 8,325.900 660.87 7,553.132 728.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,886,926 73,910.400 918.50 67,050.406 1,012.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,638,749 8,701.530 1,107.71 7,893.898 1,221.04 Mexico 9,192,468 9,072.776 1,013.19 8,230.687 1,116.85 Brazil 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 Norway 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 United Kingdom 697,213 350.360 1,989.99 317.842 2,193.58 Luxembourg 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 France 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,601,576 1,522.435 1,708.82 1,381.131 1,883.66 Spain 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 Turkey 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 Vietnam 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 China 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 Taiwan 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 Japan 1,015,109 1,008.577 1,006.48 914.966 1,109.45 South Africa 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,568,509 31,782.852 1,213.50 28,832.927 1,337.66 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 Luxembourg 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 Federal Republic of Germany 189,118 287.417 657.99 260.741 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,331,491 11,403.657 1,432.13 10,345.227 1,578.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 23,687,904 19,238.970 1,231.25 17,453.305 1,357.22 Mexico 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 Brazil 370,003 322.621 1,146.87 292.677 1,264.20 Sweden 8,090 13.001 622.22 11.795 685.88 Finland 38,618 23.080 1,673.21 20.938 1,844.40 Belgium 518,189 348.253 1,487.97 315.930 1,640.20 France 116,350 29.642 3,925.14 26.891 4,326.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,039,576 1,319.827 1,545.33 1,197.328 1,703.44 Austria 1,199,998 943.006 1,272.52 855.481 1,402.72 Slovakia 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 Russia 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 Ukraine 29,796,460 32,477.068 917.46 29,462.709 1,011.33 China 2,219,595 2,288.900 969.72 2,076.456 1,068.93 Korea, South 3,923,936 3,974.677 987.23 3,605.768 1,088.24 Japan 2,605,370 2,239.004 1,163.63 2,031.191 1,282.68 Australia 32,852 30.519 1,076.42 27.687 1,186.55 South Africa 231,130 151.874 1,521.85 137.778 1,677.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,652,138 66,783.907 1,057.92 60,585.359 1,166.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 33,192,168 36,854.628 900.62 33,433.966 992.77 Mexico 2,797,980 2,929.459 955.12 2,657.562 1,052.84 Netherlands 678,590 1,232.852 550.42 1,118.425 606.74 France 409,729 541.753 756.30 491.471 833.68 Federal Republic of Germany 956,631 2,126.137 449.94 1,928.800 495.97 Russia 18,224,073 18,999.961 959.16 17,236.480 1,057.30 Thailand 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 China 4,200 1.570 2,673.81 1.425 2,947.37 Korea, South 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 Japan 419,154 548.234 764.55 497.350 842.77 New Zealand 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 66,884,124 75,150.362 890.00 68,175.281 981.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 Czech Republic 4,997,232 4,855.557 1,029.18 4,404.889 1,134.47 Japan 10,609,111 12,243.037 866.54 11,106.700 955.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,290,562 17,803.352 915.03 16,150.934 1,008.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 609,127 1,257.786 484.28 1,141.045 533.83 Czech Republic 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 Poland 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 Spain 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 China 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 Korea, South 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 Japan 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,024,067 14,500.525 622.33 13,154.659 686.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 Switzerland 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 India 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 China 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 465,395 363.469 1,280.42 329.734 1,411.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,489,491 14,037.540 1,032.20 12,734.646 1,137.80 Mexico 3,190,038 3,047.956 1,046.62 2,765.060 1,153.70 Brazil 504,098 578.825 870.90 525.102 960.00 United Kingdom 18,101,713 14,769.418 1,225.62 13,398.595 1,351.02 Netherlands 123,924 127.473 972.16 115.642 1,071.62 France 40,916 31.370 1,304.28 28.459 1,437.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,991 2.380 1,256.20 2.160 1,384.72 Czech Republic 124,685 150.250 829.85 136.305 914.75 Spain 328,512 222.446 1,476.81 201.800 1,627.91 Turkey 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 India 530,645 425.612 1,246.78 386.109 1,374.34 China 2,115,868 2,182.001 969.69 1,979.479 1,068.90 Korea, South 1,191,726 1,189.922 1,001.52 1,079.480 1,103.98 Japan 2,224,586 2,611.964 851.69 2,369.535 938.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,420,178 39,825.901 1,090.25 36,129.460 1,201.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,326,834 4,920.253 1,082.63 4,463.580 1,193.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 6,258,407 6,208.424 1,008.05 5,632.190 1,111.19 Brazil 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 Turkey 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 China 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,278,109 11,873.649 1,034.06 10,771.597 1,139.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 Mexico 38,092,978 41,177.331 925.10 37,355.457 1,019.74 Dominican Republic 2,328,265 2,128.390 1,093.91 1,930.844 1,205.83 Federal Republic of Germany 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 Switzerland 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 Turkey 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 Taiwan 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 Japan 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,877,366 82,869.301 903.56 75,177.787 996.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,590,167 2,834.284 1,619.52 2,571.220 1,785.21 Mexico 156,246 145.643 1,072.79 132.126 1,182.55 Dominican Republic 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 United Kingdom 764,367 414.272 1,845.08 375.822 2,033.85 France 468,924 293.489 1,597.76 266.249 1,761.22 Federal Republic of Germany 4,405,584 2,670.989 1,649.42 2,423.082 1,818.17 Spain 2,550,579 2,000.241 1,275.14 1,814.589 1,405.60 Italy 151,292 97.943 1,544.68 88.853 1,702.72 Romania 112,608 35.650 3,158.63 32.342 3,481.79 India 80,104 7.366 10,873.73 6.683 11,986.23 China 872,396 665.365 1,311.15 603.610 1,445.30 Korea, South 173,129 131.445 1,317.12 119.245 1,451.88 Taiwan 19,600 10.000 1,959.97 9.072 2,160.49 Japan 105,767 70.488 1,500.49 63.946 1,654.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,455,664 9,385.895 1,540.15 8,514.744 1,697.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 39,508,251 29,686.932 1,330.83 26,931.540 1,466.99 Mexico 4,963,097 3,723.182 1,333.03 3,377.615 1,469.41 Guatemala 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 Dominican Republic 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 Colombia 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 Venezuela 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 Argentina 153,374 101.020 1,518.25 91.644 1,673.58 Denmark 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 France 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,481,044 491.837 3,011.24 446.188 3,319.33 Austria 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 Czech Republic 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 Slovakia 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 Switzerland 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 Russia 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 Ukraine 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 Spain 523,990 245.394 2,135.30 222.618 2,353.76 Italy 877,756 366.032 2,398.03 332.059 2,643.37 Romania 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 Turkey 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 United Arab Emirates 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 Oman 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India 9,162,011 9,160.988 1,000.11 8,310.711 1,102.43 Pakistan 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 Vietnam 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 Malaysia 1,526,297 1,436.378 1,062.60 1,303.061 1,171.32 China 12,039,778 9,939.124 1,211.35 9,016.625 1,335.29 Korea, South 11,102,161 11,307.271 981.86 10,257.787 1,082.32 Taiwan 8,695,864 9,198.230 945.38 8,344.497 1,042.11 Japan 3,243,656 2,435.603 1,331.77 2,209.543 1,468.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,189,695 93,461.724 1,178.98 84,787.074 1,299.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 24,167,789 13,291.977 1,818.22 12,058.283 2,004.25 Mexico 4,473,511 2,114.641 2,115.49 1,918.371 2,331.93 Colombia 3,576,775 2,182.081 1,639.16 1,979.552 1,806.86 Venezuela 2,863,856 1,757.249 1,629.74 1,594.150 1,796.48 Brazil 27,840 12.016 2,316.85 10.901 2,553.89 Argentina 8,614,809 5,094.798 1,690.90 4,621.925 1,863.90 Sweden 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 France 2,976 7.289 408.25 6.613 450.02 Federal Republic of Germany 15,957,351 10,287.578 1,551.13 9,332.737 1,709.83 Austria 12,669,169 5,575.054 2,272.47 5,057.606 2,504.97 Czech Republic 322,329 236.577 1,362.46 214.620 1,501.86 Poland 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 Russia 2,893,153 2,734.674 1,057.95 2,480.856 1,166.19 Ukraine 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 Spain 1,083,528 459.330 2,358.93 416.698 2,600.27 Italy 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 Turkey 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 United Arab Emirates 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 India 1,091,832 814.056 1,341.22 738.500 1,478.45 China 177,101,750 155,220.439 1,140.97 140,813.654 1,257.70 Korea, South 36,750,067 31,129.928 1,180.54 28,240.604 1,301.32 Taiwan 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 7,841,470 4,067.527 1,927.82 3,690.000 2,125.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 308,408,338 242,233.109 1,273.19 219,750.242 1,403.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 64,008 80.683 793.32 73.195 874.49 Federal Republic of Germany 6,770,778 2,695.260 2,512.11 2,445.100 2,769.12 Czech Republic 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 Ukraine 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 Italy 5,733,508 2,968.506 1,931.45 2,692.985 2,129.05 Turkey 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 India 19,329,564 14,470.185 1,335.82 13,127.135 1,472.49 Thailand 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 China 12,408,133 12,983.880 955.66 11,778.782 1,053.43 Korea, South 15,097,268 13,347.963 1,131.05 12,109.072 1,246.77 Taiwan 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 Japan 16,844,489 15,764.410 1,068.51 14,301.237 1,177.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,986,607 71,489.474 1,216.78 64,854.179 1,341.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 447,388 275.943 1,621.30 250.332 1,787.18 Mexico 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 Brazil 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 Argentina 2,455,511 1,688.556 1,454.21 1,531.833 1,602.99 France 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,770,539 956.104 1,851.83 867.364 2,041.29 Czech Republic 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 Slovakia 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 Ukraine 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 Spain 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 Italy 5,105,202 2,730.856 1,869.45 2,477.392 2,060.72 India 2,150 2.690 799.04 2.441 880.79 China 24,221,616 25,072.553 966.06 22,745.444 1,064.90 Korea, South 2,492,849 3,107.435 802.22 2,819.019 884.30 Taiwan 819,000 1,061.257 771.73 962.757 850.68 Japan 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,230,218 53,470.068 1,219.94 48,507.244 1,344.75 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 Mexico 13,295,757 8,417.348 1,579.57 7,636.092 1,741.17 Ukraine 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 China 6,751,798 8,247.839 818.61 7,482.316 902.37 Korea, South 10,355,619 11,489.948 901.28 10,423.509 993.49 Taiwan 1,873,946 2,072.232 904.31 1,879.898 996.83 Japan 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 42,600,445 40,377.378 1,055.06 36,629.752 1,163.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,604,729 4,336.455 1,523.07 3,933.967 1,678.90 Mexico 7,126,969 5,285.834 1,348.31 4,795.230 1,486.26 Costa Rica 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 Dominican Republic 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 Colombia 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 Brazil 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 Argentina 1,833,004 1,191.780 1,538.04 1,081.165 1,695.40 Sweden 104,874 39.396 2,662.01 35.740 2,934.36 Denmark 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 United Kingdom 51,653 45.414 1,137.38 41.199 1,253.74 Netherlands 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 Belgium 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 France 567,458 324.134 1,750.69 294.050 1,929.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,522,942 1,641.078 2,146.72 1,488.762 2,366.36 Austria 317,666 68.248 4,654.55 61.914 5,130.76 Slovakia 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 Switzerland 1,906,823 978.234 1,949.25 887.440 2,148.68 Russia 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 Ukraine 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 Spain 915,494 430.802 2,125.09 390.818 2,342.51 Italy 443,343 138.392 3,203.51 125.548 3,531.26 United Arab Emirates 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 India 1,451,642 1,037.152 1,399.64 940.889 1,542.84 Thailand 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 Vietnam 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 Malaysia 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 China 10,387,115 7,348.058 1,413.59 6,666.048 1,558.21 Korea, South 1,026,666 715.356 1,435.18 648.961 1,582.01 Hong Kong 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 Japan 2,050,846 744.149 2,755.96 675.081 3,037.93 Australia 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,369,094 26,874.885 1,539.32 24,380.493 1,696.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 31,214 14.086 2,215.89 12.779 2,442.60 Mexico 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 Brazil 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 Argentina 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 France 2,865,304 2,013.850 1,422.80 1,826.935 1,568.37 Federal Republic of Germany 10,648,111 4,681.276 2,274.62 4,246.784 2,507.34 Slovakia 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 Italy 219,240 97.294 2,253.37 88.264 2,483.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 Turkey 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 India 37,324 22.984 1,623.89 20.851 1,790.03 China 2,691,628 2,018.559 1,333.44 1,831.207 1,469.87 Korea, South 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 Japan 63,751 25.546 2,495.53 23.175 2,750.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,332,634 10,451.301 1,945.46 9,481.264 2,144.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,798,343 444.084 4,049.55 402.867 4,463.86 Mexico 342,622 102.299 3,349.19 92.805 3,691.85 United Kingdom 7,095 0.222 31,863.75 0.202 35,123.76 Federal Republic of Germany 493,662 9.121 54,119.97 8.275 59,657.04 Italy 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 Vietnam 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 China 102,891 46.711 2,202.69 42.376 2,428.05 Taiwan 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 Japan 707,730 221.191 3,199.62 200.662 3,526.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,510,873 857.665 4,093.52 778.061 4,512.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 34,995,939 27,792.175 1,259.20 25,212.645 1,388.03 Mexico 5,294,945 3,090.762 1,713.15 2,803.893 1,888.43 Colombia 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 Sweden 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 United Kingdom 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 Belgium 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 France 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 Federal Republic of Germany 493,918 186.918 2,642.42 169.570 2,912.77 Austria 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 Turkey 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 Thailand 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 China 1,101,096 988.034 1,114.43 896.330 1,228.45 Korea, South 3,664,156 4,084.409 897.11 3,705.315 988.89 Taiwan 87,002 18.916 4,599.20 17.161 5,069.75 Japan 902,736 497.323 1,815.19 451.164 2,000.90 Australia 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,281,484 37,197.755 1,271.08 33,745.246 1,401.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 Mexico 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 China 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 Japan 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 923,608 915.928 1,008.38 830.917 1,111.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,686,515 13,417.063 1,467.27 12,171.759 1,617.39 Mexico 13,530,371 10,661.322 1,269.11 9,671.792 1,398.95 Dominican Republic 127,497 83.925 1,519.17 76.136 1,674.60 Venezuela 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 Ecuador 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil 312,540 222.716 1,403.31 202.045 1,546.88 Sweden 162,525 27.859 5,833.67 25.274 6,430.52 United Kingdom 563,929 252.312 2,235.04 228.894 2,463.71 Belgium 549,519 181.738 3,023.69 164.870 3,333.04 France 504,143 215.852 2,335.59 195.818 2,574.55 Federal Republic of Germany 816,220 434.277 1,879.49 393.970 2,071.78 Austria 27,384 9.896 2,767.03 8.978 3,050.12 Czech Republic 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 Belarus 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Italy 85,269 44.974 1,895.95 40.800 2,089.93 Turkey 125,296 52.819 2,372.16 47.917 2,614.85 United Arab Emirates 813,618 514.398 1,581.69 466.655 1,743.51 India 1,305,655 930.856 1,402.64 844.459 1,546.14 Thailand 75,501 46.504 1,623.53 42.188 1,789.63 Malaysia 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 Indonesia 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 China 18,845,242 14,316.933 1,316.29 12,988.107 1,450.96 Korea, South 1,789,391 1,323.667 1,351.84 1,200.811 1,490.15 Taiwan 652,881 512.405 1,274.15 464.847 1,404.51 Japan 3,374,904 2,874.851 1,173.94 2,608.022 1,294.05 Australia 46,568 22.046 2,112.29 20.000 2,328.40 South Africa 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,867,144 49,713.935 1,365.15 45,099.736 1,504.82 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 China 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 Japan 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 823,985 961.667 856.83 872.410 944.49 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 8,767,551 10,595.339 827.49 9,611.933 912.15 Brazil 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 Norway 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 Netherlands 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 Belgium 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 Federal Republic of Germany 349,235 326.339 1,070.16 296.050 1,179.65 China 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 Korea, South 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 Taiwan 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 Japan 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,707,126 20,679.162 807.92 18,759.826 890.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,217,375 2,189.104 1,012.91 1,985.923 1,116.55 United Kingdom 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 Netherlands 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 France 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 Federal Republic of Germany 245,513 225.134 1,090.52 204.239 1,202.09 Taiwan 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 Japan 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,800,846 8,432.539 925.09 7,649.873 1,019.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 46,911,337 49,980.761 938.59 45,341.797 1,034.62 Mexico 6,071,187 5,848.658 1,038.05 5,305.815 1,144.25 Sweden 3,500 0.992 3,527.94 0.900 3,888.89 Netherlands 7,636,084 12,884.655 592.65 11,688.766 653.28 Belgium 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 France 2,479,899 3,281.255 755.78 2,976.706 833.10 Federal Republic of Germany 24,257 15.990 1,517.00 14.506 1,672.20 Slovakia 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 Russia 7,831,415 8,062.986 971.28 7,314.620 1,070.65 Italy 9,000 4.376 2,056.59 3.970 2,267.00 Thailand 2,135,805 2,876.728 742.44 2,609.725 818.40 Korea, South 33,838,172 38,835.297 871.33 35,230.799 960.47 Japan 768,214 930.374 825.70 844.022 910.18 Australia 55,302,878 60,824.653 909.22 55,179.213 1,002.24 New Zealand 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,008,133 185,439.729 889.82 168,228.140 980.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 23,355,760 22,799.136 1,024.41 20,683.035 1,129.22 Mexico 5,448,263 4,821.382 1,130.02 4,373.886 1,245.63 Sweden 683,941 715.237 956.24 648.853 1,054.08 Netherlands 1,789,865 1,990.161 899.36 1,805.445 991.37 Belgium 638,241 924.100 690.66 838.330 761.32 France 29,442 48.589 605.93 44.080 667.92 Federal Republic of Germany 137,844 155.484 886.55 141.053 977.25 India 554,149 533.535 1,038.64 484.015 1,144.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 8,539,818 9,008.771 947.94 8,172.622 1,044.93 Korea, South 1,710,278 1,968.068 869.01 1,785.402 957.92 Taiwan 1,403,454 1,177.184 1,192.21 1,067.924 1,314.19 Japan 2,282,173 2,796.965 815.95 2,537.365 899.43 New Zealand 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,715,308 47,072.240 992.42 42,703.230 1,093.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,274,032 25,664.473 867.89 23,282.425 956.69 Mexico 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 Colombia 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 Brazil 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 Argentina 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 Sweden 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 Netherlands 725,872 658.107 1,102.97 597.025 1,215.82 Federal Republic of Germany 327,205 352.713 927.68 319.976 1,022.59 Austria 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 Spain 194,993 237.552 820.84 215.504 904.82 Italy 69,398 43.166 1,607.68 39.160 1,772.17 India 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 China 49,269,831 53,666.050 918.08 48,685.036 1,012.01 Korea, South 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 Taiwan 11,098,820 8,910.030 1,245.65 8,083.046 1,373.10 Japan 1,366,745 1,417.927 963.90 1,286.323 1,062.52 Australia 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 South Africa 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,150,906 125,481.031 997.37 113,834.509 1,099.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 391,605 329.728 1,187.66 299.125 1,309.17 Mexico 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 Luxembourg 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 Federal Republic of Germany 1,578,668 1,387.742 1,137.58 1,258.939 1,253.97 Thailand 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 China 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 Korea, South 2,141,740 1,772.352 1,208.42 1,607.852 1,332.05 Japan 4,430,836 3,843.985 1,152.67 3,487.206 1,270.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,910,149 8,608.148 1,151.25 7,809.183 1,269.04 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 Mexico 13,738,709 10,341.581 1,328.49 9,381.728 1,464.41 United Kingdom 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 Belgium 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 Luxembourg 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 Federal Republic of Germany 291,518 167.291 1,742.58 151.764 1,920.86 India 1,155,878 902.913 1,280.16 819.110 1,411.14 Thailand 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 China 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 Korea, South 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 Taiwan 17,679,418 14,851.031 1,190.45 13,472.633 1,312.25 Japan 1,721,250 992.383 1,734.46 900.275 1,911.92 Australia 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,229,177 47,425.376 1,206.72 43,023.590 1,330.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,325,531 1,658.684 799.15 1,504.734 880.91 Mexico 1,162,297 1,373.869 846.00 1,246.354 932.56 Federal Republic of Germany 6,495 10.944 593.43 9.929 654.14 Turkey 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 Australia 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,527,107 3,097.161 815.94 2,809.698 899.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,294,673 2,396.708 1,374.67 2,174.258 1,515.31 Mexico 237,641 190.081 1,250.21 172.439 1,378.12 Brazil 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 Sweden 504,783 118.640 4,254.72 107.629 4,690.03 United Kingdom 870,756 340.232 2,559.30 308.654 2,821.14 France 242,733 48.061 5,050.43 43.601 5,567.14 Federal Republic of Germany 3,763,394 2,361.952 1,593.34 2,142.728 1,756.36 Austria 473,017 121.504 3,893.00 110.227 4,291.30 Switzerland 118,260 43.910 2,693.20 39.835 2,968.75 Italy 72,360 22.655 3,193.88 20.553 3,520.65 India 114,718 59.554 1,926.27 54.027 2,123.35 China 439,072 326.350 1,345.40 296.060 1,483.05 Korea, South 1,276,303 1,036.061 1,231.88 939.899 1,357.92 Taiwan 455,973 282.631 1,613.31 256.399 1,778.37 Japan 409,787 336.521 1,217.72 305.287 1,342.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,333,352 7,712.865 1,599.06 6,996.996 1,762.66 GRAND TOTAL 1,980,731,295 1,873,842.257 1,057.04 1,699,921.580 1,165.19 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 79,299 21.097 3,758.76 19.139 4,143.32 Italy 12,152,306 3,108.650 3,909.19 2,820.121 4,309.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,231,605 3,129.747 3,908.18 2,839.260 4,308.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 35,203 12.259 2,871.39 11.122 3,165.17 Sweden 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 United Kingdom 18,941,244 4,652.520 4,071.18 4,220.697 4,487.71 Federal Republic of Germany 218,322 27.149 8,041.35 24.630 8,864.07 Czech Republic 3,063 2.109 1,451.78 1.914 1,600.31 Spain 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 Italy 3,923,968 1,188.368 3,301.98 1,078.070 3,639.81 China 255,728 21.241 12,039.06 19.270 13,270.78 Taiwan 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,597,885 8,370.926 4,372.02 7,593.979 4,819.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 United Kingdom 1,383,719 296.467 4,667.35 268.951 5,144.87 France 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 Federal Republic of Germany 143,948 49.361 2,916.20 44.780 3,214.56 Austria 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 Italy 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 India 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 China 267,589 100.183 2,670.99 90.885 2,944.26 Taiwan 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 Japan 14,861 4.888 3,039.84 4.435 3,350.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,527,952 1,782.939 4,222.21 1,617.456 4,654.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 11,011 2.247 4,898.98 2.039 5,400.20 United Kingdom 9,112 2.655 3,431.41 2.409 3,782.48 Italy 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 India 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 Japan 33,939 7.305 4,645.99 6.627 5,121.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,232,339 260.638 4,728.16 236.447 5,211.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 53,873 7.614 7,074.81 6.908 7,798.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 20,741 3.067 6,761.02 2.783 7,452.75 Sweden 1,325,629 217.481 6,095.36 197.296 6,718.99 Finland 175,888 39.902 4,407.94 36.199 4,858.92 United Kingdom 96,554 24.962 3,867.89 22.646 4,263.62 Netherlands 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 Belgium 1,936,363 286.679 6,754.46 260.071 7,445.52 France 672,491 149.899 4,486.27 135.987 4,945.26 Federal Republic of Germany 2,380,820 414.874 5,738.65 376.368 6,325.78 Austria 62,700 10.960 5,720.66 9.943 6,305.94 Italy 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 Slovenia 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 China 1,818,032 430.809 4,220.04 390.824 4,651.79 Korea, South 1,802,923 427.324 4,219.10 387.662 4,650.76 Taiwan 7,651,394 1,575.860 4,855.38 1,429.597 5,352.13 Japan 2,265,489 405.590 5,585.65 367.946 6,157.12 South Africa 1,679,081 1,074.223 1,563.07 974.519 1,722.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,170,666 5,275.920 4,391.78 4,786.236 4,841.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 Sweden 5,702,927 935.618 6,095.36 848.779 6,718.98 Finland 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 Belgium 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 Federal Republic of Germany 433,754 117.947 3,677.52 107.000 4,053.78 China 917,138 251.924 3,640.53 228.542 4,013.00 South Africa 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,847,396 1,706.994 5,183.02 1,548.560 5,713.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 205,440 15.194 13,520.90 13.784 14,904.24 Brazil 382,651 23.178 16,509.02 21.027 18,198.08 Sweden 2,599,340 557.674 4,661.03 505.914 5,137.91 United Kingdom 714,323 155.541 4,592.49 141.105 5,062.35 Netherlands 4,541 0.862 5,267.94 0.782 5,806.91 France 963,500 107.162 8,991.04 97.216 9,910.92 Federal Republic of Germany 796,384 154.356 5,159.38 140.030 5,687.24 Austria 1,424,615 173.885 8,192.85 157.746 9,031.07 Ukraine 1,615,166 324.046 4,984.37 293.970 5,494.32 Portugal 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 Italy 4,666,662 726.190 6,426.22 658.789 7,083.70 Slovenia 29,850 8.647 3,451.81 7.845 3,804.97 India 2,106,792 429.665 4,903.33 389.786 5,405.00 China 20,000 9.842 2,032.00 8.929 2,239.89 Taiwan 1,419,519 311.040 4,563.78 282.171 5,030.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,716,504 3,348.318 5,589.82 3,037.544 6,161.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,414 0.167 20,375.85 0.152 22,460.53 Switzerland 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 Italy 560,620 122.685 4,569.59 111.298 5,037.11 India 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 Japan 279,631 64.295 4,349.15 58.328 4,794.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,462,538 1,026.850 4,345.85 931.543 4,790.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 105,290 17.138 6,143.40 15.548 6,771.93 Mexico 145,418 23.836 6,100.68 21.624 6,724.84 Brazil 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 Sweden 419,992 58.587 7,168.59 53.150 7,902.01 Denmark 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 United Kingdom 922,682 156.039 5,913.12 141.557 6,518.10 France 2,176,894 371.854 5,854.15 337.341 6,453.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,901,912 489.593 5,927.18 444.152 6,533.60 Austria 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 Czech Republic 226,046 28.880 7,826.93 26.200 8,627.71 Switzerland 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 Latvia 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Russia 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 Ukraine 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 Spain 7,254 0.220 32,903.60 0.200 36,270.00 Italy 11,413,734 1,643.558 6,944.52 1,491.012 7,655.02 Slovenia 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 Saudi Arabia 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 United Arab Emirates 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 India 9,028,932 1,931.064 4,675.62 1,751.833 5,153.99 China 392,694 84.807 4,630.42 76.936 5,104.16 Korea, South 15,899 1.749 9,088.43 1.587 10,018.27 Taiwan 8,363,311 1,972.458 4,240.04 1,789.385 4,673.85 Japan 261,040 46.586 5,603.28 42.263 6,176.56 Australia 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,068,467 7,344.485 5,319.43 6,662.807 5,863.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 187,001 12.743 14,673.86 11.561 16,175.16 United Kingdom 390,590 15.435 25,304.39 14.003 27,893.31 Czech Republic 2,106 0.068 30,815.03 0.062 33,967.74 Russia 4,380 0.770 5,684.51 0.699 6,266.09 India 2,645,170 770.249 3,434.17 698.759 3,785.53 China 3,801,517 991.827 3,832.84 899.771 4,224.98 Japan 13,089,775 3,787.828 3,455.75 3,436.261 3,809.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 20,120,539 5,578.923 3,606.53 5,061.116 3,975.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A India 3,450 0.339 10,161.65 0.308 11,201.30 China 175,640 17.703 9,921.42 16.060 10,936.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 179,090 18.042 9,925.94 16.368 10,941.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 48,763 10.101 4,827.27 9.164 5,321.15 United Kingdom 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 India 5,520 1.143 4,828.99 1.037 5,323.05 China 195,108 176.054 1,108.23 159.714 1,221.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 281,850 189.371 1,488.34 171.795 1,640.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 13,117,207 1,314.928 9,975.61 1,192.883 10,996.22 Mexico 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 Costa Rica 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 Uruguay 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 Sweden 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 Denmark 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 United Kingdom 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 Ireland 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 France 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 Federal Republic of Germany 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 Austria 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 Czech Republic 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 Switzerland 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 Ukraine 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 Spain 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 Italy 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 India 833,848 149.826 5,565.44 135.920 6,134.84 Thailand 1,335,128 322.397 4,141.25 292.474 4,564.95 Malaysia 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 Singapore 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 China 14,997,684 1,986.982 7,547.97 1,802.561 8,320.21 Korea, South 6,501,552 944.238 6,885.50 856.599 7,589.96 Taiwan 11,774,373 2,107.098 5,587.96 1,911.528 6,159.67 Japan 7,213,861 889.232 8,112.46 806.698 8,942.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,137,001 11,516.516 8,434.58 10,447.611 9,297.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 451,965 99.931 4,522.77 90.656 4,985.49 Mexico 35,895 1.054 34,026.55 0.957 37,507.84 Brazil 227,055 51.120 4,441.54 46.376 4,895.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,048,625 91.902 11,410.13 83.373 12,577.51 Finland 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 Denmark 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 United Kingdom 125,706 16.152 7,782.61 14.653 8,578.86 Ireland 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 Netherlands 53,821 2.398 22,438.24 2.176 24,733.92 Belgium 103,294 10.836 9,531.76 9.831 10,506.97 France 467,552 45.964 10,172.10 41.698 11,212.82 Federal Republic of Germany 468,852 73.068 6,416.57 66.287 7,073.06 Switzerland 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 Spain 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 Italy 858,340 144.765 5,929.18 131.329 6,535.80 United Arab Emirates 26,932 6.160 4,371.50 5.589 4,818.75 India 8,097,747 1,723.383 4,698.75 1,563.428 5,179.48 Thailand 193,449 33.502 5,774.16 30.393 6,364.92 Vietnam 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 China 2,329,802 556.227 4,188.58 504.601 4,617.12 Korea, South 4,944,701 793.581 6,230.87 719.925 6,868.36 Taiwan 2,240,374 325.045 6,892.50 294.876 7,597.68 Japan 1,051,310 116.420 9,030.28 105.615 9,954.17 Australia 108,748 20.951 5,190.43 19.007 5,721.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,060,269 4,226.038 5,693.34 3,833.799 6,275.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 United Kingdom 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 France 63,403 33.253 1,906.66 30.167 2,101.73 Italy 67,629 13.335 5,071.25 12.098 5,590.10 Thailand 71,850 31.379 2,289.71 28.467 2,523.98 China 2,148,135 542.044 3,963.02 491.735 4,368.48 Korea, South 29,002 5.299 5,472.17 4.808 6,032.03 Taiwan 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 Japan 2,178,502 1,525.661 1,427.91 1,384.057 1,574.00 South Africa 1,596,178 1,210.787 1,318.30 1,098.408 1,453.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,190,587 3,378.058 1,832.59 3,064.524 2,020.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 131,530 24.689 5,327.35 22.398 5,872.40 Mexico 22,445,521 7,551.025 2,972.51 6,850.177 3,276.63 Brazil 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 Sweden 2,539,463 466.749 5,440.74 423.428 5,997.39 Finland 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 United Kingdom 161,682 17.224 9,386.63 15.626 10,346.99 Belgium 1,872,057 369.472 5,066.84 335.180 5,585.23 France 3,623,386 1,210.093 2,994.30 1,097.779 3,300.65 Federal Republic of Germany 2,833,789 628.160 4,511.25 569.858 4,972.80 Austria 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 Spain 73,427 19.984 3,674.12 18.130 4,050.03 Italy 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 Romania 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 India 900,014 213.808 4,209.44 193.964 4,640.11 Thailand 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 Singapore 186,366 42.284 4,407.41 38.360 4,858.34 Indonesia 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 China 44,623,897 11,781.463 3,787.64 10,687.967 4,175.15 Korea, South 2,031,727 587.605 3,457.64 533.067 3,811.39 Taiwan 5,023,837 1,422.917 3,530.66 1,290.849 3,891.89 Japan 1,144,488 180.420 6,343.44 163.675 6,992.44 South Africa 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,213,947 28,542.467 3,616.15 25,893.298 3,986.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 France 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 Federal Republic of Germany 20,666 4.253 4,858.22 3.859 5,355.27 Italy 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 China 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 Japan 22,642 14.462 1,565.59 13.120 1,725.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 387,268 98.829 3,918.53 89.657 4,319.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 46,388 7.079 6,552.86 6.422 7,223.29 Mexico 5,621,067 1,779.713 3,158.41 1,614.529 3,481.55 Sweden 1,739,733 218.394 7,966.02 198.124 8,781.03 Finland 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 United Kingdom 446,977 51.896 8,612.80 47.080 9,493.99 Belgium 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 France 706,926 189.843 3,723.73 172.223 4,104.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,014,400 102.152 9,930.27 92.671 10,946.25 Austria 85,255 15.280 5,579.43 13.862 6,150.27 Spain 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 Italy 147,043 23.003 6,392.33 20.868 7,046.34 Romania 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 India 558,026 118.314 4,716.47 107.333 5,199.02 China 1,258,034 355.360 3,540.16 322.378 3,902.36 Korea, South 2,035,511 441.777 4,607.55 400.774 5,078.95 Taiwan 262,022 111.483 2,350.32 101.136 2,590.79 Japan 2,512,972 316.407 7,942.20 287.040 8,754.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,058,900 4,220.776 4,515.50 3,829.025 4,977.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 422,484,803 90,015.846 4,693.45 81,661.025 5,173.64