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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 54,441,650 58,964.186 923.30 53,491.425 1,017.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,691,775 29,478.739 1,075.07 26,742.670 1,185.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,811,174 9,753.494 1,108.44 8,848.224 1,221.85 STEEL PILING...........................5 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 46,564,767 32,655.014 1,425.96 29,624.139 1,571.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 36,968,421 40,098.881 921.93 36,377.104 1,016.26 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 609,127 1,257.786 484.28 1,141.045 533.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,573,974 37,652.968 1,077.58 34,158.208 1,187.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,563,474 5,153.125 1,079.63 4,674.838 1,190.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,622,400 4,333.131 1,989.88 3,930.952 2,193.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 754,734 343.741 2,195.65 311.837 2,420.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,508,251 29,686.932 1,330.83 26,931.540 1,466.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,664,669 19,842.747 1,847.76 18,001.043 2,036.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,631,219 2,720.694 1,702.22 2,468.173 1,876.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,213,378 570.041 2,128.58 517.133 2,346.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,586,118 6,265.264 1,530.04 5,683.754 1,686.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,677 16.265 2,623.74 14.756 2,892.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,117,207 1,314.928 9,975.61 1,192.883 10,996.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,241,452 807.242 4,015.46 732.318 4,426.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 35,898,990 28,514.519 1,258.97 25,867.944 1,387.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,629,014 14,454.424 1,496.36 13,112.837 1,649.45 BLACK PLATE...........................28 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,767,551 10,595.339 827.49 9,611.933 912.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,217,375 2,189.104 1,012.91 1,985.923 1,116.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 51,476,187 54,145.129 950.71 49,119.649 1,047.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,502,161 25,263.531 1,049.03 22,918.697 1,156.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,994,359 37,498.065 853.23 34,017.682 940.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,262,491 1,534.050 1,474.85 1,391.668 1,625.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,472,726 1,846.275 797.67 1,674.913 879.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,654,297 2,958.760 1,573.06 2,684.143 1,734.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 534,897,082 462,678.115 1,156.09 419,734.644 1,274.37 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 58,231,861 54,154.251 1,075.30 49,127.924 1,185.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,192,468 9,072.776 1,013.19 8,230.687 1,116.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,797,980 2,929.459 955.12 2,657.562 1,052.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,343,992 3,950.391 1,099.64 3,583.736 1,212.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,496,107 6,405.802 1,014.10 5,811.248 1,117.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,092,978 41,177.331 925.10 37,355.457 1,019.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 301,664 169.480 1,779.94 153.750 1,962.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,072,525 3,772.975 1,344.44 3,422.787 1,481.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,954,965 4,920.356 2,226.46 4,463.674 2,454.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,295,757 8,417.348 1,579.57 7,636.092 1,741.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,680,449 6,971.170 1,532.09 6,324.141 1,688.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 347,952 105.032 3,312.80 95.284 3,651.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,513,933 3,161.901 1,743.87 2,868.430 1,922.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,285,553 11,006.963 1,297.87 9,985.352 1,430.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,071,187 5,848.658 1,038.05 5,305.815 1,144.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 27,893,784 12,372.408 2,254.52 11,224.063 2,485.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,738,709 10,341.581 1,328.49 9,381.728 1,464.41 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,162,297 1,373.869 846.00 1,246.354 932.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,858,708 1,969.794 2,974.27 1,786.968 3,278.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 257,020,796 201,944.576 1,272.73 183,201.090 1,402.94 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 469,159 348.474 1,346.32 316.131 1,484.07 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,328,265 2,128.390 1,093.91 1,930.844 1,205.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,497 83.925 1,519.17 76.136 1,674.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,370,219 2,835.289 1,188.67 2,572.132 1,310.28 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,888,329 3,811.408 1,807.29 3,457.653 1,992.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,326,754 5,583.706 1,670.35 5,065.455 1,841.25 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,863,856 1,757.249 1,629.74 1,594.150 1,796.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,423,315 4,061.877 1,335.17 3,684.874 1,471.78 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,946,516 16,069.502 992.35 14,578.012 1,093.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 390,744 325.688 1,199.75 295.460 1,322.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,720,868 3,194.867 1,477.64 2,898.336 1,628.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,666,033 1,863.705 1,967.07 1,690.726 2,168.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 570,603 292.951 1,947.77 265.761 2,147.05 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,628,540 28,814.203 1,410.02 26,139.813 1,554.28 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 579,632 323.463 1,791.96 293.441 1,975.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,614,809 5,094.798 1,690.90 4,621.925 1,863.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,455,511 1,688.556 1,454.21 1,531.833 1,602.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,036,494 1,283.059 1,587.22 1,163.972 1,749.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,865,807 8,746.385 1,699.65 7,934.590 1,873.54 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,970,027 7,241.327 2,067.30 6,569.224 2,278.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,332,183 2,489.513 2,945.23 2,258.449 3,246.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,108,359 910.278 4,513.30 825.791 4,975.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 433,381 64.603 6,708.36 58.607 7,394.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 783,329 302.031 2,593.54 273.998 2,858.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,234,491 124.201 9,939.40 112.674 10,956.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,460,926 4,496.208 992.15 4,078.893 1,093.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,650,415 4,661.581 1,426.64 4,228.917 1,572.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,666,267 426.672 6,248.98 387.071 6,888.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 61,104,353 24,661.494 2,477.72 22,372.538 2,731.22 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,265,448 6,870.695 766.36 6,232.992 844.77 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,097,217 531.435 2,064.63 482.110 2,275.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,262,231 1,448.193 3,633.65 1,313.779 4,005.42 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 141,508 19.462 7,270.84 17.656 8,014.73 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 89,983 25.236 3,565.62 22.894 3,930.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,197,378 4,804.268 3,995.90 4,358.360 4,404.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,304,969 1,598.863 1,441.63 1,450.465 1,589.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 839,359 494.697 1,696.71 448.782 1,870.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 597,082 278.363 2,144.97 252.527 2,364.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,156,908 15,490.530 1,301.24 14,052.777 1,434.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,502,520 1,763.413 2,553.30 1,599.742 2,814.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 415,391 20.925 19,851.26 18.983 21,882.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 148,924 55.965 2,661.00 50.771 2,933.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 562,857 13.900 40,492.90 12.610 44,635.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,205,817 289.325 4,167.68 262.472 4,594.08 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,951,020 1,342.267 1,453.53 1,217.685 1,602.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,352,183 400.382 3,377.23 363.221 3,722.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,899,584 27,841.846 2,079.59 25,257.705 2,292.35 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,010 2.610 57,469.10 2.368 63,348.82 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 848,016 1,381.487 613.84 1,253.265 676.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 189,114 151.056 1,251.94 137.036 1,380.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,821 2.398 22,438.24 2.176 24,733.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,636,084 12,884.655 592.65 11,688.766 653.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,020,399 4,659.895 862.77 4,227.387 951.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 725,872 658.107 1,102.97 597.025 1,215.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,188,373 20,647.884 687.16 18,731.451 757.46 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 846,457 1,805.021 468.95 1,637.488 516.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,681,042 1,159.559 4,899.31 1,051.935 5,400.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 652,813 192.574 3,389.92 174.701 3,736.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,510,298 1,293.572 1,940.59 1,173.510 2,139.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,313,020 5,560.817 2,214.25 5,044.690 2,440.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,390,342 18,627.418 1,416.75 16,898.515 1,561.70 France WIRE RODS..............................3 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,672,396 1,382.216 2,656.89 1,253.926 2,928.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 583,683 730.610 798.90 662.799 880.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,361,469 310.677 4,382.26 281.842 4,830.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,278,069 1,500.611 2,850.88 1,361.332 3,142.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,195,910 245.226 4,876.75 222.466 5,375.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,843,045 1,928.475 1,992.79 1,749.484 2,196.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 795,976 433.546 1,835.96 393.307 2,023.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,474,035 2,747.600 1,992.30 2,492.582 2,196.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,014,486 280.491 3,616.81 254.458 3,986.85 TIN PLATE.............................29 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,543,302 3,314.509 767.32 3,006.873 845.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,734,919 1,263.029 2,957.11 1,145.801 3,259.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,127,903 245.116 4,601.50 222.366 5,072.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,419,524 18,514.731 2,291.12 16,796.287 2,525.53 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,855,618 342.397 5,419.48 310.618 5,973.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,613,904 4,943.386 1,135.64 4,484.566 1,251.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,601,576 1,522.435 1,708.82 1,381.131 1,883.66 STEEL PILING...........................5 189,118 287.417 657.99 260.741 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,329,147 2,818.377 2,600.48 2,556.790 2,866.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,390,385 2,244.084 619.58 2,035.800 682.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,304,928 271.800 4,801.06 246.573 5,292.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,364,224 3,470.651 2,409.99 3,148.523 2,656.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,406,402 1,002.267 2,400.96 909.242 2,646.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,337,909 16,676.707 1,639.29 15,128.859 1,807.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,490,967 11,144.400 1,659.22 10,110.033 1,828.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,776,058 960.341 1,849.40 871.207 2,038.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,735,271 3,447.053 2,244.02 3,127.115 2,473.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,646,744 5,264.328 2,592.30 4,775.720 2,857.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 741,800 14.229 52,130.28 12.909 57,463.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 525,543 192.510 2,729.94 174.643 3,009.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,718,968 670.887 2,562.23 608.619 2,824.37 TIN PLATE.............................29 349,235 326.339 1,070.16 296.050 1,179.65 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 245,513 225.134 1,090.52 204.239 1,202.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 28,715 16.910 1,698.05 15.341 1,871.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,236,115 911.130 3,551.76 826.564 3,915.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 593,578 515.438 1,151.60 467.598 1,269.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,789,065 3,293.462 1,150.48 2,987.780 1,268.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 291,518 167.291 1,742.58 151.764 1,920.86 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,133,018 2,335.761 1,341.33 2,118.968 1,478.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 176,632 91.427 1,931.93 82.942 2,129.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,780,374 4,904.654 1,790.21 4,449.429 1,973.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,970,977 69,747.810 1,906.45 63,274.167 2,101.50 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,491,586 1,724.249 1,445.03 1,564.213 1,592.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,577,549 200.406 7,871.74 181.806 8,677.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,683,929 281.328 9,540.20 255.217 10,516.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,193,717 8,035.808 2,139.64 7,289.965 2,358.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 421,631 87.025 4,844.93 78.948 5,340.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 198,702 48.145 4,127.10 43.677 4,549.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,558,404 260.853 5,974.26 236.642 6,585.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,670,277 12,413.894 2,470.64 11,261.699 2,723.41 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 458,550 63.107 7,266.20 57.250 8,009.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,009,807 4,870.644 1,028.57 4,418.576 1,133.81 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,576,032 1,514.875 1,040.37 1,374.272 1,146.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 306,353 46.671 6,563.98 42.340 7,235.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,678,654 3,309.834 1,413.56 3,002.632 1,558.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,233,708 13,349.729 1,290.94 12,110.674 1,423.02 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,991,110 1,460.761 1,363.06 1,325.181 1,502.52 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,115,672 1,054.546 2,006.24 956.669 2,211.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 197,729 62.066 3,185.75 56.306 3,511.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,446,031 1,899.013 2,867.82 1,722.757 3,161.23 Latvia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Poland RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,358,642 593.229 2,290.25 538.169 2,524.56 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,224,073 18,999.961 959.16 17,236.480 1,057.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 TOOL STEEL............................17 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,607,890 3,885.444 1,185.94 3,524.817 1,307.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,831,415 8,062.986 971.28 7,314.620 1,070.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,166,730 151,121.955 874.57 137,095.571 964.05 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Ukraine INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,771,817 42,458.098 1,148.70 38,517.350 1,266.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,818,774 436.250 4,169.10 395.760 4,595.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,928,205 143,452.290 996.35 130,137.766 1,098.28 Spain IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,703,989 1,699.852 2,179.01 1,542.081 2,401.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,922,764 2,645.618 1,482.74 2,400.065 1,634.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,160,944 345.721 3,358.04 313.633 3,701.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,368,792 5,131.457 2,215.51 4,655.181 2,442.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,585,087 690.333 2,296.12 626.260 2,531.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 73,427 19.984 3,674.12 18.130 4,050.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 909,919 1,102.258 825.50 999.952 909.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,452,454 14,525.157 2,716.15 13,177.005 2,994.04 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 12,770,163 3,341.734 3,821.42 3,031.571 4,212.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,244,908 1,376.627 3,083.56 1,248.856 3,399.04 WIRE RODS..............................3 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,142,100 1,014.311 5,069.55 920.168 5,588.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 560,620 122.685 4,569.59 111.298 5,037.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,580,924 1,743.550 6,642.15 1,581.723 7,321.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,115,290 454.448 2,454.16 412.269 2,705.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,944,542 3,099.449 1,917.93 2,811.774 2,114.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,421,624 2,938.282 1,845.17 2,665.566 2,033.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,734,013 1,548.035 2,412.10 1,404.355 2,658.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,402,392 306.849 11,088.16 278.369 12,222.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,807,962 1,530.858 2,487.47 1,388.772 2,741.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 76,629 17.711 4,326.41 16.068 4,769.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 69,398 43.166 1,607.68 39.160 1,772.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 219,403 45.658 4,805.27 41.421 5,296.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,827,653 19,066.328 3,452.56 17,296.687 3,805.80 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,278 14.522 2,979.97 13.175 3,284.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,163,166 739.154 4,279.44 670.550 4,717.27 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,607 39.649 3,142.75 35.969 3,464.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,953,676 712.315 4,146.58 646.202 4,570.82 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 192,383 104.105 1,847.96 94.443 2,037.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,656,309 12,897.713 1,136.35 11,700.612 1,252.61 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,595 78.480 2,135.51 71.196 2,353.99 United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 840,550 520.559 1,614.70 472.244 1,779.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,260,192 5,027.938 1,245.08 4,561.270 1,372.47 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,092,231 42,400.787 921.97 38,465.358 1,016.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,637,437 855.277 3,083.72 775.895 3,399.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,134,311 1,959.066 4,662.58 1,777.236 5,139.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,174,409 9,170.733 1,000.40 8,319.552 1,102.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,446,144 3,645.112 1,768.44 3,306.791 1,949.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,333,014 14,470.524 1,336.03 13,127.443 1,472.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,670 3.833 2,000.61 3.478 2,205.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,645,439 1,126.142 1,461.13 1,021.620 1,610.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 37,324 22.984 1,623.89 20.851 1,790.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 833,848 149.826 5,565.44 135.920 6,134.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,403,402 2,654.240 3,542.78 2,407.887 3,905.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,454,163 747.343 1,945.78 677.979 2,144.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,155,878 902.913 1,280.16 819.110 1,411.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 672,744 177.868 3,782.25 161.360 4,169.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,802,237 95,394.245 1,297.80 86,540.228 1,430.57 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,335,128 322.397 4,141.25 292.474 4,564.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 268,950 80.006 3,361.59 72.581 3,705.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,207,655 2,908.108 759.14 2,638.192 836.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,617,308 8,098.945 1,187.48 7,347.242 1,308.97 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,238,275 4,724.989 1,108.63 4,286.440 1,222.06 Malaysia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,526,297 1,436.378 1,062.60 1,303.061 1,171.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,854,628 3,179.707 2,155.74 2,884.583 2,376.30 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 186,366 42.284 4,407.41 38.360 4,858.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 339,673 87.966 3,861.39 79.802 4,256.45 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,631,075 366.342 4,452.33 332.340 4,907.85 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 809,921 436.584 1,855.13 396.063 2,044.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,171,758 26,421.798 801.30 23,969.459 883.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,163,026 4,296.464 1,434.44 3,897.688 1,581.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 921,338 253.495 3,634.54 229.967 4,006.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,014,980 79,418.648 894.19 72,047.406 985.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,274,998 756.517 1,685.35 686.301 1,857.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,127,681 9,954.369 1,218.33 9,030.455 1,342.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 222,468,109 188,686.382 1,179.04 171,173.454 1,299.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,583,773 13,001.584 967.86 11,794.842 1,066.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,534,227 25,311.388 969.30 22,962.112 1,068.47 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,751,798 8,247.839 818.61 7,482.316 902.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,731,818 7,550.193 1,421.40 6,849.422 1,566.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,278,368 2,397.518 1,367.40 2,174.993 1,507.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,997,684 1,986.982 7,547.97 1,802.561 8,320.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 178,517 81.257 2,196.92 73.716 2,421.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,599,291 1,266.025 1,263.24 1,148.519 1,392.48 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,546,735 16,540.003 1,423.62 15,004.843 1,569.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,150,327 543.722 3,954.82 493.257 4,359.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 53,163,715 20,790.234 2,557.15 18,860.589 2,818.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 49,646,271 54,028.948 918.88 49,014.251 1,012.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 232,739 223.302 1,042.26 202.577 1,148.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,750,266 696.195 2,514.04 631.578 2,771.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 562,729,611 485,254.842 1,159.66 440,215.911 1,278.30 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,726,859 4,402.001 1,300.97 3,993.430 1,434.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,253,414 3,588.695 1,463.88 3,255.611 1,613.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 407,959 247.829 1,646.13 224.827 1,814.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,747,161 11,445.060 1,026.40 10,382.787 1,131.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,750,067 31,129.928 1,180.54 28,240.604 1,301.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,097,268 13,347.963 1,131.05 12,109.072 1,246.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,492,849 3,107.435 802.22 2,819.019 884.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,355,619 11,489.948 901.28 10,423.509 993.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,094,120 763.477 1,433.08 692.615 1,579.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,501,552 944.238 6,885.50 856.599 7,589.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,664,156 4,084.409 897.11 3,705.315 988.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,303,995 3,679.567 2,528.56 3,338.048 2,787.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,867,174 38,840.597 871.95 35,235.607 961.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,875,533 2,700.418 1,435.16 2,449.779 1,581.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,141,740 1,772.352 1,208.42 1,607.852 1,332.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,311,814 1,477.838 2,240.98 1,340.673 2,470.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 185,991,082 166,143.592 1,119.46 150,722.974 1,233.99 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,651,394 1,575.860 4,855.38 1,429.597 5,352.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,058,670 437.543 4,705.06 396.933 5,186.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,475,542 2,011.606 4,213.32 1,824.899 4,644.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,695,864 9,198.230 945.38 8,344.497 1,042.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 819,000 1,061.257 771.73 962.757 850.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,873,946 2,072.232 904.31 1,879.898 996.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,774,373 2,107.098 5,587.96 1,911.528 6,159.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,181,840 418.911 5,208.36 380.030 5,741.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,151,500 998.883 3,155.02 906.172 3,477.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,456,087 2,616.510 2,467.44 2,373.659 2,719.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,098,820 8,910.030 1,245.65 8,083.046 1,373.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,679,418 14,851.031 1,190.45 13,472.633 1,312.25 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 778,438 436.615 1,782.89 396.091 1,965.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,124,626 50,752.835 1,775.76 46,042.211 1,957.43 Japan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,517,180 8,330.789 662.26 7,557.567 730.02 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,049,048 1,015.882 1,032.65 921.593 1,138.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,304,835 4,484.209 1,629.01 4,068.008 1,795.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,222,113 1,758.213 695.09 1,595.025 766.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,815,835 12,478.215 866.78 11,320.050 955.46 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,849,500 16,298.376 911.10 14,785.643 1,004.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 279,631 64.295 4,349.15 58.328 4,794.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 864,326 588.456 1,468.80 533.839 1,619.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,656,548 4,181.011 1,352.91 3,792.951 1,491.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,390,983 2,489.313 1,362.22 2,258.268 1,501.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,813,906 10,123.549 2,846.23 9,183.932 3,137.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 22,067,117 19,762.504 1,116.62 17,928.248 1,230.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,516,010 2,991.414 2,846.82 2,713.766 3,138.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 393,996 130.695 3,014.61 118.565 3,323.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,213,861 889.232 8,112.46 806.698 8,942.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 867,082 235.818 3,676.90 213.931 4,053.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,010,282 612.353 1,649.83 555.518 1,818.63 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,530,491 4,396.069 1,713.01 3,988.048 1,888.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,954,839 5,440.701 910.70 4,935.723 1,003.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,790,791 9,048.405 1,192.56 8,208.578 1,314.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,131,549 3,176.789 985.76 2,881.936 1,086.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 7,865,659 6,921.389 1,136.43 6,278.981 1,252.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,721,250 992.383 1,734.46 900.275 1,911.92 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,562,686 2,684.042 1,327.36 2,434.923 1,463.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 66,822 51.793 1,290.17 46.986 1,422.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,116,245 678.419 4,593.39 615.452 5,063.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 209,458,302 172,713.246 1,212.75 156,682.866 1,336.83 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 740,033 216.343 3,420.63 196.264 3,770.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,316 42.997 3,612.18 39.007 3,981.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 55,302,878 60,824.653 909.22 55,179.213 1,002.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 56,544,081 61,444.683 920.24 55,741.695 1,014.39 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,190,376 2,306.019 949.85 2,091.986 1,047.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,921,176 1,232.234 1,559.10 1,117.865 1,718.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 287,213 208.928 1,374.69 189.537 1,515.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,596,178 1,210.787 1,318.30 1,098.408 1,453.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,448,635 5,174.998 1,439.35 4,694.681 1,586.61 GRAND TOTAL 2,956,610,446 2,346,218.595 1,260.16 2,128,454.307 1,389.09 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,186,378 5,741.303 1,251.70 5,208.424 1,379.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,161,414 1,049.716 1,106.41 952.287 1,219.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,822,990 13,408.429 1,702.14 12,163.926 1,876.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,776,253 3,244.253 1,163.98 2,943.138 1,283.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,879,043 23,600.233 1,096.56 21,409.778 1,208.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 233,226 232.704 1,002.24 211.106 1,104.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,926,943 1,481.708 2,650.28 1,344.184 2,921.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 754,734 343.741 2,195.65 311.837 2,420.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,309,879 6,538.025 1,882.81 5,931.199 2,075.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,567,211 2,640.010 1,730.00 2,394.978 1,906.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 717,227 283.996 2,525.48 257.637 2,783.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,981,389 1,928.809 1,545.71 1,749.787 1,703.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,463 2.179 5,260.02 1.977 5,798.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,443,109 363.157 3,973.78 329.451 4,380.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 903,051 722.343 1,250.17 655.299 1,378.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,490,534 937.429 1,590.02 850.422 1,752.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,564,850 4,164.367 1,096.17 3,777.852 1,208.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,014,871 2,439.705 1,235.75 2,213.264 1,362.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,720,327 11,833.591 821.42 10,735.257 905.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,870,886 1,204.322 1,553.48 1,092.543 1,712.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 95,031 38.983 2,437.74 35.365 2,687.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 147,195 187.590 784.66 170.179 864.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,313,236 554.972 2,366.31 503.463 2,608.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,891,240 82,941.575 1,336.98 75,243.353 1,473.77 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,437,279 11,939.769 1,460.44 10,831.580 1,609.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,153,954 902.435 1,278.71 818.676 1,409.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 237,700 197.377 1,204.29 179.058 1,327.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 203,407 100.787 2,018.17 91.433 2,224.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 109,428 49.793 2,197.63 45.172 2,422.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,481,454 2,805.715 2,310.09 2,545.303 2,546.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 77,000 49.159 1,566.32 44.597 1,726.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,553,480 1,685.335 2,108.47 1,528.911 2,324.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,330 2.732 1,950.50 2.479 2,150.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 218,988 71.139 3,078.27 64.537 3,393.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 719,287 344.585 2,087.40 312.603 2,300.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,197,307 18,148.833 1,663.87 16,464.349 1,834.10 Colombia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,311,554 1,629.326 2,032.47 1,478.101 2,240.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,311,554 1,629.326 2,032.47 1,478.101 2,240.41 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,711,817 1,633.726 1,047.80 1,482.092 1,155.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,834,119 2,592.863 1,478.72 2,352.207 1,630.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,209,706 841.870 5,000.42 763.732 5,512.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,638,193 1,851.689 1,964.80 1,679.825 2,165.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,008 19.114 1,622.26 17.340 1,788.24 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,408 3.371 1,900.37 3.059 2,094.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,431,251 6,942.635 1,934.60 6,298.255 2,132.54 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 426,258 222.443 1,916.26 201.797 2,112.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 203,490 91.279 2,229.32 82.807 2,457.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 629,748 313.722 2,007.34 284.604 2,212.72 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,636,308 7,010.844 1,945.03 6,360.133 2,144.03 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,629,256 1,553.894 1,048.50 1,409.670 1,155.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,509,019 352.603 4,279.64 319.877 4,717.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,389 6.015 2,225.82 5.457 2,453.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,209,519 468.969 2,579.10 425.442 2,842.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,928 0.069 171,760.36 0.063 189,333.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 678,455 262.634 2,583.27 238.258 2,847.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 398,569 126.765 3,144.14 115.000 3,465.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,341 4.439 5,258.16 4.027 5,796.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,457,426 4,495.216 991.59 4,077.993 1,093.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,427,011 3,479.594 984.89 3,156.636 1,085.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,047 39.429 1,725.78 35.770 1,902.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 679,639 539.458 1,259.85 489.389 1,388.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 421,751 89.637 4,705.06 81.318 5,186.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,163,658 18,429.573 1,528.18 16,719.033 1,684.53 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 882,711 468.452 1,884.31 424.973 2,077.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,200 42.541 1,438.60 38.593 1,585.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,489 50.882 4,863.91 46.160 5,361.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,310 12.203 3,303.10 11.071 3,641.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,231,710 574.080 2,145.54 520.797 2,365.05 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 10,684 4.139 2,581.19 3.755 2,845.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 205,214 47.223 4,345.64 42.840 4,790.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 133,034 141.681 938.97 128.531 1,035.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 500,528 253.400 1,975.25 229.881 2,177.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 20,125 20.525 980.51 18.620 1,080.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,340,872 565.570 2,370.83 513.077 2,613.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,815,471 1,193.100 2,359.79 1,082.363 2,601.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 195,806 28.934 6,767.20 26.249 7,459.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,000 2.850 1,052.42 2.586 1,160.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,801 5.489 4,517.89 4.980 4,980.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 97,271 10.551 9,218.85 9.572 10,162.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 555,762 13.677 40,633.38 12.408 44,790.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 516,182 20.861 24,743.60 18.925 27,275.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,789,338 1,325.042 1,350.40 1,202.059 1,488.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 708,170 159.320 4,444.94 144.533 4,899.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 289,748 33.358 8,685.98 30.262 9,574.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,450 8.253 4,174.24 7.487 4,601.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,240,456 3,833.978 2,410.15 3,478.128 2,656.73 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 169,426 148.635 1,139.87 134.840 1,256.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 60,649 22.720 2,669.31 20.612 2,942.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,630 10.615 907.18 9.630 1,000.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,230,534 2,669.733 835.49 2,421.942 920.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,470,239 2,851.705 866.23 2,587.024 954.86 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,226,490 524.627 6,150.06 475.934 6,779.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,387 95.230 1,547.68 86.392 1,706.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,373,877 619.858 5,442.98 562.326 5,999.86 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,883,555 1,202.674 2,397.62 1,091.048 2,642.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 173,954 188.856 921.09 171.328 1,015.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 357,053 172.144 2,074.15 156.167 2,286.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,632,251 835.267 1,954.17 757.742 2,154.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,195,910 245.226 4,876.75 222.466 5,375.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,840,069 1,921.185 1,998.80 1,742.871 2,203.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 228,518 109.412 2,088.60 99.257 2,302.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,608,731 733.750 3,555.34 665.647 3,919.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,274 2.075 2,540.89 1.883 2,800.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,791 18.675 2,291.31 16.942 2,525.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 82,091 4.345 18,891.86 3.942 20,824.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 740,656 822.941 900.01 746.560 992.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 379,223 178.832 2,120.55 162.234 2,337.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 178,244 7.211 24,717.26 6.542 27,246.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,348,320 6,442.598 2,227.10 5,844.629 2,454.96 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,630,020 312.444 5,216.99 283.445 5,750.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,908,751 1,083.675 2,684.15 983.094 2,958.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,262 64.703 2,167.77 58.698 2,389.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 505,553 115.062 4,393.72 104.383 4,843.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,056,728 310.067 3,408.05 281.289 3,756.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,017,448 1,199.389 4,183.34 1,088.068 4,611.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 925,358 510.429 1,812.90 463.054 1,998.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,380,558 6,389.129 1,781.24 5,796.122 1,963.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,720,189 8,449.139 1,387.15 7,664.933 1,529.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,519 4.236 1,302.82 3.843 1,436.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,212,329 1,805.974 2,332.44 1,638.353 2,571.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,998,633 583.051 5,142.99 528.936 5,669.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 248,138 5.108 48,577.27 4.634 53,547.26 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,625 5.592 5,655.38 5.073 6,233.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 433,896 163.541 2,653.13 148.362 2,924.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,458 0.920 4,843.39 0.835 5,338.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 264,482 127.485 2,074.60 115.653 2,286.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 266,373 162.725 1,636.95 147.622 1,804.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,210,397 1,905.720 1,159.87 1,728.841 1,278.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,133,018 2,335.761 1,341.33 2,118.968 1,478.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 149,471 76.229 1,960.81 69.154 2,161.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,002,580 2,440.549 1,640.03 2,214.030 1,807.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,245,786 28,050.937 1,898.18 25,447.390 2,092.39 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,228,888 770.282 1,595.37 698.789 1,758.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,934 26.521 5,766.39 24.060 6,356.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,683,929 281.328 9,540.20 255.217 10,516.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,524,548 2,460.753 1,838.68 2,232.359 2,026.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,162,037 684.202 1,698.38 620.698 1,872.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 103,965 18.776 5,536.90 17.034 6,103.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,318 38.249 4,479.01 34.699 4,937.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 219,587 212.790 1,031.94 193.040 1,137.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,000,132 124.068 8,061.13 112.553 8,885.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,247,338 4,616.973 2,436.08 4,188.449 2,685.32 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 455,487 60.997 7,467.31 55.336 8,231.30 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,575 15.087 833.48 13.687 918.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,451,347 1,364.624 1,063.55 1,237.967 1,172.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,307 17.791 4,513.84 16.140 4,975.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,550 2.705 5,009.11 2.454 5,521.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,354,219 3,073.187 1,416.84 2,787.950 1,561.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,923 35.303 4,161.69 32.027 4,587.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,550 1.004 2,539.32 0.911 2,799.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,516,958 4,570.701 1,425.81 4,146.472 1,571.69 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,982 1.567 2,540.37 1.422 2,800.28 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 162,934 41.159 3,958.63 37.339 4,363.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 208,849 76.311 2,736.78 69.229 3,016.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 79,469 18.156 4,376.97 16.471 4,824.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 451,252 135.627 3,327.15 123.039 3,667.55 Poland SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 735,861 182.224 4,038.22 165.311 4,451.37 Russia TOOL STEEL............................17 144,135 123.287 1,169.09 111.845 1,288.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,710,357 1,149.999 1,487.27 1,043.262 1,639.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,379,917 669.186 3,556.43 607.076 3,920.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,234,409 1,942.473 2,179.91 1,762.183 2,402.93 Ukraine INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 124,321 58.080 2,140.48 52.690 2,359.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 18,975,357 9,981.030 1,901.14 9,054.641 2,095.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 203,608 112.204 1,814.62 101.790 2,000.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,216 1,883.937 1,126.48 1,709.080 1,241.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,425,502 12,035.253 1,780.23 10,918.201 1,962.37 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 328,017 131.527 2,493.90 119.320 2,749.05 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 253,469 160.781 1,576.48 145.859 1,737.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,375,477 1,477.406 2,284.73 1,340.281 2,518.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,364,931 645.156 2,115.66 585.276 2,332.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 443,556 144.650 3,066.39 131.225 3,380.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 636,954 100.326 6,348.79 91.015 6,998.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,285,264 4,672.126 2,201.41 4,238.483 2,426.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 669,593 259.530 2,580.02 235.442 2,843.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,759 28.181 2,652.75 25.566 2,924.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 714,926 864.705 826.79 784.448 911.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,146,946 8,484.394 2,138.86 7,696.915 2,357.69 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 617,857 233.083 2,650.79 211.450 2,922.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 317,097 180.371 1,758.03 163.630 1,937.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 475,438 288.120 1,650.13 261.379 1,818.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,898 2.048 7,762.34 1.858 8,556.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 184,067 77.435 2,377.05 70.248 2,620.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 237,534 88.416 2,686.54 80.210 2,961.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 211,034 130.942 1,611.65 118.789 1,776.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 316,422 207.426 1,525.47 188.174 1,681.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,290,670 1,409.643 2,334.40 1,278.807 2,573.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,183,152 209.554 15,190.07 190.105 16,744.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 881,955 165.049 5,343.59 149.730 5,890.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,864,353 1,341.118 2,135.79 1,216.643 2,354.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,595,477 4,333.209 2,906.73 3,931.023 3,204.12 Slovenia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,428 5.875 2,285.49 5.330 2,519.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,863,213 505.614 3,685.05 458.686 4,062.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,876,641 511.489 3,668.97 464.016 4,044.35 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,999 3.998 3,001.19 3.627 3,308.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,484 22.502 1,221.37 20.414 1,346.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,483 26.500 1,489.89 24.041 1,642.32 Turkey TOOL STEEL............................17 308,280 150.393 2,049.82 136.435 2,259.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,087 51.286 1,308.09 46.526 1,441.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 375,367 201.679 1,861.20 182.961 2,051.62 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,710 3.915 1,202.94 3.552 1,326.01 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 118,907 29.903 3,976.36 27.128 4,383.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,275 20.635 1,224.85 18.720 1,350.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 19,740 3.140 6,285.66 2.849 6,928.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,398 9.745 1,272.17 8.841 1,402.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,709,142 2,060.805 1,314.60 1,869.532 1,449.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 193,797 88.990 2,177.72 80.731 2,400.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,079,259 2,213.221 1,391.30 2,007.801 1,533.65 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,000 21.164 1,889.97 19.200 2,083.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,492 1.374 2,540.41 1.247 2,800.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,492 22.538 1,929.64 20.447 2,127.06 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 349,519 112.983 3,093.54 102.497 3,410.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,125,399 1,576.754 1,347.96 1,430.408 1,485.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,879,112 77,226.804 891.91 70,058.998 983.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,908 6.343 1,561.84 5.755 1,721.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,185,175 1,162.141 3,601.26 1,054.277 3,969.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 87,903 15.244 5,766.04 13.830 6,355.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 41,564,842 32,474.115 1,279.94 29,460.030 1,410.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 117,503 62.781 1,871.63 56.954 2,063.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 344,703 202.135 1,705.31 183.374 1,879.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 586,740 378.959 1,548.29 343.786 1,706.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 75,626 34.546 2,189.11 31.340 2,413.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 498,195 277.990 1,792.13 252.189 1,975.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,371,691 1,666.843 1,422.86 1,512.135 1,568.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,192 1.677 1,306.54 1.522 1,440.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 376,440 362.897 1,037.32 329.215 1,143.45 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 232,739 223.302 1,042.26 202.577 1,148.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,160 14.484 3,670.16 13.140 4,045.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,860,847 115,800.004 1,052.34 105,052.027 1,160.00 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,061,688 2,398.773 1,693.24 2,176.131 1,866.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 218,931 114.634 1,909.81 103.995 2,105.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 645,277 220.723 2,923.46 200.237 3,222.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 645,000 137.788 4,681.07 125.000 5,160.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 67,454 48.120 1,401.78 43.654 1,545.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,281 0.110 29,764.74 0.100 32,810.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,569,903 1,562.318 1,644.93 1,417.312 1,813.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 133,528 144.744 922.51 131.310 1,016.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,367 956.559 908.85 867.776 1,001.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,214,429 5,583.772 1,650.22 5,065.515 1,819.05 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 639,151 126.503 5,052.44 114.762 5,569.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,631 29.147 3,178.03 26.442 3,503.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,074,462 573.890 3,614.73 520.625 3,984.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,094,838 399.994 5,237.17 362.869 5,772.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,245 161.432 1,599.71 146.449 1,763.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,796 16.409 1,754.89 14.886 1,934.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 739,252 696.088 1,062.01 631.481 1,170.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,443 42.500 1,422.16 38.556 1,567.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,987,818 2,045.966 2,926.65 1,856.070 3,226.07 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,433,976 1,839.614 1,323.09 1,668.871 1,458.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 802,959 1,209.979 663.61 1,097.675 731.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 206,724 235.178 879.01 213.350 968.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,624,914 13,686.412 922.44 12,416.108 1,016.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 497,519 471.381 1,055.45 427.630 1,163.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,656,548 4,181.011 1,352.91 3,792.951 1,491.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 147,327 53.710 2,743.00 48.725 3,023.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,882,661 2,268.193 3,475.30 2,057.671 3,830.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,222,628 3,998.094 1,306.28 3,627.011 1,439.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,465,164 2,247.264 2,876.90 2,038.685 3,171.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 330,245 105.149 3,140.72 95.390 3,462.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 159,352 14.626 10,894.70 13.269 12,009.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 107,546 115.030 934.93 104.354 1,030.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,104,277 1,404.797 2,209.77 1,274.411 2,435.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,008,123 2,984.665 672.81 2,707.644 741.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,364,130 6,071.019 1,213.00 5,507.538 1,337.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,764,804 1,758.861 1,003.38 1,595.613 1,106.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,434,823 3,077.404 1,116.14 2,791.775 1,230.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,562,686 2,684.042 1,327.36 2,434.923 1,463.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,180 37.330 1,183.47 33.866 1,304.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 193,486 25.490 7,590.38 23.125 8,366.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,014,072 48,469.259 1,320.71 43,970.585 1,455.84 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 707,181 185.824 3,805.64 168.577 4,195.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 707,181 185.824 3,805.64 168.577 4,195.00 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,965 6.137 1,786.51 5.568 1,969.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 287,213 208.928 1,374.69 189.537 1,515.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 298,178 215.066 1,386.45 195.105 1,528.30 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,220,069 53,210.623 887.42 48,271.879 978.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,691,775 29,478.739 1,075.07 26,742.670 1,185.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,638,749 8,701.530 1,107.71 7,893.898 1,221.04 STEEL PILING...........................5 597,455 400.929 1,490.18 363.717 1,642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,687,904 19,238.970 1,231.25 17,453.305 1,357.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 33,192,168 36,854.628 900.62 33,433.966 992.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 609,127 1,257.786 484.28 1,141.045 533.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 362,317 266.786 1,358.08 242.025 1,497.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,489,491 14,037.540 1,032.20 12,734.646 1,137.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,326,834 4,920.253 1,082.63 4,463.580 1,193.40 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 310,073 346.605 894.60 314.435 986.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,590,167 2,834.284 1,619.52 2,571.220 1,785.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,508,251 29,686.932 1,330.83 26,931.540 1,466.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,167,789 13,291.977 1,818.22 12,058.283 2,004.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 64,008 80.683 793.32 73.195 874.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 447,388 275.943 1,621.30 250.332 1,787.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 95,628 67.282 1,421.28 61.038 1,566.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,604,729 4,336.455 1,523.07 3,933.967 1,678.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 31,214 14.086 2,215.89 12.779 2,442.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,798,343 444.084 4,049.55 402.867 4,463.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 34,995,939 27,792.175 1,259.20 25,212.645 1,388.03 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 284,600 349.607 814.05 317.159 897.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,686,515 13,417.063 1,467.27 12,171.759 1,617.39 BLACK PLATE...........................28 16,251 19.462 834.99 17.656 920.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,767,551 10,595.339 827.49 9,611.933 912.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,217,375 2,189.104 1,012.91 1,985.923 1,116.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 46,911,337 49,980.761 938.59 45,341.797 1,034.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,355,760 22,799.136 1,024.41 20,683.035 1,129.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,274,032 25,664.473 867.89 23,282.425 956.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,605 329.728 1,187.66 299.125 1,309.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,654,109 1,274.070 1,298.29 1,155.818 1,431.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,325,531 1,658.684 799.15 1,504.734 880.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,294,673 2,396.708 1,374.67 2,174.258 1,515.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 409,608,757 378,212.443 1,083.01 343,108.654 1,193.82 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,794,582 42,214.481 966.36 38,296.344 1,065.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,192,468 9,072.776 1,013.19 8,230.687 1,116.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 240,097 212.071 1,132.15 192.388 1,247.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,797,980 2,929.459 955.12 2,657.562 1,052.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,190,038 3,047.956 1,046.62 2,765.060 1,153.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,258,407 6,208.424 1,008.05 5,632.190 1,111.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,092,978 41,177.331 925.10 37,355.457 1,019.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,246 145.643 1,072.79 132.126 1,182.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,963,097 3,723.182 1,333.03 3,377.615 1,469.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,473,511 2,114.641 2,115.49 1,918.371 2,331.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,285,624 8,277.715 1,725.79 7,509.419 1,902.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,295,757 8,417.348 1,579.57 7,636.092 1,741.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,126,969 5,285.834 1,348.31 4,795.230 1,486.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,159,088 462.325 2,507.08 419.415 2,763.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 342,622 102.299 3,349.19 92.805 3,691.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,294,945 3,090.762 1,713.15 2,803.893 1,888.43 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 38,827 12.960 2,995.69 11.758 3,302.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,530,371 10,661.322 1,269.11 9,671.792 1,398.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,071,187 5,848.658 1,038.05 5,305.815 1,144.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,448,263 4,821.382 1,130.02 4,373.886 1,245.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,199,873 4,577.817 1,354.33 4,152.927 1,492.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 49,629 34.343 1,445.07 31.156 1,592.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,738,709 10,341.581 1,328.49 9,381.728 1,464.41 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,162,297 1,373.869 846.00 1,246.354 932.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 237,641 190.081 1,250.21 172.439 1,378.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,141,206 174,344.273 1,136.49 158,162.509 1,252.77 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 318,027 187.336 1,697.62 169.949 1,871.31 Nicaragua STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,298 24.926 1,175.37 22.613 1,295.63 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 463,824 348.434 1,331.16 316.095 1,467.36 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,328,265 2,128.390 1,093.91 1,930.844 1,205.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,901 8.713 562.44 7.905 619.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 797,227 540.904 1,473.88 490.700 1,624.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,329 73.355 1,531.30 66.547 1,687.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,497 83.925 1,519.17 76.136 1,674.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,370,219 2,835.289 1,188.67 2,572.132 1,310.28 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 105,602 55.201 1,913.03 50.078 2,108.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,576,775 2,182.081 1,639.16 1,979.552 1,806.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,569 72.128 1,574.53 65.434 1,735.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 293,130 230.691 1,270.66 209.280 1,400.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,926,124 1,414.276 1,361.92 1,283.010 1,501.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,015,200 3,954.379 1,521.15 3,587.354 1,676.78 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,779,357 1,589.923 1,119.15 1,442.355 1,233.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,863,856 1,757.249 1,629.74 1,594.150 1,796.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 780,102 714.704 1,091.50 648.369 1,203.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,423,315 4,061.877 1,335.17 3,684.874 1,471.78 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,869 25.353 1,651.43 23.000 1,820.39 Peru WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,970 20.025 1,396.71 18.167 1,539.60 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 393,918 307.662 1,280.36 279.107 1,411.35 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,234,699 14,435.776 986.07 13,095.920 1,086.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,006,538 2,888.030 1,041.03 2,619.978 1,147.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,971 19.590 406.89 17.772 448.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 370,003 322.621 1,146.87 292.677 1,264.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 504,098 578.825 870.90 525.102 960.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,996 3.037 6,252.86 2.756 6,892.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 27,840 12.016 2,316.85 10.901 2,553.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,193,185 688.662 1,732.61 624.744 1,909.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 206,907 117.617 1,759.15 106.701 1,939.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 156,990 93.146 1,685.41 84.501 1,857.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 312,540 222.716 1,403.31 202.045 1,546.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,018,951 862.356 1,181.59 782.317 1,302.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 216,133 209.417 1,032.07 189.980 1,137.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 59,882 27.998 2,138.74 25.400 2,357.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,334,733 20,481.813 1,041.64 18,580.794 1,148.21 Argentina IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,374 101.020 1,518.25 91.644 1,673.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,614,809 5,094.798 1,690.90 4,621.925 1,863.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,455,511 1,688.556 1,454.21 1,531.833 1,602.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,833,004 1,191.780 1,538.04 1,081.165 1,695.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,176,444 351.148 3,350.27 318.557 3,693.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,917 5.359 544.27 4.862 599.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,236,059 8,432.663 1,688.20 7,649.986 1,860.93 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,090 13.001 622.22 11.795 685.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 28,000 4.843 5,780.88 4.394 6,372.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,874 39.396 2,662.01 35.740 2,934.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,004 49.281 2,130.72 44.707 2,348.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 162,525 27.859 5,833.67 25.274 6,430.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,500 0.992 3,527.94 0.900 3,888.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 683,941 715.237 956.24 648.853 1,054.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,546 29.983 1,452.31 27.201 1,600.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 504,783 118.640 4,254.72 107.629 4,690.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,644,263 999.237 1,645.52 906.493 1,813.87 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,238,875 917.083 1,350.89 831.964 1,489.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,026,573 5,953.612 676.32 5,401.028 745.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,265,448 6,870.695 766.36 6,232.992 844.77 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 30,118 19.042 1,581.63 17.275 1,743.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 38,618 23.080 1,673.21 20.938 1,844.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,736 42.122 1,631.81 38.213 1,798.76 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,744 0.551 10,421.74 0.500 11,488.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,601 2.503 7,430.45 2.271 8,190.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,345 3.054 7,970.20 2.771 8,785.64 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 50,920 104.524 487.16 94.823 537.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 921,250 1,302.395 707.35 1,181.514 779.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 697,213 350.360 1,989.99 317.842 2,193.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,101,713 14,769.418 1,225.62 13,398.595 1,351.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 764,367 414.272 1,845.08 375.822 2,033.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,653 45.414 1,137.38 41.199 1,253.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,095 0.222 31,863.75 0.202 35,123.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,560 5.630 5,427.48 5.108 5,982.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 563,929 252.312 2,235.04 228.894 2,463.71 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 429,393 580.327 739.92 526.464 815.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 682,405 388.844 1,754.96 352.754 1,934.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 870,756 340.232 2,559.30 308.654 2,821.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,171,254 18,553.956 1,248.86 16,831.871 1,376.63 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 130,838 113.206 1,155.75 102.699 1,273.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 678,590 1,232.852 550.42 1,118.425 606.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 123,924 127.473 972.16 115.642 1,071.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,641 6.013 3,266.36 5.455 3,600.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 320,613 493.079 650.23 447.314 716.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 230,209 286.576 803.31 259.978 885.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,636,084 12,884.655 592.65 11,688.766 653.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,789,865 1,990.161 899.36 1,805.445 991.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 725,872 658.107 1,102.97 597.025 1,215.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,655,636 17,792.125 655.10 16,140.749 722.12 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 846,457 1,805.021 468.95 1,637.488 516.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 518,189 348.253 1,487.97 315.930 1,640.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,365 28.705 2,207.43 26.041 2,433.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,473 31.360 2,310.95 28.450 2,547.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 549,519 181.738 3,023.69 164.870 3,333.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 64,177 77.845 824.42 70.620 908.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 58,136 66.371 875.92 60.211 965.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 638,241 924.100 690.66 838.330 761.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 753,795 561.516 1,342.43 509.399 1,479.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,564,352 4,024.911 885.57 3,651.339 976.18 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,806,027 6,782.517 1,445.78 6,152.998 1,593.70 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,544,918 10,715.310 1,450.72 9,720.769 1,599.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 684,219 704.757 970.86 639.345 1,070.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 279,099 334.488 834.41 303.443 919.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,079 90.345 842.09 81.960 928.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,390,342 18,627.418 1,416.75 16,898.515 1,561.70 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,975 4.021 1,734.54 3.648 1,912.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 116,350 29.642 3,925.14 26.891 4,326.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 409,729 541.753 756.30 491.471 833.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,916 31.370 1,304.28 28.459 1,437.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 468,924 293.489 1,597.76 266.249 1,761.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,677 13.086 2,344.15 11.872 2,583.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,976 7.289 408.25 6.613 450.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,314,562 1,297.032 1,784.51 1,176.648 1,967.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 567,458 324.134 1,750.69 294.050 1,929.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,865,304 2,013.850 1,422.80 1,826.935 1,568.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,616 1.275 2,051.16 1.157 2,261.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 504,143 215.852 2,335.59 195.818 2,574.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 201,387 232.949 864.51 211.328 952.96 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 414,579 519.814 797.55 471.568 879.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,479,899 3,281.255 755.78 2,976.706 833.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,442 48.589 605.93 44.080 667.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,391 5.973 4,418.07 5.419 4,870.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 242,733 48.061 5,050.43 43.601 5,567.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,725,061 8,909.442 1,203.79 8,082.513 1,326.95 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,276 2.803 2,595.63 2.543 2,861.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,469,956 4,894.024 1,117.68 4,439.786 1,232.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,601,576 1,522.435 1,708.82 1,381.131 1,883.66 STEEL PILING...........................5 189,118 287.417 657.99 260.741 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,039,576 1,319.827 1,545.33 1,197.328 1,703.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 956,631 2,126.137 449.94 1,928.800 495.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,991 2.380 1,256.20 2.160 1,384.72 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 341,311 262.480 1,300.33 238.118 1,433.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,405,584 2,670.989 1,649.42 2,423.082 1,818.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,481,044 491.837 3,011.24 446.188 3,319.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,957,351 10,287.578 1,551.13 9,332.737 1,709.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,770,778 2,695.260 2,512.11 2,445.100 2,769.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,770,539 956.104 1,851.83 867.364 2,041.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,522,942 1,641.078 2,146.72 1,488.762 2,366.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 10,648,111 4,681.276 2,274.62 4,246.784 2,507.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 493,662 9.121 54,119.97 8.275 59,657.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 493,918 186.918 2,642.42 169.570 2,912.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 816,220 434.277 1,879.49 393.970 2,071.78 TIN PLATE.............................29 349,235 326.339 1,070.16 296.050 1,179.65 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 245,513 225.134 1,090.52 204.239 1,202.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,257 15.990 1,517.00 14.506 1,672.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 137,844 155.484 886.55 141.053 977.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 327,205 352.713 927.68 319.976 1,022.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,578,668 1,387.742 1,137.58 1,258.939 1,253.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 291,518 167.291 1,742.58 151.764 1,920.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,495 10.944 593.43 9.929 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,763,394 2,361.952 1,593.34 2,142.728 1,756.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,692,713 39,475.545 1,638.80 35,811.623 1,806.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,199,998 943.006 1,272.52 855.481 1,402.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 175,678 3.047 57,639.22 2.765 63,536.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,669,169 5,575.054 2,272.47 5,057.606 2,504.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 317,666 68.248 4,654.55 61.914 5,130.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,740 11.721 2,537.12 10.634 2,796.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,384 9.896 2,767.03 8.978 3,050.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 956,141 712.112 1,342.68 646.018 1,480.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 473,017 121.504 3,893.00 110.227 4,291.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,848,793 7,444.592 2,128.90 6,753.623 2,346.71 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,997,232 4,855.557 1,029.18 4,404.889 1,134.47 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 77,366 98.082 788.78 88.979 869.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 124,685 150.250 829.85 136.305 914.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,419 4.801 9,250.75 4.356 10,197.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 322,329 236.577 1,362.46 214.620 1,501.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 48,223 29.243 1,649.03 26.529 1,817.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,243,943 3,127.634 1,037.19 2,837.343 1,143.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,488 191.918 1,784.54 174.106 1,967.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,200,685 8,694.066 1,058.27 7,887.127 1,166.54 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 954,762 829.127 1,151.53 752.172 1,269.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,366 75.392 2,591.32 68.395 2,856.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,020 23.346 1,542.81 21.180 1,700.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,853 9.199 2,157.96 8.346 2,378.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 476,885 261.752 1,821.89 237.458 2,008.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 308,224 261.942 1,176.69 237.630 1,297.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,991,110 1,460.761 1,363.06 1,325.181 1,502.52 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,494 222.179 411.80 201.558 453.93 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 16,000 27.072 591.00 24.560 651.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 29,667 12.698 2,336.24 11.520 2,575.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 417,060 260.082 1,603.57 235.943 1,767.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,906,823 978.234 1,949.25 887.440 2,148.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 118,260 43.910 2,693.20 39.835 2,968.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,579,304 1,544.178 1,670.34 1,400.856 1,841.23 Poland RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 230,066 223.989 1,027.13 203.200 1,132.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 392,715 187.015 2,099.90 169.658 2,314.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 622,781 411.005 1,515.26 372.858 1,670.29 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 96,090,486 116,875.786 822.16 106,027.960 906.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,669,208 2,342.262 1,139.59 2,124.865 1,256.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,224,073 18,999.961 959.16 17,236.480 1,057.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,045 1.273 12,602.41 1.155 13,891.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,893,153 2,734.674 1,057.95 2,480.856 1,166.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 152,985 147.279 1,038.74 133.610 1,145.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,831,415 8,062.986 971.28 7,314.620 1,070.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,877,365 149,164.224 857.29 135,319.546 945.00 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 631,977 531.600 1,188.82 482.260 1,310.45 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,782,516 83,007.603 852.72 75,303.252 939.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,796,460 32,477.068 917.46 29,462.709 1,011.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 421,654 177.280 2,378.46 160.826 2,621.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,776,373 4,581.218 1,260.88 4,156.013 1,389.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,447,463 1,100.381 1,315.42 998.250 1,450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,472,604 2,048.555 1,207.00 1,858.419 1,330.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 7,404,762 7,200.823 1,028.32 6,532.479 1,133.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 294,662 316.340 931.47 286.979 1,026.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,396,494 130,909.271 904.42 118,758.927 996.95 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 100,347 113.065 887.51 102.571 978.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,754 403.864 915.54 366.380 1,009.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 101,058 67.677 1,493.23 61.396 1,646.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 328,512 222.446 1,476.81 201.800 1,627.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,550,579 2,000.241 1,275.14 1,814.589 1,405.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 523,990 245.394 2,135.30 222.618 2,353.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,083,528 459.330 2,358.93 416.698 2,600.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,610,941 924.973 1,741.61 839.122 1,919.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 915,494 430.802 2,125.09 390.818 2,342.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 194,993 237.552 820.84 215.504 904.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,779,196 5,105.348 1,523.73 4,631.496 1,679.63 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,843 7.888 487.19 7.156 537.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 151,292 97.943 1,544.68 88.853 1,702.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 877,756 366.032 2,398.03 332.059 2,643.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,387 8.138 2,136.42 7.383 2,355.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,733,508 2,968.506 1,931.45 2,692.985 2,129.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,105,202 2,730.856 1,869.45 2,477.392 2,060.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 443,343 138.392 3,203.51 125.548 3,531.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,240 97.294 2,253.37 88.264 2,483.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,207 12.791 1,814.29 11.604 1,999.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,269 44.974 1,895.95 40.800 2,089.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,000 4.376 2,056.59 3.970 2,267.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 69,398 43.166 1,607.68 39.160 1,772.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 72,360 22.655 3,193.88 20.553 3,520.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,810,805 6,543.017 1,957.94 5,935.727 2,158.25 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 112,608 35.650 3,158.63 32.342 3,481.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,750 22.179 1,476.58 20.121 1,627.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 505,381 252.972 1,997.77 229.493 2,202.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 650,739 310.803 2,093.73 281.956 2,307.95 Turkey STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,967,238 2,258.706 1,313.69 2,049.065 1,448.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 450,985 448.737 1,005.01 407.088 1,107.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 355,464 423.537 839.27 384.227 925.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,585 24.227 932.20 21.979 1,027.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 881,531 946.521 931.34 858.670 1,026.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 871,466 1,043.017 835.52 946.210 921.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,495,670 7,409.789 1,146.55 6,722.050 1,263.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 28,250 9.742 2,899.75 8.838 3,196.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 79,029 73.535 1,074.71 66.710 1,184.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,296 52.819 2,372.16 47.917 2,614.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,428 5.398 635.05 4.897 700.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,280,942 12,696.033 1,124.83 11,517.651 1,239.92 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,249,655 4,180.651 1,016.51 3,792.624 1,120.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 910,541 167.330 5,441.56 151.800 5,998.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,135 108.793 709.00 98.696 781.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 813,618 514.398 1,581.69 466.655 1,743.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,050,949 4,971.174 1,217.21 4,509.775 1,341.74 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,757 1,892.373 838.50 1,716.733 924.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,973,324 42,370.883 919.81 38,438.230 1,013.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,470 12.549 1,073.32 11.385 1,183.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 530,645 425.612 1,246.78 386.109 1,374.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,104 7.366 10,873.73 6.683 11,986.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,162,011 9,160.988 1,000.11 8,310.711 1,102.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,091,832 814.056 1,341.22 738.500 1,478.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 19,329,564 14,470.185 1,335.82 13,127.135 1,472.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,150 2.690 799.04 2.441 880.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,451,642 1,037.152 1,399.64 940.889 1,542.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 37,324 22.984 1,623.89 20.851 1,790.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,305,655 930.856 1,402.64 844.459 1,546.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 554,149 533.535 1,038.64 484.015 1,144.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,183,745 16,059.766 1,132.25 14,569.179 1,248.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,155,878 902.913 1,280.16 819.110 1,411.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 114,718 59.554 1,926.27 54.027 2,123.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,986,211 86,811.096 1,059.61 78,753.724 1,168.02 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 698,542 710.361 983.36 644.429 1,083.97 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,032,973 2,738.223 742.44 2,484.075 818.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,196 17.038 1,948.30 15.457 2,147.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 363,008 255.806 1,419.07 232.064 1,564.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 614,015 648.273 947.15 588.104 1,044.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 125,285 132.714 944.02 120.397 1,040.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,501 46.504 1,623.53 42.188 1,789.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,135,805 2,876.728 742.44 2,609.725 818.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 24,987 22.613 1,104.94 20.515 1,217.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 196,593 207.924 945.50 188.626 1,042.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,601,363 6,945.828 806.44 6,301.151 888.94 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,853 31.915 2,972.03 28.953 3,276.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,093,831 4,666.793 1,091.51 4,233.645 1,203.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,150 3.273 2,489.41 2.970 2,744.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,328 19.039 1,645.45 17.272 1,813.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,228,162 4,721.021 1,107.42 4,282.840 1,220.72 Malaysia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,526,297 1,436.378 1,062.60 1,303.061 1,171.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 282,026 297.566 947.77 269.948 1,044.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 587,787 432.752 1,358.25 392.587 1,497.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,396,110 2,166.698 1,105.88 1,965.596 1,219.02 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,460 14.926 3,313.59 13.541 3,652.61 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 204,674 302.359 676.92 274.296 746.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 20,904,169 26,321.614 794.18 23,878.574 875.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 521,749 406.105 1,284.76 368.413 1,416.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,219,595 2,288.900 969.72 2,076.456 1,068.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,200 1.570 2,673.81 1.425 2,947.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 6,738,835 11,050.776 609.81 10,025.099 672.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 73,608 57.060 1,290.01 51.764 1,421.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,115,868 2,182.001 969.69 1,979.479 1,068.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 318,408 318.395 1,000.04 288.844 1,102.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 872,396 665.365 1,311.15 603.610 1,445.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,039,778 9,939.124 1,211.35 9,016.625 1,335.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 177,101,750 155,220.439 1,140.97 140,813.654 1,257.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,408,133 12,983.880 955.66 11,778.782 1,053.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,221,616 25,072.553 966.06 22,745.444 1,064.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,751,798 8,247.839 818.61 7,482.316 902.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,387,115 7,348.058 1,413.59 6,666.048 1,558.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,691,628 2,018.559 1,333.44 1,831.207 1,469.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 102,891 46.711 2,202.69 42.376 2,428.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,101,096 988.034 1,114.43 896.330 1,228.45 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 77,343 93.655 825.82 84.963 910.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,845,242 14,316.933 1,316.29 12,988.107 1,450.96 BLACK PLATE...........................28 150,169 159.142 943.61 144.372 1,040.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,143,555 1,390.096 822.64 1,261.075 906.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,539,818 9,008.771 947.94 8,172.622 1,044.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 49,269,831 53,666.050 918.08 48,685.036 1,012.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,013,585 882.892 1,148.03 800.947 1,265.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,398,127 6,841.834 1,081.31 6,206.810 1,191.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 439,072 326.350 1,345.40 296.060 1,483.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 367,656,049 352,145.081 1,044.05 319,460.734 1,150.86 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 129,616 454.380 285.26 412.207 314.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,008 167.629 1,413.88 152.071 1,558.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,923,936 3,974.677 987.23 3,605.768 1,088.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,750,355 8,569.829 904.38 7,774.421 996.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 742,634 679.346 1,093.16 616.293 1,205.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,191,726 1,189.922 1,001.52 1,079.480 1,103.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 173,129 131.445 1,317.12 119.245 1,451.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,102,161 11,307.271 981.86 10,257.787 1,082.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 36,750,067 31,129.928 1,180.54 28,240.604 1,301.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 15,097,268 13,347.963 1,131.05 12,109.072 1,246.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,492,849 3,107.435 802.22 2,819.019 884.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,355,619 11,489.948 901.28 10,423.509 993.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,026,666 715.356 1,435.18 648.961 1,582.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,024 146.615 1,862.18 133.007 2,052.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,664,156 4,084.409 897.11 3,705.315 988.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,789,391 1,323.667 1,351.84 1,200.811 1,490.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 525,430 441.453 1,190.23 400.480 1,312.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 33,838,172 38,835.297 871.33 35,230.799 960.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,710,278 1,968.068 869.01 1,785.402 957.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,478,288 10,836.014 1,059.27 9,830.270 1,167.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,141,740 1,772.352 1,208.42 1,607.852 1,332.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,745,522 10,649.167 1,102.95 9,660.765 1,215.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,276,303 1,036.061 1,231.88 939.899 1,357.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 159,415,338 157,358.242 1,013.07 142,753.037 1,116.72 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,623 72.059 1,451.90 65.371 1,600.45 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,838 70.599 1,314.99 64.047 1,449.53 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,892 12.913 766.02 11.715 844.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,600 10.000 1,959.97 9.072 2,160.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,695,864 9,198.230 945.38 8,344.497 1,042.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 973,651 1,256.319 775.00 1,139.714 854.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 384,495 383.361 1,002.96 347.780 1,105.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 819,000 1,061.257 771.73 962.757 850.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,873,946 2,072.232 904.31 1,879.898 996.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 487,802 283.889 1,718.28 257.540 1,894.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,995 2.202 1,813.92 1.998 1,999.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 87,002 18.916 4,599.20 17.161 5,069.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 652,881 512.405 1,274.15 464.847 1,404.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,975 43.672 1,121.42 39.619 1,236.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 38,934 19.924 1,954.10 18.075 2,154.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,403,454 1,177.184 1,192.21 1,067.924 1,314.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,098,820 8,910.030 1,245.65 8,083.046 1,373.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,679,418 14,851.031 1,190.45 13,472.633 1,312.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 455,973 282.631 1,613.31 256.399 1,778.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,826,540 40,166.804 1,116.01 36,438.722 1,230.19 Japan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,390,197 1,675.902 829.52 1,520.354 914.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,502,319 8,325.900 660.87 7,553.132 728.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,015,109 1,008.577 1,006.48 914.966 1,109.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,605,370 2,239.004 1,163.63 2,031.191 1,282.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 419,154 548.234 764.55 497.350 842.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,609,111 12,243.037 866.54 11,106.700 955.20 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 524,981 1,122.865 467.54 1,018.647 515.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,224,586 2,611.964 851.69 2,369.535 938.83 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 33,742,595 38,904.654 867.32 35,293.719 956.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,767 70.488 1,500.49 63.946 1,654.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,243,656 2,435.603 1,331.77 2,209.543 1,468.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,841,470 4,067.527 1,927.82 3,690.000 2,125.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 16,844,489 15,764.410 1,068.51 14,301.237 1,177.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,759,084 2,186.750 1,261.73 1,983.787 1,390.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,822,935 2,881.903 979.54 2,614.420 1,079.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,050,846 744.149 2,755.96 675.081 3,037.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,751 25.546 2,495.53 23.175 2,750.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 707,730 221.191 3,199.62 200.662 3,526.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 902,736 497.323 1,815.19 451.164 2,000.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 522,838 459.704 1,137.34 417.037 1,253.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,374,904 2,874.851 1,173.94 2,608.022 1,294.05 BLACK PLATE...........................28 657,565 783.061 839.74 710.382 925.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 240,679 262.418 917.16 238.062 1,010.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,224,843 4,611.656 916.12 4,183.626 1,009.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 768,214 930.374 825.70 844.022 910.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,282,173 2,796.965 815.95 2,537.365 899.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,366,745 1,417.927 963.90 1,286.323 1,062.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,430,836 3,843.985 1,152.67 3,487.206 1,270.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,721,250 992.383 1,734.46 900.275 1,911.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 409,787 336.521 1,217.72 305.287 1,342.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,375,720 116,884.887 987.09 106,036.216 1,088.08 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,852 30.519 1,076.42 27.687 1,186.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,383 14.961 1,228.67 13.573 1,354.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,855 3.003 1,283.38 2.725 1,414.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,568 22.046 2,112.29 20.000 2,328.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 55,302,878 60,824.653 909.22 55,179.213 1,002.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 148,710 141.290 1,052.51 128.177 1,160.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 109,383 150.497 726.81 136.529 801.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 29,356 48.263 608.24 43.784 670.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,691,985 61,235.236 909.48 55,551.688 1,002.53 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 418,271 607.710 688.27 551.306 758.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,630,025 1,564.686 1,041.76 1,419.460 1,148.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 142,080 133.622 1,063.30 121.220 1,172.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,190,376 2,306.019 949.85 2,091.986 1,047.03 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 80,106 65.137 1,229.79 59.092 1,355.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 231,130 151.874 1,521.85 137.778 1,677.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,616,605 1,328.568 1,216.80 1,205.257 1,341.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 668,533 544.971 1,226.73 494.390 1,352.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,596,374 2,090.551 1,241.96 1,896.517 1,369.02 GRAND TOTAL 1,980,731,295 1,873,842.257 1,057.04 1,699,921.581 1,165.19 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 35,203 12.259 2,871.39 11.122 3,165.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,011 2.247 4,898.98 2.039 5,400.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 53,873 7.614 7,074.81 6.908 7,798.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 205,440 15.194 13,520.90 13.784 14,904.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,414 0.167 20,375.85 0.152 22,460.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,290 17.138 6,143.40 15.548 6,771.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 187,001 12.743 14,673.86 11.561 16,175.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 48,763 10.101 4,827.27 9.164 5,321.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,117,207 1,314.928 9,975.61 1,192.883 10,996.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 451,965 99.931 4,522.77 90.656 4,985.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 131,530 24.689 5,327.35 22.398 5,872.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 46,388 7.079 6,552.86 6.422 7,223.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,397,085 1,524.095 9,446.31 1,382.637 10,412.77 Mexico BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,418 23.836 6,100.68 21.624 6,724.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,382 95.840 4,532.35 86.945 4,996.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,895 1.054 34,026.55 0.957 37,507.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,445,521 7,551.025 2,972.51 6,850.177 3,276.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,621,067 1,779.713 3,158.41 1,614.529 3,481.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,682,283 9,451.470 3,034.69 8,574.232 3,345.17 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,335 0.039 134,439.78 0.036 148,194.44 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,741 3.067 6,761.02 2.783 7,452.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 450,900 121.678 3,705.66 110.385 4,084.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 382,651 23.178 16,509.02 21.027 18,198.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,206 18.898 6,413.69 17.144 7,069.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 227,055 51.120 4,441.54 46.376 4,895.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,660,003 1,171.810 3,976.75 1,063.049 4,383.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,862,556 1,389.754 4,218.41 1,260.764 4,650.00 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 289,489 81.628 3,546.43 74.052 3,909.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,546,062 2,386.713 5,256.63 2,165.191 5,794.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 144,807 24.161 5,993.28 21.919 6,606.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,325,629 217.481 6,095.36 197.296 6,718.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,702,927 935.618 6,095.36 848.779 6,718.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,599,340 557.674 4,661.03 505.914 5,137.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 419,992 58.587 7,168.59 53.150 7,902.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,229,854 275.399 11,727.90 249.838 12,927.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,048,625 91.902 11,410.13 83.373 12,577.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,539,463 466.749 5,440.74 423.428 5,997.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,739,733 218.394 7,966.02 198.124 8,781.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,296,432 5,232.683 5,980.95 4,747.012 6,592.87 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 175,888 39.902 4,407.94 36.199 4,858.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 238,592 51.228 4,657.38 46.474 5,133.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,741 0.016 347,209.94 0.015 382,733.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,612,099 325.472 4,953.10 295.264 5,459.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 319,084 73.669 4,331.28 66.832 4,774.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,610,381 341.699 4,712.85 309.985 5,195.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,961,785 831.990 4,761.82 754.769 5,249.00 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,157 5.530 7,622.92 5.017 8,402.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,096 6.370 8,962.91 5.779 9,879.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,910 4.507 3,973.51 4.089 4,380.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,163 16.407 7,140.65 14.885 7,871.21 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 79,299 21.097 3,758.76 19.139 4,143.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,941,244 4,652.520 4,071.18 4,220.697 4,487.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,383,719 296.467 4,667.35 268.951 5,144.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,112 2.655 3,431.41 2.409 3,782.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 96,554 24.962 3,867.89 22.646 4,263.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 714,323 155.541 4,592.49 141.105 5,062.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 922,682 156.039 5,913.12 141.557 6,518.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 390,590 15.435 25,304.39 14.003 27,893.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 32,459 2.072 15,662.93 1.880 17,265.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,167,734 29.946 72,386.93 27.167 79,792.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,706 16.152 7,782.61 14.653 8,578.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,793 11.897 1,327.45 10.793 1,463.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 161,682 17.224 9,386.63 15.626 10,346.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 446,977 51.896 8,612.80 47.080 9,493.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,487,874 5,453.910 4,673.32 4,947.706 5,151.45 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 24,083 0.038 624,221.04 0.035 688,085.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,927 2.571 48,966.60 2.333 53,976.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,010 2.610 57,469.10 2.368 63,348.82 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,136 0.793 5,211.27 0.720 5,744.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,541 0.862 5,267.94 0.782 5,806.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,821 2.398 22,438.24 2.176 24,733.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,498 4.054 15,415.24 3.678 16,992.39 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,936,363 286.679 6,754.46 260.071 7,445.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,088,562 217.011 5,016.14 196.870 5,529.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 103,294 10.836 9,531.76 9.831 10,506.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,872,057 369.472 5,066.84 335.180 5,585.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 374,515 32.047 11,686.25 29.073 12,881.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,374,791 916.047 5,867.37 831.025 6,467.66 France WIRE RODS..............................3 2,085,949 382.300 5,456.31 346.817 6,014.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 672,491 149.899 4,486.27 135.987 4,945.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 963,500 107.162 8,991.04 97.216 9,910.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,176,894 371.854 5,854.15 337.341 6,453.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,579,686 670.231 9,817.03 608.024 10,821.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 467,552 45.964 10,172.10 41.698 11,212.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 63,403 33.253 1,906.66 30.167 2,101.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,623,386 1,210.093 2,994.30 1,097.779 3,300.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,356 2.086 3,045.99 1.893 3,357.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 706,926 189.843 3,723.73 172.223 4,104.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,346,143 3,162.690 5,484.62 2,869.145 6,045.75 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 218,322 27.149 8,041.35 24.630 8,864.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 143,948 49.361 2,916.20 44.780 3,214.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,380,820 414.874 5,738.65 376.368 6,325.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 433,754 117.947 3,677.52 107.000 4,053.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 796,384 154.356 5,159.38 140.030 5,687.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,901,912 489.593 5,927.18 444.152 6,533.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,819,631 160.407 23,812.09 145.519 26,248.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 468,852 73.068 6,416.57 66.287 7,073.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,833,789 628.160 4,511.25 569.858 4,972.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 20,666 4.253 4,858.22 3.859 5,355.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,014,400 102.152 9,930.27 92.671 10,946.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,032,478 2,221.326 6,767.34 2,015.154 7,459.72 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 9,238 1.337 6,908.97 1.213 7,615.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 62,700 10.960 5,720.66 9.943 6,305.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,424,615 173.885 8,192.85 157.746 9,031.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,431 20.637 7,434.59 18.722 8,195.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,717,475 124.336 13,813.15 112.796 15,226.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 121,432 5.891 20,610.16 5.345 22,718.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 85,255 15.280 5,579.43 13.862 6,150.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,574,146 352.328 10,144.36 319.627 11,182.24 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,063 2.109 1,451.78 1.914 1,600.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 226,046 28.880 7,826.93 26.200 8,627.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,106 0.068 30,815.03 0.062 33,967.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,284,850 53.901 23,836.82 48.899 26,275.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,516,065 84.960 17,844.33 77.075 19,670.00 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 31,452 3.417 9,204.12 3.100 10,145.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 743,572 112.202 6,627.08 101.788 7,305.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 740,418 8.319 89,001.74 7.547 98,107.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 870,131 92.252 9,432.07 83.690 10,397.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,902 3.017 9,911.09 2.737 10,925.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,415,475 219.207 11,019.11 198.862 12,146.49 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,574 76.696 4,740.42 69.578 5,225.42 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 50,576 14.487 3,490.97 13.143 3,848.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,380 0.770 5,684.51 0.699 6,266.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,956 15.258 3,601.74 13.842 3,970.24 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,615,166 324.046 4,984.37 293.970 5,494.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 676,394 102.268 6,613.94 92.776 7,290.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 814,649 81.451 10,001.59 73.892 11,024.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,106,209 507.766 6,117.40 460.638 6,743.28 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 664,370 78.954 8,414.63 71.626 9,275.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,254 0.220 32,903.60 0.200 36,270.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,400,237 777.513 15,948.57 705.349 17,580.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,279 10.253 19,142.27 9.302 21,100.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 73,427 19.984 3,674.12 18.130 4,050.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 184,745 48.487 3,810.17 43.987 4,199.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,526,312 935.414 14,460.23 848.594 15,939.67 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,767,721 351.030 5,035.80 318.450 5,551.02 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 12,152,306 3,108.650 3,909.19 2,820.121 4,309.14 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,923,968 1,188.368 3,301.98 1,078.070 3,639.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 270,873 87.212 3,105.89 79.118 3,423.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,980 181.454 4,794.47 164.613 5,285.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 122,973 26.406 4,656.84 23.956 5,133.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,666,662 726.190 6,426.22 658.789 7,083.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 560,620 122.685 4,569.59 111.298 5,037.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,413,734 1,643.558 6,944.52 1,491.012 7,655.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,230,096 400.235 8,070.48 363.088 8,896.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 858,340 144.765 5,929.18 131.329 6,535.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,629 13.335 5,071.25 12.098 5,590.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,130,344 523.159 4,072.08 474.602 4,488.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,803 1.074 6,329.83 0.975 6,977.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,043 23.003 6,392.33 20.868 7,046.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,421,371 8,190.101 4,935.39 7,429.937 5,440.34 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,101,579 179.468 6,138.01 162.811 6,766.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,850 8.647 3,451.81 7.845 3,804.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 155,096 39.548 3,921.64 35.878 4,322.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,286,525 227.664 5,650.96 206.534 6,229.12 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,808,549 307.175 5,887.67 278.665 6,490.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 454,905 67.836 6,705.93 61.540 7,392.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,263,454 375.011 6,035.69 340.205 6,653.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 162,885 74.564 2,184.48 67.644 2,407.97 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 182,311 50.602 3,602.79 45.906 3,971.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,932 6.160 4,371.50 5.589 4,818.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 209,243 56.763 3,686.22 51.495 4,063.37 India WIRE RODS..............................3 661,550 128.872 5,133.38 116.911 5,658.58 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 308,297 66.975 4,603.14 60.759 5,074.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,106,792 429.665 4,903.33 389.786 5,405.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,587,421 836.284 4,289.71 758.665 4,728.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,028,932 1,931.064 4,675.62 1,751.833 5,153.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,645,170 770.249 3,434.17 698.759 3,785.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,450 0.339 10,161.65 0.308 11,201.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,520 1.143 4,828.99 1.037 5,323.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 833,848 149.826 5,565.44 135.920 6,134.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,097,747 1,723.383 4,698.75 1,563.428 5,179.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 900,014 213.808 4,209.44 193.964 4,640.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 558,026 118.314 4,716.47 107.333 5,199.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,736,767 6,369.927 4,511.32 5,778.703 4,972.87 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,335,128 322.397 4,141.25 292.474 4,564.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 193,449 33.502 5,774.16 30.393 6,364.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 71,850 31.379 2,289.71 28.467 2,523.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,415,518 765.838 3,154.08 694.757 3,476.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,015,945 1,153.117 3,482.68 1,046.091 3,839.00 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,113 3.968 2,548.43 3.600 2,809.17 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,458,518 1,013.009 4,401.26 918.987 4,851.56 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,815 23.143 4,745.06 20.995 5,230.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 186,366 42.284 4,407.41 38.360 4,858.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 296,181 65.427 4,526.85 59.355 4,989.99 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,581,615 351.415 4,500.70 318.799 4,961.17 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 255,728 21.241 12,039.06 19.270 13,270.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 267,589 100.183 2,670.99 90.885 2,944.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,818,032 430.809 4,220.04 390.824 4,651.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 917,138 251.924 3,640.53 228.542 4,013.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,000 9.842 2,032.00 8.929 2,239.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 392,694 84.807 4,630.42 76.936 5,104.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,801,517 991.827 3,832.84 899.771 4,224.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 175,640 17.703 9,921.42 16.060 10,936.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 195,108 176.054 1,108.23 159.714 1,221.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,997,684 1,986.982 7,547.97 1,802.561 8,320.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,329,802 556.227 4,188.58 504.601 4,617.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,148,135 542.044 3,963.02 491.735 4,368.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 44,623,897 11,781.463 3,787.64 10,687.967 4,175.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 11,717 3.282 3,569.34 2.978 3,934.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,258,034 355.360 3,540.16 322.378 3,902.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,212,715 17,309.756 4,229.56 15,703.151 4,662.29 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,802,923 427.324 4,219.10 387.662 4,650.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,899 1.749 9,088.43 1.587 10,018.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,501,552 944.238 6,885.50 856.599 7,589.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,944,701 793.581 6,230.87 719.925 6,868.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,002 5.299 5,472.17 4.808 6,032.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,031,727 587.605 3,457.64 533.067 3,811.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,035,511 441.777 4,607.55 400.774 5,078.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,361,315 3,201.576 5,422.74 2,904.422 5,977.55 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,925 1.608 6,171.22 1.459 6,802.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,545,418 708.154 3,594.44 642.427 3,962.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,651,394 1,575.860 4,855.38 1,429.597 5,352.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,419,519 311.040 4,563.78 282.171 5,030.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,363,311 1,972.458 4,240.04 1,789.385 4,673.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,774,373 2,107.098 5,587.96 1,911.528 6,159.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,240,374 325.045 6,892.50 294.876 7,597.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,095 4.399 4,567.75 3.991 5,035.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/09/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,023,837 1,422.917 3,530.66 1,290.849 3,891.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 262,022 111.483 2,350.32 101.136 2,590.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,310,268 8,540.065 4,603.04 7,747.419 5,073.98 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 14,861 4.888 3,039.84 4.435 3,350.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 33,939 7.305 4,645.99 6.627 5,121.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,265,489 405.590 5,585.65 367.946 6,157.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 279,631 64.295 4,349.15 58.328 4,794.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 261,040 46.586 5,603.28 42.263 6,176.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,089,775 3,787.828 3,455.75 3,436.261 3,809.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,213,861 889.232 8,112.46 806.698 8,942.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,051,310 116.420 9,030.28 105.615 9,954.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,178,502 1,525.661 1,427.91 1,384.057 1,574.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,144,488 180.420 6,343.44 163.675 6,992.44 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 22,642 14.462 1,565.59 13.120 1,725.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,512,972 316.407 7,942.20 287.040 8,754.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,068,510 7,359.099 4,085.90 6,676.065 4,503.93 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,167 2.670 13,541.13 2.423 14,926.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,748 20.951 5,190.43 19.007 5,721.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,915 23.622 6,134.61 21.430 6,762.25 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,679,081 1,074.223 1,563.07 974.519 1,722.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,523 11.585 1,339.89 10.510 1,476.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,596,178 1,210.787 1,318.30 1,098.408 1,453.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,263,301 572.785 2,205.54 519.622 2,431.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,554,083 2,869.380 1,587.13 2,603.059 1,749.51 GRAND TOTAL 422,484,803 90,015.846 4,693.45 81,661.025 5,173.64