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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 215,054 310.170 693.34 281.382 764.28 Chile 74,271 20.598 3,605.58 18.687 3,974.47 Italy 4,207,087 1,154.236 3,644.91 1,047.106 4,017.82 India 15,716 4.181 3,758.85 3.793 4,143.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,512,128 1,489.186 3,029.93 1,350.968 3,339.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 86,165,685 97,757.945 881.42 88,684.541 971.60 Mexico 116,550,905 114,415.312 1,018.67 103,795.855 1,122.89 Brazil 69,136,347 74,933.988 922.63 67,978.990 1,017.03 Sweden 9,189,829 1,848.674 4,971.04 1,677.090 5,479.63 United Kingdom 11,255,280 3,898.049 2,887.41 3,536.252 3,182.83 Belgium 21,028 16.341 1,286.76 14.825 1,418.41 Federal Republic of Germany 16,567,811 13,483.431 1,228.75 12,231.967 1,354.47 Czech Republic 507,568 69.686 7,283.54 63.219 8,028.73 Russia 39,243,566 44,505.806 881.76 40,375.000 971.98 Ukraine 52,630,953 59,043.032 891.40 53,562.953 982.60 Spain 1,153,224 201.445 5,724.75 182.748 6,310.46 Italy 6,963,842 1,621.227 4,295.41 1,470.753 4,734.88 India 77,502,859 79,166.615 978.98 71,818.766 1,079.14 China 292,490 101.197 2,890.28 91.805 3,185.99 Taiwan 121,029 12.055 10,038.92 10.937 11,066.01 Japan 236,124 317.057 744.74 287.630 820.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 487,538,540 491,391.869 992.16 445,783.331 1,093.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 35,154,681 33,055.889 1,063.49 29,987.807 1,172.30 Brazil 8,912,566 8,155.849 1,092.78 7,398.864 1,204.59 Sweden 777,551 134.937 5,762.32 122.413 6,351.87 Finland 29,479 19.847 1,485.30 18.005 1,637.27 United Kingdom 2,533,435 580.856 4,361.55 526.944 4,807.79 Netherlands 11,271 40.077 281.23 36.358 310.00 France 575,802 137.696 4,181.68 124.916 4,609.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,780,064 2,233.513 1,244.70 2,026.210 1,372.05 Turkey 17,593,662 20,404.856 862.23 18,510.980 950.44 India 405,633 98.536 4,116.57 89.391 4,537.74 Malaysia 95,167 115.744 822.21 105.002 906.34 China 16,045,827 14,255.488 1,125.59 12,932.365 1,240.75 Korea, South 2,482,435 3,384.816 733.40 3,070.655 808.44 Taiwan 2,052,425 530.542 3,868.54 481.300 4,264.34 Japan 7,369,460 9,100.191 809.81 8,255.557 892.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 96,819,458 92,248.843 1,049.55 83,686.767 1,156.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,344,717 9,391.877 1,101.45 8,520.170 1,214.14 Mexico 7,205,606 7,284.489 989.17 6,608.380 1,090.37 Brazil 7,649 5.147 1,485.88 4.670 1,637.90 Sweden 5,846 6.783 861.78 6.154 949.95 Norway 2,937,206 1,837.327 1,598.63 1,666.796 1,762.19 United Kingdom 5,694,754 5,064.507 1,124.44 4,594.445 1,239.49 Luxembourg 14,028,999 9,574.306 1,465.28 8,685.667 1,615.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,480,198 1,756.574 1,411.95 1,593.538 1,556.41 Austria 92,504 88.967 1,039.75 80.710 1,146.13 Poland 158,563 165.697 956.94 150.318 1,054.85 Spain 1,605,869 2,152.634 746.00 1,952.838 822.33 Italy 231,177 59.546 3,882.27 54.020 4,279.47 India 348,441 75.475 4,616.63 68.470 5,088.96 Vietnam 62,012 34.425 1,801.36 31.230 1,985.65 China 247,097 146.329 1,688.63 132.748 1,861.40 Korea, South 3,577,082 3,402.565 1,051.29 3,086.756 1,158.85 Taiwan 104,245 81.486 1,279.30 73.923 1,410.18 Japan 1,498,052 1,310.502 1,143.11 1,188.868 1,260.07 Australia 10,460 8.444 1,238.63 7.661 1,365.36 South Africa 24,008 15.377 1,561.27 13.950 1,721.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,664,485 42,462.465 1,193.16 38,521.312 1,315.23 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 850,753 626.078 1,358.86 567.969 1,497.89 Luxembourg 16,306,069 10,587.216 1,540.17 9,604.564 1,697.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,156,822 11,213.295 1,530.04 10,172.533 1,686.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 39,516,493 25,899.440 1,525.77 23,495.584 1,681.87 Mexico 6,125 6.354 963.83 5.765 1,062.45 Brazil 637,580 424.584 1,501.66 385.177 1,655.29 Sweden 10,607,414 4,260.736 2,489.57 3,865.276 2,744.28 Norway 29,181 57.245 509.75 51.932 561.91 Finland 2,080,861 960.188 2,167.14 871.069 2,388.86 United Kingdom 1,639,891 1,368.789 1,198.06 1,241.745 1,320.63 Netherlands 21,219 4.144 5,119.56 3.760 5,643.35 Belgium 4,431,968 996.991 4,445.34 904.456 4,900.15 France 3,413,302 1,477.580 2,310.06 1,340.439 2,546.41 Federal Republic of Germany 10,913,153 4,815.758 2,266.13 4,368.784 2,497.98 Austria 168,958 99.711 1,694.46 90.457 1,867.83 Czech Republic 15,113 8.818 1,713.79 8.000 1,889.13 Slovakia 29,527 25.729 1,147.61 23.341 1,265.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 14,069,704 11,778.844 1,194.49 10,685.591 1,316.70 Ukraine 36,315 16.772 2,165.12 15.216 2,386.63 Spain 52,526 21.261 2,470.49 19.288 2,723.25 Italy 262,437 94.226 2,785.17 85.481 3,070.12 Slovenia 1,646,379 298.487 5,515.75 270.783 6,080.07 Thailand 44,910,703 43,444.468 1,033.75 39,412.170 1,139.51 China 5,407,144 3,982.345 1,357.78 3,612.724 1,496.69 Korea, South 10,985,568 9,716.778 1,130.58 8,814.916 1,246.25 Taiwan 5,066,830 1,497.464 3,383.61 1,358.477 3,729.79 Japan 8,729,227 4,987.294 1,750.29 4,524.399 1,929.37 Australia 106,843 27.938 3,824.28 25.345 4,215.55 South Africa 1,029,421 577.681 1,781.99 524.064 1,964.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,813,882 116,849.638 1,419.04 106,004.239 1,564.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 54,214,848 59,976.436 903.94 54,409.723 996.42 Mexico 3,339,010 4,737.974 704.73 4,298.219 776.84 Sweden 5,059,465 962.791 5,255.00 873.430 5,792.64 Finland 870,868 428.333 2,033.15 388.578 2,241.17 Netherlands 1,746,141 2,334.833 747.87 2,118.126 824.38 Belgium 152,249 26.554 5,733.42 24.090 6,320.01 Luxembourg 111,808 97.741 1,143.91 88.670 1,260.95 France 937,780 963.006 973.80 873.625 1,073.44 Federal Republic of Germany 5,680,855 5,585.415 1,017.09 5,067.005 1,121.15 Russia 12,648,843 12,645.711 1,000.25 11,472.000 1,102.58 Turkey 68,504,343 48,561.473 1,410.67 44,054.240 1,555.00 China 2,188,466 599.598 3,649.88 543.947 4,023.31 Korea, South 4,334,579 6,628.102 653.97 6,012.915 720.88 Japan 1,603,139 2,126.754 753.80 1,929.360 830.92 Australia 208,609 191.724 1,088.06 173.930 1,199.38 New Zealand 751,000 759.582 988.70 689.082 1,089.86 South Africa 604,742 355.932 1,699.03 322.897 1,872.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 162,956,745 146,981.969 1,108.69 133,339.837 1,222.12 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 14,911 12.090 1,233.32 10.968 1,359.50 Luxembourg 547,071 495.721 1,103.59 449.711 1,216.49 Federal Republic of Germany 130,548 64.703 2,017.64 58.698 2,224.06 Czech Republic 501,263 928.591 539.81 842.404 595.04 China 3,797 3.872 980.52 3.513 1,080.84 Korea, South 34,979 23.439 1,492.31 21.264 1,644.99 Japan 6,885,418 9,222.314 746.60 8,366.345 822.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,117,987 10,750.732 755.11 9,752.903 832.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 741,365 1,664.285 445.46 1,509.815 491.03 Luxembourg 298,230 247.754 1,203.73 224.759 1,326.89 Federal Republic of Germany 125,812 73.275 1,716.98 66.474 1,892.65 Poland 25,701 17.306 1,485.07 15.700 1,637.01 Spain 73,396 44.995 1,631.20 40.819 1,798.08 China 575,577 506.762 1,135.79 459.727 1,252.00 Korea, South 265,459 225.090 1,179.34 204.199 1,300.00 Japan 559,195 630.230 887.29 571.736 978.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,664,735 3,409.700 781.52 3,093.229 861.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 164,594 122.666 1,341.80 111.281 1,479.08 Mexico 10,591 2.630 4,026.82 2.386 4,438.81 India 44,635 40.168 1,111.20 36.440 1,224.89 China 217,112 227.847 952.88 206.700 1,050.37 Australia 375,978 575.653 653.13 522.224 719.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 812,910 968.965 838.95 879.031 924.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 37,936,549 34,527.493 1,098.73 31,322.824 1,211.15 Mexico 6,452,760 5,634.460 1,145.23 5,111.498 1,262.40 Dominican Republic 109,800 99.207 1,106.77 90.000 1,220.00 Brazil 6,757,568 4,886.207 1,382.99 4,432.694 1,524.48 Sweden 6,603,389 1,520.153 4,343.90 1,379.060 4,788.33 Finland 70,940 41.104 1,725.86 37.289 1,902.44 United Kingdom 3,899,668 1,880.371 2,073.88 1,705.845 2,286.06 Netherlands 43,100 7.582 5,683.92 6.879 6,265.45 France 1,625,291 317.733 5,115.27 288.243 5,638.61 Federal Republic of Germany 5,637,864 3,597.207 1,567.29 3,263.333 1,727.64 Austria 415,144 56.805 7,308.18 51.533 8,055.89 Czech Republic 2,621,300 2,387.418 1,097.96 2,165.830 1,210.30 Russia 6,652 5.394 1,233.06 4.894 1,359.22 Ukraine 1,904,648 616.026 3,091.83 558.850 3,408.16 Spain 226,716 104.243 2,174.87 94.568 2,397.39 Portugal 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 Italy 2,335,720 891.194 2,620.89 808.478 2,889.03 Slovenia 70,201 28.279 2,482.37 25.655 2,736.35 Turkey 402,302 388.047 1,036.73 352.031 1,142.80 India 2,023,192 565.280 3,579.09 512.814 3,945.27 Malaysia 29,189 20.938 1,394.04 18.995 1,536.67 China 32,581,318 35,993.204 905.21 32,652.495 997.82 Korea, South 3,900,790 2,757.767 1,414.47 2,501.805 1,559.19 Taiwan 2,339,556 468.782 4,990.71 425.272 5,501.32 Japan 13,715,224 13,615.931 1,007.29 12,352.169 1,110.35 Australia 7,586 2.806 2,703.03 2.546 2,979.58 South Africa 390,261 263.956 1,478.51 239.457 1,629.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 132,507,278 110,757.406 1,196.37 100,477.457 1,318.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,285,356 6,841.825 1,064.83 6,206.801 1,173.77 Mexico 3,338,115 3,381.448 987.19 3,067.599 1,088.18 United Kingdom 22,786 2.534 8,991.35 2.299 9,911.27 Austria 29,368 4.281 6,859.48 3.884 7,561.28 Italy 121,253 32.453 3,736.25 29.441 4,118.51 Turkey 2,257 2.201 1,025.30 1.997 1,130.20 India 3,746,738 841.040 4,454.89 762.979 4,910.67 China 329,764 286.657 1,150.38 260.051 1,268.07 Korea, South 143,285 111.228 1,288.20 100.905 1,420.00 Japan 518,191 116.062 4,464.76 105.290 4,921.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,537,113 11,619.731 1,337.13 10,541.246 1,473.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 39,139 30.864 1,268.08 28.000 1,397.82 Mexico 14,548,901 15,508.596 938.12 14,069.166 1,034.10 Dominican Republic 5,079,180 4,652.439 1,091.72 4,220.623 1,203.42 Colombia 4,313 3.833 1,124.98 3.478 1,240.08 Federal Republic of Germany 367,103 265.412 1,383.14 240.778 1,524.65 Italy 40,341 14.479 2,785.99 13.136 3,071.03 Turkey 18,806,947 20,911.776 899.35 18,970.850 991.36 China 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 Taiwan 8,666 10.511 824.42 9.536 908.77 Japan 12,408,399 12,927.702 959.83 11,727.818 1,058.03 Australia 43,288 41.493 1,043.26 37.642 1,149.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,390,804 54,410.790 944.50 49,360.653 1,041.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,857,825 4,287.106 2,066.15 3,889.199 2,277.54 Mexico 136,686 214.608 636.91 194.690 702.07 Dominican Republic 3,664 6.514 562.42 5.910 619.97 Brazil 12,338 2.892 4,265.57 2.624 4,701.98 Sweden 599,342 76.024 7,883.57 68.968 8,690.15 Norway 10,732 0.260 41,253.85 0.236 45,474.58 Denmark 30,912 6.876 4,495.50 6.238 4,955.43 United Kingdom 3,907,791 1,381.375 2,828.91 1,253.163 3,118.34 Ireland 3,992 0.205 19,470.34 0.186 21,462.37 Netherlands 114,724 32.564 3,522.98 29.542 3,883.42 France 2,766,889 1,271.558 2,175.98 1,153.539 2,398.61 Federal Republic of Germany 10,518,865 3,887.790 2,705.62 3,526.945 2,982.43 Austria 163,375 19.491 8,382.05 17.682 9,239.62 Czech Republic 65,985 13.194 5,000.89 11.970 5,512.53 Switzerland 568,990 77.137 7,376.31 69.978 8,130.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 Russia 103,601 93.140 1,112.30 84.496 1,226.11 Ukraine 2,468,977 407.017 6,066.02 369.240 6,686.65 Spain 423,677 218.537 1,938.69 198.254 2,137.04 Italy 6,928,563 1,132.115 6,120.02 1,027.038 6,746.16 Slovenia 228,399 64.502 3,540.91 58.516 3,903.19 Romania 272,906 41.741 6,538.05 37.867 7,206.96 Saudi Arabia 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 United Arab Emirates 296,930 59.605 4,981.61 54.073 5,491.28 India 8,200,337 1,912.323 4,288.15 1,734.831 4,726.88 China 5,229,405 3,071.686 1,702.45 2,786.588 1,876.63 Korea, South 1,173,097 710.871 1,650.22 644.892 1,819.06 Taiwan 7,266,754 1,808.342 4,018.46 1,640.501 4,429.59 Japan 804,713 442.302 1,819.37 401.250 2,005.52 South Africa 97,256 81.112 1,199.03 73.584 1,321.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,985,235 21,514.373 2,881.11 19,517.517 3,175.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 939,771 434.900 2,160.89 394.535 2,381.97 Mexico 175,772 114.993 1,528.54 104.320 1,684.93 Brazil 4,538,254 885.931 5,122.58 803.704 5,646.67 Sweden 3,280,331 1,050.868 3,121.54 953.332 3,440.91 United Kingdom 441,706 64.992 6,796.29 58.960 7,491.62 Netherlands 136,319 91.992 1,481.85 83.454 1,633.46 France 1,127,636 164.942 6,836.56 149.633 7,536.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,602,291 1,096.437 4,197.49 994.672 4,626.94 Austria 1,263,262 255.376 4,946.66 231.674 5,452.76 Czech Republic 17,447 3.950 4,416.20 3.584 4,868.02 Switzerland 165,297 46.740 3,536.51 42.402 3,898.33 Poland 916,727 397.778 2,304.61 360.859 2,540.40 Russia 1,197,703 619.195 1,934.29 561.725 2,132.19 Spain 257,725 85.635 3,009.57 77.687 3,317.48 Slovenia 653,482 228.503 2,859.83 207.295 3,152.43 India 25,532 3.698 6,903.80 3.355 7,610.13 China 6,897,834 1,602.205 4,305.21 1,453.497 4,745.68 Korea, South 984,725 275.322 3,576.63 249.768 3,942.56 Taiwan 2,831,892 759.064 3,730.77 688.612 4,112.46 Japan 6,258,996 4,791.217 1,306.35 4,346.521 1,440.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,712,702 12,973.747 2,829.77 11,769.589 3,119.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 46,462,562 35,245.833 1,318.24 31,974.490 1,453.11 Mexico 3,718,751 2,622.406 1,418.07 2,379.008 1,563.15 Guatemala 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 Dominican Republic 755,240 488.782 1,545.15 443.416 1,703.23 Colombia 169,745 86.092 1,971.65 78.102 2,173.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 734,377 587.397 1,250.22 532.878 1,378.13 Brazil 244,493 100.835 2,424.68 91.476 2,672.76 Argentina 167,130 85.816 1,947.54 77.851 2,146.79 Sweden 12,935 0.950 13,613.04 0.862 15,005.80 Finland 2,162 0.054 40,027.22 0.049 44,122.45 United Kingdom 28,056 34.479 813.71 31.279 896.96 Netherlands 9,715 12.323 788.31 11.180 868.96 France 173,172 106.404 1,627.48 96.529 1,793.99 Federal Republic of Germany 7,908,326 4,652.807 1,699.69 4,220.957 1,873.59 Czech Republic 2,062 1.046 1,971.14 0.949 2,172.81 Slovakia 337,790 198.918 1,698.13 180.456 1,871.87 Switzerland 387,468 203.761 1,901.58 184.849 2,096.13 Russia 19,053 1.633 11,663.02 1.482 12,856.28 Ukraine 1,224,010 674.344 1,815.11 611.755 2,000.82 Spain 430,325 92.111 4,671.79 83.562 5,149.77 Italy 2,780,901 679.476 4,092.71 616.411 4,511.44 Romania 1,049,252 798.752 1,313.61 724.616 1,448.01 United Arab Emirates 2,335,131 2,121.805 1,100.54 1,924.870 1,213.14 Oman 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 India 9,662,734 9,041.251 1,068.74 8,202.088 1,178.08 Pakistan 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 Thailand 22,634,408 23,048.776 982.02 20,909.504 1,082.49 Vietnam 1,813,266 1,699.023 1,067.24 1,541.329 1,176.43 Malaysia 313,432 307.502 1,019.28 278.962 1,123.57 Indonesia 745,722 712.513 1,046.61 646.382 1,153.69 China 16,161,854 11,031.229 1,465.10 10,007.366 1,615.00 Korea, South 13,115,373 12,813.501 1,023.56 11,624.216 1,128.28 Taiwan 4,804,613 4,482.837 1,071.78 4,066.763 1,181.43 Japan 5,107,569 4,132.924 1,235.82 3,749.327 1,362.26 South Africa 1,383,323 1,299.600 1,064.42 1,178.978 1,173.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 148,759,677 121,235.277 1,227.03 109,982.824 1,352.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 30,352,437 18,021.432 1,684.24 16,348.773 1,856.56 Mexico 7,063,559 4,185.955 1,687.44 3,797.436 1,860.09 Colombia 33,062,259 14,644.760 2,257.62 13,285.507 2,488.60 Venezuela 3,902,852 2,248.019 1,736.13 2,039.370 1,913.75 Brazil 9,658,295 4,211.279 2,293.43 3,820.410 2,528.08 Argentina 15,341,673 8,384.536 1,829.76 7,606.326 2,016.96 Sweden 26,423 3.186 8,291.44 2.891 9,139.74 United Kingdom 694,727 30.528 22,756.67 27.695 25,084.93 Federal Republic of Germany 20,655,059 9,226.242 2,238.73 8,369.909 2,467.78 Austria 25,937,689 13,272.549 1,954.24 12,040.658 2,154.18 Czech Republic 5,008,982 3,218.457 1,556.33 2,919.736 1,715.56 Switzerland 4,609 0.146 31,437.71 0.133 34,654.14 Poland 2,236,366 977.981 2,286.72 887.210 2,520.67 Russia 2,310,289 1,799.362 1,283.95 1,632.355 1,415.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 6,356,633 3,925.499 1,619.32 3,561.154 1,784.99 Spain 16,390,287 7,496.642 2,186.35 6,800.842 2,410.04 Italy 2,345 0.094 24,736.61 0.086 27,267.44 Romania 3,787,947 2,279.819 1,661.51 2,068.218 1,831.50 Turkey 206,810 77.323 2,674.60 70.147 2,948.24 United Arab Emirates 3,294,106 589.736 5,585.73 535.000 6,157.21 India 19,042,669 12,368.522 1,539.61 11,220.538 1,697.13 Singapore 100,489 11.686 8,598.58 10.602 9,478.31 China 388,967,327 305,041.807 1,275.13 276,729.350 1,405.59 Korea, South 49,901,977 36,548.563 1,365.36 33,156.308 1,505.05 Taiwan 1,192,588 919.987 1,296.31 834.599 1,428.94 Japan 46,369,645 19,885.091 2,331.88 18,039.457 2,570.46 South Africa 4,240,153 3,289.195 1,289.12 2,983.909 1,421.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 696,108,195 472,658.412 1,472.75 428,788.619 1,623.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 3,317,180 1,976.745 1,678.10 1,793.274 1,849.79 Mexico 76,305 23.819 3,203.42 21.609 3,531.17 United Kingdom 4,981,236 2,688.888 1,852.53 2,439.319 2,042.06 Federal Republic of Germany 30,788,105 19,787.259 1,555.96 17,950.705 1,715.15 Czech Republic 5,443,428 2,781.544 1,956.98 2,523.375 2,157.20 Poland 209,255 127.491 1,641.33 115.658 1,809.26 Russia 664,825 806.038 824.81 731.226 909.19 Italy 8,075,409 3,588.198 2,250.55 3,255.160 2,480.80 Greece 14,900,750 8,646.681 1,723.29 7,844.140 1,899.60 Romania 2,579,424 2,125.540 1,213.54 1,928.258 1,337.70 Turkey 18,616,959 16,582.560 1,122.68 15,043.450 1,237.55 India 86,915,470 71,763.652 1,211.13 65,102.909 1,335.05 Thailand 1,315,776 855.899 1,537.30 776.459 1,694.59 China 13,457,622 14,812.931 908.50 13,438.069 1,001.46 Korea, South 14,606,041 12,565.686 1,162.38 11,399.402 1,281.30 Taiwan 41,818 39.632 1,055.14 35.954 1,163.10 Japan 6,139,998 4,908.971 1,250.77 4,453.345 1,378.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 212,129,601 164,081.540 1,292.83 148,852.312 1,425.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 865,767 207.433 4,173.70 188.181 4,600.71 Mexico 14,761,974 8,349.340 1,768.04 7,574.396 1,948.93 Brazil 7,662,194 3,872.368 1,978.68 3,512.955 2,181.13 Argentina 5,491,423 3,506.538 1,566.05 3,181.079 1,726.28 United Kingdom 59,760 9.262 6,451.67 8.403 7,111.75 France 11,449 2.336 4,899.23 2.120 5,400.47 Federal Republic of Germany 732,146 353.318 2,072.20 320.525 2,284.21 Austria 905,281 549.530 1,647.37 498.526 1,815.92 Czech Republic 2,658,803 1,950.864 1,362.88 1,769.795 1,502.32 Slovakia 902,063 648.879 1,390.19 588.654 1,532.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 755,680 443.831 1,702.63 402.637 1,876.83 Ukraine 1,312,177 981.642 1,336.72 890.531 1,473.48 Spain 707,077 403.394 1,752.82 365.953 1,932.15 Italy 9,803,138 5,118.474 1,915.25 4,643.403 2,111.20 Romania 44,860 27.842 1,611.22 25.258 1,776.07 India 225,586 172.868 1,304.95 156.824 1,438.47 China 41,046,881 37,629.446 1,090.82 34,136.869 1,202.42 Korea, South 2,972,343 3,406.708 872.50 3,090.515 961.76 Taiwan 1,034,263 1,062.786 973.16 964.144 1,072.73 Japan 88,076 33.431 2,634.48 30.329 2,904.02 South Africa 2,860,534 2,378.004 1,202.91 2,157.290 1,325.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,901,475 71,108.304 1,334.60 64,508.387 1,471.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 6,820 8.374 814.40 7.597 897.72 Mexico 16,340,916 9,939.740 1,644.00 9,017.183 1,812.20 United Kingdom 2,870 3.012 952.66 2.733 1,050.13 Ukraine 4,530,849 3,883.573 1,166.67 3,523.120 1,286.03 India 2,350,663 2,332.612 1,007.74 2,116.111 1,110.84 China 4,418,207 3,960.401 1,115.60 3,592.817 1,229.73 Korea, South 11,282,145 11,907.551 947.48 10,802.352 1,044.42 Taiwan 4,368,646 4,611.590 947.32 4,183.566 1,044.24 Japan 4,152,950 4,080.076 1,017.86 3,701.384 1,122.00 South Africa 1,857,300 2,696.397 688.81 2,446.131 759.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,311,366 43,423.330 1,135.60 39,392.994 1,251.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,336,546 6,328.354 1,633.37 5,740.988 1,800.48 Mexico 11,685,567 8,069.130 1,448.18 7,320.194 1,596.35 Costa Rica 208,139 165.840 1,255.06 150.448 1,383.46 Dominican Republic 162,599 100.143 1,623.65 90.849 1,789.77 Colombia 61,027 38.586 1,581.57 35.005 1,743.38 Brazil 882,166 438.148 2,013.39 397.482 2,219.39 Argentina 2,868,477 1,577.506 1,818.36 1,431.090 2,004.40 Sweden 1,294,968 508.072 2,548.78 460.916 2,809.55 Denmark 7,039 0.400 17,591.39 0.363 19,391.18 United Kingdom 49,245 40.162 1,226.14 36.435 1,351.59 Netherlands 113,881 35.661 3,193.35 32.352 3,520.06 Belgium 36,903 16.984 2,172.76 15.408 2,395.05 France 1,639,812 789.487 2,077.06 716.211 2,289.57 Federal Republic of Germany 7,257,062 3,017.802 2,404.75 2,737.705 2,650.78 Austria 80,052 14.649 5,464.41 13.290 6,023.48 Switzerland 1,247,212 434.564 2,870.03 394.230 3,163.67 Ukraine 184,353 140.217 1,314.77 127.203 1,449.28 Spain 2,442,585 940.999 2,595.73 853.661 2,861.31 Italy 3,918,646 1,460.311 2,683.43 1,324.773 2,957.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 7,957,772 4,789.141 1,661.63 4,344.637 1,831.63 United Arab Emirates 274,644 263.803 1,041.09 239.319 1,147.61 India 3,106,636 2,153.548 1,442.57 1,953.667 1,590.16 Thailand 2,102,059 2,283.739 920.45 2,071.774 1,014.62 Vietnam 27,620 22.720 1,215.62 20.612 1,340.00 China 20,070,731 13,552.638 1,480.95 12,294.750 1,632.46 Korea, South 2,241,351 1,273.419 1,760.10 1,155.227 1,940.18 Taiwan 359,043 190.671 1,883.05 172.974 2,075.71 Japan 8,324,793 2,846.461 2,924.61 2,582.267 3,223.83 Australia 75,606 50.322 1,502.42 45.652 1,656.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,016,534 51,543.491 1,727.02 46,759.482 1,903.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 61,283 19.492 3,143.98 17.683 3,465.64 Mexico 777,117 296.071 2,624.76 268.592 2,893.30 Brazil 924,043 532.423 1,735.54 483.007 1,913.10 Argentina 529,304 173.210 3,055.84 157.134 3,368.49 Sweden 397,714 138.809 2,865.18 125.926 3,158.32 Netherlands 308,016 111.906 2,752.44 101.520 3,034.04 France 2,576,075 1,177.766 2,187.25 1,068.452 2,411.03 Federal Republic of Germany 11,936,038 4,359.860 2,737.71 3,955.200 3,017.81 Czech Republic 1,169,233 479.290 2,439.51 434.805 2,689.10 Slovakia 585,011 267.121 2,190.05 242.329 2,414.12 Poland 532,321 270.903 1,964.98 245.760 2,166.02 Italy 1,350,603 391.317 3,451.43 354.997 3,804.55 Romania 935,409 415.312 2,252.30 376.765 2,482.74 India 32,700 21.495 1,521.28 19.500 1,676.92 China 2,091,895 1,469.362 1,423.67 1,332.984 1,569.33 Korea, South 251,874 199.494 1,262.56 180.978 1,391.74 Japan 58,167 15.362 3,786.20 13.937 4,173.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,516,803 10,339.202 2,371.25 9,379.569 2,613.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 16,427,999 1,682.288 9,765.27 1,526.147 10,764.36 Mexico 518,839 118.658 4,372.55 107.645 4,819.91 Costa Rica 34,358 0.174 197,272.54 0.158 217,455.70 Uruguay 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 Argentina 61,442 11.013 5,578.95 9.991 6,149.73 Sweden 3,458,756 239.514 14,440.69 217.284 15,918.13 Norway 941,666 3.826 246,115.03 3.471 271,295.30 Denmark 88,087 6.676 13,193.20 6.057 14,543.01 United Kingdom 1,140,973 19.364 58,921.48 17.567 64,949.79 Ireland 141,761 25.901 5,473.19 23.497 6,033.15 Netherlands 20,478 2.221 9,219.52 2.015 10,162.78 France 2,056,403 224.860 9,145.24 203.990 10,080.90 Federal Republic of Germany 3,412,961 182.372 18,714.18 165.446 20,628.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,149,985 115.135 9,988.12 104.449 11,010.01 Czech Republic 15,442,308 1,203.080 12,835.63 1,091.417 14,148.86 Switzerland 145,397 2.204 65,950.99 2.000 72,698.50 Ukraine 1,672,645 164.394 10,174.60 149.136 11,215.57 Spain 5,051,888 401.512 12,582.15 364.246 13,869.44 Italy 528,711 49.821 10,612.18 45.197 11,697.92 India 491,284 93.402 5,259.88 84.733 5,798.02 Thailand 1,524,998 385.307 3,957.87 349.545 4,362.81 Malaysia 3,487,777 755.365 4,617.34 685.256 5,089.74 China 13,872,578 4,063.903 3,413.61 3,686.712 3,762.86 Korea, South 6,023,911 1,100.892 5,471.84 998.713 6,031.67 Hong Kong 222,841 32.738 6,806.67 29.700 7,503.06 Taiwan 10,212,593 2,281.869 4,475.54 2,070.078 4,933.43 Japan 5,788,662 693.871 8,342.55 629.470 9,196.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,323,626 13,973.878 6,750.00 12,676.893 7,440.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 4,101,329 1,000.434 4,099.55 907.579 4,518.98 Mexico 355,179 106.066 3,348.64 96.222 3,691.25 Sweden 3,358 1.321 2,540.72 1.199 2,800.67 Denmark 3,162 0.627 5,041.33 0.569 5,557.12 United Kingdom 219,591 16.269 13,497.50 14.759 14,878.45 Federal Republic of Germany 44,555 17.630 2,527.17 15.994 2,785.73 Czech Republic 3,728 0.347 10,736.46 0.315 11,834.92 Italy 3,474 1.402 2,477.64 1.272 2,731.13 India 29,640 17.893 1,656.44 16.233 1,825.91 Vietnam 32,806 20.635 1,589.80 18.720 1,752.46 China 410,444 196.887 2,084.67 178.613 2,297.95 Japan 1,034,114 242.885 4,257.62 220.342 4,693.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,241,380 1,622.400 3,847.00 1,471.817 4,240.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 33,488,050 26,204.296 1,277.96 23,772.145 1,408.71 Mexico 4,970,448 2,486.072 1,999.32 2,255.328 2,203.87 Colombia 30,312 23.360 1,297.59 21.192 1,430.35 Finland 434,194 84.343 5,147.94 76.515 5,674.63 United Kingdom 122,764 56.914 2,156.99 51.632 2,377.67 Netherlands 2,415 0.224 10,739.47 0.204 11,838.24 Belgium 172,416 68.541 2,515.49 62.180 2,772.85 France 184,567 107.770 1,712.59 97.768 1,887.81 Federal Republic of Germany 843,155 191.597 4,400.67 173.814 4,850.90 Austria 148,932 60.185 2,474.57 54.599 2,727.74 Switzerland 8,371 1.679 4,982.97 1.524 5,492.78 Ukraine 2,002,832 1,754.338 1,141.64 1,591.510 1,258.45 Italy 4,322 2.247 1,922.93 2.039 2,119.67 Thailand 1,049,553 1,136.247 923.70 1,030.787 1,018.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 18,693 21.033 888.74 19.081 979.67 China 2,097,736 1,345.815 1,558.71 1,220.904 1,718.18 Korea, South 11,558,468 12,669.014 912.34 11,493.140 1,005.68 Taiwan 1,910,015 545.162 3,503.57 494.563 3,862.03 Japan 1,010,483 734.336 1,376.05 666.179 1,516.83 Australia 29,302 20.558 1,425.33 18.650 1,571.15 South Africa 130,025 206.510 629.63 187.343 694.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,217,053 47,720.252 1,261.88 43,291.097 1,390.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 89,630 78.928 1,135.58 71.603 1,251.76 China 347,635 287.837 1,207.75 261.122 1,331.31 Korea, South 263,360 233.178 1,129.44 211.536 1,244.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 700,625 599.944 1,167.82 544.261 1,287.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 25,798,488 16,418.454 1,571.31 14,894.576 1,732.07 Mexico 12,652,329 9,988.621 1,266.67 9,061.528 1,396.27 Dominican Republic 187,091 112.605 1,661.47 102.154 1,831.46 Colombia 32,281 38.730 833.47 35.136 918.74 Venezuela 707,725 537.018 1,317.88 487.175 1,452.71 Ecuador 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 Chile 120,661 96.590 1,249.21 87.625 1,377.02 Brazil 570,117 403.443 1,413.13 365.998 1,557.71 Sweden 1,793,490 168.284 10,657.50 152.665 11,747.88 Finland 12,315 8.665 1,421.19 7.861 1,566.59 Denmark 8,670 2.181 3,974.38 1.979 4,381.00 United Kingdom 1,499,763 266.022 5,637.72 241.332 6,214.52 Ireland 271,009 58.378 4,642.28 52.960 5,117.24 Netherlands 2,276 0.573 3,970.68 0.520 4,376.92 Belgium 404,199 172.532 2,342.74 156.519 2,582.43 France 546,530 178.271 3,065.72 161.725 3,379.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,350,003 923.730 2,544.04 837.994 2,804.32 Austria 170,968 74.672 2,289.56 67.742 2,523.81 Czech Republic 584,277 332.444 1,757.52 301.589 1,937.33 Switzerland 58,785 6.450 9,112.93 5.852 10,045.28 Russia 18,012 6.707 2,685.33 6.085 2,960.07 Belarus 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 Spain 44,266 2.394 18,488.70 2.172 20,380.29 Italy 1,637,303 624.684 2,621.01 566.704 2,889.17 Greece 58,836 39.211 1,500.48 35.572 1,654.00 Turkey 170,177 100.168 1,698.91 90.871 1,872.73 United Arab Emirates 1,153,411 757.477 1,522.70 687.172 1,678.49 India 6,253,843 1,876.338 3,333.00 1,702.186 3,674.01 Thailand 811,504 373.304 2,173.84 338.656 2,396.25 Malaysia 783,405 541.007 1,448.05 490.794 1,596.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 62,137 22.554 2,754.99 20.461 3,036.85 China 18,756,776 13,119.078 1,429.73 11,901.431 1,576.01 Korea, South 9,042,882 3,385.705 2,670.90 3,071.461 2,944.16 Hong Kong 5,000 0.413 12,095.80 0.375 13,333.33 Taiwan 2,123,760 691.027 3,073.34 626.890 3,387.77 Japan 6,092,644 3,208.916 1,898.66 2,911.081 2,092.91 New Zealand 30,729 20.723 1,482.81 18.800 1,634.52 South Africa 949,563 766.838 1,238.28 695.664 1,364.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,342,994 55,735.129 1,728.59 50,562.073 1,905.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 18,407 21.330 862.93 19.351 951.22 China 189,954 171.770 1,105.86 155.828 1,219.00 Japan 286,395 325.828 878.97 295.587 968.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 494,756 518.930 953.41 470.766 1,050.96 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 12,021,880 14,025.883 857.12 12,724.071 944.81 Netherlands 5,893,909 8,165.947 721.77 7,408.025 795.61 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 6,280,293 6,848.506 917.03 6,212.862 1,010.85 China 620,642 763.336 813.07 692.487 896.25 Korea, South 3,933,871 3,743.988 1,050.72 3,396.490 1,158.22 Taiwan 125,325 108.210 1,158.16 98.167 1,276.65 Japan 175,588 184.758 950.37 167.610 1,047.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,119,710 33,917.747 858.54 30,769.672 946.38 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,842,251 1,721.934 1,069.87 1,562.113 1,179.33 United Kingdom 22,799 27.597 826.13 25.036 910.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,144,107 1,279.153 894.42 1,160.429 985.93 Korea, South 726,293 588.424 1,234.30 533.810 1,360.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,735,450 3,617.110 1,032.72 3,281.388 1,138.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 65,791,604 69,279.096 949.66 62,848.956 1,046.82 Mexico 7,879,844 9,386.321 839.50 8,515.130 925.39 Sweden 4,253,407 3,695.057 1,151.11 3,352.101 1,268.88 Finland 40,083 12.750 3,143.66 11.567 3,465.29 United Kingdom 45,019 25.721 1,750.26 23.334 1,929.33 Netherlands 11,945,596 16,486.287 724.58 14,956.113 798.71 Belgium 159,118 143.094 1,111.98 129.813 1,225.75 France 1,210,942 1,255.276 964.68 1,138.768 1,063.38 Federal Republic of Germany 751,689 807.550 930.83 732.598 1,026.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 644,534 510.332 1,262.97 462.966 1,392.18 Slovakia 20,766 18.095 1,147.58 16.416 1,264.99 Hungary 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 Russia 7,046,170 7,718.618 912.88 7,002.215 1,006.28 Spain 39,878 12.164 3,278.36 11.035 3,613.77 Italy 40,857 9.325 4,381.19 8.460 4,829.43 Malaysia 36,659 45.404 807.39 41.190 890.00 China 1,786,593 851.447 2,098.30 772.420 2,312.98 Korea, South 56,463,651 66,828.357 844.91 60,625.683 931.35 Taiwan 5,440 1.539 3,532.63 1.397 3,894.06 Japan 4,765,133 5,276.918 903.01 4,787.141 995.40 Australia 72,877,455 75,397.664 966.57 68,399.630 1,065.47 New Zealand 2,840,776 2,742.075 1,035.99 2,487.570 1,141.99 South Africa 1,181,510 678.486 1,741.39 615.513 1,919.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 239,829,376 261,183.593 918.24 236,941.837 1,012.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,100,687 21,288.222 1,038.16 19,312.356 1,144.38 Mexico 23,459,992 10,186.031 2,303.15 9,240.615 2,538.79 Brazil 6,761,985 3,115.653 2,170.33 2,826.474 2,392.37 Sweden 3,725,582 1,233.915 3,019.32 1,119.390 3,328.23 Finland 1,066,844 204.696 5,211.82 185.698 5,745.05 United Kingdom 897,834 446.233 2,012.03 404.816 2,217.88 Netherlands 4,572,569 5,180.117 882.72 4,699.325 973.03 Belgium 4,331,695 1,725.697 2,510.11 1,565.527 2,766.92 France 5,681,867 2,038.127 2,787.79 1,848.959 3,073.01 Federal Republic of Germany 3,363,706 1,278.471 2,631.04 1,159.810 2,900.22 Austria 385,776 295.866 1,303.88 268.406 1,437.29 Spain 1,098,319 364.212 3,015.60 330.408 3,324.13 Italy 511,232 116.426 4,391.04 105.620 4,840.30 Romania 1,328,215 263.882 5,033.36 239.390 5,548.33 Bahrain 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 India 2,729,584 1,535.582 1,777.56 1,393.057 1,959.42 Thailand 1,115,946 313.314 3,561.75 284.234 3,926.15 Vietnam 1,625,454 1,666.749 975.22 1,512.050 1,075.00 Singapore 139,179 37.416 3,719.69 33.944 4,100.25 Indonesia 199,602 36.692 5,439.84 33.287 5,996.39 China 56,104,005 38,406.075 1,460.81 34,841.415 1,610.27 Korea, South 13,713,266 12,662.700 1,082.97 11,487.412 1,193.76 Taiwan 8,680,848 5,448.904 1,593.14 4,943.164 1,756.13 Japan 5,439,222 4,076.168 1,334.40 3,697.839 1,470.92 Australia 123,655 17.596 7,027.37 15.963 7,746.35 New Zealand 418,271 388.432 1,076.82 352.380 1,186.99 South Africa 816,375 350.294 2,330.54 317.782 2,568.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 171,740,391 113,015.896 1,519.61 102,526.326 1,675.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 40,949,883 48,330.074 847.30 43,844.318 933.98 Mexico 8,351,743 6,510.645 1,282.78 5,906.360 1,414.03 Colombia 807,404 574.493 1,405.42 521.172 1,549.21 Sweden 46,676 27.768 1,680.91 25.191 1,852.88 Netherlands 2,465,013 2,176.801 1,132.40 1,974.762 1,248.26 Belgium 462,417 455.816 1,014.48 413.510 1,118.27 France 5,481,850 5,022.134 1,091.54 4,556.005 1,203.21 Federal Republic of Germany 2,533,185 3,188.084 794.58 2,892.182 875.87 Austria 930,030 678.244 1,371.23 615.293 1,511.52 Spain 1,069,176 1,288.299 829.91 1,168.726 914.82 Italy 170,587 86.464 1,972.92 78.439 2,174.77 India 55,249,561 45,625.515 1,210.94 41,390.783 1,334.83 Thailand 9,265,595 9,750.314 950.29 8,845.339 1,047.51 China 43,162,649 42,251.441 1,021.57 38,329.874 1,126.08 Korea, South 7,590,020 6,918.985 1,096.98 6,276.800 1,209.22 Taiwan 27,978,711 22,727.580 1,231.05 20,618.120 1,357.00 Japan 1,014,572 803.945 1,261.99 729.327 1,391.11 Australia 28,664 26.565 1,078.99 24.100 1,189.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 207,557,736 196,443.175 1,056.58 178,210.301 1,164.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 3,419,934 2,226.287 1,536.16 2,019.655 1,693.33 Mexico 234,147 149.407 1,567.17 135.540 1,727.51 Sweden 457,659 382.274 1,197.20 346.794 1,319.69 Luxembourg 847,498 898.692 943.03 815.280 1,039.52 Federal Republic of Germany 5,257,538 4,673.315 1,125.01 4,239.562 1,240.11 Thailand 237,457 162.030 1,465.50 146.992 1,615.44 China 1,244,580 974.597 1,277.02 884.140 1,407.67 Korea, South 2,535,212 1,693.403 1,497.11 1,536.230 1,650.28 Taiwan 1,824,173 1,732.783 1,052.74 1,571.955 1,160.45 Japan 7,673,620 6,308.809 1,216.33 5,723.257 1,340.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,731,818 19,201.601 1,235.93 17,419.405 1,362.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,281,761 1,767.721 1,290.79 1,603.650 1,422.85 Mexico 11,702,098 8,730.110 1,340.43 7,919.825 1,477.57 United Kingdom 372,887 282.196 1,321.38 256.004 1,456.57 Netherlands 108,249 81.411 1,329.66 73.855 1,465.70 Belgium 852,754 628.317 1,357.20 570.000 1,496.06 Luxembourg 301,899 323.032 934.58 293.050 1,030.20 France 6,498 2.879 2,256.85 2.612 2,487.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,060,084 958.139 2,150.09 869.210 2,370.06 India 7,803,274 5,955.306 1,310.31 5,402.565 1,444.36 China 18,687,811 16,434.208 1,137.13 14,908.867 1,253.47 Korea, South 31,309,835 26,939.812 1,162.21 24,439.394 1,281.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 24,099,012 19,292.626 1,249.13 17,501.981 1,376.93 Japan 3,693,743 2,207.652 1,673.15 2,002.749 1,844.34 Australia 214,716 230.472 931.63 209.081 1,026.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,494,621 83,833.885 1,234.52 76,052.843 1,360.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 10,201 7.103 1,436.09 6.444 1,583.02 Sweden 542,691 454.642 1,193.66 412.445 1,315.79 United Kingdom 340,768 76.160 4,474.32 69.092 4,932.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,207,453 2,917.332 1,442.23 2,646.560 1,589.78 Austria 1,265,375 1,127.278 1,122.50 1,022.650 1,237.35 Czech Republic 3,267 0.871 3,746.87 0.791 4,130.21 Poland 84,182 20.569 4,092.64 18.660 4,511.36 Russia 5,110,577 1,572.477 3,250.02 1,426.528 3,582.53 Italy 728,678 151.281 4,816.71 137.240 5,309.52 China 361,628 88.195 4,100.28 80.010 4,519.79 Korea, South 1,536,424 1,534.969 1,000.95 1,392.501 1,103.36 Taiwan 453,583 322.319 1,407.25 292.403 1,551.23 Japan 2,629,941 1,597.772 1,646.00 1,449.475 1,814.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,274,768 9,870.973 1,750.06 8,954.799 1,929.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,976,682 2,291.983 862.43 2,079.253 950.67 Mexico 914,393 890.343 1,027.01 807.706 1,132.09 Finland 538,163 97.477 5,520.90 88.430 6,085.75 United Kingdom 762,366 504.241 1,511.91 457.440 1,666.59 Federal Republic of Germany 149,911 29.235 5,127.71 26.522 5,652.33 Turkey 9,179 14.455 634.97 13.114 699.94 China 156,444 28.909 5,411.56 26.226 5,965.23 Japan 96,475 76.902 1,254.51 69.765 1,382.86 Australia 24,772 46.173 536.50 41.888 591.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,628,385 3,979.721 1,162.99 3,610.344 1,281.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,357,067 2,768.641 1,573.72 2,511.670 1,734.73 Mexico 3,226,965 1,192.677 2,705.65 1,081.979 2,982.47 Chile 249,477 177.532 1,405.25 161.055 1,549.02 Brazil 43,962 24.940 1,762.65 22.626 1,942.99 Sweden 2,684,338 375.368 7,151.20 340.529 7,882.85 Finland 1,563,926 291.715 5,361.13 264.640 5,909.64 United Kingdom 1,250,099 323.241 3,867.38 293.240 4,263.06 Belgium 45,637 3.615 12,622.32 3.280 13,913.72 France 1,770,641 484.913 3,651.46 439.906 4,025.04 Federal Republic of Germany 7,070,582 3,726.028 1,897.62 3,380.197 2,091.77 Austria 1,211,839 202.882 5,973.11 184.052 6,584.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 94,157 41.644 2,260.99 37.779 2,492.31 Italy 232,625 73.974 3,144.64 67.109 3,466.38 Romania 241,743 50.807 4,758.00 46.092 5,244.79 India 960,594 224.962 4,270.01 204.083 4,706.88 China 203,331 61.798 3,290.21 56.063 3,626.83 Korea, South 3,217,599 1,749.624 1,839.02 1,587.233 2,027.17 Taiwan 671,735 349.278 1,923.21 316.860 2,119.97 Japan 2,557,363 535.595 4,774.80 485.884 5,263.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,653,680 12,659.244 2,500.44 11,484.277 2,756.26 GRAND TOTAL 3,701,020,844 2,921,325.762 1,266.90 2,650,182.899 1,396.52 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 208,965 303.132 689.35 274.997 759.88 Italy 414,281 156.285 2,650.79 141.780 2,922.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 623,246 459.417 1,356.60 416.777 1,495.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 21,357,643 21,892.973 975.55 19,860.977 1,075.36 Mexico 18,251,409 13,090.043 1,394.30 11,875.091 1,536.95 United Kingdom 117,693 49.350 2,384.84 44.770 2,628.84 Federal Republic of Germany 3,701,847 2,804.470 1,319.98 2,544.174 1,455.03 Czech Republic 507,568 69.686 7,283.54 63.219 8,028.73 Italy 1,553,600 373.056 4,164.52 338.431 4,590.60 India 7,920 1.634 4,844.85 1.483 5,340.53 China 160,381 57.486 2,789.88 52.151 3,075.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,658,061 38,338.702 1,190.91 34,780.296 1,312.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,433,563 1,342.157 1,068.10 1,217.585 1,177.38 United Kingdom 3,380,882 3,300.040 1,024.50 2,993.747 1,129.31 Austria 92,504 88.967 1,039.75 80.710 1,146.13 Korea, South 194,305 237.231 819.05 215.213 902.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,101,254 4,968.396 1,026.74 4,507.255 1,131.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,739,381 11,728.882 1,853.49 10,640.266 2,043.12 Sweden 7,596,546 3,702.953 2,051.48 3,359.264 2,261.37 Finland 1,732,796 888.427 1,950.41 805.968 2,149.96 United Kingdom 89,939 67.425 1,333.91 61.167 1,470.38 Belgium 1,572,702 431.394 3,645.62 391.355 4,018.61 France 2,043,046 898.413 2,274.06 815.027 2,506.72 Federal Republic of Germany 7,095,650 3,451.143 2,056.03 3,130.826 2,266.38 Austria 157,910 98.116 1,609.41 89.010 1,774.07 Ukraine 15,010 2.392 6,275.04 2.170 6,917.05 Spain 52,526 21.261 2,470.49 19.288 2,723.25 China 4,635,344 3,797.569 1,220.61 3,445.098 1,345.49 Japan 6,244,536 4,560.521 1,369.26 4,137.237 1,509.35 Australia 19,551 3.306 5,912.12 3.000 6,517.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,994,937 29,651.808 1,787.24 26,899.676 1,970.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 4,979,336 4,003.460 1,243.76 3,631.879 1,371.01 Sweden 92,588 95.294 971.60 86.450 1,071.00 Finland 597,855 365.931 1,633.79 331.968 1,800.94 Netherlands 959,330 868.488 1,104.60 787.880 1,217.61 France 346,098 375.748 921.09 340.873 1,015.33 Japan 1,177,396 1,666.010 706.72 1,511.380 779.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,152,603 7,374.934 1,105.45 6,690.430 1,218.55 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 14,911 12.090 1,233.32 10.968 1,359.50 Luxembourg 165,760 133.777 1,239.07 121.361 1,365.84 Federal Republic of Germany 130,548 64.703 2,017.64 58.698 2,224.06 Czech Republic 485,198 920.275 527.23 834.860 581.17 China 3,797 3.872 980.52 3.513 1,080.84 Japan 1,013,729 1,808.240 560.62 1,640.409 617.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,813,943 2,942.959 616.37 2,669.809 679.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,684,543 16,605.923 1,125.17 15,064.645 1,240.29 Mexico 1,408,112 938.893 1,499.76 851.750 1,653.20 Brazil 6,047,429 4,283.614 1,411.76 3,886.031 1,556.20 Sweden 2,377,074 595.461 3,991.98 540.194 4,400.41 Finland 70,940 41.104 1,725.86 37.289 1,902.44 United Kingdom 1,113,236 452.584 2,459.73 410.578 2,711.39 France 589,838 177.214 3,328.39 160.766 3,668.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,505,101 1,411.931 1,774.24 1,280.883 1,955.76 Austria 51,353 7.217 7,114.64 6.548 7,842.55 Czech Republic 2,213,746 1,863.715 1,187.81 1,690.735 1,309.34 Ukraine 1,142,673 459.200 2,488.40 416.580 2,742.99 Spain 226,716 104.243 2,174.87 94.568 2,397.39 Italy 1,453,958 700.837 2,074.60 635.789 2,286.86 Slovenia 57,377 24.107 2,380.04 21.870 2,623.55 China 31,049,323 34,906.454 889.50 31,666.612 980.51 Korea, South 2,698,418 1,541.968 1,749.98 1,398.851 1,929.02 Taiwan 416,246 89.986 4,625.67 81.634 5,098.93 Japan 11,278,536 11,186.357 1,008.24 10,148.096 1,111.39 South Africa 390,261 263.956 1,478.51 239.457 1,629.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,774,880 75,654.774 1,107.33 68,632.876 1,220.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 434,962 405.381 1,072.97 367.756 1,182.75 Mexico 376,371 357.053 1,054.10 323.914 1,161.95 Austria 29,368 4.281 6,859.48 3.884 7,561.28 China 68,218 19.749 3,454.25 17.916 3,807.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 908,919 786.465 1,155.70 713.470 1,273.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,773,265 1,274.367 2,960.89 1,156.087 3,263.82 United Kingdom 1,751,536 654.900 2,674.51 594.116 2,948.14 Ireland 3,992 0.205 19,470.34 0.186 21,462.37 France 2,176,268 1,053.142 2,066.45 955.395 2,277.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,022,272 305.437 3,346.91 277.088 3,689.34 Russia 103,601 93.140 1,112.30 84.496 1,226.11 Spain 183,213 74.666 2,453.76 67.736 2,704.81 Italy 19,325 4.920 3,927.27 4.464 4,329.08 Romania 62,476 16.108 3,878.55 14.613 4,275.37 India 40,749 11.761 3,464.56 10.670 3,819.03 China 3,977,649 2,277.223 1,746.71 2,065.863 1,925.42 Korea, South 712,238 409.464 1,739.44 371.460 1,917.40 Taiwan 47,527 16.299 2,915.79 14.787 3,214.11 Japan 312,436 231.550 1,349.32 210.059 1,487.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,186,547 6,423.188 2,208.65 5,827.020 2,434.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 939,771 434.900 2,160.89 394.535 2,381.97 Mexico 175,772 114.993 1,528.54 104.320 1,684.93 Brazil 4,538,254 885.931 5,122.58 803.704 5,646.67 Sweden 3,280,331 1,050.868 3,121.54 953.332 3,440.91 United Kingdom 441,706 64.992 6,796.29 58.960 7,491.62 Netherlands 136,319 91.992 1,481.85 83.454 1,633.46 France 1,127,636 164.942 6,836.56 149.633 7,536.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,602,291 1,096.437 4,197.49 994.672 4,626.94 Austria 1,263,262 255.376 4,946.66 231.674 5,452.76 Czech Republic 17,447 3.950 4,416.20 3.584 4,868.02 Switzerland 165,297 46.740 3,536.51 42.402 3,898.33 Poland 916,727 397.778 2,304.61 360.859 2,540.40 Russia 1,197,703 619.195 1,934.29 561.725 2,132.19 Spain 257,725 85.635 3,009.57 77.687 3,317.48 Slovenia 653,482 228.503 2,859.83 207.295 3,152.43 India 25,532 3.698 6,903.80 3.355 7,610.13 China 6,897,834 1,602.205 4,305.21 1,453.497 4,745.68 Korea, South 984,725 275.322 3,576.63 249.768 3,942.56 Taiwan 2,831,892 759.064 3,730.77 688.612 4,112.46 Japan 6,258,996 4,791.217 1,306.35 4,346.521 1,440.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,712,702 12,973.747 2,829.77 11,769.589 3,119.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 27,661 5.794 4,773.38 5.257 5,261.75 Mexico 43,926 17.262 2,544.64 15.660 2,804.98 Argentina 9,128 5.957 1,532.06 5.405 1,688.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 3,302 1.151 2,866.53 1.045 3,159.81 France 40,118 22.209 1,806.36 20.148 1,991.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,271,976 1,202.468 1,889.43 1,090.861 2,082.74 Spain 198,322 9.928 19,974.99 9.007 22,018.65 Italy 2,346,812 509.337 4,607.58 462.063 5,078.99 Romania 11,049 5.509 2,005.50 4.998 2,210.68 China 1,449,539 784.709 1,847.23 711.877 2,036.22 Japan 51,501 18.772 2,743.45 17.030 3,024.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,453,334 2,583.101 2,498.29 2,343.351 2,753.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 17,434,439 8,924.316 1,953.59 8,096.006 2,153.46 Mexico 2,113,648 1,009.169 2,094.44 915.503 2,308.73 Colombia 15,224,403 6,204.547 2,453.75 5,628.672 2,704.79 Brazil 6,204,015 2,493.380 2,488.19 2,261.957 2,742.76 Argentina 9,881,819 5,239.615 1,885.98 4,753.301 2,078.94 United Kingdom 3,534 4.362 810.00 3.958 892.88 Federal Republic of Germany 12,644,464 5,630.146 2,245.85 5,107.584 2,475.63 Austria 8,834,827 4,902.306 1,802.18 4,447.299 1,986.56 Czech Republic 5,008,982 3,218.457 1,556.33 2,919.736 1,715.56 Russia 867,453 567.398 1,528.83 514.735 1,685.24 Spain 9,993,815 4,547.953 2,197.43 4,125.835 2,422.25 Romania 743,206 531.197 1,399.12 481.894 1,542.26 India 16,116,436 10,705.547 1,505.43 9,711.912 1,659.45 China 40,590,683 29,309.704 1,384.89 26,589.324 1,526.58 Japan 14,322,343 6,953.115 2,059.85 6,307.762 2,270.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 159,984,067 90,241.216 1,772.85 81,865.478 1,954.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 3,027,646 1,828.021 1,656.24 1,658.354 1,825.69 United Kingdom 4,444,392 2,325.839 1,910.88 2,109.967 2,106.38 Federal Republic of Germany 23,797,432 16,772.326 1,418.85 15,215.603 1,564.02 Italy 1,709,335 885.108 1,931.22 802.957 2,128.80 Japan 617,490 423.060 1,459.58 383.794 1,608.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,596,295 22,234.356 1,511.01 20,170.675 1,665.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 299,491 162.627 1,841.58 147.533 2,029.99 France 11,449 2.336 4,899.23 2.120 5,400.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,013 0.472 4,256.79 0.429 4,692.31 Austria 905,281 549.530 1,647.37 498.526 1,815.92 Italy 425,476 259.664 1,638.56 235.564 1,806.20 China 30,250 23.216 1,302.93 21.062 1,436.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,673,960 997.849 1,677.57 905.234 1,849.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C United Kingdom 2,870 3.012 952.66 2.733 1,050.13 Japan 13,000 0.661 19,655.67 0.600 21,666.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,870 3.674 4,319.54 3.333 4,761.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,172,881 1,565.248 2,027.08 1,419.970 2,234.47 Mexico 3,837,543 1,735.251 2,211.52 1,574.194 2,437.78 Argentina 2,431,713 1,357.310 1,791.57 1,231.332 1,974.86 Sweden 1,271,461 497.287 2,556.79 451.132 2,818.38 United Kingdom 49,245 40.162 1,226.14 36.435 1,351.59 Netherlands 25,026 0.881 28,379.01 0.800 31,282.50 France 321,919 96.578 3,333.22 87.615 3,674.25 Federal Republic of Germany 3,884,658 1,595.322 2,435.03 1,447.253 2,684.16 Austria 27,159 5.759 4,715.45 5.225 5,197.89 Switzerland 120,887 43.036 2,808.95 39.042 3,096.33 Spain 421,950 31.928 13,215.49 28.965 14,567.58 Italy 3,671,669 1,364.933 2,690.00 1,238.247 2,965.22 Romania 2,597,017 1,350.531 1,922.96 1,225.182 2,119.70 India 431,329 205.037 2,103.66 186.007 2,318.89 China 2,052,729 1,605.427 1,278.62 1,456.420 1,409.43 Korea, South 1,326,773 609.735 2,175.98 553.143 2,398.61 Japan 6,204,674 1,948.270 3,184.71 1,767.442 3,510.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,848,633 14,052.705 2,266.37 12,748.404 2,498.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 36,037 9.749 3,696.13 8.845 4,074.28 Sweden 397,714 138.809 2,865.18 125.926 3,158.32 France 1,418,923 411.906 3,444.77 373.675 3,797.21 Federal Republic of Germany 3,645,781 759.965 4,797.30 689.429 5,288.12 Czech Republic 139,006 36.790 3,778.29 33.376 4,164.85 Italy 521,737 36.855 14,156.18 33.435 15,604.52 China 457,462 343.704 1,330.97 311.804 1,467.15 Japan 58,167 15.362 3,786.20 13.937 4,173.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,674,827 1,753.145 3,807.34 1,590.427 4,196.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,740,229 427.259 4,073.01 387.603 4,489.72 Sweden 3,358 1.321 2,540.72 1.199 2,800.67 United Kingdom 209,100 16.262 12,857.89 14.753 14,173.39 Federal Republic of Germany 29,040 11.429 2,540.71 10.369 2,800.66 Czech Republic 3,728 0.347 10,736.46 0.315 11,834.92 India 29,640 17.893 1,656.44 16.233 1,825.91 China 5,535 0.550 10,062.66 0.499 11,092.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 84,660 4.206 20,126.38 3.816 22,185.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,105,290 479.270 4,392.70 434.787 4,842.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 272,563 228.618 1,192.22 207.399 1,314.20 Mexico 208,310 51.481 4,046.33 46.703 4,460.31 Finland 434,194 84.343 5,147.94 76.515 5,674.63 Federal Republic of Germany 797,666 182.597 4,368.43 165.650 4,815.37 Ukraine 2,002,832 1,754.338 1,141.64 1,591.510 1,258.45 China 435,373 136.424 3,191.32 123.762 3,517.82 Korea, South 2,220,661 2,547.033 871.86 2,310.631 961.06 Taiwan 1,822,992 493.926 3,690.81 448.083 4,068.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,194,591 5,478.764 1,495.70 4,970.253 1,648.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 37,753 30.319 1,245.19 27.505 1,372.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,753 30.319 1,245.19 27.505 1,372.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,334,963 829.935 1,608.51 752.905 1,773.08 Mexico 579,506 276.052 2,099.26 250.431 2,314.03 Brazil 183,696 138.707 1,324.34 125.833 1,459.84 Sweden 11,016 1.138 9,674.30 1.033 10,664.09 United Kingdom 729,000 28.914 25,212.07 26.231 27,791.54 France 3,359 0.148 22,572.11 0.135 24,881.48 Federal Republic of Germany 574,245 184.113 3,118.97 167.025 3,438.08 Austria 170,968 74.672 2,289.56 67.742 2,523.81 Russia 18,012 6.707 2,685.33 6.085 2,960.07 Italy 1,109,954 531.746 2,087.38 482.392 2,300.94 Turkey 91,286 60.037 1,520.49 54.465 1,676.05 India 61,690 40.476 1,524.08 36.720 1,680.01 Thailand 418,223 176.585 2,368.38 160.196 2,610.70 China 3,464,404 2,102.561 1,647.71 1,907.412 1,816.29 Korea, South 2,594,825 1,522.028 1,704.85 1,380.761 1,879.27 Taiwan 136,424 83.387 1,636.02 75.648 1,803.41 Japan 2,273,409 1,144.776 1,985.90 1,038.524 2,189.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,754,980 7,201.990 1,909.89 6,533.538 2,105.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 5,338,967 4,485.945 1,190.15 4,069.582 1,311.92 Sweden 4,154,701 3,674.156 1,130.79 3,333.140 1,246.48 Finland 40,083 12.750 3,143.66 11.567 3,465.29 Netherlands 429,483 384.601 1,116.70 348.905 1,230.95 Federal Republic of Germany 6,763 0.435 15,532.39 0.395 17,121.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 627,681 508.033 1,235.51 460.880 1,361.92 Spain 39,878 12.164 3,278.36 11.035 3,613.77 China 402,640 356.117 1,130.64 323.064 1,246.32 Japan 2,400,292 3,281.995 731.35 2,977.377 806.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,440,488 12,716.199 1,056.96 11,535.945 1,165.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,217,120 978.344 1,244.06 887.539 1,371.34 Sweden 437,197 394.704 1,107.66 358.070 1,220.98 United Kingdom 660,768 417.996 1,580.80 379.200 1,742.53 Netherlands 2,094,417 2,653.448 789.32 2,407.169 870.07 France 10,188 2.261 4,504.09 2.052 4,964.91 Federal Republic of Germany 572,264 386.916 1,479.04 351.005 1,630.36 Austria 385,776 295.866 1,303.88 268.406 1,437.29 China 8,554 2.299 3,720.07 2.086 4,100.67 Korea, South 7,522,566 8,338.806 902.12 7,564.840 994.41 Japan 3,606,601 2,863.803 1,259.37 2,598.000 1,388.22 Australia 123,655 17.596 7,027.37 15.963 7,746.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,639,106 16,352.045 1,017.56 14,834.330 1,121.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 11,247,890 13,392.401 839.87 12,149.386 925.80 Belgium 462,417 455.816 1,014.48 413.510 1,118.27 France 5,481,850 5,022.134 1,091.54 4,556.005 1,203.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,805,516 2,518.262 716.97 2,284.530 790.32 Spain 714,801 865.870 825.53 785.505 909.99 Japan 816,971 621.071 1,315.42 563.427 1,450.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,529,445 22,875.558 897.44 20,752.363 989.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 3,043,286 1,902.450 1,599.67 1,725.875 1,763.33 Sweden 457,659 382.274 1,197.20 346.794 1,319.69 Federal Republic of Germany 2,813,677 2,407.096 1,168.91 2,183.682 1,288.50 China 12,608 9.468 1,331.52 8.590 1,467.75 Japan 2,424,174 2,121.042 1,142.92 1,924.178 1,259.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,751,404 6,822.333 1,282.76 6,189.119 1,414.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 10,201 7.103 1,436.09 6.444 1,583.02 Sweden 542,691 454.642 1,193.66 412.445 1,315.79 United Kingdom 340,768 76.160 4,474.32 69.092 4,932.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,207,453 2,917.332 1,442.23 2,646.560 1,589.78 Austria 1,265,375 1,127.278 1,122.50 1,022.650 1,237.35 Czech Republic 3,267 0.871 3,746.87 0.791 4,130.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 84,182 20.569 4,092.64 18.660 4,511.36 Russia 5,110,577 1,572.477 3,250.02 1,426.528 3,582.53 Italy 728,678 151.281 4,816.71 137.240 5,309.52 China 361,628 88.195 4,100.28 80.010 4,519.79 Korea, South 1,536,424 1,534.969 1,000.95 1,392.501 1,103.36 Taiwan 453,583 322.319 1,407.25 292.403 1,551.23 Japan 2,629,941 1,597.772 1,646.00 1,449.475 1,814.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,274,768 9,870.973 1,750.06 8,954.799 1,929.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 134,759 119.083 1,131.63 108.031 1,247.41 United Kingdom 554,149 175.950 3,149.45 159.620 3,471.68 Japan 81,011 69.803 1,160.55 63.325 1,279.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 769,919 364.838 2,110.30 330.976 2,326.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,397,935 645.362 2,166.12 585.463 2,387.74 Mexico 60,044 42.219 1,422.18 38.301 1,567.69 Brazil 27,481 12.751 2,155.11 11.568 2,375.61 Sweden 536,181 105.821 5,066.83 96.000 5,585.22 United Kingdom 44,003 14.967 2,939.97 13.578 3,240.76 France 3,587 0.859 4,171.89 0.780 4,598.72 Federal Republic of Germany 2,625,851 1,701.327 1,543.41 1,543.419 1,701.32 Austria 711,436 93.042 7,646.33 84.407 8,428.64 Taiwan 40,878 28.742 1,422.20 26.075 1,567.71 Japan 148,704 42.954 3,461.87 38.968 3,816.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,596,100 2,688.050 2,081.84 2,438.559 2,294.84 GRAND TOTAL 597,267,922 396,320.789 1,507.03 359,536.274 1,661.22 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 6,089 7.038 865.13 6.385 953.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,089 7.038 865.13 6.385 953.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 64,803,814 75,864.049 854.21 68,822.727 941.60 Mexico 98,256,528 101,303.785 969.92 91,901.274 1,069.15 Brazil 69,136,347 74,933.988 922.63 67,978.990 1,017.03 United Kingdom 74,124 66.024 1,122.68 59.896 1,237.55 Belgium 21,028 16.341 1,286.76 14.825 1,418.41 Federal Republic of Germany 11,899,060 10,498.799 1,133.37 9,524.353 1,249.33 Russia 39,243,566 44,505.806 881.76 40,375.000 971.98 Ukraine 52,422,597 58,983.529 888.77 53,508.973 979.70 Italy 177,352 172.136 1,030.30 156.160 1,135.71 India 77,494,939 79,164.981 978.90 71,817.283 1,079.06 China 40,448 38.602 1,047.80 35.020 1,155.00 Japan 220,964 313.250 705.39 284.176 777.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 413,790,767 445,861.294 928.07 404,478.677 1,023.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 35,105,630 33,045.363 1,062.35 29,978.258 1,171.04 Brazil 8,912,566 8,155.849 1,092.78 7,398.864 1,204.59 Finland 29,479 19.847 1,485.30 18.005 1,637.27 Netherlands 11,271 40.077 281.23 36.358 310.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,242,697 2,059.407 1,089.00 1,868.264 1,200.42 Turkey 17,593,662 20,404.856 862.23 18,510.980 950.44 Malaysia 95,167 115.744 822.21 105.002 906.34 China 15,213,286 13,880.952 1,095.98 12,592.592 1,208.11 Korea, South 2,482,435 3,384.816 733.40 3,070.655 808.44 Japan 7,350,782 9,091.232 808.56 8,247.430 891.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,036,975 90,198.149 987.13 81,826.408 1,088.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,911,154 8,049.719 1,107.01 7,302.585 1,220.27 Mexico 7,205,606 7,284.489 989.17 6,608.380 1,090.37 Brazil 7,649 5.147 1,485.88 4.670 1,637.90 Sweden 5,846 6.783 861.78 6.154 949.95 Norway 2,937,206 1,837.327 1,598.63 1,666.796 1,762.19 United Kingdom 2,308,417 1,763.875 1,308.72 1,600.161 1,442.62 Luxembourg 14,028,999 9,574.306 1,465.28 8,685.667 1,615.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,480,198 1,756.574 1,411.95 1,593.538 1,556.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 158,563 165.697 956.94 150.318 1,054.85 Spain 1,605,869 2,152.634 746.00 1,952.838 822.33 Italy 90,063 39.031 2,307.43 35.409 2,543.51 Vietnam 62,012 34.425 1,801.36 31.230 1,985.65 China 247,097 146.329 1,688.63 132.748 1,861.40 Korea, South 3,380,186 3,164.578 1,068.13 2,870.858 1,177.41 Taiwan 104,245 81.486 1,279.30 73.923 1,410.18 Japan 1,203,024 1,246.685 964.98 1,130.974 1,063.71 Australia 10,460 8.444 1,238.63 7.661 1,365.36 South Africa 24,008 15.377 1,561.27 13.950 1,721.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,770,602 37,332.914 1,199.23 33,867.860 1,321.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 850,753 626.078 1,358.86 567.969 1,497.89 Luxembourg 16,306,069 10,587.216 1,540.17 9,604.564 1,697.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,156,822 11,213.295 1,530.04 10,172.533 1,686.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 17,711,488 14,152.397 1,251.48 12,838.843 1,379.52 Mexico 6,125 6.354 963.83 5.765 1,062.45 Brazil 613,977 422.016 1,454.87 382.847 1,603.71 Norway 29,181 57.245 509.75 51.932 561.91 United Kingdom 1,466,315 1,288.286 1,138.19 1,168.714 1,254.64 Belgium 204,572 142.903 1,431.54 129.640 1,578.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,665,805 884.625 1,883.06 802.519 2,075.72 Czech Republic 15,113 8.818 1,713.79 8.000 1,889.13 Slovakia 29,527 25.729 1,147.61 23.341 1,265.03 Russia 14,069,704 11,778.844 1,194.49 10,685.591 1,316.70 Ukraine 21,305 14.380 1,481.49 13.046 1,633.07 Thailand 44,910,703 43,444.468 1,033.75 39,412.170 1,139.51 China 62,820 29.167 2,153.79 26.460 2,374.15 Korea, South 10,979,361 9,715.852 1,130.05 8,814.076 1,245.66 Taiwan 42,060 20.028 2,099.96 18.170 2,314.80 Australia 87,292 24.631 3,543.97 22.345 3,906.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,915,348 82,015.751 1,120.70 74,403.459 1,235.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 49,235,512 55,972.975 879.63 50,777.844 969.63 Mexico 3,339,010 4,737.974 704.73 4,298.219 776.84 Netherlands 786,811 1,466.344 536.58 1,330.246 591.48 Luxembourg 111,808 97.741 1,143.91 88.670 1,260.95 France 591,682 587.258 1,007.53 532.752 1,110.61 Federal Republic of Germany 3,114,641 4,989.687 624.22 4,526.570 688.08 Russia 12,648,843 12,645.711 1,000.25 11,472.000 1,102.58 Turkey 68,504,343 48,561.473 1,410.67 44,054.240 1,555.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 11,050 3.262 3,386.62 2.960 3,733.11 Korea, South 4,334,579 6,628.102 653.97 6,012.915 720.88 Japan 425,743 460.743 924.03 417.980 1,018.57 Australia 208,609 191.724 1,088.06 173.930 1,199.38 New Zealand 751,000 759.582 988.70 689.082 1,089.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,063,631 137,102.584 1,050.77 124,377.408 1,158.28 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 381,311 361.943 1,053.51 328.350 1,161.29 Czech Republic 16,065 8.315 1,931.86 7.544 2,129.51 Korea, South 34,979 23.439 1,492.31 21.264 1,644.99 Japan 5,871,689 7,414.073 791.97 6,725.936 872.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,304,044 7,807.772 807.41 7,083.094 890.01 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 741,365 1,664.285 445.46 1,509.815 491.03 Luxembourg 298,230 247.754 1,203.73 224.759 1,326.89 Federal Republic of Germany 125,812 73.275 1,716.98 66.474 1,892.65 Poland 25,701 17.306 1,485.07 15.700 1,637.01 Spain 73,396 44.995 1,631.20 40.819 1,798.08 China 575,577 506.762 1,135.79 459.727 1,252.00 Korea, South 265,459 225.090 1,179.34 204.199 1,300.00 Japan 559,195 630.230 887.29 571.736 978.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,664,735 3,409.700 781.52 3,093.229 861.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 164,594 122.666 1,341.80 111.281 1,479.08 Mexico 10,591 2.630 4,026.82 2.386 4,438.81 India 44,635 40.168 1,111.20 36.440 1,224.89 China 217,112 227.847 952.88 206.700 1,050.37 Australia 375,978 575.653 653.13 522.224 719.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 812,910 968.965 838.95 879.031 924.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,667,548 17,854.879 1,045.52 16,197.679 1,152.48 Mexico 5,044,648 4,695.567 1,074.34 4,259.748 1,184.26 Dominican Republic 109,800 99.207 1,106.77 90.000 1,220.00 Brazil 622,960 599.829 1,038.56 544.156 1,144.82 United Kingdom 1,785,107 1,236.325 1,443.88 1,121.576 1,591.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,738,676 2,099.785 1,304.26 1,904.894 1,437.71 Czech Republic 407,554 523.702 778.22 475.095 857.84 Russia 6,652 5.394 1,233.06 4.894 1,359.22 Italy 19,871 18.795 1,057.22 17.051 1,165.39 Turkey 402,302 388.047 1,036.73 352.031 1,142.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 234,088 194.309 1,204.71 176.275 1,327.97 Malaysia 29,189 20.938 1,394.04 18.995 1,536.67 China 1,484,696 1,074.833 1,381.33 975.073 1,522.65 Korea, South 1,202,372 1,215.798 988.96 1,102.954 1,090.14 Taiwan 6,496 1.797 3,613.17 1.631 3,982.83 Japan 2,436,688 2,429.573 1,002.93 2,204.073 1,105.54 Australia 7,586 2.806 2,703.03 2.546 2,979.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,206,233 32,461.593 1,084.55 29,448.671 1,195.51 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,850,394 6,436.443 1,064.31 5,839.045 1,173.20 Mexico 2,961,744 3,024.394 979.29 2,743.685 1,079.48 Italy 16,725 6.299 2,654.89 5.715 2,926.51 Turkey 2,257 2.201 1,025.30 1.997 1,130.20 India 4,561 0.675 6,749.87 0.613 7,440.46 China 256,040 266.467 960.87 241.735 1,059.18 Korea, South 143,285 111.228 1,288.20 100.905 1,420.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,235,006 9,847.710 1,039.33 8,933.695 1,145.66 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 39,139 30.864 1,268.08 28.000 1,397.82 Mexico 14,548,901 15,508.596 938.12 14,069.166 1,034.10 Dominican Republic 5,079,180 4,652.439 1,091.72 4,220.623 1,203.42 Colombia 4,313 3.833 1,124.98 3.478 1,240.08 Federal Republic of Germany 367,103 265.412 1,383.14 240.778 1,524.65 Italy 40,341 14.479 2,785.99 13.136 3,071.03 Turkey 18,806,947 20,911.776 899.35 18,970.850 991.36 China 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 Taiwan 8,666 10.511 824.42 9.536 908.77 Japan 12,408,399 12,927.702 959.83 11,727.818 1,058.03 Australia 43,288 41.493 1,043.26 37.642 1,149.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,390,804 54,410.790 944.50 49,360.653 1,041.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,047,006 3,011.419 1,675.96 2,731.915 1,847.42 Mexico 112,205 200.626 559.27 182.005 616.49 Dominican Republic 3,664 6.514 562.42 5.910 619.97 United Kingdom 1,063,876 631.575 1,684.48 572.956 1,856.82 Netherlands 48,291 20.943 2,305.73 19.000 2,541.63 France 171,953 114.729 1,498.77 104.081 1,652.11 Federal Republic of Germany 4,827,812 2,898.967 1,665.36 2,629.900 1,835.74 Austria 20,363 7.826 2,601.83 7.100 2,868.03 Switzerland 43,071 12.886 3,342.46 11.690 3,684.43 Spain 203,517 136.383 1,492.24 123.725 1,644.91 Italy 324,668 193.043 1,681.84 175.126 1,853.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 86,330 22.359 3,861.04 20.284 4,256.06 India 72,344 6.717 10,769.51 6.094 11,871.35 China 915,700 739.248 1,238.69 670.635 1,365.42 Korea, South 297,265 274.786 1,081.80 249.282 1,192.48 Taiwan 11,080 0.970 11,422.28 0.880 12,590.91 Japan 331,004 181.394 1,824.78 164.558 2,011.47 South Africa 97,256 81.112 1,199.03 73.584 1,321.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,677,405 8,541.504 1,601.29 7,748.725 1,765.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 46,434,901 35,240.038 1,317.67 31,969.233 1,452.49 Mexico 3,674,825 2,605.144 1,410.60 2,363.348 1,554.92 Guatemala 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 Dominican Republic 755,240 488.782 1,545.15 443.416 1,703.23 Colombia 169,745 86.092 1,971.65 78.102 2,173.38 Venezuela 734,377 587.397 1,250.22 532.878 1,378.13 Brazil 244,493 100.835 2,424.68 91.476 2,672.76 Argentina 158,002 79.858 1,978.54 72.446 2,180.96 Sweden 12,935 0.950 13,613.04 0.862 15,005.80 Finland 2,162 0.054 40,027.22 0.049 44,122.45 United Kingdom 24,754 33.327 742.76 30.234 818.75 Netherlands 9,715 12.323 788.31 11.180 868.96 France 133,054 84.195 1,580.30 76.381 1,741.98 Federal Republic of Germany 5,636,350 3,450.339 1,633.56 3,130.096 1,800.70 Czech Republic 2,062 1.046 1,971.14 0.949 2,172.81 Slovakia 337,790 198.918 1,698.13 180.456 1,871.87 Switzerland 387,468 203.761 1,901.58 184.849 2,096.13 Russia 19,053 1.633 11,663.02 1.482 12,856.28 Ukraine 1,224,010 674.344 1,815.11 611.755 2,000.82 Spain 232,003 82.182 2,823.01 74.555 3,111.84 Italy 434,089 170.139 2,551.37 154.348 2,812.40 Romania 1,038,203 793.242 1,308.81 719.618 1,442.71 United Arab Emirates 2,335,131 2,121.805 1,100.54 1,924.870 1,213.14 Oman 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 India 9,662,734 9,041.251 1,068.74 8,202.088 1,178.08 Pakistan 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 Thailand 22,634,408 23,048.776 982.02 20,909.504 1,082.49 Vietnam 1,813,266 1,699.023 1,067.24 1,541.329 1,176.43 Malaysia 313,432 307.502 1,019.28 278.962 1,123.57 Indonesia 745,722 712.513 1,046.61 646.382 1,153.69 China 14,712,315 10,246.519 1,435.84 9,295.489 1,582.74 Korea, South 13,115,373 12,813.501 1,023.56 11,624.216 1,128.28 Taiwan 4,804,613 4,482.837 1,071.78 4,066.763 1,181.43 Japan 5,056,068 4,114.152 1,228.95 3,732.297 1,354.68 South Africa 1,383,323 1,299.600 1,064.42 1,178.978 1,173.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 142,306,343 118,652.176 1,199.36 107,639.473 1,322.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,860,282 9,060.499 1,419.38 8,219.549 1,564.60 Mexico 4,949,911 3,176.786 1,558.15 2,881.933 1,717.57 Colombia 17,837,856 8,440.213 2,113.44 7,656.835 2,329.66 Venezuela 3,902,852 2,248.019 1,736.13 2,039.370 1,913.75 Brazil 3,439,044 1,715.440 2,004.76 1,556.222 2,209.87 Argentina 5,459,854 3,144.920 1,736.09 2,853.025 1,913.71 Sweden 26,423 3.186 8,291.44 2.891 9,139.74 Federal Republic of Germany 7,929,704 3,592.368 2,207.37 3,258.943 2,433.21 Austria 17,102,862 8,370.243 2,043.29 7,593.359 2,252.34 Switzerland 4,609 0.146 31,437.71 0.133 34,654.14 Poland 2,236,366 977.981 2,286.72 887.210 2,520.67 Russia 1,442,836 1,231.964 1,171.17 1,117.620 1,290.99 Ukraine 6,356,633 3,925.499 1,619.32 3,561.154 1,784.99 Spain 6,396,472 2,948.689 2,169.26 2,675.007 2,391.20 Romania 3,044,741 1,748.622 1,741.22 1,586.324 1,919.37 Turkey 206,810 77.323 2,674.60 70.147 2,948.24 United Arab Emirates 1,292,662 244.411 5,288.89 221.726 5,830.00 India 2,921,781 1,658.670 1,761.52 1,504.721 1,941.74 China 343,942,083 274,001.791 1,255.25 248,570.313 1,383.68 Korea, South 49,901,977 36,548.563 1,365.36 33,156.308 1,505.05 Taiwan 1,192,588 919.987 1,296.31 834.599 1,428.94 Japan 17,928,724 9,828.706 1,824.12 8,916.455 2,010.75 South Africa 4,240,153 3,289.195 1,289.12 2,983.909 1,421.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 514,617,223 377,153.232 1,364.48 342,147.753 1,504.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 289,534 148.723 1,946.79 134.920 2,145.97 Mexico 70,675 23.265 3,037.78 21.106 3,348.57 United Kingdom 536,844 363.048 1,478.71 329.352 1,630.00 Federal Republic of Germany 6,990,673 3,014.933 2,318.68 2,735.102 2,555.91 Czech Republic 5,443,428 2,781.544 1,956.98 2,523.375 2,157.20 Poland 209,255 127.491 1,641.33 115.658 1,809.26 Russia 664,825 806.038 824.81 731.226 909.19 Italy 6,366,074 2,703.090 2,355.11 2,452.203 2,596.06 Greece 14,900,750 8,646.681 1,723.29 7,844.140 1,899.60 Romania 2,579,424 2,125.540 1,213.54 1,928.258 1,337.70 Turkey 18,616,959 16,582.560 1,122.68 15,043.450 1,237.55 India 86,915,470 71,763.652 1,211.13 65,102.909 1,335.05 Thailand 1,315,776 855.899 1,537.30 776.459 1,694.59 China 13,276,342 14,770.851 898.82 13,399.895 990.78 Korea, South 14,606,041 12,565.686 1,162.38 11,399.402 1,281.30 Taiwan 41,818 39.632 1,055.14 35.954 1,163.10 Japan 5,522,508 4,485.910 1,231.08 4,069.551 1,357.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 178,346,396 141,804.549 1,257.69 128,642.960 1,386.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 429,625 16.500 26,037.10 14.969 28,700.98 Mexico 14,761,974 8,349.340 1,768.04 7,574.396 1,948.93 Brazil 7,662,194 3,872.368 1,978.68 3,512.955 2,181.13 Argentina 5,491,423 3,506.538 1,566.05 3,181.079 1,726.28 United Kingdom 3,097 3.849 804.57 3.492 886.88 Federal Republic of Germany 730,133 352.845 2,069.27 320.096 2,280.98 Czech Republic 2,658,803 1,950.864 1,362.88 1,769.795 1,502.32 Slovakia 902,063 648.879 1,390.19 588.654 1,532.42 Poland 755,680 443.831 1,702.63 402.637 1,876.83 Ukraine 1,312,177 981.642 1,336.72 890.531 1,473.48 Spain 707,077 403.394 1,752.82 365.953 1,932.15 Italy 9,377,662 4,858.809 1,930.03 4,407.839 2,127.50 Romania 44,860 27.842 1,611.22 25.258 1,776.07 India 225,586 172.868 1,304.95 156.824 1,438.47 China 40,023,706 36,986.063 1,082.13 33,553.202 1,192.84 Korea, South 2,972,343 3,406.708 872.50 3,090.515 961.76 Taiwan 1,008,851 1,060.210 951.56 961.807 1,048.91 Japan 9,325 17.771 524.72 16.122 578.40 South Africa 2,860,534 2,378.004 1,202.91 2,157.290 1,325.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,937,113 69,438.333 1,324.01 62,993.414 1,459.47 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 6,820 8.374 814.40 7.597 897.72 Mexico 16,340,916 9,939.740 1,644.00 9,017.183 1,812.20 Ukraine 4,530,849 3,883.573 1,166.67 3,523.120 1,286.03 India 2,350,663 2,332.612 1,007.74 2,116.111 1,110.84 China 4,418,207 3,960.401 1,115.60 3,592.817 1,229.73 Korea, South 11,282,145 11,907.551 947.48 10,802.352 1,044.42 Taiwan 4,368,646 4,611.590 947.32 4,183.566 1,044.24 Japan 4,139,950 4,079.414 1,014.84 3,700.784 1,118.67 South Africa 1,857,300 2,696.397 688.81 2,446.131 759.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,295,496 43,419.656 1,135.33 39,389.661 1,251.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,163,665 4,763.105 1,503.99 4,321.018 1,657.87 Mexico 7,848,024 6,333.879 1,239.05 5,746.000 1,365.82 Costa Rica 208,139 165.840 1,255.06 150.448 1,383.46 Dominican Republic 162,599 100.143 1,623.65 90.849 1,789.77 Colombia 61,027 38.586 1,581.57 35.005 1,743.38 Brazil 882,166 438.148 2,013.39 397.482 2,219.39 Argentina 436,764 220.195 1,983.53 199.758 2,186.47 Sweden 23,507 10.785 2,179.60 9.784 2,402.60 Denmark 7,039 0.400 17,591.39 0.363 19,391.18 Netherlands 88,855 34.780 2,554.76 31.552 2,816.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 36,903 16.984 2,172.76 15.408 2,395.05 France 1,317,893 692.908 1,901.97 628.596 2,096.57 Federal Republic of Germany 3,372,404 1,422.479 2,370.79 1,290.452 2,613.35 Austria 52,893 8.890 5,949.63 8.065 6,558.34 Switzerland 1,126,325 391.527 2,876.74 355.188 3,171.07 Ukraine 184,353 140.217 1,314.77 127.203 1,449.28 Spain 2,020,635 909.071 2,222.75 824.696 2,450.16 Italy 246,977 95.378 2,589.44 86.526 2,854.37 Romania 5,360,755 3,438.609 1,558.99 3,119.455 1,718.49 United Arab Emirates 274,644 263.803 1,041.09 239.319 1,147.61 India 2,675,307 1,948.511 1,373.00 1,767.660 1,513.47 Thailand 2,102,059 2,283.739 920.45 2,071.774 1,014.62 Vietnam 27,620 22.720 1,215.62 20.612 1,340.00 China 18,018,002 11,947.210 1,508.13 10,838.330 1,662.43 Korea, South 914,578 663.683 1,378.03 602.084 1,519.02 Taiwan 359,043 190.671 1,883.05 172.974 2,075.71 Japan 2,120,119 898.190 2,360.43 814.825 2,601.93 Australia 75,606 50.322 1,502.42 45.652 1,656.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,167,901 37,490.785 1,524.85 34,011.078 1,680.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 25,246 9.742 2,591.40 8.838 2,856.53 Mexico 777,117 296.071 2,624.76 268.592 2,893.30 Brazil 924,043 532.423 1,735.54 483.007 1,913.10 Argentina 529,304 173.210 3,055.84 157.134 3,368.49 Netherlands 308,016 111.906 2,752.44 101.520 3,034.04 France 1,157,152 765.860 1,510.92 694.777 1,665.50 Federal Republic of Germany 8,290,257 3,599.895 2,302.92 3,265.771 2,538.53 Czech Republic 1,030,227 442.499 2,328.20 401.429 2,566.40 Slovakia 585,011 267.121 2,190.05 242.329 2,414.12 Poland 532,321 270.903 1,964.98 245.760 2,166.02 Italy 828,866 354.461 2,338.38 321.562 2,577.62 Romania 935,409 415.312 2,252.30 376.765 2,482.74 India 32,700 21.495 1,521.28 19.500 1,676.92 China 1,634,433 1,125.657 1,451.98 1,021.180 1,600.53 Korea, South 251,874 199.494 1,262.56 180.978 1,391.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,841,976 8,586.056 2,078.02 7,789.142 2,290.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,361,100 573.175 4,119.33 519.976 4,540.79 Mexico 355,179 106.066 3,348.64 96.222 3,691.25 Denmark 3,162 0.627 5,041.33 0.569 5,557.12 United Kingdom 10,491 0.006 1,586,212.97 0.006 1,748,500.00 Federal Republic of Germany 15,515 6.200 2,502.22 5.625 2,758.22 Italy 3,474 1.402 2,477.64 1.272 2,731.13 Vietnam 32,806 20.635 1,589.80 18.720 1,752.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 404,909 196.337 2,062.32 178.114 2,273.31 Japan 949,454 238.678 3,977.95 216.526 4,384.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,136,090 1,143.129 3,618.22 1,037.030 3,988.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 33,215,487 25,975.678 1,278.71 23,564.746 1,409.54 Mexico 4,762,138 2,434.591 1,956.03 2,208.625 2,156.16 Colombia 30,312 23.360 1,297.59 21.192 1,430.35 United Kingdom 122,764 56.914 2,156.99 51.632 2,377.67 Netherlands 2,415 0.224 10,739.47 0.204 11,838.24 Belgium 172,416 68.541 2,515.49 62.180 2,772.85 France 184,567 107.770 1,712.59 97.768 1,887.81 Federal Republic of Germany 45,489 8.999 5,054.75 8.164 5,571.90 Austria 148,932 60.185 2,474.57 54.599 2,727.74 Switzerland 8,371 1.679 4,982.97 1.524 5,492.78 Italy 4,322 2.247 1,922.93 2.039 2,119.67 Thailand 1,049,553 1,136.247 923.70 1,030.787 1,018.21 Malaysia 18,693 21.033 888.74 19.081 979.67 China 1,662,363 1,209.391 1,374.54 1,097.142 1,515.18 Korea, South 9,337,807 10,121.980 922.53 9,182.509 1,016.91 Taiwan 87,023 51.235 1,698.49 46.480 1,872.27 Japan 1,010,483 734.336 1,376.05 666.179 1,516.83 Australia 29,302 20.558 1,425.33 18.650 1,571.15 South Africa 130,025 206.510 629.63 187.343 694.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,022,462 42,241.487 1,231.55 38,320.844 1,357.55 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 51,877 48.609 1,067.21 44.098 1,176.40 China 347,635 287.837 1,207.75 261.122 1,331.31 Korea, South 263,360 233.178 1,129.44 211.536 1,244.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 662,872 569.625 1,163.70 516.756 1,282.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 23,667,059 15,446.973 1,532.15 14,013.263 1,688.90 Mexico 12,072,823 9,712.569 1,243.01 8,811.097 1,370.18 Dominican Republic 187,091 112.605 1,661.47 102.154 1,831.46 Colombia 32,281 38.730 833.47 35.136 918.74 Venezuela 707,725 537.018 1,317.88 487.175 1,452.71 Ecuador 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 Chile 120,661 96.590 1,249.21 87.625 1,377.02 Brazil 386,421 264.736 1,459.64 240.165 1,608.98 Sweden 283,183 76.780 3,688.22 69.654 4,065.57 Finland 12,315 8.665 1,421.19 7.861 1,566.59 United Kingdom 528,329 208.126 2,538.50 188.809 2,798.22 Belgium 401,102 172.273 2,328.29 156.284 2,566.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 343,397 157.936 2,174.27 143.278 2,396.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,314,536 701.353 1,874.29 636.257 2,066.05 Czech Republic 584,277 332.444 1,757.52 301.589 1,937.33 Belarus 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 Greece 58,836 39.211 1,500.48 35.572 1,654.00 Turkey 78,891 40.130 1,965.85 36.406 2,166.98 United Arab Emirates 1,070,196 738.381 1,449.38 669.849 1,597.67 India 916,271 642.451 1,426.21 582.822 1,572.13 Thailand 178,004 156.722 1,135.79 142.176 1,252.00 Malaysia 783,405 541.007 1,448.05 490.794 1,596.20 Indonesia 62,137 22.554 2,754.99 20.461 3,036.85 China 13,392,976 10,545.545 1,270.01 9,566.761 1,399.95 Korea, South 1,581,372 1,038.099 1,523.33 941.748 1,679.19 Hong Kong 5,000 0.413 12,095.80 0.375 13,333.33 Taiwan 684,069 429.094 1,594.22 389.268 1,757.32 Japan 2,571,774 1,908.037 1,347.86 1,730.943 1,485.76 New Zealand 30,729 20.723 1,482.81 18.800 1,634.52 South Africa 949,563 766.838 1,238.28 695.664 1,364.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,582,192 45,166.922 1,407.72 40,974.754 1,551.74 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 18,407 21.330 862.93 19.351 951.22 China 189,954 171.770 1,105.86 155.828 1,219.00 Japan 286,395 325.828 878.97 295.587 968.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 494,756 518.930 953.41 470.766 1,050.96 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 12,021,880 14,025.883 857.12 12,724.071 944.81 Netherlands 5,893,909 8,165.947 721.77 7,408.025 795.61 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 6,280,293 6,848.506 917.03 6,212.862 1,010.85 China 620,642 763.336 813.07 692.487 896.25 Korea, South 3,933,871 3,743.988 1,050.72 3,396.490 1,158.22 Taiwan 125,325 108.210 1,158.16 98.167 1,276.65 Japan 175,588 184.758 950.37 167.610 1,047.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,119,710 33,917.747 858.54 30,769.672 946.38 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,842,251 1,721.934 1,069.87 1,562.113 1,179.33 United Kingdom 22,799 27.597 826.13 25.036 910.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,144,107 1,279.153 894.42 1,160.429 985.93 Korea, South 726,293 588.424 1,234.30 533.810 1,360.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,735,450 3,617.110 1,032.72 3,281.388 1,138.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 60,350,637 64,763.151 931.87 58,752.159 1,027.21 Mexico 7,866,807 9,382.259 838.48 8,511.445 924.26 United Kingdom 45,019 25.721 1,750.26 23.334 1,929.33 Netherlands 11,516,113 16,101.686 715.21 14,607.208 788.39 Belgium 146,876 141.922 1,034.90 128.750 1,140.78 France 1,200,765 1,248.362 961.87 1,132.496 1,060.28 Federal Republic of Germany 539,994 725.014 744.80 657.722 821.01 Slovakia 20,766 18.095 1,147.58 16.416 1,264.99 Hungary 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 Russia 7,046,170 7,718.618 912.88 7,002.215 1,006.28 Malaysia 36,659 45.404 807.39 41.190 890.00 Korea, South 56,463,651 66,828.357 844.91 60,625.683 931.35 Japan 671,430 807.819 831.16 732.842 916.20 Australia 72,877,455 75,397.664 966.57 68,399.630 1,065.47 New Zealand 2,840,776 2,742.075 1,035.99 2,487.570 1,141.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 221,625,770 245,948.159 901.11 223,120.480 993.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 20,801,097 20,295.658 1,024.90 18,411.917 1,129.76 Mexico 3,872,021 3,743.321 1,034.38 3,395.885 1,140.21 Brazil 1,764,203 1,741.673 1,012.94 1,580.020 1,116.57 Sweden 226,500 307.617 736.30 279.066 811.64 Netherlands 2,478,152 2,526.668 980.80 2,292.156 1,081.14 Belgium 1,291,577 1,144.353 1,128.65 1,038.140 1,244.13 Federal Republic of Germany 213,310 297.112 717.94 269.536 791.40 India 1,368,537 1,210.028 1,131.00 1,097.720 1,246.71 Vietnam 1,625,454 1,666.749 975.22 1,512.050 1,075.00 China 31,650,994 31,427.710 1,007.10 28,510.747 1,110.14 Korea, South 3,332,684 3,479.823 957.72 3,156.844 1,055.70 Taiwan 4,249,795 4,257.299 998.24 3,862.158 1,100.37 Japan 950,908 984.843 965.54 893.435 1,064.33 New Zealand 418,271 388.432 1,076.82 352.380 1,186.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,243,503 73,471.292 1,010.51 66,652.054 1,113.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 29,701,993 34,937.672 850.14 31,694.932 937.12 Mexico 8,351,743 6,510.645 1,282.78 5,906.360 1,414.03 Colombia 807,404 574.493 1,405.42 521.172 1,549.21 Sweden 46,676 27.768 1,680.91 25.191 1,852.88 Netherlands 2,465,013 2,176.801 1,132.40 1,974.762 1,248.26 Federal Republic of Germany 727,669 669.821 1,086.36 607.652 1,197.51 Austria 930,030 678.244 1,371.23 615.293 1,511.52 Spain 354,375 422.428 838.90 383.221 924.73 Italy 170,587 86.464 1,972.92 78.439 2,174.77 India 55,249,561 45,625.515 1,210.94 41,390.783 1,334.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 9,265,595 9,750.314 950.29 8,845.339 1,047.51 China 43,162,649 42,251.441 1,021.57 38,329.874 1,126.08 Korea, South 7,590,020 6,918.985 1,096.98 6,276.800 1,209.22 Taiwan 27,978,711 22,727.580 1,231.05 20,618.120 1,357.00 Japan 197,601 182.873 1,080.53 165.900 1,191.08 Australia 28,664 26.565 1,078.99 24.100 1,189.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 187,028,291 173,567.617 1,077.55 157,457.938 1,187.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 376,648 323.836 1,163.08 293.780 1,282.08 Mexico 234,147 149.407 1,567.17 135.540 1,727.51 Luxembourg 847,498 898.692 943.03 815.280 1,039.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,443,861 2,266.219 1,078.39 2,055.880 1,188.72 Thailand 237,457 162.030 1,465.50 146.992 1,615.44 China 1,231,972 965.128 1,276.49 875.550 1,407.08 Korea, South 2,535,212 1,693.403 1,497.11 1,536.230 1,650.28 Taiwan 1,824,173 1,732.783 1,052.74 1,571.955 1,160.45 Japan 5,249,446 4,187.766 1,253.52 3,799.079 1,381.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,980,414 12,379.267 1,210.12 11,230.286 1,333.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,281,761 1,767.721 1,290.79 1,603.650 1,422.85 Mexico 11,702,098 8,730.110 1,340.43 7,919.825 1,477.57 United Kingdom 372,887 282.196 1,321.38 256.004 1,456.57 Netherlands 108,249 81.411 1,329.66 73.855 1,465.70 Belgium 852,754 628.317 1,357.20 570.000 1,496.06 Luxembourg 301,899 323.032 934.58 293.050 1,030.20 France 6,498 2.879 2,256.85 2.612 2,487.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,060,084 958.139 2,150.09 869.210 2,370.06 India 7,803,274 5,955.306 1,310.31 5,402.565 1,444.36 China 18,687,811 16,434.208 1,137.13 14,908.867 1,253.47 Korea, South 31,309,835 26,939.812 1,162.21 24,439.394 1,281.12 Taiwan 24,099,012 19,292.626 1,249.13 17,501.981 1,376.93 Japan 3,693,743 2,207.652 1,673.15 2,002.749 1,844.34 Australia 214,716 230.472 931.63 209.081 1,026.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,494,621 83,833.885 1,234.52 76,052.843 1,360.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,841,923 2,172.899 847.68 1,971.222 934.41 Mexico 914,393 890.343 1,027.01 807.706 1,132.09 United Kingdom 208,217 328.290 634.25 297.820 699.14 Turkey 9,179 14.455 634.97 13.114 699.94 Australia 24,772 46.173 536.50 41.888 591.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,998,484 3,452.162 868.58 3,131.750 957.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,932,751 2,121.211 1,382.58 1,924.331 1,524.04 Mexico 313,825 251.742 1,246.61 228.377 1,374.15 Chile 35,141 29.435 1,193.85 26.703 1,315.99 Brazil 16,481 12.189 1,352.08 11.058 1,490.41 Sweden 292,841 71.691 4,084.77 65.037 4,502.68 United Kingdom 563,610 222.932 2,528.16 202.241 2,786.82 France 196,258 34.360 5,711.79 31.171 6,296.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,651,840 1,934.872 1,887.38 1,755.287 2,080.48 Austria 152,546 47.797 3,191.52 43.361 3,518.05 Switzerland 94,157 41.644 2,260.99 37.779 2,492.31 Italy 98,090 26.307 3,728.56 23.866 4,110.03 India 182,722 81.756 2,234.96 74.168 2,463.62 China 4,216 3.108 1,356.27 2.820 1,495.04 Korea, South 1,781,311 1,276.156 1,395.84 1,157.710 1,538.65 Taiwan 312,573 184.893 1,690.55 167.733 1,863.52 Japan 331,616 281.701 1,177.19 255.555 1,297.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,959,978 6,621.799 1,655.14 6,007.197 1,824.47 GRAND TOTAL 2,741,628,412 2,444,172.995 1,121.70 2,217,317.068 1,236.46 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Chile 74,271 20.598 3,605.58 18.687 3,974.47 Italy 3,792,806 997.950 3,800.59 905.326 4,189.44 India 15,716 4.181 3,758.85 3.793 4,143.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,882,793 1,022.730 3,796.50 927.806 4,184.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,228 0.922 4,582.53 0.837 5,051.37 Mexico 42,968 21.484 2,000.00 19.490 2,204.62 Sweden 9,189,829 1,848.674 4,971.04 1,677.090 5,479.63 United Kingdom 11,063,463 3,782.674 2,924.77 3,431.586 3,224.01 Federal Republic of Germany 966,904 180.161 5,366.87 163.440 5,915.96 Ukraine 208,356 59.502 3,501.62 53.980 3,859.87 Spain 1,153,224 201.445 5,724.75 182.748 6,310.46 Italy 5,232,890 1,076.034 4,863.13 976.162 5,360.68 China 91,661 5.108 17,944.21 4.634 19,780.10 Taiwan 121,029 12.055 10,038.92 10.937 11,066.01 Japan 15,160 3.807 3,981.74 3.454 4,389.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,089,712 7,191.871 3,905.76 6,524.358 4,305.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 49,051 10.525 4,660.00 9.549 5,136.77 Sweden 777,551 134.937 5,762.32 122.413 6,351.87 United Kingdom 2,533,435 580.856 4,361.55 526.944 4,807.79 France 575,802 137.696 4,181.68 124.916 4,609.51 Federal Republic of Germany 537,367 174.105 3,086.44 157.946 3,402.22 India 405,633 98.536 4,116.57 89.391 4,537.74 China 832,541 374.535 2,222.86 339.773 2,450.29 Taiwan 2,052,425 530.542 3,868.54 481.300 4,264.34 Japan 18,678 8.958 2,084.95 8.127 2,298.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,782,483 2,050.694 3,795.05 1,860.359 4,183.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 5,455 0.591 9,215.45 0.537 10,158.29 Italy 141,114 20.515 6,878.54 18.611 7,582.29 India 348,441 75.475 4,616.63 68.470 5,088.96 Korea, South 2,591 0.755 3,431.41 0.685 3,782.48 Japan 295,028 63.817 4,623.02 57.894 5,096.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 792,629 161.154 4,918.44 146.197 5,421.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 65,624 18.160 3,613.54 16.475 3,983.25 Brazil 23,603 2.568 9,189.82 2.330 10,130.04 Sweden 3,010,868 557.782 5,397.92 506.012 5,950.19 Finland 348,065 71.761 4,850.30 65.101 5,346.54 United Kingdom 83,637 13.077 6,395.33 11.864 7,049.65 Netherlands 21,219 4.144 5,119.56 3.760 5,643.35 Belgium 2,654,694 422.693 6,280.43 383.461 6,922.98 France 1,370,256 579.167 2,365.91 525.412 2,607.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,151,698 479.989 4,482.81 435.439 4,941.45 Austria 11,048 1.595 6,926.45 1.447 7,635.11 Italy 262,437 94.226 2,785.17 85.481 3,070.12 Slovenia 1,646,379 298.487 5,515.75 270.783 6,080.07 China 708,980 155.608 4,556.17 141.166 5,022.31 Korea, South 6,207 0.925 6,703.45 0.840 7,389.29 Taiwan 5,024,770 1,477.435 3,401.01 1,340.307 3,748.97 Japan 2,484,691 426.772 5,822.04 387.162 6,417.70 South Africa 1,029,421 577.681 1,781.99 524.064 1,964.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,903,597 5,182.078 4,033.82 4,701.104 4,446.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 4,966,877 867.496 5,725.53 786.980 6,311.31 Finland 273,013 62.401 4,375.08 56.610 4,822.70 Belgium 152,249 26.554 5,733.42 24.090 6,320.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,566,214 595.727 4,307.70 540.435 4,748.42 China 2,177,416 596.335 3,651.32 540.987 4,024.90 South Africa 604,742 355.932 1,699.03 322.897 1,872.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,740,511 2,504.449 4,288.57 2,271.999 4,727.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 584,458 66.689 8,763.83 60.500 9,660.46 Brazil 87,179 2.763 31,546.66 2.507 34,774.23 Sweden 4,226,315 924.691 4,570.51 838.866 5,038.13 United Kingdom 1,001,325 191.461 5,229.90 173.691 5,764.98 Netherlands 43,100 7.582 5,683.92 6.879 6,265.45 France 1,035,453 140.519 7,368.76 127.477 8,122.67 Federal Republic of Germany 394,087 85.490 4,609.70 77.556 5,081.32 Austria 363,791 49.587 7,336.35 44.985 8,086.94 Ukraine 761,975 156.825 4,858.74 142.270 5,355.84 Portugal 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 Italy 861,891 171.561 5,023.80 155.638 5,537.79 Slovenia 12,824 4.172 3,073.64 3.785 3,388.11 India 1,789,104 370.970 4,822.76 336.539 5,316.19 China 47,299 11.915 3,969.37 10.810 4,375.49 Taiwan 1,916,814 376.998 5,084.41 342.007 5,604.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,526,165 2,641.037 5,121.53 2,395.910 5,645.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 22,786 2.534 8,991.35 2.299 9,911.27 Italy 104,528 26.153 3,996.72 23.726 4,405.63 India 3,742,177 840.364 4,453.04 762.366 4,908.64 China 5,506 0.440 12,487.40 0.400 13,765.00 Japan 518,191 116.062 4,464.76 105.290 4,921.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,393,188 985.555 4,457.58 894.081 4,913.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 37,554 1.319 28,461.51 1.197 31,373.43 Mexico 24,481 13.982 1,750.79 12.685 1,929.92 Brazil 12,338 2.892 4,265.57 2.624 4,701.98 Sweden 599,342 76.024 7,883.57 68.968 8,690.15 Norway 10,732 0.260 41,253.85 0.236 45,474.58 Denmark 30,912 6.876 4,495.50 6.238 4,955.43 United Kingdom 1,092,379 94.899 11,510.96 86.091 12,688.66 Netherlands 66,433 11.620 5,716.85 10.542 6,301.75 France 418,668 103.686 4,037.82 94.063 4,450.93 Federal Republic of Germany 4,668,781 683.385 6,831.84 619.957 7,530.81 Austria 143,012 11.664 12,260.29 10.582 13,514.65 Czech Republic 65,985 13.194 5,000.89 11.970 5,512.53 Switzerland 525,919 64.251 8,185.32 58.288 9,022.77 Latvia 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 Ukraine 2,468,977 407.017 6,066.02 369.240 6,686.65 Spain 36,947 7.487 4,934.16 6.793 5,438.98 Italy 6,584,570 934.151 7,048.72 847.448 7,769.88 Slovenia 228,399 64.502 3,540.91 58.516 3,903.19 Romania 124,100 3.273 37,906.28 2.970 41,784.51 Saudi Arabia 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 United Arab Emirates 296,930 59.605 4,981.61 54.073 5,491.28 India 8,087,244 1,893.844 4,270.28 1,718.067 4,707.18 China 336,056 55.214 6,086.34 50.090 6,709.04 Korea, South 163,594 26.620 6,145.34 24.150 6,774.08 Taiwan 7,208,147 1,791.072 4,024.49 1,624.834 4,436.24 Japan 161,273 29.357 5,493.35 26.633 6,055.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,121,283 6,549.680 5,209.61 5,941.772 5,742.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 57,716 36.616 1,576.23 33.218 1,737.49 Brazil 15,236 2.459 6,195.37 2.231 6,829.22 United Kingdom 691,193 26.165 26,416.14 23.737 29,118.80 Federal Republic of Germany 80,891 3.728 21,698.14 3.382 23,918.10 Italy 2,345 0.094 24,736.61 0.086 27,267.44 United Arab Emirates 2,001,444 345.325 5,795.82 313.274 6,388.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 4,452 4.304 1,034.26 3.905 1,140.08 Singapore 100,489 11.686 8,598.58 10.602 9,478.31 China 4,434,561 1,730.311 2,562.87 1,569.713 2,825.08 Japan 14,118,578 3,103.270 4,549.58 2,815.240 5,015.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,506,905 5,263.962 4,085.69 4,775.388 4,503.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 5,630 0.554 10,153.98 0.503 11,192.84 China 181,280 42.079 4,308.02 38.174 4,748.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 186,910 42.634 4,384.05 38.677 4,832.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 136,651 28.306 4,827.59 25.679 5,321.51 United Kingdom 56,663 5.413 10,467.08 4.911 11,537.98 China 992,925 620.165 1,601.06 562.605 1,764.87 Taiwan 25,412 2.576 9,864.52 2.337 10,873.77 Japan 78,751 15.660 5,028.63 14.207 5,543.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,290,402 672.122 1,919.89 609.739 2,116.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 16,427,999 1,682.288 9,765.27 1,526.147 10,764.36 Mexico 518,839 118.658 4,372.55 107.645 4,819.91 Costa Rica 34,358 0.174 197,272.54 0.158 217,455.70 Uruguay 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 Argentina 61,442 11.013 5,578.95 9.991 6,149.73 Sweden 3,458,756 239.514 14,440.69 217.284 15,918.13 Norway 941,666 3.826 246,115.03 3.471 271,295.30 Denmark 88,087 6.676 13,193.20 6.057 14,543.01 United Kingdom 1,140,973 19.364 58,921.48 17.567 64,949.79 Ireland 141,761 25.901 5,473.19 23.497 6,033.15 Netherlands 20,478 2.221 9,219.52 2.015 10,162.78 France 2,056,403 224.860 9,145.24 203.990 10,080.90 Federal Republic of Germany 3,412,961 182.372 18,714.18 165.446 20,628.85 Austria 1,149,985 115.135 9,988.12 104.449 11,010.01 Czech Republic 15,442,308 1,203.080 12,835.63 1,091.417 14,148.86 Switzerland 145,397 2.204 65,950.99 2.000 72,698.50 Ukraine 1,672,645 164.394 10,174.60 149.136 11,215.57 Spain 5,051,888 401.512 12,582.15 364.246 13,869.44 Italy 528,711 49.821 10,612.18 45.197 11,697.92 India 491,284 93.402 5,259.88 84.733 5,798.02 Thailand 1,524,998 385.307 3,957.87 349.545 4,362.81 Malaysia 3,487,777 755.365 4,617.34 685.256 5,089.74 China 13,872,578 4,063.903 3,413.61 3,686.712 3,762.86 Korea, South 6,023,911 1,100.892 5,471.84 998.713 6,031.67 Hong Kong 222,841 32.738 6,806.67 29.700 7,503.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 10,212,593 2,281.869 4,475.54 2,070.078 4,933.43 Japan 5,788,662 693.871 8,342.55 629.470 9,196.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,323,626 13,973.878 6,750.00 12,676.893 7,440.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 796,466 141.545 5,626.92 128.408 6,202.62 Sweden 1,499,291 90.365 16,591.46 81.978 18,288.94 Denmark 8,670 2.181 3,974.38 1.979 4,381.00 United Kingdom 242,434 28.981 8,365.00 26.292 9,220.83 Ireland 271,009 58.378 4,642.28 52.960 5,117.24 Netherlands 2,276 0.573 3,970.68 0.520 4,376.92 Belgium 3,097 0.259 11,955.54 0.235 13,178.72 France 199,774 20.185 9,896.90 18.312 10,909.46 Federal Republic of Germany 461,222 38.263 12,053.86 34.712 13,287.11 Switzerland 58,785 6.450 9,112.93 5.852 10,045.28 Spain 44,266 2.394 18,488.70 2.172 20,380.29 Italy 527,349 92.938 5,674.20 84.312 6,254.73 United Arab Emirates 83,215 19.095 4,357.87 17.323 4,803.73 India 5,275,882 1,193.410 4,420.84 1,082.644 4,873.15 Thailand 215,277 39.996 5,382.43 36.284 5,933.11 China 1,899,396 470.971 4,032.93 427.258 4,445.55 Korea, South 4,866,685 825.578 5,894.88 748.952 6,497.99 Taiwan 1,303,267 178.545 7,299.35 161.974 8,046.15 Japan 1,247,461 156.102 7,991.29 141.614 8,808.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,005,822 3,366.216 5,646.05 3,053.781 6,223.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 102,000 30.000 3,399.94 27.216 3,747.80 Mexico 13,037 4.062 3,209.49 3.685 3,537.86 Sweden 98,706 20.900 4,722.57 18.961 5,205.74 Belgium 12,242 1.171 10,447.56 1.063 11,516.46 France 10,177 6.913 1,472.01 6.272 1,622.61 Federal Republic of Germany 204,932 82.101 2,496.09 74.481 2,751.47 Austria 16,853 2.299 7,329.24 2.086 8,079.10 Italy 40,857 9.325 4,381.19 8.460 4,829.43 China 1,383,953 495.330 2,794.00 449.356 3,079.86 Taiwan 5,440 1.539 3,532.63 1.397 3,894.06 Japan 1,693,411 1,187.102 1,426.51 1,076.922 1,572.45 South Africa 1,181,510 678.486 1,741.39 615.513 1,919.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,763,118 2,519.234 1,890.70 2,285.412 2,084.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 82,470 14.219 5,799.65 12.900 6,393.02 Mexico 19,587,971 6,442.710 3,040.33 5,844.730 3,351.39 Brazil 4,997,782 1,373.979 3,637.45 1,246.454 4,009.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 3,061,885 531.593 5,759.82 482.254 6,349.11 Finland 1,066,844 204.696 5,211.82 185.698 5,745.05 United Kingdom 237,066 28.236 8,395.64 25.616 9,254.61 Belgium 3,040,118 581.344 5,229.46 527.387 5,764.49 France 5,671,679 2,035.865 2,785.88 1,846.907 3,070.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,578,132 594.442 4,337.06 539.269 4,780.79 Spain 1,098,319 364.212 3,015.60 330.408 3,324.13 Italy 511,232 116.426 4,391.04 105.620 4,840.30 Romania 1,328,215 263.882 5,033.36 239.390 5,548.33 Bahrain 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 India 1,361,047 325.553 4,180.72 295.337 4,608.45 Thailand 1,115,946 313.314 3,561.75 284.234 3,926.15 Singapore 139,179 37.416 3,719.69 33.944 4,100.25 Indonesia 199,602 36.692 5,439.84 33.287 5,996.39 China 24,444,457 6,976.065 3,504.05 6,328.582 3,862.55 Korea, South 2,858,016 844.070 3,385.99 765.728 3,732.42 Taiwan 4,431,053 1,191.604 3,718.56 1,081.006 4,099.01 Japan 881,713 227.521 3,875.30 206.404 4,271.78 South Africa 816,375 350.294 2,330.54 317.782 2,568.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,857,782 23,192.559 3,486.37 21,039.942 3,843.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 538,163 97.477 5,520.90 88.430 6,085.75 Federal Republic of Germany 149,911 29.235 5,127.71 26.522 5,652.33 China 156,444 28.909 5,411.56 26.226 5,965.23 Japan 15,464 7.098 2,178.37 6.440 2,401.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 859,982 162.720 5,285.01 147.618 5,825.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 26,381 2.067 12,757.17 1.876 14,062.37 Mexico 2,853,096 898.715 3,174.64 815.301 3,499.44 Chile 214,336 148.097 1,447.26 134.352 1,595.33 Sweden 1,855,316 197.856 9,377.10 179.492 10,336.48 Finland 1,563,926 291.715 5,361.13 264.640 5,909.64 United Kingdom 642,486 85.342 7,528.37 77.421 8,298.60 Belgium 45,637 3.615 12,622.32 3.280 13,913.72 France 1,570,796 449.693 3,493.04 407.955 3,850.41 Federal Republic of Germany 792,891 89.828 8,826.73 81.491 9,729.80 Austria 347,857 62.042 5,606.76 56.284 6,180.39 Italy 134,535 47.667 2,822.38 43.243 3,111.14 Romania 241,743 50.807 4,758.00 46.092 5,244.79 India 777,872 143.206 5,431.81 129.915 5,987.55 China 199,115 58.690 3,392.64 53.243 3,739.74 Korea, South 1,436,288 473.467 3,033.55 429.523 3,343.91 Taiwan 318,284 135.641 2,346.51 123.052 2,586.58 Japan 2,077,043 210.939 9,846.64 191.361 10,854.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 15,097,602 3,349.395 4,507.56 3,038.521 4,968.73 GRAND TOTAL 362,124,510 80,831.977 4,479.97 73,329.557 4,938.32