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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 215,054 310.170 693.34 281.382 764.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 86,165,685 97,757.945 881.42 88,684.541 971.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 35,154,681 33,055.889 1,063.49 29,987.807 1,172.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,344,717 9,391.877 1,101.45 8,520.170 1,214.14 STEEL PILING...........................5 850,753 626.078 1,358.86 567.969 1,497.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 39,516,493 25,899.440 1,525.77 23,495.584 1,681.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 54,214,848 59,976.436 903.94 54,409.723 996.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,911 12.090 1,233.32 10.968 1,359.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 741,365 1,664.285 445.46 1,509.815 491.03 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 164,594 122.666 1,341.80 111.281 1,479.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 37,936,549 34,527.493 1,098.73 31,322.824 1,211.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,285,356 6,841.825 1,064.83 6,206.801 1,173.77 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 39,139 30.864 1,268.08 28.000 1,397.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,857,825 4,287.106 2,066.15 3,889.199 2,277.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 939,771 434.900 2,160.89 394.535 2,381.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,462,562 35,245.833 1,318.24 31,974.490 1,453.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 30,352,437 18,021.432 1,684.24 16,348.773 1,856.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,317,180 1,976.745 1,678.10 1,793.274 1,849.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 865,767 207.433 4,173.70 188.181 4,600.71 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,820 8.374 814.40 7.597 897.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,336,546 6,328.354 1,633.37 5,740.988 1,800.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 61,283 19.492 3,143.98 17.683 3,465.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,427,999 1,682.288 9,765.27 1,526.147 10,764.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,101,329 1,000.434 4,099.55 907.579 4,518.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,488,050 26,204.296 1,277.96 23,772.145 1,408.71 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 89,630 78.928 1,135.58 71.603 1,251.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,798,488 16,418.454 1,571.31 14,894.576 1,732.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,407 21.330 862.93 19.351 951.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,021,880 14,025.883 857.12 12,724.071 944.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,842,251 1,721.934 1,069.87 1,562.113 1,179.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,791,604 69,279.096 949.66 62,848.956 1,046.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,100,687 21,288.222 1,038.16 19,312.356 1,144.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 40,949,883 48,330.074 847.30 43,844.318 933.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,419,934 2,226.287 1,536.16 2,019.655 1,693.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,281,761 1,767.721 1,290.79 1,603.650 1,422.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 10,201 7.103 1,436.09 6.444 1,583.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,976,682 2,291.983 862.43 2,079.253 950.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,357,067 2,768.641 1,573.72 2,511.670 1,734.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 608,520,189 545,859.418 1,114.79 495,195.474 1,228.85 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,550,905 114,415.312 1,018.67 103,795.855 1,122.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,205,606 7,284.489 989.17 6,608.380 1,090.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,125 6.354 963.83 5.765 1,062.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,339,010 4,737.974 704.73 4,298.219 776.84 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 10,591 2.630 4,026.82 2.386 4,438.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,452,760 5,634.460 1,145.23 5,111.498 1,262.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,338,115 3,381.448 987.19 3,067.599 1,088.18 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,548,901 15,508.596 938.12 14,069.166 1,034.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,686 214.608 636.91 194.690 702.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 175,772 114.993 1,528.54 104.320 1,684.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,718,751 2,622.406 1,418.07 2,379.008 1,563.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,063,559 4,185.955 1,687.44 3,797.436 1,860.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 76,305 23.819 3,203.42 21.609 3,531.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,761,974 8,349.340 1,768.04 7,574.396 1,948.93 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,340,916 9,939.740 1,644.00 9,017.183 1,812.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,685,567 8,069.130 1,448.18 7,320.194 1,596.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 777,117 296.071 2,624.76 268.592 2,893.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 518,839 118.658 4,372.55 107.645 4,819.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 355,179 106.066 3,348.64 96.222 3,691.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,970,448 2,486.072 1,999.32 2,255.328 2,203.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,652,329 9,988.621 1,266.67 9,061.528 1,396.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,879,844 9,386.321 839.50 8,515.130 925.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,459,992 10,186.031 2,303.15 9,240.615 2,538.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,351,743 6,510.645 1,282.78 5,906.360 1,414.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 234,147 149.407 1,567.17 135.540 1,727.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,702,098 8,730.110 1,340.43 7,919.825 1,477.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 914,393 890.343 1,027.01 807.706 1,132.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,226,965 1,192.677 2,705.65 1,081.979 2,982.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 280,454,637 234,532.289 1,195.80 212,764.174 1,318.15 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 208,139 165.840 1,255.06 150.448 1,383.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,358 0.174 197,272.54 0.158 217,455.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 242,497 166.014 1,460.70 150.606 1,610.14 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 109,800 99.207 1,106.77 90.000 1,220.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,079,180 4,652.439 1,091.72 4,220.623 1,203.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,664 6.514 562.42 5.910 619.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 755,240 488.782 1,545.15 443.416 1,703.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,599 100.143 1,623.65 90.849 1,789.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,091 112.605 1,661.47 102.154 1,831.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,297,574 5,459.693 1,153.47 4,952.952 1,271.48 Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,313 3.833 1,124.98 3.478 1,240.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 169,745 86.092 1,971.65 78.102 2,173.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 33,062,259 14,644.760 2,257.62 13,285.507 2,488.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,027 38.586 1,581.57 35.005 1,743.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,312 23.360 1,297.59 21.192 1,430.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,281 38.730 833.47 35.136 918.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 807,404 574.493 1,405.42 521.172 1,549.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,167,341 15,409.858 2,217.24 13,979.592 2,444.09 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 734,377 587.397 1,250.22 532.878 1,378.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,902,852 2,248.019 1,736.13 2,039.370 1,913.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 707,725 537.018 1,317.88 487.175 1,452.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,344,954 3,372.435 1,584.89 3,059.423 1,747.05 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 Chile INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,271 20.598 3,605.58 18.687 3,974.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,661 96.590 1,249.21 87.625 1,377.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 249,477 177.532 1,405.25 161.055 1,549.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 444,409 294.721 1,507.89 267.367 1,662.17 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,136,347 74,933.988 922.63 67,978.990 1,017.03 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,912,566 8,155.849 1,092.78 7,398.864 1,204.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,649 5.147 1,485.88 4.670 1,637.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 637,580 424.584 1,501.66 385.177 1,655.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,757,568 4,886.207 1,382.99 4,432.694 1,524.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,338 2.892 4,265.57 2.624 4,701.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,538,254 885.931 5,122.58 803.704 5,646.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 244,493 100.835 2,424.68 91.476 2,672.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,658,295 4,211.279 2,293.43 3,820.410 2,528.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,662,194 3,872.368 1,978.68 3,512.955 2,181.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 882,166 438.148 2,013.39 397.482 2,219.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 924,043 532.423 1,735.54 483.007 1,913.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 570,117 403.443 1,413.13 365.998 1,557.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,761,985 3,115.653 2,170.33 2,826.474 2,392.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 43,962 24.940 1,762.65 22.626 1,942.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,749,557 101,993.696 1,144.67 92,527.151 1,261.79 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 167,130 85.816 1,947.54 77.851 2,146.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,341,673 8,384.536 1,829.76 7,606.326 2,016.96 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,491,423 3,506.538 1,566.05 3,181.079 1,726.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,868,477 1,577.506 1,818.36 1,431.090 2,004.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 529,304 173.210 3,055.84 157.134 3,368.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 61,442 11.013 5,578.95 9.991 6,149.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,459,449 13,738.621 1,780.34 12,463.471 1,962.49 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,189,829 1,848.674 4,971.04 1,677.090 5,479.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 777,551 134.937 5,762.32 122.413 6,351.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,846 6.783 861.78 6.154 949.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,607,414 4,260.736 2,489.57 3,865.276 2,744.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,059,465 962.791 5,255.00 873.430 5,792.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,603,389 1,520.153 4,343.90 1,379.060 4,788.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 599,342 76.024 7,883.57 68.968 8,690.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,280,331 1,050.868 3,121.54 953.332 3,440.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,935 0.950 13,613.04 0.862 15,005.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,423 3.186 8,291.44 2.891 9,139.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,294,968 508.072 2,548.78 460.916 2,809.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 397,714 138.809 2,865.18 125.926 3,158.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,458,756 239.514 14,440.69 217.284 15,918.13 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,358 1.321 2,540.72 1.199 2,800.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,793,490 168.284 10,657.50 152.665 11,747.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,253,407 3,695.057 1,151.11 3,352.101 1,268.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,725,582 1,233.915 3,019.32 1,119.390 3,328.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,676 27.768 1,680.91 25.191 1,852.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 457,659 382.274 1,197.20 346.794 1,319.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 542,691 454.642 1,193.66 412.445 1,315.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,684,338 375.368 7,151.20 340.529 7,882.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,821,164 17,090.137 3,207.77 15,503.916 3,535.96 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,937,206 1,837.327 1,598.63 1,666.796 1,762.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,181 57.245 509.75 51.932 561.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,732 0.260 41,253.85 0.236 45,474.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 941,666 3.826 246,115.03 3.471 271,295.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,918,785 1,898.659 2,063.98 1,722.435 2,275.14 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 29,479 19.847 1,485.30 18.005 1,637.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,080,861 960.188 2,167.14 871.069 2,388.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 870,868 428.333 2,033.15 388.578 2,241.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 70,940 41.104 1,725.86 37.289 1,902.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,162 0.054 40,027.22 0.049 44,122.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 434,194 84.343 5,147.94 76.515 5,674.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,315 8.665 1,421.19 7.861 1,566.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,083 12.750 3,143.66 11.567 3,465.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,066,844 204.696 5,211.82 185.698 5,745.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 538,163 97.477 5,520.90 88.430 6,085.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,563,926 291.715 5,361.13 264.640 5,909.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,709,835 2,149.176 3,122.05 1,949.701 3,441.47 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,912 6.876 4,495.50 6.238 4,955.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,039 0.400 17,591.39 0.363 19,391.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 88,087 6.676 13,193.20 6.057 14,543.01 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,162 0.627 5,041.33 0.569 5,557.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,670 2.181 3,974.38 1.979 4,381.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,870 16.761 8,225.28 15.206 9,066.82 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,255,280 3,898.049 2,887.41 3,536.252 3,182.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,533,435 580.856 4,361.55 526.944 4,807.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,694,754 5,064.507 1,124.44 4,594.445 1,239.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,639,891 1,368.789 1,198.06 1,241.745 1,320.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,899,668 1,880.371 2,073.88 1,705.845 2,286.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,786 2.534 8,991.35 2.299 9,911.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,907,791 1,381.375 2,828.91 1,253.163 3,118.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 441,706 64.992 6,796.29 58.960 7,491.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,056 34.479 813.71 31.279 896.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 694,727 30.528 22,756.67 27.695 25,084.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,981,236 2,688.888 1,852.53 2,439.319 2,042.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 59,760 9.262 6,451.67 8.403 7,111.75 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,870 3.012 952.66 2.733 1,050.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 49,245 40.162 1,226.14 36.435 1,351.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,140,973 19.364 58,921.48 17.567 64,949.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 219,591 16.269 13,497.50 14.759 14,878.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 122,764 56.914 2,156.99 51.632 2,377.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,499,763 266.022 5,637.72 241.332 6,214.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 22,799 27.597 826.13 25.036 910.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,019 25.721 1,750.26 23.334 1,929.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 897,834 446.233 2,012.03 404.816 2,217.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 372,887 282.196 1,321.38 256.004 1,456.57 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 340,768 76.160 4,474.32 69.092 4,932.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 762,366 504.241 1,511.91 457.440 1,666.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,250,099 323.241 3,867.38 293.240 4,263.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,886,068 19,091.771 2,193.93 17,319.769 2,418.40 Ireland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,992 0.205 19,470.34 0.186 21,462.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 141,761 25.901 5,473.19 23.497 6,033.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,009 58.378 4,642.28 52.960 5,117.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 416,762 84.484 4,933.00 76.643 5,437.70 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 11,271 40.077 281.23 36.358 310.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,219 4.144 5,119.56 3.760 5,643.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,746,141 2,334.833 747.87 2,118.126 824.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,100 7.582 5,683.92 6.879 6,265.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,724 32.564 3,522.98 29.542 3,883.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 136,319 91.992 1,481.85 83.454 1,633.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,715 12.323 788.31 11.180 868.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,881 35.661 3,193.35 32.352 3,520.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 308,016 111.906 2,752.44 101.520 3,034.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 20,478 2.221 9,219.52 2.015 10,162.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,415 0.224 10,739.47 0.204 11,838.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,276 0.573 3,970.68 0.520 4,376.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,893,909 8,165.947 721.77 7,408.025 795.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,945,596 16,486.287 724.58 14,956.113 798.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,572,569 5,180.117 882.72 4,699.325 973.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,465,013 2,176.801 1,132.40 1,974.762 1,248.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 108,249 81.411 1,329.66 73.855 1,465.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,514,891 34,764.673 791.46 31,537.990 872.44 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,028 16.341 1,286.76 14.825 1,418.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,431,968 996.991 4,445.34 904.456 4,900.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 152,249 26.554 5,733.42 24.090 6,320.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 36,903 16.984 2,172.76 15.408 2,395.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 172,416 68.541 2,515.49 62.180 2,772.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 404,199 172.532 2,342.74 156.519 2,582.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 159,118 143.094 1,111.98 129.813 1,225.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,331,695 1,725.697 2,510.11 1,565.527 2,766.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 462,417 455.816 1,014.48 413.510 1,118.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 852,754 628.317 1,357.20 570.000 1,496.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 45,637 3.615 12,622.32 3.280 13,913.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,070,384 4,254.488 2,602.05 3,859.608 2,868.27 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,028,999 9,574.306 1,465.28 8,685.667 1,615.19 STEEL PILING...........................5 16,306,069 10,587.216 1,540.17 9,604.564 1,697.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 111,808 97.741 1,143.91 88.670 1,260.95 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 547,071 495.721 1,103.59 449.711 1,216.49 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 298,230 247.754 1,203.73 224.759 1,326.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 847,498 898.692 943.03 815.280 1,039.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 301,899 323.032 934.58 293.050 1,030.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,441,574 22,224.464 1,459.72 20,161.701 1,609.07 France WIRE RODS..............................3 575,802 137.696 4,181.68 124.916 4,609.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,413,302 1,477.580 2,310.06 1,340.439 2,546.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 937,780 963.006 973.80 873.625 1,073.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,625,291 317.733 5,115.27 288.243 5,638.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,766,889 1,271.558 2,175.98 1,153.539 2,398.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,127,636 164.942 6,836.56 149.633 7,536.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 173,172 106.404 1,627.48 96.529 1,793.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,449 2.336 4,899.23 2.120 5,400.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,639,812 789.487 2,077.06 716.211 2,289.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,576,075 1,177.766 2,187.25 1,068.452 2,411.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,056,403 224.860 9,145.24 203.990 10,080.90 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 184,567 107.770 1,712.59 97.768 1,887.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 546,530 178.271 3,065.72 161.725 3,379.38 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,210,942 1,255.276 964.68 1,138.768 1,063.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,681,867 2,038.127 2,787.79 1,848.959 3,073.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,481,850 5,022.134 1,091.54 4,556.005 1,203.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,498 2.879 2,256.85 2.612 2,487.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,770,641 484.913 3,651.46 439.906 4,025.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,854,708 15,799.864 2,016.14 14,333.400 2,222.41 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,567,811 13,483.431 1,228.75 12,231.967 1,354.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,780,064 2,233.513 1,244.70 2,026.210 1,372.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,480,198 1,756.574 1,411.95 1,593.538 1,556.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,913,153 4,815.758 2,266.13 4,368.784 2,497.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,680,855 5,585.415 1,017.09 5,067.005 1,121.15 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 130,548 64.703 2,017.64 58.698 2,224.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,812 73.275 1,716.98 66.474 1,892.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,637,864 3,597.207 1,567.29 3,263.333 1,727.64 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 367,103 265.412 1,383.14 240.778 1,524.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,518,865 3,887.790 2,705.62 3,526.945 2,982.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,602,291 1,096.437 4,197.49 994.672 4,626.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,908,326 4,652.807 1,699.69 4,220.957 1,873.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,655,059 9,226.242 2,238.73 8,369.909 2,467.78 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 30,788,105 19,787.259 1,555.96 17,950.705 1,715.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 732,146 353.318 2,072.20 320.525 2,284.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,257,062 3,017.802 2,404.75 2,737.705 2,650.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,936,038 4,359.860 2,737.71 3,955.200 3,017.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,412,961 182.372 18,714.18 165.446 20,628.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 44,555 17.630 2,527.17 15.994 2,785.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 843,155 191.597 4,400.67 173.814 4,850.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,350,003 923.730 2,544.04 837.994 2,804.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,280,293 6,848.506 917.03 6,212.862 1,010.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,144,107 1,279.153 894.42 1,160.429 985.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 751,689 807.550 930.83 732.598 1,026.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,363,706 1,278.471 2,631.04 1,159.810 2,900.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,533,185 3,188.084 794.58 2,892.182 875.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,257,538 4,673.315 1,125.01 4,239.562 1,240.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,060,084 958.139 2,150.09 869.210 2,370.06 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,207,453 2,917.332 1,442.23 2,646.560 1,589.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 149,911 29.235 5,127.71 26.522 5,652.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,070,582 3,726.028 1,897.62 3,380.197 2,091.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,550,522 105,277.959 1,695.99 95,506.585 1,869.51 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,504 88.967 1,039.75 80.710 1,146.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 168,958 99.711 1,694.46 90.457 1,867.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 415,144 56.805 7,308.18 51.533 8,055.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,368 4.281 6,859.48 3.884 7,561.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 163,375 19.491 8,382.05 17.682 9,239.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,263,262 255.376 4,946.66 231.674 5,452.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,937,689 13,272.549 1,954.24 12,040.658 2,154.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 905,281 549.530 1,647.37 498.526 1,815.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 80,052 14.649 5,464.41 13.290 6,023.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,149,985 115.135 9,988.12 104.449 11,010.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 148,932 60.185 2,474.57 54.599 2,727.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 170,968 74.672 2,289.56 67.742 2,523.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 644,534 510.332 1,262.97 462.966 1,392.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 385,776 295.866 1,303.88 268.406 1,437.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 930,030 678.244 1,371.23 615.293 1,511.52 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,265,375 1,127.278 1,122.50 1,022.650 1,237.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,211,839 202.882 5,973.11 184.052 6,584.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,963,072 17,425.961 2,006.38 15,808.571 2,211.65 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 507,568 69.686 7,283.54 63.219 8,028.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,113 8.818 1,713.79 8.000 1,889.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 501,263 928.591 539.81 842.404 595.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,621,300 2,387.418 1,097.96 2,165.830 1,210.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,985 13.194 5,000.89 11.970 5,512.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 17,447 3.950 4,416.20 3.584 4,868.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,062 1.046 1,971.14 0.949 2,172.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,008,982 3,218.457 1,556.33 2,919.736 1,715.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,443,428 2,781.544 1,956.98 2,523.375 2,157.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,658,803 1,950.864 1,362.88 1,769.795 1,502.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,169,233 479.290 2,439.51 434.805 2,689.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,442,308 1,203.080 12,835.63 1,091.417 14,148.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,728 0.347 10,736.46 0.315 11,834.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 584,277 332.444 1,757.52 301.589 1,937.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,267 0.871 3,746.87 0.791 4,130.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,044,764 13,379.607 2,544.53 12,137.779 2,804.86 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,527 25.729 1,147.61 23.341 1,265.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 337,790 198.918 1,698.13 180.456 1,871.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 902,063 648.879 1,390.19 588.654 1,532.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 585,011 267.121 2,190.05 242.329 2,414.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,766 18.095 1,147.58 16.416 1,264.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,875,157 1,158.744 1,618.27 1,051.196 1,783.83 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 568,990 77.137 7,376.31 69.978 8,130.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 165,297 46.740 3,536.51 42.402 3,898.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 387,468 203.761 1,901.58 184.849 2,096.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,609 0.146 31,437.71 0.133 34,654.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,247,212 434.564 2,870.03 394.230 3,163.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 145,397 2.204 65,950.99 2.000 72,698.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,371 1.679 4,982.97 1.524 5,492.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,785 6.450 9,112.93 5.852 10,045.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 94,157 41.644 2,260.99 37.779 2,492.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,680,286 814.328 3,291.40 738.747 3,628.15 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 158,563 165.697 956.94 150.318 1,054.85 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 25,701 17.306 1,485.07 15.700 1,637.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 916,727 397.778 2,304.61 360.859 2,540.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,236,366 977.981 2,286.72 887.210 2,520.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 209,255 127.491 1,641.33 115.658 1,809.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 755,680 443.831 1,702.63 402.637 1,876.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 532,321 270.903 1,964.98 245.760 2,166.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 84,182 20.569 4,092.64 18.660 4,511.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,918,795 2,421.559 2,031.25 2,196.802 2,239.07 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,243,566 44,505.806 881.76 40,375.000 971.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,069,704 11,778.844 1,194.49 10,685.591 1,316.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,648,843 12,645.711 1,000.25 11,472.000 1,102.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,652 5.394 1,233.06 4.894 1,359.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 103,601 93.140 1,112.30 84.496 1,226.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,197,703 619.195 1,934.29 561.725 2,132.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,053 1.633 11,663.02 1.482 12,856.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,310,289 1,799.362 1,283.95 1,632.355 1,415.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 664,825 806.038 824.81 731.226 909.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,012 6.707 2,685.33 6.085 2,960.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,046,170 7,718.618 912.88 7,002.215 1,006.28 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,110,577 1,572.477 3,250.02 1,426.528 3,582.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,438,995 81,552.932 1,010.86 73,983.597 1,114.29 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,630,953 59,043.032 891.40 53,562.953 982.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 36,315 16.772 2,165.12 15.216 2,386.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,904,648 616.026 3,091.83 558.850 3,408.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,468,977 407.017 6,066.02 369.240 6,686.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,224,010 674.344 1,815.11 611.755 2,000.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,356,633 3,925.499 1,619.32 3,561.154 1,784.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,312,177 981.642 1,336.72 890.531 1,473.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,530,849 3,883.573 1,166.67 3,523.120 1,286.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 184,353 140.217 1,314.77 127.203 1,449.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,672,645 164.394 10,174.60 149.136 11,215.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,002,832 1,754.338 1,141.64 1,591.510 1,258.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,324,392 71,606.858 1,037.95 64,960.668 1,144.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,153,224 201.445 5,724.75 182.748 6,310.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,605,869 2,152.634 746.00 1,952.838 822.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 52,526 21.261 2,470.49 19.288 2,723.25 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 73,396 44.995 1,631.20 40.819 1,798.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 226,716 104.243 2,174.87 94.568 2,397.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 423,677 218.537 1,938.69 198.254 2,137.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 257,725 85.635 3,009.57 77.687 3,317.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 430,325 92.111 4,671.79 83.562 5,149.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,390,287 7,496.642 2,186.35 6,800.842 2,410.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 707,077 403.394 1,752.82 365.953 1,932.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,442,585 940.999 2,595.73 853.661 2,861.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,051,888 401.512 12,582.15 364.246 13,869.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,266 2.394 18,488.70 2.172 20,380.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,878 12.164 3,278.36 11.035 3,613.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,098,319 364.212 3,015.60 330.408 3,324.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,069,176 1,288.299 829.91 1,168.726 914.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,066,934 13,830.483 2,246.27 12,546.807 2,476.08 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,207,087 1,154.236 3,644.91 1,047.106 4,017.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,963,842 1,621.227 4,295.41 1,470.753 4,734.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 231,177 59.546 3,882.27 54.020 4,279.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 262,437 94.226 2,785.17 85.481 3,070.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,335,720 891.194 2,620.89 808.478 2,889.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 121,253 32.453 3,736.25 29.441 4,118.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 40,341 14.479 2,785.99 13.136 3,071.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,928,563 1,132.115 6,120.02 1,027.038 6,746.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,780,901 679.476 4,092.71 616.411 4,511.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,345 0.094 24,736.61 0.086 27,267.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,075,409 3,588.198 2,250.55 3,255.160 2,480.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,803,138 5,118.474 1,915.25 4,643.403 2,111.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,918,646 1,460.311 2,683.43 1,324.773 2,957.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,350,603 391.317 3,451.43 354.997 3,804.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 528,711 49.821 10,612.18 45.197 11,697.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,474 1.402 2,477.64 1.272 2,731.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,322 2.247 1,922.93 2.039 2,119.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,637,303 624.684 2,621.01 566.704 2,889.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,857 9.325 4,381.19 8.460 4,829.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 511,232 116.426 4,391.04 105.620 4,840.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 170,587 86.464 1,972.92 78.439 2,174.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 728,678 151.281 4,816.71 137.240 5,309.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 232,625 73.974 3,144.64 67.109 3,466.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,879,251 17,352.979 2,932.02 15,742.363 3,232.00 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,646,379 298.487 5,515.75 270.783 6,080.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 70,201 28.279 2,482.37 25.655 2,736.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 228,399 64.502 3,540.91 58.516 3,903.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 653,482 228.503 2,859.83 207.295 3,152.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,598,461 619.773 4,192.60 562.249 4,621.55 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,900,750 8,646.681 1,723.29 7,844.140 1,899.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,836 39.211 1,500.48 35.572 1,654.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,959,586 8,685.893 1,722.29 7,879.712 1,898.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 272,906 41.741 6,538.05 37.867 7,206.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,049,252 798.752 1,313.61 724.616 1,448.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,787,947 2,279.819 1,661.51 2,068.218 1,831.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,579,424 2,125.540 1,213.54 1,928.258 1,337.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 44,860 27.842 1,611.22 25.258 1,776.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,957,772 4,789.141 1,661.63 4,344.637 1,831.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 935,409 415.312 2,252.30 376.765 2,482.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,328,215 263.882 5,033.36 239.390 5,548.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 241,743 50.807 4,758.00 46.092 5,244.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,197,528 10,792.838 1,686.07 9,791.101 1,858.58 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 17,593,662 20,404.856 862.23 18,510.980 950.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 68,504,343 48,561.473 1,410.67 44,054.240 1,555.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 402,302 388.047 1,036.73 352.031 1,142.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,257 2.201 1,025.30 1.997 1,130.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,806,947 20,911.776 899.35 18,970.850 991.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 206,810 77.323 2,674.60 70.147 2,948.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,616,959 16,582.560 1,122.68 15,043.450 1,237.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 170,177 100.168 1,698.91 90.871 1,872.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,179 14.455 634.97 13.114 699.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,312,636 107,042.863 1,161.34 97,107.680 1,280.15 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 296,930 59.605 4,981.61 54.073 5,491.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,335,131 2,121.805 1,100.54 1,924.870 1,213.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,294,106 589.736 5,585.73 535.000 6,157.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 274,644 263.803 1,041.09 239.319 1,147.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,153,411 757.477 1,522.70 687.172 1,678.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,354,222 3,792.428 1,939.19 3,440.434 2,137.59 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 Bahrain SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,716 4.181 3,758.85 3.793 4,143.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 77,502,859 79,166.615 978.98 71,818.766 1,079.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 405,633 98.536 4,116.57 89.391 4,537.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 348,441 75.475 4,616.63 68.470 5,088.96 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 44,635 40.168 1,111.20 36.440 1,224.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,023,192 565.280 3,579.09 512.814 3,945.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,746,738 841.040 4,454.89 762.979 4,910.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,200,337 1,912.323 4,288.15 1,734.831 4,726.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,532 3.698 6,903.80 3.355 7,610.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,662,734 9,041.251 1,068.74 8,202.088 1,178.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 19,042,669 12,368.522 1,539.61 11,220.538 1,697.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 86,915,470 71,763.652 1,211.13 65,102.909 1,335.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 225,586 172.868 1,304.95 156.824 1,438.47 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,350,663 2,332.612 1,007.74 2,116.111 1,110.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,106,636 2,153.548 1,442.57 1,953.667 1,590.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 32,700 21.495 1,521.28 19.500 1,676.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 491,284 93.402 5,259.88 84.733 5,798.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 29,640 17.893 1,656.44 16.233 1,825.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,253,843 1,876.338 3,333.00 1,702.186 3,674.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,729,584 1,535.582 1,777.56 1,393.057 1,959.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,249,561 45,625.515 1,210.94 41,390.783 1,334.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,803,274 5,955.306 1,310.31 5,402.565 1,444.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 960,594 224.962 4,270.01 204.083 4,706.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 287,167,321 235,890.272 1,217.38 213,996.116 1,341.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,910,703 43,444.468 1,033.75 39,412.170 1,139.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,634,408 23,048.776 982.02 20,909.504 1,082.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,315,776 855.899 1,537.30 776.459 1,694.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,102,059 2,283.739 920.45 2,071.774 1,014.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,524,998 385.307 3,957.87 349.545 4,362.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,049,553 1,136.247 923.70 1,030.787 1,018.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 811,504 373.304 2,173.84 338.656 2,396.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,115,946 313.314 3,561.75 284.234 3,926.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,265,595 9,750.314 950.29 8,845.339 1,047.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 237,457 162.030 1,465.50 146.992 1,615.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,967,999 81,753.402 1,039.32 74,165.460 1,145.65 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 62,012 34.425 1,801.36 31.230 1,985.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,813,266 1,699.023 1,067.24 1,541.329 1,176.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,620 22.720 1,215.62 20.612 1,340.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,806 20.635 1,589.80 18.720 1,752.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,625,454 1,666.749 975.22 1,512.050 1,075.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,561,158 3,443.554 1,034.15 3,123.941 1,139.96 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 95,167 115.744 822.21 105.002 906.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,189 20.938 1,394.04 18.995 1,536.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 313,432 307.502 1,019.28 278.962 1,123.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,487,777 755.365 4,617.34 685.256 5,089.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,693 21.033 888.74 19.081 979.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 783,405 541.007 1,448.05 490.794 1,596.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,659 45.404 807.39 41.190 890.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,764,322 1,806.996 2,636.60 1,639.280 2,906.35 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 100,489 11.686 8,598.58 10.602 9,478.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 139,179 37.416 3,719.69 33.944 4,100.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 239,668 49.103 4,880.87 44.546 5,380.24 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 745,722 712.513 1,046.61 646.382 1,153.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,137 22.554 2,754.99 20.461 3,036.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 199,602 36.692 5,439.84 33.287 5,996.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,007,461 771.761 1,305.41 700.130 1,438.96 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 292,490 101.197 2,890.28 91.805 3,185.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,045,827 14,255.488 1,125.59 12,932.365 1,240.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 247,097 146.329 1,688.63 132.748 1,861.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,407,144 3,982.345 1,357.78 3,612.724 1,496.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,188,466 599.598 3,649.88 543.947 4,023.31 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,797 3.872 980.52 3.513 1,080.84 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 575,577 506.762 1,135.79 459.727 1,252.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 217,112 227.847 952.88 206.700 1,050.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,581,318 35,993.204 905.21 32,652.495 997.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 329,764 286.657 1,150.38 260.051 1,268.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,229,405 3,071.686 1,702.45 2,786.588 1,876.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,897,834 1,602.205 4,305.21 1,453.497 4,745.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,161,854 11,031.229 1,465.10 10,007.366 1,615.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 388,967,327 305,041.807 1,275.13 276,729.350 1,405.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,457,622 14,812.931 908.50 13,438.069 1,001.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 41,046,881 37,629.446 1,090.82 34,136.869 1,202.42 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,418,207 3,960.401 1,115.60 3,592.817 1,229.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,070,731 13,552.638 1,480.95 12,294.750 1,632.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,091,895 1,469.362 1,423.67 1,332.984 1,569.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,872,578 4,063.903 3,413.61 3,686.712 3,762.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 410,444 196.887 2,084.67 178.613 2,297.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,097,736 1,345.815 1,558.71 1,220.904 1,718.18 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 347,635 287.837 1,207.75 261.122 1,331.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,756,776 13,119.078 1,429.73 11,901.431 1,576.01 BLACK PLATE...........................28 189,954 171.770 1,105.86 155.828 1,219.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 620,642 763.336 813.07 692.487 896.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,786,593 851.447 2,098.30 772.420 2,312.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 56,104,005 38,406.075 1,460.81 34,841.415 1,610.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,162,649 42,251.441 1,021.57 38,329.874 1,126.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,244,580 974.597 1,277.02 884.140 1,407.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,687,811 16,434.208 1,137.13 14,908.867 1,253.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 361,628 88.195 4,100.28 80.010 4,519.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 156,444 28.909 5,411.56 26.226 5,965.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 203,331 61.798 3,290.21 56.063 3,626.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 714,277,681 567,363.995 1,258.94 514,704.103 1,387.74 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 2,482,435 3,384.816 733.40 3,070.655 808.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,577,082 3,402.565 1,051.29 3,086.756 1,158.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,985,568 9,716.778 1,130.58 8,814.916 1,246.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,334,579 6,628.102 653.97 6,012.915 720.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 34,979 23.439 1,492.31 21.264 1,644.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 265,459 225.090 1,179.34 204.199 1,300.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,900,790 2,757.767 1,414.47 2,501.805 1,559.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 143,285 111.228 1,288.20 100.905 1,420.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,173,097 710.871 1,650.22 644.892 1,819.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 984,725 275.322 3,576.63 249.768 3,942.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,115,373 12,813.501 1,023.56 11,624.216 1,128.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 49,901,977 36,548.563 1,365.36 33,156.308 1,505.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,606,041 12,565.686 1,162.38 11,399.402 1,281.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,972,343 3,406.708 872.50 3,090.515 961.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 11,282,145 11,907.551 947.48 10,802.352 1,044.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,241,351 1,273.419 1,760.10 1,155.227 1,940.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 251,874 199.494 1,262.56 180.978 1,391.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,023,911 1,100.892 5,471.84 998.713 6,031.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,558,468 12,669.014 912.34 11,493.140 1,005.68 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,360 233.178 1,129.44 211.536 1,244.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,042,882 3,385.705 2,670.90 3,071.461 2,944.16 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,933,871 3,743.988 1,050.72 3,396.490 1,158.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 726,293 588.424 1,234.30 533.810 1,360.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,463,651 66,828.357 844.91 60,625.683 931.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,713,266 12,662.700 1,082.97 11,487.412 1,193.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,590,020 6,918.985 1,096.98 6,276.800 1,209.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,535,212 1,693.403 1,497.11 1,536.230 1,650.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 31,309,835 26,939.812 1,162.21 24,439.394 1,281.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,536,424 1,534.969 1,000.95 1,392.501 1,103.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,217,599 1,749.624 1,839.02 1,587.233 2,027.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 270,167,895 245,999.963 1,098.24 223,167.476 1,210.61 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 222,841 32.738 6,806.67 29.700 7,503.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,000 0.413 12,095.80 0.375 13,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 227,841 33.152 6,872.62 30.075 7,575.76 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 121,029 12.055 10,038.92 10.937 11,066.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,052,425 530.542 3,868.54 481.300 4,264.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 104,245 81.486 1,279.30 73.923 1,410.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,066,830 1,497.464 3,383.61 1,358.477 3,729.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,339,556 468.782 4,990.71 425.272 5,501.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,666 10.511 824.42 9.536 908.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,266,754 1,808.342 4,018.46 1,640.501 4,429.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,831,892 759.064 3,730.77 688.612 4,112.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,804,613 4,482.837 1,071.78 4,066.763 1,181.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,192,588 919.987 1,296.31 834.599 1,428.94 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 41,818 39.632 1,055.14 35.954 1,163.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,034,263 1,062.786 973.16 964.144 1,072.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,368,646 4,611.590 947.32 4,183.566 1,044.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 359,043 190.671 1,883.05 172.974 2,075.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,212,593 2,281.869 4,475.54 2,070.078 4,933.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,910,015 545.162 3,503.57 494.563 3,862.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,123,760 691.027 3,073.34 626.890 3,387.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 125,325 108.210 1,158.16 98.167 1,276.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,440 1.539 3,532.63 1.397 3,894.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,680,848 5,448.904 1,593.14 4,943.164 1,756.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,978,711 22,727.580 1,231.05 20,618.120 1,357.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,824,173 1,732.783 1,052.74 1,571.955 1,160.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 24,099,012 19,292.626 1,249.13 17,501.981 1,376.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 453,583 322.319 1,407.25 292.403 1,551.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 671,735 349.278 1,923.21 316.860 2,119.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,677,563 69,977.056 1,567.34 63,482.136 1,727.69 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 236,124 317.057 744.74 287.630 820.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,369,460 9,100.191 809.81 8,255.557 892.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,498,052 1,310.502 1,143.11 1,188.868 1,260.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,729,227 4,987.294 1,750.29 4,524.399 1,929.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,603,139 2,126.754 753.80 1,929.360 830.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 6,885,418 9,222.314 746.60 8,366.345 822.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 559,195 630.230 887.29 571.736 978.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,715,224 13,615.931 1,007.29 12,352.169 1,110.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 518,191 116.062 4,464.76 105.290 4,921.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,408,399 12,927.702 959.83 11,727.818 1,058.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 804,713 442.302 1,819.37 401.250 2,005.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,258,996 4,791.217 1,306.35 4,346.521 1,440.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,107,569 4,132.924 1,235.82 3,749.327 1,362.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 46,369,645 19,885.091 2,331.88 18,039.457 2,570.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,139,998 4,908.971 1,250.77 4,453.345 1,378.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 88,076 33.431 2,634.48 30.329 2,904.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,152,950 4,080.076 1,017.86 3,701.384 1,122.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,324,793 2,846.461 2,924.61 2,582.267 3,223.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 58,167 15.362 3,786.20 13.937 4,173.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,788,662 693.871 8,342.55 629.470 9,196.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,034,114 242.885 4,257.62 220.342 4,693.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,010,483 734.336 1,376.05 666.179 1,516.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,092,644 3,208.916 1,898.66 2,911.081 2,092.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 286,395 325.828 878.97 295.587 968.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 175,588 184.758 950.37 167.610 1,047.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,765,133 5,276.918 903.01 4,787.141 995.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,439,222 4,076.168 1,334.40 3,697.839 1,470.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,014,572 803.945 1,261.99 729.327 1,391.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 7,673,620 6,308.809 1,216.33 5,723.257 1,340.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,693,743 2,207.652 1,673.15 2,002.749 1,844.34 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,629,941 1,597.772 1,646.00 1,449.475 1,814.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 96,475 76.902 1,254.51 69.765 1,382.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,557,363 535.595 4,774.80 485.884 5,263.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 173,085,291 121,764.243 1,421.48 110,462.695 1,566.91 Australia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,460 8.444 1,238.63 7.661 1,365.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 106,843 27.938 3,824.28 25.345 4,215.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 208,609 191.724 1,088.06 173.930 1,199.38 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 375,978 575.653 653.13 522.224 719.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,586 2.806 2,703.03 2.546 2,979.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,288 41.493 1,043.26 37.642 1,149.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 75,606 50.322 1,502.42 45.652 1,656.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,302 20.558 1,425.33 18.650 1,571.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,877,455 75,397.664 966.57 68,399.630 1,065.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 123,655 17.596 7,027.37 15.963 7,746.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,664 26.565 1,078.99 24.100 1,189.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 214,716 230.472 931.63 209.081 1,026.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,772 46.173 536.50 41.888 591.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,126,934 76,637.413 967.24 69,524.312 1,066.20 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 751,000 759.582 988.70 689.082 1,089.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,729 20.723 1,482.81 18.800 1,634.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,840,776 2,742.075 1,035.99 2,487.570 1,141.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 418,271 388.432 1,076.82 352.380 1,186.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,040,776 3,910.814 1,033.23 3,547.832 1,138.94 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 24,008 15.377 1,561.27 13.950 1,721.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,029,421 577.681 1,781.99 524.064 1,964.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 604,742 355.932 1,699.03 322.897 1,872.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 390,261 263.956 1,478.51 239.457 1,629.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,256 81.112 1,199.03 73.584 1,321.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,383,323 1,299.600 1,064.42 1,178.978 1,173.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,240,153 3,289.195 1,289.12 2,983.909 1,421.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,860,534 2,378.004 1,202.91 2,157.290 1,325.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,857,300 2,696.397 688.81 2,446.131 759.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 130,025 206.510 629.63 187.343 694.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 949,563 766.838 1,238.28 695.664 1,364.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,181,510 678.486 1,741.39 615.513 1,919.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 816,375 350.294 2,330.54 317.782 2,568.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,564,471 12,959.387 1,201.02 11,756.562 1,323.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 208,965 303.132 689.35 274.997 759.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,357,643 21,892.973 975.55 19,860.977 1,075.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,433,563 1,342.157 1,068.10 1,217.585 1,177.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,739,381 11,728.882 1,853.49 10,640.266 2,043.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,979,336 4,003.460 1,243.76 3,631.879 1,371.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,911 12.090 1,233.32 10.968 1,359.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,684,543 16,605.923 1,125.17 15,064.645 1,240.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 434,962 405.381 1,072.97 367.756 1,182.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,773,265 1,274.367 2,960.89 1,156.087 3,263.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 939,771 434.900 2,160.89 394.535 2,381.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,661 5.794 4,773.38 5.257 5,261.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,434,439 8,924.316 1,953.59 8,096.006 2,153.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,027,646 1,828.021 1,656.24 1,658.354 1,825.69 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 299,491 162.627 1,841.58 147.533 2,029.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,172,881 1,565.248 2,027.08 1,419.970 2,234.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 36,037 9.749 3,696.13 8.845 4,074.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,740,229 427.259 4,073.01 387.603 4,489.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 272,563 228.618 1,192.22 207.399 1,314.20 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 37,753 30.319 1,245.19 27.505 1,372.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,334,963 829.935 1,608.51 752.905 1,773.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,338,967 4,485.945 1,190.15 4,069.582 1,311.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,217,120 978.344 1,244.06 887.539 1,371.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,247,890 13,392.401 839.87 12,149.386 925.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,043,286 1,902.450 1,599.67 1,725.875 1,763.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 10,201 7.103 1,436.09 6.444 1,583.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 134,759 119.083 1,131.63 108.031 1,247.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,397,935 645.362 2,166.12 585.463 2,387.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,340,161 93,545.850 1,318.50 84,863.392 1,453.40 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,251,409 13,090.043 1,394.30 11,875.091 1,536.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,408,112 938.893 1,499.76 851.750 1,653.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 376,371 357.053 1,054.10 323.914 1,161.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 175,772 114.993 1,528.54 104.320 1,684.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 43,926 17.262 2,544.64 15.660 2,804.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,113,648 1,009.169 2,094.44 915.503 2,308.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,837,543 1,735.251 2,211.52 1,574.194 2,437.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 208,310 51.481 4,046.33 46.703 4,460.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 579,506 276.052 2,099.26 250.431 2,314.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,044 42.219 1,422.18 38.301 1,567.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,054,641 17,632.420 1,534.37 15,995.867 1,691.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,224,403 6,204.547 2,453.75 5,628.672 2,704.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,224,403 6,204.547 2,453.75 5,628.672 2,704.79 Brazil BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,047,429 4,283.614 1,411.76 3,886.031 1,556.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,538,254 885.931 5,122.58 803.704 5,646.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,204,015 2,493.380 2,488.19 2,261.957 2,742.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 183,696 138.707 1,324.34 125.833 1,459.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 27,481 12.751 2,155.11 11.568 2,375.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,000,875 7,814.385 2,175.59 7,089.093 2,398.17 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,128 5.957 1,532.06 5.405 1,688.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,881,819 5,239.615 1,885.98 4,753.301 2,078.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,431,713 1,357.310 1,791.57 1,231.332 1,974.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,322,660 6,602.884 1,866.25 5,990.038 2,057.19 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,596,546 3,702.953 2,051.48 3,359.264 2,261.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 92,588 95.294 971.60 86.450 1,071.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,377,074 595.461 3,991.98 540.194 4,400.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,280,331 1,050.868 3,121.54 953.332 3,440.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,271,461 497.287 2,556.79 451.132 2,818.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 397,714 138.809 2,865.18 125.926 3,158.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,358 1.321 2,540.72 1.199 2,800.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,016 1.138 9,674.30 1.033 10,664.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,154,701 3,674.156 1,130.79 3,333.140 1,246.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 437,197 394.704 1,107.66 358.070 1,220.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 457,659 382.274 1,197.20 346.794 1,319.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 542,691 454.642 1,193.66 412.445 1,315.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 536,181 105.821 5,066.83 96.000 5,585.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,158,517 11,094.737 1,907.08 10,064.979 2,102.19 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,732,796 888.427 1,950.41 805.968 2,149.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 597,855 365.931 1,633.79 331.968 1,800.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 70,940 41.104 1,725.86 37.289 1,902.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 434,194 84.343 5,147.94 76.515 5,674.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,083 12.750 3,143.66 11.567 3,465.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,875,868 1,392.557 2,065.17 1,263.307 2,276.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 117,693 49.350 2,384.84 44.770 2,628.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,380,882 3,300.040 1,024.50 2,993.747 1,129.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 89,939 67.425 1,333.91 61.167 1,470.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,113,236 452.584 2,459.73 410.578 2,711.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,751,536 654.900 2,674.51 594.116 2,948.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 441,706 64.992 6,796.29 58.960 7,491.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,302 1.151 2,866.53 1.045 3,159.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,534 4.362 810.00 3.958 892.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,444,392 2,325.839 1,910.88 2,109.967 2,106.38 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,870 3.012 952.66 2.733 1,050.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 49,245 40.162 1,226.14 36.435 1,351.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 209,100 16.262 12,857.89 14.753 14,173.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 729,000 28.914 25,212.07 26.231 27,791.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 660,768 417.996 1,580.80 379.200 1,742.53 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 340,768 76.160 4,474.32 69.092 4,932.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 554,149 175.950 3,149.45 159.620 3,471.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 44,003 14.967 2,939.97 13.578 3,240.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,936,123 7,694.075 1,811.28 6,979.950 1,996.59 Ireland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,992 0.205 19,470.34 0.186 21,462.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,992 0.205 19,470.34 0.186 21,462.37 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 959,330 868.488 1,104.60 787.880 1,217.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 136,319 91.992 1,481.85 83.454 1,633.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,026 0.881 28,379.01 0.800 31,282.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 429,483 384.601 1,116.70 348.905 1,230.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,094,417 2,653.448 789.32 2,407.169 870.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,644,575 3,999.413 911.28 3,628.208 1,004.51 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,572,702 431.394 3,645.62 391.355 4,018.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 462,417 455.816 1,014.48 413.510 1,118.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,035,119 887.211 2,293.84 804.865 2,528.52 Luxembourg RAILS STANDARD.........................7 165,760 133.777 1,239.07 121.361 1,365.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 165,760 133.777 1,239.07 121.361 1,365.84 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,043,046 898.413 2,274.06 815.027 2,506.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 346,098 375.748 921.09 340.873 1,015.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 589,838 177.214 3,328.39 160.766 3,668.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,176,268 1,053.142 2,066.45 955.395 2,277.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,127,636 164.942 6,836.56 149.633 7,536.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,118 22.209 1,806.36 20.148 1,991.17 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,449 2.336 4,899.23 2.120 5,400.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 321,919 96.578 3,333.22 87.615 3,674.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,418,923 411.906 3,444.77 373.675 3,797.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,359 0.148 22,572.11 0.135 24,881.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,188 2.261 4,504.09 2.052 4,964.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,481,850 5,022.134 1,091.54 4,556.005 1,203.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,587 0.859 4,171.89 0.780 4,598.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,574,279 8,227.896 1,649.79 7,464.224 1,818.58 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,701,847 2,804.470 1,319.98 2,544.174 1,455.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,095,650 3,451.143 2,056.03 3,130.826 2,266.38 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 130,548 64.703 2,017.64 58.698 2,224.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,505,101 1,411.931 1,774.24 1,280.883 1,955.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,022,272 305.437 3,346.91 277.088 3,689.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,602,291 1,096.437 4,197.49 994.672 4,626.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,271,976 1,202.468 1,889.43 1,090.861 2,082.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,644,464 5,630.146 2,245.85 5,107.584 2,475.63 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 23,797,432 16,772.326 1,418.85 15,215.603 1,564.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,013 0.472 4,256.79 0.429 4,692.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,884,658 1,595.322 2,435.03 1,447.253 2,684.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,645,781 759.965 4,797.30 689.429 5,288.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 29,040 11.429 2,540.71 10.369 2,800.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 797,666 182.597 4,368.43 165.650 4,815.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 574,245 184.113 3,118.97 167.025 3,438.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,763 0.435 15,532.39 0.395 17,121.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 572,264 386.916 1,479.04 351.005 1,630.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,805,516 2,518.262 716.97 2,284.530 790.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,813,677 2,407.096 1,168.91 2,183.682 1,288.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,207,453 2,917.332 1,442.23 2,646.560 1,589.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,625,851 1,701.327 1,543.41 1,543.419 1,701.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,736,508 45,404.338 1,734.12 41,190.135 1,911.54 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,504 88.967 1,039.75 80.710 1,146.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 157,910 98.116 1,609.41 89.010 1,774.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,353 7.217 7,114.64 6.548 7,842.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,368 4.281 6,859.48 3.884 7,561.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,263,262 255.376 4,946.66 231.674 5,452.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,834,827 4,902.306 1,802.18 4,447.299 1,986.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 905,281 549.530 1,647.37 498.526 1,815.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,159 5.759 4,715.45 5.225 5,197.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 170,968 74.672 2,289.56 67.742 2,523.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 627,681 508.033 1,235.51 460.880 1,361.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 385,776 295.866 1,303.88 268.406 1,437.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,265,375 1,127.278 1,122.50 1,022.650 1,237.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 711,436 93.042 7,646.33 84.407 8,428.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,522,900 8,010.451 1,812.99 7,266.961 1,998.48 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 507,568 69.686 7,283.54 63.219 8,028.73 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 485,198 920.275 527.23 834.860 581.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,213,746 1,863.715 1,187.81 1,690.735 1,309.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 17,447 3.950 4,416.20 3.584 4,868.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,008,982 3,218.457 1,556.33 2,919.736 1,715.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 139,006 36.790 3,778.29 33.376 4,164.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,728 0.347 10,736.46 0.315 11,834.92 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,267 0.871 3,746.87 0.791 4,130.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,378,942 6,114.095 1,370.43 5,546.616 1,510.64 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 165,297 46.740 3,536.51 42.402 3,898.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 120,887 43.036 2,808.95 39.042 3,096.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 286,184 89.776 3,187.73 81.444 3,513.87 Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 916,727 397.778 2,304.61 360.859 2,540.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 84,182 20.569 4,092.64 18.660 4,511.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,000,909 418.347 2,392.53 379.519 2,637.31 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 103,601 93.140 1,112.30 84.496 1,226.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,197,703 619.195 1,934.29 561.725 2,132.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 867,453 567.398 1,528.83 514.735 1,685.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,012 6.707 2,685.33 6.085 2,960.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,110,577 1,572.477 3,250.02 1,426.528 3,582.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,297,346 2,858.919 2,552.48 2,593.569 2,813.63 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,010 2.392 6,275.04 2.170 6,917.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,142,673 459.200 2,488.40 416.580 2,742.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,002,832 1,754.338 1,141.64 1,591.510 1,258.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,160,515 2,215.931 1,426.27 2,010.260 1,572.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 52,526 21.261 2,470.49 19.288 2,723.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 226,716 104.243 2,174.87 94.568 2,397.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 183,213 74.666 2,453.76 67.736 2,704.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 257,725 85.635 3,009.57 77.687 3,317.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 198,322 9.928 19,974.99 9.007 22,018.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,993,815 4,547.953 2,197.43 4,125.835 2,422.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 421,950 31.928 13,215.49 28.965 14,567.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,878 12.164 3,278.36 11.035 3,613.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 714,801 865.870 825.53 785.505 909.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,088,946 5,753.651 2,101.09 5,219.626 2,316.06 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 414,281 156.285 2,650.79 141.780 2,922.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,553,600 373.056 4,164.52 338.431 4,590.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,453,958 700.837 2,074.60 635.789 2,286.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,325 4.920 3,927.27 4.464 4,329.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,346,812 509.337 4,607.58 462.063 5,078.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,709,335 885.108 1,931.22 802.957 2,128.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 425,476 259.664 1,638.56 235.564 1,806.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,671,669 1,364.933 2,690.00 1,238.247 2,965.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 521,737 36.855 14,156.18 33.435 15,604.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,109,954 531.746 2,087.38 482.392 2,300.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 728,678 151.281 4,816.71 137.240 5,309.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,954,825 4,974.026 2,805.54 4,512.362 3,092.58 Slovenia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 57,377 24.107 2,380.04 21.870 2,623.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 653,482 228.503 2,859.83 207.295 3,152.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 710,859 252.611 2,814.04 229.165 3,101.95 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,476 16.108 3,878.55 14.613 4,275.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,049 5.509 2,005.50 4.998 2,210.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 743,206 531.197 1,399.12 481.894 1,542.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,597,017 1,350.531 1,922.96 1,225.182 2,119.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,413,748 1,903.346 1,793.55 1,726.687 1,977.05 Turkey WIRE DRAWN............................23 91,286 60.037 1,520.49 54.465 1,676.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,286 60.037 1,520.49 54.465 1,676.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,920 1.634 4,844.85 1.483 5,340.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,749 11.761 3,464.56 10.670 3,819.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,532 3.698 6,903.80 3.355 7,610.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,116,436 10,705.547 1,505.43 9,711.912 1,659.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 431,329 205.037 2,103.66 186.007 2,318.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 29,640 17.893 1,656.44 16.233 1,825.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 61,690 40.476 1,524.08 36.720 1,680.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,713,296 10,986.050 1,521.32 9,966.380 1,676.97 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 418,223 176.585 2,368.38 160.196 2,610.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 418,223 176.585 2,368.38 160.196 2,610.70 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 160,381 57.486 2,789.88 52.151 3,075.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,635,344 3,797.569 1,220.61 3,445.098 1,345.49 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,797 3.872 980.52 3.513 1,080.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,049,323 34,906.454 889.50 31,666.612 980.51 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 68,218 19.749 3,454.25 17.916 3,807.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,977,649 2,277.223 1,746.71 2,065.863 1,925.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,897,834 1,602.205 4,305.21 1,453.497 4,745.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,449,539 784.709 1,847.23 711.877 2,036.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,590,683 29,309.704 1,384.89 26,589.324 1,526.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 30,250 23.216 1,302.93 21.062 1,436.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,052,729 1,605.427 1,278.62 1,456.420 1,409.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 457,462 343.704 1,330.97 311.804 1,467.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,535 0.550 10,062.66 0.499 11,092.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 435,373 136.424 3,191.32 123.762 3,517.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,464,404 2,102.561 1,647.71 1,907.412 1,816.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 402,640 356.117 1,130.64 323.064 1,246.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,554 2.299 3,720.07 2.086 4,100.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 12,608 9.468 1,331.52 8.590 1,467.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 361,628 88.195 4,100.28 80.010 4,519.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,063,951 77,426.941 1,240.70 70,240.560 1,367.64 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 194,305 237.231 819.05 215.213 902.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,698,418 1,541.968 1,749.98 1,398.851 1,929.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 712,238 409.464 1,739.44 371.460 1,917.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 984,725 275.322 3,576.63 249.768 3,942.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,326,773 609.735 2,175.98 553.143 2,398.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,220,661 2,547.033 871.86 2,310.631 961.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,594,825 1,522.028 1,704.85 1,380.761 1,879.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,522,566 8,338.806 902.12 7,564.840 994.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,536,424 1,534.969 1,000.95 1,392.501 1,103.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,790,935 17,016.560 1,163.04 15,437.168 1,282.03 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 416,246 89.986 4,625.67 81.634 5,098.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,527 16.299 2,915.79 14.787 3,214.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,831,892 759.064 3,730.77 688.612 4,112.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,822,992 493.926 3,690.81 448.083 4,068.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,424 83.387 1,636.02 75.648 1,803.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 453,583 322.319 1,407.25 292.403 1,551.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,878 28.742 1,422.20 26.075 1,567.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,749,542 1,793.726 3,205.36 1,627.242 3,533.30 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,244,536 4,560.521 1,369.26 4,137.237 1,509.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,177,396 1,666.010 706.72 1,511.380 779.02 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,013,729 1,808.240 560.62 1,640.409 617.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,278,536 11,186.357 1,008.24 10,148.096 1,111.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 312,436 231.550 1,349.32 210.059 1,487.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,258,996 4,791.217 1,306.35 4,346.521 1,440.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 51,501 18.772 2,743.45 17.030 3,024.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,322,343 6,953.115 2,059.85 6,307.762 2,270.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 617,490 423.060 1,459.58 383.794 1,608.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 13,000 0.661 19,655.67 0.600 21,666.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,204,674 1,948.270 3,184.71 1,767.442 3,510.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 58,167 15.362 3,786.20 13.937 4,173.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 84,660 4.206 20,126.38 3.816 22,185.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,273,409 1,144.776 1,985.90 1,038.524 2,189.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,400,292 3,281.995 731.35 2,977.377 806.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,606,601 2,863.803 1,259.37 2,598.000 1,388.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 816,971 621.071 1,315.42 563.427 1,450.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,424,174 2,121.042 1,142.92 1,924.178 1,259.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,629,941 1,597.772 1,646.00 1,449.475 1,814.41 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 81,011 69.803 1,160.55 63.325 1,279.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 148,704 42.954 3,461.87 38.968 3,816.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,018,567 45,350.570 1,367.54 41,141.357 1,507.45 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,551 3.306 5,912.12 3.000 6,517.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 123,655 17.596 7,027.37 15.963 7,746.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 143,206 20.903 6,850.94 18.963 7,551.86 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 390,261 263.956 1,478.51 239.457 1,629.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 390,261 263.956 1,478.51 239.457 1,629.77 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,089 7.038 865.13 6.385 953.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 64,803,814 75,864.049 854.21 68,822.727 941.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 35,105,630 33,045.363 1,062.35 29,978.258 1,171.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,911,154 8,049.719 1,107.01 7,302.585 1,220.27 STEEL PILING...........................5 850,753 626.078 1,358.86 567.969 1,497.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 17,711,488 14,152.397 1,251.48 12,838.843 1,379.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 49,235,512 55,972.975 879.63 50,777.844 969.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 741,365 1,664.285 445.46 1,509.815 491.03 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 164,594 122.666 1,341.80 111.281 1,479.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,667,548 17,854.879 1,045.52 16,197.679 1,152.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,850,394 6,436.443 1,064.31 5,839.045 1,173.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 39,139 30.864 1,268.08 28.000 1,397.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,047,006 3,011.419 1,675.96 2,731.915 1,847.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,434,901 35,240.038 1,317.67 31,969.233 1,452.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,860,282 9,060.499 1,419.38 8,219.549 1,564.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 289,534 148.723 1,946.79 134.920 2,145.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 429,625 16.500 26,037.10 14.969 28,700.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,820 8.374 814.40 7.597 897.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,163,665 4,763.105 1,503.99 4,321.018 1,657.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 25,246 9.742 2,591.40 8.838 2,856.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,361,100 573.175 4,119.33 519.976 4,540.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,215,487 25,975.678 1,278.71 23,564.746 1,409.54 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 51,877 48.609 1,067.21 44.098 1,176.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,667,059 15,446.973 1,532.15 14,013.263 1,688.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,407 21.330 862.93 19.351 951.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,021,880 14,025.883 857.12 12,724.071 944.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,842,251 1,721.934 1,069.87 1,562.113 1,179.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 60,350,637 64,763.151 931.87 58,752.159 1,027.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,801,097 20,295.658 1,024.90 18,411.917 1,129.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,701,993 34,937.672 850.14 31,694.932 937.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 376,648 323.836 1,163.08 293.780 1,282.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,281,761 1,767.721 1,290.79 1,603.650 1,422.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,841,923 2,172.899 847.68 1,971.222 934.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,932,751 2,121.211 1,382.58 1,924.331 1,524.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 466,809,430 450,280.903 1,036.71 408,488.080 1,142.77 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 98,256,528 101,303.785 969.92 91,901.274 1,069.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,205,606 7,284.489 989.17 6,608.380 1,090.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,125 6.354 963.83 5.765 1,062.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,339,010 4,737.974 704.73 4,298.219 776.84 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 10,591 2.630 4,026.82 2.386 4,438.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,044,648 4,695.567 1,074.34 4,259.748 1,184.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,961,744 3,024.394 979.29 2,743.685 1,079.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,548,901 15,508.596 938.12 14,069.166 1,034.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 112,205 200.626 559.27 182.005 616.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,674,825 2,605.144 1,410.60 2,363.348 1,554.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,949,911 3,176.786 1,558.15 2,881.933 1,717.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 70,675 23.265 3,037.78 21.106 3,348.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,761,974 8,349.340 1,768.04 7,574.396 1,948.93 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,340,916 9,939.740 1,644.00 9,017.183 1,812.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,848,024 6,333.879 1,239.05 5,746.000 1,365.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 777,117 296.071 2,624.76 268.592 2,893.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 355,179 106.066 3,348.64 96.222 3,691.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,762,138 2,434.591 1,956.03 2,208.625 2,156.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,072,823 9,712.569 1,243.01 8,811.097 1,370.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,866,807 9,382.259 838.48 8,511.445 924.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,872,021 3,743.321 1,034.38 3,395.885 1,140.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,351,743 6,510.645 1,282.78 5,906.360 1,414.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 234,147 149.407 1,567.17 135.540 1,727.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,702,098 8,730.110 1,340.43 7,919.825 1,477.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 914,393 890.343 1,027.01 807.706 1,132.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 313,825 251.742 1,246.61 228.377 1,374.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,353,974 209,399.702 1,100.07 189,964.268 1,212.62 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 419,125 274.197 1,528.55 248.748 1,684.94 Costa Rica MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 208,139 165.840 1,255.06 150.448 1,383.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 208,139 165.840 1,255.06 150.448 1,383.46 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 109,800 99.207 1,106.77 90.000 1,220.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,079,180 4,652.439 1,091.72 4,220.623 1,203.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,664 6.514 562.42 5.910 619.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 755,240 488.782 1,545.15 443.416 1,703.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,599 100.143 1,623.65 90.849 1,789.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,091 112.605 1,661.47 102.154 1,831.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,297,574 5,459.693 1,153.47 4,952.952 1,271.48 Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,313 3.833 1,124.98 3.478 1,240.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 169,745 86.092 1,971.65 78.102 2,173.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,837,856 8,440.213 2,113.44 7,656.835 2,329.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,027 38.586 1,581.57 35.005 1,743.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,312 23.360 1,297.59 21.192 1,430.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,281 38.730 833.47 35.136 918.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 807,404 574.493 1,405.42 521.172 1,549.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,942,938 9,205.310 2,057.83 8,350.920 2,268.37 Venezuela STANDARD PIPE.........................18 734,377 587.397 1,250.22 532.878 1,378.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,902,852 2,248.019 1,736.13 2,039.370 1,913.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 707,725 537.018 1,317.88 487.175 1,452.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,344,954 3,372.435 1,584.89 3,059.423 1,747.05 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,562 227.391 1,576.85 206.286 1,738.18 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,661 96.590 1,249.21 87.625 1,377.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 35,141 29.435 1,193.85 26.703 1,315.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 155,802 126.025 1,236.28 114.328 1,362.76 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,136,347 74,933.988 922.63 67,978.990 1,017.03 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,912,566 8,155.849 1,092.78 7,398.864 1,204.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,649 5.147 1,485.88 4.670 1,637.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 613,977 422.016 1,454.87 382.847 1,603.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 622,960 599.829 1,038.56 544.156 1,144.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 244,493 100.835 2,424.68 91.476 2,672.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,439,044 1,715.440 2,004.76 1,556.222 2,209.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,662,194 3,872.368 1,978.68 3,512.955 2,181.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 882,166 438.148 2,013.39 397.482 2,219.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 924,043 532.423 1,735.54 483.007 1,913.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 386,421 264.736 1,459.64 240.165 1,608.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,764,203 1,741.673 1,012.94 1,580.020 1,116.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,481 12.189 1,352.08 11.058 1,490.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 94,612,544 92,794.647 1,019.59 84,181.912 1,123.91 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 158,002 79.858 1,978.54 72.446 2,180.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,459,854 3,144.920 1,736.09 2,853.025 1,913.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,491,423 3,506.538 1,566.05 3,181.079 1,726.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 436,764 220.195 1,983.53 199.758 2,186.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 529,304 173.210 3,055.84 157.134 3,368.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,075,347 7,124.723 1,694.85 6,463.442 1,868.25 Sweden STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,846 6.783 861.78 6.154 949.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,935 0.950 13,613.04 0.862 15,005.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,423 3.186 8,291.44 2.891 9,139.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,507 10.785 2,179.60 9.784 2,402.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 283,183 76.780 3,688.22 69.654 4,065.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 226,500 307.617 736.30 279.066 811.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,676 27.768 1,680.91 25.191 1,852.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,841 71.691 4,084.77 65.037 4,502.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 917,911 505.562 1,815.62 458.639 2,001.38 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,937,206 1,837.327 1,598.63 1,666.796 1,762.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,181 57.245 509.75 51.932 561.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,966,387 1,894.572 1,565.73 1,718.728 1,725.92 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 29,479 19.847 1,485.30 18.005 1,637.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,162 0.054 40,027.22 0.049 44,122.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,315 8.665 1,421.19 7.861 1,566.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,956 28.566 1,538.73 25.915 1,696.16 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,039 0.400 17,591.39 0.363 19,391.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,162 0.627 5,041.33 0.569 5,557.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,201 1.027 9,929.39 0.932 10,945.28 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 74,124 66.024 1,122.68 59.896 1,237.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,308,417 1,763.875 1,308.72 1,600.161 1,442.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,466,315 1,288.286 1,138.19 1,168.714 1,254.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,785,107 1,236.325 1,443.88 1,121.576 1,591.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,063,876 631.575 1,684.48 572.956 1,856.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,754 33.327 742.76 30.234 818.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 536,844 363.048 1,478.71 329.352 1,630.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,097 3.849 804.57 3.492 886.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,491 0.006 1,586,212.97 0.006 1,748,500.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 122,764 56.914 2,156.99 51.632 2,377.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 528,329 208.126 2,538.50 188.809 2,798.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 22,799 27.597 826.13 25.036 910.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,019 25.721 1,750.26 23.334 1,929.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 372,887 282.196 1,321.38 256.004 1,456.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 208,217 328.290 634.25 297.820 699.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 563,610 222.932 2,528.16 202.241 2,786.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,136,650 6,538.096 1,397.45 5,931.263 1,540.42 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 11,271 40.077 281.23 36.358 310.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,811 1,466.344 536.58 1,330.246 591.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,291 20.943 2,305.73 19.000 2,541.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,715 12.323 788.31 11.180 868.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 88,855 34.780 2,554.76 31.552 2,816.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 308,016 111.906 2,752.44 101.520 3,034.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,415 0.224 10,739.47 0.204 11,838.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,893,909 8,165.947 721.77 7,408.025 795.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,516,113 16,101.686 715.21 14,607.208 788.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,478,152 2,526.668 980.80 2,292.156 1,081.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,465,013 2,176.801 1,132.40 1,974.762 1,248.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 108,249 81.411 1,329.66 73.855 1,465.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,716,810 30,739.117 771.55 27,886.066 850.49 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,028 16.341 1,286.76 14.825 1,418.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 204,572 142.903 1,431.54 129.640 1,578.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 36,903 16.984 2,172.76 15.408 2,395.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 172,416 68.541 2,515.49 62.180 2,772.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 401,102 172.273 2,328.29 156.284 2,566.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 146,876 141.922 1,034.90 128.750 1,140.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,291,577 1,144.353 1,128.65 1,038.140 1,244.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 852,754 628.317 1,357.20 570.000 1,496.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,127,228 2,331.637 1,341.22 2,115.227 1,478.44 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,028,999 9,574.306 1,465.28 8,685.667 1,615.19 STEEL PILING...........................5 16,306,069 10,587.216 1,540.17 9,604.564 1,697.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 111,808 97.741 1,143.91 88.670 1,260.95 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 381,311 361.943 1,053.51 328.350 1,161.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 298,230 247.754 1,203.73 224.759 1,326.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 847,498 898.692 943.03 815.280 1,039.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 301,899 323.032 934.58 293.050 1,030.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,275,814 22,090.687 1,461.06 20,040.340 1,610.54 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 591,682 587.258 1,007.53 532.752 1,110.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 171,953 114.729 1,498.77 104.081 1,652.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,054 84.195 1,580.30 76.381 1,741.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,317,893 692.908 1,901.97 628.596 2,096.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,157,152 765.860 1,510.92 694.777 1,665.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 184,567 107.770 1,712.59 97.768 1,887.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 343,397 157.936 2,174.27 143.278 2,396.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,200,765 1,248.362 961.87 1,132.496 1,060.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,498 2.879 2,256.85 2.612 2,487.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 196,258 34.360 5,711.79 31.171 6,296.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,371,421 3,873.379 1,386.75 3,513.872 1,528.63 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,899,060 10,498.799 1,133.37 9,524.353 1,249.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,242,697 2,059.407 1,089.00 1,868.264 1,200.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,480,198 1,756.574 1,411.95 1,593.538 1,556.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,665,805 884.625 1,883.06 802.519 2,075.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,114,641 4,989.687 624.22 4,526.570 688.08 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 125,812 73.275 1,716.98 66.474 1,892.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,738,676 2,099.785 1,304.26 1,904.894 1,437.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 367,103 265.412 1,383.14 240.778 1,524.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,827,812 2,898.967 1,665.36 2,629.900 1,835.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,636,350 3,450.339 1,633.56 3,130.096 1,800.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,929,704 3,592.368 2,207.37 3,258.943 2,433.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,990,673 3,014.933 2,318.68 2,735.102 2,555.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 730,133 352.845 2,069.27 320.096 2,280.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,372,404 1,422.479 2,370.79 1,290.452 2,613.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,290,257 3,599.895 2,302.92 3,265.771 2,538.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,515 6.200 2,502.22 5.625 2,758.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 45,489 8.999 5,054.75 8.164 5,571.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,314,536 701.353 1,874.29 636.257 2,066.05 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,280,293 6,848.506 917.03 6,212.862 1,010.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,144,107 1,279.153 894.42 1,160.429 985.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 539,994 725.014 744.80 657.722 821.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 213,310 297.112 717.94 269.536 791.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 727,669 669.821 1,086.36 607.652 1,197.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,443,861 2,266.219 1,078.39 2,055.880 1,188.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,060,084 958.139 2,150.09 869.210 2,370.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,651,840 1,934.872 1,887.38 1,755.287 2,080.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,848,023 56,654.788 1,427.03 51,396.374 1,573.03 Austria BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,363 7.826 2,601.83 7.100 2,868.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,102,862 8,370.243 2,043.29 7,593.359 2,252.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,893 8.890 5,949.63 8.065 6,558.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 148,932 60.185 2,474.57 54.599 2,727.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 930,030 678.244 1,371.23 615.293 1,511.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 152,546 47.797 3,191.52 43.361 3,518.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,407,626 9,173.186 2,006.68 8,321.777 2,211.98 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,113 8.818 1,713.79 8.000 1,889.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 16,065 8.315 1,931.86 7.544 2,129.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 407,554 523.702 778.22 475.095 857.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,062 1.046 1,971.14 0.949 2,172.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,443,428 2,781.544 1,956.98 2,523.375 2,157.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,658,803 1,950.864 1,362.88 1,769.795 1,502.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,030,227 442.499 2,328.20 401.429 2,566.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 584,277 332.444 1,757.52 301.589 1,937.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,157,529 6,049.235 1,679.14 5,487.776 1,850.94 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 29,527 25.729 1,147.61 23.341 1,265.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 337,790 198.918 1,698.13 180.456 1,871.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 902,063 648.879 1,390.19 588.654 1,532.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 585,011 267.121 2,190.05 242.329 2,414.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,766 18.095 1,147.58 16.416 1,264.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,875,157 1,158.744 1,618.27 1,051.196 1,783.83 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,652 2.006 1,321.90 1.820 1,457.14 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,071 12.886 3,342.46 11.690 3,684.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 387,468 203.761 1,901.58 184.849 2,096.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,609 0.146 31,437.71 0.133 34,654.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,126,325 391.527 2,876.74 355.188 3,171.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,371 1.679 4,982.97 1.524 5,492.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 94,157 41.644 2,260.99 37.779 2,492.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,664,001 651.645 2,553.54 591.163 2,814.79 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 158,563 165.697 956.94 150.318 1,054.85 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 25,701 17.306 1,485.07 15.700 1,637.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,236,366 977.981 2,286.72 887.210 2,520.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 209,255 127.491 1,641.33 115.658 1,809.26 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 755,680 443.831 1,702.63 402.637 1,876.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 532,321 270.903 1,964.98 245.760 2,166.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,917,886 2,003.211 1,955.80 1,817.283 2,155.90 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,243,566 44,505.806 881.76 40,375.000 971.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,069,704 11,778.844 1,194.49 10,685.591 1,316.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,648,843 12,645.711 1,000.25 11,472.000 1,102.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,652 5.394 1,233.06 4.894 1,359.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,053 1.633 11,663.02 1.482 12,856.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,442,836 1,231.964 1,171.17 1,117.620 1,290.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 664,825 806.038 824.81 731.226 909.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,046,170 7,718.618 912.88 7,002.215 1,006.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,141,649 78,694.013 954.86 71,390.028 1,052.55 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 219,207 183.514 1,194.49 166.482 1,316.70 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,422,597 58,983.529 888.77 53,508.973 979.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,305 14.380 1,481.49 13.046 1,633.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,224,010 674.344 1,815.11 611.755 2,000.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,356,633 3,925.499 1,619.32 3,561.154 1,784.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,312,177 981.642 1,336.72 890.531 1,473.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,530,849 3,883.573 1,166.67 3,523.120 1,286.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 184,353 140.217 1,314.77 127.203 1,449.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,051,924 68,603.187 962.81 62,235.782 1,061.32 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,605,869 2,152.634 746.00 1,952.838 822.33 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 73,396 44.995 1,631.20 40.819 1,798.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 203,517 136.383 1,492.24 123.725 1,644.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 232,003 82.182 2,823.01 74.555 3,111.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,396,472 2,948.689 2,169.26 2,675.007 2,391.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 707,077 403.394 1,752.82 365.953 1,932.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,020,635 909.071 2,222.75 824.696 2,450.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 354,375 422.428 838.90 383.221 924.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,593,344 7,099.780 1,632.92 6,440.814 1,799.98 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 177,352 172.136 1,030.30 156.160 1,135.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 90,063 39.031 2,307.43 35.409 2,543.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,871 18.795 1,057.22 17.051 1,165.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 16,725 6.299 2,654.89 5.715 2,926.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 40,341 14.479 2,785.99 13.136 3,071.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 324,668 193.043 1,681.84 175.126 1,853.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 434,089 170.139 2,551.37 154.348 2,812.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,366,074 2,703.090 2,355.11 2,452.203 2,596.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,377,662 4,858.809 1,930.03 4,407.839 2,127.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 246,977 95.378 2,589.44 86.526 2,854.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 828,866 354.461 2,338.38 321.562 2,577.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,474 1.402 2,477.64 1.272 2,731.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,322 2.247 1,922.93 2.039 2,119.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 170,587 86.464 1,972.92 78.439 2,174.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 98,090 26.307 3,728.56 23.866 4,110.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,199,161 8,742.087 2,081.79 7,930.691 2,294.78 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,900,750 8,646.681 1,723.29 7,844.140 1,899.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,836 39.211 1,500.48 35.572 1,654.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,959,586 8,685.893 1,722.29 7,879.712 1,898.49 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 86,330 22.359 3,861.04 20.284 4,256.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,038,203 793.242 1,308.81 719.618 1,442.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,044,741 1,748.622 1,741.22 1,586.324 1,919.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,579,424 2,125.540 1,213.54 1,928.258 1,337.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 44,860 27.842 1,611.22 25.258 1,776.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,360,755 3,438.609 1,558.99 3,119.455 1,718.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 935,409 415.312 2,252.30 376.765 2,482.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,089,722 8,571.528 1,527.12 7,775.962 1,683.36 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 17,593,662 20,404.856 862.23 18,510.980 950.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 68,504,343 48,561.473 1,410.67 44,054.240 1,555.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 402,302 388.047 1,036.73 352.031 1,142.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,257 2.201 1,025.30 1.997 1,130.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,806,947 20,911.776 899.35 18,970.850 991.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 206,810 77.323 2,674.60 70.147 2,948.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 18,616,959 16,582.560 1,122.68 15,043.450 1,237.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 78,891 40.130 1,965.85 36.406 2,166.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,179 14.455 634.97 13.114 699.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,221,350 106,982.826 1,161.13 97,053.215 1,279.93 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,335,131 2,121.805 1,100.54 1,924.870 1,213.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,292,662 244.411 5,288.89 221.726 5,830.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 274,644 263.803 1,041.09 239.319 1,147.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,070,196 738.381 1,449.38 669.849 1,597.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,972,633 3,368.402 1,476.26 3,055.764 1,627.30 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,300,148 1,467.041 886.24 1,330.878 976.91 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 77,494,939 79,164.981 978.90 71,817.283 1,079.06 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 44,635 40.168 1,111.20 36.440 1,224.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 234,088 194.309 1,204.71 176.275 1,327.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,561 0.675 6,749.87 0.613 7,440.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,344 6.717 10,769.51 6.094 11,871.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,662,734 9,041.251 1,068.74 8,202.088 1,178.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,921,781 1,658.670 1,761.52 1,504.721 1,941.74 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 86,915,470 71,763.652 1,211.13 65,102.909 1,335.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 225,586 172.868 1,304.95 156.824 1,438.47 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,350,663 2,332.612 1,007.74 2,116.111 1,110.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,675,307 1,948.511 1,373.00 1,767.660 1,513.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 32,700 21.495 1,521.28 19.500 1,676.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 916,271 642.451 1,426.21 582.822 1,572.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,368,537 1,210.028 1,131.00 1,097.720 1,246.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,249,561 45,625.515 1,210.94 41,390.783 1,334.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,803,274 5,955.306 1,310.31 5,402.565 1,444.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 182,722 81.756 2,234.96 74.168 2,463.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 248,155,173 219,860.973 1,128.69 199,454.576 1,244.17 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,345,454 2,128.844 1,101.75 1,931.256 1,214.47 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,910,703 43,444.468 1,033.75 39,412.170 1,139.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,634,408 23,048.776 982.02 20,909.504 1,082.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,315,776 855.899 1,537.30 776.459 1,694.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,102,059 2,283.739 920.45 2,071.774 1,014.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,049,553 1,136.247 923.70 1,030.787 1,018.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,004 156.722 1,135.79 142.176 1,252.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,265,595 9,750.314 950.29 8,845.339 1,047.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 237,457 162.030 1,465.50 146.992 1,615.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,693,555 80,838.198 1,010.58 73,335.201 1,113.97 Vietnam STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 62,012 34.425 1,801.36 31.230 1,985.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,813,266 1,699.023 1,067.24 1,541.329 1,176.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,620 22.720 1,215.62 20.612 1,340.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,806 20.635 1,589.80 18.720 1,752.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,625,454 1,666.749 975.22 1,512.050 1,075.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,561,158 3,443.554 1,034.15 3,123.941 1,139.96 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 95,167 115.744 822.21 105.002 906.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,189 20.938 1,394.04 18.995 1,536.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 313,432 307.502 1,019.28 278.962 1,123.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,693 21.033 888.74 19.081 979.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 783,405 541.007 1,448.05 490.794 1,596.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,659 45.404 807.39 41.190 890.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,276,545 1,051.631 1,213.87 954.024 1,338.06 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 745,722 712.513 1,046.61 646.382 1,153.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,137 22.554 2,754.99 20.461 3,036.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 807,859 735.068 1,099.03 666.843 1,211.47 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,448 38.602 1,047.80 35.020 1,155.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,213,286 13,880.952 1,095.98 12,592.592 1,208.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 247,097 146.329 1,688.63 132.748 1,861.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 62,820 29.167 2,153.79 26.460 2,374.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,050 3.262 3,386.62 2.960 3,733.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 575,577 506.762 1,135.79 459.727 1,252.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 217,112 227.847 952.88 206.700 1,050.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,484,696 1,074.833 1,381.33 975.073 1,522.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 256,040 266.467 960.87 241.735 1,059.18 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 915,700 739.248 1,238.69 670.635 1,365.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,712,315 10,246.519 1,435.84 9,295.489 1,582.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 343,942,083 274,001.791 1,255.25 248,570.313 1,383.68 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 13,276,342 14,770.851 898.82 13,399.895 990.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,023,706 36,986.063 1,082.13 33,553.202 1,192.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,418,207 3,960.401 1,115.60 3,592.817 1,229.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,018,002 11,947.210 1,508.13 10,838.330 1,662.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,634,433 1,125.657 1,451.98 1,021.180 1,600.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 404,909 196.337 2,062.32 178.114 2,273.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,662,363 1,209.391 1,374.54 1,097.142 1,515.18 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 347,635 287.837 1,207.75 261.122 1,331.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,392,976 10,545.545 1,270.01 9,566.761 1,399.95 BLACK PLATE...........................28 189,954 171.770 1,105.86 155.828 1,219.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 620,642 763.336 813.07 692.487 896.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,650,994 31,427.710 1,007.10 28,510.747 1,110.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,162,649 42,251.441 1,021.57 38,329.874 1,126.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,231,972 965.128 1,276.49 875.550 1,407.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,687,811 16,434.208 1,137.13 14,908.867 1,253.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,216 3.108 1,356.27 2.820 1,495.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 566,449,562 474,251.466 1,194.41 430,233.814 1,316.61 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 2,482,435 3,384.816 733.40 3,070.655 808.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,380,186 3,164.578 1,068.13 2,870.858 1,177.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,979,361 9,715.852 1,130.05 8,814.076 1,245.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,334,579 6,628.102 653.97 6,012.915 720.88 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 34,979 23.439 1,492.31 21.264 1,644.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 265,459 225.090 1,179.34 204.199 1,300.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,202,372 1,215.798 988.96 1,102.954 1,090.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 143,285 111.228 1,288.20 100.905 1,420.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 297,265 274.786 1,081.80 249.282 1,192.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,115,373 12,813.501 1,023.56 11,624.216 1,128.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 49,901,977 36,548.563 1,365.36 33,156.308 1,505.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,606,041 12,565.686 1,162.38 11,399.402 1,281.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,972,343 3,406.708 872.50 3,090.515 961.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 11,282,145 11,907.551 947.48 10,802.352 1,044.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 914,578 663.683 1,378.03 602.084 1,519.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 251,874 199.494 1,262.56 180.978 1,391.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,337,807 10,121.980 922.53 9,182.509 1,016.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,360 233.178 1,129.44 211.536 1,244.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,581,372 1,038.099 1,523.33 941.748 1,679.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,933,871 3,743.988 1,050.72 3,396.490 1,158.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 726,293 588.424 1,234.30 533.810 1,360.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,463,651 66,828.357 844.91 60,625.683 931.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,332,684 3,479.823 957.72 3,156.844 1,055.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,590,020 6,918.985 1,096.98 6,276.800 1,209.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,535,212 1,693.403 1,497.11 1,536.230 1,650.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 31,309,835 26,939.812 1,162.21 24,439.394 1,281.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,781,311 1,276.156 1,395.84 1,157.710 1,538.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 235,019,668 225,711.093 1,041.24 204,761.717 1,147.77 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,000 0.413 12,095.80 0.375 13,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,000 0.413 12,095.80 0.375 13,333.33 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 104,245 81.486 1,279.30 73.923 1,410.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 42,060 20.028 2,099.96 18.170 2,314.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,496 1.797 3,613.17 1.631 3,982.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,666 10.511 824.42 9.536 908.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,080 0.970 11,422.28 0.880 12,590.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,804,613 4,482.837 1,071.78 4,066.763 1,181.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,192,588 919.987 1,296.31 834.599 1,428.94 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 41,818 39.632 1,055.14 35.954 1,163.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,008,851 1,060.210 951.56 961.807 1,048.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,368,646 4,611.590 947.32 4,183.566 1,044.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 359,043 190.671 1,883.05 172.974 2,075.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 87,023 51.235 1,698.49 46.480 1,872.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 684,069 429.094 1,594.22 389.268 1,757.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 125,325 108.210 1,158.16 98.167 1,276.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,249,795 4,257.299 998.24 3,862.158 1,100.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,978,711 22,727.580 1,231.05 20,618.120 1,357.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,824,173 1,732.783 1,052.74 1,571.955 1,160.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 24,099,012 19,292.626 1,249.13 17,501.981 1,376.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 312,573 184.893 1,690.55 167.733 1,863.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,308,787 60,203.448 1,184.46 54,615.665 1,305.65 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 220,964 313.250 705.39 284.176 777.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,350,782 9,091.232 808.56 8,247.430 891.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,203,024 1,246.685 964.98 1,130.974 1,063.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 425,743 460.743 924.03 417.980 1,018.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,871,689 7,414.073 791.97 6,725.936 872.99 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 559,195 630.230 887.29 571.736 978.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,436,688 2,429.573 1,002.93 2,204.073 1,105.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,408,399 12,927.702 959.83 11,727.818 1,058.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 331,004 181.394 1,824.78 164.558 2,011.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,056,068 4,114.152 1,228.95 3,732.297 1,354.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,928,724 9,828.706 1,824.12 8,916.455 2,010.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,522,508 4,485.910 1,231.08 4,069.551 1,357.03 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,325 17.771 524.72 16.122 578.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,139,950 4,079.414 1,014.84 3,700.784 1,118.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,120,119 898.190 2,360.43 814.825 2,601.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 949,454 238.678 3,977.95 216.526 4,384.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,010,483 734.336 1,376.05 666.179 1,516.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,571,774 1,908.037 1,347.86 1,730.943 1,485.76 BLACK PLATE...........................28 286,395 325.828 878.97 295.587 968.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 175,588 184.758 950.37 167.610 1,047.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 671,430 807.819 831.16 732.842 916.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 950,908 984.843 965.54 893.435 1,064.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 197,601 182.873 1,080.53 165.900 1,191.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,249,446 4,187.766 1,253.52 3,799.079 1,381.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,693,743 2,207.652 1,673.15 2,002.749 1,844.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 331,616 281.701 1,177.19 255.555 1,297.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,672,620 70,163.329 1,164.04 63,651.120 1,283.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,460 8.444 1,238.63 7.661 1,365.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 87,292 24.631 3,543.97 22.345 3,906.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 208,609 191.724 1,088.06 173.930 1,199.38 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 375,978 575.653 653.13 522.224 719.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,586 2.806 2,703.03 2.546 2,979.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,288 41.493 1,043.26 37.642 1,149.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 75,606 50.322 1,502.42 45.652 1,656.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,302 20.558 1,425.33 18.650 1,571.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,877,455 75,397.664 966.57 68,399.630 1,065.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,664 26.565 1,078.99 24.100 1,189.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 214,716 230.472 931.63 209.081 1,026.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,772 46.173 536.50 41.888 591.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,983,728 76,616.510 965.64 69,505.349 1,064.43 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 751,000 759.582 988.70 689.082 1,089.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,729 20.723 1,482.81 18.800 1,634.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,840,776 2,742.075 1,035.99 2,487.570 1,141.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 418,271 388.432 1,076.82 352.380 1,186.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,040,776 3,910.814 1,033.23 3,547.832 1,138.94 South Africa STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 24,008 15.377 1,561.27 13.950 1,721.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,256 81.112 1,199.03 73.584 1,321.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,383,323 1,299.600 1,064.42 1,178.978 1,173.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,240,153 3,289.195 1,289.12 2,983.909 1,421.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,860,534 2,378.004 1,202.91 2,157.290 1,325.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,857,300 2,696.397 688.81 2,446.131 759.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 130,025 206.510 629.63 187.343 694.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 949,563 766.838 1,238.28 695.664 1,364.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,542,162 10,733.035 1,075.39 9,736.849 1,185.41 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,228 0.922 4,582.53 0.837 5,051.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 49,051 10.525 4,660.00 9.549 5,136.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 65,624 18.160 3,613.54 16.475 3,983.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 584,458 66.689 8,763.83 60.500 9,660.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 37,554 1.319 28,461.51 1.197 31,373.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 57,716 36.616 1,576.23 33.218 1,737.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 136,651 28.306 4,827.59 25.679 5,321.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,427,999 1,682.288 9,765.27 1,526.147 10,764.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 796,466 141.545 5,626.92 128.408 6,202.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 102,000 30.000 3,399.94 27.216 3,747.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 82,470 14.219 5,799.65 12.900 6,393.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 26,381 2.067 12,757.17 1.876 14,062.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,370,598 2,032.663 9,037.70 1,844.002 9,962.35 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 42,968 21.484 2,000.00 19.490 2,204.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,481 13.982 1,750.79 12.685 1,929.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,630 0.554 10,153.98 0.503 11,192.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 518,839 118.658 4,372.55 107.645 4,819.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,037 4.062 3,209.49 3.685 3,537.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,587,971 6,442.710 3,040.33 5,844.730 3,351.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,853,096 898.715 3,174.64 815.301 3,499.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,046,022 7,500.167 3,072.73 6,804.039 3,387.11 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,358 0.174 197,272.54 0.158 217,455.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,358 0.174 197,272.54 0.158 217,455.70 Chile INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,271 20.598 3,605.58 18.687 3,974.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 214,336 148.097 1,447.26 134.352 1,595.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 288,607 168.696 1,710.81 153.039 1,885.84 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,603 2.568 9,189.82 2.330 10,130.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 87,179 2.763 31,546.66 2.507 34,774.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,338 2.892 4,265.57 2.624 4,701.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,236 2.459 6,195.37 2.231 6,829.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,136,138 1,384.663 3,709.30 1,256.146 4,088.81 Uruguay STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 404,325 113.508 3,562.08 102.973 3,926.51 Argentina STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 61,442 11.013 5,578.95 9.991 6,149.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,442 11.013 5,578.95 9.991 6,149.73 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,189,829 1,848.674 4,971.04 1,677.090 5,479.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 777,551 134.937 5,762.32 122.413 6,351.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,010,868 557.782 5,397.92 506.012 5,950.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,966,877 867.496 5,725.53 786.980 6,311.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,226,315 924.691 4,570.51 838.866 5,038.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 599,342 76.024 7,883.57 68.968 8,690.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,458,756 239.514 14,440.69 217.284 15,918.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,499,291 90.365 16,591.46 81.978 18,288.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 98,706 20.900 4,722.57 18.961 5,205.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,061,885 531.593 5,759.82 482.254 6,349.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,855,316 197.856 9,377.10 179.492 10,336.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,744,736 5,489.837 5,964.61 4,980.298 6,574.85 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,732 0.260 41,253.85 0.236 45,474.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 941,666 3.826 246,115.03 3.471 271,295.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 952,398 4.086 233,072.88 3.707 256,918.80 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 348,065 71.761 4,850.30 65.101 5,346.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 273,013 62.401 4,375.08 56.610 4,822.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,066,844 204.696 5,211.82 185.698 5,745.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 538,163 97.477 5,520.90 88.430 6,085.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,563,926 291.715 5,361.13 264.640 5,909.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,790,011 728.053 5,205.68 660.479 5,738.28 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,912 6.876 4,495.50 6.238 4,955.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 88,087 6.676 13,193.20 6.057 14,543.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,670 2.181 3,974.38 1.979 4,381.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 127,669 15.734 8,114.01 14.274 8,944.16 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,063,463 3,782.674 2,924.77 3,431.586 3,224.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,533,435 580.856 4,361.55 526.944 4,807.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,455 0.591 9,215.45 0.537 10,158.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 83,637 13.077 6,395.33 11.864 7,049.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,001,325 191.461 5,229.90 173.691 5,764.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,786 2.534 8,991.35 2.299 9,911.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,092,379 94.899 11,510.96 86.091 12,688.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 691,193 26.165 26,416.14 23.737 29,118.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 56,663 5.413 10,467.08 4.911 11,537.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,140,973 19.364 58,921.48 17.567 64,949.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,434 28.981 8,365.00 26.292 9,220.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 237,066 28.236 8,395.64 25.616 9,254.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 642,486 85.342 7,528.37 77.421 8,298.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,813,295 4,859.599 3,871.37 4,408.556 4,267.45 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 141,761 25.901 5,473.19 23.497 6,033.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,009 58.378 4,642.28 52.960 5,117.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 412,770 84.279 4,897.64 76.457 5,398.72 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,219 4.144 5,119.56 3.760 5,643.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,100 7.582 5,683.92 6.879 6,265.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 66,433 11.620 5,716.85 10.542 6,301.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 20,478 2.221 9,219.52 2.015 10,162.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,276 0.573 3,970.68 0.520 4,376.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 153,506 26.142 5,871.92 23.716 6,472.68 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,654,694 422.693 6,280.43 383.461 6,922.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 152,249 26.554 5,733.42 24.090 6,320.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,097 0.259 11,955.54 0.235 13,178.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,242 1.171 10,447.56 1.063 11,516.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,040,118 581.344 5,229.46 527.387 5,764.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 45,637 3.615 12,622.32 3.280 13,913.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,908,037 1,035.638 5,704.73 939.516 6,288.38 France WIRE RODS..............................3 575,802 137.696 4,181.68 124.916 4,609.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,370,256 579.167 2,365.91 525.412 2,607.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,035,453 140.519 7,368.76 127.477 8,122.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 418,668 103.686 4,037.82 94.063 4,450.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,056,403 224.860 9,145.24 203.990 10,080.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 199,774 20.185 9,896.90 18.312 10,909.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,177 6.913 1,472.01 6.272 1,622.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,671,679 2,035.865 2,785.88 1,846.907 3,070.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,570,796 449.693 3,493.04 407.955 3,850.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,909,008 3,698.588 3,490.25 3,355.304 3,847.34 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 966,904 180.161 5,366.87 163.440 5,915.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 537,367 174.105 3,086.44 157.946 3,402.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,151,698 479.989 4,482.81 435.439 4,941.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,566,214 595.727 4,307.70 540.435 4,748.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 394,087 85.490 4,609.70 77.556 5,081.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,668,781 683.385 6,831.84 619.957 7,530.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 80,891 3.728 21,698.14 3.382 23,918.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,412,961 182.372 18,714.18 165.446 20,628.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 461,222 38.263 12,053.86 34.712 13,287.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 204,932 82.101 2,496.09 74.481 2,751.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,578,132 594.442 4,337.06 539.269 4,780.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 149,911 29.235 5,127.71 26.522 5,652.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 792,891 89.828 8,826.73 81.491 9,729.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,965,991 3,218.831 5,892.20 2,920.076 6,495.03 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,048 1.595 6,926.45 1.447 7,635.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 363,791 49.587 7,336.35 44.985 8,086.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 143,012 11.664 12,260.29 10.582 13,514.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,149,985 115.135 9,988.12 104.449 11,010.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,853 2.299 7,329.24 2.086 8,079.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 347,857 62.042 5,606.76 56.284 6,180.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,032,546 242.324 8,387.71 219.833 9,245.86 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,985 13.194 5,000.89 11.970 5,512.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,442,308 1,203.080 12,835.63 1,091.417 14,148.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,508,293 1,216.275 12,750.64 1,103.387 14,055.17 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 525,919 64.251 8,185.32 58.288 9,022.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 145,397 2.204 65,950.99 2.000 72,698.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,785 6.450 9,112.93 5.852 10,045.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 730,101 72.906 10,014.16 66.140 11,038.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 476,888 83.509 5,710.55 75.759 6,294.80 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 208,356 59.502 3,501.62 53.980 3,859.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 761,975 156.825 4,858.74 142.270 5,355.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,468,977 407.017 6,066.02 369.240 6,686.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,672,645 164.394 10,174.60 149.136 11,215.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,111,953 787.740 6,489.39 714.626 7,153.33 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,153,224 201.445 5,724.75 182.748 6,310.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,947 7.487 4,934.16 6.793 5,438.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,051,888 401.512 12,582.15 364.246 13,869.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,266 2.394 18,488.70 2.172 20,380.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,098,319 364.212 3,015.60 330.408 3,324.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,384,644 977.052 7,558.09 886.367 8,331.36 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 400,550 79.807 5,018.96 72.400 5,532.46 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,792,806 997.950 3,800.59 905.326 4,189.44 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,232,890 1,076.034 4,863.13 976.162 5,360.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 141,114 20.515 6,878.54 18.611 7,582.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 262,437 94.226 2,785.17 85.481 3,070.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 861,891 171.561 5,023.80 155.638 5,537.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 104,528 26.153 3,996.72 23.726 4,405.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,584,570 934.151 7,048.72 847.448 7,769.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,345 0.094 24,736.61 0.086 27,267.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 528,711 49.821 10,612.18 45.197 11,697.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 527,349 92.938 5,674.20 84.312 6,254.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,857 9.325 4,381.19 8.460 4,829.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 511,232 116.426 4,391.04 105.620 4,840.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 134,535 47.667 2,822.38 43.243 3,111.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,725,265 3,636.865 5,148.74 3,299.310 5,675.51 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,646,379 298.487 5,515.75 270.783 6,080.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,824 4.172 3,073.64 3.785 3,388.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 228,399 64.502 3,540.91 58.516 3,903.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,887,602 367.162 5,141.06 333.084 5,667.04 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,100 3.273 37,906.28 2.970 41,784.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,328,215 263.882 5,033.36 239.390 5,548.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 241,743 50.807 4,758.00 46.092 5,244.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,694,058 317.963 5,327.83 288.452 5,872.93 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 251,622 109.964 2,288.21 99.758 2,522.32 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 296,930 59.605 4,981.61 54.073 5,491.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,001,444 345.325 5,795.82 313.274 6,388.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,215 19.095 4,357.87 17.323 4,803.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,381,589 424.025 5,616.61 384.670 6,191.25 Bahrain SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,348,681 338.414 3,985.29 307.005 4,393.03 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,716 4.181 3,758.85 3.793 4,143.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 405,633 98.536 4,116.57 89.391 4,537.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 348,441 75.475 4,616.63 68.470 5,088.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,789,104 370.970 4,822.76 336.539 5,316.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,742,177 840.364 4,453.04 762.366 4,908.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,087,244 1,893.844 4,270.28 1,718.067 4,707.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,452 4.304 1,034.26 3.905 1,140.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 491,284 93.402 5,259.88 84.733 5,798.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,275,882 1,193.410 4,420.84 1,082.644 4,873.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,361,047 325.553 4,180.72 295.337 4,608.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 777,872 143.206 5,431.81 129.915 5,987.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,298,852 5,043.249 4,421.52 4,575.160 4,873.90 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,524,998 385.307 3,957.87 349.545 4,362.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 215,277 39.996 5,382.43 36.284 5,933.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,115,946 313.314 3,561.75 284.234 3,926.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,856,221 738.617 3,866.98 670.063 4,262.62 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,487,777 755.365 4,617.34 685.256 5,089.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,487,777 755.365 4,617.34 685.256 5,089.74 Singapore OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 100,489 11.686 8,598.58 10.602 9,478.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 139,179 37.416 3,719.69 33.944 4,100.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 239,668 49.103 4,880.87 44.546 5,380.24 Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 199,602 36.692 5,439.84 33.287 5,996.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 199,602 36.692 5,439.84 33.287 5,996.39 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 91,661 5.108 17,944.21 4.634 19,780.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 832,541 374.535 2,222.86 339.773 2,450.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 708,980 155.608 4,556.17 141.166 5,022.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,177,416 596.335 3,651.32 540.987 4,024.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 47,299 11.915 3,969.37 10.810 4,375.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,506 0.440 12,487.40 0.400 13,765.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 336,056 55.214 6,086.34 50.090 6,709.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,434,561 1,730.311 2,562.87 1,569.713 2,825.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 181,280 42.079 4,308.02 38.174 4,748.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 992,925 620.165 1,601.06 562.605 1,764.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,872,578 4,063.903 3,413.61 3,686.712 3,762.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,899,396 470.971 4,032.93 427.258 4,445.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,383,953 495.330 2,794.00 449.356 3,079.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,444,457 6,976.065 3,504.05 6,328.582 3,862.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 156,444 28.909 5,411.56 26.226 5,965.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 199,115 58.690 3,392.64 53.243 3,739.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,764,168 15,685.586 3,300.11 14,229.729 3,637.75 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,591 0.755 3,431.41 0.685 3,782.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,207 0.925 6,703.45 0.840 7,389.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 163,594 26.620 6,145.34 24.150 6,774.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,023,911 1,100.892 5,471.84 998.713 6,031.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,866,685 825.578 5,894.88 748.952 6,497.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,858,016 844.070 3,385.99 765.728 3,732.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,436,288 473.467 3,033.55 429.523 3,343.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,357,292 3,272.310 4,693.10 2,968.591 5,173.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 222,841 32.738 6,806.67 29.700 7,503.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,841 32.738 6,806.67 29.700 7,503.06 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 121,029 12.055 10,038.92 10.937 11,066.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,052,425 530.542 3,868.54 481.300 4,264.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,024,770 1,477.435 3,401.01 1,340.307 3,748.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,916,814 376.998 5,084.41 342.007 5,604.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,208,147 1,791.072 4,024.49 1,624.834 4,436.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,412 2.576 9,864.52 2.337 10,873.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,212,593 2,281.869 4,475.54 2,070.078 4,933.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,303,267 178.545 7,299.35 161.974 8,046.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,440 1.539 3,532.63 1.397 3,894.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,431,053 1,191.604 3,718.56 1,081.006 4,099.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 318,284 135.641 2,346.51 123.052 2,586.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,619,234 7,979.881 4,087.68 7,239.229 4,505.90 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,160 3.807 3,981.74 3.454 4,389.11 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,678 8.958 2,084.95 8.127 2,298.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 295,028 63.817 4,623.02 57.894 5,096.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,484,691 426.772 5,822.04 387.162 6,417.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 518,191 116.062 4,464.76 105.290 4,921.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 161,273 29.357 5,493.35 26.633 6,055.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,118,578 3,103.270 4,549.58 2,815.240 5,015.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 78,751 15.660 5,028.63 14.207 5,543.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,788,662 693.871 8,342.55 629.470 9,196.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,247,461 156.102 7,991.29 141.614 8,808.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,693,411 1,187.102 1,426.51 1,076.922 1,572.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 881,713 227.521 3,875.30 206.404 4,271.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 15,464 7.098 2,178.37 6.440 2,401.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,077,043 210.939 9,846.64 191.361 10,854.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,394,104 6,250.343 4,702.80 5,670.218 5,183.95 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,029,421 577.681 1,781.99 524.064 1,964.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 604,742 355.932 1,699.03 322.897 1,872.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,181,510 678.486 1,741.39 615.513 1,919.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 816,375 350.294 2,330.54 317.782 2,568.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,632,048 1,962.395 1,850.82 1,780.256 2,040.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/10/08 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 362,124,510 80,831.977 4,479.97 73,329.557 4,938.32