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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 196,876 316.844 621.36 287.437 684.94 Mexico 10,289 25.775 399.18 23.383 440.02 Sweden 14,471 18.739 772.23 17.000 851.24 United Kingdom 10,640 2.404 4,425.70 2.181 4,878.50 Federal Republic of Germany 64,618 17.191 3,758.69 15.596 4,143.24 Italy 7,291,896 1,953.052 3,733.59 1,771.780 4,115.58 India 16,043 6.784 2,364.58 6.155 2,606.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,604,833 2,340.792 3,248.83 2,123.532 3,581.22 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 84,771,190 98,651.903 859.30 89,495.527 947.21 Mexico 210,385,857 223,407.643 941.71 202,672.062 1,038.06 Brazil 70,867,960 74,279.972 954.07 67,385.677 1,051.68 Sweden 15,936,656 3,266.463 4,878.87 2,963.287 5,378.03 United Kingdom 19,527,712 7,805.223 2,501.88 7,080.782 2,757.85 Belgium 3,233,775 2,104.619 1,536.51 1,909.279 1,693.72 France 1,905,293 191.504 9,949.08 173.730 10,966.98 Federal Republic of Germany 651,029 468.272 1,390.28 424.810 1,532.52 Czech Republic 221,420 47.617 4,649.96 43.198 5,125.70 Switzerland 385,100 289.272 1,331.27 262.424 1,467.47 Russia 45,300,800 44,583.905 1,016.08 40,445.850 1,120.04 Ukraine 113,034,435 135,306.270 835.40 122,747.818 920.87 Spain 2,443,115 481.087 5,078.32 436.435 5,597.89 Italy 4,653,247 1,124.659 4,137.47 1,020.274 4,560.78 Slovenia 263,288 116.359 2,262.70 105.560 2,494.20 India 166,198 35.515 4,679.61 32.219 5,158.38 China 669,063 230.173 2,906.78 208.810 3,204.17 Taiwan 23,950 1.342 17,838.33 1.218 19,663.38 Japan 22,204,547 24,919.728 891.04 22,606.804 982.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 596,644,635 617,311.536 966.52 560,015.764 1,065.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 27,494,570 27,241.336 1,009.30 24,712.932 1,112.56 Mexico 1,328,972 1,442.811 921.10 1,308.897 1,015.34 Brazil 18,735,344 16,519.740 1,134.12 14,986.461 1,250.15 Sweden 1,139,195 308.813 3,688.94 280.151 4,066.36 Finland 30,215 20.316 1,487.20 18.431 1,639.36 United Kingdom 3,001,479 1,826.097 1,643.66 1,656.608 1,811.82 Netherlands 1,090,089 949.144 1,148.50 861.050 1,266.00 France 896,857 215.265 4,166.28 195.286 4,592.53 Federal Republic of Germany 4,321,875 3,311.874 1,304.96 3,004.483 1,438.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 34,097 5.060 6,737.59 4.591 7,426.92 Italy 251,418 71.965 3,493.59 65.286 3,851.02 China 56,722,489 59,059.428 960.43 53,577.827 1,058.69 Korea, South 219,413 769.171 285.26 697.781 314.44 Taiwan 2,831,739 792.768 3,571.96 719.188 3,937.41 Japan 5,306,319 5,708.943 929.47 5,179.068 1,024.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,404,071 118,242.740 1,043.65 107,268.040 1,150.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,574,094 7,472.759 1,147.38 6,779.175 1,264.77 Mexico 4,953,854 5,270.409 939.94 4,781.236 1,036.10 Brazil 32,676 10.411 3,138.50 9.445 3,459.61 Norway 1,372,074 944.217 1,453.13 856.580 1,601.80 United Kingdom 9,763,590 8,981.743 1,087.05 8,148.103 1,198.27 Netherlands 2,657 5.423 489.92 4.920 540.04 Luxembourg 9,723,514 6,416.252 1,515.45 5,820.728 1,670.50 France 7,387 4.939 1,495.51 4.481 1,648.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,742,943 1,086.549 1,604.11 985.701 1,768.23 Poland 30,759 17.619 1,745.75 15.984 1,924.36 Spain 11,947 6.860 1,741.35 6.224 1,919.51 Italy 238,371 55.832 4,269.43 50.650 4,706.24 India 595,496 141.818 4,198.99 128.656 4,628.59 Vietnam 82,089 35.494 2,312.73 32.200 2,549.35 China 297,408 195.933 1,517.90 177.748 1,673.20 Korea, South 2,929,061 2,603.683 1,124.97 2,362.023 1,240.06 Taiwan 21,162 10.786 1,961.97 9.785 2,162.70 Japan 61,513 13.983 4,398.84 12.686 4,848.89 South Africa 154,787 124.832 1,239.96 113.246 1,366.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,595,382 33,399.550 1,215.45 30,299.571 1,339.80 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 531,894 370.420 1,435.92 336.040 1,582.83 Luxembourg 10,828,489 6,675.543 1,622.11 6,055.953 1,788.07 China 27,448 7.223 3,799.85 6.553 4,188.62 Korea, South 2,400 3.647 657.98 3.309 725.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,390,231 7,056.835 1,614.07 6,401.855 1,779.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 42,559,919 26,918.552 1,581.06 24,420.107 1,742.82 Mexico 2,065 2.243 920.56 2.035 1,014.74 Brazil 2,186,512 1,022.274 2,138.87 927.392 2,357.70 Sweden 7,885,543 3,447.280 2,287.47 3,127.321 2,521.50 Finland 1,072,504 558.574 1,920.07 506.730 2,116.52 United Kingdom 837,904 617.407 1,357.13 560.103 1,495.98 Belgium 4,587,134 959.396 4,781.27 870.350 5,270.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 6,711,198 1,526.518 4,396.41 1,384.835 4,846.21 Federal Republic of Germany 13,344,498 5,511.021 2,421.42 4,999.516 2,669.16 Austria 3,413,679 2,148.581 1,588.81 1,949.161 1,751.36 Czech Republic 2,085 1.906 1,093.34 1.730 1,205.20 Slovakia 5,026 4.596 1,093.41 4.170 1,205.28 Poland 606,271 298.003 2,034.44 270.344 2,242.59 Russia 7,379,140 6,366.445 1,159.07 5,775.544 1,277.65 Ukraine 49,567,230 37,497.574 1,321.88 34,017.237 1,457.12 Spain 435,013 171.846 2,531.40 155.897 2,790.39 Italy 211,986 44.254 4,790.16 40.147 5,280.25 Slovenia 818,573 150.588 5,435.81 136.612 5,991.96 Thailand 5,690,215 4,655.726 1,222.20 4,223.605 1,347.24 Indonesia 3,200 2.204 1,451.50 2.000 1,600.00 China 4,991,075 1,741.663 2,865.69 1,580.011 3,158.89 Korea, South 1,455,529 939.232 1,549.70 852.058 1,708.25 Taiwan 4,896,258 1,744.570 2,806.57 1,582.648 3,093.71 Japan 4,950,898 2,267.194 2,183.71 2,056.765 2,407.13 South Africa 1,041,884 518.395 2,009.82 470.281 2,215.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,655,339 99,116.056 1,661.24 89,916.599 1,831.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 43,031,432 44,163.618 974.36 40,064.572 1,074.05 Mexico 9,151,766 10,140.945 902.46 9,199.714 994.79 Sweden 4,828,770 814.696 5,927.08 739.080 6,533.49 Finland 223,129 116.943 1,908.01 106.089 2,103.22 Netherlands 9,201,139 9,235.264 996.30 8,378.093 1,098.24 Belgium 865,999 517.314 1,674.03 469.300 1,845.30 France 2,228,701 1,889.084 1,179.78 1,713.749 1,300.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,310,651 861.753 1,520.91 781.770 1,676.52 Ukraine 294,023 143.135 2,054.16 129.850 2,264.33 Turkey 67,781,556 48,049.102 1,410.67 43,589.425 1,555.00 China 2,826,759 771.841 3,662.36 700.203 4,037.06 Korea, South 4,432,090 4,255.864 1,041.41 3,860.856 1,147.96 Taiwan 5,754 4.345 1,324.19 3.942 1,459.67 Japan 642,325 658.586 975.31 597.460 1,075.09 New Zealand 2,311,618 2,418.613 955.76 2,194.130 1,053.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 149,135,712 124,041.109 1,202.31 112,528.233 1,325.32 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 77,444 93.451 828.71 84.778 913.49 Luxembourg 1,186,935 1,061.760 1,117.89 963.213 1,232.27 Federal Republic of Germany 312,846 165.021 1,895.79 149.705 2,089.75 Czech Republic 6,641,352 6,329.549 1,049.26 5,742.072 1,156.61 Spain 197,253 134.064 1,471.33 121.621 1,621.87 Japan 10,352,511 12,358.116 837.71 11,211.098 923.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 18,768,341 20,141.963 931.80 18,272.487 1,027.14 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 689,122 1,724.136 399.69 1,564.111 440.58 Luxembourg 223,711 169.279 1,321.55 153.568 1,456.76 Federal Republic of Germany 92,758 74.791 1,240.22 67.850 1,367.10 Czech Republic 11,851 18.370 645.13 16.665 711.13 Spain 276,081 231.499 1,192.58 210.013 1,314.59 China 5,604 2.821 1,985.88 2.560 2,189.06 Korea, South 983,423 846.904 1,161.20 768.299 1,280.00 Japan 71,832 45.397 1,582.29 41.184 1,744.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,354,382 3,113.201 756.26 2,824.250 833.63 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 150,230 130.803 1,148.52 118.663 1,266.02 Brazil 70,997 56.250 1,262.15 51.030 1,391.28 Switzerland 7,268 12.298 590.97 11.157 651.43 India 19,431 23.837 815.15 21.625 898.54 China 584,614 469.791 1,244.41 426.188 1,371.73 Australia 474,059 737.239 643.02 668.813 708.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,306,599 1,430.222 913.56 1,297.476 1,007.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 40,551,821 40,987.463 989.37 37,183.212 1,090.59 Mexico 5,870,207 5,423.059 1,082.45 4,919.718 1,193.20 Dominican Republic 11,855 11.023 1,075.47 10.000 1,185.50 Brazil 2,055,135 404.345 5,082.62 366.816 5,602.63 Sweden 5,853,938 1,493.090 3,920.69 1,354.509 4,321.82 Finland 43,118 19.978 2,158.24 18.124 2,379.06 United Kingdom 21,076,565 15,263.269 1,380.87 13,846.609 1,522.15 Netherlands 144,858 60.814 2,381.96 55.170 2,625.67 Belgium 15,565 2.400 6,483.17 2.178 7,146.46 France 1,694,106 531.295 3,188.63 481.983 3,514.87 Federal Republic of Germany 5,701,867 3,441.774 1,656.66 3,122.326 1,826.16 Austria 1,086,282 144.774 7,503.28 131.337 8,270.95 Czech Republic 1,842,938 1,544.249 1,193.42 1,400.920 1,315.52 Switzerland 62,244 26.075 2,387.10 23.655 2,631.33 Russia 512,488 253.369 2,022.69 229.853 2,229.63 Ukraine 1,673,630 463.080 3,614.12 420.100 3,983.88 Spain 2,264,414 1,691.941 1,338.35 1,534.904 1,475.28 Portugal 1,269,104 250.757 5,061.09 227.483 5,578.90 Italy 3,707,332 1,762.683 2,103.23 1,599.080 2,318.42 Slovenia 39,823 14.374 2,770.46 13.040 3,053.91 Turkey 574,482 455.474 1,261.28 413.200 1,390.32 India 2,409,949 807.201 2,985.56 732.281 3,291.02 China 78,331,397 74,902.940 1,045.77 67,950.824 1,152.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 5,551,787 3,185.417 1,742.88 2,889.763 1,921.19 Taiwan 4,068,319 1,066.024 3,816.35 967.081 4,206.80 Japan 10,613,872 10,602.745 1,001.05 9,618.652 1,103.47 Australia 40,354 11.946 3,377.80 10.838 3,723.38 South Africa 197,046 132.547 1,486.61 120.245 1,638.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,264,496 164,954.118 1,195.87 149,643.901 1,318.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,400,399 5,343.472 1,010.65 4,847.518 1,114.05 Mexico 4,023,275 4,187.263 960.84 3,798.623 1,059.14 Brazil 22,259 10.824 2,056.32 9.820 2,266.70 United Kingdom 80,362 23.473 3,423.49 21.295 3,773.75 Switzerland 10,543 1.108 9,507.41 1.006 10,480.12 Italy 416,789 84.827 4,913.39 76.954 5,416.08 India 2,310,296 563.286 4,101.46 511.005 4,521.08 China 85,618 33.765 2,535.63 30.632 2,795.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,349,541 10,248.023 1,205.07 9,296.853 1,328.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 22,280 8.818 2,526.51 8.000 2,785.00 Mexico 13,541,287 16,854.064 803.44 15,289.754 885.64 Dominican Republic 1,709,920 1,758.122 972.58 1,594.942 1,072.09 Belgium 540,232 428.371 1,261.13 388.612 1,390.16 Federal Republic of Germany 821,397 579.924 1,416.39 526.099 1,561.30 China 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 Taiwan 15,162 18.652 812.88 16.921 896.05 Japan 17,494,667 18,111.311 965.95 16,430.310 1,064.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,189,472 37,802.944 904.41 34,294.264 996.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,097,013 4,116.282 1,967.07 3,734.230 2,168.32 Mexico 123,572 164.767 749.98 149.475 826.71 Dominican Republic 13,368 23.766 562.46 21.561 620.01 Brazil 28,666 8.769 3,268.65 7.956 3,603.07 Sweden 663,433 100.233 6,618.90 90.930 7,296.08 Denmark 27,712 5.541 5,000.98 5.027 5,512.63 United Kingdom 5,248,648 1,914.702 2,741.23 1,736.989 3,021.69 Ireland 4,400 0.205 21,460.29 0.186 23,655.91 Netherlands 77,876 23.871 3,262.28 21.656 3,596.05 France 9,585,116 3,571.375 2,683.87 3,239.898 2,958.46 Federal Republic of Germany 8,717,836 3,340.659 2,609.62 3,030.596 2,876.61 Austria 78,206 8.895 8,791.49 8.070 9,690.95 Czech Republic 49,876 6.007 8,302.16 5.450 9,151.56 Switzerland 470,602 66.495 7,077.17 60.324 7,801.24 Latvia 448,329 77.461 5,787.76 70.272 6,379.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 2,500,492 2,051.643 1,218.78 1,861.220 1,343.47 Ukraine 1,674,569 708.962 2,362.00 643.160 2,603.66 Spain 2,020,830 1,209.339 1,671.02 1,097.095 1,841.98 Italy 12,063,385 2,056.527 5,865.90 1,865.651 6,466.05 Slovenia 113,641 29.641 3,833.89 26.890 4,226.14 Romania 7,898 0.313 25,228.69 0.284 27,809.86 Saudi Arabia 39,657 18.435 2,151.17 16.724 2,371.26 United Arab Emirates 396,469 84.893 4,670.20 77.014 5,148.01 India 5,306,911 1,267.229 4,187.80 1,149.612 4,616.26 Malaysia 53,216 43.880 1,212.74 39.808 1,336.82 China 5,359,499 3,322.496 1,613.09 3,014.119 1,778.13 Korea, South 595,831 312.972 1,903.78 283.924 2,098.56 Taiwan 7,321,267 1,636.492 4,473.76 1,484.601 4,931.47 Japan 385,393 178.908 2,154.14 162.303 2,374.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,473,711 26,350.772 2,712.40 23,905.025 2,989.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,032,832 515.413 2,003.89 467.575 2,208.91 Mexico 163,435 97.280 1,680.05 88.251 1,851.93 Brazil 2,810,285 555.993 5,054.53 504.389 5,571.66 Sweden 4,224,379 1,274.595 3,314.29 1,156.294 3,653.38 United Kingdom 595,831 154.218 3,863.54 139.905 4,258.83 Netherlands 686,507 376.712 1,822.36 341.748 2,008.81 France 1,093,642 151.453 7,220.99 137.396 7,959.78 Federal Republic of Germany 5,657,808 1,544.520 3,663.15 1,401.166 4,037.93 Austria 3,585,330 452.311 7,926.69 410.330 8,737.67 Czech Republic 6,742 1.527 4,412.87 1.386 4,864.36 Switzerland 156,371 40.315 3,878.64 36.574 4,275.47 Poland 59,833 19.758 3,028.15 17.925 3,337.96 Russia 248,285 138.364 1,794.43 125.522 1,978.02 Spain 163,163 50.386 3,238.22 45.710 3,569.53 Italy 211,480 40.247 5,254.48 36.512 5,792.07 Slovenia 1,588,815 477.945 3,324.26 433.585 3,664.37 Turkey 229,292 117.092 1,958.20 106.225 2,158.55 India 142,557 15.064 9,463.31 13.666 10,431.51 China 6,919,914 1,660.358 4,167.72 1,506.252 4,594.13 Korea, South 335,706 70.278 4,776.77 63.756 5,265.48 Taiwan 2,380,374 631.914 3,766.93 573.263 4,152.32 Japan 5,000,904 3,385.916 1,476.97 3,071.653 1,628.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,293,485 11,771.670 3,168.07 10,679.083 3,492.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 37,272,201 28,595.582 1,303.43 25,941.482 1,436.78 Mexico 3,520,617 2,812.027 1,251.99 2,551.029 1,380.08 Guatemala 13,671 11.189 1,221.76 10.151 1,346.76 Nicaragua 58,608 47.112 1,243.99 42.740 1,371.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 646,025 430.218 1,501.62 390.288 1,655.25 Venezuela 282,482 217.321 1,299.83 197.151 1,432.82 Brazil 6,102 4.544 1,342.62 4.123 1,479.99 Argentina 969,205 676.179 1,433.35 613.420 1,580.00 Sweden 88,541 119.664 739.91 108.558 815.61 Denmark 23,830 16.273 1,464.35 14.763 1,614.17 United Kingdom 80,210 34.809 2,304.23 31.579 2,539.98 France 284,539 161.742 1,759.21 146.730 1,939.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,964,610 1,338.733 2,214.49 1,214.479 2,441.05 Czech Republic 66,245 14.265 4,643.88 12.941 5,119.00 Slovakia 232,030 152.887 1,517.65 138.697 1,672.93 Switzerland 274,578 169.775 1,617.30 154.018 1,782.77 Russia 763,231 478.264 1,595.84 433.874 1,759.11 Ukraine 676,906 336.758 2,010.07 305.502 2,215.72 Spain 7,967,913 2,082.287 3,826.52 1,889.020 4,218.01 Italy 3,140,786 687.917 4,565.65 624.068 5,032.76 Romania 1,906,772 1,324.549 1,439.56 1,201.611 1,586.85 Turkey 10,993,865 10,235.255 1,074.12 9,285.270 1,184.01 United Arab Emirates 1,580,597 1,415.096 1,116.95 1,283.754 1,231.23 Oman 3,986,972 4,122.582 967.11 3,739.945 1,066.05 India 4,353,316 3,933.099 1,106.84 3,568.049 1,220.08 Pakistan 242,698 227.019 1,069.06 205.949 1,178.44 Thailand 2,359,635 2,112.041 1,117.23 1,916.012 1,231.53 Vietnam 4,216,409 3,830.043 1,100.88 3,474.558 1,213.51 Malaysia 5,493,171 5,758.317 953.95 5,223.859 1,051.55 Indonesia 2,955,067 2,470.973 1,195.91 2,241.630 1,318.27 China 12,031,308 8,745.367 1,375.74 7,933.666 1,516.49 Korea, South 13,445,537 13,808.698 973.70 12,527.044 1,073.32 Hong Kong 22,091 14.443 1,529.47 13.103 1,685.95 Taiwan 7,915,827 6,844.548 1,156.52 6,209.272 1,274.84 Japan 1,515,402 808.244 1,874.93 733.227 2,066.76 South Africa 267,092 218.006 1,225.16 197.772 1,350.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,618,089 104,255.841 1,272.04 94,579.334 1,402.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 55,739,879 24,708.948 2,255.86 22,415.587 2,486.66 Mexico 14,912,349 5,404.550 2,759.22 4,902.927 3,041.52 Colombia 7,736,631 3,094.750 2,499.92 2,807.511 2,755.69 Venezuela 5,296,786 3,211.162 1,649.49 2,913.118 1,818.25 Brazil 9,350,482 4,674.031 2,000.52 4,240.211 2,205.19 Argentina 41,846,824 18,781.461 2,228.09 17,038.260 2,456.05 Sweden 41,333 2.460 16,799.59 2.232 18,518.37 United Kingdom 1,156,638 97.119 11,909.48 88.105 13,127.95 France 3,438,472 1,991.582 1,726.50 1,806.734 1,903.14 Federal Republic of Germany 32,314,608 17,084.513 1,891.46 15,498.814 2,084.97 Austria 24,301,591 11,612.845 2,092.65 10,534.999 2,306.75 Czech Republic 7,525,662 4,228.806 1,779.62 3,836.310 1,961.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 694,006 538.120 1,289.68 488.175 1,421.63 Poland 123,921 43.647 2,839.16 39.596 3,129.63 Russia 10,480,033 6,905.336 1,517.67 6,264.418 1,672.95 Ukraine 19,671,285 11,033.575 1,782.86 10,009.494 1,965.26 Spain 12,433,601 5,785.456 2,149.11 5,248.479 2,368.99 Italy 646,203 131.538 4,912.64 119.330 5,415.26 Romania 5,895,049 3,509.912 1,679.54 3,184.140 1,851.38 Turkey 757,139 918.919 823.94 833.630 908.24 United Arab Emirates 276,413 49.382 5,597.40 44.799 6,170.07 India 2,262,029 1,301.848 1,737.55 1,181.017 1,915.32 China 440,116,918 326,652.166 1,347.36 296,333.944 1,485.21 Korea, South 41,085,175 28,372.969 1,448.04 25,739.532 1,596.19 Taiwan 1,257,364 1,026.066 1,225.42 930.832 1,350.80 Japan 51,823,988 23,881.431 2,170.05 21,664.876 2,392.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 791,184,379 505,042.601 1,566.57 458,167.070 1,726.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 11,337,350 7,133.790 1,589.25 6,471.668 1,751.84 Mexico 3,509,200 1,730.083 2,028.34 1,569.506 2,235.86 Brazil 24,271 11.356 2,137.28 10.302 2,355.95 United Kingdom 13,780 16.534 833.40 15.000 918.67 Federal Republic of Germany 18,972,262 10,599.074 1,789.99 9,615.321 1,973.13 Czech Republic 2,689,723 1,211.583 2,220.01 1,099.130 2,447.14 Poland 2,070,213 1,031.078 2,007.81 935.379 2,213.23 Italy 14,973,655 5,132.976 2,917.15 4,656.559 3,215.61 Greece 19,356,439 12,093.768 1,600.53 10,971.285 1,764.28 Romania 3,266,788 1,890.492 1,728.01 1,715.026 1,904.80 Turkey 11,067,831 9,097.538 1,216.57 8,253.150 1,341.04 India 55,769,419 44,087.081 1,264.98 39,995.139 1,394.40 Thailand 1,453,584 1,041.460 1,395.72 944.797 1,538.51 China 20,286,734 19,039.544 1,065.51 17,272.389 1,174.52 Korea, South 12,981,721 10,224.555 1,269.66 9,275.563 1,399.56 Japan 15,820,112 12,902.545 1,226.12 11,704.996 1,351.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 193,593,082 137,243.462 1,410.58 124,505.210 1,554.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,650,695 720.712 2,290.36 653.820 2,524.69 Mexico 16,582,893 9,734.595 1,703.50 8,831.079 1,877.79 Brazil 3,036,967 1,380.059 2,200.61 1,251.969 2,425.75 Argentina 13,460,234 7,679.369 1,752.78 6,966.609 1,932.11 United Kingdom 421,039 271.495 1,550.81 246.297 1,709.48 Netherlands 6,962 3.780 1,841.35 3.430 2,029.74 France 302,635 153.404 1,972.79 139.166 2,174.63 Federal Republic of Germany 16,697 2.436 6,853.97 2.210 7,555.20 Austria 681,885 434.314 1,570.02 394.004 1,730.66 Czech Republic 4,549,775 2,935.666 1,549.83 2,663.193 1,708.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 55,155 31.257 1,764.56 28.356 1,945.09 Poland 1,331,374 881.459 1,510.42 799.647 1,664.95 Russia 5,333,546 4,412.436 1,208.75 4,002.896 1,332.42 Ukraine 15,463,563 9,893.226 1,563.05 8,974.987 1,722.96 Italy 6,044,240 3,096.989 1,951.65 2,809.542 2,151.33 Turkey 742,647 568.251 1,306.90 515.509 1,440.61 India 383,330 283.217 1,353.48 256.931 1,491.96 China 50,366,502 43,436.819 1,159.53 39,405.231 1,278.17 Korea, South 6,352,452 6,105.797 1,040.40 5,539.088 1,146.84 Taiwan 439,037 397.061 1,105.72 360.208 1,218.84 Japan 53,085 14.248 3,725.66 12.926 4,106.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,274,713 92,436.601 1,376.89 83,857.098 1,517.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 404,663 281.232 1,438.89 255.130 1,586.11 Mexico 25,231,949 13,922.568 1,812.31 12,630.345 1,997.72 Poland 581,757 458.120 1,269.88 415.600 1,399.80 Ukraine 5,239,818 3,018.685 1,735.79 2,738.506 1,913.39 Turkey 2,949,288 2,318.602 1,272.01 2,103.401 1,402.15 India 639,090 456.489 1,400.01 414.120 1,543.25 China 1,659,944 1,784.553 930.17 1,618.920 1,025.34 Korea, South 17,275,972 15,143.585 1,140.81 13,738.034 1,257.53 Taiwan 2,411,249 2,120.341 1,137.20 1,923.542 1,253.55 Japan 10,102,233 8,513.899 1,186.56 7,723.682 1,307.96 South Africa 8,285 12.827 645.87 11.637 711.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,504,248 48,030.905 1,384.61 43,572.917 1,526.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,557,179 5,358.690 1,596.88 4,861.324 1,760.26 Mexico 10,553,009 7,957.394 1,326.19 7,218.829 1,461.87 Costa Rica 239,338 184.486 1,297.32 167.363 1,430.05 Dominican Republic 22,200 15.804 1,404.62 14.338 1,548.33 Colombia 295,647 220.468 1,340.99 200.006 1,478.19 Brazil 526,204 248.880 2,114.28 225.781 2,330.59 Argentina 3,159,712 2,089.320 1,512.32 1,895.400 1,667.04 Sweden 1,054,268 446.084 2,363.38 404.681 2,605.18 United Kingdom 59,141 16.619 3,558.52 15.077 3,922.60 Netherlands 109,767 41.915 2,618.78 38.025 2,886.71 Belgium 38,626 15.663 2,465.93 14.210 2,718.23 France 798,446 382.647 2,086.64 347.132 2,300.12 Federal Republic of Germany 15,470,824 6,531.528 2,368.64 5,925.305 2,610.98 Austria 119,165 28.847 4,130.86 26.170 4,553.50 Slovakia 7,679 3.321 2,312.07 3.013 2,548.62 Switzerland 1,328,147 554.158 2,396.69 502.724 2,641.90 Russia 1,591,331 976.595 1,629.47 885.953 1,796.18 Ukraine 18,767 8.287 2,264.58 7.518 2,496.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 2,438,408 1,041.719 2,340.75 945.032 2,580.24 Italy 6,356,021 2,935.763 2,165.03 2,663.281 2,386.54 Romania 6,926,940 3,490.165 1,984.70 3,166.226 2,187.76 United Arab Emirates 320,571 246.118 1,302.51 223.275 1,435.77 India 4,199,279 2,847.774 1,474.58 2,583.458 1,625.45 Thailand 59,386 43.397 1,368.40 39.370 1,508.41 Malaysia 1,165,487 1,128.045 1,033.19 1,023.346 1,138.90 China 11,398,041 7,807.323 1,459.92 7,082.687 1,609.28 Korea, South 1,715,465 908.311 1,888.63 824.007 2,081.86 Hong Kong 41,725 29.024 1,437.56 26.331 1,584.63 Taiwan 899,396 463.100 1,942.12 420.118 2,140.82 Japan 6,557,184 2,252.859 2,910.61 2,043.760 3,208.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,027,353 48,274.321 1,782.05 43,793.740 1,964.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 38,236 11.013 3,471.84 9.991 3,827.04 Mexico 1,972,625 867.409 2,274.16 786.901 2,506.83 Argentina 1,673,082 351.114 4,765.06 318.526 5,252.58 Sweden 305,385 101.658 3,004.03 92.223 3,311.38 Netherlands 336,492 119.400 2,818.19 108.318 3,106.52 France 3,575,889 961.825 3,717.81 872.554 4,098.19 Federal Republic of Germany 13,435,912 5,188.522 2,589.54 4,706.950 2,854.48 Czech Republic 871,015 409.834 2,125.28 371.796 2,342.72 Slovakia 676,677 279.023 2,425.16 253.126 2,673.28 Poland 908,454 394.629 2,302.04 358.002 2,537.57 Ukraine 5,996 5.101 1,175.34 4.628 1,295.59 Italy 3,518,595 536.883 6,553.74 487.053 7,224.25 Romania 858,718 396.426 2,166.15 359.632 2,387.77 Turkey 2,219 0.604 3,673.44 0.548 4,049.27 India 27,503 21.660 1,269.74 19.650 1,399.64 China 6,298,290 4,397.437 1,432.26 3,989.289 1,578.80 Korea, South 453,892 51.451 8,821.75 46.676 9,724.31 Japan 306,888 101.585 3,020.98 92.157 3,330.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,265,868 14,195.583 2,484.28 12,878.020 2,738.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,119,051 1,388.850 10,886.02 1,259.944 11,999.78 Mexico 463,036 102.047 4,537.45 92.576 5,001.69 Uruguay 291,782 75.471 3,866.10 68.467 4,261.64 Sweden 2,250,275 224.128 10,040.11 203.326 11,067.33 Finland 234,626 56.630 4,143.13 51.374 4,567.02 Denmark 9,216 0.686 13,419.93 0.623 14,792.94 United Kingdom 2,244,945 23.297 96,360.56 21.135 106,219.30 Ireland 30,000 5.377 5,579.24 4.878 6,150.06 Netherlands 49,085 3.679 13,340.08 3.338 14,704.91 France 5,684,796 615.303 9,239.01 558.194 10,184.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 3,657,976 219.375 16,674.51 199.014 18,380.50 Austria 2,116,953 222.930 9,496.03 202.239 10,467.58 Czech Republic 9,301 0.334 27,847.29 0.303 30,696.37 Switzerland 3,380,298 131.650 25,676.38 119.431 28,303.36 Spain 11,692,786 797.311 14,665.27 723.309 16,165.69 Italy 822,402 21.056 39,057.21 19.102 43,053.19 India 542,561 108.372 5,006.44 98.314 5,518.65 Thailand 1,183,347 280.241 4,222.60 254.231 4,654.61 Vietnam 238,372 60.843 3,917.81 55.196 4,318.65 Malaysia 4,107,181 866.338 4,740.85 785.929 5,225.89 Singapore 194,703 42.435 4,588.19 38.497 5,057.61 China 12,617,541 1,995.177 6,324.02 1,809.995 6,971.04 Korea, South 5,260,899 999.988 5,260.96 907.175 5,799.21 Taiwan 13,901,784 2,675.920 5,195.14 2,427.555 5,726.66 Japan 5,633,369 598.996 9,404.67 543.401 10,366.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,736,285 11,516.444 7,965.68 10,447.546 8,780.65 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,930,373 1,038.105 3,786.10 941.754 4,173.46 Mexico 424,929 124.287 3,418.91 112.752 3,768.70 Brazil 10,259 5.654 1,814.19 5.130 1,999.81 United Kingdom 45,742 4.587 9,970.32 4.162 10,990.39 Belgium 4,822 1.898 2,540.33 1.722 2,800.23 France 2,763 1.087 2,539.57 0.987 2,799.39 Federal Republic of Germany 110,374 21.593 5,111.52 19.589 5,634.49 Switzerland 4,068 2.397 1,696.75 2.175 1,870.34 Italy 6,373 2.508 2,540.20 2.276 2,800.09 China 301,278 124.120 2,427.31 112.600 2,675.65 Japan 789,744 209.904 3,762.40 190.422 4,147.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,630,725 1,536.146 3,665.49 1,393.569 4,040.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,354,822 17,681.335 1,264.32 16,040.242 1,393.67 Mexico 6,050,258 3,410.952 1,773.77 3,094.365 1,955.25 Sweden 127,863 74.902 1,707.07 67.950 1,881.72 Finland 1,482,918 289.736 5,118.15 262.845 5,641.80 United Kingdom 80,224 33.738 2,377.82 30.607 2,621.10 Netherlands 72,806 73.648 988.56 66.813 1,089.70 Belgium 384,853 153.877 2,501.04 139.595 2,756.93 Federal Republic of Germany 151,677 55.767 2,719.83 50.591 2,998.10 Austria 247,340 106.327 2,326.20 96.459 2,564.20 Ukraine 3,669,372 2,949.552 1,244.04 2,675.790 1,371.32 Thailand 46,736 34.524 1,353.71 31.320 1,492.21 Malaysia 526,369 522.082 1,008.21 473.625 1,111.36 China 2,459,446 1,420.151 1,731.82 1,288.340 1,909.00 Korea, South 5,656,182 5,552.069 1,018.75 5,036.754 1,122.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,888,322 389.913 4,842.92 353.724 5,338.41 Japan 1,168,456 644.873 1,811.91 585.020 1,997.29 South Africa 102,191 144.967 704.93 131.512 777.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,469,835 33,538.420 1,385.57 30,425.552 1,527.33 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 331,645 253.086 1,310.40 229.596 1,444.47 China 2,872,580 3,237.488 887.29 2,937.001 978.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,204,225 3,490.574 917.96 3,166.597 1,011.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 22,661,051 14,179.204 1,598.19 12,863.162 1,761.70 Mexico 11,074,282 9,551.320 1,159.45 8,664.815 1,278.07 Dominican Republic 71,657 54.111 1,324.25 49.089 1,459.74 Colombia 109,592 61.581 1,779.62 55.866 1,961.69 Venezuela 656,560 493.485 1,330.45 447.683 1,466.57 Peru 34,378 20.554 1,672.51 18.647 1,843.62 Chile 129,181 93.235 1,385.53 84.582 1,527.29 Brazil 697,264 457.097 1,525.42 414.672 1,681.48 Sweden 2,170,647 286.747 7,569.89 260.133 8,344.37 Denmark 8,092 2.035 3,974.52 1.847 4,381.16 United Kingdom 1,475,379 249.034 5,924.41 225.920 6,530.54 Ireland 25,666 1.219 21,052.27 1.106 23,206.15 Netherlands 15,250 0.072 209,614.71 0.066 231,060.61 Belgium 561,886 134.998 4,162.15 122.469 4,587.99 France 879,502 329.090 2,672.52 298.546 2,945.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,202,659 790.295 2,787.13 716.944 3,072.29 Austria 466,860 129.075 3,616.96 117.095 3,987.02 Czech Republic 473,066 241.876 1,955.81 219.427 2,155.92 Switzerland 232,559 39.322 5,914.11 35.673 6,519.19 Belarus 146,222 121.093 1,207.52 109.854 1,331.06 Spain 226,962 99.321 2,285.12 90.103 2,518.92 Italy 3,337,854 1,416.006 2,357.23 1,284.580 2,598.40 Greece 173,572 125.585 1,382.11 113.929 1,523.51 Turkey 35,168 19.898 1,767.33 18.052 1,948.15 Israel 33,178 21.937 1,512.42 19.901 1,667.15 United Arab Emirates 739,630 406.803 1,818.15 369.046 2,004.17 India 6,358,025 1,722.879 3,690.35 1,562.970 4,067.91 Thailand 216,450 178.231 1,214.43 161.689 1,338.68 Malaysia 783,215 505.723 1,548.70 458.785 1,707.15 Indonesia 91,519 27.015 3,387.66 24.508 3,734.25 China 17,437,200 12,198.236 1,429.49 11,066.057 1,575.74 Korea, South 8,068,546 2,914.829 2,768.10 2,644.290 3,051.31 Taiwan 2,897,256 805.799 3,595.51 731.009 3,963.37 Japan 7,314,339 3,955.980 1,848.93 3,588.806 2,038.10 New Zealand 32,736 20.723 1,579.66 18.800 1,741.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 894,267 785.012 1,139.17 712.152 1,255.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,731,670 52,439.439 1,768.36 47,572.273 1,949.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 China 892,413 943.562 945.79 855.986 1,042.56 Japan 226,060 242.952 930.47 220.403 1,025.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,118,473 1,186.515 942.65 1,076.389 1,039.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 16,560,216 19,353.145 855.69 17,556.883 943.23 Brazil 1,048,012 847.716 1,236.28 769.036 1,362.76 Netherlands 9,394,068 12,353.577 760.43 11,206.980 838.23 France 143,022 162.436 880.48 147.360 970.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,072,966 2,131.232 972.66 1,933.422 1,072.17 China 2,090,263 2,619.763 797.88 2,376.610 879.51 Korea, South 2,060,666 1,638.805 1,257.42 1,486.700 1,386.07 Taiwan 2,781 4.379 635.01 3.973 699.97 Japan 78,719 71.300 1,104.04 64.683 1,217.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,450,713 39,182.357 853.72 35,545.647 941.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,452,314 1,561.508 930.07 1,416.577 1,025.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,583,522 1,759.434 900.02 1,596.133 992.10 Taiwan 1,241,892 1,032.231 1,203.11 936.425 1,326.21 Japan 2,818,785 2,498.682 1,128.11 2,266.767 1,243.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,096,513 6,851.857 1,035.71 6,215.902 1,141.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 51,642,548 55,849.394 924.68 50,665.733 1,019.28 Mexico 14,570,353 16,084.825 905.84 14,591.912 998.52 Brazil 65,508 17.515 3,739.95 15.890 4,122.59 Sweden 1,631,804 1,270.280 1,284.60 1,152.379 1,416.03 Finland 841,234 404.506 2,079.66 366.962 2,292.43 Netherlands 27,062,666 34,104.263 793.53 30,938.876 874.71 Belgium 2,668,053 2,595.419 1,027.99 2,354.526 1,133.16 France 6,467,700 5,292.503 1,222.05 4,801.280 1,347.08 Federal Republic of Germany 119,616 109.102 1,096.37 98.976 1,208.54 Austria 151,874 106.249 1,429.41 96.388 1,575.65 Russia 1,341,986 1,350.939 993.37 1,225.552 1,095.01 Spain 12,442 2.992 4,157.35 2.715 4,582.69 Italy 159,831 38.849 4,114.07 35.244 4,534.98 India 3,200 4.355 734.75 3.951 809.92 China 401,998 93.138 4,316.12 84.494 4,757.71 Korea, South 29,114,029 35,288.243 825.03 32,012.965 909.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 299,463 83.441 3,588.89 75.697 3,956.07 Japan 6,622,493 5,629.508 1,176.39 5,107.006 1,296.75 Australia 22,833,635 24,349.779 937.73 22,089.755 1,033.68 New Zealand 2,978,634 3,356.105 887.53 3,044.609 978.33 South Africa 882,395 496.644 1,776.72 450.548 1,958.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 169,871,462 186,528.060 910.70 169,215.458 1,003.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,132,105 22,153.112 999.05 20,096.971 1,101.27 Mexico 18,785,657 11,996.893 1,565.88 10,883.402 1,726.08 Dominican Republic 21,859 13.171 1,659.57 11.949 1,829.36 Colombia 24,428 22.503 1,085.51 20.415 1,196.57 Venezuela 31,934 25.516 1,251.51 23.148 1,379.56 Brazil 16,536,558 14,173.274 1,166.74 12,857.782 1,286.11 Sweden 8,302,912 2,632.996 3,153.41 2,388.615 3,476.04 Finland 2,879,172 615.546 4,677.42 558.415 5,155.97 United Kingdom 2,364,804 1,238.100 1,910.03 1,123.186 2,105.44 Netherlands 14,507,948 14,002.074 1,036.13 12,702.472 1,142.14 Belgium 4,774,982 3,667.191 1,302.08 3,326.821 1,435.30 France 3,700,297 1,351.040 2,738.85 1,225.644 3,019.06 Federal Republic of Germany 6,362,039 1,898.376 3,351.30 1,722.179 3,694.18 Austria 505,058 389.819 1,295.62 353.638 1,428.18 Switzerland 43,902 4.888 8,980.21 4.435 9,898.99 Spain 574,865 181.487 3,167.51 164.643 3,491.58 Italy 363,018 93.986 3,862.45 85.263 4,257.63 Romania 829,739 168.609 4,921.07 152.960 5,424.55 India 900,586 282.617 3,186.59 256.386 3,512.62 Thailand 451,352 119.534 3,775.91 108.440 4,162.23 Indonesia 762,740 170.639 4,469.88 154.802 4,927.20 China 62,490,380 42,834.978 1,458.86 38,859.250 1,608.12 Korea, South 8,038,973 4,867.276 1,651.64 4,415.520 1,820.62 Taiwan 16,368,091 6,219.409 2,631.78 5,642.155 2,901.04 Japan 8,101,483 6,736.337 1,202.65 6,111.104 1,325.70 New Zealand 341,691 320.618 1,065.73 290.860 1,174.76 South Africa 2,047,304 612.353 3,343.34 555.518 3,685.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 202,243,877 136,792.356 1,478.47 124,095.973 1,629.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 35,131,168 41,760.828 841.25 37,884.797 927.32 Mexico 16,218,691 12,428.856 1,304.92 11,275.272 1,438.43 Colombia 1,174,317 861.403 1,363.26 781.452 1,502.74 Brazil 29,352 22.882 1,282.71 20.759 1,413.94 Argentina 28,726 52.775 544.31 47.877 600.00 Sweden 336,453 282.287 1,191.88 256.087 1,313.82 Finland 35,297 24.724 1,427.59 22.430 1,573.65 Netherlands 3,349,170 3,058.139 1,095.17 2,774.298 1,207.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 149,489 162.565 919.56 147.477 1,013.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,085,914 1,451.890 747.93 1,317.133 824.45 Austria 637,367 465.397 1,369.51 422.202 1,509.63 Spain 937,659 1,065.057 880.38 966.204 970.46 Italy 218,189 105.725 2,063.72 95.913 2,274.86 India 8,149,608 6,758.875 1,205.76 6,131.550 1,329.13 China 77,352,680 75,228.474 1,028.24 68,246.143 1,133.44 Korea, South 13,522,336 12,695.919 1,065.09 11,517.548 1,174.06 Taiwan 16,343,966 12,054.123 1,355.88 10,935.320 1,494.60 Japan 2,178,358 1,799.144 1,210.77 1,632.157 1,334.65 Australia 281,073 191.241 1,469.73 173.491 1,620.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 177,159,813 170,470.312 1,039.24 154,648.110 1,145.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 3,146,784 1,984.027 1,586.06 1,799.880 1,748.33 Mexico 94,903 64.617 1,468.69 58.620 1,618.95 Brazil 27,616 13.034 2,118.63 11.825 2,335.39 Sweden 114,842 63.177 1,817.76 57.314 2,003.73 United Kingdom 7,135 6.051 1,179.01 5.490 1,299.64 Luxembourg 1,482,347 1,224.436 1,210.64 1,110.790 1,334.50 France 1,840,054 1,563.275 1,177.05 1,418.180 1,297.48 Federal Republic of Germany 6,242,499 4,792.806 1,302.47 4,347.962 1,435.73 Thailand 62,549 55.089 1,135.42 49.976 1,251.58 China 1,109,457 803.522 1,380.74 728.944 1,522.01 Korea, South 2,817,992 2,102.559 1,340.27 1,907.410 1,477.39 Taiwan 690,857 589.951 1,171.04 535.195 1,290.85 Japan 4,226,780 3,231.636 1,307.94 2,931.692 1,441.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,863,815 16,494.185 1,325.55 14,963.278 1,461.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,671,947 2,205.101 1,211.71 2,000.435 1,335.68 Mexico 3,132,088 2,424.606 1,291.79 2,199.567 1,423.96 Brazil 502,234 373.432 1,344.91 338.772 1,482.51 United Kingdom 647,461 482.105 1,342.99 437.359 1,480.39 Netherlands 114,779 101.062 1,135.73 91.682 1,251.93 Belgium 612,835 447.026 1,370.91 405.536 1,511.17 Luxembourg 53,132 44.401 1,196.64 40.280 1,319.07 France 54,478 11.229 4,851.44 10.187 5,347.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,320,890 1,340.671 2,477.03 1,216.237 2,730.46 Italy 15,756 15.351 1,026.32 13.927 1,131.33 India 206,418 148.056 1,394.18 134.315 1,536.82 China 19,022,663 16,247.505 1,170.81 14,739.493 1,290.59 Korea, South 11,720,656 9,233.985 1,269.30 8,376.933 1,399.16 Taiwan 19,637,770 15,196.353 1,292.27 13,785.904 1,424.48 Japan 2,598,755 1,530.317 1,698.18 1,388.281 1,871.92 Australia 54,456 44.989 1,210.41 40.814 1,334.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 64,366,318 49,846.196 1,291.30 45,219.722 1,423.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 39,971 12.028 3,323.05 10.912 3,663.03 Sweden 682,086 535.219 1,274.40 485.543 1,404.79 United Kingdom 1,437,148 332.856 4,317.63 301.962 4,759.37 France 461,525 103.015 4,480.16 93.454 4,938.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,022,592 1,431.994 1,412.43 1,299.084 1,556.94 Austria 851,359 749.891 1,135.31 680.290 1,251.46 Poland 83,811 20.480 4,092.15 18.580 4,510.82 Russia 5,853,237 1,907.495 3,068.55 1,730.451 3,382.49 Italy 331,579 75.368 4,399.45 68.373 4,849.56 China 1,405,104 1,131.220 1,242.11 1,026.226 1,369.20 Korea, South 2,500,571 2,218.036 1,127.38 2,012.169 1,242.72 Taiwan 611,573 585.730 1,044.12 531.366 1,150.94 Japan 2,964,816 1,919.177 1,544.84 1,741.049 1,702.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,245,372 11,022.513 1,746.01 9,999.459 1,924.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,472,971 2,082.627 707.27 1,889.328 779.63 Mexico 565,202 991.392 570.11 899.376 628.44 United Kingdom 549,126 262.499 2,091.91 238.136 2,305.93 Federal Republic of Germany 181,242 93.678 1,934.72 84.984 2,132.66 Italy 35,931 5.151 6,975.40 4.673 7,689.06 Japan 45,648 29.131 1,566.94 26.428 1,727.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,850,120 3,464.480 822.67 3,142.925 906.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,888,112 1,933.363 1,493.83 1,753.918 1,646.66 Mexico 1,406,924 450.143 3,125.50 408.363 3,445.28 Chile 9,947 6.255 1,590.09 5.675 1,752.78 Brazil 139,653 62.786 2,224.25 56.959 2,451.82 Sweden 3,755,163 510.449 7,356.58 463.072 8,109.24 Finland 853,939 183.137 4,662.82 166.140 5,139.88 Denmark 23,769 2.221 10,701.18 2.015 11,796.03 United Kingdom 1,365,884 346.188 3,945.49 314.057 4,349.16 Belgium 47,709 7.589 6,286.26 6.885 6,929.41 France 2,441,229 581.170 4,200.54 527.229 4,630.30 Federal Republic of Germany 7,931,052 4,573.468 1,734.14 4,148.982 1,911.57 Austria 1,902,674 291.422 6,528.92 264.374 7,196.90 Switzerland 222,172 57.891 3,837.75 52.518 4,230.40 Italy 95,181 33.662 2,827.52 30.538 3,116.81 Romania 128,562 25.369 5,067.54 23.015 5,586.01 India 1,258,968 344.064 3,659.11 312.130 4,033.47 Malaysia 6,612 0.383 17,236.51 0.348 19,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 832,104 505.805 1,645.11 458.859 1,813.42 Korea, South 3,279,537 1,712.105 1,915.50 1,553.196 2,111.48 Taiwan 1,271,672 461.750 2,754.02 418.893 3,035.79 Japan 3,760,769 651.655 5,771.10 591.172 6,361.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,621,632 12,740.883 2,638.88 11,558.338 2,908.86 GRAND TOTAL 3,873,558,810 2,963,901.600 1,306.91 2,688,807.060 1,440.62 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 152,655 263.616 579.08 239.149 638.33 United Kingdom 8,371 1.800 4,650.36 1.633 5,126.15 Italy 1,251,327 363.128 3,445.96 329.425 3,798.52 India 16,043 6.784 2,364.58 6.155 2,606.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,428,396 635.330 2,248.27 576.362 2,478.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 27,451,231 28,468.708 964.26 25,826.385 1,062.91 Mexico 34,628,203 26,053.769 1,329.11 23,635.589 1,465.09 Sweden 4,743 0.868 5,460.38 0.788 6,019.04 United Kingdom 351,301 71.230 4,931.91 64.619 5,436.50 France 1,905,293 191.504 9,949.08 173.730 10,966.98 Federal Republic of Germany 139,224 14.385 9,678.31 13.050 10,668.51 Czech Republic 207,730 38.185 5,440.07 34.641 5,996.65 Italy 2,760,236 639.568 4,315.78 580.207 4,757.33 Slovenia 249,918 112.149 2,228.44 101.740 2,456.44 India 163,413 35.445 4,610.21 32.156 5,081.88 China 366,980 128.357 2,859.05 116.444 3,151.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,228,272 55,754.172 1,223.73 50,579.349 1,348.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 886,536 869.887 1,019.14 789.149 1,123.41 United Kingdom 7,908,157 7,642.269 1,034.79 6,932.952 1,140.66 China 70,362 23.977 2,934.50 21.752 3,234.74 Korea, South 243,847 177.833 1,371.21 161.328 1,511.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,108,902 8,713.967 1,045.32 7,905.181 1,152.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,616,562 11,096.090 2,038.25 10,066.207 2,246.78 Brazil 1,952,145 854.630 2,284.20 775.308 2,517.90 Sweden 6,309,391 3,146.246 2,005.37 2,854.228 2,210.54 Finland 1,060,989 551.849 1,922.60 500.630 2,119.31 United Kingdom 38,836 29.382 1,321.76 26.655 1,456.99 Belgium 2,429,549 554.951 4,377.95 503.444 4,825.86 France 6,221,775 1,285.062 4,841.61 1,165.789 5,336.96 Federal Republic of Germany 11,510,423 4,762.339 2,416.97 4,320.323 2,664.25 Austria 2,462,313 1,523.866 1,615.83 1,382.429 1,781.15 Poland 606,271 298.003 2,034.44 270.344 2,242.59 Ukraine 10,458,208 4,870.142 2,147.41 4,418.120 2,367.12 Spain 435,013 171.846 2,531.40 155.897 2,790.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 975,717 739.220 1,319.93 670.610 1,454.97 Japan 2,816,183 1,908.755 1,475.40 1,731.594 1,626.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,893,375 31,792.388 2,198.43 28,841.578 2,423.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,467,180 2,692.514 1,287.71 2,442.609 1,419.46 Finland 223,129 116.943 1,908.01 106.089 2,103.22 Netherlands 5,008,641 4,628.482 1,082.13 4,198.890 1,192.85 France 1,361,466 1,028.819 1,323.33 933.330 1,458.72 Federal Republic of Germany 713,866 598.995 1,191.77 543.400 1,313.70 Ukraine 294,023 143.135 2,054.16 129.850 2,264.33 Japan 462,124 464.123 995.69 421.046 1,097.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,530,429 9,673.014 1,192.02 8,775.214 1,313.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 77,444 93.451 828.71 84.778 913.49 Luxembourg 32,733 17.893 1,829.29 16.233 2,016.45 Federal Republic of Germany 312,846 165.021 1,895.79 149.705 2,089.75 Czech Republic 312,750 473.687 660.25 429.722 727.80 Spain 4,352 3.444 1,263.38 3.125 1,392.64 Japan 1,524,085 2,106.651 723.46 1,911.123 797.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,264,210 2,860.150 791.64 2,594.686 872.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 24,645,643 24,225.417 1,017.35 21,976.935 1,121.43 Mexico 2,688,022 2,259.054 1,189.89 2,049.380 1,311.63 Brazil 947,257 283.302 3,343.62 257.008 3,685.71 Sweden 2,638,935 731.020 3,609.93 663.171 3,979.27 Finland 43,118 19.978 2,158.24 18.124 2,379.06 United Kingdom 1,330,999 710.492 1,873.35 644.548 2,065.01 Netherlands 144,858 60.814 2,381.96 55.170 2,625.67 France 98,601 18.449 5,344.41 16.737 5,891.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,208,212 1,232.707 1,791.35 1,118.294 1,974.63 Austria 140,777 24.571 5,729.25 22.291 6,315.42 Czech Republic 1,704,500 1,354.641 1,258.27 1,228.910 1,387.00 Switzerland 62,244 26.075 2,387.10 23.655 2,631.33 Russia 512,488 253.369 2,022.69 229.853 2,229.63 Ukraine 1,109,901 353.570 3,139.12 320.754 3,460.29 Spain 504,924 207.320 2,435.48 188.078 2,684.65 Italy 2,418,206 1,537.278 1,573.04 1,394.596 1,733.98 Slovenia 39,823 14.374 2,770.46 13.040 3,053.91 China 69,417,390 67,277.164 1,031.81 61,032.834 1,137.38 Korea, South 5,527,375 3,162.612 1,747.72 2,869.075 1,926.54 Taiwan 558,044 128.022 4,358.96 116.140 4,804.93 Japan 8,041,040 8,021.718 1,002.41 7,277.183 1,104.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 40,354 11.946 3,377.80 10.838 3,723.38 South Africa 197,046 132.547 1,486.61 120.245 1,638.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,019,757 112,046.450 1,115.79 101,646.859 1,229.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 199,593 213.455 935.05 193.644 1,030.72 Mexico 299,377 297.437 1,006.52 269.831 1,109.50 United Kingdom 68,370 22.635 3,020.42 20.535 3,329.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 567,340 533.529 1,063.37 484.010 1,172.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,728,142 1,368.904 2,723.45 1,241.850 3,002.09 Brazil 28,666 8.769 3,268.65 7.956 3,603.07 Sweden 27,312 13.590 2,009.66 12.329 2,215.26 United Kingdom 2,850,770 1,005.596 2,834.90 912.262 3,124.95 Ireland 4,400 0.205 21,460.29 0.186 23,655.91 France 6,820,840 3,097.805 2,201.83 2,810.283 2,427.10 Federal Republic of Germany 872,808 162.600 5,367.80 147.509 5,916.98 Russia 1,645,944 1,244.465 1,322.61 1,128.960 1,457.93 Ukraine 1,271,724 628.317 2,024.02 570.000 2,231.09 Spain 337,025 128.383 2,625.13 116.468 2,893.71 Italy 216,484 122.646 1,765.11 111.263 1,945.70 China 2,872,594 1,851.899 1,551.16 1,680.015 1,709.86 Korea, South 31,289 17.783 1,759.43 16.133 1,939.44 Taiwan 69,971 12.558 5,571.55 11.393 6,141.58 Japan 115,306 96.134 1,199.42 87.212 1,322.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,893,275 9,759.662 2,140.78 8,853.819 2,359.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,032,832 515.413 2,003.89 467.575 2,208.91 Mexico 163,435 97.280 1,680.05 88.251 1,851.93 Brazil 2,810,285 555.993 5,054.53 504.389 5,571.66 Sweden 4,224,379 1,274.595 3,314.29 1,156.294 3,653.38 United Kingdom 595,831 154.218 3,863.54 139.905 4,258.83 Netherlands 686,507 376.712 1,822.36 341.748 2,008.81 France 1,093,642 151.453 7,220.99 137.396 7,959.78 Federal Republic of Germany 5,657,808 1,544.520 3,663.15 1,401.166 4,037.93 Austria 3,585,330 452.311 7,926.69 410.330 8,737.67 Czech Republic 6,742 1.527 4,412.87 1.386 4,864.36 Switzerland 156,371 40.315 3,878.64 36.574 4,275.47 Poland 59,833 19.758 3,028.15 17.925 3,337.96 Russia 248,285 138.364 1,794.43 125.522 1,978.02 Spain 163,163 50.386 3,238.22 45.710 3,569.53 Italy 211,480 40.247 5,254.48 36.512 5,792.07 Slovenia 1,588,815 477.945 3,324.26 433.585 3,664.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 229,292 117.092 1,958.20 106.225 2,158.55 India 142,557 15.064 9,463.31 13.666 10,431.51 China 6,919,914 1,660.358 4,167.72 1,506.252 4,594.13 Korea, South 335,706 70.278 4,776.77 63.756 5,265.48 Taiwan 2,380,374 631.914 3,766.93 573.263 4,152.32 Japan 5,000,904 3,385.916 1,476.97 3,071.653 1,628.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,293,485 11,771.670 3,168.07 10,679.083 3,492.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 277,500 13.776 20,142.73 12.498 22,203.55 Mexico 99,418 94.473 1,052.34 85.705 1,160.00 Argentina 5,773 2.167 2,663.88 1.966 2,936.42 United Kingdom 20,335 4.739 4,290.14 4.300 4,729.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,257,516 604.502 2,080.25 548.396 2,293.08 Spain 4,797,309 597.513 8,028.79 542.055 8,850.23 Italy 2,150,228 302.682 7,103.91 274.589 7,830.71 China 861,322 392.155 2,196.38 355.758 2,421.09 Japan 353,015 143.256 2,464.22 129.960 2,716.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,822,416 2,155.268 4,557.40 1,955.227 5,023.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 40,196,329 16,162.023 2,487.09 14,661.945 2,741.54 Mexico 6,300,401 2,641.433 2,385.22 2,396.269 2,629.25 Colombia 6,269,678 2,400.405 2,611.92 2,177.612 2,879.15 Brazil 3,327,395 1,265.713 2,628.87 1,148.236 2,897.83 Argentina 31,597,531 13,640.508 2,316.45 12,374.465 2,553.45 Sweden 31,500 0.899 35,020.01 0.816 38,602.94 United Kingdom 96,174 45.965 2,092.32 41.699 2,306.39 France 2,835,579 1,384.085 2,048.70 1,255.622 2,258.31 Federal Republic of Germany 12,321,316 6,255.031 1,969.82 5,674.471 2,171.36 Austria 6,714,608 3,832.033 1,752.23 3,476.363 1,931.50 Czech Republic 6,158,160 3,438.967 1,790.70 3,119.780 1,973.91 Spain 12,421,728 5,784.539 2,147.40 5,247.647 2,367.10 Italy 148,474 86.789 1,710.74 78.734 1,885.77 Romania 175,238 133.180 1,315.80 120.819 1,450.42 India 1,368,756 713.215 1,919.14 647.018 2,115.48 China 56,517,472 33,107.122 1,707.11 30,034.285 1,881.77 Japan 10,542,999 5,483.008 1,922.85 4,974.103 2,119.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,023,338 96,374.922 2,044.34 87,429.884 2,253.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 11,158,908 7,123.069 1,566.59 6,461.942 1,726.87 Mexico 2,327 0.610 3,810.50 0.554 4,200.36 Federal Republic of Germany 12,795,232 8,768.626 1,459.21 7,954.766 1,608.50 Italy 343,254 174.739 1,964.38 158.521 2,165.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,247,040 840.795 1,483.17 762.757 1,634.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,546,761 16,907.841 1,510.94 15,338.540 1,665.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 20,905 11.351 1,841.59 10.298 2,030.01 Mexico 107,303 103.371 1,038.03 93.777 1,144.24 Argentina 447,155 234.441 1,907.32 212.682 2,102.46 United Kingdom 155,412 13.323 11,664.39 12.087 12,857.78 Netherlands 6,962 3.780 1,841.35 3.430 2,029.74 Federal Republic of Germany 2,405 1.846 1,302.56 1.675 1,435.82 Austria 460,084 298.409 1,541.79 270.713 1,699.53 Italy 193,674 135.090 1,433.66 122.552 1,580.34 Taiwan 4,235 0.569 7,431.20 0.517 8,191.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,398,135 802.185 1,742.91 727.731 1,921.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,569,169 1,501.682 1,710.86 1,362.304 1,885.90 Mexico 3,605,901 2,006.265 1,797.32 1,820.054 1,981.21 Argentina 892,005 423.947 2,104.04 384.599 2,319.31 Sweden 805,502 353.000 2,281.87 320.237 2,515.33 United Kingdom 52,371 13.713 3,818.84 12.441 4,209.55 France 133,668 66.857 1,999.30 60.652 2,203.85 Federal Republic of Germany 11,544,142 4,706.354 2,452.88 4,269.534 2,703.84 Austria 32,315 9.700 3,331.33 8.800 3,672.16 Switzerland 232,507 79.097 2,939.50 71.756 3,240.24 Spain 507,296 203.402 2,494.05 184.524 2,749.21 Italy 5,276,978 2,411.445 2,188.31 2,187.627 2,412.19 Romania 4,814,429 2,202.315 2,186.08 1,997.908 2,409.74 India 1,911,505 1,312.829 1,456.02 1,190.979 1,604.99 China 1,614,737 1,270.521 1,270.92 1,152.598 1,400.95 Korea, South 657,840 283.039 2,324.20 256.769 2,561.99 Taiwan 64,725 27.112 2,387.28 24.596 2,631.53 Japan 4,336,585 1,437.340 3,017.09 1,303.934 3,325.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,051,675 18,308.627 2,132.97 16,609.312 2,351.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 305,385 101.658 3,004.03 92.223 3,311.38 France 2,976,767 684.957 4,345.92 621.383 4,790.55 Federal Republic of Germany 4,585,905 915.371 5,009.89 830.411 5,522.45 Czech Republic 71,564 18.632 3,840.84 16.903 4,233.80 Italy 2,543,476 182.823 13,912.17 165.855 15,335.54 China 1,174,736 695.579 1,688.86 631.019 1,861.65 Japan 190,956 61.882 3,085.78 56.139 3,401.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,848,789 2,660.904 4,452.92 2,413.933 4,908.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,008,729 586.868 3,422.79 532.398 3,772.98 United Kingdom 37,225 4.440 8,383.80 4.028 9,241.56 Belgium 4,822 1.898 2,540.33 1.722 2,800.23 France 2,763 1.087 2,539.57 0.987 2,799.39 Federal Republic of Germany 10,005 3.937 2,540.98 3.572 2,800.95 Switzerland 4,068 2.397 1,696.75 2.175 1,870.34 Italy 6,373 2.508 2,540.20 2.276 2,800.09 Japan 75,634 5.216 14,500.01 4.732 15,983.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,149,619 608.354 3,533.50 551.890 3,895.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 586,007 203.726 2,876.43 184.818 3,170.72 Mexico 198,536 112.250 1,768.69 101.832 1,949.64 Sweden 17,006 24.030 707.69 21.800 780.09 Finland 1,482,918 289.736 5,118.15 262.845 5,641.80 Netherlands 65,024 71.676 907.18 65.024 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 73,240 18.877 3,879.84 17.125 4,276.79 Ukraine 3,669,372 2,949.552 1,244.04 2,675.790 1,371.32 China 828,339 381.950 2,168.71 346.500 2,390.59 Korea, South 393,613 446.430 881.69 404.995 971.90 Taiwan 1,856,992 370.114 5,017.35 335.762 5,530.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,171,047 4,868.346 1,883.81 4,416.491 2,076.55 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 3,905 4.662 837.48 4.230 923.17 China 7,813 9.327 837.61 8.462 923.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,718 13.990 837.57 12.692 923.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 732,892 424.304 1,727.28 384.923 1,904.00 Mexico 927,156 441.750 2,098.82 400.749 2,313.56 Brazil 341,194 227.640 1,498.83 206.512 1,652.18 Sweden 5,245 0.250 20,961.17 0.227 23,105.73 United Kingdom 789,283 34.006 23,209.91 30.850 25,584.54 France 7,973 0.303 26,301.77 0.275 28,992.73 Federal Republic of Germany 976,313 319.946 3,051.48 290.251 3,363.69 Austria 367,069 93.646 3,919.72 84.955 4,320.75 Italy 2,631,314 1,240.655 2,120.91 1,125.504 2,337.90 Turkey 35,168 19.898 1,767.33 18.052 1,948.15 Israel 3,381 0.031 105,765.26 0.029 116,586.21 Malaysia 126,799 78.937 1,606.32 71.611 1,770.66 China 2,722,678 1,849.145 1,472.40 1,677.517 1,623.04 Korea, South 1,607,256 927.225 1,733.40 841.165 1,910.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 115,612 55.932 2,067.00 50.741 2,278.47 Japan 3,674,306 1,712.972 2,144.99 1,553.983 2,364.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,063,639 7,426.648 2,028.32 6,737.344 2,235.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 4,606,577 3,898.106 1,181.75 3,536.304 1,302.65 Sweden 1,413,767 1,231.211 1,148.27 1,116.937 1,265.75 Finland 741,728 378.551 1,959.39 343.416 2,159.85 Netherlands 2,055,251 2,107.237 975.33 1,911.654 1,075.12 France 4,727,570 3,687.012 1,282.22 3,344.802 1,413.41 Federal Republic of Germany 35,839 17.040 2,103.15 15.459 2,318.33 Austria 127,901 103.705 1,233.31 94.080 1,359.49 Spain 12,442 2.992 4,157.35 2.715 4,582.69 Japan 3,187,469 3,066.983 1,039.28 2,782.321 1,145.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,908,544 14,492.841 1,166.68 13,147.688 1,286.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,609,872 1,328.801 1,211.52 1,205.469 1,335.47 Mexico 42,655 28.774 1,482.38 26.104 1,634.04 Dominican Republic 21,859 13.171 1,659.57 11.949 1,829.36 Sweden 1,418,600 1,279.573 1,108.65 1,160.810 1,222.08 United Kingdom 1,554,655 1,157.278 1,343.37 1,049.866 1,480.81 Netherlands 2,107,792 2,017.065 1,044.98 1,829.852 1,151.89 France 262,216 151.050 1,735.95 137.031 1,913.55 Federal Republic of Germany 686,471 357.398 1,920.74 324.227 2,117.25 Austria 500,784 389.563 1,285.50 353.406 1,417.02 Japan 6,321,562 5,540.884 1,140.89 5,026.607 1,257.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,526,466 12,263.563 1,184.52 11,125.321 1,305.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 12,154,950 14,701.289 826.79 13,336.789 911.39 Finland 35,297 24.724 1,427.59 22.430 1,573.65 Netherlands 20,435 20.958 975.03 19.013 1,074.79 France 50,567 49.747 1,016.48 45.130 1,120.47 Federal Republic of Germany 660,845 974.972 677.81 884.480 747.16 Spain 456,070 561.206 812.66 509.118 895.80 China 927,241 761.393 1,217.82 690.725 1,342.42 Japan 1,265,825 965.718 1,310.76 876.085 1,444.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,571,230 18,060.009 862.19 16,383.770 950.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,822,421 1,713.083 1,647.57 1,554.084 1,816.13 Sweden 114,842 63.177 1,817.76 57.314 2,003.73 United Kingdom 7,135 6.051 1,179.01 5.490 1,299.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,840,054 1,563.275 1,177.05 1,418.180 1,297.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,070,123 1,586.501 1,304.84 1,439.250 1,438.33 China 18,241 13.128 1,389.42 11.910 1,531.57 Japan 699,780 570.819 1,225.92 517.839 1,351.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,572,596 5,516.038 1,372.83 5,004.067 1,513.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 39,971 12.028 3,323.05 10.912 3,663.03 Sweden 682,086 535.219 1,274.40 485.543 1,404.79 United Kingdom 1,437,148 332.856 4,317.63 301.962 4,759.37 France 461,525 103.015 4,480.16 93.454 4,938.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,022,592 1,431.994 1,412.43 1,299.084 1,556.94 Austria 851,359 749.891 1,135.31 680.290 1,251.46 Poland 83,811 20.480 4,092.15 18.580 4,510.82 Russia 5,853,237 1,907.495 3,068.55 1,730.451 3,382.49 Italy 331,579 75.368 4,399.45 68.373 4,849.56 China 1,405,104 1,131.220 1,242.11 1,026.226 1,369.20 Korea, South 2,500,571 2,218.036 1,127.38 2,012.169 1,242.72 Taiwan 611,573 585.730 1,044.12 531.366 1,150.94 Japan 2,964,816 1,919.177 1,544.84 1,741.049 1,702.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,245,372 11,022.513 1,746.01 9,999.459 1,924.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 97,256 99.583 976.62 90.341 1,076.54 United Kingdom 432,655 86.276 5,014.73 78.269 5,527.80 Federal Republic of Germany 173,198 90.140 1,921.43 81.774 2,118.01 Japan 3,666 2.147 1,707.26 1.948 1,881.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 706,775 278.148 2,541.00 252.332 2,800.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 877,095 385.682 2,274.14 349.885 2,506.81 Brazil 130,282 61.495 2,118.55 55.788 2,335.31 Sweden 440,030 96.303 4,569.21 87.365 5,036.69 United Kingdom 32,236 10.964 2,939.98 9.947 3,240.78 France 400,091 30.476 13,127.77 27.648 14,470.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,460,898 2,227.291 1,553.86 2,020.565 1,712.84 Austria 1,145,753 150.991 7,588.21 136.977 8,364.56 Switzerland 108,216 17.935 6,033.55 16.271 6,650.85 China 8,985 0.220 40,755.29 0.200 44,925.00 Taiwan 96,587 67.916 1,422.14 61.613 1,567.64 Japan 323,081 69.323 4,660.50 62.889 5,137.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,023,254 3,118.600 2,252.05 2,829.148 2,482.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 738,868,815 458,419.144 1,611.78 415,870.969 1,776.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 44,221 53.228 830.78 48.288 915.78 Mexico 10,289 25.775 399.18 23.383 440.02 Sweden 14,471 18.739 772.23 17.000 851.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,981 97.743 705.74 88.671 777.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 57,315,186 70,182.155 816.66 63,668.198 900.22 Mexico 175,757,654 197,353.873 890.57 179,036.473 981.69 Brazil 70,867,960 74,279.972 954.07 67,385.677 1,051.68 United Kingdom 24,980 23.667 1,055.45 21.471 1,163.43 Belgium 3,233,775 2,104.619 1,536.51 1,909.279 1,693.72 Federal Republic of Germany 282,361 400.348 705.29 363.190 777.45 Switzerland 385,100 289.272 1,331.27 262.424 1,467.47 Russia 45,300,800 44,583.905 1,016.08 40,445.850 1,120.04 Ukraine 111,647,661 134,965.940 827.23 122,439.076 911.86 China 124,686 91.656 1,360.37 83.149 1,499.55 Japan 22,201,847 24,919.140 890.96 22,606.270 982.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 487,142,010 549,194.551 887.01 498,221.057 977.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 27,457,766 27,235.681 1,008.15 24,707.802 1,111.30 Mexico 1,328,972 1,442.811 921.10 1,308.897 1,015.34 Brazil 18,735,344 16,519.740 1,134.12 14,986.461 1,250.15 Sweden 30,123 105.599 285.26 95.798 314.44 Finland 30,215 20.316 1,487.20 18.431 1,639.36 United Kingdom 1,446,004 1,451.235 996.40 1,316.539 1,098.34 Netherlands 1,090,089 949.144 1,148.50 861.050 1,266.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,922,594 3,184.294 1,231.86 2,888.744 1,357.89 China 55,926,246 58,752.891 951.89 53,299.742 1,049.28 Korea, South 219,413 769.171 285.26 697.781 314.44 Japan 5,285,773 5,702.160 926.98 5,172.914 1,021.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 115,472,539 116,133.048 994.31 105,354.159 1,096.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,687,558 6,602.871 1,164.27 5,990.026 1,283.39 Mexico 4,953,854 5,270.409 939.94 4,781.236 1,036.10 Brazil 32,676 10.411 3,138.50 9.445 3,459.61 Norway 1,372,074 944.217 1,453.13 856.580 1,601.80 United Kingdom 1,855,433 1,339.474 1,385.19 1,215.151 1,526.92 Netherlands 2,657 5.423 489.92 4.920 540.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 9,723,514 6,416.252 1,515.45 5,820.728 1,670.50 France 7,387 4.939 1,495.51 4.481 1,648.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,742,943 1,086.549 1,604.11 985.701 1,768.23 Poland 30,759 17.619 1,745.75 15.984 1,924.36 Spain 11,947 6.860 1,741.35 6.224 1,919.51 Italy 45,144 16.693 2,704.30 15.144 2,980.98 Vietnam 82,089 35.494 2,312.73 32.200 2,549.35 China 227,046 171.956 1,320.37 155.996 1,455.46 Korea, South 2,685,214 2,425.850 1,106.92 2,200.695 1,220.17 Taiwan 21,162 10.786 1,961.97 9.785 2,162.70 Japan 8,927 3.197 2,791.60 2.901 3,077.21 South Africa 154,787 124.832 1,239.96 113.246 1,366.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,645,171 24,493.838 1,251.14 22,220.443 1,379.14 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 531,894 370.420 1,435.92 336.040 1,582.83 Luxembourg 10,828,489 6,675.543 1,622.11 6,055.953 1,788.07 China 27,448 7.223 3,799.85 6.553 4,188.62 Korea, South 2,400 3.647 657.98 3.309 725.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,390,231 7,056.835 1,614.07 6,401.855 1,779.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 19,679,300 15,733.974 1,250.75 14,273.626 1,378.72 Mexico 2,065 2.243 920.56 2.035 1,014.74 Brazil 229,836 166.911 1,376.99 151.420 1,517.87 Finland 11,515 6.724 1,712.50 6.100 1,887.70 United Kingdom 647,456 563.053 1,149.90 510.794 1,267.55 Belgium 55,467 59.443 933.11 53.926 1,028.58 France 107,742 60.320 1,786.15 54.722 1,968.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,309,562 643.633 2,034.64 583.895 2,242.80 Austria 951,366 624.714 1,522.88 566.732 1,678.69 Czech Republic 2,085 1.906 1,093.34 1.730 1,205.20 Slovakia 5,026 4.596 1,093.41 4.170 1,205.28 Russia 7,379,140 6,366.445 1,159.07 5,775.544 1,277.65 Ukraine 39,109,022 32,627.432 1,198.65 29,599.117 1,321.29 Thailand 5,690,215 4,655.726 1,222.20 4,223.605 1,347.24 Indonesia 3,200 2.204 1,451.50 2.000 1,600.00 China 55,136 35.979 1,532.43 32.640 1,689.22 Korea, South 1,010,570 820.732 1,231.30 744.556 1,357.28 Taiwan 236,427 229.011 1,032.38 207.756 1,138.00 Japan 8,080 5.566 1,451.50 5.050 1,600.00 South Africa 50,941 40.711 1,251.26 36.933 1,379.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,544,151 62,651.334 1,221.75 56,836.351 1,346.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 39,564,252 41,471.103 954.02 37,621.963 1,051.63 Mexico 9,151,766 10,140.945 902.46 9,199.714 994.79 Netherlands 4,183,560 4,606.035 908.28 4,178.526 1,001.20 Belgium 415,174 425.679 975.32 386.170 1,075.11 France 867,235 860.264 1,008.10 780.419 1,111.24 Federal Republic of Germany 182,773 170.351 1,072.92 154.540 1,182.69 Turkey 67,781,556 48,049.102 1,410.67 43,589.425 1,555.00 China 10,800 4.422 2,442.07 4.012 2,691.92 Korea, South 4,432,090 4,255.864 1,041.41 3,860.856 1,147.96 Japan 180,201 194.463 926.66 176.414 1,021.47 New Zealand 2,311,618 2,418.613 955.76 2,194.130 1,053.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,081,025 112,596.845 1,146.40 102,146.169 1,263.69 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 1,154,202 1,043.866 1,105.70 946.980 1,218.82 Czech Republic 6,328,602 5,855.861 1,080.73 5,312.350 1,191.30 Spain 192,901 130.619 1,476.82 118.496 1,627.91 Japan 8,828,426 10,251.464 861.19 9,299.975 949.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,504,131 17,281.812 955.00 15,677.801 1,052.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 689,122 1,724.136 399.69 1,564.111 440.58 Luxembourg 223,711 169.279 1,321.55 153.568 1,456.76 Federal Republic of Germany 92,758 74.791 1,240.22 67.850 1,367.10 Czech Republic 11,851 18.370 645.13 16.665 711.13 Spain 276,081 231.499 1,192.58 210.013 1,314.59 China 5,604 2.821 1,985.88 2.560 2,189.06 Korea, South 983,423 846.904 1,161.20 768.299 1,280.00 Japan 71,832 45.397 1,582.29 41.184 1,744.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,354,382 3,113.201 756.26 2,824.250 833.63 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 150,230 130.803 1,148.52 118.663 1,266.02 Brazil 70,997 56.250 1,262.15 51.030 1,391.28 Switzerland 7,268 12.298 590.97 11.157 651.43 India 19,431 23.837 815.15 21.625 898.54 China 584,614 469.791 1,244.41 426.188 1,371.73 Australia 474,059 737.239 643.02 668.813 708.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,306,599 1,430.222 913.56 1,297.476 1,007.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,586,305 16,721.948 932.09 15,169.901 1,027.45 Mexico 3,182,185 3,164.005 1,005.75 2,870.338 1,108.64 Dominican Republic 11,855 11.023 1,075.47 10.000 1,185.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 74,874 60.321 1,241.24 54.723 1,368.24 United Kingdom 18,222,991 14,255.612 1,278.30 12,932.478 1,409.09 France 676,476 442.677 1,528.15 401.590 1,684.49 Federal Republic of Germany 2,822,794 2,077.405 1,358.81 1,884.591 1,497.83 Czech Republic 138,438 189.608 730.13 172.010 804.83 Spain 1,759,490 1,484.621 1,185.14 1,346.826 1,306.40 Turkey 574,482 455.474 1,261.28 413.200 1,390.32 India 463,373 385.288 1,202.66 349.528 1,325.71 China 8,460,251 7,535.929 1,122.66 6,836.482 1,237.52 Korea, South 24,412 22.804 1,070.49 20.688 1,180.01 Taiwan 315,425 294.449 1,071.24 267.120 1,180.84 Japan 2,536,727 2,563.259 989.65 2,325.351 1,090.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,850,078 49,664.430 1,104.41 45,054.826 1,217.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,200,806 5,130.016 1,013.80 4,653.874 1,117.52 Mexico 3,723,898 3,889.826 957.34 3,528.792 1,055.29 Brazil 22,259 10.824 2,056.32 9.820 2,266.70 China 24,868 18.471 1,346.30 16.757 1,484.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,971,831 9,049.138 991.46 8,209.243 1,092.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 22,280 8.818 2,526.51 8.000 2,785.00 Mexico 13,541,287 16,854.064 803.44 15,289.754 885.64 Dominican Republic 1,709,920 1,758.122 972.58 1,594.942 1,072.09 Belgium 540,232 428.371 1,261.13 388.612 1,390.16 Federal Republic of Germany 821,397 579.924 1,416.39 526.099 1,561.30 China 44,527 43.680 1,019.39 39.626 1,123.68 Taiwan 15,162 18.652 812.88 16.921 896.05 Japan 17,494,667 18,111.311 965.95 16,430.310 1,064.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,189,472 37,802.944 904.41 34,294.264 996.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,169,756 2,724.967 1,530.20 2,472.050 1,686.76 Mexico 70,778 140.552 503.57 127.507 555.09 Dominican Republic 13,368 23.766 562.46 21.561 620.01 United Kingdom 1,394,185 800.929 1,740.71 726.591 1,918.80 Netherlands 43,023 22.048 1,951.30 20.002 2,150.93 France 179,027 78.463 2,281.66 71.181 2,515.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,601,244 2,479.292 1,452.53 2,249.177 1,601.14 Russia 854,548 807.178 1,058.69 732.260 1,167.00 Spain 1,556,699 1,038.671 1,498.74 942.267 1,652.08 Italy 417,296 224.771 1,856.54 203.909 2,046.48 Romania 7,898 0.313 25,228.69 0.284 27,809.86 India 39,347 4.005 9,822.51 3.634 10,827.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 53,216 43.880 1,212.74 39.808 1,336.82 China 1,781,193 1,319.640 1,349.76 1,197.158 1,487.85 Korea, South 269,649 240.896 1,119.35 218.538 1,233.88 Taiwan 20,530 9.364 2,192.41 8.495 2,416.72 Japan 125,958 56.309 2,236.89 51.083 2,465.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,597,715 10,015.052 1,457.58 9,085.505 1,606.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 36,994,701 28,581.805 1,294.34 25,928.984 1,426.77 Mexico 3,421,199 2,717.553 1,258.93 2,465.324 1,387.73 Guatemala 13,671 11.189 1,221.76 10.151 1,346.76 Nicaragua 58,608 47.112 1,243.99 42.740 1,371.27 Dominican Republic 646,025 430.218 1,501.62 390.288 1,655.25 Venezuela 282,482 217.321 1,299.83 197.151 1,432.82 Brazil 6,102 4.544 1,342.62 4.123 1,479.99 Argentina 963,432 674.012 1,429.40 611.454 1,575.64 Sweden 88,541 119.664 739.91 108.558 815.61 Denmark 23,830 16.273 1,464.35 14.763 1,614.17 United Kingdom 59,875 30.069 1,991.19 27.279 2,194.91 France 284,539 161.742 1,759.21 146.730 1,939.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,707,094 734.230 2,325.01 666.083 2,562.88 Czech Republic 66,245 14.265 4,643.88 12.941 5,119.00 Slovakia 232,030 152.887 1,517.65 138.697 1,672.93 Switzerland 274,578 169.775 1,617.30 154.018 1,782.77 Russia 763,231 478.264 1,595.84 433.874 1,759.11 Ukraine 676,906 336.758 2,010.07 305.502 2,215.72 Spain 3,170,604 1,484.774 2,135.41 1,346.965 2,353.89 Italy 990,558 385.234 2,571.31 349.479 2,834.38 Romania 1,906,772 1,324.549 1,439.56 1,201.611 1,586.85 Turkey 10,993,865 10,235.255 1,074.12 9,285.270 1,184.01 United Arab Emirates 1,580,597 1,415.096 1,116.95 1,283.754 1,231.23 Oman 3,986,972 4,122.582 967.11 3,739.945 1,066.05 India 4,353,316 3,933.099 1,106.84 3,568.049 1,220.08 Pakistan 242,698 227.019 1,069.06 205.949 1,178.44 Thailand 2,359,635 2,112.041 1,117.23 1,916.012 1,231.53 Vietnam 4,216,409 3,830.043 1,100.88 3,474.558 1,213.51 Malaysia 5,493,171 5,758.317 953.95 5,223.859 1,051.55 Indonesia 2,955,067 2,470.973 1,195.91 2,241.630 1,318.27 China 11,169,986 8,353.211 1,337.21 7,577.908 1,474.02 Korea, South 13,445,537 13,808.698 973.70 12,527.044 1,073.32 Hong Kong 22,091 14.443 1,529.47 13.103 1,685.95 Taiwan 7,915,827 6,844.548 1,156.52 6,209.272 1,274.84 Japan 1,162,387 664.987 1,747.98 603.267 1,926.82 South Africa 267,092 218.006 1,225.16 197.772 1,350.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,795,673 102,100.573 1,202.69 92,624.107 1,325.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 15,506,974 8,544.237 1,814.90 7,751.204 2,000.59 Mexico 8,611,948 2,763.116 3,116.75 2,506.658 3,435.63 Colombia 1,466,953 694.344 2,112.72 629.899 2,328.87 Venezuela 5,296,786 3,211.162 1,649.49 2,913.118 1,818.25 Brazil 6,023,087 3,408.318 1,767.17 3,091.975 1,947.97 Argentina 10,249,293 5,140.952 1,993.66 4,663.795 2,197.63 Sweden 9,833 1.560 6,299.68 1.416 6,944.21 France 602,893 607.496 992.42 551.112 1,093.96 Federal Republic of Germany 19,993,292 10,829.481 1,846.19 9,824.343 2,035.08 Austria 17,586,983 7,780.812 2,260.30 7,058.636 2,491.56 Czech Republic 1,367,502 789.838 1,731.37 716.530 1,908.51 Switzerland 694,006 538.120 1,289.68 488.175 1,421.63 Poland 123,921 43.647 2,839.16 39.596 3,129.63 Russia 10,480,033 6,905.336 1,517.67 6,264.418 1,672.95 Ukraine 19,671,285 11,033.575 1,782.86 10,009.494 1,965.26 Romania 5,719,811 3,376.732 1,693.89 3,063.321 1,867.19 Turkey 757,139 918.919 823.94 833.630 908.24 United Arab Emirates 276,413 49.382 5,597.40 44.799 6,170.07 India 560,765 348.354 1,609.75 316.022 1,774.45 China 375,656,838 290,365.322 1,293.74 263,415.064 1,426.10 Korea, South 41,085,175 28,372.969 1,448.04 25,739.532 1,596.19 Taiwan 1,257,364 1,026.066 1,225.42 930.832 1,350.80 Japan 27,232,678 14,489.035 1,879.54 13,144.236 2,071.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 570,230,972 401,238.784 1,421.18 363,997.805 1,566.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 178,442 10.721 16,644.04 9.726 18,346.91 Mexico 3,506,873 1,729.473 2,027.71 1,568.952 2,235.17 Brazil 24,271 11.356 2,137.28 10.302 2,355.95 United Kingdom 13,780 16.534 833.40 15.000 918.67 Federal Republic of Germany 6,177,030 1,830.448 3,374.60 1,660.555 3,719.86 Czech Republic 2,689,723 1,211.583 2,220.01 1,099.130 2,447.14 Poland 2,070,213 1,031.078 2,007.81 935.379 2,213.23 Italy 14,630,401 4,958.236 2,950.73 4,498.038 3,252.62 Greece 19,356,439 12,093.768 1,600.53 10,971.285 1,764.28 Romania 3,266,788 1,890.492 1,728.01 1,715.026 1,904.80 Turkey 11,067,831 9,097.538 1,216.57 8,253.150 1,341.04 India 55,769,419 44,087.081 1,264.98 39,995.139 1,394.40 Thailand 1,453,584 1,041.460 1,395.72 944.797 1,538.51 China 20,286,734 19,039.544 1,065.51 17,272.389 1,174.52 Korea, South 12,981,721 10,224.555 1,269.66 9,275.563 1,399.56 Japan 14,573,072 12,061.750 1,208.21 10,942.239 1,331.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 168,046,321 120,335.621 1,396.48 109,166.670 1,539.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,629,790 709.361 2,297.55 643.522 2,532.61 Mexico 16,475,590 9,631.224 1,710.64 8,737.302 1,885.66 Brazil 3,036,967 1,380.059 2,200.61 1,251.969 2,425.75 Argentina 13,013,079 7,444.928 1,747.91 6,753.927 1,926.74 United Kingdom 235,151 254.750 923.06 231.106 1,017.50 France 302,635 153.404 1,972.79 139.166 2,174.63 Austria 219,339 135.716 1,616.16 123.120 1,781.51 Czech Republic 4,549,775 2,935.666 1,549.83 2,663.193 1,708.39 Slovakia 55,155 31.257 1,764.56 28.356 1,945.09 Poland 1,331,374 881.459 1,510.42 799.647 1,664.95 Russia 5,333,546 4,412.436 1,208.75 4,002.896 1,332.42 Ukraine 15,463,563 9,893.226 1,563.05 8,974.987 1,722.96 Italy 5,850,566 2,961.898 1,975.28 2,686.990 2,177.37 Turkey 742,647 568.251 1,306.90 515.509 1,440.61 India 383,330 283.217 1,353.48 256.931 1,491.96 China 50,345,865 43,434.759 1,159.11 39,403.362 1,277.70 Korea, South 6,352,452 6,105.797 1,040.40 5,539.088 1,146.84 Taiwan 434,802 396.491 1,096.62 359.691 1,208.82 Japan 27,649 8.979 3,079.15 8.146 3,394.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,783,275 91,622.886 1,372.84 83,118.908 1,513.29 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 404,663 281.232 1,438.89 255.130 1,586.11 Mexico 25,231,949 13,922.568 1,812.31 12,630.345 1,997.72 Poland 581,757 458.120 1,269.88 415.600 1,399.80 Ukraine 5,239,818 3,018.685 1,735.79 2,738.506 1,913.39 Turkey 2,949,288 2,318.602 1,272.01 2,103.401 1,402.15 India 639,090 456.489 1,400.01 414.120 1,543.25 China 1,659,944 1,784.553 930.17 1,618.920 1,025.34 Korea, South 17,275,972 15,143.585 1,140.81 13,738.034 1,257.53 Taiwan 2,411,249 2,120.341 1,137.20 1,923.542 1,253.55 Japan 10,102,233 8,513.899 1,186.56 7,723.682 1,307.96 South Africa 8,285 12.827 645.87 11.637 711.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,504,248 48,030.905 1,384.61 43,572.917 1,526.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 5,988,010 3,857.008 1,552.50 3,499.020 1,711.34 Mexico 6,947,108 5,951.129 1,167.36 5,398.775 1,286.79 Costa Rica 239,338 184.486 1,297.32 167.363 1,430.05 Dominican Republic 22,200 15.804 1,404.62 14.338 1,548.33 Colombia 295,647 220.468 1,340.99 200.006 1,478.19 Brazil 526,204 248.880 2,114.28 225.781 2,330.59 Argentina 2,267,707 1,665.372 1,361.68 1,510.801 1,501.00 Sweden 248,766 93.083 2,672.50 84.444 2,945.93 United Kingdom 6,770 2.905 2,329.91 2.636 2,568.29 Netherlands 109,767 41.915 2,618.78 38.025 2,886.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 38,626 15.663 2,465.93 14.210 2,718.23 France 664,778 315.790 2,105.13 286.480 2,320.50 Federal Republic of Germany 3,926,682 1,825.174 2,151.40 1,655.771 2,371.51 Austria 86,850 19.147 4,535.92 17.370 5,000.00 Slovakia 7,679 3.321 2,312.07 3.013 2,548.62 Switzerland 1,095,640 475.060 2,306.32 430.968 2,542.28 Russia 1,591,331 976.595 1,629.47 885.953 1,796.18 Ukraine 18,767 8.287 2,264.58 7.518 2,496.28 Spain 1,931,112 838.316 2,303.56 760.508 2,539.24 Italy 1,079,043 524.318 2,057.99 475.654 2,268.55 Romania 2,112,511 1,287.849 1,640.34 1,168.318 1,808.16 United Arab Emirates 320,571 246.118 1,302.51 223.275 1,435.77 India 2,287,774 1,534.944 1,490.46 1,392.479 1,642.95 Thailand 59,386 43.397 1,368.40 39.370 1,508.41 Malaysia 1,165,487 1,128.045 1,033.19 1,023.346 1,138.90 China 9,783,304 6,536.802 1,496.65 5,930.089 1,649.77 Korea, South 1,057,625 625.272 1,691.46 567.238 1,864.52 Hong Kong 41,725 29.024 1,437.56 26.331 1,584.63 Taiwan 834,671 435.988 1,914.43 395.522 2,110.30 Japan 2,220,599 815.518 2,722.93 739.826 3,001.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,975,678 29,965.694 1,567.65 27,184.428 1,728.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 38,236 11.013 3,471.84 9.991 3,827.04 Mexico 1,972,625 867.409 2,274.16 786.901 2,506.83 Argentina 1,673,082 351.114 4,765.06 318.526 5,252.58 Netherlands 336,492 119.400 2,818.19 108.318 3,106.52 France 599,122 276.868 2,163.92 251.171 2,385.32 Federal Republic of Germany 8,850,007 4,273.151 2,071.07 3,876.539 2,282.97 Czech Republic 799,451 391.202 2,043.57 354.893 2,252.65 Slovakia 676,677 279.023 2,425.16 253.126 2,673.28 Poland 908,454 394.629 2,302.04 358.002 2,537.57 Ukraine 5,996 5.101 1,175.34 4.628 1,295.59 Italy 975,119 354.060 2,754.11 321.198 3,035.88 Romania 858,718 396.426 2,166.15 359.632 2,387.77 Turkey 2,219 0.604 3,673.44 0.548 4,049.27 India 27,503 21.660 1,269.74 19.650 1,399.64 China 5,123,554 3,701.857 1,384.05 3,358.270 1,525.65 Korea, South 453,892 51.451 8,821.75 46.676 9,724.31 Japan 115,932 39.703 2,919.98 36.018 3,218.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,417,079 11,534.678 2,030.15 10,464.087 2,237.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,921,644 451.237 4,258.61 409.356 4,694.31 Mexico 424,929 124.287 3,418.91 112.752 3,768.70 Brazil 10,259 5.654 1,814.19 5.130 1,999.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 8,517 0.147 57,660.41 0.134 63,559.70 Federal Republic of Germany 100,369 17.655 5,684.79 16.017 6,266.40 China 301,278 124.120 2,427.31 112.600 2,675.65 Japan 714,110 204.688 3,488.77 185.690 3,845.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,481,106 927.792 3,752.03 841.679 4,135.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,768,815 17,477.608 1,245.53 15,855.424 1,372.96 Mexico 5,851,722 3,298.702 1,773.95 2,992.533 1,955.44 Sweden 110,857 50.871 2,179.15 46.150 2,402.10 United Kingdom 80,224 33.738 2,377.82 30.607 2,621.10 Netherlands 7,782 1.972 3,946.18 1.789 4,349.92 Belgium 384,853 153.877 2,501.04 139.595 2,756.93 Federal Republic of Germany 78,437 36.889 2,126.24 33.466 2,343.78 Austria 247,340 106.327 2,326.20 96.459 2,564.20 Thailand 46,736 34.524 1,353.71 31.320 1,492.21 Malaysia 526,369 522.082 1,008.21 473.625 1,111.36 China 1,631,107 1,038.200 1,571.09 941.840 1,731.83 Korea, South 5,262,569 5,105.638 1,030.74 4,631.759 1,136.19 Taiwan 31,330 19.799 1,582.35 17.962 1,744.24 Japan 1,168,456 644.873 1,811.91 585.020 1,997.29 South Africa 102,191 144.967 704.93 131.512 777.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,298,788 28,670.074 1,300.97 26,009.061 1,434.07 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 327,740 248.423 1,319.28 225.366 1,454.26 China 2,864,767 3,228.160 887.43 2,928.539 978.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,192,507 3,476.584 918.29 3,153.905 1,012.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 20,580,875 13,593.504 1,514.02 12,331.823 1,668.92 Mexico 10,121,200 9,108.615 1,111.17 8,263.199 1,224.85 Dominican Republic 71,657 54.111 1,324.25 49.089 1,459.74 Colombia 109,592 61.581 1,779.62 55.866 1,961.69 Venezuela 656,560 493.485 1,330.45 447.683 1,466.57 Peru 34,378 20.554 1,672.51 18.647 1,843.62 Chile 129,181 93.235 1,385.53 84.582 1,527.29 Brazil 356,070 229.457 1,551.79 208.160 1,710.56 Sweden 443,773 146.831 3,022.34 133.203 3,331.55 United Kingdom 496,342 193.975 2,558.78 175.972 2,820.57 Belgium 436,793 124.136 3,518.64 112.615 3,878.64 France 653,911 304.696 2,146.11 276.416 2,365.68 Federal Republic of Germany 830,924 444.148 1,870.82 402.925 2,062.23 Austria 99,791 35.428 2,816.70 32.140 3,104.88 Czech Republic 468,236 241.325 1,940.27 218.927 2,138.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus 146,222 121.093 1,207.52 109.854 1,331.06 Spain 139,471 94.587 1,474.52 85.808 1,625.38 Italy 113,213 61.184 1,850.34 55.506 2,039.65 Greece 173,572 125.585 1,382.11 113.929 1,523.51 Israel 29,797 21.905 1,360.28 19.872 1,499.45 United Arab Emirates 547,583 358.802 1,526.14 325.500 1,682.28 India 771,560 527.814 1,461.80 478.825 1,611.36 Thailand 214,168 177.657 1,205.51 161.168 1,328.85 Malaysia 656,416 426.786 1,538.04 387.174 1,695.40 Indonesia 91,519 27.015 3,387.66 24.508 3,734.25 China 13,044,407 9,991.624 1,305.53 9,064.252 1,439.10 Korea, South 1,586,262 1,045.817 1,516.77 948.750 1,671.95 Taiwan 786,119 459.638 1,710.30 416.977 1,885.28 Japan 2,680,722 2,149.337 1,247.23 1,949.847 1,374.84 New Zealand 32,736 20.723 1,579.66 18.800 1,741.28 South Africa 894,267 785.012 1,139.17 712.152 1,255.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,397,317 41,539.674 1,381.75 37,684.169 1,523.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 China 892,413 943.562 945.79 855.986 1,042.56 Japan 226,060 242.952 930.47 220.403 1,025.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,118,473 1,186.515 942.65 1,076.389 1,039.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 16,560,216 19,353.145 855.69 17,556.883 943.23 Brazil 1,048,012 847.716 1,236.28 769.036 1,362.76 Netherlands 9,394,068 12,353.577 760.43 11,206.980 838.23 France 143,022 162.436 880.48 147.360 970.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,072,966 2,131.232 972.66 1,933.422 1,072.17 China 2,090,263 2,619.763 797.88 2,376.610 879.51 Korea, South 2,060,666 1,638.805 1,257.42 1,486.700 1,386.07 Taiwan 2,781 4.379 635.01 3.973 699.97 Japan 78,719 71.300 1,104.04 64.683 1,217.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,450,713 39,182.357 853.72 35,545.647 941.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,452,314 1,561.508 930.07 1,416.577 1,025.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,583,522 1,759.434 900.02 1,596.133 992.10 Taiwan 1,241,892 1,032.231 1,203.11 936.425 1,326.21 Japan 2,818,785 2,498.682 1,128.11 2,266.767 1,243.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,096,513 6,851.857 1,035.71 6,215.902 1,141.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 47,035,971 51,951.288 905.39 47,129.429 998.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 14,570,353 16,084.825 905.84 14,591.912 998.52 Netherlands 25,007,415 31,997.026 781.55 29,027.222 861.52 Belgium 2,354,294 2,509.796 938.04 2,276.850 1,034.01 France 1,740,130 1,605.491 1,083.86 1,456.478 1,194.75 Federal Republic of Germany 76,517 90.403 846.39 82.013 932.99 Russia 1,341,986 1,350.939 993.37 1,225.552 1,095.01 India 3,200 4.355 734.75 3.951 809.92 Korea, South 29,114,029 35,288.243 825.03 32,012.965 909.44 Japan 621,339 682.738 910.07 619.370 1,003.18 Australia 22,833,635 24,349.779 937.73 22,089.755 1,033.68 New Zealand 2,978,634 3,356.105 887.53 3,044.609 978.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 147,677,503 169,270.994 872.43 153,560.106 961.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 20,199,042 20,761.351 972.92 18,834.387 1,072.46 Mexico 8,568,570 8,436.902 1,015.61 7,653.831 1,119.51 Colombia 24,428 22.503 1,085.51 20.415 1,196.57 Venezuela 31,934 25.516 1,251.51 23.148 1,379.56 Brazil 13,683,488 13,268.363 1,031.29 12,036.860 1,136.80 Sweden 247,770 228.520 1,084.24 207.310 1,195.17 Netherlands 12,400,156 11,985.008 1,034.64 10,872.620 1,140.49 Belgium 3,504,136 3,405.137 1,029.07 3,089.090 1,134.36 Federal Republic of Germany 113,361 102.172 1,109.51 92.689 1,223.03 India 62,625 41.001 1,527.38 37.196 1,683.65 China 36,128,746 35,188.541 1,026.72 31,922.517 1,131.76 Korea, South 2,866,381 3,008.620 952.72 2,729.375 1,050.20 Taiwan 1,392,690 1,363.983 1,021.05 1,237.385 1,125.51 Japan 1,087,460 1,069.995 1,016.32 970.684 1,120.30 New Zealand 341,691 320.618 1,065.73 290.860 1,174.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 100,652,478 99,228.236 1,014.35 90,018.367 1,118.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,976,218 27,059.539 849.10 24,548.008 935.97 Mexico 16,218,691 12,428.856 1,304.92 11,275.272 1,438.43 Colombia 1,174,317 861.403 1,363.26 781.452 1,502.74 Brazil 29,352 22.882 1,282.71 20.759 1,413.94 Argentina 28,726 52.775 544.31 47.877 600.00 Sweden 336,453 282.287 1,191.88 256.087 1,313.82 Netherlands 3,328,735 3,037.180 1,095.99 2,755.285 1,208.13 France 98,922 112.818 876.83 102.347 966.54 Federal Republic of Germany 425,069 476.918 891.28 432.653 982.47 Austria 637,367 465.397 1,369.51 422.202 1,509.63 Spain 481,589 503.850 955.82 457.086 1,053.61 Italy 218,189 105.725 2,063.72 95.913 2,274.86 India 8,149,608 6,758.875 1,205.76 6,131.550 1,329.13 China 76,425,439 74,467.080 1,026.30 67,555.418 1,131.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 13,522,336 12,695.919 1,065.09 11,517.548 1,174.06 Taiwan 16,343,966 12,054.123 1,355.88 10,935.320 1,494.60 Japan 912,533 833.426 1,094.92 756.072 1,206.94 Australia 281,073 191.241 1,469.73 173.491 1,620.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 161,588,583 152,410.302 1,060.22 138,264.340 1,168.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 324,363 270.943 1,197.16 245.796 1,319.64 Mexico 94,903 64.617 1,468.69 58.620 1,618.95 Brazil 27,616 13.034 2,118.63 11.825 2,335.39 Luxembourg 1,482,347 1,224.436 1,210.64 1,110.790 1,334.50 Federal Republic of Germany 4,172,376 3,206.305 1,301.30 2,908.712 1,434.44 Thailand 62,549 55.089 1,135.42 49.976 1,251.58 China 1,091,216 790.394 1,380.60 717.034 1,521.85 Korea, South 2,817,992 2,102.559 1,340.27 1,907.410 1,477.39 Taiwan 690,857 589.951 1,171.04 535.195 1,290.85 Japan 3,527,000 2,660.816 1,325.53 2,413.853 1,461.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,291,219 10,978.147 1,301.79 9,959.211 1,434.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,671,947 2,205.101 1,211.71 2,000.435 1,335.68 Mexico 3,132,088 2,424.606 1,291.79 2,199.567 1,423.96 Brazil 502,234 373.432 1,344.91 338.772 1,482.51 United Kingdom 647,461 482.105 1,342.99 437.359 1,480.39 Netherlands 114,779 101.062 1,135.73 91.682 1,251.93 Belgium 612,835 447.026 1,370.91 405.536 1,511.17 Luxembourg 53,132 44.401 1,196.64 40.280 1,319.07 France 54,478 11.229 4,851.44 10.187 5,347.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,320,890 1,340.671 2,477.03 1,216.237 2,730.46 Italy 15,756 15.351 1,026.32 13.927 1,131.33 India 206,418 148.056 1,394.18 134.315 1,536.82 China 19,022,663 16,247.505 1,170.81 14,739.493 1,290.59 Korea, South 11,720,656 9,233.985 1,269.30 8,376.933 1,399.16 Taiwan 19,637,770 15,196.353 1,292.27 13,785.904 1,424.48 Japan 2,598,755 1,530.317 1,698.18 1,388.281 1,871.92 Australia 54,456 44.989 1,210.41 40.814 1,334.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,366,318 49,846.196 1,291.30 45,219.722 1,423.41 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,375,715 1,983.043 693.74 1,798.987 764.72 Mexico 565,202 991.392 570.11 899.376 628.44 United Kingdom 111,063 175.666 632.24 159.362 696.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,051,980 3,150.101 651.40 2,857.725 718.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,000,885 1,545.440 1,294.70 1,402.000 1,427.16 Mexico 57,688 40.623 1,420.07 36.853 1,565.35 Chile 9,947 6.255 1,590.09 5.675 1,752.78 Brazil 9,371 1.290 7,259.80 1.171 8,002.56 Sweden 580,888 97.743 5,943.01 88.671 6,551.05 United Kingdom 446,770 181.273 2,464.61 164.449 2,716.77 France 145,491 35.838 4,059.65 32.512 4,474.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,945,442 2,294.103 1,719.82 2,081.176 1,895.78 Austria 618,531 121.216 5,102.69 109.966 5,624.75 Switzerland 113,956 39.955 2,852.08 36.247 3,143.87 Italy 87,778 32.800 2,676.13 29.756 2,949.93 India 235,190 156.779 1,500.13 142.228 1,653.61 China 526,844 392.029 1,343.89 355.643 1,481.38 Korea, South 1,317,163 1,135.184 1,160.31 1,029.822 1,279.02 Taiwan 276,621 162.276 1,704.63 147.215 1,879.03 Japan 381,060 235.062 1,621.10 213.245 1,786.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,753,625 6,477.872 1,660.05 5,876.629 1,829.90 GRAND TOTAL 2,751,288,685 2,418,606.849 1,137.55 2,194,123.845 1,253.94 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 2,269 0.604 3,756.21 0.548 4,140.51 Federal Republic of Germany 64,618 17.191 3,758.69 15.596 4,143.24 Italy 6,040,569 1,589.923 3,799.28 1,442.355 4,187.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,107,456 1,607.719 3,798.83 1,458.499 4,187.49 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,773 1.040 4,586.86 0.944 5,056.14 Sweden 15,931,913 3,265.595 4,878.72 2,962.499 5,377.86 United Kingdom 19,151,431 7,710.325 2,483.87 6,994.692 2,737.99 Federal Republic of Germany 229,444 53.539 4,285.53 48.570 4,723.99 Czech Republic 13,690 9.432 1,451.37 8.557 1,599.86 Ukraine 1,386,774 340.329 4,074.80 308.742 4,491.69 Spain 2,443,115 481.087 5,078.32 436.435 5,597.89 Italy 1,893,011 485.090 3,902.39 440.067 4,301.64 Slovenia 13,370 4.210 3,175.15 3.820 3,500.00 India 2,785 0.069 40,103.34 0.063 44,206.35 China 177,397 10.160 17,460.33 9.217 19,246.72 Taiwan 23,950 1.342 17,838.33 1.218 19,663.38 Japan 2,700 0.588 4,586.89 0.534 5,056.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,274,353 12,362.812 3,338.59 11,215.358 3,680.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 36,804 5.654 6,508.39 5.130 7,174.27 Sweden 1,109,072 203.214 5,457.65 184.353 6,016.02 United Kingdom 1,555,475 374.861 4,149.46 340.069 4,574.00 France 896,857 215.265 4,166.28 195.286 4,592.53 Federal Republic of Germany 399,281 127.580 3,129.64 115.739 3,449.84 Austria 34,097 5.060 6,737.59 4.591 7,426.92 Italy 251,418 71.965 3,493.59 65.286 3,851.02 China 796,243 306.536 2,597.55 278.085 2,863.31 Taiwan 2,831,739 792.768 3,571.96 719.188 3,937.41 Japan 20,546 6.783 3,028.77 6.154 3,338.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,931,532 2,109.692 3,759.57 1,913.881 4,144.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 193,227 39.138 4,936.99 35.506 5,442.09 India 595,496 141.818 4,198.99 128.656 4,628.59 Japan 52,586 10.786 4,875.34 9.785 5,374.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 841,309 191.743 4,387.67 173.947 4,836.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 264,057 88.486 2,984.14 80.274 3,289.45 Brazil 4,531 0.731 6,190.44 0.664 6,823.80 Sweden 1,576,152 301.033 5,235.80 273.093 5,771.48 United Kingdom 151,612 24.971 6,071.34 22.654 6,692.50 Belgium 2,102,118 345.001 6,093.07 312.980 6,716.46 France 381,681 181.136 2,107.15 164.324 2,322.73 Federal Republic of Germany 524,513 105.048 4,993.08 95.298 5,503.92 Italy 211,986 44.254 4,790.16 40.147 5,280.25 Slovenia 818,573 150.588 5,435.81 136.612 5,991.96 China 3,960,222 966.463 4,097.64 876.761 4,516.88 Korea, South 444,959 118.500 3,754.91 107.502 4,139.08 Taiwan 4,659,831 1,515.558 3,074.66 1,374.892 3,389.23 Japan 2,126,635 352.872 6,026.63 320.121 6,643.22 South Africa 990,943 477.684 2,074.47 433.348 2,286.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,217,813 4,672.332 3,899.08 4,238.670 4,298.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 4,828,770 814.696 5,927.08 739.080 6,533.49 Netherlands 8,938 0.746 11,976.99 0.677 13,202.36 Belgium 450,825 91.635 4,919.78 83.130 5,423.13 Federal Republic of Germany 414,012 92.406 4,480.32 83.830 4,938.71 China 2,815,959 767.418 3,669.39 696.191 4,044.81 Taiwan 5,754 4.345 1,324.19 3.942 1,459.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,524,258 1,771.248 4,812.57 1,606.850 5,304.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 319,873 40.097 7,977.35 36.376 8,793.52 Brazil 1,033,004 60.720 17,012.36 55.085 18,752.91 Sweden 3,215,003 762.069 4,218.78 691.338 4,650.41 United Kingdom 1,522,575 297.164 5,123.68 269.583 5,647.89 Belgium 15,565 2.400 6,483.17 2.178 7,146.46 France 919,029 70.168 13,097.42 63.656 14,437.43 Federal Republic of Germany 670,861 131.661 5,095.36 119.441 5,616.67 Austria 945,505 120.202 7,865.93 109.046 8,670.70 Ukraine 563,729 109.510 5,147.73 99.346 5,674.40 Portugal 1,269,104 250.757 5,061.09 227.483 5,578.90 Italy 1,289,126 225.404 5,719.16 204.484 6,304.29 India 1,946,576 421.912 4,613.69 382.753 5,085.72 China 453,756 89.847 5,050.31 81.508 5,567.01 Taiwan 3,194,850 643.552 4,964.40 583.821 5,472.31 Japan 36,105 17.767 2,032.13 16.118 2,240.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,394,661 3,243.237 5,363.36 2,942.216 5,912.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 11,992 0.837 14,314.42 0.760 15,778.95 Switzerland 10,543 1.108 9,507.41 1.006 10,480.12 Italy 416,789 84.827 4,913.39 76.954 5,416.08 India 2,310,296 563.286 4,101.46 511.005 4,521.08 China 60,750 15.294 3,972.00 13.875 4,378.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,810,370 665.354 4,223.87 603.600 4,656.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 199,115 22.409 8,885.10 20.330 9,794.15 Mexico 52,794 24.215 2,180.17 21.968 2,403.22 Sweden 636,121 86.642 7,341.88 78.601 8,093.04 Denmark 27,712 5.541 5,000.98 5.027 5,512.63 United Kingdom 1,003,693 108.176 9,278.30 98.136 10,227.57 Netherlands 34,853 1.823 19,116.15 1.654 21,071.95 France 2,585,249 395.105 6,543.18 358.434 7,212.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,243,784 698.765 6,073.26 633.910 6,694.62 Austria 78,206 8.895 8,791.49 8.070 9,690.95 Czech Republic 49,876 6.007 8,302.16 5.450 9,151.56 Switzerland 470,602 66.495 7,077.17 60.324 7,801.24 Latvia 448,329 77.461 5,787.76 70.272 6,379.91 Ukraine 402,845 80.645 4,995.28 73.160 5,506.36 Spain 127,106 42.284 3,005.96 38.360 3,313.50 Italy 11,429,605 1,709.110 6,687.46 1,550.479 7,371.66 Slovenia 113,641 29.641 3,833.89 26.890 4,226.14 Saudi Arabia 39,657 18.435 2,151.17 16.724 2,371.26 United Arab Emirates 396,469 84.893 4,670.20 77.014 5,148.01 India 5,267,564 1,263.224 4,169.94 1,145.978 4,596.57 China 705,712 150.957 4,674.92 136.946 5,153.21 Korea, South 294,893 54.292 5,431.60 49.253 5,987.31 Taiwan 7,230,766 1,614.569 4,478.45 1,464.713 4,936.64 Japan 144,129 26.464 5,446.17 24.008 6,003.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,982,721 6,576.057 5,471.78 5,965.701 6,031.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 36,576 2.687 13,610.01 2.438 15,002.46 United Kingdom 1,060,464 51.153 20,730.88 46.406 22,851.87 Spain 11,873 0.917 12,945.92 0.832 14,270.43 Italy 497,729 44.749 11,122.58 40.596 12,260.54 India 332,508 240.278 1,383.84 217.977 1,525.43 China 7,942,608 3,179.720 2,497.89 2,884.595 2,753.46 Japan 14,048,311 3,909.386 3,593.48 3,546.537 3,961.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,930,069 7,428.893 3,221.22 6,739.381 3,550.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 30,476 3.421 8,907.01 3.104 9,818.30 Federal Republic of Germany 14,292 0.589 24,234.56 0.535 26,714.02 Austria 2,462 0.188 13,061.34 0.171 14,397.66 China 20,637 2.060 10,016.90 1.869 11,041.73 Japan 25,436 5.269 4,827.44 4.780 5,321.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,303 11.529 8,092.85 10.459 8,920.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 15,119,051 1,388.850 10,886.02 1,259.944 11,999.78 Mexico 463,036 102.047 4,537.45 92.576 5,001.69 Uruguay 291,782 75.471 3,866.10 68.467 4,261.64 Sweden 2,250,275 224.128 10,040.11 203.326 11,067.33 Finland 234,626 56.630 4,143.13 51.374 4,567.02 Denmark 9,216 0.686 13,419.93 0.623 14,792.94 United Kingdom 2,244,945 23.297 96,360.56 21.135 106,219.30 Ireland 30,000 5.377 5,579.24 4.878 6,150.06 Netherlands 49,085 3.679 13,340.08 3.338 14,704.91 France 5,684,796 615.303 9,239.01 558.194 10,184.27 Federal Republic of Germany 3,657,976 219.375 16,674.51 199.014 18,380.50 Austria 2,116,953 222.930 9,496.03 202.239 10,467.58 Czech Republic 9,301 0.334 27,847.29 0.303 30,696.37 Switzerland 3,380,298 131.650 25,676.38 119.431 28,303.36 Spain 11,692,786 797.311 14,665.27 723.309 16,165.69 Italy 822,402 21.056 39,057.21 19.102 43,053.19 India 542,561 108.372 5,006.44 98.314 5,518.65 Thailand 1,183,347 280.241 4,222.60 254.231 4,654.61 Vietnam 238,372 60.843 3,917.81 55.196 4,318.65 Malaysia 4,107,181 866.338 4,740.85 785.929 5,225.89 Singapore 194,703 42.435 4,588.19 38.497 5,057.61 China 12,617,541 1,995.177 6,324.02 1,809.995 6,971.04 Korea, South 5,260,899 999.988 5,260.96 907.175 5,799.21 Taiwan 13,901,784 2,675.920 5,195.14 2,427.555 5,726.66 Japan 5,633,369 598.996 9,404.67 543.401 10,366.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,736,285 11,516.444 7,965.68 10,447.546 8,780.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,347,284 161.395 8,347.69 146.416 9,201.75 Mexico 25,926 0.955 27,127.66 0.867 29,903.11 Sweden 1,721,629 139.666 12,326.75 126.703 13,587.91 Denmark 8,092 2.035 3,974.52 1.847 4,381.16 United Kingdom 189,754 21.051 9,013.61 19.098 9,935.80 Ireland 25,666 1.219 21,052.27 1.106 23,206.15 Netherlands 15,250 0.072 209,614.71 0.066 231,060.61 Belgium 125,093 10.862 11,516.39 9.854 12,694.64 France 217,618 24.091 9,033.16 21.855 9,957.36 Federal Republic of Germany 395,422 26.199 15,092.60 23.768 16,636.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 4,830 0.551 8,763.41 0.500 9,660.00 Switzerland 232,559 39.322 5,914.11 35.673 6,519.19 Spain 87,491 4.734 18,479.75 4.295 20,370.43 Italy 593,327 114.166 5,197.04 103.570 5,728.75 United Arab Emirates 192,047 48.001 4,000.88 43.546 4,410.21 India 5,586,465 1,195.064 4,674.61 1,084.145 5,152.88 Thailand 2,282 0.574 3,973.51 0.521 4,380.04 China 1,670,115 357.466 4,672.09 324.288 5,150.10 Korea, South 4,875,028 941.786 5,176.36 854.375 5,705.96 Taiwan 1,995,525 290.228 6,875.70 263.291 7,579.16 Japan 959,311 93.669 10,241.39 84.976 11,289.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,270,714 3,473.117 5,836.46 3,150.760 6,433.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 65,508 17.515 3,739.95 15.890 4,122.59 Sweden 218,037 39.068 5,580.95 35.442 6,151.94 Finland 99,506 25.955 3,833.79 23.546 4,226.03 Belgium 313,759 85.623 3,664.42 77.676 4,039.33 Federal Republic of Germany 7,260 1.657 4,379.10 1.504 4,827.13 Austria 23,973 2.544 9,422.85 2.308 10,386.92 Italy 159,831 38.849 4,114.07 35.244 4,534.98 China 401,998 93.138 4,316.12 84.494 4,757.71 Taiwan 299,463 83.441 3,588.89 75.697 3,956.07 Japan 2,813,685 1,879.787 1,496.81 1,705.315 1,649.95 South Africa 882,395 496.644 1,776.72 450.548 1,958.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,285,415 2,764.225 1,912.08 2,507.664 2,107.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 323,191 62.958 5,133.40 57.115 5,658.60 Mexico 10,174,432 3,531.216 2,881.28 3,203.467 3,176.07 Brazil 2,853,070 904.911 3,152.87 820.922 3,475.45 Sweden 6,636,542 1,124.902 5,899.66 1,020.495 6,503.26 Finland 2,879,172 615.546 4,677.42 558.415 5,155.97 United Kingdom 810,149 80.821 10,023.94 73.320 11,049.50 Belgium 1,270,846 262.053 4,849.57 237.731 5,345.73 France 3,438,081 1,199.990 2,865.09 1,088.613 3,158.22 Federal Republic of Germany 5,562,207 1,438.805 3,865.85 1,305.263 4,261.37 Austria 4,274 0.255 16,712.54 0.232 18,422.41 Switzerland 43,902 4.888 8,980.21 4.435 9,898.99 Spain 574,865 181.487 3,167.51 164.643 3,491.58 Italy 363,018 93.986 3,862.45 85.263 4,257.63 Romania 829,739 168.609 4,921.07 152.960 5,424.55 India 837,961 241.615 3,468.16 219.190 3,822.99 Thailand 451,352 119.534 3,775.91 108.440 4,162.23 Indonesia 762,740 170.639 4,469.88 154.802 4,927.20 China 26,361,634 7,646.437 3,447.57 6,936.733 3,800.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 5,172,592 1,858.656 2,782.97 1,686.145 3,067.70 Taiwan 14,975,401 4,855.426 3,084.26 4,404.770 3,399.81 Japan 692,461 125.457 5,519.49 113.813 6,084.20 South Africa 2,047,304 612.353 3,343.34 555.518 3,685.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,064,933 25,300.556 3,441.23 22,952.285 3,793.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 United Kingdom 5,408 0.556 9,714.96 0.505 10,708.91 Federal Republic of Germany 8,044 3.538 2,273.33 3.210 2,505.92 Italy 35,931 5.151 6,975.40 4.673 7,689.06 Japan 41,982 26.984 1,555.78 24.480 1,714.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,365 36.230 2,521.75 32.868 2,779.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 10,132 2.240 4,521.20 2.033 4,983.77 Mexico 1,349,236 409.519 3,294.68 371.510 3,631.76 Sweden 2,734,245 316.402 8,641.65 287.036 9,525.79 Finland 853,939 183.137 4,662.82 166.140 5,139.88 Denmark 23,769 2.221 10,701.18 2.015 11,796.03 United Kingdom 886,878 153.949 5,760.82 139.661 6,350.22 Belgium 47,709 7.589 6,286.26 6.885 6,929.41 France 1,895,647 514.855 3,681.90 467.069 4,058.60 Federal Republic of Germany 524,712 52.074 10,076.22 47.241 11,107.13 Austria 138,390 19.214 7,202.42 17.431 7,939.30 Italy 7,403 0.862 8,588.10 0.782 9,466.75 Romania 128,562 25.369 5,067.54 23.015 5,586.01 India 1,023,778 187.284 5,466.42 169.902 6,025.70 Malaysia 6,612 0.383 17,236.51 0.348 19,000.00 China 296,275 113.555 2,609.07 103.016 2,876.01 Korea, South 1,962,374 576.920 3,401.46 523.374 3,749.47 Taiwan 898,464 231.556 3,880.10 210.065 4,277.08 Japan 3,056,628 347.269 8,801.88 315.038 9,702.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,844,753 3,144.409 5,039.02 2,852.561 5,554.57 GRAND TOTAL 383,401,310 86,875.605 4,413.22 78,812.246 4,864.74