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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 33,297 68.790 484.03 62.406 533.55 France 104,776 57.408 1,825.10 52.080 2,011.83 Ukraine 226,721 83.555 2,713.43 75.800 2,991.04 Italy 10,307,315 3,190.706 3,230.42 2,894.561 3,560.93 India 19,478 8.399 2,318.92 7.620 2,556.17 China 6,986 7.408 942.95 6.721 1,039.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,698,573 3,416.269 3,131.65 3,099.188 3,452.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 23,568,066 26,812.654 878.99 24,324.038 968.92 Mexico 42,813,617 43,691.347 979.91 39,636.135 1,080.17 Brazil 2,732,142 2,181.438 1,252.45 1,978.968 1,380.59 Sweden 10,921,165 2,426.533 4,500.73 2,201.315 4,961.20 United Kingdom 12,284,525 4,174.307 2,942.89 3,786.869 3,243.98 Netherlands 430,929 128.446 3,354.92 116.525 3,698.17 Belgium 7,217,368 7,443.487 969.62 6,752.620 1,068.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,245,273 141.183 8,820.21 128.080 9,722.62 Czech Republic 7,283 5.017 1,451.46 4.552 1,599.96 Switzerland 554,942 372.908 1,488.15 338.297 1,640.40 Russia 41,639,776 55,162.544 754.86 50,042.633 832.09 Ukraine 55,985 38.735 1,445.33 35.140 1,593.20 Spain 883,921 134.873 6,553.72 122.355 7,224.23 Italy 5,785,027 1,536.417 3,765.27 1,393.815 4,150.50 Slovenia 500,659 178.183 2,809.80 161.645 3,097.27 India 31,188,484 33,635.464 927.25 30,513.589 1,022.12 China 792,419 399.996 1,981.06 362.871 2,183.75 Taiwan 5,500 1.199 4,585.95 1.088 5,055.15 Japan 880,489 720.559 1,221.95 653.681 1,346.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,507,570 179,185.300 1,024.12 162,554.216 1,128.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,166,628 22,095.248 912.71 20,044.478 1,006.09 Mexico 85,395 87.810 972.50 79.660 1,071.99 Brazil 12,263,473 10,784.654 1,137.12 9,783.677 1,253.46 Sweden 832,544 137.893 6,037.58 125.095 6,655.29 Finland 32,258 21.356 1,510.48 19.374 1,665.01 United Kingdom 4,091,318 2,904.712 1,408.51 2,635.112 1,552.62 France 274,762 47.048 5,839.93 42.682 6,437.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,982,361 2,269.691 1,313.99 2,059.030 1,448.43 Russia 7,222,703 10,759.006 671.32 9,760.409 740.00 Spain 3,393,784 3,543.579 957.73 3,214.682 1,055.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 5,766,838 5,672.555 1,016.62 5,146.057 1,120.63 Turkey 16,284,827 22,461.832 725.00 20,377.037 799.18 China 10,052,237 9,129.070 1,101.12 8,281.756 1,213.78 Korea, South 1,322,900 1,462.628 904.47 1,326.875 997.00 Taiwan 2,218,645 586.886 3,780.36 532.415 4,167.13 Japan 12,030,087 13,560.941 887.11 12,302.283 977.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,020,760 105,524.917 938.36 95,730.622 1,034.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,633,510 5,262.348 1,070.53 4,773.924 1,180.06 Mexico 2,465,096 3,094.813 796.53 2,807.568 878.02 Brazil 5,745 2.231 2,574.99 2.024 2,838.44 United Kingdom 8,168,125 8,293.817 984.85 7,524.027 1,085.61 Netherlands 306,537 132.993 2,304.90 120.650 2,540.71 Luxembourg 5,919,335 3,803.559 1,556.26 3,450.532 1,715.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,473,228 976.850 1,508.14 886.184 1,662.44 Poland 3,160 0.630 5,011.72 0.572 5,524.48 Spain 632,701 490.201 1,290.70 444.703 1,422.75 Italy 134,008 30.386 4,410.14 27.566 4,861.35 Turkey 673,678 438.113 1,537.68 397.450 1,695.00 India 427,256 116.334 3,672.65 105.537 4,048.40 Vietnam 31,394 17.785 1,765.12 16.135 1,945.71 China 157,658 208.183 757.30 188.861 834.78 Korea, South 4,520,620 4,381.055 1,031.86 3,974.428 1,137.43 Taiwan 64,020 31.936 2,004.62 28.972 2,209.72 Japan 578,636 445.388 1,299.17 404.050 1,432.09 South Africa 39,578 28.253 1,400.83 25.631 1,544.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,234,285 27,754.883 1,125.36 25,178.814 1,240.50 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 671,736 498.532 1,347.43 452.261 1,485.28 Luxembourg 11,131,824 6,689.342 1,664.11 6,068.471 1,834.37 Federal Republic of Germany 115,468 99.975 1,154.97 90.696 1,273.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,919,028 7,287.849 1,635.47 6,611.428 1,802.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 23,963,263 15,682.105 1,528.06 14,226.571 1,684.40 Mexico 7,453 6.885 1,082.49 6.246 1,193.24 Brazil 4,361,534 2,584.838 1,687.35 2,344.927 1,859.99 Sweden 15,398,839 7,146.627 2,154.70 6,483.313 2,375.15 United Kingdom 100,786 51.588 1,953.67 46.800 2,153.55 Netherlands 9,732 1.455 6,688.43 1.320 7,372.73 Belgium 3,591,666 618.367 5,808.30 560.974 6,402.55 France 9,019,035 1,670.244 5,399.83 1,515.221 5,952.29 Federal Republic of Germany 4,975,207 2,270.463 2,191.27 2,059.730 2,415.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 460,166 177.590 2,591.17 161.107 2,856.28 Russia 19,926,665 15,876.941 1,255.07 14,403.323 1,383.48 Ukraine 49,041,159 35,093.513 1,397.44 31,836.309 1,540.42 Spain 626,622 386.348 1,621.91 350.490 1,787.85 Italy 46,138 8.219 5,612.94 7.457 6,187.21 Slovenia 610,277 127.250 4,795.86 115.440 5,286.53 Romania 12,150,674 10,234.795 1,187.19 9,284.853 1,308.66 Bulgaria 4,049,422 3,293.521 1,229.51 2,987.833 1,355.30 Turkey 235,049 201.341 1,167.41 182.654 1,286.85 India 11,311 6.834 1,655.03 6.200 1,824.35 Thailand 23,026,326 18,639.526 1,235.35 16,909.499 1,361.74 China 17,620,125 10,155.365 1,735.06 9,212.795 1,912.57 Korea, South 3,550,459 2,763.973 1,284.55 2,507.435 1,415.97 Taiwan 3,397,181 1,359.654 2,498.56 1,233.458 2,754.19 Japan 9,257,431 6,126.615 1,511.02 5,557.974 1,665.61 Australia 29,870 6.383 4,679.26 5.791 5,158.00 South Africa 922,869 408.573 2,258.76 370.652 2,489.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 206,389,259 134,899.025 1,529.95 122,378.372 1,686.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 39,964,277 41,309.988 967.42 37,475.802 1,066.40 Mexico 5,302,163 6,899.096 768.53 6,258.757 847.16 Brazil 168,779 59.177 2,852.08 53.685 3,143.88 Sweden 3,972,180 1,416.539 2,804.14 1,285.063 3,091.04 United Kingdom 17,791 12.839 1,385.62 11.648 1,527.39 Netherlands 9,392,723 9,544.247 984.12 8,658.398 1,084.81 Belgium 426,081 98.039 4,346.01 88.940 4,790.66 France 4,253,808 3,638.163 1,169.22 3,300.487 1,288.84 Federal Republic of Germany 7,695,729 7,137.254 1,078.25 6,474.810 1,188.56 Russia 1,433,318 1,596.036 898.05 1,447.900 989.93 Greece 238,470 412.596 577.97 374.301 637.11 China 1,259,454 343.404 3,667.56 311.531 4,042.79 Korea, South 754,675 757.536 996.22 687.226 1,098.15 Japan 928,151 975.545 951.42 885.000 1,048.76 New Zealand 37,294 37.313 999.48 33.850 1,101.74 South Africa 32,281 19.213 1,680.14 17.430 1,852.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,877,174 74,256.990 1,021.82 67,364.828 1,126.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 166,834 193.603 861.73 175.634 949.90 Luxembourg 263,664 274.297 961.23 248.839 1,059.58 Federal Republic of Germany 80,864 43.135 1,874.64 39.132 2,066.44 Czech Republic 6,241,069 5,911.174 1,055.81 5,362.529 1,163.83 Spain 100,527 73.512 1,367.49 66.689 1,507.40 Korea, South 95,757 73.814 1,297.27 66.963 1,430.00 Japan 12,153,977 13,626.723 891.92 12,361.959 983.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 19,102,692 20,196.261 945.85 18,321.745 1,042.62 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 515,188 553.485 930.81 502.114 1,026.04 Luxembourg 8,219 3.697 2,223.06 3.354 2,450.51 Austria 414,602 263.113 1,575.75 238.693 1,736.97 Spain 16,427 11.680 1,406.41 10.596 1,550.30 China 169,875 170.232 997.90 154.432 1,100.00 Korea, South 75,707 63.428 1,193.59 57.541 1,315.71 Japan 20,504 10.543 1,944.69 9.565 2,143.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,220,522 1,076.180 1,134.12 976.295 1,250.16 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 38,056 34.546 1,101.59 31.340 1,214.29 Austria 4,840 8.190 590.95 7.430 651.41 China 914,235 723.132 1,264.27 656.015 1,393.62 Australia 423,822 689.024 615.10 625.073 678.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,380,953 1,454.893 949.18 1,319.858 1,046.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,319,263 29,588.295 855.72 26,842.058 943.27 Mexico 1,850,447 2,365.082 782.40 2,145.567 862.45 Brazil 3,857,274 2,821.287 1,367.20 2,559.430 1,507.08 Sweden 4,395,035 1,041.921 4,218.20 945.216 4,649.77 Finland 74,349 34.050 2,183.50 30.890 2,406.90 United Kingdom 8,888,597 9,453.071 940.29 8,575.685 1,036.49 Netherlands 21,262 6.419 3,311.91 5.824 3,650.76 France 1,703,768 178.519 9,543.89 161.950 10,520.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,226,892 515.910 2,378.11 468.026 2,621.42 Austria 1,390,051 152.899 9,091.28 138.708 10,021.42 Czech Republic 5,104 1.920 2,658.02 1.742 2,929.97 Russia 381,837 274.277 1,392.16 248.820 1,534.59 Ukraine 2,167,366 702.060 3,087.15 636.899 3,403.00 Spain 4,755,487 3,194.155 1,488.81 2,897.690 1,641.13 Portugal 972,331 201.285 4,830.61 182.603 5,324.84 Italy 2,876,537 564.048 5,099.81 511.696 5,621.57 Slovenia 195,418 67.290 2,904.09 61.045 3,201.21 Romania 23,728 5.738 4,134.78 5.206 4,557.82 Turkey 690,560 426.710 1,618.34 387.105 1,783.91 India 1,814,433 592.282 3,063.46 537.310 3,376.88 China 45,097,632 38,672.105 1,166.15 35,082.754 1,285.46 Korea, South 5,755,027 3,914.677 1,470.12 3,551.337 1,620.52 Taiwan 1,410,763 325.165 4,338.60 294.985 4,782.49 Japan 15,401,226 14,210.694 1,083.78 12,891.729 1,194.66 South Africa 123,029 84.255 1,460.20 76.435 1,609.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 130,397,416 109,394.126 1,192.00 99,240.710 1,313.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,335,687 3,605.315 925.21 3,270.688 1,019.87 Mexico 913,624 1,038.604 879.67 942.206 969.66 Peru 5,374 2.461 2,183.26 2.233 2,406.63 Brazil 55,862 22.245 2,511.13 20.181 2,768.05 United Kingdom 26,667 3.495 7,629.11 3.171 8,409.65 France 166,349 8.992 18,498.32 8.158 20,390.90 Federal Republic of Germany 3,600 1.199 3,001.72 1.088 3,308.82 Austria 109,784 16.049 6,840.27 14.560 7,540.11 Switzerland 10,334 0.482 21,403.77 0.438 23,593.61 Italy 760,325 147.996 5,137.46 134.260 5,663.08 India 2,672,892 664.996 4,019.41 603.275 4,430.64 China 55,216 33.837 1,631.79 30.697 1,798.74 Japan 7,423 0.819 9,063.30 0.743 9,990.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,123,137 5,546.496 1,464.55 5,031.698 1,614.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 3,659,405 5,365.056 682.08 4,867.099 751.87 Dominican Republic 836,329 1,342.708 622.87 1,218.085 686.59 Federal Republic of Germany 245,966 162.088 1,517.48 147.044 1,672.74 Turkey 9,135,546 14,541.277 628.25 13,191.629 692.53 Vietnam 513,583 571.900 898.03 518.820 989.91 China 48,720 43.680 1,115.38 39.626 1,229.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,439,549 22,026.712 655.55 19,982.303 722.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,753,567 3,557.236 1,898.54 3,227.072 2,092.78 Mexico 45,609 29.583 1,541.69 26.838 1,699.42 Brazil 181,149 60.935 2,972.79 55.280 3,276.94 Sweden 851,142 198.100 4,296.51 179.714 4,736.09 Norway 25,168 1.724 14,598.49 1.564 16,092.07 Denmark 24,957 8.074 3,090.87 7.325 3,407.10 United Kingdom 5,287,947 1,970.071 2,684.14 1,787.219 2,958.76 Netherlands 97,348 46.335 2,100.93 42.035 2,315.88 France 3,193,222 991.637 3,220.15 899.599 3,549.61 Federal Republic of Germany 6,983,390 2,952.901 2,364.92 2,678.828 2,606.88 Austria 243,684 40.772 5,976.71 36.988 6,588.19 Czech Republic 56,776 14.087 4,030.23 12.780 4,442.57 Switzerland 492,971 73.013 6,751.75 66.237 7,442.53 Latvia 499,837 86.874 5,753.57 78.811 6,342.22 Ukraine 2,798,286 1,260.566 2,219.86 1,143.567 2,446.98 Spain 2,966,332 1,808.417 1,640.29 1,640.569 1,808.11 Italy 16,346,332 2,822.941 5,790.53 2,560.930 6,382.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 193,134 52.619 3,670.36 47.736 4,045.88 Romania 104,702 18.497 5,660.22 16.781 6,239.32 Saudi Arabia 130,458 56.275 2,318.22 51.052 2,555.39 United Arab Emirates 136,766 37.932 3,605.49 34.412 3,974.37 India 5,451,831 1,342.839 4,059.93 1,218.204 4,475.30 China 2,549,009 1,283.776 1,985.55 1,164.623 2,188.70 Korea, South 287,621 187.722 1,532.16 170.299 1,688.92 Taiwan 5,973,768 1,383.626 4,317.47 1,255.205 4,759.20 Japan 346,154 137.552 2,516.51 124.786 2,773.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,021,160 20,424.118 3,036.66 18,528.454 3,347.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,009,985 482.342 2,093.92 437.574 2,308.15 Mexico 175,572 92.893 1,890.03 84.272 2,083.40 Brazil 2,694,693 508.736 5,296.84 461.518 5,838.76 Sweden 3,176,834 876.196 3,625.71 794.872 3,996.66 United Kingdom 505,171 72.652 6,953.28 65.909 7,664.67 France 2,032,599 370.632 5,484.14 336.232 6,045.23 Federal Republic of Germany 5,437,402 1,817.205 2,992.18 1,648.542 3,298.31 Austria 2,937,239 441.098 6,658.92 400.158 7,340.20 Czech Republic 30,795 7.136 4,315.22 6.474 4,756.72 Russia 1,205,070 590.124 2,042.06 535.352 2,250.99 Spain 545,304 201.409 2,707.43 182.716 2,984.43 Italy 69,867 17.241 4,052.32 15.641 4,466.91 Slovenia 1,404,883 446.043 3,149.65 404.644 3,471.90 Turkey 140,777 61.701 2,281.57 55.975 2,515.00 India 62,215 12.218 5,092.07 11.084 5,613.05 China 6,491,618 1,826.114 3,554.88 1,656.624 3,918.58 Korea, South 214,669 83.675 2,565.50 75.909 2,827.98 Taiwan 2,257,368 570.129 3,959.39 517.213 4,364.48 Japan 3,495,123 2,454.625 1,423.89 2,226.799 1,569.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,887,184 10,932.178 3,099.77 9,917.508 3,416.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,181,947 24,535.659 1,230.13 22,258.382 1,355.98 Mexico 1,363,920 1,218.728 1,119.13 1,105.612 1,233.63 Guatemala 6,473 6.926 934.47 6.284 1,030.08 Dominican Republic 894,621 662.413 1,350.55 600.932 1,488.72 Venezuela 237,621 176.288 1,347.91 159.926 1,485.82 Brazil 19,933 11.423 1,744.95 10.363 1,923.48 Argentina 871,911 426.338 2,045.11 386.768 2,254.35 Sweden 26,963 13.016 2,071.51 11.808 2,283.45 United Kingdom 129,010 77.583 1,662.84 70.383 1,832.97 France 259,830 90.930 2,857.45 82.491 3,149.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,603,776 683.471 2,346.52 620.035 2,586.59 Czech Republic 974,480 342.287 2,846.96 310.518 3,138.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 438,750 231.394 1,896.11 209.918 2,090.10 Switzerland 215,113 84.083 2,558.34 76.279 2,820.08 Ukraine 351,546 226.227 1,553.95 205.230 1,712.94 Spain 11,125,584 3,958.814 2,810.33 3,591.377 3,097.86 Italy 1,113,265 352.305 3,159.94 319.606 3,483.24 Romania 2,144,348 1,389.670 1,543.06 1,260.688 1,700.93 Turkey 9,969,397 8,123.073 1,227.29 7,369.130 1,352.86 United Arab Emirates 879,164 766.119 1,147.55 695.012 1,264.96 Oman 4,356,343 3,865.637 1,126.94 3,506.848 1,242.24 India 10,952,687 8,876.501 1,233.90 8,052.629 1,360.14 Pakistan 3,269,668 3,173.394 1,030.34 2,878.856 1,135.75 Thailand 1,250,566 1,016.284 1,230.53 921.958 1,356.42 Vietnam 3,022,775 2,672.472 1,131.08 2,424.427 1,246.80 Malaysia 1,253,976 1,114.743 1,124.90 1,011.279 1,239.99 Indonesia 394,497 337.626 1,168.44 306.290 1,287.99 Philippines 182,740 135.191 1,351.71 122.644 1,490.00 China 12,546,577 8,609.803 1,457.24 7,810.685 1,606.34 Korea, South 15,601,125 15,863.462 983.46 14,391.095 1,084.08 Hong Kong 54,124 38.195 1,417.04 34.650 1,562.02 Taiwan 6,651,585 5,414.197 1,228.54 4,911.679 1,354.24 Japan 2,853,714 2,041.546 1,397.82 1,852.060 1,540.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,198,029 96,535.813 1,296.91 87,575.842 1,429.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 44,540,597 18,156.799 2,453.11 16,471.576 2,704.09 Mexico 6,809,659 3,603.524 1,889.72 3,269.063 2,083.06 Colombia 19,812,824 8,528.887 2,323.03 7,737.279 2,560.70 Brazil 20,948,938 10,331.693 2,027.64 9,372.757 2,235.09 Argentina 14,095,921 5,740.290 2,455.61 5,207.505 2,706.85 Sweden 16,622 2.989 5,560.19 2.712 6,129.06 United Kingdom 126,600 8.237 15,368.61 7.473 16,940.99 France 5,502,129 2,563.029 2,146.73 2,325.142 2,366.36 Federal Republic of Germany 41,027,374 18,646.531 2,200.27 16,915.854 2,425.38 Austria 27,035,406 12,721.248 2,125.22 11,540.526 2,342.65 Czech Republic 4,802,607 2,590.463 1,853.96 2,350.030 2,043.64 Switzerland 104,039 53.903 1,930.11 48.900 2,127.59 Russia 24,965,878 14,010.604 1,781.93 12,710.210 1,964.24 Ukraine 15,703,517 7,948.355 1,975.69 7,210.629 2,177.83 Spain 5,898,806 2,642.964 2,231.89 2,397.658 2,460.24 Italy 33,724 31.098 1,084.43 28.212 1,195.38 Romania 3,835,878 2,287.115 1,677.17 2,074.837 1,848.76 Turkey 4,801,978 3,560.563 1,348.66 3,230.090 1,486.64 United Arab Emirates 115,047 17.908 6,424.28 16.246 7,081.56 India 22,213,681 11,380.823 1,951.85 10,324.512 2,151.55 China 534,570,535 373,786.586 1,430.15 339,093.583 1,576.47 Korea, South 51,013,311 35,619.871 1,432.16 32,313.813 1,578.68 Taiwan 4,570 0.561 8,145.06 0.509 8,978.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 53,949,619 23,825.082 2,264.40 21,613.757 2,496.08 South Africa 3,216,162 2,059.849 1,561.36 1,868.665 1,721.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 905,145,422 560,118.983 1,615.99 508,131.538 1,781.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 12,118,869 8,959.507 1,352.63 8,127.931 1,491.02 Mexico 304,800 123.986 2,458.33 112.479 2,709.84 Federal Republic of Germany 7,798,151 4,160.302 1,874.42 3,774.164 2,066.19 Czech Republic 1,073,344 437.649 2,452.52 397.029 2,703.44 Poland 762,022 377.160 2,020.42 342.154 2,227.13 Italy 23,751 9.366 2,535.78 8.497 2,795.22 Greece 23,956,731 15,191.189 1,577.01 13,781.219 1,738.36 Romania 3,913,324 2,364.277 1,655.19 2,144.837 1,824.53 Turkey 19,544,976 17,968.198 1,087.75 16,300.480 1,199.04 China 6,812,072 7,121.613 956.53 6,460.621 1,054.40 Korea, South 22,652,048 17,394.412 1,302.26 15,779.950 1,435.50 Taiwan 138,814 104.162 1,332.66 94.495 1,469.01 Japan 17,525,636 12,733.392 1,376.35 11,551.543 1,517.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,624,538 86,945.219 1,341.36 78,875.399 1,478.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 554,477 101.529 5,461.24 92.106 6,019.99 Mexico 7,105,272 4,367.750 1,626.76 3,962.358 1,793.19 Brazil 520,672 248.501 2,095.25 225.437 2,309.61 Argentina 10,258,326 4,831.465 2,123.23 4,383.033 2,340.46 United Kingdom 18,816 9.920 1,896.62 9.000 2,090.67 Netherlands 7,151 17.636 405.45 16.000 446.94 France 4,413,575 2,132.582 2,069.59 1,934.647 2,281.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,319,979 674.645 1,956.55 612.028 2,156.73 Austria 975,819 568.181 1,717.44 515.446 1,893.15 Czech Republic 4,198,212 2,511.515 1,671.59 2,278.409 1,842.61 Slovakia 249,782 150.765 1,656.76 136.772 1,826.27 Switzerland 410,414 266.119 1,542.21 241.420 1,700.00 Poland 212,125 114.526 1,852.19 103.897 2,041.69 Russia 8,076,101 5,709.674 1,414.46 5,179.731 1,559.17 Ukraine 9,972,887 5,841.163 1,707.35 5,299.016 1,882.03 Spain 216,934 96.496 2,248.11 87.540 2,478.11 Italy 1,813,199 1,220.356 1,485.79 1,107.089 1,637.81 India 1,032,777 790.456 1,306.56 717.090 1,440.23 China 50,985,136 42,036.420 1,212.88 38,134.810 1,336.97 Korea, South 12,479,426 10,428.707 1,196.64 9,460.767 1,319.07 Taiwan 904,536 751.724 1,203.28 681.953 1,326.39 Japan 72,149 11.182 6,451.70 10.145 7,111.78 South Africa 1,725,279 1,164.123 1,482.04 1,056.075 1,633.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 117,523,044 84,045.447 1,398.33 76,244.769 1,541.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 27,467 20.867 1,316.24 18.931 1,450.90 Mexico 14,752,742 8,409.721 1,754.25 7,629.173 1,933.73 Ukraine 346,243 226.863 1,526.22 205.807 1,682.37 Italy 2,696 3.310 814.44 3.003 897.77 Romania 2,525 1.636 1,542.52 1.485 1,700.34 China 5,016,051 4,769.112 1,051.78 4,326.467 1,159.39 Korea, South 27,867,541 25,201.623 1,105.78 22,862.535 1,218.92 Taiwan 2,415,331 2,077.719 1,162.49 1,884.876 1,281.43 Japan 13,148,126 10,584.746 1,242.18 9,602.323 1,369.27 South Africa 112,957 99.219 1,138.46 90.010 1,254.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,691,679 51,394.820 1,239.26 46,624.610 1,366.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,216,466 4,192.969 1,482.59 3,803.799 1,634.28 Mexico 8,156,372 7,321.195 1,114.08 6,641.679 1,228.06 Costa Rica 534,788 396.536 1,348.65 359.732 1,486.63 Dominican Republic 52,214 35.421 1,474.07 32.134 1,624.88 Colombia 59,828 24.151 2,477.18 21.910 2,730.63 Brazil 2,201,785 994.151 2,214.74 901.879 2,441.33 Argentina 6,886,718 3,749.386 1,836.76 3,401.387 2,024.68 Sweden 466,690 190.273 2,452.74 172.613 2,703.68 United Kingdom 218,829 118.573 1,845.52 107.568 2,034.33 Ireland 13,279 14.689 903.99 13.326 996.47 Netherlands 106,444 35.273 3,017.64 32.000 3,326.38 Belgium 25,172 11.078 2,272.21 10.050 2,504.68 France 1,317,207 649.650 2,027.56 589.353 2,235.01 Federal Republic of Germany 11,251,980 4,974.290 2,262.03 4,512.602 2,493.46 Austria 310,920 76.931 4,041.52 69.791 4,455.02 Switzerland 1,922,340 882.255 2,178.89 800.369 2,401.82 Russia 6,205,188 3,664.880 1,693.15 3,324.725 1,866.38 Ukraine 81,461 50.698 1,606.77 45.993 1,771.16 Spain 5,567,378 2,535.835 2,195.48 2,300.472 2,420.10 Italy 3,316,451 1,454.253 2,280.52 1,319.277 2,513.84 Romania 4,658,380 2,271.819 2,050.51 2,060.961 2,260.30 Turkey 89,061 47.165 1,888.26 42.788 2,081.45 Israel 10,251 4.489 2,283.22 4.073 2,516.82 Saudi Arabia 37,246 31.448 1,184.33 28.530 1,305.50 United Arab Emirates 242,366 182.828 1,325.65 165.859 1,461.28 India 2,553,687 1,462.836 1,745.71 1,327.063 1,924.31 Thailand 1,083,413 885.084 1,224.08 802.935 1,349.32 Vietnam 122,732 22.591 5,432.58 20.495 5,988.39 Malaysia 346,779 249.681 1,388.89 226.507 1,530.99 China 20,452,784 13,886.304 1,472.87 12,597.447 1,623.57 Korea, South 640,999 351.389 1,824.19 318.775 2,010.82 Hong Kong 38,284 27.011 1,417.35 24.504 1,562.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,186,863 707.484 1,677.58 641.819 1,849.22 Japan 10,553,010 3,756.495 2,809.27 3,407.836 3,096.69 Australia 132,350 90.150 1,468.10 81.783 1,618.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,059,715 55,349.277 1,753.59 50,212.034 1,933.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 60,306 13.406 4,498.33 12.162 4,958.56 Mexico 1,101,542 438.845 2,510.09 398.114 2,766.90 Brazil 305,051 182.095 1,675.23 165.194 1,846.62 Argentina 176,367 30.528 5,777.13 27.695 6,368.19 Sweden 510,419 183.111 2,787.48 166.116 3,072.67 Netherlands 639,160 265.957 2,403.24 241.273 2,649.12 France 5,170,470 1,698.622 3,043.92 1,540.965 3,355.35 Federal Republic of Germany 16,814,343 5,564.456 3,021.74 5,047.991 3,330.90 Czech Republic 1,382,970 443.827 3,116.01 402.634 3,434.81 Slovakia 1,172,937 474.178 2,473.62 430.168 2,726.70 Poland 146,585 61.580 2,380.38 55.865 2,623.91 Ukraine 16,603 13.642 1,217.03 12.376 1,341.55 Spain 200,375 16.957 11,815.99 15.384 13,024.90 Italy 998,727 228.962 4,361.97 207.711 4,808.25 Romania 96,709 42.456 2,277.83 38.516 2,510.88 Turkey 515,909 98.355 5,245.33 89.227 5,781.98 China 5,182,792 3,448.038 1,503.11 3,128.009 1,656.90 Korea, South 224,041 166.795 1,343.21 151.314 1,480.64 Japan 269,472 80.934 3,329.49 73.423 3,670.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,984,778 13,452.754 2,600.57 12,204.137 2,866.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,980,398 1,147.355 10,441.75 1,040.864 11,510.05 Mexico 213,487 57.468 3,714.82 52.135 4,094.89 Uruguay 389,775 96.144 4,054.05 87.221 4,468.82 Argentina 170,213 33.029 5,153.34 29.964 5,680.58 Sweden 1,942,328 182.734 10,629.24 165.774 11,716.72 Finland 116,325 27.402 4,245.07 24.859 4,679.39 Denmark 14,988 1.450 10,331.98 1.316 11,389.06 United Kingdom 755,317 11.242 67,184.26 10.199 74,057.95 Ireland 10,191 0.014 711,163.25 0.013 783,923.08 Netherlands 517,342 7.916 65,347.38 7.182 72,033.14 France 6,500,656 564.443 11,516.92 512.055 12,695.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,497,452 208.913 16,741.17 189.523 18,453.97 Austria 2,565,850 193.046 13,291.35 175.129 14,651.20 Czech Republic 533,745 15.555 34,311.61 14.112 37,822.07 Switzerland 386,242 5.413 71,348.59 4.911 78,648.34 Ukraine 875,290 75.772 11,551.50 68.740 12,733.34 Spain 13,979,469 792.033 17,650.10 718.521 19,455.89 Italy 1,501,785 178.528 8,412.04 161.958 9,272.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 282,046 52.485 5,373.80 47.614 5,923.59 Thailand 2,994,139 648.596 4,616.34 588.397 5,088.64 Vietnam 402,848 83.295 4,836.40 75.564 5,331.22 Malaysia 4,504,604 990.298 4,548.73 898.384 5,014.12 Singapore 96,074 22.856 4,203.37 20.735 4,633.42 China 11,856,082 1,311.870 9,037.54 1,190.109 9,962.18 Korea, South 6,685,374 1,266.212 5,279.82 1,148.689 5,820.00 Taiwan 9,887,422 2,389.897 4,137.17 2,168.079 4,560.45 Japan 7,370,449 843.664 8,736.23 765.360 9,630.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,029,891 11,207.644 8,032.90 10,167.407 8,854.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 4,290,194 1,045.981 4,101.60 948.899 4,521.23 Mexico 425,675 120.355 3,536.80 109.185 3,898.66 United Kingdom 10,753 2.514 4,276.62 2.281 4,714.16 Netherlands 2,649 1.042 2,540.31 0.946 2,800.21 Federal Republic of Germany 44,770 8.989 4,980.34 8.155 5,489.88 Switzerland 18,646 10.991 1,696.46 9.971 1,870.02 Italy 3,108 1.223 2,540.12 1.110 2,800.00 India 21,178 4.302 4,922.46 3.903 5,426.08 Vietnam 73,016 40.928 1,783.98 37.130 1,966.50 China 70,612 22.570 3,128.45 20.476 3,448.53 Japan 756,111 163.212 4,632.68 148.064 5,106.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,716,712 1,422.113 4,019.87 1,290.120 4,431.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 14,078,871 12,485.466 1,127.62 11,326.628 1,242.99 Mexico 5,255,485 2,861.492 1,836.62 2,595.903 2,024.53 Finland 771,699 160.253 4,815.47 145.380 5,308.15 United Kingdom 74,690 55.741 1,339.93 50.568 1,477.02 Netherlands 3,360 2.196 1,529.42 1.993 1,685.90 Belgium 110,891 48.651 2,279.29 44.136 2,512.48 France 16,305 17.973 907.18 16.305 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 46,502 8.591 5,412.61 7.794 5,966.38 Austria 60,364 24.851 2,428.98 22.545 2,677.49 Ukraine 1,529,926 1,128.127 1,356.16 1,023.420 1,494.92 Italy 368,662 82.245 4,482.45 74.612 4,941.06 United Arab Emirates 23,405 18.070 1,295.23 16.393 1,427.74 Malaysia 235,969 262.739 898.11 238.353 990.00 China 2,678,874 1,482.825 1,806.60 1,345.197 1,991.44 Korea, South 8,436,048 7,997.196 1,054.88 7,254.937 1,162.80 Taiwan 1,062,518 326.406 3,255.20 296.111 3,588.24 Japan 1,071,747 766.518 1,398.20 695.374 1,541.25 Australia 21,777 15.177 1,434.80 13.769 1,581.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,847,093 27,744.526 1,292.04 25,169.418 1,424.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 53,858 83.873 642.13 76.089 707.83 Mexico 185,947 72.162 2,576.77 65.465 2,840.40 United Kingdom 4,268 5.095 837.52 4.623 923.21 China 372,898 239.738 1,555.44 217.487 1,714.58 Korea, South 1,183,183 803.995 1,471.63 729.373 1,622.19 Japan 1,388,174 1,130.683 1,227.73 1,025.739 1,353.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,188,328 2,335.550 1,365.13 2,118.776 1,504.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,922,012 12,126.678 1,395.44 11,001.141 1,538.21 Mexico 7,398,593 6,036.627 1,225.62 5,476.338 1,351.01 Dominican Republic 52,557 48.194 1,090.53 43.721 1,202.10 Colombia 11,847 6.148 1,926.75 5.578 2,123.88 Venezuela 506,852 443.845 1,141.96 402.650 1,258.79 Peru 98,583 61.039 1,615.07 55.374 1,780.31 Chile 96,233 57.114 1,684.93 51.813 1,857.31 Brazil 1,199,635 737.636 1,626.32 669.173 1,792.71 Sweden 1,489,973 116.965 12,738.61 106.109 14,041.91 Finland 11,267 0.041 268,980.35 0.038 296,500.00 Denmark 7,106 1.787 3,974.39 1.622 4,381.01 United Kingdom 890,145 116.987 7,608.91 106.129 8,387.39 Ireland 28,489 4.637 6,143.28 4.207 6,771.81 Netherlands 27,102 0.789 34,338.73 0.716 37,851.96 Belgium 756,242 190.364 3,972.60 172.696 4,379.04 France 924,757 260.340 3,552.11 236.177 3,915.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,543,935 560.940 2,752.40 508.877 3,034.00 Austria 188,724 62.666 3,011.57 56.850 3,319.68 Czech Republic 853,883 395.861 2,157.02 359.120 2,377.71 Switzerland 625,113 87.986 7,104.65 79.820 7,831.53 Belarus 156,221 121.355 1,287.30 110.092 1,419.00 Spain 244,146 97.680 2,499.44 88.614 2,755.16 Italy 2,229,914 852.348 2,616.20 773.238 2,883.86 Greece 625,457 441.477 1,416.74 400.502 1,561.68 Turkey 43,877 30.491 1,439.01 27.661 1,586.24 Israel 383,125 283.021 1,353.69 256.753 1,492.19 United Arab Emirates 413,581 230.793 1,792.00 209.372 1,975.34 India 5,346,931 1,361.949 3,925.94 1,235.540 4,327.61 Thailand 288,248 152.375 1,891.69 138.233 2,085.23 Vietnam 27,952 5.157 5,419.46 4.679 5,973.93 Malaysia 462,770 289.221 1,600.06 262.377 1,763.76 Indonesia 94,356 36.895 2,557.39 33.471 2,819.04 China 11,419,325 7,701.130 1,482.81 6,986.350 1,634.52 Korea, South 8,177,117 2,973.879 2,749.65 2,697.859 3,030.97 Taiwan 2,109,522 826.596 2,552.06 749.876 2,813.16 Japan 5,909,672 3,314.045 1,783.22 3,006.452 1,965.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 208,385 18.657 11,168.84 16.926 12,311.53 New Zealand 26,610 18.886 1,408.91 17.134 1,553.05 South Africa 563,494 543.493 1,036.80 493.049 1,142.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,363,751 40,616.111 1,781.65 36,846.327 1,963.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Netherlands 124,927 236.383 528.49 214.444 582.56 China 578,446 798.830 724.12 724.687 798.20 Japan 795,841 740.112 1,075.30 671.419 1,185.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,499,214 1,775.326 844.47 1,610.550 930.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 13,381,575 15,248.497 877.57 13,833.208 967.35 Netherlands 6,957,640 8,714.141 798.43 7,905.338 880.12 France 1,382,174 1,315.553 1,050.64 1,193.450 1,158.13 Federal Republic of Germany 876,634 781.653 1,121.51 709.104 1,236.26 China 96,485 118.437 814.65 107.445 897.99 Korea, South 2,392,015 1,605.938 1,489.48 1,456.883 1,641.87 Japan 416,061 342.240 1,215.70 310.475 1,340.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,502,584 28,126.460 906.71 25,515.903 999.48 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,669,077 2,835.454 941.32 2,572.282 1,037.63 Brazil 697,076 495.423 1,407.03 449.441 1,550.98 France 454,902 435.944 1,043.49 395.482 1,150.25 Turkey 10,758 14.941 719.99 13.555 793.66 Japan 3,618,282 3,243.421 1,115.58 2,942.383 1,229.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,450,095 7,025.185 1,060.48 6,373.143 1,168.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,109,015 29,082.649 794.60 26,383.343 875.89 Mexico 14,356,318 17,613.385 815.08 15,978.599 898.47 Sweden 11,664,729 9,623.600 1,212.10 8,730.386 1,336.11 Netherlands 15,414,402 22,171.235 695.24 20,113.412 766.37 Belgium 42,383 46.793 905.75 42.450 998.42 France 6,540,057 5,367.784 1,218.39 4,869.574 1,343.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,339,690 1,413.827 947.56 1,282.603 1,044.51 Austria 567,483 456.136 1,244.11 413.800 1,371.39 Russia 383,793 403.996 949.99 366.500 1,047.18 Spain 7,898 2.455 3,215.86 2.228 3,544.88 Italy 23,555 5.857 4,021.22 5.314 4,432.63 Turkey 178,536 152.221 1,172.87 138.093 1,292.87 China 850,922 208.978 4,071.82 189.582 4,488.41 Korea, South 50,390,898 61,616.730 817.81 55,897.773 901.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,716 0.547 4,957.57 0.497 5,464.79 Japan 5,083,208 4,875.333 1,042.64 4,422.829 1,149.31 Australia 21,910 24.936 878.63 22.622 968.53 New Zealand 150,864 162.326 929.39 147.260 1,024.47 South Africa 1,294,774 719.178 1,800.35 652.428 1,984.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,423,151 153,947.974 853.69 139,659.293 941.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,482,484 16,179.350 1,018.74 14,677.664 1,122.96 Mexico 11,259,846 6,855.190 1,642.53 6,218.926 1,810.58 Dominican Republic 17,063 10.854 1,571.98 9.847 1,732.81 Colombia 25,218 21.886 1,152.22 19.855 1,270.11 Brazil 3,148,961 1,470.486 2,141.44 1,334.003 2,360.54 Sweden 11,346,501 7,524.243 1,507.99 6,825.881 1,662.28 Finland 2,235,035 460.362 4,854.95 417.634 5,351.66 United Kingdom 2,998,464 1,878.518 1,596.19 1,704.164 1,759.49 Netherlands 13,729,972 14,482.071 948.07 13,137.918 1,045.06 Belgium 4,181,475 2,672.724 1,564.50 2,424.656 1,724.56 France 3,359,347 1,294.172 2,595.75 1,174.054 2,861.32 Federal Republic of Germany 3,080,212 1,035.334 2,975.09 939.240 3,279.47 Austria 223,734 7.546 29,647.70 6.846 32,680.98 Spain 101,266 42.912 2,359.80 38.930 2,601.23 Italy 524,565 157.867 3,322.82 143.215 3,662.78 Romania 402,555 89.606 4,492.46 81.290 4,952.09 India 106,436 18.341 5,803.06 16.639 6,396.78 Thailand 1,061,362 300.833 3,528.07 272.912 3,889.03 Indonesia 347,901 105.964 3,283.20 96.129 3,619.11 China 34,385,783 21,904.771 1,569.79 19,871.680 1,730.39 Korea, South 5,025,155 4,660.129 1,078.33 4,227.600 1,188.65 Taiwan 7,501,856 3,970.394 1,889.45 3,601.882 2,082.76 Japan 8,741,470 7,769.439 1,125.11 7,048.319 1,240.22 New Zealand 117,496 119.170 985.95 108.110 1,086.82 South Africa 677,772 229.291 2,955.94 208.010 3,258.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,081,929 93,261.467 1,405.53 84,605.404 1,549.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,144,497 30,254.068 798.06 27,446.037 879.71 Mexico 8,583,775 7,244.031 1,184.94 6,571.677 1,306.18 Colombia 179,069 137.345 1,303.78 124.598 1,437.17 Sweden 244,655 147.214 1,661.89 133.551 1,831.92 Finland 192,360 145.130 1,325.43 131.660 1,461.04 Netherlands 3,075,517 2,799.757 1,098.49 2,539.898 1,210.88 France 514,342 504.512 1,019.48 457.686 1,123.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,375,276 2,747.798 864.43 2,492.762 952.87 Austria 528,040 431.238 1,224.47 391.213 1,349.75 Spain 393,920 417.612 943.27 378.852 1,039.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 166,557 80.624 2,065.85 73.141 2,277.20 India 16,131,308 13,720.251 1,175.73 12,446.806 1,296.02 Thailand 13,187,307 10,434.457 1,263.82 9,465.983 1,393.13 China 23,171,178 22,494.402 1,030.09 20,406.584 1,135.48 Korea, South 10,890,436 10,515.837 1,035.62 9,539.810 1,141.58 Taiwan 16,550,251 12,506.823 1,323.30 11,346.003 1,458.69 Japan 5,698,647 5,037.638 1,131.21 4,570.070 1,246.95 Australia 446,684 301.994 1,479.11 273.965 1,630.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,473,819 119,920.739 1,054.65 108,790.296 1,162.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,715,801 1,641.956 1,654.00 1,489.558 1,823.23 Mexico 27,718 18.592 1,490.80 16.867 1,643.33 Sweden 520,295 359.654 1,446.65 326.273 1,594.66 Denmark 2,479 0.477 5,193.79 0.433 5,725.17 Belgium 44,771 65.802 680.38 59.695 750.00 Luxembourg 444,147 372.812 1,191.34 338.210 1,313.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,813,491 3,592.301 1,339.95 3,258.882 1,477.04 Spain 6,103 1.251 4,878.02 1.135 5,377.09 China 1,037,258 716.741 1,447.19 650.217 1,595.25 Korea, South 3,410,296 2,784.746 1,224.63 2,526.280 1,349.93 Taiwan 631,693 528.338 1,195.62 479.301 1,317.95 Japan 7,666,422 6,772.236 1,132.04 6,143.671 1,247.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,320,474 16,854.910 1,264.94 15,290.522 1,394.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,406,541 1,033.598 1,360.82 937.665 1,500.05 Mexico 1,025,808 821.667 1,248.45 745.404 1,376.18 United Kingdom 137,514 61.301 2,243.23 55.612 2,472.74 Belgium 1,420,486 988.670 1,436.76 896.907 1,583.76 Luxembourg 802,991 621.173 1,292.70 563.519 1,424.96 France 55,642 10.796 5,153.93 9.794 5,681.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,259,748 524.417 2,402.18 475.744 2,647.95 Italy 36,294 10.288 3,527.47 9.334 3,888.37 India 1,305,150 965.751 1,351.44 876.115 1,489.70 China 11,021,678 9,342.675 1,179.71 8,475.535 1,300.41 Korea, South 18,471,932 14,918.671 1,238.18 13,533.995 1,364.85 Taiwan 12,498,644 9,425.398 1,326.06 8,550.580 1,461.73 Japan 2,743,150 1,550.243 1,769.50 1,406.358 1,950.53 Australia 72,382 22.363 3,236.59 20.288 3,567.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,257,960 40,297.017 1,296.82 36,556.850 1,429.50 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 5,491 1.407 3,900.82 1.277 4,299.92 Brazil 80,478 54.132 1,486.69 49.108 1,638.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,324,413 850.276 1,557.63 771.358 1,716.99 United Kingdom 872,202 199.017 4,382.53 180.546 4,830.91 France 334,023 74.660 4,473.88 67.731 4,931.61 Federal Republic of Germany 1,395,449 1,124.113 1,241.38 1,019.779 1,368.38 Czech Republic 3,201 0.753 4,245.47 0.684 4,679.82 Poland 563,184 135.507 4,156.12 122.930 4,581.34 Russia 7,912,781 2,326.484 3,401.17 2,110.552 3,749.15 China 2,467,718 1,952.897 1,263.62 1,771.639 1,392.90 Korea, South 2,176,520 1,706.664 1,275.31 1,548.260 1,405.78 Taiwan 559,043 479.600 1,165.64 435.086 1,284.90 Japan 3,275,584 2,088.291 1,568.55 1,894.467 1,729.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,970,087 10,993.807 1,907.45 9,973.417 2,102.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 940,528 1,153.943 815.06 1,046.840 898.44 Mexico 893,744 705.983 1,265.96 640.458 1,395.48 Sweden 32,538 2.922 11,134.66 2.651 12,273.86 United Kingdom 502,570 126.130 3,984.51 114.424 4,392.17 Federal Republic of Germany 314,434 89.575 3,510.25 81.262 3,869.39 Italy 62,979 8.667 7,266.13 7.863 8,009.54 Turkey 20,022 19.609 1,021.06 17.789 1,125.53 Japan 130,049 110.092 1,181.27 99.874 1,302.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,896,864 2,216.924 1,306.70 2,011.161 1,440.39 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,783,727 1,626.180 1,711.82 1,475.247 1,886.96 Mexico 2,346,613 973.219 2,411.19 882.890 2,657.88 Brazil 84,590 17.332 4,880.36 15.724 5,379.67 Sweden 5,125,323 684.483 7,487.87 620.953 8,253.96 Finland 1,175,261 267.372 4,395.60 242.556 4,845.32 United Kingdom 1,171,880 371.257 3,156.52 336.799 3,479.46 Belgium 106,030 25.587 4,143.75 23.213 4,567.70 France 1,824,827 427.384 4,269.75 387.717 4,706.60 Federal Republic of Germany 7,347,606 4,072.460 1,804.22 3,694.475 1,988.81 Austria 1,724,750 270.980 6,364.86 245.829 7,016.06 Switzerland 100,645 41.841 2,405.39 37.958 2,651.48 Italy 153,645 41.016 3,745.89 37.210 4,129.13 Slovenia 3,579 0.959 3,731.97 0.870 4,113.79 Romania 68,109 12.219 5,573.97 11.085 6,144.25 India 1,334,930 217.220 6,145.51 197.059 6,774.27 China 288,156 86.715 3,323.00 78.667 3,662.98 Korea, South 3,428,981 1,730.110 1,981.94 1,569.530 2,184.72 Taiwan 529,669 245.742 2,155.38 222.934 2,375.90 Japan 4,784,495 959.469 4,986.61 870.416 5,496.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,382,816 12,071.553 2,848.25 10,951.132 3,139.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 3,111,851,235 2,241,035.837 1,388.58 2,033,034.087 1,530.64 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 33,297 68.790 484.03 62.406 533.55 France 104,776 57.408 1,825.10 52.080 2,011.83 Ukraine 226,721 83.555 2,713.43 75.800 2,991.04 Italy 2,436,097 691.314 3,523.86 627.150 3,884.39 India 19,478 8.399 2,318.92 7.620 2,556.17 China 6,986 7.408 942.95 6.721 1,039.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,827,355 916.876 3,083.68 831.777 3,399.17 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 15,280,332 15,047.177 1,015.49 13,650.574 1,119.39 Mexico 1,993,189 1,128.461 1,766.29 1,023.723 1,947.00 Brazil 2,175,081 1,688.461 1,288.20 1,531.747 1,420.00 United Kingdom 220,085 66.877 3,290.88 60.670 3,627.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,047,680 112.627 9,302.17 102.174 10,253.88 Italy 2,435,978 420.719 5,790.04 381.670 6,382.42 Slovenia 92,502 35.891 2,577.29 32.560 2,840.97 India 75,762 14.472 5,234.99 13.129 5,770.58 China 337,031 113.190 2,977.55 102.685 3,282.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,657,640 18,627.878 1,270.01 16,898.932 1,399.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 582,402 602.028 967.40 546.151 1,066.38 United Kingdom 6,624,998 7,217.298 917.93 6,547.425 1,011.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,207,400 7,819.326 921.74 7,093.576 1,016.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 14,004,230 7,054.846 1,985.05 6,400.051 2,188.14 Brazil 1,537,950 687.634 2,236.58 623.812 2,465.41 Sweden 13,363,033 6,825.977 1,957.67 6,192.424 2,157.96 United Kingdom 65,699 46.981 1,398.40 42.621 1,541.47 Belgium 445,839 144.620 3,082.81 131.198 3,398.21 France 7,042,659 1,446.141 4,869.96 1,311.918 5,368.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,230,089 1,706.204 1,893.14 1,547.843 2,086.83 Austria 152,622 37.491 4,070.81 34.012 4,487.30 Russia 1,009,260 596.283 1,692.59 540.939 1,865.76 Ukraine 8,317,215 3,253.263 2,556.58 2,951.312 2,818.14 Spain 624,033 385.748 1,617.72 349.945 1,783.23 China 11,381,622 8,532.493 1,333.92 7,740.550 1,470.39 Japan 7,866,665 5,727.288 1,373.54 5,195.710 1,514.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 69,040,916 36,444.975 1,894.39 33,062.335 2,088.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 9,152,097 7,680.311 1,191.63 6,967.463 1,313.55 Sweden 902,503 838.362 1,076.51 760.550 1,186.65 Netherlands 6,782,195 6,469.293 1,048.37 5,868.846 1,155.63 France 1,349,729 1,015.826 1,328.70 921.543 1,464.64 Japan 378,808 402.635 940.82 365.265 1,037.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,565,332 16,406.429 1,131.59 14,883.667 1,247.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 166,834 193.603 861.73 175.634 949.90 Federal Republic of Germany 80,864 43.135 1,874.64 39.132 2,066.44 Czech Republic 702,197 1,108.575 633.42 1,005.683 698.23 Korea, South 95,757 73.814 1,297.27 66.963 1,430.00 Japan 145,478 211.242 688.68 191.636 759.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,191,130 1,630.370 730.59 1,479.048 805.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,392,434 17,996.149 910.89 16,325.837 1,004.08 Mexico 707,121 911.764 775.55 827.139 854.90 Brazil 3,829,408 2,816.093 1,359.83 2,554.718 1,498.96 Sweden 2,803,248 682.226 4,108.97 618.906 4,529.36 Finland 74,349 34.050 2,183.50 30.890 2,406.90 United Kingdom 1,293,814 636.329 2,033.24 577.269 2,241.27 France 630,927 96.571 6,533.28 87.608 7,201.71 Federal Republic of Germany 658,373 186.302 3,533.89 169.011 3,895.44 Austria 47,549 13.449 3,535.43 12.201 3,897.14 Czech Republic 5,104 1.920 2,658.02 1.742 2,929.97 Russia 136,563 86.332 1,581.82 78.320 1,743.65 Ukraine 1,921,647 653.692 2,939.68 593.020 3,240.44 Spain 4,622,497 3,067.476 1,506.94 2,782.769 1,661.11 Italy 404,841 220.668 1,834.61 200.187 2,022.31 Slovenia 40,717 16.523 2,464.17 14.990 2,716.28 Romania 23,728 5.738 4,134.78 5.206 4,557.82 Turkey 621,676 358.785 1,732.72 325.485 1,910.00 China 40,238,725 34,857.092 1,154.39 31,621.831 1,272.50 Korea, South 5,664,691 3,810.950 1,486.42 3,457.237 1,638.50 Taiwan 402,830 80.447 5,007.35 72.981 5,519.66 Japan 11,809,930 10,682.103 1,105.58 9,690.644 1,218.69 South Africa 123,029 84.255 1,460.20 76.435 1,609.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,453,201 77,298.926 1,196.05 70,124.426 1,318.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 129,344 164.351 787.00 149.097 867.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 88,900 92.173 964.49 83.618 1,063.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,600 1.199 3,001.72 1.088 3,308.82 Austria 109,784 16.049 6,840.27 14.560 7,540.11 China 20,965 7.537 2,781.39 6.838 3,065.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 352,593 281.310 1,253.39 255.201 1,381.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,294,002 1,125.061 2,927.84 1,020.639 3,227.39 Brazil 181,149 60.935 2,972.79 55.280 3,276.94 Sweden 382,516 118.357 3,231.87 107.372 3,562.53 United Kingdom 3,469,753 1,150.958 3,014.66 1,044.132 3,323.10 France 1,150,539 493.801 2,329.96 447.969 2,568.35 Federal Republic of Germany 773,508 233.839 3,307.85 212.136 3,646.28 Ukraine 2,637,568 1,224.176 2,154.56 1,110.555 2,375.00 Spain 1,623,444 881.243 1,842.22 799.451 2,030.70 Italy 325,209 133.584 2,434.48 121.186 2,683.55 Romania 37,670 6.655 5,659.76 6.038 6,238.82 China 1,392,272 764.256 1,821.73 693.322 2,008.12 Korea, South 218,888 154.782 1,414.17 140.416 1,558.85 Taiwan 20,139 7.226 2,786.73 6.556 3,071.84 Japan 103,380 39.212 2,636.40 35.573 2,906.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,610,037 6,394.092 2,441.32 5,800.625 2,691.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,009,985 482.342 2,093.92 437.574 2,308.15 Mexico 175,572 92.893 1,890.03 84.272 2,083.40 Brazil 2,694,693 508.736 5,296.84 461.518 5,838.76 Sweden 3,176,834 876.196 3,625.71 794.872 3,996.66 United Kingdom 505,171 72.652 6,953.28 65.909 7,664.67 France 2,032,599 370.632 5,484.14 336.232 6,045.23 Federal Republic of Germany 5,437,402 1,817.205 2,992.18 1,648.542 3,298.31 Austria 2,937,239 441.098 6,658.92 400.158 7,340.20 Czech Republic 30,795 7.136 4,315.22 6.474 4,756.72 Russia 1,205,070 590.124 2,042.06 535.352 2,250.99 Spain 545,304 201.409 2,707.43 182.716 2,984.43 Italy 69,867 17.241 4,052.32 15.641 4,466.91 Slovenia 1,404,883 446.043 3,149.65 404.644 3,471.90 Turkey 140,777 61.701 2,281.57 55.975 2,515.00 India 62,215 12.218 5,092.07 11.084 5,613.05 China 6,491,618 1,826.114 3,554.88 1,656.624 3,918.58 Korea, South 214,669 83.675 2,565.50 75.909 2,827.98 Taiwan 2,257,368 570.129 3,959.39 517.213 4,364.48 Japan 3,495,123 2,454.625 1,423.89 2,226.799 1,569.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,887,184 10,932.178 3,099.77 9,917.508 3,416.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 28,414 14.334 1,982.22 13.004 2,185.02 Mexico 17,034 8.955 1,902.14 8.124 2,096.75 Argentina 804,503 407.504 1,974.22 369.682 2,176.20 Sweden 3,300 1.150 2,867.54 1.044 3,160.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,300,355 544.484 2,388.23 493.948 2,632.57 Spain 3,862,603 453.847 8,510.79 411.724 9,381.53 Italy 651,420 224.743 2,898.50 203.884 3,195.05 China 891,692 424.310 2,101.51 384.928 2,316.52 Japan 28,569 2.049 13,941.56 1.859 15,367.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,587,890 2,081.380 3,645.60 1,888.197 4,018.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 31,662,036 11,181.723 2,831.59 10,143.892 3,121.29 Mexico 6,656,518 3,538.329 1,881.26 3,209.919 2,073.73 Colombia 10,995,074 4,273.078 2,573.10 3,876.473 2,836.36 Brazil 8,010,370 2,764.755 2,897.32 2,508.145 3,193.74 Argentina 5,656,090 1,951.801 2,897.88 1,770.645 3,194.37 France 5,492,502 2,562.097 2,143.75 2,324.296 2,363.08 Federal Republic of Germany 15,594,588 6,719.346 2,320.85 6,095.690 2,558.30 Austria 9,329,081 5,504.969 1,694.67 4,994.026 1,868.05 Russia 3,705,635 1,671.171 2,217.39 1,516.062 2,444.25 Spain 5,898,806 2,642.964 2,231.89 2,397.658 2,460.24 Italy 30,954 30.974 999.32 28.100 1,101.57 Romania 1,413,112 788.478 1,792.20 715.296 1,975.56 India 4,509,356 2,462.324 1,831.34 2,233.784 2,018.71 China 78,493,271 47,213.872 1,662.50 42,831.717 1,832.60 Japan 17,814,653 10,357.682 1,719.95 9,396.334 1,895.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 205,262,046 103,663.571 1,980.08 94,042.037 2,182.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 12,093,397 8,955.307 1,350.42 8,124.121 1,488.58 Federal Republic of Germany 2,935,610 1,428.930 2,054.41 1,296.304 2,264.60 Italy 23,751 9.366 2,535.78 8.497 2,795.22 Japan 5,852,439 3,551.432 1,647.91 3,221.806 1,816.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,905,197 13,945.036 1,499.11 12,650.728 1,652.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 41,810 22.703 1,841.59 20.596 2,030.01 Mexico 10,962 6.236 1,757.61 5.658 1,937.43 Argentina 14,152 5.816 2,432.91 5.277 2,681.83 Federal Republic of Germany 3,398 2.608 1,302.88 2.366 1,436.18 Austria 975,819 568.181 1,717.44 515.446 1,893.15 Italy 86,953 56.729 1,532.77 51.464 1,689.59 China 103,973 55.501 1,873.34 50.350 2,065.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,237,067 717.777 1,723.47 651.157 1,899.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,171,989 747.891 1,567.06 678.476 1,727.38 Mexico 1,772,755 877.396 2,020.47 795.961 2,227.19 Argentina 5,628,353 3,063.878 1,837.00 2,779.505 2,024.95 Sweden 418,574 182.340 2,295.56 165.417 2,530.42 United Kingdom 196,155 100.829 1,945.41 91.471 2,144.45 Ireland 13,279 14.689 903.99 13.326 996.47 Netherlands 106,444 35.273 3,017.64 32.000 3,326.38 France 762,132 351.649 2,167.31 319.011 2,389.05 Federal Republic of Germany 7,929,938 3,319.686 2,388.76 3,011.570 2,633.16 Austria 89,710 20.521 4,371.47 18.617 4,818.71 Switzerland 204,812 72.198 2,836.81 65.497 3,127.04 Spain 1,056,514 365.731 2,888.77 331.786 3,184.32 Italy 1,780,510 671.579 2,651.23 609.247 2,922.48 Romania 2,922,031 1,216.288 2,402.42 1,103.399 2,648.21 Israel 10,251 4.489 2,283.22 4.073 2,516.82 Saudi Arabia 37,246 31.448 1,184.33 28.530 1,305.50 India 248,664 92.036 2,701.80 83.494 2,978.23 Vietnam 122,732 22.591 5,432.58 20.495 5,988.39 China 1,727,504 873.858 1,976.87 792.751 2,179.13 Korea, South 13,312 4.402 3,023.65 3.994 3,333.00 Taiwan 952,644 621.410 1,533.04 563.734 1,689.88 Japan 8,011,439 2,692.316 2,975.67 2,442.429 3,280.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,176,988 15,382.510 2,286.82 13,954.783 2,520.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 47,710 8.384 5,690.48 7.606 6,272.68 Sweden 510,419 183.111 2,787.48 166.116 3,072.67 France 3,919,092 1,046.737 3,744.10 949.585 4,127.16 Federal Republic of Germany 7,981,481 1,650.728 4,835.13 1,497.516 5,329.81 Czech Republic 633,060 90.714 6,978.58 82.295 7,692.57 Spain 200,375 16.957 11,815.99 15.384 13,024.90 Italy 363,447 7.771 46,767.90 7.050 51,552.77 China 22,320 0.750 29,733.29 0.681 32,775.33 Japan 236,589 59.869 3,951.72 54.313 4,356.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,914,493 3,065.026 4,539.76 2,780.546 5,004.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,690,347 641.806 4,191.84 582.237 4,620.71 Mexico 2,800 1.102 2,540.12 1.000 2,800.00 United Kingdom 10,753 2.514 4,276.62 2.281 4,714.16 Netherlands 2,649 1.042 2,540.31 0.946 2,800.21 Federal Republic of Germany 9,497 3.737 2,540.71 3.391 2,800.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 18,646 10.991 1,696.46 9.971 1,870.02 Italy 3,108 1.223 2,540.12 1.110 2,800.00 India 10,079 2.697 3,736.62 2.447 4,118.92 China 35,193 2.635 13,352.81 2.391 14,718.95 Japan 80,845 6.605 12,239.88 5.992 13,492.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,863,917 674.356 4,246.89 611.766 4,681.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 143,183 110.253 1,298.67 100.020 1,431.54 Mexico 163,827 51.222 3,198.36 46.468 3,525.59 Finland 771,699 160.253 4,815.47 145.380 5,308.15 France 4,431 4.884 907.18 4.431 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 44,207 7.887 5,605.02 7.155 6,178.48 Ukraine 1,529,926 1,128.127 1,356.16 1,023.420 1,494.92 Italy 363,076 79.035 4,593.82 71.700 5,063.82 China 658,594 292.368 2,252.62 265.232 2,483.09 Korea, South 89,665 101.666 881.96 92.230 972.19 Taiwan 1,030,537 307.074 3,355.99 278.573 3,699.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,799,145 2,242.771 2,139.83 2,034.609 2,358.76 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 3,358 4.009 837.59 3.637 923.29 United Kingdom 4,268 5.095 837.52 4.623 923.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,626 9.105 837.55 8.260 923.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 373,354 256.407 1,456.10 232.609 1,605.07 Mexico 671,829 348.848 1,925.85 316.470 2,122.88 Brazil 199,814 115.976 1,722.89 105.212 1,899.16 United Kingdom 556,697 15.337 36,296.33 13.914 40,009.85 France 11,725 0.629 18,628.27 0.571 20,534.15 Federal Republic of Germany 324,887 74.076 4,385.84 67.201 4,834.56 Austria 169,990 54.950 3,093.53 49.850 3,410.03 Spain 2,466 0.299 8,224.70 0.272 9,066.18 Italy 1,473,134 712.402 2,067.84 646.281 2,279.40 Turkey 43,877 30.491 1,439.01 27.661 1,586.24 Malaysia 125,389 77.672 1,614.34 70.463 1,779.50 China 2,523,927 1,445.115 1,746.52 1,310.987 1,925.21 Korea, South 1,960,717 1,045.381 1,875.60 948.354 2,067.49 Taiwan 292,926 170.637 1,716.65 154.800 1,892.29 Japan 2,696,537 1,312.473 2,054.55 1,190.656 2,264.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,427,269 5,660.698 2,018.70 5,135.301 2,225.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,868,403 1,885.261 991.06 1,710.281 1,092.45 Sweden 11,323,867 9,555.576 1,185.05 8,668.676 1,306.30 Netherlands 2,420,458 2,472.836 978.82 2,243.320 1,078.96 France 4,242,103 3,234.015 1,311.71 2,933.850 1,445.92 Federal Republic of Germany 236,808 180.270 1,313.62 163.539 1,448.02 Austria 567,483 456.136 1,244.11 413.800 1,371.39 Spain 7,898 2.455 3,215.86 2.228 3,544.88 Japan 3,239,720 3,115.106 1,040.00 2,825.978 1,146.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,906,740 20,901.659 1,143.77 18,961.672 1,260.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,459,144 1,196.332 1,219.68 1,085.295 1,344.47 Dominican Republic 17,063 10.854 1,571.98 9.847 1,732.81 Sweden 4,461,898 3,782.404 1,179.65 3,431.341 1,300.34 United Kingdom 2,409,760 1,826.898 1,319.04 1,657.335 1,454.00 Netherlands 4,961,773 5,584.943 888.42 5,066.577 979.31 France 16,268 3.366 4,832.38 3.054 5,326.78 Federal Republic of Germany 495,539 339.025 1,461.66 307.559 1,611.20 Korea, South 328,487 296.190 1,109.04 268.700 1,222.50 Japan 6,202,158 5,382.038 1,152.38 4,882.505 1,270.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,352,090 18,422.056 1,104.77 16,712.213 1,217.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,908,736 9,756.435 810.62 8,850.892 893.55 Finland 192,360 145.130 1,325.43 131.660 1,461.04 Netherlands 75,536 66.725 1,132.05 60.532 1,247.87 France 482,983 484.388 997.10 439.430 1,099.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,949,282 2,344.295 831.50 2,126.710 916.57 Spain 142,886 163.118 875.96 147.979 965.58 Taiwan 50,885 37.230 1,366.75 33.775 1,506.59 Japan 735,445 547.137 1,344.17 496.355 1,481.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,538,113 13,544.462 851.87 12,287.333 939.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,521,628 1,470.595 1,714.70 1,334.102 1,890.13 Mexico 27,718 18.592 1,490.80 16.867 1,643.33 Sweden 520,295 359.654 1,446.65 326.273 1,594.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,644,859 1,206.678 1,363.13 1,094.681 1,502.59 China 19,870 14.263 1,393.03 12.940 1,535.55 Japan 962,859 914.167 1,053.26 829.319 1,161.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,697,229 3,983.952 1,430.04 3,614.182 1,576.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 5,491 1.407 3,900.82 1.277 4,299.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 80,478 54.132 1,486.69 49.108 1,638.80 Sweden 1,324,413 850.276 1,557.63 771.358 1,716.99 United Kingdom 872,202 199.017 4,382.53 180.546 4,830.91 France 334,023 74.660 4,473.88 67.731 4,931.61 Federal Republic of Germany 1,395,449 1,124.113 1,241.38 1,019.779 1,368.38 Czech Republic 3,201 0.753 4,245.47 0.684 4,679.82 Poland 563,184 135.507 4,156.12 122.930 4,581.34 Russia 7,912,781 2,326.484 3,401.17 2,110.552 3,749.15 China 2,467,718 1,952.897 1,263.62 1,771.639 1,392.90 Korea, South 2,176,520 1,706.664 1,275.31 1,548.260 1,405.78 Taiwan 559,043 479.600 1,165.64 435.086 1,284.90 Japan 3,275,584 2,088.291 1,568.55 1,894.467 1,729.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,970,087 10,993.807 1,907.45 9,973.417 2,102.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 62,835 54.791 1,146.80 49.706 1,264.13 United Kingdom 502,570 126.130 3,984.51 114.424 4,392.17 Federal Republic of Germany 307,097 84.505 3,634.05 76.662 4,005.86 Japan 82,080 51.180 1,603.74 46.430 1,767.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 954,582 316.607 3,015.03 287.222 3,323.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,107,066 449.436 2,463.23 407.722 2,715.25 Sweden 354,202 85.194 4,157.58 77.287 4,582.94 United Kingdom 82,135 27.936 2,940.01 25.344 3,240.81 France 203,432 36.595 5,558.92 33.199 6,127.65 Federal Republic of Germany 3,092,917 1,785.549 1,732.19 1,619.824 1,909.42 Austria 879,374 111.051 7,918.63 100.744 8,728.80 Switzerland 16,439 5.748 2,859.68 5.215 3,152.25 Japan 805,775 58.082 13,872.83 52.692 15,292.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,541,340 2,559.595 2,555.61 2,322.027 2,817.08 GRAND TOTAL 657,934,607 394,916.744 1,666.01 358,262.545 1,836.46 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,279,962 11,763.781 703.85 10,671.926 775.86 Mexico 40,820,428 42,562.886 959.06 38,612.412 1,057.18 Brazil 557,061 492.976 1,129.99 447.221 1,245.61 Belgium 7,217,368 7,443.487 969.62 6,752.620 1,068.82 Switzerland 554,942 372.908 1,488.15 338.297 1,640.40 Russia 41,639,776 55,162.544 754.86 50,042.633 832.09 Ukraine 7,353 27.017 272.16 24.510 300.00 Italy 99,511 88.184 1,128.44 80.000 1,243.89 India 30,846,847 33,575.941 918.72 30,459.590 1,012.71 China 342,548 282.293 1,213.45 256.092 1,337.60 Japan 876,889 719.774 1,218.28 652.969 1,342.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,242,685 152,491.796 860.65 138,338.270 948.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,125,986 22,085.431 911.28 20,035.572 1,004.51 Mexico 85,395 87.810 972.50 79.660 1,071.99 Brazil 12,263,473 10,784.654 1,137.12 9,783.677 1,253.46 Finland 32,258 21.356 1,510.48 19.374 1,665.01 United Kingdom 2,587,441 2,460.241 1,051.70 2,231.894 1,159.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,564,295 2,133.811 1,201.74 1,935.762 1,324.70 Russia 7,222,703 10,759.006 671.32 9,760.409 740.00 Spain 3,393,784 3,543.579 957.73 3,214.682 1,055.71 Italy 5,287,653 5,551.083 952.54 5,035.860 1,050.00 Turkey 16,284,827 22,461.832 725.00 20,377.037 799.18 China 8,801,679 8,305.425 1,059.75 7,534.557 1,168.17 Korea, South 1,322,900 1,462.628 904.47 1,326.875 997.00 Japan 11,984,797 13,542.175 885.00 12,285.258 975.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,957,191 103,199.035 891.07 93,620.617 982.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,051,108 4,660.320 1,083.85 4,227.773 1,194.74 Mexico 2,465,096 3,094.813 796.53 2,807.568 878.02 Brazil 5,745 2.231 2,574.99 2.024 2,838.44 United Kingdom 1,543,127 1,076.519 1,433.44 976.602 1,580.10 Netherlands 306,537 132.993 2,304.90 120.650 2,540.71 Luxembourg 5,919,335 3,803.559 1,556.26 3,450.532 1,715.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,473,228 976.850 1,508.14 886.184 1,662.44 Poland 3,160 0.630 5,011.72 0.572 5,524.48 Spain 632,701 490.201 1,290.70 444.703 1,422.75 Italy 32,972 8.903 3,703.32 8.077 4,082.21 Turkey 673,678 438.113 1,537.68 397.450 1,695.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 31,394 17.785 1,765.12 16.135 1,945.71 China 157,658 208.183 757.30 188.861 834.78 Korea, South 4,520,620 4,381.055 1,031.86 3,974.428 1,137.43 Taiwan 64,020 31.936 2,004.62 28.972 2,209.72 Japan 510,816 431.224 1,184.57 391.200 1,305.77 South Africa 39,578 28.253 1,400.83 25.631 1,544.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,430,773 19,783.574 1,184.35 17,947.362 1,305.53 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 671,736 498.532 1,347.43 452.261 1,485.28 Luxembourg 11,131,824 6,689.342 1,664.11 6,068.471 1,834.37 Federal Republic of Germany 115,468 99.975 1,154.97 90.696 1,273.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,919,028 7,287.849 1,635.47 6,611.428 1,802.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,928,449 8,621.661 1,151.57 7,821.442 1,269.39 Mexico 7,453 6.885 1,082.49 6.246 1,193.24 Brazil 2,814,308 1,895.419 1,484.79 1,719.496 1,636.71 Federal Republic of Germany 784,848 353.622 2,219.45 320.801 2,446.53 Austria 307,544 140.098 2,195.20 127.095 2,419.80 Russia 18,917,405 15,280.658 1,238.00 13,862.384 1,364.66 Ukraine 40,723,944 31,840.249 1,279.01 28,884.997 1,409.86 Romania 12,150,674 10,234.795 1,187.19 9,284.853 1,308.66 Bulgaria 4,049,422 3,293.521 1,229.51 2,987.833 1,355.30 Turkey 235,049 201.341 1,167.41 182.654 1,286.85 India 11,311 6.834 1,655.03 6.200 1,824.35 Thailand 23,026,326 18,639.526 1,235.35 16,909.499 1,361.74 China 69,159 69.304 997.90 62.872 1,100.00 Korea, South 3,293,212 2,715.426 1,212.78 2,463.394 1,336.86 Taiwan 144,006 137.270 1,049.07 124.530 1,156.40 Japan 128,301 124.134 1,033.56 112.613 1,139.31 Australia 29,870 6.383 4,679.26 5.791 5,158.00 South Africa 42,230 33.837 1,248.02 30.697 1,375.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,663,511 93,600.971 1,246.39 84,913.397 1,373.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 30,812,180 33,629.677 916.22 30,508.339 1,009.96 Mexico 5,302,163 6,899.096 768.53 6,258.757 847.16 United Kingdom 17,791 12.839 1,385.62 11.648 1,527.39 Netherlands 2,610,528 3,074.953 848.96 2,789.552 935.82 France 2,904,079 2,622.336 1,107.44 2,378.944 1,220.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,717,459 6,821.188 984.79 6,188.080 1,085.55 Russia 1,433,318 1,596.036 898.05 1,447.900 989.93 Greece 238,470 412.596 577.97 374.301 637.11 Korea, South 754,675 757.536 996.22 687.226 1,098.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 549,343 572.909 958.87 519.735 1,056.97 New Zealand 37,294 37.313 999.48 33.850 1,101.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,377,300 56,436.484 910.36 51,198.332 1,003.50 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 263,664 274.297 961.23 248.839 1,059.58 Czech Republic 5,538,872 4,802.599 1,153.31 4,356.846 1,271.30 Spain 100,527 73.512 1,367.49 66.689 1,507.40 Japan 12,008,499 13,415.480 895.12 12,170.323 986.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,911,562 18,565.890 964.76 16,842.697 1,063.46 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 515,188 553.485 930.81 502.114 1,026.04 Luxembourg 8,219 3.697 2,223.06 3.354 2,450.51 Austria 414,602 263.113 1,575.75 238.693 1,736.97 Spain 16,427 11.680 1,406.41 10.596 1,550.30 China 169,875 170.232 997.90 154.432 1,100.00 Korea, South 75,707 63.428 1,193.59 57.541 1,315.71 Japan 20,504 10.543 1,944.69 9.565 2,143.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,220,522 1,076.180 1,134.12 976.295 1,250.16 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 38,056 34.546 1,101.59 31.340 1,214.29 Austria 4,840 8.190 590.95 7.430 651.41 China 914,235 723.132 1,264.27 656.015 1,393.62 Australia 423,822 689.024 615.10 625.073 678.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,380,953 1,454.893 949.18 1,319.858 1,046.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 8,886,290 11,571.188 767.97 10,497.209 846.54 Mexico 1,143,326 1,453.317 786.70 1,318.428 867.19 Brazil 27,866 5.194 5,364.94 4.712 5,913.84 United Kingdom 6,743,574 8,672.340 777.60 7,867.417 857.15 Netherlands 18,379 5.889 3,120.56 5.343 3,439.83 Federal Republic of Germany 240,356 263.751 911.30 239.271 1,004.53 Russia 245,274 187.944 1,305.04 170.500 1,438.56 Spain 132,990 126.678 1,049.82 114.921 1,157.23 Italy 23,777 7.570 3,140.67 6.868 3,462.00 Turkey 68,884 67.924 1,014.13 61.620 1,117.88 India 358,333 285.550 1,254.89 259.047 1,383.27 China 4,402,617 3,713.337 1,185.62 3,368.684 1,306.92 Korea, South 90,336 103.727 870.90 94.100 960.00 Taiwan 49,150 57.115 860.54 51.814 948.59 Japan 3,591,296 3,528.591 1,017.77 3,201.085 1,121.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 26,022,448 30,050.121 865.97 27,261.019 954.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,206,343 3,440.964 931.82 3,121.591 1,027.15 Mexico 824,724 946.430 871.40 858.588 960.56 Peru 5,374 2.461 2,183.26 2.233 2,406.63 Brazil 55,862 22.245 2,511.13 20.181 2,768.05 China 34,251 26.300 1,302.32 23.859 1,435.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,126,554 4,438.402 929.74 4,026.452 1,024.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 3,659,405 5,365.056 682.08 4,867.099 751.87 Dominican Republic 836,329 1,342.708 622.87 1,218.085 686.59 Federal Republic of Germany 245,966 162.088 1,517.48 147.044 1,672.74 Turkey 9,135,546 14,541.277 628.25 13,191.629 692.53 Vietnam 513,583 571.900 898.03 518.820 989.91 China 48,720 43.680 1,115.38 39.626 1,229.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,439,549 22,026.712 655.55 19,982.303 722.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,183,819 2,407.436 1,322.49 2,183.990 1,457.80 Mexico 10,581 15.753 671.68 14.291 740.40 United Kingdom 1,327,083 723.349 1,834.64 656.212 2,022.34 Netherlands 82,599 44.096 1,873.13 40.004 2,064.77 France 401,281 214.241 1,873.03 194.357 2,064.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,200,854 2,019.706 1,089.69 1,832.247 1,201.18 Austria 13,535 6.028 2,245.15 5.469 2,474.86 Switzerland 2,938 0.675 4,347.98 0.613 4,792.82 Spain 1,333,126 924.875 1,441.41 839.033 1,588.88 Italy 332,014 177.436 1,871.17 160.968 2,062.61 Romania 67,032 11.842 5,660.47 10.743 6,239.60 India 16,942 1.570 10,785.63 1.425 11,889.12 China 664,226 433.466 1,532.36 393.234 1,689.14 Korea, South 63,817 31.440 2,029.80 28.522 2,237.47 Japan 162,855 93.739 1,737.32 85.039 1,915.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,862,702 7,105.658 1,388.01 6,446.147 1,530.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,153,533 24,521.324 1,229.69 22,245.378 1,355.50 Mexico 1,346,886 1,209.773 1,113.34 1,097.488 1,227.24 Guatemala 6,473 6.926 934.47 6.284 1,030.08 Dominican Republic 894,621 662.413 1,350.55 600.932 1,488.72 Venezuela 237,621 176.288 1,347.91 159.926 1,485.82 Brazil 19,933 11.423 1,744.95 10.363 1,923.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 67,408 18.834 3,579.04 17.086 3,945.22 Sweden 23,663 11.865 1,994.31 10.764 2,198.35 United Kingdom 129,010 77.583 1,662.84 70.383 1,832.97 France 259,830 90.930 2,857.45 82.491 3,149.80 Federal Republic of Germany 303,421 138.987 2,183.09 126.087 2,406.44 Czech Republic 974,480 342.287 2,846.96 310.518 3,138.24 Slovakia 438,750 231.394 1,896.11 209.918 2,090.10 Switzerland 215,113 84.083 2,558.34 76.279 2,820.08 Ukraine 351,546 226.227 1,553.95 205.230 1,712.94 Spain 7,262,981 3,504.966 2,072.20 3,179.653 2,284.21 Italy 461,845 127.561 3,620.56 115.722 3,990.99 Romania 2,144,348 1,389.670 1,543.06 1,260.688 1,700.93 Turkey 9,969,397 8,123.073 1,227.29 7,369.130 1,352.86 United Arab Emirates 879,164 766.119 1,147.55 695.012 1,264.96 Oman 4,356,343 3,865.637 1,126.94 3,506.848 1,242.24 India 10,952,687 8,876.501 1,233.90 8,052.629 1,360.14 Pakistan 3,269,668 3,173.394 1,030.34 2,878.856 1,135.75 Thailand 1,250,566 1,016.284 1,230.53 921.958 1,356.42 Vietnam 3,022,775 2,672.472 1,131.08 2,424.427 1,246.80 Malaysia 1,253,976 1,114.743 1,124.90 1,011.279 1,239.99 Indonesia 394,497 337.626 1,168.44 306.290 1,287.99 Philippines 182,740 135.191 1,351.71 122.644 1,490.00 China 11,654,885 8,185.493 1,423.85 7,425.757 1,569.52 Korea, South 15,601,125 15,863.462 983.46 14,391.095 1,084.08 Hong Kong 54,124 38.195 1,417.04 34.650 1,562.02 Taiwan 6,651,585 5,414.197 1,228.54 4,911.679 1,354.24 Japan 2,825,145 2,039.496 1,385.22 1,850.201 1,526.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 117,610,139 94,454.433 1,245.15 85,687.645 1,372.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,746,412 6,942.662 1,835.95 6,298.279 2,023.79 Mexico 153,141 65.195 2,348.97 59.144 2,589.29 Colombia 8,817,750 4,255.808 2,071.93 3,860.806 2,283.91 Brazil 12,938,568 7,566.937 1,709.88 6,864.612 1,884.82 Argentina 8,439,831 3,788.488 2,227.76 3,436.860 2,455.68 Sweden 16,622 2.989 5,560.19 2.712 6,129.06 France 9,627 0.932 10,323.25 0.846 11,379.43 Federal Republic of Germany 25,432,786 11,927.185 2,132.34 10,820.164 2,350.50 Austria 17,706,325 7,216.278 2,453.66 6,546.500 2,704.70 Czech Republic 4,802,607 2,590.463 1,853.96 2,350.030 2,043.64 Switzerland 104,039 53.903 1,930.11 48.900 2,127.59 Russia 21,260,243 12,339.432 1,722.95 11,194.148 1,899.23 Ukraine 15,703,517 7,948.355 1,975.69 7,210.629 2,177.83 Romania 2,422,766 1,498.636 1,616.65 1,359.541 1,782.05 Turkey 4,801,978 3,560.563 1,348.66 3,230.090 1,486.64 United Arab Emirates 115,047 17.908 6,424.28 16.246 7,081.56 India 15,871,643 7,582.411 2,093.22 6,878.650 2,307.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 441,426,017 318,321.266 1,386.73 288,776.277 1,528.61 Korea, South 51,013,311 35,619.871 1,432.16 32,313.813 1,578.68 Taiwan 4,570 0.561 8,145.06 0.509 8,978.39 Japan 20,169,580 10,416.565 1,936.30 9,449.752 2,134.40 South Africa 3,216,162 2,059.849 1,561.36 1,868.665 1,721.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 667,172,542 443,776.269 1,503.40 402,587.173 1,657.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 25,472 4.199 6,065.04 3.810 6,685.56 Mexico 304,800 123.986 2,458.33 112.479 2,709.84 Federal Republic of Germany 4,862,541 2,731.372 1,780.26 2,477.860 1,962.40 Czech Republic 1,073,344 437.649 2,452.52 397.029 2,703.44 Poland 762,022 377.160 2,020.42 342.154 2,227.13 Greece 23,956,731 15,191.189 1,577.01 13,781.219 1,738.36 Romania 3,913,324 2,364.277 1,655.19 2,144.837 1,824.53 Turkey 19,544,976 17,968.198 1,087.75 16,300.480 1,199.04 China 6,692,750 7,109.864 941.33 6,449.962 1,037.64 Korea, South 22,652,048 17,394.412 1,302.26 15,779.950 1,435.50 Taiwan 138,814 104.162 1,332.66 94.495 1,469.01 Japan 11,673,197 9,181.960 1,271.32 8,329.737 1,401.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,600,019 72,988.433 1,309.80 66,214.012 1,443.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 512,667 78.826 6,503.76 71.510 7,169.17 Mexico 7,092,012 4,361.099 1,626.20 3,956.324 1,792.58 Brazil 520,672 248.501 2,095.25 225.437 2,309.61 Argentina 10,244,174 4,825.648 2,122.86 4,377.756 2,340.05 United Kingdom 18,816 9.920 1,896.62 9.000 2,090.67 Netherlands 7,151 17.636 405.45 16.000 446.94 France 4,406,043 2,131.053 2,067.54 1,933.260 2,279.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,316,581 672.037 1,959.09 609.662 2,159.53 Czech Republic 4,198,212 2,511.515 1,671.59 2,278.409 1,842.61 Slovakia 249,782 150.765 1,656.76 136.772 1,826.27 Switzerland 410,414 266.119 1,542.21 241.420 1,700.00 Poland 212,125 114.526 1,852.19 103.897 2,041.69 Russia 8,076,101 5,709.674 1,414.46 5,179.731 1,559.17 Ukraine 9,972,887 5,841.163 1,707.35 5,299.016 1,882.03 Spain 216,934 96.496 2,248.11 87.540 2,478.11 Italy 1,726,246 1,163.627 1,483.50 1,055.625 1,635.28 India 1,032,777 790.456 1,306.56 717.090 1,440.23 China 49,737,743 41,224.001 1,206.52 37,397.796 1,329.96 Korea, South 12,479,426 10,428.707 1,196.64 9,460.767 1,319.07 Taiwan 904,536 751.724 1,203.28 681.953 1,326.39 South Africa 1,725,279 1,164.123 1,482.04 1,056.075 1,633.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 115,060,578 82,557.626 1,393.70 74,895.040 1,536.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 27,467 20.867 1,316.24 18.931 1,450.90 Mexico 14,749,742 8,408.839 1,754.08 7,628.373 1,933.54 Ukraine 346,243 226.863 1,526.22 205.807 1,682.37 Italy 2,696 3.310 814.44 3.003 897.77 Romania 2,525 1.636 1,542.52 1.485 1,700.34 China 5,016,051 4,769.112 1,051.78 4,326.467 1,159.39 Korea, South 27,867,541 25,201.623 1,105.78 22,862.535 1,218.92 Taiwan 2,415,331 2,077.719 1,162.49 1,884.876 1,281.43 Japan 13,148,126 10,584.746 1,242.18 9,602.323 1,369.27 South Africa 112,957 99.219 1,138.46 90.010 1,254.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,688,679 51,393.938 1,239.23 46,623.810 1,366.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 5,044,477 3,445.077 1,464.26 3,125.323 1,614.07 Mexico 6,383,617 6,443.799 990.66 5,845.718 1,092.02 Costa Rica 534,788 396.536 1,348.65 359.732 1,486.63 Dominican Republic 52,214 35.421 1,474.07 32.134 1,624.88 Colombia 59,828 24.151 2,477.18 21.910 2,730.63 Brazil 2,201,785 994.151 2,214.74 901.879 2,441.33 Argentina 1,258,365 685.507 1,835.67 621.882 2,023.48 Sweden 48,116 7.932 6,065.89 7.196 6,686.49 United Kingdom 22,674 17.743 1,277.85 16.097 1,408.59 Belgium 25,172 11.078 2,272.21 10.050 2,504.68 France 555,075 298.000 1,862.66 270.342 2,053.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,322,042 1,654.604 2,007.76 1,501.032 2,213.17 Austria 221,210 56.409 3,921.49 51.174 4,322.70 Switzerland 1,717,528 810.057 2,120.25 734.872 2,337.18 Russia 6,205,188 3,664.880 1,693.15 3,324.725 1,866.38 Ukraine 81,461 50.698 1,606.77 45.993 1,771.16 Spain 4,510,864 2,170.104 2,078.64 1,968.686 2,291.31 Italy 1,535,941 782.673 1,962.43 710.030 2,163.21 Romania 1,736,349 1,055.531 1,645.00 957.562 1,813.30 Turkey 89,061 47.165 1,888.26 42.788 2,081.45 United Arab Emirates 242,366 182.828 1,325.65 165.859 1,461.28 India 2,305,023 1,370.799 1,681.52 1,243.569 1,853.55 Thailand 1,083,413 885.084 1,224.08 802.935 1,349.32 Malaysia 346,779 249.681 1,388.89 226.507 1,530.99 China 18,725,280 13,012.446 1,439.03 11,804.696 1,586.26 Korea, South 627,687 346.986 1,808.97 314.781 1,994.04 Hong Kong 38,284 27.011 1,417.35 24.504 1,562.36 Taiwan 234,219 86.073 2,721.14 78.085 2,999.54 Japan 2,541,571 1,064.178 2,388.29 965.407 2,632.64 Australia 132,350 90.150 1,468.10 81.783 1,618.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,882,727 39,966.766 1,548.35 36,257.251 1,706.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 12,596 5.022 2,508.10 4.556 2,764.71 Mexico 1,101,542 438.845 2,510.09 398.114 2,766.90 Brazil 305,051 182.095 1,675.23 165.194 1,846.62 Argentina 176,367 30.528 5,777.13 27.695 6,368.19 Netherlands 639,160 265.957 2,403.24 241.273 2,649.12 France 1,251,378 651.884 1,919.63 591.380 2,116.03 Federal Republic of Germany 8,832,862 3,913.727 2,256.89 3,550.475 2,487.80 Czech Republic 749,910 353.113 2,123.71 320.339 2,340.99 Slovakia 1,172,937 474.178 2,473.62 430.168 2,726.70 Poland 146,585 61.580 2,380.38 55.865 2,623.91 Ukraine 16,603 13.642 1,217.03 12.376 1,341.55 Italy 635,280 221.190 2,872.09 200.661 3,165.94 Romania 96,709 42.456 2,277.83 38.516 2,510.88 Turkey 515,909 98.355 5,245.33 89.227 5,781.98 China 5,160,472 3,447.288 1,496.97 3,127.328 1,650.12 Korea, South 224,041 166.795 1,343.21 151.314 1,480.64 Japan 32,883 21.065 1,561.01 19.110 1,720.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,070,285 10,387.728 2,028.38 9,423.591 2,235.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,599,847 404.175 3,958.30 366.662 4,363.27 Mexico 422,875 119.253 3,546.02 108.185 3,908.81 Federal Republic of Germany 35,273 5.251 6,716.86 4.764 7,404.07 India 11,099 1.604 6,915.42 1.456 7,622.94 Vietnam 73,016 40.928 1,783.98 37.130 1,966.50 China 35,419 19.935 1,776.70 18.085 1,958.47 Japan 675,266 156.607 4,311.84 142.072 4,752.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,852,795 747.757 3,815.14 678.354 4,205.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 13,935,688 12,375.213 1,126.10 11,226.608 1,241.31 Mexico 5,091,658 2,810.270 1,811.80 2,549.435 1,997.17 United Kingdom 74,690 55.741 1,339.93 50.568 1,477.02 Netherlands 3,360 2.196 1,529.42 1.993 1,685.90 Belgium 110,891 48.651 2,279.29 44.136 2,512.48 France 11,874 13.088 907.18 11.874 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,295 0.704 3,258.20 0.639 3,591.55 Austria 60,364 24.851 2,428.98 22.545 2,677.49 Italy 5,586 3.209 1,740.23 2.912 1,918.27 United Arab Emirates 23,405 18.070 1,295.23 16.393 1,427.74 Malaysia 235,969 262.739 898.11 238.353 990.00 China 2,020,280 1,190.457 1,697.06 1,079.965 1,870.69 Korea, South 8,346,383 7,895.530 1,057.10 7,162.707 1,165.26 Taiwan 31,981 19.332 1,654.28 17.538 1,823.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,071,747 766.518 1,398.20 695.374 1,541.25 Australia 21,777 15.177 1,434.80 13.769 1,581.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,047,948 25,501.754 1,217.48 23,134.809 1,342.04 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 50,500 79.864 632.32 72.452 697.01 Mexico 185,947 72.162 2,576.77 65.465 2,840.40 China 372,898 239.738 1,555.44 217.487 1,714.58 Korea, South 1,183,183 803.995 1,471.63 729.373 1,622.19 Japan 1,388,174 1,130.683 1,227.73 1,025.739 1,353.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,180,702 2,326.445 1,367.19 2,110.516 1,507.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,750,824 11,729.532 1,342.83 10,640.856 1,480.22 Mexico 6,689,273 5,686.378 1,176.37 5,158.597 1,296.72 Dominican Republic 52,557 48.194 1,090.53 43.721 1,202.10 Colombia 11,847 6.148 1,926.75 5.578 2,123.88 Venezuela 506,852 443.845 1,141.96 402.650 1,258.79 Peru 98,583 61.039 1,615.07 55.374 1,780.31 Chile 96,233 57.114 1,684.93 51.813 1,857.31 Brazil 999,821 621.660 1,608.31 563.961 1,772.85 Sweden 149,645 38.220 3,915.31 34.673 4,315.89 United Kingdom 192,641 86.758 2,220.43 78.706 2,447.60 Belgium 675,188 183.404 3,681.41 166.382 4,058.06 France 475,536 209.397 2,270.98 189.962 2,503.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,031,128 480.588 2,145.55 435.983 2,365.06 Austria 18,734 7.716 2,427.89 7.000 2,676.29 Czech Republic 732,318 374.730 1,954.25 339.950 2,154.19 Belarus 156,221 121.355 1,287.30 110.092 1,419.00 Spain 140,331 92.136 1,523.07 83.585 1,678.90 Italy 126,458 40.582 3,116.06 36.816 3,434.87 Greece 625,457 441.477 1,416.74 400.502 1,561.68 Israel 383,125 283.021 1,353.69 256.753 1,492.19 United Arab Emirates 276,214 192.904 1,431.87 175.000 1,578.37 Thailand 194,043 136.316 1,423.48 123.664 1,569.11 Malaysia 337,381 211.548 1,594.81 191.914 1,757.98 Indonesia 94,356 36.895 2,557.39 33.471 2,819.04 China 7,403,734 5,897.398 1,255.42 5,350.031 1,383.87 Korea, South 1,750,518 1,089.639 1,606.51 988.505 1,770.87 Taiwan 747,448 494.803 1,510.60 448.878 1,665.15 Japan 2,602,144 1,945.142 1,337.77 1,764.604 1,474.63 Australia 49,269 16.500 2,985.91 14.969 3,291.40 New Zealand 26,610 18.886 1,408.91 17.134 1,553.05 South Africa 563,494 543.493 1,036.80 493.049 1,142.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,957,983 31,596.833 1,359.57 28,664.173 1,498.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 Netherlands 124,927 236.383 528.49 214.444 582.56 China 578,446 798.830 724.12 724.687 798.20 Japan 795,841 740.112 1,075.30 671.419 1,185.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,499,214 1,775.326 844.47 1,610.550 930.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 13,381,575 15,248.497 877.57 13,833.208 967.35 Netherlands 6,957,640 8,714.141 798.43 7,905.338 880.12 France 1,382,174 1,315.553 1,050.64 1,193.450 1,158.13 Federal Republic of Germany 876,634 781.653 1,121.51 709.104 1,236.26 China 96,485 118.437 814.65 107.445 897.99 Korea, South 2,392,015 1,605.938 1,489.48 1,456.883 1,641.87 Japan 416,061 342.240 1,215.70 310.475 1,340.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,502,584 28,126.460 906.71 25,515.903 999.48 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,669,077 2,835.454 941.32 2,572.282 1,037.63 Brazil 697,076 495.423 1,407.03 449.441 1,550.98 France 454,902 435.944 1,043.49 395.482 1,150.25 Turkey 10,758 14.941 719.99 13.555 793.66 Japan 3,618,282 3,243.421 1,115.58 2,942.383 1,229.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,450,095 7,025.185 1,060.48 6,373.143 1,168.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,161,073 27,145.077 779.55 24,625.607 859.31 Mexico 14,356,318 17,613.385 815.08 15,978.599 898.47 Netherlands 12,993,944 19,698.398 659.64 17,870.092 727.13 Belgium 42,383 46.793 905.75 42.450 998.42 France 2,066,269 2,014.565 1,025.66 1,827.584 1,130.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,102,882 1,233.556 894.07 1,119.064 985.54 Russia 383,793 403.996 949.99 366.500 1,047.18 Turkey 178,536 152.221 1,172.87 138.093 1,292.87 Korea, South 50,390,898 61,616.730 817.81 55,897.773 901.48 Japan 472,224 504.913 935.26 458.050 1,030.94 Australia 21,910 24.936 878.63 22.622 968.53 New Zealand 150,864 162.326 929.39 147.260 1,024.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,321,094 130,616.902 791.02 118,493.694 871.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,969,732 14,971.934 999.85 13,582.314 1,102.15 Mexico 3,304,267 3,766.744 877.22 3,417.134 966.97 Colombia 25,218 21.886 1,152.22 19.855 1,270.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 551,827 521.382 1,058.39 472.990 1,166.68 Sweden 3,107,527 3,142.593 988.84 2,850.914 1,090.01 Netherlands 8,768,199 8,897.127 985.51 8,071.341 1,086.34 Belgium 2,162,524 2,141.172 1,009.97 1,942.440 1,113.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,850 6.654 428.27 6.037 472.09 China 14,687,563 15,563.720 943.71 14,119.174 1,040.26 Korea, South 3,285,209 3,852.113 852.83 3,494.580 940.09 Taiwan 1,578,171 1,761.448 895.95 1,597.960 987.62 Japan 2,298,003 2,308.109 995.62 2,093.882 1,097.48 New Zealand 117,496 119.170 985.95 108.110 1,086.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,858,586 57,074.060 961.18 51,776.731 1,059.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 16,235,761 20,497.632 792.08 18,595.145 873.12 Mexico 8,583,775 7,244.031 1,184.94 6,571.677 1,306.18 Colombia 179,069 137.345 1,303.78 124.598 1,437.17 Sweden 244,655 147.214 1,661.89 133.551 1,831.92 Netherlands 2,999,981 2,733.032 1,097.67 2,479.366 1,209.98 France 31,359 20.123 1,558.30 18.256 1,717.74 Federal Republic of Germany 425,994 403.503 1,055.74 366.052 1,163.75 Austria 528,040 431.238 1,224.47 391.213 1,349.75 Spain 251,034 254.493 986.40 230.873 1,087.33 Italy 166,557 80.624 2,065.85 73.141 2,277.20 India 16,131,308 13,720.251 1,175.73 12,446.806 1,296.02 Thailand 13,187,307 10,434.457 1,263.82 9,465.983 1,393.13 China 23,171,178 22,494.402 1,030.09 20,406.584 1,135.48 Korea, South 10,890,436 10,515.837 1,035.62 9,539.810 1,141.58 Taiwan 16,499,366 12,469.593 1,323.17 11,312.228 1,458.54 Japan 4,963,202 4,490.500 1,105.27 4,073.715 1,218.35 Australia 446,684 301.994 1,479.11 273.965 1,630.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,935,706 106,376.277 1,080.46 96,502.963 1,191.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 194,173 171.360 1,133.12 155.456 1,249.05 Denmark 2,479 0.477 5,193.79 0.433 5,725.17 Belgium 44,771 65.802 680.38 59.695 750.00 Luxembourg 444,147 372.812 1,191.34 338.210 1,313.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,168,632 2,385.622 1,328.22 2,164.201 1,464.11 Spain 6,103 1.251 4,878.02 1.135 5,377.09 China 1,017,388 702.477 1,448.29 637.277 1,596.46 Korea, South 3,410,296 2,784.746 1,224.63 2,526.280 1,349.93 Taiwan 631,693 528.338 1,195.62 479.301 1,317.95 Japan 6,703,563 5,858.068 1,144.33 5,314.352 1,261.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,623,245 12,870.958 1,213.84 11,676.340 1,338.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,406,541 1,033.598 1,360.82 937.665 1,500.05 Mexico 1,025,808 821.667 1,248.45 745.404 1,376.18 United Kingdom 137,514 61.301 2,243.23 55.612 2,472.74 Belgium 1,420,486 988.670 1,436.76 896.907 1,583.76 Luxembourg 802,991 621.173 1,292.70 563.519 1,424.96 France 55,642 10.796 5,153.93 9.794 5,681.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,259,748 524.417 2,402.18 475.744 2,647.95 Italy 36,294 10.288 3,527.47 9.334 3,888.37 India 1,305,150 965.751 1,351.44 876.115 1,489.70 China 11,021,678 9,342.675 1,179.71 8,475.535 1,300.41 Korea, South 18,471,932 14,918.671 1,238.18 13,533.995 1,364.85 Taiwan 12,498,644 9,425.398 1,326.06 8,550.580 1,461.73 Japan 2,743,150 1,550.243 1,769.50 1,406.358 1,950.53 Australia 72,382 22.363 3,236.59 20.288 3,567.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,257,960 40,297.017 1,296.82 36,556.850 1,429.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 877,693 1,099.151 798.52 997.134 880.22 Mexico 893,744 705.983 1,265.96 640.458 1,395.48 Turkey 20,022 19.609 1,021.06 17.789 1,125.53 Japan 34,302 51.151 670.59 46.404 739.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,825,761 1,875.896 973.27 1,701.785 1,072.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,676,661 1,176.744 1,424.83 1,067.525 1,570.61 Mexico 489,495 379.843 1,288.68 344.588 1,420.52 Sweden 680,882 170.924 3,983.53 155.060 4,391.09 United Kingdom 640,503 264.683 2,419.88 240.117 2,667.46 France 135,529 19.864 6,822.59 18.021 7,520.61 Federal Republic of Germany 3,940,647 2,245.522 1,754.89 2,037.104 1,934.44 Austria 567,698 121.628 4,667.46 110.340 5,144.99 Switzerland 84,206 36.092 2,333.03 32.743 2,571.73 Italy 144,783 40.173 3,603.92 36.445 3,972.64 India 89,003 46.340 1,920.65 42.039 2,117.15 China 64,725 35.712 1,812.38 32.398 1,997.81 Korea, South 1,512,337 1,164.912 1,298.24 1,056.791 1,431.07 Taiwan 244,493 144.888 1,687.45 131.441 1,860.10 Japan 462,610 393.803 1,174.72 357.253 1,294.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,733,572 6,241.136 1,719.81 5,661.865 1,895.77 GRAND TOTAL 2,111,686,992 1,765,494.780 1,196.09 1,601,630.375 1,318.46 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Italy 7,871,218 2,499.392 3,149.25 2,267.411 3,471.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,871,218 2,499.392 3,149.25 2,267.411 3,471.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 7,772 1.695 4,584.29 1.538 5,053.32 Sweden 10,921,165 2,426.533 4,500.73 2,201.315 4,961.20 United Kingdom 12,064,440 4,107.430 2,937.22 3,726.199 3,237.73 Netherlands 430,929 128.446 3,354.92 116.525 3,698.17 Federal Republic of Germany 197,593 28.556 6,919.38 25.906 7,627.31 Czech Republic 7,283 5.017 1,451.46 4.552 1,599.96 Ukraine 48,632 11.717 4,150.35 10.630 4,574.98 Spain 883,921 134.873 6,553.72 122.355 7,224.23 Italy 3,249,538 1,027.513 3,162.53 932.145 3,486.09 Slovenia 408,157 142.291 2,868.45 129.085 3,161.92 India 265,875 45.051 5,901.59 40.870 6,505.38 China 112,840 4.512 25,004.09 4.094 27,562.29 Taiwan 5,500 1.199 4,585.95 1.088 5,055.15 Japan 3,600 0.784 4,586.89 0.712 5,056.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,607,245 8,065.625 3,546.81 7,317.014 3,909.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 40,642 9.817 4,139.88 8.906 4,563.44 Sweden 832,544 137.893 6,037.58 125.095 6,655.29 United Kingdom 1,503,877 444.471 3,383.52 403.218 3,729.69 France 274,762 47.048 5,839.93 42.682 6,437.42 Federal Republic of Germany 418,066 135.879 3,076.74 123.268 3,391.52 Italy 479,185 121.471 3,944.84 110.197 4,348.44 China 1,250,558 823.645 1,518.32 747.199 1,673.66 Taiwan 2,218,645 586.886 3,780.36 532.415 4,167.13 Japan 45,290 18.766 2,413.30 17.025 2,660.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,063,569 2,325.881 3,036.94 2,110.005 3,347.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 101,036 21.482 4,703.08 19.489 5,184.26 India 427,256 116.334 3,672.65 105.537 4,048.40 Japan 67,820 14.164 4,787.96 12.850 5,277.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 596,112 151.982 3,922.25 137.876 4,323.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 30,584 5.597 5,463.83 5.078 6,022.84 Brazil 9,276 1.784 5,197.68 1.619 5,729.46 Sweden 2,035,806 320.650 6,348.99 290.889 6,998.57 United Kingdom 35,087 4.606 7,616.75 4.179 8,396.03 Netherlands 9,732 1.455 6,688.43 1.320 7,372.73 Belgium 3,145,827 473.746 6,640.31 429.776 7,319.69 France 1,976,376 224.103 8,819.05 203.303 9,721.33 Federal Republic of Germany 960,270 210.636 4,558.90 191.086 5,025.33 Spain 2,589 0.600 4,309.54 0.545 4,750.46 Italy 46,138 8.219 5,612.94 7.457 6,187.21 Slovenia 610,277 127.250 4,795.86 115.440 5,286.53 China 6,169,344 1,553.567 3,971.08 1,409.373 4,377.37 Korea, South 257,247 48.546 5,298.94 44.041 5,841.08 Taiwan 3,253,175 1,222.383 2,661.34 1,108.928 2,933.62 Japan 1,262,465 275.193 4,587.56 249.651 5,056.92 South Africa 880,639 374.736 2,350.02 339.955 2,590.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,684,832 4,853.078 4,262.21 4,402.640 4,698.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 168,779 59.177 2,852.08 53.685 3,143.88 Sweden 3,069,677 578.176 5,309.24 524.513 5,852.43 Belgium 426,081 98.039 4,346.01 88.940 4,790.66 Federal Republic of Germany 978,270 316.065 3,095.15 286.730 3,411.82 China 1,259,454 343.404 3,667.56 311.531 4,042.79 South Africa 32,281 19.213 1,680.14 17.430 1,852.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,934,542 1,414.076 4,196.76 1,282.829 4,626.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 40,539 20.957 1,934.38 19.012 2,132.28 Sweden 1,591,787 359.695 4,425.38 326.310 4,878.14 United Kingdom 851,209 144.401 5,894.73 130.999 6,497.83 Netherlands 2,883 0.530 5,437.45 0.481 5,993.76 France 1,072,841 81.948 13,091.73 74.342 14,431.16 Federal Republic of Germany 328,163 65.856 4,983.00 59.744 5,492.82 Austria 1,342,502 139.450 9,627.12 126.507 10,612.08 Ukraine 245,719 48.368 5,080.17 43.879 5,599.92 Portugal 972,331 201.285 4,830.61 182.603 5,324.84 Italy 2,447,919 335.809 7,289.61 304.641 8,035.42 Slovenia 154,701 50.766 3,047.28 46.055 3,359.05 India 1,456,100 306.732 4,747.14 278.263 5,232.82 China 456,290 101.676 4,487.68 92.239 4,946.82 Taiwan 958,783 187.602 5,110.72 170.190 5,633.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,921,767 2,045.079 5,829.49 1,855.265 6,425.91 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 26,667 3.495 7,629.11 3.171 8,409.65 France 166,349 8.992 18,498.32 8.158 20,390.90 Switzerland 10,334 0.482 21,403.77 0.438 23,593.61 Italy 760,325 147.996 5,137.46 134.260 5,663.08 India 2,672,892 664.996 4,019.41 603.275 4,430.64 Japan 7,423 0.819 9,063.30 0.743 9,990.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,643,990 826.782 4,407.43 750.045 4,858.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 275,746 24.739 11,146.13 22.443 12,286.50 Mexico 35,028 13.830 2,532.63 12.547 2,791.74 Sweden 468,626 79.743 5,876.68 72.342 6,477.92 Norway 25,168 1.724 14,598.49 1.564 16,092.07 Denmark 24,957 8.074 3,090.87 7.325 3,407.10 United Kingdom 491,111 95.763 5,128.39 86.875 5,653.08 Netherlands 14,749 2.238 6,587.92 2.031 7,261.94 France 1,641,402 283.594 5,787.84 257.273 6,380.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,009,028 699.355 5,732.46 634.445 6,318.95 Austria 230,149 34.743 6,624.19 31.519 7,301.91 Czech Republic 56,776 14.087 4,030.23 12.780 4,442.57 Switzerland 490,033 72.338 6,774.21 65.624 7,467.28 Latvia 499,837 86.874 5,753.57 78.811 6,342.22 Ukraine 160,718 36.389 4,416.60 33.012 4,868.47 Spain 9,762 2.298 4,247.45 2.085 4,682.01 Italy 15,689,109 2,511.919 6,245.86 2,278.776 6,884.88 Slovenia 193,134 52.619 3,670.36 47.736 4,045.88 Saudi Arabia 130,458 56.275 2,318.22 51.052 2,555.39 United Arab Emirates 136,766 37.932 3,605.49 34.412 3,974.37 India 5,434,889 1,341.268 4,052.05 1,216.779 4,466.62 China 492,511 86.054 5,723.27 78.067 6,308.82 Korea, South 4,916 1.500 3,276.80 1.361 3,612.05 Taiwan 5,953,629 1,376.399 4,325.51 1,248.649 4,768.06 Japan 79,919 4.601 17,369.75 4.174 19,146.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,548,421 6,924.367 5,278.23 6,281.682 5,818.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 132,149 32.413 4,076.98 29.405 4,494.10 United Kingdom 126,600 8.237 15,368.61 7.473 16,940.99 Italy 2,770 0.123 22,436.63 0.112 24,732.14 India 1,832,682 1,336.086 1,371.68 1,212.078 1,512.02 China 14,651,247 8,251.447 1,775.60 7,485.589 1,957.26 Japan 15,965,386 3,050.834 5,233.12 2,767.671 5,768.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,710,834 12,679.142 2,579.89 11,502.328 2,843.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 119,322 11.749 10,155.47 10.659 11,194.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 119,322 11.749 10,155.47 10.659 11,194.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 2,298 0.414 5,544.44 0.376 6,111.70 France 7,532 1.528 4,926.40 1.387 5,430.43 China 1,143,420 756.917 1,510.63 686.664 1,665.18 Japan 72,149 11.182 6,451.70 10.145 7,111.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,225,399 770.043 1,591.34 698.572 1,754.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 3,000 0.881 3,401.94 0.800 3,750.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,000 0.881 3,401.94 0.800 3,750.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 11,980,398 1,147.355 10,441.75 1,040.864 11,510.05 Mexico 213,487 57.468 3,714.82 52.135 4,094.89 Uruguay 389,775 96.144 4,054.05 87.221 4,468.82 Argentina 170,213 33.029 5,153.34 29.964 5,680.58 Sweden 1,942,328 182.734 10,629.24 165.774 11,716.72 Finland 116,325 27.402 4,245.07 24.859 4,679.39 Denmark 14,988 1.450 10,331.98 1.316 11,389.06 United Kingdom 755,317 11.242 67,184.26 10.199 74,057.95 Ireland 10,191 0.014 711,163.25 0.013 783,923.08 Netherlands 517,342 7.916 65,347.38 7.182 72,033.14 France 6,500,656 564.443 11,516.92 512.055 12,695.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,497,452 208.913 16,741.17 189.523 18,453.97 Austria 2,565,850 193.046 13,291.35 175.129 14,651.20 Czech Republic 533,745 15.555 34,311.61 14.112 37,822.07 Switzerland 386,242 5.413 71,348.59 4.911 78,648.34 Ukraine 875,290 75.772 11,551.50 68.740 12,733.34 Spain 13,979,469 792.033 17,650.10 718.521 19,455.89 Italy 1,501,785 178.528 8,412.04 161.958 9,272.68 India 282,046 52.485 5,373.80 47.614 5,923.59 Thailand 2,994,139 648.596 4,616.34 588.397 5,088.64 Vietnam 402,848 83.295 4,836.40 75.564 5,331.22 Malaysia 4,504,604 990.298 4,548.73 898.384 5,014.12 Singapore 96,074 22.856 4,203.37 20.735 4,633.42 China 11,856,082 1,311.870 9,037.54 1,190.109 9,962.18 Korea, South 6,685,374 1,266.212 5,279.82 1,148.689 5,820.00 Taiwan 9,887,422 2,389.897 4,137.17 2,168.079 4,560.45 Japan 7,370,449 843.664 8,736.23 765.360 9,630.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,029,891 11,207.644 8,032.90 10,167.407 8,854.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 797,834 140.738 5,668.90 127.676 6,248.90 Mexico 37,491 1.401 26,759.46 1.271 29,497.25 Sweden 1,340,328 78.744 17,021.19 71.436 18,762.64 Finland 11,267 0.041 268,980.35 0.038 296,500.00 Denmark 7,106 1.787 3,974.39 1.622 4,381.01 United Kingdom 140,807 14.891 9,455.77 13.509 10,423.20 Ireland 28,489 4.637 6,143.28 4.207 6,771.81 Netherlands 27,102 0.789 34,338.73 0.716 37,851.96 Belgium 81,054 6.959 11,645.70 6.314 12,837.19 France 437,496 50.313 8,695.33 45.644 9,584.96 Federal Republic of Germany 187,920 6.275 29,945.23 5.693 33,008.96 Czech Republic 121,565 21.131 5,752.84 19.170 6,341.42 Switzerland 625,113 87.986 7,104.65 79.820 7,831.53 Spain 101,349 5.243 19,327.79 4.757 21,305.23 Italy 630,322 99.363 6,343.60 90.141 6,992.62 United Arab Emirates 137,367 37.888 3,625.55 34.372 3,996.48 India 5,346,931 1,361.949 3,925.94 1,235.540 4,327.61 Thailand 94,205 16.059 5,865.97 14.569 6,466.13 Vietnam 27,952 5.157 5,419.46 4.679 5,973.93 China 1,491,664 358.617 4,159.49 325.332 4,585.05 Korea, South 4,465,882 838.858 5,323.76 761.000 5,868.44 Taiwan 1,069,148 161.155 6,634.26 146.198 7,313.01 Japan 610,991 56.429 10,827.51 51.192 11,935.28 Australia 159,116 2.157 73,759.66 1.957 81,306.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,978,499 3,358.579 5,353.01 3,046.853 5,900.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 79,539 52.310 1,520.53 47.455 1,676.09 Sweden 340,862 68.023 5,010.94 61.710 5,523.61 France 231,685 119.203 1,943.60 108.140 2,142.45 Italy 23,555 5.857 4,021.22 5.314 4,432.63 China 850,922 208.978 4,071.82 189.582 4,488.41 Taiwan 2,716 0.547 4,957.57 0.497 5,464.79 Japan 1,371,264 1,255.312 1,092.37 1,138.801 1,204.13 South Africa 1,294,774 719.178 1,800.35 652.428 1,984.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,195,317 2,429.412 1,726.89 2,203.927 1,903.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 53,608 11.083 4,836.64 10.055 5,331.48 Mexico 7,955,579 3,088.446 2,575.92 2,801.792 2,839.46 Brazil 2,597,134 949.104 2,736.41 861.013 3,016.37 Sweden 3,777,076 599.244 6,303.06 543.626 6,947.93 Finland 2,235,035 460.362 4,854.95 417.634 5,351.66 United Kingdom 588,704 51.620 11,404.54 46.829 12,571.36 Belgium 2,018,951 531.552 3,798.22 482.216 4,186.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/12/08 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,343,079 1,290.806 2,589.92 1,171.000 2,854.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,581,823 689.654 3,743.65 625.644 4,126.66 Austria 223,734 7.546 29,647.70 6.846 32,680.98 Spain 101,266 42.912 2,359.80 38.930 2,601.23 Italy 524,565 157.867 3,322.82 143.215 3,662.78 Romania 402,555 89.606 4,492.46 81.290 4,952.09 India 106,436 18.341 5,803.06 16.639 6,396.78 Thailand 1,061,362 300.833 3,528.07 272.912 3,889.03 Indonesia 347,901 105.964 3,283.20 96.129 3,619.11 China 19,698,220 6,341.050 3,106.46 5,752.506 3,424.28 Korea, South 1,411,459 511.825 2,757.70 464.320 3,039.84 Taiwan 5,923,685 2,208.945 2,681.68 2,003.922 2,956.05 Japan 241,309 79.291 3,043.32 71.932 3,354.68 South Africa 677,772 229.291 2,955.94 208.010 3,258.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,871,253 17,765.351 3,144.96 16,116.460 3,466.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Sweden 32,538 2.922 11,134.66 2.651 12,273.86 Federal Republic of Germany 7,337 5.070 1,446.96 4.600 1,595.00 Italy 62,979 8.667 7,266.13 7.863 8,009.54 Japan 13,667 7.760 1,761.15 7.040 1,941.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,521 24.420 4,771.42 22.154 5,259.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Mexico 1,857,118 593.376 3,129.75 538.302 3,449.96 Brazil 84,590 17.332 4,880.36 15.724 5,379.67 Sweden 4,090,239 428.364 9,548.50 388.606 10,525.41 Finland 1,175,261 267.372 4,395.60 242.556 4,845.32 United Kingdom 449,242 78.636 5,712.88 71.338 6,297.37 Belgium 106,030 25.587 4,143.75 23.213 4,567.70 France 1,485,866 370.924 4,005.85 336.497 4,415.69 Federal Republic of Germany 314,042 41.388 7,587.67 37.547 8,363.97 Austria 277,678 38.299 7,250.12 34.745 7,991.88 Italy 8,862 0.843 10,509.12 0.765 11,584.31 Slovenia 3,579 0.959 3,731.97 0.870 4,113.79 Romania 68,109 12.219 5,573.97 11.085 6,144.25 India 1,245,927 170.880 7,291.23 155.020 8,037.20 China 223,431 51.002 4,380.76 46.269 4,828.96 Korea, South 1,916,644 565.197 3,391.10 512.739 3,738.05 Taiwan 285,176 100.853 2,827.62 91.493 3,116.92 Japan 3,516,110 507.582 6,927.17 460.471 7,635.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,107,904 3,270.821 5,230.46 2,967.240 5,765.59 GRAND TOTAL 342,229,636 80,624.312 4,244.74 73,141.167 4,679.03