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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 86,291 162.895 529.73 147.776 583.93 United Kingdom 208,219 165.225 1,260.21 149.890 1,389.15 Italy 7,089,112 2,141.737 3,309.98 1,942.952 3,648.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,383,622 2,469.857 2,989.49 2,240.618 3,295.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,941,385 8,340.433 712.36 7,566.316 785.24 Mexico 132,108 162.528 812.83 147.443 895.99 Brazil 54,614,650 84,849.498 643.66 76,974.192 709.52 Sweden 10,234,758 2,318.979 4,413.48 2,103.743 4,865.02 United Kingdom 11,500,255 4,084.539 2,815.56 3,705.433 3,103.62 Netherlands 50,645 1.873 27,026.11 1.700 29,791.18 Belgium 2,640,882 2,024.099 1,304.72 1,836.233 1,438.21 France 3,172,193 321.422 9,869.22 291.590 10,878.95 Federal Republic of Germany 1,124,078 666.058 1,687.66 604.238 1,860.32 Czech Republic 194,595 27.805 6,998.36 25.225 7,714.37 Switzerland 133,692 75.155 1,778.87 68.180 1,960.87 Russia 28,760,071 59,490.600 483.44 53,968.980 532.90 Ukraine 29,524,795 46,242.612 638.48 41,950.604 703.80 Spain 3,842,291 757.199 5,074.34 686.920 5,593.51 Italy 8,457,330 2,238.069 3,778.85 2,030.343 4,165.47 Slovenia 530,642 193.339 2,744.61 175.395 3,025.41 India 109,349 26.305 4,156.88 23.864 4,582.17 China 1,153,251 455.199 2,533.51 412.950 2,792.71 Japan 1,485,454 1,380.189 1,076.27 1,252.087 1,186.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 163,602,424 213,655.910 765.73 193,825.436 844.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,699,951 21,921.855 761.79 19,887.178 839.73 Mexico 639,674 754.831 847.44 684.772 934.14 Brazil 10,477,406 9,339.936 1,121.79 8,473.050 1,236.56 Sweden 771,299 153.691 5,018.47 139.427 5,531.92 Finland 90,357 60.361 1,496.93 54.759 1,650.08 United Kingdom 3,350,316 3,048.276 1,099.09 2,765.351 1,211.53 Netherlands 1,157,525 1,004.204 1,152.68 910.999 1,270.61 France 3,346,425 4,459.944 750.33 4,045.995 827.10 Federal Republic of Germany 4,045,369 3,189.636 1,268.29 2,893.590 1,398.04 Italy 143,986 41.356 3,481.58 37.518 3,837.78 Turkey 29,186,810 38,825.555 751.74 35,221.961 828.65 India 5,391 1.065 5,057.53 0.967 5,574.97 Malaysia 3,769,034 3,728.563 1,010.85 3,382.497 1,114.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 6,782,524 5,506.294 1,231.78 4,995.228 1,357.80 Korea, South 1,956,472 2,563.940 763.07 2,325.968 841.14 Taiwan 678,837 204.693 3,316.36 185.695 3,655.66 Japan 8,413,011 9,105.298 923.97 8,260.190 1,018.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,514,387 103,909.506 880.71 94,265.145 970.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,852,154 4,902.674 989.70 4,447.633 1,090.95 Mexico 1,307,347 1,848.317 707.32 1,676.766 779.68 Brazil 10,290 4.819 2,135.16 4.372 2,353.61 United Kingdom 3,804,434 4,167.066 912.98 3,780.300 1,006.38 Netherlands 146,391 107.273 1,364.65 97.317 1,504.27 Luxembourg 3,776,797 2,542.738 1,485.33 2,306.734 1,637.29 France 3,364 3.364 999.92 3.052 1,102.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,545,424 4,831.191 940.85 4,382.784 1,037.11 Poland 18,750 19.605 956.35 17.786 1,054.20 Russia 10,754,874 16,330.718 658.57 14,814.983 725.95 Spain 56,388 54.584 1,033.05 49.518 1,138.74 Italy 19,445 6.875 2,828.32 6.237 3,117.68 India 204,888 49.343 4,152.25 44.764 4,577.07 Vietnam 65,741 31.680 2,075.13 28.740 2,287.44 China 29,318 26.641 1,100.45 24.169 1,213.04 Korea, South 2,320,049 2,048.671 1,132.47 1,858.524 1,248.33 Taiwan 2,582,303 3,015.968 856.21 2,736.041 943.81 Japan 460,416 310.812 1,481.33 281.964 1,632.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,958,373 40,302.346 867.40 36,561.684 956.15 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 254,246 193.947 1,310.90 175.946 1,445.02 Luxembourg 15,683,120 9,299.901 1,686.37 8,436.731 1,858.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,937,366 9,493.848 1,678.70 8,612.677 1,850.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 19,824,931 15,780.308 1,256.31 14,315.659 1,384.84 Mexico 5,123 7.378 694.28 6.694 765.31 Brazil 7,980 4.000 1,994.86 3.629 2,198.95 Sweden 11,829,156 5,800.446 2,039.35 5,262.078 2,248.00 Finland 3,029,308 1,791.830 1,690.62 1,625.522 1,863.59 United Kingdom 268,732 174.003 1,544.41 157.853 1,702.42 Belgium 4,972,283 1,041.996 4,771.88 945.284 5,260.09 France 10,446,554 2,199.765 4,748.94 1,995.594 5,234.81 Federal Republic of Germany 9,108,283 4,273.622 2,131.28 3,876.966 2,349.33 Austria 1,258,694 732.533 1,718.28 664.543 1,894.07 Slovakia 5,502 6.353 865.95 5.764 954.55 Poland 352,428 187.880 1,875.81 170.442 2,067.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 10,703,258 8,901.643 1,202.39 8,075.437 1,325.41 Ukraine 14,926,043 15,713.723 949.87 14,255.254 1,047.06 Spain 612,529 226.937 2,699.11 205.874 2,975.26 Italy 16,712 4.690 3,563.07 4.255 3,927.61 Slovenia 673,164 136.198 4,942.53 123.557 5,448.21 Malaysia 3,583,271 3,371.871 1,062.70 3,058.911 1,171.42 China 9,144,281 4,321.347 2,116.07 3,920.262 2,332.57 Korea, South 5,884,635 4,256.832 1,382.40 3,861.735 1,523.83 Taiwan 3,890,030 3,561.681 1,092.19 3,231.104 1,203.93 Japan 10,561,594 6,040.738 1,748.39 5,480.067 1,927.27 Australia 2,970,223 2,420.056 1,227.34 2,195.439 1,352.91 South Africa 1,575,965 1,037.777 1,518.60 941.456 1,673.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,650,679 81,993.616 1,532.44 74,383.379 1,689.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 17,798,056 27,351.286 650.72 24,812.677 717.30 Mexico 5,051,636 9,962.350 507.07 9,037.695 558.95 Sweden 1,195,633 342.643 3,489.44 310.841 3,846.45 Finland 697,701 437.824 1,593.56 397.188 1,756.60 United Kingdom 15,117 11.344 1,332.48 10.292 1,468.81 Netherlands 4,060,791 4,403.923 922.08 3,995.173 1,016.42 Belgium 314,302 225.709 1,392.51 204.760 1,534.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,889,336 3,314.782 871.65 3,007.121 960.83 Russia 3,785,745 5,910.304 640.53 5,361.740 706.07 China 685,112 327.449 2,092.27 297.057 2,306.33 Korea, South 41,780 46.660 895.40 42.330 987.01 Taiwan 79,527 13.986 5,686.14 12.688 6,267.89 Japan 1,044,381 1,026.317 1,017.60 931.060 1,121.71 New Zealand 175,819 267.023 658.44 242.240 725.80 South Africa 63,154 37.202 1,697.55 33.750 1,871.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,898,090 53,678.811 706.02 48,696.612 778.25 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 4,056 4.136 980.43 3.753 1,080.74 Luxembourg 1,301,953 1,037.755 1,254.59 941.436 1,382.94 Czech Republic 6,435,257 6,273.657 1,025.76 5,691.368 1,130.70 Spain 270,627 206.563 1,310.14 187.391 1,444.18 China 70,067 64.775 1,081.70 58.763 1,192.37 Korea, South 68,372 48.312 1,415.22 43.828 1,560.01 Taiwan 182,288 184.701 986.94 167.558 1,087.91 Japan 5,976,725 7,490.305 797.93 6,795.093 879.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,309,345 15,310.206 934.63 13,889.190 1,030.25 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 592,637 671.530 882.52 609.202 972.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 337,223 262.756 1,283.40 238.369 1,414.71 Czech Republic 1,264,235 1,755.999 719.95 1,593.016 793.61 Spain 32,905 23.856 1,379.31 21.642 1,520.42 China 15,216,638 17,505.312 869.26 15,880.557 958.19 Japan 40,649 24.973 1,627.66 22.656 1,794.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,484,287 20,244.428 863.66 18,365.442 952.02 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 147,670 145.283 1,016.43 131.799 1,120.42 Switzerland 62,620 105.957 590.99 96.123 651.46 India 22,267 13.818 1,611.38 12.536 1,776.24 China 547,206 418.161 1,308.60 379.350 1,442.48 Australia 592,819 1,275.031 464.94 1,156.689 512.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,372,582 1,958.252 700.92 1,776.497 772.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,505,270 30,456.054 771.78 27,629.276 850.74 Mexico 2,368,862 4,105.460 577.00 3,724.412 636.04 Venezuela 4,753 2.425 1,959.93 2.200 2,160.45 Brazil 1,025,785 686.795 1,493.58 623.051 1,646.39 Sweden 3,033,670 665.414 4,559.07 603.654 5,025.51 United Kingdom 3,172,543 3,669.746 864.51 3,329.139 952.96 Netherlands 27,534 11.066 2,488.14 10.039 2,742.70 France 1,058,778 245.080 4,320.13 222.333 4,762.13 Federal Republic of Germany 5,105,378 2,515.344 2,029.69 2,281.883 2,237.35 Austria 801,921 114.719 6,990.26 104.072 7,705.44 Czech Republic 7,361,903 6,456.268 1,140.27 5,857.030 1,256.93 Switzerland 6,021 4.439 1,356.38 4.027 1,495.16 Poland 212,544 79.554 2,671.66 72.171 2,945.01 Russia 5,376,141 4,889.587 1,099.51 4,435.760 1,212.00 Ukraine 1,655,344 505.369 3,275.51 458.464 3,610.63 Spain 1,337,405 682.404 1,959.84 619.067 2,160.36 Portugal 708,315 156.277 4,532.41 141.773 4,996.12 Italy 2,244,120 505.714 4,437.52 458.777 4,891.53 Slovenia 23,910 9.744 2,453.71 8.840 2,704.75 Turkey 630,257 534.100 1,180.03 484.528 1,300.76 India 1,962,561 1,099.670 1,784.68 997.605 1,967.27 China 18,704,742 15,958.467 1,172.09 14,477.282 1,292.01 Korea, South 436,856 675.939 646.29 613.202 712.42 Taiwan 1,191,756 297.520 4,005.63 269.906 4,415.45 Japan 10,862,522 9,788.014 1,109.78 8,879.540 1,223.32 South Africa 122,548 70.967 1,726.81 64.381 1,903.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,941,439 84,186.149 1,104.00 76,372.412 1,216.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,939,968 3,297.245 891.64 2,991.212 982.87 Mexico 1,260,020 1,555.031 810.29 1,410.701 893.19 Brazil 6,283 2.420 2,595.56 2.196 2,861.11 Sweden 12,285 1.108 11,078.30 1.006 12,211.73 United Kingdom 26,739 4.593 5,821.27 4.167 6,416.85 Belgium 19,257 2.535 7,595.50 2.300 8,372.61 Federal Republic of Germany 138,673 85.414 1,623.52 77.487 1,789.63 Italy 343,454 94.505 3,634.22 85.734 4,006.04 Turkey 260,304 247.413 1,052.10 224.450 1,159.74 India 985,112 248.077 3,970.99 225.052 4,377.26 China 26,065 21.870 1,191.76 19.841 1,313.69 Japan 2,128,339 2,826.616 752.96 2,564.264 830.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,146,499 8,386.834 971.34 7,608.410 1,070.72 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 7,215,049 10,094.758 714.73 9,157.813 787.86 Dominican Republic 1,187,789 2,064.783 575.26 1,873.141 634.12 Federal Republic of Germany 575,566 539.436 1,066.98 489.369 1,176.14 Turkey 665,850 968.865 687.25 878.940 757.56 China 48,720 43.680 1,115.38 39.626 1,229.50 Taiwan 8,068 10.087 799.82 9.151 881.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,701,042 13,721.611 706.99 12,448.040 779.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,007,039 2,436.861 2,054.71 2,210.684 2,264.93 Mexico 20,042 11.922 1,681.01 10.816 1,853.00 Brazil 55,974 23.277 2,404.64 21.117 2,650.66 Sweden 550,066 113.857 4,831.17 103.290 5,325.45 Norway 3,680 0.198 18,546.89 0.180 20,444.44 Denmark 9,616 1.999 4,808.98 1.814 5,300.99 United Kingdom 4,207,548 1,497.694 2,809.35 1,358.686 3,096.78 Netherlands 171,706 88.777 1,934.11 80.538 2,131.99 Belgium 24,663 15.432 1,598.14 14.000 1,761.64 France 4,795,977 1,841.667 2,604.15 1,670.733 2,870.58 Federal Republic of Germany 8,314,583 2,962.919 2,806.21 2,687.916 3,093.32 Austria 481,450 89.456 5,381.92 81.154 5,932.55 Czech Republic 231,333 41.248 5,608.28 37.420 6,182.07 Switzerland 535,867 65.042 8,238.66 59.006 9,081.57 Russia 6,477,239 4,672.751 1,386.17 4,239.050 1,527.99 Ukraine 1,147,499 195.105 5,881.42 176.997 6,483.16 Spain 1,381,271 1,023.223 1,349.92 928.253 1,488.03 Portugal 2,776 0.350 7,919.33 0.318 8,729.56 Italy 10,533,585 1,998.419 5,270.96 1,812.936 5,810.24 Slovenia 259,510 72.593 3,574.82 65.856 3,940.57 Romania 110,322 21.971 5,021.20 19.932 5,534.92 Saudi Arabia 489,244 221.886 2,204.93 201.292 2,430.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Arab Emirates 157,107 54.782 2,867.82 49.698 3,161.23 India 3,747,875 993.498 3,772.40 901.287 4,158.36 China 1,007,370 539.271 1,868.02 489.219 2,059.14 Korea, South 424,007 153.374 2,764.52 139.139 3,047.36 Taiwan 4,614,666 913.830 5,049.81 829.013 5,566.46 Japan 402,503 172.475 2,333.68 156.467 2,572.45 Australia 4,425 1.661 2,663.76 1.507 2,936.30 South Africa 642,038 462.746 1,387.45 419.797 1,529.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,810,981 20,688.299 2,697.71 18,768.115 2,973.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 739,107 344.693 2,144.24 312.701 2,363.62 Mexico 184,700 106.467 1,734.80 96.586 1,912.29 Brazil 2,506,554 493.609 5,078.01 447.795 5,597.55 Sweden 2,857,752 942.974 3,030.57 855.452 3,340.63 United Kingdom 589,820 116.378 5,068.11 105.577 5,586.63 Netherlands 263,566 126.570 2,082.36 114.823 2,295.41 Belgium 8,654 5.126 1,687.98 4.651 1,860.68 France 1,506,034 159.359 9,450.51 144.569 10,417.41 Federal Republic of Germany 5,830,775 2,053.305 2,839.70 1,862.728 3,130.23 Austria 3,077,181 453.198 6,789.92 411.135 7,484.60 Russia 360,744 207.813 1,735.91 188.525 1,913.51 Spain 436,442 178.673 2,442.68 162.090 2,692.59 Italy 16,620 5.079 3,272.01 4.608 3,606.77 Slovenia 1,688,710 512.306 3,296.29 464.757 3,633.53 Israel 2,772 0.262 10,566.04 0.238 11,647.06 India 34,626 5.015 6,903.78 4.550 7,610.11 Thailand 36,937 15.625 2,363.93 14.175 2,605.78 China 6,682,883 1,328.455 5,030.57 1,205.155 5,545.25 Korea, South 428,464 134.382 3,188.39 121.910 3,514.59 Taiwan 669,529 167.350 4,000.76 151.818 4,410.08 Japan 7,106,644 4,478.181 1,586.95 4,062.539 1,749.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,028,514 11,834.831 2,959.78 10,736.382 3,262.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,630,179 18,831.641 1,254.81 17,083.783 1,383.19 Mexico 4,264,745 2,954.952 1,443.25 2,680.689 1,590.91 Guatemala 230,640 174.032 1,325.27 157.880 1,460.86 Dominican Republic 398,262 341.710 1,165.49 309.995 1,284.74 Venezuela 857,760 621.790 1,379.50 564.079 1,520.64 Brazil 52,532 39.125 1,342.66 35.494 1,480.02 Argentina 35,691 8.170 4,368.37 7.412 4,815.30 Sweden 20,410 11.157 1,829.25 10.122 2,016.40 Denmark 7,908 0.871 9,069.56 0.791 9,997.47 France 51,896 13.269 3,910.89 12.038 4,311.02 Federal Republic of Germany 4,824,997 2,139.588 2,255.10 1,941.003 2,485.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 543,178 165.521 3,281.61 150.159 3,617.35 Switzerland 151,693 82.705 1,834.14 75.029 2,021.79 Russia 174,363 145.672 1,196.95 132.152 1,319.41 Ukraine 281,710 186.702 1,508.87 169.374 1,663.24 Spain 9,897,094 3,921.338 2,523.91 3,557.379 2,782.13 Italy 5,028,221 1,454.522 3,456.96 1,319.521 3,810.64 Romania 652,198 388.097 1,680.50 352.076 1,852.44 Turkey 14,320,061 12,680.059 1,129.34 11,503.160 1,244.88 United Arab Emirates 2,047,970 1,588.338 1,289.38 1,440.917 1,421.30 Oman 4,925,835 4,917.650 1,001.66 4,461.219 1,104.15 India 9,547,976 9,047.090 1,055.36 8,207.385 1,163.34 Pakistan 1,007,186 904.323 1,113.74 820.389 1,227.69 Thailand 13,215,224 11,894.978 1,110.99 10,790.946 1,224.66 Vietnam 4,381,280 3,692.555 1,186.52 3,349.831 1,307.91 Malaysia 1,132,339 924.298 1,225.08 838.510 1,350.42 China 13,920,009 10,597.924 1,313.47 9,614.278 1,447.85 Korea, South 5,127,548 4,967.367 1,032.25 4,506.321 1,137.86 Hong Kong 16,335 12.004 1,360.78 10.890 1,500.00 Taiwan 4,209,641 3,725.387 1,129.99 3,379.616 1,245.60 Japan 4,253,071 2,816.240 1,510.19 2,554.851 1,664.70 South Africa 3,029,903 2,750.006 1,101.78 2,494.765 1,214.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,237,855 101,999.100 1,296.46 92,532.054 1,429.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 22,560,255 9,240.934 2,441.34 8,383.237 2,691.12 Mexico 30,371,342 10,117.735 3,001.79 9,178.658 3,308.91 Colombia 23,319,616 9,957.659 2,341.88 9,033.439 2,581.48 Brazil 5,533,550 3,287.296 1,683.31 2,982.186 1,855.53 Argentina 34,742,954 13,565.109 2,561.20 12,306.064 2,823.24 Sweden 19,009 3.414 5,566.39 3.098 6,135.89 United Kingdom 513,940 24.344 21,111.10 22.085 23,271.00 France 1,118,432 275.177 4,064.40 249.637 4,480.23 Federal Republic of Germany 54,199,963 24,091.547 2,249.75 21,855.490 2,479.92 Austria 28,818,459 12,498.937 2,305.67 11,338.849 2,541.57 Czech Republic 4,072,976 2,098.445 1,940.95 1,903.678 2,139.53 Switzerland 2,410 0.050 47,528.61 0.046 52,391.30 Russia 23,257,249 12,200.091 1,906.32 11,067.740 2,101.35 Ukraine 4,502,421 2,388.608 1,884.96 2,166.910 2,077.81 Spain 10,074,120 4,370.665 2,304.94 3,965.002 2,540.76 Italy 44,626 19.255 2,317.61 17.468 2,554.73 Romania 5,627,236 2,717.926 2,070.42 2,465.662 2,282.24 Turkey 321,094 221.178 1,451.74 200.650 1,600.27 United Arab Emirates 2,302,033 407.691 5,646.50 369.852 6,224.20 India 54,009,042 26,783.626 2,016.49 24,297.704 2,222.80 Singapore 200,000 64.683 3,091.97 58.680 3,408.32 China 433,028,301 290,679.407 1,489.71 263,699.997 1,642.12 Korea, South 27,257,203 19,678.464 1,385.13 17,852.008 1,526.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 320,093 241.582 1,324.98 219.160 1,460.54 Japan 66,822,005 24,950.475 2,678.19 22,634.697 2,952.19 South Africa 3,854,333 2,385.868 1,615.48 2,164.424 1,780.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 836,892,662 472,270.179 1,772.06 428,436.421 1,953.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,551,992 4,807.308 946.89 4,361.118 1,043.77 Mexico 4,771 1.253 3,806.67 1.137 4,196.13 Federal Republic of Germany 2,495,555 1,048.360 2,380.44 951.057 2,623.98 Czech Republic 4,595,204 2,086.886 2,201.94 1,893.192 2,427.23 Poland 465,096 226.088 2,057.14 205.104 2,267.61 Russia 375,507 570.930 657.71 517.940 725.00 Italy 9,505,782 3,118.279 3,048.41 2,828.856 3,360.29 Greece 20,792,058 12,732.838 1,632.95 11,551.040 1,800.02 Romania 3,138,372 1,762.761 1,780.37 1,599.151 1,962.52 Turkey 21,014,132 18,124.638 1,159.42 16,442.400 1,278.05 India 48,256,650 32,777.592 1,472.25 29,735.340 1,622.87 Thailand 119,785 36.293 3,300.45 32.925 3,638.12 China 11,690,812 11,710.701 998.30 10,623.773 1,100.44 Korea, South 9,114,559 6,501.565 1,401.90 5,898.123 1,545.33 Taiwan 289,630 218.866 1,323.32 198.552 1,458.71 Japan 13,375,470 9,742.082 1,372.96 8,837.871 1,513.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 149,785,375 105,466.447 1,420.22 95,677.579 1,565.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 977,249 59.998 16,287.81 54.430 17,954.23 Mexico 12,080,263 7,076.012 1,707.21 6,419.252 1,881.88 Brazil 27,237 7.996 3,406.26 7.254 3,754.76 Argentina 8,096,655 4,031.606 2,008.29 3,657.413 2,213.77 United Kingdom 58,035 15.951 3,638.21 14.471 4,010.43 Netherlands 12,158 6.601 1,841.64 5.989 2,030.06 France 586,382 225.658 2,598.54 204.714 2,864.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,794,285 853.738 2,101.68 774.499 2,316.70 Austria 5,376,881 2,612.202 2,058.37 2,369.751 2,268.96 Czech Republic 5,614,894 3,178.033 1,766.78 2,883.064 1,947.54 Slovakia 91,978 66.803 1,376.85 60.603 1,517.71 Poland 353,687 180.107 1,963.75 163.391 2,164.67 Russia 3,013,655 1,974.909 1,525.97 1,791.608 1,682.10 Ukraine 5,799,669 3,345.034 1,733.81 3,034.565 1,911.20 Spain 407,787 181.153 2,251.05 164.340 2,481.36 Italy 10,665,910 4,247.639 2,511.02 3,853.395 2,767.93 Romania 691,627 308.084 2,244.92 279.490 2,474.60 United Arab Emirates 50,860 47.619 1,068.04 43.200 1,177.31 India 2,300,973 1,769.374 1,300.44 1,605.150 1,433.49 China 50,481,732 39,019.071 1,293.77 35,397.516 1,426.14 Korea, South 3,735,586 3,175.849 1,176.25 2,881.083 1,296.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,247,802 1,067.019 1,169.43 967.984 1,289.07 South Africa 2,854,158 1,752.160 1,628.94 1,589.534 1,795.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,319,463 75,202.628 1,546.75 68,222.696 1,705.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 3,735,550 1,804.698 2,069.90 1,637.195 2,281.68 Mexico 14,905,885 8,975.795 1,660.68 8,142.707 1,830.58 Federal Republic of Germany 2,911,086 172.442 16,881.51 156.437 18,608.68 Ukraine 3,546,721 2,295.376 1,545.16 2,082.331 1,703.25 Romania 1,448,970 1,004.124 1,443.02 910.927 1,590.65 India 4,539,864 3,656.415 1,241.62 3,317.045 1,368.65 China 2,867,531 2,684.654 1,068.12 2,435.478 1,177.40 Korea, South 21,739,103 20,872.122 1,041.54 18,934.876 1,148.10 Taiwan 4,820,291 4,024.463 1,197.75 3,650.933 1,320.29 South Africa 585,199 807.150 725.02 732.235 799.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,100,200 46,297.242 1,319.74 42,000.164 1,454.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 5,423,366 3,586.407 1,512.20 3,253.535 1,666.91 Mexico 10,081,690 7,977.066 1,263.83 7,236.675 1,393.14 Costa Rica 239,324 170.262 1,405.61 154.460 1,549.42 Dominican Republic 48,202 32.974 1,461.79 29.914 1,611.35 Brazil 94,190 41.668 2,260.46 37.801 2,491.73 Argentina 5,072,939 2,814.471 1,802.45 2,553.246 1,986.86 Sweden 979,339 460.165 2,128.23 417.455 2,345.98 United Kingdom 227,793 143.221 1,590.50 129.928 1,753.22 Ireland 34,761 38.317 907.18 34.761 1,000.00 Netherlands 50,927 21.920 2,323.25 19.886 2,560.95 France 1,131,225 584.615 1,934.99 530.354 2,132.96 Federal Republic of Germany 16,598,546 7,001.259 2,370.79 6,351.438 2,613.35 Austria 125,952 21.760 5,788.04 19.741 6,380.22 Switzerland 160,562 48.629 3,301.74 44.116 3,639.54 Russia 3,962,652 2,446.114 1,619.98 2,219.078 1,785.72 Ukraine 39,942 23.376 1,708.62 21.207 1,883.43 Spain 3,072,394 1,246.330 2,465.15 1,130.652 2,717.36 Italy 13,009,886 6,138.120 2,119.52 5,568.411 2,336.37 Romania 3,991,484 1,740.162 2,293.74 1,578.649 2,528.42 Turkey 82,744 48.523 1,705.23 44.020 1,879.69 Israel 4,212 0.069 60,651.80 0.063 66,857.14 Saudi Arabia 7,365 5.744 1,282.18 5.211 1,413.36 India 3,357,338 1,892.967 1,773.58 1,717.272 1,955.04 Vietnam 24,532 25.754 952.54 23.364 1,049.99 Malaysia 201,344 186.059 1,082.15 168.790 1,192.87 China 22,236,853 14,810.035 1,501.47 13,435.442 1,655.09 Korea, South 662,340 508.748 1,301.90 461.529 1,435.10 Taiwan 101,394 45.818 2,212.94 41.566 2,439.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 12,174,196 3,847.680 3,164.04 3,490.558 3,487.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,197,492 55,908.246 1,845.84 50,719.122 2,034.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 103,992 73.175 1,421.13 66.384 1,566.52 Mexico 1,413,503 604.679 2,337.61 548.556 2,576.77 Argentina 420,161 123.398 3,404.92 111.945 3,753.28 Sweden 568,034 241.440 2,352.69 219.031 2,593.40 Netherlands 476,477 190.954 2,495.24 173.231 2,750.53 France 2,698,841 917.929 2,940.14 832.732 3,240.95 Federal Republic of Germany 5,548,342 1,782.134 3,113.31 1,616.726 3,431.84 Czech Republic 1,421,017 397.808 3,572.11 360.886 3,937.58 Slovakia 170,304 70.880 2,402.68 64.302 2,648.50 Poland 191,501 90.863 2,107.57 82.430 2,323.20 Spain 273,864 163.843 1,671.50 148.636 1,842.51 Italy 774,852 114.508 6,766.79 103.880 7,459.11 Romania 926,474 319.489 2,899.86 289.836 3,196.55 Turkey 2,251,090 458.898 4,905.42 416.306 5,407.30 India 481,783 180.012 2,676.38 163.305 2,950.20 China 6,979,203 4,314.001 1,617.80 3,913.597 1,783.32 Korea, South 109,402 59.744 1,831.17 54.199 2,018.52 Japan 1,639,228 328.861 4,984.56 298.338 5,494.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,448,068 10,432.624 2,535.13 9,464.320 2,794.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,992,766 753.188 11,939.60 683.281 13,161.15 Mexico 247,310 72.728 3,400.47 65.978 3,748.37 Uruguay 334,882 89.253 3,752.05 80.969 4,135.93 Sweden 3,079,498 212.292 14,505.89 192.589 15,990.00 Norway 2,935 0.066 44,376.47 0.060 48,916.67 Finland 74,313 20.933 3,549.87 18.991 3,913.06 United Kingdom 747,125 9.994 74,752.46 9.067 82,400.46 Netherlands 167,176 11.955 13,982.99 10.846 15,413.61 France 4,127,197 423.246 9,751.28 383.963 10,748.94 Federal Republic of Germany 5,474,172 342.127 16,000.38 310.373 17,637.40 Austria 2,139,356 187.102 11,434.11 169.737 12,603.95 Czech Republic 3,348 0.132 25,310.46 0.120 27,900.00 Switzerland 96,935 4.456 21,750.67 4.043 23,976.01 Ukraine 2,325,717 225.907 10,294.99 204.940 11,348.28 Spain 10,909,093 691.015 15,787.04 626.879 17,402.23 Italy 825,074 67.675 12,191.66 61.394 13,439.00 Turkey 325,579 30.937 10,523.78 28.066 11,600.48 India 1,246,829 208.331 5,984.84 188.995 6,597.15 Thailand 1,229,190 336.289 3,655.15 305.077 4,029.11 Vietnam 838,965 168.706 4,972.93 153.048 5,481.71 Malaysia 4,797,614 1,011.167 4,744.63 917.316 5,230.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Singapore 108,290 23.679 4,573.09 21.482 5,040.96 China 12,361,905 1,602.928 7,712.07 1,454.153 8,501.10 Korea, South 4,702,214 766.722 6,132.88 695.559 6,760.34 Taiwan 8,994,831 2,190.451 4,106.38 1,987.145 4,526.51 Japan 9,901,130 1,095.952 9,034.27 994.232 9,958.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,053,444 10,547.245 7,969.23 9,568.303 8,784.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 4,187,805 833.026 5,027.22 755.709 5,541.56 Mexico 360,101 108.815 3,309.27 98.716 3,647.85 United Kingdom 16,036 6.311 2,540.62 5.726 2,800.56 Ireland 7,410 2.916 2,540.53 2.646 2,800.45 France 9,848 3.875 2,540.94 3.516 2,800.91 Federal Republic of Germany 72,624 21.668 3,351.65 19.657 3,694.56 China 284,810 131.701 2,162.54 119.478 2,383.79 Korea, South 46,200 26.455 1,746.33 24.000 1,925.00 Taiwan 45,026 38.320 1,174.98 34.764 1,295.19 Japan 526,533 164.556 3,199.71 149.283 3,527.08 Australia 2,701 1.062 2,541.81 0.964 2,801.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,559,094 1,338.711 4,152.57 1,214.459 4,577.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,825,070 11,804.713 1,001.72 10,709.059 1,104.21 Mexico 3,812,062 1,898.086 2,008.37 1,721.916 2,213.85 Sweden 3,941 1.553 2,537.41 1.409 2,797.02 Finland 238,549 67.594 3,529.10 61.321 3,890.17 Belgium 38,391 17.538 2,188.91 15.911 2,412.86 France 10,102 11.135 907.18 10.102 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 137,077 68.554 1,999.52 62.192 2,204.09 Austria 41,773 12.027 3,473.18 10.911 3,828.52 Italy 5,919 4.291 1,379.30 3.893 1,520.42 Romania 10,211 4.055 2,517.88 3.679 2,775.48 Malaysia 24,928 24.110 1,033.89 21.873 1,139.67 China 4,592,601 2,327.448 1,973.23 2,111.426 2,175.12 Korea, South 2,712,512 2,804.779 967.10 2,544.454 1,066.05 Taiwan 962,493 287.116 3,352.27 260.468 3,695.24 Japan 3,216,438 2,083.922 1,543.45 1,890.503 1,701.37 Australia 50,666 19.183 2,641.12 17.403 2,911.34 South Africa 127,748 118.483 1,078.20 107.486 1,188.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,810,481 21,554.595 1,290.23 19,554.006 1,422.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 22,319 30.090 741.72 27.298 817.61 Mexico 166,776 65.974 2,527.89 59.851 2,786.52 China 1,570,916 1,571.321 999.74 1,425.479 1,102.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 88,252 60.344 1,462.46 54.744 1,612.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,848,263 1,727.731 1,069.76 1,567.372 1,179.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,993,938 8,951.540 1,339.87 8,120.703 1,476.96 Mexico 8,990,256 7,717.684 1,164.89 7,001.368 1,284.07 Dominican Republic 21,704 18.377 1,180.99 16.672 1,301.82 Colombia 14,747 5.732 2,572.74 5.200 2,835.96 Venezuela 25,680 21.775 1,179.33 19.754 1,299.99 Ecuador 27,789 23.009 1,207.71 20.874 1,331.27 Peru 26,995 20.129 1,341.08 18.261 1,478.29 Brazil 649,186 430.559 1,507.77 390.597 1,662.04 Sweden 1,117,854 120.018 9,314.01 108.879 10,266.94 Denmark 6,080 1.530 3,973.84 1.388 4,380.40 United Kingdom 1,037,624 144.177 7,196.83 130.796 7,933.15 Ireland 12,731 2.508 5,074.42 2.276 5,593.59 Netherlands 46,556 6.138 7,583.93 5.569 8,359.85 Belgium 445,573 167.993 2,652.33 152.401 2,923.69 France 231,650 70.589 3,281.64 64.038 3,617.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,628,567 539.777 3,017.11 489.678 3,325.79 Austria 87,450 24.246 3,606.72 21.996 3,975.72 Czech Republic 908,788 482.924 1,881.84 438.102 2,074.38 Switzerland 568,118 74.043 7,672.78 67.171 8,457.79 Belarus 1,116,571 843.114 1,324.34 764.861 1,459.84 Spain 298,262 190.759 1,563.55 173.054 1,723.52 Italy 2,041,147 746.636 2,733.79 677.337 3,013.49 Greece 56,646 41.298 1,371.64 37.465 1,511.97 Turkey 77,044 55.304 1,393.10 50.171 1,535.63 Israel 447,608 369.224 1,212.29 334.955 1,336.32 United Arab Emirates 265,484 75.026 3,538.53 68.063 3,900.56 India 3,429,683 873.794 3,925.05 792.693 4,326.62 Thailand 151,961 45.539 3,336.89 41.313 3,678.29 Malaysia 621,736 408.957 1,520.30 371.000 1,675.84 Indonesia 94,310 31.878 2,958.39 28.920 3,261.07 China 11,098,699 8,292.939 1,338.33 7,523.230 1,475.26 Korea, South 5,721,194 2,419.806 2,364.32 2,195.212 2,606.21 Taiwan 2,438,147 1,213.080 2,009.88 1,100.488 2,215.51 Japan 6,530,925 2,943.115 2,219.05 2,669.950 2,446.09 Australia 13,217 3.326 3,972.92 3.018 4,379.39 South Africa 556,606 921.080 604.30 835.590 666.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,800,526 38,297.638 1,639.80 34,743.043 1,807.57 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Netherlands 375,231 444.958 843.29 403.660 929.57 Federal Republic of Germany 44,852 84.868 528.49 76.991 582.56 Japan 307,892 320.970 959.25 291.180 1,057.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 727,975 850.797 855.64 771.831 943.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 13,528,226 14,025.399 964.55 12,723.632 1,063.24 Brazil 523,896 435.928 1,201.79 395.468 1,324.75 Netherlands 1,064,571 1,350.139 788.49 1,224.826 869.16 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 4,753,749 4,786.718 993.11 4,342.439 1,094.72 China 129,914 145.381 893.61 131.888 985.03 Korea, South 3,406,970 3,109.288 1,095.74 2,820.700 1,207.85 Taiwan 134,165 102.247 1,312.16 92.757 1,446.41 Japan 572,429 452.615 1,264.71 410.606 1,394.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,182,122 24,484.836 987.64 22,212.276 1,088.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,598,366 2,992.124 868.40 2,714.410 957.25 Brazil 1,171,546 905.356 1,294.02 821.326 1,426.41 France 6,624 9.199 720.01 8.346 793.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,384,672 1,463.654 946.04 1,327.805 1,042.83 Japan 2,968,822 2,593.159 1,144.87 2,352.475 1,262.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,130,030 7,963.493 1,020.91 7,224.362 1,125.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,963,446 33,787.879 650.04 30,651.857 716.55 Mexico 11,494,046 22,291.950 515.61 20,222.923 568.37 Brazil 101,194 53.869 1,878.49 48.870 2,070.68 Sweden 5,934,975 4,971.245 1,193.86 4,509.839 1,316.01 Finland 1,536,018 769.220 1,996.85 697.825 2,201.15 United Kingdom 92,858 19.261 4,820.84 17.474 5,314.07 Netherlands 617,316 781.726 789.68 709.171 870.48 Belgium 904,538 1,348.831 670.61 1,223.640 739.22 France 298,723 208.067 1,435.70 188.756 1,582.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,430,730 1,181.399 1,211.05 1,071.748 1,334.95 Austria 351,568 284.219 1,236.96 257.840 1,363.51 Slovakia 2,019 2.342 861.93 2.125 950.12 Russia 4,956,935 8,089.210 612.78 7,338.410 675.48 China 816,311 560.731 1,455.80 508.687 1,604.74 Korea, South 19,530,841 31,076.248 628.48 28,191.906 692.78 Taiwan 57,326 17.456 3,283.99 15.836 3,619.98 Japan 7,829,337 6,581.441 1,189.61 5,970.585 1,311.32 Australia 25,169,300 40,754.884 617.58 36,972.220 680.76 New Zealand 392,480 569.310 689.40 516.470 759.93 South Africa 184,169 91.282 2,017.57 82.810 2,223.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,664,130 153,440.580 675.60 139,198.992 744.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,862,813 12,256.840 886.27 11,119.222 976.94 Mexico 11,336,728 10,759.325 1,053.67 9,760.699 1,161.47 Brazil 13,175,845 11,037.567 1,193.73 10,013.116 1,315.86 Sweden 8,758,320 5,033.024 1,740.17 4,565.884 1,918.21 Finland 448,613 117.614 3,814.27 106.698 4,204.51 Denmark 3,886 0.751 5,169.09 0.682 5,697.95 United Kingdom 2,830,627 2,141.794 1,321.61 1,943.004 1,456.83 Netherlands 2,065,721 2,362.650 874.32 2,143.361 963.78 Belgium 4,901,865 3,816.706 1,284.32 3,462.459 1,415.72 France 3,326,982 1,304.042 2,551.28 1,183.008 2,812.31 Federal Republic of Germany 1,570,010 420.739 3,731.54 381.689 4,113.32 Austria 826,043 539.268 1,531.79 489.216 1,688.50 Russia 687,324 865.225 794.39 784.920 875.66 Italy 226,597 46.201 4,904.57 41.913 5,406.37 Romania 207,231 38.393 5,397.56 34.830 5,949.78 India 383,983 106.186 3,616.11 96.331 3,986.08 Thailand 485,729 226.823 2,141.44 205.771 2,360.53 Indonesia 449,951 159.317 2,824.25 144.530 3,113.20 China 22,927,733 18,850.433 1,216.30 17,100.830 1,340.74 Korea, South 1,406,853 752.174 1,870.38 682.361 2,061.74 Taiwan 2,670,001 1,443.740 1,849.36 1,309.740 2,038.57 Japan 5,779,218 4,539.216 1,273.18 4,117.909 1,403.44 New Zealand 43,862 58.224 753.33 52.820 830.41 South Africa 643,331 272.284 2,362.72 247.012 2,604.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,019,266 77,148.547 1,244.60 69,988.005 1,371.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,857,408 24,680.175 845.11 22,389.485 931.57 Mexico 8,982,712 10,010.659 897.31 9,081.520 989.12 Colombia 1,301,276 1,324.109 982.76 1,201.212 1,083.30 Sweden 7,664 8.122 943.50 7.369 1,040.03 Finland 109,976 76.742 1,433.04 69.620 1,579.66 Netherlands 942,715 941.369 1,001.43 853.996 1,103.89 Belgium 23,590 12.758 1,849.01 11.574 2,038.19 France 4,175,374 3,483.540 1,198.60 3,160.216 1,321.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,474,902 2,434.355 605.87 2,208.411 667.86 Austria 628,673 509.257 1,234.49 461.991 1,360.79 Spain 583,117 588.987 990.03 534.321 1,091.32 Italy 131,341 62.804 2,091.28 56.975 2,305.24 India 44,771,971 41,098.851 1,089.37 37,284.261 1,200.83 China 28,501,480 28,907.561 985.95 26,224.506 1,086.83 Korea, South 1,443,671 1,192.765 1,210.36 1,082.059 1,334.19 Taiwan 7,586,125 6,496.553 1,167.72 5,893.576 1,287.19 Japan 2,234,722 1,786.703 1,250.75 1,620.871 1,378.72 Australia 241,162 238.033 1,013.15 215.940 1,116.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 123,997,879 123,853.352 1,001.17 112,357.903 1,103.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 829,517 560.668 1,479.51 508.630 1,630.88 Mexico 99,474 85.478 1,163.73 77.545 1,282.79 Sweden 418,112 280.113 1,492.65 254.115 1,645.37 Denmark 2,423 0.467 5,184.22 0.424 5,714.62 Luxembourg 12,100 14.815 816.74 13.440 900.30 Federal Republic of Germany 4,294,972 3,269.349 1,313.71 2,965.905 1,448.12 Thailand 499,335 376.463 1,326.38 341.522 1,462.09 China 154,761 159.772 968.63 144.943 1,067.74 Korea, South 1,883,007 1,522.904 1,236.46 1,381.556 1,362.96 Taiwan 62,978 49.637 1,268.77 45.030 1,398.58 Japan 6,248,110 5,415.483 1,153.75 4,912.845 1,271.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,504,789 11,735.153 1,236.01 10,645.955 1,362.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,278,310 916.016 1,395.51 830.996 1,538.29 Mexico 2,164,545 2,727.183 793.69 2,474.060 874.90 United Kingdom 568,477 459.418 1,237.38 416.778 1,363.98 Belgium 1,013,919 712.765 1,422.51 646.610 1,568.05 Luxembourg 93,998 78.682 1,194.64 71.380 1,316.87 France 14,703 2.869 5,124.22 2.603 5,648.48 Federal Republic of Germany 622,884 200.440 3,107.57 181.837 3,425.51 Spain 7,961 2.733 2,912.14 2.480 3,210.08 Italy 51,137 13.142 3,890.86 11.923 4,288.94 India 2,539,871 1,939.489 1,309.56 1,759.476 1,443.54 China 2,620,059 2,112.930 1,240.01 1,916.819 1,366.88 Korea, South 2,542,621 2,040.075 1,246.34 1,850.726 1,373.85 Taiwan 9,141,519 7,477.462 1,222.54 6,783.442 1,347.62 Japan 2,647,409 1,527.803 1,732.82 1,386.000 1,910.11 Australia 119,110 43.494 2,738.48 39.458 3,018.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,426,523 20,254.510 1,255.35 18,374.588 1,383.79 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 515,603 131.569 3,918.86 119.358 4,319.80 Sweden 1,782,659 879.047 2,027.94 797.459 2,235.42 United Kingdom 419,553 94.652 4,432.58 85.867 4,886.08 France 89,625 18.967 4,725.20 17.207 5,208.64 Federal Republic of Germany 3,436,311 2,359.545 1,456.34 2,140.544 1,605.34 Austria 893,548 750.254 1,190.99 680.620 1,312.84 Poland 849,048 200.713 4,230.16 182.084 4,662.95 Russia 6,074,932 1,875.484 3,239.13 1,701.411 3,570.53 Italy 289,422 69.950 4,137.53 63.458 4,560.84 China 1,626,692 1,303.167 1,248.26 1,182.214 1,375.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 12,063 13.402 900.02 12.159 992.10 Taiwan 798,353 643.514 1,240.61 583.787 1,367.54 Japan 2,532,003 1,661.105 1,524.29 1,506.930 1,680.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,319,812 10,001.375 1,931.72 9,073.098 2,129.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 733,763 818.848 896.09 742.847 987.77 Mexico 995,648 713.036 1,396.35 646.856 1,539.21 United Kingdom 804,468 355.859 2,260.64 322.830 2,491.92 Belgium 5,489 4.107 1,336.43 3.726 1,473.16 France 14,481 28.420 509.52 25.783 561.65 Federal Republic of Germany 8,951 12.059 742.25 10.940 818.19 Austria 25,039 2.259 11,080.49 2.050 12,214.15 Switzerland 4,741 0.892 5,309.83 0.810 5,853.09 Italy 17,775 4.367 4,069.97 3.962 4,486.37 Turkey 12,494 12.078 1,034.44 10.957 1,140.28 India 266,540 180.977 1,472.78 164.180 1,623.46 Taiwan 315,288 427.001 738.38 387.369 813.92 Japan 118,917 84.387 1,409.18 76.555 1,553.35 Australia 270,713 230.248 1,175.74 208.878 1,296.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,594,307 2,874.543 1,250.39 2,607.743 1,378.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,384,006 1,498.606 1,590.82 1,359.513 1,753.57 Mexico 1,302,330 534.173 2,438.03 484.594 2,687.47 Chile 298,540 188.133 1,586.85 170.672 1,749.20 Sweden 2,137,648 318.958 6,701.97 289.354 7,387.66 Finland 775,658 159.330 4,868.24 144.542 5,366.32 United Kingdom 972,728 315.193 3,086.13 285.939 3,401.87 Belgium 175,806 63.099 2,786.17 57.243 3,071.22 France 1,553,053 288.542 5,382.42 261.761 5,933.10 Federal Republic of Germany 8,720,143 4,876.077 1,788.35 4,423.504 1,971.32 Austria 1,421,613 218.346 6,510.80 198.081 7,176.93 Switzerland 274,548 80.974 3,390.54 73.459 3,737.43 Italy 118,242 30.322 3,899.50 27.508 4,298.46 Romania 117,995 25.799 4,573.52 23.405 5,041.44 India 1,015,961 272.970 3,721.87 247.635 4,102.66 Vietnam 71,997 67.156 1,072.08 60.923 1,181.77 Malaysia 116,016 24.147 4,804.53 21.906 5,296.08 China 23,829 3.037 7,843.73 2.756 8,646.23 Korea, South 3,153,043 1,114.741 2,828.50 1,011.277 3,117.88 Taiwan 697,559 337.699 2,065.62 306.356 2,276.96 Japan 3,460,785 666.717 5,190.78 604.836 5,721.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,791,500 11,084.028 2,597.57 10,055.264 2,863.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 2,768,150,886 2,066,568.123 1,339.49 1,874,759.594 1,476.54 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 82,763 159.688 518.28 144.867 571.30 United Kingdom 112,927 139.056 812.09 126.150 895.18 Italy 3,447,262 908.293 3,795.32 823.990 4,183.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,642,952 1,207.038 3,018.09 1,095.007 3,326.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,691,940 2,493.611 1,079.53 2,262.167 1,189.98 United Kingdom 455,710 138.568 3,288.71 125.707 3,625.18 France 3,172,193 321.422 9,869.22 291.590 10,878.95 Federal Republic of Germany 749,628 575.291 1,303.04 521.896 1,436.36 Czech Republic 189,920 24.584 7,725.09 22.303 8,515.45 Italy 3,384,518 862.613 3,923.56 782.550 4,324.99 Slovenia 174,059 67.714 2,570.47 61.430 2,833.45 India 101,981 22.007 4,633.89 19.965 5,107.99 China 697,587 236.406 2,950.80 214.464 3,252.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,617,536 4,742.221 2,449.81 4,302.072 2,700.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 266,602 277.036 962.34 251.323 1,060.79 United Kingdom 3,376,420 3,955.385 853.63 3,588.266 940.96 Federal Republic of Germany 59,189 72.899 811.93 66.133 895.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,702,211 4,305.320 859.92 3,905.722 947.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,357,776 7,724.196 1,599.88 7,007.275 1,763.56 Sweden 10,934,436 5,610.743 1,948.84 5,089.982 2,148.23 Finland 3,029,308 1,791.830 1,690.62 1,625.522 1,863.59 United Kingdom 247,907 172.007 1,441.25 156.043 1,588.71 Belgium 908,950 320.786 2,833.50 291.013 3,123.40 France 9,417,621 1,968.565 4,784.00 1,785.853 5,273.46 Federal Republic of Germany 6,598,463 3,086.905 2,137.57 2,800.394 2,356.26 Austria 505,098 279.585 1,806.59 253.636 1,991.43 Poland 352,428 187.880 1,875.81 170.442 2,067.73 Ukraine 1,336,346 522.010 2,560.00 473.560 2,821.91 Spain 514,724 218.382 2,356.99 198.113 2,598.13 China 5,104,949 3,139.437 1,626.07 2,848.051 1,792.44 Japan 9,207,008 5,747.931 1,601.80 5,214.437 1,765.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,515,014 30,770.263 1,966.67 27,914.321 2,167.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,667,633 1,901.475 877.02 1,724.990 966.75 Finland 697,701 437.824 1,593.56 397.188 1,756.60 Netherlands 3,415,583 3,622.480 942.89 3,286.260 1,039.35 China 279,126 195.201 1,429.94 177.084 1,576.24 Japan 712,528 687.103 1,037.00 623.330 1,143.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,772,571 6,844.085 989.55 6,208.852 1,090.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 4,056 4.136 980.43 3.753 1,080.74 Luxembourg 106,847 82.589 1,293.71 74.924 1,426.07 Czech Republic 132,661 195.360 679.06 177.228 748.53 Spain 270,627 206.563 1,310.14 187.391 1,444.18 China 3,673 3.745 980.60 3.398 1,080.93 Japan 19,821 14.311 1,384.99 12.983 1,526.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 537,685 506.707 1,061.14 459.677 1,169.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,018,297 18,656.332 805.00 16,924.745 887.36 Mexico 1,695,096 3,197.635 530.11 2,900.847 584.35 Brazil 961,508 660.691 1,455.31 599.369 1,604.20 Sweden 2,489,979 572.591 4,348.62 519.446 4,793.53 United Kingdom 779,819 363.263 2,146.70 329.547 2,366.34 France 677,307 205.291 3,299.25 186.237 3,636.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,977,797 1,000.432 2,976.51 907.577 3,281.04 Austria 67,646 15.466 4,373.70 14.031 4,821.18 Czech Republic 6,877,263 5,973.461 1,151.30 5,419.035 1,269.09 Switzerland 6,021 4.439 1,356.38 4.027 1,495.16 Russia 5,376,141 4,889.587 1,099.51 4,435.760 1,212.00 Ukraine 1,263,003 430.174 2,936.02 390.248 3,236.41 Spain 1,283,388 636.085 2,017.64 577.047 2,224.06 Italy 159,983 79.236 2,019.06 71.882 2,225.63 Slovenia 23,910 9.744 2,453.71 8.840 2,704.75 China 14,532,315 12,137.845 1,197.27 11,011.271 1,319.77 Korea, South 40,942 35.324 1,159.02 32.046 1,277.60 Taiwan 254,227 57.530 4,418.98 52.191 4,871.09 Japan 7,525,652 6,606.848 1,139.07 5,993.634 1,255.61 South Africa 122,548 70.967 1,726.81 64.381 1,903.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,132,842 55,602.948 1,117.44 50,442.161 1,231.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 213,704 216.929 985.13 196.795 1,085.92 Mexico 120,096 132.589 905.77 120.283 998.45 Federal Republic of Germany 3,000 1.200 2,499.13 1.089 2,754.82 Japan 100,862 133.953 752.96 121.521 830.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 437,662 484.672 903.00 439.688 995.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,855,720 928.607 3,075.27 842.419 3,389.90 Brazil 55,974 23.277 2,404.64 21.117 2,650.66 Sweden 35,086 20.814 1,685.62 18.883 1,858.07 United Kingdom 2,550,507 848.927 3,004.39 770.134 3,311.77 France 3,257,937 1,470.350 2,215.76 1,333.880 2,442.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,275,304 404.651 3,151.61 367.094 3,474.05 Russia 4,866,065 3,197.231 1,521.96 2,900.480 1,677.68 Ukraine 167,007 17.391 9,602.98 15.777 10,585.47 Spain 489,246 275.659 1,774.82 250.074 1,956.40 Italy 113,747 22.060 5,156.13 20.013 5,683.66 Romania 24,337 5.851 4,159.41 5.308 4,584.97 China 317,133 163.114 1,944.24 147.975 2,143.15 Korea, South 216,999 92.178 2,354.12 83.623 2,594.97 Taiwan 5,242 1.593 3,288.70 1.446 3,625.17 Japan 45,696 25.519 1,790.62 23.151 1,973.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,276,000 7,497.229 2,170.94 6,801.374 2,393.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 739,107 344.693 2,144.24 312.701 2,363.62 Mexico 184,700 106.467 1,734.80 96.586 1,912.29 Brazil 2,506,554 493.609 5,078.01 447.795 5,597.55 Sweden 2,857,752 942.974 3,030.57 855.452 3,340.63 United Kingdom 589,820 116.378 5,068.11 105.577 5,586.63 Netherlands 263,566 126.570 2,082.36 114.823 2,295.41 Belgium 8,654 5.126 1,687.98 4.651 1,860.68 France 1,506,034 159.359 9,450.51 144.569 10,417.41 Federal Republic of Germany 5,830,775 2,053.305 2,839.70 1,862.728 3,130.23 Austria 3,077,181 453.198 6,789.92 411.135 7,484.60 Russia 360,744 207.813 1,735.91 188.525 1,913.51 Spain 436,442 178.673 2,442.68 162.090 2,692.59 Italy 16,620 5.079 3,272.01 4.608 3,606.77 Slovenia 1,688,710 512.306 3,296.29 464.757 3,633.53 Israel 2,772 0.262 10,566.04 0.238 11,647.06 India 34,626 5.015 6,903.78 4.550 7,610.11 Thailand 36,937 15.625 2,363.93 14.175 2,605.78 China 6,682,883 1,328.455 5,030.57 1,205.155 5,545.25 Korea, South 428,464 134.382 3,188.39 121.910 3,514.59 Taiwan 669,529 167.350 4,000.76 151.818 4,410.08 Japan 7,106,644 4,478.181 1,586.95 4,062.539 1,749.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,028,514 11,834.831 2,959.78 10,736.382 3,262.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,108,484 538.175 2,059.71 488.225 2,270.44 Spain 5,962,692 2,300.656 2,591.74 2,087.121 2,856.90 Italy 4,032,120 1,151.655 3,501.15 1,044.765 3,859.36 India 2,012 0.211 9,506.54 0.192 10,479.17 China 645,552 400.649 1,611.26 363.463 1,776.11 Japan 360,652 73.853 4,883.33 66.999 5,382.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,111,512 4,465.202 2,712.42 4,050.765 2,989.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 15,551,945 5,188.301 2,997.50 4,706.749 3,304.18 Mexico 24,182,963 7,701.202 3,140.15 6,986.415 3,461.43 Colombia 19,830,771 8,167.853 2,427.90 7,409.754 2,676.31 Argentina 9,172,963 3,359.636 2,730.34 3,047.812 3,009.69 France 183,376 71.429 2,567.22 64.800 2,829.88 Federal Republic of Germany 24,294,622 10,200.056 2,381.81 9,253.338 2,625.50 Austria 6,125,285 3,915.452 1,564.39 3,552.040 1,724.44 Czech Republic 1,806,565 906.630 1,992.61 822.482 2,196.48 Russia 479,462 216.663 2,212.93 196.554 2,439.34 Spain 2,837,055 1,206.848 2,350.80 1,094.835 2,591.31 Italy 35,482 12.361 2,870.41 11.214 3,164.08 Romania 688,585 200.438 3,435.39 181.835 3,786.87 India 17,541,065 8,893.657 1,972.31 8,068.193 2,174.10 China 78,131,998 45,504.726 1,717.01 41,281.205 1,892.68 Japan 24,225,174 12,318.729 1,966.53 11,175.367 2,167.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 225,087,311 107,863.989 2,086.77 97,852.593 2,300.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,416,917 4,793.689 921.40 4,348.763 1,015.67 Mexico 4,771 1.253 3,806.67 1.137 4,196.13 Italy 172,758 45.273 3,815.92 41.071 4,206.33 Japan 728,581 504.449 1,444.31 457.629 1,592.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,323,027 5,344.665 995.95 4,848.600 1,097.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 3,000 2.302 1,302.80 2.089 1,436.09 Mexico 92,074 68.370 1,346.69 62.025 1,484.47 Netherlands 12,158 6.601 1,841.64 5.989 2,030.06 Italy 261,656 104.113 2,513.19 94.450 2,770.31 India 1,121,730 742.619 1,510.50 673.693 1,665.05 China 360,707 313.607 1,150.19 284.500 1,267.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,851,325 1,237.615 1,495.88 1,122.746 1,648.93 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 3,735,550 1,804.698 2,069.90 1,637.195 2,281.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,735,550 1,804.698 2,069.90 1,637.195 2,281.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,549,002 790.603 1,959.26 717.224 2,159.72 Mexico 4,217,199 2,416.485 1,745.18 2,192.199 1,923.73 Argentina 4,749,309 2,698.032 1,760.29 2,447.615 1,940.38 Sweden 920,717 437.502 2,104.48 396.896 2,319.79 United Kingdom 110,846 35.812 3,095.13 32.489 3,411.80 France 323,838 129.898 2,493.01 117.842 2,748.07 Federal Republic of Germany 9,846,175 4,234.101 2,325.45 3,841.113 2,563.37 Switzerland 7,820 1.776 4,400.86 1.612 4,851.12 Spain 1,644,530 617.326 2,663.96 560.029 2,936.51 Italy 11,443,921 5,412.416 2,114.38 4,910.063 2,330.71 Romania 2,538,165 971.849 2,611.69 881.647 2,878.89 Israel 4,212 0.069 60,651.80 0.063 66,857.14 Saudi Arabia 7,365 5.744 1,282.18 5.211 1,413.36 India 405,437 170.910 2,372.22 155.047 2,614.93 China 3,555,861 2,329.694 1,526.32 2,113.464 1,682.48 Korea, South 67,345 20.601 3,269.00 18.689 3,603.46 Taiwan 72,783 29.011 2,508.74 26.319 2,765.42 Japan 10,238,296 3,270.313 3,130.68 2,966.779 3,450.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,702,821 23,572.150 2,193.39 21,384.301 2,417.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 65,497 13.135 4,986.40 11.916 5,496.56 Mexico 4,385 1.499 2,925.00 1.360 3,224.26 Sweden 568,034 241.440 2,352.69 219.031 2,593.40 France 1,505,672 405.877 3,709.67 368.206 4,089.21 Federal Republic of Germany 2,495,972 490.768 5,085.84 445.218 5,606.18 Czech Republic 971,552 201.279 4,826.87 182.598 5,320.72 Spain 273,864 163.843 1,671.50 148.636 1,842.51 Italy 573,926 52.048 11,026.66 47.218 12,154.81 India 432,542 157.332 2,749.22 142.730 3,030.49 China 322,618 154.689 2,085.58 140.332 2,298.96 Japan 1,637,139 327.478 4,999.22 297.084 5,510.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,851,201 2,209.393 4,006.17 2,004.329 4,416.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,304,809 545.089 6,062.87 494.497 6,683.17 United Kingdom 16,036 6.311 2,540.62 5.726 2,800.56 Ireland 7,410 2.916 2,540.53 2.646 2,800.45 France 9,848 3.875 2,540.94 3.516 2,800.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,177 0.856 2,541.75 0.777 2,801.80 China 61,835 1.056 58,555.10 0.958 64,545.93 Taiwan 3,000 0.776 3,865.85 0.704 4,261.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 60,855 5.317 11,444.18 4.824 12,615.05 Australia 2,701 1.062 2,541.81 0.964 2,801.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,468,671 567.262 6,114.75 514.612 6,740.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 294,443 205.363 1,433.76 186.303 1,580.45 Mexico 265,062 67.763 3,911.58 61.474 4,311.77 Finland 236,418 66.427 3,559.04 60.262 3,923.17 Federal Republic of Germany 35,206 12.171 2,892.44 11.042 3,188.37 China 948,045 508.437 1,864.62 461.247 2,055.40 Korea, South 67,219 72.935 921.62 66.166 1,015.91 Taiwan 962,493 287.116 3,352.27 260.468 3,695.24 Japan 3,877 4.273 907.18 3.877 1,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,812,763 1,224.490 2,297.09 1,110.839 2,532.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 368,652 281.758 1,308.40 255.607 1,442.26 Mexico 532,269 298.900 1,780.76 271.158 1,962.95 Brazil 105,060 57.344 1,832.09 52.022 2,019.53 Sweden 4,096 0.357 11,468.61 0.324 12,641.98 United Kingdom 640,077 22.654 28,253.61 20.552 31,144.27 France 46,174 1.903 24,254.99 1.727 26,736.54 Federal Republic of Germany 380,662 113.940 3,340.89 103.365 3,682.70 Austria 58,328 12.870 4,531.88 11.676 4,995.55 Italy 1,347,980 611.956 2,202.74 555.158 2,428.10 Turkey 77,044 55.304 1,393.10 50.171 1,535.63 China 2,440,870 1,541.278 1,583.67 1,398.225 1,745.69 Korea, South 1,957,090 1,079.756 1,812.53 979.539 1,997.97 Taiwan 404,097 263.959 1,530.91 239.460 1,687.53 Japan 2,771,896 1,174.718 2,359.63 1,065.687 2,601.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,134,295 5,516.703 2,018.29 5,004.671 2,224.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,935,658 1,877.977 1,030.71 1,703.673 1,136.17 Sweden 5,934,975 4,971.245 1,193.86 4,509.839 1,316.01 Finland 1,536,018 769.220 1,996.85 697.825 2,201.15 United Kingdom 32,376 0.573 56,482.73 0.520 62,261.54 Netherlands 113,627 121.320 936.59 110.060 1,032.41 Federal Republic of Germany 515,840 371.131 1,389.91 336.685 1,532.11 Austria 332,710 282.081 1,179.48 255.900 1,300.16 China 456,191 404.607 1,127.49 367.054 1,242.84 Japan 4,502,074 4,299.564 1,047.10 3,900.500 1,154.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,359,469 13,097.721 1,172.68 11,882.056 1,292.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,319,994 1,128.232 1,169.97 1,023.516 1,289.67 Mexico 75,008 46.901 1,599.28 42.548 1,762.90 Sweden 4,748,397 3,576.330 1,327.73 3,244.393 1,463.57 United Kingdom 2,618,258 2,110.448 1,240.62 1,914.567 1,367.55 France 299,469 11.405 26,256.29 10.347 28,942.59 Federal Republic of Germany 561,957 187.260 3,000.94 169.880 3,307.96 Austria 763,577 538.135 1,418.93 488.188 1,564.10 India 66,660 22.167 3,007.11 20.110 3,314.77 China 337,840 326.616 1,034.36 296.302 1,140.19 Japan 4,045,828 3,161.282 1,279.81 2,867.868 1,410.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,836,988 11,108.780 1,335.61 10,077.719 1,472.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,762,118 8,105.642 834.25 7,353.317 919.60 Finland 109,976 76.742 1,433.04 69.620 1,579.66 Netherlands 82,548 88.582 931.87 80.361 1,027.21 France 4,175,374 3,483.540 1,198.60 3,160.216 1,321.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,398,026 2,378.985 587.66 2,158.180 647.78 Spain 141,169 175.516 804.31 159.226 886.60 China 9,302 9.650 963.86 8.755 1,062.48 Japan 651,244 550.967 1,182.00 499.829 1,302.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,329,757 14,869.628 896.44 13,489.504 988.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 785,174 521.128 1,506.68 472.760 1,660.83 Sweden 418,112 280.113 1,492.65 254.115 1,645.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,422,295 1,841.449 1,315.43 1,670.535 1,450.01 China 47,127 37.996 1,240.29 34.470 1,367.19 Japan 1,497,830 1,341.880 1,116.22 1,217.334 1,230.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,170,538 4,022.568 1,285.38 3,649.214 1,416.89 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 515,603 131.569 3,918.86 119.358 4,319.80 Sweden 1,782,659 879.047 2,027.94 797.459 2,235.42 United Kingdom 419,553 94.652 4,432.58 85.867 4,886.08 France 89,625 18.967 4,725.20 17.207 5,208.64 Federal Republic of Germany 3,436,311 2,359.545 1,456.34 2,140.544 1,605.34 Austria 893,548 750.254 1,190.99 680.620 1,312.84 Poland 849,048 200.713 4,230.16 182.084 4,662.95 Russia 6,074,932 1,875.484 3,239.13 1,701.411 3,570.53 Italy 289,422 69.950 4,137.53 63.458 4,560.84 China 1,626,692 1,303.167 1,248.26 1,182.214 1,375.97 Korea, South 12,063 13.402 900.02 12.159 992.10 Taiwan 798,353 643.514 1,240.61 583.787 1,367.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,532,003 1,661.105 1,524.29 1,506.930 1,680.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,319,812 10,001.375 1,931.72 9,073.098 2,129.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 77,198 79.130 975.58 71.786 1,075.39 United Kingdom 765,339 326.493 2,344.12 296.190 2,583.95 Austria 25,039 2.259 11,080.49 2.050 12,214.15 Japan 80,374 52.806 1,522.06 47.905 1,677.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 947,950 460.689 2,057.67 417.931 2,268.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,061,215 468.460 2,265.33 424.980 2,497.09 Sweden 430,714 112.559 3,826.56 102.112 4,218.05 United Kingdom 75,288 28.246 2,665.37 25.625 2,938.07 France 478,051 26.950 17,738.18 24.449 19,552.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,991,823 3,175.635 1,571.91 2,880.889 1,732.74 Austria 978,386 126.686 7,722.90 114.928 8,513.03 Switzerland 125,263 25.402 4,931.08 23.045 5,435.58 China 19,999 0.491 40,678.91 0.446 44,840.81 Korea, South 63,099 40.190 1,570.01 36.460 1,730.64 Japan 242,299 94.367 2,567.60 85.609 2,830.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,466,137 4,098.990 2,065.42 3,718.543 2,276.74 GRAND TOTAL 604,172,114 335,261.245 1,802.09 304,143.972 1,986.47 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,528 3.206 1,100.22 2.909 1,212.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,528 3.206 1,100.22 2.909 1,212.79 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,151,684 5,843.808 539.32 5,301.415 594.50 Mexico 132,108 162.528 812.83 147.443 895.99 Brazil 54,614,650 84,849.498 643.66 76,974.192 709.52 United Kingdom 69,445 87.630 792.48 79.497 873.55 Belgium 2,640,882 2,024.099 1,304.72 1,836.233 1,438.21 Federal Republic of Germany 113,979 54.895 2,076.31 49.800 2,288.73 Switzerland 121,092 72.407 1,672.37 65.687 1,843.47 Russia 28,760,071 59,490.600 483.44 53,968.980 532.90 Ukraine 29,505,138 46,235.226 638.15 41,943.904 703.44 India 7,368 4.297 1,714.32 3.899 1,889.72 China 218,312 189.577 1,151.57 171.982 1,269.39 Japan 1,485,454 1,380.189 1,076.27 1,252.087 1,186.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,820,183 200,394.759 602.91 181,795.119 664.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,699,951 21,921.855 761.79 19,887.178 839.73 Mexico 639,674 754.831 847.44 684.772 934.14 Brazil 10,477,406 9,339.936 1,121.79 8,473.050 1,236.56 Finland 90,357 60.361 1,496.93 54.759 1,650.08 United Kingdom 3,077,961 2,940.534 1,046.74 2,667.609 1,153.83 Netherlands 1,157,525 1,004.204 1,152.68 910.999 1,270.61 France 2,990,289 4,371.654 684.02 3,965.899 754.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,797,074 3,087.231 1,229.93 2,800.690 1,355.76 Turkey 29,186,810 38,825.555 751.74 35,221.961 828.65 Malaysia 3,769,034 3,728.563 1,010.85 3,382.497 1,114.28 China 6,366,382 5,312.204 1,198.44 4,819.152 1,321.06 Korea, South 1,956,472 2,563.940 763.07 2,325.968 841.14 Japan 8,383,424 9,092.413 922.02 8,248.501 1,016.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,592,359 103,003.285 860.09 93,443.035 948.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,585,552 4,625.638 991.33 4,196.310 1,092.76 Mexico 1,307,347 1,848.317 707.32 1,676.766 779.68 Brazil 10,290 4.819 2,135.16 4.372 2,353.61 United Kingdom 407,184 208.504 1,952.88 189.152 2,152.68 Netherlands 146,391 107.273 1,364.65 97.317 1,504.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 3,776,797 2,542.738 1,485.33 2,306.734 1,637.29 France 3,364 3.364 999.92 3.052 1,102.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,486,235 4,758.291 942.82 4,316.651 1,039.29 Poland 18,750 19.605 956.35 17.786 1,054.20 Russia 10,754,874 16,330.718 658.57 14,814.983 725.95 Spain 56,388 54.584 1,033.05 49.518 1,138.74 India 2,023 0.762 2,652.07 0.692 2,923.41 Vietnam 65,741 31.680 2,075.13 28.740 2,287.44 China 29,318 26.641 1,100.45 24.169 1,213.04 Korea, South 2,320,049 2,048.671 1,132.47 1,858.524 1,248.33 Taiwan 2,562,045 3,012.919 850.35 2,733.275 937.35 Japan 355,357 290.814 1,221.93 263.823 1,346.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,887,705 35,915.347 860.01 32,581.864 948.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 254,246 193.947 1,310.90 175.946 1,445.02 Luxembourg 15,683,120 9,299.901 1,686.37 8,436.731 1,858.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,937,366 9,493.848 1,678.70 8,612.677 1,850.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,442,994 8,048.366 924.78 7,301.357 1,019.40 Mexico 5,123 7.378 694.28 6.694 765.31 Belgium 162,803 108.632 1,498.65 98.550 1,651.98 France 103,306 56.318 1,834.33 51.091 2,022.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,518,656 932.321 1,628.90 845.788 1,795.55 Austria 655,162 438.968 1,492.50 398.226 1,645.20 Slovakia 5,502 6.353 865.95 5.764 954.55 Russia 10,703,258 8,901.643 1,202.39 8,075.437 1,325.41 Ukraine 13,589,697 15,191.712 894.55 13,781.694 986.07 Malaysia 3,583,271 3,371.871 1,062.70 3,058.911 1,171.42 China 37,172 45.834 811.01 41.580 893.99 Korea, South 5,152,104 4,098.509 1,257.07 3,718.106 1,385.68 Taiwan 3,530,186 3,440.225 1,026.15 3,120.921 1,131.14 Australia 2,970,223 2,420.056 1,227.34 2,195.439 1,352.91 South Africa 760,842 701.995 1,083.83 636.840 1,194.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,220,299 47,770.188 1,051.29 43,336.398 1,158.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,130,423 25,449.811 633.81 23,087.687 698.66 Mexico 5,051,636 9,962.350 507.07 9,037.695 558.95 United Kingdom 15,117 11.344 1,332.48 10.292 1,468.81 Netherlands 645,208 781.442 825.66 708.913 910.14 Belgium 98,445 156.495 629.06 141.970 693.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,108,901 2,995.949 703.92 2,717.880 775.94 Russia 3,785,745 5,910.304 640.53 5,361.740 706.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 41,780 46.660 895.40 42.330 987.01 Japan 331,853 339.214 978.30 307.730 1,078.39 New Zealand 175,819 267.023 658.44 242.240 725.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,384,927 45,920.597 618.13 41,658.477 681.37 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 1,195,106 955.165 1,251.20 866.512 1,379.21 Czech Republic 6,302,596 6,078.297 1,036.90 5,514.140 1,142.99 China 66,394 61.029 1,087.90 55.365 1,199.21 Korea, South 68,372 48.312 1,415.22 43.828 1,560.01 Taiwan 182,288 184.701 986.94 167.558 1,087.91 Japan 5,956,904 7,475.994 796.80 6,782.110 878.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,771,660 14,803.499 930.30 13,429.513 1,025.48 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 592,637 671.530 882.52 609.202 972.81 Luxembourg 337,223 262.756 1,283.40 238.369 1,414.71 Czech Republic 1,264,235 1,755.999 719.95 1,593.016 793.61 Spain 32,905 23.856 1,379.31 21.642 1,520.42 China 15,216,638 17,505.312 869.26 15,880.557 958.19 Japan 40,649 24.973 1,627.66 22.656 1,794.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,484,287 20,244.428 863.66 18,365.442 952.02 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 147,670 145.283 1,016.43 131.799 1,120.42 Switzerland 62,620 105.957 590.99 96.123 651.46 India 22,267 13.818 1,611.38 12.536 1,776.24 China 547,206 418.161 1,308.60 379.350 1,442.48 Australia 592,819 1,275.031 464.94 1,156.689 512.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,372,582 1,958.252 700.92 1,776.497 772.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 8,429,284 11,789.875 714.96 10,695.598 788.11 Mexico 673,766 907.824 742.18 823.565 818.11 Venezuela 4,753 2.425 1,959.93 2.200 2,160.45 Brazil 26,077 21.916 1,189.85 19.882 1,311.59 United Kingdom 1,756,195 3,175.692 553.01 2,880.941 609.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,847,753 1,453.509 1,271.24 1,318.602 1,401.30 Czech Republic 484,640 482.806 1,003.80 437.995 1,106.50 Spain 54,017 46.319 1,166.19 42.020 1,285.51 Italy 4,286 3.356 1,276.91 3.045 1,407.55 Turkey 630,257 534.100 1,180.03 484.528 1,300.76 India 1,093,631 906.948 1,205.84 822.770 1,329.21 China 4,069,754 3,804.576 1,069.70 3,451.455 1,179.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 395,914 640.614 618.02 581.156 681.25 Taiwan 69,278 55.915 1,238.97 50.726 1,365.73 Japan 3,336,870 3,181.165 1,048.95 2,885.906 1,156.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,876,475 27,007.048 847.06 24,500.389 933.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,726,264 3,080.316 885.06 2,794.417 975.61 Mexico 1,139,924 1,422.441 801.39 1,290.418 883.38 Brazil 6,283 2.420 2,595.56 2.196 2,861.11 Federal Republic of Germany 135,673 84.214 1,611.04 76.398 1,775.87 Turkey 260,304 247.413 1,052.10 224.450 1,159.74 China 26,065 21.870 1,191.76 19.841 1,313.69 Japan 2,027,477 2,692.662 752.96 2,442.743 830.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,321,990 7,551.340 837.20 6,850.463 922.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 7,215,049 10,094.758 714.73 9,157.813 787.86 Dominican Republic 1,187,789 2,064.783 575.26 1,873.141 634.12 Federal Republic of Germany 575,566 539.436 1,066.98 489.369 1,176.14 Turkey 665,850 968.865 687.25 878.940 757.56 China 48,720 43.680 1,115.38 39.626 1,229.50 Taiwan 8,068 10.087 799.82 9.151 881.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,701,042 13,721.611 706.99 12,448.040 779.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,676,846 1,459.060 1,149.26 1,323.638 1,266.85 Mexico 10,073 8.555 1,177.44 7.761 1,297.90 United Kingdom 884,077 534.964 1,652.59 485.312 1,821.67 Netherlands 167,925 88.193 1,904.05 80.008 2,098.85 France 360,187 138.092 2,608.31 125.275 2,875.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,459,270 1,438.196 1,014.65 1,304.710 1,118.46 Russia 1,611,174 1,475.520 1,091.94 1,338.570 1,203.65 Spain 889,493 747.132 1,190.54 677.787 1,312.35 Italy 178,724 87.866 2,034.04 79.711 2,242.15 Romania 85,985 16.120 5,333.99 14.624 5,879.72 China 513,051 339.053 1,513.19 307.584 1,668.00 Korea, South 90,518 36.751 2,463.00 33.340 2,715.00 Japan 295,008 144.880 2,036.22 131.433 2,244.55 South Africa 642,038 462.746 1,387.45 419.797 1,529.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,864,369 6,977.132 1,270.49 6,329.550 1,400.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,630,179 18,831.641 1,254.81 17,083.783 1,383.19 Mexico 4,264,745 2,954.952 1,443.25 2,680.689 1,590.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 230,640 174.032 1,325.27 157.880 1,460.86 Dominican Republic 398,262 341.710 1,165.49 309.995 1,284.74 Venezuela 857,760 621.790 1,379.50 564.079 1,520.64 Brazil 52,532 39.125 1,342.66 35.494 1,480.02 Argentina 35,691 8.170 4,368.37 7.412 4,815.30 Sweden 20,410 11.157 1,829.25 10.122 2,016.40 Denmark 7,908 0.871 9,069.56 0.791 9,997.47 France 51,896 13.269 3,910.89 12.038 4,311.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,716,513 1,601.413 2,320.77 1,452.778 2,558.21 Czech Republic 543,178 165.521 3,281.61 150.159 3,617.35 Switzerland 151,693 82.705 1,834.14 75.029 2,021.79 Russia 174,363 145.672 1,196.95 132.152 1,319.41 Ukraine 281,710 186.702 1,508.87 169.374 1,663.24 Spain 3,934,402 1,620.681 2,427.62 1,470.258 2,675.99 Italy 996,101 302.866 3,288.91 274.756 3,625.40 Romania 652,198 388.097 1,680.50 352.076 1,852.44 Turkey 14,320,061 12,680.059 1,129.34 11,503.160 1,244.88 United Arab Emirates 2,047,970 1,588.338 1,289.38 1,440.917 1,421.30 Oman 4,925,835 4,917.650 1,001.66 4,461.219 1,104.15 India 9,545,964 9,046.879 1,055.17 8,207.193 1,163.12 Pakistan 1,007,186 904.323 1,113.74 820.389 1,227.69 Thailand 13,215,224 11,894.978 1,110.99 10,790.946 1,224.66 Vietnam 4,381,280 3,692.555 1,186.52 3,349.831 1,307.91 Malaysia 1,132,339 924.298 1,225.08 838.510 1,350.42 China 13,274,457 10,197.275 1,301.77 9,250.815 1,434.95 Korea, South 5,127,548 4,967.367 1,032.25 4,506.321 1,137.86 Hong Kong 16,335 12.004 1,360.78 10.890 1,500.00 Taiwan 4,209,641 3,725.387 1,129.99 3,379.616 1,245.60 Japan 3,892,419 2,742.386 1,419.35 2,487.852 1,564.57 South Africa 3,029,903 2,750.006 1,101.78 2,494.765 1,214.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,126,343 97,533.898 1,231.64 88,481.289 1,357.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,006,116 4,052.357 1,728.90 3,676.238 1,905.78 Mexico 6,188,379 2,416.533 2,560.85 2,192.243 2,822.85 Colombia 3,488,845 1,789.805 1,949.29 1,623.685 2,148.72 Brazil 5,533,550 3,287.296 1,683.31 2,982.186 1,855.53 Argentina 25,569,991 10,205.473 2,505.52 9,258.252 2,761.86 Sweden 19,009 3.414 5,566.39 3.098 6,135.89 France 865,246 101.144 8,554.53 91.757 9,429.75 Federal Republic of Germany 29,902,140 13,891.292 2,152.58 12,601.972 2,372.81 Austria 22,693,174 8,583.485 2,643.82 7,786.809 2,914.31 Czech Republic 2,266,411 1,191.814 1,901.65 1,081.196 2,096.21 Switzerland 2,410 0.050 47,528.61 0.046 52,391.30 Russia 22,777,787 11,983.427 1,900.77 10,871.186 2,095.24 Ukraine 4,502,421 2,388.608 1,884.96 2,166.910 2,077.81 Spain 7,237,065 3,163.816 2,287.45 2,870.167 2,521.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 9,144 6.893 1,326.40 6.254 1,462.10 Romania 4,938,651 2,517.487 1,961.74 2,283.827 2,162.45 Turkey 321,094 221.178 1,451.74 200.650 1,600.27 United Arab Emirates 2,302,033 407.691 5,646.50 369.852 6,224.20 India 36,375,353 17,826.604 2,040.51 16,172.028 2,249.28 Singapore 200,000 64.683 3,091.97 58.680 3,408.32 China 342,655,546 240,117.083 1,427.04 217,830.615 1,573.04 Korea, South 27,257,203 19,678.464 1,385.13 17,852.008 1,526.84 Taiwan 320,093 241.582 1,324.98 219.160 1,460.54 Japan 10,986,431 5,992.976 1,833.22 5,436.738 2,020.78 South Africa 3,854,333 2,385.868 1,615.48 2,164.424 1,780.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 567,272,425 352,519.036 1,609.20 319,799.981 1,773.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 135,075 13.619 9,918.09 12.355 10,932.82 Federal Republic of Germany 2,495,555 1,048.360 2,380.44 951.057 2,623.98 Czech Republic 4,595,204 2,086.886 2,201.94 1,893.192 2,427.23 Poland 465,096 226.088 2,057.14 205.104 2,267.61 Russia 375,507 570.930 657.71 517.940 725.00 Italy 9,333,024 3,073.006 3,037.10 2,787.785 3,347.83 Greece 20,792,058 12,732.838 1,632.95 11,551.040 1,800.02 Romania 3,138,372 1,762.761 1,780.37 1,599.151 1,962.52 Turkey 21,014,132 18,124.638 1,159.42 16,442.400 1,278.05 India 48,256,650 32,777.592 1,472.25 29,735.340 1,622.87 Thailand 119,785 36.293 3,300.45 32.925 3,638.12 China 11,690,812 11,710.701 998.30 10,623.773 1,100.44 Korea, South 9,114,559 6,501.565 1,401.90 5,898.123 1,545.33 Taiwan 289,630 218.866 1,323.32 198.552 1,458.71 Japan 12,646,889 9,237.632 1,369.06 8,380.242 1,509.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,462,348 100,121.782 1,442.87 90,828.979 1,590.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 974,249 57.696 16,885.88 52.341 18,613.50 Mexico 11,988,189 7,007.641 1,710.73 6,357.227 1,885.76 Brazil 27,237 7.996 3,406.26 7.254 3,754.76 Argentina 8,096,655 4,031.606 2,008.29 3,657.413 2,213.77 United Kingdom 3,995 4.965 804.48 4.505 886.79 France 586,382 225.658 2,598.54 204.714 2,864.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,794,285 853.738 2,101.68 774.499 2,316.70 Austria 5,370,349 2,611.457 2,056.46 2,369.075 2,266.85 Czech Republic 5,614,894 3,178.033 1,766.78 2,883.064 1,947.54 Slovakia 91,978 66.803 1,376.85 60.603 1,517.71 Poland 353,687 180.107 1,963.75 163.391 2,164.67 Russia 3,013,655 1,974.909 1,525.97 1,791.608 1,682.10 Ukraine 5,799,669 3,345.034 1,733.81 3,034.565 1,911.20 Spain 407,787 181.153 2,251.05 164.340 2,481.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 10,349,531 4,128.582 2,506.80 3,745.388 2,763.27 Romania 691,627 308.084 2,244.92 279.490 2,474.60 United Arab Emirates 50,860 47.619 1,068.04 43.200 1,177.31 India 1,179,243 1,026.755 1,148.51 931.457 1,266.02 China 49,886,987 38,675.408 1,289.89 35,085.750 1,421.86 Korea, South 3,735,586 3,175.849 1,176.25 2,881.083 1,296.59 Taiwan 1,247,802 1,067.019 1,169.43 967.984 1,289.07 South Africa 2,854,158 1,752.160 1,628.94 1,589.534 1,795.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,118,805 73,908.282 1,544.06 67,048.485 1,702.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 14,864,755 8,971.055 1,656.97 8,138.407 1,826.49 Ukraine 3,546,721 2,295.376 1,545.16 2,082.331 1,703.25 Romania 1,448,970 1,004.124 1,443.02 910.927 1,590.65 India 4,539,864 3,656.415 1,241.62 3,317.045 1,368.65 China 2,867,531 2,684.654 1,068.12 2,435.478 1,177.40 Korea, South 21,739,103 20,872.122 1,041.54 18,934.876 1,148.10 Taiwan 4,820,291 4,024.463 1,197.75 3,650.933 1,320.29 South Africa 585,199 807.150 725.02 732.235 799.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,412,434 44,315.362 1,227.85 40,202.232 1,353.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,874,364 2,795.803 1,385.78 2,536.311 1,527.56 Mexico 5,864,491 5,560.581 1,054.65 5,044.476 1,162.56 Costa Rica 239,324 170.262 1,405.61 154.460 1,549.42 Dominican Republic 48,202 32.974 1,461.79 29.914 1,611.35 Brazil 94,190 41.668 2,260.46 37.801 2,491.73 Argentina 323,630 116.438 2,779.41 105.631 3,063.78 Sweden 58,622 22.662 2,586.75 20.559 2,851.40 United Kingdom 116,947 107.408 1,088.81 97.439 1,200.21 Ireland 34,761 38.317 907.18 34.761 1,000.00 Netherlands 50,927 21.920 2,323.25 19.886 2,560.95 France 807,387 454.716 1,775.58 412.512 1,957.24 Federal Republic of Germany 6,752,371 2,767.158 2,440.18 2,510.325 2,689.84 Austria 125,952 21.760 5,788.04 19.741 6,380.22 Switzerland 152,742 46.852 3,260.05 42.504 3,593.59 Russia 3,962,652 2,446.114 1,619.98 2,219.078 1,785.72 Ukraine 39,942 23.376 1,708.62 21.207 1,883.43 Spain 1,427,864 629.004 2,270.04 570.623 2,502.29 Italy 1,565,965 725.704 2,157.86 658.348 2,378.63 Romania 1,453,319 768.312 1,891.57 697.002 2,085.10 Turkey 82,744 48.523 1,705.23 44.020 1,879.69 India 2,951,901 1,722.057 1,714.17 1,562.225 1,889.55 Vietnam 24,532 25.754 952.54 23.364 1,049.99 Malaysia 201,344 186.059 1,082.15 168.790 1,192.87 China 18,680,992 12,480.340 1,496.83 11,321.978 1,649.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 594,995 488.147 1,218.88 442.840 1,343.59 Taiwan 28,611 16.806 1,702.33 15.247 1,876.50 Japan 1,935,900 577.367 3,352.98 523.779 3,696.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,494,671 32,336.095 1,592.48 29,334.821 1,755.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 38,495 60.040 641.15 54.468 706.75 Mexico 1,409,118 603.180 2,336.15 547.196 2,575.16 Argentina 420,161 123.398 3,404.92 111.945 3,753.28 Netherlands 476,477 190.954 2,495.24 173.231 2,750.53 France 1,193,169 512.052 2,330.17 464.526 2,568.57 Federal Republic of Germany 3,052,370 1,291.366 2,363.68 1,171.508 2,605.51 Czech Republic 449,465 196.528 2,287.02 178.288 2,521.01 Slovakia 170,304 70.880 2,402.68 64.302 2,648.50 Poland 191,501 90.863 2,107.57 82.430 2,323.20 Italy 200,926 62.459 3,216.92 56.662 3,546.04 Romania 926,474 319.489 2,899.86 289.836 3,196.55 Turkey 2,251,090 458.898 4,905.42 416.306 5,407.30 India 49,241 22.680 2,171.12 20.575 2,393.24 China 6,656,585 4,159.311 1,600.41 3,773.265 1,764.14 Korea, South 109,402 59.744 1,831.17 54.199 2,018.52 Japan 2,089 1.382 1,511.25 1.254 1,665.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,596,867 8,223.230 2,139.90 7,459.991 2,358.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 882,996 287.936 3,066.63 261.212 3,380.38 Mexico 360,101 108.815 3,309.27 98.716 3,647.85 Federal Republic of Germany 70,447 20.811 3,384.98 18.880 3,731.30 China 222,975 130.645 1,706.71 118.520 1,881.33 Korea, South 46,200 26.455 1,746.33 24.000 1,925.00 Taiwan 42,026 37.544 1,119.36 34.060 1,233.88 Japan 465,678 159.238 2,924.40 144.459 3,223.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,090,423 771.449 2,709.74 699.847 2,986.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,530,627 11,599.349 994.08 10,522.756 1,095.78 Mexico 3,547,000 1,830.323 1,937.91 1,660.442 2,136.18 Sweden 3,941 1.553 2,537.41 1.409 2,797.02 Finland 2,131 1.167 1,825.51 1.059 2,012.28 Belgium 38,391 17.538 2,188.91 15.911 2,412.86 France 10,102 11.135 907.18 10.102 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 101,871 56.383 1,806.76 51.150 1,991.61 Austria 41,773 12.027 3,473.18 10.911 3,828.52 Italy 5,919 4.291 1,379.30 3.893 1,520.42 Romania 10,211 4.055 2,517.88 3.679 2,775.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 24,928 24.110 1,033.89 21.873 1,139.67 China 3,644,556 1,819.010 2,003.59 1,650.179 2,208.58 Korea, South 2,645,293 2,731.844 968.32 2,478.288 1,067.39 Japan 3,212,561 2,079.648 1,544.76 1,886.626 1,702.81 Australia 50,666 19.183 2,641.12 17.403 2,911.34 South Africa 127,748 118.483 1,078.20 107.486 1,188.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,997,718 20,330.105 1,229.59 18,443.167 1,355.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 22,319 30.090 741.72 27.298 817.61 Mexico 166,776 65.974 2,527.89 59.851 2,786.52 China 1,570,916 1,571.321 999.74 1,425.479 1,102.03 Japan 88,252 60.344 1,462.46 54.744 1,612.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,848,263 1,727.731 1,069.76 1,567.372 1,179.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,100,387 8,571.619 1,295.02 7,776.045 1,427.51 Mexico 8,421,787 7,417.609 1,135.38 6,729.144 1,251.54 Dominican Republic 21,704 18.377 1,180.99 16.672 1,301.82 Colombia 14,747 5.732 2,572.74 5.200 2,835.96 Venezuela 25,680 21.775 1,179.33 19.754 1,299.99 Ecuador 27,789 23.009 1,207.71 20.874 1,331.27 Peru 26,995 20.129 1,341.08 18.261 1,478.29 Brazil 538,817 372.539 1,446.34 337.962 1,594.31 Sweden 261,416 62.676 4,170.89 56.859 4,597.62 United Kingdom 240,147 102.764 2,336.88 93.226 2,575.97 Belgium 435,581 166.290 2,619.40 150.856 2,887.40 France 128,120 61.628 2,078.93 55.908 2,291.62 Federal Republic of Germany 857,395 397.001 2,159.68 360.154 2,380.63 Austria 29,122 11.375 2,559.98 10.320 2,821.90 Czech Republic 908,788 482.924 1,881.84 438.102 2,074.38 Belarus 1,116,571 843.114 1,324.34 764.861 1,459.84 Spain 185,898 184.608 1,006.99 167.474 1,110.01 Italy 104,058 37.002 2,812.20 33.568 3,099.92 Greece 56,646 41.298 1,371.64 37.465 1,511.97 Israel 447,608 369.224 1,212.29 334.955 1,336.32 India 194,392 102.885 1,889.41 93.336 2,082.71 Thailand 151,961 45.539 3,336.89 41.313 3,678.29 Malaysia 619,536 408.924 1,515.04 370.970 1,670.04 Indonesia 94,310 31.878 2,958.39 28.920 3,261.07 China 7,221,205 6,376.043 1,132.55 5,784.251 1,248.43 Korea, South 1,354,911 785.915 1,723.99 712.971 1,900.37 Taiwan 1,037,160 800.362 1,295.86 726.077 1,428.44 Japan 2,527,777 1,653.847 1,528.42 1,500.346 1,684.80 South Africa 556,606 921.080 604.30 835.590 666.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 38,707,114 30,337.179 1,275.90 27,521.434 1,406.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Netherlands 375,231 444.958 843.29 403.660 929.57 Federal Republic of Germany 44,852 84.868 528.49 76.991 582.56 Japan 307,892 320.970 959.25 291.180 1,057.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 727,975 850.797 855.64 771.831 943.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 13,528,226 14,025.399 964.55 12,723.632 1,063.24 Brazil 523,896 435.928 1,201.79 395.468 1,324.75 Netherlands 1,064,571 1,350.139 788.49 1,224.826 869.16 France 68,202 77.117 884.39 69.960 974.87 Federal Republic of Germany 4,753,749 4,786.718 993.11 4,342.439 1,094.72 China 129,914 145.381 893.61 131.888 985.03 Korea, South 3,406,970 3,109.288 1,095.74 2,820.700 1,207.85 Taiwan 134,165 102.247 1,312.16 92.757 1,446.41 Japan 572,429 452.615 1,264.71 410.606 1,394.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,182,122 24,484.836 987.64 22,212.276 1,088.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,598,366 2,992.124 868.40 2,714.410 957.25 Brazil 1,171,546 905.356 1,294.02 821.326 1,426.41 France 6,624 9.199 720.01 8.346 793.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,384,672 1,463.654 946.04 1,327.805 1,042.83 Japan 2,968,822 2,593.159 1,144.87 2,352.475 1,262.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,130,030 7,963.493 1,020.91 7,224.362 1,125.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 19,994,230 31,888.470 627.00 28,928.742 691.15 Mexico 11,494,046 22,291.950 515.61 20,222.923 568.37 Netherlands 503,689 660.406 762.70 599.111 840.73 Belgium 904,538 1,348.831 670.61 1,223.640 739.22 France 198,491 183.578 1,081.23 166.540 1,191.85 Federal Republic of Germany 901,504 807.948 1,115.79 732.959 1,229.95 Slovakia 2,019 2.342 861.93 2.125 950.12 Russia 4,956,935 8,089.210 612.78 7,338.410 675.48 Korea, South 19,530,841 31,076.248 628.48 28,191.906 692.78 Japan 674,154 726.588 927.83 659.150 1,022.76 Australia 25,169,300 40,754.884 617.58 36,972.220 680.76 New Zealand 392,480 569.310 689.40 516.470 759.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,722,227 138,399.771 612.16 125,554.196 674.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,260,834 11,053.380 837.83 10,027.461 923.55 Mexico 4,330,920 7,873.467 550.07 7,142.692 606.34 Brazil 8,932,744 9,184.611 972.58 8,332.142 1,072.08 Sweden 1,221,294 1,055.440 1,157.14 957.480 1,275.53 Netherlands 2,065,721 2,362.650 874.32 2,143.361 963.78 Belgium 3,309,127 3,366.391 982.99 3,053.940 1,083.56 Federal Republic of Germany 71,443 33.770 2,115.55 30.636 2,332.00 Russia 687,324 865.225 794.39 784.920 875.66 China 11,495,942 14,690.773 782.53 13,327.249 862.59 Korea, South 277,548 227.599 1,219.46 206.475 1,344.22 Taiwan 735,246 707.290 1,039.53 641.643 1,145.88 Japan 1,525,882 1,341.692 1,137.28 1,217.163 1,253.64 New Zealand 43,862 58.224 753.33 52.820 830.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,957,887 52,820.518 832.21 47,917.982 917.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 14,095,290 16,574.533 850.42 15,036.168 937.43 Mexico 8,982,712 10,010.659 897.31 9,081.520 989.12 Colombia 1,301,276 1,324.109 982.76 1,201.212 1,083.30 Sweden 7,664 8.122 943.50 7.369 1,040.03 Netherlands 860,167 852.786 1,008.65 773.635 1,111.85 Belgium 23,590 12.758 1,849.01 11.574 2,038.19 Federal Republic of Germany 76,876 55.370 1,388.40 50.231 1,530.45 Austria 628,673 509.257 1,234.49 461.991 1,360.79 Spain 441,948 413.471 1,068.87 375.095 1,178.23 Italy 131,341 62.804 2,091.28 56.975 2,305.24 India 44,771,971 41,098.851 1,089.37 37,284.261 1,200.83 China 28,492,178 28,897.910 985.96 26,215.751 1,086.83 Korea, South 1,443,671 1,192.765 1,210.36 1,082.059 1,334.19 Taiwan 7,586,125 6,496.553 1,167.72 5,893.576 1,287.19 Japan 1,583,478 1,235.736 1,281.40 1,121.042 1,412.51 Australia 241,162 238.033 1,013.15 215.940 1,116.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,668,122 108,983.723 1,015.46 98,868.399 1,119.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 44,343 39.539 1,121.47 35.870 1,236.21 Mexico 99,474 85.478 1,163.73 77.545 1,282.79 Denmark 2,423 0.467 5,184.22 0.424 5,714.62 Luxembourg 12,100 14.815 816.74 13.440 900.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,872,677 1,427.900 1,311.49 1,295.370 1,445.67 Thailand 499,335 376.463 1,326.38 341.522 1,462.09 China 107,634 121.775 883.87 110.473 974.30 Korea, South 1,883,007 1,522.904 1,236.46 1,381.556 1,362.96 Taiwan 62,978 49.637 1,268.77 45.030 1,398.58 Japan 4,750,280 4,073.602 1,166.11 3,695.511 1,285.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 9,334,251 7,712.584 1,210.26 6,996.741 1,334.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,278,310 916.016 1,395.51 830.996 1,538.29 Mexico 2,164,545 2,727.183 793.69 2,474.060 874.90 United Kingdom 568,477 459.418 1,237.38 416.778 1,363.98 Belgium 1,013,919 712.765 1,422.51 646.610 1,568.05 Luxembourg 93,998 78.682 1,194.64 71.380 1,316.87 France 14,703 2.869 5,124.22 2.603 5,648.48 Federal Republic of Germany 622,884 200.440 3,107.57 181.837 3,425.51 Spain 7,961 2.733 2,912.14 2.480 3,210.08 Italy 51,137 13.142 3,890.86 11.923 4,288.94 India 2,539,871 1,939.489 1,309.56 1,759.476 1,443.54 China 2,620,059 2,112.930 1,240.01 1,916.819 1,366.88 Korea, South 2,542,621 2,040.075 1,246.34 1,850.726 1,373.85 Taiwan 9,141,519 7,477.462 1,222.54 6,783.442 1,347.62 Japan 2,647,409 1,527.803 1,732.82 1,386.000 1,910.11 Australia 119,110 43.494 2,738.48 39.458 3,018.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,426,523 20,254.510 1,255.35 18,374.588 1,383.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 656,565 739.717 887.59 671.061 978.40 Mexico 995,648 713.036 1,396.35 646.856 1,539.21 United Kingdom 39,129 29.365 1,332.48 26.640 1,468.81 Belgium 5,489 4.107 1,336.43 3.726 1,473.16 France 14,481 28.420 509.52 25.783 561.65 Federal Republic of Germany 6,084 11.940 509.54 10.832 561.67 Turkey 12,494 12.078 1,034.44 10.957 1,140.28 India 266,540 180.977 1,472.78 164.180 1,623.46 Taiwan 315,288 427.001 738.38 387.369 813.92 Japan 33,887 29.112 1,164.02 26.410 1,283.11 Australia 270,713 230.248 1,175.74 208.878 1,296.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,616,318 2,406.005 1,087.41 2,182.692 1,198.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,285,545 1,006.015 1,277.86 912.642 1,408.60 Mexico 155,429 104.374 1,489.15 94.687 1,641.50 Chile 60,159 38.642 1,556.80 35.056 1,716.08 Sweden 473,312 70.029 6,758.72 63.530 7,450.21 United Kingdom 719,895 262.429 2,743.20 238.072 3,023.85 France 177,605 29.320 6,057.39 26.599 6,677.13 Federal Republic of Germany 2,843,687 1,631.441 1,743.05 1,480.019 1,921.39 Austria 388,002 74.672 5,196.03 67.742 5,727.64 Switzerland 149,285 55.571 2,686.34 50.414 2,961.18 Italy 102,961 29.270 3,517.54 26.554 3,877.42 India 194,349 80.123 2,425.61 72.687 2,673.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 71,997 67.156 1,072.08 60.923 1,181.77 China 3,830 2.546 1,504.12 2.310 1,658.01 Korea, South 585,546 464.839 1,259.67 421.695 1,388.55 Taiwan 342,615 181.407 1,888.65 164.570 2,081.88 Japan 569,520 340.039 1,674.86 308.479 1,846.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,123,737 4,437.880 1,830.54 4,025.979 2,017.83 GRAND TOTAL 1,870,255,375 1,665,202.823 1,123.14 1,510,647.016 1,238.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 95,292 26.168 3,641.43 23.740 4,013.98 Italy 3,641,850 1,233.444 2,952.59 1,118.962 3,254.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,737,142 1,259.612 2,966.90 1,142.702 3,270.44 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 97,761 3.013 32,438.67 2.734 35,757.50 Sweden 10,234,758 2,318.979 4,413.48 2,103.743 4,865.02 United Kingdom 10,975,100 3,858.340 2,844.51 3,500.229 3,135.54 Netherlands 50,645 1.873 27,026.11 1.700 29,791.18 Federal Republic of Germany 260,471 35.871 7,261.24 32.542 8,004.15 Czech Republic 4,675 3.220 1,451.43 2.922 1,599.93 Switzerland 12,600 2.748 4,585.05 2.493 5,054.15 Ukraine 19,657 7.385 2,661.57 6.700 2,933.88 Spain 3,842,291 757.199 5,074.34 686.920 5,593.51 Italy 5,072,812 1,375.455 3,688.09 1,247.793 4,065.43 Slovenia 356,583 125.624 2,838.47 113.965 3,128.88 China 237,352 29.215 8,124.14 26.504 8,955.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,164,705 8,518.929 3,658.29 7,728.245 4,032.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 771,299 153.691 5,018.47 139.427 5,531.92 United Kingdom 272,355 107.742 2,527.84 97.742 2,786.47 France 356,136 88.290 4,033.68 80.096 4,446.36 Federal Republic of Germany 248,295 102.404 2,424.64 92.900 2,672.71 Italy 143,986 41.356 3,481.58 37.518 3,837.78 India 5,391 1.065 5,057.53 0.967 5,574.97 China 416,142 194.090 2,144.06 176.076 2,363.42 Taiwan 678,837 204.693 3,316.36 185.695 3,655.66 Japan 29,587 12.884 2,296.25 11.689 2,531.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,922,028 906.220 3,224.41 822.110 3,554.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 20,830 3.176 6,556.79 2.882 7,227.62 Italy 19,445 6.875 2,828.32 6.237 3,117.68 India 202,865 48.581 4,175.81 44.072 4,603.04 Taiwan 20,258 3.048 6,644.16 2.766 7,323.93 Japan 105,059 19.997 5,253.73 18.141 5,791.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 368,457 81.679 4,511.03 74.098 4,972.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 24,161 7.745 3,119.18 7.027 3,438.31 Brazil 7,980 4.000 1,994.86 3.629 2,198.95 Sweden 894,720 189.703 4,716.42 172.096 5,198.96 United Kingdom 20,825 1.995 10,437.64 1.810 11,505.52 Belgium 3,900,530 612.577 6,367.41 555.721 7,018.86 France 925,627 174.881 5,292.88 158.650 5,834.40 Federal Republic of Germany 991,164 254.395 3,896.15 230.784 4,294.77 Austria 98,434 13.978 7,041.86 12.681 7,762.32 Spain 97,805 8.555 11,432.45 7.761 12,602.11 Italy 16,712 4.690 3,563.07 4.255 3,927.61 Slovenia 673,164 136.198 4,942.53 123.557 5,448.21 China 4,002,160 1,136.075 3,522.79 1,030.631 3,883.21 Korea, South 732,531 158.323 4,626.79 143.629 5,100.16 Taiwan 359,844 121.455 2,962.75 110.183 3,265.88 Japan 1,354,586 292.806 4,626.21 265.630 5,099.52 South Africa 815,123 335.781 2,427.54 304.616 2,675.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,915,366 3,453.165 4,319.33 3,132.660 4,761.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 1,195,633 342.643 3,489.44 310.841 3,846.45 Belgium 215,857 69.214 3,118.69 62.790 3,437.76 Federal Republic of Germany 780,435 318.833 2,447.78 289.241 2,698.22 China 405,986 132.247 3,069.89 119.973 3,383.98 Taiwan 79,527 13.986 5,686.14 12.688 6,267.89 South Africa 63,154 37.202 1,697.55 33.750 1,871.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,740,592 914.127 2,998.04 829.283 3,304.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 57,689 9.846 5,858.57 8.933 6,457.96 Brazil 38,200 4.188 9,119.60 3.800 10,052.63 Sweden 543,691 92.823 5,857.26 84.208 6,456.52 United Kingdom 636,529 130.790 4,866.79 118.651 5,364.72 Netherlands 27,534 11.066 2,488.14 10.039 2,742.70 France 381,471 39.789 9,587.34 36.096 10,568.23 Federal Republic of Germany 279,828 61.403 4,557.23 55.704 5,023.48 Austria 734,275 99.253 7,398.00 90.041 8,154.90 Poland 212,544 79.554 2,671.66 72.171 2,945.01 Ukraine 392,341 75.195 5,217.63 68.216 5,751.45 Portugal 708,315 156.277 4,532.41 141.773 4,996.12 Italy 2,079,851 423.122 4,915.49 383.850 5,418.40 India 868,930 192.722 4,508.71 174.835 4,970.00 China 102,673 16.045 6,398.97 14.556 7,053.65 Taiwan 868,251 184.073 4,716.86 166.989 5,199.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,932,122 1,576.152 5,032.59 1,429.862 5,547.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Sweden 12,285 1.108 11,078.30 1.006 12,211.73 United Kingdom 26,739 4.593 5,821.27 4.167 6,416.85 Belgium 19,257 2.535 7,595.50 2.300 8,372.61 Italy 343,454 94.505 3,634.22 85.734 4,006.04 India 985,112 248.077 3,970.99 225.052 4,377.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,386,847 350.820 3,953.15 318.259 4,357.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 474,473 49.192 9,645.17 44.627 10,631.97 Mexico 9,969 3.367 2,960.30 3.055 3,263.18 Sweden 514,980 93.042 5,534.87 84.407 6,101.15 Norway 3,680 0.198 18,546.89 0.180 20,444.44 Denmark 9,616 1.999 4,808.98 1.814 5,300.99 United Kingdom 772,964 113.802 6,792.15 103.240 7,487.06 Netherlands 3,781 0.584 6,471.82 0.530 7,133.96 Belgium 24,663 15.432 1,598.14 14.000 1,761.64 France 1,177,853 233.224 5,050.29 211.578 5,566.99 Federal Republic of Germany 5,580,009 1,120.071 4,981.83 1,016.112 5,491.53 Austria 481,450 89.456 5,381.92 81.154 5,932.55 Czech Republic 231,333 41.248 5,608.28 37.420 6,182.07 Switzerland 535,867 65.042 8,238.66 59.006 9,081.57 Ukraine 980,492 177.714 5,517.23 161.220 6,081.70 Spain 2,532 0.432 5,859.67 0.392 6,459.18 Portugal 2,776 0.350 7,919.33 0.318 8,729.56 Italy 10,241,114 1,888.492 5,422.90 1,713.212 5,977.73 Slovenia 259,510 72.593 3,574.82 65.856 3,940.57 Saudi Arabia 489,244 221.886 2,204.93 201.292 2,430.52 United Arab Emirates 157,107 54.782 2,867.82 49.698 3,161.23 India 3,747,875 993.498 3,772.40 901.287 4,158.36 China 177,186 37.103 4,775.42 33.660 5,263.99 Korea, South 116,490 24.444 4,765.42 22.176 5,252.98 Taiwan 4,609,424 912.236 5,052.88 827.567 5,569.85 Japan 61,799 2.075 29,773.30 1.883 32,819.44 Australia 4,425 1.661 2,663.76 1.507 2,936.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,670,612 6,213.937 4,935.78 5,637.191 5,440.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,194 0.275 7,961.46 0.250 8,776.00 United Kingdom 513,940 24.344 21,111.10 22.085 23,271.00 France 69,810 102.603 680.39 93.080 750.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,201 0.198 16,132.77 0.180 17,783.33 India 92,624 63.364 1,461.77 57.483 1,611.33 China 12,240,757 5,057.597 2,420.27 4,588.177 2,667.89 Japan 31,610,400 6,638.769 4,761.48 6,022.592 5,248.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 44,532,926 11,887.153 3,746.31 10,783.847 4,129.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 54,040 10.985 4,919.15 9.966 5,422.44 Austria 6,532 0.745 8,765.88 0.676 9,662.72 Italy 54,723 14.944 3,661.86 13.557 4,036.51 China 234,038 30.055 7,786.83 27.266 8,583.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 349,333 56.730 6,157.77 51.465 6,787.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 41,130 4.739 8,677.33 4.300 9,565.12 Federal Republic of Germany 2,911,086 172.442 16,881.51 156.437 18,608.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,952,216 177.182 16,662.04 160.737 18,366.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,992,766 753.188 11,939.60 683.281 13,161.15 Mexico 247,310 72.728 3,400.47 65.978 3,748.37 Uruguay 334,882 89.253 3,752.05 80.969 4,135.93 Sweden 3,079,498 212.292 14,505.89 192.589 15,990.00 Norway 2,935 0.066 44,376.47 0.060 48,916.67 Finland 74,313 20.933 3,549.87 18.991 3,913.06 United Kingdom 747,125 9.994 74,752.46 9.067 82,400.46 Netherlands 167,176 11.955 13,982.99 10.846 15,413.61 France 4,127,197 423.246 9,751.28 383.963 10,748.94 Federal Republic of Germany 5,474,172 342.127 16,000.38 310.373 17,637.40 Austria 2,139,356 187.102 11,434.11 169.737 12,603.95 Czech Republic 3,348 0.132 25,310.46 0.120 27,900.00 Switzerland 96,935 4.456 21,750.67 4.043 23,976.01 Ukraine 2,325,717 225.907 10,294.99 204.940 11,348.28 Spain 10,909,093 691.015 15,787.04 626.879 17,402.23 Italy 825,074 67.675 12,191.66 61.394 13,439.00 Turkey 325,579 30.937 10,523.78 28.066 11,600.48 India 1,246,829 208.331 5,984.84 188.995 6,597.15 Thailand 1,229,190 336.289 3,655.15 305.077 4,029.11 Vietnam 838,965 168.706 4,972.93 153.048 5,481.71 Malaysia 4,797,614 1,011.167 4,744.63 917.316 5,230.06 Singapore 108,290 23.679 4,573.09 21.482 5,040.96 China 12,361,905 1,602.928 7,712.07 1,454.153 8,501.10 Korea, South 4,702,214 766.722 6,132.88 695.559 6,760.34 Taiwan 8,994,831 2,190.451 4,106.38 1,987.145 4,526.51 Japan 9,901,130 1,095.952 9,034.27 994.232 9,958.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,053,444 10,547.245 7,969.23 9,568.303 8,784.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 524,899 98.161 5,347.28 89.051 5,894.36 Mexico 36,200 1.175 30,806.85 1.066 33,958.72 Brazil 5,309 0.675 7,856.84 0.613 8,660.69 Sweden 852,342 56.985 14,957.29 51.696 16,487.58 Denmark 6,080 1.530 3,973.84 1.388 4,380.40 United Kingdom 157,400 18.759 8,390.58 17.018 9,249.03 Ireland 12,731 2.508 5,074.42 2.276 5,593.59 Netherlands 46,556 6.138 7,583.93 5.569 8,359.85 Belgium 9,992 1.703 5,867.05 1.545 6,467.31 France 57,356 7.058 8,126.27 6.403 8,957.68 Federal Republic of Germany 390,510 28.835 13,542.75 26.159 14,928.32 Switzerland 568,118 74.043 7,672.78 67.171 8,457.79 Spain 112,364 6.150 18,267.91 5.580 20,136.92 Italy 589,109 97.676 6,031.20 88.611 6,648.26 United Arab Emirates 265,484 75.026 3,538.53 68.063 3,900.56 India 3,235,291 770.908 4,196.72 699.357 4,626.09 Malaysia 2,200 0.033 66,526.90 0.030 73,333.33 China 1,436,624 375.616 3,824.71 340.754 4,216.02 Korea, South 2,409,193 554.133 4,347.67 502.702 4,792.49 Taiwan 996,890 148.757 6,701.42 134.951 7,387.05 Japan 1,231,252 114.548 10,748.71 103.917 11,848.42 Australia 13,217 3.326 3,972.92 3.018 4,379.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,959,117 2,443.755 5,302.95 2,216.938 5,845.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 33,558 21.431 1,565.85 19.442 1,726.06 Brazil 101,194 53.869 1,878.49 48.870 2,070.68 United Kingdom 60,482 18.688 3,236.31 16.954 3,567.42 France 100,232 24.488 4,092.95 22.216 4,511.70 Federal Republic of Germany 13,386 2.319 5,771.66 2.104 6,362.17 Austria 18,858 2.138 8,818.40 1.940 9,720.62 China 360,120 156.123 2,306.63 141.633 2,542.63 Taiwan 57,326 17.456 3,283.99 15.836 3,619.98 Japan 2,653,109 1,555.289 1,705.86 1,410.935 1,880.39 South Africa 184,169 91.282 2,017.57 82.810 2,223.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,582,434 1,943.087 1,843.68 1,762.740 2,032.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 281,985 75.227 3,748.44 68.245 4,131.95 Mexico 6,930,800 2,838.956 2,441.32 2,575.459 2,691.09 Brazil 4,243,101 1,852.956 2,289.91 1,680.974 2,524.19 Sweden 2,788,629 401.253 6,949.80 364.011 7,660.84 Finland 448,613 117.614 3,814.27 106.698 4,204.51 Denmark 3,886 0.751 5,169.09 0.682 5,697.95 United Kingdom 212,369 31.346 6,774.90 28.437 7,468.05 Belgium 1,592,738 450.314 3,536.94 408.519 3,898.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/01/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,027,513 1,292.637 2,342.12 1,172.661 2,581.75 Federal Republic of Germany 936,610 199.708 4,689.87 181.173 5,169.70 Austria 62,466 1.133 55,124.73 1.028 60,764.59 Italy 226,597 46.201 4,904.57 41.913 5,406.37 Romania 207,231 38.393 5,397.56 34.830 5,949.78 India 317,323 84.019 3,776.79 76.221 4,163.20 Thailand 485,729 226.823 2,141.44 205.771 2,360.53 Indonesia 449,951 159.317 2,824.25 144.530 3,113.20 China 11,093,951 3,833.042 2,894.29 3,477.279 3,190.41 Korea, South 1,129,305 524.574 2,152.80 475.886 2,373.06 Taiwan 1,934,755 736.450 2,627.13 668.097 2,895.92 Japan 207,508 36.241 5,725.66 32.878 6,311.45 South Africa 643,331 272.284 2,362.72 247.012 2,604.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,224,391 13,219.248 2,815.92 11,992.304 3,104.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,867 0.119 24,082.40 0.108 26,546.30 Switzerland 4,741 0.892 5,309.83 0.810 5,853.09 Italy 17,775 4.367 4,069.97 3.962 4,486.37 Japan 4,656 2.469 1,885.65 2.240 2,078.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,039 7.848 3,827.38 7.120 4,218.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 37,246 24.130 1,543.51 21.891 1,701.43 Mexico 1,146,901 429.798 2,668.46 389.907 2,941.47 Chile 238,381 149.491 1,594.62 135.616 1,757.76 Sweden 1,233,622 136.369 9,046.20 123.712 9,971.72 Finland 775,658 159.330 4,868.24 144.542 5,366.32 United Kingdom 177,545 24.517 7,241.53 22.242 7,982.42 Belgium 175,806 63.099 2,786.17 57.243 3,071.22 France 897,397 232.271 3,863.57 210.713 4,258.86 Federal Republic of Germany 884,633 69.000 12,820.72 62.596 14,132.42 Austria 55,225 16.987 3,250.88 15.411 3,583.48 Italy 15,281 1.051 14,531.13 0.954 16,017.82 Romania 117,995 25.799 4,573.52 23.405 5,041.44 India 821,612 192.847 4,260.43 174.948 4,696.32 Malaysia 116,016 24.147 4,804.53 21.906 5,296.08 Korea, South 2,504,398 609.712 4,107.51 553.122 4,527.75 Taiwan 354,944 156.292 2,271.03 141.786 2,503.38 Japan 2,648,966 232.309 11,402.73 210.748 12,569.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,201,626 2,547.156 4,790.29 2,310.742 5,280.39 GRAND TOTAL 293,723,397 66,104.054 4,443.35 59,968.606 4,897.95