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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 5,009 5.445 919.86 4.940 1,013.97 Sweden 38,587 10.265 3,758.78 9.313 4,143.35 United Kingdom 113,251 15.573 7,272.06 14.128 8,016.07 Italy 6,886,712 2,006.050 3,432.97 1,819.859 3,784.20 China 36,108 55.653 648.80 50.488 715.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,079,667 2,092.988 3,382.56 1,898.728 3,728.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,400,702 7,614.771 577.92 6,908.006 637.04 Mexico 6,258,714 7,848.068 797.48 7,119.650 879.08 Brazil 1,922,394 1,614.536 1,190.68 1,464.683 1,312.50 Sweden 8,573,237 2,412.105 3,554.25 2,188.226 3,917.89 United Kingdom 9,706,965 3,680.502 2,637.40 3,338.897 2,907.24 Belgium 1,622,672 1,189.655 1,363.98 1,079.238 1,503.53 Federal Republic of Germany 846,551 223.115 3,794.23 202.407 4,182.42 Russia 88,938,517 173,581.814 512.37 157,470.818 564.79 Spain 441,147 106.328 4,148.89 96.460 4,573.37 Italy 9,704,043 6,234.956 1,556.39 5,656.259 1,715.63 Slovenia 766,659 377.795 2,029.30 342.730 2,236.92 India 56,200 13.246 4,242.64 12.017 4,676.71 China 1,330,600 554.753 2,398.54 503.264 2,643.94 Taiwan 34,668 3.450 10,048.02 3.130 11,076.04 Japan 779,815 583.133 1,337.28 529.010 1,474.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,382,884 206,038.234 657.08 186,914.795 724.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 10,848,073 14,858.407 730.10 13,479.324 804.79 Mexico 283,381 509.956 555.70 462.625 612.55 Venezuela 2,048,955 4,838.133 423.50 4,389.082 466.83 Brazil 4,910,233 5,477.452 896.44 4,969.063 988.16 Sweden 677,323 164.188 4,125.29 148.949 4,547.35 Finland 29,013 19.546 1,484.33 17.732 1,636.19 United Kingdom 2,305,974 2,162.433 1,066.38 1,961.727 1,175.48 France 1,517,840 1,724.453 880.19 1,564.398 970.24 Federal Republic of Germany 4,627,461 4,035.994 1,146.55 3,661.394 1,263.85 Spain 194,122 410.785 472.56 372.658 520.91 Turkey 20,141,751 36,828.486 546.91 33,410.250 602.86 India 155,903 52.052 2,995.13 47.221 3,301.56 China 6,072,339 6,785.501 894.90 6,155.705 986.46 Taiwan 1,731,575 552.630 3,133.33 501.338 3,453.91 Japan 7,374,672 8,191.260 900.31 7,430.989 992.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 62,918,615 86,611.281 726.45 78,572.455 800.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,599,596 4,517.352 1,018.21 4,098.074 1,122.38 Mexico 4,056,557 5,929.226 684.16 5,378.905 754.16 Norway 2,494,341 1,435.292 1,737.86 1,302.076 1,915.66 United Kingdom 6,977,210 7,900.755 883.11 7,167.447 973.46 Luxembourg 6,960,598 9,232.559 753.92 8,375.639 831.05 Federal Republic of Germany 13,258,803 15,038.237 881.67 13,642.463 971.88 Poland 2,275,624 3,720.944 611.57 3,375.585 674.14 Spain 1,936,943 3,116.272 621.56 2,827.036 685.15 Italy 608,131 75.104 8,097.09 68.134 8,925.51 India 414,373 109.401 3,787.65 99.247 4,175.17 Vietnam 27,923 12.440 2,244.49 11.286 2,474.13 China 133,045 93.138 1,428.46 84.494 1,574.61 Korea, South 18,743,531 23,334.640 803.25 21,168.836 885.43 Taiwan 16,393,171 20,149.280 813.59 18,279.125 896.82 Japan 434,995 263.720 1,649.46 239.243 1,818.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,314,841 94,928.366 835.52 86,117.590 921.01 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 270,673 175.214 1,544.81 158.952 1,702.86 Luxembourg 9,318,173 5,556.642 1,676.94 5,040.903 1,848.51 Federal Republic of Germany 103,952 157.984 657.99 143.321 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,692,798 5,889.841 1,645.68 5,343.176 1,814.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,138,329 17,129.498 1,234.03 15,539.624 1,360.29 Mexico 1,994,032 3,344.699 596.18 3,034.261 657.17 Brazil 6,406,603 5,014.180 1,277.70 4,548.789 1,408.42 Sweden 9,234,426 4,653.540 1,984.39 4,221.622 2,187.41 Norway 443,037 259.090 1,709.97 235.043 1,884.92 Finland 2,182,858 1,981.217 1,101.78 1,797.331 1,214.50 United Kingdom 637,078 151.100 4,216.26 137.076 4,647.63 Netherlands 5,754 0.476 12,083.20 0.432 13,319.44 Belgium 5,858,450 2,330.254 2,514.08 2,113.972 2,771.30 France 5,096,875 1,382.467 3,686.79 1,254.154 4,063.99 Federal Republic of Germany 11,658,645 5,094.288 2,288.57 4,621.462 2,522.72 Austria 5,205,390 3,701.275 1,406.38 3,357.742 1,550.27 Poland 1,261,718 581.746 2,168.84 527.752 2,390.74 Russia 6,719,892 8,066.256 833.09 7,317.587 918.32 Ukraine 15,826,176 16,101.194 982.92 14,606.762 1,083.48 Spain 414,451 176.606 2,346.74 160.215 2,586.84 Italy 326,946 102.255 3,197.33 92.765 3,524.45 Slovenia 423,948 97.918 4,329.61 88.830 4,772.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 12,851,010 11,091.613 1,158.62 10,062.145 1,277.16 India 45,388 41.053 1,105.59 37.243 1,218.70 Thailand 2,423,848 2,824.171 858.25 2,562.046 946.06 Malaysia 18,898,448 17,801.681 1,061.61 16,149.418 1,170.22 China 4,951,149 1,989.694 2,488.40 1,805.021 2,742.99 Korea, South 1,285,230 1,124.064 1,143.38 1,019.734 1,260.36 Taiwan 223,506 237.051 942.86 215.050 1,039.32 Japan 9,841,760 5,507.954 1,786.83 4,996.734 1,969.64 Australia 4,004,995 4,682.675 855.28 4,248.053 942.78 South Africa 2,846,333 2,046.203 1,391.03 1,856.285 1,533.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 152,206,275 117,514.231 1,295.22 106,607.148 1,427.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,172,791 34,108.365 620.75 30,942.597 684.26 Mexico 4,991,397 10,363.847 481.62 9,401.927 530.89 Brazil 47,760 22.247 2,146.72 20.183 2,366.35 Sweden 2,224,102 1,845.004 1,205.47 1,673.760 1,328.81 Finland 499,304 625.027 798.85 567.016 880.58 United Kingdom 135,452 99.702 1,358.56 90.449 1,497.55 Netherlands 990,931 1,256.270 788.79 1,139.670 869.49 Belgium 62,966 23.016 2,735.72 20.880 3,015.61 France 3,187,152 3,278.875 972.03 2,974.547 1,071.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,113,335 700.422 1,589.52 635.413 1,752.14 Russia 1,033,837 1,116.089 926.30 1,012.500 1,021.07 China 285,554 99.675 2,864.84 90.424 3,157.94 Korea, South 5,746,617 5,932.053 968.74 5,381.470 1,067.85 Japan 1,149,173 770.997 1,490.50 699.437 1,643.00 New Zealand 591,714 1,106.676 534.68 1,003.960 589.38 South Africa 125,629 75.673 1,660.14 68.650 1,829.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,357,714 61,423.946 705.88 55,722.883 778.10 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 66,863 76.450 874.59 69.355 964.07 United Kingdom 29,524 30.110 980.51 27.316 1,080.83 Luxembourg 40,295 32.734 1,230.97 29.696 1,356.92 Federal Republic of Germany 335,507 189.800 1,767.68 172.184 1,948.54 Czech Republic 4,639,270 5,401.592 858.87 4,900.244 946.74 Spain 475,621 327.563 1,451.99 297.161 1,600.55 Korea, South 155,980 124.593 1,251.92 113.029 1,380.00 Japan 16,981,511 16,528.635 1,027.40 14,994.530 1,132.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,724,571 22,711.481 1,000.58 20,603.515 1,102.95 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 510,970 502.807 1,016.23 456.139 1,120.21 Czech Republic 1,231,791 1,633.564 754.05 1,481.945 831.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,573,732 1,122.692 1,401.75 1,018.490 1,545.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,316,493 3,259.064 1,017.62 2,956.574 1,121.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 171,603 183.859 933.34 166.795 1,028.83 China 459,013 210.887 2,176.58 191.314 2,399.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 630,616 394.747 1,597.52 358.109 1,760.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,804,115 22,840.050 779.51 20,720.151 859.27 Mexico 4,086,917 7,651.164 534.16 6,941.022 588.81 Brazil 2,233,770 1,670.880 1,336.88 1,515.798 1,473.66 Sweden 1,035,948 283.167 3,658.43 256.885 4,032.73 United Kingdom 2,690,993 3,116.254 863.53 2,827.019 951.88 Netherlands 77,509 21.175 3,660.33 19.210 4,034.83 France 3,493,479 1,362.203 2,564.58 1,235.771 2,826.96 Federal Republic of Germany 4,305,113 2,585.822 1,664.89 2,345.819 1,835.23 Austria 732,157 85.528 8,560.41 77.590 9,436.23 Czech Republic 290,058 275.822 1,051.61 250.222 1,159.20 Poland 41,695 14.826 2,812.27 13.450 3,100.00 Russia 3,867 2.437 1,586.65 2.211 1,748.98 Ukraine 576,526 131.589 4,381.25 119.376 4,829.50 Spain 701,466 395.823 1,772.17 359.085 1,953.48 Portugal 867,311 233.235 3,718.60 211.588 4,099.06 Italy 8,678,811 5,201.790 1,668.43 4,718.986 1,839.13 Slovenia 397,669 146.761 2,709.62 133.140 2,986.85 Turkey 15,218,645 28,259.682 538.53 25,636.760 593.63 India 3,430,150 917.090 3,740.25 831.971 4,122.92 China 11,824,694 9,896.046 1,194.89 8,977.545 1,317.14 Korea, South 10,170,885 7,010.928 1,450.72 6,360.209 1,599.14 Taiwan 1,562,646 347.224 4,500.39 314.997 4,960.83 Japan 14,178,848 12,640.641 1,121.69 11,467.400 1,236.45 South Africa 762,203 363.690 2,095.74 329.935 2,310.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,165,475 105,453.838 997.27 95,666.140 1,099.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,002,039 4,577.585 874.27 4,152.717 963.72 Mexico 1,553,031 2,379.016 652.80 2,158.208 719.59 Brazil 9,142 3.791 2,410.90 3.440 2,657.56 Italy 1,068,736 222.343 4,806.68 201.707 5,298.46 Turkey 91,111 152.117 598.95 137.999 660.23 India 851,963 218.185 3,904.76 197.935 4,304.26 China 71,716 82.393 870.41 74.746 959.46 Korea, South 75,239 59.800 1,258.17 54.250 1,386.89 Taiwan 6,142 17.590 349.16 15.958 384.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 498,865 85.441 5,838.69 77.511 6,436.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,227,984 7,798.267 1,055.10 7,074.471 1,163.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 27,128,296 37,713.947 719.32 34,213.527 792.91 Dominican Republic 1,272,147 2,422.605 525.12 2,197.751 578.84 United Kingdom 68,027 249.956 272.16 226.757 300.00 Turkey 4,500,358 10,021.814 449.06 9,091.640 495.00 China 15,457 18.997 813.65 17.234 896.89 Taiwan 1,334,111 3,794.659 351.58 3,442.458 387.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,318,396 54,221.980 632.92 49,189.367 697.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,720,587 3,519.157 1,909.71 3,192.527 2,105.10 Mexico 53,740 13.189 4,074.56 11.965 4,491.43 Brazil 3,975 0.755 5,264.32 0.685 5,802.92 Sweden 270,971 67.942 3,988.27 61.636 4,396.31 Denmark 34,689 13.431 2,582.63 12.185 2,846.86 United Kingdom 2,553,296 1,032.302 2,473.40 936.489 2,726.46 Netherlands 53,061 23.708 2,238.06 21.508 2,467.04 France 10,260,617 4,222.213 2,430.15 3,830.329 2,678.78 Federal Republic of Germany 5,729,081 2,873.415 1,993.82 2,606.719 2,197.81 Austria 403,147 49.888 8,080.98 45.258 8,907.75 Czech Republic 104,078 11.447 9,091.77 10.385 10,021.95 Switzerland 661,987 74.612 8,872.38 67.687 9,780.12 Latvia 171,402 54.793 3,128.13 49.708 3,448.18 Russia 924,454 580.609 1,592.21 526.720 1,755.11 Ukraine 7,463,857 4,202.846 1,775.91 3,812.759 1,957.60 Spain 663,763 465.419 1,426.16 422.222 1,572.07 Portugal 58,935 17.199 3,426.58 15.603 3,777.16 Italy 8,422,897 1,817.089 4,635.38 1,648.436 5,109.63 Slovenia 181,713 53.494 3,396.88 48.529 3,744.42 Romania 127,277 16.012 7,948.77 14.526 8,762.01 Saudi Arabia 161,205 74.790 2,155.42 67.849 2,375.94 United Arab Emirates 60,907 24.021 2,535.51 21.792 2,794.92 India 3,824,771 1,125.996 3,396.79 1,021.487 3,744.32 Vietnam 67,562 20.943 3,225.85 19.000 3,555.89 China 1,681,556 836.931 2,009.19 759.252 2,214.75 Korea, South 185,120 78.229 2,366.36 70.969 2,608.46 Taiwan 7,109,311 1,720.736 4,131.55 1,561.026 4,554.26 Japan 390,030 113.103 3,448.43 102.606 3,801.24 Australia 9,173 0.634 14,447.24 0.576 15,925.35 South Africa 5,092 4.175 1,219.48 3.788 1,344.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,358,254 23,109.091 2,525.34 20,964.221 2,783.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,412,317 636.135 2,220.15 577.093 2,447.30 Mexico 86,755 55.121 1,573.90 50.005 1,734.93 Brazil 1,921,916 468.382 4,103.30 424.910 4,523.11 Sweden 940,236 358.140 2,625.32 324.900 2,893.92 Finland 8,435 1.168 7,218.97 1.060 7,957.55 United Kingdom 273,673 47.267 5,789.93 42.880 6,382.30 France 1,289,344 128.514 10,032.71 116.586 11,059.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,859,766 794.473 3,599.58 720.734 3,967.85 Austria 1,894,297 387.621 4,886.98 351.644 5,386.97 Czech Republic 43,347 13.603 3,186.43 12.341 3,512.44 Switzerland 114,664 8.020 14,296.52 7.276 15,759.21 Russia 407,877 243.965 1,671.86 221.322 1,842.91 Spain 371,472 189.973 1,955.39 172.341 2,155.45 Italy 57,237 20.511 2,790.44 18.608 3,075.94 Slovenia 1,757,111 550.890 3,189.58 499.760 3,515.91 India 39,403 8.778 4,488.42 7.964 4,947.64 Thailand 38,031 16.091 2,363.42 14.598 2,605.22 China 5,658,109 1,670.574 3,386.92 1,515.520 3,733.44 Korea, South 489,399 122.112 4,007.76 110.779 4,417.80 Taiwan 1,853,893 470.314 3,941.82 426.662 4,345.11 Japan 4,363,588 2,527.024 1,726.77 2,292.479 1,903.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,880,870 8,718.686 2,968.44 7,909.462 3,272.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,021,519 21,626.364 1,064.51 19,619.113 1,173.42 Mexico 5,088,724 4,525.414 1,124.48 4,105.388 1,239.52 Dominican Republic 211,769 154.084 1,374.37 139.783 1,514.98 Venezuela 111,235 76.381 1,456.31 69.292 1,605.31 Brazil 15,635 11.644 1,342.66 10.564 1,480.03 Argentina 486,969 194.493 2,503.77 176.442 2,759.94 Sweden 126,668 119.664 1,058.52 108.558 1,166.82 France 368,212 185.645 1,983.41 168.415 2,186.34 Federal Republic of Germany 4,760,398 2,230.182 2,134.53 2,023.188 2,352.92 Czech Republic 11,678 2.065 5,653.21 1.874 6,231.59 Slovakia 178,444 103.542 1,723.39 93.932 1,899.71 Switzerland 207,524 108.893 1,905.74 98.787 2,100.72 Russia 5,373,056 3,220.985 1,668.14 2,922.030 1,838.81 Ukraine 148,378 73.951 2,006.41 67.088 2,211.69 Spain 4,993,446 1,689.800 2,955.05 1,532.962 3,257.38 Italy 7,993,629 2,034.833 3,928.40 1,845.970 4,330.31 Romania 1,923,546 1,275.606 1,507.95 1,157.211 1,662.23 Turkey 7,707,575 6,871.322 1,121.70 6,233.561 1,236.46 United Arab Emirates 2,967,307 1,879.486 1,578.79 1,705.042 1,740.31 Oman 6,032,785 6,765.271 891.73 6,137.353 982.96 India 3,887,687 3,899.715 996.92 3,537.763 1,098.91 Thailand 11,977,991 17,199.752 696.40 15,603.357 767.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 1,550,507 1,440.033 1,076.72 1,306.377 1,186.88 Malaysia 8,108,821 7,105.852 1,141.15 6,446.323 1,257.90 China 11,560,970 7,835.851 1,475.39 7,108.567 1,626.34 Korea, South 7,242,647 6,993.217 1,035.67 6,344.142 1,141.63 Hong Kong 35,580 42.338 840.37 38.409 926.35 Taiwan 3,137,123 2,861.802 1,096.21 2,596.184 1,208.36 Japan 16,214,767 12,240.771 1,324.65 11,104.644 1,460.18 South Africa 205,653 155.065 1,326.23 140.673 1,461.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,650,243 112,924.036 1,201.25 102,442.992 1,324.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 16,372,882 7,470.150 2,191.77 6,776.808 2,416.02 Mexico 22,443,728 6,554.728 3,424.05 5,946.351 3,774.37 Colombia 4,638,211 2,349.215 1,974.37 2,131.173 2,176.37 Brazil 24,706,854 12,823.720 1,926.65 11,633.487 2,123.77 Argentina 31,669,489 11,758.774 2,693.26 10,667.384 2,968.81 Sweden 2,414 0.126 19,043.00 0.115 20,991.30 United Kingdom 501,127 28.457 17,609.81 25.816 19,411.49 France 5,913,161 2,770.065 2,134.66 2,512.962 2,353.06 Federal Republic of Germany 56,867,856 25,826.575 2,201.91 23,429.482 2,427.19 Austria 22,834,088 10,432.423 2,188.76 9,464.138 2,412.70 Czech Republic 4,346,712 1,881.875 2,309.78 1,707.209 2,546.09 Switzerland 7,145 0.205 34,848.58 0.186 38,413.98 Russia 36,824,803 19,408.684 1,897.34 17,607.267 2,091.45 Ukraine 3,787,414 1,334.920 2,837.18 1,211.020 3,127.46 Spain 16,614,132 8,333.348 1,993.69 7,559.889 2,197.67 Italy 32,636 12.975 2,515.24 11.771 2,772.58 Romania 28,830,841 11,969.787 2,408.63 10,858.812 2,655.06 Turkey 2,857,563 1,976.531 1,445.75 1,793.080 1,593.66 United Arab Emirates 677,458 118.500 5,716.91 107.502 6,301.82 India 6,458,629 3,869.799 1,668.98 3,510.624 1,839.74 China 438,072,967 309,005.850 1,417.69 280,325.470 1,562.73 Korea, South 68,334,441 54,994.672 1,242.56 49,890.342 1,369.69 Taiwan 385,618 278.625 1,384.00 252.765 1,525.60 Japan 73,172,246 22,848.534 3,202.49 20,727.848 3,530.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 866,352,415 516,048.550 1,678.82 468,151.501 1,850.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,135,255 1,089.040 1,042.44 987.961 1,149.09 United Kingdom 2,051,850 1,202.567 1,706.22 1,090.951 1,880.79 Federal Republic of Germany 7,868,194 3,936.473 1,998.79 3,571.110 2,203.29 Czech Republic 157,716 68.576 2,299.84 62.212 2,535.14 Italy 24,990,582 12,371.650 2,019.99 11,223.376 2,226.65 Greece 19,358,062 11,912.178 1,625.06 10,806.550 1,791.33 Romania 2,653,148 1,298.345 2,043.48 1,177.840 2,252.55 Turkey 8,116,844 6,467.975 1,254.93 5,867.650 1,383.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 86,410,558 52,703.958 1,639.55 47,812.240 1,807.29 Thailand 1,185,282 570.862 2,076.30 517.878 2,288.73 China 8,153,172 6,960.930 1,171.28 6,314.852 1,291.11 Korea, South 21,703,436 17,077.207 1,270.90 15,492.186 1,400.93 Japan 25,218,500 17,279.097 1,459.48 15,675.338 1,608.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 209,002,599 132,938.865 1,572.17 120,600.144 1,733.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 309,925 171.426 1,807.91 155.516 1,992.88 Mexico 6,539,636 4,097.983 1,595.82 3,717.629 1,759.09 Brazil 1,461,207 558.426 2,616.65 506.596 2,884.36 Argentina 5,868,591 2,627.289 2,233.71 2,383.438 2,462.24 United Kingdom 5,788 3.142 1,841.74 2.851 2,030.16 France 4,091,278 1,617.543 2,529.32 1,467.411 2,788.09 Federal Republic of Germany 2,954,662 1,161.576 2,543.66 1,053.765 2,803.91 Austria 2,381,011 1,121.620 2,122.83 1,017.517 2,340.02 Czech Republic 10,076,694 5,179.228 1,945.60 4,698.518 2,144.65 Slovakia 372,874 211.599 1,762.17 191.960 1,942.46 Russia 4,286,312 2,667.114 1,607.10 2,419.566 1,771.52 Ukraine 1,550,037 1,012.488 1,530.92 918.514 1,687.55 Spain 123,261 52.693 2,339.19 47.803 2,578.52 Italy 5,227,664 2,329.487 2,244.13 2,113.276 2,473.73 Romania 2,903,966 1,545.055 1,879.52 1,401.651 2,071.82 Turkey 1,466,221 1,203.230 1,218.57 1,091.553 1,343.24 India 994,421 807.372 1,231.68 732.436 1,357.69 China 27,458,508 22,002.615 1,247.97 19,960.443 1,375.65 Korea, South 11,852,360 10,674.087 1,110.39 9,683.372 1,223.99 Taiwan 1,255,640 1,081.681 1,160.82 981.285 1,279.59 Japan 386,290 64.349 6,002.99 58.377 6,617.16 South Africa 26,624 5.338 4,987.18 4.843 5,497.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,592,970 60,195.351 1,521.60 54,608.320 1,677.27 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 2,716,297 1,302.887 2,084.83 1,181.960 2,298.13 Mexico 8,654,895 4,843.253 1,787.00 4,393.727 1,969.83 Federal Republic of Germany 4,558,942 2,291.685 1,989.34 2,078.983 2,192.87 Ukraine 7,764,382 4,305.323 1,803.44 3,905.725 1,987.95 Romania 255,765 255.436 1,001.29 231.728 1,103.73 Turkey 8,039,114 6,138.821 1,309.55 5,569.047 1,443.53 India 9,869,204 6,480.150 1,522.99 5,878.695 1,678.81 Malaysia 6,541,130 5,168.716 1,265.52 4,688.982 1,395.00 China 2,150,541 1,557.503 1,380.76 1,412.944 1,522.03 Korea, South 51,926,258 47,629.086 1,090.22 43,208.393 1,201.76 Taiwan 5,082,311 4,208.084 1,207.75 3,817.511 1,331.32 Japan 11,669,521 7,346.813 1,588.38 6,664.919 1,750.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 119,228,360 91,527.763 1,302.65 83,032.614 1,435.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 4,639,269 3,577.012 1,296.97 3,245.012 1,429.66 Mexico 11,520,058 8,179.494 1,408.41 7,420.315 1,552.50 Dominican Republic 101,550 72.084 1,408.76 65.394 1,552.89 Brazil 2,276,483 1,248.615 1,823.21 1,132.725 2,009.74 Argentina 5,878,404 2,747.259 2,139.73 2,492.273 2,358.65 Sweden 900,663 340.200 2,647.45 308.625 2,918.31 United Kingdom 439,297 152.739 2,876.12 138.563 3,170.38 Ireland 26,615 29.338 907.18 26.615 1,000.00 Belgium 40,051 16.410 2,440.63 14.887 2,690.33 France 2,276,933 1,168.886 1,947.95 1,060.396 2,147.25 Federal Republic of Germany 12,046,757 5,185.902 2,322.98 4,704.573 2,560.65 Austria 4,204 0.050 82,908.82 0.046 91,391.30 Switzerland 425,082 175.270 2,425.29 159.003 2,673.42 Russia 2,190,103 1,335.256 1,640.21 1,211.325 1,808.02 Ukraine 84,650 45.130 1,875.66 40.942 2,067.56 Spain 1,905,807 668.700 2,850.02 606.635 3,141.60 Italy 8,166,198 3,430.380 2,380.55 3,111.990 2,624.11 Romania 6,311,127 3,118.586 2,023.71 2,829.135 2,230.76 Turkey 43,391 26.833 1,617.04 24.343 1,782.48 Israel 15,096 0.147 102,200.48 0.134 112,656.72 India 2,401,400 1,408.818 1,704.55 1,278.059 1,878.94 Thailand 2,138,210 2,533.669 843.92 2,298.507 930.26 Vietnam 82,728 105.440 784.59 95.654 864.87 Malaysia 223,552 231.324 966.40 209.854 1,065.27 China 13,995,071 9,415.858 1,486.33 8,541.926 1,638.40 Korea, South 441,432 282.934 1,560.19 256.674 1,719.82 Hong Kong 33,565 21.079 1,592.31 19.123 1,755.22 Taiwan 259,126 171.194 1,513.64 155.305 1,668.50 Japan 10,020,540 3,096.230 3,236.37 2,808.854 3,567.48 Australia 6,277 2.237 2,805.12 2.030 3,092.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,893,639 48,787.091 1,822.07 44,258.917 2,008.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 59,334 19.839 2,990.72 17.998 3,296.70 Mexico 409,553 170.190 2,406.44 154.394 2,652.65 Brazil 580,725 233.350 2,488.64 211.692 2,743.25 Argentina 106,425 34.097 3,121.17 30.933 3,440.50 Sweden 65,423 36.766 1,779.42 33.354 1,961.47 Netherlands 532,013 177.069 3,004.54 160.635 3,311.94 France 3,558,758 1,277.557 2,785.60 1,158.981 3,070.59 Federal Republic of Germany 15,870,895 3,574.690 4,439.79 3,242.906 4,894.03 Czech Republic 373,019 146.228 2,550.94 132.656 2,811.93 Slovakia 178,781 77.772 2,298.77 70.554 2,533.96 Spain 32,536 6.524 4,986.68 5.919 5,496.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,019,420 324.474 3,141.76 294.358 3,463.20 Romania 1,787,930 589.404 3,033.45 534.699 3,343.81 Turkey 2,538,638 498.305 5,094.54 452.055 5,615.77 India 89,893 41.011 2,191.90 37.205 2,416.15 China 1,203,881 655.913 1,835.43 595.035 2,023.21 Korea, South 503,863 69.360 7,264.39 62.923 8,007.61 Japan 140,038 45.506 3,077.30 41.283 3,392.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,051,125 7,978.064 3,641.38 7,237.580 4,013.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,481,043 979.273 8,660.55 888.382 9,546.62 Mexico 150,329 34.284 4,384.81 31.102 4,833.42 Uruguay 181,030 42.415 4,267.98 38.479 4,704.64 Sweden 3,235,741 226.352 14,295.11 205.344 15,757.66 Norway 5,681 0.224 25,263.32 0.204 27,848.04 United Kingdom 967,980 25.371 38,151.67 23.017 42,055.00 Ireland 97,325 15.476 6,288.59 14.040 6,931.98 Netherlands 4,364 0.434 10,048.11 0.394 11,076.14 France 1,949,989 169.963 11,473.01 154.188 12,646.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,017,582 181.232 11,132.59 164.411 12,271.58 Austria 2,036,259 208.714 9,756.18 189.343 10,754.34 Switzerland 111,436 1.108 100,490.13 1.006 110,771.37 Ukraine 556,339 50.495 11,017.54 45.809 12,144.75 Spain 10,290,503 955.117 10,774.07 866.468 11,876.38 Italy 3,228,044 204.567 15,779.81 185.581 17,394.26 Turkey 500,642 43.831 11,422.05 39.763 12,590.65 India 622,746 92.699 6,717.87 84.096 7,405.18 Thailand 279,693 64.971 4,304.87 58.941 4,745.30 Vietnam 441,132 98.155 4,494.23 89.045 4,954.03 Malaysia 5,713,300 1,210.814 4,718.56 1,098.433 5,201.32 Singapore 88,174 21.916 4,023.24 19.882 4,434.87 China 16,476,241 1,999.854 8,238.72 1,814.238 9,081.63 Korea, South 4,789,596 983.208 4,871.39 891.952 5,369.79 Taiwan 13,242,410 2,099.180 6,308.37 1,904.345 6,953.79 Japan 9,027,393 1,072.108 8,420.22 972.601 9,281.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,494,972 10,781.774 7,836.83 9,781.064 8,638.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,501,432 565.531 4,423.15 513.042 4,875.69 Mexico 288,652 88.936 3,245.59 80.682 3,577.65 Sweden 2,203 0.867 2,539.43 0.787 2,799.24 United Kingdom 10,634 4.185 2,540.69 3.797 2,800.63 France 40,253 17.567 2,291.33 15.937 2,525.76 Federal Republic of Germany 11,400 4.487 2,540.39 4.071 2,800.29 Italy 2,421 0.952 2,542.01 0.864 2,802.08 India 10,054 4.257 2,361.69 3.862 2,603.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 41,199 17.636 2,335.94 16.000 2,574.94 Taiwan 20,859 12.125 1,720.27 11.000 1,896.27 Japan 784,376 226.263 3,466.65 205.263 3,821.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,713,483 942.812 3,938.73 855.305 4,341.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 13,817,447 15,608.238 885.27 14,159.560 975.84 Mexico 5,389,512 3,138.800 1,717.06 2,847.473 1,892.74 Sweden 43,157 24.253 1,779.45 22.002 1,961.50 Finland 188,113 53.592 3,510.08 48.618 3,869.20 United Kingdom 84,604 43.163 1,960.10 39.157 2,160.64 Belgium 396,285 149.349 2,653.40 135.488 2,924.87 France 8,002 8.820 907.18 8.002 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 628,149 258.310 2,431.76 234.335 2,680.56 Austria 51,561 18.905 2,727.27 17.151 3,006.30 Ukraine 4,397,236 4,392.753 1,001.02 3,985.040 1,103.44 Turkey 2,672,494 2,440.203 1,095.19 2,213.716 1,207.24 Thailand 577,547 950.306 607.75 862.104 669.93 China 2,533,136 1,524.173 1,661.97 1,382.707 1,832.01 Korea, South 1,472,469 1,380.884 1,066.32 1,252.718 1,175.42 Taiwan 3,489,300 489.601 7,126.82 444.159 7,855.97 Japan 998,972 391.756 2,549.98 355.396 2,810.87 Australia 50,694 18.215 2,782.99 16.525 3,067.72 South Africa 137,230 203.188 675.38 184.330 744.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,935,908 31,094.518 1,187.86 28,208.481 1,309.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 93,559 80.014 1,169.27 72.588 1,288.90 Mexico 36,100 15.192 2,376.24 13.782 2,619.36 China 4,046,432 4,076.689 992.58 3,698.312 1,094.13 Japan 1,308,666 959.094 1,364.48 870.076 1,504.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,484,757 5,130.990 1,068.95 4,654.758 1,178.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,812,614 11,721.310 1,178.42 10,633.397 1,298.98 Mexico 7,342,493 5,808.906 1,264.01 5,269.753 1,393.33 Dominican Republic 15,072 18.161 829.88 16.476 914.79 Venezuela 42,053 42.528 988.82 38.581 1,089.99 Brazil 135,842 103.107 1,317.47 93.538 1,452.27 Sweden 495,731 32.027 15,478.22 29.055 17,061.81 Denmark 152,241 2.911 52,294.87 2.641 57,645.21 United Kingdom 484,464 126.771 3,821.56 115.005 4,212.55 Ireland 55,848 5.026 11,110.63 4.560 12,247.37 Netherlands 8,622 1.606 5,368.39 1.457 5,917.64 Belgium 539,622 139.094 3,879.55 126.184 4,276.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 602,258 186.318 3,232.42 169.025 3,563.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,303,916 399.945 3,260.23 362.825 3,593.79 Austria 134,735 25.772 5,227.95 23.380 5,762.83 Czech Republic 112,216 64.858 1,730.16 58.839 1,907.17 Switzerland 201,510 46.545 4,329.35 42.225 4,772.29 Belarus 1,126,127 851.231 1,322.94 772.224 1,458.29 Spain 136,968 48.134 2,845.52 43.667 3,136.65 Italy 1,711,288 569.829 3,003.16 516.941 3,310.41 Greece 31,450 19.779 1,590.00 17.944 1,752.67 Turkey 135,058 99.492 1,357.47 90.258 1,496.35 Israel 260,178 302.941 858.84 274.824 946.71 United Arab Emirates 241,561 70.032 3,449.29 63.532 3,802.19 India 3,684,622 1,084.635 3,397.11 983.965 3,744.67 Thailand 324,946 217.743 1,492.33 197.534 1,645.01 Vietnam 10,298 3.844 2,678.38 3.488 2,952.41 Malaysia 215,187 167.083 1,287.90 151.576 1,419.66 Indonesia 64,666 22.366 2,891.14 20.291 3,186.93 China 11,529,711 9,204.343 1,252.64 8,350.042 1,380.80 Korea, South 5,461,570 2,397.718 2,277.82 2,175.174 2,510.87 Taiwan 1,443,785 798.291 1,808.59 724.198 1,993.63 Japan 6,519,586 3,604.658 1,808.66 3,270.092 1,993.70 Australia 29,806 8.736 3,411.50 7.926 3,760.53 New Zealand 20,000 20.532 974.05 18.627 1,073.71 South Africa 484,606 695.152 697.12 630.632 768.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,870,650 38,911.441 1,512.94 35,299.876 1,667.73 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 9,701 18.935 512.32 17.178 564.73 Mexico 162,089 357.341 453.60 324.175 500.00 Federal Republic of Germany 118,904 224.987 528.49 204.105 582.56 China 237,316 288.080 823.78 261.342 908.07 Japan 646,520 554.525 1,165.90 503.057 1,285.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,174,530 1,443.869 813.46 1,309.857 896.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,025,973 8,811.677 1,137.81 7,993.822 1,254.22 Brazil 579,869 445.485 1,301.66 404.138 1,434.83 Netherlands 3,451,211 4,915.303 702.14 4,459.090 773.97 France 227,510 140.147 1,623.36 127.140 1,789.44 Federal Republic of Germany 3,682,312 3,472.829 1,060.32 3,150.499 1,168.80 China 2,823,098 2,827.808 998.33 2,565.345 1,100.47 Korea, South 184,720 109.911 1,680.63 99.710 1,852.57 Taiwan 157,987 101.250 1,560.36 91.853 1,720.00 Japan 488,754 375.483 1,301.67 340.633 1,434.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,621,434 21,199.898 1,019.88 19,232.230 1,124.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,566,640 2,976.218 1,198.38 2,699.981 1,320.99 Brazil 667,202 469.836 1,420.07 426.229 1,565.36 France 703,316 548.535 1,282.17 497.623 1,413.35 Federal Republic of Germany 382,601 341.651 1,119.86 309.941 1,234.43 Japan 2,709,772 2,184.789 1,240.29 1,982.008 1,367.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,029,531 6,521.031 1,231.33 5,915.782 1,357.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,779,975 46,592.751 596.23 42,268.245 657.23 Mexico 15,130,806 31,421.925 481.54 28,505.499 530.80 Brazil 83,098 47.630 1,744.63 43.210 1,923.12 Sweden 6,951,013 5,084.325 1,367.15 4,612.424 1,507.02 Finland 124,783 133.637 933.74 121.234 1,029.27 Netherlands 1,134,056 1,532.270 740.11 1,390.053 815.84 Belgium 132,261 310.015 426.63 281.241 470.28 France 7,537,451 5,942.657 1,268.36 5,391.090 1,398.13 Federal Republic of Germany 354,610 252.962 1,401.83 229.484 1,545.25 Russia 562,415 592.161 949.77 537.200 1,046.94 Italy 224,059 98.235 2,280.83 89.118 2,514.18 Israel 6,808 0.360 18,887.20 0.327 20,819.57 China 215,027 109.002 1,972.69 98.885 2,174.52 Korea, South 16,671,295 30,913.834 539.28 28,044.567 594.46 Taiwan 34,564 6.619 5,221.64 6.005 5,755.87 Japan 5,769,226 4,993.274 1,155.40 4,529.824 1,273.61 Australia 10,607,776 22,556.964 470.27 20,463.340 518.38 New Zealand 1,521,703 2,818.956 539.81 2,557.315 595.04 South Africa 418,762 225.139 1,860.01 204.243 2,050.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,259,688 153,632.726 620.05 139,373.304 683.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 12,800,309 15,847.294 807.73 14,376.428 890.37 Mexico 15,464,845 21,586.075 716.43 19,582.564 789.73 Dominican Republic 25,797 17.689 1,458.29 16.048 1,607.49 Brazil 10,295,209 13,156.722 782.51 11,935.581 862.56 Sweden 8,686,478 7,013.664 1,238.51 6,362.691 1,365.22 Finland 2,548,321 2,489.294 1,023.71 2,258.251 1,128.45 United Kingdom 2,745,046 1,690.515 1,623.79 1,533.610 1,789.92 Netherlands 6,165,604 7,269.808 848.11 6,595.061 934.88 Belgium 1,881,347 898.573 2,093.71 815.172 2,307.91 Luxembourg 47,054 62.401 754.05 56.610 831.20 France 3,447,279 1,570.190 2,195.45 1,424.453 2,420.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,675,709 741.176 2,260.88 672.384 2,492.19 Russia 1,741,336 2,916.351 597.09 2,645.670 658.18 Italy 234,308 98.767 2,372.33 89.600 2,615.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 223,203 51.704 4,316.86 46.906 4,758.52 Thailand 152,926 61.806 2,474.27 56.070 2,727.41 Indonesia 362,836 107.166 3,385.72 97.220 3,732.11 China 22,668,229 18,482.901 1,226.44 16,767.411 1,351.92 Korea, South 13,018,570 12,141.628 1,072.23 11,014.703 1,181.93 Taiwan 4,795,267 3,842.634 1,247.91 3,485.980 1,375.59 Japan 8,526,862 5,939.229 1,435.68 5,387.980 1,582.57 New Zealand 392,193 655.081 598.69 594.280 659.95 South Africa 1,805,578 625.271 2,887.67 567.237 3,183.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 119,704,306 117,265.949 1,020.79 106,381.910 1,125.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,164,903 27,824.250 868.48 25,241.743 957.34 Mexico 9,165,368 11,608.676 789.53 10,531.217 870.30 Finland 1,984,183 2,366.485 838.45 2,146.840 924.23 Netherlands 710,052 690.048 1,028.99 626.002 1,134.26 France 2,545,140 2,073.799 1,227.28 1,881.320 1,352.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,140,038 3,735.654 840.56 3,388.930 926.56 Austria 159,141 122.129 1,303.05 110.794 1,436.37 Spain 1,183,107 1,013.369 1,167.50 919.314 1,286.95 India 6,229,648 6,840.547 910.69 6,205.642 1,003.87 China 11,574,398 12,705.232 910.99 11,525.996 1,004.20 Korea, South 10,286,027 9,371.751 1,097.56 8,501.912 1,209.85 Taiwan 22,123,299 19,136.673 1,156.07 17,360.503 1,274.35 Japan 4,566,877 4,042.603 1,129.69 3,667.389 1,245.27 Australia 27,980 19.101 1,464.77 17.329 1,614.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,860,161 101,550.324 963.66 92,124.931 1,062.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 642,150 465.534 1,379.38 422.326 1,520.51 Mexico 56,028 41.940 1,335.89 38.048 1,472.56 Sweden 844,015 583.890 1,445.50 529.697 1,593.39 Luxembourg 1,406,062 1,282.279 1,096.53 1,163.265 1,208.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,189,458 2,393.985 1,332.28 2,171.788 1,468.59 China 1,040,262 863.873 1,204.18 783.693 1,327.38 Korea, South 6,175,021 5,985.319 1,031.69 5,429.792 1,137.25 Taiwan 864,105 778.832 1,109.49 706.545 1,223.00 Japan 7,764,700 6,898.706 1,125.53 6,258.403 1,240.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,981,801 19,294.363 1,139.29 17,503.557 1,255.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,276,004 915.718 1,393.45 830.726 1,536.01 Mexico 3,476,775 4,713.459 737.63 4,275.980 813.09 United Kingdom 389,611 329.663 1,181.84 299.066 1,302.76 Belgium 732,359 546.869 1,339.18 496.112 1,476.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 445,461 395.657 1,125.87 358.935 1,241.06 Federal Republic of Germany 154,367 45.308 3,407.04 41.103 3,755.61 Spain 7,305 2.776 2,630.80 2.519 2,899.96 Italy 82,512 8.159 10,112.62 7.402 11,147.26 India 342,512 327.617 1,045.46 297.210 1,152.42 China 4,030,680 3,562.134 1,131.54 3,231.515 1,247.30 Korea, South 18,967,354 17,608.168 1,077.19 15,973.866 1,187.40 Taiwan 14,726,695 12,517.432 1,176.49 11,355.627 1,296.86 Japan 3,107,372 1,974.091 1,574.08 1,790.866 1,735.12 Australia 61,225 21.680 2,824.00 19.668 3,112.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,800,232 42,968.738 1,112.44 38,980.595 1,226.26 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 345,702 88.643 3,899.92 80.416 4,298.92 Brazil 363,725 186.955 1,945.52 169.603 2,144.57 Sweden 837,922 644.708 1,299.69 584.870 1,432.66 United Kingdom 437,275 92.427 4,731.00 83.849 5,215.03 France 176,170 37.684 4,674.84 34.187 5,153.13 Federal Republic of Germany 2,606,009 1,486.383 1,753.25 1,348.425 1,932.63 Russia 3,263,829 1,032.973 3,159.64 937.098 3,482.91 China 447,458 332.059 1,347.53 301.239 1,485.39 Korea, South 1,471,688 1,379.099 1,067.14 1,251.098 1,176.32 Taiwan 1,225,046 996.906 1,228.85 904.379 1,354.57 Japan 3,277,264 2,241.338 1,462.19 2,033.309 1,611.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,452,088 8,519.180 1,696.42 7,728.473 1,869.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,320,506 1,924.428 686.18 1,745.813 756.38 Mexico 397,142 338.729 1,172.45 307.290 1,292.40 Federal Republic of Germany 9,506 3.058 3,107.64 2.775 3,425.59 Italy 2,286 0.453 5,045.80 0.411 5,562.04 Taiwan 3,474 0.615 5,647.96 0.558 6,225.81 Japan 206,344 127.268 1,621.33 115.456 1,787.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,939,258 2,394.553 809.86 2,172.303 892.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,058,348 1,847.277 1,655.60 1,675.822 1,824.98 Mexico 1,978,430 1,065.915 1,856.08 966.983 2,045.98 Chile 23,090 23.071 1,000.81 20.930 1,103.20 Brazil 48,408 24.956 1,939.71 22.640 2,138.16 Sweden 2,537,369 623.259 4,071.13 565.412 4,487.65 Finland 393,575 88.055 4,469.60 79.883 4,926.89 United Kingdom 498,314 104.947 4,748.21 95.207 5,234.01 Belgium 94,529 7.256 13,026.78 6.583 14,359.56 France 830,418 189.192 4,389.27 171.633 4,838.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 5,925,098 3,346.771 1,770.39 3,036.141 1,951.52 Austria 1,353,654 229.767 5,891.40 208.442 6,494.15 Switzerland 153,969 50.090 3,073.84 45.441 3,388.33 Italy 215,649 64.123 3,363.02 58.172 3,707.09 Romania 380,312 81.719 4,653.85 74.135 5,129.99 India 924,351 342.644 2,697.70 310.842 2,973.70 China 277,101 113.706 2,436.98 103.153 2,686.31 Korea, South 2,728,121 1,129.545 2,415.24 1,024.707 2,662.34 Taiwan 1,109,790 508.233 2,183.62 461.062 2,407.03 Japan 2,734,071 509.253 5,368.78 461.987 5,918.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,264,597 10,349.790 2,441.07 9,389.175 2,690.82 GRAND TOTAL 2,932,934,200 2,342,567.738 1,252.02 2,125,142.303 1,380.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 5,009 5.445 919.86 4.940 1,013.97 United Kingdom 9,499 2.797 3,395.33 2.538 3,742.71 Italy 5,931,609 1,599.584 3,708.22 1,451.119 4,087.61 China 11,659 3.621 3,219.75 3.285 3,549.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,957,776 1,611.448 3,697.16 1,461.882 4,075.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,028,040 1,971.163 1,028.85 1,788.210 1,134.12 United Kingdom 191,943 63.991 2,999.51 58.052 3,306.40 Federal Republic of Germany 106,065 9.138 11,606.82 8.290 12,794.33 Italy 4,026,965 498.387 8,079.98 452.130 8,906.65 Slovenia 553,348 283.905 1,949.06 257.555 2,148.47 India 50,200 9.967 5,036.57 9.042 5,551.87 China 550,578 184.587 2,982.75 167.455 3,287.92 Japan 9,862 1.631 6,045.04 1.480 6,663.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,517,001 3,022.772 2,486.79 2,742.214 2,741.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 381,844 448.130 852.08 406.537 939.26 Turkey 1,043,668 1,735.213 601.46 1,574.160 663.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,425,512 2,183.344 652.90 1,980.697 719.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 385,814 409.090 943.10 371.121 1,039.59 United Kingdom 3,101,590 4,082.849 759.66 3,703.900 837.38 Federal Republic of Germany 638,563 786.473 811.93 713.477 895.00 China 73,356 25.705 2,853.66 23.320 3,145.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,199,323 5,304.119 791.71 4,811.818 872.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,242,054 7,576.437 1,747.79 6,873.230 1,926.61 Brazil 2,522,817 2,261.313 1,115.64 2,051.430 1,229.78 Sweden 8,735,705 4,518.779 1,933.20 4,099.369 2,130.99 Finland 950,202 906.465 1,048.25 822.332 1,155.50 United Kingdom 578,750 128.606 4,500.16 116.670 4,960.57 Belgium 3,262,121 972.952 3,352.81 882.648 3,695.83 France 2,783,154 742.648 3,747.60 673.720 4,131.02 Federal Republic of Germany 10,282,850 4,554.973 2,257.50 4,132.204 2,488.47 Austria 3,796,663 2,773.354 1,368.98 2,515.946 1,509.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 1,261,718 581.746 2,168.84 527.752 2,390.74 Spain 403,210 175.463 2,297.97 159.178 2,533.08 China 457,131 269.348 1,697.17 244.349 1,870.81 Japan 8,489,552 5,195.661 1,633.97 4,713.426 1,801.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,765,927 30,657.753 1,851.60 27,812.254 2,041.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,247,830 5,604.811 757.89 5,084.601 835.43 Sweden 1,658,685 1,637.350 1,013.03 1,485.380 1,116.67 Finland 74,897 87.524 855.73 79.401 943.28 Netherlands 608,873 661.739 920.11 600.320 1,014.25 France 2,498,840 2,483.619 1,006.13 2,253.102 1,109.07 Japan 334,911 339.248 987.21 307.761 1,088.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,424,036 10,814.293 871.44 9,810.565 960.60 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 66,863 76.450 874.59 69.355 964.07 United Kingdom 29,524 30.110 980.51 27.316 1,080.83 Federal Republic of Germany 335,507 189.800 1,767.68 172.184 1,948.54 Czech Republic 355,146 509.756 696.70 462.443 767.98 Spain 475,621 327.563 1,451.99 297.161 1,600.55 Korea, South 155,980 124.593 1,251.92 113.029 1,380.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,418,641 1,258.274 1,127.45 1,141.488 1,242.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 9,061,158 11,542.004 785.06 10,470.733 865.38 Mexico 2,675,405 5,560.977 481.10 5,044.835 530.33 Brazil 1,557,302 1,097.116 1,419.45 995.288 1,564.67 Sweden 828,252 211.044 3,924.55 191.456 4,326.07 United Kingdom 653,991 242.528 2,696.56 220.018 2,972.44 Netherlands 77,509 21.175 3,660.33 19.210 4,034.83 France 3,096,995 1,327.273 2,333.35 1,204.083 2,572.08 Federal Republic of Germany 3,985,563 2,552.328 1,561.54 2,315.434 1,721.30 Austria 73,365 21.745 3,373.83 19.727 3,719.01 Czech Republic 194,500 160.068 1,215.10 145.212 1,339.42 Russia 3,867 2.437 1,586.65 2.211 1,748.98 Ukraine 564,022 128.646 4,384.28 116.706 4,832.84 Spain 701,466 395.823 1,772.17 359.085 1,953.48 Italy 6,757,031 4,742.555 1,424.77 4,302.375 1,570.54 Slovenia 172,347 69.616 2,475.66 63.155 2,728.95 Turkey 14,838,221 27,873.590 532.34 25,286.503 586.80 China 6,647,407 5,217.078 1,274.16 4,732.855 1,404.52 Korea, South 9,485,673 5,926.769 1,600.48 5,376.676 1,764.23 Taiwan 527,765 90.256 5,847.41 81.879 6,445.67 Japan 10,885,815 9,741.278 1,117.49 8,837.142 1,231.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 762,203 363.690 2,095.74 329.935 2,310.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,549,857 77,288.004 951.63 70,114.518 1,049.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 192,279 204.242 941.42 185.286 1,037.74 Mexico 230,728 317.102 727.61 287.671 802.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 423,007 521.345 811.38 472.957 894.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 3,563,524 1,127.356 3,160.96 1,022.721 3,484.36 Sweden 31,465 16.830 1,869.57 15.268 2,060.85 United Kingdom 1,593,078 670.927 2,374.44 608.655 2,617.37 France 8,613,614 3,722.657 2,313.83 3,377.139 2,550.57 Federal Republic of Germany 554,986 121.451 4,569.61 110.179 5,037.13 Russia 924,454 580.609 1,592.21 526.720 1,755.11 Ukraine 7,378,949 4,186.091 1,762.73 3,797.559 1,943.08 Spain 548,078 375.084 1,461.21 340.271 1,610.71 Italy 387,190 202.365 1,913.32 183.583 2,109.07 China 349,412 170.800 2,045.73 154.948 2,255.03 Korea, South 61,861 25.440 2,431.62 23.079 2,680.40 Taiwan 13,869 4.634 2,992.80 4.204 3,299.00 Japan 120,229 41.958 2,865.44 38.064 3,158.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,140,709 11,246.206 2,146.56 10,202.390 2,366.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,412,317 636.135 2,220.15 577.093 2,447.30 Mexico 86,755 55.121 1,573.90 50.005 1,734.93 Brazil 1,921,916 468.382 4,103.30 424.910 4,523.11 Sweden 940,236 358.140 2,625.32 324.900 2,893.92 Finland 8,435 1.168 7,218.97 1.060 7,957.55 United Kingdom 273,673 47.267 5,789.93 42.880 6,382.30 France 1,289,344 128.514 10,032.71 116.586 11,059.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,859,766 794.473 3,599.58 720.734 3,967.85 Austria 1,894,297 387.621 4,886.98 351.644 5,386.97 Czech Republic 43,347 13.603 3,186.43 12.341 3,512.44 Switzerland 114,664 8.020 14,296.52 7.276 15,759.21 Russia 407,877 243.965 1,671.86 221.322 1,842.91 Spain 371,472 189.973 1,955.39 172.341 2,155.45 Italy 57,237 20.511 2,790.44 18.608 3,075.94 Slovenia 1,757,111 550.890 3,189.58 499.760 3,515.91 India 39,403 8.778 4,488.42 7.964 4,947.64 Thailand 38,031 16.091 2,363.42 14.598 2,605.22 China 5,658,109 1,670.574 3,386.92 1,515.520 3,733.44 Korea, South 489,399 122.112 4,007.76 110.779 4,417.80 Taiwan 1,853,893 470.314 3,941.82 426.662 4,345.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,363,588 2,527.024 1,726.77 2,292.479 1,903.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,880,870 8,718.686 2,968.44 7,909.462 3,272.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 3,886 0.612 6,340.51 0.556 6,989.21 Mexico 258,458 105.796 2,442.97 95.977 2,692.92 Argentina 157,883 54.074 2,919.71 49.056 3,218.42 Federal Republic of Germany 944,882 404.197 2,337.67 366.682 2,576.84 Spain 2,065,912 283.891 7,277.12 257.542 8,021.65 Italy 6,510,122 1,529.821 4,255.48 1,387.831 4,690.86 India 13,336 1.406 9,481.36 1.276 10,451.41 China 2,893,371 1,322.924 2,187.10 1,200.137 2,410.87 Japan 362,554 132.940 2,727.18 120.602 3,006.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,210,404 3,835.666 3,444.10 3,479.659 3,796.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 11,960,915 4,131.516 2,895.04 3,748.050 3,191.24 Mexico 20,749,415 5,771.695 3,595.03 5,235.996 3,962.84 Colombia 2,187,594 1,012.653 2,160.26 918.664 2,381.28 Brazil 5,132,360 1,895.538 2,707.60 1,719.604 2,984.62 Argentina 2,863,502 902.076 3,174.35 818.350 3,499.12 United Kingdom 35,997 0.570 63,042.35 0.518 69,492.28 France 5,603,238 2,660.526 2,106.06 2,413.590 2,321.54 Federal Republic of Germany 20,295,381 7,649.187 2,653.27 6,939.228 2,924.73 Austria 6,409,104 4,018.891 1,594.74 3,645.878 1,757.90 Russia 5,604,644 2,547.186 2,200.33 2,310.769 2,425.45 Spain 16,614,132 8,333.348 1,993.69 7,559.889 2,197.67 Romania 49,120 24.319 2,019.80 22.062 2,226.45 India 1,278,713 743.906 1,718.92 674.861 1,894.78 China 64,761,143 52,400.623 1,235.88 47,537.059 1,362.33 Japan 19,887,599 8,056.913 2,468.39 7,309.111 2,720.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,432,857 100,148.954 1,831.60 90,853.629 2,018.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,135,255 1,089.040 1,042.44 987.961 1,149.09 Federal Republic of Germany 19,196 17.970 1,068.17 16.303 1,177.45 Japan 8,861,129 5,377.964 1,647.67 4,878.809 1,816.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,015,580 6,484.976 1,544.43 5,883.073 1,702.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 5,788 3.142 1,841.74 2.851 2,030.16 Italy 25,716 27.442 937.10 24.895 1,032.98 China 34,664 11.311 3,064.38 10.262 3,377.90 Korea, South 422,634 320.188 1,319.95 290.470 1,455.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 488,802 362.084 1,349.97 328.478 1,488.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 2,716,297 1,302.887 2,084.83 1,181.960 2,298.13 Japan 96,840 41.109 2,355.65 37.294 2,596.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,813,137 1,343.997 2,093.11 1,219.254 2,307.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,393,635 731.212 1,905.92 663.345 2,100.92 Mexico 5,099,520 2,031.516 2,510.20 1,842.961 2,767.03 Argentina 5,718,582 2,670.259 2,141.58 2,422.419 2,360.69 Sweden 439,756 216.189 2,034.12 196.124 2,242.23 United Kingdom 302,096 26.276 11,496.64 23.838 12,672.88 France 893,252 386.145 2,313.26 350.305 2,549.93 Federal Republic of Germany 8,445,074 3,496.213 2,415.49 3,171.712 2,662.62 Austria 4,204 0.050 82,908.82 0.046 91,391.30 Switzerland 96,530 38.512 2,506.46 34.938 2,762.89 Spain 1,008,045 327.191 3,080.90 296.823 3,396.11 Italy 7,044,905 2,965.104 2,375.94 2,689.898 2,619.02 Romania 5,130,851 2,146.396 2,390.45 1,947.179 2,635.02 Israel 15,096 0.147 102,200.48 0.134 112,656.72 India 486,924 175.586 2,773.14 159.289 3,056.86 Vietnam 16,773 21.616 775.94 19.610 855.33 China 2,152,178 1,499.419 1,435.34 1,360.251 1,582.19 Korea, South 166,310 104.968 1,584.38 95.226 1,746.48 Japan 7,530,176 2,359.066 3,192.01 2,140.110 3,518.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,943,907 19,195.873 2,393.43 17,414.208 2,638.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Sweden 65,423 36.766 1,779.42 33.354 1,961.47 France 1,840,241 546.608 3,366.65 495.875 3,711.10 Federal Republic of Germany 11,097,182 1,338.524 8,290.61 1,214.289 9,138.83 Czech Republic 59,210 11.145 5,312.47 10.111 5,856.00 China 11,515 0.573 20,088.91 0.520 22,144.23 Japan 140,038 45.506 3,077.30 41.283 3,392.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,213,609 1,979.124 6,676.49 1,795.432 7,359.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,384,972 297.680 4,652.55 270.051 5,128.56 Sweden 2,203 0.867 2,539.43 0.787 2,799.24 United Kingdom 10,634 4.185 2,540.69 3.797 2,800.63 France 29,312 11.536 2,540.74 10.466 2,800.69 Federal Republic of Germany 11,400 4.487 2,540.39 4.071 2,800.29 Italy 2,421 0.952 2,542.01 0.864 2,802.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 10,054 4.257 2,361.69 3.862 2,603.31 Japan 72,136 5.791 12,455.40 5.254 13,729.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,523,132 329.758 4,618.93 299.152 5,091.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 323,918 208.233 1,555.55 188.906 1,714.70 Mexico 479,875 138.094 3,474.98 125.277 3,830.51 Finland 188,113 53.592 3,510.08 48.618 3,869.20 Federal Republic of Germany 30,232 8.049 3,755.96 7.302 4,140.24 Ukraine 4,397,236 4,392.753 1,001.02 3,985.040 1,103.44 China 428,844 195.836 2,189.81 177.660 2,413.85 Taiwan 3,480,728 487.878 7,134.42 442.596 7,864.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,328,946 5,484.437 1,700.99 4,975.399 1,875.01 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 6,515 7.779 837.51 7.057 923.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,515 7.779 837.51 7.057 923.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 316,725 231.843 1,366.12 210.325 1,505.88 Mexico 624,472 388.994 1,605.35 352.890 1,769.59 United Kingdom 197,260 10.755 18,340.81 9.757 20,217.28 France 24,286 1.138 21,328.07 1.033 23,510.16 Federal Republic of Germany 691,284 155.780 4,437.54 141.322 4,891.55 Austria 134,735 25.772 5,227.95 23.380 5,762.83 Switzerland 37,098 18.849 1,968.11 17.100 2,169.47 Italy 1,076,480 390.521 2,756.52 354.275 3,038.54 Turkey 8,097 6.534 1,239.12 5.928 1,365.89 Malaysia 91,291 58.443 1,562.04 53.019 1,721.85 China 2,623,452 1,870.084 1,402.85 1,696.513 1,546.38 Korea, South 1,390,016 738.869 1,881.27 670.291 2,073.75 Taiwan 58,821 29.873 1,968.99 27.101 2,170.44 Japan 2,528,207 1,256.136 2,012.69 1,139.548 2,218.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,802,224 5,183.597 1,891.01 4,702.482 2,084.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,455,877 2,789.111 880.52 2,530.240 970.61 Sweden 6,880,177 5,059.144 1,359.95 4,589.580 1,499.09 Finland 77,394 65.931 1,173.86 59.812 1,293.95 Netherlands 238,946 270.409 883.65 245.311 974.05 France 6,027,488 4,448.673 1,354.90 4,035.770 1,493.52 Federal Republic of Germany 295,179 192.631 1,532.35 174.752 1,689.13 China 6,918 6.691 1,033.92 6.070 1,139.70 Japan 3,029,811 2,998.498 1,010.44 2,720.193 1,113.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 19,011,790 15,831.090 1,200.91 14,361.728 1,323.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 754,263 837.249 900.88 759.540 993.05 Dominican Republic 25,797 17.689 1,458.29 16.048 1,607.49 Sweden 4,449,456 3,916.930 1,135.95 3,553.381 1,252.18 United Kingdom 2,502,192 1,672.508 1,496.07 1,517.275 1,649.14 Netherlands 2,113,816 2,127.299 993.66 1,929.854 1,095.32 France 218,410 138.119 1,581.31 125.300 1,743.10 Federal Republic of Germany 260,965 129.509 2,015.03 117.489 2,221.19 India 66,660 22.167 3,007.11 20.110 3,314.77 China 13,232 10.555 1,253.54 9.576 1,381.79 Korea, South 7,128,083 8,119.104 877.94 7,365.530 967.76 Japan 5,502,706 4,343.807 1,266.79 3,940.637 1,396.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,035,580 21,334.942 1,079.71 19,354.740 1,190.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,959,405 8,593.464 926.22 7,795.862 1,020.98 Netherlands 51,579 45.413 1,135.78 41.198 1,251.98 France 2,512,130 2,053.247 1,223.49 1,862.675 1,348.67 Federal Republic of Germany 3,033,285 3,652.474 830.47 3,313.470 915.44 Spain 377,828 361.013 1,046.58 327.506 1,153.65 Taiwan 215,712 179.897 1,199.09 163.200 1,321.76 Japan 241,215 189.881 1,270.34 172.258 1,400.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,391,154 15,075.391 954.61 13,676.169 1,052.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 525,605 346.942 1,514.96 314.741 1,669.96 Sweden 844,015 583.890 1,445.50 529.697 1,593.39 Federal Republic of Germany 1,356,484 992.096 1,367.29 900.015 1,507.18 China 14,436 12.665 1,139.78 11.490 1,256.40 Japan 2,465,915 2,279.928 1,081.58 2,068.317 1,192.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,206,455 4,215.523 1,235.07 3,824.260 1,361.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 345,702 88.643 3,899.92 80.416 4,298.92 Brazil 363,725 186.955 1,945.52 169.603 2,144.57 Sweden 837,922 644.708 1,299.69 584.870 1,432.66 United Kingdom 437,275 92.427 4,731.00 83.849 5,215.03 France 176,170 37.684 4,674.84 34.187 5,153.13 Federal Republic of Germany 2,606,009 1,486.383 1,753.25 1,348.425 1,932.63 Russia 3,263,829 1,032.973 3,159.64 937.098 3,482.91 China 447,458 332.059 1,347.53 301.239 1,485.39 Korea, South 1,471,688 1,379.099 1,067.14 1,251.098 1,176.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,225,046 996.906 1,228.85 904.379 1,354.57 Japan 3,277,264 2,241.338 1,462.19 2,033.309 1,611.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,452,088 8,519.180 1,696.42 7,728.473 1,869.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 88,899 121.780 730.00 110.477 804.68 Japan 124,083 81.815 1,516.62 74.222 1,671.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 212,982 203.595 1,046.10 184.699 1,153.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,575,843 642.090 2,454.24 582.495 2,705.33 Brazil 48,408 24.956 1,939.71 22.640 2,138.16 Sweden 617,199 206.607 2,987.31 187.431 3,292.94 France 45,186 4.570 9,887.13 4.146 10,898.70 Federal Republic of Germany 2,261,386 1,358.526 1,664.59 1,232.435 1,834.89 Austria 769,827 102.762 7,491.29 93.225 8,257.73 Switzerland 52,059 10.206 5,100.67 9.259 5,622.53 China 24,832 0.726 34,183.94 0.659 37,681.34 Japan 580,988 92.525 6,279.20 83.938 6,921.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,975,728 2,442.972 2,446.09 2,216.228 2,696.35 GRAND TOTAL 582,767,549 364,605.197 1,598.35 330,764.364 1,761.88 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 24,449 52.032 469.88 47.203 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,449 52.032 469.88 47.203 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,345,348 5,634.545 416.24 5,111.575 458.83 Mexico 6,258,714 7,848.068 797.48 7,119.650 879.08 Brazil 1,922,394 1,614.536 1,190.68 1,464.683 1,312.50 Belgium 1,622,672 1,189.655 1,363.98 1,079.238 1,503.53 Federal Republic of Germany 107,500 61.467 1,748.90 55.762 1,927.84 Russia 88,938,517 173,581.814 512.37 157,470.818 564.79 Italy 3,312,959 4,962.993 667.53 4,502.353 735.83 India 6,000 3.279 1,829.62 2.975 2,016.81 China 320,639 330.257 970.87 299.605 1,070.21 Japan 767,253 580.913 1,320.77 526.996 1,455.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,601,996 195,807.531 539.32 177,633.655 594.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 10,466,229 14,410.276 726.30 13,072.787 800.61 Mexico 283,381 509.956 555.70 462.625 612.55 Venezuela 2,048,955 4,838.133 423.50 4,389.082 466.83 Brazil 4,910,233 5,477.452 896.44 4,969.063 988.16 Finland 29,013 19.546 1,484.33 17.732 1,636.19 United Kingdom 1,974,459 2,054.595 961.00 1,863.898 1,059.32 France 1,083,068 1,583.392 684.02 1,436.430 754.00 Federal Republic of Germany 4,627,461 4,035.994 1,146.55 3,661.394 1,263.85 Spain 194,122 410.785 472.56 372.658 520.91 Turkey 19,098,083 35,093.272 544.21 31,836.090 599.89 China 5,932,669 6,714.861 883.51 6,091.622 973.91 Japan 7,344,702 8,179.773 897.91 7,420.568 989.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,992,375 83,328.041 695.95 75,593.949 767.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,213,782 4,108.261 1,025.69 3,726.953 1,130.62 Mexico 4,056,557 5,929.226 684.16 5,378.905 754.16 Norway 2,494,341 1,435.292 1,737.86 1,302.076 1,915.66 United Kingdom 3,875,620 3,817.905 1,015.12 3,463.547 1,118.97 Luxembourg 6,960,598 9,232.559 753.92 8,375.639 831.05 Federal Republic of Germany 12,620,240 14,251.763 885.52 12,928.986 976.12 Poland 2,275,624 3,720.944 611.57 3,375.585 674.14 Spain 1,936,943 3,116.272 621.56 2,827.036 685.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 89,613 32.329 2,771.85 29.329 3,055.44 Vietnam 27,923 12.440 2,244.49 11.286 2,474.13 China 59,689 67.432 885.16 61.174 975.72 Korea, South 18,743,531 23,334.640 803.25 21,168.836 885.43 Taiwan 16,393,171 20,149.280 813.59 18,279.125 896.82 Japan 312,219 234.319 1,332.45 212.571 1,468.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,059,851 89,442.669 828.01 81,141.048 912.73 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 270,673 175.214 1,544.81 158.952 1,702.86 Luxembourg 9,318,173 5,556.642 1,676.94 5,040.903 1,848.51 Federal Republic of Germany 103,952 157.984 657.99 143.321 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,692,798 5,889.841 1,645.68 5,343.176 1,814.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,858,954 9,541.216 823.68 8,655.648 907.96 Mexico 1,994,032 3,344.699 596.18 3,034.261 657.17 Brazil 3,871,907 2,749.367 1,408.29 2,494.185 1,552.37 Norway 443,037 259.090 1,709.97 235.043 1,884.92 Finland 1,168,668 1,049.536 1,113.51 952.124 1,227.43 United Kingdom 15,918 14.274 1,115.10 12.950 1,229.19 Belgium 353,432 243.302 1,452.65 220.720 1,601.27 France 514,515 218.832 2,351.18 198.522 2,591.73 Federal Republic of Germany 714,173 421.685 1,693.61 382.547 1,866.89 Austria 1,329,019 915.154 1,452.24 830.214 1,600.81 Russia 6,719,892 8,066.256 833.09 7,317.587 918.32 Ukraine 15,826,176 16,101.194 982.92 14,606.762 1,083.48 Turkey 12,851,010 11,091.613 1,158.62 10,062.145 1,277.16 India 45,388 41.053 1,105.59 37.243 1,218.70 Thailand 2,423,848 2,824.171 858.25 2,562.046 946.06 Malaysia 18,898,448 17,801.681 1,061.61 16,149.418 1,170.22 Korea, South 1,285,230 1,124.064 1,143.38 1,019.734 1,260.36 Taiwan 164,055 158.522 1,034.90 143.809 1,140.78 Japan 4,543 12.520 362.86 11.358 399.98 Australia 4,004,995 4,682.675 855.28 4,248.053 942.78 South Africa 1,439,098 1,315.996 1,093.54 1,193.852 1,205.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,926,338 81,976.908 999.38 74,368.221 1,101.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,924,961 28,503.553 593.78 25,857.996 654.53 Mexico 4,991,397 10,363.847 481.62 9,401.927 530.89 Finland 424,407 537.503 789.59 487.615 870.37 United Kingdom 130,607 98.440 1,326.76 89.304 1,462.50 Netherlands 382,058 594.531 642.62 539.350 708.37 France 688,312 795.256 865.52 721.445 954.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 358,483 370.056 968.72 335.710 1,067.84 Russia 1,033,837 1,116.089 926.30 1,012.500 1,021.07 Korea, South 5,746,617 5,932.053 968.74 5,381.470 1,067.85 Japan 318,205 299.927 1,060.94 272.090 1,169.48 New Zealand 591,714 1,106.676 534.68 1,003.960 589.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,590,598 49,717.937 635.40 45,103.367 700.40 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 40,295 32.734 1,230.97 29.696 1,356.92 Czech Republic 4,284,124 4,891.836 875.77 4,437.801 965.37 Japan 16,981,511 16,528.635 1,027.40 14,994.530 1,132.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,305,930 21,453.206 993.13 19,462.027 1,094.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 510,970 502.807 1,016.23 456.139 1,120.21 Czech Republic 1,231,791 1,633.564 754.05 1,481.945 831.20 Japan 1,573,732 1,122.692 1,401.75 1,018.490 1,545.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,316,493 3,259.064 1,017.62 2,956.574 1,121.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 171,603 183.859 933.34 166.795 1,028.83 China 459,013 210.887 2,176.58 191.314 2,399.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 630,616 394.747 1,597.52 358.109 1,760.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 8,735,792 11,296.078 773.35 10,247.633 852.47 Mexico 1,411,512 2,090.187 675.30 1,896.187 744.39 Brazil 676,468 573.763 1,179.00 520.510 1,299.63 United Kingdom 1,566,736 2,756.605 568.36 2,500.751 626.51 Czech Republic 95,558 115.753 825.53 105.010 909.99 Turkey 380,424 386.092 985.32 350.257 1,086.13 India 244,740 211.350 1,157.98 191.734 1,276.46 China 5,002,383 4,637.656 1,078.64 4,207.212 1,189.00 Korea, South 685,212 1,084.159 632.02 983.533 696.68 Japan 3,293,033 2,899.362 1,135.78 2,630.258 1,251.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,091,858 26,051.009 848.02 23,633.085 934.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,809,760 4,373.342 871.13 3,967.431 960.26 Mexico 1,322,303 2,061.913 641.30 1,870.537 706.91 Brazil 9,142 3.791 2,410.90 3.440 2,657.56 Turkey 91,111 152.117 598.95 137.999 660.23 China 71,716 82.393 870.41 74.746 959.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 75,239 59.800 1,258.17 54.250 1,386.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,379,271 6,733.359 798.90 6,108.403 880.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 27,128,296 37,713.947 719.32 34,213.527 792.91 Dominican Republic 1,272,147 2,422.605 525.12 2,197.751 578.84 United Kingdom 68,027 249.956 272.16 226.757 300.00 Turkey 4,500,358 10,021.814 449.06 9,091.640 495.00 China 15,457 18.997 813.65 17.234 896.89 Taiwan 1,334,111 3,794.659 351.58 3,442.458 387.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,318,396 54,221.980 632.92 49,189.367 697.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,687,179 2,344.638 1,146.10 2,127.021 1,263.35 Mexico 3,112 2.163 1,438.19 1.963 1,585.33 Brazil 3,975 0.755 5,264.32 0.685 5,802.92 Sweden 6,269 2.836 2,210.32 2.573 2,436.46 United Kingdom 432,644 318.172 1,359.78 288.641 1,498.90 Netherlands 42,914 22.049 1,946.25 20.003 2,145.38 France 444,991 229.501 1,938.95 208.200 2,137.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,339,701 2,164.278 1,081.05 1,963.401 1,191.66 Switzerland 2,917 0.675 4,316.90 0.613 4,758.56 Spain 104,012 88.483 1,175.49 80.271 1,295.76 Italy 246,375 123.582 1,993.61 112.112 2,197.58 Romania 39,077 14.048 2,781.49 12.745 3,066.07 India 30,735 3.916 7,847.55 3.553 8,650.44 China 620,468 525.254 1,181.27 476.503 1,302.13 Korea, South 82,581 32.221 2,562.90 29.231 2,825.12 Japan 123,159 50.927 2,418.30 46.201 2,665.72 South Africa 5,092 4.175 1,219.48 3.788 1,344.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,215,201 5,927.681 1,217.20 5,377.504 1,341.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 23,017,633 21,625.751 1,064.36 19,618.557 1,173.26 Mexico 4,830,266 4,419.617 1,092.91 4,009.411 1,204.73 Dominican Republic 211,769 154.084 1,374.37 139.783 1,514.98 Venezuela 111,235 76.381 1,456.31 69.292 1,605.31 Brazil 15,635 11.644 1,342.66 10.564 1,480.03 Argentina 329,086 140.418 2,343.60 127.386 2,583.38 Sweden 126,668 119.664 1,058.52 108.558 1,166.82 France 368,212 185.645 1,983.41 168.415 2,186.34 Federal Republic of Germany 3,815,516 1,825.984 2,089.57 1,656.506 2,303.35 Czech Republic 11,678 2.065 5,653.21 1.874 6,231.59 Slovakia 178,444 103.542 1,723.39 93.932 1,899.71 Switzerland 207,524 108.893 1,905.74 98.787 2,100.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 5,373,056 3,220.985 1,668.14 2,922.030 1,838.81 Ukraine 148,378 73.951 2,006.41 67.088 2,211.69 Spain 2,927,534 1,405.909 2,082.31 1,275.420 2,295.35 Italy 1,483,507 505.011 2,937.57 458.139 3,238.12 Romania 1,923,546 1,275.606 1,507.95 1,157.211 1,662.23 Turkey 7,707,575 6,871.322 1,121.70 6,233.561 1,236.46 United Arab Emirates 2,967,307 1,879.486 1,578.79 1,705.042 1,740.31 Oman 6,032,785 6,765.271 891.73 6,137.353 982.96 India 3,874,351 3,898.308 993.85 3,536.487 1,095.54 Thailand 11,977,991 17,199.752 696.40 15,603.357 767.65 Vietnam 1,550,507 1,440.033 1,076.72 1,306.377 1,186.88 Malaysia 8,108,821 7,105.852 1,141.15 6,446.323 1,257.90 China 8,667,599 6,512.927 1,330.83 5,908.430 1,466.99 Korea, South 7,242,647 6,993.217 1,035.67 6,344.142 1,141.63 Hong Kong 35,580 42.338 840.37 38.409 926.35 Taiwan 3,137,123 2,861.802 1,096.21 2,596.184 1,208.36 Japan 15,852,213 12,107.830 1,309.25 10,984.042 1,443.20 South Africa 205,653 155.065 1,326.23 140.673 1,461.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,439,839 109,088.370 1,122.39 98,963.333 1,237.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,282,741 3,289.104 1,302.10 2,983.826 1,435.32 Mexico 1,684,773 782.819 2,152.19 710.162 2,372.38 Colombia 2,450,617 1,336.562 1,833.52 1,212.509 2,021.11 Brazil 19,574,494 10,928.182 1,791.19 9,913.883 1,974.45 Argentina 28,805,987 10,856.698 2,653.29 9,849.034 2,924.75 Sweden 2,414 0.126 19,043.00 0.115 20,991.30 France 309,923 109.538 2,829.34 99.372 3,118.82 Federal Republic of Germany 36,572,475 18,177.388 2,011.98 16,490.254 2,217.82 Austria 16,424,984 6,413.531 2,560.99 5,818.260 2,823.01 Czech Republic 4,346,712 1,881.875 2,309.78 1,707.209 2,546.09 Switzerland 7,145 0.205 34,848.58 0.186 38,413.98 Russia 31,220,159 16,861.498 1,851.56 15,296.498 2,041.00 Ukraine 3,787,414 1,334.920 2,837.18 1,211.020 3,127.46 Italy 29,577 12.882 2,295.87 11.687 2,530.76 Romania 28,781,721 11,945.468 2,409.43 10,836.750 2,655.94 Turkey 2,857,563 1,976.531 1,445.75 1,793.080 1,593.66 United Arab Emirates 677,458 118.500 5,716.91 107.502 6,301.82 India 2,873,787 1,909.466 1,505.02 1,732.239 1,659.00 China 366,358,823 251,737.860 1,455.32 228,372.809 1,604.21 Korea, South 68,334,441 54,994.672 1,242.56 49,890.342 1,369.69 Taiwan 385,618 278.625 1,384.00 252.765 1,525.60 Japan 23,350,177 10,254.363 2,277.10 9,302.605 2,510.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 643,119,003 405,200.824 1,587.16 367,592.107 1,749.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 2,051,850 1,202.567 1,706.22 1,090.951 1,880.79 Federal Republic of Germany 7,848,998 3,918.502 2,003.06 3,554.807 2,208.00 Czech Republic 157,716 68.576 2,299.84 62.212 2,535.14 Italy 24,990,582 12,371.650 2,019.99 11,223.376 2,226.65 Greece 19,358,062 11,912.178 1,625.06 10,806.550 1,791.33 Romania 2,653,148 1,298.345 2,043.48 1,177.840 2,252.55 Turkey 8,116,844 6,467.975 1,254.93 5,867.650 1,383.32 India 86,410,558 52,703.958 1,639.55 47,812.240 1,807.29 Thailand 1,185,282 570.862 2,076.30 517.878 2,288.73 China 8,153,172 6,960.930 1,171.28 6,314.852 1,291.11 Korea, South 21,703,436 17,077.207 1,270.90 15,492.186 1,400.93 Japan 16,357,371 11,901.132 1,374.44 10,796.529 1,515.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 198,987,019 126,453.889 1,573.59 114,717.071 1,734.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 291,073 167.320 1,739.61 151.791 1,917.59 Mexico 6,532,024 4,096.616 1,594.49 3,716.389 1,757.63 Brazil 1,461,207 558.426 2,616.65 506.596 2,884.36 Argentina 5,868,591 2,627.289 2,233.71 2,383.438 2,462.24 France 4,026,029 1,612.802 2,496.29 1,463.110 2,751.69 Federal Republic of Germany 2,952,431 1,161.351 2,542.24 1,053.561 2,802.34 Austria 2,381,011 1,121.620 2,122.83 1,017.517 2,340.02 Czech Republic 10,076,694 5,179.228 1,945.60 4,698.518 2,144.65 Slovakia 372,874 211.599 1,762.17 191.960 1,942.46 Russia 4,286,312 2,667.114 1,607.10 2,419.566 1,771.52 Ukraine 1,550,037 1,012.488 1,530.92 918.514 1,687.55 Spain 108,889 51.874 2,099.07 47.060 2,313.83 Italy 5,201,948 2,302.045 2,259.71 2,088.381 2,490.90 Romania 2,903,966 1,545.055 1,879.52 1,401.651 2,071.82 Turkey 1,466,221 1,203.230 1,218.57 1,091.553 1,343.24 India 952,802 788.430 1,208.48 715.252 1,332.12 China 27,423,844 21,991.303 1,247.03 19,950.181 1,374.62 Korea, South 11,429,726 10,353.899 1,103.91 9,392.902 1,216.85 Taiwan 1,255,640 1,081.681 1,160.82 981.285 1,279.59 South Africa 26,624 5.338 4,987.18 4.843 5,497.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,567,943 59,738.717 1,516.07 54,194.068 1,671.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Mexico 8,654,895 4,843.253 1,787.00 4,393.727 1,969.83 Federal Republic of Germany 4,558,942 2,291.685 1,989.34 2,078.983 2,192.87 Ukraine 7,764,382 4,305.323 1,803.44 3,905.725 1,987.95 Romania 255,765 255.436 1,001.29 231.728 1,103.73 Turkey 8,039,114 6,138.821 1,309.55 5,569.047 1,443.53 India 9,869,204 6,480.150 1,522.99 5,878.695 1,678.81 Malaysia 6,541,130 5,168.716 1,265.52 4,688.982 1,395.00 China 2,150,541 1,557.503 1,380.76 1,412.944 1,522.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 51,926,258 47,629.086 1,090.22 43,208.393 1,201.76 Taiwan 5,082,311 4,208.084 1,207.75 3,817.511 1,331.32 Japan 11,572,681 7,305.703 1,584.06 6,627.625 1,746.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,415,223 90,183.766 1,290.87 81,813.360 1,422.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,245,634 2,845.799 1,140.50 2,581.667 1,257.19 Mexico 6,420,538 6,147.978 1,044.33 5,577.354 1,151.18 Dominican Republic 101,550 72.084 1,408.76 65.394 1,552.89 Brazil 2,276,483 1,248.615 1,823.21 1,132.725 2,009.74 Argentina 159,822 77.000 2,075.59 69.854 2,287.94 Sweden 460,907 124.011 3,716.66 112.501 4,096.91 United Kingdom 137,201 126.462 1,084.91 114.725 1,195.91 Ireland 26,615 29.338 907.18 26.615 1,000.00 Belgium 40,051 16.410 2,440.63 14.887 2,690.33 France 1,383,681 782.741 1,767.74 710.091 1,948.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,601,683 1,689.689 2,131.56 1,532.861 2,349.65 Switzerland 328,552 136.758 2,402.43 124.065 2,648.22 Russia 2,190,103 1,335.256 1,640.21 1,211.325 1,808.02 Ukraine 84,650 45.130 1,875.66 40.942 2,067.56 Spain 897,762 341.509 2,628.81 309.812 2,897.76 Italy 1,121,293 465.276 2,409.95 422.092 2,656.51 Romania 1,180,276 972.189 1,214.04 881.956 1,338.25 Turkey 43,391 26.833 1,617.04 24.343 1,782.48 India 1,914,476 1,233.232 1,552.40 1,118.770 1,711.23 Thailand 2,138,210 2,533.669 843.92 2,298.507 930.26 Vietnam 65,955 83.824 786.83 76.044 867.33 Malaysia 223,552 231.324 966.40 209.854 1,065.27 China 11,842,893 7,916.439 1,495.99 7,181.675 1,649.04 Korea, South 275,122 177.965 1,545.93 161.448 1,704.09 Hong Kong 33,565 21.079 1,592.31 19.123 1,755.22 Taiwan 259,126 171.194 1,513.64 155.305 1,668.50 Japan 2,490,364 737.163 3,378.30 668.744 3,723.94 Australia 6,277 2.237 2,805.12 2.030 3,092.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,949,732 29,591.218 1,451.44 26,844.709 1,599.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 59,334 19.839 2,990.72 17.998 3,296.70 Mexico 409,553 170.190 2,406.44 154.394 2,652.65 Brazil 580,725 233.350 2,488.64 211.692 2,743.25 Argentina 106,425 34.097 3,121.17 30.933 3,440.50 Netherlands 532,013 177.069 3,004.54 160.635 3,311.94 France 1,718,517 730.949 2,351.08 663.106 2,591.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,773,713 2,236.166 2,134.77 2,028.617 2,353.19 Czech Republic 313,809 135.082 2,323.09 122.545 2,560.77 Slovakia 178,781 77.772 2,298.77 70.554 2,533.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 32,536 6.524 4,986.68 5.919 5,496.87 Italy 1,019,420 324.474 3,141.76 294.358 3,463.20 Romania 1,787,930 589.404 3,033.45 534.699 3,343.81 Turkey 2,538,638 498.305 5,094.54 452.055 5,615.77 India 89,893 41.011 2,191.90 37.205 2,416.15 China 1,192,366 655.340 1,819.46 594.515 2,005.61 Korea, South 503,863 69.360 7,264.39 62.923 8,007.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,837,516 5,998.939 2,640.05 5,442.148 2,910.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,116,460 267.851 4,168.20 242.991 4,594.66 Mexico 288,652 88.936 3,245.59 80.682 3,577.65 France 10,941 6.030 1,814.20 5.471 1,999.82 China 41,199 17.636 2,335.94 16.000 2,574.94 Taiwan 20,859 12.125 1,720.27 11.000 1,896.27 Japan 712,240 220.472 3,230.52 200.009 3,561.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,190,351 613.053 3,572.85 556.153 3,938.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 13,493,529 15,400.005 876.20 13,970.654 965.85 Mexico 4,909,637 3,000.706 1,636.16 2,722.196 1,803.56 Sweden 43,157 24.253 1,779.45 22.002 1,961.50 United Kingdom 84,604 43.163 1,960.10 39.157 2,160.64 Belgium 396,285 149.349 2,653.40 135.488 2,924.87 France 8,002 8.820 907.18 8.002 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 597,917 250.260 2,389.17 227.033 2,633.61 Austria 51,561 18.905 2,727.27 17.151 3,006.30 Turkey 2,672,494 2,440.203 1,095.19 2,213.716 1,207.24 Thailand 577,547 950.306 607.75 862.104 669.93 China 2,104,292 1,328.336 1,584.16 1,205.047 1,746.23 Korea, South 1,472,469 1,380.884 1,066.32 1,252.718 1,175.42 Taiwan 8,572 1.722 4,975.30 1.563 5,484.33 Japan 998,972 391.756 2,549.98 355.396 2,810.87 Australia 50,694 18.215 2,782.99 16.525 3,067.72 South Africa 137,230 203.188 675.38 184.330 744.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,606,962 25,610.081 1,077.97 23,233.082 1,188.26 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 87,044 72.235 1,205.00 65.531 1,328.29 Mexico 36,100 15.192 2,376.24 13.782 2,619.36 China 4,046,432 4,076.689 992.58 3,698.312 1,094.13 Japan 1,308,666 959.094 1,364.48 870.076 1,504.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,478,242 5,123.211 1,069.30 4,647.701 1,178.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,988,800 11,395.814 1,139.79 10,338.112 1,256.40 Mexico 6,712,022 5,419.537 1,238.49 4,916.523 1,365.20 Dominican Republic 15,072 18.161 829.88 16.476 914.79 Venezuela 42,053 42.528 988.82 38.581 1,089.99 Brazil 135,842 103.107 1,317.47 93.538 1,452.27 United Kingdom 138,192 86.856 1,591.04 78.795 1,753.82 Belgium 520,795 136.239 3,822.66 123.594 4,213.76 France 210,825 138.139 1,526.18 125.318 1,682.32 Federal Republic of Germany 402,839 208.691 1,930.31 189.322 2,127.80 Czech Republic 102,226 63.977 1,597.85 58.039 1,761.33 Belarus 1,126,127 851.231 1,322.94 772.224 1,458.29 Spain 43,228 42.943 1,006.62 38.958 1,109.61 Italy 153,988 93.360 1,649.40 84.695 1,818.15 Greece 31,450 19.779 1,590.00 17.944 1,752.67 Turkey 126,961 92.957 1,365.79 84.330 1,505.53 Israel 257,989 302.931 851.64 274.815 938.77 India 86,532 60.891 1,421.08 55.240 1,566.47 Thailand 254,002 199.770 1,271.47 181.229 1,401.55 Malaysia 123,896 108.640 1,140.42 98.557 1,257.10 Indonesia 64,666 22.366 2,891.14 20.291 3,186.93 China 7,233,821 6,889.948 1,049.91 6,250.458 1,157.33 Korea, South 1,316,763 940.707 1,399.76 853.396 1,542.97 Taiwan 631,746 617.541 1,023.00 560.224 1,127.67 Japan 3,115,010 2,276.064 1,368.59 2,064.812 1,508.62 New Zealand 20,000 20.532 974.05 18.627 1,073.71 South Africa 484,606 695.152 697.12 630.632 768.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,339,451 30,847.875 1,178.02 27,984.730 1,298.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 9,701 18.935 512.32 17.178 564.73 Mexico 162,089 357.341 453.60 324.175 500.00 Federal Republic of Germany 118,904 224.987 528.49 204.105 582.56 China 237,316 288.080 823.78 261.342 908.07 Japan 646,520 554.525 1,165.90 503.057 1,285.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,174,530 1,443.869 813.46 1,309.857 896.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 10,025,973 8,811.677 1,137.81 7,993.822 1,254.22 Brazil 579,869 445.485 1,301.66 404.138 1,434.83 Netherlands 3,451,211 4,915.303 702.14 4,459.090 773.97 France 227,510 140.147 1,623.36 127.140 1,789.44 Federal Republic of Germany 3,682,312 3,472.829 1,060.32 3,150.499 1,168.80 China 2,823,098 2,827.808 998.33 2,565.345 1,100.47 Korea, South 184,720 109.911 1,680.63 99.710 1,852.57 Taiwan 157,987 101.250 1,560.36 91.853 1,720.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 488,754 375.483 1,301.67 340.633 1,434.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,621,434 21,199.898 1,019.88 19,232.230 1,124.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 3,566,640 2,976.218 1,198.38 2,699.981 1,320.99 Brazil 667,202 469.836 1,420.07 426.229 1,565.36 France 703,316 548.535 1,282.17 497.623 1,413.35 Federal Republic of Germany 382,601 341.651 1,119.86 309.941 1,234.43 Japan 2,709,772 2,184.789 1,240.29 1,982.008 1,367.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,029,531 6,521.031 1,231.33 5,915.782 1,357.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,261,461 43,735.206 577.60 39,675.923 636.69 Mexico 15,130,806 31,421.925 481.54 28,505.499 530.80 Finland 47,389 67.706 699.92 61.422 771.53 Netherlands 895,110 1,261.861 709.36 1,144.742 781.93 Belgium 125,622 307.544 408.47 279.000 450.26 France 1,089,160 1,287.381 846.03 1,167.893 932.59 Federal Republic of Germany 56,064 59.987 934.59 54.420 1,030.21 Russia 562,415 592.161 949.77 537.200 1,046.94 Italy 7,097 20.943 338.86 19.000 373.53 Israel 6,808 0.360 18,887.20 0.327 20,819.57 Korea, South 16,671,295 30,913.834 539.28 28,044.567 594.46 Japan 391,177 425.205 919.97 385.740 1,014.09 Australia 10,607,776 22,556.964 470.27 20,463.340 518.38 New Zealand 1,521,703 2,818.956 539.81 2,557.315 595.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,373,883 135,470.040 534.24 122,896.388 588.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,878,160 14,946.862 794.69 13,559.569 876.00 Mexico 10,072,700 18,879.072 533.54 17,126.811 588.12 Brazil 7,829,392 11,840.326 661.25 10,741.367 728.90 Sweden 2,933,833 2,787.733 1,052.41 2,528.990 1,160.08 Finland 1,722,823 2,210.805 779.27 2,005.610 859.00 Netherlands 4,051,788 5,142.508 787.90 4,665.207 868.51 Belgium 156,369 288.728 541.58 261.930 596.99 Luxembourg 47,054 62.401 754.05 56.610 831.20 France 46,366 43.364 1,069.21 39.340 1,178.60 Federal Republic of Germany 18,852 23.090 816.45 20.947 899.99 Russia 1,741,336 2,916.351 597.09 2,645.670 658.18 China 11,653,053 14,150.059 823.53 12,836.722 907.79 Korea, South 2,334,088 2,460.186 948.74 2,231.844 1,045.81 Taiwan 1,983,012 2,706.102 732.79 2,454.936 807.77 Japan 1,599,677 1,406.123 1,137.65 1,275.614 1,254.04 New Zealand 392,193 655.081 598.69 594.280 659.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 58,460,696 80,518.799 726.05 73,045.447 800.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 16,205,498 19,230.786 842.69 17,445.881 928.90 Mexico 9,165,368 11,608.676 789.53 10,531.217 870.30 Finland 1,984,183 2,366.485 838.45 2,146.840 924.23 Netherlands 658,473 644.635 1,021.47 584.804 1,125.97 France 33,010 20.552 1,606.12 18.645 1,770.45 Federal Republic of Germany 106,753 83.180 1,283.39 75.460 1,414.70 Austria 159,141 122.129 1,303.05 110.794 1,436.37 Spain 805,279 652.356 1,234.42 591.808 1,360.71 India 6,229,648 6,840.547 910.69 6,205.642 1,003.87 China 11,574,398 12,705.232 910.99 11,525.996 1,004.20 Korea, South 10,286,027 9,371.751 1,097.56 8,501.912 1,209.85 Taiwan 21,907,587 18,956.776 1,155.66 17,197.303 1,273.90 Japan 4,325,662 3,852.721 1,122.75 3,495.131 1,237.63 Australia 27,980 19.101 1,464.77 17.329 1,614.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,469,007 86,474.933 965.24 78,448.762 1,063.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 116,545 118.592 982.74 107.585 1,083.28 Mexico 56,028 41.940 1,335.89 38.048 1,472.56 Luxembourg 1,406,062 1,282.279 1,096.53 1,163.265 1,208.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,832,974 1,401.889 1,307.50 1,271.773 1,441.27 China 1,025,826 851.207 1,205.14 772.203 1,328.44 Korea, South 6,175,021 5,985.319 1,031.69 5,429.792 1,137.25 Taiwan 864,105 778.832 1,109.49 706.545 1,223.00 Japan 5,298,785 4,618.777 1,147.23 4,190.086 1,264.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,775,346 15,078.839 1,112.51 13,679.297 1,226.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 1,276,004 915.718 1,393.45 830.726 1,536.01 Mexico 3,476,775 4,713.459 737.63 4,275.980 813.09 United Kingdom 389,611 329.663 1,181.84 299.066 1,302.76 Belgium 732,359 546.869 1,339.18 496.112 1,476.20 Luxembourg 445,461 395.657 1,125.87 358.935 1,241.06 Federal Republic of Germany 154,367 45.308 3,407.04 41.103 3,755.61 Spain 7,305 2.776 2,630.80 2.519 2,899.96 Italy 82,512 8.159 10,112.62 7.402 11,147.26 India 342,512 327.617 1,045.46 297.210 1,152.42 China 4,030,680 3,562.134 1,131.54 3,231.515 1,247.30 Korea, South 18,967,354 17,608.168 1,077.19 15,973.866 1,187.40 Taiwan 14,726,695 12,517.432 1,176.49 11,355.627 1,296.86 Japan 3,107,372 1,974.091 1,574.08 1,790.866 1,735.12 Australia 61,225 21.680 2,824.00 19.668 3,112.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 47,800,232 42,968.738 1,112.44 38,980.595 1,226.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,231,607 1,802.648 683.22 1,635.336 753.12 Mexico 397,142 338.729 1,172.45 307.290 1,292.40 Japan 42,184 34.083 1,237.67 30.920 1,364.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,670,933 2,175.461 768.08 1,973.546 846.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,433,143 1,196.483 1,197.80 1,085.432 1,320.34 Mexico 542,129 422.827 1,282.15 383.583 1,413.33 Chile 23,090 23.071 1,000.81 20.930 1,103.20 Sweden 376,422 210.125 1,791.41 190.623 1,974.69 United Kingdom 136,740 47.539 2,876.35 43.127 3,170.64 Belgium 17,704 2.839 6,234.78 2.576 6,872.67 France 11,243 7.286 1,543.04 6.610 1,700.91 Federal Republic of Germany 3,475,225 1,961.976 1,771.29 1,779.876 1,952.51 Austria 571,127 125.323 4,557.21 113.692 5,023.46 Switzerland 101,910 39.883 2,555.17 36.182 2,816.59 Italy 208,791 63.542 3,285.84 57.645 3,622.01 India 533,733 228.417 2,336.65 207.217 2,575.72 China 162,695 91.209 1,783.75 82.744 1,966.25 Korea, South 776,262 627.189 1,237.68 568.977 1,364.31 Taiwan 414,367 253.108 1,637.11 229.616 1,804.61 Japan 314,110 215.079 1,460.44 195.117 1,609.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,098,691 5,515.905 1,649.54 5,003.947 1,818.30 GRAND TOTAL 2,077,551,734 1,910,073.479 1,087.68 1,732,790.001 1,198.96 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 38,587 10.265 3,758.78 9.313 4,143.35 United Kingdom 103,752 12.775 8,120.99 11.590 8,951.86 Italy 955,103 406.466 2,349.77 368.740 2,590.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,097,442 429.507 2,555.12 389.643 2,816.53 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 27,314 9.062 3,014.09 8.221 3,322.47 Sweden 8,573,237 2,412.105 3,554.25 2,188.226 3,917.89 United Kingdom 9,515,022 3,616.511 2,630.99 3,280.845 2,900.17 Federal Republic of Germany 632,986 152.510 4,150.45 138.355 4,575.09 Spain 441,147 106.328 4,148.89 96.460 4,573.37 Italy 2,364,119 773.575 3,056.09 701.776 3,368.77 Slovenia 213,311 93.889 2,271.94 85.175 2,504.39 China 459,383 39.908 11,511.03 36.204 12,688.74 Taiwan 34,668 3.450 10,048.02 3.130 11,076.04 Japan 2,700 0.588 4,586.89 0.534 5,056.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,263,887 7,207.930 3,088.80 6,538.926 3,404.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 677,323 164.188 4,125.29 148.949 4,547.35 United Kingdom 331,515 107.837 3,074.20 97.829 3,388.72 France 434,772 141.060 3,082.17 127.968 3,397.51 India 155,903 52.052 2,995.13 47.221 3,301.56 China 139,670 70.639 1,977.23 64.083 2,179.52 Taiwan 1,731,575 552.630 3,133.33 501.338 3,453.91 Japan 29,970 11.487 2,608.99 10.421 2,875.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,500,728 1,099.895 3,182.78 997.809 3,508.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 518,518 42.775 12,121.94 38.805 13,362.14 India 414,373 109.401 3,787.65 99.247 4,175.17 Japan 122,776 29.400 4,175.94 26.672 4,603.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,055,667 181.577 5,813.88 164.724 6,408.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 37,321 11.845 3,150.67 10.746 3,473.01 Brazil 11,879 3.498 3,395.23 3.174 3,742.60 Sweden 498,721 134.760 3,700.79 122.253 4,079.42 Finland 63,988 25.215 2,537.66 22.875 2,797.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 42,410 8.218 5,160.10 7.456 5,688.04 Netherlands 5,754 0.476 12,083.20 0.432 13,319.44 Belgium 2,242,897 1,113.999 2,013.37 1,010.604 2,219.36 France 1,799,206 420.985 4,273.79 381.912 4,711.05 Federal Republic of Germany 661,622 117.628 5,624.66 106.711 6,200.13 Austria 79,708 12.766 6,243.30 11.582 6,882.06 Spain 11,241 1.143 9,833.82 1.037 10,839.92 Italy 326,946 102.255 3,197.33 92.765 3,524.45 Slovenia 423,948 97.918 4,329.61 88.830 4,772.58 China 4,494,018 1,720.345 2,612.28 1,560.672 2,879.54 Taiwan 59,451 78.529 757.05 71.241 834.51 Japan 1,347,665 299.773 4,495.61 271.950 4,955.56 South Africa 1,407,235 730.207 1,927.17 662.433 2,124.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,514,010 4,879.570 2,769.51 4,426.673 3,052.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 47,760 22.247 2,146.72 20.183 2,366.35 Sweden 565,417 207.653 2,722.89 188.380 3,001.47 United Kingdom 4,845 1.262 3,838.70 1.145 4,231.44 Belgium 62,966 23.016 2,735.72 20.880 3,015.61 Federal Republic of Germany 754,852 330.365 2,284.90 299.703 2,518.67 China 285,554 99.675 2,864.84 90.424 3,157.94 Japan 496,057 131.820 3,763.11 119.586 4,148.12 South Africa 125,629 75.673 1,660.14 68.650 1,829.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,343,080 891.715 2,627.61 808.951 2,896.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 7,165 1.967 3,641.45 1.785 4,014.01 Sweden 207,696 72.123 2,879.74 65.429 3,174.37 United Kingdom 470,266 117.120 4,015.23 106.250 4,426.03 France 396,484 34.930 11,350.81 31.688 12,512.12 Federal Republic of Germany 319,550 33.493 9,540.59 30.385 10,516.70 Austria 658,792 63.783 10,328.64 57.863 11,385.38 Poland 41,695 14.826 2,812.27 13.450 3,100.00 Ukraine 12,504 2.943 4,248.48 2.670 4,683.15 Portugal 867,311 233.235 3,718.60 211.588 4,099.06 Italy 1,921,780 459.234 4,184.74 416.611 4,612.89 Slovenia 225,322 77.145 2,920.75 69.985 3,219.58 India 3,185,410 705.740 4,513.57 640.237 4,975.36 China 174,904 41.312 4,233.69 37.478 4,666.84 Taiwan 1,034,881 256.968 4,027.27 233.118 4,439.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,523,760 2,114.824 4,503.33 1,918.537 4,964.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 1,068,736 222.343 4,806.68 201.707 5,298.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 851,963 218.185 3,904.76 197.935 4,304.26 Taiwan 6,142 17.590 349.16 15.958 384.89 Japan 498,865 85.441 5,838.69 77.511 6,436.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,425,706 543.561 4,462.61 493.111 4,919.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 469,884 47.162 9,963.11 42.785 10,982.45 Mexico 50,628 11.025 4,591.98 10.002 5,061.79 Sweden 233,237 48.275 4,831.35 43.795 5,325.65 Denmark 34,689 13.431 2,582.63 12.185 2,846.86 United Kingdom 527,574 43.202 12,211.55 39.193 13,460.92 Netherlands 10,147 1.658 6,116.42 1.505 6,742.19 France 1,202,012 270.055 4,450.99 244.990 4,906.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,834,394 587.684 4,822.98 533.139 5,316.43 Austria 403,147 49.888 8,080.98 45.258 8,907.75 Czech Republic 104,078 11.447 9,091.77 10.385 10,021.95 Switzerland 659,070 73.936 8,914.01 67.074 9,826.01 Latvia 171,402 54.793 3,128.13 49.708 3,448.18 Ukraine 84,908 16.755 5,067.58 15.200 5,586.05 Spain 11,673 1.851 6,303.32 1.680 6,948.21 Portugal 58,935 17.199 3,426.58 15.603 3,777.16 Italy 7,789,332 1,491.141 5,223.74 1,352.741 5,758.18 Slovenia 181,713 53.494 3,396.88 48.529 3,744.42 Romania 88,200 1.963 44,926.29 1.781 49,522.74 Saudi Arabia 161,205 74.790 2,155.42 67.849 2,375.94 United Arab Emirates 60,907 24.021 2,535.51 21.792 2,794.92 India 3,794,036 1,122.079 3,381.25 1,017.934 3,727.19 Vietnam 67,562 20.943 3,225.85 19.000 3,555.89 China 711,676 140.876 5,051.77 127.801 5,568.63 Korea, South 40,678 20.568 1,977.73 18.659 2,180.07 Taiwan 7,095,442 1,716.102 4,134.63 1,556.822 4,557.64 Japan 146,642 20.217 7,253.23 18.341 7,995.31 Australia 9,173 0.634 14,447.24 0.576 15,925.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,002,344 5,935.202 4,549.52 5,384.327 5,014.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 129,226 49.529 2,609.10 44.932 2,876.03 Mexico 9,540 0.212 44,842.20 0.193 49,430.05 United Kingdom 465,130 27.886 16,679.54 25.298 18,386.04 Italy 3,059 0.092 33,036.65 0.084 36,416.67 India 2,306,129 1,216.426 1,895.82 1,103.524 2,089.79 China 6,953,001 4,867.366 1,428.49 4,415.602 1,574.64 Japan 29,934,470 4,537.257 6,597.48 4,116.132 7,272.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,800,555 10,698.771 3,720.11 9,705.765 4,100.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 18,852 4.106 4,591.21 3.725 5,060.94 Mexico 7,612 1.366 5,568.95 1.240 6,138.71 France 65,249 4.741 13,762.59 4.301 15,170.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,231 0.224 9,921.22 0.204 10,936.27 Spain 14,372 0.819 17,547.86 0.743 19,343.20 India 41,619 18.942 2,197.17 17.184 2,421.96 Japan 386,290 64.349 6,002.99 58.377 6,617.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 536,225 94.549 5,671.36 85.774 6,251.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,481,043 979.273 8,660.55 888.382 9,546.62 Mexico 150,329 34.284 4,384.81 31.102 4,833.42 Uruguay 181,030 42.415 4,267.98 38.479 4,704.64 Sweden 3,235,741 226.352 14,295.11 205.344 15,757.66 Norway 5,681 0.224 25,263.32 0.204 27,848.04 United Kingdom 967,980 25.371 38,151.67 23.017 42,055.00 Ireland 97,325 15.476 6,288.59 14.040 6,931.98 Netherlands 4,364 0.434 10,048.11 0.394 11,076.14 France 1,949,989 169.963 11,473.01 154.188 12,646.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,017,582 181.232 11,132.59 164.411 12,271.58 Austria 2,036,259 208.714 9,756.18 189.343 10,754.34 Switzerland 111,436 1.108 100,490.13 1.006 110,771.37 Ukraine 556,339 50.495 11,017.54 45.809 12,144.75 Spain 10,290,503 955.117 10,774.07 866.468 11,876.38 Italy 3,228,044 204.567 15,779.81 185.581 17,394.26 Turkey 500,642 43.831 11,422.05 39.763 12,590.65 India 622,746 92.699 6,717.87 84.096 7,405.18 Thailand 279,693 64.971 4,304.87 58.941 4,745.30 Vietnam 441,132 98.155 4,494.23 89.045 4,954.03 Malaysia 5,713,300 1,210.814 4,718.56 1,098.433 5,201.32 Singapore 88,174 21.916 4,023.24 19.882 4,434.87 China 16,476,241 1,999.854 8,238.72 1,814.238 9,081.63 Korea, South 4,789,596 983.208 4,871.39 891.952 5,369.79 Taiwan 13,242,410 2,099.180 6,308.37 1,904.345 6,953.79 Japan 9,027,393 1,072.108 8,420.22 972.601 9,281.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,494,972 10,781.774 7,836.83 9,781.064 8,638.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 507,089 93.652 5,414.59 84.960 5,968.56 Mexico 5,999 0.374 16,006.48 0.340 17,644.12 Sweden 495,731 32.027 15,478.22 29.055 17,061.81 Denmark 152,241 2.911 52,294.87 2.641 57,645.21 United Kingdom 149,012 29.159 5,110.25 26.453 5,633.09 Ireland 55,848 5.026 11,110.63 4.560 12,247.37 Netherlands 8,622 1.606 5,368.39 1.457 5,917.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 18,827 2.854 6,594.43 2.590 7,269.11 France 367,147 47.040 7,804.99 42.674 8,603.53 Federal Republic of Germany 209,793 35.473 5,914.08 32.181 6,519.16 Czech Republic 9,990 0.881 11,328.47 0.800 12,487.50 Switzerland 164,412 27.695 5,936.40 25.125 6,543.76 Spain 93,740 5.190 18,058.93 4.709 19,906.56 Italy 480,820 85.948 5,594.29 77.971 6,166.65 Israel 2,189 0.009 220,647.55 0.009 243,222.22 United Arab Emirates 241,561 70.032 3,449.29 63.532 3,802.19 India 3,598,090 1,023.743 3,514.64 928.725 3,874.23 Thailand 70,944 17.973 3,947.21 16.305 4,351.06 Vietnam 10,298 3.844 2,678.38 3.488 2,952.41 China 1,672,438 444.309 3,764.13 403.071 4,149.24 Korea, South 2,754,791 718.141 3,836.00 651.487 4,228.47 Taiwan 753,218 150.876 4,992.28 136.873 5,503.04 Japan 876,369 72.457 12,095.00 65.732 13,332.46 Australia 29,806 8.736 3,411.50 7.926 3,760.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,728,975 2,879.968 4,419.83 2,612.664 4,872.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 62,637 68.433 915.30 62.082 1,008.94 Brazil 83,098 47.630 1,744.63 43.210 1,923.12 Sweden 70,836 25.181 2,813.05 22.844 3,100.86 Belgium 6,639 2.470 2,687.55 2.241 2,962.52 France 420,803 206.602 2,036.77 187.427 2,245.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,367 0.343 9,790.04 0.312 10,791.67 Italy 216,962 77.291 2,807.05 70.118 3,094.24 China 208,109 102.310 2,034.08 92.815 2,242.19 Taiwan 34,564 6.619 5,221.64 6.005 5,755.87 Japan 2,348,238 1,569.570 1,496.10 1,423.891 1,649.17 South Africa 418,762 225.139 1,860.01 204.243 2,050.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,874,015 2,331.594 1,661.53 2,115.188 1,831.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 167,886 63.183 2,657.12 57.319 2,928.98 Mexico 5,392,145 2,707.003 1,991.92 2,455.753 2,195.72 Brazil 2,465,817 1,316.395 1,873.16 1,194.214 2,064.80 Sweden 1,303,189 308.999 4,217.44 280.320 4,648.93 Finland 825,498 278.488 2,964.20 252.641 3,267.47 United Kingdom 242,854 18.006 13,487.21 16.335 14,867.10 Belgium 1,724,978 609.844 2,828.55 553.242 3,117.94 France 3,182,503 1,388.705 2,291.70 1,259.813 2,526.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,395,892 588.576 2,371.64 533.948 2,614.28 Italy 234,308 98.767 2,372.33 89.600 2,615.04 India 156,543 29.537 5,299.80 26.796 5,842.03 Thailand 152,926 61.806 2,474.27 56.070 2,727.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 362,836 107.166 3,385.72 97.220 3,732.11 China 11,001,944 4,322.285 2,545.40 3,921.113 2,805.82 Korea, South 3,556,399 1,562.337 2,276.33 1,417.329 2,509.23 Taiwan 2,812,255 1,136.531 2,474.42 1,031.044 2,727.58 Japan 1,424,479 189.298 7,525.03 171.729 8,294.92 South Africa 1,805,578 625.271 2,887.67 567.237 3,183.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,208,030 15,412.207 2,479.08 13,981.723 2,732.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 9,506 3.058 3,107.64 2.775 3,425.59 Italy 2,286 0.453 5,045.80 0.411 5,562.04 Taiwan 3,474 0.615 5,647.96 0.558 6,225.81 Japan 40,077 11.369 3,525.04 10.314 3,885.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,343 15.496 3,571.37 14.058 3,936.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 49,362 8.702 5,672.00 7.895 6,252.31 Mexico 1,436,301 643.088 2,233.44 583.400 2,461.95 Sweden 1,543,748 206.526 7,474.81 187.358 8,239.56 Finland 393,575 88.055 4,469.60 79.883 4,926.89 United Kingdom 361,574 57.408 6,298.28 52.080 6,942.67 Belgium 76,825 4.416 17,393.18 4.007 19,172.70 France 773,989 177.336 4,364.52 160.877 4,811.06 Federal Republic of Germany 188,487 26.268 7,175.52 23.830 7,909.65 Austria 12,700 1.681 7,554.92 1.525 8,327.87 Italy 6,858 0.580 11,805.45 0.527 13,013.28 Romania 380,312 81.719 4,653.85 74.135 5,129.99 India 390,618 114.226 3,419.67 103.625 3,769.53 China 89,574 21.770 4,114.44 19.750 4,535.39 Korea, South 1,951,859 502.356 3,885.41 455.730 4,282.93 Taiwan 695,423 255.125 2,725.81 231.446 3,004.69 Japan 1,838,973 201.647 9,119.72 182.932 10,052.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,190,178 2,390.912 4,262.05 2,169.000 4,698.10 GRAND TOTAL 272,614,917 67,889.060 4,015.59 61,587.937 4,426.43