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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 893,125 2,363.480 377.89 2,144.114 416.55 Mexico 5,148,899 5,179.725 994.05 4,698.969 1,095.75 Brazil 18,756,803 63,159.932 296.97 57,297.743 327.36 Russia 8,654,679 27,163.412 318.62 24,642.240 351.21 Ukraine 7,277,758 11,676.177 623.30 10,592.453 687.07 Japan 9,751,495 35,719.836 273.00 32,404.500 300.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,482,759 145,262.564 347.53 131,780.019 383.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 13,731,377 19,298.957 711.51 17,507.725 784.30 Mexico 30,014 46.426 646.49 42.117 712.63 Sweden 2,773,807 1,785.649 1,553.39 1,619.914 1,712.32 Norway 217,918 217.021 1,004.13 196.879 1,106.86 Finland 1,028,465 1,181.810 870.25 1,072.121 959.28 Belgium 4,960,560 1,334.469 3,717.25 1,210.611 4,097.57 France 224,619 132.212 1,698.93 119.941 1,872.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,285,089 779.213 1,649.21 706.891 1,817.95 Austria 189,301 160.563 1,178.98 145.661 1,299.60 Spain 100,373 35.805 2,803.30 32.482 3,090.11 Korea, South 9,121 16.583 550.02 15.044 606.29 Taiwan 37,632 69.138 544.30 62.721 599.99 Japan 407,349 99.808 4,081.30 90.545 4,498.86 Australia 1,045,878 320.701 3,261.21 290.936 3,594.87 New Zealand 10,019 23.891 419.35 21.674 462.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,051,522 25,502.253 1,021.54 23,135.262 1,126.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 43,339,103 91,553.857 473.37 83,056.286 521.80 Mexico 10,136,723 24,974.588 405.88 22,656.572 447.41 Argentina 66,383 136.606 485.94 123.927 535.66 Sweden 57,368 42.413 1,352.58 38.477 1,490.97 United Kingdom 37,363 5.340 6,995.90 4.845 7,711.66 Netherlands 7,732,413 18,557.713 416.67 16,835.279 459.30 France 805,424 1,274.690 631.86 1,156.380 696.50 Federal Republic of Germany 787,057 1,259.521 624.89 1,142.619 688.82 Austria 20,794 28.417 731.73 25.780 806.59 Korea, South 21,351,794 45,827.355 465.92 41,573.889 513.59 Taiwan 32,717 38.119 858.29 34.581 946.10 Japan 733,629 804.549 911.85 729.875 1,005.14 Australia 5,741,431 15,093.128 380.40 13,692.260 419.32 New Zealand 434,249 1,094.136 396.89 992.584 437.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,276,448 200,690.437 454.81 182,063.354 501.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 8,063,195 13,624.147 591.83 12,359.622 652.38 Mexico 1,920,075 4,126.264 465.33 3,743.285 512.94 Dominican Republic 28,160 46.052 611.48 41.778 674.04 Brazil 8,923,999 21,894.111 407.60 19,862.009 449.30 Argentina 1,972,750 4,237.906 465.50 3,844.565 513.13 Sweden 532,900 351.400 1,516.50 318.785 1,671.66 Finland 7,603 34.844 218.20 31.610 240.53 United Kingdom 358,163 159.551 2,244.81 144.743 2,474.48 Netherlands 1,993,110 4,374.797 455.59 3,968.751 502.20 Belgium 1,143,356 2,231.816 512.30 2,024.670 564.71 France 217,564 41.578 5,232.66 37.719 5,768.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,606,241 2,418.088 1,491.36 2,193.654 1,643.94 Austria 414,629 346.602 1,196.27 314.433 1,318.66 Russia 396,898 510.916 776.83 463.496 856.31 Italy 91,644 20.957 4,372.93 19.012 4,820.32 India 210,432 324.847 647.79 294.697 714.06 China 1,587,760 2,577.559 615.99 2,338.323 679.02 Korea, South 2,013,900 2,700.356 745.79 2,449.723 822.09 Taiwan 1,046,505 1,094.673 956.00 993.071 1,053.81 Japan 4,773,883 4,752.426 1,004.51 4,311.330 1,107.29 New Zealand 452,226 1,261.815 358.39 1,144.700 395.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,754,993 67,130.713 592.20 60,899.976 652.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 32,260,418 34,796.619 927.11 31,566.971 1,021.97 Mexico 6,317,042 10,139.533 623.01 9,198.433 686.75 Colombia 1,185,138 1,736.861 682.34 1,575.655 752.16 Chile 18,662 21.542 866.29 19.543 954.92 Brazil 16,111 4.985 3,231.41 4.523 3,562.02 Argentina 1,785,672 3,387.274 527.17 3,072.885 581.11 Sweden 219,500 56.097 3,912.82 50.891 4,313.14 United Kingdom 4,615,731 3,377.521 1,366.60 3,064.037 1,506.42 Netherlands 899,196 1,338.072 672.01 1,213.879 740.76 Belgium 222,498 154.307 1,441.92 139.985 1,589.44 France 510,202 134.750 3,786.26 122.244 4,173.64 Federal Republic of Germany 3,316,430 1,707.812 1,941.92 1,549.302 2,140.60 Austria 625,678 510.295 1,226.11 462.932 1,351.55 Switzerland 75,790 21.557 3,515.65 19.557 3,875.34 Spain 1,479,386 1,533.390 964.78 1,391.069 1,063.49 Italy 97,316 45.769 2,126.24 41.521 2,343.78 India 784,284 1,293.392 606.38 1,173.346 668.42 Thailand 52,725 57.030 924.51 51.737 1,019.10 Vietnam 77,447 104.917 738.17 95.180 813.69 China 2,556,862 3,602.113 709.82 3,267.783 782.45 Korea, South 12,629,801 19,963.325 632.65 18,110.429 697.38 Taiwan 4,254,796 6,452.353 659.42 5,853.478 726.88 Japan 7,567,406 6,020.867 1,256.86 5,462.041 1,385.45 Australia 62,607 19.543 3,203.39 17.730 3,531.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,630,698 96,479.936 846.09 87,525.151 932.65 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 22,551,560 19,196.489 1,174.78 17,414.767 1,294.97 Brazil 494,716 456.635 1,083.39 414.253 1,194.24 Netherlands 2,595,512 2,736.282 948.55 2,482.314 1,045.60 France 966,420 803.973 1,202.05 729.353 1,325.04 Federal Republic of Germany 634,833 514.157 1,234.71 466.436 1,361.03 China 3,698,489 4,205.686 879.40 3,815.336 969.37 Korea, South 119,555 87.857 1,360.78 79.703 1,500.01 Taiwan 649,798 653.172 994.83 592.548 1,096.62 Japan 219,839 226.420 970.93 205.405 1,070.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,930,722 28,880.674 1,105.61 26,200.115 1,218.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 18,320,408 26,814.449 683.23 24,325.666 753.13 Mexico 10,724,500 18,420.172 582.21 16,710.504 641.78 Brazil 85,666 51.159 1,674.49 46.411 1,845.81 Argentina 10,648 3.302 3,224.20 2.996 3,554.07 Sweden 297,681 121.774 2,444.53 110.472 2,694.63 Norway 1,666,712 1,636.884 1,018.22 1,484.957 1,122.40 United Kingdom 676,695 512.941 1,319.24 465.333 1,454.22 Luxembourg 22,783 9.336 2,440.19 8.470 2,689.85 France 167,399 108.284 1,545.92 98.234 1,704.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,792,278 1,946.126 1,434.79 1,765.497 1,581.58 Austria 48,208 10.349 4,657.96 9.389 5,134.52 Czech Republic 26,526 13.638 1,944.88 12.373 2,143.86 Ukraine 2,550,739 2,392.395 1,066.19 2,170.345 1,175.27 Spain 73,991 55.097 1,342.90 49.984 1,480.29 Italy 2,244,439 5,512.092 407.18 5,000.488 448.84 Turkey 239,551 398.623 600.95 361.625 662.43 Israel 29,432 23.443 1,255.42 21.268 1,383.86 India 236,544 213.621 1,107.31 193.794 1,220.60 Malaysia 14,320 0.529 27,064.35 0.480 29,833.33 China 525,444 456.367 1,151.36 414.010 1,269.16 Korea, South 514,735 593.084 867.90 538.037 956.69 Taiwan 275,149 352.383 780.82 319.677 860.71 Japan 4,579,593 4,426.282 1,034.64 4,015.457 1,140.49 Australia 77,362 7.910 9,780.05 7.176 10,780.66 South Africa 33,463 25.046 1,336.02 22.722 1,472.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,234,266 64,105.298 721.22 58,155.365 795.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 3,723,104 3,363.528 1,106.90 3,051.343 1,220.15 Mexico 122,140 69.577 1,755.44 63.120 1,935.04 Sweden 106,205 53.198 1,996.39 48.261 2,200.64 United Kingdom 1,210,457 695.120 1,741.36 630.603 1,919.52 Belgium 38,514 21.335 1,805.18 19.355 1,989.87 France 411,799 205.277 2,006.06 186.225 2,211.30 Federal Republic of Germany 2,183,223 1,922.612 1,135.55 1,744.165 1,251.73 Russia 156,175 137.722 1,133.98 124.940 1,250.00 Spain 384,682 417.982 920.33 379.187 1,014.49 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 349,492 301.144 1,160.54 273.194 1,279.28 Romania 17,225 3.885 4,432.98 3.525 4,886.52 Malaysia 12,357 19.786 624.52 17.950 688.41 China 219,066 273.880 799.86 248.460 881.70 Korea, South 298,464 233.164 1,280.06 211.523 1,411.02 Taiwan 8,194 2.829 2,895.78 2.567 3,192.05 Japan 438,827 129.960 3,376.62 117.898 3,722.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,679,924 7,851.007 1,232.95 7,122.316 1,359.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Mexico 10,029,037 15,333.927 654.04 13,910.709 720.96 Dominican Republic 1,551,375 3,552.133 436.74 3,222.442 481.43 Federal Republic of Germany 128,457 170.268 754.44 154.465 831.63 Turkey 1,974,696 4,558.114 433.23 4,135.053 477.55 China 4,796 14.722 325.76 13.356 359.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,688,361 23,629.166 579.30 21,436.025 638.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 62,839,861 60,525.427 1,038.24 54,907.760 1,144.46 Mexico 13,182,187 15,719.289 838.60 14,260.304 924.40 Costa Rica 70,673 93.863 752.93 85.152 829.96 Dominican Republic 355,126 333.045 1,066.30 302.134 1,175.39 Venezuela 148,227 97.836 1,515.04 88.756 1,670.05 Brazil 65,704 33.384 1,968.09 30.286 2,169.45 Finland 771,107 274.377 2,810.39 248.911 3,097.92 United Kingdom 267,552 31.387 8,524.24 28.474 9,396.36 Netherlands 111,635 24.159 4,620.78 21.917 5,093.53 France 59,391 25.812 2,300.83 23.417 2,536.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,533,476 336.289 4,559.98 305.077 5,026.52 Austria 221,967 66.920 3,316.89 60.709 3,656.25 Switzerland 1,081,444 486.361 2,223.54 441.220 2,451.03 Spain 197,211 25.380 7,770.11 23.025 8,565.08 Italy 341,004 64.286 5,304.42 58.320 5,847.12 Turkey 13,192,025 9,287.524 1,420.40 8,425.503 1,565.73 Israel 13,000 2.653 4,899.63 2.407 5,400.91 United Arab Emirates 464,443 726.124 639.62 658.729 705.06 Oman 159,490 305.320 522.37 276.982 575.81 India 3,295,192 4,626.908 712.18 4,197.462 785.04 Thailand 60,883 58.914 1,033.42 53.446 1,139.15 Vietnam 1,096,438 1,627.590 673.66 1,476.526 742.58 Malaysia 412,485 599.908 687.58 544.228 757.93 Indonesia 17,975 22.015 816.48 19.972 900.01 Philippines 7,326 0.531 13,788.46 0.482 15,199.17 China 4,092,568 2,834.057 1,444.07 2,571.014 1,591.81 Korea, South 3,891,369 4,477.266 869.14 4,061.709 958.06 Hong Kong 35,185 43.583 807.31 39.538 889.90 Taiwan 1,297,228 1,278.719 1,014.47 1,160.035 1,118.27 Japan 6,887,303 4,137.411 1,664.64 3,753.398 1,834.95 Australia 61,206 42.957 1,424.82 38.970 1,570.59 South Africa 35,112 80.262 437.46 72.813 482.22 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 116,265,793 108,289.573 1,073.66 98,238.676 1,183.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 4,306,179 658.959 6,534.82 597.798 7,203.40 Mexico 1,985,840 573.481 3,462.78 520.254 3,817.06 Costa Rica 2,194 0.026 82,931.83 0.024 91,416.67 Venezuela 31,304 15.521 2,016.80 14.081 2,223.14 Brazil 318,640 10.471 30,427.94 9.500 33,541.05 Argentina 50,220 9.677 5,189.52 8.779 5,720.47 Sweden 163,119 3.096 52,680.35 2.809 58,070.13 Norway 3,020 0.185 16,307.73 0.168 17,976.19 Finland 42,382 0.734 57,730.20 0.666 63,636.64 United Kingdom 308,182 15.834 19,462.45 14.365 21,453.67 Ireland 149,218 3.687 40,468.86 3.345 44,609.27 Netherlands 24,603 0.383 64,136.42 0.348 70,698.28 Belgium 7,699 0.272 28,276.99 0.247 31,170.04 France 472,505 121.541 3,887.59 110.261 4,285.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,644,342 258.953 6,349.94 234.919 6,999.61 Austria 800,924 104.952 7,631.33 95.211 8,412.10 Switzerland 46,053 3.703 12,434.10 3.360 13,706.25 Poland 206,082 15.457 13,331.99 14.023 14,696.00 Spain 586,393 279.116 2,100.89 253.210 2,315.84 Italy 4,086,812 976.569 4,184.87 885.929 4,613.02 Romania 244,310 108.784 2,245.81 98.688 2,475.58 Israel 1,391,728 157.338 8,845.45 142.735 9,750.43 India 4,539,006 2,365.708 1,918.67 2,146.135 2,114.97 Thailand 1,749,383 446.122 3,921.30 404.716 4,322.50 Malaysia 1,041,987 575.914 1,809.27 522.461 1,994.38 Singapore 34,383 13.130 2,618.51 11.912 2,886.42 Indonesia 19,544 4.313 4,531.06 3.913 4,994.63 Philippines 420,563 89.540 4,696.89 81.230 5,177.43 China 6,949,770 2,889.114 2,405.50 2,620.961 2,651.61 Korea, South 2,211,177 686.514 3,220.87 622.796 3,550.40 Taiwan 1,269,168 354.761 3,577.53 321.834 3,943.55 Japan 1,086,771 113.069 9,611.53 102.575 10,594.89 Australia 2,902 0.066 43,877.51 0.060 48,366.67 South Africa 60,320 37.910 1,591.11 34.392 1,753.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,256,723 10,894.916 3,327.86 9,883.705 3,668.33 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 441,193 69.472 6,350.65 63.024 7,000.40 Mexico 187,031 29.813 6,273.45 27.046 6,915.29 Sweden 504,209 157.056 3,210.37 142.479 3,538.83 Denmark 21,339 3.600 5,927.26 3.266 6,533.68 United Kingdom 602,874 68.253 8,832.80 61.919 9,736.49 Netherlands 2,098 0.596 3,518.07 0.541 3,878.00 Belgium 23,393 20.943 1,116.94 19.000 1,231.21 France 1,316,590 341.684 3,853.23 309.971 4,247.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,240,842 328.834 3,773.45 298.314 4,159.52 Austria 643,187 110.771 5,806.44 100.490 6,400.51 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 316,820 100.419 3,154.97 91.099 3,477.75 Switzerland 280,282 50.366 5,564.82 45.692 6,134.16 Ukraine 224,182 88.030 2,546.64 79.860 2,807.19 Spain 58,453 8.991 6,500.88 8.157 7,165.99 Portugal 604,095 186.373 3,241.32 169.075 3,572.94 Italy 7,880,513 1,802.688 4,371.53 1,635.372 4,818.79 Slovenia 89,829 34.547 2,600.16 31.341 2,866.18 Saudi Arabia 169,735 73.492 2,309.57 66.671 2,545.86 United Arab Emirates 33,832 22.170 1,525.97 20.113 1,682.10 India 3,097,508 1,151.000 2,691.14 1,044.170 2,966.48 China 204,681 70.642 2,897.41 64.086 3,193.85 Korea, South 24,788 13.889 1,784.71 12.600 1,967.30 Taiwan 2,905,929 750.340 3,872.81 680.698 4,269.04 Japan 131,202 26.097 5,027.43 23.675 5,541.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,004,605 5,510.076 3,812.03 4,998.659 4,202.05 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 59,871 27.534 2,174.39 24.979 2,396.85 Sweden 97,818 21.247 4,603.84 19.275 5,074.86 United Kingdom 520,461 208.181 2,500.04 188.859 2,755.82 France 352,138 79.600 4,423.84 72.212 4,876.45 India 81,595 38.664 2,110.33 35.076 2,326.23 China 3,677 0.273 13,450.48 0.248 14,826.61 Taiwan 1,087,166 521.260 2,085.65 472.880 2,299.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,202,726 896.761 2,456.31 813.529 2,707.62 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 834,580 242.570 3,440.57 220.056 3,792.58 Sweden 324,590 35.279 9,200.54 32.005 10,141.85 United Kingdom 51,617 13.018 3,964.96 11.810 4,370.62 Ireland 152,579 6.889 22,146.78 6.250 24,412.64 Netherlands 2,117 0.532 3,976.21 0.483 4,383.02 Belgium 22,668 1.750 12,949.67 1.588 14,274.56 France 359,263 49.372 7,276.58 44.790 8,021.05 Federal Republic of Germany 822,900 195.148 4,216.78 177.036 4,648.21 Switzerland 265,254 47.745 5,555.58 43.314 6,123.98 Spain 145,448 7.157 20,321.61 6.493 22,400.74 Italy 324,627 72.566 4,473.53 65.831 4,931.22 United Arab Emirates 168,721 96.217 1,753.54 87.287 1,932.95 India 1,269,273 559.539 2,268.42 507.606 2,500.51 Thailand 51,736 17.431 2,967.88 15.814 3,271.53 Vietnam 6,998 3.174 2,204.33 2.880 2,429.86 China 574,171 244.022 2,352.94 221.374 2,593.67 Korea, South 1,959,095 549.284 3,566.63 498.303 3,931.53 Taiwan 829,823 216.713 3,829.13 196.599 4,220.89 Japan 730,772 77.760 9,397.75 70.543 10,359.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,896,232 2,436.175 3,651.72 2,210.062 4,025.33 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 575,355,772 787,559.557 730.56 714,462.214 805.30 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 28/09/09 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 120,838,778 180,833.551 668.23 164,049.485 736.60 Mexico 23,552,753 44,466.537 529.67 40,339.376 583.87 Dominican Republic 28,160 46.052 611.48 41.778 674.04 Colombia 1,185,138 1,736.861 682.34 1,575.655 752.16 Chile 18,662 21.542 866.29 19.543 954.92 Brazil 28,191,629 85,515.664 329.67 77,578.528 363.39 Argentina 3,824,805 7,761.787 492.77 7,041.377 543.19 Sweden 3,583,575 2,235.560 1,602.99 2,028.067 1,766.99 Norway 217,918 217.021 1,004.13 196.879 1,106.86 Finland 1,036,068 1,216.654 851.57 1,103.731 938.70 United Kingdom 5,011,257 3,542.414 1,414.64 3,213.625 1,559.38 Netherlands 13,220,231 27,006.865 489.51 24,500.223 539.60 Belgium 6,326,414 3,720.592 1,700.38 3,375.266 1,874.35 France 2,724,229 2,387.205 1,141.18 2,165.637 1,257.93 Federal Republic of Germany 9,629,650 6,678.794 1,441.82 6,058.902 1,589.34 Austria 1,250,402 1,045.879 1,195.55 948.806 1,317.87 Switzerland 75,790 21.557 3,515.65 19.557 3,875.34 Russia 9,051,577 27,674.328 327.07 25,105.736 360.54 Ukraine 7,277,758 11,676.177 623.30 10,592.453 687.07 Spain 1,579,759 1,569.195 1,006.73 1,423.551 1,109.73 Italy 188,960 66.726 2,831.87 60.533 3,121.60 India 994,716 1,618.239 614.69 1,468.043 677.58 Thailand 52,725 57.030 924.51 51.737 1,019.10 Vietnam 77,447 104.917 738.17 95.180 813.69 China 7,843,111 10,385.359 755.21 9,421.442 832.47 Korea, South 36,124,171 68,595.477 526.63 62,228.788 580.51 Taiwan 6,021,448 8,307.455 724.82 7,536.399 798.98 Japan 23,453,601 47,623.909 492.48 43,203.696 542.86 Australia 6,849,916 15,433.374 443.84 14,000.926 489.25 New Zealand 896,494 2,379.843 376.70 2,158.958 415.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 321,127,142 563,946.581 569.43 511,603.877 627.69 GRAND TOTAL 321,127,142 563,946.581 569.43 511,603.877 627.69