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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 76,450 149.704 510.67 135.809 562.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,006,127 31,077.110 386.33 28,192.688 425.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,051,467 45,601.273 352.00 41,368.791 388.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,670,526 25,833.969 335.63 23,436.189 369.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,116,854 2,141.678 521.49 1,942.898 574.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,359,708 13,881.611 386.10 12,593.189 425.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,482,318 15,168.533 361.43 13,760.666 398.40 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 33,385 207.713 160.73 188.434 177.17 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 143,430 306.677 467.69 278.213 515.54 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 102,198 205.844 496.48 186.739 547.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,458,857 89,686.135 395.37 81,361.916 435.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,435,309 13,063.457 339.52 11,850.972 374.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 126,970 302.587 419.61 274.502 462.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,244,283 9,662.856 956.68 8,765.998 1,054.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,783,854 1,256.801 1,419.36 1,140.151 1,564.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,828,243 31,960.275 526.54 28,993.882 580.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,029 104.215 384.10 94.542 423.40 LINE PIPE.............................20 28,776,729 47,641.098 604.03 43,219.289 665.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,846,326 12,944.248 760.67 11,742.828 838.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,981 66.592 1,095.94 60.411 1,208.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,390,918 1,436.287 4,449.61 1,302.978 4,904.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,062,915 767.149 1,385.54 695.946 1,527.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,974,913 36,887.596 460.18 33,463.874 507.26 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 3,094,708 5,241.451 590.43 4,754.966 650.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,266,061 24,058.693 592.97 21,825.685 653.64 BLACK PLATE...........................28 55,095 206.128 267.29 186.996 294.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,729,297 4,574.623 596.62 4,150.029 657.66 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,161,278 3,289.844 656.95 2,984.497 724.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,545,457 21,246.755 355.13 19,274.737 391.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,632,782 16,211.427 779.25 14,706.763 858.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,678,264 50,074.225 492.83 45,426.586 543.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 385,397 453.657 849.53 411.551 936.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,329,595 6,103.536 873.20 5,537.036 962.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,385 12.003 531.95 10.889 586.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,246,112 3,090.545 403.20 2,803.696 444.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,766,076 5,215.704 722.06 4,731.608 795.94 COUNTRY TOTALS 257,981,297 520,131.997 495.99 471,855.944 546.74 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 154,086 289.908 531.50 263.000 585.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,719,005 86,034.404 217.58 78,049.120 239.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,157,187 18,871.610 220.29 17,120.041 242.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 730,120 2,387.900 305.76 2,166.267 337.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,219,937 4,379.238 278.57 3,972.779 307.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,246,130 3,621.891 344.06 3,285.725 379.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,037,835 6,727.907 302.89 6,103.456 333.88 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 497,841 1,920.483 259.23 1,742.233 285.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 263,646 260.806 1,010.89 236.599 1,114.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,739,314 2,800.061 621.17 2,540.173 684.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,278,969 2,406.253 531.52 2,182.917 585.90 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,417,087 8,205.552 416.44 7,443.954 459.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,287,474 11,092.448 476.67 10,062.902 525.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 335,894 168.885 1,988.89 153.210 2,192.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 133,040 65.886 2,019.25 59.771 2,225.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 517,839 349.272 1,482.62 316.854 1,634.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,465,259 1,121.941 1,306.00 1,017.808 1,439.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,053,729 4,633.695 659.03 4,203.619 726.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,078,873 39,249.354 307.75 35,606.425 339.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,857,739 27,285.348 691.13 24,752.858 761.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,704,213 24,429.649 560.97 22,162.211 618.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 14,984 22.154 676.36 20.098 745.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,235,456 1,752.872 704.82 1,590.179 776.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 67,787 35.750 1,896.14 32.432 2,090.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 155,275 347.455 446.89 315.206 492.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,891,894 1,816.167 1,041.70 1,647.599 1,148.27 COUNTRY TOTALS 94,260,613 250,276.886 376.63 227,047.436 415.16 Guatemala Guatemala SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,183 39.422 511.97 35.763 564.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,183 39.422 511.97 35.763 564.35 Honduras Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 204,691 514.002 398.23 466.295 438.97 COUNTRY TOTALS 204,691 514.002 398.23 466.295 438.97 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 55,082 86.131 639.51 78.137 704.94 COUNTRY TOTALS 55,082 86.131 639.51 78.137 704.94 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,515,297 15,763.753 223.00 14,300.640 245.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,257 113.125 461.94 102.625 509.20 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,567,554 15,876.877 224.70 14,403.265 247.69 Colombia Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,962 40.565 787.92 36.800 868.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,649,350 3,281.223 502.66 2,976.676 554.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,763 23.149 810.53 21.000 893.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 335,117 689.066 486.34 625.110 536.09 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,035,192 4,034.002 504.51 3,659.586 556.13 Venezuela Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,272,800 24,643.003 213.97 22,355.763 235.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,045,020 12,281.255 85.09 11,141.370 93.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 387,066 1,518.858 254.84 1,377.885 280.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,511,862 9,503.094 369.55 8,621.064 407.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 534,688 927.181 576.68 841.125 635.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,899,814 7,647.541 248.42 6,937.734 273.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,034,320 4,426.109 459.62 4,015.300 506.64 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,685,570 60,947.041 240.96 55,290.241 265.61 Ecuador Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,478 87.030 511.07 78.952 563.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 44,478 87.030 511.07 78.952 563.35 Chile Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 170,692 336.286 507.58 305.074 559.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 157,014 306.527 512.24 278.077 564.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 313,716 969.604 323.55 879.610 356.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 954,395 3,242.163 294.37 2,941.242 324.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,595,817 4,854.581 328.72 4,404.003 362.36 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,551,882 232,064.185 213.53 210,525.147 235.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,502,628 11,256.996 311.15 10,212.178 342.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 279,828 1,072.293 260.96 972.768 287.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 751,883 1,513.118 496.91 1,372.678 547.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,357,746 3,515.781 386.19 3,189.464 425.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 423,067 748.026 565.58 678.598 623.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,273 710.598 210.07 644.644 231.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 548,319 305.895 1,792.51 277.503 1,975.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 758,422 575.099 1,318.77 521.721 1,453.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,089 38.474 574.13 34.903 632.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,045,252 2,275.779 459.29 2,064.553 506.28 LINE PIPE.............................20 822,569 1,802.814 456.27 1,635.486 502.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 304,060 304.279 999.28 276.037 1,101.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 351,630 189.131 1,859.19 171.577 2,049.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 369,910 808.745 457.39 733.681 504.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,179,413 2,780.148 424.23 2,522.109 467.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,165,979 20,191.513 255.85 18,317.438 282.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,906,336 3,757.181 507.38 3,408.458 559.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,405,337 6,117.143 393.21 5,549.380 433.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 329,425 850.426 387.36 771.494 427.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 146,398 196.865 743.65 178.593 819.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 71,371,446 291,074.490 245.20 264,058.410 270.29 Argentina Argentina PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 52,932 214.490 246.78 194.582 272.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 155,647 494.883 314.51 448.950 346.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,973 170.598 486.37 154.764 536.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 380,919 755.635 504.10 685.501 555.68 LINE PIPE.............................20 386,333 815.651 473.65 739.946 522.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 399,205 349.868 1,141.02 317.395 1,257.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,641 5.650 998.41 5.126 1,100.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,957 452.438 448.59 410.445 494.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,654,273 10,348.480 256.49 9,387.986 282.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,413,212 3,727.688 379.11 3,381.703 417.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,577,889 4,107.065 384.19 3,725.868 423.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,311,981 21,442.447 341.00 19,452.266 375.89 Sweden Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 95,020 95.681 993.09 86.800 1,094.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,233,512 2,889.392 1,465.19 2,621.213 1,615.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,381,190 690.110 2,001.41 626.057 2,206.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,878 1.066 2,699.81 0.967 2,976.22 STEEL PILING...........................5 17,588 26.730 657.99 24.249 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,535,550 2,003.786 766.32 1,817.805 844.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 653,590 1,024.575 637.91 929.479 703.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 862,530 377.375 2,285.60 342.349 2,519.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 398,075 150.109 2,651.91 136.177 2,923.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,341,493 1,758.249 1,900.47 1,595.057 2,094.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 728,085 1,648.137 441.76 1,495.165 486.96 LINE PIPE.............................20 8,059 1.052 7,660.65 0.954 8,447.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,526,520 1,389.580 1,098.55 1,260.606 1,210.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 445,243 538.168 827.33 488.218 911.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,386,047 246.586 5,620.95 223.699 6,196.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,464 18.116 1,736.81 16.435 1,914.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,889,684 991.090 2,915.66 899.102 3,213.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 430,636 458.399 939.43 415.853 1,035.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,889,919 757.218 2,495.87 686.937 2,751.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 841,724 1,493.939 563.43 1,355.279 621.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,412,293 950.166 4,643.71 861.976 5,118.81 COUNTRY TOTALS 27,111,100 17,509.523 1,548.36 15,884.377 1,706.78 Norway Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,659,119 11,359.414 146.06 10,305.090 161.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 52,817 101.755 519.06 92.311 572.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,958 46.574 535.88 42.251 590.71 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,014 6.389 471.75 5.796 520.01 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,310,808 2,703.185 484.91 2,452.289 534.52 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,050,716 14,217.317 214.58 12,897.737 236.53 Finland Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,301,226 13,125.272 175.33 11,907.050 193.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 89,980 98.479 913.70 89.339 1,007.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 89,966 110.960 810.80 100.661 893.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 951,249 3,086.770 308.17 2,800.271 339.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,026 136.548 512.83 123.874 565.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 322,879 141.988 2,273.99 128.809 2,506.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 463,717 205.592 2,255.52 186.510 2,486.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 92,078 184.001 500.42 166.923 551.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 694,589 2,090.014 332.34 1,896.029 366.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 705,302 374.136 1,885.15 339.411 2,078.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,177 49.344 429.17 44.764 473.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 325,461 169.926 1,915.31 154.154 2,111.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 633,601 353.220 1,793.79 320.436 1,977.31 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,761,251 20,126.249 335.94 18,258.231 370.31 Denmark Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 531,225 270.786 1,961.79 245.653 2,162.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 82,629 96.452 856.69 87.500 944.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 15,340 31.905 480.80 28.944 529.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,930 22.936 781.74 20.807 861.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 647,124 422.079 1,533.18 382.904 1,690.04 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 128,065 17.876 7,164.07 16.217 7,896.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,363,963 6,821.484 1,079.53 6,188.348 1,189.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,268,995 4,434.406 511.68 4,022.827 564.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,174,143 12,370.269 337.43 11,222.122 371.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 362,682 1,081.329 335.40 980.965 369.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 775,224 803.459 964.86 728.886 1,063.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,576 1.396 1,845.27 1.266 2,034.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,754,415 14,388.231 469.44 13,052.787 517.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 71,194 91.733 776.10 83.219 855.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,325,140 5,633.943 945.19 5,111.029 1,041.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 760,636 163.658 4,647.72 148.468 5,123.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,681 3.265 4,802.76 2.962 5,294.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,413,811 3,616.862 390.89 3,281.163 430.89 LINE PIPE.............................20 62,653 29.941 2,092.55 27.162 2,306.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 575,219 247.014 2,328.69 224.087 2,566.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,080,355 324.771 3,326.51 294.627 3,666.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 36,975 10.926 3,384.13 9.912 3,730.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,450 0.724 4,765.19 0.657 5,251.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,257,650 1,702.055 1,326.43 1,544.079 1,462.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 317,410 592.233 535.95 537.265 590.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,132 0.257 12,186.77 0.233 13,442.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 335,530 405.267 827.92 367.652 912.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 6,585 15.487 425.20 14.050 468.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 780,191 1,194.734 653.02 1,083.845 719.84 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,304,514 1,198.112 1,088.81 1,086.909 1,200.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,653 9.462 597.44 8.584 658.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,081,770 950.411 2,190.39 862.199 2,414.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 38,267,612 56,109.305 682.02 50,901.520 751.80 Ireland Ireland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 597,487 2,426.803 246.20 2,201.559 271.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,223 0.909 6,845.98 0.825 7,543.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,296 0.041 56,000.00 0.037 62,054.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,609 0.827 6,782.35 0.750 7,478.67 COUNTRY TOTALS 611,615 2,428.580 251.84 2,203.171 277.61 Netherlands Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,375,838 4,613.057 298.25 4,184.896 328.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 250,635 321.523 779.52 291.681 859.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,445 19.393 1,415.20 17.593 1,560.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 420,989 751.587 560.13 681.828 617.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 107,990 127.796 845.02 115.935 931.47 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,367 1.328 1,782.38 1.205 1,964.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 489,962 631.149 776.30 572.569 855.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 17,561 0.989 17,756.32 0.897 19,577.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,714 0.923 2,940.41 0.837 3,242.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 287,228 65.283 4,399.74 59.224 4,849.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 112,703 373.606 301.66 338.930 332.53 TIN PLATE.............................29 924,727 1,738.513 531.91 1,577.153 586.33 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 15,198 28.547 532.39 25.897 586.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,562,060 33,388.765 286.39 30,289.787 315.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,120,415 12,781.074 322.38 11,594.799 355.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 346,463 750.752 461.49 681.071 508.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 24,824 21.261 1,167.58 19.288 1,287.02 COUNTRY TOTALS 18,089,119 55,615.547 325.25 50,453.590 358.53 Belgium Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 462,481 1,295.089 357.10 1,174.885 393.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,229,534 6,124.001 1,017.23 5,555.602 1,121.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 87,282 120.621 723.61 109.426 797.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,121,894 2,785.950 1,120.59 2,527.372 1,235.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,582,600 5,218.751 878.10 4,734.373 967.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 315,923 552.332 571.98 501.067 630.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 33,105 26.213 1,262.92 23.780 1,392.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,045,726 3,565.243 293.31 3,234.335 323.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,285 2.049 4,531.48 1.859 4,994.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 435,278 593.617 733.26 538.520 808.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,743,867 2,491.593 1,101.25 2,260.336 1,213.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 25,416 28.080 905.13 25.474 997.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,706,322 3,110.821 548.51 2,822.090 604.63 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 665,123 1,312.312 506.83 1,190.510 558.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,487,479 7,383.935 336.88 6,698.595 371.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,958,250 27,022.357 479.54 24,514.277 528.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,679 66.039 525.13 59.910 578.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 542,725 1,276.068 425.31 1,157.630 468.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 701,186 1,020.834 686.88 926.085 757.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 68,117 58.504 1,164.31 53.074 1,283.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 705,999 453.625 1,556.35 411.522 1,715.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 38,962,271 64,508.036 603.99 58,520.722 665.79 Luxembourg Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,594,581 15,067.162 437.68 13,668.703 482.46 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,352,992 11,295.138 473.92 10,246.780 522.41 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 522,171 693.827 752.60 629.429 829.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,349 1.144 6,423.95 1.038 7,079.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 128,003 189.093 676.93 171.542 746.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 554,411 1,146.492 483.57 1,040.080 533.05 COUNTRY TOTALS 13,159,507 28,392.855 463.48 25,757.572 510.90 France France IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 73,987 285.804 258.87 259.277 285.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 986,437 754.461 1,307.47 684.436 1,441.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 99,070 78.323 1,264.89 71.053 1,394.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,637,461 1,801.604 2,019.01 1,634.388 2,225.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,892,985 6,267.790 461.56 5,686.045 508.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,211,940 5,569.356 397.16 5,052.436 437.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,226,014 920.493 1,331.91 835.057 1,468.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,612,656 3,947.483 915.18 3,581.097 1,008.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,357,160 1,670.615 1,410.95 1,515.557 1,555.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 241,352 278.634 866.20 252.773 954.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 145,957 459.686 317.51 417.020 350.00 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,792,001 3,571.090 501.81 3,239.639 553.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,902,691 2,215.170 858.94 2,009.569 946.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,007,943 1,135.445 887.71 1,030.059 978.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,331,469 980.427 3,397.98 889.429 3,745.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,520 1.804 1,396.90 1.637 1,539.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,465,419 3,519.779 984.56 3,193.091 1,085.29 BLACK PLATE...........................28 302,590 612.110 494.34 555.297 544.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,155,784 3,802.631 566.92 3,449.690 624.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 295,112 603.500 489.00 547.486 539.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,962,344 18,985.296 419.40 17,223.176 462.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,023,040 10,666.536 658.42 9,676.521 725.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,548 19.088 814.54 17.316 897.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 405,288 405.029 1,000.64 367.436 1,103.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,812,609 1,017.919 2,763.10 923.441 3,045.79 COUNTRY TOTALS 49,959,377 69,570.073 718.12 63,112.926 791.59 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,006 0.755 7,954.97 0.685 8,767.88 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,523,390 18,076.762 194.91 16,398.967 214.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,001,934 6,203.341 322.72 5,627.578 355.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,011,380 18,537.406 378.23 16,816.857 416.93 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,125,235 2,370.590 474.66 2,150.564 523.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,034,036 1,705.674 1,192.51 1,547.362 1,314.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,334,995 2,890.506 461.86 2,622.224 509.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 137,040 357.675 383.14 324.477 422.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 50,650 35.322 1,433.95 32.044 1,580.64 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 46,206 46.883 985.56 42.532 1,086.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,153,443 2,695.334 1,169.96 2,445.167 1,289.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 97,159 216.206 449.38 196.139 495.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,318,957 4,217.744 1,261.09 3,826.274 1,390.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,522,665 968.619 1,572.00 878.717 1,732.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,083,268 1,736.855 1,199.45 1,575.649 1,322.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,105,179 12,995.105 700.66 11,788.964 772.35 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,757,367 3,622.165 761.25 3,285.974 839.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,126,742 2,634.705 1,186.75 2,390.165 1,308.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,425,567 1,085.775 1,312.95 984.999 1,447.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,390,488 483.004 2,878.83 438.174 3,173.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 121,395 77.617 1,564.03 70.413 1,724.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 132,293 130.047 1,017.27 117.977 1,121.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,297,147 1,072.839 1,209.08 973.263 1,332.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 356,323 297.396 1,198.14 269.793 1,320.73 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,014,539 3,627.993 555.28 3,291.261 612.09 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 771,384 1,386.938 556.18 1,258.209 613.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,193,614 9,835.628 324.70 8,922.734 357.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,590,358 18,488.662 518.72 16,772.637 571.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,790,142 15,494.482 502.77 14,056.362 554.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,320,343 4,226.043 549.06 3,833.803 605.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 420,513 248.046 1,695.30 225.024 1,868.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 200,158 346.623 577.45 314.451 636.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 760,370 1,010.168 752.72 916.409 829.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,342,694 3,346.709 1,895.20 3,036.084 2,089.10 COUNTRY TOTALS 82,562,980 140,469.620 587.76 127,431.932 647.90 Austria Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 21,190 1.405 15,081.85 1.275 16,619.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 90,919 9.935 9,151.38 9.013 10,087.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 491,671 727.282 676.04 659.779 745.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 134,484 242.191 555.28 219.712 612.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,394 2.163 2,031.44 1.962 2,239.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 940,047 2,485.751 378.17 2,255.036 416.87 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 803,043 4,634.575 173.27 4,204.417 191.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,017 31.042 2,964.27 28.161 3,267.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,017,228 869.176 2,320.85 788.503 2,558.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,853 0.144 33,701.39 0.131 37,045.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,050,701 1,615.559 650.36 1,465.611 716.90 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,109,370 2,499.934 443.76 2,267.903 489.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,492,009 4,813.478 517.71 4,366.715 570.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 417,772 109.153 3,827.40 99.022 4,218.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 413,160 172.578 2,394.05 156.560 2,638.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 8,245 11.452 719.96 10.389 793.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 602,200 1,209.527 497.88 1,097.265 548.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 365,240 331.201 1,102.77 300.461 1,215.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 55,578 47.254 1,176.15 42.868 1,296.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 255,935 44.411 5,762.87 40.289 6,352.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,370,056 19,858.212 572.56 18,015.072 631.14 Czech Republic Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 849,711 3,470.570 244.83 3,148.449 269.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,745 18.390 1,508.70 16.683 1,663.07 LINE PIPE.............................20 21,044 59.398 354.29 53.885 390.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,195 43.295 1,090.08 39.277 1,201.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,737 0.906 9,643.49 0.822 10,628.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 199,278 198.290 1,004.98 179.886 1,107.80 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,153,710 3,790.850 304.34 3,439.002 335.48 Slovakia Slovakia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,684,254 7,622.139 220.97 6,914.690 243.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,339 5.821 2,291.53 5.281 2,525.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 21,779 16.528 1,317.70 14.994 1,452.51 LINE PIPE.............................20 65,410 163.945 398.98 148.728 439.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 125,714 132.103 951.64 119.842 1,049.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,723,176 7,602.336 226.66 6,896.725 249.85 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,633,672 15,542.872 233.78 14,100.260 257.70 Hungary Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 97,179 404.752 240.10 367.185 264.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 158,165 741.943 213.18 673.080 234.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 465,945 2,129.670 218.79 1,932.005 241.17 COUNTRY TOTALS 721,289 3,276.366 220.15 2,972.270 242.67 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 275,849 1,313.591 210.00 1,191.670 231.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 99,968 314.313 318.05 285.140 350.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,931,097 13,117.622 299.68 11,900.110 330.34 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,306,914 14,745.526 292.08 13,376.920 321.97 Switzerland Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 60,459 16.843 3,589.56 15.280 3,956.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,758 36.795 428.26 33.380 472.08 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,775 2.196 2,174.41 1.992 2,397.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 226,283 67.831 3,335.98 61.535 3,677.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 142,724 84.607 1,686.91 76.754 1,859.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 295,813 78.212 3,782.19 70.953 4,169.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,940 0.299 13,177.26 0.271 14,538.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 65,850 4.409 14,935.36 4.000 16,462.50 LINE PIPE.............................20 359,058 29.084 12,345.55 26.385 13,608.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 461,936 277.278 1,665.97 251.542 1,836.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 58,581 0.787 74,435.83 0.714 82,046.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,711 50.630 4,556.80 45.931 5,022.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,532 2.814 8,717.84 2.553 9,609.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 166,677 156.188 1,067.16 141.691 1,176.34 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,117,097 807.973 2,620.26 732.981 2,888.34 Latvia Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 255,244 1,473.084 173.27 1,336.360 191.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,612,955 54,637.447 175.94 49,566.272 193.94 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,868,199 56,110.531 175.87 50,902.632 193.86 Lithuania Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,638 23.021 288.35 20.884 317.85 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,638 23.021 288.35 20.884 317.85 Poland Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,030,506 7,081.907 145.51 6,424.600 160.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,848,081 17,879.006 271.16 16,219.566 298.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 329,302 784.129 419.96 711.350 462.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 136,296 375.055 363.40 340.244 400.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,979,102 46,868.189 170.25 42,518.118 187.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,304 3.307 4,022.98 3.000 4,434.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 137,976 110.512 1,248.52 100.255 1,376.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,966 0.531 5,585.69 0.482 6,153.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,222 63.312 572.12 57.436 630.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,513,755 73,165.949 198.37 66,375.051 218.66 Russia Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,329,051 8,812.690 150.81 7,994.740 166.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,994 6.252 478.89 5.672 527.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 668,379 3,019.516 221.35 2,739.260 244.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,564,910 5,082.293 307.91 4,610.580 339.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 590,068 1,251.310 471.56 1,135.170 519.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 137,988 83.184 1,658.83 75.463 1,828.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 68,001 18.191 3,738.17 16.503 4,120.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 904,261 2,931.695 308.44 2,659.590 340.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,397,848 1,548.052 902.97 1,404.370 995.36 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,663,500 22,753.185 292.86 20,641.348 322.82 Belarus Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 274,337 233.795 1,173.41 212.095 1,293.46 COUNTRY TOTALS 274,337 233.795 1,173.41 212.095 1,293.46 Ukraine Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,589,169 42,758.077 177.49 38,789.486 195.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,684,044 26,051.078 179.80 23,633.147 198.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 43,341 161.809 267.85 146.791 295.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,557,718 7,965.707 195.55 7,226.370 215.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 749,544 1,812.423 413.56 1,644.203 455.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 348,164 1,132.768 307.36 1,027.630 338.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 135,568 77.685 1,745.10 70.475 1,923.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 159,865 342.938 466.16 311.108 513.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,431 55.325 929.62 50.190 1,024.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,398 113.642 461.08 103.094 508.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,640,119 13,539.223 195.00 12,282.580 214.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 18,011,361 94,010.675 191.59 85,285.074 211.19 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,823,823 9,871.658 184.75 8,955.420 203.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,974,048 27,247.138 219.25 24,718.195 241.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,227,360 4,509.775 272.16 4,091.200 300.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 247,956 534.612 463.81 484.992 511.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,273,187 42,163.183 219.94 38,249.807 242.44 Moldova Moldova WIRE RODS..............................3 1,853,873 9,872.197 187.79 8,955.909 207.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,992,239 11,743.674 169.64 10,653.685 187.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,846,112 21,615.871 177.93 19,609.594 196.13 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,445,942 14,574.172 1,059.82 13,221.470 1,168.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 452,084 509.440 887.41 462.156 978.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,772,509 38,347.203 307.00 34,788.007 338.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 206,189 110.692 1,862.73 100.418 2,053.31 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 166,323 448.046 371.22 406.461 409.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,809,793 7,249.776 387.57 6,576.888 427.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 290,978 168.321 1,728.71 152.698 1,905.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,940,068 3,036.417 638.93 2,754.592 704.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 96,126 53.180 1,807.56 48.244 1,992.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 975,856 1,514.281 644.44 1,373.733 710.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,168,588 2,553.600 457.62 2,316.588 504.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,577,558 1,813.179 870.05 1,644.889 959.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 168,841 44.450 3,798.45 40.324 4,187.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,204,906 846.631 3,785.48 768.051 4,172.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 119,080 58.885 2,022.25 53.420 2,229.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,804 5.611 1,034.40 5.090 1,140.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,893 22.143 1,666.12 20.088 1,836.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,581,077 1,796.709 879.99 1,629.947 970.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,138 0.311 10,090.03 0.282 11,127.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 42,021,753 73,153.046 574.44 66,363.346 633.21 Portugal Portugal WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,773 1.560 6,905.77 1.415 7,613.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,773 1.560 6,905.77 1.415 7,613.43 Malta Malta IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,663 10.997 514.96 9.976 567.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,663 10.997 514.96 9.976 567.66 Italy Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 35,284 19.639 1,796.63 17.816 1,980.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,709,402 23,572.610 199.78 21,384.718 220.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,352,980 2,722.687 864.21 2,469.981 952.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 565,523 238.259 2,373.56 216.145 2,616.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 541,774 464.880 1,165.41 421.732 1,284.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,740 1.282 2,137.29 1.163 2,355.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 76,891 47.069 1,633.58 42.700 1,800.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 868,843 615.392 1,411.85 558.274 1,556.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 399,651 217.005 1,841.67 196.864 2,030.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,592,954 1,692.382 2,123.02 1,535.304 2,340.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 39,666 4.808 8,250.00 4.362 9,093.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 128,702 152.023 846.60 137.913 933.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 87,258 269.313 324.00 244.317 357.15 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,606,434 2,446.795 656.55 2,219.696 723.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 455,758 467.894 974.06 424.466 1,073.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 220,054 200.173 1,099.32 181.594 1,211.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 432,462 125.259 3,452.54 113.633 3,805.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,500 0.064 39,062.50 0.058 43,103.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 26,565 22.487 1,181.35 20.400 1,302.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,712,161 2,051.311 834.67 1,860.919 920.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 173,068 127.825 1,353.94 115.961 1,492.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,654,103 1,131.580 1,461.76 1,026.552 1,611.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,028,623 5,578.003 542.96 5,060.281 598.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 282,912 281.370 1,005.48 255.255 1,108.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 22,996,308 42,450.111 541.73 38,510.104 597.15 Slovenia Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,961 41.082 1,556.91 37.269 1,716.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 255,673 132.240 1,933.40 119.966 2,131.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 477,319 203.369 2,347.06 184.493 2,587.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 315,747 336.370 938.69 305.150 1,034.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,112,700 713.061 1,560.46 646.878 1,720.11 Macedonia (Skopje) Macedonia (Skopje) IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,144,599 12,806.878 323.62 11,618.208 356.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,144,599 12,806.878 323.62 11,618.208 356.73 Greece Greece STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 658,279 1,167.347 563.91 1,059.000 621.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 658,279 1,167.347 563.91 1,059.000 621.60 Romania Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 598,274 1,570.201 381.02 1,424.463 420.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,011,345 18,748.884 213.95 17,008.706 235.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,363,175 4,563.587 298.71 4,140.018 329.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,343,107 40,152.400 207.79 36,425.655 229.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 73,504 228.674 321.44 207.450 354.32 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,389,405 65,263.747 220.48 59,206.292 243.04 Turkey Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 3,362,229 17,367.329 193.60 15,755.380 213.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 717,836 3,014.408 238.13 2,734.626 262.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,543,971 6,674.262 231.33 6,054.790 255.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,689,000 10,618.250 253.24 9,632.717 279.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,393,923 5,154.117 270.45 4,675.738 298.12 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,396,141 25,056.102 175.45 22,730.520 193.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,373,856 4,041.357 339.95 3,666.258 374.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,201,113 3,717.542 323.09 3,372.498 356.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 477,645 1,616.287 295.52 1,466.271 325.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 282,992 1,103.590 256.43 1,001.160 282.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,438,706 78,363.243 222.54 71,089.958 245.30 Israel Israel BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,085 17.749 399.18 16.102 440.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 238,838 509.034 469.20 461.788 517.20 COUNTRY TOTALS 245,923 526.783 466.84 477.890 514.60 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,026,045 552.864 1,855.87 501.550 2,045.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,520 17.584 655.14 15.952 722.17 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,037,565 570.448 1,818.86 517.502 2,004.95 India India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,274,886 1,111.510 1,146.99 1,008.345 1,264.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,105,477 6,167.102 341.40 5,594.702 376.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,599,271 27,569.582 239.37 25,010.711 263.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 329,241 654.012 503.42 593.310 554.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,955 4.935 1,409.32 4.477 1,553.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 528,168 364.066 1,450.75 330.275 1,599.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 54,305 16.906 3,212.17 15.337 3,540.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 253,862 550.790 460.91 499.668 508.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 598,998 955.640 626.80 866.942 690.93 LINE PIPE.............................20 29,314 54.089 541.96 49.069 597.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 373,586 484.447 771.16 439.483 850.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 239,844 247.502 969.06 224.530 1,068.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,872 62.512 4,029.18 56.710 4,441.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 687,561 787.201 873.42 714.137 962.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,671,504 27,360.547 316.93 24,821.078 349.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 873,524 602.859 1,448.97 546.905 1,597.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 83,020 137.471 603.91 124.712 665.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 245,924 168.574 1,458.85 152.928 1,608.10 COUNTRY TOTALS 23,207,312 67,299.745 344.84 61,053.319 380.12 Thailand Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 29,588 116.081 254.89 105.307 280.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,336,977 16,244.270 328.55 14,736.558 362.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,294 4.730 484.99 4.291 534.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,681 13.999 2,120.22 12.700 2,337.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,230,908 11,337.054 373.19 10,284.805 411.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 21,022 14.115 1,489.34 12.805 1,641.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 182,303 110.006 1,657.21 99.796 1,826.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 251,805 1,082.502 232.61 982.030 256.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,074,583 1,162.085 1,785.22 1,054.226 1,967.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 19,606 50.725 386.52 46.017 426.06 COUNTRY TOTALS 12,178,767 30,135.568 404.13 27,338.535 445.48 Malaysia Malaysia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 499,036 2,257.312 221.08 2,047.800 243.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 700,554 2,156.741 324.82 1,956.563 358.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 29,192 84.686 344.71 76.826 379.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 649,473 426.296 1,523.53 386.729 1,679.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 10,110 27.241 371.13 24.713 409.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,419 30.435 605.19 27.610 667.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,911 37.255 507.61 33.797 559.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,301,389 3,825.427 340.19 3,470.370 375.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,740 3.885 705.28 3.524 777.53 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,229,824 8,849.278 364.98 8,027.932 402.32 Singapore Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 139,344 66.801 2,085.96 60.601 2,299.37 COUNTRY TOTALS 139,344 66.801 2,085.96 60.601 2,299.37 Indonesia Indonesia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 490,440 1,866.367 262.78 1,693.140 289.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 77,548 351.322 220.73 318.714 243.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 701,074 1,975.049 354.97 1,791.735 391.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 200,309 349.102 573.78 316.700 632.49 LINE PIPE.............................20 761,636 2,774.518 274.51 2,517.001 302.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,792,518 21,273.522 272.29 19,299.020 300.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 215,079 151.981 1,415.17 137.875 1,559.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,811,148 4,135.872 437.91 3,752.001 482.72 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,049,752 32,877.733 305.67 29,826.186 336.94 China China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,458,515 33,825.526 190.94 30,686.010 210.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 137,080 364.471 376.11 330.643 414.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,168,923 4,227.317 276.52 3,834.959 304.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,365,068 8,504.814 278.09 7,715.440 306.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,385,321 6,162.029 224.82 5,590.100 247.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,674 0.886 6,404.06 0.804 7,057.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,575,549 14,786.752 174.18 13,414.320 192.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,920 100.719 813.35 91.371 896.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 227,562 104.706 2,173.34 94.988 2,395.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,542,460 10,047.030 352.59 9,114.515 388.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,009,976 1,818.301 555.45 1,649.535 612.28 LINE PIPE.............................20 199,685 443.395 450.35 402.241 496.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,859 161.698 648.49 146.690 714.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 375,766 135.625 2,770.62 123.037 3,054.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 12,239 19.389 631.23 17.589 695.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,922,197 2,783.134 690.66 2,524.817 761.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,782,849 26,024.927 260.63 23,609.423 287.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,001 0.844 3,555.69 0.766 3,917.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,575 2.205 6,609.98 2.000 7,287.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 28,373,219 109,513.769 259.08 99,349.248 285.59 Korea, South Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,900 20.906 377.88 18.966 416.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,335,160 1,167.573 1,143.53 1,059.205 1,260.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,830,996 6,636.556 275.90 6,020.584 304.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,897,703 11,802.610 245.51 10,707.151 270.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,616,874 834.243 1,938.13 756.813 2,136.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 49,494 112.957 438.17 102.473 483.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,875,744 8,213.296 350.13 7,450.979 385.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,108,575 5,937.404 355.13 5,386.324 391.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,604,766 71,012.326 177.50 64,421.317 195.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,480,642 1,785.070 1,389.66 1,619.389 1,531.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 595,931 520.306 1,145.35 472.014 1,262.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,735,274 12,633.027 374.83 11,460.493 413.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,340,398 3,586.142 373.77 3,253.294 412.01 LINE PIPE.............................20 4,140,097 12,939.899 319.95 11,738.882 352.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,709,340 4,172.605 409.66 3,785.325 451.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,848,829 792.438 2,333.09 718.888 2,571.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,524 42.644 457.84 38.686 504.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,952,715 9,318.062 316.88 8,453.206 349.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 935,475 1,427.793 655.19 1,295.272 722.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,359,063 3,080.895 1,090.29 2,794.942 1,201.84 BLACK PLATE...........................28 381,497 998.165 382.20 905.520 421.30 TIN PLATE.............................29 33,210 73.238 453.45 66.440 499.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,546,925 63,683.387 244.13 57,772.613 269.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,155,310 39,653.851 432.63 35,973.379 476.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,081,125 12,263.975 495.85 11,125.694 546.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,186,861 2,759.283 430.13 2,503.180 474.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,309,869 6,832.487 484.43 6,198.330 533.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 225,189 675.904 333.17 613.170 367.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 16,601 27.039 613.97 24.529 676.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 350,279 220.524 1,588.39 200.056 1,750.90 COUNTRY TOTALS 93,731,366 283,224.607 330.94 256,937.114 364.80 Hong Kong Hong Kong SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 49,323 12.969 3,803.15 11.765 4,192.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,713 38.054 544.31 34.522 599.99 COUNTRY TOTALS 70,036 51.023 1,372.64 46.287 1,513.08 Taiwan Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,800 12.003 399.90 10.889 440.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,221,651 1,948.980 1,652.99 1,768.085 1,822.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,888 29.984 963.45 27.201 1,062.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,249,495 790.278 1,581.08 716.928 1,742.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 489,773 1,820.828 268.98 1,651.828 296.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 545,548 290.399 1,878.62 263.446 2,070.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,187,907 592.755 2,004.04 537.738 2,209.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 721,210 381.443 1,890.74 346.039 2,084.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 642,972 1,674.649 383.94 1,519.216 423.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 32,200 1.543 20,868.44 1.400 23,000.00 LINE PIPE.............................20 612,283 2,267.170 270.06 2,056.743 297.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 195,228 130.909 1,491.33 118.759 1,643.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,600 0.643 8,709.18 0.583 9,605.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,926,575 2,414.244 2,040.63 2,190.166 2,249.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 44,605 11.722 3,805.24 10.634 4,194.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 155,926 47.140 3,307.72 42.765 3,646.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,646,584 2,061.969 798.55 1,870.587 880.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 195,951 365.783 535.70 331.833 590.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,750,768 74,184.966 279.72 67,299.488 308.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,702,306 6,556.865 1,937.25 5,948.290 2,135.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,620,960 8,523.744 424.81 7,732.613 468.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 315,364 766.861 411.24 695.685 453.31 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,290,688 2,569.742 502.26 2,331.231 553.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 28,043 18.699 1,499.71 16.963 1,653.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 542,334 306.105 1,771.73 277.694 1,952.99 COUNTRY TOTALS 55,157,659 107,769.423 511.81 97,766.804 564.18 Japan Japan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 902,202 1,996.775 451.83 1,811.444 498.06 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,062,755 27,840.190 145.93 25,256.203 160.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,354,647 15,198.579 418.11 13,787.923 460.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,734,915 4,143.243 418.73 3,758.688 461.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,097,045 1,388.504 790.09 1,259.630 870.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 169,713 270.702 626.94 245.577 691.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 6,849,901 15,186.176 451.06 13,776.671 497.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 218,228 394.675 552.93 358.043 609.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,494,891 7,805.228 575.88 7,080.786 634.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 476,103 421.326 1,130.01 382.221 1,245.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,205,784 6,969.785 173.00 6,322.884 190.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 790,113 911.335 866.98 826.749 955.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,602,670 8,345.527 671.34 7,570.937 740.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,117,902 2,452.118 863.70 2,224.525 952.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,080,721 7,846.369 1,284.76 7,118.108 1,416.21 LINE PIPE.............................20 4,507,649 11,032.867 408.57 10,008.851 450.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,567,310 6,435.950 1,331.16 5,838.597 1,467.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 839,980 123.389 6,807.58 111.937 7,504.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,590,832 1,240.149 3,701.84 1,125.045 4,080.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 160,071 38.886 4,116.42 35.277 4,537.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 753,822 2,016.898 373.75 1,829.700 411.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 306,912 945.874 324.47 858.083 357.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,643,528 9,444.357 915.21 8,567.779 1,008.84 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,157,287 1,788.322 647.14 1,622.339 713.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,108,586 19,001.411 479.36 17,237.795 528.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 8,599,120 16,709.589 514.62 15,158.688 567.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,864,491 3,878.595 480.71 3,518.603 529.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,401,795 8,689.919 621.62 7,883.364 685.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,794,352 7,637.235 496.82 6,928.385 547.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,947,803 8,181.341 482.54 7,421.990 531.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 326,261 130.450 2,501.04 118.342 2,756.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,798,584 3,162.905 568.65 2,869.340 626.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,875,503 850.757 4,555.36 771.794 5,021.42 COUNTRY TOTALS 114,401,476 202,479.427 565.00 183,686.298 622.81 Australia Australia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 86,462 27.344 3,162.01 24.806 3,485.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 159,177 60.721 2,621.45 55.085 2,889.66 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 43,060 70.999 606.49 64.409 668.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 495,710 960.144 516.29 871.028 569.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 89,259 155.025 575.77 140.636 634.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,830 30.405 356.19 27.583 392.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,599 28.634 859.08 25.976 946.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 34,309 88.667 386.94 80.437 426.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,469 5.365 3,442.50 4.867 3,794.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,612 59.571 413.15 54.042 455.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,330 46.429 373.26 42.120 411.44 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 24,003 58.096 413.16 52.704 455.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,956 421.857 549.85 382.702 606.10 BLACK PLATE...........................28 80,321 282.644 284.18 256.410 313.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,964 6.895 719.94 6.255 793.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,759,557 11,296.615 244.28 10,248.120 269.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 836,308 3,054.579 273.79 2,771.068 301.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 227,346 456.456 498.07 414.090 549.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,168,272 17,110.444 302.05 15,522.338 332.96 New Zealand New Zealand BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,525 12.952 272.16 11.750 300.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 20,000 8.816 2,268.60 7.998 2,500.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 247,196 932.765 265.01 846.190 292.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,365,714 8,493.317 278.54 7,705.010 307.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 933,736 2,893.974 322.65 2,625.370 355.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,570,171 12,341.824 289.27 11,196.318 318.87 Algeria Algeria STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 47,269 96.051 492.12 87.136 542.47 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 7,206 14.500 496.97 13.154 547.82 COUNTRY TOTALS 54,475 110.551 492.76 100.290 543.17 Tunisia Tunisia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 838,145 2,064.673 405.95 1,873.040 447.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 838,145 2,064.673 405.95 1,873.040 447.48 South Africa South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 197,240 877.338 224.82 795.908 247.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 693,505 3,287.307 210.96 2,982.196 232.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,618,257 16,902.834 273.22 15,333.997 301.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,900,604 2,108.741 1,375.51 1,913.018 1,516.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,713,470 6,873.307 249.29 6,235.361 274.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 37,778 158.942 237.68 144.190 262.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,959 54.286 293.98 49.247 324.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 647,529 1,947.856 332.43 1,767.066 366.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 498,435 1,315.263 378.96 1,193.187 417.73 LINE PIPE.............................20 755,154 2,748.069 274.79 2,493.007 302.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,115 78.336 256.78 71.065 283.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 135,993 85.517 1,590.25 77.580 1,752.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 29,973 99.701 300.63 90.447 331.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 137,676 454.086 303.19 411.940 334.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,034,560 2,613.303 395.88 2,370.749 436.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,177,586 17,652.057 293.31 16,013.681 323.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,632,056 2,821.068 1,287.48 2,559.231 1,419.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,056,736 2,728.527 387.29 2,475.279 426.92 COUNTRY TOTALS 23,302,626 62,806.538 371.02 56,977.149 408.98 GRAND TOTAL 1,295,610,521 3,218,560.725 402.54 2,919,829.998 443.73 GRAND TOTAL 1,295,610,521 3,218,560.725 402.54 2,919,829.998 443.73 !R! RES; EXIT;