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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 149,388 173.600 860.53 157.487 948.57 Mexico 230,334 457.527 503.43 415.062 554.94 Brazil 246,328 800.976 307.53 726.633 339.00 Sweden 136,055 122.461 1,111.01 111.095 1,224.67 United Kingdom 61,397 37.066 1,656.42 33.626 1,825.88 Belgium 614,072 1,497.793 409.98 1,358.775 451.93 France 63,936 1.350 47,360.00 1.225 52,192.65 Federal Republic of Germany 3,567 1.016 3,510.83 0.922 3,868.76 Austria 134,733 59.946 2,247.57 54.382 2,477.53 Japan 334,090 849.280 393.38 770.454 433.63 Australia 219,912 41.404 5,311.37 37.561 5,854.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,193,812 4,042.419 542.70 3,667.222 598.22 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 7,544,227 16,406.740 459.82 14,883.948 506.87 Mexico 34,942,295 151,832.096 230.14 137,739.799 253.68 Venezuela 5,231,565 23,272.949 224.79 21,112.870 247.79 Brazil 61,738,879 285,295.375 216.40 258,815.684 238.54 Sweden 2,085,085 1,237.107 1,685.45 1,122.285 1,857.89 Finland 4,062,387 23,521.333 172.71 21,338.200 190.38 United Kingdom 6,955,235 7,125.408 976.12 6,464.063 1,075.99 Netherlands 2,145 5.677 377.84 5.150 416.50 Belgium 3,458,117 4,104.246 842.57 3,723.310 928.77 Federal Republic of Germany 8,209,820 31,574.848 260.01 28,644.228 286.61 Russia 13,894,705 62,211.952 223.34 56,437.749 246.20 Ukraine 18,177,173 103,972.432 174.83 94,322.230 192.71 Spain 12,366,463 11,637.059 1,062.68 10,556.965 1,171.40 Italy 579,527 224.444 2,582.06 203.612 2,846.23 India 1,307,997 1,083.506 1,207.19 982.940 1,330.70 China 7,035,506 34,051.875 206.61 30,891.350 227.75 Korea, South 25,313 22.471 1,126.47 20.385 1,241.75 Japan 129,796 282.985 458.67 256.720 505.59 Australia 8,074,223 40,030.087 201.70 36,314.694 222.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 195,820,458 797,892.586 245.42 723,836.182 270.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 WIRE RODS..............................3 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 18,114,589 51,785.430 349.80 46,978.965 385.59 Mexico 2,532,118 10,786.777 234.74 9,785.602 258.76 Trinidad and Tobago 8,329,964 35,141.906 237.04 31,880.210 261.29 Venezuela 442,510 1,844.738 239.88 1,673.519 264.42 Brazil 12,424,074 49,107.535 253.00 44,549.619 278.88 Sweden 1,238,835 603.353 2,053.25 547.353 2,263.32 United Kingdom 2,517,733 3,664.495 687.06 3,324.375 757.36 Belgium 5,278 3.348 1,576.46 3.037 1,737.90 Luxembourg 441,959 1,336.035 330.80 1,212.031 364.64 France 1,834,651 3,188.935 575.32 2,892.954 634.18 Federal Republic of Germany 3,205,607 9,661.722 331.78 8,764.969 365.73 Ukraine 8,115,313 45,003.697 180.33 40,826.679 198.77 Moldova 2,803,019 14,371.157 195.04 13,037.298 215.00 Spain 2,532,427 7,930.403 319.33 7,194.343 352.00 Italy 3,544,957 6,637.163 534.11 6,021.135 588.75 Turkey 2,017,333 9,924.172 203.27 9,003.060 224.07 India 1,785,044 4,007.878 445.38 3,635.887 490.95 Indonesia 6,247,608 28,751.181 217.30 26,082.640 239.53 China 941,691 2,907.851 323.84 2,637.959 356.98 Korea, South 570,957 336.991 1,694.28 305.713 1,867.62 Taiwan 3,326,458 1,805.846 1,842.05 1,638.236 2,030.51 Japan 7,120,511 17,991.998 395.76 16,322.071 436.25 Egypt 1,341,641 6,608.839 203.01 5,995.440 223.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,434,277 313,401.452 291.75 284,313.095 321.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,815,455 19,782.096 293.98 17,946.021 324.05 Mexico 216,597 662.717 326.83 601.207 360.27 Brazil 589,854 2,421.458 243.59 2,196.710 268.52 Sweden 6,489 1.796 3,613.03 1.629 3,983.43 Norway 61,479 169.137 363.49 153.439 400.67 United Kingdom 5,354,784 14,452.700 370.50 13,111.273 408.41 Ireland 4,811 11.745 409.62 10.655 451.53 Luxembourg 6,645,605 15,642.359 424.85 14,190.513 468.31 France 101,972 85.467 1,193.12 77.534 1,315.19 Federal Republic of Germany 10,269,338 27,872.736 368.44 25,285.728 406.13 Austria 293,419 36.501 8,038.66 33.113 8,861.14 Poland 1,112,110 3,364.523 330.54 3,052.245 364.36 Russia 3,945,336 13,141.894 300.21 11,922.129 330.93 Ukraine 14,195 55.854 254.14 50.670 280.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 10,587,373 30,404.933 348.21 27,582.899 383.84 Italy 1,805,057 5,386.491 335.11 4,886.544 369.39 Turkey 326,702 1,276.409 255.95 1,157.939 282.14 Thailand 3,192,911 11,333.502 281.72 10,281.583 310.55 China 2,202,758 7,711.854 285.63 6,996.078 314.86 Korea, South 1,996,109 7,866.194 253.76 7,136.093 279.72 Taiwan 3,376,524 11,049.588 305.58 10,024.020 336.84 Japan 4,012,140 9,579.714 418.82 8,690.573 461.67 South Africa 2,078,066 6,429.047 323.23 5,832.335 356.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,009,084 188,738.715 339.14 171,220.930 373.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 723,366 1,320.673 547.73 1,198.095 603.76 United Kingdom 1,167,122 3,113.216 374.89 2,824.263 413.25 Luxembourg 7,397,831 15,196.350 486.82 13,785.901 536.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,244,616 4,857.058 462.13 4,406.250 509.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,532,935 24,487.298 470.98 22,214.509 519.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,241,217 12,754.268 410.94 11,570.481 452.98 Brazil 1,013,358 2,103.462 481.76 1,908.229 531.05 Sweden 182,360 178.394 1,022.23 161.836 1,126.82 Finland 397,676 693.627 573.33 629.248 631.99 United Kingdom 593,815 616.677 962.93 559.440 1,061.45 Belgium 2,706,203 2,271.937 1,191.14 2,061.067 1,313.01 France 3,107,543 2,436.268 1,275.53 2,210.146 1,406.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,501,936 3,898.797 641.72 3,536.930 707.38 Austria 488,360 209.740 2,328.41 190.273 2,566.63 Czech Republic 1,105,326 4,114.602 268.63 3,732.705 296.12 Hungary 68,480 280.207 244.39 254.200 269.39 Poland 60,566 38.618 1,568.34 35.034 1,728.78 Russia 2,465,645 10,482.252 235.22 9,509.342 259.29 Ukraine 2,053,516 5,938.149 345.82 5,387.000 381.20 Spain 167,764 112.253 1,494.52 101.834 1,647.43 Italy 194,449 96.375 2,017.63 87.430 2,224.05 Slovenia 31,213 15.514 2,011.92 14.074 2,217.78 India 84,873 271.137 313.03 245.971 345.05 Thailand 5,961,139 23,398.436 254.77 21,226.710 280.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 10,093,977 38,621.686 261.36 35,037.014 288.09 Korea, South 4,945,263 15,617.040 316.66 14,167.544 349.06 Taiwan 83,055 41.700 1,991.73 37.830 2,195.48 Japan 3,102,066 5,076.819 611.03 4,605.614 673.54 Australia 1,856,607 7,936.253 233.94 7,199.650 257.87 South Africa 1,193,714 735.117 1,623.84 666.887 1,789.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,700,121 137,939.328 360.30 125,136.489 397.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,091,092 15,469.979 329.09 14,034.133 362.76 Mexico 249,648 877.120 284.62 795.710 313.74 Brazil 350,510 1,405.086 249.46 1,274.673 274.98 Argentina 12,494 53.936 231.64 48.930 255.34 Sweden 1,827,497 2,836.276 644.33 2,573.027 710.25 Finland 50,869 29.299 1,736.20 26.580 1,913.81 Netherlands 3,585,506 11,790.314 304.11 10,695.996 335.22 Belgium 1,944,464 1,734.249 1,121.21 1,573.285 1,235.93 France 2,551,758 8,334.370 306.17 7,560.815 337.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,511,395 6,485.891 387.21 5,883.903 426.82 Austria 56,413 127.626 442.02 115.780 487.24 Hungary 50,035 197.688 253.10 179.340 279.00 Russia 1,797,185 7,131.291 252.01 6,469.400 277.80 Ukraine 1,093,061 5,304.839 206.05 4,812.470 227.13 Italy 293,433 254.036 1,155.08 230.458 1,273.26 Macedonia (Skopje) 9,038 42.483 212.74 38.540 234.51 Romania 3,995,422 16,399.081 243.64 14,877.000 268.56 India 17,172,629 67,217.889 255.48 60,979.060 281.62 China 3,558,958 13,733.737 259.14 12,459.040 285.65 Korea, South 270,554 213.157 1,269.27 193.373 1,399.13 Taiwan 157,926 604.729 261.15 548.601 287.87 Japan 150,382 243.073 618.67 220.512 681.97 South Africa 754,225 2,754.811 273.78 2,499.123 301.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,534,494 163,240.959 291.19 148,089.749 320.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 10,871 24.916 436.31 22.603 480.95 France 144,293 140.350 1,028.09 127.323 1,133.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,258,276 4,274.356 294.38 3,877.632 324.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 115,869 29.327 3,950.93 26.605 4,355.16 Korea, South 57,568 179.766 320.24 163.081 353.00 Taiwan 5,786 2.564 2,256.63 2.326 2,487.53 Japan 9,354,823 19,971.351 468.41 18,117.710 516.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,947,486 24,622.629 444.61 22,337.280 490.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 100,806 207.915 484.84 188.617 534.45 United Kingdom 74,464 19.999 3,723.39 18.143 4,104.28 Luxembourg 134,179 184.874 725.79 167.715 800.04 Federal Republic of Germany 108,199 209.180 517.25 189.765 570.17 Austria 108,583 178.125 609.59 161.592 671.96 Poland 23,571 69.986 336.80 63.490 371.26 Spain 107,177 284.393 376.86 257.997 415.42 Japan 48,858 21.902 2,230.76 19.869 2,459.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 705,837 1,176.373 600.01 1,067.188 661.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 251,413 320.960 783.32 291.170 863.46 Brazil 18,207 5.387 3,379.80 4.887 3,725.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 269,620 326.347 826.18 296.057 910.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 31,833,739 81,091.161 392.57 73,564.685 432.73 Mexico 1,275,982 4,286.034 297.71 3,888.226 328.17 Trinidad and Tobago 39,132 29.325 1,334.42 26.603 1,470.96 Brazil 642,529 1,072.577 599.05 973.026 660.34 Argentina 1,196,753 3,544.050 337.68 3,215.109 372.23 Sweden 701,987 304.416 2,306.01 276.162 2,541.94 Finland 26,068 3.263 7,988.97 2.960 8,806.76 United Kingdom 9,892,445 23,235.952 425.74 21,079.307 469.30 Netherlands 568,777 939.758 605.24 852.534 667.16 Luxembourg 724,244 1,724.288 420.02 1,564.248 463.00 France 1,000,572 660.881 1,514.00 599.541 1,668.90 Federal Republic of Germany 6,587,586 10,460.231 629.77 9,489.365 694.21 Austria 106,672 36.075 2,956.95 32.727 3,259.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 2,441,061 4,966.073 491.55 4,505.147 541.84 Switzerland 145,376 49.741 2,922.66 45.124 3,221.70 Latvia 714,186 2,275.712 313.83 2,064.492 345.94 Russia 285,980 1,499.613 190.70 1,360.426 210.21 Belarus 227,244 1,008.581 225.31 914.970 248.36 Ukraine 480,069 1,797.054 267.14 1,630.260 294.47 Spain 2,093,260 5,750.758 364.00 5,217.001 401.24 Italy 2,283,954 4,273.257 534.48 3,876.635 589.16 Slovenia 26,156 24.069 1,086.71 21.835 1,197.89 Turkey 944,322 3,864.425 244.36 3,505.748 269.36 India 241,402 529.064 456.28 479.959 502.96 China 57,482 150.588 381.72 136.611 420.77 Korea, South 1,304,869 2,937.152 444.26 2,664.540 489.72 Taiwan 237,978 137.213 1,734.37 124.478 1,911.81 Japan 4,712,536 8,411.402 560.26 7,630.698 617.58 New Zealand 12,140 4.910 2,472.51 4.454 2,725.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,804,501 165,067.623 428.94 149,746.871 472.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,579,630 14,787.936 309.69 13,415.394 341.37 Mexico 915,156 3,030.629 301.97 2,749.341 332.86 Brazil 259,238 1,058.674 244.87 960.413 269.92 United Kingdom 67,904 18.575 3,655.67 16.851 4,029.67 Netherlands 545,586 1,307.401 417.31 1,186.055 460.00 France 66,595 10.981 6,064.57 9.962 6,684.90 Federal Republic of Germany 46,044 26.770 1,719.99 24.285 1,895.99 Switzerland 120,130 99.109 1,212.10 89.910 1,336.11 Spain 188,372 103.143 1,826.32 93.570 2,013.17 Italy 63,538 33.941 1,872.01 30.791 2,063.53 Turkey 530,523 2,178.653 243.51 1,976.441 268.42 China 4,610 8.267 557.64 7.500 614.67 Korea, South 1,801,949 6,620.988 272.16 6,006.461 300.00 Japan 523,519 543.522 963.20 493.075 1,061.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,712,794 29,828.590 325.62 27,060.049 358.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 111,632 253.875 439.71 230.312 484.70 Mexico 1,982,002 7,601.769 260.73 6,896.211 287.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 2,067,879 11,228.799 184.16 10,186.598 203.00 Federal Republic of Germany 7,666 8.491 902.84 7.703 995.20 Latvia 3,475,239 18,848.781 184.37 17,099.331 203.24 Belarus 3,710,059 24,924.827 148.85 22,611.429 164.08 Ukraine 5,023,097 28,499.024 176.26 25,853.887 194.29 Moldova 4,309,290 19,989.265 215.58 18,133.961 237.64 Turkey 3,847,456 21,435.054 179.49 19,445.559 197.86 China 7,455,999 40,626.129 183.53 36,855.415 202.30 Korea, South 111,743 549.888 203.21 498.850 224.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,102,062 173,965.902 184.53 157,819.256 203.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,410,961 7,066.563 1,048.74 6,410.680 1,156.03 Mexico 69,000 66.392 1,039.28 60.230 1,145.61 Colombia 202,874 325.523 623.22 295.310 686.99 Brazil 23,066 37.818 609.92 34.308 672.32 Argentina 64,666 133.942 482.79 121.510 532.19 Sweden 555,207 197.410 2,812.46 179.087 3,100.21 Finland 8,036 13.475 596.36 12.224 657.40 Denmark 530,095 250.339 2,117.51 227.104 2,334.15 United Kingdom 5,351,022 5,707.138 937.60 5,177.430 1,033.53 Netherlands 18,082 23.249 777.75 21.091 857.33 Belgium 239,779 294.440 814.36 267.112 897.67 France 4,457,527 5,786.229 770.37 5,249.180 849.19 Federal Republic of Germany 4,463,592 4,228.440 1,055.61 3,835.977 1,163.61 Austria 400,862 101.839 3,936.23 92.387 4,338.94 Switzerland 307,449 96.449 3,187.68 87.497 3,513.82 Russia 524,605 597.059 878.65 541.643 968.54 Ukraine 23,191 75.266 308.12 68.280 339.65 Spain 1,845,066 2,550.450 723.43 2,313.730 797.44 Italy 6,790,953 2,959.545 2,294.59 2,684.855 2,529.36 Slovenia 417,798 191.131 2,185.92 173.391 2,409.57 Saudi Arabia 46,254 21.523 2,149.05 19.525 2,368.96 United Arab Emirates 836,249 527.494 1,585.32 478.535 1,747.52 India 360,980 235.767 1,531.09 213.884 1,687.74 China 70,724 105.055 673.21 95.304 742.09 Korea, South 3,596,175 2,592.295 1,387.26 2,351.691 1,529.19 Taiwan 1,124,382 502.377 2,238.12 455.749 2,467.11 Japan 642,977 691.252 930.16 627.093 1,025.33 Australia 672,243 1,223.788 549.31 1,110.202 605.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 4,000 0.136 29,411.76 0.123 32,520.33 South Africa 243,756 396.745 614.39 359.921 677.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,301,571 36,999.127 1,116.29 33,565.053 1,230.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 972,399 761.169 1,277.51 690.521 1,408.21 Brazil 833,715 691.169 1,206.24 627.018 1,329.65 Sweden 2,308,101 1,008.530 2,288.58 914.923 2,522.73 United Kingdom 983,678 350.273 2,808.32 317.762 3,095.64 Netherlands 337,974 506.825 666.85 459.784 735.07 France 2,119,208 1,847.419 1,147.12 1,675.951 1,264.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,030,506 733.030 1,405.82 664.994 1,549.65 Austria 2,046,359 859.981 2,379.54 780.162 2,622.99 Switzerland 27,267 19.267 1,415.22 17.479 1,559.99 Russia 355,958 288.842 1,232.36 262.033 1,358.45 Ukraine 169,955 109.704 1,549.21 99.522 1,707.71 Spain 79,609 41.706 1,908.81 37.835 2,104.11 Italy 11,323 3.314 3,416.72 3.006 3,766.80 Slovenia 657,223 471.754 1,393.15 427.968 1,535.68 India 42,947 22.055 1,947.27 20.008 2,146.49 China 479,718 361.723 1,326.20 328.150 1,461.89 Korea, South 645,143 514.327 1,254.34 466.590 1,382.68 Taiwan 685,442 425.921 1,609.32 386.389 1,773.97 Japan 4,735,229 6,073.153 779.70 5,509.473 859.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,521,754 15,090.161 1,227.41 13,689.568 1,352.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 17,337,692 30,588.909 566.80 27,749.799 624.79 Mexico 1,569,425 2,740.372 572.71 2,486.024 631.30 Guatemala 5,301 7.078 748.94 6.421 825.57 Colombia 30,191 95.343 316.66 86.494 349.05 Chile 478,549 1,100.772 434.74 998.604 479.22 Brazil 57,846 30.609 1,889.84 27.768 2,083.19 United Kingdom 49,992 10.640 4,698.50 9.652 5,179.44 Netherlands 65,498 68.052 962.47 61.736 1,060.94 France 1,248,036 1,457.555 856.25 1,322.272 943.86 Federal Republic of Germany 4,050,105 3,277.118 1,235.87 2,972.952 1,362.32 Slovakia 47,442 87.775 540.50 79.628 595.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 12,278 28.657 428.45 25.997 472.29 Spain 52,355 47.546 1,101.14 43.133 1,213.80 Italy 310,139 364.118 851.75 330.322 938.90 Romania 2,099,337 5,973.740 351.43 5,419.287 387.38 Turkey 756,735 1,842.026 410.82 1,671.058 452.85 United Arab Emirates 435,162 1,169.960 371.95 1,061.370 410.00 India 1,355,075 3,682.133 368.01 3,340.376 405.67 Pakistan 340,532 835.934 407.37 758.347 449.05 Thailand 1,342,561 3,373.443 397.98 3,060.337 438.70 Malaysia 1,379,970 3,161.298 436.52 2,867.882 481.18 Indonesia 314,031 931.324 337.19 844.883 371.69 China 11,681,124 31,261.157 373.66 28,359.653 411.89 Korea, South 11,179,000 29,258.398 382.08 26,542.780 421.17 Taiwan 1,546,429 4,116.218 375.69 3,734.171 414.13 Japan 1,609,735 2,216.228 726.34 2,010.529 800.65 Australia 4,948 14.506 341.10 13.160 375.99 South Africa 857,903 2,301.058 372.83 2,087.485 410.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,217,391 130,041.966 463.06 117,972.120 510.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 52,549 149.913 350.53 135.999 386.39 Colombia 1,234,646 2,053.953 601.11 1,863.315 662.61 Venezuela 1,562,485 3,616.278 432.07 3,280.633 476.28 Brazil 418,206 659.253 634.36 598.064 699.27 Argentina 329,523 685.419 480.76 621.802 529.95 United Kingdom 1,059,164 2,238.111 473.24 2,030.381 521.66 France 1,485,163 2,178.761 681.65 1,976.539 751.40 Federal Republic of Germany 10,554,538 14,127.327 747.10 12,816.099 823.54 Austria 5,478,796 8,275.901 662.02 7,507.773 729.75 Italy 10,225 5.208 1,963.33 4.725 2,164.02 Romania 281,764 533.617 528.03 484.089 582.05 India 484,437 1,048.706 461.94 951.370 509.20 China 92,281 48.092 1,918.84 43.628 2,115.18 Korea, South 1,732,650 4,682.184 370.05 4,247.607 407.91 Taiwan 10,199 7.936 1,285.16 7.199 1,416.72 Japan 5,346,588 2,422.364 2,207.18 2,197.532 2,433.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,133,214 42,733.020 705.15 38,766.755 777.30 LINE PIPE.............................20 LINE PIPE.............................20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,713,271 8,690.040 427.30 7,883.474 471.02 Mexico 3,586,970 8,257.096 434.41 7,490.714 478.86 Colombia 68,030 153.770 442.41 139.498 487.68 Venezuela 90,614 233.391 388.25 211.729 427.97 Brazil 2,546,161 5,427.660 469.11 4,923.892 517.10 Sweden 2,383 3.972 599.95 3.603 661.39 United Kingdom 327,892 721.221 454.63 654.281 501.15 France 1,175,233 1,524.699 770.80 1,383.184 849.66 Federal Republic of Germany 576,890 480.981 1,199.40 436.339 1,322.11 Austria 562,064 655.101 857.98 594.298 945.76 Czech Republic 629,493 1,661.292 378.92 1,507.099 417.69 Slovakia 311,736 784.257 397.49 711.466 438.16 Italy 4,035,639 6,359.988 634.54 5,769.686 699.46 Indonesia 733,286 2,411.592 304.07 2,187.760 335.18 China 813,885 2,061.705 394.76 1,870.348 435.15 Korea, South 586,925 1,687.273 347.85 1,530.669 383.44 Taiwan 79,904 257.571 310.22 233.665 341.96 Japan 6,535,542 15,851.685 412.29 14,380.411 454.48 South Africa 113,151 369.253 306.43 334.981 337.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,489,069 57,592.550 459.94 52,247.097 507.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,197,593 10,296.472 796.16 9,340.805 877.61 Mexico 6,440,868 12,063.135 533.93 10,943.495 588.56 Belize 28,368 19.842 1,429.69 18.000 1,576.00 Brazil 600,086 724.764 827.97 657.495 912.69 Argentina 99,495 68.063 1,461.81 61.746 1,611.36 Sweden 472,319 428.996 1,100.99 389.179 1,213.63 United Kingdom 744,871 253.780 2,935.11 230.225 3,235.40 Netherlands 192,723 256.841 750.36 233.002 827.13 Belgium 11,365 0.457 24,868.71 0.415 27,385.54 France 2,314,771 2,392.707 967.43 2,170.628 1,066.41 Federal Republic of Germany 5,351,869 4,768.033 1,122.45 4,325.488 1,237.29 Austria 92,515 46.814 1,976.23 42.469 2,178.41 Switzerland 431,561 224.791 1,919.83 203.927 2,116.25 Spain 192,493 129.646 1,484.76 117.613 1,636.66 Italy 863,346 955.479 903.57 866.796 996.02 Romania 182,883 493.658 370.46 447.839 408.37 India 235,829 300.376 785.11 272.497 865.44 Malaysia 177,604 404.993 438.54 367.404 483.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 515,549 832.480 619.29 755.213 682.65 Korea, South 1,570,029 3,767.622 416.72 3,417.930 459.35 Taiwan 234,526 97.661 2,401.43 88.597 2,647.11 Japan 6,028,519 4,374.112 1,378.23 3,968.129 1,519.23 Australia 58,060 142.463 407.54 129.240 449.24 South Africa 2,155 0.085 25,352.94 0.077 27,987.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,039,397 43,043.270 814.05 39,048.209 897.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 9,358 21.253 440.31 19.280 485.37 Mexico 45,849 44.660 1,026.62 40.515 1,131.65 Brazil 265,984 334.353 795.52 303.320 876.91 Argentina 158,836 129.462 1,226.89 117.446 1,352.42 Sweden 206,476 197.014 1,048.03 178.728 1,155.25 Netherlands 2,529 0.162 15,611.11 0.147 17,204.08 Belgium 15,067 2.204 6,836.21 1.999 7,537.27 France 1,125,437 1,450.873 775.70 1,316.210 855.06 Federal Republic of Germany 4,841,982 4,839.312 1,000.55 4,390.151 1,102.92 Italy 203,155 157.561 1,289.37 142.937 1,421.29 Romania 10,027 12.415 807.65 11.263 890.26 India 142,454 127.189 1,120.02 115.384 1,234.61 Korea, South 131,375 290.276 452.59 263.334 498.89 Japan 397,921 247.167 1,609.93 224.226 1,774.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,556,450 7,853.900 962.13 7,124.940 1,060.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,321,584 1,193.345 5,297.36 1,082.585 5,839.34 Mexico 198,200 93.670 2,115.94 84.976 2,332.42 Sweden 327,244 76.131 4,298.43 69.065 4,738.20 Finland 242,351 109.663 2,209.96 99.485 2,436.06 Denmark 29,974 1.842 16,272.53 1.671 17,937.76 United Kingdom 1,389,799 271.161 5,125.36 245.993 5,649.75 Netherlands 7,443 5.778 1,288.16 5.242 1,419.88 France 2,171,423 510.083 4,257.00 462.740 4,692.53 Federal Republic of Germany 638,216 264.901 2,409.26 240.314 2,655.76 Austria 754,760 196.518 3,840.67 178.278 4,233.61 Switzerland 20,639 1.197 17,242.27 1.086 19,004.60 Poland 8,568 1.536 5,578.13 1.393 6,150.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 2,611,190 660.329 3,954.38 599.041 4,358.95 Italy 246,201 76.813 3,205.20 69.684 3,533.11 India 389,064 101.310 3,840.33 91.907 4,233.24 Thailand 988,280 581.028 1,700.92 527.100 1,874.94 Malaysia 490,074 303.453 1,614.99 275.288 1,780.22 Singapore 321,891 140.697 2,287.83 127.638 2,521.91 China 611,087 203.292 3,005.96 184.423 3,313.51 Korea, South 2,815,159 1,048.427 2,685.13 951.117 2,959.85 Hong Kong 22,638 5.928 3,818.83 5.378 4,209.37 Taiwan 2,913,619 1,203.025 2,421.91 1,091.366 2,669.70 Japan 728,921 196.021 3,718.59 177.827 4,099.05 South Africa 21,870 14.699 1,487.86 13.335 1,640.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,270,195 7,260.848 3,342.61 6,586.932 3,684.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,474,905 1,180.777 1,249.10 1,071.183 1,376.89 Mexico 454,826 295.310 1,540.16 267.901 1,697.74 Sweden 3,232 2.896 1,116.02 2.627 1,230.30 United Kingdom 11,380 0.584 19,486.30 0.530 21,471.70 Federal Republic of Germany 60,390 10.054 6,006.56 9.121 6,620.98 Italy 72,172 47.581 1,516.82 43.165 1,672.00 India 13,234 5.512 2,400.94 5.000 2,646.80 Vietnam 50,352 61.994 812.21 56.240 895.31 China 74,650 91.180 818.71 82.717 902.47 Korea, South 6,355 20.102 316.14 18.236 348.49 Taiwan 4,320 1.058 4,083.18 0.960 4,500.00 Japan 395,924 137.514 2,879.15 124.751 3,173.71 South Africa 140,212 418.606 334.95 379.753 369.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,761,952 2,273.168 1,215.02 2,062.184 1,339.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 15,721,920 34,229.882 459.30 31,052.835 506.30 Mexico 1,234,397 1,271.430 970.87 1,153.422 1,070.20 Finland 403,820 157.764 2,559.65 143.121 2,821.53 United Kingdom 5,790 4.352 1,330.42 3.948 1,466.57 France 89,231 167.409 533.01 151.871 587.54 Federal Republic of Germany 112,727 61.904 1,821.00 56.158 2,007.32 Italy 6,989 10.969 637.16 9.951 702.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 61,234 162.338 377.20 147.271 415.79 China 5,963 7.705 773.91 6.990 853.08 Korea, South 2,975,362 8,928.591 333.24 8,099.884 367.33 Taiwan 805,351 743.390 1,083.35 674.392 1,194.19 Japan 358,966 863.469 415.73 783.326 458.26 Australia 5,214 13.481 386.77 12.230 426.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,786,964 46,622.684 467.30 42,295.399 515.11 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 613,499 999.031 614.09 906.306 676.92 Mexico 33,338 26.285 1,268.33 23.845 1,398.11 Korea, South 373,476 1,129.700 330.60 1,024.847 364.42 Japan 13,403 1.899 7,057.93 1.723 7,778.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,033,716 2,156.915 479.26 1,956.721 528.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,122,656 19,568.574 619.50 17,752.317 682.88 Mexico 2,889,748 4,082.831 707.78 3,703.883 780.19 Honduras 88,855 204.170 435.20 185.220 479.73 Dominican Republic 61,771 103.191 598.61 93.613 659.85 Trinidad and Tobago 540,555 1,114.246 485.13 1,010.827 534.77 Colombia 40,736 26.384 1,543.97 23.935 1,701.94 Venezuela 689,146 1,216.138 566.67 1,103.262 624.64 Ecuador 115,321 264.709 435.65 240.140 480.22 Chile 57,595 109.195 527.45 99.060 581.42 Brazil 108,800 167.784 648.45 152.211 714.80 Argentina 306,040 762.152 401.55 691.413 442.63 Sweden 1,584,253 463.738 3,416.27 420.696 3,765.79 Finland 63,417 135.560 467.81 122.978 515.68 Denmark 9,453 0.046 205,500.00 0.042 225,071.43 United Kingdom 1,630,159 1,439.644 1,132.33 1,306.023 1,248.19 Ireland 6,338 1.453 4,362.01 1.318 4,808.80 Netherlands 72,486 65.682 1,103.59 59.586 1,216.49 Belgium 1,453,369 1,161.500 1,251.29 1,053.695 1,379.31 Luxembourg 99,561 170.682 583.31 154.840 642.99 France 3,601,383 3,774.543 954.12 3,424.209 1,051.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,782,428 882.715 2,019.26 800.786 2,225.85 Austria 477,164 239.599 1,991.51 217.361 2,195.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 214,870 199.520 1,076.93 181.002 1,187.11 Switzerland 402,656 140.822 2,859.33 127.752 3,151.86 Poland 122,974 211.359 581.83 191.742 641.35 Belarus 306,569 276.963 1,106.90 251.257 1,220.14 Ukraine 63,296 154.744 409.04 140.381 450.89 Spain 322,823 222.822 1,448.79 202.141 1,597.02 Italy 3,293,504 3,727.057 883.67 3,381.130 974.08 Israel 421,141 875.656 480.94 794.382 530.15 India 731,538 686.068 1,066.28 622.391 1,175.37 Thailand 246,057 118.386 2,078.43 107.398 2,291.08 Malaysia 8,499 12.507 679.54 11.346 749.07 Indonesia 35,003 91.938 380.72 83.405 419.68 China 1,861,381 1,952.645 953.26 1,771.410 1,050.79 Korea, South 2,917,643 2,390.084 1,220.73 2,168.248 1,345.62 Taiwan 2,082,725 2,239.631 929.94 2,031.760 1,025.08 Japan 7,873,563 8,269.415 952.13 7,501.889 1,049.54 Australia 307,159 639.344 480.43 580.003 529.58 South Africa 1,526,000 3,605.916 423.19 3,271.233 466.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,538,635 61,769.413 818.18 56,036.285 901.89 BLACK PLATE...........................28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Chile 262,253 735.958 356.34 667.650 392.80 Belgium 10,181 22.079 461.12 20.030 508.29 France 1,030,171 2,063.537 499.23 1,872.010 550.30 Federal Republic of Germany 482,356 320.562 1,504.72 290.809 1,658.67 Japan 2,539,187 3,866.582 656.70 3,507.705 723.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,324,148 7,008.718 616.97 6,358.204 680.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,036,595 5,138.141 590.99 4,661.244 651.46 Brazil 1,460,129 3,485.170 418.95 3,161.694 461.82 Norway 1,791,674 3,673.617 487.71 3,332.650 537.61 United Kingdom 7,433 15.570 477.39 14.125 526.23 Netherlands 1,202,157 2,123.161 566.21 1,926.100 624.14 Belgium 29,873 58.213 513.17 52.810 565.67 France 1,192,981 2,274.158 524.58 2,063.082 578.25 Federal Republic of Germany 3,065,647 5,249.709 583.97 4,762.457 643.71 Spain 679,227 1,394.280 487.15 1,264.870 536.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 771,943 1,552.321 497.28 1,408.242 548.16 Taiwan 27,908 42.885 650.76 38.905 717.34 Japan 392,300 494.805 792.84 448.880 873.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,657,867 25,502.030 535.56 23,135.059 590.35 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 836,802 1,240.169 674.75 1,125.063 743.78 Brazil 69,467 156.818 442.98 142.263 488.30 Netherlands 1,512,650 3,057.250 494.77 2,773.491 545.40 France 240,405 397.874 604.22 360.945 666.04 Federal Republic of Germany 454,277 852.196 533.07 773.099 587.61 Japan 1,583,910 2,724.270 581.41 2,471.417 640.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,697,511 8,428.576 557.33 7,646.278 614.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 7,907,201 20,768.326 380.73 18,840.714 419.69 Mexico 6,320,714 21,547.931 293.33 19,547.960 323.34 Brazil 2,431,692 7,454.636 326.20 6,762.734 359.57 Argentina 2,952,616 11,204.286 263.53 10,164.360 290.49 Sweden 481,006 921.302 522.09 835.791 575.51 Finland 684,871 334.880 2,045.12 303.798 2,254.36 United Kingdom 52,500 10.885 4,823.15 9.875 5,316.46 Netherlands 15,025,016 50,493.620 297.56 45,807.054 328.01 Belgium 1,963,365 3,432.954 571.92 3,114.324 630.43 France 6,849,716 21,237.644 322.53 19,266.472 355.53 Federal Republic of Germany 4,463,747 13,642.377 327.20 12,376.160 360.67 Austria 1,122,999 2,379.548 471.94 2,158.690 520.22 Slovakia 41,762 142.081 293.93 128.894 324.00 Hungary 423,282 1,652.116 256.21 1,498.775 282.42 Russia 4,754,920 16,752.967 283.83 15,198.040 312.86 Ukraine 5,804,995 27,789.894 208.89 25,210.575 230.26 Kazakhstan 1,123,626 5,219.192 215.29 4,734.773 237.31 Spain 19,273 11.931 1,615.37 10.824 1,780.58 Italy 80,021 47.612 1,680.69 43.193 1,852.64 Slovenia 232,571 122.434 1,899.56 111.070 2,093.91 Romania 3,468,928 14,170.913 244.79 12,855.640 269.84 Turkey 9,834,437 39,814.845 247.00 36,119.430 272.28 India 13,396,701 51,644.294 259.40 46,850.929 285.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 8,944,513 34,593.094 258.56 31,382.336 285.02 China 9,099,680 34,755.894 261.82 31,530.026 288.60 Korea, South 15,859,011 61,310.594 258.67 55,620.051 285.13 Taiwan 5,573,945 18,302.278 304.55 16,603.552 335.71 Japan 1,432,481 2,450.944 584.46 2,223.460 644.26 Australia 6,044,343 21,971.924 275.09 19,932.600 303.24 New Zealand 373,514 1,261.242 296.15 1,144.180 326.45 South Africa 3,601,920 9,770.159 368.67 8,863.342 406.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 140,365,366 495,212.800 283.44 449,249.622 312.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,705,550 19,033.356 615.00 17,266.775 677.92 Mexico 18,032,031 17,808.974 1,012.52 16,156.034 1,116.12 Chile 843,165 2,536.770 332.38 2,301.320 366.38 Brazil 3,176,680 6,458.242 491.88 5,858.820 542.20 Argentina 8,090,588 22,166.694 364.99 20,109.292 402.33 Sweden 922,724 419.471 2,199.73 380.538 2,424.79 Finland 574,020 230.322 2,492.25 208.945 2,747.23 United Kingdom 228,245 312.690 729.94 283.668 804.62 Netherlands 7,302,103 19,744.864 369.82 17,912.244 407.66 Belgium 10,018,099 19,301.448 519.03 17,509.984 572.14 Luxembourg 586,711 1,499.253 391.34 1,360.100 431.37 France 10,896,867 16,952.053 642.81 15,378.648 708.57 Federal Republic of Germany 10,765,071 21,188.942 508.05 19,222.290 560.03 Austria 407,606 448.765 908.28 407.113 1,001.21 Slovakia 13,269 32.575 407.34 29.552 449.01 Liechtenstein 2,235,655 6,686.067 334.38 6,065.500 368.59 Poland 1,118,485 3,108.726 359.79 2,820.190 396.60 Russia 9,767,260 26,455.056 369.20 23,999.630 406.98 Ukraine 1,283,590 4,685.152 273.97 4,250.300 302.00 Kazakhstan 47,186 196.277 240.41 178.060 265.00 Spain 1,361,962 2,077.311 655.64 1,884.505 722.72 Italy 4,573,677 2,643.519 1,730.15 2,398.161 1,907.16 Macedonia (Skopje) 1,893,645 5,687.770 332.93 5,159.860 367.00 Romania 332,286 168.377 1,973.46 152.749 2,175.37 India 646,770 1,679.565 385.08 1,523.676 424.48 Thailand 548,550 634.685 864.29 575.777 952.71 Indonesia 517,574 279.197 1,853.79 253.283 2,043.46 China 1,877,926 5,053.247 371.63 4,584.230 409.65 Korea, South 20,619,306 39,195.665 526.06 35,557.719 579.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 8,210,612 9,117.742 900.51 8,271.479 992.64 Japan 6,498,443 12,323.190 527.33 11,179.413 581.29 Australia 1,083,183 3,013.429 359.45 2,733.738 396.23 New Zealand 506,439 1,328.649 381.17 1,205.330 420.17 South Africa 1,168,874 654.907 1,784.79 594.122 1,967.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 147,854,152 273,122.953 541.35 247,773.045 596.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,883,936 42,509.547 491.28 38,564.023 541.54 Mexico 11,834,937 21,250.528 556.92 19,278.160 613.90 Guatemala 169,523 294.312 576.00 266.995 634.93 Colombia 175,504 345.780 507.56 313.686 559.49 Venezuela 401,184 885.738 452.94 803.528 499.28 Argentina 783,010 1,833.553 427.05 1,663.372 470.74 Sweden 19,300 18.614 1,036.85 16.886 1,142.96 Finland 64,923 149.418 434.51 135.550 478.96 Netherlands 224,406 519.492 431.97 471.275 476.17 Belgium 135,123 324.788 416.03 294.643 458.60 France 624,137 1,505.318 414.62 1,365.602 457.04 Federal Republic of Germany 16,723,227 33,692.648 496.35 30,565.465 547.13 Austria 64,965 115.092 564.46 104.410 622.21 Russia 2,738,089 6,949.773 393.98 6,304.730 434.29 Portugal 191,019 483.361 395.19 438.498 435.62 Italy 2,020,810 4,186.384 482.71 3,797.825 532.10 Korea, South 5,353,713 9,946.858 538.23 9,023.640 593.30 Taiwan 5,659,522 11,206.963 505.00 10,166.789 556.67 Japan 2,210,754 3,666.032 603.04 3,325.769 664.73 New Zealand 388,378 508.711 763.46 461.495 841.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,666,460 140,392.909 503.35 127,362.341 554.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 228,798 265.724 861.04 241.061 949.13 Mexico 2,811 3.443 816.44 3.123 900.10 Brazil 613,500 1,408.559 435.55 1,277.824 480.11 Argentina 973,576 2,276.914 427.59 2,065.582 471.33 United Kingdom 288,148 483.340 596.16 438.479 657.15 Belgium 53,592 129.246 414.65 117.250 457.07 Federal Republic of Germany 5,228,535 9,788.619 534.14 8,880.088 588.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 294,382 636.276 462.66 577.220 510.00 Korea, South 1,387,683 3,139.955 441.94 2,848.520 487.16 Taiwan 334,274 745.907 448.14 676.676 493.99 Japan 2,948,747 5,870.783 502.27 5,325.886 553.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,354,046 24,748.766 499.18 22,451.709 550.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 4,793,973 5,521.438 868.25 5,008.966 957.08 Mexico 1,119,630 1,847.839 605.91 1,676.332 667.90 Dominican Republic 69,210 37.699 1,835.86 34.200 2,023.68 United Kingdom 751,027 815.185 921.30 739.524 1,015.55 Belgium 77,720 107.338 724.07 97.375 798.15 Luxembourg 1,197,827 2,173.944 550.99 1,972.169 607.37 Federal Republic of Germany 422,414 456.954 924.41 414.542 1,018.99 Austria 16,574 13.943 1,188.70 12.649 1,310.30 Switzerland 2,240 1.235 1,813.77 1.120 2,000.00 Korea, South 2,728,778 5,087.846 536.33 4,615.618 591.21 Taiwan 1,261,974 2,542.745 496.30 2,306.740 547.08 Japan 637,732 273.300 2,333.45 247.934 2,572.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,079,099 18,879.467 692.77 17,127.169 763.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 25,041 35.770 700.06 32.450 771.68 Mexico 63,552 40.143 1,583.14 36.417 1,745.12 Sweden 339,482 527.729 643.29 478.748 709.10 United Kingdom 255,943 241.316 1,060.61 218.918 1,169.13 France 806,654 748.415 1,077.82 678.951 1,188.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,097,266 1,305.918 840.23 1,184.709 926.19 Russia 3,395,903 3,567.222 951.97 3,236.130 1,049.37 Italy 465,267 1,022.294 455.12 927.410 501.68 Japan 1,001,523 1,890.803 529.68 1,715.308 583.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,450,631 9,379.609 794.34 8,509.041 875.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,300,214 3,226.171 403.02 2,926.734 444.25 Mexico 192,623 434.413 443.41 394.093 488.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 09/18/00 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 112,541 49.470 2,274.93 44.878 2,507.71 Federal Republic of Germany 733,462 970.811 755.51 880.705 832.81 Austria 4,984 0.935 5,330.48 0.848 5,877.36 Italy 54,962 133.663 411.20 121.257 453.27 India 12,016 19.618 612.50 17.797 675.17 Thailand 82,146 37.353 2,199.18 33.886 2,424.19 China 18,656 55.090 338.65 49.977 373.29 Korea, South 54,630 137.693 396.75 124.913 437.34 Taiwan 45,941 51.655 889.38 46.861 980.37 Japan 72,339 17.264 4,190.16 15.662 4,618.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,684,514 5,134.136 522.88 4,657.611 576.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,989,152 3,612.402 827.47 3,277.117 912.13 Mexico 1,396,805 1,187.828 1,175.93 1,077.580 1,296.24 Brazil 674,880 910.888 740.90 826.344 816.71 Sweden 2,130,228 451.426 4,718.89 409.527 5,201.68 Finland 378,617 177.772 2,129.79 161.272 2,347.69 Denmark 19,368 2.200 8,803.64 1.996 9,703.41 United Kingdom 1,353,298 609.364 2,220.84 552.806 2,448.05 Netherlands 19,525 15.653 1,247.36 14.200 1,375.00 Belgium 91,640 47.058 1,947.38 42.690 2,146.64 France 2,497,429 756.763 3,300.15 686.524 3,637.79 Federal Republic of Germany 5,353,734 3,376.956 1,585.37 3,063.524 1,747.57 Austria 192,107 38.064 5,046.95 34.531 5,563.32 Switzerland 192,575 196.600 979.53 178.353 1,079.74 Italy 169,533 214.095 791.86 194.224 872.87 Greece 466,759 819.816 569.35 743.725 627.60 India 39,811 66.303 600.44 60.149 661.87 Thailand 20,496 14.296 1,433.69 12.969 1,580.38 Korea, South 169,446 340.012 498.35 308.454 549.34 Taiwan 189,341 95.869 1,975.00 86.971 2,177.06 Japan 4,680,457 1,039.599 4,502.18 943.109 4,962.80 Australia 257,603 506.483 508.61 459.474 560.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,282,804 14,479.449 1,607.99 13,135.539 1,772.50 GRAND TOTAL 1,346,834,387 3,500,456.657 384.76 3,175,561.758 424.12 GRAND TOTAL 1,346,834,387 3,500,456.657 384.76 3,175,561.758 424.12 !R! RES; EXIT;