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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,337,549 2,251.555 1,038.19 2,042.577 1,144.41 Mexico 70,164 154.114 455.27 139.810 501.85 Sweden 14,007 42.092 332.76 38.186 366.81 United Kingdom 89,376 36.725 2,433.61 33.317 2,682.59 Belgium 226,292 670.138 337.68 607.940 372.23 Federal Republic of Germany 281,532 40.192 7,004.60 36.462 7,721.24 Japan 4,156 1.532 2,712.42 1.390 2,989.93 Australia 205,371 21.715 9,457.33 19.700 10,424.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,228,447 3,218.066 1,003.23 2,919.382 1,105.87 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,183,447 10,271.999 601.97 9,318.604 663.56 Mexico 61,119,096 284,061.088 215.16 257,695.957 237.18 Brazil 32,852,564 193,657.381 169.64 175,683.071 187.00 Argentina 176,239 605.201 291.21 549.030 321.00 Sweden 2,596,690 2,199.952 1,180.34 1,995.764 1,301.10 United Kingdom 4,151,234 3,981.433 1,042.65 3,611.897 1,149.32 Belgium 342,065 1,117.947 305.98 1,014.185 337.28 Federal Republic of Germany 18,676,762 71,769.705 260.23 65,108.400 286.86 Russia 26,973,084 144,034.699 187.27 130,666.118 206.43 Ukraine 14,421 9.711 1,484.96 8.810 1,636.89 Spain 9,909,324 10,846.440 913.60 9,839.728 1,007.07 Italy 858,688 1,406.676 610.44 1,276.116 672.89 India 16,583 46.424 357.20 42.116 393.75 China 6,742,613 32,376.929 208.25 29,371.865 229.56 Korea, South 114,114 124.588 915.93 113.025 1,009.64 Taiwan 58,030 106.574 544.50 96.683 600.21 Japan 13,711 27.058 506.72 24.547 558.56 Australia 8,746,985 40,159.357 217.81 36,431.967 240.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 179,545,650 796,803.172 225.33 722,847.883 248.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,918,433 37,963.555 366.63 34,439.968 404.14 Mexico 3,763,235 13,927.333 270.20 12,634.668 297.85 Trinidad and Tobago 10,010,543 39,783.660 251.62 36,091.140 277.37 Venezuela 251,434 1,076.139 233.64 976.258 257.55 Brazil 1,392,323 6,315.100 220.48 5,728.964 243.03 Argentina 1,617,277 8,358.701 193.48 7,582.889 213.28 Sweden 331,204 131.664 2,515.52 119.444 2,772.88 United Kingdom 1,047,537 1,331.695 786.62 1,208.094 867.10 Netherlands 282,200 635.932 443.76 576.908 489.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 347,390 1,694.387 205.02 1,537.123 226.00 Luxembourg 1,425,250 6,056.579 235.32 5,494.438 259.40 France 2,231,670 4,546.255 490.88 4,124.295 541.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,112,896 3,273.625 339.96 2,969.784 374.74 Austria 7,919 3.302 2,397.86 2.996 2,643.19 Ukraine 1,265,497 6,758.579 187.24 6,131.282 206.40 Spain 604,159 1,308.804 461.61 1,187.328 508.84 Italy 765,350 611.775 1,251.03 554.994 1,379.02 Turkey 5,115,035 24,965.048 204.89 22,647.917 225.85 India 661,024 590.935 1,118.61 536.088 1,233.05 Indonesia 6,221,402 27,585.443 225.53 25,025.100 248.61 China 969,130 4,854.442 199.64 4,403.877 220.06 Korea, South 422,551 370.164 1,141.52 335.808 1,258.31 Taiwan 1,491,345 1,008.146 1,479.29 914.575 1,630.64 Japan 5,417,985 15,511.713 349.28 14,071.994 385.02 South Africa 118,876 501.189 237.19 454.672 261.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,791,665 209,164.178 290.64 189,750.604 320.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,972,134 16,351.789 304.07 14,834.098 335.18 Mexico 654,267 2,321.026 281.89 2,105.600 310.73 Brazil 747,978 3,852.054 194.18 3,494.526 214.04 Argentina 9,581 50.271 190.58 45.606 210.08 Sweden 12,096 5.404 2,238.08 4.903 2,467.06 Norway 194,865 394.299 494.20 357.703 544.77 United Kingdom 1,137,309 3,523.840 322.75 3,196.775 355.77 Luxembourg 1,198,297 1,883.534 636.20 1,708.714 701.29 France 38,787 10.367 3,741.31 9.405 4,124.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,651,162 2,798.977 589.92 2,539.190 650.27 Poland 3,811,334 16,522.611 230.67 14,989.065 254.27 Spain 947,738 2,972.456 318.84 2,696.568 351.46 Italy 297,076 183.058 1,622.85 166.068 1,788.88 Turkey 720,657 3,155.539 228.38 2,862.658 251.74 India 45,620 21.760 2,096.44 19.741 2,310.93 Thailand 10,020 11.350 882.78 10.297 973.10 China 38,077 86.223 441.61 78.221 486.79 Korea, South 2,037,874 9,963.015 204.54 9,038.298 225.47 Taiwan 37,974 88.696 428.13 80.464 471.94 Japan 881,335 2,965.021 297.24 2,689.823 327.66 South Africa 122,983 392.146 313.62 355.749 345.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,567,164 67,553.445 289.65 61,283.472 319.29 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 699,263 1,463.145 477.92 1,327.344 526.81 United Kingdom 53,307 117.564 453.43 106.653 499.82 Luxembourg 6,320,366 12,736.752 496.23 11,554.591 547.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,287,333 2,553.163 504.21 2,316.192 555.80 Taiwan 15,410 17.789 866.26 16.138 954.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,375,679 16,888.416 495.94 15,320.918 546.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,705,811 22,668.939 384.04 20,564.922 423.33 Brazil 130,481 71.041 1,836.68 64.448 2,024.59 Sweden 1,149,680 1,929.039 595.99 1,749.996 656.96 Norway 51,278 107.436 477.29 97.465 526.12 Finland 96,320 169.632 567.82 153.888 625.91 United Kingdom 798,497 793.728 1,006.01 720.059 1,108.93 Belgium 2,524,010 2,241.777 1,125.90 2,033.707 1,241.09 France 385,353 203.047 1,897.84 184.202 2,092.01 Federal Republic of Germany 480,818 577.800 832.15 524.172 917.29 Austria 380,827 347.032 1,097.38 314.823 1,209.65 Czech Republic 3,973,450 12,657.926 313.91 11,483.081 346.03 Slovakia 26,122 113.363 230.43 102.842 254.00 Hungary 206,419 746.855 276.38 677.536 304.66 Russia 675,661 3,483.332 193.97 3,160.027 213.81 Ukraine 1,121,444 4,027.574 278.44 3,653.755 306.93 Italy 206,939 203.202 1,018.39 184.342 1,122.58 Romania 1,655,370 6,893.724 240.13 6,253.883 264.69 Bulgaria 350,684 1,680.707 208.65 1,524.713 230.00 China 434,818 1,598.796 271.97 1,450.404 299.79 Korea, South 1,849,225 5,499.354 336.26 4,988.932 370.67 Taiwan 1,382,862 963.506 1,435.24 874.079 1,582.08 Japan 1,993,461 3,032.447 657.38 2,750.991 724.63 Australia 402,580 1,910.351 210.74 1,733.042 232.30 South Africa 1,117,020 1,305.982 855.31 1,184.768 942.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,099,130 73,226.604 411.04 66,430.077 453.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,296,223 30,341.049 372.31 27,524.945 410.40 Mexico 1,948,217 7,776.948 250.51 7,055.131 276.14 Venezuela 164,334 577.015 284.80 523.460 313.94 Brazil 225,419 217.808 1,034.94 197.593 1,140.82 Sweden 958,377 1,610.211 595.19 1,460.760 656.08 Finland 857,152 3,488.289 245.72 3,164.524 270.86 United Kingdom 12,407 4.351 2,850.92 3.948 3,142.60 Netherlands 3,999,709 14,931.155 267.88 13,545.320 295.28 Belgium 1,168,344 892.867 1,308.53 809.996 1,442.41 France 744,606 2,816.254 264.40 2,554.864 291.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,353,778 4,052.068 334.10 3,675.976 368.28 Czech Republic 652,333 3,306.084 197.31 2,999.230 217.50 Hungary 9,622 33.972 283.23 30.819 312.21 Romania 764,142 3,413.636 223.85 3,096.800 246.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Bulgaria 323,019 1,560.343 207.02 1,415.520 228.20 Japan 163,282 213.956 763.16 194.098 841.23 Australia 465,250 2,305.417 201.81 2,091.440 222.45 New Zealand 101,979 466.387 218.66 423.100 241.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,208,193 78,007.820 323.15 70,767.524 356.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 16,292 66.718 244.19 60.526 269.17 Federal Republic of Germany 199,329 473.424 421.04 429.484 464.11 China 19,954 6.150 3,244.08 5.580 3,575.99 Korea, South 53,711 149.567 359.11 135.685 395.85 Taiwan 2,964 1.138 2,603.00 1.033 2,869.31 Japan 247,878 518.723 477.86 470.578 526.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 540,128 1,215.723 444.29 1,102.886 489.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 139,548 345.090 404.38 313.061 445.75 Brazil 9,000 2.976 3,023.95 2.700 3,333.33 Luxembourg 66,334 103.839 638.81 94.202 704.17 Federal Republic of Germany 29,750 50.018 594.78 45.376 655.63 Austria 50,267 73.593 683.04 66.763 752.92 Spain 105,543 299.242 352.70 271.468 388.79 Korea, South 58,924 210.200 280.32 190.691 309.00 Japan 54,237 89.393 606.73 81.096 668.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 513,603 1,174.354 437.35 1,065.357 482.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 302,744 795.217 380.71 721.409 419.66 Brazil 26,215 46.408 564.88 42.101 622.67 Italy 11,064 4.420 2,503.02 4.010 2,759.10 Australia 344,647 569.500 605.17 516.642 667.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 684,670 1,415.545 483.68 1,284.162 533.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 27,529,271 71,236.112 386.45 64,624.332 425.99 Mexico 1,969,129 6,676.910 294.92 6,057.193 325.09 Trinidad and Tobago 535,667 2,359.750 227.00 2,140.730 250.23 Brazil 72,147 274.411 262.92 248.942 289.81 Argentina 2,946,246 9,762.027 301.81 8,855.965 332.68 Sweden 533,435 268.736 1,984.97 243.794 2,188.06 United Kingdom 3,043,168 9,168.884 331.90 8,317.874 365.86 Belgium 31,199 8.040 3,880.35 7.294 4,277.35 Luxembourg 192,456 597.195 322.27 541.767 355.24 France 1,920,768 2,959.275 649.07 2,684.610 715.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,037,839 3,517.665 579.32 3,191.173 638.59 Austria 364,180 130.268 2,795.60 118.178 3,081.62 Czech Republic 11,172 13.778 810.81 12.500 893.76 Poland 25,179 19.530 1,289.20 17.718 1,421.10 Russia 689,274 3,355.037 205.44 3,043.640 226.46 Ukraine 120,341 333.582 360.75 302.621 397.66 Spain 2,104,039 6,990.845 300.97 6,341.990 331.76 Italy 266,873 182.868 1,459.37 165.896 1,608.68 Slovenia 23,031 8.690 2,650.10 7.884 2,921.23 Turkey 920,580 3,258.478 282.52 2,956.043 311.42 India 402,201 664.260 605.49 602.607 667.43 China 14,494 19.109 758.46 17.336 836.06 Korea, South 327,651 987.758 331.71 896.080 365.65 Taiwan 78,941 48.517 1,627.08 44.014 1,793.54 Japan 3,253,777 5,581.934 582.91 5,063.847 642.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,413,058 128,423.671 384.77 116,504.028 424.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,015,532 5,654.310 356.46 5,129.506 392.93 Mexico 725,242 2,724.364 266.21 2,471.503 293.44 Brazil 174,845 1,002.508 174.41 909.461 192.25 Argentina 70,334 368.424 190.90 334.229 210.44 France 62,586 20.522 3,049.58 18.618 3,361.59 Federal Republic of Germany 36,717 25.958 1,414.46 23.549 1,559.17 Austria 269,600 74.435 3,621.92 67.527 3,992.48 Italy 1,197,705 753.995 1,588.48 684.013 1,751.00 Turkey 692,409 3,094.171 223.78 2,806.986 246.67 India 1,578,641 799.015 1,975.73 724.855 2,177.87 China 75,386 222.177 339.31 201.556 374.02 Korea, South 67,602 58.371 1,158.13 52.954 1,276.62 Japan 7,721 4.801 1,607.98 4.356 1,772.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,974,320 14,803.058 471.14 13,429.113 519.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 9,132 16.785 544.03 15.228 599.68 Mexico 4,353,065 20,280.063 214.65 18,397.769 236.61 Dominican Republic 1,363,125 5,741.427 237.42 5,208.537 261.71 Venezuela 10,171 145.187 70.05 131.712 77.22 Brazil 1,803,916 9,227.266 195.50 8,370.838 215.50 Federal Republic of Germany 20,808 58.067 358.34 52.678 395.00 Latvia 3,542,128 14,323.164 247.30 12,993.760 272.60 Russia 795,490 4,997.816 159.17 4,533.944 175.45 Italy 1,278,639 7,047.288 181.44 6,393.194 200.00 Turkey 3,912,488 16,075.899 243.38 14,583.815 268.28 Japan 4,756,389 24,302.867 195.71 22,047.197 215.74 Egypt 3,235,381 14,523.776 222.76 13,175.752 245.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 25,080,732 116,739.611 214.84 105,904.424 236.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,661,146 8,374.186 914.85 7,596.936 1,008.45 Mexico 23,608 22.714 1,039.35 20.606 1,145.69 Dominican Republic 4,373 3.853 1,134.76 3.496 1,250.86 Colombia 129,860 213.972 606.90 194.113 668.99 Brazil 144,414 127.843 1,129.61 115.978 1,245.18 Sweden 223,316 111.660 1,999.95 101.297 2,204.57 Norway 111,496 63.733 1,749.41 57.818 1,928.40 Finland 2,137 0.707 3,019.71 0.642 3,328.66 Denmark 473,064 292.168 1,619.15 265.051 1,784.80 United Kingdom 1,757,543 2,034.777 863.75 1,845.920 952.12 Belgium 195,460 337.409 579.30 306.093 638.56 France 1,400,479 827.478 1,692.47 750.676 1,865.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,498,232 1,194.034 1,254.76 1,083.210 1,383.14 Austria 51,835 12.564 4,125.63 11.398 4,547.73 Czech Republic 32,484 20.117 1,614.74 18.250 1,779.95 Switzerland 255,561 72.069 3,546.06 65.380 3,908.86 Latvia 29,548 17.160 1,721.83 15.568 1,898.00 Russia 527,783 977.078 540.16 886.391 595.43 Ukraine 179,985 647.174 278.11 587.107 306.56 Spain 715,535 1,291.098 554.21 1,171.265 610.91 Italy 2,526,625 1,555.072 1,624.76 1,410.738 1,791.00 Slovenia 106,656 75.347 1,415.52 68.354 1,560.35 Romania 19,875 10.405 1,909.99 9.440 2,105.40 Saudi Arabia 84,456 42.377 1,992.96 38.444 2,196.86 India 1,268,082 811.351 1,562.93 736.046 1,722.83 China 275,566 174.794 1,576.51 158.571 1,737.81 Korea, South 470,619 325.683 1,445.02 295.455 1,592.86 Taiwan 1,944,106 1,181.906 1,644.89 1,072.208 1,813.18 Japan 160,141 213.851 748.84 194.003 825.46 South Africa 166,708 466.428 357.41 423.137 393.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,440,693 21,499.022 1,043.80 19,503.591 1,150.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 749,236 639.092 1,172.34 579.775 1,292.29 Mexico 67,555 177.427 380.75 160.960 419.70 Brazil 1,476,818 1,146.705 1,287.88 1,040.274 1,419.64 Sweden 909,549 474.553 1,916.64 430.508 2,112.73 United Kingdom 594,408 116.187 5,115.92 105.404 5,639.33 Netherlands 31,777 50.602 627.97 45.906 692.22 Belgium 134,730 141.443 952.54 128.315 1,049.99 France 828,793 676.585 1,224.96 613.788 1,350.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,619,771 1,048.028 1,545.54 950.756 1,703.67 Austria 1,197,684 492.277 2,432.94 446.587 2,681.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 146,178 116.129 1,258.75 105.351 1,387.53 Russia 130,039 88.992 1,461.23 80.733 1,610.73 Ukraine 432,922 87.342 4,956.59 79.236 5,463.70 Spain 41,673 45.534 915.20 41.308 1,008.84 Slovenia 606,179 457.403 1,325.26 414.950 1,460.85 China 204,975 147.884 1,386.04 134.159 1,527.85 Korea, South 63,625 52.025 1,222.95 47.197 1,348.07 Taiwan 514,542 387.621 1,327.44 351.644 1,463.25 Japan 3,449,669 5,147.184 670.20 4,669.449 738.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,200,123 11,493.025 1,148.53 10,426.300 1,266.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,373,946 26,231.682 586.08 23,796.989 646.05 Mexico 1,795,931 3,757.416 477.97 3,408.672 526.87 Guatemala 441,182 557.274 791.68 505.551 872.68 Colombia 224,536 607.647 369.52 551.249 407.32 Chile 28,491 51.520 553.00 46.739 609.58 Brazil 57,715 100.939 571.78 91.571 630.28 Argentina 933,348 2,820.223 330.95 2,558.464 364.81 Denmark 8,197 2.339 3,504.33 2.122 3,862.87 United Kingdom 924,539 59.776 15,466.69 54.228 17,049.11 Netherlands 171,522 188.627 909.32 171.120 1,002.35 France 57,499 87.554 656.72 79.428 723.91 Federal Republic of Germany 776,843 706.143 1,100.12 640.603 1,212.67 Czech Republic 79,155 139.607 566.98 126.650 624.99 Slovakia 78,411 143.700 545.66 130.363 601.48 Poland 11,990 19.732 607.63 17.901 669.79 Ukraine 77,391 192.441 402.15 174.580 443.30 Spain 658,515 691.141 952.79 626.993 1,050.27 Italy 161,985 149.283 1,085.08 135.428 1,196.10 Romania 1,104,347 3,338.104 330.83 3,028.278 364.68 Turkey 580,634 1,437.762 403.85 1,304.317 445.16 Oman 659,852 1,999.401 330.02 1,813.827 363.79 India 2,763,653 8,208.997 336.66 7,447.079 371.11 Thailand 3,651,433 13,751.880 265.52 12,475.500 292.69 Malaysia 18,242 23.954 761.53 21.731 839.45 Philippines 1,157,440 3,508.066 329.94 3,182.465 363.69 China 566,885 1,215.283 466.46 1,102.487 514.19 Korea, South 4,159,640 12,658.294 328.61 11,483.415 362.23 Taiwan 1,395,570 4,399.599 317.20 3,991.251 349.66 Japan 1,331,594 2,204.569 604.02 1,999.952 665.81 South Africa 669,369 2,319.404 288.60 2,104.129 318.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,919,855 91,572.372 435.94 83,073.082 480.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 593,558 1,042.549 569.33 945.785 627.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 253,368 377.475 671.22 342.440 739.89 Colombia 665,225 903.433 736.33 819.581 811.66 Venezuela 1,783,391 4,854.050 367.40 4,403.522 404.99 Brazil 413,856 1,049.058 394.50 951.690 434.86 Sweden 100,000 39.424 2,536.52 35.765 2,796.03 United Kingdom 117,991 22.327 5,284.60 20.255 5,825.28 Netherlands 2,376 2.000 1,187.59 1.815 1,309.09 France 5,000 0.673 7,423.77 0.611 8,183.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,432,584 2,970.944 818.79 2,695.196 902.56 Austria 2,799,363 4,599.157 608.67 4,172.287 670.94 Czech Republic 232,663 519.555 447.81 471.333 493.63 Poland 5,807 4.887 1,188.10 4.434 1,309.65 Russia 357,366 970.266 368.32 880.211 406.00 Spain 811,342 1,345.718 602.91 1,220.816 664.59 Italy 11,407 9.600 1,188.23 8.709 1,309.79 Romania 181,580 442.825 410.05 401.725 452.00 India 359,997 590.029 610.13 535.266 672.56 China 131,798 231.758 568.69 210.248 626.87 Korea, South 138,101 419.366 329.31 380.443 363.00 Taiwan 105,391 158.332 665.63 143.637 733.73 Japan 5,383,651 2,332.052 2,308.55 2,115.603 2,544.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,885,815 22,885.488 737.84 20,761.372 813.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 12,538,895 17,251.043 726.85 15,649.888 801.21 Brazil 67,247 121.684 552.64 110.390 609.18 United Kingdom 8,432,975 11,676.260 722.23 10,592.528 796.12 Federal Republic of Germany 125,248 104.887 1,194.12 95.152 1,316.29 Czech Republic 137,003 242.949 563.92 220.400 621.61 Poland 299,464 485.248 617.14 440.210 680.28 Spain 7,470 1.237 6,034.44 1.123 6,651.83 Italy 122,934 157.885 778.63 143.231 858.29 Indonesia 676,580 2,901.953 233.15 2,632.609 257.00 Korea, South 2,792,816 9,597.832 290.98 8,707.010 320.75 Taiwan 17,146 66.083 259.46 59.950 286.01 Japan 3,319,495 6,344.011 523.25 5,755.192 576.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,537,273 48,951.077 582.98 44,407.683 642.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 156,083 317.281 491.94 287.833 542.27 Mexico 4,890,803 11,260.049 434.35 10,214.948 478.79 Colombia 63,813 215.352 296.32 195.365 326.63 Venezuela 590,945 1,938.706 304.81 1,758.765 336.00 Brazil 864,028 1,765.607 489.37 1,601.733 539.43 Argentina 430,283 897.569 479.39 814.262 528.43 Sweden 2,141 3.568 600.03 3.237 661.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 93,250 53.168 1,753.85 48.234 1,933.28 France 469,294 917.215 511.65 832.084 564.00 Federal Republic of Germany 715,720 952.157 751.68 863.783 828.59 Austria 361,426 624.836 578.43 566.842 637.61 Czech Republic 103,373 224.143 461.19 203.340 508.38 Slovakia 152,299 421.983 360.91 382.817 397.84 Ukraine 363,101 1,033.674 351.27 937.734 387.21 Italy 758,310 1,340.710 565.60 1,216.272 623.47 Romania 2,591,691 6,426.135 403.30 5,829.694 444.57 India 30,520 41.494 735.52 37.643 810.77 Indonesia 45,402 194.737 233.14 176.663 257.00 China 772,445 1,834.119 421.15 1,663.886 464.24 Korea, South 435,302 1,663.066 261.75 1,508.709 288.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,890,229 32,125.579 432.37 29,143.844 476.61 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 808,747 1,229.818 657.61 1,115.673 724.90 Mexico 1,489,259 3,084.710 482.79 2,798.403 532.18 Venezuela 350,177 1,148.819 304.81 1,042.192 336.00 Federal Republic of Germany 23,282 18.776 1,239.94 17.034 1,366.80 Greece 3,594,062 9,055.390 396.90 8,214.914 437.50 Indonesia 319,978 1,372.433 233.15 1,245.051 257.00 China 485,108 1,843.931 263.08 1,672.787 290.00 Korea, South 1,835,119 7,076.963 259.31 6,420.115 285.84 Taiwan 358,963 1,277.224 281.05 1,158.679 309.80 Japan 1,450,357 5,433.522 266.93 4,929.210 294.24 South Africa 570,261 2,016.852 282.75 1,829.658 311.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,285,313 33,558.443 336.29 30,443.716 370.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,991,162 9,591.215 833.18 8,701.007 918.42 Mexico 9,697,161 18,505.501 524.02 16,787.913 577.63 Colombia 10,141 12.178 832.71 11.048 917.90 Venezuela 183,765 379.736 483.93 344.491 533.44 Brazil 248,636 249.009 998.50 225.898 1,100.66 Argentina 518,731 512.593 1,011.97 465.017 1,115.51 Sweden 263,961 217.117 1,215.75 196.966 1,340.13 Denmark 7,219 2.407 2,998.61 2.184 3,305.40 United Kingdom 1,294,995 1,062.921 1,218.34 964.266 1,342.99 Ireland 3,011 0.006 455,255.67 0.006 501,833.33 Netherlands 59,113 37.360 1,582.23 33.893 1,744.11 France 1,098,058 1,114.186 985.52 1,010.773 1,086.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,918,421 1,785.823 1,074.25 1,620.072 1,184.16 Austria 14,462 4.198 3,444.40 3.809 3,796.80 Czech Republic 33,897 71.804 472.07 65.140 520.37 Slovakia 66,361 76.132 871.65 69.066 960.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 7,778 3.007 2,586.54 2.728 2,851.17 Switzerland 282,912 189.804 1,490.54 172.188 1,643.04 Poland 41,712 20.943 1,991.61 19.000 2,195.37 Spain 637,178 1,324.054 481.23 1,201.162 530.47 Italy 520,276 643.991 807.89 584.219 890.55 Romania 116,884 279.176 418.67 253.265 461.51 Turkey 583,425 1,851.786 315.06 1,679.913 347.29 India 510,844 582.898 876.39 528.797 966.05 China 373,818 798.650 468.06 724.524 515.95 Korea, South 368,453 999.131 368.77 906.397 406.50 Taiwan 150,767 90.464 1,666.59 82.068 1,837.10 Japan 6,407,657 5,122.482 1,250.89 4,647.039 1,378.87 Australia 76,214 167.940 453.82 152.353 500.25 Algeria 6,175 18.394 335.70 16.687 370.05 South Africa 242,422 713.101 339.95 646.915 374.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,735,609 46,428.020 726.62 42,118.804 800.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 199,964 59.305 3,371.77 53.801 3,716.73 Mexico 230,242 252.537 911.72 229.098 1,004.99 Argentina 998,989 915.726 1,090.93 830.733 1,202.54 Sweden 24,099 17.063 1,412.29 15.480 1,556.78 United Kingdom 170,780 135.605 1,259.39 123.019 1,388.24 Netherlands 22,520 8.493 2,651.50 7.705 2,922.78 France 2,383,556 2,158.590 1,104.22 1,958.241 1,217.19 Federal Republic of Germany 4,267,934 2,487.791 1,715.55 2,256.887 1,891.07 Spain 67,672 77.079 877.96 69.925 967.78 Italy 583,539 333.407 1,750.23 302.462 1,929.30 China 3,618 3.106 1,164.73 2.818 1,283.89 Korea, South 12,050 28.200 427.30 25.583 471.02 Taiwan 27,383 2.368 11,559.54 2.149 12,742.21 Japan 414,191 248.679 1,665.56 225.598 1,835.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,406,537 6,727.954 1,398.13 6,103.499 1,541.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 5,813,809 1,268.621 4,582.78 1,150.874 5,051.65 Mexico 32,855 12.279 2,675.54 11.140 2,949.28 Argentina 2,082 2.866 726.45 2.600 800.77 Sweden 748,924 210.816 3,552.48 191.250 3,915.94 Finland 180,195 93.593 1,925.29 84.907 2,122.26 United Kingdom 39,249 6.271 6,258.76 5.689 6,899.10 Ireland 5,998 0.009 604,588.40 0.009 666,444.44 Netherlands 110,572 4.993 22,143.32 4.530 24,408.83 France 1,268,297 348.360 3,640.76 316.027 4,013.26 Federal Republic of Germany 1,087,472 166.859 6,517.31 151.372 7,184.10 Austria 1,050,930 291.422 3,606.21 264.374 3,975.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 23,191 0.494 46,856.41 0.449 51,650.33 Spain 1,490,636 321.361 4,638.51 291.534 5,113.08 Italy 474,783 121.727 3,900.39 110.429 4,299.44 Turkey 245,020 39.952 6,132.83 36.244 6,760.29 Thailand 77,324 41.622 1,857.76 37.759 2,047.83 Malaysia 392,607 261.267 1,502.70 237.018 1,656.44 Singapore 246,012 83.788 2,936.09 76.012 3,236.49 China 1,300,595 532.878 2,440.70 483.419 2,690.41 Korea, South 3,242,664 1,373.703 2,360.53 1,246.203 2,602.04 Taiwan 2,325,825 1,278.914 1,818.59 1,160.212 2,004.66 Japan 928,966 276.975 3,353.96 251.268 3,697.11 South Africa 97,486 60.114 1,621.67 54.535 1,787.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,185,492 6,798.893 3,116.02 6,167.854 3,434.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,379,212 1,038.718 1,327.80 942.310 1,463.65 Mexico 345,304 301.141 1,146.65 273.191 1,263.97 Brazil 32,000 12.804 2,499.13 11.616 2,754.82 Denmark 7,410 5.956 1,243.94 5.404 1,371.21 United Kingdom 52,127 27.960 1,864.33 25.365 2,055.08 Belgium 30,859 11.684 2,641.02 10.600 2,911.23 France 3,884 2.140 1,814.37 1.942 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 168,331 207.690 810.49 188.414 893.41 Italy 31,700 3.659 8,661.98 3.320 9,548.19 India 44,931 45.834 980.30 41.580 1,080.59 China 7,943 1.902 4,174.84 1.726 4,601.97 Taiwan 20,372 15.940 1,278.00 14.461 1,408.75 Japan 283,723 78.529 3,612.94 71.241 3,982.58 South Africa 20,442 75.067 272.32 68.100 300.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,428,238 1,829.031 1,327.61 1,659.270 1,463.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,449,787 20,229.623 516.56 18,352.011 569.41 Mexico 1,284,472 1,655.621 775.82 1,501.955 855.20 Sweden 30,960 21.129 1,465.28 19.168 1,615.19 Finland 276,088 153.451 1,799.19 139.209 1,983.26 United Kingdom 3,574 2.686 1,330.44 2.437 1,466.56 Netherlands 33,697 8.185 4,116.54 7.426 4,537.71 Belgium 4,374 3.331 1,313.05 3.022 1,447.39 France 83,300 15.300 5,444.42 13.880 6,001.44 Federal Republic of Germany 539,883 506.849 1,065.17 459.806 1,174.15 Austria 25,345 27.938 907.18 25.345 1,000.00 Italy 17,195 22.696 757.60 20.590 835.11 Turkey 262,297 1,267.608 206.92 1,149.955 228.09 China 44,496 66.893 665.17 60.685 733.23 Korea, South 648,340 2,621.856 247.28 2,378.509 272.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 123,132 62.594 1,967.13 56.785 2,168.39 Japan 1,033,014 3,341.142 309.18 3,031.034 340.81 Australia 6,997 21.924 319.13 19.890 351.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,866,951 30,028.833 495.09 27,241.707 545.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 149,396 101.067 1,478.18 91.687 1,629.41 Mexico 41,652 71.383 583.50 64.758 643.19 Korea, South 4,190 16.401 255.47 14.879 281.60 Algeria 20,546 61.209 335.67 55.528 370.01 South Africa 90,461 306.818 294.84 278.341 325.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 306,245 556.879 549.93 505.193 606.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,152,720 21,256.165 571.73 19,283.274 630.22 Mexico 3,108,201 4,646.957 668.87 4,215.650 737.30 Honduras 8,720 22.500 387.55 20.412 427.20 Dominican Republic 112,122 275.708 406.67 250.119 448.27 Trinidad and Tobago 150,276 348.493 431.22 316.148 475.33 Aruba 9,251 20.160 458.88 18.289 505.82 Venezuela 262,468 498.299 526.73 452.050 580.62 Ecuador 146,284 345.136 423.84 313.103 467.21 Chile 122,656 263.155 466.10 238.731 513.78 Brazil 464,554 1,137.196 408.51 1,031.648 450.30 Argentina 201,543 554.107 363.73 502.678 400.94 Sweden 944,153 323.895 2,914.99 293.833 3,213.23 Finland 17,939 37.417 479.42 33.945 528.47 Denmark 16,952 2.287 7,411.37 2.075 8,169.64 United Kingdom 1,317,751 1,540.835 855.22 1,397.823 942.72 Netherlands 92,747 80.443 1,152.95 72.977 1,270.91 Belgium 1,465,856 1,150.003 1,274.65 1,043.266 1,405.06 Luxembourg 340,003 627.007 542.26 568.812 597.74 France 2,832,600 2,604.601 1,087.54 2,362.855 1,198.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,419,065 1,066.742 1,330.28 967.733 1,466.38 Austria 433,479 182.701 2,372.61 165.744 2,615.35 Czech Republic 170,709 452.725 377.07 410.706 415.65 Slovakia 9,952 39.462 252.19 35.800 277.99 Switzerland 326,675 132.029 2,474.26 119.775 2,727.41 Lithuania 8,275 21.453 385.72 19.462 425.19 Russia 149,668 514.698 290.79 466.927 320.54 Belarus 497,937 530.233 939.09 481.020 1,035.17 Spain 52,083 92.770 561.42 84.160 618.86 Italy 1,901,476 2,326.367 817.36 2,110.446 900.98 Greece 854,443 1,616.120 528.70 1,466.120 582.79 Israel 237,284 539.065 440.18 489.032 485.21 India 1,253,053 1,275.365 982.51 1,156.992 1,083.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 150,182 114.064 1,316.64 103.478 1,451.34 Malaysia 27,830 74.251 374.81 67.360 413.15 China 2,011,262 4,507.656 446.19 4,089.278 491.84 Korea, South 4,175,011 4,490.663 929.71 4,073.863 1,024.83 Hong Kong 239,665 89.006 2,692.68 80.745 2,968.17 Taiwan 1,612,025 1,901.114 847.94 1,724.663 934.69 Japan 6,802,028 8,400.758 809.69 7,621.042 892.53 Australia 213,558 504.314 423.46 457.507 466.79 Egypt 299,729 615.254 487.16 558.150 537.00 South Africa 594,671 1,971.246 301.67 1,788.285 332.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,206,856 67,192.442 702.56 60,955.976 774.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 104,135 324.126 321.28 294.043 354.15 Mexico 194,774 415.714 468.53 377.130 516.46 Netherlands 22,025 45.428 484.83 41.212 534.43 Belgium 20,956 21.217 987.69 19.248 1,088.74 France 111,022 121.049 917.16 109.814 1,011.00 Federal Republic of Germany 307,559 337.393 911.57 306.078 1,004.84 Greece 529,740 1,769.115 299.44 1,604.915 330.07 Japan 1,701,508 2,505.226 679.18 2,272.704 748.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,991,719 5,539.271 540.09 5,025.144 595.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,985,919 7,470.740 533.54 6,777.344 588.12 Brazil 1,622,337 2,841.283 570.99 2,577.570 629.41 Norway 94,386 164.328 574.38 149.076 633.14 Netherlands 957,165 1,537.476 622.56 1,394.776 686.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,469,028 2,804.127 523.88 2,543.862 577.48 Korea, South 582,267 1,531.683 380.15 1,389.520 419.04 Japan 24,961 47.853 521.61 43.412 574.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,736,063 16,397.493 532.77 14,875.560 587.28 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,887,370 3,345.722 564.11 3,035.189 621.83 Netherlands 1,279,512 2,506.756 510.43 2,274.092 562.65 Federal Republic of Germany 754,288 1,649.154 457.38 1,496.088 504.17 Korea, South 91,163 255.733 356.48 231.998 392.95 Japan 469,465 624.799 751.38 566.809 828.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,481,798 8,382.166 534.68 7,604.176 589.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,763,073 52,081.440 341.06 47,247.501 375.96 Mexico 13,226,683 39,548.811 334.44 35,878.088 368.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 361,662 1,217.106 297.15 1,104.141 327.55 Sweden 1,218,393 2,589.637 470.49 2,349.280 518.62 Finland 520,833 2,093.880 248.74 1,899.537 274.19 United Kingdom 41,097 7.235 5,679.86 6.564 6,260.97 Netherlands 10,382,262 40,248.572 257.95 36,512.901 284.35 Belgium 1,219,390 3,013.764 404.61 2,734.042 446.00 France 2,919,722 10,017.569 291.46 9,087.789 321.28 Federal Republic of Germany 147,578 303.133 486.84 274.998 536.65 Austria 1,295,631 3,453.639 375.15 3,133.090 413.53 Czech Republic 491,951 2,487.607 197.76 2,256.720 217.99 Slovakia 23,328 101.237 230.43 91.841 254.00 Hungary 59,993 300.600 199.58 272.700 220.00 Russia 434,933 1,925.726 225.85 1,746.990 248.96 Italy 113,895 126.480 900.50 114.741 992.63 Romania 1,954,786 8,505.894 229.82 7,716.420 253.33 Bulgaria 114,600 527.502 217.25 478.542 239.48 Thailand 7,049 3.935 1,791.25 3.570 1,974.51 China 8,294 21.662 382.87 19.652 422.04 Korea, South 8,343,426 29,873.895 279.29 27,101.150 307.86 Japan 691,013 1,066.371 648.00 967.396 714.30 Australia 5,040,333 23,854.891 211.29 21,640.800 232.91 New Zealand 581,889 2,871.972 202.61 2,605.410 223.34 Egypt 4,381,269 16,849.631 260.02 15,285.733 286.62 South Africa 245,409 257.020 954.82 233.165 1,052.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,588,492 243,349.219 294.18 220,762.761 324.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,520,746 32,459.786 478.15 29,447.031 527.07 Mexico 19,372,139 34,234.973 565.86 31,057.454 623.75 El Salvador 956,233 3,072.173 311.26 2,787.030 343.10 Brazil 344,605 273.558 1,259.71 248.168 1,388.60 Sweden 1,072,013 2,924.401 366.58 2,652.973 404.08 Finland 727,161 1,792.833 405.59 1,626.432 447.09 United Kingdom 179,421 21.552 8,324.88 19.552 9,176.61 Netherlands 4,294,926 12,705.410 338.04 11,526.158 372.62 Belgium 3,121,936 1,948.114 1,602.54 1,767.300 1,766.50 Luxembourg 25,902 61.883 418.56 56.140 461.38 France 3,062,828 3,824.328 800.88 3,469.373 882.82 Federal Republic of Germany 3,879,904 5,208.628 744.90 4,725.190 821.11 Switzerland 126,775 16.808 7,542.52 15.248 8,314.21 Spain 391,248 425.598 919.29 386.097 1,013.34 Italy 2,677,522 2,548.250 1,050.73 2,311.735 1,158.23 Bulgaria 1,097,958 4,401.057 249.48 3,992.573 275.00 Turkey 792,291 2,821.993 280.76 2,560.070 309.48 India 458,739 346.832 1,322.65 314.641 1,457.98 Thailand 682,118 546.342 1,248.52 495.634 1,376.25 Singapore 10,173 13.591 748.48 12.330 825.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 2,652,223 8,576.800 309.23 7,780.745 340.87 China 658,356 479.920 1,371.80 435.377 1,512.15 Korea, South 6,299,961 22,620.759 278.50 20,521.214 307.00 Hong Kong 2,094 0.078 26,755.57 0.071 29,492.96 Taiwan 6,229,346 8,762.608 710.90 7,949.307 783.63 Japan 1,650,786 2,088.658 790.36 1,894.800 871.22 Australia 43,629 17.546 2,486.47 15.918 2,740.86 Morocco 2,397,317 8,685.757 276.01 7,879.589 304.24 South Africa 1,906,659 1,413.091 1,349.28 1,281.935 1,487.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,635,009 162,293.342 496.85 147,230.085 547.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,262,904 54,931.573 496.31 49,833.099 547.08 Mexico 15,355,396 26,431.232 580.96 23,978.018 640.39 Guatemala 478,181 877.527 544.92 796.080 600.67 Costa Rica 289,458 691.961 418.32 627.737 461.11 Colombia 591,218 1,248.653 473.48 1,132.760 521.93 Venezuela 2,004,520 4,521.839 443.30 4,102.145 488.65 Brazil 1,694,931 4,632.528 365.88 4,202.560 403.31 Argentina 781,766 1,863.191 419.58 1,690.259 462.51 Sweden 27,406 29.491 929.29 26.754 1,024.37 Finland 755,121 2,099.913 359.60 1,905.010 396.39 Netherlands 818,690 2,050.777 399.21 1,860.435 440.05 Belgium 382,602 1,044.326 366.36 947.397 403.85 France 2,512,028 4,915.263 511.07 4,459.053 563.35 Federal Republic of Germany 5,550,610 14,199.942 390.89 12,881.975 430.88 Spain 198,382 356.179 556.97 323.121 613.96 Turkey 3,054,886 7,128.957 428.52 6,467.283 472.36 India 5,535,979 14,293.019 387.32 12,966.413 426.95 Thailand 9,911 19.207 515.99 17.425 568.78 China 4,446 1.409 3,153.51 1.279 3,476.15 Korea, South 4,070,826 8,868.674 459.01 8,045.528 505.97 Taiwan 2,750,364 8,797.473 312.63 7,980.936 344.62 Japan 3,630,654 5,322.816 682.09 4,828.779 751.88 New Zealand 53,152 80.650 659.04 73.165 726.47 Morocco 88,566 222.920 397.30 202.230 437.95 South Africa 1,313,869 3,442.065 381.71 3,122.590 420.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,215,866 168,071.596 471.32 152,472.031 519.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 787,768 817.435 963.71 741.565 1,062.30 Brazil 64,555 177.725 363.23 161.230 400.39 Argentina 1,617,685 4,036.754 400.74 3,662.083 441.74 United Kingdom 95,466 288.108 331.35 261.368 365.26 Federal Republic of Germany 2,193,040 5,018.638 436.98 4,552.834 481.69 Spain 74,384 61.635 1,206.83 55.915 1,330.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,520 0.837 3,008.03 0.760 3,315.79 Korea, South 360,996 1,029.522 350.64 933.967 386.52 Taiwan 195,457 503.507 388.19 456.774 427.91 Japan 658,625 943.119 698.35 855.584 769.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,050,496 12,877.285 469.86 11,682.080 517.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,565,778 12,354.247 774.29 11,207.588 853.51 Mexico 2,991,610 4,937.884 605.85 4,479.575 667.83 Argentina 88,616 173.857 509.70 157.721 561.85 Sweden 976,718 2,615.817 373.39 2,373.030 411.59 United Kingdom 491,958 1,312.867 374.72 1,191.014 413.06 Belgium 762,653 1,581.143 482.34 1,434.390 531.69 Luxembourg 140,485 386.671 363.32 350.783 400.49 Federal Republic of Germany 72,895 55.547 1,312.30 50.392 1,446.56 Austria 25,671 20.258 1,267.19 18.378 1,396.83 Switzerland 2,328 1.283 1,814.37 1.164 2,000.00 Korea, South 3,434,624 9,235.304 371.90 8,378.130 409.95 Taiwan 464,875 1,045.938 444.46 948.860 489.93 Japan 515,299 205.066 2,512.84 186.033 2,769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,533,510 33,925.889 575.77 30,777.058 634.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 218,554 405.239 539.32 367.627 594.50 United Kingdom 219,640 227.921 963.66 206.767 1,062.26 Federal Republic of Germany 857,499 1,069.926 801.46 970.621 883.45 Czech Republic 412,533 505.266 816.47 458.370 900.00 Russia 75,273 113.207 664.91 102.700 732.94 Italy 23,735 49.102 483.38 44.545 532.83 Japan 669,401 1,605.838 416.85 1,456.793 459.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,476,635 3,976.502 622.82 3,607.423 686.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,509,577 6,356.702 394.79 5,766.705 435.18 Mexico 149,072 330.632 450.87 299.945 497.00 Finland 8,696 8.646 1,005.72 7.844 1,108.62 Federal Republic of Germany 38,871 68.828 564.75 62.440 622.53 Italy 30,579 71.586 427.16 64.942 470.87 Japan 75,445 45.755 1,648.86 41.509 1,817.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,812,240 6,882.151 408.63 6,243.385 450.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,364,320 5,201.485 646.80 4,718.710 712.97 Mexico 1,260,441 1,295.825 972.69 1,175.553 1,072.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 40,543 48.549 835.09 44.043 920.53 Sweden 2,102,477 553.864 3,796.01 502.458 4,184.38 Finland 526,237 381.320 1,380.04 345.928 1,521.23 Denmark 21,402 2.303 9,289.75 2.090 10,240.19 United Kingdom 903,475 475.044 1,901.88 430.953 2,096.46 Netherlands 97,082 71.345 1,360.72 64.724 1,499.94 Belgium 47,898 21.866 2,190.47 19.837 2,414.58 France 1,900,765 621.824 3,056.75 564.110 3,369.49 Federal Republic of Germany 3,614,606 2,524.036 1,432.07 2,289.768 1,578.59 Austria 298,320 59.414 5,020.99 53.900 5,534.69 Switzerland 36,656 23.658 1,549.35 21.463 1,707.87 Italy 2,759 0.380 7,254.85 0.345 7,997.10 Greece 30,278 42.641 710.05 38.684 782.70 India 135,305 149.233 906.67 135.382 999.43 Thailand 25,501 19.559 1,303.77 17.744 1,437.16 Singapore 5,886 8.212 716.74 7.450 790.07 China 11,376 8.853 1,284.88 8.032 1,416.33 Korea, South 310,957 254.170 1,223.42 230.580 1,348.59 Taiwan 286,380 188.410 1,519.98 170.923 1,675.49 Japan 2,947,797 704.850 4,182.16 639.430 4,610.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,970,461 12,656.852 1,419.82 11,482.107 1,565.08 GRAND TOTAL 981,809,957 2,604,632.507 376.95 2,362,883.530 415.51 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 70,164 154.114 455.27 139.810 501.85 United Kingdom 2,161 0.994 2,173.42 0.902 2,395.79 Belgium 226,292 670.138 337.68 607.940 372.23 Federal Republic of Germany 217,476 17.557 12,386.42 15.928 13,653.69 Japan 4,156 1.532 2,712.42 1.390 2,989.93 Australia 205,371 21.715 9,457.33 19.700 10,424.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 725,620 866.052 837.85 785.670 923.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 110,404 151.517 728.66 137.454 803.21 Mexico 1,098,145 4,168.244 263.46 3,781.369 290.41 Brazil 15,624,163 85,397.579 182.96 77,471.403 201.68 United Kingdom 32,938 19.897 1,655.36 18.051 1,824.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,466,164 18,769.740 184.67 17,027.627 203.56 Russia 82,394 445.212 185.07 403.890 204.00 Italy 647,741 943.699 686.38 856.110 756.61 Japan 9,596 26.968 355.83 24.465 392.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,071,545 109,922.859 191.69 99,720.369 211.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 877,236 3,064.669 286.24 2,780.222 315.53 United Kingdom 339,354 815.997 415.88 740.261 458.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,216,590 3,880.667 313.50 3,520.483 345.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,230,630 12,629.033 414.17 11,456.870 456.55 Sweden 1,105,971 1,899.325 582.30 1,723.040 641.87 Finland 70,123 150.024 467.41 136.100 515.23 United Kingdom 794,791 785.558 1,011.75 712.647 1,115.27 Belgium 32,630 5.768 5,656.69 5.233 6,235.43 France 125,563 100.855 1,244.97 91.495 1,372.35 Federal Republic of Germany 141,608 298.407 474.55 270.711 523.10 Austria 157,766 287.975 547.85 261.247 603.90 Bulgaria 35,209 168.742 208.65 153.081 230.00 Japan 1,005,484 2,386.114 421.39 2,164.647 464.50 Australia 14,753 27.645 533.64 25.080 588.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,714,528 18,739.453 465.04 17,000.151 512.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,129,695 8,703.272 359.60 7,895.478 396.39 Sweden 434,680 1,188.886 365.62 1,078.540 403.03 Netherlands 1,325,786 4,361.596 303.97 3,956.775 335.07 France 12,435 22.222 559.57 20.160 616.82 Japan 28,273 53.109 532.35 48.180 586.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,930,869 14,329.087 344.12 12,999.133 379.32 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 16,292 66.718 244.19 60.526 269.17 Federal Republic of Germany 10,752 11.078 970.55 10.050 1,069.85 China 19,954 6.150 3,244.08 5.580 3,575.99 Japan 247,878 518.723 477.86 470.578 526.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 294,876 602.670 489.28 546.734 539.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,589,137 36,251.726 402.44 32,887.022 443.61 Mexico 963,343 3,528.020 273.05 3,200.567 300.99 Trinidad and Tobago 535,667 2,359.750 227.00 2,140.730 250.23 Brazil 16,023 23.021 695.99 20.885 767.20 Sweden 530,801 268.489 1,976.99 243.570 2,179.25 United Kingdom 465,410 680.101 684.32 616.978 754.34 Belgium 28,938 4.297 6,733.04 3.899 7,421.90 France 306,314 266.000 1,151.55 241.312 1,269.37 Federal Republic of Germany 412,434 606.186 680.38 549.923 749.98 Austria 109,128 49.513 2,204.00 44.918 2,429.49 Czech Republic 11,172 13.778 810.81 12.500 893.76 Poland 25,179 19.530 1,289.20 17.718 1,421.10 Spain 153,069 280.294 546.10 254.279 601.97 Italy 4,497 12.786 351.69 11.600 387.67 Slovenia 23,031 8.690 2,650.10 7.884 2,921.23 Turkey 411,308 1,020.337 403.11 925.635 444.35 China 14,494 19.109 758.46 17.336 836.06 Korea, South 327,651 987.758 331.71 896.080 365.65 Taiwan 11,834 7.989 1,481.18 7.248 1,632.73 Japan 3,145,434 5,293.936 594.16 4,802.580 654.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,084,864 51,701.322 427.16 46,902.664 470.87 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 29,227 81.998 356.43 74.388 392.90 Mexico 427,349 1,598.806 267.29 1,450.413 294.64 Austria 269,600 74.435 3,621.92 67.527 3,992.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 726,176 1,755.240 413.72 1,592.328 456.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 788,746 422.581 1,866.49 383.360 2,057.46 Colombia 25,855 39.157 660.28 35.523 727.84 Brazil 61,287 58.267 1,051.83 52.859 1,159.44 Sweden 19,419 6.081 3,193.15 5.517 3,519.85 United Kingdom 594,842 510.631 1,164.92 463.237 1,284.10 Belgium 76,057 103.374 735.74 93.780 811.02 France 133,672 196.522 680.19 178.282 749.78 Federal Republic of Germany 359,257 153.159 2,345.64 138.944 2,585.62 Ukraine 122,542 393.895 311.10 357.336 342.93 Italy 40,018 44.426 900.77 40.303 992.93 India 10,327 15.383 671.29 13.956 739.97 Korea, South 14,174 15.798 897.18 14.332 988.98 Taiwan 132,944 48.619 2,734.37 44.107 3,014.12 Japan 32,003 27.676 1,156.31 25.108 1,274.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,411,143 2,035.575 1,184.50 1,846.644 1,305.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 749,236 639.092 1,172.34 579.775 1,292.29 Mexico 67,555 177.427 380.75 160.960 419.70 Brazil 1,476,818 1,146.705 1,287.88 1,040.274 1,419.64 Sweden 909,549 474.553 1,916.64 430.508 2,112.73 United Kingdom 594,408 116.187 5,115.92 105.404 5,639.33 Netherlands 31,777 50.602 627.97 45.906 692.22 Belgium 134,730 141.443 952.54 128.315 1,049.99 France 828,793 676.585 1,224.96 613.788 1,350.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,619,771 1,048.028 1,545.54 950.756 1,703.67 Austria 1,197,684 492.277 2,432.94 446.587 2,681.86 Switzerland 146,178 116.129 1,258.75 105.351 1,387.53 Russia 130,039 88.992 1,461.23 80.733 1,610.73 Ukraine 432,922 87.342 4,956.59 79.236 5,463.70 Spain 41,673 45.534 915.20 41.308 1,008.84 Slovenia 606,179 457.403 1,325.26 414.950 1,460.85 China 204,975 147.884 1,386.04 134.159 1,527.85 Korea, South 63,625 52.025 1,222.95 47.197 1,348.07 Taiwan 514,542 387.621 1,327.44 351.644 1,463.25 Japan 3,449,669 5,147.184 670.20 4,669.449 738.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,200,123 11,493.025 1,148.53 10,426.300 1,266.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 123,217 37.419 3,292.89 33.946 3,629.79 Argentina 82,811 57.067 1,451.10 51.771 1,599.56 United Kingdom 44,530 9.506 4,684.25 8.624 5,163.50 Federal Republic of Germany 82,044 77.184 1,062.95 70.021 1,171.71 Spain 347,163 254.314 1,365.09 230.710 1,504.76 Italy 87,346 100.423 869.77 91.103 958.76 India 2,002 2.744 729.39 2.490 804.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 30,000 15.432 1,943.97 14.000 2,142.86 Korea, South 76,812 36.839 2,085.06 33.420 2,298.38 Japan 162,618 116.654 1,394.02 105.827 1,536.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,038,543 707.586 1,467.73 641.912 1,617.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 527,595 877.666 601.13 796.206 662.64 Sweden 100,000 39.424 2,536.52 35.765 2,796.03 United Kingdom 106,606 12.346 8,634.17 11.201 9,517.54 Netherlands 2,376 2.000 1,187.59 1.815 1,309.09 France 5,000 0.673 7,423.77 0.611 8,183.31 Federal Republic of Germany 2,432,584 2,970.944 818.79 2,695.196 902.56 Austria 1,298,064 2,308.262 562.36 2,094.021 619.89 Poland 5,807 4.887 1,188.10 4.434 1,309.65 Spain 811,342 1,345.718 602.91 1,220.816 664.59 Italy 11,407 9.600 1,188.23 8.709 1,309.79 India 4,061 0.343 11,807.94 0.312 13,016.03 China 2,735 4.131 661.99 3.748 729.72 Taiwan 43,740 2.959 14,778.50 2.685 16,290.50 Japan 5,148,481 1,894.021 2,718.28 1,718.228 2,996.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,499,798 9,472.981 1,108.39 8,593.747 1,221.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 12,511,818 17,213.429 726.86 15,615.765 801.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,511,818 17,213.429 726.86 15,615.765 801.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Sweden 2,141 3.568 600.03 3.237 661.41 Federal Republic of Germany 13,278 2.550 5,205.53 2.314 5,738.12 Italy 37,548 2.771 13,549.32 2.514 14,935.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,967 8.890 5,957.95 8.065 6,567.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 997,166 818.648 1,218.06 742.666 1,342.68 Mexico 379,185 535.765 707.74 486.038 780.16 Brazil 153,965 164.241 937.43 148.997 1,033.34 Argentina 451,524 374.329 1,206.22 339.586 1,329.63 Sweden 247,425 212.951 1,161.89 193.186 1,280.76 United Kingdom 855,778 961.563 889.99 872.316 981.04 Ireland 3,011 0.006 455,255.67 0.006 501,833.33 France 441,015 394.723 1,117.28 358.087 1,231.59 Federal Republic of Germany 999,239 971.219 1,028.85 881.076 1,134.11 Switzerland 134,254 77.413 1,734.25 70.228 1,911.69 Spain 162,535 79.421 2,046.49 72.050 2,255.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 88,672 116.133 763.53 105.355 841.65 India 321,729 366.878 876.94 332.827 966.66 China 59,466 12.103 4,913.18 10.980 5,415.85 Korea, South 54,734 34.279 1,596.69 31.098 1,760.05 Taiwan 48,118 30.612 1,571.85 27.771 1,732.67 Japan 4,842,515 3,357.137 1,442.45 3,045.545 1,590.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,240,331 8,507.429 1,203.69 7,717.812 1,326.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 19,509 2.624 7,433.13 2.381 8,193.62 Argentina 473,244 309.491 1,529.10 280.766 1,685.55 Sweden 24,099 17.063 1,412.29 15.480 1,556.78 France 1,709,622 1,326.410 1,288.91 1,203.300 1,420.78 Federal Republic of Germany 3,317,743 1,373.789 2,415.03 1,246.281 2,662.11 Italy 454,357 190.560 2,384.31 172.874 2,628.26 Japan 321,878 192.595 1,671.26 174.720 1,842.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,320,452 3,412.536 1,852.13 3,095.802 2,041.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 750,621 339.274 2,212.43 307.785 2,438.78 United Kingdom 24,101 7.039 3,423.75 6.386 3,774.04 Federal Republic of Germany 30,268 12.752 2,373.47 11.569 2,616.30 India 4,655 2.762 1,685.13 2.506 1,857.54 China 7,943 1.902 4,174.84 1.726 4,601.97 Taiwan 20,372 15.940 1,278.00 14.461 1,408.75 Japan 280,161 77.902 3,596.30 70.672 3,964.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,118,121 457.574 2,443.58 415.105 2,693.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,296,766 2,132.530 608.09 1,934.600 670.30 Finland 276,088 153.451 1,799.19 139.209 1,983.26 United Kingdom 3,574 2.686 1,330.44 2.437 1,466.56 Netherlands 33,697 8.185 4,116.54 7.426 4,537.71 Federal Republic of Germany 60,301 45.329 1,330.29 41.122 1,466.39 Austria 25,345 27.938 907.18 25.345 1,000.00 China 23,702 21.739 1,090.26 19.722 1,201.81 Taiwan 120,492 61.142 1,970.66 55.468 2,172.28 Japan 126,486 102.236 1,237.20 92.747 1,363.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,966,451 2,555.240 769.58 2,318.076 848.31 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 122,974 44.472 2,765.15 40.345 3,048.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,974 44.472 2,765.15 40.345 3,048.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 791,326 1,340.286 590.42 1,215.888 650.82 Mexico 995,652 1,217.952 817.48 1,104.908 901.12 Brazil 7,877 18.463 426.62 16.750 470.27 Sweden 57,413 66.451 863.98 60.284 952.38 United Kingdom 235,850 49.433 4,771.09 44.845 5,259.23 Netherlands 63,544 38.471 1,651.71 34.901 1,820.69 France 79,601 9.566 8,320.41 8.679 9,171.68 Federal Republic of Germany 270,838 178.874 1,514.13 162.272 1,669.04 Austria 147,663 39.958 3,695.38 36.250 4,073.46 Italy 1,443,429 1,947.539 741.16 1,766.779 816.98 Thailand 27,642 37.037 746.32 33.600 822.68 China 26,346 15.582 1,690.77 14.136 1,863.75 Korea, South 1,140,068 1,535.611 742.42 1,393.084 818.38 Taiwan 206,219 345.710 596.51 313.623 657.54 Japan 3,373,011 4,033.674 836.21 3,659.289 921.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,866,479 10,874.615 815.34 9,865.288 898.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,907,866 5,648.798 337.75 5,124.505 372.30 Sweden 992,921 2,123.980 467.48 1,926.843 515.31 Finland 123,429 449.853 274.38 408.100 302.45 United Kingdom 20,860 5.676 3,674.54 5.150 4,050.49 Netherlands 996,393 3,631.221 274.40 3,294.190 302.47 France 312,069 561.236 556.04 509.145 612.93 Japan 396,136 795.650 497.88 721.802 548.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,749,674 13,216.416 359.38 11,989.735 396.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 971,828 2,098.294 463.15 1,903.541 510.54 Sweden 35,370 70.200 503.84 63.685 555.39 Finland 34,821 101.225 344.00 91.830 379.19 Netherlands 1,285,493 3,416.660 376.24 3,099.543 414.74 France 596,463 1,481.666 402.56 1,344.146 443.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,999,446 3,300.428 605.81 2,994.099 667.80 Korea, South 1,719,909 5,398.909 318.57 4,897.810 351.16 Taiwan 731,429 2,798.773 261.34 2,539.005 288.08 Japan 550,387 612.593 898.45 555.736 990.37 Australia 43,629 17.546 2,486.47 15.918 2,740.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,968,775 19,296.299 412.97 17,505.313 455.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 8,725,638 16,770.600 520.29 15,214.037 573.53 Brazil 63,802 83.996 759.58 76.200 837.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 370,737 963.552 384.76 874.120 424.13 Belgium 297,627 778.518 382.30 706.260 421.41 France 1,194,068 2,409.704 495.52 2,186.048 546.22 Federal Republic of Germany 5,467,113 14,012.070 390.17 12,711.540 430.09 Spain 152,138 271.376 560.62 246.189 617.97 Japan 52,453 112.733 465.28 102.270 512.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,323,576 35,402.552 461.08 32,116.664 508.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 684,495 612.850 1,116.90 555.969 1,231.17 Federal Republic of Germany 803,805 1,681.917 477.91 1,525.810 526.81 Japan 548,586 809.585 677.61 734.444 746.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,036,886 3,104.353 656.14 2,816.223 723.27 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 218,554 405.239 539.32 367.627 594.50 United Kingdom 219,640 227.921 963.66 206.767 1,062.26 Federal Republic of Germany 857,499 1,069.926 801.46 970.621 883.45 Czech Republic 412,533 505.266 816.47 458.370 900.00 Russia 75,273 113.207 664.91 102.700 732.94 Italy 23,735 49.102 483.38 44.545 532.83 Japan 669,401 1,605.838 416.85 1,456.793 459.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,476,635 3,976.502 622.82 3,607.423 686.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 11,170 25.716 434.34 23.330 478.78 Federal Republic of Germany 15,616 11.662 1,339.00 10.580 1,475.99 Italy 30,579 71.586 427.16 64.942 470.87 Japan 4,660 5.208 894.71 4.725 986.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,025 114.174 543.25 103.577 598.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 151,883 218.043 696.57 197.806 767.84 Sweden 336,801 93.418 3,605.29 84.748 3,974.15 United Kingdom 27,509 15.114 1,819.99 13.712 2,006.20 France 1,053,682 120.809 8,721.81 109.597 9,614.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,830,636 1,671.180 1,095.41 1,516.070 1,207.49 Switzerland 3,921 1.612 2,431.36 1.463 2,680.11 Korea, South 4,558 3.425 1,330.42 3.108 1,466.54 Taiwan 96,775 62.943 1,537.50 57.101 1,694.80 Japan 380,368 127.844 2,975.23 115.979 3,279.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,886,133 2,314.394 1,679.11 2,099.584 1,850.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 165,617,972 346,005.405 478.66 313,890.912 527.63 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 32,611 79.130 412.12 71.786 454.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,611 79.130 412.12 71.786 454.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,239,430 6,534.555 189.67 5,928.051 209.08 Mexico 60,020,951 279,892.843 214.44 253,914.588 236.38 Brazil 17,228,401 108,259.801 159.14 98,211.668 175.42 Argentina 176,239 605.201 291.21 549.030 321.00 United Kingdom 235,847 350.567 672.76 318.030 741.59 Belgium 342,065 1,117.947 305.98 1,014.185 337.28 Federal Republic of Germany 15,199,211 52,990.705 286.83 48,072.373 316.17 Russia 26,890,690 143,589.486 187.27 130,262.228 206.44 Spain 225,885 545.350 414.20 494.734 456.58 Italy 150,992 442.677 341.09 401.590 375.99 India 16,583 46.424 357.20 42.116 393.75 China 6,742,613 32,376.929 208.25 29,371.865 229.56 Taiwan 53,230 106.477 499.92 96.595 551.06 Australia 8,746,985 40,159.357 217.81 36,431.967 240.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,269,122 667,018.328 205.80 605,109.020 226.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,918,433 37,963.555 366.63 34,439.968 404.14 Mexico 3,763,235 13,927.333 270.20 12,634.668 297.85 Trinidad and Tobago 10,010,543 39,783.660 251.62 36,091.140 277.37 Venezuela 251,434 1,076.139 233.64 976.258 257.55 Brazil 1,392,323 6,315.100 220.48 5,728.964 243.03 Argentina 1,617,277 8,358.701 193.48 7,582.889 213.28 United Kingdom 264,508 824.059 320.98 747.574 353.82 Netherlands 282,200 635.932 443.76 576.908 489.16 Belgium 347,390 1,694.387 205.02 1,537.123 226.00 Luxembourg 1,425,250 6,056.579 235.32 5,494.438 259.40 France 1,235,084 3,866.128 319.46 3,507.294 352.15 Federal Republic of Germany 979,657 3,170.674 308.97 2,876.388 340.59 Ukraine 1,265,497 6,758.579 187.24 6,131.282 206.40 Spain 343,055 1,100.060 311.85 997.958 343.76 Turkey 5,115,035 24,965.048 204.89 22,647.917 225.85 Indonesia 6,221,402 27,585.443 225.53 25,025.100 248.61 China 844,153 4,720.399 178.83 4,282.276 197.13 Japan 5,114,048 15,396.014 332.17 13,967.033 366.15 South Africa 118,876 501.189 237.19 454.672 261.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 54,509,400 204,698.987 266.29 185,699.850 293.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,094,898 13,287.120 308.19 12,053.876 339.72 Mexico 654,267 2,321.026 281.89 2,105.600 310.73 Brazil 747,978 3,852.054 194.18 3,494.526 214.04 Argentina 9,581 50.271 190.58 45.606 210.08 Sweden 12,096 5.404 2,238.08 4.903 2,467.06 Norway 194,865 394.299 494.20 357.703 544.77 United Kingdom 797,955 2,707.842 294.68 2,456.514 324.83 Luxembourg 1,198,297 1,883.534 636.20 1,708.714 701.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,651,162 2,798.977 589.92 2,539.190 650.27 Poland 3,811,334 16,522.611 230.67 14,989.065 254.27 Spain 947,738 2,972.456 318.84 2,696.568 351.46 Turkey 720,657 3,155.539 228.38 2,862.658 251.74 Thailand 10,020 11.350 882.78 10.297 973.10 China 38,077 86.223 441.61 78.221 486.79 Korea, South 2,037,874 9,963.015 204.54 9,038.298 225.47 Taiwan 37,974 88.696 428.13 80.464 471.94 Japan 856,301 2,951.474 290.13 2,677.533 319.81 South Africa 122,983 392.146 313.62 355.749 345.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,944,057 63,444.044 282.83 57,555.485 311.77 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 699,263 1,463.145 477.92 1,327.344 526.81 United Kingdom 53,307 117.564 453.43 106.653 499.82 Luxembourg 6,320,366 12,736.752 496.23 11,554.591 547.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,287,333 2,553.163 504.21 2,316.192 555.80 Taiwan 15,410 17.789 866.26 16.138 954.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,375,679 16,888.416 495.94 15,320.918 546.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,470,309 10,037.426 345.74 9,105.803 381.11 Norway 51,278 107.436 477.29 97.465 526.12 United Kingdom 3,706 8.170 453.59 7.412 500.00 Belgium 263,200 920.396 285.96 834.970 315.22 Federal Republic of Germany 81,491 144.928 562.28 131.477 619.81 Czech Republic 3,973,450 12,657.926 313.91 11,483.081 346.03 Slovakia 26,122 113.363 230.43 102.842 254.00 Hungary 206,419 746.855 276.38 677.536 304.66 Russia 675,661 3,483.332 193.97 3,160.027 213.81 Ukraine 1,121,444 4,027.574 278.44 3,653.755 306.93 Romania 1,655,370 6,893.724 240.13 6,253.883 264.69 Bulgaria 315,475 1,511.965 208.65 1,371.632 230.00 China 434,818 1,598.796 271.97 1,450.404 299.79 Korea, South 1,172,277 5,005.535 234.20 4,540.947 258.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 387,827 1,882.705 205.99 1,707.962 227.07 South Africa 91,459 356.039 256.88 322.994 283.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,930,306 49,496.177 281.44 44,902.190 310.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,994,386 21,538.803 371.16 19,539.679 409.14 Mexico 1,948,217 7,776.948 250.51 7,055.131 276.14 Venezuela 164,334 577.015 284.80 523.460 313.94 Sweden 34,382 147.930 232.42 134.200 256.20 Finland 803,168 3,448.672 232.89 3,128.584 256.72 Netherlands 2,673,923 10,569.558 252.98 9,588.545 278.87 France 732,171 2,794.032 262.05 2,534.704 288.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,213,469 3,917.109 309.79 3,553.543 341.48 Czech Republic 652,333 3,306.084 197.31 2,999.230 217.50 Hungary 9,622 33.972 283.23 30.819 312.21 Romania 764,142 3,413.636 223.85 3,096.800 246.75 Bulgaria 323,019 1,560.343 207.02 1,415.520 228.20 Japan 34,721 48.379 717.68 43.889 791.11 Australia 465,250 2,305.417 201.81 2,091.440 222.45 New Zealand 101,979 466.387 218.66 423.100 241.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,915,116 61,904.291 289.40 56,158.644 319.01 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 188,577 462.346 407.87 419.434 449.60 Korea, South 53,711 149.567 359.11 135.685 395.85 Taiwan 2,964 1.138 2,603.00 1.033 2,869.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 245,252 613.052 400.05 556.152 440.98 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 139,548 345.090 404.38 313.061 445.75 Brazil 9,000 2.976 3,023.95 2.700 3,333.33 Luxembourg 66,334 103.839 638.81 94.202 704.17 Federal Republic of Germany 29,750 50.018 594.78 45.376 655.63 Austria 50,267 73.593 683.04 66.763 752.92 Spain 105,543 299.242 352.70 271.468 388.79 Korea, South 58,924 210.200 280.32 190.691 309.00 Japan 54,237 89.393 606.73 81.096 668.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 513,603 1,174.354 437.35 1,065.357 482.09 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 302,744 795.217 380.71 721.409 419.66 Brazil 26,215 46.408 564.88 42.101 622.67 Italy 11,064 4.420 2,503.02 4.010 2,759.10 Australia 344,647 569.500 605.17 516.642 667.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 684,670 1,415.545 483.68 1,284.162 533.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,767,633 34,853.081 366.33 31,618.193 403.81 Mexico 1,005,786 3,148.890 319.41 2,856.626 352.09 Brazil 56,124 251.389 223.25 228.057 246.10 Argentina 2,946,246 9,762.027 301.81 8,855.965 332.68 United Kingdom 2,542,722 8,469.816 300.21 7,683.690 330.92 Belgium 2,261 3.742 604.17 3.395 665.98 Luxembourg 192,456 597.195 322.27 541.767 355.24 France 856,112 2,543.798 336.55 2,307.696 370.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,172,738 2,669.215 439.36 2,421.472 484.31 Russia 689,274 3,355.037 205.44 3,043.640 226.46 Ukraine 57,675 302.744 190.51 274.645 210.00 Spain 1,839,509 6,623.489 277.73 6,008.730 306.14 Turkey 509,272 2,238.141 227.54 2,030.408 250.82 India 263,847 558.205 472.67 506.396 521.03 Japan 108,343 287.997 376.19 261.267 414.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,009,998 75,664.773 330.54 68,641.947 364.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 1,979,730 5,571.988 355.30 5,054.824 391.65 Mexico 297,893 1,125.558 264.66 1,021.090 291.74 Brazil 174,845 1,002.508 174.41 909.461 192.25 Argentina 70,334 368.424 190.90 334.229 210.44 Federal Republic of Germany 36,717 25.958 1,414.46 23.549 1,559.17 Turkey 692,409 3,094.171 223.78 2,806.986 246.67 China 75,386 222.177 339.31 201.556 374.02 Korea, South 5,119 15.156 337.74 13.750 372.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,332,433 11,425.944 291.65 10,365.445 321.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 9,132 16.785 544.03 15.228 599.68 Mexico 4,353,065 20,280.063 214.65 18,397.769 236.61 Dominican Republic 1,363,125 5,741.427 237.42 5,208.537 261.71 Venezuela 10,171 145.187 70.05 131.712 77.22 Brazil 1,803,916 9,227.266 195.50 8,370.838 215.50 Federal Republic of Germany 20,808 58.067 358.34 52.678 395.00 Latvia 3,542,128 14,323.164 247.30 12,993.760 272.60 Russia 795,490 4,997.816 159.17 4,533.944 175.45 Italy 1,278,639 7,047.288 181.44 6,393.194 200.00 Turkey 3,912,488 16,075.899 243.38 14,583.815 268.28 Japan 4,756,389 24,302.867 195.71 22,047.197 215.74 Egypt 3,235,381 14,523.776 222.76 13,175.752 245.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 25,080,732 116,739.611 214.84 105,904.424 236.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,766,913 7,287.767 654.10 6,611.353 721.02 Mexico 23,608 22.714 1,039.35 20.606 1,145.69 Dominican Republic 4,373 3.853 1,134.76 3.496 1,250.86 Brazil 21,374 34.511 619.34 31.308 682.70 United Kingdom 737,602 1,329.109 554.96 1,205.748 611.74 Belgium 119,403 234.034 510.19 212.313 562.39 France 66,098 108.954 606.66 98.842 668.72 Federal Republic of Germany 384,323 706.260 544.17 640.709 599.84 Russia 127,866 684.215 186.88 620.710 206.00 Ukraine 57,443 253.279 226.80 229.771 250.00 Spain 441,627 1,120.300 394.20 1,016.320 434.54 Italy 226,377 345.100 655.97 313.070 723.09 Romania 19,875 10.405 1,909.99 9.440 2,105.40 India 9,005 21.005 428.69 19.056 472.55 China 8,913 6.741 1,322.06 6.116 1,457.33 Japan 128,138 186.174 688.27 168.895 758.68 South Africa 166,708 466.428 357.41 423.137 393.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,309,646 12,820.857 570.14 11,630.890 628.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,250,729 26,194.263 582.22 23,763.043 641.78 Mexico 1,795,931 3,757.416 477.97 3,408.672 526.87 Guatemala 441,182 557.274 791.68 505.551 872.68 Colombia 224,536 607.647 369.52 551.249 407.32 Chile 28,491 51.520 553.00 46.739 609.58 Brazil 57,715 100.939 571.78 91.571 630.28 Argentina 850,537 2,763.155 307.81 2,506.693 339.31 Denmark 8,197 2.339 3,504.33 2.122 3,862.87 United Kingdom 880,009 50.269 17,505.72 45.604 19,296.75 Netherlands 171,522 188.627 909.32 171.120 1,002.35 France 57,499 87.554 656.72 79.428 723.91 Federal Republic of Germany 694,799 628.958 1,104.68 570.582 1,217.70 Czech Republic 79,155 139.607 566.98 126.650 624.99 Slovakia 78,411 143.700 545.66 130.363 601.48 Poland 11,990 19.732 607.63 17.901 669.79 Ukraine 77,391 192.441 402.15 174.580 443.30 Spain 311,352 436.827 712.76 396.283 785.68 Italy 74,639 48.859 1,527.61 44.325 1,683.90 Romania 1,104,347 3,338.104 330.83 3,028.278 364.68 Turkey 580,634 1,437.762 403.85 1,304.317 445.16 Oman 659,852 1,999.401 330.02 1,813.827 363.79 India 2,761,651 8,206.252 336.53 7,444.589 370.96 Thailand 3,651,433 13,751.880 265.52 12,475.500 292.69 Malaysia 18,242 23.954 761.53 21.731 839.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Philippines 1,157,440 3,508.066 329.94 3,182.465 363.69 China 536,885 1,199.851 447.46 1,088.487 493.24 Korea, South 4,082,828 12,621.455 323.48 11,449.995 356.58 Taiwan 1,395,570 4,399.599 317.20 3,991.251 349.66 Japan 1,168,976 2,087.914 559.88 1,894.125 617.16 South Africa 669,369 2,319.404 288.60 2,104.129 318.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,881,312 90,864.785 427.90 82,431.170 471.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 65,963 164.882 400.06 149.579 440.99 Mexico 253,368 377.475 671.22 342.440 739.89 Colombia 665,225 903.433 736.33 819.581 811.66 Venezuela 1,783,391 4,854.050 367.40 4,403.522 404.99 Brazil 413,856 1,049.058 394.50 951.690 434.86 United Kingdom 11,385 9.980 1,140.74 9.054 1,257.46 Austria 1,501,299 2,290.895 655.33 2,078.266 722.38 Czech Republic 232,663 519.555 447.81 471.333 493.63 Russia 357,366 970.266 368.32 880.211 406.00 Romania 181,580 442.825 410.05 401.725 452.00 India 355,936 589.685 603.60 534.954 665.36 China 129,063 227.627 566.99 206.500 625.00 Korea, South 138,101 419.366 329.31 380.443 363.00 Taiwan 61,651 155.372 396.79 140.952 437.39 Japan 235,170 438.030 536.88 397.375 591.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,386,017 13,412.506 476.12 12,167.625 524.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 27,077 37.614 719.86 34.123 793.51 Brazil 67,247 121.684 552.64 110.390 609.18 United Kingdom 8,432,975 11,676.260 722.23 10,592.528 796.12 Federal Republic of Germany 125,248 104.887 1,194.12 95.152 1,316.29 Czech Republic 137,003 242.949 563.92 220.400 621.61 Poland 299,464 485.248 617.14 440.210 680.28 Spain 7,470 1.237 6,034.44 1.123 6,651.83 Italy 122,934 157.885 778.63 143.231 858.29 Indonesia 676,580 2,901.953 233.15 2,632.609 257.00 Korea, South 2,792,816 9,597.832 290.98 8,707.010 320.75 Taiwan 17,146 66.083 259.46 59.950 286.01 Japan 3,319,495 6,344.011 523.25 5,755.192 576.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,025,455 31,737.647 504.94 28,791.918 556.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 156,083 317.281 491.94 287.833 542.27 Mexico 4,890,803 11,260.049 434.35 10,214.948 478.79 Colombia 63,813 215.352 296.32 195.365 326.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 590,945 1,938.706 304.81 1,758.765 336.00 Brazil 864,028 1,765.607 489.37 1,601.733 539.43 Argentina 430,283 897.569 479.39 814.262 528.43 United Kingdom 93,250 53.168 1,753.85 48.234 1,933.28 France 469,294 917.215 511.65 832.084 564.00 Federal Republic of Germany 702,442 949.606 739.72 861.469 815.40 Austria 361,426 624.836 578.43 566.842 637.61 Czech Republic 103,373 224.143 461.19 203.340 508.38 Slovakia 152,299 421.983 360.91 382.817 397.84 Ukraine 363,101 1,033.674 351.27 937.734 387.21 Italy 720,762 1,337.938 538.71 1,213.758 593.83 Romania 2,591,691 6,426.135 403.30 5,829.694 444.57 India 30,520 41.494 735.52 37.643 810.77 Indonesia 45,402 194.737 233.14 176.663 257.00 China 772,445 1,834.119 421.15 1,663.886 464.24 Korea, South 435,302 1,663.066 261.75 1,508.709 288.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,837,262 32,116.689 430.84 29,135.779 474.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 808,747 1,229.818 657.61 1,115.673 724.90 Mexico 1,489,259 3,084.710 482.79 2,798.403 532.18 Venezuela 350,177 1,148.819 304.81 1,042.192 336.00 Federal Republic of Germany 23,282 18.776 1,239.94 17.034 1,366.80 Greece 3,594,062 9,055.390 396.90 8,214.914 437.50 Indonesia 319,978 1,372.433 233.15 1,245.051 257.00 China 485,108 1,843.931 263.08 1,672.787 290.00 Korea, South 1,835,119 7,076.963 259.31 6,420.115 285.84 Taiwan 358,963 1,277.224 281.05 1,158.679 309.80 Japan 1,450,357 5,433.522 266.93 4,929.210 294.24 South Africa 570,261 2,016.852 282.75 1,829.658 311.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,285,313 33,558.443 336.29 30,443.716 370.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,993,996 8,772.566 797.26 7,958.341 878.83 Mexico 9,317,976 17,969.736 518.54 16,301.875 571.59 Colombia 10,141 12.178 832.71 11.048 917.90 Venezuela 183,765 379.736 483.93 344.491 533.44 Brazil 94,671 84.768 1,116.81 76.901 1,231.08 Argentina 67,207 138.263 486.08 125.431 535.81 Sweden 16,536 4.166 3,968.57 3.780 4,374.60 Denmark 7,219 2.407 2,998.61 2.184 3,305.40 United Kingdom 439,217 101.357 4,333.34 91.950 4,776.69 Netherlands 59,113 37.360 1,582.23 33.893 1,744.11 France 657,043 719.462 913.24 652.686 1,006.68 Federal Republic of Germany 919,182 814.603 1,128.38 738.996 1,243.83 Austria 14,462 4.198 3,444.40 3.809 3,796.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 33,897 71.804 472.07 65.140 520.37 Slovakia 66,361 76.132 871.65 69.066 960.83 Hungary 7,778 3.007 2,586.54 2.728 2,851.17 Switzerland 148,658 112.391 1,322.68 101.960 1,458.00 Poland 41,712 20.943 1,991.61 19.000 2,195.37 Spain 474,643 1,244.632 381.35 1,129.112 420.37 Italy 431,604 527.857 817.65 478.864 901.31 Romania 116,884 279.176 418.67 253.265 461.51 Turkey 583,425 1,851.786 315.06 1,679.913 347.29 India 189,115 216.019 875.45 195.970 965.02 China 314,352 786.547 399.66 713.544 440.55 Korea, South 313,719 964.851 325.15 875.299 358.41 Taiwan 102,649 59.852 1,715.04 54.297 1,890.51 Japan 1,565,142 1,765.344 886.59 1,601.494 977.30 Australia 76,214 167.940 453.82 152.353 500.25 Algeria 6,175 18.394 335.70 16.687 370.05 South Africa 242,422 713.101 339.95 646.915 374.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,495,278 37,920.591 619.59 34,400.992 682.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 180,455 56.680 3,183.70 51.420 3,509.43 Mexico 230,242 252.537 911.72 229.098 1,004.99 Argentina 525,745 606.234 867.23 549.967 955.96 United Kingdom 170,780 135.605 1,259.39 123.019 1,388.24 Netherlands 22,520 8.493 2,651.50 7.705 2,922.78 France 673,934 832.179 809.84 754.941 892.70 Federal Republic of Germany 950,191 1,114.002 852.95 1,010.606 940.22 Spain 67,672 77.079 877.96 69.925 967.78 Italy 129,182 142.846 904.34 129.588 996.87 China 3,618 3.106 1,164.73 2.818 1,283.89 Korea, South 12,050 28.200 427.30 25.583 471.02 Taiwan 27,383 2.368 11,559.54 2.149 12,742.21 Japan 92,313 56.083 1,646.00 50.878 1,814.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,086,085 3,315.417 930.83 3,007.697 1,026.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 628,591 699.443 898.70 634.525 990.65 Mexico 345,304 301.141 1,146.65 273.191 1,263.97 Brazil 32,000 12.804 2,499.13 11.616 2,754.82 Denmark 7,410 5.956 1,243.94 5.404 1,371.21 United Kingdom 28,026 20.920 1,339.63 18.979 1,476.68 Belgium 30,859 11.684 2,641.02 10.600 2,911.23 France 3,884 2.140 1,814.37 1.942 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 138,063 194.938 708.24 176.845 780.70 Italy 31,700 3.659 8,661.98 3.320 9,548.19 India 40,276 43.071 935.09 39.074 1,030.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,562 0.627 5,679.07 0.569 6,260.11 South Africa 20,442 75.067 272.32 68.100 300.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,310,117 1,371.456 955.27 1,244.165 1,053.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,153,021 18,097.092 505.77 16,417.411 557.52 Mexico 1,284,472 1,655.621 775.82 1,501.955 855.20 Sweden 30,960 21.129 1,465.28 19.168 1,615.19 Belgium 4,374 3.331 1,313.05 3.022 1,447.39 France 83,300 15.300 5,444.42 13.880 6,001.44 Federal Republic of Germany 479,582 461.519 1,039.14 418.684 1,145.45 Italy 17,195 22.696 757.60 20.590 835.11 Turkey 262,297 1,267.608 206.92 1,149.955 228.09 China 20,794 45.153 460.51 40.963 507.63 Korea, South 648,340 2,621.856 247.28 2,378.509 272.58 Taiwan 2,640 1.451 1,818.50 1.317 2,004.56 Japan 906,528 3,238.906 279.89 2,938.287 308.52 Australia 6,997 21.924 319.13 19.890 351.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,900,500 27,473.592 469.56 24,923.631 517.60 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 26,422 56.594 466.86 51.342 514.63 Mexico 41,652 71.383 583.50 64.758 643.19 Korea, South 4,190 16.401 255.47 14.879 281.60 Algeria 20,546 61.209 335.67 55.528 370.01 South Africa 90,461 306.818 294.84 278.341 325.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,271 512.407 357.67 464.848 394.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,308,012 19,903.668 568.14 18,056.309 626.26 Mexico 2,112,549 3,429.005 616.08 3,110.742 679.11 Honduras 8,720 22.500 387.55 20.412 427.20 Dominican Republic 112,122 275.708 406.67 250.119 448.27 Trinidad and Tobago 150,276 348.493 431.22 316.148 475.33 Aruba 9,251 20.160 458.88 18.289 505.82 Venezuela 262,468 498.299 526.73 452.050 580.62 Ecuador 146,284 345.136 423.84 313.103 467.21 Chile 122,656 263.155 466.10 238.731 513.78 Brazil 456,677 1,118.733 408.21 1,014.898 449.97 Argentina 201,543 554.107 363.73 502.678 400.94 Sweden 208,618 104.471 1,996.89 94.775 2,201.19 Finland 17,939 37.417 479.42 33.945 528.47 United Kingdom 811,084 1,356.890 597.75 1,230.951 658.91 Netherlands 29,203 41.971 695.78 38.076 766.97 Belgium 1,429,063 1,145.897 1,247.11 1,039.541 1,374.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 340,003 627.007 542.26 568.812 597.74 France 2,113,978 2,436.335 867.69 2,210.207 956.46 Federal Republic of Germany 748,767 812.564 921.49 737.146 1,015.76 Austria 285,816 142.742 2,002.32 129.494 2,207.18 Czech Republic 167,415 449.418 372.51 407.706 410.63 Slovakia 9,952 39.462 252.19 35.800 277.99 Switzerland 53,550 53.681 997.55 48.699 1,099.61 Lithuania 8,275 21.453 385.72 19.462 425.19 Russia 149,668 514.698 290.79 466.927 320.54 Belarus 497,937 530.233 939.09 481.020 1,035.17 Spain 44,887 91.123 492.59 82.666 542.99 Italy 278,085 333.100 834.84 302.184 920.25 Greece 854,443 1,616.120 528.70 1,466.120 582.79 Israel 237,284 539.065 440.18 489.032 485.21 India 347,883 714.107 487.16 647.828 537.00 Malaysia 27,830 74.251 374.81 67.360 413.15 China 1,733,872 4,389.479 395.01 3,982.070 435.42 Korea, South 1,336,143 2,189.391 610.28 1,986.183 672.72 Hong Kong 58,049 12.495 4,645.48 11.336 5,120.77 Taiwan 703,082 1,305.477 538.56 1,184.310 593.66 Japan 2,757,536 4,217.686 653.80 3,826.222 720.69 Australia 204,208 503.662 405.45 456.915 446.93 Egypt 299,729 615.254 487.16 558.150 537.00 South Africa 594,671 1,971.246 301.67 1,788.285 332.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,239,528 53,665.681 582.11 48,684.701 641.67 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 104,135 324.126 321.28 294.043 354.15 Mexico 194,774 415.714 468.53 377.130 516.46 Netherlands 22,025 45.428 484.83 41.212 534.43 Belgium 20,956 21.217 987.69 19.248 1,088.74 France 111,022 121.049 917.16 109.814 1,011.00 Federal Republic of Germany 307,559 337.393 911.57 306.078 1,004.84 Greece 529,740 1,769.115 299.44 1,604.915 330.07 Japan 1,701,508 2,505.226 679.18 2,272.704 748.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,991,719 5,539.271 540.09 5,025.144 595.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,985,919 7,470.740 533.54 6,777.344 588.12 Brazil 1,622,337 2,841.283 570.99 2,577.570 629.41 Norway 94,386 164.328 574.38 149.076 633.14 Netherlands 957,165 1,537.476 622.56 1,394.776 686.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,469,028 2,804.127 523.88 2,543.862 577.48 Korea, South 582,267 1,531.683 380.15 1,389.520 419.04 Japan 24,961 47.853 521.61 43.412 574.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,736,063 16,397.493 532.77 14,875.560 587.28 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,887,370 3,345.722 564.11 3,035.189 621.83 Netherlands 1,279,512 2,506.756 510.43 2,274.092 562.65 Federal Republic of Germany 754,288 1,649.154 457.38 1,496.088 504.17 Korea, South 91,163 255.733 356.48 231.998 392.95 Japan 469,465 624.799 751.38 566.809 828.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,481,798 8,382.166 534.68 7,604.176 589.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 15,855,207 46,432.641 341.47 42,122.996 376.40 Mexico 13,226,683 39,548.811 334.44 35,878.088 368.66 Venezuela 361,662 1,217.106 297.15 1,104.141 327.55 Sweden 225,472 465.656 484.20 422.437 533.74 Finland 397,404 1,644.027 241.73 1,491.437 266.46 Netherlands 9,385,869 36,617.350 256.32 33,218.711 282.55 Belgium 682,109 2,604.143 261.93 2,362.440 288.73 France 2,607,653 9,456.333 275.76 8,578.644 303.97 Federal Republic of Germany 105,688 276.858 381.74 251.162 420.80 Austria 1,252,573 3,444.347 363.66 3,124.660 400.87 Czech Republic 491,951 2,487.607 197.76 2,256.720 217.99 Slovakia 23,328 101.237 230.43 91.841 254.00 Hungary 59,993 300.600 199.58 272.700 220.00 Russia 434,933 1,925.726 225.85 1,746.990 248.96 Romania 1,954,786 8,505.894 229.82 7,716.420 253.33 Bulgaria 114,600 527.502 217.25 478.542 239.48 China 8,294 21.662 382.87 19.652 422.04 Korea, South 8,343,426 29,873.895 279.29 27,101.150 307.86 Japan 75,668 130.400 580.28 118.297 639.64 Australia 5,040,333 23,854.891 211.29 21,640.800 232.91 New Zealand 581,889 2,871.972 202.61 2,605.410 223.34 Egypt 4,381,269 16,849.631 260.02 15,285.733 286.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,610,790 229,158.299 286.31 207,888.971 315.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 12,557,239 29,260.268 429.16 26,544.477 473.06 Mexico 10,374,210 27,101.920 382.79 24,586.456 421.95 El Salvador 956,233 3,072.173 311.26 2,787.030 343.10 Sweden 955,908 2,816.206 339.43 2,554.820 374.16 Finland 476,112 1,548.261 307.51 1,404.560 338.98 Netherlands 3,009,433 9,288.750 323.99 8,426.615 357.13 Luxembourg 25,902 61.883 418.56 56.140 461.38 France 309,791 812.868 381.11 737.422 420.10 Federal Republic of Germany 212,245 712.688 297.81 646.540 328.28 Bulgaria 1,097,958 4,401.057 249.48 3,992.573 275.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 792,291 2,821.993 280.76 2,560.070 309.48 Indonesia 2,554,709 8,501.402 300.50 7,712.345 331.25 China 3,772 8.808 428.22 7.991 472.03 Korea, South 4,429,228 17,131.180 258.55 15,541.150 285.00 Taiwan 828,536 3,095.961 267.62 2,808.610 295.00 Japan 700,911 1,286.124 544.98 1,166.753 600.74 Morocco 2,397,317 8,685.757 276.01 7,879.589 304.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,681,795 120,607.308 345.60 109,413.141 380.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,537,266 38,160.972 485.77 34,619.062 535.46 Mexico 15,355,396 26,431.232 580.96 23,978.018 640.39 Guatemala 478,181 877.527 544.92 796.080 600.67 Costa Rica 289,458 691.961 418.32 627.737 461.11 Colombia 591,218 1,248.653 473.48 1,132.760 521.93 Venezuela 2,004,520 4,521.839 443.30 4,102.145 488.65 Brazil 1,631,129 4,548.532 358.61 4,126.360 395.29 Argentina 781,766 1,863.191 419.58 1,690.259 462.51 Sweden 27,406 29.491 929.29 26.754 1,024.37 Finland 384,384 1,136.361 338.26 1,030.890 372.87 Netherlands 818,690 2,050.777 399.21 1,860.435 440.05 Belgium 84,975 265.807 319.69 241.137 352.39 France 1,317,960 2,505.558 526.01 2,273.005 579.83 Federal Republic of Germany 83,497 187.872 444.43 170.435 489.91 Spain 46,244 84.802 545.31 76.932 601.10 Turkey 3,054,886 7,128.957 428.52 6,467.283 472.36 India 5,535,979 14,293.019 387.32 12,966.413 426.95 Thailand 9,911 19.207 515.99 17.425 568.78 China 4,446 1.409 3,153.51 1.279 3,476.15 Korea, South 4,070,826 8,868.674 459.01 8,045.528 505.97 Taiwan 2,750,364 8,797.473 312.63 7,980.936 344.62 Japan 3,578,201 5,210.082 686.78 4,726.509 757.05 New Zealand 53,152 80.650 659.04 73.165 726.47 Morocco 88,566 222.920 397.30 202.230 437.95 South Africa 1,313,869 3,442.065 381.71 3,122.590 420.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,892,290 132,669.044 474.05 120,355.367 522.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 103,273 204.584 504.79 185.596 556.44 Brazil 64,555 177.725 363.23 161.230 400.39 Argentina 1,617,685 4,036.754 400.74 3,662.083 441.74 United Kingdom 95,466 288.108 331.35 261.368 365.26 Federal Republic of Germany 1,389,235 3,336.721 416.35 3,027.024 458.94 Spain 74,384 61.635 1,206.83 55.915 1,330.30 China 2,520 0.837 3,008.03 0.760 3,315.79 Korea, South 360,996 1,029.522 350.64 933.967 386.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 195,457 503.507 388.19 456.774 427.91 Japan 110,039 133.533 824.05 121.140 908.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,013,610 9,772.931 410.69 8,865.857 452.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,565,778 12,354.247 774.29 11,207.588 853.51 Mexico 2,991,610 4,937.884 605.85 4,479.575 667.83 Argentina 88,616 173.857 509.70 157.721 561.85 Sweden 976,718 2,615.817 373.39 2,373.030 411.59 United Kingdom 491,958 1,312.867 374.72 1,191.014 413.06 Belgium 762,653 1,581.143 482.34 1,434.390 531.69 Luxembourg 140,485 386.671 363.32 350.783 400.49 Federal Republic of Germany 72,895 55.547 1,312.30 50.392 1,446.56 Austria 25,671 20.258 1,267.19 18.378 1,396.83 Switzerland 2,328 1.283 1,814.37 1.164 2,000.00 Korea, South 3,434,624 9,235.304 371.90 8,378.130 409.95 Taiwan 464,875 1,045.938 444.46 948.860 489.93 Japan 515,299 205.066 2,512.84 186.033 2,769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,533,510 33,925.889 575.77 30,777.058 634.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,498,407 6,330.985 394.63 5,743.375 435.01 Mexico 149,072 330.632 450.87 299.945 497.00 Federal Republic of Germany 23,255 57.165 406.80 51.860 448.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,670,734 6,718.783 397.50 6,095.180 438.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,608,902 4,737.179 550.73 4,297.498 607.07 Mexico 509,333 704.005 723.48 638.663 797.50 Brazil 40,543 48.549 835.09 44.043 920.53 Sweden 987,854 355.688 2,777.30 322.675 3,061.45 United Kingdom 786,368 444.145 1,770.52 402.922 1,951.66 Netherlands 97,082 71.345 1,360.72 64.724 1,499.94 Belgium 18,469 18.408 1,003.28 16.700 1,105.93 France 279,699 211.519 1,322.33 191.887 1,457.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,240,433 779.064 1,592.21 706.756 1,755.11 Austria 298,320 59.414 5,020.99 53.900 5,534.69 Switzerland 32,735 22.046 1,484.84 20.000 1,636.75 Italy 2,759 0.380 7,254.85 0.345 7,997.10 Greece 30,278 42.641 710.05 38.684 782.70 India 4,991 1.083 4,606.06 0.983 5,077.31 Korea, South 10,033 10.953 915.95 9.937 1,009.66 Japan 196,530 180.540 1,088.56 163.784 1,199.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,144,329 7,686.966 929.41 6,973.501 1,024.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 690,539,401 2,180,190.893 316.73 1,977,836.466 349.14 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,304,938 2,172.424 1,061.00 1,970.791 1,169.55 Sweden 14,007 42.092 332.76 38.186 366.81 United Kingdom 87,215 35.731 2,440.85 32.415 2,690.58 Federal Republic of Germany 64,056 22.634 2,829.97 20.534 3,119.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,470,216 2,272.883 1,086.82 2,061.926 1,198.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,833,613 3,585.926 1,347.94 3,253.099 1,485.85 Sweden 2,596,690 2,199.952 1,180.34 1,995.764 1,301.10 United Kingdom 3,882,449 3,610.968 1,075.18 3,275.816 1,185.19 Federal Republic of Germany 11,387 9.259 1,229.78 8.400 1,355.60 Ukraine 14,421 9.711 1,484.96 8.810 1,636.89 Spain 9,683,439 10,301.089 940.04 9,344.994 1,036.22 Italy 59,955 20.300 2,953.43 18.416 3,255.59 Korea, South 114,114 124.588 915.93 113.025 1,009.64 Taiwan 4,800 0.097 49,482.82 0.088 54,545.45 Japan 4,115 0.090 45,525.20 0.082 50,182.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,204,983 19,861.984 1,067.62 18,018.494 1,176.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 331,204 131.664 2,515.52 119.444 2,772.88 United Kingdom 783,029 507.636 1,542.50 460.520 1,700.31 France 996,586 680.126 1,465.29 617.001 1,615.21 Federal Republic of Germany 133,239 102.951 1,294.19 93.396 1,426.60 Austria 7,919 3.302 2,397.86 2.996 2,643.19 Spain 261,104 208.744 1,250.83 189.370 1,378.80 Italy 765,350 611.775 1,251.03 554.994 1,379.02 India 661,024 590.935 1,118.61 536.088 1,233.05 China 124,977 134.042 932.37 121.601 1,027.76 Korea, South 422,551 370.164 1,141.52 335.808 1,258.31 Taiwan 1,491,345 1,008.146 1,479.29 914.575 1,630.64 Japan 303,937 115.699 2,626.95 104.961 2,895.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,282,265 4,465.190 1,406.94 4,050.754 1,550.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 38,787 10.367 3,741.31 9.405 4,124.08 Italy 297,076 183.058 1,622.85 166.068 1,788.88 India 45,620 21.760 2,096.44 19.741 2,310.93 Japan 25,034 13.547 1,847.88 12.290 2,036.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 406,517 228.733 1,777.25 207.504 1,959.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,872 2.479 1,965.23 2.249 2,166.30 Brazil 130,481 71.041 1,836.68 64.448 2,024.59 Sweden 43,709 29.713 1,471.00 26.956 1,621.49 Finland 26,197 19.607 1,336.04 17.788 1,472.73 Belgium 2,228,180 1,315.612 1,693.64 1,193.504 1,866.92 France 259,790 102.191 2,542.18 92.707 2,802.27 Federal Republic of Germany 257,719 134.464 1,916.64 121.984 2,112.73 Austria 223,061 59.057 3,777.02 53.576 4,163.45 Italy 206,939 203.202 1,018.39 184.342 1,122.58 Korea, South 676,948 493.818 1,370.84 447.985 1,511.10 Taiwan 1,382,862 963.506 1,435.24 874.079 1,582.08 Japan 987,977 646.333 1,528.59 586.344 1,684.98 South Africa 1,025,561 949.942 1,079.60 861.774 1,190.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,454,296 4,990.973 1,493.56 4,527.736 1,646.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 172,142 98.974 1,739.26 89.788 1,917.20 Brazil 225,419 217.808 1,034.94 197.593 1,140.82 Sweden 489,315 273.395 1,789.77 248.020 1,972.89 Finland 53,984 39.617 1,362.65 35.940 1,502.06 United Kingdom 12,407 4.351 2,850.92 3.948 3,142.60 Belgium 1,168,344 892.867 1,308.53 809.996 1,442.41 Federal Republic of Germany 140,309 134.959 1,039.64 122.433 1,146.01 Japan 100,288 112.467 891.70 102.029 982.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,362,208 1,774.441 1,331.24 1,609.747 1,467.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 172,501 131.303 1,313.75 119.117 1,448.16 Sweden 2,634 0.246 10,667.52 0.224 11,758.93 United Kingdom 35,036 18.966 1,847.27 17.206 2,036.27 France 758,342 149.475 5,073.35 135.602 5,592.41 Federal Republic of Germany 452,667 242.263 1,868.49 219.778 2,059.66 Austria 255,052 80.755 3,158.33 73.260 3,481.46 Ukraine 62,666 30.838 2,032.09 27.976 2,239.99 Spain 111,461 87.061 1,280.25 78.981 1,411.24 Italy 262,376 170.082 1,542.64 154.296 1,700.47 India 138,354 106.054 1,304.56 96.211 1,438.03 Taiwan 67,107 40.527 1,655.84 36.766 1,825.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,318,196 1,057.575 2,191.99 959.417 2,416.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,575 0.324 20,288.24 0.294 22,363.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 62,586 20.522 3,049.58 18.618 3,361.59 Italy 1,197,705 753.995 1,588.48 684.013 1,751.00 India 1,578,641 799.015 1,975.73 724.855 2,177.87 Korea, South 62,483 43.215 1,445.86 39.204 1,593.79 Japan 7,721 4.801 1,607.98 4.356 1,772.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,915,711 1,621.874 1,797.74 1,471.340 1,981.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,105,487 663.837 3,171.69 602.223 3,496.19 Colombia 104,005 174.815 594.94 158.590 655.81 Brazil 61,753 35.065 1,761.07 31.811 1,941.25 Sweden 203,897 105.579 1,931.22 95.780 2,128.81 Norway 111,496 63.733 1,749.41 57.818 1,928.40 Finland 2,137 0.707 3,019.71 0.642 3,328.66 Denmark 473,064 292.168 1,619.15 265.051 1,784.80 United Kingdom 425,099 195.037 2,179.58 176.935 2,402.57 France 1,200,709 522.001 2,300.20 473.552 2,535.54 Federal Republic of Germany 754,652 334.614 2,255.29 303.557 2,486.03 Austria 51,835 12.564 4,125.63 11.398 4,547.73 Czech Republic 32,484 20.117 1,614.74 18.250 1,779.95 Switzerland 255,561 72.069 3,546.06 65.380 3,908.86 Latvia 29,548 17.160 1,721.83 15.568 1,898.00 Russia 399,917 292.863 1,365.54 265.681 1,505.25 Spain 273,908 170.797 1,603.70 154.945 1,767.78 Italy 2,260,230 1,165.545 1,939.20 1,057.365 2,137.61 Slovenia 106,656 75.347 1,415.52 68.354 1,560.35 Saudi Arabia 84,456 42.377 1,992.96 38.444 2,196.86 India 1,248,750 774.962 1,611.37 703.034 1,776.23 China 266,653 168.052 1,586.72 152.455 1,749.06 Korea, South 456,445 309.884 1,472.95 281.123 1,623.65 Taiwan 1,811,162 1,133.287 1,598.15 1,028.101 1,761.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,719,904 6,642.588 1,914.90 6,026.057 2,110.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 5,813,809 1,268.621 4,582.78 1,150.874 5,051.65 Mexico 32,855 12.279 2,675.54 11.140 2,949.28 Argentina 2,082 2.866 726.45 2.600 800.77 Sweden 748,924 210.816 3,552.48 191.250 3,915.94 Finland 180,195 93.593 1,925.29 84.907 2,122.26 United Kingdom 39,249 6.271 6,258.76 5.689 6,899.10 Ireland 5,998 0.009 604,588.40 0.009 666,444.44 Netherlands 110,572 4.993 22,143.32 4.530 24,408.83 France 1,268,297 348.360 3,640.76 316.027 4,013.26 Federal Republic of Germany 1,087,472 166.859 6,517.31 151.372 7,184.10 Austria 1,050,930 291.422 3,606.21 264.374 3,975.16 Switzerland 23,191 0.494 46,856.41 0.449 51,650.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,490,636 321.361 4,638.51 291.534 5,113.08 Italy 474,783 121.727 3,900.39 110.429 4,299.44 Turkey 245,020 39.952 6,132.83 36.244 6,760.29 Thailand 77,324 41.622 1,857.76 37.759 2,047.83 Malaysia 392,607 261.267 1,502.70 237.018 1,656.44 Singapore 246,012 83.788 2,936.09 76.012 3,236.49 China 1,300,595 532.878 2,440.70 483.419 2,690.41 Korea, South 3,242,664 1,373.703 2,360.53 1,246.203 2,602.04 Taiwan 2,325,825 1,278.914 1,818.59 1,160.212 2,004.66 Japan 928,966 276.975 3,353.96 251.268 3,697.11 South Africa 97,486 60.114 1,621.67 54.535 1,787.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,185,492 6,798.893 3,116.02 6,167.854 3,434.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 53,382 12.210 4,371.88 11.077 4,819.17 Sweden 678,122 152.972 4,432.98 138.774 4,886.52 Denmark 16,952 2.287 7,411.37 2.075 8,169.64 United Kingdom 270,817 134.511 2,013.33 122.027 2,219.32 Belgium 36,793 4.106 8,960.55 3.725 9,877.32 France 639,021 158.698 4,026.63 143.969 4,438.60 Federal Republic of Germany 399,460 75.304 5,304.61 68.315 5,847.32 Czech Republic 3,294 3.306 996.09 3.000 1,098.00 Switzerland 273,125 78.347 3,486.06 71.076 3,842.72 Spain 7,196 1.646 4,369.55 1.494 4,816.60 Italy 179,962 45.727 3,935.56 41.483 4,338.21 India 905,170 561.257 1,612.75 509.164 1,777.76 Thailand 122,540 77.027 1,590.86 69.878 1,753.63 China 251,044 102.594 2,446.96 93.072 2,697.31 Korea, South 1,698,800 765.660 2,218.74 694.596 2,445.74 Hong Kong 181,616 76.510 2,373.75 69.409 2,616.61 Taiwan 702,724 249.926 2,811.72 226.730 3,099.39 Japan 671,481 149.397 4,494.60 135.531 4,954.45 Australia 9,350 0.652 14,328.01 0.592 15,793.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,100,849 2,652.145 2,677.40 2,405.987 2,951.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 United Kingdom 20,237 1.558 12,983.52 1.414 14,311.88 Belgium 537,281 409.620 1,311.65 371.602 1,445.85 Federal Republic of Germany 41,890 26.274 1,594.31 23.836 1,757.43 Austria 43,058 9.292 4,633.64 8.430 5,107.71 Italy 113,895 126.480 900.50 114.741 992.63 Thailand 7,049 3.935 1,791.25 3.570 1,974.51 Japan 219,209 140.320 1,562.20 127.297 1,722.03 South Africa 245,409 257.020 954.82 233.165 1,052.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,228,028 974.503 1,260.16 884.055 1,389.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,991,679 1,101.223 1,808.61 999.013 1,993.65 Mexico 8,997,929 7,133.052 1,261.44 6,470.998 1,390.50 Brazil 344,605 273.558 1,259.71 248.168 1,388.60 Sweden 80,735 37.994 2,124.92 34.468 2,342.32 Finland 216,228 143.346 1,508.43 130.042 1,662.76 United Kingdom 179,421 21.552 8,324.88 19.552 9,176.61 Belgium 3,121,936 1,948.114 1,602.54 1,767.300 1,766.50 France 2,156,574 1,529.792 1,409.72 1,387.805 1,553.95 Federal Republic of Germany 1,668,213 1,195.512 1,395.40 1,084.551 1,538.16 Switzerland 126,775 16.808 7,542.52 15.248 8,314.21 Spain 391,248 425.598 919.29 386.097 1,013.34 Italy 2,677,522 2,548.250 1,050.73 2,311.735 1,158.23 India 458,739 346.832 1,322.65 314.641 1,457.98 Thailand 682,118 546.342 1,248.52 495.634 1,376.25 Singapore 10,173 13.591 748.48 12.330 825.06 Indonesia 97,514 75.398 1,293.32 68.400 1,425.64 China 654,584 471.112 1,389.44 427.386 1,531.60 Korea, South 150,824 90.669 1,663.45 82.254 1,833.64 Hong Kong 2,094 0.078 26,755.57 0.071 29,492.96 Taiwan 4,669,381 2,867.873 1,628.17 2,601.692 1,794.75 Japan 399,488 189.940 2,103.23 172.311 2,318.41 South Africa 1,906,659 1,413.091 1,349.28 1,281.935 1,487.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,984,439 22,389.734 1,383.87 20,311.631 1,525.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 8,696 8.646 1,005.72 7.844 1,108.62 Japan 70,785 40.547 1,745.73 36.784 1,924.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,481 49.193 1,615.67 44.628 1,780.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 603,535 246.262 2,450.78 223.406 2,701.52 Mexico 751,108 591.819 1,269.15 536.890 1,399.00 Sweden 777,822 104.758 7,424.93 95.035 8,184.58 Finland 526,237 381.320 1,380.04 345.928 1,521.23 Denmark 21,402 2.303 9,289.75 2.090 10,240.19 United Kingdom 89,598 15.783 5,676.51 14.319 6,257.28 Belgium 29,429 3.457 8,510.53 3.137 9,381.26 France 567,384 289.495 1,959.91 262.626 2,160.43 Federal Republic of Germany 543,537 73.790 7,365.91 66.942 8,119.52 India 130,314 148.149 879.61 134.399 969.61 Thailand 25,501 19.559 1,303.77 17.744 1,437.16 Singapore 5,886 8.212 716.74 7.450 790.07 China 11,376 8.853 1,284.88 8.032 1,416.33 Korea, South 296,366 239.791 1,235.93 217.535 1,362.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 16/09/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 189,605 125.467 1,511.19 113.822 1,665.80 Japan 2,370,899 396.464 5,980.10 359.667 6,591.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,939,999 2,655.491 2,613.45 2,409.022 2,880.84 GRAND TOTAL 125,652,584 78,436.209 1,601.97 71,156.152 1,765.87