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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,626,597 4,456.362 365.01 4,042.745 402.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,926,917 22,472.882 397.23 20,387.062 437.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 29,758,919 81,208.456 366.45 73,671.093 403.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,184,686 32,030.157 442.85 29,057.278 488.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 38,384,559 68,116.678 563.51 61,794.428 621.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,551,308 10,066.678 551.45 9,132.340 607.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 37,783,046 93,821.184 402.71 85,113.171 443.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,706,768 8,967.863 747.87 8,135.511 824.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 17,111 47.877 357.39 43.434 393.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 44,835,531 68,657.608 653.03 62,285.152 719.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,052,644 1,396.708 3,617.54 1,267.073 3,987.65 Stainless Steel Bar 1,456,142 579.272 2,513.74 525.507 2,770.93 Stainless Steel Wire 86,277 39.669 2,174.87 35.988 2,397.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 194,370,505 391,861.400 496.02 355,490.782 546.77 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 51,269,220 228,674.743 224.20 207,450.296 247.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,380,788 43,653.497 352.34 39,601.798 388.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 16,292,031 39,501.176 412.44 35,834.875 454.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,829,443 30,518.657 616.98 27,686.068 680.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,997,432 14,815.736 337.31 13,440.614 371.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 11,982 22.661 528.74 20.558 582.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,266,261 14,631.711 223.23 13,273.669 246.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,787,988 18,426.388 585.46 16,716.143 645.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,279,667 1,045.024 2,181.45 948.031 2,404.63 Stainless Steel Bar 155,762 80.392 1,937.52 72.931 2,135.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,270,574 391,369.990 314.97 355,044.983 347.20 Guatemala Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,280 22.073 465.71 20.025 513.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 229,087 239.182 957.79 216.983 1,055.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 239,367 261.256 916.21 237.008 1,009.95 El Salvador Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,753,627 8,404.355 327.64 7,624.305 361.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,753,627 8,404.355 327.64 7,624.305 361.16 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 346,142 833.092 415.49 755.769 458.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 346,142 833.092 415.49 755.769 458.00 Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 50,940 82.060 620.76 74.444 684.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,606 13.522 562.49 12.267 620.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,596,000 6,643.136 240.25 6,026.554 264.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 67,040 201.936 331.99 183.194 365.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,721,586 6,940.656 248.04 6,296.459 273.42 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 54,226 94.916 571.30 86.107 629.75 Stainless Steel Bar 55,232 32.598 1,694.30 29.573 1,867.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,458 127.515 858.39 115.680 946.21 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 393,943 835.980 471.23 758.389 519.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 13,432 21.461 625.85 19.470 689.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 747,332 1,107.689 674.68 1,004.879 743.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,154,707 1,965.131 587.60 1,782.738 647.72 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,142,381 7,351.126 291.44 6,668.832 321.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 890,771 1,677.706 530.95 1,521.990 585.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 334,381 799.123 418.43 724.953 461.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 189,590 287.707 658.97 261.004 726.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,557,123 10,115.664 351.65 9,176.779 387.62 Peru Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,347 16.790 437.57 15.232 482.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,347 16.790 437.57 15.232 482.34 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,990,592 14,675.705 340.06 13,313.580 374.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 23,945 55.556 431.00 50.400 475.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 264,629 674.396 392.39 611.802 432.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,279,166 15,405.658 342.68 13,975.782 377.74 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 70,433,411 316,548.870 222.50 287,168.386 245.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 171,183 601.151 284.76 545.356 313.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 38,113 47.001 810.89 42.639 893.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,410,409 19,303.339 435.70 17,511.700 480.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,100,908 3,858.474 544.49 3,500.350 600.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,672,946 5,899.393 283.58 5,351.841 312.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 99,173 139.324 711.81 126.393 784.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,624,065 13,144.537 199.63 11,924.527 220.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,438,886 5,603.262 613.73 5,083.196 676.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 96,763 25.150 3,847.39 22.816 4,241.02 Stainless Steel Bar 110,756 65.146 1,700.10 59.100 1,874.04 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Wire 9,187 2.947 3,116.79 2.674 3,435.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,205,800 365,238.600 244.24 331,338.978 269.23 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,770,283 6,298.059 439.86 5,713.505 484.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,723,036 5,800.713 297.04 5,262.320 327.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 8,790 21.685 405.34 19.673 446.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 943,496 3,033.865 310.99 2,752.277 342.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,840 0.056 50,517.75 0.051 55,686.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,448,445 15,154.379 359.53 13,747.826 396.31 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,100,602 1,988.255 553.55 1,803.716 610.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,064,436 4,340.981 475.57 3,938.073 524.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,844,797 2,262.042 815.54 2,052.091 898.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 703,445 249.481 2,819.63 226.326 3,108.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 748,654 435.846 1,717.70 395.393 1,893.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 327,185 328.161 997.02 297.703 1,099.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 25,800 1.708 15,100.24 1.550 16,645.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 134,596 13.051 10,312.79 11.840 11,367.91 Stainless Steel Bar 272,973 110.280 2,475.26 100.045 2,728.50 Stainless Steel Rod 761,976 398.928 1,910.06 361.902 2,105.48 Stainless Steel Wire 1,813,700 456.925 3,969.36 414.516 4,375.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,798,164 10,585.663 925.61 9,603.155 1,020.31 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 34,815 101.363 343.47 91.955 378.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,970 0.496 10,019.35 0.450 11,044.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 322,984 779.730 414.23 707.360 456.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 618,075 1,237.404 499.49 1,122.555 550.60 Stainless Steel Bar 373,780 147.773 2,529.41 134.058 2,788.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,354,624 2,266.768 597.60 2,056.378 658.74 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 985,938 4,842.617 203.60 4,393.150 224.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 22,965 44.703 513.72 40.554 566.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 89,382 408.087 219.03 370.211 241.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 12,562 43.750 287.13 39.690 316.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 195,041 468.184 416.59 424.730 459.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 193,074 107.554 1,795.12 97.572 1,978.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 21,436 1.836 11,672.52 1.666 12,866.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,520,398 5,916.734 256.97 5,367.573 283.26 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,190 9.049 683.98 8.210 753.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 121,189 10.938 11,079.40 9.923 12,212.94 Stainless Steel Bar 380,119 227.483 1,670.97 206.370 1,841.93 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Wire 162,362 21.845 7,432.25 19.818 8,192.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 669,860 269.317 2,487.25 244.321 2,741.72 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 9,686 22.056 439.15 20.009 484.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,928 13.120 299.37 11.903 330.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 170,145 275.071 618.55 249.541 681.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,514,284 1,176.181 1,287.46 1,067.014 1,419.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 733,286 1,950.109 376.02 1,769.110 414.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 52,385 82.492 635.03 74.836 700.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,641,207 17,388.515 381.93 15,774.600 421.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,815,113 2,692.759 674.07 2,442.831 743.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 20,090 73.818 272.15 66.967 300.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,681,312 944.829 2,837.88 857.135 3,128.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 435,402 31.055 14,020.17 28.173 15,454.58 Stainless Steel Bar 241,678 106.423 2,270.90 96.546 2,503.24 Stainless Steel Rod 854,123 533.026 1,602.40 483.554 1,766.34 Stainless Steel Wire 195,789 82.709 2,367.18 75.033 2,609.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,368,428 25,372.170 605.72 23,017.252 667.69 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,291,324 60,125.170 287.59 54,544.653 317.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,780,385 5,308.469 335.39 4,815.764 369.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 551,581 1,374.069 401.42 1,246.535 442.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,170,732 2,193.584 533.71 1,989.987 588.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 268,201 403.416 664.82 365.973 732.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 202,114 225.903 894.69 204.936 986.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 57,672 5.909 9,759.22 5.361 10,757.69 Stainless Steel Wire 11,407 0.119 95,817.22 0.108 105,620.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,333,416 69,636.642 306.35 63,173.317 337.70 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,383,932 5,370.911 257.67 4,872.410 284.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 630,456 1,533.412 411.15 1,391.089 453.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 754,755 2,762.457 273.22 2,506.060 301.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,785,663 5,976.914 298.76 5,422.167 329.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 205,325 214.697 956.35 194.770 1,054.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 136,689 262.967 519.79 238.560 572.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 13,272 7.870 1,686.30 7.140 1,858.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 24,755 3.031 8,166.31 2.750 9,001.82 Stainless Steel Bar 6,752 2.601 2,595.47 2.360 2,861.02 Stainless Steel Wire 35,539 5.202 6,830.60 4.720 7,529.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,977,138 16,140.066 308.37 14,642.026 339.92 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 964,742 3,312.830 291.21 3,005.350 321.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 362,917 930.036 390.22 843.715 430.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 448,590 1,160.912 386.41 1,053.162 425.95 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,776,249 5,403.778 328.70 4,902.227 362.34 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 53,127 55.810 951.93 50.630 1,049.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,634,123 16,904.503 274.14 15,335.512 302.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,318,120 4,731.766 489.91 4,292.588 540.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,716,593 3,590.394 478.11 3,257.152 527.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 308,978 605.930 509.92 549.691 562.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,501,494 2,580.813 581.79 2,341.275 641.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 558,672 667.689 836.72 605.718 922.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,929 1.433 3,439.63 1.300 3,791.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 797,422 569.469 1,400.29 516.614 1,543.55 Stainless Steel Bar 1,666,455 719.070 2,317.51 652.330 2,554.62 Stainless Steel Rod 714,590 385.817 1,852.14 350.008 2,041.64 Stainless Steel Wire 667,782 183.637 3,636.42 166.593 4,008.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,942,285 30,996.336 482.07 28,119.411 531.39 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,432,615 3,786.339 378.36 3,434.910 417.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 410,979 971.956 422.84 881.744 466.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,734,287 5,632.151 307.93 5,109.403 339.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,790,837 5,144.342 931.28 4,666.870 1,026.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 10,714,573 24,340.184 440.20 22,081.050 485.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,404,497 4,852.328 495.53 4,401.960 546.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,975,624 6,112.483 486.81 5,545.153 536.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 723,095 926.812 780.20 840.790 860.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 36,006 88.460 407.03 80.250 448.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,221,823 1,595.546 765.77 1,447.456 844.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 880,030 408.492 2,154.34 370.578 2,374.75 Stainless Steel Bar 1,001,498 440.423 2,273.94 399.546 2,506.59 Stainless Steel Rod 95,824 32.835 2,918.29 29.788 3,216.87 Stainless Steel Wire 336,722 51.222 6,573.75 46.468 7,246.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,758,410 54,383.578 528.81 49,335.966 582.91 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 790,159 2,115.938 373.43 1,919.548 411.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 346,236 257.819 1,342.94 233.890 1,480.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,938 9.716 816.93 8.815 900.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 348,385 157.079 2,217.89 142.500 2,444.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 49,532 5.325 9,301.32 4.831 10,252.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 73,515 24.741 2,971.34 22.445 3,275.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 287,609 118.240 2,432.41 107.266 2,681.27 Stainless Steel Bar 299,262 138.865 2,155.04 125.977 2,375.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,202,636 2,827.727 778.94 2,565.272 858.64 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 376,026 1,062.794 353.81 964.151 390.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 408,442 1,312.268 311.25 1,190.470 343.09 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,435,151 8,317.499 413.00 7,545.511 455.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 722,668 1,859.703 388.59 1,687.095 428.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,631 0.610 22,321.01 0.554 24,604.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,955,918 12,552.876 394.80 11,387.781 435.20 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 274,136 781.110 350.96 708.612 386.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 930,879 3,643.443 255.49 3,305.277 281.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,601 0.499 9,214.04 0.453 10,156.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,209,616 4,425.053 273.36 4,014.342 301.32 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 196,957 160.206 1,229.39 145.337 1,355.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,240 1.234 1,814.37 1.120 2,000.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,200 20.776 683.47 18.848 753.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 229,648 131.471 1,746.75 119.269 1,925.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 173,990 60.524 2,874.70 54.907 3,168.81 Stainless Steel Bar 173,826 77.947 2,230.03 70.713 2,458.19 Stainless Steel Wire 69,597 15.691 4,435.36 14.235 4,889.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 860,458 467.852 1,839.16 424.429 2,027.33 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 63,528 35.009 1,814.60 31.760 2,000.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,528 35.009 1,814.60 31.760 2,000.25 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 68,687 52.235 1,314.96 47.387 1,449.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 61,890 48.556 1,274.59 44.050 1,404.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,200 0.020 152,789.05 0.019 168,421.05 Stainless Steel Bar 2,458 0.011 222,986.07 0.010 245,800.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,235 100.823 1,351.22 91.466 1,489.46 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 38,844,853 183,826.402 211.31 166,764.554 232.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,539,384 7,465.368 206.20 6,772.470 227.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,258,371 40,468.372 228.78 36,712.300 252.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,604 3.424 760.32 3.107 838.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 378,334 1,472.958 256.85 1,336.246 283.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 93,292 320.507 291.08 290.760 320.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 407,247 1,086.938 374.67 986.054 413.01 Stainless Steel Bar 53,244 39.555 1,346.06 35.884 1,483.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,577,329 234,683.527 215.51 212,901.375 237.56 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,107,408 5,816.889 190.38 5,276.995 209.86 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,107,408 5,816.889 190.38 5,276.995 209.86 Ukraine Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,660 6.552 405.97 5.944 447.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 238,692 823.655 289.80 747.208 319.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,352 830.207 290.71 753.152 320.46 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,142 7.314 1,249.77 6.636 1,377.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,456,686 3,390.995 429.57 3,076.260 473.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,257,212 3,978.838 315.97 3,609.543 348.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 562,392 1,419.068 396.31 1,287.358 436.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 610,681 1,819.904 335.56 1,650.990 369.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 464,760 503.068 923.85 456.376 1,018.37 Stainless Steel Bar 458,066 234.601 1,952.53 212.827 2,152.29 Stainless Steel Rod 531,901 398.630 1,334.32 361.632 1,470.83 Stainless Steel Wire 11,337 5.557 2,039.82 5.042 2,248.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,362,177 11,757.981 456.05 10,666.664 502.70 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 427,216 189.500 2,254.43 171.912 2,485.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 427,216 189.500 2,254.43 171.912 2,485.09 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,399,044 20,901.356 210.47 18,961.397 232.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,900 0.148 26,207.57 0.135 28,888.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,074,689 4,532.498 237.11 4,111.815 261.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 464,997 965.375 481.67 875.774 530.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 278,078 540.174 514.79 490.038 567.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 77,581 108.782 713.17 98.686 786.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 210,519 272.738 771.87 247.424 850.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 190,793 219.473 869.32 199.103 958.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,185,372 899.082 2,430.67 815.634 2,679.35 Stainless Steel Bar 3,736,294 1,974.858 1,891.93 1,791.562 2,085.50 Stainless Steel Rod 215,926 170.093 1,269.46 154.306 1,399.34 Stainless Steel Wire 71,054 19.090 3,721.87 17.319 4,102.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,908,247 30,603.673 421.79 27,763.193 464.94 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 104,367 72.501 1,439.52 65.772 1,586.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,367 72.501 1,439.52 65.772 1,586.80 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 104,138 420.362 247.73 381.347 273.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,044,972 7,976.079 256.39 7,235.780 282.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,220 2.851 1,830.50 2.587 2,017.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 223,667 262.388 852.43 238.035 939.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,377,997 8,661.683 274.54 7,857.749 302.63 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,855,473 12,264.814 232.82 11,126.456 256.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 885,905 3,487.648 254.01 3,163.942 280.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,741,378 15,752.462 237.51 14,290.398 261.81 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,877,955 23,066.123 211.48 20,925.241 233.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,381,221 6,193.235 384.49 5,618.410 423.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,968,034 8,873.383 334.49 8,049.800 368.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,196,753 10,858.768 202.30 9,850.912 223.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,031,603 11,973.928 336.70 10,862.568 371.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,455,566 60,965.438 269.92 55,306.931 297.53 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,550 4.152 2,540.70 3.767 2,800.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 231,690 66.152 3,502.34 60.013 3,860.66 Stainless Steel Bar 10,200 0.220 46,266.43 0.200 51,000.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 252,440 70.525 3,579.40 63.980 3,945.61 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 135,814 66.738 2,035.02 60.544 2,243.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,814 66.738 2,035.02 60.544 2,243.23 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,707 15.915 295.76 14.438 326.01 Stainless Steel Bar 32,806 18.543 1,769.18 16.822 1,950.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,513 34.458 1,088.65 31.260 1,200.03 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 300,980 994.911 302.52 902.569 333.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 300,980 994.911 302.52 902.569 333.47 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 334,760 1,452.790 230.43 1,317.950 254.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 47,593 73.923 643.82 67.062 709.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 29,309,463 69,066.226 424.37 62,655.844 467.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 234,169 445.747 525.34 404.375 579.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 13,427 17.944 748.25 16.279 824.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 71,097 278.141 255.61 252.326 281.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,372,824 8,742.076 385.81 7,930.681 425.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,922,523 2,424.460 792.97 2,199.434 874.10 Stainless Steel Bar 3,429,739 1,950.908 1,758.02 1,769.835 1,937.89 Stainless Steel Rod 1,166,500 813.212 1,434.43 737.734 1,581.19 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Wire 1,132,625 756.303 1,497.58 686.107 1,650.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,034,720 86,021.734 477.03 78,037.627 525.83 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 885,423 3,308.512 267.62 3,001.433 295.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 37,947 89.358 424.66 81.065 468.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,264 2.117 2,013.66 1.921 2,219.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,241,142 15,185.482 279.29 13,776.042 307.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 399,088 378.531 1,054.31 343.398 1,162.17 Stainless Steel Wire 32,806 19.597 1,673.95 17.779 1,845.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,600,670 18,983.601 295.03 17,221.638 325.21 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 177,790 230.985 769.70 209.547 848.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 177,790 230.985 769.70 209.547 848.45 Malaysia Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 115,127 304.808 377.70 276.518 416.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 126,639 127.237 995.30 115.428 1,097.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,766 432.046 559.58 391.946 616.83 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,964,052 9,646.948 307.25 8,751.567 338.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 830,014 2,339.351 354.81 2,122.225 391.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,750,586 6,461.033 270.95 5,861.353 298.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,648 0.833 5,577.51 0.756 6,148.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,549,300 18,448.167 300.80 16,735.901 331.58 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,208 28.890 595.63 26.209 656.57 Stainless Steel Bar 4,398 0.516 8,507.04 0.469 9,377.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,606 29.407 734.71 26.678 809.88 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,757,935 60,678.366 210.26 55,046.504 231.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 941,816 3,386.753 278.09 3,072.412 306.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,507 10.756 790.88 9.758 871.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,513 14.798 507.69 13.425 559.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 720,757 1,876.124 384.17 1,701.992 423.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,247,786 966.588 1,290.92 876.875 1,422.99 Stainless Steel Bar 127,200 72.700 1,749.64 65.953 1,928.65 Stainless Steel Rod 255,700 271.876 940.50 246.642 1,036.73 Stainless Steel Wire 339,412 184.675 1,837.88 167.535 2,025.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,406,626 67,462.641 243.20 61,201.096 268.08 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 198,211 413.807 478.99 375.400 528.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,139,133 13,289.246 236.22 12,055.805 260.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 20,009,155 62,957.533 317.82 57,114.130 350.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 204,071 656.964 310.63 595.988 342.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 11,037,663 25,607.105 431.04 23,230.382 475.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,069,355 2,883.745 370.82 2,616.091 408.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 84,827 193.322 438.79 175.379 483.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 65,182 142.134 458.59 128.942 505.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,833,687 26,259.787 336.40 23,822.485 370.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 988,797 382.031 2,588.26 346.573 2,853.07 Stainless Steel Bar 695,619 484.723 1,435.08 439.734 1,581.91 Stainless Steel Rod 221,273 188.224 1,175.58 170.754 1,295.86 Stainless Steel Wire 1,370,783 683.353 2,005.96 619.928 2,211.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,917,756 134,141.979 357.22 121,691.591 393.76 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 63,595 21.722 2,927.66 19.706 3,227.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 63,595 21.722 2,927.66 19.706 3,227.19 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 25,045 18.420 1,359.61 16.711 1,498.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 59,703 38.617 1,546.02 35.033 1,704.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 902,818 1,893.470 476.81 1,717.728 525.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 29,167 19.848 1,469.50 18.006 1,619.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,037 4.241 951.74 3.848 1,049.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,276,648 6,203.338 367.00 5,627.576 404.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 796,425 291.385 2,733.23 264.341 3,012.87 Stainless Steel Bar 1,438,275 822.922 1,747.76 746.543 1,926.58 Stainless Steel Rod 1,298,208 837.513 1,550.07 759.780 1,708.66 Stainless Steel Wire 581,786 191.361 3,040.25 173.600 3,351.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,412,112 10,321.120 718.15 9,363.166 791.62 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 5,664,127 26,682.176 212.28 24,205.670 234.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 613,352 1,404.748 436.63 1,274.367 481.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,041,885 2,042.771 510.03 1,853.172 562.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,775,310 6,758.889 558.57 6,131.563 615.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,958,755 3,271.471 904.41 2,967.830 996.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,025,435 1,930.015 531.31 1,750.881 585.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,995,755 10,282.062 583.13 9,327.733 642.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 107,973 90.382 1,194.62 81.994 1,316.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,652,027 28,805.964 543.36 26,132.339 598.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,276,096 231.491 5,512.49 210.006 6,076.47 Stainless Steel Bar 278,752 75.391 3,697.39 68.394 4,075.68 Stainless Steel Rod 189,725 69.142 2,743.97 62.725 3,024.71 Stainless Steel Wire 334,602 58.202 5,748.98 52.800 6,337.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,913,794 81,702.711 476.29 74,119.474 525.01 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 205,522 931.829 220.56 845.342 243.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,004,908 58,613.565 238.94 53,173.347 263.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,375 17.640 361.39 16.003 398.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 49,272 135.341 364.06 122.780 401.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,266,077 59,698.377 238.97 54,157.472 263.42 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,039,077 8,966.169 227.42 8,133.974 250.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 191,226 334.634 571.45 303.575 629.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,102 0.507 12,034.01 0.460 13,265.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,236,405 9,301.310 240.44 8,438.009 265.04 Algeria Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,985 20.825 335.40 18.893 369.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,985 20.825 335.40 18.893 369.71 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,044,017 21,383.488 329.41 19,398.780 363.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,044,017 21,383.488 329.41 19,398.780 363.12 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 820,329 3,187.023 257.40 2,891.220 283.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,212,622 21,446.513 289.68 19,455.955 319.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,616,267 6,981.745 517.96 6,333.735 570.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,640,551 5,855.201 280.19 5,311.751 308.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 481,992 1,327.842 362.99 1,204.599 400.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,083,455 7,010.703 297.18 6,360.005 327.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,097 0.197 10,627.75 0.179 11,715.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,857,313 45,809.227 324.33 41,557.444 357.51 GRAND TOTAL 833,171,526 2,373,584.737 351.02 2,153,280.460 386.93